Loyalist Lines Collapses Near Coastal Center
Loyalist defense north of Castellon de la Plana collapses under nationalist pressure as Albocacer falls and surrounding fronts see major captures. Nationalists encircle Lucena del Cid and claim Torre Deendomenech Sierra Engarceran and Validalba. Alicante bombed repeatedly with thousands killed or injured, while 36,000 loyalists mass near Castellon ahead of expected citrus port fall early next week.
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Hendaye
Castellon de la Plana
Mediterranean
Albocacer
Francisco Franco
Lucena del Cid
Zaragoza
Torre Deendomenech
Sierra Engarceran
Validalba
Valencia
Franco
Alicante
Pyrenees
Rio Cinqueta
France
Minjares
Castellon
Three Measures Win House Approval in Night Session
The House adopted conference reports on three contentious bills the McCarran Lea civil aeronautics act the merchant marine revision and a postmaster appointments bill. The measures aim to speed adjournment with Senate action expected Tuesday. Roosevelt had limited top appointments in 1935 by executive decree.
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House
McCarran-Lea
Senate
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Roosevelt
Two Factions vow to fight adjournment to press goals
Washington based report says a senate coalition of New Dealers, independent Democrats, and Republicans will block adjournment until the administration allows a vote on the Tydings resolution authorizing a senate inquiry into WPA activity in primaries and elections. The House reflation bloc also pledges to oppose adjournment unless a currency expansion program to lift prices is enacted.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Congress
Tydings
House
Only War Could Bar Duke Wally From U S Visit
PARIS UP Plans for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to visit the United States next March are nearly ready. Close friends say only a definite European war threat would cancel the trip. If war erupts, the duke would go to England to render service, aided by strong ties with British veterans and military circles.
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Paris
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
United States
Europe
England
Janitor Pleads Guilty In Levine Kidnap Case
Bernard Delehanty, janitor at the Albert Leonard building near the school Peter Levine attended, pled guilty to petit larceny for stealing $83.50 and shoes. G men fished an item from Long Island Sound and rushed it to police. head of Levine child remains unconfirmed. Lie detector tests were used and more are planned. Delehanty vanished two days after the body was found, leaving notes saying he was in a jam. Police say Peter was last seen near the building as he walked to and from school.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
INS
Bernard Delehanty
Peter Levine
G-men
Long Long Island Sound
Levine
Davenport Neck
Delehanty
Albert Leonard Junior High School
Peter
Democratic Board $33 000 in Red headline tone
The Democratic National Committee reported to Congress it is $33 000 in the red. A $25 000 bank loan supplemented cash donations and Victory and Jackson day dinners. Unpaid obligations total $40 606 with a $7 679 balance on May 31.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Congress
House
National Committee
Democratic High Command
S. Clay Williams
Winston-Salem
N. C
John R. Brinkley
del Rio
Tex
Ae Steward
Baldwin
Kan
Democratic Committee
Experts Offer Aid to China as Japan Attacks Hankow
Shanghai dispatch reports American and French military advisers offered to assist China in an advisory capacity amid Japan's general offensive on Hankow. A Chinese official said China will not rely on foreign help but welcomes instruction. Germany recalls its advisers with the Chinese forces, with most set to depart by June 22.
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Shanghai
China
Japan
Hankow
Chiang Kai-shek
Cheng Tien-fong
Germany
Cheng
Texas Tornado Death Toll At 12
Clyde Texas AP reports donations flooded tornado relief HQ as Red Cross officials say the death toll likely will not exceed twelve.
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Texas
Clyde, Tex
Red Cross
Young Republicans Elect New National Federation Chairman
Donald W. Hombeck, 35, a Cleveland attorney, was elected chairman of the Young Republicans' National Federation at the close of a two day convention in Des Moines. Des Moines was chosen for the 1940 national gathering as the organization urged the GOP to back a platform promoting stable government and freedom for young men and women from regimentation.
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Kansas City
INS
Donald W. Hombeck
Cleveland
Young Republicans’ National Federation
Henry A. Bubb
Topeka
Des Moines
G.O.P
Funeral services for Charles D Bovey in Lisbon church
Death notices state Charles D Bovey died Saturday morning. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at the Federated church in Lisbon, with a 1 p.m. prayer service at Beatty chapel in Cedar Rapids. Burial will follow in Lisbon cemetery. Friends may call at Beatty chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight.
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Charles D. Bovey
Federated Church
Lisbon
Beatty Chapel
Cedar Rapids
Galahad helps free Mrs Griebl in spy case
New York five $1,000 bills from a total stranger secured the release of Mrs. Marie Griebl, wife of fugitive espionage witness Dr. Ignatz Griebl, in federal court. Seward Collins, Princeton graduate and editor of The North American Review, funded the money and claimed he acted alone in aiding her.
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New York
INS
Marie Griebl
Ignatz T. Griebl
Germany
U. S
Dunigan
Leon G. Turreu
Federal Grand Jury
Griebl
Seward Collins
Princeton
The
North American Review
Collins
Scientists test 24 hour cycle in cave study
Two researchers live in a cave chamber to study human circadian rhythms. They maintain a rigid schedule of nine hours sleep and meals without reference to clock time, recording restlessness and body temperature. If successful, they may try a 28 hour shift then a 21 hour cycle.
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Dr. Kleitman
Local Dentists Aid Camp Good Health Children
Cedar Rapids dental society members donated 528.50 in free services to forty six physically handicapped children headed to Camp Good Health this summer. Treatments included pulp therapy extractions restorations and prophylaxis, with an average donation of 19.54 per dentist from a list of twenty nine providers.
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Cedar Rapids
F. B. Benesh
C. N. Booth
A. R. Butterfield
L. W. Butterfield
J. H. Calder
C. A. de Lano
C. L. Fenner
R. A. Greenawalt
W. H. Guess
H. E. Hanson
E. E. Hruska
R. A. Harvey
V. O. Hasek
J. D. Houser
William F. Hruska
A. N. Hamiston
M. B. Katzoff
J.H. Kelly
E. L. Moravec
D. L. Morrissey
A. C. Naibert
R. L. Naibert
F. S. Peshek
George D. Reid
Leo G. Severa
J .C. Stanton
Believe Golf Club Major’s Death Case Summary
The body of Mrs. Brooke, 42, was found at home while Major Brooke was at maneuvers on a reservation. FBI seized a golf club as evidence and wrapped it for exam. Prosecutor T Hoyt Davis expects a federal grand jury to indict Brooke and try him in Columbus during the September term. His attorney, Hicks Fort, was present as investigators suggested possible earlier presence at the home.
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Hicks Fort
FBI
Brooke
Maneuvers
Kennedy to sail home for Harvard graduation visit
Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy plans to sail June 15 on the Queen Mary to attend his son Joseph Jr.’s Harvard graduation. He will stay nine days in the United States before returning to his post at the Manhattan. The London mission centers on US Britain debt and trade issues amid rising European tensions.
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London
INS
Joseph P. Kennedy
Joseph, Jr
Harvard
United States
U. S. Manhattan
America
St. James's
Kennedy
Britain
Europe
Trust Probe Bar To Business Recovery, Michener Says
Rep Earl C Michener of Michigan on the house judiciary committee attacked President Roosevelts plan to investigate monopolies. He warned the probe would delay business recovery in a minority report opposing the committees favorable action on a twelve man executive legislative investigation.
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Washington
Llp
Earl C. Michener
Mich
House Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Chief Justice Hughes Delayed by Girl on Rex Voyage
U S Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes arrived over 30 minutes late aboard the Italian liner Rex when 7 year old Mary Lile Pitner and her mother Irvington on Hudson N Y visited to bid farewell to a family friend. Mary wandered off amid crowd chaos and was found on the pier by two women until detectives retrieved her.
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New York
INS
Charles Evans Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Rex
Mary Lile Pitner
Mary
W. Hynes Pitner
Irvington- On- Hudson
N. Y
CIO Leaders Blamed For Record Job Loss, Hoffman Charges
Rep Clare E Hoffman accuses the CIO led by John L Lewis of causing 28,230,130 lost work days in 1937, far more than the four prior years combined, in a nationwide radio attack alleging communist activities within the organization.
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Washington
INS
CIO
Clare E. Hoffman
Michigan
John L. Lewis
Hoffman
Nations plan united protest over Austrian debt repudiation
London eight European powers led by Britain agreed to deliver a concerted protest to Germany over repudiation of a $50,000,000 Austria loan guaranteed by the powers. Representatives from Britain France Czechoslovakia Belgium Sweden Denmark Holland and Switzerland met at the British treasury building to coordinate action.
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London
INL
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Switzerland
Ruin Fears for Wilbur Voliva Zion Colony Era
Zion Ill. facing ruin as $50,000 tax liens lift against 2,100 parcels threaten sale to settle over $1,000,000 in debts. Voliva, Dowie successor, built a vast religious industrial community. internal strife and financial troubles follow decades of power and controversy.
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Zion, Ill
Ins
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
America
John Alexander Dowie
Lake Michigan
Zion
Voliva
Frank T. O'Brien
Dowie
Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
Zowie
Mexico
Indiana
Archibald Church
McCall Indicted On Kidnaping and Murder Charge
McCall a 21 year old truck driver faces possible indictments for kidnaping and murder slated for Monday. Prosecutors say evidence is ready and the grand jury will convene. McCall remains jailed on the nineteenth floor as he seeks to keep the case from the public eye.
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McCall
Worley
Grand
Law
Dade County
Claudine Evelyn Hilliard
Princeton
Rioting Charges Filed Against 4 More Union Men In Newton Strife
Newton officials announce four additional union men face rioting charges tied to disturbances after the Maytag factory shutdown and a back to work movement. Police say the men allegedly took back to work cards from Tra Bean. Names withheld pending arrest. Similar charges had been filed against seven others previously amid an ongoing wage dispute with CIO union leaders and Maytag.
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Newton
Luther M. Carr
Maytag
Carr
Tra Bean
CIO
Apoplexy Causes Death Of Bloomington Man In Illinois
A. E. Randall of Waterloo, brother in law of E. H. Johnson, 45, of Bloomington Ill., died in a local hospital after noon Saturday from apoplexy following a stroke in a restaurant. Johnson left for Cedar Rapids to arrange affairs as police notified relatives. Leo A. Lanigan, another brother in law, lives on North Austin boulevard. Johnson worked for McKesson Robbins from Chicago office. His wife died five months ago. Deputy coroner Dr J. J. Terrall said death was due to apoplexy.
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A. E. Randall
Waterloo
E. H. Johnson
Bloomington
Jess Clift
Cedar Rapids
Clift
Mr. Johnson
Leo A. Lanigan
Lash North Austin Boulevard
Chionenlet
Robert Vlach
Johnson
McKesson-Robbins Company
Chicago
Vladh
J. J. Terrall
Congress Sets Spending Record Across Peerless Year
Washington reports that appropriations and spending authorizations in the current session will top fifteen billion dollars, with a final 300 million deficiency bill approved by the Senate appropriations committee set to push potential outlays to thirteen billion dollars for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Democratic leaders blame recession for the vast program to aid thirteen million unemployed and to revive business through government spending. Secretary Morgenthau notes relief outlays exceed two billion dollars for the current year, with 2,014,588,576 spent plus 282 million from Social Security funds.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Morgenthau
Hull attacks plane makers as armed at Japs
Secretary of State Hull moved to halt American bombing plane sales to Japan, urging public opinion as the tool. He condemned civilian bombings without naming nations, signaling Japan would be chiefly affected if successful. Shipments of war materiel to both sides in Spain are already banned under the neutrality act.
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Washington
Hull
Japan
Spain
Mother in Kentucky Kills Rabid Fox Attack
Mrs Buel Davis warded off a mad gray fox attacking her chicken yard while holding her baby daughter in one arm. She was bitten on the leg and scratched on the arm, the fox showed rabies, and she received medical treatment.
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Bowling Green
Buel Davis
Believe Waterloo Arrest Halts Forged Check Flood
Waterloo police chief says Hubert L. June, a California parolee, was arrested with forged checks totaling about 1000 dollars. He confessed to cashing three similar checks in Waterloo and three in Waverly, with eighteen more signed checks found in his room. June previously served time for a 1923 California holdup and a 1919 payroll robbery in Baltimore. He confessed to printing and signing checks drawn on an alleged Cherokee livestock firm and forged with the name George A. Russell to August Lakowski at Central Trust bank in Cherokee.
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Waterloo
Hugh R. Crumrine
Hubert L. June
California
Crumline
Waverly
Crumrine
June
Maryland
Baltimore
Chicago
Nichols and
Russell
George A. Russell
August Lakowski
Central Trust & Savings Bank of
Cherokee
Daladier's government issues ultimatum to French sitdowners
Paris Premier Edouard Daladier's national salvation government stood firm against sitdown strikes by government employees. Daladier warned that all workers who fail to return to work at the mint Monday will be considered to have resigned and will not be rehired.
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Paris
INS
Edouard Daladier
National Salvation
Daladier
Astor Dick Fiermonte Granted Divorce From Enzo Fiermonte
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte was granted a divorce from Italian boxer Enzo Fiermonte in West Palm Beach. The suit, filed on grounds of extreme cruelty, was not contested.
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West Palm Beach, Fila
INS
Madeline Force Astor
Dick Fiermonte
Enzo Fiermonte
Fiermonte
American woman injured in Dijon car crash near Auxonne
Miss Marion Whitworth, 25, of the United States, was injured Saturday when an automobile driven by Enzo Fiermonte struck a tree near Auxonne in Dijon. Others in the car escaped injury.
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Dijon
France
Ins
Marion Whitworth
Enzo Fiermonte
Auxonne
Roosevelt Plans South American Trip Next Year
President Roosevelt aims for a dramatic climax to his drive to keep the western hemisphere safe for democracy. The trip would align with a naval fleet move from Pacific to Atlantic waters and seek to strengthen military political and trade ties with western hemisphere republics as a bulwark against dictatorships.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
South America
Western Hemisphere
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Latin Americas
South Americas
Czechs mobilize troops amid Sudeten tensions
The government orders Czech troops to barracks and keeps them in ready reserve to quell any outbreaks while seeking a settlement with the Sudeten Nazis. Hodza’s spokesman notes in principle acceptance of Henlein’s memorandum with a nationalities statute. Foreign Minister Krofta consults with Britain and France for views. Public ballots in 8,170 towns show German majorities in 1,880, seen as a plebiscite on autonomy. The defense loan plan is rejected by Sudeten leaders as unconstitutional and harmful to industry. Museums display “Our Ally, Soviet Russia” as a warning of Russian action.
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Hodza
Konrad Henlein
Czechoslovakia
Kamil Krofta
B. C. Newton
Germany
France
Sudeten
Carl English
National Bank
Smetany Museum
Russia
Praha Foreign Office
Sudeten Crisis Sparks Heated Postwar Withdrawal Debate
After Sunday turmoil, the government’s plan to pull bulk troops from the Sudetenland faced rejection with a firm stance that forces will remain in place. Officials insist the occupation continues to ensure security and stability in the region despite local unrest.
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Sudeten Gegman
Wage Act Report Set After Compromise Draft
Washington AP reports a broadly compromised wage act bill with a provision for pay differentials within industries received unanimous support from a joint conference committee. A report will be drafted for House consideration Monday, with hopes for swift Senate passage and possible labor opposition anticipated.
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Washington
Congressiona Committee
Thomas
Utah
House
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Walsh
Mass
Welch
Calif
Hartley
N. J
Murray
Mont
Mother's blood saves baby after life threatening transfusion
A three month old girl, Karen Herridge, survived after her mother Layton Herridge of Mitchellville Iowa donated blood twice during a 24 hour fight for survival. Doctors initially urged immediate transfusion without testing, but later confirmed the mother's blood was an exact match and a second transfusion secured the baby’s life.
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Des Moines
Karen Herridge
Layton Herridge
Mitchellville
WPA
Block Booking Film Ban Tabled by House Committee
Washington report states a measure to ban block booking of motion picture films was rejected by the house interstate commerce committee on Saturday, with the panel voting to table the legislation and halt further action in this session.
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Washington
INS
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Tablal
Four Die in Headon Crash Near Howard City Michigan
Four people died and a woman was critically injured Saturday when two autos collided head on near Howard City Michigan. Local authorities described the crash as a fatal highway collision with severe damage and ongoing investigations. Relatives and emergency crews assisted at the scene as responders worked to extract victims and secure the area. The names of the deceased and the injured were not released pending notification of relatives.
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Howard City
Mich
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