War on Parade in Europe Nears Climax
A vivid AP dispatch outlines rising tensions in Europe as Germany seeks Danzig and the Polish corridor while Britain France and Poland pledge war if Danzig is taken. It notes Nazi moves, Italian aims in Africa, and broader talks with Soviet Russia, with Albert Forster urging Britain France and Poland to consider German reunification.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Nurnberg
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Russia
Danzig
Poland
Hungary
Balkan
Austria
Czecho
Albert Forster
Fuehrer
Warsaw
Free City
Italy expects to press for pease in Danzig dispute
Rome reports foreign circles urge Italy to persuade Germany toward a peaceful settlement on the Free City of Danzig. Count Ciano flies to Salzburg to meet Joachim von Ribbentrop with aims to avoid war and discuss Italy's role in the Rome Berlin axis and possible Japan, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia alignments.
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Italy
Germany
Free State
Rome
Danzig
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Salzburg
von Ribbentrop
Count Ciano
Lars
Japan
Hungary
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
la Tribu
Germany Ready to Stand Test as Danzig Talks Loom
Berlin reports Germany’s army chief states willingness to endure hard days ahead while foreign ministers Ribbentrop and Ciano prepare to meet in Salzburg. Danzig remains the central issue as Mussolini’s Italy weighs risks of alliance with Japan and Poland’s stance.
Beatty Named Officer in Charge of Cincinnati District
Charleston reports Captain Guy B. Beatty, commandant of the marine detachment at the South Charleston naval ordnance plant, prepared today for new duty as officer in charge of the Cincinnati recruiting district.
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Charleston
W. Va
Guy B. Beatty
South Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant
Newent
Cincinnati
Peace talks resume in Harlan county labor dispute
Nine men seeking a peaceful solution to the Harlan county Kentucky labor troubles resumed informal talks. Governor Happy Chandler said progress is satisfactory and all sides remain represented, with questions deferred to him. Participants include federal officials, the Harlan County Coal Operators Association, and the United Mine Workers of America.
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Harlan County
Kentucky
A. B
Chandler
Frank Murphy
Harlan
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers of America
George Ward
Operators Association
Harlan Circuit
National Guardsmen
I. Dawson
Tors Association
T. C. Townsend
United Mine Workers
Welly K
Brian McMahon
Justice Department
Keen Johnson
Ben Moore
Earl Houck
Townsend
James Golden
Pike the Hotel
Greenbrier
Copper Arrests Man Who Saves His Life
East Haven Connecticut Aug 10 Ralph Amato 45 year old proprietor of a seaside restaurant rescued a drowning man who started swimming to a launch anchored 75 feet offshore after dining at his place. Two hours later a state police raiding squad arrested the restaurant keeper on liquor law violations. Amato learned today the man he saved was State Trooper Walter Newman 27 assigned to get evidence against him.
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East Haven
Conn
Ralph Amato
Amato
Walter Newman
Mullens Council Offers for City Power and Water Works
Mullens West Virginia municipal council directs its attorneys to bid 125000 for the electric power plant and water works. The council agreed to pay Mullens Water Works 75000 and Union Power 50000 for their holdings.
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Mullens
W. Va
Mullens Water Works
Union Power Company
Largest Peace Time Aircraft Orders Placed
Washington August 10. The army placed its largest aircraft orders since the world war with 11 plants to supply bombers new type interceptor pursuit planes training craft and engines costing 85 978 000. Government figures put total equipment cost over 100 900 000 and may exceed 192 000 000 for air corps purchases since Roosevelt urged reinforced air defenses. The contracts aim to boost American industry capacity by spreading work among major plants with the largest order going to Glenn L Martin for two engine medium bombers 15 815 000 and 11 771 000 to North American Aviation Inglewood California.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Consolidated
Boeing
Pacific Coast
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Air Corps
Roosevelt
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
North American Aviation Incorporated
Inglewood
Calif
Ravished Body Of Moviestruck Girl Found Near Miami
The ravished body of a moviestruck schoolgirl Miss Ruth Frances Dunn 17 was found in a swamp near West Palm Beach Florida after a confession by Charles R Jefferson a man with many names who enticed the girls with promises of fame The other victim Miss Jean Bolton 19 was held captive Allegations say Jefferson abducted them while posing as a talent scout and planned a ransom before killing Dunn and assaulting Bolton whose testimony aided authorities The suspect was jailed amid crowd unrest with a coroner’s jury finding Dunn’s death and an extensive police case continuing
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Miami
Fla
Ruth Prances Dunn
Jean Bolton
Palm Beach
Charles R. Jefferson
Miss Bolton
Boca Raton
Here
Jefferson
Main
Boca
Miss Dunn
E. W. Meichen
West Palm Beach
W. E. Roebuck
Melchen
Italy closes United Press Rome bureau amid illness dispatch
Rome reports Premier Mussolini ordered the UPI Rome bureau chief Ekins to leave within 24 hours after a dispatch outside Italy claimed Mussolini was seriously ill. With the office closed, UPI cannot send dispatches or supply news to clients. The New York headquarters offered no comment.
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Rome
United Press
H. RB. Ekins
Italy
Mussolini
New York
London
Engin
Southeast England Joins In Blackout
London August 11 reports a four hour blackout as southeast England joined air defense exercises. About 500 enemy bombers were simulated from eastern and southern coasts against 800 planes and 60,000 soldiers. Lights off, trains blind, factories shielded, and Londoners faced the dark as anti aircraft batteries stood by.
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London
Priday
British Empire
England
Bomers
Britain
West End
Moonshiners clash with officers in Big Creek district
County and federal officers exchanged fire with alleged moonshiners near Slate Creek Tuesday and Wednesday. One man, Ray Carter, surrendered and was jailed on untaxed liquor and interfering with a federal officer charges after denying involvement.
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McDoweLl County
Big Creek
Slight Ee
Ray Carter
U. S
Hoagland French
Lee Altizer
Slate Creek
Deputie Oposse Kityeke i Runyon
Harrisonarry Pearce
Bill Bow
Tae Alter
Pnd
Mecistrate I
Actors dispute verdict due today in AFL case
Atlantic City awaits the AFL executive council decision on acting union control as stars including Tallulah Bankhead and Miriam Hopkins attend. Frank Gillmore denounces a Stagehands raid while Sophie Tucker and Ralph Whitehead lead the AFA faction after a lengthy session.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Actors
Associated Actors and Artistes of America
AFL
International Alliance of
4-A
Sophie Tucker
AFA
Harry Richmond
Ralph Whitehead
Choi Ee
Tallulah Bankhead
Jean Muir
Peggy Wood
Lawrence Tibbett
Edward Arnold
Binnie Barnes
Wayne Morris
Mischa Auer
Henry Hull
State witness Nannie McKee vanishes during coal strike case
Mrs Nannie McKee a state witness in Kentucky coal strike trials scheduled for Harlan Kentucky disappeared near Clifton Forge Virginia on August 5. Her husband Earl McKee reports threats and believes she was kidnapped to stop testimony. State police in Mullens and Clifton Forge investigated with no leads.
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Nannie McKee
Wyoming County
Kentucky
Harlen
Harlan Ky
Clifton Forge
West Virginia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Earl McKee
Forthcom
Harlan
cKee
Mullens
McKee
Itmann
Virginia
Winchester
Baby with exposed heart ill in Manila medical case
Manila reports a newborn, Mary Beart Rafael, born Monday with an exposed heart, experiencing respiratory trouble and prams complications. Doctors advise against immediate surgery due to risk, but may consider operation if the infant strengthens. Medical experts were summoned for consultation and oxygen was ordered.
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Manila
Mary Beart Rafael
Man Who Lives in Iron Lung Marries Ohio Girl
Fred Snite Jr a man in an iron lung for three years and four months wed Dayton Ohio girl Teressa tare in a River Forest Illinois ceremony. The Reverend J W Morri son married the couple in a living room before a small group as Snite lay in his iron lung. The bride wore a knee length dress and the couple planned a brief honeymoon in a $15000 trailer to travel about Oak Park and return for evening festivities with family audience.
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Chicago
Fred Snite, Jr
Snite
Oung Snite
Teressa Tare
Dayton
Ohio
J. W. Morrison
Eros
Sane
Oak Park
Fred
Peiping
Roosevelt Era Young Democrats Open 1940 Nomination Debate
At Pittsburgh August 10 the Young Democratic clubs opened their three day convention amid heavy bickering over the party's path for 1940. Senator Pepper of Florida is slated to deliver a keynote on Roosevelt’s third term while Gov Bricker and Dewey are named by some as possible leaders. A major issue centers on whether the party will nominate conservative candidates or stay aligned with liberal Democratic ideals.
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Pepper
Florida
Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Young Democrats
Pitt Tyson Maner
Montgomery
Ala
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Democratic Party
Alfred E. Smith
United States
Manei
Wall Street
John M. Bricker
Ohio
Thomas FP. Dewey
New York
Young Manor
Duquesne Garden
Claude Pepper D
John J. O'Connor
New Deal
Thomas G. Corcoran
Homer Mat Adams
Illinois
Pat Beacom
Buntington
W. Va
Ford Ordered to Reinstate 24 Workers and Back Pay
The National Labor Relations Board ruled Ford Motor Company violated the Wagner Act by discharging 24 employees and ordered reinstatement with back pay. The decision also requires halting union busting and interference with UAW rights after unrest surrounding union handbills at the gates. The order revises a 1937 ruling as the board withdrew prior court litigation.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Com
United Automobile Workers Union
Walter P. Reuther
Richard T .Frankensteen
Ford
Supreme Court
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Associated Presse
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Lepke) Buchalter
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Lepke
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Free City of
Berlin
Walter von Brauchitsch
Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
Bernardo D. Attolico
Zem Oe
U Duce
Toshio Shiratori
Peage Makers
Ilouson
Harlem
GOV. Happy
Group of Nine
Copper
Man
South Wales
Ruth Frances Dunn
Cloges News’ Office
M Dowell
Shiners
Wyoming
Iron Lung
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