Coast Girls Found In Baldwin Hills Ravine
Mob fury roared through Inglewood as residents hunted a killer for three missing coast girls. Suspect Othel Leroy Strong was ruled out when a Washington sheriff reported he had been in Olympia. the search centered on a man nicknamed Eddie seen near the playground. The bodies of Melba Everett nine Madeline seven and Jeanette Stephens eight were found by Boy Scouts in a ravine with a color smear spotted from an airplane lead.
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Inglewood
Calif
Los Angeles
Baldwin Hills
Eugene Williams
Williams
Othel Leroy Strong
Pasadena
Eddie
Strong
Melba Everett
Madeline
Jeanette Stephens
Premier Asks Crisis Powers Amid Financial Emergency
Paris report says Premier Camille Chautemps sought emergency powers in a grave financial crisis. He pledged quick passage by noon tomorrow and reportedly considered a devaluation to 25 francs per dollar. Stock and commodity exchanges closed and gold payments suspended.
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Paris
A.P
Camille Chautemps
Chautemps
France
Finance Ministry
Ida Mansfield Dies in Athens After Illness
Mrs Ida Sheets Mansfield lifelong Athens resident died Monday night at her daughter’s home 13 S McKinley Ave She was born 1860 in Canaan Township and survived by six children 10 grandchildren one great grandchild two sisters Funeral services are Wednesday at 2 30 pm at Grove Sams home conducted by Rev Ernest Nicholas burial in Canaanville Cemetery
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Ida Sheets Mansfield
Athens
Grove Sams
S. McKinley Ave
Mansfield
Canaan Township
Mary Laughlin
Rinda Bean
Guysville
Pearl
Gerve Mansfield
Dana C. Sams
Frank C. Sams
George Spencer
Chillicothe
Ernest Nicholas
Canaanville Cemetery
Utilities Magnate Named in Tax Probe
The Treasury told the joint congressional tax committee that Henry L. Doherty, noted utilities magnate, saved 160000 dollars in income taxes in one year through the use of personal holding companies.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Joint
Congressional Tax Committee
Henry L. Doherty
Earhart Lands at Howland Island After Pacific Leg
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noon landed at Howland Island in New Guinea area after a mid Pacific flight. They prepared to resume the world flight with a 2 550 mile leg to Howland in the mid Pacific with a planned takeoff on Wednesday.
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Howland Island
Lae
New Guinea
UPI
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Howland Gee
mid-Pacific
June's No 1 Couple Roosevelt Du Pont Tie Knot
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr 23 the President's son and Ethel du Pont 21 the Eugene du Ponts daughter plan a high profile wedding linking two prominent families. A minister preached at rehearsal as social events unfold including a Fly Club farewell to bachelorhood at Owl's Nest. The license was issued yesterday at Owl's Nest after a crowd gathered at Frank E Haley's office.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
Eugene du Ponts
Young Roosevelt
Harvard
Fly Club
du Pont
Owl's Nest
Prge
Frank E. Haley
du Ponts
Haley
Labor Policy Criticized in Roosevelt Perkins Denunciation
The House denounced President Roosevelt and Secretary Perkins over the steel strike. Rep Cox accused Perkins of urging Ohio Governor Davey to threaten officials with state militia to force steel contracts, while Rep Hoffman criticized both the President and Perkins.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Perkins
Cox
D-Ga
L. Davey
Ohio
C.I.C
Hoffman
R-Mich
Miss Perkins
U.P
Frances Perkins
Federal Steel Mediation Board
House Speeds Relief Measure to President
The House moved the conference report on the $1.5 billion relief bill to the White House. Leaders convened an hour early to push rapid action as the Senate already adopted the report, leaving only House approval before Roosevelt signs the measure.
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House
Washington
U.P
White House
Senate
Roosevelt
Wesleyan Graduate Is Killed by Train
Robert L. Recker a 25 year old graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University was killed when a Pennsylvania freight train struck his car in Toledo on his birthday. His father had died in a 1933 automobile accident.
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Wesleyan
Toledo
Robert L. Recker
Latchie
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pennsylvania
Recker
Anglo-French Plan To Control Spain Neutrality Refused
Nine powers including Britain France Germany Italy and Russia held a high level meeting in London over the Spanish Civil War crisis. Britain and France proposed direct control of the neutrality patrol off Spain to replace Germany and Italy. German and Italian delegates declined to commit and the meeting adjourned until Friday as governments weigh final replies.
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London
A.P
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Russia
Foreign Office
Europe
Spain
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Dino Grandi
Indiana Governor Seeks Steel Strike Settlement
Indiana Governor M. Clifford Townsend aimed to arrange a truce in the steel strike affecting 22 000 South Chicago workers at Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube. The two firms paused plans to resume operations amid the seven state walkout by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
M. Clifford Townsend
Chicago
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Spanish Refugee Children Revolt in French Camps
In Bordeaux area riots erupted in two refugee camps housing Basque children. Ages 10 to 12 attacked nuns and staff with knives and revolvers. At Auxerre sixty refugees revolted over a misbehavior slap and demanded return to Spain. Sixteen boys at La Rochelle’s St. Louis Hospital heckled nuns, sang the Internationale, and beat staff after police clashed, one man injured.
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Bordeaux
France
Spain
Auxerre
St. Louis Hospital
la Rochelle
Partial Budget Bill Advances in Ohio Budget Battle
Columbus Ohio July budget stalemate persists as House and Senate reach no consensus. A new $31.4 million partial appropriation from July 1 to Sept 30 is proposed to keep state operations funded, while a $20.2 million existing bill expires soon. The dispute features text book aid for private schools and interdepartmental employee exchanges. Governor Davey says no decision yet.
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Columbus
U.P
House
Senate
Joint Conference Committee
Emerson Campbell
Belmont
Paul P. Yoder
Davey
Conference
Father Held on First Degree Murder Charge in Slaying
Everett Counts, 40, is charged with murder for shooting Willard Crane 25, in Crane's jail cell just before a hoped release for Crane and his 16 year old sweetheart. Crane had been jailed after officers nabbed the couple and their chaperon at the parents' home in Everett.
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Eminence
U.P
Everett Counts
Willard Crane
Crane
Everett
First Degree Charge Asked in Irwin Case
New York district attorney William C. Dodge sought three first degree murder indictments against 29 year old Robert Irwin before the grand jury. Irwin is accused of killing three persons over a hatred for a fourth and faced possible insanity defense after prior confinement in institutions for the mentally unbalanced.
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New York
William C. Dodge
Robert Irwin
Dodge
Duchess of Windsor relative tied to new wedding
Mrs. Norma Johnson widow of a Detroit manufacturer is to wed Commander Earl Winfield Spencer U S Navy, Wallis Warfield’s first husband, with the ceremony expected in a few days.
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Duchess of Windsor
Norma Johnson
Detroit
Earl Winfield Spencer
U. S
Wallis Warfield
FDR Presses Court Bill Pivot to Possible Compromise
President Roosevelt shifts strategy toward a compromise expansion of the Supreme Court as Senate Democrats push to move beyond the original bill. Debate may begin next week with some favoring an expanded eleven-member court while others doubt House passage. A report links Rep. Braswell Deen to a dissent over an expense check tied to pro Roosevelt labor leaders.
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Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
New Deal
Senate Democrats
Senate
House
Congress
White House
North Carolina
Braswell Deen
Birmingham
Ala
Democratic National Committee
George L. Berry
Tenn
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Berry
Lewis
Deen
Revolt in Santander Seizes Government Amid Anarchist Rule
Reports from the frontier claim a revolutionary outbreak in Santander with Basque loyalist forces retreating before a Nationalist drive. Anarchist leader Jose Ibanez allegedly seized power for CNT and FAI, with violence spreading as CNT and FAI members allegedly kill Socialists and troops clash with fleeing civilians.
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Hendaye
U.P
Santander
Jose Ibanez
CNT
National Confederation of Labor
FAI
Big Game Hunter Begins 1 to 30 Year Penitentiary Term
Kenyon V. Painter, 70, noted big game hunter and former Union Trust Co. director in Cleveland, started a one to 30 year sentence in Ohio Penitentiary for misapplying $2,000,000 in bank funds. Governor Davey declined to intervene following request by Joseph R. Nutt, former Union Trust chairman.
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Columbus
U.P
Kenyon V. Painter
The
Union Trust Co
Cleveland
Ohio
M. L. Davey
Joseph R. Nutt
Jurors Illness Delays Ironton Election Trial
The trial of four Lawrence County residents on election fraud charges was postponed after nine of twelve jurors fell ill with a digestive ailment and could not sleep. Judge Phil H. Wieland summoned a physician to address the jury illness.
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Tronton
Aupi
Lawrence County
Phil H. Wieland
Wieland
Firecracker Costs Eye New Philadelphia Youth Sight
Richard Stephens an 11 year old boy from New Philadelphia lost sight in one eye after a firecracker exploded and a fragment of tin struck his eye yesterday.
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EYE
New Philadelphia
U.P
Richard Stephens
Yankees Lead English Team in Ryder Cup Opener
The United States golf team led England 2 to 1 after the opening Scotch Foursomes in Southport. Ed Dudley and Byron Nelson sparked the U S surge while Ralph Guldah and Tony Manero rallied to win, giving the Americans a favorable early position to retain the Ryder Cup.
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Southport
Eng
U.K
United States
England
Ed Dudley
Philadelphia
Byron Nelson
Texan
Ralph Guldah
Tony Manero
Start Petitions for New Type of State Ballot
Volunteer workers began circulating petitions to gather 300000 signatures to submit the Massachusetts Ballot to Ohio voters for the November election. The plan groups candidates by office rather than by party. The filing deadline is July 15.
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Columbus
U.P
Massachusetts
Ohio
Strikers Beat Three At Rubber Factory
Five CIO strikers at the Duro Glass Rubber Co. were arrested after plant superintendent and two others were beaten as they tried to enter the strike bound factory in New Haven Connecticut. The 85 workers walked out Monday over wage and hour revisions while President Cox refused a closed shop.
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New Haven
Conn. U.P
CIO
Duro Glass Rubber Co
Harry Cox
Steel Striker Fatally Hurt in Pennsylvania Riot
Beaver Falls Pennsylvania seven state steel strike reported its 13th death with George Mike fatally injured late Monday at Moltrup Steel Products Co. A tear gas projectile from a deputy sheriff caused a fractured skull during a picket clash. CIO leader Morris Mallinger was also struck in the leg.
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Beaver Falls
U.R
George Mike
Moltrup Steel Products Co
Mike
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Youngstown
Ohio
Committee For Industrial Organization
Morris Mallinger
CIO
May Retail Gains in Ohio Cities Reported
Washington reports Department of Commerce data show large Ohio cities posting notable retail sales gains in May this year over May 1936.
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Washington
Ohio
Department of Commerce
Duchess of Windsor Tops 1937 Best Dressed List
The Duchess of Windsor is named the world s best dressed woman for 1937 in a Paris poll by United Press stylists. The article notes she and other social figures spent substantial sums on clothing and beauty, with details on her recent purchases and trousseau.
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Duchess of Leeds
Charles Murat
Duchess of Windsor
Paris
Warren Men Implicate Union Leader in Bomb Plot
Police sought CIO chieftain Gus Hall and two other Warren men on explosives charges linked to a planned series of nitroglycerin blasts around strike guarded Republic Steel plants. Three alleged bombers testified Hall funded and directed them to Oil City to obtain explosives.
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CIO
Youngstown
Warren
B. J. Gillen
Wareren
Gus Hall
George Bundas
John Boraweicz
Arthur Scott
Republic Steel Corporation
Hall
Oil City
CID
Bandas
Boraweicz
Charles Byers
Joe Orowitz
Republic
Byers
Orowitz
Explosions Stop Water Supply at Bethlehem Cambria Plant
Two explosions in the mountains cut 36 and 62 inch water lines feeding Bethlehem Steel at the Cambria works in Johnstown. The blast halted operations for at least two weeks amid strike clashes led by the CIO. Violence included beatings and vandalism as thousands of workers returned to work.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria
Committee For Industrial Organization
Border Dam
Quemahoning
Franklin
Reaches for Oar Drowns in Grand River
Fourteen year old John Lassnick reached for an oar that had fallen from a row boat in the Grand River and drowned in the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville
U.P
John Lassnick
Grand River
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FDR
House Critical
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