World Fliers Headed for Fairbanks 2457 Mile Jump
Howard Hughes sets off from Yakutsk for Fairbanks Alaska aiming for a non stop run across eastern Siberia and the Bering Strait en route to New York. The flight began with 60 hours 1 minute elapsed and 42 hours 21 minutes flying time already logged.
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Moscow
Howard Hughes
Yakutsk
Siberia
Fairbanks
Alaska
Hughes
Bering Strait
New York
York
Floyd Bennett Airport
Wiley Post
Omsk
Anadirsk
Gulf of Anadyr
Bering Sea
Providence Bay
North America
Nome
Little Yakutsk
Yakutsk Republic
Lena River
Hughes Flier Howard Hughes Reports Position From Seattle
U S Army radio station in Seattle relayed Hughes announce ed position at 8 22 a m EST 64 degrees north latitude and 137 05 east longitude He flies at 6200 feet on a Great Circle route from Yakutsk to Fairbanks Alaska He will report positions to Anchorage Alaska Mrs Wiley Post widow of the world renown flyer arrives in Fairbanks to greet Hughes and crew
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New ‘York
Howard Hughes
U. S. Army
Seattle
Wash
Hughes
Fairbanks
Alaska
Yakutsk
Siberia
Anchorage
Wiley Post
Drop Charges Against Count Haugwitz-Reventlow
London authorities withdraw a threats charge against Count Haugwitz-Reventlow at Bow Street Police Court by mutual consent. The Count undertakes not to contact Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow, amid rumors of an imminent Danish divorce.
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London
Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow
Bow Street
Dun
Etrick Hastings
Van Nuys Nomination Heals Democratic Split in Indiana
Indiana Democrats reunite after state convention re nominates U S Sen Frederick Van Nuys by acclamation and booms former Gov Paul V McNutt as Democratic presidential nominee for 1940.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Indiana
U. S
Frederick van Nuys
Paul V. McNutt
van Nuys
Ross Kidnap Murderer Dies in Chair Tonight
Chicago reports that John Henry, once public enemy No. 1, will be executed by electric chair at midnight in Cook County Jail for the kidnapping that led to the murder of 72 year old Charles S. Ross, a retired Chicago greeting card maker.
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Chicago
John Henry
Cook County
Charles S. Ross
More British Troops Arrive to Restore Order in Jerusalem
British forces arrive in the Holy Land to forcibly restore order as racial violence and terrorism grip Jerusalem for over a week.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Holy Land
Steel Workers Converge for March On NLRB Action
Weirton workers and local merchants massed in the town center preparing a march toward Steubenville to protest NLRB examiner Edward Grandison Smith. The protest followed his postponement of the unfair labor practices hearing against Weirton Steel and its transfer to Pittsburgh, with about 5,000 people expected to participate.
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NLRB
Weirton
W. Va
U.p—Steel
Steubenville
National Labor Relations Board
Edward Grandison Smith
Weirton Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Smith
Washington
Hollidays Cove
Examiner
Clyde A. Armstrong
Weirton Defense Counsel
Steel Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
John N. Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Shoe Workers Strike at Shelby Shoe Co
United Shoe Workers Union members protest at Shelby Shoe Co in Portsmouth seeking a closed shop and restoration of a 10 percent May salary cut. Company denies rumor of wage restoration and cites production contracts for current pricing.
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Portsmouth
U.P
United Shoe Workers Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
Shelby Shoe Co
Mrs Cochrane Improves After Severe Heart Attack
Bridgewater Massachusetts Mrs John Cochrane is reported improved after a severe heart attack that brought her son Mickey Cochrane manager of the Detroit Tigers to her bedside.
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Cochrane
Bridgewater
Mass
U.P
John Cochrane
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Steel Workers Urge Roosevelt For 1940 Run On Train
4000 steel workers in Pueblo demand Roosevelt declare for a third term as he tours Nevada en route to San Francisco. White House silent on the plea amid his Colorado appearance stressing land use and soil conservation. Royal Air Force to gain 13 000 more personnel, raising total to 96000.
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Roosevelt
San Francisco
U.S
Nevada
Pat McCarran
Pacific Coast
Pueblo
Colo
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Colorado
Grand Junction
Royal Air Force
London
Governor Davey vetoes bill on unclaimed bank deposits
Columbus Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey vetoed a measure that would permit counties to use unclaimed bank deposits for relief expenditures. The action blocks a plan to fund relief programs from dormant accounts.
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Columbus
U.R
Martin L. Davey
Raymond Clapper Voted Outstanding Columnist
Raymond Clapper was unanimously voted the outstanding newspaper columnist of the year by the National Headliners Club. Jack Price, editor of Editor and Publisher and chairman of the award committee, announced the honor at the Atlantic City meeting.
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Atlantic City
Raymond Clapper
National Headliners Club
Jack Price
Clapper
Kidnapping Confession Is Scouts Fizzle In Tacoma Case
32 year old Frank Olson, jailed in the Mattson kidnap slaying, allegedly gave three or four confessions but was deemed mentally deranged. He posed for photographers in a hall after three days incommunicado, matching artist drawings. FBI said it was surprised by the arrest as the Mattson death occurred January 1937 near Everett.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.P
William Cole
State Patrol
Frank Olson
Charles Mattson
Olson
Cole
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mattson
Adams County
Ritzville
Charles
Everett
Deaths Mount As Japanese Bomb Canton
Japanese planes bombed Canton for the second day as ground forces pressed on Chinese positions around Kiukiang near Hankow. Canton suffered 20 bombs near government buildings at 8 30 am, and Honam Island near Lingnam University was hit. Officials report 70 killed and 200+ injured. Wuchang raid earlier left 150 dead, 200 injured, 150 homes destroyed.
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Shanghai
U.P
Kiukiang
Hankow
Canton
China
Honam Island
Lingnam University
Wuchang
Three Middleport Girls Rescued After River Boat Sinks
Three Middleport girls Mary Logan Dorothy Lewis and Margaret Wilt escaped drowning in the Ohio River when their leaky rowboat sank near the West Virginia shore opposite Middleport. They repeatedly disappeared beneath the surface before rescued by men in a passing motorboat.
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Middleport
Mary Logan
Dorothy Lewis
Margaret Wilt
Ohio River
West Virginia
Miss Logan
Albert Logan
Miss Lewis
George
Jap Conquest of China To Cut Cotton Imports
Dr Chuck Oo Ting Chi of Amerasia told the University of Virginia that Japan plans to shift North China grain fields to cotton to eliminate the need for American cotton. He warned conquest would force Chinese farmers to grow cotton for Japan, risking food shortages.
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China
Ch’ Oo-Ting Chi
Amerasia
Japan
United States
University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs
Chi
North
Akron Killer To Die in Electric Chair Tonight
Officials at Ohio Penitentiary prepared for the 209th electrocut ion. Robert Snow a 27 year old Akron slayer faces execution tonight with commutation by Governor Davey deemed very unlikely. Snow would join thirteen others on Death Row including Anna Marie Hahn the Cincinnati arsenic slayer.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Penitentiary
Davey
Robert Snow
Akron
Jenkins Endorsed by Columbus AUP-Labor League
The nonpartisan Labor League of Ohio endorsed 31 candidates on the primary ballot including Thomas A. Jenkins of the Tenth Congressional District. The action reinforces party support ahead of the primary election.
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Jenkins
Columbus
AUP
Labor
Nonpartisan League of Ohio Today
Thomas A. Jenkins
Tenth Congressional District
Mayer asks Supreme Court review of Cincinnati inspection law
Edward F. Mayer of Cincinnati asked the Supreme Court to review his suit challenging the constitutionality of Cincinnati's compulsory automobile inspection laws. He argues the ordinance imposes undue burdens and seeks a ruling on its legality.
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Washington
UPI
Edward F. Mayer
Cincinnati Today
Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Four Billion Dollar Deficit Forecast for Nation in New Estimates
A Brooklyn bar shooting left one man dead and another critically wounded after a man, Robert Joyce, 33, a post office clerk, opened fire following taunts about the Dodgers. Joyce killed Frank Harvey Krug and wounded William J. Diamond as he sought others in the room.
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NEW York
U.P
Brooklyn Dodgers
National League
Brooklyn
Robert Joyce
Frank Harvey Krug
Albany
N. Y
William J. Diamond
Joyce
Dodgers
New York Giants
Giants
Bhortle
Diamond
Krug
Robert Eagan
Eagan
Thomas Leads Primary Race In Oklahoma
Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA CITY AU PSen Elmer Thomas a New Deal liberal led the re nomination race with more than half the votes counted. He held a large lead over Rep Gomer Smith while Gov E W Marland trailed. In the GOP race Ross Rizley and Harry Glasser led for governor and senator respectively.
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Oklahoma
City
Elmer Thomas
Roosevelt
Thomas
Gomer Smith
E. W. Marland
Smith
William H
Abductor Frees Socialite From French Lick Abduction
Major James Stewart of the Louisville Police confirms Nettie Costin age 21 a Louisville socialite abducted earlier is released at French Lick Indiana. Costin was taken with John Schactel a 26 year old Louisville attorney who was bound to a tree by a well dressed man with a foreign accent. Costin is to be returned to Louisville promptly.
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Louisville
U.R
James Stewart
Nettie Costin
French Lick
Ind
Miss Costin
John Schactel
Schactel
Buffalo
N. Y
Stewart
Funeral Rites Held for Logan Murder Victim
Funeral services were conducted at United Brethren Church in Gibisonville for Mrs. Retha Bigham who was shot Monday by Donald Robinson and then killed himself. Rites for Robinson were set for Thursday at two o clock at the same church. Fred Bigham, husband of the victim, cares for six of their seven children at the family home. The eldest daughter lives in Lancaster. Bigham is a WPA worker.
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Logan
United Brethren Church
Gibisonville
Retha Bigham
Donald Robinson
Robinson
Fred Bigham
Lancaster
Bigham
WPA
Commission Allows Railroad Passenger Rate Hike
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission authorized steam railroads under its jurisdiction to raise passenger rates from two to two and a half cents per mile. The order follows the Interstate Commerce Commission and takes effect July 25, remaining in force for 18 months.
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Columbus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bath tub burns fatal Kenton death report
Miss Mary Paxson age 51 of Belle Center died here today from burns and shock after she fell into a bath tub of scalding water on July 2.
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Kenton
Mary Paxson
Belle Center
Metzenbaum Attack Sparks Fight at Ohio Rally
Cleveland lawyer James Metzenbaum attacked Governor Davey prompting Harry Halper to pull him from the mic. Halper apologized later as Davey denounced Metzenbaum as a shakedown artist and falsifier. Former Governor White criticized President Roosevelt over support for Senator Bulkley at Marietta.
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Harry J. Halper
Akron
Metzenbaum
Columbus
Northwest ‘Territory
Marietta
Roosevelt
Bulkley
White
Good Samaritan Robbed By Man He Befriended
A stranger called Shorty Mitchell befriended David N. Vance of Vinton in Gallia County and shared a meal and a room. The next morning Vance found his guest vanished along with the host’s 1935 dark blue Pontiac with license Z 444 H, his purse, a revolver, and a clothing valise.
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Gallipolis
Shorty
Mitchell
David N. Vance
Vinton Merchant
Vance
Joint Committee Ready To Probe Monopolies
The joint Congressional executive committee prepared to start a monopolies investigation after a final conference to divide work. Chairman William C. Douglas said the Securities and Exchange Commission would lead, studying investment companies, insurance firms, and investment banking.
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Washington
U.P
Joint-Congressional Executive Committee
William C. Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cement Coffin Killer Sentenced To Life In Slaying
John P. Bathelt Jr. a 26 year old New York sportsman pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the cement coffin slaying of Charlies Morris at a racetrack. He was sentenced immediately to life imprisonment.
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Northampton
Mass
John P. Bathelt, Jr
New York
Charlies Morris
Bathelt
Nations call for new refugee support system at conference
At Evian France the United States Great Britain and France urged creation of a permanent relief organization to aid citizens expelled by their governments. The resolution warned Germany to allow religious and political refugees to take their belongings and planned to launch a refugee body in London on August 3.
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Evian
France
U.P
United States
Great Britain
International Refugee Conference
Germany
Reich
Myron
Taylor
Earl Winterton
Henry Berenger
London
Roosevelt Forecasts Record New Deal Spending for 1939 Budget
President Roosevelt released revised budget estimates showing a 1939 fiscal year with a projected net deficit of 3.984 billion dollars and total spending near 8.985 billion. The plan relies on reducing the treasury balance, investing in government obligations, and selling securities to the public, with most outlays for regular government functions and the remainder for relief and recovery.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Treasury
Mr. Roosevelt
New Deal
Congress
Britain Seeks Path to End Threat of War
London reports Britain's policy shift under Prime Minister Chamberlain toward engaging Hitler and Mussolini through economic talks with Reich as a prelude to a broader peace treaty. Analysts warn economic and political hurdles could slow any rapprochement despite the aim to ease European war tensions.
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Britain
London
U.P
Great Britain
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Reich
Hitler
Earle Weighs Martial Law To Block Jury Probe
Pennsylvania Governor George H. Earle vowed to fight a grand jury inquiry into his administration after scathingly denouncing the State Supreme Court and the county judge in charge. He called the probe political persecution and said martial law could be possible to halt it.
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Earle
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
State Supreme Court
Rioting injures 30 in Westwood union clash
More than 30 workers were hurt as two union factions fought in the main street of Westwood near the Red River Lumber Company, a strike-bound mill town site. The clash drew about two thousand men.
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Westwood
Calif
U.P
Red River Lumber Company
Ohio counties selected for tenant purchase program
Seven northern Ohio counties have been chosen to join the Bank head Jones tenant purchase program for the new fiscal year, according to today’s notice.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bankhead-Jones
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Douglas Corrigan
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Corrigan
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