Mediation Board Takes On Major Rail Strike Fallout
The National Mediation Board agrees to settle a proposed 15 percent wage cut for 900,000 workers on the nation's big railroads. Hearings will start in Chicago next Thursday after both sides sought mediation under the Railway Labor Act. If mediation fails, arbitration or a forced strike could follow.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Cariers
William M. Leiserson
Leiserson
German Plane To Soon Leave On New York Hop
A German embassy spokesman said a Focke-Wulf Condor plane would depart Berlin within days on a non stop flight to New York City. It may return under its own power or be shipped. The craft is slated for a round the world attempt in autumn with a landing permit for Alaska and the United States, likely San Francisco, during that trip.
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Washington
Berlin
New York City
Germany
Alaska
United States
San Francisco
Fuel Oil Imports Harm Coal Industry Says Association
The National Tariff Association told the reciprocity committee that fuel oil imports inflict irreparable damage on the bituminous coal sector. It cites most imports coming from Venezuela and the Dutch West Indies, with J. D. Battle, executive secretary, drafting the protest tied to Venezuela trade talks.
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Washington
National
Yew Bh Association
Committee For
Venezuela
Dutch West Indies
J. D. Battle
The
Coal Association
Another Blazing Week End Likely Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports a scorching weekend as forecasts show fair and warm to fair and warmer conditions nationwide. The West and central Pacific coast see breezy cools, while the South and Mid-Atlantic endure high humidity and heat. Manhattan endured a top temperature of 93.1 degrees by 1:80 p.m. EST with thunderstorms helping lower the heat later.
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United States
Great Lakes
Pacific
Boise
Middle West
South
Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Newland
Aern
Manhatan Island
Douglas Gariean
Manhattan
Hopkins Plans Aid For Farmers In WPA Program
Harry L. Hopkins announced a permanent supplementary employment program for needy farmers as part of Roosevelt's plan to reduce rural income inequality in the South. He described expanding WPA rolls to include farm families and emphasized removing the stigma of relief while noting the plan is a long-term solution.
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Memphis
Tenn
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Roosevelt
South
Hopkins
Ho P
Eight Die in Tennessee Flood Ravage Smoky Mountains
Eight people are dead after a mountain torrent swept through the Smoky mountain region near Sevierville and Pittman Center. The disaster washed away Alfred Ball's home, killed his family and the GIllens, damaged bridges, stores, and crops, and left Gatlinburg entrances flooded with stranded residents.
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Sevierville
Tenn
Alfred Ball
Smoky Mountain
Jesse Gillen
Gillen
Ball
Pittman Center
Gatlinburg
S. A. Brown
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hopkins Loses His Pants in Memphis
Harry Hopkins arrived in Memphis to attend WPA conferences but spent hours in his room in a towel after his suit was misplaced. He joked his pants were caught in the Crump landslide, a Tennessee primary reference, while officials from 11 states waited to start talks on the southern program.
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Hopkins
Memphis
WPA
Crump
Tennessee
E. H. Crump
Chambers waives hearing in roadside slaying case
Williamson W V a Aug 5 Paul Chambers a filling station attendant accused of the roadside slaying of 19 year old Emma Farley waived hearing and was held for grand jury action at a privately staged arraignment in the courthouse today The counsel for the 21 year old son of a Matewan merchant who was found apparently unconscious near the dying girl the night of July 22 previously had indicated they would waive preliminary examination Miss Farley who came from Mc Carr Ky a few months ago to
Fugitive Earl Young Killed in Hot Springs Hotel Shootout
Earl Young 28 a Lebanon Pennsylvania laborer wanted for multiple robberies kidnappings rapes and a murder was slain today in a hotel gun battle with Hot Springs police captains Jerry Watkins and Ben Rogers. FBI identified him as dangerous and fingerprinting plus tattooing aided recognition by H B Fletcher and Hot Springs detective Sameens.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Earl Young
Lebanon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
H. B. Fletcher
Little Rock
FBI
Young Kaufman
Young
Jerry Watkins
Ben Rogers
Sioux Falls
Betty Schnidt
Hutchinson
Kas
Kansas State College
Louisville
Fletcher
Anaes
Penn
New Deal Policy Held Dangerous By Republican Committee
Chicago August 5 The Republican program committee closed a five day forum charging current New Deal legislation threatens the economy and disintegrates responsible government. They call for a party program based on representative democracy and private enterprise to revive industry and agriculture. The group cites 12 million unemployed and criticizes Roosevelt policies as hasty wasteful and uncertain.
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Chicago
Republican Program Committee
Ra leigh Candidates Allege Ballot Irregularities
Three unsuccessful Raleigh county Democratic nominees in Beckley West Virginia allege ballot box stuffing and other irregularities after the canvass. They seek a recount in 12 precincts and the tally is to be reviewed Monday with a guard posted over the contested boxes.
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Beckley
W. Va
Raleigh
Henry E. Brammer
B. E. Meadows
House
Peace on Soviet border seen as possible after talks
Moscow reports say Maxim Litvinoff signaled Soviet willingness to permit Japanese troop withdrawals on the Siberia Manchoukuo frontier. Japan’s reply, anticipated tomorrow, could hinge on recognizing the 1886 treaty as border basis amid lingering border tensions and disputed Changkufeng heights.
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Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Japan
Far
Litvinoff
Changkufeng Heights
Siberia - Manchoukou - Korea
Saos
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Soviet Union
Litvinoff-Shigemitsu
Siberia-Manchoukuo
Soviet Artillery Bombards Changkufeng as Talks Try Curb War
Soviet guns pounded Japanese positions on the Siberian frontier near Changkufeng while Tokyo expressed cautious optimism for a quick arbitration settlement. Reports say Japanese artillery returned fire and anti aircraft batteries engaged, with Domei noting possible Soviet plans to recapture the area before any diplomatic accord.
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Tokyo
Siberian
Foreign Office
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Changkufeng
Manchoukuo
Korea
Domei
Observa
Grizzly Rampage at Highland Park Zoo Ends in Death
A 350 pound heat crazed grizzly escaped from a steel barred cage in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park Zoo and terrorized park residents for five hours before being shot and killed. A 30 officer posse tracked the bear through the 400 acre park as shots were fired from machine guns and rifles ending with the bear’s collapse in an underpass. Police and park workers faced a dangerous, noisy pursuit as spectators watched from nearby streets and parks.
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Pittsburgh
Highland Park Zoo
Park District
Brain
Ralph P. Barton
Arnold J. Schaumann
Poeagen
Schumann
Barton
Yellowstone Park
Corrigan’s Broadway Welcome Ends In Medical Pause
Crowds cheered at Corrigan’s Broadway hotel and a city hall speech while a Brooklyn parade escorted him to Floyd Bennett Field for a July 17 flight aboard a $900 cart. Willard Ellsworth treated a chest injury after a scuffle with police. Corrigan resumed his reception plans and kept his famous wide grin.
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Calles A. Lindbergh
Broadway
Midtown Manhattan
Lower Broadway
City Hall
LaGuardia
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Floyd Bennett Field
Willard Ellsworth
Corrigan
Filer
Dr. Ellsworth
A. Tom Stewart and Prentice Cooper Triumph in Tennessee Primary
With 2,054 of 2,257 precincts reporting, A. Tom Stewart won the senatorial nomination and Prentice Cooper the governorship, routing U S Senator L Berry and Gov Gordon Browning. E H Crump and W H Hudson backed Cooper and Stewart in a decisive Memphis contest. Browning offered no comment as enmity within the Crump faction dominated the race.
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U. S
L. Berry
Gordon Browning
A. Tom Stewart
Winchester
Prentice Cooper
Shelbyville
Shelby County
Memphis
E. H. Crump
Cooper
Stewart
W. H. Hudson
Browning
Berry
Senate
W. H. Turner
Crum
Specuina
Nashville
Tenn
George
Moroccan Troops Recapture Villalba de Los Arcos
A Moroccan force with artillery stormed Villalba de Los Arcos, five miles north of Gandesa, recapturing the town from Barcelona troops after a fierce morning battle. Government forces had held it for a week, part of the July 25 Ebro offensive in south Catalonia.
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Hendaye
France
Prontier
Cillalba de Los Arcos
Ebro
Gandesa
Barcelona
Villalba
Catalonia
Love Letters Read in Carroll Murder Trial
In South Paris Maine the prosecution reads five love letters Barbara Carroll wrote to Paul N Dwyer while defense blocks a sixth due to missing parts Judge Fisher excludes the incomplete letter Dwyer who confessed to garroting Dr James G Littlefield and his wife Lydia now accuses Carroll of both crimes Dwyer testifies after two and a half days of cross examination Barbara appears distressed as the letters reveal pledges of everlasting love and longing
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Paris
Francis M. Carroll
Barbara
Paul N. Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
William H. Fisher
Clyde R. Chapman
Ralph M. Ingalls
Dwyer
Carroll
Lydia
Ingalls
Paul
Jap Air Forces Bombard City and Railway in China
Japanese naval air squadrons attacked the 100 mile Kiu kiang Nanchang railway and bombarded Nanchang city. The frontline action reached 135 miles from Hankow as Japanese forces moved toward the Yangtze river, targeting railway stations and munitions warehouses and disrupting Chinese troop concentrations along the line.
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Shanghai
Kiukiang
Nanchang
Hankow
Yangtze River
Wodening
Bape
Shadow of Pat Harrison Looms Over Kentucky Senate Race
Washington dispatch notes Kentucky primaries hold high national stakes with the fate of Senate leadership. The contest pits Alben Barkley against challenger Happy Chandler, with Roosevelt backing Barkley and Harrison’s proximity to conservative southern Democrats shaping the outcome and possible party direction in 1940.
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Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Kentucky
Washington
Old
Senate
Harrison
Alben W. Barkley
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Barkley
Roosevelt
A. B
Chandler
Owosso Faces Mysterious Disease Foreign Article
Owosso Michigan battles a deadly unknown bacterial infection blamed for six child deaths in the past week. Dr Don W Gudakunst confirms the illness is unclear, with University of Michigan lab results noting an unknown infection destroying the large intestine. A seventh patient, 18 year old Gilbert Vogelhohl, is hospitalized.
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Owosso
Mich
Don W. Gudakunst
Gilbert Vogelhohl
State Health Department
University of Michigan
Gudakunst
Gerald Lara
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Young Quteaw
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Republican Group
Doug Corrigan
Crump-McKellar
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