Fear Air Viking Lost In Atlantic Flight
Stockholm reports hope abandoned for Charles Backman a 25 year old Swedish flyer who departed Botwood Newfoundland Tuesday for a solo flight to Sweden. It was feared he crashed at sea though a remote possibility existed he was picked up by a radio silent vessel or landed at a remote coast site. Backman flew the smallest mono plane ever used in a gle motored job.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Charles Backman
Botwood
Newfoundland
Backman
Jews Stage Riots Protest Britain's Near East Policy
Zionist protests in Palestine sparked a general strike leading to fighting and arson in Jerusalem Tel Aviv and other Moslem heartlands as Britain presses to shape an Arab dominated Holy Land. NATO Europe moves and Franco Madrid rally loom as Mussolini and Hitler deepen a German Italian alliance.
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Britain
Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Palestine
Near East
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Paris
Benito
Discoere
Rome
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Berlin
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Franco
Hoover asks more funds for spy hunt drive
Director J Edgar Hoover told the House Appropriations Committee that foreign espionage is rising in the United States. He cited 35 cases yearly over five years to 1938, 634 in 1938, and an estimated 772 for the current year, urging Congress for increased FBI funding though he warned prompt attention may still be limited.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Congress
Hoover
House Appropriations Committee
Continue Questioning in Ohio Pen Chief's Case
In Columbus the Civil Service Commission hearing continued with guards and prisoners in the witness chair as the State Welfare Department presented evidence aimed at dismissing Warden James C. W. Testimony indicated organized gambling among convicts and the sale of liquor and narcotics inside the penitentiary.
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Columbus
Ohio
Civil Service Commission
State Welfare Department
Chaim
James C. W
Ohio Penitentiary
G Men Arrest Philadelphia Murder Ring Suspect in New York
The Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of Mrs. Rose Carina in New York on suspicion of involvement in the Philadelphia mass murder ring. Hoover said no further federal action would occur unless Philadelphia officials request it.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rose Carina
Philadelphia
Gmen
New York
Hoover
Nelsonville minister one of three Evans brothers in pulpit
Nelsonville visitors arrive for a week with Rev Lloyd Evans and his family. James and Frances Evans of Paulding County are pioneers who farm 80 acres and funded eight children’s education. The Evans clan includes three Presbyterian ministers Dr Hugh Evans Dayton Dr Lester Evans Cambridge and Rev Lloyd Evans Nelsonville. Their family also has four former sons and one daughter who died in 1919. The couple marked their 57th wedding anniversary.
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Nelsonville
James Evans
Paulding County
Lloyd Evans
Hugh Evans
Mable
Dayton
Ohio
Westminster Church
Lester Evans
First Presbyterian Church
Cambridge
Nelsonville Church
William Evans
Conroy
James R
Lake County
Mich
Bowen
Roland
Venedocia
Ottawa woman to meet King at unveiling of National Memorial
Mrs Catherine Lewis of Ottawa West aged 85 will meet King George and Queen Elizabeth when the King unveils the National Memorial in the Dominion capital. Two of Mrs Lewis sons died for King and Country in the World War.
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Canada
Catherine Lewis
Ottawa West
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Dominion
Lewis
Hopkins Plans Embassy to Business Aids
Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins seeks to create an embassy to business within the department to foster government business goodwill. He cites a $255000 supplemental appropriation requested by President Roosevelt to fund a staff aiding business and assessing broad commerce problems, potentially forming the Bureau of Industrial Economics.
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Washington
U.P
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Congress
Commerce Department
Hopkins
Bureau of Industrial Economics
Charge American Bund Leaders With Violations
New York mayor F H LaGuardia filed a report charging the German American Bund and its leader Fritz Kuhn with more than 40 violations of the relief tax laws. The three month investigation was sent to District Attorney Thomas E Dewey. Each violation carries six months to three years in prison.
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New York
W.P
Bund
F. H. LaGuardia
Fritz Kuhn
Thomas E. Dewey
Gun battle cited as Kentucky National Guards clash with UMWA pickets
Report notes brief gun battle between Kentucky National Guards and UMWA miners as union efforts to close the Harlan mine are described. The incident appears amid broader labor tensions and political actions in Ohio where the House votes on old age pensions and funding measures.
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Kentucky National Guards
UMWA
Harlan
HOUSE
Ohio
Plan to Retry Harlan Civil Rights Cases
Justice Department will retry 55 persons and corporations charged with conspiring to deprive Harlan County coal miners of civil rights. FBI agents have gathered information in Harlan amid ongoing disputes between miners and operators. The announcement followed President Roosevelt accepting resignation of Brien McMahon, who becomes a special assistant to the attorney general to handle the Harlan cases.
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Washington
Brien McMahon
Justice Department
Harlan County
McMahon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harlan
Rosevelt
Ohio Operators UMWA To Draft New Contract
Officials of the Ohio Coal Operators Association and the United Mine Workers will meet in Cleveland at 10 a m Friday to draft a new agreement to conform with that reached last week in New York. John Owens, president of the Ohio United Mine Workers, said on his return from New York. Owens had no figures on how many Ohio mines have reopened since the New York agreement.
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Columbus
WUP
Ohio Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers
Cleveland
New York
John Owens
Ohio United Mines Workers
Owens
Ohio
Explosion at Woolwich Arsenal Kills Five
A second blast in 24 hours at the Woolwich Arsenal near London killed five men and injured six, officials said. Police cordoned the area as investigators began work on the scene.
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London
Woolwich Arsenal
British Rulers Begin Tour Of Dominion And United States
King George and Queen Elizabeth started an 8 000 mile tour of Canada and the United States aboard a blue and silver train. Montreal hosted a major afternoon celebration with a massive ovation and crowds, while security and crowd-control measures were tightened for the royal visit. Tourism spending in Montreal was reported at about 25 million dollars.
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George VI
Elizabeth
Canada
Mackenzie King
Australia
Quebec
Canadian
Dominion
United States
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Montreal
Palais
Citadel
Lord Tweedsmuir
Three Rivers
Medical Group Attacks Wagner Health Bill at Convention
The American Medical Association plans to present to Congress its proposal to scrap the Wagner Health Bill. It denounces the bill as inconsistent with medical care and says it would create supreme federal bureaucratic control. The plan seeks 850 million dollars over ten years for indigent care and expanded state health services, affecting about 40 million people.
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ST. Louis
W.P
American Medical Association
Congress
Association J
Robert Wagner
N. Y
SEC Elects Chairman Jerome N. Frank
The Securities and Exchange Commission elected Jerome N. Frank as its chairman today in Washington.
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SEC
Washington
U.P
The
Securities and Exchange Commission
Jerome N. Frank
Piketon Woman 79 Killed By Fast Freight Train
Mrs. Phoebe Baldwin, 79, of Piketon, was struck and killed by a fast freight train this day while en route to visit a son. The accident occurred near Piketon as she walked along the tracks.
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Piketon
U.P
Phoebe Baldwin
Nudist Bill Passes in Ohio Senate Amid School Visit
Ohio Senate quickly approves the nudist bill 28 to 1 as Delaware Willis High School students visit the chambers delaying debate. Senator Whitney of Delaware defends the move saying it followed local objections to nudist activity last year, while colleagues accuse him of staging the visit. The measure now goes to the governor.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Senate
Delaware Willis High School
Senate
O. W. Whitney
Delaware
Delaware County
Whitney
Senate committee halts foreign beef purchase
The appropriations committee voted 9 to 7 to sustain a provision prohibiting navy purchases of foreign foods. The panel rejected Sen Byrnes’ bid to drop the rule and allow 48 000 pounds of Argentine canned beef for sailors.
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Washington
WUP
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy Appropriations
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Navy
Roosevelt
Hunter Fatally Shot by Friend on Greensburg Farm
MILLERSBURG U P Dr M D Miller of Akron believed he spotted a groundhog and shot Samuel H Johnson 76 of Greensburg last evening on a farm six miles east of here The shooting was ruled accidental by acting coroner Dr J M Jones
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Millersburg
U.P
M. D. Miller
Akron
Samuel H. Johnson
Greensburg
Here
J. M. Jones
Four Year Old Angler Hooks His First Fish
Larry Joe Harden, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Estle Harden of Nelsonville, fished with his father and landed his first fish and a turtle. He boasted to his dad that he had done more than him, reflecting his budding sportsman status with the Nelsonville Sportsmen's Club.
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Nelsonville
Larry Joe
Estle Harden
High St
Nelsonville Sportsmen's Club
Larry
Senate Debates Largest Peacetime Navy Bill
The Senate begins debate on a $773000000 naval appropriations bill funding 23 new war ships and 500 airplanes. Col Charles Lindbergh urges expanding aircraft research facilities as a House subcommittee studies his testimony on global air power. Lawmakers call Lindbergh's report on U S German Italian and British air forces not too encouraging.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Military Appropriations
Charles A. Lindbergh
Congress
Lindbergh
U. S
Congress Doubts Quick Action on Wagner Act Amendments
Senate and House labor leaders doubt action on proposed Wagner Labor Relations Act amendments this session. Senator Edward Burke and committee chairs Elbert Thomas and Mary Norton say floor consideration is not imminent and hearings should be expedited.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Mary Norton
N. J
House
Thomas
Five of 16 Removals Upheld by Commission
The state Civil Service Commission sustained removal orders in five of 16 cases this year. Dismissals were modified in six, reversed in two, and charges were cancelled in four cases.
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Columbus
WUP
State Civil Service Commission
Rivers and Harbors Bill Expected to Pass in House
The House was set to approve a 120 million rivers and harbors authorization after a partisan clash over GOP efforts to cut the measure. Several roll calls were planned to gauge support for late eliminations.
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Washington
U.P
Pickets and Guards Clash Near Harlan Coal Mine
National Guard troops and United Mine Workers pickets exchanged about 50 shots in a brief gun battle near the High Splint Coal Co. tipple in Totz Ky. No injuries were reported and arrests were not made. The strike over a union shop contract follows operators resisting in Harlan County as coal fields in Iowa and Alabama also show slow signings.
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Harlan
National Guardsmen
United Mine Workers
High Splint Coal Co
Totz
Harlan County
Vernon Sanders
National Guard
High Sp
Sanders
United Mine Workers Union
Harlan Central Coal Co
National
New York
Appalachian
Iowa
Alabama
Lewis
House Investigation of Lewis and UMW Proposed
Rep. Clare K. Hoffman introduced a resolution for a House committee to probe John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers Union. Questions focus on coercive claims to ban work without UMWA membership, expenditures to influence workers, mass picketing or use of force to stop Kentuckians and others from working, and possible government assurances of federal force against state troops to allow workers to return.
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Washington
Clare K. Hoffman
Mich
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Hoffman
Lewis
UMWA
United States
Woman Admits Killing Step Mother Misses Funeral
Violet Meeker, who has admitted killing her step mother Mrs. Charles V. Holt, declined to attend the funeral today as she remained in her jail cell.
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Bucyrus
Violet Meeker
Charles V. Holt
Meeker
Moving Eureka to Clear Way for Ohio River Dam Highway
Eureka village in Gallia County to be cleared for a two mile super highway. State Highway Department plans removal of 80 structures including homes barns and garages. Government dam spurs tourist traffic. new 49 foot wide concrete highway with sidewalks will bisect village. Removal starts within 30 days with ground purchase followed by reimbursed removal costs.
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Gallipolis
Eureka
Ohio River
State Highway Department
Gallia County
Eureka Village
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