Soviet Gunboats in Amur River Escalate Border Clash
Moscow floated a defense loan of four million rubles as Amur border tensions with Japan intensified. Tokyo reported Soviet forces massing, with 300,000 troops mobilized and island incursions blamed on Moscow, prompting Hirohito to receive a crisis briefing.
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Moscow
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Amur
James A. Mills
Associated Press
Tokyo
Seniuru Island
Amurion
Leagar
Seniuru
Russia
Japan
Asahi
Amur Islands
Hirohito
Soviet
Siberia
Manchukuo
Mikado
Mavy
Yonai
33 face gas tax trials in Shreveport
A federal grand jury indicted 38 charges against 33 defendants from five states for gasoline tax evasion. The scheme involved shipping gasoline labeled as kerosene distillate or refined oil to dodge taxes, violating the explosives act. Five defendants were from Alabama and were arraigned with bonds set. others from Texas Tennessee Mississippi and Florida were named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shireveport
Roxie G. Lee
J. B. Linn
Mobile
Ala
N. Propst
Cullman
Earl Morrison
A. V. Smith
Birmingham
Texas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Florida
Population of Morgan County Jail Cuts Inmates In Half
The Morgan county jail population fell 50 percent during the circuit court term from 40 inmates to 20. Some cases were pressed others acquitted and several convicted and sent to prison. Fourteen prisoners are white and six are black with the majority charged with misdemeanors and one held on a burglary count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Mosquito Breeding Hits Peak in Wheeler Pool Area
TVA officials report peak mosquito breeding across Wheeler pool with spraying by thirty boats and two airplanes. A damaged plane returned to service after a Limea'one county incident. Authorities note untreated ponds and vegetation breed malaria carrying mosquitoes, urging cleanup and weed burning to curb spread through the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler Pool
TVA
Limea
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama Atty General Carmichael awaits Lawson in Highlands
Attorney General A. A. Carmichael of Alabama, vacationing in Highlands, said he expected no public developments from a conference with his assistant T. S. Lawson regarding the Scottsboro trials. No opposing counsel were to attend. The meeting was to occur later in the day.
Rabid Dog Bites Two People Near Falkville
A rabid dog bitten two persons, Harold Holmes and a McClanahan child, near Falkville. The Tennessee Valley Laboratory sent ten treatments of anti rabies serum today after the dog, found to be rabid, was handled by several others. The head was examined locally and confirmed the dog was rabies Sufferer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Harold Holmes
McClanahan
Mrs P H Clark Travels After Mother's Death
Mrs P H Clark left for Cincinnati after the sudden death of her mother Mrs L D Rhinehart from a heart attack Wednesday afternoon. She will bring the body home for burial in Russellville Friday with many friends sending sympathy.
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P. H. Clark
Cincinnati
Merchants Plan to Close For Fourth of July
Hartsville business firms will close next Monday for the official Fourth of July celebration. A circulating petition drew signatures from nearly every merchant, signaling a coordinated town closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Ala
Bonanza Quartet to Perform at Crenshaw Homecoming
The Bonanza Quartet from Decatur will join the home-coming and all day singing in Crenshaw County on Sunday July 8. The event is at Old Campground Church near Luverne.
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Bonanza Quartet
Decatur
Crenshaw County
Old Campground Church
Luverne
Willow Flies Swarm City In Annual Visit
Thousands of willow flies invaded the city last night creating traffic hazards on major routes. Morning streets showed dead and dying flies in sidewalks and business entrances as officials warned the two week later swarms may persist depending on weather and wind conditions.
Riddle Seeks Gov Graves Discusses Homestead Exemption
Montgomery July 1. Senator Hardy Riddle of Talladega and Sheriff Sam Burns visited Governor Graves at the capitol. Riddle, former head of the state school for the deaf and blind, spoke of talks on several issues and hinted at a possible gubernatorial bid while noting the homestead tax exemption idea remains a shared platform among candidates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hardy Riddle
Talladega
Senate
Cyraves
Riddle
Sam Burns
Talladega County
Capitol
State School For Deaf and Blind
Talladegly
House
Alabama
Note Probed in Kidnaping Missing Parsons Case
Dunn North Carolina sheriff W W Salmon reports investigation of a hastily written note dropped from a speeding car. The note, signed Mrs Parsons, claims she is being held near Raleigh and mentions a $25 000 ransom. Authorities from the Department of Justice join the probe as officials seek Mrs Alice McDowell Parsons who vanished May 9.
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Dunn
N. C
W. W. Salmon
Alice McDowell Parsons
Long Island
Salmon
Raleigh
Department of Justice
Parsons’ Pearance
Arm Fracture Suffered After Fall at Home
Mrs Mary McMillan fractured her right arm when she slipped on a rug at her home 513 1-2 Second avenue at 9 30 this morning. She was taken to Benevolent Society Hospital in a Brown ambulance.
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Mary McMillan
Second Avenue
Benevolent Society Hospital
Brown
Organizer Surrenders in Warren Steel Strike Case
CIO organizer Hall surrendered to police in Warren Ohio on a charge of unlawful possession of explosive devices linked to steel strike disorders. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound to the grand jury under a 50,000 dollar bond. Lee Pressman accompanied him.
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Warren
Hus Hall
Warren-Niles
CIO
Hall
Lee Pressman
CTO
Ralph Speake
B. J. Gillen
Sidney Watkins
W. B. Kilpatrick
Steel mills reopen under truce amid Great Lakes strike
In Youngstown Ohio Governor Townsend announced Inland Steel and partner mills reached a truce ending the Great Lakes strike. Workers return without discrimination as top steel firms Republic Bethlehem and Youngstown Sheet and Tube face ongoing negotiations. Inland Steel officials deny concessions while CALUMET BWOC leaders claim victory for workers.
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Mord
Great Lakes
Mahoning Valley
Ohio
Ohio National
Bessemer
Youngstown
Steel
Republic Steel Corporation
Inland
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Townsend
Inland Steel
Clarence B. Randall
Nicholas Fontecchio
BWOC
Calumet
Indiana-Illinois
Randall
Two Suspects Held in Hend Deaths Inglewood Case
Inglewood Calif July 1 two men held in connection with the kidnapping murder of three young girls. Luther Dow 33 an ex convict identified as the man who played with the victims. the other suspect unnamed. Dow moved to Inglewood hospital after drinking and was transferred from Los Angeles central station amid crowd demands for justice. Funeral services set for the victims Madeline Everett 7 Melba Everett 9 and Jeanette Stephens 8 with an inquest to follow.
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Inglewood
Calif
Los Angeles
Luther Dow
Mder
William Penprase
Sheriff's Office
Penprose
Dow
Los Angeles Central
Hall
Merle Everett
Dowlse
Don Oliver
Je Vice
Ingewood
Baldwin Hills
Don
Navy
Kent
Ohio
San Quentin Penitentiary
Eugene Williams
District Attorney’s Office
Olive Everett
Bichloride Poison Victim Treated At Hospital
Mrs. G. E. Barnett of 1210 Fourth Avenue south was treated at Benevolent Society Hospital for bichloride or mercury poisoning after taking two tablets of seven and a half grains each Wednesday afternoon. She was rushed by McAfee and Young ambulance and given emergency care. Doctors described her condition as satisfactory but said recovery was not yet certain.
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G. E. Barnett
Fourth Avenue
South
Benevolent Society Hospital
McAfee and Young
Big scale dog vaccination starts in city and county
Dr. R. F. South, appointed rabies inspector for Morgan County, begins wholesale dog vaccinations from his West Moulton street office. He aims to vaccinate all dogs in the police jurisdiction by July 10, with clinics in Austinvile and two assistants aiding next week. About 50 dogs already vaccinated. The Alabama rabies law requires annual vaccination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. South
Morgan County
West Moulton Street
First Avenue
Decatur
South
Austinvile
Dr. South
Geo, Eason
Hartselle
Geo. Jacobs
Alabama
Mishap Toll Goes Higher Across Nation in 1936
The National Safety Council estimated 111000 lives lost in 1936 with 3.7 billion dollars in costs. One injury every three seconds and 10,730,000 total accidents were reported, with home accidents rising sharply and traffic deaths at a high. Occupational deaths reached 18000 and public non motor vehicle accidents rose 11 percent.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Safety Council
The
Burglar Steals Cash From City Grocery
A burglar broke into Frank Roberts grocery at Sycamore and Lafayette, sawing the lock and taking several hundred dollars from a hidden cash stash. No merchandise missing and no clues left. Police investigate additional prowling and attempted burglaries citywide.
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Frank Roberts
Sycamore
Lafayette
R. L. Stephenson
Jackson Street
Stephenson
Ford Almanac attacks union drive over wages
Detroit July 1 Ford Motor Co says in its July Almanac that high wages keep wage levels nationwide and criticizes financiers and wage dictators for pressing to standardize pay. The article cites Ford paying six dollars a day and defends Ford's long history of high wages amid unionization efforts led by Homer Martin.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Almanac
Henry Ford
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Workers
Homer Martin
Ford Motor Co
Ballyhoo
Governor Graves Calls for Unlawful Bearing of Arms End
Alabama Governor Bibb Graves urged citizens and others to refrain from unlawful bearing of arms after labor disputes in Gadsden. He said law enforcement must be vigorous and uniform and that reports of lawlessness are exaggerated. He expressed full confidence in the Gadsden city commission and urged peaceful, orderly conduct.
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Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Tam
Gadsden
William Mich
W. O. Hare
Bor
Explosion shatters Celtic cross memorial in Belfast cemetery
A republican memorial in a nationalist district of Belfast was blown apart today. The 12 foot high Celtic cross memorial stood at Milkownm public cemetery and was destroyed by an explosion.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Milkownm
Weather flash reports cool night with no rain
The past 24 hours saw a cool spell with Wednesday night among the coolest in years. There was no rainfall. The Tennessee River stage stood at 20 feet and was falling. Forecasts hint at slightly cooler western portions tonight and Friday.
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Tennessee
Comn
Teenessee
West
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Peet Sobeed Om
A. T. Stewart
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Mommy) Walsh
Peyton Gordon
Walsh
Dayton
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Roger Robb
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