England and France Ready To Concede To Soviet
Britain and France likely to dispatch military chiefs to Soviet Russia to seal a mutual aid pact and deter threats in Europe and the Far East. Moscow pressure, Danzig concerns, and Japanese actions in China drive the plan as Berlin prepares for August maneuvers.
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Great Britain
France
Russia
Europe
Far East
Moscow
Danzig
China
Britain
Japan
Neville Chamberlain
Pearl River
Canton
Tokyo
Hong Kong
South China
Berlin
Franz Halder
Italy
Spain
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
United Press
Francisco Franco
Frontier
Queipo de Llano
Ramon Serrano Suner
Franco
Tass denies Russian submarine sinking report
Moscow based Tass News Agency said there was no report of a Russian submarine sinking in northern seas. The denial followed claims published by the Morgan Voelkischer Beobachter, a Nazi party newspaper.
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Moscow
Tass
Morgan Voelkischer Beobachter
Irish Terrorists Blamed For Subway Bombings
Two explosions at King's Cross subway injure 14 or more as IRA terrorists are blamed. The blasts are seen as retaliation against a government anti terror bill set for possible enactment next week. Suspects reportedly flee toward Ireland amid the legislative push.
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London
U.P
King’s Cross
Ireland
These Thieves Get Holiday Food Early
A Monday night theft at J. E. Radekin’s Point Rock property saw 30 turkeys stolen from a fence along a highway. Deputy Sheriffs Hank Young and Charles Wise investigated the case.
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Pomeroy
J. E. Radekin
Point Rock
Hank Young
Charles Wise
Velma West Escapes Then Surrenders in Dallas
Velma West the 33 year old killer of her husband in 1927 is recaptured in Dallas with companion after escaping from Ohio Women's Reformatory at Marysville on June 19. One of three escapees was recaptured. West says the escape news satisfied her and she waited five years for a break.
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Dallas
Tex
U.P
Velma West
Ohio Women's Reformatory
Marysville
T. Edward West
Reformatory
Virginia Brandy
Florence Sheline
Gallia County
California
Marysville Reformatory
Texas
Loans by Ohio Banks Higher
Ohio banks show rising loans and resources, countering claims of lending restraint. A survey of 461 banks as of June 30 reports loans and discounts up $13.39 million in six months to $520.44 million from year end. Real estate lending up $396,970 to $245.57 million. Total bank resources up $37.56 million in six months and $101.56 million in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Samuel H. Squire
Squire
Sayre Named U S High Commissioner to the Philippines
President Roosevelt designated Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre as U S High Commissioner to the Philippines. Sayre succeeds Paul V. McNutt, who resigned to lead the new federal welfare administrator post.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Francis B. Sayre
U. S
Philippines
Sayre
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Welfare Agency
Dispute Between Unions Halts Westlake Housing Project
Youngstown officials report the $3.5 million Westlake low cost housing project halted entirely due to a union jurisdictional dispute. Thomas Murray Jr of the Youngstown Builders Syndicate said work is suspended until the dispute is resolved.
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Youngstown
U.P
Thomas Murray Jr
The
Youngstown Builders Syndicate
Betty Grable Denies Divorce Plan From Jackie Coogan
Hollywood gossip reports Betty Grable declaring the divorce plan against Jackie Coogan is untrue. The San Francisco dispatch notes Grable refutes the claim amid circulating rumors in the film capital.
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San Francisco
U.P
Betty Grable
Holywood
Jackie Coogan
Action Delayed On Abrogation Of Jap Treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed action on a proposal to record U S support for abrogating the United States Japan commercial treaty. Members asked for further study of the Far Eastern situation, planning another meeting to discuss Sen Arthur H Vandenbergs resolution seeking six months notice to Japan for treaty abrogation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
United States
Japan
Ex LSU Board Member Indicted for Fraud
L. P. Abernathy, a resigned LSU board member, faces an indictment for embezzling about 40 000 from LSU. Dr. James Monroe Smith, ex LSU president, also named, charged with embezzling 100 000 from City National Bank of Baton Rouge and previously from the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
U.P
L. P. Abernathy
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
James Monroe Smith
City National Bank of Baton Rouge
University
Witness Describes Communist Bank Robbery Plans
M. R. Bacon testified at Harry Bridges deportation hearings in San Francisco. The Portland police lieutenant said a party school taught bank robbery for workers and that Communists urged members in the U S Army to turn on officers. He cited a bank messenger heist in San Francisco netting about 40 000 for party funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
Portland
Ore
United States Army
M. R. Bacon
Harry Bridges
Bacon
United States
Navy
Wants Sentence in Pen But Sent to Mansfield
Mike Wiliczk o was returned to Mansfield Reformatory from which he escaped Monday despite his plea to finish his sentence at Ohio Penitentiary. He told Cleveland police he could not resist escaping and requested a transfer to the penitentiary.
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Mansfield
Cleveland
Mike Wiliczko
Mansfield Reformatory
Ohio Penitentiary
Reformatory
Salesman Dies in 85-Foot Hotel Plunge
In Cleveland a 57 year old salesman Jesse M. Jones who recently moved from Toledo plunged 85 feet from a ninth floor hotel. Despondent over illness and business pressures, associates reported he acted alone. A verdict of death by his own action was expected today.
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Cleveland
Jesse M. Jones
Jones
Toledo
Bricker Taft clash looms over 1940 convention plans
Ohio politics hinge on Bricker and Taft as they navigate pledged delegates and a potential split. Taft supporters plan early moves after adjournment while Bricker aims to preserve options for a dark horse run. In Washington, rebels threaten an Aug 5 adjournment with a housing and relief fight and Senate action on the spending loan bill.
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House
Congress
Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Washington
Senate Republicans
Roosevelt
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
WPA
Seven Federal Prisoners Escape After Bus Attack
A group of seven inmates being transferred from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania overpowered three drivers and guards near Fredericksburg Virginia. They fled on foot then seized a passing car and drove off with 15 other inmates remaining on the bus. Walter Smith of Cincinnati and Raymond Walker of Columbus are named among the escapees. The FBI was ordered to assist in recapturing the convicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Walter Smith
Cincinnati
Raymond Walker
Columbus
Thornburg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dismiss Suit Against AMA In Antitrust Case
Justice James M. Proctor of the DC federal court dismissed government antitrust proceedings against the American Medical Association. He ruled medicine is a profession not a trade, so the Sherman Act does not apply. The DOJ had charged AMA and others with conspiring to restrain trade via a fixed monthly medical care charge.
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Washington
U.P
James M. Proctor
District of Columbia
American Medical Association
Department of Justice
AMA
Benton man charged with murder of stepmother
Benton Illinois police charged 32 year old George W Gore Jr son of a noted surgeon with the murder of his step mother Nancy Gore 45 who was found shot to death in her home Sunday up report notes the suspect is son of a prominent medical specialist and was arrested today at his Benton residence.
Best Advised For Released Ohio Minister
Gerould R. Goldner, freed after six days in Arab hands, was told by his doctor to stay in bed for several days before returning to the United States. He and his father Rev. Dr. Jacob H. Goldner, of Cleveland, planned to sail home but he will rest first. Goldner said he missed cigarettes most and that captors took his few American cigarettes. He was given tobacco and papers to roll cigarettes just before release.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Gerould R. Goldner
United States
Goldner
Jacob H. Goldner
Cleveland
Akron
Ohio
United Press
Torso slay suspect linked to witness threats in Cleveland
A 23 year old woman testified she was threatened with death to deter testimony against Frank Dolezal, the man accused in a torso killing. Lillian Smith relayed the warning to Assistant County Prosecutor John Mahon who pledged to investigate.
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Cleveland
AUP
Frank Dolezal
Lillian Smith
John J. Mahon
Dolezal
Mahon
Earle Johnson May Be Next Ohio Air Chief
Cleveland politician Earle Johnson, a former state legislator from Lake County, is expected to be named state aeronautics director. He met with Governor Bricker who said a decision would be made soon. Acting director Francis G. Lauffer remains in charge in Columbus.
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House
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Rules Committee
Eugene Cox
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Earle Johnson
Ohio Air Chief
Columbus
O.P
Cleveland
Lake County
Johnson
Bricker
Francis G. Lauffer
Scout Lore Saves Boy Lost on Mountain
Donn Fendler Jr. roamed Baxter State Park’s Katahdin region for nine days after vanishing near dusk during a hike with his troop. He survived naked and hungry, aided by a guide across the Penobscot River and a nearby camp family who provided warmth and food before his return to a lumber camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Mills
U.P
Donn Fendler, Jr
Baxter State Park
Mount Katahdin
Donn
Nelson McMorrin
Stacyville
Penobscot River
Ohio minister greets son after six day Jerusalem captivity
Rev. Jacob Goldner of Ohio greeted his son Rev. Gerould Goldner of Akron in Jerusalem after Gerould was released by Arab kidnappers. The younger preacher said he missed cigarettes most during his six day captivity.
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Jacob Goldner
Ohio
Jerusalem
Gerould Goldner
Akron
Jenkins Pension Payment Bill Headed for House Action
Ohio delegation pressed for immediate House action on the Jenkins bill to require the U S Treasury to pay 1 338 160 to Ohio for last October s old age pension. The House judiciary committee approved the measure unanimously and Rep Thomas A Jenkins urged prompt consideration.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
U. S. Treasury
Ohio
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
House
Ex-Oil Worker Granted $100 a Month Alimony
Burt Simmons, 35, who married a wealthier woman a decade his senior, sought $1,000 monthly alimony after leaving his roughneck oil field job for life in a Beverly Hills mansion. He was awarded $100 monthly, insisting he is a roughneck, not a gigolo, and wants the funds to return to work.
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Los Angeles
A.P
Burt Simmons
Beverly Hills
Simmons
Felk Admits Slaying Union Man in Indiana Bridge Battle
Miller sburg Indiana police report George Felk a 45 year old non union worker admitted shooting John Pilkerton 35 a union member during a bridge project clash between union and non union workers. Felk said the killing was in self defense.
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Millersburg
Ind
Gus Barclay
George Felk
John Pilkerton
Barclay
Felk
Pilkelton
Youth dies in crash near Jackson Center
Isaiah M. Wilt 18 of Russells Point was killed and Lester Parker Jr 15 was seriously injured in a car crash one mile south of Jackson Center last night.
Hope of Labor Peace Blasted
The CIO announced a plan to organize all construction workers into a single industrial union. This move was seen as an effort to challenge the AFL by absorbing its strongest craft unions and their members.
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Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
CIO
John L.lewis
Federation
AFL
400 Lose Eligibility for Unemployment Benefits
In Columbus the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reported that over 400 Ohioans who were previously eligible for unemployment insurance benefits lost eligibility when the federal railroad unemployment insurance act took effect on July 1.
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Columbus
U.P
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Father Killed Day Before Baby Is Born
Ruth Motty of Whippany gave birth to an eight pound daughter Tuesday at All Souls Hospital. Her husband William Motty, age 24, died from motorcycle crash injuries at Morris Town Memorial Hospital the day before, after a noon accident in Morristown.
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Morristown
N. J
Ruth Motty
Whippany
William
All Souls Hospital
Morristown Memorial Hospital
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