American Warships Stand Firm Over Yangtze Zone
Shanghai June 14 American and British gunboats moved along the Yangtze as Japan warned foreign shipping to evacuate a 200 mile zone. The United States rejected the warning, stating no intent to restrict American warships on the Yangtze while officials in Shanghai, led by Admiral Yarnell and consul Frank P. Lockhart, maintained the stance.
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Japan
Collen Nanking
Yangtze River
United States
Yangtze
Masayuki Tani
China
Wubu
Hankey
Kinkian
Harry E. Yarnell
Frank P Lockhart
Universities Defy Japanese Demands in Peiping Parade Row
North China universities including Yenching and Fu Jen defied orders to participate in anti-Chinese government demonstrations. Foreign educators call it a stand for academic freedom in the region seized by Japan. Risk looms of closing foreign educational institutions if capitulation occurs.
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Sine
Che Hipatiesr
North China
Agadine
Ching Kai-shek
Japan
Yenching University
Five Tales
Peiping
Auto Union Split Deepens as Reds Accused of Activity
Washington reports the International board of the United Automobile Workers split after President Homer Martin suspended five officers for disturbing union harmony. Six board members walked out. Frankensteen faction leaders faced trial. Martin said no political affiliation caused the action but warned against use of the union to aid any dictatorship.
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International Board of the
United Automobile Workers
Homer Martin
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Martin
Hal
Wiion
Communist Party
Frankensteen
John S. Lewis
C.I.0
Richard T. Frankensteen
Wyndham Mortimer
Ed Hall
Walter N. Wells
George Addess
Auto Union
Hitler
Massisolini
Senator Wheeler Warns of WPA Political Use
Washington June 13 One Democrat Senator Wheeler of Montana charged the WPA is politically active while Buckley of Ohio voiced faith in the WPA’s fairness. Wheeler urged relief agencies avoid political entanglements and warned that using relief funds to oppose lawmakers could create a Frankenstein of relief programs out of control.
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Wheeler
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W.P.A
Buckley
Ohio
Senate
Ganization
Marty
Congress
O Connell Summoned as Witness in Jersey Feud
Newark June 13 subpoenas issued for O Connell and Representative Bernard to testify in Hague led civil suit actions. Hague called O Connell communist and labeled opponents as red, while O Connell and Bernard weigh honoring subpoenas amid months of political clashes. Public Safety Director Daniel Casey and Hague faced cross examination as the case unfolds in federal court.
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Jerry Connell
Mintina Dewiorrat
Hague
Jersey City
Tassunu Mond
CLO
American Civil Liberties Union
James A . Hammill
O'Connell
Jonn T Bernard
Minn
Washington
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Communist
Bernard
Red Spal
Communist Party
Courresemen
O'Connnell
Hitler
Mage and hour bill debate shapes Congress action in 1930s Washington
Washington Iowa reporting outlines how a proposed federal wage and hour board would wield broad powers, including multiple sector standards and immunities. The bill’s path shows Senate trimming, House passage in May, and shifts in support tied to primaries and administration backing. The May version differed from the December draft, affecting House sentiment and future action.
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Washington
Iowa
Congress
NRA
Senate
Board
Earthquake Survey Checks Belgian Damage After Shocks
Architects surveyors and government experts began a thorough check in Belgium to gauge quake damage after Saturday’s tremor. Tents and delicate instruments were set near St Pauls Cathedral to detect movement within the dome’s columns as Brussels wires report further minor shocks this morning.
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London
Tyne
St. Paul's Cathedral
Brussels
Belgium
Lumber Executive Possibly Murdered in Portland Mystery Deepens
Portland officials and county police searched every foot of terrain around the Portland Golf club for the missing Frita Coller Burrill, superintendent of a Portland lumber mill, with no trace found of him or his car. Associates fear foul play amid the investigation.
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Portland
Ore
Frita Coller Burrill
Portland Golf Club
Warrill
Ralph Smith Lumber Company
Spanish-American War Veterans Meet Opens in Miles City
Business sessions of the 37th annual state encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans began in Miles City on June 13. Speakers included Lew F. Grill, a local newspaper man, and D. J. Brum—baugh from Billings, past department commander and National Spanish War Veterans representative.
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Miles City
Cloga
Lew F. Grill
D. J. Brumbaugh
Billings
National
Senate seeks to condemn bombing of civilians
Washington June 13 Chairman Pittman of the senate foreign relations committee urged the senate to condemn bombing of civilian populations. He introduced a regulation directing his committees to investigate and report at the next session recommendations on actions by Congress to halt the practice.
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Washington
Pittman
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Congress
Adjournment of Congress Nears After Last-Week Deals
Washington June 13 The 75th Congress nears a final adjournment as leaders report a tentative compromise on the spending and lending bill and a plan to wrap up major tasks by Wednesday night. White House talks delay railroad financial relief, with opposition from labor unions over wage cuts. Continued on Page 3.
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Mimaries
Florida
Denen
White House
Barkley
Registerml
Victory for Frango as Castellon de la Plana falls
Dispatches report Frango forces capture Castellon de la Plana and its port Grio, opening a broad coastal plain for attack on Valencia. Civilians largely remain, despite some fled Valencia, as London notes Neville Chamberlain prepares for cabinet meetings amid debates over Spain bombing. The British government considers neutral zones for ports not handling war materiel.
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France
Castellan de la Plame
Grio
Valencia
Csty
Mediterranean
Castellon de la Plans
Mexican Rebel Chief and Band Reported Wiped Out
In Puebla a hillside shack near Chipity village was raided by authorities. Brigadier General Enrique Espejel Chavarria, his brother, and three policemen were killed. Atilane Amaro died in the exchange as Espejel and another brother fled and were pursued by gunfire.
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Mexico City
Espejel
Ani
Atilane Amaro
Espesol
Montana Chief Justice Walter Sands Dies From Bus Accident
Walter B. Sands, 68, chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court, of Chinook, died after injuries from a Friday accident when he stepped behind a moving bus at Sixth and Main. An impaired left patellar fracture and a heart ailment, worsened by pneumonia, led to his death yesterday. Sands, elected chief justice in 1934, was returning from Main Street when the incident occurred. the article notes the case continued on page é.
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Montana Supreme Court
Walter B. Sands
Chinook
Ar & A Cooney
Sanda Ueath
Sixth Avenue
Main Street
Page If
Plane wreck recovered on Yosemite peak after long salvage
A salvage crew reached the crash site atop Yosemite's Troena Vista peak after more than two hours of trudging through deep snow. The Transcontinental and Western plane, missing since March 1, killed nine aboard. six passengers and three crew members identified, including pilot John Graves and co pilot Artz. Officials believe bodies and wreckage will be retrieved and studied for the investigation.
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Yosemite
Troena Vista
Haneh
Phine Yeaterday
Bieta Nevada Range
Collier
J. ‘Track Dirlam
Mary Lou
Mansfield
Ohio
Drought Threat for Montana Crops Diminished by Recent Forecasts
A government agricultural report says drought risk in Montana eased, though crop damage risks linger for certain grains and hay. Wheat production may reach a near decade high, with spring wheat outlook still uncertain pending July updates.
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Montana
Triplets graduate at Swiss Vale High School first in district
Pittsburgh June 13 Catherine Dorothy and Patricia Bush earned diplomas at Swiss Vale High School becoming the first triplets to graduate there. Aged 17 they seek three job vacancies. Crop reports note June 1 planting done. winter wheat yields per acre at 17 hushels vs 1987 28,28, and a forecast 16,669,000 bushels statewide. Weather, crop conditions update page 37.
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Pittsburgh
Catherine
Dorothy
Patricia Bush
Swissvale High School
Eid
Wivney
Sudeten German Autonomy Talks Press Urgency and Voting
Berlin reports a Czech government warning that delaying a solution to the Sudeten German issue will force a stronger response. Praha debates minority autonomy amid weekend local elections showing Czech and Slovak coalitions gain ground while Henlein’s Sudeten Germans seek a constitutional path.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Diplomatische Politieche Korrespondenz
Praha
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Konrad Henlein
Senate approves probe into U S phosphate resources
Washington June 13 The senate adopted a resolution creating a joint congressional committee to investigate phosphate resources of the United States The panel would study eastern phosphate conservation and western deposits for American agriculture and report to Congress on February 15 1939.
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Washington
Senate
United States
House
Pope
D. Ideho
Roosevelt
Congress
Gambling in Grain May Be Prohibited by Ukase
Washington reports the Commodity Exchange administration proposed to curb speculative trading in grain futures. Secretary Wallace said limits would take effect only after the Commodity Exchange Commission approves, likely after July 10 when filing expires. The plan sets caps on net futures held per person and on total trading per individual, with scope excluding bona fide hedging.
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UKASE
Washington
Commodity Exchange Administration
Wallace
Commodity Exchange Commission
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