Aid to Allies May Be FD's Topic in Tonight's Speech
President Roosevelt plans a national address from Charlottesville on aid to allies and war materials. The speech, described as very important by Stephen Early, may touch on military support to Britain and France amid shifting European tensions. Congress moves defense bills as debate grows on arms sales and neutrality policies.
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Stephen Early
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Charlottesville
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Europe
Peace With Japs Shocks Allies in World War News
A garbled dispatch reports a tentative agreement with Japan shaping the Manchelnne-Onter Meng tary dispute and hints at far reaching European and Pacific effects. It notes U S leaders cautioning that any pact could alter the balance of power, potentially weakening Allied resolve in the Pacific and disrupting plans for postwar strategy.
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U S Refugee Liner on Tives Afloat Amid Rescue Efforts
The Manhattan liner docked after a perilous voyage from Galway carrying 190 children and about 1,904 refugees from Genoa and Ireland as U S authorities coordinate arrivals. The Washington and another vessel were expected to follow with more evacuees.
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Ireland
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Tals Hane
Washington
Members of Reli Seet Held After Fight in Kennebunk
Six members of a religious sect were summoned to municipal court to face assault with intent to kill charges after a wild week of disorders in which two men were shot, the sect's headquarters were burned, and two members beaten. State police traced the disturbances to Sanford and nearby towns on Saturday night, tied to the Jehovah’s Witnesses belief that they refuse to salute the American flag.
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Sanford
Toledo Negro Editor Charged With Murder
Toledo editor Jamen Craig Watson of the Toledo Negro weekly was charged with first degree murder in the shooting of Henry Giles Jr. at a Toledo hospital. The report also notes Washington University football star Alfred Paul Ritter, 8, killed in air bombing near Ulm, Germany while the child’s mother Marie resides with grandparents in Germany.
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Ralph Murphy
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Craig Watson
Toledo Noire
Henry Giles, Jr
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Washington
Alfred Paul Ritter
Giles
Klingenstein
Ulm
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Inmet
Marie
Colingdae
Hadeen
Germany
German Oil Supplies Hit by French Artillery Fire
Basel dispatch reports three major fires in German villages following an intensive French artillery bombardment that targeted three separate military oil storage tanks and related facilities. Local flames illuminated the countryside as crews fought the blazes amid ongoing hostilities.
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Basel
Switzerland
Young Wife Shot by Her Elderly Husband
West Union reports the shooting of Mrs. Thomas Blankenship aged 36 at a Peebies tavern. Mayor Edwin Fisher attributes jealousy to her 72 year old husband who ran a sum-bend school at Wooster College. He fired three shots as she danced with a friend. The event occurred on a Saturday night between 1900 and 1910.
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Thomas Blankenship
Peebies
Ohio
Edwin Fisher
Wooster
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Iter
Wooster College
Fisher
Blankenship
Lurday
Republicans Draft Fall Platform in Philadelphia Meet
Republicans plan to form a national platform in Philadelphia beginning next Monday as they assemble a resolutions committee nearly complete for the campaign effort. The group will set groundwork in Chicago on the eve of the national convention while debate over foreign policy and defense divides party leaders.
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Republican Party
Philadelphia
Tis
Chicago
James A. Farley
Farley
John Hamilton
United States
Democratic Party
Jenkins Urges Huge Spy Hunt at Harding Tomb Visit
Rep Thomas A Jenkins of Ironton calls for ferreting out fifth columnists and liquidating them if necessary during a pilgrimage to the Harding tomb drawing about 10 000 visitors. He cites Harding's Americanism peace advocacy and anti foreign involvement as a guide for U S policy. The Ohio Elks event marked the 50th anniversary of Harding's enrollment in the Elks.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Warren G. Harding
Ima
Ohio Elks Association
Jenkins
Harding
Newsboy Union Calls Strike in Cleveland
The Cleveland Newsboys Union AFL says contract demands were rejected by the three major dailies the Plain Dealer News Press and another city paper prompting union members to strike.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Newsboys Union
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Plain Dealer
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Ohio Wesleyan Gift Tied to Anniversary Incident
A racing car on an Albuquerque dirt track crashed killing three spectators including Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Bennett and Ary Niece from Albuquerque. Delaware trustee Henry Preiffer pledged $250,000 to Ohio Wesleyan University, with officials seeking an additional half million as a centennial fund drive proceeds in Kenton and Forest area.
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N. Mian
D. A. Bennett
al- Duquerque
Delawane
mre_ Henry Preiffer
New York
Ohio Wesleyan University
Kenton
George Kindle
Forest
Akron Suburbs Hit by Storms
Torrential rain lashed Akron suburbs causing flooding in Kenmore with a 1.5 acre lake forming and forcing families from homes. Winds damaged roofs, toppled small buildings, broke tree limbs, and sent manhole covers spinning while streets suffered through the flood.
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Enginemen killed in East Jersey train wreck
A Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed near Farmingdale New Jersey after a washout in a thunderstorm. Engineer Thomas Ford of Collingswood and fireman William H. Van Dyke of Long Branch died, with at least 25 passengers injured. Rescuers labored over three hours to recover the bodies from the wrecked engine.
Attempt To Sink Old Battleship Is Failure
Police examined the battleship Oregon in Portland to learn if saboteurs opened a seacock and flooded the ship at its anchorage. Mayor Joseph K. Carson believed someone tried to sink the Oregon, though it has no combat value. Captain S A Monroe said juveniles might have opened the 10 inch seacock on the 60 year old veteran of the Battle of Santiago.
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Ore
Joseph K. Carson
Oregon
S.A. Monroe
Santiago
The War Today by Dewitt Mackenzie
Hitler appears to strike at Imlan and smash French defenders near Paris in a clash that could decide the war within a fortnight. Mackenzie contrasts Hitler’s powerful war machine with Allied resilience and vast resources, underscoring the urgency of delaying the German onslaught to mobilize a broader Allied war effort.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Nihe
Paris
Vinton County Youth Found Dead Along Road
McArthur report on the death of William McCarty aged 25 found along the highway near Wilkesville in Vinton County. An autopsy was conducted to determine cause. Sheriff Stuck said Edward Thompson and Albert Matter would be questioned this evening in the case. McCarty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman McCarty, near the Jackson County line in district No. 10.
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Wiliam McCarty
Wilkesville
Vinton County
Unday
Mecarty
Earl Stuck
Edward Thompson
Albert Matter
McCarty
Jackson County
No. 10
Herman McCarty
First British Air Ace Killed in Action
Suspen flying officer F. J. Cobber Kain, a New Zealand pilot and Britain’s first air ace of the war, has been killed in action. He was 22 years old and the first British airman to win distinction in France in the present war. He had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in March.
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F. J
Cobber" Kain
New Zealand
Britain
Kain
France
Italian Troops Invading France Through Riviera
A chaotic wartime dispatch reports Italy under Mussolini declaring aims to seize Nice, Tunis, and other territories as German forces push toward Paris. Churchill conveys British reinforcements. Wesgand predicts French line holds while Nemesis on the Western Front intensifies. Norway capitulates after two months of conflict as King Haakon seeks exile and Allied aid concentrates on the French front.
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England
War era updates from Hull to Mussolini headlines
Hull warns of disappointing war involvement as Congress expands Army strength to 400000 and guards may be called for training. Italy’s entry into the war draws praise from Mussolini but treacherous framing from Britain and France amid gas masks for Egyptians and Italian royal rhetoric.
Semi skilled lead in job hunting in Ohio data
Ohio unemployment records reveal 273813 job seekers on April with the bulk being semi skilled. Bureau notes 71760 semi skilled, 8504 unskilled and 35869 skilled workers among the unemployed in the state as reported to Gov Bricker.
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Bureau of Unemployment
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