Czechs Fear Heavier Rule After Nazi Plans Emergence
Prague reports tonight say Germany may reorganize Bohemia Moravia protectorate after the fatal shooting of a German police sergeant. Czech quarters fear abolition of the protectorate and closer union with Germany while some expect sterner measures to follow and a potential shift to win malcontents to Germany. Baron Konstantin Von Neurath mentioned as a factor in the discussions.
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Bohemia- Moravia
Serigt
Wilhelm Kriest
Kladno
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Polish Inspector Arrested in Danzig Espionage Suspicions
London dispatch reports Nazi authorities in the Free City of Danzig have arrested a Polish customs inspector on espionage suspicions. The incident heightens tensions between Germany and Poland over Danzig and Hitler’s demand for its return to the Reich. Poland may demand his release.
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Free City of
Danzig
Germany
Poland
Hitler
Reich
Reich official threatens new measures over Kriest killing
The Reich protector for dissolved Czecho Slovakia warned of restrictive actions if Kriest’s slaying was not solved yesterday, but measures were withheld temporarily. Separately, Czech policeman Johann Mueller was killed in a quarrel with German police.
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Kriest
Johann Mueller
Clippers to Start Passenger Trips
Pan American Airways will inaugurate weekly trans Atlantic passenger service by June 28 linking New York with Portugal and France via the Azores. Fares are 375 dollars one way or 675 dollars round trip with a 22 hour leg to Lisbon and an overnight stop before Paris. The route follows the May 20 start of trans Atlantic airmail on the same line.
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INS
Pan American Airways
Marseilles
France
Pan American
Juan T. Trippe
Charles A. Lindbergh
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U. S
Portugal
Azores
Lisbon
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
Comic strip note about a boy named Willie Willis eager to grow a mustache and smoke a pipe to appear different from women, reflecting playful gendered bravado in a child’s view.
Appeasement policy revival dominates British politics
London commentary centers on alleged appeasement of Germany and Italy as Britain faces election timing. Opposition leaders question Chamberlain and Halifax moves to discuss Rome Berlin axis and colonies while critics warn of a return to the discredited policy of making deals with dictators.
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Britain
Russia
Germany
Italy
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Appeasement Hints From Britain Wary welcomed by Italian press
In Rome on June 11 the Voce D'Italia editor Virginio Gayda cautiously welcomed the appeasement hints from British leaders Chamberlain and Halifax. He said the words sounded promising but the facts appeared to contradict them and left Italians perplexed.
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INS
Italy
Virginio Gayda
Neville Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Great Britain
Voce D'Italia
Gayda
Pope Thanks Rebel Troops For Victory
In Rome the Pope Pius XII thanked 3,200 Spanish Civil War veterans defending Catholic Spain under Franco. He welcomed leaders and soldiers, urged them to unite sorrows with Mary, and praised their defense of faith and civilization, signaling in turn a show of support before Mussolini.
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Gastone Gambara
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Our Lady of Sorrows
Bones Clue in Slayings as Foot Found in Dump
In Westbrook Maine authorities report a fourth human foot and additional bones discovered in a disused town dump. They seek to link the bones to the disappearance of Capt Henry Flood a West Point alumnus missing from Fort Williams since April 22 and a blonde woman companion. Army said Flood was a frequent visitor to Westbrook and last seen with the unidentified woman. Police and deputies continue excavation as investigators weigh a double murder theory.
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Westbrook
INS
Henry J. Flood
West Point
Fort Williams
Flood
Auburn
Lewiston
Strange Hazards of Life Lead Hi Jinks of News
A roundup of odd events from 1939 includes a hat set afire in London a man knocked by an owl in New York and a Jersey City fire hour by hour. Also notes a Louisiana canal boat smashing a house and a North Carolina man breaking his foot kicking a mouse.
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London
Minnesota
Jersey City
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North Carolina
New Jersey
Miami
Belgian Marriage Market Draws Young Suitors
Irene Tassignon, 25, presided over Belgium's annual marriage market at Eeaussines where young Belgian men seek wives and women seek husbands in a matchmaking event.
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Irene Tassignon
Belgium
Eeaussines
Leg Pinned in Crash Leads Man to Work2
Seattle residents witness a curious crash incident as 70 year old Anton Sather frets for a leg trapped in wreckage. He reveals it was his wooden leg that caused the problem and insists he must not be late to work after minor injuries are treated.
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Seattle
Anton Sather
Sather
Four Die When Plane Wing Breaks Off In Montague Crash
Four people including a woman passenger die when a small monoplane loses a wing mid air and crashes in a Brush field near Montague Massachusetts after taking off from Turner's Falls airport. The victims are Lester Hogden pilot Katherine L Walsh Howard Glazier and Donald S Drew all of Greenfield. The engine embeds in the ground and rescue crews extract the bodies using axes. Pilot Hodgen cuts ignition and prevents fire. A funeral director arrived soon after and Miss Walsh is identified by a ring.
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Mass
Lester Hogden
Katherine L. Walsh
Howard Glazier
Donald S. Drew
Greenfield
Turner's Falls
Alexander F. Hodgen
Miss Walsh
Hodgen
Mexicans Riot Against U S Plane Amid Sarabia Funeral
In Mexico City crowds of Mexican students attacked a grounded U S bomber at the airport fueling anti American unrest. 50,000 mourners filed past the coffin of Mexican ace Francisco Sarabia at Dolores cemetery as 40 rioters were arrested and the bomber remained undamaged. police blamed Nazi instigation and deployed 500 troops around the aircraft.
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Mexico City
INS
U. S. Army
U. S
Francisco Sarabia
Sarabia
Washington
Dolores
Zocalo
Frederico Montes
Federal District
Wind Storms Fatal to Four
Tornadic storms swept across six states in the Midwest killing at least four people and injuring many as heavy rain and winds damaged more than 200 homes. Victims include Harry Brown of Schneider Indiana and Judith Donna Pike of Janesville Wisconsin, with deaths also reported in Hicksville Ohio and Stockland New Jersey. Damages surpassed 1.5 million dollars and crops largely avoided total destruction.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Kentland
Ind
Schneider
Harry Brown
Harry Metz
Hicksville
Judith Donna Pike
Janesville
Wis
Herschel Freeman
Stockland
Freeman
Jacksonville
Champaign
Mystery Woman Disappears Again in Moscow
Ruth Marie Rubens the American known for vanishing in 1937 and later reappearing in a Soviet prison has disappeared again. A Soviet court judge had planned her release after an 18 month sentence for entering Russia without a passport. No official word on her whereabouts since Friday. unconfirmed reports say she may have boarded a train for the western border.
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Ruth Marie Rubens
U. S
Russia
New York
Maxine Elliott Weakening in France Heart Illness
Maxine Elliott, 68, former American actress and beauty queen, was reported weakening tonight in her fight against a heart ailment at Chateau L'Horizon in Juan les Pins France. Physicians said her condition gave little ground for hope of recovery as her sister Lady Forbes Robertson flew from London to be at her bedside.
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France
INS
Maxine Elliott
Miss Elliott
Chateau L’horizon
Lady Forbes-Robertson
London
Race to Pass Must Bills Precedes July 1 Adjournment
Democratic leaders pushed to enact key measures before the fiscal year ends on July 1. Tax revision and the WPA relief fund were top musts, with neutrality legislation unlikely before adjournment due to Senate obstruction.
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Solons
Washington
INS
Congress
Group to Urge Out In Air Expansion
Washington June 11 Informed legislators said the house appropriations subcommittee recommended limiting army air corps expansion to about 4300 planes instead of 5500. The proposal keeps discretionary power with the president to authorize an additional 1200 planes if deemed advisable.
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House Appropriations
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Roosevelt
House
Appropriations
New Spending in 1937 Forecast To Top Nine Billion
Treasury officials project peacetime outlays for the fiscal year ending June 30 will total about 9.0 billion, with revenues around 5.75 billion and a net deficit near 3.5 billion as Roosevelt officials cite better than expected collections and slower spending. The year’s receipts are rising toward 5.75 billion while expenditures show a potential beat of 750 million against earlier estimates, reducing the deficit from prior projections.
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INS
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Five Inmates Kidnap Warden Then Free Him At Colorado Reformatory
Buena Vista Colorado June 11 Five reformatory inmates abducted Warden Walter H Johnson as visitors toured the facility They released him 15 minutes later and fled toward Colorado Springs The group two miles from the reform school hijacked a guard s car threatened to kill the warden and demanded the guard surrender One inmate James Williams 17 Lawton Oklahoma blocked a rifle aimed at Johnson Needham Ferguson 23 Denver fired a 30 30 rifle But Williams intervened They said they would never be captured and the five fled after freeing the warden All five were serving short terms for burglary and larceny The warden reported being forced into a car and warned he would die if the guard did not drop his weapon The escape occurred during the tour of visitors through the reformatory.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Reformatory
Walter H. Johnson
Needham Ferguson
Denver
James Williams
Lawton
Okla
Colorado Springs
Johnson
National Income Estimated At 64 Billion For 1938
Washington reports a Commerce Department study placing 1938 national income at 64 billion dollars, about 500 dollars per person, between the 1929 peak and 1933 low, with 11 percent under the 1937 recovery. Government contributions reach 9.845 billion, led by manufacturing and followed by agriculture and services.
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Department of Commerce
U.S
Department
Robert R. Nathan
Nathan
Britannic Majesties Tour Hyde Park Picnic With FDR
In Hyde Park on June 11 the King and Queen toured the area with President Roosevelt driving the car to the Dutchess hill cottage. They joined a large informal picnic hosted by Eleanor Roosevelt and sampled hot dogs among American crowds.
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U.S
Royal train departs Hyde Park for Canada
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth ride the royal train from Hyde Park at 10 07 p m EST en route to Canada. President Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and family, plus thousands in the Hudson Valley, bid farewell with community crowds singing Auld Lang Syne.
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Queen Elizabeth
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Roosevelt
Hudson River Valley
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Royal visit ends with pool swims and red hats in Washington
The article depicts King George VI and Queen Elizabeth enjoying American hospitality during a Washington visit. They swim at Val Kill on the Roosevelt estate and later share red hot dogs with 150 guests at a White House picnic. The royal train then heads toward the Canadian border after a four day U.S. tour.
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Roosevelt Estate
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White House
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Roosevelt
Hudson
Sara Delano Roosevelt
New York
Cabin Creek Trolley Ends Run Tonight
The old Cabin Creek trolley makes its final trip tonight and will be replaced tomorrow by two 40 passenger Diesel buses. Transit officials say three more buses arrive on a 30-bus order from a Michigan factory and deliveries continue through June 25. Plans are in place to convert West Charleston car barns into garages.
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Transit Company
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West Charleston
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