Forecast Shows No Immediate Relief From Heat Wave
Heat wave grips a large portion of the nation with over 600 deaths from heat and drownings as of today. The Associated Press tallies 303 heat prostrations and 325 drownings across many states. Temperatures exceed 100 degrees in numerous cities, with Duluth and Lake Superior breezes offering rare relief.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Plains States
Pacific States
Philipsburgh
Kansas
Concordia
Dodge City
Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas City
West Central
East Central
Gulf and Eastern States
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
New York City
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Omaha
Raleigh
N. C
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Ohio heat wave claims twelve more lives this weekend
Ohio faced a brutal weekend with twelve additional drownings raising the heat wave death toll to 71. Weathermen warned of continued heat despite scattered Tuesday showers while beaches and streams drew crowds as temperatures lingered in the 90s and a Sunday high of 104 in Springfield. Two new prostration fatalities were Herman B. Geers, 63, at Cincinnati church, and oe Polinski, 62, found dead near Ridgeway, Tuscarawas County.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Springfield
Cincinnati
Oe Polinski
Ridgeway
Tuscarawas County
Butter Output in June Sets Record For U.S. Production
The Agriculture Marketing Service reports that U.S creameries produced 203.8 million pounds of butter in June, the largest monthly output in the industry’s history. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange notes heavy milk production due to cold weather and abundant pasture. Traders expect June to beat average, though July may not set a new record.
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Chicago
Agriculture Marketing Service
America
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Texas Radio Governor Wins in Party Primary
W Lee O Daniel, Texas radio governor, leads after the first Democratic primary with about 53.4 percent of roughly 875 000 votes tabulated by the Texas election bureau. His campaign song There Ain't Gonna Be No Run off was tied to his hillbilly band. He leads five other gubernatorial hopefuls.
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Dallas
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Apears
Toiv
Texas Election Bureau
Execution of Herbert Goddard in Florida electric chair
Executed at 8 33 a m in the state prison Raiford Herbert Goddard who lured 17 year old Frances Ruth Dunn of Miami to her death by promising to get her into the movies Sheriff W H Lawrence of Palm Beach County threw the switch Miss Dunn was killed Jean Bolton a Miami friend was lured during the motor trip and later contacted relatives in Miami found on a highway north of Miami in Palm Beach County
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Raiford
Fla
Herbert Goddard
Frances Ruth Dunn
Miami
Florida
State
W. H. Lawrence
Palm Beach County
Jean
Jean Bolton
Miss Dunn
Miss Bolton
Palm Beach
Europe Faces Transport Shortages Amid War Crisis
The Agriculture Department warns that if Europe’s fall and winter food distribution is proportionate, there will be no widespread famine but serious distribution problems. Disrupted communications and disorganized networks threaten access in invaded areas and refugee hubs, with occupation forces relying on local supplies.
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Washington
Europe
Agriculture Department
Department
Foreign Service
Pilot and infant escape as plane crashes near Akron
Akron veteran pilot Rudy Vandevere and a nine month old baby narrowly survive when Vandevere’s safety belt fails and the plane tumbling 2800 feet dives toward a home. Vandevere deploys a parachute, lands unharmed in a tree yards from wreckage.
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AKRON
Rudy Vandevere
Vandevere
Earth
Gary Lee Cormany
Walter McIntyre
Chamberlain Enters Hospital for Operation
Former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, age 71 and Lord President of the Council, was admitted to hospital for an operation. Officials said the reason was not disclosed, but associates expect a two week absence and possible ability to resume some duties sooner.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Council
Theater Roof Collapse Kills Twelve in Mexico City Area
A cloudburst in Monte Morelos near Monterrey caused a theater roof to collapse last night, killing twelve people and injuring several others. Local authorities report the disaster as a sudden structural failure amid heavy rainfall.
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Mexico City
Montemorelos
Monterrey
Destroyer Wren Sunk in British Loss
The Admiralty announced the loss of the British destroyer Wren of 1,120 tons. The report notes the sinking occurred as part of ongoing naval actions near London.
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London
Admiralty
Wren
Unanimous Havana Plan Endorsed by Western Hemisphere
The Havana conference of American foreign ministers moves toward a unanimous approval of the Act of Havana. The plan allows regions of provisional administration in non American held areas at risk of territorial exchange. Autonomy or return to original status would occur when emergencies end. Cordell Hull praised for drafting success in the act and convention.
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Havana
Conference of American Foreign Ministers
Peace Commission of
Conference
Family quarrel ends in death near Wooster
James Musser 65 faced death sentence last night after his son in law Darwin Davenport 31 died from a shotgun wound to the neck at a Shreve home. Sheriff Ed Mills and Prosecutor Raymond O Morgan said Musser admitted firing the weapon in self defense after Davenport threatened him and accused Davenport of infidelity leading to house quarrels Friday night.
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Musser
Davenport
Mills
Army Training Bill Sparks Senate Battle Over Conscription
Washington reports a delay in debate on peacetime conscription as compromise talks emerge. Senator Barkley expresses caution while supporting some form of compulsion, and Taft and CIO President John L. Lewis oppose universal service. House Democrats push for careful pace. Stimson to testify as hearings resume.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
Senate
House
House Military Committee
War Stimson
Senate Military Committee
Atlantic City Mayor Leads Police in Raids
Atlantic City New Jersey reports four sudden gambling raids led by Mayor Tom Taggart and police, with the mayor saying he personally led the operations to confront suspects deemed immune to arrest. He did not specify plans for remaining gambling venues.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Tom Taggart
Taggart
Payroll boost at Portsmouth steel mills adds workers
Portsmouth Wheeling Steel Corp mills, abandoned in 1937, now employ 4,200 workers. The ninth open hearth furnace was put in operation over the weekend, signaling a revival for the plant and local economy.
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Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel Corp
Growing Marine Corps fleet to split coastwise
Washington reports a plan to divide a mechanized expeditionary force between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Two transports and two destroyers would be assigned to each coast while four idle World War II destroyers are converted into high speed troop carriers. Existing liners President Grant President Jackson Santa Barbara and Santa Maria are contracted for conversion into overseas units. Six defense battalions join the fleet marine force, which totals about half of the corps 28 000 personnel.
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Washington
Minute Man
Marine Corps
Grant
Jackson
Santa Barbara
Santa Maria
Germany
Norway
Fleet Marine Force
Atlantic
Pacific
Baggage of Ex King Arrives in New York
The Cunard White Star liner Britannic arrived today with 14 pieces of luggage bearing the name Duke of Windsor and his crest as Prince of Wales The immediate destination of the luggage remained a mystery and the items were sent unaccompanied in care of the line
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New York
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Cardington Teen Killed in Head-on Collision Near Marengo
Howard Fissell 16 of Marengo died in a Sunday head-on crash near Marengo. Seven others injured in the accident.
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Cardington
Howard Fissell
Marengo
Saving of Stray Dog Pays Good Dividends
ZEELAND Mich. two-man police force gets new uniforms each year funded by the sale of puppies from a stray dog named Zippy. Chief Fred Bosma once bought the dog and licensed it, and since then Zippy has produced litters that pay for the department’s uniforms.
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Zeeland, Mich
Fred Bosma
Bosma
Zippy
Gun Wielder Held After Shooting at Carmel Resident
John Smith age 26 arraigned before Magistrate S H Whitehart on charges of shooting Mrs Dollie Lines of Carmel Salt Creek Township. He pleaded guilty and is jailed in Hocking County in default of 800 dollar bond. Mrs Lines was treated for a torn hand from a bullet. She said Smith entered the Lines home Saturday night armed with a .22 rifle and ordered the Lines children to line up against the wall. She wrested the rifle as he pulled the trigger. The motive remains unknown. Mrs Lines is the wife of Kenneth Lines who was away from home.
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Logan
John Smith
S. H. Whitehart
Dollie Lines
Carmel
Salt Creek Township
Hocking County
Lines
Smith
Kenneth Lines
Minimum Coal Prices Effective on Sept 3
Howard A. Gray of the interior department said minimum prices for soft coal at the mines would take effect Sept 3. Rates range from 10 cents a ton for low grade Indiana coal dust to 5.25 dollars for high grade lump from Washington State. Secretary Ickes noted Gray finished the schedules to stabilize the bituminous industry and begun mailing them to members.
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Washington
Howard A. Gray
Interior Department
Indiana
Washington State
Ickes
Gray
Booth Tarkingtons 71st Birthday Quietly Celebrated
Kennebunkport Maine observed novelist Booth Tarkington marking his 71st birthday at his seaside summer home. Tarkington, famed for Penrod and Monsieur Beaucaire, spent a quiet day with family and friends.
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Kennebunkport
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Penrod
Monsieur Beaucaire
Army Air Corps plans enormous future planes three times larger
The Army Air Corps revealed plans for future airplanes three times the size of present four engined bombers. Planes could fill a football field and rise two stories, with prototypes feasible in five to ten years. Engineers note bigger planes are more efficient and cite advances at Wright Field and Langley.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Aeronautical
Air Corps
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Langley Field
Prominent Britons Arrested as Spies in Japan
Tokyo reports say Britain's Foreign Office confirms arrests by military police under prosecutors for an alleged British espionage network across Japan. Eleven businessmen were seized in five prefectures amid German pressure claims. Melville Cox, Reuters veteran, died attempting to jump from Tokyo gendarmerie HQ while questioned on espionage charges.
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Japan
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Shanghai
ILI
Cox
Roosevelt Inspects U S Military Defenses at Norfolk
President Roosevelt began a tour of sea land and air defenses at Norfolk naval yard where the new Alabama is under construction. A 21 gun salute opened the visit as he arrived from the Potomac and proceeded to inspect Fort Monroe Langley Field Newport News shipyard and Dry Dock Company before continuing along Hampton Roads to Old Point Comfort.
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Norfolk
Roosevelt
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk Navy Yard
Alabama
Navy Yard
Potomac
Washington
Naval Operating Base
Hampton Roads
Old Point Comfort
Fort Monroe
Langley Field
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Beauty shop owners protest Ohio wage recommendations
Twenty six beauty shop owners from Licking and Muskingum Counties filed a writ ten protest against proposed minimum weekly wages for the cosmetology industry in Ohio. Mrs Ella Baker Cotterman of Newark warned of serious dislocation if the code approved. She urged a 1.50 daily wage and a 50 percent commission on weekly business over nine dollars.
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Columbus
Licking
Muskingum
Ohio
Ella Baker Cotterman
Newark
Slayer of Girl Ends Life in Prison Cell
Leroy Taylor, 44, jailed for murder in the May 2 shooting of Dorothy Bentley, 17, hanged himself in his cell using a trousers noose. Coroner E. T. Gibboney ruled death by self-inflicted. The shooting occurred as Mrs Bentley and her husband drove cows into a barn on a farm adjoining Taylor's property.
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West Union
Leroy Taylor
Dorothy Bentley
E. T. Gibboney
Taylor
Willkie Plans Address and GOP Talks in Colorado Springs
Willkie lays out his acceptance address finishing touches and discusses party organization with supporters. He spent time with dissident Democrats who back his run and planned meetings, including a dialogue with a Arizona Republican delegation, as he prepares to deliver the speech August 17 in Elwood Indiana. Claude Chandler of San Diego, a Democrat who backed Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936, sent a supportive message yesterday.
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Colorado Springs
Colo. P
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Arizona
Elwood
Ind
Claude Chandler
San Diego
Southern California
Roosevelt
Army contracts total 17 million announced by War Department
The War Department announced the recent letting of 17,096,222 in army contracts. Of this total, 10,450,602 covered ordnance with 2,915,255 for radial air cooled Diesel engines to be built by the Guiberson Diesel Engine Company at Dallas, Texas. The order recall ties to tanks and past use of aircraft type radial engines in tanks.
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Washington
War Department
Ordnance
Guiberson Diesel Engine Company
Dallas
Tex
Army
British Soldiers Dead in Gibraltar Magazine Blast
Four British soldiers were killed today when a magazine exploded at the great fortress of Gibraltar. La Linea lies across the border from the fortress, a short distance from the wreck.
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LA Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Commerce Dept reports 1940 six months income near 1937 peak
The Commerce Department announced that national income for the first half of 1940 was within one per cent of the same period in 1937, the peak recovery year, indicating little growth since then.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Identified Body Found in Yellow Creek Near Salineville
East Liverpool report: Coroner Arnold Devon identifies a body recovered from Yellow Creek near Salineville as George Welch, 38, an unemployed potter. The case appears to be a death investigation with Welch as the deceased.
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East Liverpool
Arnold Devon
Yellow Creek
Salineville
George Welch
Potter
British May 15 Air Battle Over Southeast Coast
British and Allied forces fought a sunrise German raid along the southeast coast with hundreds of Luftwaffe planes. Official tallies put German losses at 15 to 18 bombers and seven escorts, unofficially higher, as raids continued over the coast, French and Dutch targets, and Mediterranean fronts.
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Germany
England
Britain
France
Netherlands
Cherbourg
Balkan
Bucharest
Romania
Transylvania
Hungary
British Isles
Vichy
Berlin
Belgium
Luxembourg
Mediterranean
Italy
Libya
Egypt
Wales
Air Ministry
Holland
Malta
Trieste
Adriatic
Alexandria
Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor Dies at 76
Washington reports Navy chief constructor during World War I and key figure in shaping the modern American Navy died last night at age 76. He led naval construction efforts and influenced ship design and preparedness during a pivotal era.
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Washington
David Watson Taylor
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