King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Washington
The royal couple met with Congress under the Capitol dome and toasted Anglo-American friendship with President Roosevelt. They sail on the Potomac to Mt. Vernon to place a wreath on George Washington’s tomb after a day of official duties and social events.
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Washington
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Congress
Capitol
Roosevelt
Broad
Potomac River
George Washington
George
Joint Committee
Childern
White House
U. S
Maine
California
First Lady Hails Elizabeth in High Tributes at White House
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt praised Queen Elizabeth as compassionate and aware of conditions driving desperation. She introduced the Queen and King to reporters and noted the royals focus on social conditions and youth. The King plans a Civilian Conservation Corps visit and both monarchs showed interest in American folk music and dance.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Queen Elizabeth of England
Washington
Queen Elizabeth
Political Activity Leads To Woman's Dismissal
COLUMBUS U P Mrs Ruth Timmons Cadiz subdivision manager of the Harrison County pension office was ordered discharged today by Chief Tom McCaw for alleged political activity She had been suspended June 1 The removal is effective June 12 Highway Director Robert S Beightler ordered 30 day suspensions of two Champaign County employees Edmund H Kerns superintendent and Paul Adams laborer in charge
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Columbus
U.P
Ruth Timmons
Cadiz
Harrison County Pension Office
Tom McCaw
Robert S. Beightler
Champaign County
Edmund H. Kerns
Paul Adams
Workman Killed After Fall From Bridge
Glenn W. Frost, 21, died from injuries after falling from a bridge he was repairing. The incident occurred during work on Springfield Up last week, with authorities investigating the accident and noting safety questions.
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Workman
Springfield
Glenn W. Frost
Descendant of Pioneer Family Dies in Athens
Mrs. Alice Putnam Roach of Athens died at her home 22 N College St Thursday after several weeks illness. Born Nov 30 1861 at the Putnam farm in York Township she was the last of the pioneer Putnam family in Athens County. Survived by three daughters and one son. husband and son preceded her in death.
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Alice Putnam Roach
Southeastern Ohio
Col
Israel Putnam
Gen
N. College St
Presbyterian Church
Harry Milton Roach
College St
Roach
Putnam Lawrence
Louise Putnam Roach
Athens
Fred G. Flegal
Zanesville
Hazel P. Roach
Washington, D. C
H. Wescott Roach
New Yorkers Ready to Welcome King George and Queen Elizabeth
New Yorkers prepared to greet King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with a restrained tribute. Officials expect crowds larger than Lindbergh’s return, with 1,587 detectives and heavy police presence planned along the procession route. The royal party arrives in Red Bank New Jersey then commutes by destroyer or train to New York for a 51 mile procession and a luncheon at the federal building.
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New York
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Scotland Yard
Lewis J. Valentine
Albert Canning
Col
Edward Starling
United States Secret Service
Coast Guard
Red Bank
N. J
Coast
Fort Hancock
New York City
Warrington
Harbor
Fair Grounds
Federal
Columbia University
George II
Columbia
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Nursemaid Kidnapping Case Shocks California
San Francisco reports a 19 year old woman using a false name was charged with kidnapping and demanding 1600 dollars for a five year old boy. She claimed the life of a loved one justified the crime and the child was found unharmed with a ransom note threatening Krehe Osborn.
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San Francisco
U.P
Graham Gaylord
Miss Gaylord
California
Krehe Osborn
San Jose
Krehe
Mabel Osborn
Japs Send Ultimatum To British in China
Shanghai dispatch says Japan aims to isolate the British concession at Tientsin and may use the city as a test case in extending control over foreign areas in China. Tokyo reportedly demanded that British authorities hand over within 48 hours the men who killed Cheng Si King, Chinese customs controller under Japanese administration, at a movie theatre in the British concession on April 9.
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Shanghai
U.P
Tientsin
China
Cheng Si-King
Irish Congressmen Still Planning To Avoid King
Washington reports show Irish American members debating attendance at a Capitol reception for King George VI. Release of Sean Russell in Detroit undercuts threats of boycotts by Reps. McGranery and Sweeney. Sweeney cites Britain’s war debt default while others fear a U.S. criminal code violation over contact with a foreign government.
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Washington
Congress
George VI
Capitol
Detroit
Sean Russell
Irish Republican Army
United States
James P. McGranery
Martin L. Sweeney
D. C
Sweeney
Great Britain
George
White House
Livestock Train Wreck Kills Hundreds of Animals in JeWett
Twenty five car fast freight on the Pennsylvania Railroad wrecked Thursday in JeWett Ohio. A brake beam struck an obstacle causing the crash. Hundreds of hogs calves horses and cattle died. A thousand hogs roamed the town as workers deputies and officials tried to free survivors.
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Jewett, O
U.P
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrison County
Landon Breaks Ribs After Fall at Maine Coast Fishing Trip
Alf M. Landon, the 1936 Republican presidential candidate, suffered two broken ribs after a fall while stepping from a ketch to a small dory off Rockland Coast. He insisted the injuries would not disrupt his Maine fishing plan today.
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Rockland
U.P
Alf M.landon
Maine
Rockland Bay
Toledo Professor William McClure Dies of Infection
Dr. William E. McClure a 45 year old Toledo University psychology professor died yesterday from a streptococcus infection.
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Toledo
William E. McClure
Toledo University
Two Die Four Injured When Bus Hits Auto
A Greyhound bus with 30 passengers rear ended an automobile on Route 2 near the Lucas-Ottawa County line. Two Akron men in the car died, four people on the bus were injured. The car burned and was hurled 200 feet into a wheat field. one victim died in hospital hours later. The bus traveled from New York to Chicago. the driver said the car stopped suddenly.
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Toledo
U.P
Greyhound
Lucas
Ottawa County
Akron
John Magalany
R. E. Dasch
Dasch
New York
Chicago
Otis C. Brillhart
Soviet To Free U S Woman From False Passport Case
Ruth Marie Rubens, an American linked to a passport fraud and espionage case, pleaded guilty in Moscow to entering the Soviet Union on a false passport and received 18 months. Time served so she will be freed tomorrow after custody since her December 1937 disappearance from the National Hotel in Moscow.
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Moscow
U.P
Ruth Marie Rubens
Soviet Russia
WPA Workers Back On Jobs at Sunbury
Officials on the WPA sanitary sewer project at Sunbury report about half of 165 workers on strike for nine days have returned to work. Seventy or more reported later as the project reopened under sheriff supervision from Delaware County.
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Columbus
U.P
WPA
Sunbury
M. F. Pinney
Delaware County
C. E. McKinney
Brick plant may reopen to house prisoners in Columbus
The Roseville brick plant, closed for over five years, may be reopened to house about 250 inmates from the Ohio Penitentiary. William F. Amrine, superintendent of correction and acting warden, stated the plan today.
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Columbus
Roseville
Ohio Penitentiary
William F. Amrine
France and Poland vow direct mutual defense pledges
Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet stated that France and Poland will immediately guarantee each other against any direct or indirect threats to their vital interests.
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Paris
U.P
Georges Bonnet
France
Poland
Morgan Feature Player for King in Embassy Garden
About 1,400 Americans, including J Pierpont Morgan of Wall Street, were presented to King George at the British Embassy garden party. Morgan and the King chatted at length over tea, highlighting Morgan’s World War era ties to Britain and his bank’s loans to the Allies.
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Washington
King
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street Banking House
Morgan
Embassy
King George
Great Britain
William O. Jones Funeral Arranged for Saturday
William O. Jones age 75 of Athens died Thursday at a daughter’s home in Akron. Survived by wife Sarah and six children including Walter Dorr B and Mont Jones. Funeral at Central Ave Methodist Church Athens Saturday at 1 30 p m with burial at West Union Street Cemetery.
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William O. Jones
Central Ave
Athens
Mabel Fienup
Akron
Sarah Jones
Dorothy Farst
Uniontown
Jones
Jackson County
Cambria Collieries
Wellston
Circle Hill
Trimble
Sugar Creek
West Side
Walter
Columbus
Dorr B
Mont
Fienup
Farst
Stanley Mansfield
Central Ave. Methodist Church
West Union St
Delay in Adjournment Clouds Roosevelt Western Trip Plan
Senate Majority Leader Barkley said a neutrality stalemate in Congress makes a July 15 adjournment possible but not probable. Leaders expect to advise Roosevelt about adjournment two weeks before that date as he plans a western trip to the San Francisco World's Fair, Washington State, and Alaska.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
San Francisco World’s Fair
Washington State
Alaska
Jewish Refugees Seek Haven for St Louis Party
In Hamburg a Hamburg America Line spokesman says negotiations with the San Domingo government aim to shelter 907 Jewish refugees aboard the steamship St. Louis after Cuba refused entry. The ship is ordered to reach Hamburg by June 20 to sail to New York on its scheduled late June voyage.
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Hamburg
Germany
U.P
Hamburg American Line
San Domingo
St. Louis
Cuba
New York
Washington Heat Wilt King and Queen at Garden Party
A blistering heat wave left King George and Queen Elizabeth strained at a garden party in Washington. The queen endured only 10 minutes in the sun while the king and queen suffer through 94 degree heat as crowds gathered. In London, 80 degrees also marked a heat wave headline.
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Washington
George
Elizabeth
London
Royal Garden Party Draws Crowd To Washington Event
On the grounds of the British Embassy 1,400 American and British elite gathered for a garden party as the king spoke with J. P. Morgan. A loud cheer of hip hip hooray greeted the royal couple while 1,000 British subjects from the East Indies and Canada attended. The Washington visit continued with a congressional reception.
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J. P. Morgan
British East Indies
Canada
Washington
President Roosevelt Meets King George VI for World Peace Talk
President Roosevelt and King George VI exchanged general remarks on the international situation during a White House visit. The two leaders spoke amid a formal reception and a champagne toast to peace. The king offered warm greetings from Britain and the empire as they planned a New York World’s Fair visit.
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Roosevelt
King George VI
Great Britain
Mr. Roosevelt
Lady Lindsay
White House
Canada
United Kingdom
Empire
New York
Break in Heat Predicted for Most of State
Ohio weather outlook calls for cooler air across the state early weekend with showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Four drownings over 24 hours highlight deadly swimming conditions as youths and adults perish in Ohio rivers and creeks.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Sandy Beach
Akron
Thomas McAleese
Patrick McAleese
Massillon
Milton Wetzel
Crystal Springs
Tuscarawas River
William Dee
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Virginia Pettibone
Ashville
Walnut Creek
Ciano to Visit Franco to Discuss New Pact
A reliable source says Count Galeazzo Ciano will visit Madrid around June 21 to discuss a possible Italian German Spanish alliance. Talks with Generalissimo Franco are expected to forge a pact creating a third frontier with France along the Pyrenees.
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Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Eenceee
Madrid
Ciano
Francisco Franco
Cleveland records end 25 day traffic fatality stretch
Cleveland ended a 25 day period without traffic fatalities as three people died in separate incidents today.
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Cleveland
U.P
Sales Tax Redemption Act Pays Dividends
Ohio receipts rise in May as tax refund law prompts redemption. State Treasurer Don H. Ebright notes $731,500 above early 1939 averages, with $3 paid per $100 receipts. About 90 applications filed totaling over $20 000 worth, aiding Boy Scout camps playgrounds and a high school organ project.
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Columbus
U.P
Socialand
Ebright
Ohio
van Wert
Hillsboro
Lisbon
Washington Court House
Margaret Sullivan Dies in Cleveland at 53
Margaret Sullivan an English and journalism teacher at South High School in Cleveland died last night after falling ill on her way home from classes. Born in New Straitsville Ohio she previously worked as a reporter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer and taught in Hamilton and Athens before moving to Cleveland in 1920. Funeral services are set for Saturday with burial in Columbus.
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Cleveland
U.P
Margaret Sullivan
South High School
New Straitsville
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hamilton
Athens
Columbus
Columbus Probe Wins Ruling Against City Light Bond
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. secured a court ruling blocking the city from issuing 824000 dollars in bonds for an extension to the municipal light system. The decision marks a win in the ongoing legal dispute over the proposed funding.
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Columbus
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
City of
Municipal Light
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