Troops Move On Steel Plant Theaters Spark July Strife
National guard units moved into Cleveland to guard Republic Steel as it plans to reopen four plants. Indiana Harbor saw no troops yet amid safety concerns at Youngstown Sheet & Tube. Union leaders urged renewed resolve at Fourth of July rallies as Governor Earle urged strikers in Johnstown.
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New Heights
Cleveland
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Philip Murray
Pennsylvania
George Earle
Johnstown
Sloop Returns to French Soil After Biscayan Sea Mission
The French sloop Vanquois returned to Bayonne after investigating the seizure of the freighter Tregastel by the insurgent Almirante Cervera off Santander. The Tregastel carried no cargo or refugees and was helping the Madrid Valencia government aid effort.
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Paris
Spanish Biscayan
Tregastel
Vanquois
Bayonne
Almirante Cervera
Santander
Bilbao
European Non-Intervention Committee
San Sebastian
Committee of Popular Aid
Santanders
Madrid-Valencia
Aviator Killed After Upside Down Flight Crash near Whitesburg
Norton Virginia July 5 Dke Massie a 30 year old aviator was killed when his plane crashed at Breeding Field near Whitesburg Kentucky after carrying passengers in the afternoon he reportedly flew upside down twice then crashed into a hill before he could right the craft his widow Mrs Nannie Massie and several relatives survive him
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Norton
Dke Massie
Breeding Field
Whitesburg
Nannie Masone
Wilson
Man sets off gasoline blast in Memphis car
In Memphis a 28-year-old man who knew Rockefeller Wilson struck a match to test for gasoline in Wilsons car tank. The blast occurred. Wilson was hospitalized and the friend was unharmed.
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Rockefeller Wilson
Wil
Wilson
Court battle tops national agenda in capital
In Washington on July 5 the battle to revamp the Supreme Court reaches a decisive phase after five months of skirmishing. Senate consideration of the President's judiciary bill is expected to begin late tomorrow with adjournment planned until Thursday.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robinson
Senate
Logan
D-Ky
Gunman Flees After Killing Five In Lancaster
An unidentified gunman and a red headed woman companion were hunted after he killed a pursuing officer near Lancaster. Officer B. Frank Lowell, 38, was fatally shot with an automatic shotgun. another officer, E Hoyt Barton, escaped injury as the bandit seized a passing car and fled after a wreck. Witnesses say the woman appeared injured.
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Jack Whitaker
Frank Robinson
Lancaster
C. H. Stroupe
Charlotte
N. C
Stroupe
State Commemorates First White Settlers On Shores
North Carolina marks 350 years since the Roanoke settlers with Paul Green pageant The Lost Colony at Roanoke Island in a natural amphitheater WPA era production Katherine Care stars as Virginia Dare mother figure The August 18 anniversary will feature a Roosevelt address at the site.
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Maneto
N. C
North Carolina
New World
Paul Green
Roanoke Island
Katherine Care
WPA
Federal Theater Project
Virginia Dare
Roosevelt
Business Sessions Close North Carolina Postal Meet
Business sessions end the annual gathering of affiliated postal groups in Asheville. The North Carolina Federation of Post Office Clerks, North Carolina Federation of Letter Carriers, the Carolinas Association of Postal Supervisors and the auxiliary units met jointly to wrap up proceedings.
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Asheville
North Carolina Federation of Post Office Clerks
North Carolina Federation of Letter Carriers
Carolinas Association of Postal Supervisors
Women’s Auxiliaries
Jury Is Summoned For Second Trial In Alturas Slaying
Alturas California July 5 The jury that convicted Harry French 30 of five degree murder in the newspaper feud slaying of Claude L McCracken 46 Alturas editor was ordered back to court tomorrow to try him on his plea of innocence by reason of insanity
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Alturas
Calif
Harry French
Claude L. McCracken
Man Faces Old Murder Count in North Carolina
Nick Collins, 65, carpenter, arrested in Dendron Virginia for a 1917 shotgun slaying in Jones County involving A Collins. He admitted identity but offered no comment on the charge. Surviving witness Tom Collins, son of the victim, said the shooting followed a boundary dispute. Collins has been jailed in Lepoir County awaiting September court term.
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Kinston
N. C
Nick Collins
A. Collins
Jones County
Collins
Dendron
Surry County
Virginia
John W. Creach
Creach
Lepoir County
Tom Collins
Nick Colins
Florida
Georgia
Spanish Forces Advance on Three Fronts in Civil War
Government troops push on three fronts with offensives in Santander Aragon and the north as insurgents fortify occupation. Insurgent bombers strike Valencia area while Franco approves ore shipments to Britain and a British bloc property staff returns from Byance.
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Mount Mellilio
Santander
el Quezy
Aragon
Valencia
Spain
Francisco Franco
Britain
Orcomera
Bilbao
Byance
Britain Holds Emergency Session On Spain Policy
Prime Minister convenes cabinet and defense committee to decide Britain's stance in the Spanish Civil War and threats to Mediterranean communications. The Board of Trade warns insurgent warships near Santander threaten shipping. British ships defend merchants only beyond the three mile limit. Foreign Secretary Eden pushes a policy to preserve Spain for Spaniards and keep the empire's main arterial road through the Mediterranean amid Franco-British patrol deadlock. Germany and Italy hint at possible compromise as they refuse to cede patrol areas.
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Nee Icate
New ¥Ifle Cham
Cabinet
Imperial Committee of Defense
Britain
Board of Trade
Santander
Spain
Defense Committee
Anthony Eden
Mediterranean
Germany
Italy
Flying boat poised for 1800 mile Atlantic survey flight
Caledonia lay at the mouth of the River Shannon ready for a pioneering 1800 mile commercial survey flight to Botwood Newfoundland. The Western Ireland departure was planned for 7 p.m. local time with Pan American Clipper III aiming to begin a parallel eastward crossing from Botwood.
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Sal Ahwave
Caledonia
Shannon
Atlantic
Ireland
Botwood
Newfoundland
Spencers Wed Duchess of Windsors First Husband Remarries
Commander Earl Winfield Spencer U S navy and Norma Reese Johnson wed in Los Angeles in a double ceremony that also joins Johnson’s daughter Betty to Bailie Legare Jr. The couple headed north for a Canadian honeymoon to the Staples ranch in Spokaneane BC.
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Los Angeles
Earl Winfield Spencer
U. S. Navy
Duchess of Windsor
Norma Reese Johnson
Detroit
Ranger
Spencers
Staples
Spoeeanenee
British
Columa
Independence Day toll tops 314 with no fireworks deaths
AP survey shows 314 lives lost on the nation’s Independence Day, with auto accidents 192 drownings 70 and other causes 52. The tally marks the third largest since 1930 and slightly above the eight year average.
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Associated Press
WPA Worker Admits Part in Killings
Albert Dyer, a WPA guard for children at Centinela Park Inglewood, confessed to the brutal killing of Madeline Everett 7 Melba Everett 8 and Jeanette Stephens 9. He allegedly strangled them and raped their bodies. District Attorney Baron Fitts said three murder charges will be filed.
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Los Angeles
Conf
Sanderson
Albert Dyer
Madeline Everett
Melba
Jeanette Stephens
Baron Fitts
Dyer
WPA
Centinela Park
Inglewood
Garbled Earhart Message Heard By Navy Operators
Early this morning Navy operators picked up fragments of a garbled radio message believed to be from Amelia Earhart and her navigator Frederick Noe. The imperfect transmission suggested the plane was sinking about 281 miles north of Howland Island with a rough bearing toward the McKean Islands in the Pacific.
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Howland Khaaq
Holand Island
Barl
Miss Earhart
Frederick Noe
How
Wake Island
Howland Island
McKean Islands
Steel strikes spread across midwest and northeast bids
Cleveland troops move toward four Bethlehem Steel plants as reopening looms. In Indiana Harbor ministers appeal for troops amid a “completely out of control” situation. Gov Earle in Johnstown proposes a vote among Bethlehem workers to decide CIO representation while Phillip Murray vows a long fight. In Youngstown Clinton Golden rails against the militia and predicts public opinion turning against steel interests.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Johnstown
Gov
Earle
Bethlehem Steel
Wether Cio
Phillip Murray
SWOC
Youngstown
Clinton S. Golden
Davey
Tin Hat Army
State Turns To Second Half With Optimism in 1937
North Carolina’s business mood bright as 1936-37 revenues hit a record $68,184,327.04 and income tax payments rise, signaling higher taxable income. Federal and customs receipts set state records in Greenville, Wilmington, and Durham, with postal gains across major cities and ABC store profits climbing in Pasquotank and New Hanover.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Allen J. Maxwell
Internal Revenue
Greensboro
Wilmington
Customs Collection District
Ord
Durham
Elizabeth City
Asheville
Statesville
Winston- Salem
Pasquotank County
ABC
New Hanover County
Roosevelt Helps Hy de Park Church Fund Drive
President Roosevelt planned a 90 mile out drive to aid a up state country church fundraiser in Hyde Park New York after reaffirming faith in the Constitution. He would attend a Mt Marion church fair and may speak briefly while awaiting a Washington departure.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Littl
Mt. Marion
Hudson
Belgian Premier Reports After U S Trip
Premier Paul van Zeeland of Belgium filed an exhaustive report to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden after talks with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull. He said Roosevelt was very helpful and he was satisfied with the visit.
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London
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Paul van Zeeland
Belgium
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
van Zeeland
Beggar Arrest Reveals Cash Found in Pockets
In Kansas City on July 5 police say a man arrested for begging yielded three News Testaments and 537.46 dollars in cash from his pockets, details indicate.
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Kansas City
Toy
State Observes Fourth Quietly in North Carolina
Charlotte July 5 public offices and many private businesses closed for Independence Day observance. North Carolinians spent the long week at beaches and resorts. Eight traffic deaths reported Friday to Sunday. Lightning strike at Roanoke Rapids killed a baseball player. a Charlotte youth injured in a fireworks accident. Governor Hoey visited Shelby and planned western vacation, returning July 12.
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Charlotte
Virginia
Roanoke Island
Roanoke Rapids
Hoey
Shelby
Masons Gather For Waynesville Meet
Waynesville North Carolina hosts a three day Masonic session of the Grand Council of and Select Masters of Carolina. A notable feature is the burial of a memorial chest in a vault at Black Camp Entrance to the Great National Park. The chest will remain sealed until June 6, 1960, with invitations for U States and Canada members to place mementos or documents inside.
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Waynesville
N. C
Grand Council of
Carolina
Great National Park
Black Camp
Grand Council
U States
Canada
Flowers Seeks New Trial in Forsyth Court
Hickory dentist Dr. Ralph Flowers seeks a new trial after the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a seven to ten year sentence for robbing a Winston Salem dental gold firm of 700 dollars. The petition cites newly discovered evidence including a purported confession by co defendant Leroy Blackman and a parole investigator statement alleging police coercion. The filing could stay execution pending the court’s consideration of all issues raised.
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Hickory
Forsyth County
Ralph ©. Flowers
Winston- Salem
North Carolina Supreme Court
Forsyth
Louis A. Whitener
Leroy Blackman
J. Fleming
Winston-Salem Cers
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