Davey Attacks Bricker Administration At Athens Rally
Former Governor Martin L. Davey denounces Ohio Governor Bricker as partisan and hypocritical in a Athens High School Auditorium speech. He cites the conservation division, unemployment benefits decisions for coal miners, and changes to the Department of Labor while criticizing the administration and its Republican allies.
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Bricker
Martin L. Davey
Athens High School
Davey
Ohio
Labor
Department of Industrial Relations
Department of Labor
Secretary of State
Bricker the Ripper
Midgets Have 5 Pound Newborn In Dayton
Mrs. Dick Flagle a three foot ten inch Dayton midget delivered a normal 5 pound 6 ounce baby boy by Caesarean at Good Samaritan Hospital. Both mother and child were reported doing well The father stands three feet eleven inches tall.
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Dayton
U.P
Dick Flagle
Good Samaritan Hospital
Neutrality Bill To Delay Congress Indefinitely
U S Senator David I Walsh of Massachusetts says the neutrality bill will delay Congress indefinitely. He describes the debate as long and bitterly contested with the repeal of the arms embargo as the central issue. The administration seeks repeal to grant the President power to sell arms to selected nations.
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Clinton
Mass
U.P
U. S
David I. Walsh
Treasury
House
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Rayburn
Herbert E. Gaston
the Treasury
Union Gains Point in Cincy Court Decision
Cincinnati appellate ruling upholds a union right to set wages for outside city firms. Judge Stanley Matthews says the union seeks a voluntary organization and bargaining strength, not restraint of trade. In a separate note, LSU construction supervisor George Caldwell resigns after admitting a two percent kickback on campus projects.
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Cincinnati
Court of Appeals
Stanley Matthews
Toll of Violent Deaths During Nation's Fourth
The Independence Day weekend toll in 1939 exceeded 300 violent deaths across 48 states and DC. Drownings totaled 73, highway crashes 133, fires and shootings 76, with no fireworks deaths reported. California led with 44 fatalities. notable incidents occurred in Perth Amboy New Jersey and Dixon Illinois.
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States
District of Columbia
California
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Perth Amboy
N. J
Dixon
Inl
Walter S. McColley
McColley
Guffey Urges Third Roosevelt Term
Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania urged a third term for President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning of upheaval without reelection. He announced his own bid for reelection in 1940 as a 100 percent Pro Roosevelt New Deal Democrat, citing repeated support on the bandwagon with Sen. William H. Smathers of New Jersey.
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Washington
Joseph F. Guffey
Roosevelt
Guffey
William H. Smathers
N. J
New Jersey
National Broadcasting Company
Gangland Chief Is Found Slain In Philadelphia
William Lanzetti, head of Philadelphia’s crime “First Family,” was found slain and wrapped in burlap near Wynnewood. Police hunt for his bodyguard Louis Del Rossi, believed to have fled or slain, amid a feared faction feud over rackets. Investigators seek a mysterious woman linked to the case.
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Philadelphia
William
Willie) Lanzetti
Louis
Fats) del Rossi
Willie
Lanzetti
Wynnewood
del Rossi
LSU Proxy Will Fight Embezzlement Charges
Dr. James Munro Smith former head of Louisiana State University returns to Baton Rouge to face embezzlement allegations involving about 100000 dollars. He had allegedly lost more than 500000 dollars in grain market speculation during his tenure.
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Brockville
Ont
James Munro Smith
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Dixie Clipper Returns Home From Europe Flight
The 41 ton Pan American Airways Dixie Clipper is nearing Port Washington after leaving Marseilles with 22 passengers. The four engine flying boat reached Horta in the Azores on the return leg and is expected to finish the 2,397 mile hop to Port Washington today.
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Port Washington
N. Y
U.P
Pan American Airways
Europe
Marseilles
France
Horta
Azores
Britain Errs in Policy Says Fischer at Virginia
Louis Fischer told delegates at the University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs that Britain bears blame for possible dismemberment if fascist states triumph in Spain. He warned Britain’s masochistic policy toward Czechoslovakia could damage the empire.
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Charlottesville
U.P
Great Britain
Spain
Louis Fischer
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
American Pilot Dies After Stair Fall in Scheveningen
John A. A. Rose, 33, one of six U. S. pilots with K. L. M. Air Line in the Netherlands, died Monday from injuries sustained in a hotel stairway fall during a Scheveningen visit.
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Scheveningen
Netherlands
U.P
John A. A. Rose
United States
K. L. M. Air Line Service
Louisiana University embezzlement arrest linked to Canada case
Mrs James Monroe Smith wife of LSU president was arrested with her husband in Canada amid a flight from Baton Rouge where he allegedly embezzled university funds. Owen Ware son in law was indicted for aiding the crime and escape.
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Acme
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Canada
Baton Rouge
Owen Ware
Smith
Quints' Doctor Faces Second Suit in North Bay
The Dionne family sues Dr. Roy Dafoe alleging personal profit from private contracts with 43 corporations related to the quintuplets. This marks Oliva Dionne’s second legal action against the physician who cared for the five babies after birth. A prior suit claimed confusion over Dafoe’s involvement with a New York club.
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North Bay
Ont
U.P
Oliva Dionne
Roy Alan Dafoe
Dafoe
Dionne
Saints and Sinners Cub
New York
Explosion Injures Six Youths. One Likely to Die
In New York two youths were critically injured and five others severely hurt when an underground powder explosion occurred as they planned a Fourth of July noise bomb. Thomas Smith, 18, of Brooklyn, lost a hand while Joseph Dory, 20, of Broad Channel in Queens, sustained serious injuries.
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New York
Thomas Smith
Brooklyn
Joseph Dory
Broad Channel
Queens
Personal Intervention Said Only Chance To Save Three New Deal Measures
A Monday night survey suggests President Roosevelt must intervene personally to salvage three key New Deal items stalled in Congress. Neutrality, the pump priming program, and dollar devaluation with a stabilization fund face defeat, with White House aides preparing for a high-stakes plan after Roosevelts Hyde Park return.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Stabilization
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Treasury
Barkley
Henry Steagall
Ala
House Banking and Currency Committee
Poland weighs protest to Danzig over Nazi buildup
Reports in London say Poland may send a formal note to the Danzig Senate threatening troops if Nazi Germany continues military preparations. Britain and France reportedly back the protest, while Britain readies an expeditionary force and chartered the Voltaire for transport if needed.
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London
Poland
Danzig
Free City
Warsaw
Territorials
National Guard
Britain
Lamport-Holt
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
State Workers Unite in Ohio AFSCME Merger
Columbus U P announces formation of an American Federation of Labor union for all state workers. Ohio State Highway Department Employes Local 156 merging with Ohio State Employes Local 5, units of AFSCME. Local 5 approved consolidation at its annual meeting. New Local 5 officers include trustee Dale Gilkey of Gallipolis.
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Columbus
U.P
American Federation of Labor Union
Ohio Federation of Labor
Ohio State Highway Department
Ohio State
American Federation of State
Trading Dips Slightly As Outlook Improves
In New York trading on Monday the stock market fell to its lowest total in nearly 21 years while prices edged up modestly as investor sentiment brightened over the international outlook.
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New York
U.P
Japs Claim 4 000 Soviet Mongolian Troops Trapped
Tokyo reports Kwantung army mechanized units close in on 4 000 Soviet Mongolian troops in Khalka River region Manchukuo near Hsinking. Front dispatches say a big battle is under way with the enemy surrounded and under heavy fighting as reinforcements are brought up.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kwantung Army
Manchukuo
Russia
Khalka River
Hsinking
Hitler plans mass expulsion of Austrians from Tyrol
London report says Adolf Hitler plans to relocate about 250000 Austrians in the South Tyrol to German soil to solve the German minority issue in Italy. Talks between Italo German officials were reportedly under way in Rome with no official confirmation.
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London
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Italy
South Tyrol
Rome
Dynamite Stolen From McCook Powder Magazine
Chicago U P Superintendent William Jones reports to Cook County police the theft of 150 sticks of dynamite from the Consumers' Co powder magazine in suburban McCook Illinois.
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Chicago
U.P
William Jones
The
Consumers’ Co
McCook, Ill
Cook County
WPA program details change roles and wages explained
Washington dispatch outlines a new Works Progress Administration plan for fiscal year ending June 30 1940. It notes a reduced average WPA workforce around 2 47 million, revised hourly requirements 130 hours monthly, elimination of prevailing wage rules, and unified monthly pay with August 21 wage scale changes plus compulsory 30 day vacations after 18 months on rolls.
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Washington
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Congress
Roosevelt
WPA
Montana
Bone Mystery Found To Be College Joke
Youngstown police learned the woman bones found in a city dump were part of a college joke. A Drake University medical student said fellow students placed the bones in his car as a prank, he then stored them in his cellar, and his parents later sent the bundle to the dump with other rubbish.
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Youngstown
Carl Olson
Drake University
Friends Post Bail for Former Movie Director
Hollywood reports that Marshall Neilan, once Hollywoods top director, was released after friends posted 1000 to bail him out of jail for 24 hours on charges of passing worthless checks. He allegedly wrote checks totaling 100 with individual deeds of ten dollars.
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Friends
Hollywood
Marshall Neilan
AYC Refuses to Condemn Communism by Name
In New York the American Youth Congress held a controversial session and voted down a resolution to condemn Communism by name. A sizeable minority of conservative delegates bolted in protest as the measure failed amid a chorus of No votes.
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New York
U.P
American Youth Congress
Congress
Federal Agents Move In On Louisiana Scandal
Federal agents converged on Louisiana as the James Monroe Smith case at Louisiana State University loomed large. U S Attorney General Arnold Baum traveled from Washington to meet with Treasury investigator A D Burford who had supplied government evidence in income tax cases against Huey P. Long era political aides.
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New Orleans
U.S
Louisiana
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
U. S
Arnold Baum
Washington
A. D. Burford
Treasury Department
Huey P. Long
Paul Waner Sues Over Radio Slander Claims
Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Paul G. Waner filed slander lawsuits totaling 150000 dollars alleging a radio announcer falsely and maliciously defamed him during a May 1 broadcast. Waner charges the broadcast harmed his reputation.
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Boston
U.P
Paul G. Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Waner
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