Typhoon Smashes Japan Islands Prompting Widespread Destruction
Typhoon loomed toward Japan after two days of horror leaving at least 100 dead and 200 missing. Tokyo faced record rainfall and a damaging earthquake disrupting rail and communications. Central Meteorological Institute warned southern cities to brace for winds. Shipping halted as liners and freighters tied up in Yokohama and ports. Police said 297,379 houses were destroyed or damaged nationwide.
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Tokyo
Japan
Central Meteorological Institute
Chizia Sea
Port
Yokohama
Islands
Bridees Rian
Red Cross Warns Against July Fourth Accidents
Red Cross urges safety as a three day holiday nears. Officials warn of triple exposure to fireworks water sports and highway crashes. They call for strict fireworks rules adult supervision and careful driving to curb July Fourth casualties.
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RED Cross
London
Norman H. Davis
Red Chess
Pair Sought For Assault By Officers
Lloyd Nutter, WPA worker, accused Jim Dilworth and Burl Jones of breaking into his East Washington street home and beating him severely. Warrant charges felonious assault and breaking and entering were issued, after Nutter was found at the fire station bleeding and later treated at Grifton City Hospital.
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Lloyd Nutter
Washington
Jim Dilworth
East Main Street
Burl Jones
Grafton
Justice of the Peace
A.B. Kna
Benshue
Nutter
WPA
Maks
Grafton City Hospital
Chief of Police
A. E
Dilworth
Jones
Howe Relea On Bond Hopkins Acts To Halt WPA Aid
Harry Hopkins said two Kentucky WPA straw bosses were punished for political coercion and pledged swift action against proven cases. He cited allegations involving both Senator Barkley and Governor Alder, stressing equal treatment of political accusations from all sides.
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WPA
Solon
Washington
Harry Hopkins
Kentucky
Hopkins
W. Barkley
Adn
A. B. Dler
Former city patrolman released on bond for July 10 appearance
Aubrey Howe, 23, once a city patrolman, was freed on $1,000 bond for a July 10 appearance after his May 15 shooting of a fellow officer. He awaits sentence for wounding Blair Bartlett as defense lawyers seek a new trial motion. Prosecutor J Philip Clifford said Howe’s trial on a second indictment for theft of guns from the police headquarters would be deferred to the next criminal term.
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Clarksburg
Aubrey Howe
Howe
Blair Bartlett
J. Philip Clifford
Court called to open quiz over leakage
London June 30 An army court opened to investigate leakage of secret anti aircraft information but bowed to the ancient house of commons in a conflict between parliament and the war office. The case could decide whether the Chamberlain government stands or falls as the army court completes its inquiry into privileges of its members under Britain’s official secrets act.
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London
House of Commons
Parliament
War Office
Prime
Neville Chamberlain
High’ Army
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Roosevelt Voices Good Neighbor Policy Extension at World’s Fair
President Roosevelt urged that the Good Neighbor policy could extend to the globe if its spirit were better understood and actively pursued. He spoke during the New York world’s fair cornerstone ceremony for the federal building, stressing war avoidance and stronger neighbor lines amid global upheavals and economic strains.
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