Progress in Effort To Isolate Spain's Civil War
European powers push toward non intervention to curb the Spanish conflict while Japan and China prepare for intensified hostilities in the Far East. The nine power committee considers withdrawal of foreign fighters as Chamberlain seeks to advance the Anglo Italian peace treaty amid disputed Italy volunteers. Chinese defenses stiffen around Hankow as Japan massed troops and aircraft threaten a major battle along the Yangtze front and northward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Far East
Japan
China
Spain
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
International Non-Intervention Committee
House of Commons
Kow
Yellow River
Hankow
Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Shansi
Parole Board Grants Releases To Three From Athens County
The Ohio Parole Board granted parole to three inmates from Athens County and conditional releases to two others at Mansfield Reformatory. Named parolees include Gerald Brokaw for forgery with Aug 1 1938 offense date, Donald Baer for automotive theft with Aug 1 1938 date, and Louis Carsey for extortion with Aug 15 1938 date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Parole Board
Mansfield Reformatory
Athens
Gerald Brokaw
Donald Baer
Louis Carsey
Wheeling Child Missing After Police Search
Five year old Marjorie Lee Cutler vanished after being seen talking with an elderly man before disappearing yesterday. Police launched a search in Wheeling West Virginia as part of the investigation into her disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Marjorie Lee Cutler
Boy Killed in Accident in New Matamoras Ohio
Hyman Faulkner aged 19 from Kinston North Carolina was killed and two others seriously injured in an early automobile accident at New Matamoras Ohio. Authorities reported the event occurred early in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
U.P
Hyman Faulkner
Kinston
N. C
New Matamoras
Barton To Be O. U. Speaker At Social Change Conference
Bruce Barton, noted publicist and congressman from New York City, is tentatively set to deliver the final talk for Ohio University's Conference on Social Change on Thursday June 30. Earlier sessions feature Dr. Carlton Washburne, Selig Perlman, and Senator Bennett Champ Clark discussing labor and social change topics across Memorial and Fine Arts auditoriums.
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Bruce Barton
United States House of Representatives
New York City
Ohio University
Carlton Washburne
Memorial Auditorium
Fine Arts
Selig Perlman
University of Wisconsin
United States
Missouri
Bennett Champ Clark
Police Assist as Baby Is Born on Front Lawn
Youngstown police helped deliver a baby on a residential lawn after Mrs. Josephine Gerch collapsed while walking. Patrolmen W T Lally and John McCarthy provided first aid and aided the mother and infant to hospital in a patrol wagon.
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Youngstown
Josephine Gerch
W. T. Lally
John McCarthy
Summer Arrives Tonight At 9 04 O Clock
The article notes official arrival of summer at 9 04, when the sun reaches its northernmost point. Since December 22 the sun has moved northward, rising higher daily. The solstice marks the peak, with length of day affected by slight irregularities in earth's motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Last Car of Olympian Wreck in Wyoming Creek Hauls More Bodies
Mud covered tourist sleeping car lifted from Custer Creek yields two more bodies after 35 recovered in the Olympian crash. Officials fear total dead may reach 55 as derrick work pauses for reinforcement. Names include Lt. Col. and Mrs. Range of Atlanta. Many bodies unidentified in morgues.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Miles City
Mont
Custer Creek
Wyoming Creek
U.P
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
W. H. Range
Atlanta
Salvation Army
Adjt
William Hillis
Athens Salvation Army
Seattle
Wash
Glendive
Yellowstone River
Dean Hanscom
New York City
A. W. Olson
Tacoma
Medicol Urge Hull To Protest Japanese Acts
Forty five American doctors and nurses adopted a resolution urging Secretary Hull to renew protests to Japan over continued and unnecessary military interference with foreign rights. Nine Japanese planes dropped eight bombs on American and British property at Wachow treaty port near Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
Hull
Japan
Wachow
Treaty Port
Canton
Farm Income for State Makes Large Advances
Farm income in Ohio rose from 157 138 000 in 1932 to 355 553 000 in 1937 as reported by the Department of Agriculture showing a substantial gain. Two Beverly, Ohio truck drivers were attacked and robbed by gunmen in Cleveland with one man hospitalized for head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Department of Agriculture
Cleveland
Beverly, O
Robert Kile
Barrows Reaches GOP Nomination In Maine Primary
Gov. Lewis Barrows won renomination in Maine's Republican primary with about a 3 to 1 lead over State Senator Roy L. Fernald as returns were nearly complete. Former Gov. Lewis J. Brann had no Democratic opposition for the gubernatorial nomination. The September election will feature a New Deal campaign by Brann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
U.P
Lewis Barrows
Roy L. Fernald
Lewis J. Brann
Brann
Minneapolis
Minn
Elmer A. Benson
Hjalmer Petersen
Davey Attacks Sawyer In Cincinnati Speech
Governor Martin L. Davey challenged his Democratic rival Charles Sawyer in Cincinnati saying Sawyer sought support from the CIO leader and invited a communist CIO lawyer from Toledo to seek campaign aid. The remarks were broadcast in Davey’s weekly radio address from Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Charles Sawyer
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Sawyer
CIO
Toledo
Kenneth C Ray Named Zanesville School Chief in September
Kenneth C. Ray, longtime Athens County Schools superintendent, was unanimously elected to lead Zanesville schools for a three year term starting in September. He will leave Athens after an 18 month harmony during which five local board members remained stable and several new facilities were built. He plans a salary between five thousand and five thousand two hundred dollars annually and will oversee 7 000 students.
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Kenneth C. Ray
Athens County
Zanesville
Ray
C. T. Prose
Athens County Board of Education
Ohio
G. O. Shanks
Coolville RD
A. K. Walker
Buchtel
A. H. Grim
Athens
R. E. Wagoner
Stewart
Dallas Christman
Glouster
Mechanicsburg
Shade
New Marshfield
the Plains and
York Township
State Department of Education
Boards of Education
Hope Walker
Morgan County
John Walker
Marrietta Ave
Three Candidates Dropped From Primary Ballot in Ohio
In Columbus three Cleveland nominees were removed from the state primary ballot by Secretary of State William J. Kennedy. Charles Cavano seeking the Democratic attorney general nomination and M. H. Wolf for the state supreme court had invalid petition signatures. G. K Allen’s Republican bid for a short supreme court term was rejected for not being a registered voter at his residence.
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Columbus
U.P
Cleveland
William J. Kennedy
Kennedy
Charles Cavano
M. H. Wolf
State Supreme Court
G. K Allen
Supreme Court
Accidental Shooting Fatality Marries Two Families
A 12 year old boy Colligan Bourgeois, son of Mr and Mrs A M Bourgeois, died after an accidental rifle discharge by 13 year old William Ellery while the boys played with a rifle Monday. The tragedy occurred in Shelby. Police investigated and the incident is being reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
A.P
Colligan Bourgeois
A. M. Bourgeois
William Ellery
Miller Sued in Liquor Graft Investigation
A taxpayer suit seeks $413000 from State Liquor Director James W. Miller over a liquor hauling contract. Agnes B. Dickinson, backed by the Citizens' Vigilance Committee, alleges non-feasance mis-feasance and mal-feasance and accuses Miller of wasting funds. Shaw Transport Co. held the contract at 17 cents per case. sublet to U S Trucking Lines for 11 12 cents per case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ll.p
James W. Miller
Common Pleas Court
Citizens’ Vigilance Committee
Agnes B. Dickinson
Miller
Shaw Transport Co
John F. Nolan
Steubenville
Ohio Senate
U. S
Judge lambasts grand jury in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia five unnamed jurors faced a fierce rebuke from Intermediate Judge D Jackson Savage for failing to indict on numerous cases. He denounced a clique blocking true bills and vowed those jurors will not serve again. For years no homicide indictments were returned, but 30 true bills involved numbers and lottery operators.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
D. Jackson Savage
Savage
State to sponsor meetings to curb juvenile delinquency
The State Division of Public Assistance and Ohio Probation Association will sponsor 12 district meetings in June and July to discuss ways to curb juvenile delinquency. Planned sessions include Gallipolis on July 12 Logan on July 20 and Marietta on July 21.
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Columbus
U.P
State Division of Public Assistance
Ohio Probation Association
Gallipolis
Logan
Marietta
Ohio’s “Boys in Blue” urge faith amid troubled world
Ohio’s 72nd Grand Army encampment in Columbus gathers 26 veterans aged 89 to 98. They warn of foreign entanglements and relief as key problems, call for faith in America, and note declining post numbers with 190 comrades on the roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Boys In Blue
Grand Army of the Republic
Overton H. Meller
Los Angeles
GAR
Cleveland Seeks Relief Loan On Future Taxes
Cleveland city officials seek a 400 000 loan against next year sales tax receipts to continue relief for about 60 000 destitute residents. Mayor Harold H Burton warns borrowing against operating funds is unsafe and could raise next year real estate taxes. If approved by the state tax commission and banks, the loan would finance relief for two more weeks. Relief workers report ongoing evictions while two Gordon Park families find new housing.
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Cleveland
U.S
Harold H. Burton
State Tax Commission
Burton
Gordon Park
FDR to Hear Kennedy Report on Europe
President Roosevelt will receive a firsthand briefing from Joseph P. Kennedy on European political and economic conditions. He also continued work on congressional measures, signing 36 bills and vetoing seven, including flood control and harbor improvement projects worth tens of millions of dollars.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
Extradition Hearing Delayed in Conn Case
Pittsburgh Ohio authorities seek Sereno extradition for murder of Ohio State Patrolman George Conn. The hearing was continued to June 27 to allow defense to show co-defendant Booker Johnson was in a penal institution at the time of the murder.
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Pittsburgh
Peter Sereno
Allegheny County
Ohio
George Conn
Sereno
John Warner
J. S. Simon
Booker Johnson
Evans Speaks at Presbyterian Synod in Wooster
Dr. Hugh I. Evans of Dayton was to present the report on national missions as the Sith Presbyterian Synod of Ohio began meetings in Wooster with Rev. Howard D. Borley of Zanesville elected moderator. The agenda included Foreign Mission Day on Wednesday and Christian Education Day on Thursday.
Four Month Espionage Indictments Shake U S Defense Secrets
A U S district attorney and FBI officials announce indictments of 18 Germans and German-Americans linked to a spy ring seeking U S military secrets. The grand jury names Captain-Lieutenants Udo Von Bonin and Hermann Menzel and other operatives, with many fugitives abroad. The case marks a major phase in a four year foreign espionage investigation and signals more charges to come.
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NEW York
U.P
U. S District Attorney’s Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Reich War Ministry
America
Berlin
Scotland
Federal Grand Jury
Germany
United States
State Department
Udo von Bonin
Hermann Menzel
German War Ministry
William Lonkoski
Ignatz T. Griebl
Bremen
Guenther Gustave Rumrich
Erich Glaser
Werner George Guedenberg
Johanna Hoffman
Europa
Herbert Jaenichen
Karl Schlueter
Theodore Schuetz
Karl Eitel
Otto Hermann Voss
de Seversky
Farmingdale
N. Y
Jessie Wallace Jordan
Edinburgh
Ernest Mueller
Erich Pfeiffer
Hamburg
Schmidt
Sanders
Victim in Auto Crash In Critical Condition
Gallipolis report states Mrs. Roy George age 20 remained in critical condition at Holzer Hospital after a Sunday automobile crash west of Rutland. Her husband escaped injury when the car overturned. The Georges are Gallia county natives with family ties to Morgan Center Rutland and Bidwell.
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Gallipolis
Roy George
Rutland
Holzer Hospital
George
Gallia
Secretary Pleads Guilty In Forgery Case In Hollywood
Sandra Martin aged 32 pleaded guilty to forging 662.50 in checks against the account of her former employer Simone Simon a movie star known for the goen keys. The case centers on the Hollywood firm where Martin worked and involves multiple forged checks of the same amount.
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Hollywood
Sandra Martin
Simone Simon
Goen Keys
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O. U
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Medicol
Barrows
GOP
Maine
Morgan CO
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Muskingum College
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McKeesport
Coolville
Alex Root
House Finance Committee
W. D. Christman
Thomas Ridenour
Crestline
R. B. Reese
Deshler
Fdr
Dr. Evans
Presbyterian Synod
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