Anti-Trust Suit Targets Eight Major Film Studios
The Justice Department filed a civil anti trust suit in New York against eight leading film producers and 25 subsidiaries claiming control of 65 percent of output. The action seeks divestiture of theater ownership or production facilities and cites block booking and unequal access to films as central abuses. The filing names Paramount Pictures Loew s Warner Bros Twentieth Century Fox Columbia Universal and United Artists among others with 132 officers or directors named.
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Washington
Justice Department
U. S. District Court
Southern District of
New York
New Deal
Trust-Buster
Thurman W. Arnold
Arnold
Defendts
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Loew’s Inc
Irving Trust Company
Radio-Keith Orpheum Corp
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc
Twentieth- Century Fox Film Corp
Columbia Pictures Corp. Universal Corp
United Artists Corp
Icks
Kraschel
Jerry O Connell Leads In Montana Primaries
Helena Montana Rep Jerry L OConnell a New Deal supporter widened his lead and appeared headed for Democratic renomination in the Tuesday primary. Rep James F O Connor also led in early counts on the Democratic ticket and sought renomination.
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Helena
Mont
Jerry L. O'Connell
James F. O’connor
Jacksonville to vote on water works bonds
COLUMBUS Ohio August 9 set for a special election in the Village of Jacksonville Athens County to authorize the issuance of 13000 dollars in bonds for water works construction according to the state tax commission.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
Jacksonville
Athens County
Passage Question on Douglas Corrigan Return Flight
Acting Secretary J Monroe Son said the S Maritime Commission asked the Commerce Treasury and State Departments if there is any objection to shipping Douglas Corrigan’s plane home from Ireland aboard the commission’s vessel The Lehigh.
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Washington
U.R
J. Monroeson
S. Maritime Commission
Commerce, Treasury and
State Departments
Douglas Corrigan
Ireland
Commission
Lehigh
Tax check up sought to curb retail tax evasion
State Tax Commissioner Walter Mitchell asked the emergency board for 40000 dollars to finance a broad check up of retailers. He warned that sales tax chiseling and evasion are higher now than ever before and urged rapid approval.
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Columbus
Walter Mitchell
Emergency Board
Lady Tidies Home Before Calling Cops
Akron residents report a robbery at 3 a.m. as two young gunmen entered Mrs. Hazel M. Scanlon’s home. She waited six hours to alert police to avoid officers seeing the scene untidy, claiming the intruders forced her to lie still while they ransacked the house.
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Akron
W.P
Hazel M. Scanlon
Explosion in tunnel kills WPA workers in Maryland
Eleven men died and nine were injured when 450 pounds of dynamite exploded in a water tunnel 65 feet underground. The route, a Public Works Administration project, left a single missing man among the dead and injured workers, all white aside from the deceased. Rescue crews found most victims near the blast point while others were shielded by rock walls.
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Baltimore
WUP
Public Works Administration
Hamilton
TVA Wasted Millions, Says A. E. Morgan
Dr. Arthur E. Morgan testifies before a congressional committee accusing TVA directors of wasting millions. He cites Lilienthal as the source of a “guessed” power rate and claims $2 million could have been saved on Norris Dam switchyards and lines, plus $1 million on agricultural ventures such as a strawberry freezing project.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congressional
David E. Lilienthal
Morgan
Lilienthal
TVA
Norris Dam
Tennessee River
Pomeroy Civic Leader Attends Trail Meeting
Walter A. Compton of Pomeroy joined 107 civic leaders along the Blue and Grey Trail at a Charleston meeting. Governor Holt and WV Highway Director Simpson announced three WV gravel stretches will be oiled, a new Elkins east highway, and full modernization by 1939, plus a $100,000 road job at Sliding Hill crossing the Ohio River between Mason City and New Haven.
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Pomeroy
Walter A. Compton
Benton Harbor
Mich
Richmond
Charleston
Rotary Clubs
Kiwanis Clubs
Chambers of Commerce
Holt
Simpson
West Virginia
Elkins
Sliding Hill
Ohio River
Mason City
New Haven
NLRB to Hear Lawyer Plea in Weirton Steel Case
Washington A U P The National Labor Relations Board will hear today an appeal by Clyde A Armstrong chief Weirton counsel from an order excluding him from participation in the 11 month old Weirton Steel Company case The move and the trial examiner Smiths contempt finding sparked a mass demonstration at Steubenville Ohio where Smith was burned in effigy
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Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Weirton Steel Company
Edward Grandison Smith
Clyde A. Armstrong
Weirton
Smith
Armstrong
Steubenville, O
Racket Witness Julius Berg Shoots Himself
New York State Senator Julius Berg shot and killed himself in his law office after his wife urged him to tell District Attorney Dewey what he knew about taxicab rackets. Berg, a one legged war veteran and motor vehicle committee chair, faced subpoena in a taxicab investigation amid indictments of a legislator and Assemblyman Moran.
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New York
U.P
Julius Berg
Thomas E. Dewey
Berg
Senate
Assembly
Edward S. Moran, Jr
Star's Secretary Receives Probation After Theft Case
Sandra Martin admitted taking liberties with Simone Simon's bank funds and was given a 10 year probation period by Judge A. A. Scott. He warned she could face prison if she reveals the identity of a young man who received keys to Miss Simon's front door last Christmas. An earthquake near Athens caused fear of heavy casualties and damage to several villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Sandra Martin
Simone Simon
A. A. Scott
Miss Simon
Lawyer-for-Governor Club Meets Tonight at City Hall
The Lawyer-for-Governor Club will convene at City Hall in Pomeroy this evening at 8 o clock. The gathering aims to discuss political matters and mobilize local support for the governor.
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Pomeroy
Lawyer-for- Governor
City Hall
Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone Separate After Brief Marriage
Hollywood star Joan Crawford announces separation from her second husband Franchot Tone. Tone, Cornell graduate and actor, moves to an undisclosed hotel as Crawford plans to stay in Hollywood under a new contract worth about 1.5 million dollars. Crawford previously married Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in 1929 and divorced in 1933.
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Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Miss Crawford
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Hollywood
Brentwood Hills
Tone
Cornell
New York
Hopkins Enters Into Missouri WPA Squabble
Washington U P reports Works Progress Administrator Hopkins met with Matthew S Murray Missouri PWA administrator to discuss charges by Gov Lloyd C Stark that WPA relief workers in Missouri faced intimidation to back Thomas J Pendergast's court nominee. Stark claimed workers were pressured to support Judge James V Billings.
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Washington
U.P
Works Progress
Hopkins
WPA
Missouri
Pendergast
Matthew S. Murray
PWA
Lloyd C. Stark
Thomas J. Pendergast
Missouri Democratic Organization
State Supreme Court
Stark
James V. Billings
Confessed Embezzler Finds Peace in Prison
Paterson New Jersey bank teller Angelo Oliva, who confessed to stealing over 100000 dollars across seven years, said prison gave him his first night of untroubled sleep in three months and that he feels notably better now.
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Paterson
N. J
U.P
Angelo Oliva
Second National Bank
Guardsmen Break Up Riot at Maytag Plant Iowa
National Guardsmen dispersed a battle between non union workers and pickets at the Maytag Washing Machine Company plant in Newton Iowa. About 30 people were attacked or restrained as martial law was declared by Governor Kraschel.
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National Guardsmen
Iowa
Newton
U.P
Maytag
Nelson G. Kraschel
Mathew Tinely
Willard Gaines
National Guard
National Labor Relations Board
Kraschel
George E. Campbell
Earl Shields
Jasper County
168Th Infantry
Des Moines
Campbell
Shields
Hitler Plan Aimed to Settle Czech Crisis
Paris dispatch reports Hitler proposed a settlement for the Czechoslovak problem involving Sudeten German autonomy and Czech neutrality guaranteed by major powers. Prague reportedly rejected it as it would abandon alliances with France and Russia. Meanwhile King George VI and Queen Elizabeth received massive crowds during their state visit, with ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Hotel de Ville, and Lebrun hosted a banquet at the Elysee Palace.
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Paris
U.P
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
George
Elizabeth
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Russia
Champs Elysees
Albert Lebrun
Hotel de Ville
King George
Gaston le Provost de Launay
Achille Villey
Steel Labor Discuss Proposed Wage Law
Steel management and labor leaders met with government officials to discuss a proposed minimum wage for government steel suppliers. An advisory panel from Big and Little Steel with union and nonunion firms will help shape details before a public hearing starts next Monday.
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Washington
L.P
Little
Management and Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization and American Federation of Labor
Middleport Bookstore Owner Dies in Akron
Miss Nella Calderwood, owner of a Middleport bookstore and Meigs County family member, died in an Akron hospital after a brief pneumonia illness. She had visited her sister Mrs Bruce Hobart in Akron last week and left another sister Mrs Theodore Reed of Pomeroy. Funeral arrangements will be announced after the Reed home reception this afternoon.
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Pomeroy
Nella Calderwood
Middleport
Meigs County
Akron
Bruce Hobart
Calderwood
Theodore Reed
Reed
Bomb Maker Sought After Ohio Penitentiary Escape Attempt
Ohio penitentiary officials hunt for the maker of home-made bombs after two convicts tried to escape by menacing guards with knives and bombs. Seven crude bombs were found in a ventilator shaft matching the weapons carried by the escaped pair. Guard Raymond Thornton was stabbed at the main gate while helping thwart the escape. Clyde Staup, a Lima gasoline station bandit, was improving in the hospital. Warden Woodard awaits Ohio State University chemists to determine if the powder could be produced inside the prison.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Elmer Callahan
Clyde Staup
Allen County
Charles Menges
Hamilton County
Callahan
William Walker
Raymond T. Thornton
Warden Woodard
Columbus
Apohio
James C. Woodard
Lima
Woodard
Ohio State University
Life of Douglas Corrigan Part 2
A young Douglas Corrigan workman at Northrop Aircraft loses his job over a missing Social Security card then heads for headlines as the absent minded aviator who flew to Ireland. His aunt and uncle fret as Corrigan fixes a rusted plane costing hundreds. He tests a homemade engine and lands in a cow pasture before brief postal hops.
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Douglas G. Corrigan
Frederick C.othman
United Press
Los Angeles
U.P
Northrop Aircraft Factory
Corrigan
Douglas Corrigan
Doug
California
Ireland
New York
Oceanside
San Diego
Corrigan Refuses Movie Offers During Ireland Stop
Douglas G. Corrigan, arriving from New York with $15, says he has little use for money and seeks simple enjoyment in Ireland. He plans a weeklong vacation before returning home with the Spirit of St. Louis? possibly dismantled and shipped back to the United States.
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Dublin
Douglas G. Corrigan
New York
Corrigan
Ireland
United States
Ohio WPA rolls show 262 437 workers on 834 projects
Ohio state headquarters announced 262 437 workers were employed on 834 Works Progress Administration projects as of July 13. The report lists the breadth of state WPA activity and the number of projects underway. A separate note reports a rain postponement of a Cleveland Indians versus New York Yankees doubleheader with games moved to Thursday.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Bill New York
Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
Truck Fire Blocks Traffic on State Route Four
A truck carrying 4000 gallons of gasoline caught fire in Springfield, tying up vehicular movement for two hours. In Philadelphia, the President's eighth grandchild, a seven pound boy, was born Tuesday evening to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
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Springfield
Fdr, JR
Philadelphia
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel duPont
GOP Speaker Raps Sawyer in Ohio Campaign
In Sidney Paul M. Herbert the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor attacked Charles Sawyer arguing Sawyer would need Democratic backing to win. Herbert framed the race as a test of restoration of honest government and shifted focus from Gov. Martin L. Davey’s record to Sawyer’s potential cross-party support.
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Columbus
Tup
Martin L. Davey
Charles Sawyer
Sidney
Paul M. Herbert
Sawyer
Herbert
Davey
Investigate Cause of Sinclair Refinery Fire
Wellsville New York authorities opened three probes into the 48 hour Sinclair Oil refinery blaze that killed three, injured nearly 100, and caused about 6 million dollars in damage. The blaze, which had enveloped a 15 million dollar refinery, was subdued last night though smoke persisted from a 1 million dollar unit where wax is removed from crude oil.
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Wellsville
N. Y
Sinclair Oil Company
Boy Shot as He Views Gun Believed Empty
Dayton police report 12 year old William Maue of Richmond Indiana in critical condition after a pistol in his grandfather George Maupin's hands discharged. The grandfather was showing the weapon, which he believed to be unloaded, when the accident occurred.
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Dayton
U.P
William Mauepin
Richmond
Ind
George Maupin
Dayton Man Drowns in Elm Lake Tragedy
Dayton resident Hildon Stultz age 27 drowned Tuesday night in Elm Lake. Friend Carl Appleton tried to rescue him but was unable to save him.
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Dayton
Hildon Stultz
Elm Lake
Carl Appleton
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Montana
A. E. Morgan
Trail
NLRB
Star
Greece
Athens
Franchot
Joan
United Electrical, Radio and Machines Workers of America
C.lo
Czech
Steel
Hunt
Pen
Doug Corrigan
Atlantic
Frederick Othman
Flier
Gop Speaker
Sinclair
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