Settlement Reported In North China Crisis
Tokyo reports a settlement reached by local officials to ease North China tensions. Gen Sung Cheh Yuan agreed to a truce with Japan, with troop withdrawals from the Peiping west battle area, while Nanking maintains national authority. Direct diplomatic talks with Japan may follow.
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Tokyo
Peiping
North China
Sung Cheh-Yuan
28Th
Hopeh-Chahar
Nanking
Hopeh
Chahar
China
Gen. Sung
Japan
Fasemaibien
Geena
Traxler Faces Long Sentence After Capture
Roy Traxler, wounded and under guard in Hugo Oklahoma, faces a long sentence after his capture following a 12 day flight with accomplice Fred Tindal killed. Gunmen Trey Trimmer and J E Denton were among those who helped restrain them near Boswell. Governor James V Allred oversees the case as Traxler fights for survival and testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Trimmer
J. E. Denton
Boswell
Oklo
Traxler
Chicago police accused of indifference in memorial day clash
The Lafollette civil liberties committee said Chicago police used excessive force and showed careless indifference to life in breaking up a Memorial Day demonstration near Republic Steel. Ten demonstrators died and many were injured, with coroner's verdict calling the deaths justifiable homicide.
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Washington
Lafollette Civil Liberties Committee
Chicago
Senate
LaFollette
Republic
Stocks Snap Up On N Y Market
New York stocks rose in light trading led by mobility and steel as fractions gained several points. Market optimism grew on an improving economy and hopes for a near resolution of the administration court bill battle, fueling gains to fresh highs in some issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moture
Steele
Wall Street
France
Buffalo Food Supply May Become Crippled
Leaders of striking produce truckers and meat packers predicted Buffalo's food supply would be crippled within a week unless their demands were met. Samuel Licata, business agent of the joint council of milk teamsters, said every unionized food handler would be called on strike unless higher wages and better working conditions were granted before week’s end.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Samuel Licata
Joint Council of Teamsters
Florida man in pajamas cools Macon streets
Florida resident M. B. Pennypacker of Lakeland, Lakeland Fla, appeared in Macon Ga wearing pajamas as a hot weather tip. He said pajamas keep cool and that he has worn them in summer for five years and welcomes the stares.
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Macon
Pennypacker
Lakeland
Fla
Postmistress Named President of National Federation
Miss Earlene White, postmistress to the United States Senate, was nominated without opposition to succeed Miss Charl Ormond Williams as president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women. Delegates at the national convention will elect officers tomorrow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Earlene White
United States Senate
Charl Ormond Williams
Alec
Washington
National Federation of Business and Professional Women
Sea Diver Seeks Monster Off Newport Arkansas
Charles B. Brown a Memphis diver with navy and engineers background searches Bateman Eddy a mile long 60 feet deep for a rumored monster. locals expect an alligator gar or large catfish as he dives repeatedly to surface then vanish. Newport closes stores at noon and a dance floor is set up for the hunt.
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Newport
Ark
Charles B. Brown
Memphis
Brown
U. S. Navy
U. S. Engineers
Arkansas
Eddy
Veteran jurist Judge Shipp dies at 76 in Florence
Florence South Carolina July 22 Judge Samuel Wilde Gillespie Shipp dean of the state's circuit court judges died at a hospital here aged 76 after a heart attack. He had served on the bench since 1908 and earlier practiced law in Florence. Born 1860 in Chapel Hill North Carolina he was survived by his widow Elizabeth Gasque and two children.
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Florence
W. G. Shipp
South Carolina
Chapel Hill
N. C
A. M. Shipp
University of North Carolina
Forty Three Years Courtship Ends In Missouri Wedding
PALMYRA Mo July 23 Forty three years of courtship end as George F Clark and Dora Hedrick marry after Clark, who has farmed wheat near Jewell Kansas for three decades, returns to claim his bride.
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Missouri
Palmyra
Illinois
George F. Clark
Dora Hedrick
Clark
Jewell
Kans
Treasury Ponders Tax Payment Simplification
The treasury weighs two approaches to ease tax payments. revising income tax forms and a new revenue division to advise taxpayers. A committee of internal revenue experts works on a 1937 income form intended to cut unnecessary statements to determine tax liability.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Revenue
Internal Revenue
Pomona Postmaster Nomination Blamed to Senate
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Mary Jane Higgins as postmaster at Pomona N. The action highlights a key personnel appointment during the current session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Mary Jane Higgins
Pomora
Tough Tommy Ryan claims honest find at police station
A nine year old in New York arrives at a police station with a pistol and flashlight, declaring I found these please and admitting a prior theft from his mother. Police recall his earlier lie detector test and nickname Tough Tommy Ryan.
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New York
Tommy Ryan
Tommy
Third Avenue
Senate ar dent champions press for Bush program completion
A group of leading senators formed a campaign to push the President's legislative program through Congress. Senator Rone of Washington said the effort aims to counter resistance and advance key administrative goals.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Rone
D-Wash
Building Permits Show Jump in North Carolina June
Building permits issued in 21 North Carolina cities totaled 1 637 414 dollars in June a 35 1 percent rise from 1 212 120 in June 1936 May totals reached 1 762 029 dollars Charlotte led with 474 674 Greensboro followed at 471 637 and Winston Salem was third with 222 683.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Charlotte
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Disappearance of NY Justice Becomes Live Issue Again
New York fights fresh theories on the seven year old vanishing of Supreme Court Justice in Force Crater. An inquiry widens after Stella Crater, wife of the missing jurist, accuses police and links the case to his political career and a possible murder in Times Square on August 6, 19a0.
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New York
Daly
Supreme Court
Times Square
John A. Lyons
Ford starts his fight on allegations
Ford Motor Company opened its defense at the NLRB trial, seeking dismissal of charges of unfair labor practices. Arthur Ogle, a Detroit News reporter, testified he was with Ford personnel director Harry Bennett from 12:20 p.m. to 3 a.m. May 26, the day UAW organizers were beaten and chased from gates at the Dearborn plant.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Arthur Ogle
Detroit News
Harry Bennett
Ford
United Automobile Workers
Dearborn
Ford Company
John Godleski
Ben
Faint trail followed in Webster case mystery
Providence July 22 detectives pursued a possible lead in the Webster murder case. A street car motorman Patrick Mills testified he picked up a ruddy faced man near Webster’s home shortly after the shooting. A boy found a cartridge box of the same caliber as the weapon used. Police shifted focus from a jewel robbery theory and traced the passenger’s exit near Webster’s residence as inquiries continued.
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Providence
R. I
Webster
George Webster
Patrick Mills
Boston
Pawtucket
Pittsboro Youth Sentenced to Death for Murder
William Perry an 18 year old Negro was sentenced to die on September 17 after a jury convicted him of killing Mrs W T Hamlett a farmer s wife in Pittsboro. Officers testified he admitted shooting and beating her after going to her home with intent to ravish her. He said he became frightened and fled in the Hamlett car and was later captured in Danville Virginia.
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Pittsboro
William Perry
W. T. Hamlett
Danville
Carrier Pigeon Helps Save Caliban IV Crew
A carrier pigeon carried a distress message from the disabled fishing boat Caliban IV off Fire Island to rescuers 12 miles out to sea. Coast guardsmen were guided to where the seven crew members were stranded and towed the 40-foot vessel to shore after motor trouble left the Caliban adrift.
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Freeport
N. Y
Caliban IV
Fire Island
Caliban
Youthful Religious Leaders In Contest
Youthful religious leaders from 17 states competed in preliminary contests sponsored by the Southern Baptist Union. Winners included Oratorical Paul Green from Baton Rouge and Bible knowledge Ruth Ruth from Atlanta.
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Ridgecrest
Southern Baptist Union
Paul Green
Baton Rouge
Ln Bible Knowledge
Ruth Ruth
Atlanta
Spark blamed for Zep destruction
The bureau of air commerce concluded an electrostatic spark likely triggered the Hindenburg disaster on May 6, causing 36 deaths. Wet ground rope contact at Lakehurst facilitated a spark traveling through humid air and hydrogen leakage from stern cells. Dr Hugo Eckener in Friedrichshafen called the theory logical.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Specialists Invited to Southern Pediatric Seminar
Salida reports specialists from the Carolinas Georgia Alabama Tennessee Virginia Louisiana and Florida will appear on the program of the 17th annual sessions of the southern pediatric seminar here July 24 August 7.
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Salida
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Virginia
Louisiana
Florida
Southern Pediatric Seminar
Rural Electrification Administration lights 100000 farms by fall
The Rural Electrification Administration estimated that lines financed by it will provide electric current lighting about 100,009 farm homes by fall.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Cooperative game management praised by North Carolina official
Raleigh July 22 F Came and Island fisheries Commissioner J D Chalk said cooperative game management between the state conservation development department and the U S forest service is near perfection and yielding benefits. He cited Mt Mitchell state game refuge expansion from 16000 to 25000 acres and expansions at Fires Creek Nattahala Wayah Sherwood forest and old Daniel Boone refuges under state and federal direction.
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Raleigh
J. D. Chalk
State Conservation Development Department
U. S. Forest Service
North
Carolna
Mt. Mitchell
Fires Creek
Nattahala
Clay County
Wayah
Sherwood Forest
State Department of Conservation and Development
Federal Forest Service
Farmers Hold Field Day At Statesville
Farmers from miles around gathered for the 32nd annual field day at the Piedmont experiment station in Statesville. Speakers included W Kerr Scott the state commissioner of agriculture, Frank J ee er r and L B Altman with the U S Department of Agriculture. Heg and husband calling contests were held at noon.
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Statesville
Piedmont Experiment Station
W. Kerr Scott
State Sioner of Agriculture
Frank J ——. Ee
W. Ire
U. S. Department of Agriculture
L. B. Altman
Bund Probe Deemed Flop by German American Leader
In Andover New Jersey July 22 the Bund leader Klapprett called a congressional probe into the Bund a flop and waste of taxpayers money. He claimed millions are being sent from abroad to finance efforts to enlist support for movements in Europe and pledged open allegiance to Hitler.
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New Jersey
Andover
WN. J
Mtalweart
Hitler
Eure
Klapprett
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Carol Lathrope
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Helen BR. Jones
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la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
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Admi
Logan
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Monster
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Oree Hill
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Ryan
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Zep
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