Adjournment Hindered by Social Security and Lending Bills
Congress races toward adjournment amid stalled social security amendments and a trimmed lending measure. Senate panel cut 3.1 billion from lending with a private industry ban, while social security proposals risk states like Texas failing to meet new minimum allotments. Debate and absences rise as Aug. 5 nears.
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Washington
Congress
Texas
Roosevelt
Houses
Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
House
Lea
Interstate Commerce Commission
Danger of General European War This Year Declared By Writer
An off the record assessment argues Europe may avoid a general war in 1939 but faces a dangerous crisis in September or October. Hitler could seek a quick victory in southeastern Europe if he cannot win at Danzig, with potential moves toward Hungary or Jugoslavia aided by Mussolini.
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Adolf Hitler
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Slovakia
Hungary
Jugoslavia
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England
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London
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Britain
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Warsaw
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Mussolini
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Great Britain
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Russia
Taft Challenges Constitutionality of Lending Bill
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio argues the administration's $2.49 billion lending program violates the Constitution by bypassing normal appropriations. He will lodge a formal objection contending the bill infringes on the origin and authorization of spending, noting that appropriation bills originate in the House.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Drug Store Looted in View of 20 Customers
In Columbus two young men forced 20 customers to sit while they looted Walgreen near Ohio State University, taking $6000 from the cash drawer and safe. The manager said the money were weekend receipts and no one was robbed.
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Columbus
WUP
Walgreen
Ohio State University
John Pinger
Publisher's Wife Jessie Dodge Wrigley Dies
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Mrs. Jessie Dodge Wrigley, 56, of Fremont, who died Saturday after a long illness. She was the wife of Amer L. Wrigley, publisher of the old Fremont News.
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Fremont
U.P
Jessie Dodge Wrigley
Amer L. Wrigley
Nazis Plan Streamlined Menus Across Reich
Berlin reports Nazi authorities ordered simplified menus to curb food shortages. Restaurants cafes and beer halls must limit courses and dishes with inspectors enforcing rules. eggs remain luxury. fish encouraged. vegetables and potatoes priced by season. specific limits set for hors d oeuvres soups hot dishes cold dishes and plats de jour.
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Berlin
Reich
Germany
Greens Keeper Confesses to Slaying Indiana Girl 11
Thomas Boyce 27 confessed to killing Elizabeth De Bruicker 11 whose body was found on a golf course where Boyce worked as greens keeper. The girl disappeared after a 4 H club meeting near Attica. Police say fingerprints on the sewing basket tied Boyce to the crime and a manslaughter charge will be filed in Indianapolis.
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Lafayette
Ind
Thomas Boyce
Elizabeth de Bruicker
Loretta
Boyce
Indianapolis
Davey Hopes Dem Rally Will End Bricker Reign
Former Gov. Martin L. Davey urged a Columbus Democratic rally on July 29 as a prelude to defeating Gov. John W. Bricker in 1940. He criticized Bricker for alleged brutal treatment of dismissed Democrats and invoked strong antiwar era stereotypes in calling for civil service reform.
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Davey
Bricker Reign
Kent
U.P
Martin L
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Bricker the Ripper
Clevelander Beaten To Death in Elgin Hotel
Coroner's jury to investigate the death of William Modrock 57 of Cleveland found fatally beaten in his Elgin hotel room after a drinking party. Police hold two Elgin men in technical custody. one admitted striking Modrock but denied serious injuries. Men to appear before the coroner.
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Elgin
Ill
U.R
William Modrock
Cleveland
Modrock
Police Seek Olivia Outright After Husband Burn Death
Dayton authorities hunted Olivia Outright a Negro woman after Rufus Cutright died from burns July 10. Police said he was doused with gasoline and a match set to his clothing.
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Dayton
U.P
Police
Olivia
Rufus
Burns
Ohio Guardsmen Hold First Review Under New Commander
Major General Gilson D Light, newly appointed commander of the Ohio National Guard, led his first troop review Sunday at Camp Perry in the Upper Peninsula amid the governor’s presence.
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Camp Perry
U.P
Gilson D. Light
Ohio National Guardsmen
Ohio
Yank Naval Clerk Beaten By Japanese
SHANGHAI UP Amer ican embassy and naval authorities investigated today the severe beating of a United States Navy pay clerk by Japanese army men at Hankow. The incident followed earlier complaints of Japanese mistreatment including destruction of an American flag and slapping of two civilians. The pay clerk, R A Baker, was assaulted by a Japanese sentry and later released after American naval intervention. The report notes friction over sidewalk usage and Japanese police conduct in Tatao. Nearby Hungjao saw heavy shelling and grenade fire blamed on Chinese guerrillas around Shanghai.
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United States Navy
Hankow
Chenglingki
Hannah Stocks
Bristol
Guam
Hank Ow
Baker
Tatao
J. J. Watson
Shanghai Municipal
International Settlement
Watson
Hungjao
Train Bandit Is Identified
Cincinnati report says Richard Schell 38, former Express Agency extra, to be arraigned for June 20 train robbery aboard an Express train at Milford Ohio. He allegedly seized a $6,740 cash shipment to Cincinnati, claimed a “horse picking system” wealth, and was under weeks of surveillance before arrest. Express Messenger T H McKernan identified him.
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Cincinnati
Richard Schell
Railway Express Agency
Milford
Piqua
Schell
Express Agency
T. H. McKernan
Cyclist Dies After Swerving to Avoid Blind Girl
Wellsville reports 16 year old George David swerved to miss a blind girl on State Route 45. He and his bicycle plunged 20 feet over an embankment and he died of a broken neck.
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Wellsville
U.P
George David
George
Irish Plot to Bomb Parliament Declared by Home Secretary
Sir Samuel Hoare disclosed reliable information that the IRA planned to blow up the British Houses of Parliament and to attack bridges, munitions dumps, railways, and air dromes. He noted 127 outrages under the plan since January and cited a water system damage plan.
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London
Samuel Hoare
Guy Fawkes
Home Secretary
I.R.A
Hoare
England
IRA
Two Die Four Hunted In Mount Baker Snowslide
In Glacier Washington avalanche sweeps 26 student teacher party at Mount Baker. Two bodies recovered Alice James Arlington and Julian Dorn blunt Alderwood Manor. Four missing Maynard Howat Verne Fisher Beulah Lindberg Hope Weitman. 20 survivors returned to Bellingham. search continues 8000 feet up 10700 foot summit.
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U.P
Mount Baker
Western Washington College of Education
Bellingham
Alice James
Arlington
Julian Dornblunt
Alderwood Manor
Maynard Howat
Seattle
Verne Fisher
Coupeville
Beulah Lindberg
Brother Joins Hueys Cohorts
Gov. Earl Long aligned with the Huey Long political machine in a Alexandria speech. He vowed to enact his brother's program including share the wealth and defended Huey against critics asserting any errors were in mind, not heart.
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Huey
Huey Long
Springfield Man Denies Part in Bank Hold Up
Harold Haynes of Springfield, 39, pleads innocent to robbery at arraignment in police court over a $1,000 hold up of the Clintonville Federal Savings & Loan last week. He was identified by witnesses and held after arrest in Springfield. A hearing is set for Friday.
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Columbus
U.P
Harold Haynes
Springfield
Cintonville Federal Savings & Loan Company
Haynes
Missionary’s Ransom Money Sent to Arabs
Arab emissary carried ransom money to negotiate the release of American missionary Gerould R. Goldner held by desert kidnappers since Wednesday. The envoy left his son with a Bethlehem notable as guarantee he would not flee with the funds. Goldner, in good health, said in a letter he spends time playing cards with rebels and is kept in a dry well for safety.
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Jerusalem
Gerould R. Goldner
Bethlehem
Goldner
Two Women and Man Wounded in Elm Grove Quarrel
In Elm Grove a family quarrel left three wounded, two women and a man. Catherine Pompinto 42 and her daughter Josephine Walton 17 were in critical condition. Joseph Walton 22, Catherine’s son in law, was shot in the arm. Louis Pompinto 47, Catherine’s husband, was questioned and denied shooting.
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Wheeling
U.P
Elm Grove
Catherine Pompinto
Josephine Walton
Joseph Walton
Josephine
Louis Pompinto
Catherine
Mass Wedding Ends With Crowd Indigestion in Montreal
In Montreal 108 couples wed in a mass ceremony drawing about 25 000 spectators. After hours in hot sun a wave of nervous indigestion hit many guests and staff, with some fainting and needing ambulances. Doctors traced it to heat exhaustion and overindulgence in cold soda.
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Montreal
U.P
Notre Dame
St. Luke
Candidate Withdraws in Springfield Primary Not Needed
In Columbus Ohio the Clark County election board may accept Emil Holaday's withdrawal from the city commissioner race. The Springfield charter requires a primary only if more than four candidates remain. Holaday's withdrawal leaves four candidates, making a primary unnecessary.
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Columbus
U.P
Springfield
Earl Griffith
Clark County Board of Elections
Emil Holaday
Holaday
Election Board
Jenkins Wins Approval for Pension Bill
A House judiciary sub committee with a unanimous vote approved Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins Ohio bill to pay 1 338 000 to Ohio s old age pension fund after the Social Security Board refused to advance October 1938 federal pensions due to alleged mismanagement by former Governor Martin L Davey The full committee was set to act next with Jenkins predicting passage before adjournment The bill s aim is to reimburse Ohio taxpayers and maintain the board s disciplinary power over non conforming states.
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Washington
AUP
House
Judiciary
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Social Security Board
Martin L. Davey
Coal Set Up Is Challenged At Hearings
Washington concerns about Interior Department authority to hold final hearings on proposed minimum prices for soft coal in the Appalachian belt are raised by the Associated Industries of New York. They contend the abolished National Bituminous Coal Commission lacked power to order proceedings before its demise and that the schedules published before abolition could not take effect.
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Washington
U.P
Interior Department
Associated Industries of
New York
National
Barrows Sues Athena Brick for 620 Dollars in Back Salary
William Barrows files in Common Pleas Court against Athena Brick Corp of Nelsonville seeking 620 dollars in back salary for his work as manager. The claim is stated as just and unpaid. Summons issued to Sheriff Charles Bayless for S. E. Dean, statutory agent of the firm.
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Common Pleas Court
William Barrows
Athena Brick Corp
Nelsonville
Barrows
Charles Bayless
S. E. Dean
Worker Electrocuted On New Mine Tipple
James H Johnson aged 59 of Mt. Pleasant was electrocuted yesterday during construction of a new tipple at the Dunglenn No 11 mine of Hanna Coal Co. A crane short circuit caused the accident.
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Dillonvale
U.P
James H Johnson
Mt. Pleasant
Dunglenn
Hanna Coal Co
Dies of Injuries in Fourth of July Wreck
James Hansbauer, 19, of Norwood Ohio, died in a Dayton hospital after an automobile wreck on July 4. He was one of five church picnic riders injured when their truck was sideswiped.
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Dayton
U.P
James Hansbauer
Norwood
Man beaten to death in Salem U P residence
Andrew D drot leff aged 59 was found beaten to death in his home today police questioned a roomer at the residence in Salem U P
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Salem
U.P
Andrew D. Drotleff
Drotleff
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