Floods Swallow Henan Provinces as China Faces Disaster
The Yellow River floods threaten one of China’s greatest disasters with 150000 Chinese civilians drowned after dikes failed along a 50 mile stretch. Thousands trapped and likely drowned. relief workers warn floods plus war toll may rival World War II losses. Japanese engineers direct peasants to control the river as troops retreat toward Kaifeng and Chengchow.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Heohan
China
Henan
Anhwei
Kiangsu
Chungmow
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Yangtae
Hankow
Page
Insurgents Push Gains Near Castellon de la Plana
From Hendaye on the Spanish frontier June 4 the central government forces under Gen. Jose Miaja deployed troops along the Mijares river five miles south of Castellon de la Plana to halt insurgent advances toward Valencia. Insurgent aircraft raided the temporary government capital Bar for strategic impact.
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Hendaye
France
Valencia
Mijares
Castellon de la Plana
Jose Miaja
Catalonia
Bar
Chamberlain Refuses Help In Bombings
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain will not deploy armaments to stop attacks on ships in Spanish ports. He outlined two plans to halt bombings and warned that action could widen the conflict. Laborites heckled as he said Britain would not directly intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
House of Commons
Britain
Chamberlain
Francisco Franco
John McGovern
Iettwing
Bodies Recovered in River Tragedy In West Virginia
In Grantsville on June 14 three youths were pulled from the Little Kanawha river by homemade grappling hooks. The search for 21 year old Tracy Allen of Millstone continues as more than 100 men in boats sweep the receding water for his body while four National Youth Administration workers lost their lives in the incident.
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Grantsville
Kanawha
Tracy Allen
Millstone
France Plans Large Army Increase to One Million
France prepares for a standing army of about one million amid a decree expanding officers and men. The plan adds 4,000 reserve officers and creates new divisions as wartime conscripts end. The army grows from about 800,400 toward 900,000 next year and aims for 1,000,000 in 1940 with a revised two year service term.
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Paris
France
Europe
Baby Passes 81st Sleep Day in Circagg Report
Two year old Mary Ellen Rearn passed into her 81st consecutive day of sleep following an attack of measles. Doctors report no change in her condition as she remains in a deep sleep state.
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Baby
INS
Mary Ellen Reardon
Diesel Engines Will Power Next War, Engineers Hear
White Sulphur Springs report notes 52 European firms produce 162 diesel models. Heldt of Philadelphia says diesels lower fuel costs and power buses, trucks, taxicabs, and rail use. Germany develops a cross country army truck diesel. France and Britain pursue truck and aircraft Diesels. France leads in aircraft diesel research with engines up to 640 horsepower. Lubrication issues rise as diesel use expands.
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Europe
P.M. Heldt
Philadelphia
Society of Automotive Engineers
Lew Casi Ik Reasan
Heldt
Great Britain
France
Ance
The
Union Oil Company
California
Nine Plane Victims Bodies Moved to Fresno in Snowbound Trek
Bodies of nine victims from a March 1 TWA crash were carried by mule pack through 20 miles of snow to Wawona then to Fresno. Rescue crews found most of the wreckage and mail sacks scattered near Peak A Buens Vista crest as the lone survivor and stewardess were located in the wreckage.
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TWA
Sierra Nevadas
Buena Vista Peak
Fresno
Yosemite
Calif
Wawona
H. O. Cnilier
Buens Vista Crest
J. H. Wegner
Ck Ik
Martha Wilson
Philadelphia
John Graves
Bass
Jake
Lewis Faces Second Setback as Labor Bill Fails
Washington reports a second setback for John L. Lewis as the Walsh Healy bill to broaden the National Labor Relations Act stalls in the rules committee. The bill would blacklist firms defying the NLRB and faces no House action after judiciary panel rejects a Senate approved substitute. Speaker Bankhead blocks suspension of the House rules to permit consideration.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Rec
Palls
Hoowee
Tn May
Walsh-Healy
Organized Labor
NLRB
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
CIO
House
House Judiciary Committee
Bankhead
Fies
Mease
Senate Relief Funds Inquiry Approved by Administration
The senate will conduct a broad inquiry into alleged political use of federal relief funds, covering both federal authorities and state county officials. It marks the first major bipartisan congressional effort to probe these charges, following approval of a modified Tydings resolution.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Senate Audit and Centre Committee
Rice Feed to Aid War Victims Promoted in City
The United Council for Civilian Relief in China promotes a Bowl of Rice fundraiser in Charlestown to aid homeless Chinese civilians. Tickets cost one cent. events run 2 to 10 p m Thursday with volunteers canvassing citywide and a goal of 10 000 tickets. The plan promises rice for up to 40 days per dollar and a simple meal for victims, amid widespread hardship.
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Sete
United Council For Civilian Relief In
China
Tom Cairns
Charleston
Canton
Cairns
Youth Admits Kidnap Guilt
Franklin Pierce McCall pleaded guilty at a Miami preliminary hearing to the $10,000 ransom kidnapping of James Bailey Cash Jr. and faces possible death penalty. He also faced murder charges in the five year old Princeton death, with a separate defense appointment for the kidnapping case.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Piercee
McCall
James Bailey Cash, Jr
Florida
Princeton
H. F. Atkinson
Fack Kehoe
James Bailey Cash
Cash
George A. Worley
JL Connelley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dissolution Vote Ends Van Sweringen Holding Battle
Stockholders of Chesapeake Corporation vote to dissolve the holding company and distribute assets including control of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The meeting ousts Robert R. Young's faction, expands the board, and names three Young opponents. Proxies shift the tally to opponents, with New York banker Earle Bailie filling a board vacancy.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Corporation
van Sweringen
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Robert R. Young
New York
Wall Street
Guaranty Trust Company of
Chesapeake
Alleghany Honds
Young
Guaranty
Earle Bailie
Chesapeake Board
John B. Hollister
Cincinnati
John L. Dickinson
Charleston
W. Va
Bailie
Opponents Kill Rail Loan Bill in Congress
In Washington on June 14 the administration drive to grant RFC rail loans collapsed amid strong congressional and labor opposition. Senator Wagner of New York had pushed the measure without consulting other lenders, prompting a favorable but shelved report from the Senate Banking Committee and blocking Senate action.
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Washington
Sen
Wagner
New York
Senate Banking Committee
RFC
House
Senate
Edeaston
Roosevelt
Replief
White House
Congress
U S Machinery Geared to Speed Recovery Program
Washington officials push to pump federal funds into markets by Labor Day. Agencies forecast rapid spending of PWA and related orders to lift private demand, raise prices, and fill inventories, aiming to spark private employment before the November elections.
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U. S
Washington
Congress
PWA
Solons, Thinking of Home, Rest and Campaigns
Washington reports show the House recessed at 11:45 pm for noon adjournment while the Senate stayed in session. Major Roosevelt proposals to speed recovery and wage hour limits won approval by the 75th Congress with actions on monopoly probes and related amendments continuing.
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Solons
Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Drowned Boy Safe and Sound After River Ride
Morgantown June 14 A nine year old boy Bobby Corwin vanished from a bathing beach and reappeared later unharmed. He had been riding a passing freight train in only his trunks and was found after two nights along the Monongahela River. His father John Corwin had dragged the river seeking the boy the rescue is described as a close call.
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Morgantown
Bobby Corwin
Paint-Marion
Bobby
John Corwin
Monsongahela
Lock Dam
Boboy
Nazis Equip Planes With Death Rays
Rome reports the German Heinkel H-68 aircraft are fitted with three devices termed death rays that allegedly force enemy planes to land via short wave emissions. The magazine Radio Nazionale said the system could be deployed along the frontier and used with captive balloon emissions to counter raiders.
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Rome
Radio Nazionale
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Spain
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Franco
NYA
Glenville
Cal
Talay
Huge C & O Holding Unit
Labor
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