Hoosier Auto Classic Opens With 33 Cars In 500 Mile Race
In Indianapolis the 27th 500 mile race begins with 33 top cars and Gene Tunney to start at 10 a.m. CST. Expected crowd reaches 150000 as drivers chase speeds around the brick and asphalt track for more than $20000 first prize.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Gene Tunney
Floyd Roberts
Lou Meyer
California
Meyer
Jimmy Snyder
Snyder
Wilbur Shaw
Chet Miller
Ted Horn
Boyle
George Bailey
Miller
Shorty Cantlon
U. S
Babe Stapp
Alfa Romeo
Frank Wearne
Burd
Rex Mays
Throne
Bob Swanson
Sampson
Senate Passes Railroad Relief Bill
The Senate approved a third railroad relief bill to allow major carriers to adjust and postpone debts. Baltimore and Ohio and Lehigh Valley would be aided after creditor approval and a federal court sanction, with interstate commission already having approved initial steps.
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Washington
WUP
Senate
Baltimore and Ohio
Lehigh Valley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dewey To Arbitrate Briggs Strike At Seven Plants
James F. Dewey, U. S. Labor Department conciliator, agreed to arbitrate a dispute between Briggs Manufacturing and the United Automobile Workers CIO. The strike affects seven Briggs plants and leaves about 70,000 autoworkers idle.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
James F. Dewey
U. S. Department of Labor
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Briggs
France and Turkey Inch Toward Mutual Aid Pact
Paris reports that France and Turkey intend to announce a mutual assistance treaty soon, modeled after the Anglo Turkish alliance, with official confirmation expected within several days.
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Paris
France
Turkey
Great Britain
Cleveland Girl Kidnapped and Released
A nine year old girl Phyllis Boden was forced into a car near her Cleveland home and returned several blocks away late Monday. Her mother witnessed the abduction as a red sweatered child screamed. Police described the suspect as about 40 years old in dark clothing.
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Cleveland
U.P
Phyllis Boden
Martha Boden
Phyllis
Massachusetts Girl Wins Spelling Bee
Elizabeth Rice a 12 year old eighth grader from Auburn Massachusetts won the 15th annual national spelling bee on Monday securing the $500 prize. She corrected Humphrey Cook of Louisa Virginia on homogeneity and then spelled canonical to win over 20 opponents. Mildred Kariher of Youngstown Ohio took third after misspelling farcical.
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Washington
U.P
Elizabeth Rice
Auburn
Mass
Humphrey Cook
Louisa
Mildred Kariher
Youngstown
Arab Owned Rex Theater Bombed in Jerusalem
Four people were killed and 21 injured when two bombs exploded at the Arab owned Rex cinema in Jerusalem on Monday night. Four of the injured were British police. An hour later two Jewish detectives were seriously wounded by unknown assailants as troops sealed the Jewish quarter.
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Jerusalem
U.P
Rex
U S General Marshall Visits Brazil With Military Mission
Gen. George C. Marshall and other members of the U S military mission arrived in Porto Alegre Brazil after a flight from Curitiba Parana state where they inspected Brazilian army establishments.
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Porto Alegre
Brazil
U.P
George C. Marshall
U. S
Curitiba
Parana State
Mayo Rites Held for Dr Charles H Mayo in Rochester
Funeral services were held Monday for Dr Charles Horace Mayo younger brother of the Mayo brothers who built Rochester into a medical center. The family and medical community mourned a pioneer who contributed to the city’s reputation as a haven for the sick and injured.
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Mayo
Rochester
Minn
U.P
Charles Horace Mayo
Bergdoll Embraces Freedom as He Returns to Prison
New York U P Grover Bergdoll, a World War draft dodger, says he returned to serve his five year prison term to escape the stigma of a man without a country and to become a worthy citizen of a free nation. He adds he now appreciates what a free country means and the opportunity it offers his children.
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New York
U.P
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Berghold
Expect To Slice Millions From Farm Measure
Washington Farm bloc leaders expect conferees to keep the $225 million parity provision while trimming millions from the billion dollar agricultural appropriation. The House rejected the tenancy grants and parity while senators weigh cuts to the surplus fund.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
House
Congressional Farm Authority
Taft Leads Capital's Memorial Ceremonies
Senator Robert A. Taft led the capital's tribute to war dead at Arlington Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He delivered the principal address in the amphitheatre after a presidential wreath was laid by Maj. H. G. Smith. President Roosevelt was in Hyde Park. The Memorial Day rites followed a parade resumed after a three year lapse.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Arlington Cemetery
Taft
Maj. H. G. Smith
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Arlington
Nazis Restrict Bible Sales to Clerical Bookshops
Nazi officials ordered that the Bible and other Christian books be sold only in clerical bookshops. The Reich Publishing Company announced that other shops may sell Bible copies only by special order.
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Berlin
Reich Publishing Company
Convicted Slayer Seeks New Trial in Ohio Case
Pang Young, awaiting execution by electric chair on June 26, asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday for a new trial. He contends his confession to killing Cincinnati merchant James T. Hill was coerced while he was under the influence of poison taken before capture.
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Columbus
U.P
Pang Young
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
James T. Hill
Cincinnati
Jail and sheriff's residence ordered for extensive repairs
State Fire Marshal orders Athens County Commissioners to fund extensive jail and sheriff’s residence renovations within 30 days or face demolition. The report cites electrical, plumbing, and structural hazards, including noncompliant wiring and deteriorating floors, with penalties for noncompliance and a possible demolition alternative.
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Athens County
May Grand Jury
Ray R. Gill
States May Tax Inheritance on Intangible Property
The Supreme Court on Monday held that two states may impose inheritance taxes on intangible property under certain conditions without violating constitutional tax guarantees.
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Washington
Supreme Court
30000 U S Graves in France Are Decorated
Paris reports that on Monday flowers were placed on every American grave in France totaling 30000. The rolls include six Civil War sailors buried at Cherbourg among graves from a minor 75 year old sea battle between the Union ship Kearsarge and the Confederate Alabama.
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Paris
France
Cherbourg
French
Kearsarge
Alabama
Reunion of War Vets Is Planned
Logan reports a planned reunion between W E Wilson of Letart Falls and Claude Proctor of Gore, both World War veterans in the Rainbow Division. Wilson traced a Logan man who lost a leg in France and carried him off the field. the sought man is identified as Proctor, one of three Gore brothers who went overseas with the 166th Infantry after transfer from Co G of the 148th Infantry.
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Logan
Prospect
Hocking County
W. E. Wilson
Letart Falls
Meigs County
Claude Proctor
Gore
Wilson
France
Proctor
166Th Infantry
148Th Infantry
Employers to gain right to petition for elections
NLRB chairman J Warren Madden told the House Labor Committee that the board plans to modify regulations to grant employers a conditional right to petition for collective bargaining elections. He said changes could ease criticism of the Wagner Act and board, while noting limits and potential outside pressures like boycotts.
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Washington
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
House Labor Committee
NLRB
Madden
Albert Thomas
Tex
Congress
Half a Million Welcome King George and Queen Elizabeth in Vancouver
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Vancouver to a throng of about 500000, the largest western Canada greeting of their North American tour. The city, Canada’s third largest, showcased a cosmopolitan reception as the royal couple began a pivotal leg of the empire tour.
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Vancouver
B. C
King George
Queen Elizabeth
North America
Canada
London
George and
Elizabeth
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
Hongkong
Quebec
Dominion
Brakeman Killed After Fall Under Train in Parkersburg
George Fleming 60, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad brakeman, died after falling beneath a train in the yards at Parkersburg West Virginia. No witnesses to the accident. Fleming survived his injuries for five hours and was a former local policeman.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
U.P
George Fleming
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fleming
Father Charges Three Sons With Assault
Kenneth Way Swick and Donovan Swick, both in their early twenties, and another son are jailed in Gallia County on assault with intent to kill charges filed by their father James Swick of Morgan Township. They await grand jury action.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth
Wayne
Donovan Swick
Gallia County
James Swick
Morgan Township
Young Iowans Endorse FDR for Third Term at Convention
Iowa Young Democrats adopted a resolution endorsing President Roosevelt for a third term if he seeks it. The move followed the group’s annual convention. Chief Justice Richard F. Mitchell praised the Roosevelt administration as one of history’s great under adverse conditions.
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Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Roosevelt
Richard F. Mitchell
Iowa Supreme Court
Ohio Honors Living and Dead on Memorial Day
Memorial Day observations in Ohio pay tribute to war dead and living veterans the "Boys in Blue." Ohio boasts long lines of Civil War veterans, notable generals, and aging survivors with a full account of GAR membership declines and notable battles across battles from Shiloh to the March to the Sea.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
GAR
Lida S. Lucas
Sode
Atlanta and
Chattanooga
Grant
73Rd
Ohio Regiment
Chillicothe
Massachusetts
Wauhatchie
Tenn
Shiloh
Antietam
Getttysburg
Chickamauga
the Wilderness
Vicksburg
Sherman
1000 Convicts May Be Moved From Ohio Pen
Columbus Ohio welfare director says crowded conditions at the Ohio Penitentiary could ease with transfer of at least 1000 convicts to other state institutions if a $10 million building program proceeds. Plans include expansions at state hospitals and a proposed institution for defective delinquents.
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Columbus
O.P
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles L. Sherwood
Public
Welfare Department
Sherwood
Capsized ship captain held after East River tragedy
Captain William Weedon of a 32 foot cabin cruiser was held on a technical charge of homicide after a capsizing in the East River Sunday that killed three people. The vessel flipped ten minutes after departure from her pier with a party of 24 fishermen. 25 were rescued by an excursion boat a city ferryboat and police launches.
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New York
U.P
William Weedon
East River
House Sets Thursday Vote On Townsend Pension Plan
The House agreed to vote Thursday on the Townsend Pension Plan after five hours of general debate on Wednesday. Rep. Carl E. Mapes indicated a motion to recommit the bill to the Ways and Means Committee, which reported it without recommendation.
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Washington
Townsend
Carl E. Mapes
Mich
House
Ways and Means Committee
Paderewski Improves After Heart Attack Report
New York pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski, 78, recovering from a heart attack suffered before a Madison Square Garden concert, was described as a little better by his physician Dr. Theodore Dunham on Monday.
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New York
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Theodore Dunham
Madison Square Garden
Crawford Nomination Advances for U.S. District Attorney
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday favorably reported the nomination of Leo Calvin Crawford of Dayton to serve as U.S. District Attorney for the Southern Ohio District.
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Crawford
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Leo Calvin Crawford
Dayton
U. S
Ohio
Cleveland man who killed wife hangs himself in jail
Stephen Staron, 35, who fatally shot his wife during a dispute 11 days earlier, committed suicide by hanging in the Cuyahoga County Jail on Monday.
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Cleveland
UPX
Stephen Staron
Cuyahoga County
Hopes Fade For Aviator Tiny Craft
London reports on Thom as Smith’s Flying Baby Bug gy with a cross Atlantic aim. After a 36 hour wait since Old Orchard Beach, sightings across the British Isles proved inconclusive. British airmen doubt a 650 pound plane with 160 gallons of fuel can cross safely. Multiple reports from Dublin Foynes Londonderry Limerick fade as investigations say no confirmed landing or departure.
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London
Thomas Smith
Europe
Old Orchard
Atlantic
British Isles
Smith
Isles
Dublin
Foynes
Londonderry
Limerick
Liverpool
Ringway
Widnes
Lancashire
Manchester
Croydon
Foynes Air Base
Ireland
Holiday Death Toll Tops 104 on Memorial Day
The National Safety Council warned of a deadly Memorial Day with 104 fatalities at the start of the four day holiday. Auto crashes and drownings accounted for most deaths with several tragedies including five Tama Iowa children trapped in a fire while their parents were away.
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Washington
U.P
National Safety Council
Tama
Iowa
Governor Refuses to Spare Easton in Police Slaying
Indiana state officials report Gov M Clifford Townsend denied a request to commute the death sentence of Orelle Easton 25 of Valley City North Dakota scheduled to die Saturday for the murder of State Policeman Ray Dixon in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
M. Clifford Townsend
Orelle Easton
Valley City
N. D
Ray Dixon
Committee rejects Boyle for U S district attorney post
The Senate judiciary committee voted four to two to send an unfavorable report to the full committee on President Roosevelt’s nomination of William S. Boyle as U S district attorney for Nevada.
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Boyle
Washington
Ul.s
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
William S. Boyle
U. S
Nevada
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W. B. Southerton
Athens
W. D. Christman
J. W. Moody
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H. A. Dixon
Pomeroy
E. W. Cummings
M. B. Barrett
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Jacob Shank
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Clinton County
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Griffin
Custer
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Paderewski
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