Spying Scandals and Nazi Threats Roil New York Headlines
A convoluted espionage case unfolds in New York with a hairdresser, a ship worker, a mechanic and others among 16 indicted for conspiracy. G man Leon G. Turrou, famed for Lindbergh kidnap work, resigns after 16 hour days over months. State dept officials faced questions as Nazi Germany tightens control at home amid Jew related crackdowns and new arrests.
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Posinan
New York
Lastebruary
Cchanic
Melanie
Leon G. Turrou
Alf
Navy
Roosevelt notes rain drops but hints at recovery
President Roosevelt said a few rain drops may be followed by a much needed shower as the economy shows improvement. Commerce Secretary Roper claimed the economy is clearing, with 1938 national income now forecast around 60 billion dollars.
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Roosevelt
Commerce
Roper
Commerce Department
Congress
Wall Street
Olympian wreck over Custer Creek kills forty on Montana line
A Montana train on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line plunged as Custer Creek rose, destroying an 180 foot trestle. Forty bodies recovered by Thursday, with more believed dead as survivors recalled the disaster during a flood that swept cars downstream.
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Chicago
West Coast
Frank Merrifield
Montana
Custer Creek
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Merrifield
Annual Elections and Celebrations Across Nations
Upcoming events include a North Dakota primary and Indiana GOP convention. Civil War veterans meet in Gettysburg and a World's Fair cornerstone laid in New York. Canada marks Dominion Day, July 1, while an AAU track meet occurs in Buffalo. Amelia Earhart's disappearance reaches its first anniversary.
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Ph Nh
Delaware River Valley
Louisville
North Dakota
Indiana
G.O.P
Gettysburg
Roosevelt
National Education Association
New York
Canada
Buffalo
Amelia Earhart
Unemployed Texas tuner on trial for murder
A Texas piano tuner confessed plans to drown his 13 year old assistant for a $5,000 life policy but altered the scheme after learning the boy could swim. He then bought a bicycle for the boy hoping he would be hit by a car and finally pushed him from a 400 foot cliff. A jury quickly sentenced him to death. The tale also notes a child preacher, eight year old Charles E. Jaynes Jr., performing a marriage at a Cleveland church and inviting the couple to hear his sermon about the ten wives and five foolish virgins.
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Texas
Charles E. Jaynes, Jr
Four Square Gospel Church
Cleveland
Abroad Danger Warns War Spread Across China Front
A Monday warning warned that Japan could extend the war in China with maps urging foreigners to stay cautious. Tokyo papers later suggested a possible declaration of war, denied by officials as groundless. Reports described shifting Japanese forces to the Yangtze as Yellow River disruptions impacted fronts from Hankow to No Man's Land.
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Japan
China
Tokyo
Yellow River
Hankow
Yangtze
Chang Fah-kwei
Swatow
Canton
Notable quotes from Ruth Barnes Clover and Duperrey
Babe Ruth returns to baseball with a warm note about being back in the game. Margaret Ayer Barnes asserts a book can be written about anything. Elzada Clover discusses female explorers and river botany. Maurice Duperrey advocates mutual understanding over force to share riches.
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Babe Ruth
Brooklyn Dodgers
Margaret Ayer Barnes
Elzada Clover
Colorado
Maurice Duperrey
Rotary International
Kennedy reports to Roosevelt on politics business and security
Joseph P. Kennedy, U. S. ambassador to England, told President Roosevelt in Mon to report on politics business and gas and knee breeches. He noted he is not seeking the Democratic nomination and said Americans are not taught to wear gas masks. Barbara Hutton described fears of kidnappers and guards following her in Europe amid a London threat. Social Register 1938 lists marriages in Nantucket Mass and notes June 18 nuptials for Anne L Haven.
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Hitler
Germany
Reich
Jws
Czechoslovkia
Rebbels
Kurfverstendamm
Aerlin
Pace
Volmer
Andryan
Lewis O. Barrows
Hae U
Louis J. Brann
Elmer A. Benson
Minnesota
Hjalmar Petersen
Benson
Roosevelt
Petersen
WPA
Harold Stassen
South St. Paul
Thomas Gallagher
Minneapolis
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S
England
Mon
Barbara Hutton
Count Court Haugwitz - Reventlow
Europe
Haugwitz-Reventlow
Babs
Lance
London
Soci
Social Register
John A
Franklin D
Nahant
Mass
Clark
Anne L
F. Haven
Eire
Eamon de Valera
Dail Eireann
House of Representatives
America
Chamberlain
In Short Kayoed Schmeling and Other News Bits
Los Angeles court cases involve a man linked to a land dispute as police report. Western Canada endures a 250 mile forest front blaze labeled Alberta’s worst in history. Five Tampa police officers face charges for kidnapping and flogging political workers, later dropped. CIO longshoremen win NLRB certification for five Pacific groups. Jacob Shapiro, “Public Enemy No 1,” sentenced to three years for attempting fur industry control. Marriages include Joanne Bass to Marshall Field Jr and Helena Rubinstein to Prince A. Gurielli-Tehkonik. The Countess of Strathmore, queen mother’s mother, dies. other losses noted.
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Schmeling
Louis
Los Angeles
Canada
Alberta
Tampa
Fla
CIO
Longshoremen’s Union
NLRB
Jacob “Gurrah" Shapiro
New York
Public Enemy No. 1
Joanne Bass
New Hamme
Robert P. Bass
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
Helena Rubinstein
Countess of Strathmore
Queen Elizabeth
Atareiee
Sasampshire
Alla . Gasque
South Carolina
Britain Italy Move Toward Peace in Spain Amid War News
Britain and Italy sign a goodwill agreement to take effect after the Spanish conflict ends. Franco expands rebel gains while Negrin’s Loyalists defend Valencia and Barcelona endure others raids as diplomacy stalls.
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U. S
Ermany
Merica
Germany
Austria
Peny Dony
America
Uncle Sam
Britain
Foigners
Italy
Spain
Franco
Negrin
Valencia
Barcelona
London
David Lloyd George
Chamberlain
United States
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Sween
Lend-Spend Bill
PWA
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Copeland
Robert F. Wae
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Senate
John J. Bennett, Jr
AP Washington
Kirke Simpson
Maine
Vancouver
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Post Office
Civic Artillery
Miller
British Columbia
Townsend
Francis E. Townsend
Pitepatrick
Post-Dispatch
History Review
Jenny Wade
Gustav Adolf
Louise
Prince Bertil
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Roosevelts
Hyde Park
N. Y
Andrew Mellon
the Treasury
John Q. Public
Shoemaker
Chicago Daily News
John Q
Czechoslovakia
Herr Hitler
France
No Man’s Land
Nevada
James McDonald
Reno
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Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Parauay
League of Nations
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Kennedy
John Bull
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Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
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Charles Tegart
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