Amelia Earhart search ends as Navy suspends Phoenix hunt
The navy called off the mid Pacific search for Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan in the Phoenix Islands sector. The carrier Lexington heads toward the area with 68 planes to pursue last resort efforts while Colorado planes mop up scanned zones. Navy officials say the disappearance near Howland Island on July 2 remains unresolved.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
mid-Pacific
Amelia Earhart
Flyer
Phoenix Islands
Lexington
Orin G. Murfin
14Th Naval District
Navy
Phoenix Island
Equator
Miss Earhart
Howland Island
Aviatrix
Frederick J. Noonan
New Guinea
Murfin
Colorado
Admiral Murfin
Pearl Harbor
Howland
Massillon clash leaves two dead in steel strike skirmish
MASSILLON Ohio July 12 two policemen were killed and four others wounded in a clash with striking steel workers near the steel workers organizing committee headquarters. The toll for the seven week strike reached fifteen dead.
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Massillon
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Gershwin Dies of Brain Tumor and Clash Toll
News item reports Gershwin death from a brain tumor amid a clash that left seven others wounded. Police detained 141 persons on prison and disorderly conduct charges during investigations. Fulgencio Calzada, Mexican native and former Republic mill worker, died first from a .38 bullet to the head. Nick Valdes, 45, died later from a gunshot wound.
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Fulgencio Calzada
Mexico
Republic Mill
Core Edward Reno
Calzada
Thundershowers Bring Relief From Heat Wave
Weather breaks the heat in many regions with thundershowers easing a prolonged drought. Forecasters warn of more showers but persistent heat remains in the northern half and southeastern states. Rain tempers the heat in North and South Dakota and New England amid drownings and flooding that forced hundreds from their homes in West Virginia communities. Chicago sees 68 degree relief before sun returns.
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Associated Press
New England
Buffalo
Rochester
N. Y
South Dakota
Chicago
Illinois
Georgia
Wisconsin
Indiana
Washington
D. C
West Virginia
Leaders On Mart On Upward Trend
New York stock market gains broad but cautious as U. S. Steel rises above 111 for a day. Trading shows fractions to two points with mixed action in grains and commodities while U. S. Steel profits outlook tops $3 a share. settlement of Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Aluminum strikes boosts sentiment.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Aluminum Co
Wall Street
Geome Analytical
Belfast Orange march under heavy police protection
Belfast was patrolled by heavily armed police as thousands of Orangemen gathered for the Protestant celebration of the 247th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. Police reserves were mobilized to prevent Protestant Catholic clashes seen in prior years.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Renewed fighting along Yungting River frontier near Peiping
In Peiping the five day clash between Chinese and Japanese troops along the Yungting river 10 miles west of the city resumes with heavy gunfire beginning at 10 p m. Local reports say Japanese withdrawals from western suburbs toward Fengtai and Chinese losses cited at three villages along the river.
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Peiping
China
Yungting River
Yungting
Japan
North China
Fengtai
Wanpinghsien
Marco Polo
Flest
Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Korea
Manchuria
Kiyoshi
Hsinking
Kenkichi Ugeda
War Office
Peiping-Hankow
Peiping-Shanghai
Two Asheboro Women Killed In Sunday Wreck
Two 72 year old twin sisters from Asheboro died in a head on crash seven miles south of High Point on Asheboro road last night at 7. Four other people were badly injured and manslaughter warrants will be filed against two injured drivers. Mrs. Burrows and Mrs. Tilley were in a truck driven by Mrs. Iseley of Asheboro. they collided with an auto driven by Mrs. Carter of Durham. Funeral services for Mrs. Burrows will be held at Neighbors Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church. survivors include multiple daughters and a son.
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Asheboro
High Point
Nathan Burrow
Mack Tilley
C. C. Iseley
Harold Carter
Durham
Carters
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Corporal Brown
State Highway Patrol
Carter
Iseley
Neighbors Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church
Burrows
T. Brown
C. C., Iseley
Claude Burrows
Randleman
Tilley
W. B. Miller
Jim Miller
W. D. Tilley
Carnival Performer Fatally Injured in Car Collision
A carnival worker, Dave Cullen of Athens Georgia, was fatally injured when an automobile struck him beside his carnival truck in Aiken South Carolina. A companion was injured but not seriously. Deputy Ernest Garvin said the car was driven to Ag Anderson of Warrenville.
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Aiken
8. C
Dave Cullen
Athens
Ernest Garvin
Ag Anderson
Warrenville
Capitol Pages School Ends in Summer Recess
Washington reports the Capitol Pages School, a unique educational center for youth serving Congress, closes for the summer. Principal Ernest Kindall leads five instructors and 45 students from the Senate and House while regents are lawmakers.
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Washington
Capitol Pages
House of Representatives
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
Senators
House
Ernest Kindall
CPS
Cutters Dash to Fire Scene Off Diamond Shoals
Coast guard cutters Murdoch and George M Bibb raced toward Diamond Shoals off North Carolina after a fragmentary wireless report of a ship alight. The Murdoch, in Carolina waters, was expected to reach the signal source by forenoon with the Bibb to arrive hours later. The last message only spoke of thick smoke with no vessel identity.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Murdock
George M. Bibb
Diamond Shoals
N. C
Carolina
S&s. T
Water sport accident in Crete ends with injuries
In Crete Nebraska Quentin Conklin itinerant harvest hand was run over by a speedboat after reportedly attempting to dive beneath the craft. Life guard Albert Yant said Conklin ignored warnings and sustained severe cuts.
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Crete
Neb
Quentin Conklin
Albert Yant
Conklin
Senator O Mahoney Attacks Court Bill Rules In Debate
Senator O Mahoney opened the second week of Senate discussion on the court bill by condemning rules used to force a vote. He and allies blocked consideration of a conference report on the McGill Pope farm bill, citing alleged extraordinary rules. The Wyoming Democrat spoke before a crowded chamber and accused administration leaders of manipulating procedures. Copeland then sought conference report action, triggering the parliamentary clash.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate
War Department
Robinson
Copeland
Two Men Fatally Hurt in Wilson Car Crash
Frank Deans and Hardy Davis, both of Wilson, were found dead in a wrecked automobile early today. Odell Brown, the third occupant, was seriously hurt and said the car overturned about 11:30 last night, killing the others and trapping him. It was not discovered until 5:30 A M.
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Wilson
N. C
Frank Deans
Hardy Davis
Odell Brown
Brown
F. BR. Fleagle
Clayton
Johnny Ham
James Blizzard, Jr
Danville
Laura Williams
Leon Smith
Mildred Woodard
Ruth Banks
Havelock
Eva Mae Haverland
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wadesboro
Alexander Lee Andrews
Mt. Gilead
Bryant Martin
Mt. Olive
Indiana Harbor plant to reopen Tuesday with guard protection
J. C. Argetsinger of Youngstown Sheet and Tube telegraphed Governor Townsend that the Indiana Harbor plant would reopen tomorrow morning and requested national guard protection for returning workers.
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Indianapolis
J. C. Argetsinger
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana Harbor
National Guard
Gershwin Dies at 38 From Brain Tumor in Hollywood
George Gershwin, famed for Rhapsody in Blue, dies in Hollywood at 38 from a brain tumor after a brief illness and operation. Ira Gershwin and Fred Astaire collaborators mourn, while plans for Goldwyn Follies continue. services set in New York and memorials in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
George Gershwin
Tin Pan Alley
Pandro
Berman
Fred Astaire
Gi Rogers
Gershwin
Berkeley
Walter Dandy
Baltimore
New York
Ira Gershwin
Brooklyn
George White
Aeolian Hall
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman
Fingerprint Records Sought in Lancaster Slaying Case
Lieutenant Leo Jenkins of the state highway patrol said awaiting fingerprint records that could link the prints found on the car used by the slayer to two men under suspicion. He visited Columbus, North Carolina, to inspect the abandoned vehicle and said the prints might identify the suspect or clear the two men. He did not name the suspects.
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Columbia
8. C
Leo Jenkins
State Highway Patrol
B. Frank Lowell
Lancaster
Jenkins
Columbus
N. C
Sausage Factory Burns Near Charlotte
A fire destroyed the John Webber sausage factory near Charlotte last night. Estimated damage is $20,000.
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Charlotte
John Webber
Here
Bankers' Conference Opens in Chapel Hill
The first North Carolina Bankers' conference opened at the University of North Carolina with several hundred officers directors and employees in attendance. The event grew from the association's research committee seeking better data and information for managing changes and will run through Friday.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
North Carolina Bankers
University of North Carolina
North Carolina Bankers Association
No Cause for Alarm in San Francisco Car Delousing
Pat O'Hara ran a hose from a car exhaust to the interior, prompting police concern. He explained it was to delouse the vehicle after noting that a couple of bums slept inside the night before.
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San Francisco
Pat O'Hara
O'Hara
Traffic Accidents Claim Eleven Lives Over State
North Carolina traffic crashes over the weekend killed eleven people and injured many others. Notable fatalities included two 72 year old sisters in a High Point collision and three others in accidents near Clayton and Havelock, with several others injured or missing.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
President To Seal Cornerstone Today
President Roosevelt will seal a cornerstone with a trowel and mortar at 5 P M in Washington completing the apex of a 75 million dollar government building triangle. The Apex building will house the Federal Trade Commission and marks the top half of the downtown project.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission
Feeling Tense in Mississippiy
Feels tense in Tupelo as Ida M. Sledge the Memphis socialite and CIO organizer promised reappearance after two ejections in 21 days. Businessmen threaten to shut factories and halt a $5 000 weekly payroll rather than yield to CIO demands. Sledge announced in Kosciusko she would return to Tupelo today and kept trip details secret after meeting with National Labor Relations Board officials.
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Tupelo
Miss
Mississippi
Ida M. Sledge
Memphis
CIO
Miss Sledge
Kosciusko, Miss
Kosciusko
National Labor Relations Board
DeMolays Meet in Winston-Salem for 18th Convention
More than 100 DeMolays delegates from North and South Carolina gather in Winston-Salem for the 18th annual two day convention. Seven youths will receive the Chevalier degree, including William Baker William Berry Fulton Glenn Wallace Davis Jr Harvey Hodgin Leo Conrad and Fred Perry.
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Winston-Salem
North
South Carolina
Order of the DeMolay
Willam Baker
William Berry
Fulton Glenn
Wallace Davis, Jr
Asheville
Harvey Hodgin
Greensboro
Leo Conrad
Fred Perry
Labor Planning Open Office At Columbia
Plans moved to establish a State Federation of Labor office in Columbia for its statewide organizing drive. The executive board authorized the office and said the American Federation of Labor would send a full time organizer.
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Columbia
8. C
State Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Scottsboro Case Reopened In Alabama Trials
In Decatur Alabama on July 12 jurors were drawn to re try Clarence Norris and other Scottsboro defendants. Norris entered handcuffed as defense counsel Samuel Leibowits weighed potential moves amid renewed questions of compromise and prior Supreme Court findings of juror exclusion.
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Decatur
Ala
Clarence Norris
Scottsboro
W. W. Callahan
United States Supreme Court
Norris
Morgen County
Birmingham
Samuel Leibowits
New York
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