Davey and Daugherty Attack CIO Chiefs at Athens Rally
Gov. Martin L. Davey and Oral Daugherty led a political melee at the Athens County Fairgrounds rally against CIO leaders John L. Lewis and John Owens before about 4,000 spectators. They charged Lewis with marching to spark a civil war to beat workers while touting Ohio’s stand for law and order.
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Davey, Daugherty
Rap Cio Chiefs
Athens
W. F. Smile
CIO
John L. Lewis
John Owens
Martin L. Davey
Oral Daugherty
Athens County Fairgrounds
International
United Mine Workers
Daugherty
Owens
Ohio
Union
Nelsonville Center
Lewis
Youngstown
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Michigan
Law and Order
Labor
Davey
Hocking Valley
Democratic
Nelsonville
Tom Girdler
Johnny Owens
Democratic Party
WPA
Arabs and Jews Clash as Four Die in Jerusalem
Four Arabs were killed and 15 wounded when a hand grenade exploded near the American colony stores in the old city. A Jewish woman was arrested as a suspect. British troops fortified public buildings in Jerusalem and Haifa, with reinforcements sought from London as navy officers boarded at Haifa. The battle cruiser Repulse and the cruiser Emerald arrived to bolster forces.
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Jerusalem
Repulse
Emerald
Judge To Call Jury in Probe of Earle Forces
Harrisburg Pa Judge Paul N Schaeffer said he would convene a county grand jury to investigate charges of bribery and corruption in Governor George H Earle s administration The Democratic jurist had been assigned by the State Supreme Court to determine whether an inquiry should be conducted after three Republican judges asked to be relieved of the responsibility
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Harrisburg
Ju.p
Paul N. Schaeffer
George H. Earle
State Supreme Court
Overcharge blamed for 10 mine blast deaths
The Bureau of Mines reports an overcharge of blasting powder as the probable cause of a gas explosion at Volpe Colliery Volpe Coal Co Pittston Pa on June 2. Pellet powder was not approved for its use at the time of the blast killing ten miners.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines Today
Volpe
Volpe Coal Co
Pittston
Bureau
Wife of Gibisonville Postmaster Succumbs
Mrs. Nada Moore 62 of Gibisonville died suddenly Thursday night. She was the wife of William Moore Gibisonville postmaster and mother of six. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 PM at the Gibisonville U P Church.
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Logan
Nada Moore
Gibisonville
Moore
William Moore
U. P
Kidnapper Seadlund to Die in Electric Chair
Federal Judge John P. Barnes ordered John Henry Seadlund to die in the electric chair on July 14 for the kidnap slaying of Charles Ross, a wealthy retired greeting card and valentine maker.
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Ross
Chicago
John P. Barnes
John Henry Seadlund
Charles Ross
Logan Woman Fractures Ankle In Apple-Picking Fall
Mrs Samuel Wrightsel of Logan suffered an ankle fracture after slipping from a ladder while picking apples at her home. The accident occurred this morning in the city.
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Logan
Samuel Wrightsel
Locomotive Explosion Fatal to Five in Montana
A Northern Pacific freight locomotive exploded in Hell Gate Canyon near Missoula Montana killing five and injuring 15. The blast scattered debris, blew steel plates onto a nearby highway, and hurled wreckage into the Clark Fork River. The dead include engineer Ernest Weston fireman Elva Dunlap and brakeman Ernest Bedilion plus an unidentified transient with connections to Norfolk Nebraska. Six injured were treated at Northern Pacific Hospital.
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Missoula
Mont
U.P
Northern Pacific
Hell Gate Canyon
Here
Montana
Clark Fork
Ernest Weston
Elva Dunlap
Ernest Bedilion
Norfolk
Neb
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Custer Creek
Northern Pacific Hospital
Charles Zaremba
Plainfield
N. J
Sam Watson
Medhus
Cosette
Zambid
Julian
Plea to Spare McCall Moves to Supreme Court
In Jasper Florida 21 year old kidnapper Franklin Pierce McCall seeks aid after state pardon board rejection. Attorney C A Avriett plans appeal to the Florida Supreme Court arguing the defendant did not have a jury trial as part of the death penalty dispute.
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Jasper
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Little Jimmy Cash
C. A. Avriett
McCall
Avriett
State Pardon Board
State Supreme Court
State Treasury Report Shows Drop From 1937
Columbus UP State Treasurer Clarence T. Kinsley released a report showing six month receipts in 1938 were 8 742 901 09 less than the same period in 1937. Collections for the first half of 1937 were 125 804 683 03 versus 117 061 781 94 in 1938.
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Columbus
Clarence T. Kinsley
Michigan Executes First Person in 108 Years
Tony Chebatoris died on the gallows at Milan Prison Farm at dawn in Michigan's first execution in 108 years. The Hamtramck Pole had spent over half of his 38 years behind bars and was executed for the murder of an bystander during an abortive bank raid in Midland last September.
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Milan
Mich
Tony Chebatoris
Michigan
Hamtramck Pole
Midland
Widow Shot Found in Centralia Home
Police investigate the death of Mary Britton a 29 year old widow found shot through the heart on a bedroom floor in an upscale Centralia residence. The case remains puzzling as detectives seek a clear motive and circumstances.
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Centralia
Ill
Mary Britton
Attack leads to police killing of Bubich in Ohio shop
Matthew Bubich 48, escaped patient, stabbed Patrolman Robert Wehagen in a Cleveland suburb. Officers returned fire, Bubich killed after a sequence of shots and tear gas. Patrolman Wehagen wounded critically, hospital treatment ongoing.
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Cleveland
U.P
Matthew Bubich
Robert Wehagen
Wehagen
Bubich
George P. O'Malley
Elmwood Sanitarium
Bonness
Sergis
Massey
Schrank
Japs Protest Ouster of US Marines in Shanghai
Japanese authorities met with US Marines to protest eviction of Japanese gendarmes and plainclothes police from the International Settlement defense sector in Shanghai. The clash followed 20 hours of anti-Japanese violence marking the Chinese-Japanese war anniversary. eight Japanese killed and many wounded, including a British soldier. The Marines cleared the area and closed the sector.
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Shanghai
United States
International Settlement
Publicity Flares in Count Haugwitz-Reventlow Family
Dissension in the Haugwitz-Reventlow clan follows a public marital dispute between Count Curt Haugwitz-Reventlow and Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow. The rift includes Curt severing talks with elder brother Count Henry, heir to the family estate and castle in Denmark, amid embarrassment over the allegations of threats.
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London
U,p
Curt Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow
Count Henry
Henry
Haugwitz- Reventlow
Denmark
Coast Guard Reports Scientific Party Safe
Two Coast Guard members who flew to locate a missing scientific expedition on the Colorado River near Lee's Ferry reported they had contacted the group and all were safe. The party, said to be held up by high water since the expedition began June 20 at Green River Utah, was believed delayed in the flood stage conditions.
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EL Paso
Tex
U. S. Coast Guard
Colorado River
Lee's Ferry
Ariz
Green River
Utah
Mystery Hale: Actress Ula Love Reported Missing
Hollywood agent reports Ula Love as missing after a trip from Memphis to Hollywood failed to arrive. Mother says she never left Memphis and calls the claim a possible publicity stunt.
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Ula Love
Hollywood
Ula
Memphis
Woman Dies After Northwest Plane Crash in Billings
An east-bound Northwest Airlines twin motor Lockheed Zephyr crashed shortly after takeoff from Billings airport at 5:35 a.m. local time. A passenger, Mrs. N. S. Mackie, Evanston Illinois, died from head injuries. Two other passengers suffered injuries, including Mr. N. S. Mackie with a dislocated shoulder. Pilot Walt Bullock and Co Pilot L S Dean survived with no injuries.
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Billings
Mont
Northwest Airlnes
N. S. Mackie
Evanston
Ill
W. J. Timdale
Slocum
British Columbia
Walt Bullock
L. S. Dean
E.S.T
Nelson Offered Wage Hour Post by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt offered Donald M. Nelson the wage hour administrator job. Nelson, Sears Roebuck vice president and former NRA official, told Roosevelt he could not take the role permanently due to business ties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
Sears, Roebuck & Co
NRA
Nelson
Travelers Kidnap Car Dealer and Take $470
John Skoluda a Toledo used car dealer reported to state police that he was kidnapped by two hitch-hikers and robbed of 470 dollars in Erie Michigan. Police described the suspects as a man about 30 and a 20 year old light complexioned woman driving a Graham Paige automobile.
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Erie
Mich
U.P
John Skoluda
Toledo
Graham-Paige
Roosevelt
Athens
Marco Polo
E. S. Finsterwald
Bey
Walter Sugden Shriner National Potentate Dies in West Virginia
Walter Smith Sugden aged 58 former national potentate of the Shriners died in Sistersville West Virginia late Thursday night. He led the organization during his tenure and was widely respected in fraternal circles. His death prompted funeral arrangements in the local community.
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Sistersville
W. Va
U.P
Walter Smith Sugden
Indiate
The
Shriners
New Federal Boards To Regulate Labor And Aviation
President Roosevelt named members to two new federal agencies the Maritime Labor Board and the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The aviation board will have five members led by J Noble with Harllee Branch G Grant Mason Robert Hinckley and Oswald Ryan. salaries 12000 a year. The maritime board is headed by Robert W Bruere with Louis Bloch and Claude E Seehorn as associates. salaries 10000 a year.
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Washington
U.P
Maritime Labor Board
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Roosevelt
J. Noble
Greenwich
California
Claude E. Seehorn
Colorado
Rubber Union Seeks Roosevelt Aid Over Goodyear Layoffs
The United Rubber Workers urge President Roosevelt to intervene with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to delay a 1700 job cut. A committee led by Secre tary C E Smith delivered a White House letter seeking delay until seniority rules govern layoffs and rehiring under a negotiated agreement.
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Washington
U.P
Akron
United Rubber Workers Today
Roosevelt
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
C. E. Smith
Goodyear Union Jocal
White House
Back-to-Work Movement Triggers Newton Martial Law Fears
In Newton Iowa a group of 50 citizens and farmers allied with non-striking Maytag workers asked Sheriff Shields to deputize up to 1000 men to restore order. Officials warned martial law may be declared as Governor Kraschel receives a third request for National Guard control of the situation.
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Newton
U.P
Maytag
Earl Shields
Nelson G. Kraschel
Loyalists Rally Reserves to Halt Valencia Advance
Loyalist forces sent the last reserves from mountain garrisons south of Teruel to the coast to stop the Nationalist push toward Valencia. Nationalists pressed toward the Sagunto Road to shield Gen. Miguel Aranda as he aims to reach the crucial seaport before the war’s second anniversary on July 17.
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Hendaye
Teruel
Mediterranean
Valencia
Sagunto
Miguel Aranda
Be rsen jury convicts widow in 11 poisoning deaths
Marie Petitjean Becker a 58 year old widow was found guilty by a Brussels jury of poisoning 11 persons for their money. Sentence to be pronounced later.
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Brussels
Belgium
Marie Petitjean Becker
Ohio Public Utilities OKs Rail Fare Hike for Pullman Cars
Columbus Ohio P U C authorizes Pullman Co to raise sleeping and parlor car rates by five percent with effect August 2 except for upper berths. The order affects service pricing across the line and prompts travel cost changes for passengers.
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Columbus
O.R
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
The
Pullman Co
Roosevelt addresses Marietta crowd after Athens visit
President Roosevelt spoke in Marietta after an Athens stop praising the public for choosing forward looking leaders. He cited unity through government, likening today’s safeguards to frontier self help and mutual insurance, and endorsed cooperation to meet social problems.
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Davey
Charles Sawyer
Roosevelt
Sawyer
Thomas A. Jenkins
Federal
Northwest Territory Commission
Marietta
Eckener Attacks Ickes Over Helium Refusal
Friedrichshafen Germany zeppelin chief Hugo Eckener criticizes Secretary Harold Ickes for refusing to release helium for airships. He calls it an election maneuver and says Germany will obtain helium from the United States, noting Roosevelt implied the issue isn t closed.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
U.P
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin
Harold L. Ickes
Eckener
United States
Roosevelt
Body of Columbus Man Recovered From River
Searchers recovered the body of Edgar Gene Schooley 24 of Columbus Ohio who drowned while swimming in the St Joseph River near Three Rivers Michigan He was camping on the river with his step father Emmett Bibbler and Orville Bart both of Columbus Ohio
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Three Rivers
Mich
Edgar Gene Schooley
Columbus
St. Joseph River
Schooley
Emmett Bibbler
Orville Bart
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