Britain weighs Far East policy after Japan tensions
London reports show Britain shifting from European problems to a Far East crisis with Japan. UK officials assess potential blockade threats and seek to avert escalation while addressing the death of Briton M Tinkler in Shanghai and the four Chinese accused by Japan. The foreign office asked Tokyo for a formal protest and caution remains on asserting military necessity as a justification.
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London
Britain
Lockade
China
Sali Jaanese
Biiin
M. Tinkler
Pootung
Woosung River
Shangai
Foreign Office
Japan
Sirobert Leslie Craigie
Tokyo
Shanghai
House of Lords Yesteray
Viscount Clrfax
Mutiny Ends Peacefully at Kansas Prison
At the Kansas State penitentiary 2729 convicts mutinied over silk underwear and food but surrendered without violence at 11 10 this morning after sending word to Warden Amrine. A Czech legion story reports Votja Benes in Poland amid frontier speculation.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas State Penitentiary
M. F. Amrine
Zech Legion Alk
Prague
Votja Benes
Eduuard Benes
Poland
Bohemia
Zech Legion
Haas Leads First Round of Southern Golf Tourney Qualifying
Freddie Haas Jr of New Orleans dominates the opening round of the 86 hole qualifying test at the 87th Southern Golf tourney with a 69 and rounds of 35 34 to lead by four strokes over early finishers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Freddie Haas, Jr
New Orleans
Southern Oil Strike Ends
Wilmington reports a complete settlement ending yesterday’s NLRB hearing over the Southern Oil Transportation Company strike. Attorney Jacob Blum of Baltimore says terms will be public this afternoon. Also note Belay Opening and ranger conference details in Asheville.
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Wilmington
National Labor Relations Board
Southern Oil Transportation Company
High Point
Jacob Blum
Baltimore
NURB
Unions Clash at Fisher Body Plant No 1 Flint
In Flint Michigan on June 13 members of rival United Auto Workers unions clashed at the Fisher Body Plant No 1 gates. About 100 AFL pickets confronted CIO members, a brief fistfight occurred, one man knocked out, several bruised, no severe injuries. Police ended the melee and production resumed except for a one hour shutdown at Fisher No 1.
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Homer Martin
Uaw-Cio
AFL
CIO
Fisher No. 1
Buick
Martin
Saginaw
Uaw-Afl
Five Arabs Slain Near Haifa by Unknown Band
Five Arabs were killed in a night attack on a village on Haifa’s outskirts by men described as wearing European clothing. The incident occurred in June and was reported by Palestinian sources.
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Haifa
Palestine
Governor Hoey to Speak at Monarch Clubs Gathering
Governor Hoey will address the National Monarch Clubs banquet at 7 PM in the Sheraton grill with E Z Jones as toastmaster. The event follows a day of elections naming N L Garner as president and plans for a 1940 convention site in district 5.
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N. L. Garner
High Point
National Monarch Clubs
Arthur C. Price
Wilmington
Del
National Officers and Board of Trustees
Atlantic City
Asbury Park
Sam Jackson
Pittsburgh
H. H. Hirzel
C. H. Rominger
Bethlehem
Board of
Monarch Clubs
Mercator Clubs of America
Mercator
Binghamton, N. Y
National Monarch Band
Greensboro High School
Price
City Lake Park
Jamestown
Sheraton Grill
E. Z. Jones
Sheraton
Frank Tucker
Hoey
King and Queen Open Maritime Tour in New Brunswick
King George and Queen Elizabeth received a royal welcome during a ten minute stop at Newcastle New Brunswick where crowds of farmers and fishermen cheered. The royal couple continued by car through central New Brunswick toward Fredericton after a sunny greeting. Their 27 day American tour includes Halifax ahead of their Empress of Britain voyage.
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Newcastle
N. B
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Maritime Provinces
New Brunswick
Federicton
Halifax
Hyde Park
N. Y
Canada
Mrs. Roosevelt
Green Attacks Labor Board in House Testimony
President William Green of the AFL urged the House Labor Committee to oust the current Labor Board and back Wagner act amendments. He argued the board shows bias toward the CIO and favors one economic philosophy over another, urging reforms to restore confidence among workers.
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Washington
William Green
AFL
House Labor Committee
Labor Board
Green
Barden
D-Nc
CIO
Act
Torture Chambers Fact Story At Barcelona Trial
Thirty witnesses testified in a Barcelona court about torture cells built for Republican authorities. Yugoslav architect Alfonso Alurent Cik 38 is charged with constructing the cells. the prosecutor seeks the death penalty. Witnesses say Nationalists were tortured to reveal Francoist moves. Cik denies constructing the chambers.
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Barcelona
Alfonso Alurent Cik
Cik
Francisco Franco
Americas
Europe
Spain
Real Monasterio
Convent de Los San Juanitas
Calle Zaragoza
House Finishes Work On Tax Revision Bill
The House Tax Committee completed the tentative outline of a tax revision bill preparing for action next week. The plan substitutes for the undistributed profits tax an 18 percent levy on corporations earning over 25 000 annually. Three more technical revisions were prepared as the committee sent the outline to the drafting service.
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Washington
House Tax Committee
House
Tax Committee
Ways and
Legislative Drafting Service
Capitol Hill
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Edward E. Brown
First National Bank of Chicago
Liberties Union Wins J C Fight in Jersey City
The American Civil Liberties Union won a fight over open-air meetings in Jersey City after a mass gathering led to a ruling that streets and parks must be opened to public meetings. Roger Baldwin and Norman Thomas addressed 10 000 to 15 000 people in Journal Square.
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Jersey City
N. J
American Civil Liberties Union
Frank Hague
CIO
Roger N. Baldwin
ACLU
Baldwin
Hague
Journal Square
Norman Thomas
National Democratic
Supreme Court
Civil Liberties Union
Thomas
Superior Court
Landon Says Roosevelt Should Not Seek Third Term
Alf Landon urged that President Roosevelt refrain from a 1940 bid, denouncing New Deal spending and urging a return to stable recovery. He warned that pursuing a third term would harm the republic and urged Republicans to offer prudent leadership to avert another economic bust.
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Boston
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Business and Professional Women's Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Kansas
New Deal
Landon
Republic
Belgium Extends Temporary Haven to German Jewish Refugees
The Belgian government agreed to land 250 of the Hamburg American liner St Louis refugees offering temporary haven while awaiting permanent admission elsewhere. The Netherlands also provided refuge to 200 of the 907 denied entry into Cuba and Mexico as they travel eastward across the Atlantic.
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Brussels
St. Louis
Netherlands
Cuba
Mexico
Silk Underwear Triggers Strike at Kansas Penitentiary
Four hundred convicts at the Kansas penitentiary went on strike in the prison mine over demands including the right to wear silk underwear they bought. They cut surface telephone lines after descending at 6 4. am and refused to mine coal. Warden Amrine conceded the underwear demand but rejected other requests. Mine superintendent Robert Murray was in the 750 foot shaft with the strikers.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas Penitentiary
M. F. Amrine
Robert Murray
Riots injure police and strikers at Allis-Chalmers plant
Four people including two policemen were injured during rioting at the Allis-Chalmers plant in West Allis a suburb of Milwaukee. Police and sheriff's deputies used tear gas missiles to quell the disturbance as a street car carrying office workers was attacked near the plant.
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Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
West Allis
Local Man Denies DUI Arrest Link On Saturday
Lonnie Avant of Cook Street asks The Enterprise to state he is not the I. A. Avant arrested for driving drunk on Saturday night in this area.
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Lonnie Avant
Cook Street
Enterprise
Believed death by own action in Salisbury
A. G. Holder, 40, was found shot to death in Salisbury last night. Coroner W. L. Tatum said Holder committed death by own action after shooting his pet dog.
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Salisbury
A. G. Holder
W. Ll. Tatum
Holder
WPA chief proposes changes to federal programs and theatre project
Works Progress Administration head Col. F C Harrington told the House Appropriations Committee he plans to reorganize the Federal Theatre Project and tighten guidance over white collar projects as part of broader admin changes. He defended WPA records as of high integrity while warning against prohibiting heavy construction.
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Washington
Col. F. C. Harrington
Works Progress
House Appropriations Committee
WPA
Federal Theatre Project
House
Workers Alliance
Harrington
Blank Alliance
Alliance
Roosevelt
National Youth Administration
Second Charge Lodged Against Accused Killer
A 45-year-old Australian welder’s assistant, Ledwedge Vincent Lawlor, faces a second charge in London linked to a June 5 Belgrave Square firearm incident. Police tie the same suspect to a bullet hole found in a window at the Princess Royal’s residence, and prosecutors detail ammunition found and gun permit inconsistencies. The Duchess of Kent and Lady Portarlington were nearby when the shot occurred.
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London
Duchess of Kent
Princess Royal
H.A. K. Morgan
Ledwedge
Vincent Lawlor
Belgrave Square
Lawlor
England
Waterlook Bridge
Kent
Mag
Istrate
Earl of Harewood
Morgan
Kents
Green Street
Lady
Portarlington
Duchess’ Automobile
Hilt
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Bulletins
Haas
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Ashe and
Alleghany Counties
MERT
Pisgah National Forest
Monarchs
Clo
Kansan
Belgium
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