Hull Opens Fight for New Deal Neutrality Program
Secretary Cordell Hull outlined a six point plan to revise U S neutrality rules including repeal of the arms embargo and a come and get it sale policy for belligerents He urged world order through lawful principles and mutual trade while warning against isolationism and seeking to keep peace through strength and cooperation
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Hull
Fight For
New Deal
Washington
Administration
Cordell Hull
House
Senate
Chicago
Germany
Italy
National Munitions Control Board
Weather Delays Submarine Squalus Salvage Effort
Divers 40 fathoms down in 20 degree air battle freezing lines as they restart the recovery of the flooded submarine Squalus. Air lines risk freezing but heated suits and oxygen helium mixtures allow work to resume. Weather may push the completion into late summer with 26 crew dead.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U.P
Atlantic
Canton Auto Workers To Strike Wednesday
United Automobile Workers local 151 at Hercules Motor Corp. will strike starting Wednesday noon after stalled talks over a contract provision on hourly base and piece work rates.
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Canton
U.P
United Automobile Workers
Hercules Motor Corp
Wed 61 Years, Both Die Within 15 Hours
An Akron couple who lived together for more than 61 years will be buried together near Massillon. Mrs. Sarah Brinker, 82, died Friday at her Kenmore home. Her husband Paul, 85, died within about 15 hours.
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AKRON
A.P
Massillon
Sarah Brinker
Kenmore
Paul
Navy Defenses At High Point Chief Reveals
Washington U P Admiral William D Leahy chief of naval operations says the Navy can repel any major attack by a single nation on the continental United States and hopes to defend against possible combinations He praises the fleet efficiency amid unsettled world conditions and vows a continuing national defense program to guard sea fronts and counter combined threats.
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Washington
U.P
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Continental
United States
Leahy
America
Rothschild Hitler War Ended Says Coughlin Sermon
Detroit based priest Rev. Father Charles E. Coughlin claimed in his Sunday sermon that a secret war in Europe between the House of Rothschild and the House of Hitler ended two weeks earlier with a scorching victory for the Rothschilds. He said the Rothschilds forced Britain and France to demand the release of Baron Louis Rothschild, held prisoner in a Vienna hotel as Nazi control of Czechoslovakia progressed.
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Detroit
U.P
Charles E. Coughlin
Europe
House of Rothschild
House of Hitler
Great Britain
France
Baron Louis Rothschild
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Rural Highway Death Toll Shows Increase
The National Safety Council reports April traffic deaths at 2,210, only 40 fewer than April 1938, with potential declines erased by rising figures in 10 states still unreported, sparking concern over rural highway safety trends.
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Chicago
U.P
National Safety Council
Seek Warrants Against Baseball Park Pickets
A labor dispute tied up 14 auto plants and idled about 70 000 workers. Police said they would seek warrants against 18 people who participated in the picketing of Briggs Baseball Stadium on Saturday.
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Detroit
U.P
Briggs Baseball Stadium
Tragedy on Tracks Claims Hurricane Man
Lon Martin 25 of Hurricane was killed when struck by an east bound C O Railroad freight train while sitting on the tracks. He died at the scene and the incident remains under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Va
U.P
Lon Martin
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
New Moves Against War Hinted By Europe Leaders
Italy and Britain hint at peaceful settlement steps as Mussolini's regime and Chamberlain indicate possible notes to Germany. Berlin and London weigh peace prospects while giant fronts stand ready. Far East fighting continues with Japan repelling Outer Mongolian forces on the Manchukuoan frontier.
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Europe
Italy
Great Britain
Rome
Benito Mussolini
London
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
France
Security Front
Russia
Turkey
Alexandretta
Syria
Istanbul
Far East
Japan
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolia
War Office
Tokyo
King and Queen Reach Vancouver for Ceremonial Welcome
King George and Queen Elizabeth travel aboard the royal pilot train en route to Vancouver after a 36 hour Banff visit. The entourage paused at Keefers for three hours while three locomotives hauled the royal train through mountain passes, with snow along the track and protective snow sheds in place.
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Vancouver
U.P
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
Banff
Kamloops
Keefers
Vandenberg Declines Active Run for GOP Nomination
Washington note: Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan said he would not actively seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1940. He added that nominees should pledge not to seek more than one term to focus solely on saving America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Vandenberg
America
Engagements and Fatal Car Crash Claim Two Young Lives
Dayton report says Lawrence Drapp aged 20 and his fiancée Doris June Summers aged 17 died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident a week earlier. Drapp died Sunday after his fiancé's funeral. Summers was fatally hurt in the crash.
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Dayton
U.P
Lawrence Drapp
Doris June Summers
Drapp
Lepley Discharged From Vinton County Garage Post
Columbus Ohio highway officials announced the discharge of W F Lepley a garage mechanic at the Vinton County department of highways by Highway Director Robert S Beightler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W. F. Lepley
Vinton County
Robert S. Beightler
Fascist Official Says Italy Sees No European War Now
A Fascist official close to Mussolini said Rome does not intend to provoke conflict to endanger peace. Italy expects a long period of peace despite German and Polish tensions and denies plans to denounce Britain or the Montreux Convention or to press a new European deal.
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Italy
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Germany
Poland
France
Great Britain
Dardanelles Strait
Adolf Hitler
Seek Surgeon Used by Ring
Philadelphia autopsy on exhumed body of Lena Winkelman revealed missing vital organs and a straw stuffed cavity. Homicide squad suspects outlaw surgeon linked to mass murder for an insurance syndicate that claimed over 100 lives. Investigators seek location and timing of the procedures.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Merchants of Death
Lena Winkelman
Insurance
Woman wounds husband mistaken for burglar in West Virginia
Mrs Edward Roman shot her 29 year old husband as he climbed into the window of their home near Montgomery. State police said a .22 caliber bullet passed through his right shoulder and lung leaving him in critical condition at Laird Memorial Hospital.
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Montgomery
W. Va
U.P
Edward Roman
Roman
Laird Memorial Hospital
Kenton Farmer Lindsey Linke Found Dead by Suicide
Coroner Kenneth W. Preston ruled Loren G. Linke a 42 year old Kenton area farmer took his own life. He was found by his wife with a bullet wound in the head after an illness.
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Kenton
U.P
Kenneth W. Preston
Loren G. Linke
Linke
Attack on Watchman Fatal to Holdup Men
In Knoxville Tennessee the second of two robbers who attacked night watchman Grover C. Johnson died from gunshot wounds sustained during the assault. Homer Seay age 22 of Knoxville died the same day Ernest B. Edwards age 28 of Cincinnati was killed instantly when the pair tried to overpower the 54 year old watchman who fired four shots after suffering a brain concussion from hammer blows.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U.P
Homer Seay
Ernest B. Edwards
Cincinnati
Seay
Grover C. Johnson
Johnson
Start Services Honoring Johnstown Flood Dead
Memorial services mark the 50th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown flood. Mayor Shields to speak on The Johnstown Floods at South Fork site. 4:10 p.m. minute of silence. Surviving dispatch reporters attend memorial dinner at Masonic Temple.
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Johnstown
U.P
Old South Fork
Daniel J. Shields
St. Michael’s
Shields
Masonic Temple
Lawmakers Move To Plug Loopholes In Tax Law
House Ways and Means probes methods to curb tax avoidance as it prepares a plan to repeal the undistributed profits tax. Treasury chief Morgenthau backs changes to corporate taxation to aid business recovery and proposes an 18 percent flat levy for corporate income above 25 000.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Robert M. Coughton
N. C
Administration
Georg M. Morriss
Finance
American Bar Association
American Chamber of Commerce
London
National Foreign Trade Council
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Doughton
Pat Harrison
Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Harrison
Coughton
Ohio University Budget Cut Holds Back Funds
The biennial budget bill slated for Governor Bricker trims Ohio University’s 1939-40 appropriation to 1,999,774.04 from 2,033,899.04, a reduction of 34,125.04. Other state universities also face reductions including Ohio State Miami Kent State Bowling Green and Wilberforce with 1937-38 expenditures and 1939-40 appropriations shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Bricker
Ohio State
Miami
Kent State
Bowling Green
Wilberforce
Dionne Quintuplets Celebrate Fifth Birthday in Ottawa Area
The Dionne Quintuplets played in their flower bordered nursery and recalled yesterday’s grand party. Gifts included a miniature gymnasium a grocery store and juvenile books to start their library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callendar
Ont
U.P
Four Burglars Rob Mil lersburg Liquor Store
Four burglars ransacked the Millersburg state liquor store and escaped gunfire from a machine gun fired at their car. They opened the safe and took about $75, while $300 remaining in another compartment went untouched, a clerk said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
U.P
Kenneth Patterson
Roosevelt Suffering Mild Head Cold At Hyde Park Estate
President Roosevelt resting at his family estate in Hyde Park New York was reported to have a slight head cold today. The White House declined to comment further and the mood remained calm as summer winds blew over the estate.
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Hal Cold
Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
Russians and Japs Clash in Border Battle Near Manchukuo
A Japanese army spokesman reports the heaviest fighting in over a year along the Manchukuo Outer Mongolia frontier. The clash, blamed on Soviet led and Japanese forces, follows prior fighting at Changkufeng Hill with hundreds of casualties and aerial combat noted by Manchukuo reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
Far East
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolia
Changkufeng Hill
Siberian-Manchukuo
Rescue Miner From Cave-In at 63 Hours
Robert Galligan age 37 was pulled to safety from a 75 foot bootleg coal mine after 63 hours trapped by a cave in without food. He sang The Beer Barrel Polka to his rescuers and greeted his 84 year old father Patrick Galligan on emerging. He asked for a cigarette and said he was hungry.
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Shenandoah
Robert Galligan
Patrick Galligan
Fire Displaces 30 From Hotel Allen in Delaware
A Sunday fire at Hotel Allen routed 30 guests and caused about 4200 dollars in damage. The blaze earlier damaged a nearby drug store by roughly 4000 dollars before it spread to the hotel filling it with smoke. Hotel Allen stands as the oldest brick hotel west of the Allegheny Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
U.R
Hotel Allen
Allegheny Mountains
Atlantic Clipper Makes Maiden Ocean Voyage
The Pan American Airways Atlantic Clipper landed at Marignane at 3 30 p m marking the ship's maiden ocean voyage and its second commercial trans Atlantic flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
U.P
Pan American Airways
Marignane
Pendergast Enters Pen to Serve Tax Evasion Sentence
Thomas Pendergast, once a dominant Kansas City political boss, began a 15 month federal prison term at Leavenworth for income tax evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendergast
Kansas City
U.P
Thomas Pendergast
Leavenworth
Kansas
Mysterious Flight of Thomas H. Smith Sparks Irish Mystery
The 3000 mile journey from Maine to Ireland by Thomas H. Smith stalled as reports place him in Ireland then missing over England. The Baby Clipper aeroplane refueled at Foynes and headed toward London. Croydon and Londonderry stations reported no confirmed landing. Officials at Irish air bases found no trace as fog and snow blanketed routes. Smith, a Clarksburg West Virginia native and endurance pilot, had built the Aeronca plane for a solo cross Atlantic attempt with 160 gallons of fuel and no radio.
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London
Thomas H. Smith
Maine
Ireland
England
Londonderry
Irish
Croydon
Foynes
Smith
Erie
Rymana
Aldergrove
Baldonnel
Old Orchard Beach
North Atlantic Air Lane
Department of Commerce
Great Circle
Pan- American Airways
Aeronca
West Virginia
Clarksburg
W. Va
Grand Central Air Terminal
Los Angeles
Calif
Detroit
Old Orchard
Francis W. O'Neill
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Coughlin
By Joe Alex Morris
GOP
China
Hubby
Farmer
Self
O. U
Edna Smith
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Harvard
G-men
New York
Delaware Hotel
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