Molotov Set to Outline Soviet Foreign Policy at Soviet Supreme Soviet
Soviet Premier Molotov prepared to address 1,200 Supreme Soviet delegates on the USSR's foreign policy as Britain and France seek a mutual defense pact. London studies Hitler’s reasons for denouncing the 1935 naval treaty while Japan reinforces Amoy amid alleged subversive activity.
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Russia
Europe
Viacheslav Molotov
Soviet Union
ANC Suchmwivee VE Uipiv ViIniee
Moscow
Molotov
Supreme Soviet
Congress
Great Britain
Britain
France
London
Foreign Office
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
China
Amoy
Germany
Denmark
Bricker Signs Relief and Pollution Bills in Ohio
Governor Bricker signed a second major relief financing bill allowing temporary diversion of automobile license tag funds for poor relief. He also backed an inter-state compact to curb stream pollution in the Ohio River basin with a planned commission from seven states and possibly Virginia. The session included laws on commercial fish net size and shoreline restrictions near Lake Erie.
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Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Ohio
Ohio River
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Virginia
Lake Erie
FDR prepares for visit from royalty and campaign implications
President Roosevelt returned to Washington from Hyde Park to plan the royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The trip could affect the 1940 campaign with speeches and sentiment testing in key Western states.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
British King Queen End Stay in West
The king and queen ended their western Canada visit and began a new eastern route through Jasper National Park Edmonton and Niagara Falls toward Washington D C They will depart on the Prince Rupert at noon for Vancouver and then travel by train from New Westminster to the east. Akron Boys Missing in Akron Roy Thorn reports his two sons Ray 13 and Paul 9 have been missing since Monday.
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Victoria
B. C
Britain
Canada
Jasper National Park
Edmonton
Niagara Falls
Washington, D. C
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
New Westminster
British Columbia
AKRON
U.P
Roy Thorn
Ray
Paul
Pomeroy Streets To Be Without Lights
Pomeroy to turn off street lights for one night and at least 30 nights due to lack of funds. Electric company and mayoral request implement darkness as the town lacks funding for lighting. Residents expected to rely on flashlights after the first night.
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Pomeroy
Electric Company
Youths confess slaying of former sheriff during holdup
Cambridge authorities obtained confessions from two youths admitting they killed 65 year old former Guernsey County Sheriff R. E. Willis during a holdup. Willis was pushed out the door as three shots rang out in quick succession. The slaying occurred six years after his business associate Alva Alderman disappeared and was never found.
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Cambridge
R. E
Doc) Willis
Guernsey
Willis
Alva
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Akron
A. R. Blubaugh
Mt. Veranon
Emil Stoll
Grafton
Kenneth R. Auler
Dale Reno
Clarksburg
Edward E. Cook
Clark County
Joy Thomas
Theodore Booth
Thomas
Streetsboro
Ravenna
R. E. Willis
Guernsey County
800 Japanese Reported Slain in Chungking Dispatch
Chinese military dispatches report about 800 Japanese troops slain in attacks near Chungsiang south of Hupeh Province cities Tsaoyang and Suihsien. Japanese forces were attacking in large groups along the Hankow Ichang highway under heavy artillery cover.
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Chungking
U.P
Chungsiang
Hupeh Province
Tsaoyang
Suihsien
Hankow-Ichang
Comedian Bob Burns Welcomes His Third Child
Hollywood reports comedian Bob Burns of Arkansas welcomed a son named Bob Jr weighing eight pounds six ounces. It is Burns's third child and his wife Mrs Burns gave birth yesterday.
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Hollywood
U.P
Bob Burns
Poisons Child Tries Death After Memorial Day Row
CLINTON Oklahoma sheriff says Ida Watson fed strychnine to five children killing one and tried to end her own life in a tourist cabin after her husband went to a Memorial Day baseball game. A note read You have your good time I will take the children with me.
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Clinton
Okla
Everett Stanbaugh
Ida Watson
Watsons
Stanbaugh
Mrs Dorothy Brown Dies in Logan Hospital
Mrs Dorothy Brown aged 54 widow of John E Brown of New Straitsville died at Cherrington Hospital Tuesday night after an admission the prior day. She was assistant postmaster and active in the Methodists Church. She leaves a daughter Mrs Isabel Redfern of Shawnee, two brothers and three sisters. Body returned to New Straitsville for funeral arrangements.
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Dorothy Brown
John E. Brown
New Straitsville
Cherrington Hospital
Pastor Will Entertain 150 Couples He Married
Rev George Sagen of First Baptist Church plans a Sunday night worship for couples he has married in over ten years of pastorship. Invitations go to 150 couples with children invited and nursery provided. Miss Norah Condee plays Mendelssohn and Lohengrin marches, James Danner to sing O Promise Me.
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Gallipolis
George Sagen
First Baptist Church
Sagen
Norah Condee
Mendelssohn
Lohengrin
James Danner
Only Slightest Hope Held for Missing Flier
The American youth Thomas Smith who departed from old Orchard Beach Maine in a 65 horsepower plane on Sunday for a trans Atlantic flight was believed forced down after his 40 hour supply of fuel 169 gallons would be exhausted. Rumors of sightings lacked confirmation and a telegram from Croydon Airport mentioned an unidentified aircraft seen over Wales but officials had no crash information.
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London
U.P
Thomas Smith
Old Orchard Beach
Air Ministry
Croydon
Wales
Presbyterian General Assembly adjourns amid labor unity plea
The 151st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church meets in Cleveland and adjourns as leaders elect board members and commissions. The social education committee report urges labor unity and calls for social reforms led by the church, while revisions to censure labor abuses are rejected.
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Cleveland
U.P
151St General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Standing Committee On
Charles J. Turck
Department of Social Action
Former Corning Mayor Dies After Long Illness
John Monahan 89 a hotel operator and former Corning mayor died at home after months of illness. Owner of the Corning Opera House and a longtime merchant he lived in Corning 59 years. Survived by daughter Margaret Joyce. wife predeceased him. Solemn high mass at St Bernard Church at 9 AM Thursday. burial in New Lexington Cemetery.
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Corning
John Monahan
Corning Opera House
Monahan
Chapel Hill
Perry County
Margaret Joyce
St. Bernard Catholic Church
New Lexington Cemetery
Supreme Court declines to hear Priest estate dispute
State Supreme Court refuses to hear arguments in the case over priority of claims on the estate of Alonzo Priest a pensioner. The State Aid for the Aged Division appealed from Licking County court rulings that funeral director expenses be paid before the state's claim.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Alonzo Priest
State Aid For the
Licking
Fire destroys half Cortland business district
A major blaze yesterday wiped out about half of Cortland's business district, located 18 miles north of Youngstown Wup, with damage estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Youngstown
WUP
Cortland
Here
Navy salvage makes slow progress on Squalus dive
In Portsmouth New Hampshire salvage crews report slow but steady progress in raising the sunken submarine Squalus and its cargo of 26 dead men.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Squalus
Memorial Day Auto Death Toll Presses Toward 500
United Press reports Memorial Day four day totals reach 432 fatalities from auto crashes fires drownings and shootings. Highway crashes cause the heaviest losses with 209 auto deaths and 129 from other causes. Notable cases include a Clinton Oklahoma mother slaying her children and a Chicago teen shot at a fruit stand. Ohio records show 25 violent deaths weekend through holiday with several named victims nationwide and in Ohio towns.
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Clinton
Okla
Ida Watson
Ohio 93rd General Assembly Eyes Last Working Day
The 93rd General Assembly aims to finish work before midnight in Columbus after Memorial Day. The short session includes major measures and last day bills, with adjournment planned for June 10 and only a perfunctory meeting to sign bills. Legislative friction centers on an administrative relief bill and civil service reorganization.
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Columbus
U.P
General Assembly
Ohio
House
Senate
Bricker
Nazis Admit German Aid to Franco in Civil War
Hamburg dispatch reports the Nazi government acknowledging German troops aided General Francisco Franco in Spain's civil war. About five thousand soldiers returned home as 20,000 Italian troops departed from Cadiz toward Naples, with Italy and Spain moving forces amid broader coverage of Nazi involvement and Hitler's 1936 air corps decision.
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Hamburg
U.P
Francisco Franco
Cadiz
Spain
Naples
Balearic Islands
Adolf Hitler
Couple Plunge Off High Cliff In Helderberg Mountains
Albany police and state troopers rescued 27 year old John Cannon and 25 year old Lillian Hardy after they tumbled 150 feet from a cliff near That cher Park during a picnic. They lay six hours in darkness before being hauled up the mountainside.
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Albany
N. Y
John Cannon
Lillian Hardy
Thatcher Park
Helderberg Mountains
Cannon
Amendments Move Social Security Payments Forward
The administration proposes amendments to the Social Security Act raising five year benefit outlays by 1.2 billion and speeding starts to January 1, 1940. The plan also cuts tax costs by over 1.2 billion over three years by abandoning the full reserve system, with annual benefits staying between 10 and 85 dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
WPA Studying Week by Week Operating Plan
The WPA weighs a week by week operation for June to avoid a flat 200000 person cut as Congress stalls on Roosevelt relief budget. May rolls stood near 2600000 with prior 200000 reductions in April and May, amid uncertainty about funding beyond June.
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WPA
Washington
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Congress
Roosevelt
Nervous bandits rob golf club in Boston Heights
Six nervous bandits robbed Boston Country Club early today taking $12 from a desk. They forced manager W. S. Chadwick golf professional Carson Heiner and 12 staff into the locker room. They missed $500 hidden under paper as staff laughed at threats to blow up the place.
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Hudson
U.P
Boston
Boston Heights
W. S. Chadwick
Carson Heiner
Chadwick
John Barry Recovers After Mild Heart Attack Halts Play
Chicago reports John Barry resting after a mild heart attack forced cancellation of last night’s performance of his current play. Doctors advised rest. theater officials postponed evening show and outlined next steps for the production.
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Chicago
U.P
John Barrymore
Cow Unharmed As Japanese Seize Kuling China
A British subject owned cow on Kuling, China, remained undisturbed while Japanese forces seized the area. Normally enemy cattle are slaughtered to feed advancing troops.
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Kuling
China
Nudist Ouster Bill Signed Into Law in Ohio
Bricker signed the bill prohibiting nudist camps in Ohio. The law takes effect in 90 days due to no emergency clause. Violations carry a $200 fine, up to six months in jail, or both. Nudist groups argued it infringes constitutional rights.
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Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Ohio
Two Men Murdered In Ohio Farm Home
Coroner John Turner reports two men found murdered at a Ravenna township farm home. Joy Thomas 55 who lived there and Theodore Booth a WPA worker were shot in the chest shortly before midnight. Their deaths point to homicide according to the investigation.
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Ravenna
U.P
John Turner
Streetsboro
Joy Thomas
Theodore Booth
WPA
Co‑eds Duel With Pies In Field Of Honor
In Ruston Louisiana College coeds Ann Halstead and Varnelle Plastow agreed to a nonlethal duel with pies after a dispute over artistic “smell.” Bettye Jane Cross oversaw the event as pie examiner and Rose Marilyn Burris served as field judge. Halstead graduated last night.
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Ruston
U.P
Louisiana College
Industrial Employment Holds March Level in April
Ohio industrial employment showed no April increase from March, though the level was five percent above April 1938. The Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research, with the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics, surveyed over seven thousand firms. Akron Cincinnati Cleveland and Youngstown posted minor gains of one percent or less.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Ohio State University
Bureau of Business Research
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Youngstown
Nazis seize Archbishop Salburg palace during bishop conference
Nazi storm troops invaded the palace of Archbishop Sigismund Waitz at Salzburg while the 75 year old prelate attended a bishops conference in Vienna. The state property palace was ordered evacuated by authorities but only partly completed as troops took all but three private rooms.
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Vienna
U.P
Sigismund Waitz
Salzburg
Bribery Trial of James A. Bolinger Resumes in Columbus
The bribery case against James A. Bolinger, formerly a state securities division examiner from Fremont, resumes in Columbus after two interruptions caused by deaths.
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Columbus
U.P
James A. Bolinger
Fremont
State Securities Division
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