Los Angeles pilot Corrigan flies solo Atlantic to Ireland
Douglas P. Corrigan, 31, an aviation mechanic from Los Angeles, claimed he intended to fly to California but crossed the Atlantic in 28 hours 17 minutes in a 1929 monoplane. He landed near Dublin after a 2,800 mile eastward crossing with no radio or navigation instruments. He said a compass error misled him and he discovered he was over Ireland by accident.
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Dublin
U.P
Douglas Corrigan
Los Angeles
Atlantic
New York
Ireland
Washington
Air Commerce Bureau
Douglas P. Corrigan
United States
Denis Mulligan
Corrigan
Paris
Howard Hughes
Floyd Bennett Airport
California
Baldowell Airdrome
Lindbergh
Wiley Post
Amelia Earhart
North Atlantic
U. S
United Press
Baldonnell
Explosion Flares at Sinclair Oil Refinery in Wellsville
A massive blast at the Sinclair Oil refinery in Wellsville New York killed four workers and injured 42 as flames swept the plant. Water proved ineffective and tanks, towers, and a dewaxing plant were destroyed along a Genesee River shoreline facility spanning 200 acres. Restoration of power took hours for Wellsville and nearby towns.
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Wellsville
N. Y
U.P
Sinclair Oil Company
Genesee
Pennsylvania
Harry Feller
Genesee River
Insull Dies Intestate Amid Penniless End for Magnate
Paris reports Samuel Insull aged 78 died of a heart attack in a subway. Police recover papers on his body with no will found, widow shown the documents. He leaves little cash but a drawing account from a letter of credit suggests former employers paid expenses. Body headed to London for burial at Putney Vale Cemetery near his parents.
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Paris
U.P
Samuel Insull
Insull
Chicago
London
Putney Vale
Huge Cash Offer Made In Fox Bankruptcy Case
Relatives of William Fox have filed a $500,000 cash settlement proposal in the Fox bankruptcy case. Eva Fox and their daughters Mona Tauszig and Belle Schwartz filed the offer before Federal Referee Allen B. Endicott Jr. on condition that a recapture of assets suit against all continent corporations be withdrawn.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U.P
William Fox
Fox
Eva Fox
Mona Tauszig
Belle Schwartz
Allen B. Endicott, Jr
State to Buy 215 Acres for Fish Hatchery Site
Columbus official Julius Headington, agent for the state control board, plans to urge a $12,500 purchase of 215 acres on the F. M. Hill farm near Buckeye Lake to establish a federal fish hatchery. The state conservation council had backed the tract weeks earlier.
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Columbus
U.P
Julius Headington
State Control Board
F. M. Hill
Hebron
Buckeye Lake
State Conservation Council
Hearings Open In Dispute of TVA Directors
A congressional committee opened hearings in Knoxville into the TVA leadership dispute that led President Roosevelt to oust chairman Dr A E Morgan for contumacy. Francis Biddle said the panel would first cover personal charges as Dr Morgan and co directors H A Morgan and David E Lilienthal are summoned to testify. Morgan had accused them of deception and misrepresentation and may present documentary evidence.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U.P
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
A. E. Morgan
Francis Biddle
Dr. Morgan
H. A. Morgan
David E. Lilienthal
Food Shipment To Athens County Relief Office
The Athens County Relief Office said a new shipment of federal surplus commodities will be ready for distribution to relief clients and old age pensioners around Friday or Saturday this week. The stock, to be used through July and August, includes 3 600 pounds of rice 21 000 pounds of raisins 225 No 2 size cans of peas 5 300 pounds of cream cheese and one carload 194 barrels of new potatoes. Distribution will take about four days due to bul k shipment.
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Athens County Relief Office
Strike Ends in New Orleans CIO Truckers Battle
The Committee for Industrial Organization abandoned the month long truck drivers strike in New Orleans after violence and raids. CIO organizer Paule Heide said United Transport Workers voted to end the strike and return to work to consolidate on the job for the NLRB hearing.
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New Orleans
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization Today
CIO
Paule Heide
United Transport Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Trade Salons Charge Firms With Monopoly in St. Louis Area
The Federal Trade Commission charged four glass selling and contracting firms and two glazier unions with monopoly practices in St. Louis. Named were Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company and Frank Clarke, manager of its St. Louis branch.
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Washington
U.P2
Federal Trade Commission Today
Union Glaziers
St. Louis
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Frank Clarke
St.Louis
Franco claims war won as Spanish civil conflict nears end
Francisco Franco declared the war nearly over in Burgos asserting Loyalist leaders caused the prolonged fighting and Russia and foreign aid kept the conflict alive. He credited gains across land sea air and industry and criticized non intervention while warning prolongation of the struggle.
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Burgos
Spain
U.P
Francisco Franco
Franco
Russia
Europe
Czechs Uneasy Over Proposed Minority Bill
Prague reports growing unease as the cabinet readies a proposed minorities statute for parliament. Farmers harvest rumors ripple of war risk, and Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein may travel to London to mount pressure, with Wenzel Jaksch expected to follow for cabinet viewpoint.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Central
Europe
Konrad Henlein
London
Henlein
Wenzel Jaksch
Social Democrats
E Cabinet
American Jews Repel Arab Raid Near Samaria
Jerusalem dispatches report American Jews repulsed a band of 100 Arabs attacking an American Jewish settlement near Samaria. Six Arabs were reported dead. The assault followed another raid south of Haifa. Terrorist attacks continued across Palestine despite new British troop reinforcements from Egypt.
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Jerusalem
Samaria
Haifa
Palestine
Egypt
Labor Leaders Appeal Blackmail Sentences
Cleveland labor leaders Don A. Campbell and John McGee, convicted March 8 of blackmail, appealed their one to five year sentences to the Ohio Supreme Court. They claim trial errors in Cuyahoga County criminal court after the court of appeals upheld the sentences.
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Columbus
A.P
Don A. Campbell
John McGee
Cleveland
Ohio Supreme Court
Cuyahoga County
Court of Appeals
Dowager Queen Marie of Romania Dies at 62
Dowager Queen Marie of Romania mother of King Carol dies at Sinaia Royal Palace after long liver illness. She arrived from a sanatorium near Dresden, Germany, late today.
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Bucharest
Rumania
U.P
Marie
Carol
Sinaia Royal Parce
Dresden
Germany
Georgian Questioned in Death of Car Salesman
Columbus police kept 32 year old Frank Tracy under guard in a hospital to be questioned in the holdup slaying of David S. Haskins a used car lot operator. Haskins and his brother Irvin formerly ran lots in Dayton and Middletown. The funeral is planned for Dayton on Tuesday.
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Columbus
U.P
Frank Tracy
Atlanta
David S. Haskins
Haskins
Tracy
Irvin
Dayton
Middletown
FDR Fishing Trip Sparks Third Term Speculation
President Roosevelt’s fishing interlude paused pre primary tensions as observers weigh a possible purge in Georgia. While some see a looming clash in the Democratic Party, others note allied votes and remarks from figures such as Senator Ellison Smith and Representative John O Connor amid the Roosevelt administration’s ongoing purge discussions.
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Washington
UPR
Roosevelt
United States
Walter F
George
Mr. Roosevelt
Georgia
Houston
Pensacola
Fla
France Awaits British Royalty State Visit
France prepares for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as thousands of troops are put on duty for a four day state visit. Flags of France and Britain mingle in Paris as leaders seek to strengthen Franco British relations and signal close ties to European powers.
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Paris
U.P
France
George VI
Elizabeth
Great Britain
Britain
Don Ameche Recovers From Emergency Appendectomy
Don Ameche, the American actor, is recovering at St Antonius Hospital in Utrecht Netherlands after an emergency appendectomy en route from London to Berlin. His condition is reported as satisfactory.
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Utrecht
Netherlands
Usp
Don Ameche
St. Antonius Hospital
London
Berlin
Cows Promised Short Walks Between Drinks
Washington announces progress toward a cow contentment goal with a $100 million Farm Security Administration program. It includes 2,170 water reservoirs built and a rule that no cow shall walk more than two miles for a drink, aiming to end long treks across western ranges.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Congress
Trainmen Meet RR Executives To Protest Cut
Chicago AUP The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen begins negotiations with 142 Class 1 railroads to block a 15 percent wage cut that would affect about 900,000 railway workers. The talks mark the first of two scheduled in three days, as management seeks to trim payrolls by 250 million dollars annually.
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Chicago
AUP
Brotherhood of Railroad
Railway Labor Executives Association
Muskingum Watershed District Dedicated in Ohio
New Philadelphia Ohio ceremony marked the Muskingum watershed conservancy district as they assume exclusive supervision of 14 dams and reservoirs built since 1934 under a $43 million flood control project. Army engineers placed district officials in charge amid speeches by national and state leaders before about 10 000 people.
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New
Philadelphia
U.P
Muskingum Watershed
Two Civil War Veteran Dies at 93 in Fayette County
John A. Harper age 93 died at Good Hope near Fayette County leaving two Civil War veterans still in the area. In Bellefonte Michael Fugmann 58 was executed in the electric chair at Rockview Penitentiary for sending a bomb that killed three people.
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Washington, D. H
U.P
Fayette County
John A. Harper
Good Hope
Here
Bellefonte
Michael Fugmann
Rockview Penitentiary
Sherman H Eagle funeral set for Wednesday in Gallipolis
Funeral services for Sherman H Eagle 72 who died after a four year illness from throat cancer will be held at 11 a m Wednesday at St Peter s Episcopal Church in Gallipolis with Rev Frank Cady of Pt Pleasant officiating. Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery with pallbearers named.
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Sherman H. Eagle
Gallipolis
Ohio
Libby Hotel
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Frank Cady
Pt. Pleasant
Robert Leake
Mound Hill Cemetery
Harry Maddy
John C. Butz
Fred Foster
Fred Wheeler
John Clendenin
Harry R. Hurn
Leland S. Dougan
Columbus
Tom W. Jones
Middleport
Eagle
Wayne Sams
Senate Strike Probe Reopens in Labor War Within Steel
Senate Civil Liberties Committee chaired by Robert M. LaFollette will restart hearings on last year's little steel strikes. The inquiry will summon corporate officials labor leaders and citizen groups to examine the labor industry warfare sparked by the Committee for Industrial Organization's steel workers organizing drive. Focus centers on Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.
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Washington
U.P
Robert M. LaFollette
Wis
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Little Steel
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Little Steel” Group
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Wheeling & Lake Erie Trains End Passenger Service
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad became a freight only line after suspending passenger service. The final run carried 350 passengers ending at Wheeling station with Engineer Frank Erberly at the throttle.
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Wheeling
Lake Erie
Cleveland
UPR
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Frank Erberly
Coolville Republican Meeting Postponed to July 25
A Coolville Republican meeting scheduled for Tuesday night July 19 was postponed to Monday night July 25 due to other entertainment. Harriet Benham Honore, 75, once called Chicago’s most stunning woman, died today a virtual pauper and social outcast.
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Coolville
Chicago
U.P
Harriet Benham Honore
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