U S Moves to Build Navy to Treaty Limit
Strikes paralyze the Pacific coast as labor unions join a general walkout. Food and gasoline shortages threaten San Francisco while Portland and Los Angeles show movement toward a coastwide labor action. Nearly 100,000 workers in San Francisco and Transbay cities pledge support to 27,900 maritime strikers.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay Area
Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
Transbay
Oakland
Berkeley
Alameda
Government To Build Ships Add More Men
The Navy plans for 5,500 more enlisted men and 19 new ships in the 1936 fiscal year. Total force would reach 88,000, with 12 destroyers 1,500 ton class, two heavy destroyers, and five submarines. Costs near 95 million annually, contingent on Congress funding.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Navy
Congress
Shell Kills Two in Toulon Naval Accident
A shell fired accidentally from the destroyer Vautour struck the sister ship Albatros at Toulon killing two French sailors and wounding a third. The shell had been found and left in one of the Vautour s guns.
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Toulon
France
Vautour
Albatros
Two Women Slain in Dallas Murder Case
In Dallas on July 13 8 AP report says Mrs. Ermine Harris eightieth and her cousin Miss Patricia Kidd twenty four of Waxahachie were shot to death by H B Harris former husband of Mrs Harris.
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Dallas
Tex
Ermine Harris
Fort Worth
Patricia Kidd
Waxahachie
H. B. Harris
Hitler Says He Is Not Worried Over His Fate
Berlin June 13 Adolf Hitler told a packed audience including the Reichstag that he would make a brutally frank declaration of events in history. He said anxiety over economic worries weighs on him but has never weighed him down and that for 15 years of struggle he never worried about his own fate.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Eich
Weather forecast by states and winds updates
North Carolina shows generally fair weather with locally scattered thundershowers in extreme west Saturday afternoon. South Carolina remains mostly fair tonight and Saturday. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville are gentle westerly and fair, while Sandy Hook to Hatteras run gentle to moderate southerly and southwest winds with overcast skies. Charlotte official records note temperature and rainfall figures for the 24 hours to 8 AM.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Charlotte
Eastern Air Lines Announces Trio of Promotions
Eastern Air Lines promotes Charles W. France to vice president in charge of operations George R. Cushing to general superintendent and John K. Ottley Jr to assistant general traffic manager France succeeds Harold Elliott and comes from Western Air Express and Eastern operations roles Cushing has long served with the airline and advises the Georgia governor Ottley remains based in Atlanta and has years of service with Eastern and predecessor firms.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
Charles W. France
George R. Cushing
John K. Ottley, Jr
France
Harold A. Elliott
Eastern Air
Western Air Express
Cushing
Georgia
Ottley
Southern Division
Atlanta, Ga
18 Month Old Bobby Connor Feared Kidnapped Near Hartsdale
In Hartsdale New York police and volunteers launched a large search for 18 month old Bobby Connor who vanished from his home after a pedlar left the area. A lost toy found in woods prompted authorities to believe the child was abducted by a degenerate, as daylight sweeps and scent dogs scoured the area. Major efforts by state troopers firemen and neighbors continued with no trace of the boy.
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Hartsdale
N. Y
Bobby Connor
Charles H. Connor
New York
Bobby
Charles P. Connor
Arlington
Mass
Philip J. MacQuillan
O'Connor
Ruth Schwagerman
Captain MacQuillan
Building Up Carolinas Tourists Trade Urged
Coleman W. Roberts of Charlotte told the North Carolina Press association that boosting the Carolinas tourist industry and attracting homeowners offers a quicker tax solution. He urged press support for the Carolinas Inc plan to advertise regional attractions, noting Southern and Northern California growth as precedent.
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Banner Elk
Carolinas
Coleman W. Roberts
Charlotte
Carolina Motor Club
Roberts
North Carolina Press Association
Carolinas, Inc
Il Am
California
Army hunts for missing 18 month old Bobby Connor near Hartsdale
In Hartsdale New York an army of 500 troopers police and volunteers comb dense woods for Bobby Connor an 18 month old boy missing since last night. Authorities fear kidnapping and possible ransom. Bloodhounds failed to find a trail as the child was last seen playing near home.
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Hartsdale
S. Y
Bobby Connor
Charles H. Connor
Charles P. Connor
New England
Dollfuss Drives Cleanout of Austrian Official House
Vienna reports Chancellor Dollfuss begins purging his official residence and cleans out state police amid Nazi terror campaigns. Police officials questioned. arrests rumored as bombings and sabotage persist nationwide. Asendzeitung blames Hitler in Berlin and Munich for instigating the violence. Seven Nazis are held in connection with a Salzburg bombing that wounded five, including a 12 year old girl and four members of the Vaterland Front.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Engelbert Dollfus
Asendzeitung
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Austria
Third Reich
Berlin
Munich
Dollfuss
Salzburg
Dolfuss ‘‘Fatherland Front
Eastern Pact in Europe Is Frances Aim
Sir John Simon in the house of commons said Britain has reinforced the Locarno pact but will not join any selective alliance. He noted Anglo French talks foster peace and security and would aid the continent if powers join the proposed eastern regional agreement known as Eastern Locarno, with Mussolini agreeing on necessity.
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Harold P. Braman
Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Locarno
John Simon
House of Commons
John
Europe
Mussolini
Italy
Britain
Hull Regret Over Johnson Remarks Misconstrued
Washington reports the state department said General Hugh S. Johnson spoke as an individual not for the administration. The German charge d affaires protested his Waterloo remarks linking German conditions to the NRA chief's comments. Hull noted the misinterpretation risk and declined further comment.
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Washington
Waterloo
Iowa
Hugh
Johnson
State Department
Department
Hull
Rudolph Leitner
Hughs. Johnson
Germany
Leitner
Rioters Kill Two at Cleveland Relief Office Clash
A riot at the Cuyahoga county relief administration offices in downtown Cleveland left two people dead and three seriously wounded. Gunfire erupted after a crowd of relief applicants grabbed a riot gun from a policeman. A black woman died within minutes and a man named White was shot dead instantly. A policeman and a bystander were wounded, and another woman was injured as the shooting continued.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County Relief Administration
Mother and Two Children Drown at Freeman's Mill
In Sumner township at Freeman's Mill pond near Deep River a young mother Essie Ray Smith and her two infant children were found dead in a double drowning murder suicide. The coroner said Mrs. Smith killed the children and then took her own life. The husband, R G Smith, reported her odd behavior and the family’s plans to visit Stokes county prior to the tragedy. Bodies were recovered by searchers and removed to Yow's funeral home.
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Essie Ray Smith
Waters
Sumner Township
Deep River
Freeman's Mill Pond
Here
R. G. Smith
Sumner
Pegay Graham Smith
Davis Ray Smith
W. W. Harvey
Smith
Harvey
Joe S. Phipps
Stokes County
Stokes
Yow
W. J. Gregory
North Carolina Teachers May Get Ten Percent Raise
Raleigh July 13 LeRoy Martin executive secretary of the state school commission says there is hope of a 10 percent salary increase for North Carolina teachers next fall. The decision rests with the governor and the commission, and a $1.5 million annual addition would push expenditures above the $17 million appropriation.
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Raleigh
LeRoy Martin
State School Commission
Washington
North Carolina
Martin
Federal Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
Eight Year Old Girl Slain In San Francisco Yard
The body of Elaine Watson an eight year old girl was found in a yard near San Francisco after she disappeared last night. Police said the body was half buried and the attack preceded the death.
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San Francisco
Elaine Watson
Cordell Hull Visit Sparks South American Talk on Home Loans
A Washington dispatch recalls Cordell Hull's warm meeting and notes a new home loan program. The plan guarantees 20 percent of loans up to two thousand dollars, funded by local banks or groups, based mainly on the borrower's character, to revive trust and housing efforts led by Jimmy Moffet.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
South America
Jimmy Moffet
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Tyler
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Atlanta
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