Flood Toll Near 700 in Japan Kobe Disaster
Storms and floods across northern to southern Honshu push official Japan death toll toward 700 with Hyogo Prefecture leading losses. Kobe reports 185 dead, Hanshin 36, 220 elsewhere. 1,000+ injured. Wide devastation, Kobe water supply cut, communications, railways, and highways disrupted amid reservoir collapses.
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Tokyo
U.P
Japan
Kobe
Hyogo
Osaka
Hanshin
S. S
Cleveland
Globe Wireless
Broadway
Dollar Line
Globe
H. Estep
Japan Far From Goal After Year of Chinese War
Shanghai dispatch reports the first year of the Sino Japanese war has cost over a million lives. It notes heavy casualties among Chinese soldiers and civilians and estimates Japanese losses above 300,000. Despite battlefield gains, observers say peace remains distant.
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Japan
China
Shanghai
U.P
Europe
Athens Council Bans Sunday Alcohol Sales and Plans Sewage Work
The Athens City Council passed an emergency ordinance banning sale of beer wine and liquor on Sundays and initiated plans for a new sewage disposal plant and updated sewage system. The liquor rule mirrors Akron’s ordinance and follows a Ninth District Court of Appeals decision after a municipal court setback. It becomes effective immediately and aligns with state regulations for local enforcement.
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Athens
Akron
Ninth District Court of Appeals
City tightens liquor rules and plans sewage project
The ordinance prohibits manufacture sale and possession of drinks over 0.5 percent alcohol and bans Sunday sales and late night serving. Violations carry fines up to 500 dollars or six months in jail. Council also authorizes work toward a sewage disposal plant with Ohio University and Athens State Hospital, estimated at 150000 dollars, to be possibly funded by WPA or PWA. Street light installations were approved at multiple intersections.
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Bart Davidson
Ohio University
Athens State Hospital
PWA
W. Carpenter and
Lancaster
Patton St
Marietta Ave
Goodrich Alley
E. State St
S. Raymond Drive
Carpenter and
High Sts
Plant Opening Failed by CIO in Newton Iowa
Workers affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organization clashed with back-to-work supporters at the Washing Machine Company plant in Newton. The site, closed since May 9 after a 10 percent wage cut rejection, saw one man slugged and several roughed up. The reopening will not proceed per Gov. Nelson G. Krasch el's advice.
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Nelson G. Kraschel
Ford
Shift Billion in Silver To West Point Vaults
Six trucks moved up the Hudson to West Point with enough silver bricks to span New York to Buffalo and back. They carried the first cargo of 1.299 billion dollars worth of foot long silver pigs from federal vaults to the underground sanctuary at the United States Military Academy.
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New York
U.P
Hudson
West Point
Buffalo
Federal
United States Academy Grounds
Kingston Man Dies After Auto Crash Near Circleville
D E Kempton aged 77 died at Circleville Hospital from a fractured skull after a rear collision near Circleville. A Kingston resident for 50 years he leaves a widow Mrs Rachel Kempton, three daughters Maude McGee Lillie Ault Velma Barnes and six sons Charles George Curtis Lloyd Herbert and Albert Kempton. Funeral at Tucson Church Friday at 2 pm with burial in Tucson Cemetery.
Governor’s Clemency Ends Scottsboro Case
The commutation of Clarence Norris’s death sentence to life imprisonment by Governor Bibb Graves ends seven years of litigation in the Scottsboro case. Norris, last of nine defendants, was accused of assaulting two white hatch hoboes in a Scottsboro freight car in March 1931.
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Montgomery
Ala
Clarence Norris
Scottsboro
Norris
Bibb Graves
State Pardon Board
Strike Vote Called for Selby Shoe Workers Tonight
Portsmouth report for Selby Shoe Co workers to vote on striking after a meeting called by the United Shoe Workers Union CIO affiliate. Union seeks closed shop and restoration of a 10 percent wage cut.
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Portsmouth
SUP
Selby Shoe Co
United Shoe Workers’ Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
Roosevelt weighs 50 candidates for wages and hours leader
President Roosevelt studied a list of 50 candidates for a wages and hours administrator and may choose one before departing on a transcontinental tour Thursday. The selection, pending details, signals a major labor policy move as the nation approaches new economic measures.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Chiang accuses Japan of barbarity on eve of war anniversary
Chiang Kai Shek directly addresses the Japanese people warning of wartime cruelty. He asks them to consider the consequences if Japanese planes bombed Chinese cities and questions Manchukuo gains amid rising costs. He cites body counts and the toll on families as urging reflection.
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Shanghai
UPI
Chiang Kai Shek
Japan
Osaka
Tokyo
Canton
Spending Aids South Report
The National Emergency Council will report to President Roosevelt that federal relief spending in the South renews the region’s prosperity. The finding, from a conference of southern industrialists, business, labor, civic leaders and educators with NEC Director Lowell Mellett, will be included in a survey on southern economic conditions.
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Washington
National Emergency Council
Roosevelt
South
Springs
NEC
Lowell Mellett
Mr. Roosevelt
Mellett
Loyalist Fleet Crippled in Nationalist Air Raid
A Zaragoza dispatch in Messagero says the Spanish Loyalist battle fleet was completely crippled by an airplane bombardment off Cartagena on June 17. Italian planes fighting with the Nationalists conducted the bombardment.
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Rome
Messagero
Zaragoza
Spain
Cartagena
Pneumonia Fatal at Civil War Veterans Reunion
Daniel Price 90 of Marion Indiana died in Carlisle Pennsylvania hospital from bronchial pneumonia contracted at the Gettysburg battleground reunion. He was among about 2000 veterans attending the Blue and Gray gathering.
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Gettysburg
Daniel Price
Marion
Ind
Carlisle
Reorganizing Bill Will Be Sought Again
President Roosevelt signals another push for a government reorganization bill after Congress rejected it this year. He plans to campaign on a businesslike executive branch, seeking House support next January and possibly a referendum to unite party candidates.
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Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Supreme Court
Two Suspects Indicted in Gallia Bank and Rolling Store Robberies
Alva Sowards age 27 and Millard Davis age 21 of Gallia County were indicted by a grand jury after capture near Waverly. They face charges of attempted Vinton bank robbery and holdups of three rolling stores on Gallia and Vinton County highways. They are to be arraigned Thursday.
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Gallipolis
Alva Sowards
Millard Davis
Gallia County
Waverly
Sowards
Davis
Vinton
Gallia
Vinton County
Indictment Charges 39 in Nationwide Insurance Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury indicted 39 people including 10 doctors and 3 lawyers in a nationwide scheme involving 75 million dollars a year. They allegedly conspired to misrepresent chronic heart ailments to insurers to obtain fraudulently paid total disability annuities.
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New York
U.P
Temperature Update From Athens Weather Report
Temperature stood at 82 degrees in Athens at noon today, two degrees above yesterday's high. Overnight low dropped to 68 degrees, and conditions suggest continued warm weather.
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Athens
Taylor Censures Nations Over Expulsion of Refugees
Myron C. Taylor, head of the American delegation at a 32-nation intergovernmental refugee meeting in Evian, censured nations for expelling people abroad and warned the practice risks international anarchy and harms world peace. He cited Germany’s refugee issue without naming the Nazi government directly.
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Evian
France
U.P
Myron C. Taylor
Taylor
Roosevelt
Germany
Ohio Governor invited to ride Roosevelt special train
The White House said Gov Martin L. Davey of Ohio is welcome to board President Roosevelt's special train as it passes through Ohio after the Marietta stop. He has been notified of the schedule so he may join the party if he wishes, a standard practice for officials along the route.
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Washington
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Roosevelt
Marietta
White House
Movie Comedian's Wife Gets Five Days Jail Term
Hollywood Vera Laurel wife of Stan Laurel was sentenced to five days in jail for driving recklessly and without a license. Her husband posted $590 bail to permit appeals to a higher court while the case is reviewed.
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Hollywood
Vera Laurel
Stan Laurel
NR C predicts 1980 U.S. population peak at 158 million
The National Resources Committee forecast a 1980 population peak of 158,335,000 with a smaller share of children.
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Washington
U.P
National Resources Committee
Harlan County Mine Conspiracy Defendant Charged in Shooting
Lee Fleenor, 34, held in Harlan Ky on charge of shooting Charles Reno, 40, who was paroled after four years for slaying Fleenor’s father. Incident occurred Tuesday at Molus, 14 miles west of Harlan, after Reno allegedly jumped from behind a car and fired. Witnesses say Fleenor fired back without warning.
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Harlan
Lee Fleenor
Harlan County
Charles Reno
Fleenor
Reno
Molus
C. F. Ball
Ball
Police Guard Cabs in Strike at New Orleans
Police guarded trucks and Yellow Cab Company taxis and offices in New Orleans as two CIO unions strike. Police protected cab stands and drayage firm property after United Transport Workers of America called the strike on June 22.
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New Orleans
U.P
Yellow Cab Company
Committee For Industrial Organization
United Transport Workers of America
Miss Firestone to Marry Akron Man in Prewedding Notice
Announcement states Eliz abeth Idabelle Firestone will wed Ray Austin Graham Jr. of Greenvale Farm Lu L N Y. Eliz abeth is the daughter of Mrs Harvey Firestone. The couple’s engagement is reported in Akron.
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Miss Firestone
Akron
Harvey
Firestone
Elizabeth Idabelle Firestone
Ray Austin Graham, Jr
Ray A. Graham
Greenvale Farm
Lu L, N. Y
Hypnotist Seeks Courtroom Demonstration Link to Death Case
Hypnotist Robert A. Gilbert, tied to the death of 23 year old Marie Colombus, asks permission to hypnotize witnesses in court if brought to trial to prove harmlessness. He denies any connection between his visit and the death as coroner orders a second autopsy after an inconclusive first.
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Hollywood
A.P
Robert A. Gilbert
Marie Colombus
Gilbert
Plan First Pay Hike Since 32 For Teachers
Cleveland school board approved a wage increase for 1,400 teachers starting in September. Increments of 120 to 150 dollars per year reward additional scholastic credits. Other staff receive automatic raises of 100 to 200 dollars yearly, paused during the depression years.
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Cleveland
NLRB Rules Harlan Fuel Company Violated Wagner Act
The National Labor Relations Board found Harlan Fuel Company guilty of Wagner Act violations. It states company president Elza Guthrie led an armed group that drove union organizers from the post office in Yancey Kentucky. The ruling orders an end to interference with United Mine Workers of America organizers seeking entry to Yancey to organize miners.
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Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Harlan Fuel Company
Elza Guthrie
Yancey
UMWA
Railroad Official Warns Against Fed Subsidies
Charlottesville Virginia U P reports R V Fletcher vice president and general counsel of the Association of American Railroads warns that 18.5 billion dollars in rail investments cannot be protected if government subsidization of other transport continues. He forecasts a future where heavy taxation forces shippers to bear all carriage costs.
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Charlottesville
U.P
R. V. Fletcher
The
Association of American Railroads
Officials Investigate Derailment of 18 Cars
New York Central Railroad officials began an inquiry into the derailment of 18 cars from a 56 car freight train at Pickerington northwest of Lancaster UP. The Columbus bound train blocked the main line between Columbus and Corning while wreckage was cleared and no injuries were reported.
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Lancaster
New York Central Railroad
Pickerington
Here
Columbus
Corning
Drowns in Alum Creek hole in Columbus area tragedy
Robert Rosen, 11, drowned Tuesday after stepping into a 12 foot hole in Alum Creek. His brother Ronald, 9, was rescued by Ruth Miller, 15.
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Columbus
U.P
Robert Rosen
Ronald
Ruth Miller
Coal Commission Opens Hearings On Mining Costs
The National Bituminous Coal Commission began hearings to determine the weighted average cost of producing bituminous coal in nine eastern states. Evidence covered Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Ohio and Michigan as a step toward reestablishing minimum coal prices. A Rocky Mountain Western hearing occurred in Denver last month with more states to join a third session starting July 13.
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Washington
U.P
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Ohio
Michigan
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Irregularities Found in Pike County Report
State Examiner W. H. Howland released a two year Pike County report showing recovery of 28805 for various irregularities some already paid. It also includes a 939.25 finding against former Common Pleas Judge George D. Nye Democratic leader for long distance calls charged to the county.
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Columbus
W. H. Howland
Pike County
Common Pleas
George D. Nye
Six Die Four Wounded as Arabs and Jews Clash
In Palestine today violence escalated with six Jews killed including a father and son and four wounded. A British military court sentenced two Arabs to death for possessing rifles and ammunition.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Palestine
Police Slayer to Die Tonight in Ohio Electric Chair
William Hobbs, 32, convict in the slaying of a Hamilton police officer during a holdup, is scheduled for execution at the Ohio Penitentiary by electric chair tonight.
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Columbus
William Hobbs
Hamilton
Ohio
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