Athens County Woman Killed as Car Overturns
Mrs. Pauline Gillott 24 of Glouster Route 4 was killed when the car carrying six people left the road near Carbon Hill and overturned. Gillott died of a broken neck en route to Cherrington Hospital. Dora Gillott drove the vehicle. Surviving are her husband two children and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dowe of Millfield and two sisters.
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Athens County
Logan
Pauline Gillott
Glouster Route 4
Carbon Hill
Dora Gillott
Frank Smith
Edward Kutta
Jacksonville
Gillott
Earhart Readies Second World Flight From Miami
Amelia Earhart tests her $80,000 flying laboratory over Miami after a final check. Her husband George Palmer Putnam said a Tuesday takeoff may occur if all goes well as she nears the 28 000 mile circumnavigation attempt.
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Miami
Fla
Amelia Earhart
Aviatrix
George Palmer Putnam
Germany considers renouncing neutrality after Deutschland bombing
Berlin indicated it may quit the Spanish non intervention pledge to strike Valencia Loyalists after the Deutschland was bombed near Iviza. Reports say 20 or 22 German sailors died with 60 to 73 wounded as the damaged warship limped to Gibraltar bearing its flag at half mast.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
Deutschland
Balearic
Iviza
Gibraltar
Spain
Valencia
Spanish
Hitler
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Reich
United Press
Michael McEwen
Cubans May Empty Jails
Havana reports the Cuban lower house approved a sweeping amnesty bill freeing thousands of prisoners and those awaiting trial for crimes before May 20, 1937. Some terrorism and kidnapping offenses are excluded. The measure moves to the Senate where opposition is anticipated.
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Havana
U.P
Congress
Senate
United States Defeats Australia to Clinch Davis Cup Bid
United States strengthens Davis Cup chances by beating Australia in Forest Hills to set up a showdown with Europe. Budge and Mako win 7-5 6-1 over Crawford and McGrath, sealing the North American zone final as Australia struggles with injuries and form.
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Henry
United Press
Forest Hills
N. Y
United States
Australia
Europe
Sam
France
America
Donald Budge
Oakland
Cal
Gene Mako
Los Angeles
Jack Craware
Vivian McGrath
Crawford
John Bromwich
Antipodes
McGrath
Budge
Farmer held as wife dies after forced plow dragging
Charley Hensley 14 and his sisters described how their stepfather John Davis 65 forced them to drag a plow all day in Blue Wing Community Tennessee. Davis read his Bible while the wife died after an illegal operation and police charge charges allege fatal harm.
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Charley
Paw
Davis
Wall Street Sphinx Dies Aboard Viking Yacht
George F. Baker renowned banker and heir to the title Sphinx of Wall Street died aboard his yacht Viking near Honolulu after a mid ocean bout of peritonitis. He was 59 and had a half billion in wealth. Emergency operations in mid Pacific failed to save him.
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Honolulu
T. H
George F. Baker
Viking
Pacific
Wall Street
Coast Guard
James Judd
Baker
mid-Pacific
Niagara
Fastest Field in History To Start in Indianapolis Race
The 25th Memorial Day 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway features a record field of 33 cars amid forecasts of thundershowers. Drivers aim to average over 112 mph for the 500 miles as fuel limits ease and qualifying speeds rise, with Jimmy Snyder setting a 125 mph record on a qualifying lap.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Louis Meyer
Huntington Park
Cal
Meyer
Jimmy Snyder
Chicago
Wild Bill” Cummings
Alabama Plane Crash Kills Pilot and Passenger
A pilot and a 19 year old passenger were killed when their monoplane plunged from a sharp downward air current and crashed in a vacant lot near Montgomery’s residential district.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Five Die in Wisconsin Car Crash Near Manitowoc
Five people were killed and six severely injured when two cars side-swiped on Highway 42 seven miles southwest of Manitowoc Wisconsin. Both vehicles were demolished as they left the roadway into ditches on opposite sides.
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Manitowoc
Wis
U.P
Here
Spanish Vessel Sunk by Submarine Near Loyalist Port
An unidentified submarine reportedly sank the Spanish merchant ship Ciudad de Barcelona at 1 30 p m near Barcelona port. Loyalist ministry notes two torpedo hits on the Zorroza in the Mediterranean. The Ciudad de Barcelona carried 3946 tons and was formerly the Infante Don Jaime. Two Loyalist seaplanes fired on the sub as it submerged.
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Valencia
Ciudad de Barcelona
Barcelona
Loyalist Aid and Marine Ministry
Zorroza
Mediterranean
Infante Don Jaime
trans-Mediterranean Company
Riots at Republic Steel Plant Kill Four and Injure Dozens
In Chicago 78 people were injured and four steel workers were killed during clashes at the Republic Steel South Chicago plant. Police fired tear gas and pistols as about 1,200 to 1,500 strikers confronted officers near the gate, amid a nationwide steel-worker strike.
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Republic Steel
Chicago
U.P
Republic Steel Corporation
Bridewell Hospital
South Chicago
Burnside Hospital
Committee For Industrial Organization
Sam's Place
Steel Company
James Kilroy
Chicago Police
Kilroy
James Mooney
Republic Company
Comepany
van A. Bittner
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
E. W. Anderson
Calumet
CIO
Kelly
Anderson
Mooney
Republic Steel Company
Republic
Ohio steel strike tensions flare over weekend front
In Ohio 70,000 workers idle as gunfire wounds a Republic Steel manager and pickets blockade plants. Planes drop food to loyal workers while guards, unions clash over accusations of outside influence and seizing of shipments at Warren, Niles, Youngstown, Canton, and Buffalo plants.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio
Republic Steel Corp
Committee For Industrial Organization
Republic Corp
Niles
Warren, O
Warren
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Struthers
Republic
Baltimore & Ohio
Carl Meyers
CIO
Truscon Steel Co
H. Woodhead
Martin H. Sterns
Buffalo
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Mako
Gregory
Mangin
Frank Parker
Wayne Sabin
Robert L. Riggs
Charley Hensley
John Davis
Tenn
Charg
Honolulu Harbor
Cummings
Wisconsin
Metropolis
Shell
Canton
SWOC
John L. Mayo
Oing
Mayo
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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