McNutt's New Office Affects Presidential Drive
United Press reports McNutt will campaign for the 1940 Democratic nomination largely through friends as he takes the federal security administrator post. His active role in campaigning remains unofficial. Farley reportedly knew nothing of the appointment and opposition exists among certain party factions.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
James A. Farley
Democratic Party
Farley
Light Succeeds Marx as Head of Ohio Guard
Gov Bricker to appoint Major General Gilson D Light of Toledo as adjutant general under the ripper law abolishing life tenure. He will replace Emil F Marx of St Marys after a referendum effort failed. Light has acted as observer during strikes and joined the Guard in 1899.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Gilson D. Light
Toledo
Emil F. Marx
St. Marys
National Guard
Davey
General Light
Trapped Miners’ Bodies Brought to Surface in Davin Mine
Providence Kentucky residents gathered as volunteers recovered 28 miners' bodies from the Davin Coal Mine following a Friday night dust explosion. The victims, trapped over two miles underground, were hauled through water and debris for miles and then to the surface using small electric cars.
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Providence
U.P
Davin
American Churchman Prisoner Held by Japanese Army
L. W. Holland of the American Methodist Episcopal Church is detained in Nanchang by Japanese forces on suspicion of grave acts. American consular officials report no information since his seizure on June 13.
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Hankow
China
U.P
L. W. Holland
American Methodist Episcopal Church
Nanchang
Holland
Love's Labor Lost Twice in Same Court
Charles R. and Sarah Raymer Simms were divorced in the common pleas court for a second time on his allegation of neglect. Simms is a Crown City merchant. Mrs. Simms has been living in California.
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Gallipolis
Charles R
Sarah Raymer Simms
Court of Common Pleas
Simms
Crown City
California
Four Times In Canoe Zebracki Drowns In Maumee River
Louis Zebracki aged 20 drowned after four attempts to stay afloat in a canoe with three companions near Eagle Point on the Maumee River. The youths, from Walbridge Park, were caught in rough water, with Zebracki repeatedly plunging into the river before the canoe capsized and his friends reached shore.
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Toledo
Louis Zebracki
Zebracki
Walbridge Park
Maumee
Eagle Point
Plan renews efforts to revise 1940 relief law
Senate labor allies press to restore the prevailing wage after Congress replaced it with the security wage. Sen. James E. Murray says action will be pursued this session, despite past strike pressure from WPA workers and allied unions.
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Washington
James E. Murray
Mont
Congress
Murray
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Organized Labor
Widen Probe In Louisiana Beefs Up Federal Inquiry
Federal investigators widen probes into Louisiana state government and federal offices. Five Huey P. Long associates face arraignment on mail fraud charges as grand jurors continue to probe misuse of WPA materials and labor. Named defendants include Seymour Weiss, Dr. James Monroe Smith, and J. Emory Adams.
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New Orleans
U.P
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
United States
Kingfish
Seymour Weiss
James Monroe Smith
Long
Louisiana State University
J. Emory Adams
Smith
Nazi Bund Leader Faces Drunk and Profanity Charge
Fritz Kuhn head of the German American Bund will appear in Webster District Court on Thursday to answer charges of drunkenness and using profanity following a Sunday sidewalk dispute with a police officer. His case was moved from Southbridge District Court after he said he was detained in New York.
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Webster
Mass
A.P
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Webster District Court
Kuhn
Southbridge District Court
New York
Explosion kills 15 on steamship Berlin off Swinemuende
A boiler explosion on the steamship Berlin 18 miles off Swinemuende killed fifteen crew members and wounded eighteen. Rescue and investigation followed as authorities reported casualties and damage to the vessel.
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Berlin
Swinemuende
Federal Funds For Muskingum Flood Plan Approved
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to authorize the War Department to spend 1.5 million dollars immediately on the Muskingum watershed flood control project in Ohio. The measure would raise total authorization by about 2 million and allow the government to cover 100 percent of costs with land opinions to be accepted under title guarantees.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Commerce Committee
War Department
Muskingum
Ohio
Japanese Liner Bok yuo Sinks in North Pacific
The Nippon Yushen Kaisha liner Bok yuo burned and sank in the North Pacific about 1100 miles east of Toyo. All but two passengers and crew were rescued by the Associated Oil Co. tanker Associated, per the San Francisco Marine Exchange. The ship served by the Japanese mail line on the South American service carried about 129 passengers and 104 crew.
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San Francisco
U.P
North Pacific Ocean
Toyo
Associated Oil Co
Associated
San Francisco Marine Exchange
Attorney General To Get Bloody Harlan Report
Two special assistant U S attorneys returned to Washington to report to Attorney General Frank Murphy on conditions in Bloody Harlan County Kentucky. Yesterday 260 men and women arrested in mine rioting were arraigned on charges of banding and confederating. Bonds for most defendants were set at 500 dollars but released without surety.
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Harlan, Ky
U.P
U. S
Washington
Frank Murphy
Harlan County
Ohio Representative Is Hurt Playing Baseball
Representative Robert T. Secrest of Caldwell Ohio was hospitalized at Walter Reed with a possible skull fracture after his head struck an opposing player’s knee during a weekend amateur baseball game. The injury occurred when the runner slid into a base.
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Washington
U.P
Robert T. Secrest
Caldwell
Walter Reed Hospital
Rep. Secrest
Japanese and Soviet tensions flare in Far East conflict pacts
Japanese officers in Manchukuo reportedly ready to contest the Soviet frontier with a possible general offensive against Soviet forces. Analysts question Japan’s ability to hold gains in China and fight long war. In Europe, planned French air patrols and British bomber displays signal looming crisis, as Nazi spokesmen refuse Polish compromise on Danzig and Corridor.
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Soviet Russia
Far East
Manchukuo
John R. Morris
Far Eastern
United Press
Kwantung Army
China
Soviet Union
Europe
Great Britain
Britain
France
North Africa
London
Danzig
Albert Foerster
Chielain
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Reich
Rise in Stocks Keeps Upward Swing On Wall Street
New York traders pushed prices $1 to $4 higher on the New York Stock Exchange as buyers returned in force. The surge lifted four month highs, adding about $2 billion to listed stock values on the Big Board amid brisk turnover. In early trading today 840,000 shares changed hands in the first hour after the opening.
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NEW York
U.P
New York Stock Exchange
Roosevelt Hull To Center With Senate Leaders Tonight
Roosevelt and Hull will meet with Senate leaders to decide the fate of neutrality revision. The talks aim to determine whether Congress will stay in session and how adjournment might be handled. Participants include Barkley McNary Austin and possibly Borah with officials outlining the administration plan.
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Roosevelt
Hull
Senate
Washington
Cordell Hull
Congress
Alben W. Barkley
White House
Stephen T. Early
Early
Charles L. McNary
Ore
Warren Austin
Barkeley
Key Pittman D
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Barkley
William E. Borah
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Friends
Donahey Quits Congress Plans Return To Ohio
Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio left Washington and shipped his household goods home amid illness fueling retirement rumors. He plans grass roots talks with Ohio Democratic leaders and a formal political decision in January. His Senate office will be run by secretary Lela Leeth for the remainder of the session.
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Washington
Ju.p
Vic Donahey
Indian Lake
Senate
Donahey
Ohio
Columbus
Lela Leeth
New Lending Plan Lauded by Morgenthau in Senate Testimony
Secretary Morgenthau praised the administration’s 2.76 billion lending bill as a realistic approach to the economy. He said it would employ 500,000, stimulate private enterprise, raise real wealth, and create new investment opportunities, urging quick Senate Banking Committee approval.
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Washington
Llp
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Senate Banking Committee
Abolishes Taxing Jobs in Columbus
State Tax Commissioner William S. Evatt today ordered abolition of 11 retail cigarette tax inspectors' jobs, saying they involved unnecessary expense and duplication of work.
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Columbus
U.P
William S. Evatt
Bricker Attacks Federal Ban On Ohio Pension Funds
Governor John W. Bricker denounces Arthur Altmeyer of the Federal Social Security Board for withholding Ohio old age pension funds last October. He accuses the bureaucrat of arbitrary action and argues the federal government should honor debts, noting Ohio has paid in twice what it has received and challenging Altmeyer’s standing with Congress.
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Columbus
O.R
John W. Bricker
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Federal Social Security Board
Ohio
Washington
Altmeyer
Davey
Bricker
Congress
Ohio Labor Unions Seek Unity At State Convention
Delegates at the 55th Ohio State Federation of Labor convention consider two resolutions urging AFL and CIO unity and opposing craft versus industrial unionism. Akron Typographical Union supports uniting labor to restore public confidence. Trumbull County Central Labor Union backs the same aim.
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AKRON
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Trumbull County Central Labor Union
Akron Typographical Union
United Labor Movement
Frompbuilding Trades
PWA
Federal Housing Administration
Firefighters’ Association
Organized Labor
State Civil Service Commission
Roosevelt
Burgunder Sentenced To Die For Slaying Peterson
Phoenix Arizona Robert Burgunder was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death in the Arizona lethal gas chamber for the killing of Jack Peterson.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Robert Burgunder
Arizona
Jack Peterson
Wrong Way Corrigan Marries the Right Girl
Douglas Corrigan known as the wrong way flyer wed his childhood sweetheart Elizabeth Marvin a schoolteacher in San Antonio. The couple began their honeymoon voyage west in his old plane, despite his famed Atlantic hop from New York to Dublin a year earlier.
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San Antonio
Tex
Douglas Corrigan
New York
Dublin
Elizabeth Marvin
Murray of CIO Attacks Proposed AFL Laws
Vice President Philip Murray of CIO denounces AFL amendments to the Wagner Act saying they would triple industrial disputes if adopted, arguing the proposals worsen labor conflict. He cited recent years of disputes and warned against altering the act.
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Murray
CIO
AFL
Washington
U.P
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
Willys Sales Jump in Toledo June 1939
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc. reports U.S. factory sales in June 1939 rose 144.5 percent over June 1938. Sales manager M. J. Goldman announced the rise at the Toledo plant, highlighting strong demand for Willys vehicles.
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Willys
Toledo
U.P
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
M. J. Goldgn
Extend Farm Purchase Plan to Gallion Morgan
The Farm Security Administration tenant purchase program will be extended to 14 Ohio counties including Gallia and Morgan during the coming year. A. L. Sorenson, state FSA director, announced. The program, under the Bankhead Jones act, offers 40 year loans at 3 percent to farm tenants and laborers for land purchase.
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Columbus
Farm Security Administration
Ohio
Gallia
Morgan
A. L. Sorenson
FSA
Bankhead- Jones
Two Die in Perry County Motorcycle Truck Crash
Samuel Gall age 23 was killed and Dudley Dupler age 20 was seriously injured when their motorcycle collided with a truck near New Lexington. Both were New Lexington residents.
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Perry Co
New Lexington
U.?p
Samuel Gall
Dudley Dupler
Here
Newexington
Holt Defends Use of Troops in Coal Mine Crisis
Gov. Homer A. Holt defended sending state troops to safeguard miners opting to return to work after strike closures. He said violence would only occur if incited by protesters amid talks with 2,500 idle miners. McKell Coal and Kingston Pocahontas Coal faced stalled reopenings and no union shop agreements with the UMW.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.A
Homer A. Holt
Holt
McKell ‘Coal and Coke Company
Kingston-Pocahontas Coal ‘Company
McKell
Kingston-Pocahontas Company
United Mine Workers
Circleville Holder of Oldest Titles Dies
Circleville Dr. Harley R. Clarke, 89, longtime government weather observer and dentist, dies after a long illness. He was the oldest Mason in Pickaway County, the oldest Presbyterian Church member in Circleville, and the oldest Circleville High School graduate, class of 1866.
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Circleville
U.P
Harley R. Clarke
Clarke
Pickaway County
Presbyterian Church
Circleville High School
Cincinnati Officials Probe Robin Dart Shooting
Cincinnati authorities pursue a case after a steel pointed dart lodged in a robin’s back indicates someone is shooting songbirds as a sport.
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Cincinnati
U.P
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