Escalating Far East Tensions Amid War Anniversary
Japan denounces Western powers as anger rises on the second anniversary of Chiang Kai-Shek’s war. Tokyo police guard the British Embassy while Japanese and French troops clash near Hankow. Shanghai and Tientsin halt plans as Japan marks the day with raids on Chungking. Britain and France push European security, planning air demonstrations and potential joint flights over France.
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China
Far East
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Tokyo
Hankow
Shanghai
Tientsin
Chungking
Europe
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Neville Chamberlain
Danzig
Reich
Poland
Man Sentenced to Prison for 36 Cent Theft
CONNEAUT Ohio reports David Bonchard aged 48 from Burling Vermont was sentenced to one to five years in the Ohio Penitentiary after stealing 36 cents from a church collection box.
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Conneaut
U.P
Ohio
David Bonchard
Burling
Still Waters Deep Revealed as Abandoned Still Site
While berry picking near Sand Run on Thursday B F Sheren found a shallow grave in the brush. County officers investigated and found the site to be an old still location recently used for illegal spirit production. Sheriff Joe Farbearn and Deputy Nellis Smith attended the scene.
Swanson Navy Secretary Claude Swanson Dies at 77
Secretary of the Navy Claude A Swanson died at age 77 in a Virginia camp after a long illness. A veteran statesman Swanson extended navy support on Capitol Hill and built a navy program that grew into a billion dollar annual industry.
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Washington
Secretary of Navy
Claude A. Swanson
Blue Ridge
Rapidan River
Virginia
Swanson
Navy
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
William H. Woodin
Treasury
Fremouns
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
George H. Dern
Harry H. Woodring
Claude Swanson
Democratic Party
Lindbergh Visits Birthplace in Minnesota
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh toured his boyhood hometown of Little Falls Minnesota. He flew in a pursuit plane to Camp Ripley then dined at the mess hall and met old friends before visiting the family home now a city park named in his honor.
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Little Falls
Minn
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh Park
Camp Ripley
Lindbergh
Martin Engstrom
64 000 Eligible for Out of Work Insurance
The State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation said 60 000 interstate railroad workers in Ohio become subject to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act July 1. An additional 4 000 interstate railroad workers have been drawing benefits from the BUC.
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Columbus
U.R
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio
BUC
Week's Sales Tax Up 24 Percent in Columbus
State Treasurer Don H. Ebright reported a 24 percent rise in sales tax collections for the week ending June 24. This year the week brought in $852,516 vs $655,954 the previous year. From Jan 1 to June 24 this year totals reached $20,213,439, compared with $17,331,660 last year.
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Columbus
U.R
Don H. Ebright
Elderly Man Escapes Torture Gang During Burglary
Brady Hoover 62 of Akron, who summers in Sterling, escaped after three men and two high school students allegedly broke into his Sterling home. He said they pressed lit cigarettes to his hands and arms during a robbery attempt and dragged him outside toward Chippewa Creek before he fled and alerted authorities. The five suspects were detained at Wayne County Jail.
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Wooster
Sterling
Wayne County
Brady Hoover
Akron
Hoover
Edward E. Mills
Hames Shelley
Glenn Rike
Chippewa Creek
Police Kill High School Youth in Stolen Auto
Dayton police identified 18 year old Franklin Grimes a senior at Kiser high school as the youth killed while pursuing a stolen automobile. Police said Grimes drove one of three cars stolen from a baseball park parking lot and two cruisers pursued before an officer fatally shot him. He survived by his parents and a sister.
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Dayton
U.P
Franklin Grimes
Kiser High School
Grimes
Hitler Creates Union For Jews In Germany
Berlin reports the Reich Union of Jews in Germany was established by decree. It will include all German Jews and Jews without citizenship, and operates under the ministry of interior to aid emigration and oversee Jewish education and welfare.
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Berlin
Reich Union of Jews
Germany
Ministry of Interior
Police Search For Pilot And Girl In Stolen Plane
Vernon Illinois reports a 24 year old Ernest Pelch and 17 year old Goldie Gehken fled in a $1,500 sport plane stolen on June 28 from Frankfort Indiana. They were spotted near a Gehrken farm as authorities press a manhunt and await their return.
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Vernon, III
Ernest Pelch
Frankfort
Ind
John Gehrken
Gehken
Goldie
Ramsey
Ill
Relief Work Spurred by Flood Threat
Relief workers in Morehead Kentucky hastened flood relief after NE Kentucky floods. Fifty four bodies recovered and 117 missing as rain swelled rivers. Health officials quarantined Breathitt County and chlorinated water to prevent typhoid. Estimated fatalities likely over 100 with 4,000 homeless and $5 million in property damage. Federal state and volunteers aided amid debris and rising waters.
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Morehead
U.P
Kentucky
U. S. Weather Bureau
P. E. Blackerby
Breathitt County
Red Cross
Washington
Map Fight on Neutrality Bill
Isolationist members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee plan their fight against the administration's neutrality bill. President Roosevelt's leaders aim to keep Congress in session until the issue is settled, while isolationists push for a stronger embargo and oppose the House version.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Perry Co. Unites With Ohio Coal Foundation
Perry County Burn Ohio Coal Association and the Ohio Coal Foundation join into one organization to revive Southeastern Ohio mining. A committee plans solicitations led by William Brock and Floyd Pratt and will present in Columbus next Wednesday. A July 20 display and dinner for Columbus area coal dealers are set at the Neil House.
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Ohio Coal Foundation
Perry County Burn Ohio Coal Association
Southeastern
Ohio
Perry County Association
Glouster
Perry County
William Brock
Corning
Floyd Pratt
Crooksville
Charles Wallace
Brock
Matthew Dawson
Ernest Parker
Franklin County Industrial Union Council
Columbus
Neil House
L. W. Sanders
Foundation
F. J. Taylor
Athens County
Board of Education
Taylor
John Gail
National Sportsmen’s Club
Fostoria
Cleveland Torso Murder Suspect A Bricklayer in Custody
A 52 year old bricklayer in Cleveland, linked to the Kingsbury Run torso slayings, showed hysteria after long questioning and denied guilt. Police report blood evidence, bloody knives, and associations with victims, as sheriff G orders lie detector if needed and the man remains unnamed with no charges filed.
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Cleveland
Kingsbury Run
Martin O'Donnell
Kingsbury
Hoover Urges U S to Act as Referee in War Crisis
Former President Herbert Hoover urged the United States to join neutral nations as referees in restrictive international agreements to curb wartime barbarities. He proposed protecting food ships and hospital ships from attack and limiting bombings to combat zones, saying nations resisting such obligations prove their barbarism and outcast themselves. He spoke before 6,000 Christian Endeavor delegates in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Herbert Hoover
International Convention of Christian Endeavor Societies
United States
Hoover
American Red Cross
Townsend Drops Present Pension Drive
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, advocate of higher pensions, urged congressional supporters to drop efforts for enactment this session. The Senate Finance Committee approved a liberalized social security bill, while the House version failed earlier. A Townsend tax amendment may be proposed, with Sen. Pepper ready to offer a one percent tax on gross receipts to fund old age benefits.
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Washington
U.P
Francis E. Townsend
Congressional
Congress
Townsend
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Townsendites
Senate Judiciary Committee
Claude Pepper
Fla
Strike Closes 6th GM Plant
A general strike by United Automobile Workers CIO members closes Fisher Body No. 37 stamping plant in Detroit with 600 workers. The walkout widens plant closures to six and affects more than 4,000 workers.
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Detroit
U.P
General Motors
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Fisher Body No. 37
Vote To Clear Ex-Gallia Army Man Name
The House Military Affairs committee voted 15 to 9 to report favorably a bill to clear Capt. Oberlin M. Carter of Chicago, once from Gallia County Ohio, convicted 40 years ago of embezzling army funds. The case, dubbed the American Dreyfus, sparked ongoing challenges to the court martial.
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Washington
U.P
House Military Affairs Committee
Oberlin M. Carter
Chicago
Gallia County
Ohio
Carter
Buckner Jr. Sentenced for Philippine Bonds Fraud
William P. Buckner Jr., a New York broker, was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 2500 for conspiracy and mail fraud tied to a 1 million dollar manipulation of defaulted Philippine railway bonds.
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New York
U P
William P. Buckner, Jr
Football victim dies in Cleveland after 1936 injury
Gus Corsi former high school football star who was paralyzed by injuries from the Michigan State College Albion College game on October 15 1936 died in a hospital in Cleveland last night.
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Cleveland
A.R
Gus Corsi
Michigan State College
Albion
Mich.) College
Riggs Wins Wimbledon Singles Title In Five Set Match
Bobby Riggs of Chicago defeated Elwood Cooke of Portland 2-6 8-6 3-6 6-3 6-2 to claim the all England championships singles title. The Americans staged a stirring clash on Wimbledon’s court with Cooke seeking his first Wimbledon upset.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
America
Elwood Cooke
Portland
Ore
Riggs
Cooke
Burgunder Trial Nears Life Sentence for Arizona Slaying
In Phoenix, 22 year old Robert M Burgunder Jr son of a former Seattle prosecutor stands trial for the killing of Jack Peterson an automobile salesman. Burgunder faces a possible life term as proceedings unfold with the defendant reportedly avoiding signs of amusement.
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Arizona
Jack Peterson
Robert M. Burgunder, Jr
Seattle, Wash
Phoenix
Mercury Hits New Highs as Ohio Simmers
Ohio sweltered under 95 degree heat and high humidity with five deaths from drowning and heat in the past 24 hours. Columbus logged a 1939 record high. Cincinnati and Coshocton reached 94 and other points near 96. A 17 year old died by lightning in a quarry pool near Walbridge. two others survived. Lorain saw a fourth drowning in four days as Michael Olesko perished in a pool near the city. Earl White drowned in the Ohio River at Portsmouth.
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Columbus
U.P
Robert Taylor
Walbridge
Lomin County
Michael Olesko
Lorain
Portsmouth
Earl White
Ohio River
Marysville Escapee Arrested at Elkhart
Police in Filkhart Indiana have captured Ruth Fox of Akron after an escape from Marysville Reformatory on April 28. She escaped with two other women. Velma West remains at large after a prior dawn escape on June 19 with three others.
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Columbus
U.P
Filkhart
Ind
Ruth Fox
Akron
Marysville Reformatory
Charles L. Sherwood
Velma West
Hammer Slayer
Marysville
British Gunboat Hit During Jap Air Raid
In Chungking China the British gunboat Falcon was damaged as Japanese bombs fell around the vessel during three air raids on the temporary Chinese capital. One bomb landed within 50 feet of the home of Willys Peck counsellor of the United States Embassy.
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Chungking
China
U.P
Falcon
Willys Peck
United States
Burned as fuse breaks Columbus A P V J Fetch hurt
Columbus Big Four locomotive engineer A P V J Fetch suffered severe scalds when a locomotive flue let go and filled the cab with steam. He was recovering today from the burns.
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Columbus
A.P V. J. Fetch
Big Four
WPA Strike Threat Over Security Pay Scale Hits 150000 Workers
Washington reports organized labor protests against the 1940 relief bill shift to a security wage system. Strikes threaten to halt WPA construction, with about 150,000 workers idle and many more expected to strike in Ohio and major cities. WPA Administrator Harrington warned strikers will be dropped if they do not return within five days.
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Washington
WPA
F. C. Harrington
Ohio
Wolkout
Cuyahoga County
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dayton
Youngstown
Toledo
Coshocton
State-Wide Protests Called by Ohio Building Trades Council
Columbus to host state wide protest meeting of building trades workers to respond to Congress acts affecting WPA jobs. John W. Jockel of the AFL affiliated council orders action. 100 locals involved. Columbus men to halt WPA work today. Fred Hickman cites hourly wage impact for bricklayers at about $1.56.
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Columbus
Act of Congress
Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council
Charles J. Case
John W. Jockel
Cleveland
American Federation of Labor-Affiliated Council
Building Trades
Columbus Building Trades Union
WPA
Fred Hickman
Building Trades Council
Hickman
LSU Proxy Charged With Forgery and Fraud
Baton Rouge Louisiana. District Attorney Charles A Byrne of New Orleans announced charges of forgery and operating a confidence game against a former LSU president tied to a wheat market flier. The case centers on over 1 million in university funds and bonds and a $461000 loss after grain prices fell.
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Baton Rouge
U.P
James Monroe Smith
Charles A. Byrne
New Orleans
Louisiana State University
State Fair Plans $134,891 in Premiums and Prizes
Win H. Kinnan, fair manager, announced Columbus that $134,891 in premiums purses and prizes will be offered at this year’s state fair. The state provides $113,723 with the remainder from breed associations and other groups. Invitations go to 300 high school students for the All-Ohio High School Band performing at the fair.
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Columbus
U.P
Win H. Kinnan
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Hides
Acme
Jack Dempsey
Manassa Mauler
New York City
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Elkhart
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Herrington
Harrington
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