Russians Seek Moscow to Oakland Nonstop Flight Record
Three Russian fliers led by Michael Gromov push south from the Arctic toward Oakland aiming to beat the 5,657 mile Moscow to Oakland record. They report position over Fort Norman at 7 20 am EST and seek weather confirmation as they near California.
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San Francisco
U.P
Canada
Moscow
Fort Norman
North Pole
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Royal Canadian Signal Corps
Fort Smith
Canadian Signal Corps
Eeverything O. K
Danilin
Michael Gromov
Andrei B. Yumashev
Sergei Danilin
Seattle
Great Bear Lake
McKenzie District
Northwest Territories
Signal Corps
Anchorage
Alaska
Gromov
Oakland
Los Angeles
Moscow- North Pole
California
Roosevelt Denies Foreign Holding Companies Ties
James Roosevelt, the president's son and secretary, told Congress he never used foreign personal holding companies to reduce taxes. The inquiry committee then shelved a Republican bid to investigate his tax returns.
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Washington
L.P
James Roosevelt
Congressional Tax Inquiry Committee
Roosevelt
Hamilton Fish
N. Y
Two Yorkville Mine Victims Are Removed
Bodies of Edward Gray aged 64 and his son James aged 34 were brought to the surface after being overcome by gas in the Stenhaltz mine near Yorkville. Rescue crews found them in a gas pocket and could not recover them until today after they failed to return home.
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Yorkville
U.P
Edward Gray
James
Stenhaltz
Here
Belgian cabinet resigns as premier offers resignation
London dispatch reports the Belgian cabinet has resigned. Premier Paul van Zeeland offered his resignation to the king, aligning with Justice Minister Victor De Laveleye who resigned Monday.
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London
Exchange
Brussells
Paul van Zeeland
Victor de Laveleye
Columbus physician and ethnologist Dr. Hervey W. Whitaker dies
Dr. Hervey W. Whitaker age 79 of Columbus dies at home Monday night from stomach ulcers. He served in the U S Navy and was a friend of the late King George V of England. He was not married.
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King
Columbus
U.P
Hervey W. Whitaker
U. S. Navy
King George V of
England
Gallia Coal Mine Operator Shot. Injured in Apparent Accident
George Lindamood 36 of Thurman is hospitalized in Holzer with a chest wound believed accidental. Found by neighbor John Smith at the Dixon's Run mine office after a shot heard. Lindamood denies self-inflicted harm. powder burns noted, investigation ongoing. His family includes wife, daughter Glenna, and parents W. G. Lindamood and Mrs. Lindamood.
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Gallipolis
George Lindamood
Thurman
Holzer Hospital
Lindamood
Dixon’s Run
Jackson County
John Smith
Fred Rupert
W. G. Lindamood
O. M. McLaughlin
Rocky Hill
Glenna
Flood Waters Roar Through Rural West Virginia
Torrential rain across two days flood Big Wheel ing and Little Grove Creeks near Majorsville mainly. Bridges over Little Grove Creek wash out and homes flood while a penitentiary farm at Moundsville suffers about $5 000 in crop damage as water rises to ten feet.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Little Grove
Majorsville
Little Grove Creek
West Virginia
Moundsville
Mass Plane Battles Reported Over Madrid Front
Madrid officials report heavy air combat west of the capital after a series of Nationalist counterattacks. Communiques claim severe losses for both sides with more than 100 planes involved on each flank. Reports also cite up to 160 government planes in a weekend attack near Navalcarnero, the Nationalist base area.
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Madrid
U.P
Navalcarnero
Ohio Fruit Harvest to Surpass 1936 Output
The federal State crop service forecast Ohio will exceed 1936 in apples peaches pears grapes and cherries amid overall fruit gains. Rye potatoes and sugar beets are seen lower than last year.
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Columbus
U.P
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Ohio
Hall and six others plead not guilty in dynamite case
Gus Hall leader of the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee and six co defendants pleaded not guilty in common pleas court to charges of illegal possession of explosives. No bonds were requested and all remained jailed. Trials set for July 26.
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Warren-U.p
Gus Hall
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Common Pleas
Deluge Brings Second Bellevue Flood Peril
A three hour night deluge again floods Bellevue with several inches of water in the south. U S Route 20, closed previously, is covered by foot deep puddles in spots as cellars flood in many homes.
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Bellevue
Father shoots at youth in jail after alleged attack
Chicago police report Henry Hundreiser, a bartender, entered Summerdale station and fired four times at John Ardelean after the 16 year old admitted beating stabbing and assaulting his nine year old daughter Lorraine Hundreiser lay wounded after a separate incident and John later confessed his involvement in the assault and rape charges.
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Chicago
U.P
Harry Hundreiser
Summerdale
John Ardelean
Hundreiser
Edgewater Hospital
Ardelean
Leslie Curtis
Sam Ardelean
John
Lorrain Hundreiser
Lorraine
Foes of Court Bill Confident After Week of Debate
Senate opponents of the administration substitute judiciary bill declare victory and say no filibuster is needed. Senators Wheeler Burke Bailey express confidence the bill will not be enacted, while a source notes three undecided votes may determine the outcome.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Josiah Bailey
N. C
Burke
English golfer wins Walton Heath title over Shute
Henry Cotton of England defeated Densmore Shute of Boston 6 and 5 to win the unofficial world match play championship at Walton Heath England securing a $2,500 purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton Heath
Eng
U.P
Henry Cotton
England
Densmore Shute
Boston
France Resumes Control of 350 Mile Spanish Frontier
France re asserted border authority along a 350 mile section with prefects replacing Lon don Non Intervention observers. The move aims to curb arms and men smuggling into Loyalist Spain though little trouble was seen, a risk of left wing extremists was noted across the Mediterranean Andorra stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
France
Mediterranean
Andorra
Indictment of Ex-Marshal for Roosevelt Threats
Morton D. Wainwright, 72, a former deputy U S Marshal, was indicted by a federal grand jury on threatening the life of President Roosevelt. He pled not guilty and a psychiatrist was ordered to examine him as the case was continued.
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Boston
U.P
Morton D. Wainwright
U. S
Roosevelt
Elisha H. Brewster
Wainwright
Storms Push Heat Zone To Torrid Highs Across Regions
Violent thunderstorms blasted the heat zone today with blistering sun and heavy rain. Rain cooled some areas while others stayed sweltering as forecasters expect little temperature relief.
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United Press
Rockies
Atlantic
United States
New Jersey
Kansas
Minnesota
New England
Philadelphia
Chicago
South Dakota
Rapid City
S. D
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Washington
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Earhart Hunt Enters Final Aerial Stage
The Earhart and Noonan search enters a mop up phase as Lexington with 62 planes and 300 fliers joins the Pacific effort. Weather clouds hinder flying but if cleared, all aircraft will search at dawn along a 60 by 600 mile strip south and west of Howland Island.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
Frederick J. Noonan
Pacific Ocean
New Guinea
Howland Island
Lexington
Elections Clerk Gives Ford Trial Testimony
Ralph D. Ferguson Ross County elections board clerk was to continue testimony in mayor James E. Ford ouster trial. Rev M R White testified Ford said he was offered 1500 dollars to permit slot machines but promised to keep them out.
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Chillicothe—U.p
Ralph D. Ferguson
Ross County Elections Board
James E. Ford
M. R. White
Ford
White
NLRB Assigns Miller as Eighth Regional Director
James P. Miller, now serving as trial examiner for the National Labor Relations Board, will succeed Ralph A. Lind as director of the Eighth Regional District for the board on an interim basis, announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NLRB
Cleveland
U.P
James P. Miller
National Labor Relations Board
Ralph A. Lind
Japanese War Office Cites Causes for New Hostilities
The War Office in Tokyo cites five alleged anti Japanese incidents at Peiping and warns that sentiment favors disciplining China. Premier Konoye calls governors to Tokyo for an emergency crisis meeting as heavy fighting nears Peiping and Japanese reinforcements clash with Chinese 29th army near Feng tai.
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Far East
Peiping
Kwantung Army
Japan
Manchukuo
Shanhaikwan
Fengtai
Eastern Asia
China
Wang Chung Hui
Tokyo
War Office
Korea
Fumimaro Konoye
Rides Freight and Loses Foot in Rail Accident
Fifteen year old Alexander Ogrodny of Fairbanks Pennsylvania rode an eastbound freight from Cincinnati with a companion in search of work. His left foot was caught in a train coupler near Zaleski and required amputation at Sheltering Arms Hospital after he was brought to Athens then taken by ambulance.
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St. Louis
Alexander Ogrodny
Fairbanks
Zaleski
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Cincinnati
Athens
Burlesque Returns to New York With Tepid Opening
New York venues reopened after the moral crackdown but audiences booed and the acts showed little risqué appeal. Six shows resumed under licenses after promising cleaner material, yet performers faced tepid reception and cautious tabloid humor.
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New York
U.P
Lewis Union Group Expands to Local Government Jobs
John L. Lewis announced a CIO led expansion into state county and municipal workers. The plan targets two million local government employees with eligible roles including police, fire, teachers, and senior executives. Teachers may join CIO via AFL affiliate. The Municipal Workers Union already refits 14,000 members from the Federation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization of
State
County
Municipal Workers of America
Lewis
American Federation of Teachers
American Federation of Labor
CIO
New Municipal Workers Union
New British Neutrality Plan Nears Completion
London reports the government is close to finalizing a draft neutrality plan for the Spanish civil war. The proposal aims to rejuvenate the non intervention pact of 27 nations, following the breakdown after Germany and Italy left the warship patrol off the Spanish coast.
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London
U.P
Germany
Italy
First Guard Group Is Sent Back to Homes
The first contingent of Ohio National Guardsmen 170 troopers from southern Ohio departed Cleveland by truck to return home. All 2500 militiamen called to guard Republic Steel workers will depart by Friday or Saturday, Sheriff Martin O. O'Donnell said. Guards still patrolled Massillon.
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Cleveland
UPR
Ohio National Guardsmen
Ohio
Republic Steel Corp
Martin O. O'Donnell
Massillon
Budget Compromise Passes House and Senate in Ohio
A compromise state budget passed both chambers and awaits Governor Davey signature. The plan funds Ohio University with a 200 757 increase and assigns 1 130 000 for university personnel plus 165 300 for maintenance. Highway construction gets 4 800 000, and the State Liquor Department receives 6 500 000 amid cuts to old age positions. A tax levy measure to ease levies advances as adjournment nears.
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Ohio University
Davey
Athens State Hospital
House
Senate
State
V. E. Metcalf
Washington
Dalvey
Reed and Cauley Lead Southeastern Golf Standings at Athens
Reed and Cauley top the field in the Southeastern District Golf tournament at Athens Country Club with 18 hole scores of 76. Reed opened with 36 but finished with a 40 on the back nine while Cauley shot 39-37. Grover and Brown trailed by one stroke with 77s as the tourney moved past its halfway mark.
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Curtis
Reed
Chillicothe
Dan Cauley
Marietta
Athens Country Club
Cauley
B. T. Grover
Athens
J. Brown
Grover
Brown
Shry
Cambridge
Tomastik
Brothers
Gallipolis
Stiffler
Jackson
McPherson
Vornholt
Whitney
Seidensticker
Cherrington
E. Jones
F. Cross
Chapman
Portsmouth
Murray
Farm Bill Death Seen Despite Roosevelt Plea
Congressional readers privately say no chance for broad farm legislation this year despite the president's three point program. The remark follows Roosevelt's letter to House Agriculture Chair Marvin Jones and Senate Chair Ellison Smith. Smith adds that no permanent farm bill is likely this session and may come next January.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Marvin Jones
Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Ellison D. Smith
S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
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Gallia
Spain
Quebec
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel duPont Roosevelt
Europe
Jacob J. Doletzky
Ural
Doletzky
Earhart Hunt
Soviet
Russia
Fengta
Japanese War Office
29Th Army
Republic Theater
Schenectady
Troy
Paul Moss
Lewis’ Union Group
Reed, Cauley
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