Russia Threatens Direct Action in Mediterranean
Soviet Russia warned at the Nyon conference it will take direct action to protect its shipping in the Mediterranean from submarine piracy. Litvinov stated Russia could act alone if collective action fails, as Britain and France seek a broader pact while Italy and Germany boycott the talks.
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Russia
Mediterranean
Nyon
Switzerland
U.P
Soviet
Litvinov
Italy
Germany
Britain
France
Phnomenon
Great Britain
Turkey
Greece
Jugoslavia
Roumania
Bulgaria
Egypt
Albania
Yvon Delbos
Anthony Eden
Hoover labels 116000 public enemies molls in crime drive
Chief J Edgar Hoover has indexed the nicknames of over 116,000 public enemies and their molls in his crime crackdown. The lineup includes figures named Lots of Mamma Belching Blanche Three-Finger Liz and Wild Cat Alma among others.
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Washington
U.P
J. Edgar Hoover
Lots of
Mamma
Belching
Blanche
Three-Finger
Liz
Wild Cat
Alma
Silk Hat Harry
Poppa
Crying Shame
Ex Chauncey Man Dies in Mine Mishap
James Newman 35 a former Chauncey and Sugar Creek resident was killed in a mine near Powhatan when the motor jumped the track and cars passed over him. He left a widow Charlotte Van Dyke Newman and a five year old daughter Senabter Barbara Jean. Burial is planned in Powhatan. Survivors include his mother Elizabeth Waldie and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
James Newman
Chauncey and
Sugar Creek
Powhatan
Charles Newman
Elizabeth Waldie
Arthur Newman
Jacob
William
Newman
Charlotte van Dyke Newman
Barbara Jeane
Waldie
Vera Shannon
Jennie Webb
Albany
Leona
Athens
Thomas
Bellaire
Roy
Leon
Yellow Springs
French anti aircraft shells at Spanish plane over Algiers Harbor
French anti aircraft gunners fired three shells today at an unidentified Spanish airplane over Algiers Harbor on the North African coast. The event was reported by Lloyd's agency.
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London
U.P
Algiers Harbor
North African
Lloyd’s Agency
Artist Accused of Urging Puerto Ricans To Revolt
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson claimed Rockwell Kent painted on a Washington post office a mural text urging Puerto Rico to gain independence. Stefansson identified the inscription as Kuskokwın Eskimo dialect from southern Alaska. Kent said the writing was misinterpreted and expressed surprise at the reaction.
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Washington
U.P
Vilhjatur Stefansson
Rockwell Kent
United States
Puerto Rico
Stefansson
Kent
Alaska
United Press
Strange Coalition Backs La Guardia In New York Primary
La Guardia earns backing from a diverse group including Republican units and Communistic groups. He seeks renomination with American Labor Party support and avoids direct Republican appeals. Copeland campaigns as Copeland in Democratic primary while aligning with Tammany Hall and Gov. Smith. Mahoney runs as a New Deal supporter backed by four county leaders outside Manhattan.
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New York
U.P
Fiorello H. la Guardia
la Guardia
American Labor Party
Tammany Hall
Alfred E. Smith
Copeland
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
The
Amateur Athletic Union
City Supreme Court
Manhattan
Tammany
U S Warned Over Recognizing Spanish Franco Regime
In Santander Spain Gen Gonzalo Queipo de Llano says the United States would back Franco if not for internal opposition. He claims Britain and the United States acknowledge Franco as Spain's real government while accusing opponents, including Jews in the United States, of blocking recognition.
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Santander
Spain
United States
Francisco Franco
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano
Britain
Franco
Washington
Bus Car Crash Sends 20 to Hospitals near Coraopolis
A Greyhound bus with 31 passengers collided with a car near Coraopolis. Twenty were hospitalized, three detained for further treatment. The car driver Hugh Lane, 30, of Aliquippa, and his two year old son Louis, were in Ohio Valley Hospital.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Greyhound
Coraopolis
Hugh Lane
Aliquippa
Louis
Ohio Valley Hospital
CIO suit against governor’s troops dismissed
Federal Judge Mel G. Underwood dismissed the CIO injunction suit against Governor Davey’s use of troops in the Mahoning Valley steel strike. Dismissal was granted on the CIO’s motion.
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Columbus
Committee For Industrial Organization
Davey
Mahoning Valley
Mel G. Underwood
CIO
GOP Leader Denounces CIO At Canton Dinner
James E Kinison Canton attorney and Republican leader denounced the CIO at a dinner honoring Frank F Taggart Republican national committeeman from Ohio. Kinerson said in this county there was an attempt at legal and political domination and that the Republican Party in this region seeks to be free of the Liberty League. John D M Hamilton Republican national chairman urged discouraging efforts to change the party name or unite with Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
U.P
Committee For Industrial Organization
James E. Kinneson
Canton
Frank F. Taggart
Ohio
Massillon
CIO
Kinneson
Republican Party
Liberty League
John D. M. Hamilton
Palo Alto Citizens Aid Hunt for Attacker
Angry residents joined police in a manhunt for a young assailant who abducted a 17-year-old university student near Stanford. The girl from a prominent Palo Alto family was attacked in a secluded area behind campus, threatened with scissors, and left with slashed cheeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
U.R
Stanford University
Tar Mixture Explosion In Urbana Injures Two Firemen
A tar compound tank exploded at the state highway garage in Urbana causing 1500 dollars in damage. Two volunteer firemen, Spencer Ball and James Donovan, suffered burns to their feet and legs and were treated on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
U.P
Spencer Ball
James Donovan
Ohio Democrat Sawyer Returns From Europe Reflecting on Governor Nomination
Charles A. Sawyer of Cincinnati former lieutenant governor returned from Europe and said he was pleased by reports linking him to the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Ohio but added it was too early to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Charles A. Sawyer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Europe
Mussolini Relies on British To Halt Hostile Bloc
Rome reports Premier Mussolini closely watches the Lake Geneva submarine conference. He counts on British delegates to keep Italy’s name out of records and hopes Britain and France can quiet Litvinov and avoid widening the anti Italian bloc while the submarine issue remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Lake Geneva
Maxim Litvinov
Italy
Mediterranean
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Britain
Litvinov
Allen Transferred to Lexington Head of Four Schine Theaters
W. R. Wally Allen manager of Schine's theaters in Athens is transferred to Lexington Kentucky to oversee four cinemas with about 7000 seats. The move, effective next Monday, follows his strong performance since July 1936 and a recent best show manship plaque. Mrs. Allen stays in Athens until next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R
Wally” Allen
Schine’s
Athens
Lexington
Allen
Kentucky
Louis Lazar
Open Pomeroy Murder Probe Reopens with New Assistant
The Pomeroy homicide investigation into Lafe Williamson’s death from June 27 injuries is reopened with Craig Davis of Columbus named assistant prosecuting attorney by Common Pleas Judge CC E Peoples. Davis, a former local assistant prosecutor, was appointed at the request of Prosecutor Manning D Webster with Meigs County Commission consent. He helped convict three men in the James McCumber case in 1925.
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Pomeroy
Lafe Williamson
Craig Davis
Columbus
Davis
Common Pleas
CC. E. Peoples
Manning D. Webster
Meigs County
James McCumber
Weirton Steel May Call 8000 Witnesses
Weirton Steel Co may summon up to 8000 workers to testify before the National Labor Relations Board as anti union charges are defended. Company counsel Clyde A. Armstrong said 6500 volunteers have already come forward and the figure could reach 8000, a process likely taking six to nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
W. Va
Weirton Steel Co
National Labor Relations Board
Clyde A. Armstrong
Weirton
U S Grants Middleport Post Office Building
A federal grant of 70000 was announced for a new post office in Middleport. The building is expected to be erected at Third and Mill streets on a site where several structures were destroyed by a gas explosion and not rebuilt.
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Middleport
Third and
Mill Sts
All-Negro Jury Fines Man in Walnut Ridge
An all-Negro jury in Walnut Ridge Arkansas, the first in the state since Reconstruction, finds T H Troubles Wilson $50 plus costs for wife desertion. Justice J F Israel, who subpoenaed the panel, presided. The decision signals strict sentiment from the new jury in a race related case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Arkansas
T. H
Wilson
J. F. Israel
Landon assails Roosevelt programs on eve of birthday
Alfred M. Landon in COLORADO SPRINGS criticizes Roosevelt economic and Supreme Court plans as danger leads toward dictatorship. He calls the court controversy the most significant since the Civil War and opposes extending the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate prices and farming. He urges constitutional amendment if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Alfred M. Landon
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Kansas
Congress
Unidentified man shot five times found on East Liverpool highway
The bullet riddled body of a man believed from Youngstown was found on the East Liverpool Youngstown highway near Rogers. Coroner Devon said five shots were fired including temple and back, likely dumped from an auto. Sheriff Gosney and Prosecuting Attorney Stouffer led the inquiry. A separate report notes a Lisbon July 4 thicket discovery with a temple and heart wound.
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Liverpool
Youngstown
Rogers
Arnold W. Devon
Harry Gosney
Karl. Stouffer
Lisbon
Lincoln Highway
Logan Road Job Goes For Bid of 312975
The State Highway Department awarded contracts on 19 road improvement projects. Notable bids include Hocking Logan Lancaster Road on State Route 31 in Falls Township with brick surfacing for 2.534 miles to A. J. Baltes of Norwalk at 312 975 dollars and Logan Lancaster Road overhead C O tracks at Enterprise for 37 615 dollars to Ralph Myers of Salem Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
State Highway Department
Hocking
Logan - Lancaster
Falls Township
A. J. Baltes
Norwalk
Logan- Lancaster
Enterprise
Ralph Myers
Salem
Ind
Two Bodies Recovered From Lake Seek Third
Canadian coast guardsmen continued a search for a third occupant of a Detroit bound airplane that crashed in Lake Erie near Point Pelee Ontario. The bodies of Harry Corley and James Munro of Detroit were recovered near the crash site on Thursday. Jerome Tesgens remained missing.
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Point Pelee
Ont
Lake Erie
Here
Harry Corley
James Munro
Detroit
Jerome Tesgens
Rebel Air Fleet Clears Skies for Gijon Assault
Nationalist planes, favored by clear weather, pass over Loyalist lines at Gijon on the Franco-Spanish frontier paving the way for a final insurgent push. Stormy weather had grounded air operations for days, delaying the infantry advance against Asturian defenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
U.P
Gijon
Veteran Lorain Machinist Reflects on 33 Years of Service
In Lorain Ohio John Hire aged 69 recalls thirty three years of steady work for the same employer. His vacations through the years had totaled exactly three weeks until this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
John Hire
Actress to Wed Prince in Austria Report
Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg seeks an annulment of his 1928 marriage to Countess Maria Elizabeth Salm Reifferscheidt so he can wed Nora Gregor the dark eyed Austrian stage and screen star. Nora appears in the upper photograph.
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Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg
Nora Gregor
Maria Elizabeth Salm- Reifferscheidt
Renew Attack on Ideals of US Nazi Bund
The Times reports a six month undercover investigation into the German American Bund claiming plans to halt Americanization of children and seize control of the United States. It cites a Bund yearbook from Deutsche Arbeit and notes more than 20 000 members linked to revolutionary aims involving Communists and Jews as Nazis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.S
Ohio Federal Building Projects Approved
Fifteen federal building projects in Ohio totaling 2 582 000 have been approved by the post office and treasury departments for early completion. The largest is a 1 150 000 post office and federal court building at Dayton with land purchase extension and remodeling. Others include a 310 000 Mansfield post office remodel, 165 000 Cuyahoga Falls post office, and 169 000 Cleveland Coast Guard headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Ohio
Post Office
Treasury Departments
Dayton
Mansfield
Cuyahoga Falls
Coast Guard
Cleveland
Invaders Admit Inability To Crack Chinese Defense Lines
Shanghai dispatch reports cholera sweeping Paoshan as Chinese forces claim successes on three fronts and halt Japanese efforts on the Woosung highway between Shanghai and the Yangtze. The epidemic threatens civilians and troops, raising fears of wider spread.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
Avenue Edward VII
Tibet Road
Orient
U.p—An
Japan
China
Pao- Shan
Woosung
Yangtze River
Japan Keeps War Mood As 1938 Budget Outlined
Japanese premier Prince Fumimaro Konoe said Japan will continue the undeclared war against China into 1938 and that the 1938 budget should be built on the worst eventuality with emphasis on military operations. He indicated domestic reforms would be enacted where necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.P
Japan
China
Fumimaro Konoe
Chinese guns shell Japanese fleet at Whangpoo river clash
Chinese artillery fought off Japanese ships near Pootung on the Whangpoo as the transport with troops moved downstream. Two direct hits were scored. Grimsby escaped and the Japanese withdrew without landing. A Chinese spokesman called the Japanese offensive a failure with no changes to positions.
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Whanegpoo
Pootung
Whangpoo
Grimsby
Jap Drive in Northern China Foreseen
Thousands of Japanese troops paraded through Peiping for a long delayed offensive in North China. Mile long columns with artillery and supplies signaled a major push likely south along the Peiping Hankow railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
U.P
Peiping-Hankow
Flier's Wife Offers Self As Spy To Save Husband
Mrs. Harold Dahl of California described her failed bid to save aviator husband Harold Dahl condemned to death by Spanish insurgents. She sought mercy from Franco by offering to act as an amateur spy and enclosed her photo. She stated he joined Loyalists for pay and enthusiasm as a flier rather than politics.
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Flier
Self
Cannes
France
U.P
Harold Dahl
Francisco Franco
Franco
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Nazi Bund
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