Death toll from heat mounting amid tax evasion claim
Washington July 9 Representative Fish alleged Franklin D Roosevelt used a tax loophole tied to a 1935 radio contract for Mrs Roosevelt. The contract paid sponsors 3000 per talk to a charity. critics say the arrangement concealed earnings and commissions. Fish presented a photostatic copy and said the arrangement shows earnings controlled by Mrs Roosevelt. The matter was presented to a congressional committee with continuation noted on page si.
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Washington
Fish
R-N. F
Congressional
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Yorker
Roosevelt
Shelby Arch Preserver Shoe Company
American Friends Service Committee
Philadelphia
America
Myles F. Lasker
Nancy Cook
Japan Warned In Warm Note On Siberia Clash
The Soviet government warned Japan to stay out of Siberia and said it would use all possible means to prevent invasion by Japanese Manchukuoan forces. Moscow accused Tokyo of not evacuating troops from sandspits along the Amur border and called its protest untrue.
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Moscow
Japan
Siberia
Russia
Ennufu
Bolshoi
Amur
Far East
Maxim Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Union charges against Ford at NLRB hearing in River Rouge clash
A one man grand jury was convened to probe a May 26 fight at the River Rouge plant after 15 UAW organizers were injured. Warrants were issued charging assault against Ford Motor Company and nine service department employees, with Everett A Moore named.
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River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Service Department
Everetta Moore
Central Press
Union Adopts New Strategy in Youngstown Strike
Union leaders announced a new strike plan at Republic Steel in Youngstown to stir lines reopened two weeks ago. George Simcox of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee said the walkout would start at 11:30 a.m. local time. President Tom White of the lodge confirmed the call. Simcox added similar actions may follow at Youngstown Sheet & Tube plants. Simcox stressed the strike would be lawful and orderly with key men positioned to keep operations steady. The move comes amid broader steel strike tensions and mixed comments from AFL President William Green and WOC Chair Philip Murray.
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Youngstown
Republic Steel Corporation
George Simcox
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic
Tom White
Lodge
E.S.T
Murray
Simcox
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Pittsburgh
Youngstown Sheet &| 7 Tube Co
Sicox
Town forms plan to curb gambling in Clark county
Jeffersonville civic leaders study action to curb rampant gambling in Clark county and restore city’s respect after the machine gun slaying of Clarence Amster near here. The shooting was linked by the Louisville Courier Journal to a gambling war.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Clark County
Clarence Amster
New Albany
Louisville Courier-Journal
Grafton Youth Aids Search for Amelia Earhart Missing
Leland Knight of this city serves aboard the Battleship Colorado which joins the hunt for Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Knight, son of R. V. Knight and grandson of Mr and Mrs L M Knight of West Main street, left Grafton two years ago to enlist in the U S Navy.
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Leland Knight
R. V. Knight
City
L. M. Knight
West Main Street
Colorado
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Knight
Grafton
United States Navy
Japanese Women Fliers Present Charm to Earhart’s Family
Tokyo news reports that women aviators of Japan gave the American embassy a protective charm for Amelia Earhart, missing in the South Seas. The charm, blessed by the Konpera Shrine Shinto priest, followed prayers by the fliers for Earhart’s safety.
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Tokyo
Japan
Amelia Earhart
South Seas
Konpera Shrine
Yliss Earhart
C I O Replies To A F L Attack On Steel Strike
Washington reports the Committee for Industrial Organization labels AFL claims of C I O blunders as empty and old. William Green accuses C I O tactics of angering public opinion while John Brophy calls Green statements hollow. J L Lewis made no comment. Public opinion grows against C I O after recent steel and auto actions. Continued on page six.
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Washington
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
William Green
A. F. of L
Lewis
John Brophy
Green
Charge Lewis Receives Money From Communists
E H Dowell district organizer for the A F L in San Diego reports the Justice Department holds 750000 in checks from Communist sources given to John L Lewis to aid unionizing the CIO Dowell made the claim in a debate with William Brodie of the American Newspaper Guild The San Diego Guild was expelled from the county labor council after the national guild affiliated with the CIO
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San Diego
Calif
E. H. Dowell
A. F. of L
Department of Justice
John L. Lewis
Dowell
William Brodie
American Newspaper Guild
County Labor Council
National Guild
St. Louis
C. 1
Mae West seeks declaratory relief in Wallace marriage claim
Los Angeles July 9 Mae West asserts in court that Frank Wallace is her husband of 26 years and requests declaratory relief. Wallace’s counsel objected and a judge faced whether to order an accounting of community property.
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Los Angeles
Mae West
Frank Wallace
Mae
Wallace
Miss West
Avery M. Blount
Emmett Wilson
Blount
New York
Samuel J. Siegel
Philippi Mill Grants Pay Raise to Workers
Philippi Woolen Mills Inc declares a three percent dividend to stockholders as of June 30 and reports a year of operation with two full shifts and solid orders. The board votes a ten percent wage raise for employees with at least six months service, affecting more than 75 workers, under manager J A Hartell as output steadily increases.
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Philippi
Philippi Woolen Mills, Inc
J. A. Hartell
Rain Squalls Threaten Halt Search for Earhart
Equatorial rain squalls threaten to interrupt the search for Amelia Earhart as navy planes prepared to resume aerial scanning of the Phoenix Islands from the battleship Colorado. After a week of searching 136000 square miles with no sightings, officers deemed this period crucial and hoped for clear weather today and tomorrow.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
Navy
Colorado
Phoenix Islands
Coast Guard
Winslow Reef
aviatr+n
Frederick J. Noonan
Gold Hoard's Use For Debt Paring Is Argued
Washington officials weighed whether part of the central gold hoard of 1,143,000,000 dollars could be used to pare down federal debt. The gold sterilization program, started last September, aimed to keep credit stable by matching borrowings to gold inflows and removing from the money market funds added by gold imports.
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Washington
Treasury
Heat Wave Ends Father Divine Rally in Kingston
Nearly 1,700 followers bid farewell as Father Major J. Dwine’s two day celestial Olympics in Ulster County were cut short by heat. About 200 to 300 pilgrims remained as the rest steamed toward the Hudson after two postponements. The planned events included tennis baseball boxing golf swimming track and potato peeling contests.
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Kingston
Major J. Dwine
Hudson
Greenhill Park
Father Divine
Ulster
Arab Rulers Petition Over Palestine Partition Plan
The Arab higher committee cabled four kings in a plea in the name of God and religion to halt the British plan to divide Palestine. It names Crown Prince Saud, Emir of the Saadian kingdom, the Imam of Yemen, Emir Abdullah of Transjordan, and the King of Iraq as figures to seek aid from amid tense protests over Jewish control of holy sites under British mandate.
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Jerusalem
Arab Higher Committee
Palestine
Tan Saud
Imam
Yemen
Abdullah
Transjordan
Ghai
Iraq
Myron Taylor scheduled to retire from post as chairman of U. S. Steel
New York reports Myron C. Taylor plans to retire as chairman of U. S. Steel on January 1, contingent on financing and dividend plans. He refused to comment while vacationing in Florence. The New York Herald Tribune cited conditions with a potential ambassadorship if the current ambassador resigns and noted speculation on a successor.
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Myron Taylor
U. S. Steel
New York
Wall Street
Myron C. Taylor
U. S. Steel Corporation
Florence
Italy
Taylor
America
New York Herald-Tribune
Court of St. James
Robert W. Bingham
The
Herald Tribune
Carnegie-Kinois Steel Corp
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel,and Iron
Quarry Worker Dies in West Virginia Heat Wave
Morgantown July 9 A quarry worker Ben Turner aged 43 from Dellslow collapsed at work and died two hours later as Monongalia County records a 98 degree heat day. The incident marks one fatality from the intense heat.
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Morgantown
Ben Turner
Dellslow
Georgia Actress Denounces Hollywood Suave Youth
Patricia Wilder, known as Honeychile, says Georgia men are superior to Hollywood film hearts. She praises southern manners over glamour and cites macon roots when critiquing film stars. The remarks contrast glamour with good behavior and southern charm.
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Hollywood
Patricia Wilder
Miss Wilder
Macon
Georgia
Honeychile
Iit
New Financial Decrees in Force in France
Paris reports sweeping decrees under Premier Camille Chautemps to erase an 8 billion franc deficit and replenish the treasury by 10.5 billion francs. Citizens face higher taxes and increased railway fares and freight tariffs as the second Popular Front government acts to avert fiscal emergency after Leon Blum.
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Paris
People’s Front
Council of Ministers
Camille Chautemps
Popular Front
Leon Blum
LaGuardia Likely To Seek Re-election In GOP Push
New York July 9 Fiorello H LaGuardia indicated he would accept a Republican nomination if offered as in 1933. A petition with 1100 signatures urged him to attempt a fusion victory to end Tammany rule. Wagner and Copeland and former Gov Alfred E Smith bowed out of the Democratic race. Smith said he would not run after returning from Europe.
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New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
U. S
Robert F. Wagner
Royal
Copeland
Alfred E. Smith
James J. Dooling
Tammany Hall
Wagner
Smith
Europe
WPA Check Arrives For Accused Child Slayer
In Los Angeles a $27.50 WPA defense fund gift arrived for Albert Dyer as alienists examined the mind of a man charged with killing three Inglewood girls. The irony lay in the check supporting his escort work for schoolchildren he allegedly harmed.
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Los Angeles
WPA Today
Albert Dyer
Inglewood
Dyer
Madeline
Melba Everett
Jeanette Stephens
House Reading Clerk Patrick Haltigan Dies at 74
Washington mourns Patrick J. Haltigan, long time House reading clerk famed for his booming voice. He rose to national notice at the 1924 Democratic convention in New York during the Smith–McAdoo deadlock as he announced ballots starting with Alabama’s 24 votes for Oscar Underwood.
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Washington
Patrick J. Haltigan
House of Representatives
Haltigan
New York
Alabama
Oscar Underwood
Heat Death Toll Rises Across North as Relief Lags
The nation endures a sweeping heat wave with at least 54 deaths across northern states and hundreds of prostrations. Walla Walla and Yakima sweltered at 96 and 94 degrees while Lamar Colorado and To wa Iowa hit 103. Michigan reported 15 heat deaths, Massachusetts 11, and several other states noted multiple fatalities as New York City and Boston posted record July highs. Continued on page five.
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Atlantic
Washington
Walla Walla, Wie
Yakima
Wash
Lamar
Col
Towa
New York
New England
Middle Atlantic
Lower Lake
Michigan
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Maine
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
New York City
Boston
Evacuation Ends Wanping Clash as Talks Continue
Chinese and Japanese forces report partial evacuation and localizing Wanping incident after five hours of talks. Officials say troops withdrawn across the Yungting river amid sporadic shooting, with both sides expecting mutual fulfillment of terms.
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Wanpinghsien
Tientsin
Yungting
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Taylor County Safety Council
NLRB
Ford
Detroit
Labor Board
Ford Co
National Labor Relations Board
Word Motor Company
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Common Pleas
Ralph Liddy
Republic Mills
Cleveland
Amelia
C.I
A. F
Cash
Spurns
Holy Land
Patricia
Wilder
France
Peiping
China
Wan
Pinghsien
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