Danzig Crisis Backdrop Shapes Nazi Peace Hopes
Nazi leaders in Berlin forecast a peaceful settlement of the Danzig dispute with Poland before autumn, while Britain warns against aggression. Hitler may visit Danzig in July as Britain pledges aid to Poland if attacked, and Churchill cautions that British patience is waning amid military mobilization and talks of broader conscription.
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Danzig
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Free City
Berlin
Poland
Reich
Britain
France
Hitler
Lord Halifax
Roosevelt
United States
One Girl Killed and Another Hurt in Bike Accident
Findlay U P reports Marilene Wilkins ten killed and Ann Thompson eleven seriously injured when an auto struck their bicycle as they hurried from a wading pool to a picnic supper with two other girls.
Jap Bombs Hit U.S. Mission School in Foochow
Dispatches report Japanese planes bombed and set fire to the American Mission Union High School at Foochow. The British gunboat Grasshopper landed 36 sailors at the blockaded port to protect British property. In Virgin Islands Richard Archbold and five companions arrived after a nonstop transatlantic flight from Dakar and an 11 month South Seas expedition.
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Tientsin
Mission Union High
Foochow
Grasshopper
Charlotte Amalie
Virgin Islands
U.R
Richard Archbold
Standard Oil
Dakar
Senegal
South Sea Islands
Craig Reveals Advancing of U S Outposts
General Malin Craig announcing his retirement disclosed that the first line of land defense has been moved hundreds of miles from the continental coast to a network of outposts with Puerto Rico Panama Hawaii and Alaska as key bases. He said the army is revamped revitalized and re armed and approaching readiness for any defense emergency.
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Washington
U.S
Malin Craig
Puerto Rico
Panama
Hawaii
Alaska
Craig
Novelist Harry Wilson Dies in Sleep in Carmel
Carmel California author Harry Leon Wilson, 72, known for Ruggles of Red Gap, was found dead at home Thursday. Physicians believe heart disease caused his death during sleep after two years of ill health.
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Carmel
Calif
U.P
Harry Leon Wilson
Wilson
Ruggles of
Red Gap
Ohio Industrial Employment Edges Down in Month
Ohio industrial employment fell slightly last month by under one percent but remained above the 1938 level, according to a report from the Ohio State University Business Research Bureau.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Ohio State University Business Research Bureau
Pensions Division Names New Investigators
Columbus Ohio U P reports Tom Mc Caw chief of the state old age pension division appointed Mrs Gladys H James of Kenton and Frank Murphy of Murray City as investigators.
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Columbus
U.P
Tom McCaw
State Old Age Pension Division
Gladys H. James
Kenton
Frank Murphy
Murray City
State Officials Tightening Liquor Law Enforcement
Ohio liquor officials vow stricter enforcement on two fronts. Brews and distributors have two weeks to remove from permit holder premises any articles supplied in violation of the law. Subdivisions face possible withholding of liquor permit fees if they do not cooperate with state inspectors and local police.
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Columbus
U.P
State Liquor Board
Jacob B. Taylor
Liquor Board
Kin of Benjamin Benner Located Via Messenger Leads
Ralph B. Wilson former Athenian and Babson Reports Inc. vice president traced Benner family links after inquiring about Samuel Benner and his book Benner's Prophecies. He located Benner's grandson Major Ralph C. Benner of Washington D. C. and learned Samuel Benner once owned part of Eagle Furnace near Radcliff Ohio in Vinton County. Letters about the Benner family were sent to Wilson who will obtain a copy of the old book.
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Ralph B. Wilson
Babson Reports Inc
The
Messenger
Samuel Benner
Benner
Ralph C. Benner
Washington, D. C
Eagle Furnace
Radcliff
Vinton County
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
200000 Idle In Ohio WPA
The order from national WPA administrator Col. F C Harrington closes WPA projects in Ohio Saturday, Monday and Tuesday affecting about 200 000 workers. Dr Carl Watson state WPA administrator said the Ohio projects had been closed for June 29 and 30 for inventory and will remain closed until Wednesday to study new Congress rules and issue further orders.
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Columbus
U.P
Col
F. C. Harrington
WPA
Ohio
Carl Watson
Congress
Washington Chicago nonstop air service approved
The Civil Aeronautics authority authorized American Airlines Inc. to inaugurate a nonstop Washington to Chicago service. The line will also operate other schedules with stops at Elkins Clarksburg Parkersburg Charleston Dunbar Huntington Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
American Airlines Inc
Washington- Chicago
Elkins
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Charleston-Dunbar
Huntington
W. Va
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Raid Marijuana Field At Yellow Springs Ohio
Federal agents destroyed a 10 to 20 acre marijuana patch at Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio. The operation led by George Gray and A D Stevenson involved about 100000 plants with a potential value of 10 to 15 million dollars. Students helped in the destruction as trucks tractors and kerosene were used.
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Yellow Springs
U.P
Ohio
Antioch College
George Gray
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Cincinnati
A. D. Stevenson
Columbus Narcotics Bureau
W. B. Alexander
Stevenson
Springfield
Comptroller to be named for school foundation program
The State Board of Control will take definite action on appointing a comptroller to govern the 48 million dollar school foundation program when it meets next Friday. Finance Director Herbert Defenbacher also announced the release of nearly 1,000,000 as the second quarterly payment to the teachers retirement fund.
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Columbus
State Board of Control
Herbert Defenbacher
Defenbacher
Ickes appoints Gray to coal division director post
Secretary Harold L. Ickes announced the creation of a new bituminous coal division to replace the National Bituminous Coal Commission. Howard A. Gray, previously assistant PWA administrator, will be its director effective July 1 under Roosevelt's reorganization plan.
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Washington
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
Howard A. Gray
PWA
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Roosevelt
State Lottery Bill Aims to Fund Chicago Slum Clearance
SPRINGFIELD Ill UP A bill would create a state supervised lottery the first of its kind in years to raise funds for Chicago slum clearance housing projects. The measure was placed before Gov Henry Horner for signature.
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Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Henry Horner
Ifor
Swimmer Rescued From Falls Under Mill Dam
GALLIPOLIS Staff Special Vinton resident Walter Brown narrowly escaped drowning Thursday while swimming in Raccoon Creek near the village. He was caught under the old mill dam falls and was nearly exhausted when rescued by companion swimmer Vance Friend.
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Gallipolis
Walter Brown
Vinton
Raccoon Creek
Dutch cabinet resigns over currency policy dispute
The Dutch cabinet stepped down in The Hague today amid continuing disagreements over currency problems, signaling a political shift and potential restructuring of government priorities.
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Hague
Netherlands
Legislative Jam Forces WPA Shutdown Tonight
The fiscal year end jam ends WPA activities at midnight affecting 2.5 million relief workers and dependents with pay loss. House Democrats push for dollar devaluation power while Senate coalition debates silver prices and monetary authority. A midnight cutoff looms as the deficit nears 3.5 billion and the national debt tops 40.374 billion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate Conservative
Senate
Treasury
UPI
Arrived Too Late to Save Custer
Meigs County veteran Emerson G. Harper recalled by C A Hartley that Harper reached the Custer battlefield on June 26 1886 after a 100 mile ride. Harper served 1875 to 1885 as a cavalryman and his troop failed to reach the scene in time.
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Pomeroy
Emerson G. Harper
Meigs County
General Custer
Harper
C. A. Hartley
Roosevelt Signs 1940 Tax Revision Bill
President Roosevelt signed the 1940 tax bill. It ends the undistributed corporate profits tax and keeps nuisance taxes and the three cent postal rate for two more years. The new law replaces the profits tax with a flat 18 percent income levy on corporations earning over 25 000 annually.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Dempsey Suffering Peritonitis After Appendix Surgery
New York Polyclinic hospital reported former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey is suffering from peritonitis after gangrenous appendix. The hospital said he spent a fair night and is resting comfortably this morning.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Slayer Lon Campbell McDonald Admits Hammer Killing of Mother
Lon Campbell McDonald 26 a student of spiritualism confessed to police in California that he killed his mother Margaret Campbell a former Los Angeles stage and screen actress because she planned to send him to an institution.
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Campbell McDonald
Hammer
Margaret Campbell
Los Angeles
McDonald
California
Parking space remedy spurs civic parking plan
John Farley has created parking for six cars and his business truck in a vacant space beside and behind his West Union Street property. C. M. Gill of the Chamber of Commerce says the solution could be replicated in many spots downtown, easing Athens' parking problem while generating small monthly rentals to cover clearing and access costs.
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John Farley
West Union Street
Athens
C. M. Gill
Chamber of Commerce
Farley
Gill
Speed Driver Killed In Midget Racing Crash
CAHORIA Ill U P Jimmy Snyder 34 renowned auto racer who set a new lap record 130 7 mph in qualifying for the 500 mile classic at Indianapolis this year was killed last night when he lost control of his midget racer at the Cahokia Track He was traveling only 65 mph.
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Cahoria
Ill
U.P
Jimmy Snyder
Indianapolis
Cahokia
Turners Seek Adoption of Neice Ethel Wilkes
Mr and Mrs Sam Turner of Aliquippa Pennsylvania request court approval to adopt their niece Ethel Mary Wilkes who was willed to them by the child’s mother on her deathbed. They say they have the stepfather’s consent and can support the child who currently resides in a Wolverhampton England children's home. They state Ethel would replace a daughter who died eight years ago.
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Acme Telephoto
Sam Turner
Aliquippa
Ethel Mary Wilkes
Ethel
Wolverhampton
England
Turner
Tell Ohio Coal Situation At Meetings
Public meetings sponsored by the Burn Ohio Coal Foundation will be held in Athens on July 7 and in Nelsonville on July 10. Mayor Charles Wallace of Glouster announced the events to acquaint residents with Ohio mine conditions and the foundation’s plans for future improvements. Speakers sought include Dr. Walter E. Brehm of Logan and W. J. Walker of St. Clairsville, with Walker as Burn Ohio Coal, Inc. president since 1933. The exact times and venues will be announced when arranged.
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Burn Ohio Coal Foundation
Athens
Nelsonville
Charles Wallace
Glouster
Wallace
Ohio
Walter E. Brehmoft Logan
W. J. Walker
St. Clairsville
Brehm
Ohio General Assembly
Walker
Burn Ohio Coal, Inc
LaGuardia questions Bricker economy critique at governors conference
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia challenged Gov. John W. Bricker's call for state cost cutting and less federal activity. Bricker urged citizens to return home and reduce government spending with efficiency and honesty as a path to relief.
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New York
U.P
F. H. LaGuardia
United States Governors’ Conference
LaGuardia
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Clipper Completes Flight to Europe
Pan American Airways Dixie Clipper completed the United States to Europe passenger flight, marking the first commercial air service of its kind. The milestone flight underscores early transatlantic air travel progress and the airline’s role in expanding international routes.
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Clipper
NEW York
Pan American Airways
Dixie Clipper
United States
Europe
Elyria Leaders Launch Anti-Dictator Movement
Prof. Walter B. Pitkin calls for a middle class upheaval to save the United States from dictatorship. He selects Elyria, Ohio, a 25 000 population city near Cleveland, as a test site to coordinate civic and professional groups and quietly investigate public welfare for a national campaign. He urges two cent daily contributions to fund the effort and warns that failure would doom America.
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Elyria
U.P
Walter B. Pitkin
United States
Cleveland
Pitkin
Relief bill conferees approve 1 755 600 000 appropriation
Washington reports House and Senate conferees reach agreement on a 1.7556 billion dollar relief bill for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The measure includes WPA wage adjustments and provisions affecting National Youth Administration funds, farm tenant loans, and municipal light plants.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Ford Displays New Tractor and Plow Unit
Henry Ford unveiled a new tractor and plow unit in Detroit in a two year development, announcing readiness for mass production. He demonstrated the revolutionary machine to 400 agricultural and business leaders, newspapermen and foreign representatives after a Dearborn Inn luncheon.
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Detroit
U.P
Henry Ford
Ford
Dearborn Inn
Hisestate
FDR Asked Donahey To Run Again
Washington residents report that Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio was asked by President Roosevelt to reconsider retiring and to seek re election in 1940. Donahey was summoned to the White House for a 20 minute discussion yesterday.
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FDR
Donahey
Washington
U.P
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Roosevelt
White House
Senate Approves Big Army Air Corps Expansion Bill
The Senate approved a $223,398,045 supplemental army appropriation bill largely for expanding the Army Air Corps to 5 1500 first line planes.
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Senate
Air Force
Washington
Army Air Corps
Senate rejects Boyle nomination for Nevada district attorney
The Senate last night rejected President Roosevelt's nomination of William S. Boyle as U S district attorney for Nevada, delivering another rebuff to the administration on appointments.
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Fdr
Washington
U.P
Senate
Roosevelt
William S. Boyle
U. S
Nevada
Paroled Woman Burglary Suspect from Marysville Reformatory
Ruth Nibert of Gallia County was paroled effective September 1 from Marysville Reformatory for Women where she served a burglary sentence.
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Columbus
Ruth Nibert
Gallia County
Marysville Reformatory
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