War is renewed in Far East and Ford union clash expands
President Roosevelt urges Congress to pass judiciary legislation as Senate opposition publicizes anger after his funeral comments. In Detroit hearings, Ford director Harry Bennett denies backing any independent union, while witnesses link Ford to the Ford Brotherhood of America and a separate Workers' Council for Social Justice. Police and court cases follow beatings of United Auto Workers members at the Dearborn plant.
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Washington
Congress
Robinson
van Nuys
D-Ind
Burke
D-Neb
Senate
Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
Detroit
Harry Bennett
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
Paul M. Conrad
John M. Carlisle
Detroit News
Bennett
Ford Brotherhood of America, Inc
Big River Rouge
Dearborn
NLRB
Ford Company
Carlisle
Ford
Workers’ Council For Social Justice, Inc
George B. Zubick
George
Common Pleas Court
Ralph W. Liddy
United Automobile Workers of America
Chinese Ask U S Help In Present War
Chinese ambassador Dr C T Wang said he pressed Secretary Hull for action by the United States and the nine power treaty signatories in the Sino Japanese crisis. He conferred with Hull before Senator Robinson's state funeral and left a memorandum outlining China's plea for international assistance. A similar memorandum was submitted to the foreign offices of the other nine powers in the nine power treaty group.
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Washington
C. T. Wang
Hull
China
United States
Robinson
Wang
Japanese Chastise Actions Spark North China Clashes
Reports from Peiping state new clashes in North China as Chinese and Japanese forces clash near Fengtai and Huangtsun station. Japanese losses include six killed and sixty wounded with reinforcements deployed. Authorities claim measures to deter provocation while British envoy Knatchbull-Hugessen seeks to stay in touch with the crisis.
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Associated Press
China
Peiping
Huangtsun
Fengtai
Peiping-Tientsin
Tientsin
Japanese War Office
Tokyo
Ing
War Office
Hughe Knatchbull-Hagsen
Joey
Madrid Fronts See Fiercest Battles of War
Government forces push westward on the eleventh day of the offensive against the insurgents near Madrid. Gen Miaja’s milicianos clash near Villafranca del Castillo while insurgents mass near Majadahonda. A government column reaches 10 miles from Zaragoza.
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Madrid
Spain
Jose Miaja
Milicianos
Villafrancs de Castillo
Coruna
Franco
Villafrancs
Majadahonda
Vallancuva del Castillo
Aragon Front
Zaragoza
Court Upholds Luciano Case Conviction in Prostitution Racket
New York on July 16 the appellate division unanimously upheld the conviction of Charles Lucky Luciano Manhattan vice lord and his co defendants on compulsory prostitution and conspiracy charges. Associate Justice Irwin Untermyer dissented on sentence length calling it excessive and urged reconsideration of a new trial on open cross examination of stating witnesses. Luciano received 80 to 560 years.
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New York
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Manhattan
Irwin Untermeyer
Luciano
Minister Confesses to Killing Mrs. Dennis Kelly
The Rev. BE Newton, 51, a Paris Missouri pastor, signed a statement claiming he struck his former parishioner Mrs. Dennis Kelly with a hammer during an argument after she deserted her husband. Authorities say the confession ties to the drifting Mississippi River body case and detail Newport’s account near the Mark Twain Bridge. He allegedly gave over more than 1000 dollars from Mrs Kelly to an adopted daughter before arrest.
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Pittsfield
Dennis Kelly
BE. Newton
Paris, Mo
Merrill Johnston
Pike County
Lli
Nois
Johnston
Newton
Surgeon Testifies On Memorial Day Riots In Chicago
Dr Lawrence Jacques testified before a coroner's jury about the Memorial Day clash at a Republic Steel plant. He described 40 to 50 injured men carried from the scene while he ran a first aid station at Strike headquarters. The inquest adjourned for Monday as newsreels were shown despite a local theater ban.
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Chicago
Republic Steel Corporation
Lawrence Jacques
Civic Medical Center
Paramount Motion Picture
Jacques
S Trike
Nation's Great Pay Last Tribute To Joe Robinson
President Roosevelt leads nation in state funeral for Senate leader Joe Robinson. Dignitaries in frock coats enter the gold and marble chamber as a silver casket rests center stage. Relatives and colleagues occupy special seats near the bier, while Mrs. Hattie Caraway sits beside the vacant chair.
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Joe Robinson
Washington
Lea
Roosevelt
Senate
Robinson
Charlies
Grady Miller
Joseph Brewer
Joseph Robinson, Jr
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Explosions Injure Ten at Atlantic City Oil Storage Plant
A series of blasts at the Central Oil Company storage site in Atlantic City New Jersey flooded a city block with burning gasoline and injured at least ten people including three firefighters. Fire crews battled flames homeward toward the A and P Coal yard as gasoline seeped into nearby fuel areas.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Re Oil Company
Atlantic City Press- Union
A. and P. Coal Company
Reopening Of Closed Jennings Mill Still Uncertain
Lumberton July 16. C G Morehead general superintendent said management has not decided whether to reopen the Jennings mill closed by a strike on June 7. A petition signed by 140 workers asking reopening was given to him. The strike affected 859 workers.
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Lumberton
C. G. Morehead
Jennings
Southwest Bad Man Sought for Kidnapping
Sapulpa Oklahoma July 16 Possemen watched blocked highways for Roy Pete Traxler the southwest s No 1 bad man believed fleeing north after releasing the kidnaped son of a wealthy New York oil man The youth 21 year old Baird H Markham son of Gen Baird Markham an American Petroleum Institute official was seized near Ada Oklahoma Traxler his left arm shattered by a bullet and two companions all escaped Texas convicts took
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Sapulpa
Okla
Roy “Pete
Traxler
Southwest
New York
Baird H. Markham
Baird Markham
American Petroleum Institute
Ada
Texas
Stocks Edge Higher Then Falter Amid Mild Selling
In New York on July 16 stocks faced mild selling pressure with many leaders slipping fractions. Chrysler fell over 2 points while U S Steel weakened early. gains appeared near mid session as trading remained very quiet. Brokers noted administration moves on the court bill cooled investor enthusiasm, yet brighter second quarter company reports offered some constructive support.
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New York
Chrysler
Congress
Two Executed By State For Murder Taxicab Operator
Fred Steele and Samuel James Jones died in the lethal gas chamber for the slaying of a Mecklenburg County taxicab operator. Steele confessed and implicated Jones. executions began at 8:30 and Jones was pronounced dead at 9:54 after a brief delay for medical clearance.
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Raleigh
N. C
Fred Steele
Samuel James Jones
Mecklenburg County
Steele
H. H. Honeycutt
Jones
G. 8. Coleman
Youth Drowns In Prohibited Lake At Emerywood Course
Eight year old Cleff Harrison Hill drowned at Emerywood country club lake after being warned swimming was forbidden. Officials said the lake was off limits and police aided in keeping youths away. He fell from a concrete dam projection while with two local boys who tried to rescue him before help arrived.
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Cleff Hill
Emerywood Country Club
Cleff Harrison Hill
Numan
Hill
Tomlinson Street
Muspiis Hvtatiy
City Lake Swimming Pool
H. L. Brockmann
W. L. Jackson
Country Club
Everett Hackler
James Britt
Millia Street
Hackler
Lightning Hits Chain Around Cow Neck. No Injury
Luther Lawes reports a lightning strike split the chain around a cow’s neck on his Goldsboro farm but did not injure the animal. The frightened cow fled to the barn and stayed inside until the following day.
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Goldsboro
Luther Lawes
Here
Spider Bite Fatal To Man In Richlands Area
Joseph C. Banks 52 a prominent Richlands lumberman died in a Kinston hospital from a poisonous spider bite. He felt pains Monday night and was taken Tuesday. funeral was held in Richlands Thursday. Banks had said he did not know when he was bitten.
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New Bern
N. C
Joseph C. Banks
Richlands
Kinston
Banks
Use Of Coast Guard Vessels Is Attacked
Officials said Secretary Morgenthau does not favor a maritime strike affecting Massachusetts Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket and argues coast guard vessels should not be used to carry passes and food. Governor Hurley had appealed for coast guard boats to aid the island resorts.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Massachusetts
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
Coast Guard
Hurley
Roosevelt
Second arrest in S. C. murder now expected
In Columbia South Carolina July 16 a red haired woman linked to the Lowell murder case was said to be arrested outside the state and expected to be brought in soon. Lieutenant Leo Jenkins said investigators have narrowed suspects among red headed women and would provide a report later. Robert M. Smith, an escaped North Carolina convict, is held for Lowell's slaying and the woman was his companion when the officer was killed.
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Columbia
8. C
Lowell
Leo Jenkins
State Highway Patrol
Lancaster
Jenkins
South
Robert &. Smith
North Carolina
State Penitentiary
Raleigh Painter Faces Sentence On Manslaughter Charge
Raleigh Raleigh painter Joe Rogers 33 faced sentencing after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of Clarence D. Moore of Jacksonville Florida. A teen witness testified Rogers was intoxicated and forced him to drive, with Rogers aiding steering and pressing the gas in the crash.
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Raleigh
Joe Rogers
Clarence D. Moore
Jacksonville Fla
Rogers
Moore
Italian bomber crashes at Ciampino airfield
Five Italians dip Rome as a tri motor bomber crashes at Ciampino airfield killing Lieut. Leto Bellagamba and four others.
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Rome
Ciampino Airfield
Leto Bellagamba
Labor Urged to Hold Ground in Collective Bargaining
Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady urged both industrialists and labor unions to adhere to collective agreements. He criticized “unenlightened” employers and called for discipline to honor contracts at all times to improve productivity and industrial efficiency. Speaking at the Southern Conference on Human Relations in industry in Wilmington Ridge, N C, July 4.
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Edward F. McGrady
Secretary of
Labor
McGrady
VE Ridge
N.C
Unfair Practices Charged to Republic Steel
Labor relations officials charged Republic Steel with unfair labor practices before and during the recent strike. The action highlights ongoing tensions between workers and management at the plant.
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Sted
Washington
Republic Steel Poration
Northwest Breezes Help Quell Heat Wave Across Regions
Associated Press reports cooler Northwest conditions have tempered a heat wave blamed for about 400 deaths in 12 days. Weather official J R Liegd says fair, cooler weather will move into the Missouri and Mississippi valleys and the Great Lakes area, with a rise expected in the northern plains on Saturday. Intermittent showers kept temperatures down in Chicago and the East while a storm disrupted Detroit and Michigan lighting and roof damage occurred in Detrit with victims hospitalized.
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Associated Press
Rockies
J. R. Liegd
Chicago Weather Bureau
Missouri
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Northern Plains
Chicago
New Y
M Mich
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Japan
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Britt
Joe Club
Glascoe
S. C
Raleigh Painter
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