Riverboat Trunfo Sinks. 11 Missing in Marajo Bay
Belem dispatches report the 30 ton riverboat Trunfo sank in Marajo Bay at the mouth of the Amazon. Five passengers and six crew members are missing. Finnish vessels seized at Sea of Finland Gulf. two ships detained by Russian authorities near Setskari Island.
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Hig DE Janeiro
Belem
Marajo Bay
Amazon River
Helasingfors
Finland
Setskari Island
Gulf of
Finla
Alristo
Coast Guard
Chicago Hardware Foundry Reopens Amid Picket Rout
More than 200 workers returned to the Chicago Hardware Foundry Company plant in North Chicago Illinois today after CIO pickets were dispersed with tear gas yesterday. Officials said the turnout was about half the usual workforce and one arrested picket, Stanley Morun, refused to move and was detained again.
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Chicago
Chicago Hardware Foundry Company
CIO
Stanley Morun
Japs Push Halted as Chinese Resist in Yangtze Perimeter
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese defenders stiffening along the Yangtse river hotly contesting a Japanese push toward Hankow and Kiukiang 135 miles below the capital. A fourth route army under Helang Ying nears completion for guerrilla drives in Shanghai area against railways and Japanese lines. Meanwhile Tokyo orders a 100000-strong peace maintenance corps as terror risks rise and civilians fear conscription.
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Shanghai
Yangtse
Hankhow
Kiukiang
Helang Ying
Six Injured In Newton Maytag Strike Clashes
In Newton Iowa on July 20, at least six people were seriously injured and 26 to 50 others were knocked down or beaten during street fighting near the closed Maytag Washing Machine factory. National guardsmen arrived en masse, restored order within about 20 minutes, and the plant remained shut. Major General Matt A. Tinley said the plant’s reopening status was uncertain.
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Newton
Maytag
National
WPA adds 13 relief projects in North Carolina
George W. Coan Jr state WPA administrator announced an extra 222 312 23 dollars in federal and sponsors funds will finance 13 relief projects in North Carolina and provide employment for 689 needy persons.
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Raleigh
George W. Coan, Jr
WPA
New Designs Attract Attention At Southern Furniture Market
John Mebane reports at the Southern Furniture Exposition a range of new designs drawing buyer interest. Continental's The Charleston bedroom ensemble in Dahican Philippine Mahogany draws attention alongside a Honduras Mahogany Queen Anne group. Mt Vernon dining pieces and Karastan rug reproductions also feature prominently. Manufacturers such as Crawford, National Chair, and Ficks Reed showcase varied lines from beds to sand seats for beaches, with Byre Furniture highlighting crib designs and children's furniture.
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Continental Furniture Company
Charleston
New England
John Fermour
H. S. Coffield
George Dover
Ernest Vaughn
Howard Blair
Baxter Stokes
C. G. Horne
Tomlinson Exhibition Building
Mt. Vernon
Honduras
Tomlinson Building
Byre Furniture Manufacturing Company
Statesville
Southern Exposition Building
Fear Is Factor in low mood Lucas Tells Salesmen At Meet
John Paul Lucas of Duke Power told 400 to 500 salesmen gathered at a Crusade meeting that mass fear hinders buying. He said the crusade aims to aid those who can buy and that cooperation will help national recovery as Charlotte reports rising business. Several local leaders endorsed the effort and highlighted salesmanship. In Lexington Burgin and Deane run off affidavits and election irregularities claims face state scrutiny.
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John Paul Lucas
Charlotte
Duke Power Company
Lucas
Power Company
Charles F. Carroll, Jr
I. Paul Ingle
Chamber of Commerce
8. C. Clark
High Point
Post Office Department
G. Curtis Smithdeal
Merchant's Association
M. L. Patrick
Amos Kearns
Gurney Kearns
Hal Davis
O. A. Kirkman
Frank Sizemore
R. R. Ragan
Jake Harris
Lexington
W. O. Burgin
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
Congress
Deane
Burgin
State Board of Elections
Raleigh
Loyal defenses stiffen near Hendaye during six day assault
In Hendaye France near the Spanish frontier government line defenses along the Teruel Valencia highway slowed the insurgent first wave. Franco’s headquarters report stiffened resistance as militiamen retreated to a new line. Insurgents ordered a major flanking push to catch the center, with a defense arc south from Pina toward Ragudo Hill and into the Tore mountains.
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Hendaye
France
Teruel-Valencia
Valencia
Pina
Ragudo Hill
Fl Tore
New York Senator Julius Berg Shot Dead in Bronx Office
New York July 20 State Senator Julius S Berg a Bronx Democrat was found dying from a bullet wound in his Broadway office He died before help arrived Police found a note to the press asking gentle treatment and an autobiography Berg 43 a World War veteran and state senator since 1930 faced indictment for taking money for liquor license favors related to concessions at the World's Fair.
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New York
Julius 8. Berg
Bronx
Thomas E. Dewey
Julius
Berg
Trading Held To Be Normal At Local Show
Booking of orders inaugurated yesterday at the Southern Furniture and Rug Market continued today in a normal volume with exhibitors gratified by activity beyond a month ago. Registration reached 360 for January 1938 and July 1937 markets, with buyers from the South Illinois New York and beyond. Strong demand for living and dining room furniture priced low to mid range. Swedish Modern display draws cautious interest as merchants aim to bolster stocks. Continued on page two.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
Illinois
New York
Tomlinson
Eigh
Bodies and souls united in sacred whole says pastor
Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder of Washington DC urged Presbyterians at Montreat to view bodies as sacred parts of an integrated personality. He called creed conduct character and worship an indivisible fusion and warned against dividing them on opposite sides.
Joan Crawford Plans Divorce From Tone After Three Years
Hollywood star Joan Crawford will divorce her husband Fran chot Tone after nearly three years of marriage. She plans to stay in Brentwood and Tone will move to an apartment in New York. The split stems from diverging ambitions with Crawford aiming for operatic acclaim and Tone returning to the stage.
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Hollywood
Calif
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Cornell University
New York
Joan
Brentwood
Tone Haa
Tone
Englewood Cliffe
N. J
Hitler Plans For Czech Problems Studied In Paris Conference
In Paris British and French statesmen discussed a plan attributed to Adolf Hitler for resolving the Czechoslovak minority issue. Halifax carried the plan to Paris as Daladier Bonnet and Halifax met at the foreign office after lunch. Meanwhile King George VI and Queen Elizabeth commemorated World War dead and attended ceremonies at city hall and the British embassy.
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Halifax
Paris
George
Chncellor
Adolf Hiter
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Viscount Halifax
Foreign Office
Hitler
King George
Queen Elizabeth
France
British Legion of Honor Guard
London
Romanian airman Papans faces month delay on transatlantic bid
Norwalk New York July 29. A smashed plane forced at least a month’s delay in Captain Alex Papans transatlantic flight plan. The Romanian aviator nicknamed the Lindbergh of Romania testified to a hard luck trail.
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Norwalk
Conn
Alex Papans
Lindbergh
Rumania
Corrigan Visits Dublin Palace After Transatlantic Flight
Corrigan, the California aviator, meets Ireland's President Douglas Hyde at Dublin's presidential palace after his New York to Dublin flight. He buys two suits in a Dublin store, aims to fly around the Eiffel Tower, but the United States suspends his experimental license. de Valera congratulates him. Corrigan plans to return home.
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Dublin
Ireland
America
Douglas C. Corrigan
United States Legation
Douglas Hyde
New York
Eamon de Valera
Corrigan
United States
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Atlantic
California
London
Los Angeles
Ship To Bring Flier Corrigan Home From Atlantic Flight
The Maritime Commission will transport Douglas Corrigan and his $900 flying craft home at no cost aboard the steamship Lehigh. Acting Secretary J. Monroe Johnson announced the Lehigh would dock at Dublin to pick up Corrigan, who flew the Atlantic without a permit. Johnson gave no details on penalties.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Douglas Corrigan
J. Monroe Johnson
Commerce
Lehigh
Commission
Doublin
Ceres
Johnson
Corrigan
Atlantic
Toms
Rock Blast Kills Ten In Baltimore Water Tunnel
An accidental premature explosion of 450 pounds of dynamite killed ten crew members and injured several others in a Baltimore water tunnel under construction near the city filtration plant. White and Negro workers were among the dead and injured as the blast occurred around seven in the morning during a shift change.
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Baltimore Hole
Baltimore
City Puing
Dent
Willie Lee
C Durham
Luther Rand
Melvin Duke
Henry Ford
James Hough
Charlies Harvey
Wut Botts
James Ker
Robert James
Min
Phillip Legser
Shaft
la Montebello
Gunpowder River
J. F. Shea
Los Angeles
Balmore City
Bar
Walter Colston
Government acts to smash big monopoly in picture industry
The U S government filed a Sherman antitrust complaint in New York federal district court seeking dissolution of eight major film firms and 25 subsidiaries plus 182 individuals. The suit targets consolidation of control over production distribution and exhibition in the motion picture industry and names Paramount Pictures Loew’s Inc. United Artists Columbia Universal and others along with stars Mary Pickford Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin.
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New York
Washington
Cummings
Federal District Court
Justice Department
Ated
Jutilee
Pcipal
Paramount Pictures
Loew's, Inc
Irvings Company
N. Y
Radio-Keith Orpheum Corporation
Warn Brothers Pictures, Inc
Twieth Century-Fox Filmo Atoin
Columbia Pictures Corneration
Universal
United Artists Corporation
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Charles Chaplin
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Perdue
A. G and Son
Southern
John Mebane
Crawford Furniture Com- National Chair Company
Meet
Salesmen's Crusade
Movement
Burgin Group
Julius Berg
Bulletin
BY John Mebane
Alex Papana
Dublin Palace
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