Russians’ Mono Plane Sets 6670 Mile Nonstop Flight Record
A single motor mono plane carrying three Russian air heroes lands in a Southern California cow pasture after a grueling 6670 mile nonstop flight from Moscow to San Jacinto. The feat surpasses the former 5657 mile record set in 1933 by Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi from New York to Syria.
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Acme
California
Arctic
Moscow
San Jacinto
Paul Codos
Maurice Rossi
New York
Syria
Minister Confesses to Killing Mrs Ennis Kelly in Mississippi River
The Rev C E Newton a Baptist pastor from Paris Missouri was bound over to the grand jury on a first degree murder charge after confessing to killing 45 year old Mrs Ennis Kelly. Newton said she forced him to drive her away then fell and he struck her with an unknown object and disposed of the body by throwing it into the Mississippi at Hannibal Missouri. He denied any intimate relationship.
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Pittsfield
C. E. Newton
Paris
T. E. Aldrich
Ennis Kelly
Kelly
Newton
Mrs. Kelly
Mark Twain Memorial
Mississippi
Hannibal
Mrs. George Ebersbach Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. George Ebersbach age 70 died at her Mulberry Avenue home in Pomeroy this morning after a long illness. She was active in Simpson M. E. Church and is survived by her husband three daughters Edith Mallory Lydia and Marion Ebersbach two sons Clifford and Howard Ebersbach and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 PM at the home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Flowers requested not to be sent.
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Pomeroy
George Ebersbach
Mulberry Ave
Ebersbach
Simpson M. E
Edith Mallory
Lydia Ebersbach
Marion Ebersbach
Clifford
Howard Ebersbach
Beech Grove Cemetery
AFL Claims 650000 New Members in Labor Drive
Washington dispatch reports the American Federation of Labor says its counter campaign against CIO organizing has added 650000 members, boosting total loyal AFL membership to 3091049. Frey notes a plan for new collective bargaining to counter CIO gains. Johnstown report follows on a National Citizens Committee forming to defend workers rights with a five member steering panel meeting in New York.
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Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
A. F. of L
CIO
Frey
Johnstown
National Citizens’ Committee
New York
Fugitives Free After Hostage Takeover Of Oil Heir
Three convicts fleeing Texas prison farm released 25 year old Baird Markham Jr son of an oil industry director as a hostage for seven hours. The Yale student was unharmed. The trio Peter Traxler Fred Tindal and Charley Chapman fled northward since July 8 amid shootings and car thefts leaving one death behind in Eastham Texas.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Texas
Kansas
Baird Markham, Jr
Yale University
American Petroleum Institute Industries Committee
Peter Traxler
Southwest
Badman
Fred Tindal
Charley Chapman
Eastham
Republic Steel Near-Capacity Force At Youngstown Works
Republic Steel Corp reports 74.4 percent of normal staff employed in Youngstown area with 37,101 workers. April daily average was 49,089 before the steel strike. Blast furnaces 14 of 17, open hearth 55 of 80, electric furnaces 3 of 5, and all Bessemer converters are in operation.
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Youngstown-Aup
Republic Steel Corp
Athens Gallia County Men Given Paroles
The Ohio Board of Parole released 27 prisoners at the state penitentiary and continued 66 cases. Six conditional releases were granted. Paroled were Winfield Kinder of Athens on a statutory charge with parole August 15, 1937 and Olaf Murray of Gallia for burglary and larceny with parole April 1, 1938. Continued: Henry Pitman of Gallia for forgery to July 1938 and Chris Handley of Athens for manslaughter to March 1941.
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Columbus
Ohio Board of Parole
State Penitentiary
Winfield Kinder
Athens
Olaf Murray Gallia
Henry Pitman
Gallia
Chris
Handley
Italy Reich To Talk on Spain
Germany and Italy in a non intervention committee meeting accepted a British plan to reimpose neutrality controls along Spain's coasts and frontiers. Delegates adjourned for lunch and would reconvene to discuss proposals intended to prevent collapse of neutrality during the Spanish civil war. Italian Ambassador Grandi urged Latin American state inclusion, noting current participants are European powers only.
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London
Germany
Italy
Spain
Grandi
Trimble Miner Crushed In Mine Car Accident
A loaded mine car backed into 23 year old Trimble resident Ralph Weeks at No 6 Mine of the Sunday Creek Coal Co in Millfield this morning. Weeks was pinned and crushed about the chest and transported by ambulance to Grant Hospital in Columbus.
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Sunday Creek Coal Co
Millfield
Ralph Weeks
Trimble
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Postpone Hearing of CIO Suit for Week
Federal court in Columbus postpones the hearing in the CIO suit to restrain Governor Davey from using troops to reopen struck steel mills until next Wednesday. Three additional defendants will be named, including the mayors of Massillon and Canton and the Stark County sheriff, joining the original defendants.
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Columbus
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
Davey
Massillon
Canton
Stark County
State pays school districts 4.04 million to retire notes
The Ohio State Department of Education issued 4,037,308 dollars to city and county districts to retire outstanding notes under the school foundation program. Earlier payments totaled about 7,000,000 to liquidate first portions, with 11,000,000 in second quarter notes still outstanding.
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Columbus
U.P
State Department of Education
Ohio
School Foundation
Athens
Gallipolis
Jackson
Logan
Nelsonville
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Perry
Chauncey- Dover
Glouster
Middleport
New Lexington
Pomeroy
Flat Glass Federation Withdraws Guild Admittance Rule
Pittsburgh reports the Federation of Flat Glass Workers revoked its prior rule allowing only paid up members of the American Newspaper Guild to attend federation convention sessions. The move came with a pledge not to muzzle the press.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Federation of Flat Glass Workers Today
American Newspaper Guild
Kin Prepare To Bury 20 Mine Victims
Sullivan Indiana faces a third major mine tragedy as twenty families gather savings to bury men killed in two Baker mine explosions. Coroner Cecil Taylor orders an inquest at 11 a m EST with witnesses including survivor Wesley Bond who escaped the shaft and spoke of a second blast. Miners suspect dust or gas ignition from a lamp or spark triggered by recent rains.
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Sullivan
Ind
U.R
Indiana
Baker Mine
Cecil Taylor
E.S.T
Wesley Bond
Bond
Mystery Veils Fatal Shooting Of Physician
In Providence Rhode Island Dr George W Webster 39 chief obstetrician at Homeopathic Hospital was shot in his upscale home early today He died at a hospital without naming his attacker Deputy Police Superintendent James J Cusick said Webster uttered I will tell you all about this shooting if I recover The killer may have entered through a different door police found three empty forty five caliber shells in the hall and a brass covered bullet in the cellar
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Providence
R. I
U.P
George W. Webster
Homeopathic Hospital
James J. Cusick
Webster
Dr. Webster
Cusick
Budget Bill Not To Be Signed This Week
Governor Davey said he will carefully consider the biennial appropriations bill and will not sign before early next week. He pledged fair, thorough examination of the comprehensive measure.
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Columbus
U.R
Davey
Millionaire Father Seeks $510000 Over Interfering in Son Romance
Los Angeles reports Thomas Warner Sr a retired millionaire maker of motor car accessories faces a $510000 lawsuit from private detective Pearl Antibus who says he and aides forced entry to recover his son Thomas Warner Jr from his latest romance with Mrs Jean MacDonald. The elder Warner sought to end the affair alleging the son was under control of the new partner after a South American trip. Detective Cavett was struck in the nose during the raid as the search led to Warner Jr in Antibus home bathroom where he was shaving.
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Los Angeles
A.P
Thomas Warner, Sr
Motor Car Accessories
Cupid
Warner
Thomas Warner, Jr
Jean MacDonald
Pearl Antibus
Eugene Williams
Williams
Three Injured in Auto Mishap Near Gallipolis
In Gallipolis two girls and a boy from the city were injured when their car overturned near here on Thursday night. Tharon Myers 16 suffered a fractured skull Nancy Leaper 16 a fractured shoulder and Jordan Wheeler 17 suffered minor injuries.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Tharon Myers
Nancy Leaper
Jordan Wheeler
Talks of Peace Rise Amid Tientsin Battle
Japanese and Chinese troops clashed on the Tientsin Peiping highway as negotiators began talks to resolve North China tensions. Japan claimed Chinese troops fired on a camp at Anping 27 miles southeast of Peiping, and 100 Chinese were disarmed. A Japanese destroyer arrived at Tangku with war if talks fail.
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Tientsin
U.P
Tientsin-Peiping
Peiping
Anping
Tangku
Hopei- Chahar
Northern China
North China
Barrage Kills 20 in Madrid in Civil War Fight
In western Madrid near University City Loyalists shelled a Nationalist trench by the medical school. A mine and counter mine were exploded after a heavy artillery barrage. Observers saw over 500 insurgents in the trench as explosions and machine gun fire followed.
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Madrid
AUP
Medical
University City
Battle Heats Up in Earhart Search in Pacific
Honolulu reports Navy airmen battle extreme heat as 40 to 60 planes probe 40,000 square miles of Pacific ocean around Howland Island for Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan who vanished July 2. Fuel shortages threaten Lexington’s participation by weekend. If not found, Earhart and Noonan join fliers who never returned.
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Honolulu
Navy
Amelia Earhart
Frederick J. Noonan
Pacific Ocean
Howland Island
Lexington
Miss Earhart
Noonan
Pacific
Knight family arson case stirs in Delaware County jail
Ruth Knight 23 defends her father Albert R. Knight 55 amid arson and murder claims in a Delaware County jail. Prosecutors allege he tried to burn Ruth and her two sisters to collect a $130,000 life insurance. Ruth supports him calling the charges ridiculous. she faces arson charges herself.
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Lansdowne, Pa
U.P
Ruth Knight
Albert R. Knight
Delaware County
Ruth
Toal
Soviets Plan One-Stop Flight From Moscow To California
Soviet aviation, after trans polar demonstrations, will send a third plane on a one stop flight over the world from Moscow to California. The flight is expected to start from Moscow on August 5.
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Los Angeles
O.P
Moscow
California
Circleville shop owner William E. Crist dies after long illness
Circleville business leader William E. Crist, 73, owner of a local department store, died Thursday night after a long illness. He is survived by his wife and son Wallace, with whom he operated the store.
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Circleville
U.P
William E. Crist
Wallace
Presidential Action Sets Up Senate Showdown Over Court Bill
Roosevelt's push for judiciary reorganization clashes with a Senate move to scuttle the Court Bill and adjourn. The crisis risks a clash with Barkley or Harrison as potential majority leaders and signals a larger test of New Deal spending and policy direction.
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Robinson
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress of the United States
Capitol
Senate Democrats
State Funeral For Robinson
President Roosevelt and Congress joined in a state funeral for Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas. The ceremony was noon with 70 lawmakers attending and the party to travel to Arkansas afterward. It was the 14th Senate state funeral in 77 years and the last occurred in 1933 for Sen. Thomas J. Walsh. Senators Bulkley and Holt planned to join the burial trip.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Thomas J. Walsh
Dem
Mont
Robert Bulkley
Ohio
Rush _ Holt
W. Va
Half of Ohio Deposits Under U S Protection
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp reports that over 3.5 million Ohio bank accounts are protected under the 1933 act. Ohio commercial banks hold deposits totaling 1.127 billion fully insured, about 57 percent of the state's total deposits of 1.975 billion.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Justice Sane finds Slayer Faces Death Penalty
Alturas California Harry French convicted of first degree murder in the newspaper feud killing of Claude L McCracken was found sane by the same jury that convicted him and the death penalty is mandatory sentencing set for July 19 by Superior Judge F F Jameson.
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Alturas
Cal
U.P
Harry French
Claude L. McCracken
F. F. Jameson
Alturassane
Police Guard Against Truck Strike Violence
Michigan state police patrolled highways to keep routes open amid a 50 000 truck drivers strike. Four men were arrested near Detroit after allegedly trying to block two trucks and are held for investigation.
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Detroit
U.P
Michigan
Oscar G. Olander
Here
State tax receipts dip by three million in half year
Ohio State Treasurer Clarence H. Kinsley reported the first half sales tax intake fell about 3,000,000 below the same period a year earlier.
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Columbus
Clarence H. Kinsley
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