Powers Aroused By Duce's Moves in Fascist Italy
Fascist Italy removed Dino Grandi as ambassador to London and ordered expulsion of foreigners from Tyrol on espionage charges for Britain and France. The moves coincide with Britain boosting defense estimates and stir Western European capitals. The Tyrol expulsions affect Americans and Austrians amid a Mussolini Hitler pact context and troop-movement concerns.
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Italy
Europe
Dino Grandi
London
Tyrol
Great Britain
France
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Netherlands
Switzerland
Reich
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Grandi
Poland
Rumania
Roader
Armed Police Guard Pontiac Fisher Body Plant
State police armed with tear gas patrolled the Pontiac Fisher Body plant to curb violence at the strikebound factory. The CIO UAW called off its picket line at 7 a.m. and employees were allowed to enter or leave, but the plant remained largely idle. Police enforced a new state labor law prohibiting pickets from blocking access to the plant. Earlier days saw pickets push aside city officers trying to keep an aisle open to the gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Mich
U.P
Pontiac Fisher
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Forest Fires Threaten South Dakota Towns
Deadwood South Dakota residents near Mystic Silver City and Pactola faced fast moving fires in 10000 acres of Black Hills forest. A 50 mph wind pushed the flames within a mile of Mystic before shifting and checking the blaze. Residents prepared to evacuate at short notice.
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Deadwood
S. D
U.P
South Dakota
Black Hills
Mystic
Mystic Silver City
Pactola
Quite Promising Ohio Corn Crop Predicted
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service forecast a 1939 Ohio corn crop of 157,550,000 bushels, about half a million more than 1938, with the crop at 66 percent of normal versus 29 percent last year. Apple prospects also look better than 1938.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Major improvements under way on Gallipolis blocks
Major improvements are underway on Gallipolis two large business blocks. New fronts are being placed in the Tabit building on Court Street and in the Shober building on Second Avenue.
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Gallipolis
Tabit
Court St
Shober
Second Ave
Five-year-old Climbs Into Car Falls 30 Feet at Kerrs Run
Five-year-old Charles Sylvester Lee rode a car parked at Beacon Service Station Kerrs Run and the vehicle plunged over a 30-foot bank, stopping on a concrete block. The boy escaped uninjured and ran home. Owner T A Downie reported minor damage to the car.
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Pomeroy
Charles
Sylvester) Lee
Beacon
Kerrs Run
T. A. Downie
Parents Claim Son Insane in Defense Plea
In Phoenix, Robert Burgunder, 22, faces a murder trial after theft and a kidnapping. His parents seek to prove insanity, with his mother testifying to back the defense while his father, former Seattle prosecutor J A Burgunder, may also testify. Burgunder admits the death sentence, saying he does not wish to live.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Burgunder
J. A. Burgunder
Seattle
Wash
Charge Killer Held Too Long
Cleveland officials and newspapers condemned Sheriff Martin L. O'Donnell for holding Frank Dolezal for six days before charging him with one of 13 torso murders. Dolezal, 52, was arraigned on a first degree murder charge after psychiatrists deemed him sane. He waived a preliminary hearing and remains held to the grand jury while another confession ties him to the 1936 Polillo murder.
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Cleveland
Martin L. O'Donnell
Frank Dolezal
Dolezal
Florence Sawdey Polillo
O'Donnell
Polillo
Fink Baby Slaying Case Before Grand Jurors
Fremont Ohio Sandusky County grand jury began proceedings on the Velma Baker Fink case. The 22 year old divorcee confessed to killing her 10 week old son Haldon after undergoing a lie detector test on June 17. Sheriff H L Myers noted she is showing more emotion than earlier.
Will Decide If Gallia Is in Jap Beetle Area
Ohio agriculture director John ST Brown announced a July 18 hearing to decide if Gallipolis township and city should be included in the Japanese beetle quarantine area.
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Columbus
U.P
Gallipolis
Ohio
John ST. Brown
Married Five Years Findings Husband Is She
In Pasadena a woman, Mabe! Phipps, 50, confronted her husband at a police station asking if he was truly a man. He, it turned out, was Minerva, a transgender woman living as James Phipps. She revealed two prior marriages, the first ending with her wife’s death in 1930 and the second wife leaving six weeks earlier.
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Pasadena
Cal
Mabe
Phipps
Sher
James Phipps
Minerva
AFL Bosses Seek Congress Action On Prevailing Wages
AFL President William Green mobilizes 4,000,000 members and 103 unions to push Congress to restore prevailing wages for skilled WPA workers as a nationwide strike of more than 77,000 WPA employees continues. Harrington backs security wage system amid dismissal threats and FBI probe in Minneapolis. Sen. Murray touts 20 co signers for a measure to restore the prevailing wage.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress
WPA
AFL
William Green
Works Projects Administration
F. C. Harrington
Harrington
Roosevelt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Minneapolis
James F. Murray
Mont
Senate
Transfer Boy To Mansfield Reformatory
A 17 year old boy from the Boys Industrial School was moved to Mansfield Reformatory after Welfare Director Charles L Sherwood said the BIS chief clerk Cleetus Sheetz reported he had a homemade gun and planned to slug an officer steal keys and escape. If successful he intended to travel to Cleveland to confront Juvenile Judge Harry Eastman who sentenced him for carrying concealed weapons.
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Columbus
U.P
Mansfield Reformatory
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
BIS
Cleetus Sheetz
Richard Eugene Long
Cleveland
Long
Harry Eastman
Three Injured in Gallia Automobile Crash
In Gallipolis at Fourth and Pine streets a collision sent John Smeltzer, 50, to Holzer Hospital with a skull fracture. Two Campbell children, eight and four months, were treated for minor head injuries at Holzer. The Smeltzers and Mrs. Campbell's party collided as both vehicles entered Pine Street.
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Gallipolis
Fourth and
Pine Sts
John Smeltzer
Holzer Hospital
Charles Campbell
Smeltzer
John
Curt
Melvin
Pine St
Campbell
Heat wave drives Southern California temps to record highs
The Imperial Valley reached 118 degrees as a heat wave gripped Southern California. Residents in El Centro reported a 124 degree high, while Hollywood faced disruption as winter filming persisted despite the heat.
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California
Los Angeles
U.P
Imperial Valley
Hollywood
el Centro
Cincinnati Reds Star Ival Goodman Improves After All Star Injury
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ival Goodman showed satisfactory progress today after injuring himself in yesterday's all star game. The update from U P confirms the ailment allows continued recovery in coming days.
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Cincy
New York
Ival Goodman
Cincinnati Reds
Minute Men meet to perfect Ohio Chamber district council
Business, professional and agricultural leaders from 12 counties gathered at Jackson Country Club Tuesday night to organize District Council Number 6 of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. George B. Chandler outlined how councils unite informed citizens to monitor budgeting and expenditures at local levels, with nine district councils in the state.
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Jackson
Jackson Country Club
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Highland
Adams
Ross, Pike
Scioto
Gallia
Hocking
Vinton
Jackem
Tawrania Athans An
Savy
Selesteid Cui Jets
George B. Chandler
Ohio Chamber
Chandler
Ohio
Arch D. Schultz
Ralph P. Ward
George J. O'Brien
Dr. Schultz
Auditor says whisky charge not proven in expense dispute
Columbus U P report states State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson questioned Herschel C Atkinson's $51 45 expense claim for his wife hotel bill while noting a Dayton hotel bill showing whisky and soda items. Atkinson denied trying to charge liquor or include his wife's hotel bill, calling Ferguson a liar. Ferguson said no evidence of liquor charging.
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Columbus
U.P
Joseph T. Ferguson
Herschel C. Atkinson
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Atkinson
Ferguson
Dayton
Joe Ferguson
Refused Lie Detector Test for Love Finding
In Cincinnati a woman asked to take a lie detector test to prove love. Norman Diehl, a detective clerk, confirmed a test was available but the officer stated it cannot be arranged.
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Cincinnati
L.P
Norman Diehl
Cincinnati Detective Headquarters
Diehl
Neutrality Standoff Shapes Bid for New Law
President Roosevelt plans to send a special message to Congress urging a new neutrality law and insisting on abolishing the arms embargo before adjournment. Senate Foreign Relations Committee blocked action, aiming to reconvene next year, while Roosevelt seeks votes from two key Democrats. He warned Congress to stay in session and cautioned against a special session during Europe’s rising tensions. The administration aims to rally support in a tight 12 11 vote margin.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Walter F. George
Guy M. Gillette
Europe
Germany
Italy
Britain
France
Corporate Tax Is Highest Item in 1939 Fiscal Year
Treasury figures show corporations paid 1 118 361 983 in federal income taxes in 1939, the largest single item, surpassing individual taxes by about 90 million. Corporate taxes fell 171 million from 1938, while total tax revenue for the year ending June 30 dropped 477 million to 5 181 665 738.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury Department
Treasury
Ohio Atty General Aide Urges Pension Reimbursement
Evan Chase assistant Ohio attorney general briefed the House Judiciary Committee calling for reimbursement of 1 338 160 dollars in old age pension funds withheld last October by the Social Security Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Evan Chase
Ohio
House Judiciary Committee
Social Security Board
McNutt and Roosevelt Agree on A Campaign Plan
Washington reports a clear accord between President Roosevelt and Indiana's Paul V. McNutt on 1940 Democratic nominating strategy. McNutt is likely to be confirmed as director of the Federal Security Administration and says he will not seek the nomination if Roosevelt desires it. Roosevelt absolves McNutt of campaign duties amid questions about his own candidacy and McNutt as possible successor or running mate.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
McNutt
Senate
Federal Security Administration
Frank McHale
Mr. Roosevelt
Warns Socialites Father Divine May Be Neighbor
Newport socialites face an ultimatum to buy Mrs Angela Kaufman sante’s mansion within 48 hours or pay 40000 to prevent Father Divine and his followers from becoming neighbors at The Castle. The wealthy widow, confined to her bed, had sought a liquor license denial driven relocation.
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Newport
R. I
O.R
Father Divine
Negro “Angels
Angela C. Kaufman
Socialites Rescued After 5 Hour 100 Foot World Fair Plunge
New York society couple J Cornelius Rathborne and Nancy Nelson Huidekoper hung 100 feet above the ground in a stalled mechanical parachute at the World’s Fair. Crowd cheered as rescuers battled tangled cables for hours before the pair were lowered and left.
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New York
U.P
J. Cornelius Rathborne
Cokie
Baltimore
Nancy Nelson Huidekoper
Mrs. Rathborne
First Department
Rathbornes
Five Others Wounded in Street Fight in Harlan County
In Bloody Harlan County Kentucky a miner was killed five others wounded by gunfire and several clubbed by National Guardsmen during two riots between union and nonunion miners and troops. Guardsmen attempted to restore order after a large rally at Lenarue.
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Harlan, Ky
National
Union
Harlan County
Stanfill
Manhan Ellison Co
Doc Caldwell
Wilsonburger
J. L. Hansberry
Harlan
Bill Williams
Rex
Hubert Green
Green
Joe Kelley
Kentucky National Guard
Fort Knox
National Guard
Harlan Hospital
George Titler
United Mine Workers Union
Titler
George
Lenarue
William Turnblazer
UMW
Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association
A. B. Chandler
Gallia Officers Watch For Women Fugitives
Gallia sheriff officers patrolled Route 141 in response to a message from Ironton officials that a Tennessee registered car carrying three young women, suspected escapees from Marysville Reformatory, entered Gallia County. One woman closely resembles Velma West. No trace of the car or fugitives found.
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Gallipolis
Route 141
Ironton
Tennessee
Marysville Reformatory
Gallia County
Velma West
Meteor Possibly Strikes Earth in Canada Observed Across Ohio
An astronomer at Case School of Applied Science reports a brilliant meteor seen across Ohio last night may have struck the earth somewhere in Canada. Thousands heard the roar as Paul Annear notes distance can mislead and the object may have landed in Canada.
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Cleveland
U.P
Case School of Applied Science
Ohio
Canada
Paul Annear
Case Observatory
Link to Killing of Bartow Fila
The state today presents testimony to link Frank Garner Jr of Ashtabula Ohio by circumstantial evidence with the slaying of F A Best, his elderly landlord, in a case highlighting the motive and opportunity.
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Bartow
Frank Garner, Jr
Ashtabula, O
F. A. ‘Best
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