U.S. protests Soviet handling of the City of Flint case
Washington voices stiff protest over the City of Flint incident as the United States accuses the Soviet Union of violating recognition pledges and complicating contact with the American crew. The case centers on the merchantman captured by a German raider en route to a British port and purportedly returned to a Nazi prize crew in Murmansk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Flint
Russia
Roosevelt
Japan
China
Tokyo
City of
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Moscow
State Department
Steinhardt
Murmansk
Maxim Lutxinoff
Department
Germany
Pendergast Indicted on Bribery Charges in Jackson County
Tom Pendergast and former associate R F OMalley were indicted today by the Jackson County grand jury on bribery charges.
McNutt Opposes Jenkins Bill Over Social Security Funds
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt announced opposition to Rep. Jenkins proposed bill to repay Ohio 1,338,160 dollars in public assistance held in October 1938. He warned the measure would turn Congress into a court of appeals for social security board actions and hinder grant administration.
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Washington
W.P-4
Paul V. McNutt
Congress
Court of Appeal
Social Security Board
McNutt
Thomas Jenkins
Ohio
Court of Appeals
Killer Blames Stomach Ache in Pittsburgh Rampage
Christy La Rocco 32 of Coraopolis says his stomach hurts and he has bad dreams as he attacks with a rapier and knife. He injures a neighbor husband and wife, and critically wounds his own wife, Libby Baltempo 43, who dies alongside their infant.
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Pittsburgh
A.P
Christy la Rocco
Coraopolis
Libby Baltempo
la Rocco
NLRB orders Lorillard to bargain with unions
The National Labor Relations Board today ordered the P Lorillard Co tobacco firm to bargain collectively with a Congress of Industrial Organizations union at Middletown Ohio and an American Federation of Labor union at Louisville Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Board
P. Lorillard Co
Congress of Industrial Organizations Union
Middletown
American Federation of Labor Union
Louisville
Snow Cruiser Crew Reels From Anticlimactic Creek Mishap
The 35 ton Byrd snow cruiser, en route to Boston, struggled free from a creek bed near Gomer Ohio after rain slowed work. A broken hydraulic line blamed for steering and brake loss, engines to be repaired, and six crew members press on to demonstrate Antarctic readiness.
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Chicago
Lima
Ohio
Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
South Polar
Pine Run
Gomer
F. A. Wade
Thomas C. Poulter
Molotov to define Soviet foreign policy on Balkans
Paris dispatch reports Moscow will hear Premier Foreign Minister Molotov outline Russia’s foreign policy before the Supreme Council. Diplomats expect clues on Russo German plans in the Balkans, with Romania’s region shifts and the Black Sea as central stakes.
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Paris
U.P
Russia
Balkans
V. H. Molotov
Soviet Supreme Council
Moscow
Germany
Black Sea
Baltic
Balkan
Rumania
Bessarabia
Obrydia
Bulgaria
Translyvania
Hungary
White Paper Claims Hitler Ordered Jewish Floggings
The British ministry of information published a white paper stating Hitler ordered Jews in concentration camps punished with up to 60 lashes. The document argues to sway Germans Czechs and Austrians away from the Nazi regime and to bolster Allied morale in the war.
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London
UPX
British Ministry of Information
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Alice Brady Dies After Long Illness at 40
New York report says Alice Brady, noted Hollywood comedienne and Academy Award winner for Old Chicago in 1938, died Saturday night after a prolonged illness. She rose to fame in light opera and films and had been based in Hollywood for seven years.
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New York
U.P
Alice Brady
Miss Brady
Hollywood
Chicago
Creditors Seek Way To Revive Frisco Fair
Creditors of the Golden Gate International Exposition work with a revival plan to reopen the fair for four months next year using cash on hand and pledged funds. They aim to secure about 4 to 5 million more to ensure the event runs, while the Exposition closes with remaining assets and scarce funds.
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San Francisco
U.P
Treasure Island
San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Golden Gate Bridge
Dan Murphy
British Repel German Planes
London reports Nazi aircraft were driven back from England amid air raid alarms in London and along the east coast. Observers believed at least one plane may have been downed at sea by Royal Air Force fighters as British fighters chased intruders off the northeast coast. The air ministry said an alarm near East Kent was caused by an unidentified aircraft off the Essex coast.
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London
U.P
England
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
East Kent
Essex
Aerial killer Pletch seeks prosecutor across three counties
Ernest Pletch 28 a self described flyer confessed to kidnapping and murdering Brookfield飞 instructor Carl Bivens after a Friday flight. Prosecutors in Linn Macon and Shelby counties file murder charges while guards prepare for possible mob unrest as Pletch awaits fate.
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Cherry Box
Ernest Pletch
Missouri
Pletch
Brookfield
Carl Bivens
Bivens
Macon County
Linn County
W. J. Ramsey
State Highway Patrol
Indianapolis
Vincent Moody
Shelby County
Fred Bollow
Foes Admit House Vote To Be Close
Roosevelt's neutrality revision bill clearing the House rules faces a tight tally with an expected close vote. Administration and isolationist blocs estimate a repeal majority by about 30 votes, while Rep. Hamilton Fish predicts the embargo will stay by less than 10. Debates center on a Senate-amendment rejection and a rule to send the bill to conference, with decisive action possible after a House test vote and potential adjournment by Saturday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Hamilton Fish
N. Y
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Senate
William B. Bankhead
Ala
Oratory
John M. Vorys
Sam Rayburn
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Finns Ready To Reply To Demands Of Russia
Helsinki Finland four U P reports Finland drafted its reply to Russian demands and former premier J K Paasakivi prepared to return to Moscow. Vigilance remained high as authorities weighed possible concessions over Gulf of Finland Aaland Islands and a potential mutual assistance pact similar to Baltic nations.
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Helsingfors
Finland
J. K. Paasakivi
Moscow
Gulf of Finland
Aaland Islands
Bay of Bothnia
Sweden
Russia
Lithuania
Esthonia
Latvia
Prague Crackdown Follows Czech Demonstrations in Wenceslaus Square
German authorities planned punitive measures against Czechs after defiant demonstrations in Wenceslaus Square marking the 22nd anniversary. Fifteen Czechs were reportedly imprisoned, with severe sentences warned. Police were stationed in the square and Sunday disorders did not recur.
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Prague
U.P
Wenceslaus Square
Czech Republic
Peruvians attempt longest nonstop flight across two Americas
Two Peruvian brothers began a 4,100 mile nonstop journey from New York to Lima, Peru aiming to cross the Caribbean and Cuba at about 160 miles an hour. The plan includes passing Cristobal in the Canal Zone en route to South America.
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Miami
Fla
U.R
Cuba
Caribbean Sea
North
South America
New York
Lima
Peru
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Maumee Barber Held In Poker Game Murder
James Ness, 36, a Maumee barber, was jailed in connection with the fatal shooting of Elmer Beebe, 46, during an argument at a poker game. Deputies used tear gas to remove Ness from his shop yesterday after Beebe was shot three times.
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Toledo
U.P
James Ness
Maumee
Elmer Beebe
Lucas County
Nees
Beebe
German American Club Backs Arms Embargo Policy
Dayton Ohio headline notes the Ohio League of the German American Society opposing repeal of the arms embargo provision in the neutrality act. At the state convention, arguments were heard on Bigelow pension amendments but no action was taken.
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Dayton
U.P
Ohio League of the German-American Society
Troops Dig In As Winter Grips Western Front
Snow and sub zero temperatures hit the Saar Valley and Vosges as fighting persisted. Paris reports calm night with repulsed minor attacks and French artillery scattering German advance posts near Saar and Saarbrucken.
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Western Front
Paris
U.P
Saar
Vosges
France
Saarbruecken
Blies
German American Mixed Claims Commission Awards Damages
The German American mixed claims commission awarded 50 million dollars to 153 American and Canadian claimants for damages from the Black Tom and Kingsland explosions just before U S entry into World War I. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts approved the awards after a brief meeting. The note from Germany sought to quash the proceedings. Interest at five percent accrues over 20 years.
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Washington
Ll.p
Mixed Claims Commission
Black Tom and
Kingsland
N. J
United States
Cordell Hull
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Bricker and Davey to Oppose Bigelow Pension Plan on Radio
In Columbus Governor John W. Bricker and former Governor Martin L. Davey will campaign against the Bigelow 50 dollar monthly pension plan over statewide radio networks this week.
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Bricker
Davey
Bigelow
Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
Martin L. Davey
Five Boys Die In Explosion In Wyoming Hills
Five Rock Springs schoolboys aged 7 to 12 embarked on a rabbit hunt in Wyoming mines country. They set off a dynamite target to improve their aim but the blast exploded, scattering body parts as fragments flew 150 feet. Names include David Chamberlin Don Cooper Gordon Grant O Dea Herrera and Valentino Herrera.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
U.P
Wyoming
David Chamberlin
Don Cooper
Gordon Grant
O'Dea
Valentino Herrero
Nazi German raider Deutschland sinks Stonegate and seizes City of Flint
Survivors from the British steamship Stonegate tell how the pocket battleship Deutschland sank their vessel and took a prize crew aboard the American freighter City of Flint. They say they were amazed by the outbreak and did not witness the capture of the Flint.
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London
U.P
Stonegate
City of Flint
Murmansk
Norway
England
Deutschland
Britain
Flint
City of
Endurance Flyers Sleep After 726 Hours in Air
Clyde Schlieper and Wes Carroll ended a 726 hour flight in a 50 horsepower seaplane near Long Beach California after setting three world endurance records. They finally rested after a month in the cramped cockpit, bed worn but proud of their achievement.
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Long Beach
Cal
Clyde Schlieper
Wes Carroll
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