Twin Baby Girls Abandoned In Rain By Mother
Two newborn twin girls Doris and Dolores were found in a rain soaked Clarence farmyard after their mother Mary Regina Pfohl tried to sell them for 200. She was held at Batavia state barracks and said the babies were born June 2 in Buffalo. The infants were exposed overnight but are recovering at City Hospital with foster care arranged.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
Clarence
Batavia
Doris
Dolores
Mary
Regina Pfohl
Akron
Pfohl
Viola Meredith
City Hospital
Missing Valet Sought in Taylor Murder Case
San Diego reports Edward F. Sands, valet for film director William Desmond Taylor, is sought in a burglary and forgery case. Investigators crossed into Tijuana with a warrant after Taylor was shot on February 1, 1922, and Sands vanished amid accusations the valet forged checks.
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San Diego
Calif
Tijuana
Mex
Edward F. Sands
William Desmond Taylor
Los Angeles
Sands
Taylor
McGrady Leaves Geneva To Aid in U S Strikes
Edward F. Mc Grady Assistant Secretary of Labor who attended the International Labor Conference as the U S Government delegate will leave Geneva for Washington tonight to help the Administration cope with the strike situation.
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McGrady
Geneva
U. S
Edward F. McGrady
United States
Washington
New Lexington Clay Plant Closed by Union Pickets
Two hundred pickets from the United Brick and Clay Workers union forced the Junction City Clay Products plant in New Lexington to close as management sought to avert violence. The plant makes sewer pipe and the union seeks recognition from the company.
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NEW Lexington
INL
Junction City Clay Products
United Brick and Clay Workers Union
A. F. of L
Senate Orders Relief Inquiry Aids Funds Bill
Senate moves to probe unemployment relief amid a $1.5 billion relief package and WPA extension. The inquiry targets working conditions and labor saving devices, potentially influencing Roosevelt wage and hour plans while funds and balances from prior relief remain unspent.
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Senate
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Congress weighs Roosevelt wage plan amid Capitol Hill chatter
Rumors from the cloakroom suggest Congress opposes the New Deal wage plan as drafted. If moved this session it may be rewritten to narrow the labor standards board. A minority seeks postponement to next session, with unemployment investigation as a possible delay lever.
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Capitol Hill
Congress
Labor Standards Board
Editor Found Dead in Forest Near Bagnoles de l Orne
Two Italian reporters were found dead in a forest near an abandoned car spotted with blood in France. Police suspect a political crime linked to the Anti-Fascist Revue Giustizia E Liberta. One victim was Carlo Roselli, editor, with a brother also killed, both tied to the Paris Latin Quarter publication. A home-made bomb inside a milk can with a lit fuse was failed by rain.
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Bagnoles DE L'Orne
France
Iu.p
Carlo Roselli
Giustizia E Liberta
Paris
Wally's Ex-Husband Vindicated in Court
Ernest Aldrich Simpson won a high court apology from Mrs. Joan Sutherland after months of silence over gossip tied to his divorce from Wallis Warfield Simpson. The society woman claimed he was paid to allow the divorce, a charge now publicly retracted.
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London
U.P
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
High Court of Justice
Duchess of Windsor
Joan Sutherland
West End
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Treason Trials Open for Eight Top Red Army Officers
In Moscow eight senior Red Army officers faced death penalties in a treason trial. The case, sparked by Sergei Kirov’s 1934 murder, has led to widespread arrests and executions, with hundreds implicated and high officials executed in the Far East.
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Moscow
U.P
Red Army
Russia
Sergei Kirov
Josef Stalin
Petrograd
Kirov
Leon Trotsky
Far East
Soviet Union
Film Workers Resume Jobs Victory End To Six Week Strike
Hollywood union workers including painters, hairdressers, makeup artists and plumbers returned to work after a six week strike. The Federated Motion Picture Crafts secured a preferential shop and wage hour compromises were agreed at a conference led by Charles Lessing and Pat Casey.
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Hollywood
Federated Motion Picture
Screen Actors’ Guild
F.M.P.C
Charles Lessing
Federation
Pat Casey
Producers’ Committee
Brother of Lewis Is Under Senate Fire
Senator Rush Holt of West Virginia renewed his attack on the Works Progress Administration asking in the Senate if Raymond Lewis, brother of labor leader John L. Lewis, had received any more raises as a WPA employee. Holt noted Lewis was brought to West Virginia to help the WPA and was promoted as an engineer.
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Washington
U.P
Rush D. Holt
W. Va
Works Progress Administration
Senate
Raymond Lewis
John L. Lewis
West Virginia
Holt
Loretta Young Adopts Two Small Orphans
Hollywood star Loretta Young became a mother through adoption. She signed papers to adopt two young wards, Jane, 3, and Judy, 23 months, whom she first met while decorating a Christmas tree at the Catholic institution last December. Young had previously annulled her marriage to actor Grant Withers three years ago.
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Hollywood
U.P
Loretta Young
Janes
Judy
Miss Young
Grant Withers
Kiss Slayer Dies in Ohio Penitentiary
John Rueger aged 52, serving a life term for the kiss slaying of Alberta Judd aged 18 in Cincinnati on October 6 last year, died of a heart attack at Ohio Penitentiary on Monday. Rueger entered the prison January 22.
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Columbus
John Rueger
Alberta Judd
Cincinnati
Ohio
Rueger
Judd
Earhart Launches Flight Across Africa to Fort Lamy
Amelia Earhart begins a bold journey across interior Africa from the wild forests toward Fort Lamy on the southern edge of Lake Chad. The American aviator continues her round the world attempt navigating unknown terrains and vast distances.
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Africa
Gao
French Sudan
Amelia Earhart
Fort Lamy
Lake
Chad
Law Leaves Kidnap Case To Husband
Federal and state investigators withdrew from Long Meadows farm on Long Island north shore, allowing William H. Parsons to negotiate for the return of his wife Alice Parsons. A ransom note demanded $25,000 and warned of dire consequences if police interfered, with contact reportedly established after a taxi driver spoke to Parsons.
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Long Island
N. Y
Alice McDonnell Parsons
Stony Brook
Alice Parsons
U.R
Long Meadows
Long Island North Shore
William H. Parsons
Alice
New York
Parsons
Department of Justice
Roosevelt Seeks Passage of Farm Bill During Session
President Roosevelt expressed hope that Congress would pass the ever normal granary agriculture bill at its current session. The broad farm aid bill, backed by agricultural organizations, was not on the administration’s prior preferred list.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Potomac River
U. S. S. Potomac
Lorain Mayor Orders Rent Investigation
Lorain Mayor E. A. Braun ordered an inquiry into rent hikes after citizens accused landlords of profiteering. Tenants urged action and warned they may camp in city parks if rents rise further.
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Lorain
U.P
E. A. Braun
Dykstra to Deliver Honorary Address at Cincinnati Commencement
Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra new president of the University of Wisconsin and former Cincinnati city manager will deliver the address and receive an honorary degree at the University of Cincinnati commencement tonight.
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Dykstra
Giant rat provokes mayhem during Hell's Angels showing
In Los Angeles a huge rat ran up a boy's trouser leg during a Hell's Angels revival. Joseph Eisenauer, 15, screamed and chased the rodent along the aisle. He finally strangled the rat, but his thigh was badly bitten. The rat measured about 15 and a half inches.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Jean Harlow
Joseph Eisenauer
Billion Dollar Wheat Crop Seen for 1937
The Agriculture Department forecast a total wheat yield of 825 to 850 million bushels for 1937, signaling the first billion dollar crop since 1927. The Crop Reporting Board pegged winter wheat at 649 million with a June 1 condition of 71.5 percent, and spring wheat at 175 to 200 million. Recent rains improved prospects, though drought deficiencies were noted in crops and pastures.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Great Plains
Wife Slayer Faces Death
Santa Cruz California retired Army officer Major Allan D Boggs was found guilty of first degree murder for killing his wife who he believed entertained another man. A sanity trial is scheduled, with the death penalty mandatory if sane. The jury did not recommend mercy.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
U.R
Allan D. Boggs
Danny
Boggs
California
Man Reports Robbery By Stop Light Thugs
J. W. Hodge of Indianapolis told Preble County authorities he was robbed of his automobile and $55 by two men who held him captive all night. He said the pair jumped into his car when he stopped at a traffic light in Indianapolis and forced him into the back seat with a gun while the other drove.
CIO Scolds Hamilton Workers for Strike
More than 1100 General Machinery Co. workers in Hamilton returned to their jobs after a mass meeting. CIO organizers reprimanded the men, with regional organizer G Price from Middletown stating that a two month effort to organize had been nearly undone by the strike.
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Hamilton
U.P
General Machinery Co
C.so
G Price
Middletown
Albany Man Held on Threatening Letter Charge
James C. Smith, 40, of Albany, remained in Albany County jail after failing to post a $5,000 bail on a charge of sending a threatening letter to President Roosevelt.
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Albany
U.P
James C. Smith
Roosevelt
Violence at Republic Steel mill as deputies drive off strikers
United Press reports armed deputies halted 15 carloads of CIO supporters en route to aid Monroe strikers amid tear gas. In Pontiac Homer Martin reportedly urged 10 000 members to cancel a planned labor holiday march. Bethlehem Steel strike widens to Cambria plant. Police report gunfire against a Republic Steel air plane near Painesville. five men arrested. Ten thousand auto workers urged to abandon mass action.
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Monroe
Mich
CIO
Daniel A. Knaggs
Frank Murphy
Pontiac
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Johnstown
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Cambria
Conemaugh and Blacklick
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Republic Corporation
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
U.P
Newton Steel Company
Res Public Corporation
Arget Says Steel Firm Won't Sign C I O Contract
J C Arget vice president and general counsel of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. said the company would not sign a contract with the Committee for Industrial Organization. He expects a majority of steel workers prefer returning to pre strike conditions after the northern Ohio steel walkout.
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Columbus
U.P
J. C. Argetsinger
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ohio
Monroe mill clash ends strike stand as deputies reopen plant
Nighttime action blocks the main Detroit Toledo highway as 100 deputies seal the Monroe corridor with two trucks allowing single passage. At the plant 300 deputies used 200 tear gas shells to disperse 500 workers streaming to jobs after a 16 day strike call by the CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee. Seven wounded seriously six bruised. police beat and chased many CIO adherents. gas affected hundreds and Vigilante police were blamed. Martin urged workers to return to work while warning of needed union discipline and obedience to international officers.
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Detroit-Toledo
Monroe
C.10
Martin
Pontiac
Senator Demands Probe Into Censorship of Ohio Strike Mail
Senator H Styles Bridges urged a Senate investigation into alleged censorship of parcel post to Ohio steel plant workers during strikes. He showed undelivered parcels and charged postal authorities allowed strike leaders to block mail, citing a Warren Ohio case of a wife sending clothes and medicine to her husband at Republic Steel. He warned the mail system’s integrity was at stake.
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Washington
U.P
Bridges
Republic Steel Corporation
Hazel F. Finch
Warren, O
Post Office Department
United States Mail Service
Jail Organizer On Gun Count In Ohio Steel Strike
Robert Burke, organizer for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, was held without bail in Youngstown on charges of shooting with intent to kill and suspicion amid the Ohio steel strike. Mayor Burton revoked Republic Airport permit citing neighborhood anxiety and picketing.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio
Mahoning County
Robert Burke
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Burke
Columbia University
Youngstown
Harold H. Burton
Republic
Army Doctor Advises Against Metal Diet
Atlantic City reports Col. Royal Reynolds of the U S Army Medical Corps warns against swallowing metal objects. He says seek a doctor for nickel or dime sized items and cautions foreign objects left inside the body can cause serious consequences.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Col. Royal Reynolds
U. S. Army Medical Corps
American Medical Association
Professor Cooper Recovers After Gallipolis Operation
Prof. C. E. Cooper of Ohio University is recovering from an appendectomy at Holster Hospital in Gallipolis after an attack of an old ailment. He and Mrs. Cooper had traveled from Athens on a three month trailer trip through the south and southwest when the operation was ordered.
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C. E. Cooper
Ohio University
Holster Hospital
Gallipolis
Cooper
Athens
Gas Rate Hike Petition Filed By Vincent Natural Gas
The Vincent Natural Gas Co. serving Barlow and Vincent asked the State Public Utilities Commission to raise rates. The company said 1996 costs totaled $947 and seeks a higher charge for customers.
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Columbus
U.S
Vincent Natural Gas Co
Barlow and Vincent
State Public Utilities Commission
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