Amoy Falls to Japanese Forces in Amoy and Kulangsu Patched Refugees
American Bluejackets patrolled Kulangsu Island as Japanese forces captured Amoy, asserting full occupation including the city. Refugees and soldiers poured into Shanghai area. US ships moved to assist and monitor the South China coast amid evolving European tensions including Chamberlain’s diplomacy and Italian-Ethiopian conflicts.
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Shanghai
Gmail
Kulangsu Island
South China
Amoy
Amoy Island
Shangtung
Tully
Lunghai Railway
Langkzehu
Tancheng
Lunghai
Matowchen
Kulangsu
United States
Asheville
Edsall
Foochow
Marblehead
U. S
Manila
Honkong
Republican Women of Indiana meet at county courthouse
Much election activity reported as Republican Women of Indiana and White Townships plan a mase meeting in the Indiana Courthouse. County candidates have been invited to attend. Edward J. Hartnett, campaign manager for Maraisotti for Governor, was noted in the report.
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Indiana
White Townships
Edward J. Hartnett
State Police Head Checks Whether Slash In G-Men Cash May Hamper Work
Harrisburg May 12 State Police Commissioner P. L. Wy Foote said he would confer with Philadelphia FBI agents to assess how a federal funding cut to the G men could affect Pennsylvania crime fighting. He expects to refine a joint action plan to avoid friction and improve cooperation between state and federal authorities, while noting the G men unlikely reduce their Pennsylvania presence.
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Aarrisburg
Wy Foote
Fennsylvania
Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Star Motor Poster
Foote
Pennsylvania
Edgar Hoover
PBI
State Chiefs of Police
Democrats plan large meeting ahead of Indiana Courthouse rally
Arrangements are made for a major Democratic meeting tomorrow at 9:39 a.m. in front of the Indiana Courthouse to hear former Attorney General Charles Margiotti and State Senator John J. Haluska, his running mate for Lieutenant Governor. Supporters of other Democrats hold district meetings and sharpen their votes for Tuesday. Kennedy meetings are set for Saltsburg tonight, Clymer tomorrow, Blacklick Saturday, and McIntyre Monday.
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Indiana
Foremer
Charles of
Coleman Shearing Contest Awards and Local Wool Market Talks
Ace Coleman won third prize and three dollars after a continuing page one summary. Robert Beatty of Creekside R D won seventh with two dollars. Prizes were funded by the tight went growers associations in the district. Penn State sheep extension specialist W B Connell spoke on wool marketing and Jim Reynolds of the Producers Cooperative Association discussed the lamb market. Hampshire sheep for the contest belonged to Paul Hopkins of Marion Center RD. A similar contest occurred yesterday at Mercer with ten competitors. Today the third in a series is at Waynesburg.
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Robert
Mercer
Waynesburg
Hold Youth in Friend's Death Trial Opens
Philadelphia May 12 A hunting knife with a long blade is shown at the Edwin Yogie trial for slaying schoolboy James Pleagle over a girl. Leroy McColl, 17, cousin to Pleagle, testifies Yogie plunged the knife into Pleagle’s stomach and carried it in a sheath at his bed. Marie Milburn, 16, Pleagle’s supposed girl friend, was absent. The prosecutor seeks first degree murder but requests life imprisonment, not the death penalty, arguing Yogie was not the aggressor.
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Philadelphia
Edwin Yogie
Leroy McColl
James Pleagle
Commonwealth
Tese
Yagle
Fleagle
Yate
Marie
Marie Milburn
Vincent A. Carroll
James Claims Continues Attack on Vicious Literature
James denounces circulating false and anonymous partisan material affecting voters. He argues his governorship was fair to all races creeds and religions and warns Pennsylvanians to beware of deceitful campaigning, saying liars prove unworthy of public trust and Harrisburg leadership.
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Tbal Cread
Viam
Eawin
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Obituary notices for Ida Fowler Brickley and George Houck
Mrs Ida Fowler Brickley widow of Harvey Brickley dies at home in Penn Run aged ? She leaves a son Dy A J Brickley of California and grandchildren Anne Fowler and A 4 Brickley Jr. A daughter of William and Elizabeth Fowler she was born Cherry Hill Township and lived in Pen Run Cherry Tree and Indiana before settling in Penn Run since 1925. She was a member of Penn Run Presbyterian Church. Funeral service Friday at 2 PM in Robinson Funeral Home conducted by Rev R My Ofull D BD. Interment Harmony Cemetery Penn Run. George Avie Houck’s funeral in Cherrymer Christian Church Friday at 2 PM with interment Greenwood Cemetery Indiana. Body on view 1 2 PM.
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Harvey Brickley
Iso Mom
Peni Run
J, Brickley
California
Anne Fowler
Brickley
William
Elizabeth (Coy) Fowler
Cherry
HI Township
Pen Run
Cherry Tree
Indiana
Penn Ruy
Penn Ruy Presbyterian Church
Robinson Funeral Home
R. My Ofull
D. BD
Dd Harmony Cemetery
Penn Run
George Ardell Houck
George Avie Houck
Chymer Christian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Dhe Eri
Green Shirts Barred Amid Military Patrols
Fragmentary OCR reports militay and police gurdation with death sentences at a chieftains feast. Soldiers and police move in small detachments through streets, but no clear indications of wider actions emerge.
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Miladry
Ickely
Rebellion Suppressed in Brazil After Palace Siege
Police uncovered evidence of planning in the uprising including pigeons to relay news and orders, grenades and bombs found, with one large bomb detonating at the National Security Tribunal and another at the National Telegraph. A palace heroine aided by her father faced guards as rebels moved through the palm shade. Vargas and family resisted, while General De Goes Manteira believed danger was ended.
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Cnuild
National Security Tribunal
National Telegraph
Donna
Barden
Ks Revealer
Inne Garden
Vargas
Donna Alegvera
Pedro Aurelio de Goes Manteira
Spending foes fight power spending foes fight power
Debates on rural electrification funding report opposition from Bacon and Maverick with claims relief bills harm private business. Maverick cites 260 million to 80 million ranges, Rayburn support, and political controversy as Republicans decry aid while Democrats endorse public works and tax measures. House questions relief plans amid broader economy concerns and travel legislation awaits Senate agreement.
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Maverick
D-Tex
Rankin
D-Missi
Rayburn
Sone Ty
Beetyientian
Roper
Afver Bacon
Knutson
R-Minn
Plorigia
Popper
Wea
House
White House
Senate
Political Shift Narrowly Hits Democratic Support
A fragment notes that sion, however, appeared to be losing some Democratic support, signaling a tightening in party backing amid ongoing debates and rival pressures.
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Sion
50 000 Kickback Truck Charges Hit Governor Race
Charles Margiotti accused David Lawrence and Matthew McCloskey of taking a $50 000 kickback from truck firms tied to a $474 000 state order in 1936 37. He said the price was padded from 700 to 2000 per truck and that agents funded the payoff. Evidence was turned over to Dauphin County DA for a grand jury, delayed until after the primary. Kennedy and others responded with claims of political manipulation and pressure against investigations. Pinchot urged a coal region solution. Jones likely to affect November race.
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Bristol
Charles Ud. Margiotti
David £. Lawrence
Matthew H. McCloskey
Philadelphia
Frais
Margiotil
Lawrence
McCloskey
Margiold
Carl B. Shelley
Dauphin County
State Supreme Court
Margiotti
Sharpu
Pittsurgh
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
Surpreme
A. FP
L. Jeaders
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
John Li. Lewis
xXx Kenedy
Fire Ladies Life No Cinch in Philadelphia Court Suit
Philadelphia firemen seek a six day week with a day off. They allege 24 hour shifts before days off, frequent pole descents, high rates of heart disease and nervous complaints, and claim the city violates state law. The City Firemen's Protective Association, AFL affiliate, leads the action naming Mayor Davis Wilson and officials as defendants.
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Philadelphia
Davis Wilson
Fire Department
City Firemen's Protective Association
A. F. of L
Pennsylvania Governor Campaign Remarks and GOP Leadership
In Philadelphia May 12 Judge Arthur H. James running for the Republican nomination argues the party must not repeat past missteps to regain leadership in Pennsylvania. He says Gifford Pinchot led the state government during his loss of the majority, while Democrats back Charles Alvin Jones for governor.
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Scranton
Gifford Pinchot
Jones
York
Farle
Charfea Alvin Jones
Democratic State Committee
Charles Alvin Jones
Philadelphia
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Giffard Pinchot
Final Search Expanded In West Virginia Missing Girl Case
Volunteers 25 per group sweep 250 foot segments guided by surveyors after Marjory vanished. Bloodhounds traced her trail multiple times, then lost it. Chief Edwards Edmonds noted no link to a man and girl seen in West Virginia, pending months of investigation. State police, guardsmen, and CCC workers join hunt amid rain and woods.
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Ferrai
New York State
Edward Edmonds
West Virginia
Marjory
West Virgine Ja
Shirley West
Edmonds
Lia
National
CCC
Treasury balance shows large deficit and receipts drop
On May 10 the treasury reported receipts of 20.7 million and expenditures of 35.1 million, leaving a balance of 2.8011980193 billion dollars. Context mentions customs receipts and a census note from Panama in 1930 plus a trooper deployment in Meadville seeking missing individuals.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Republic of Panama
FDR urges McAdoo to seek renomination for Senate
President Roosevelt praises senator William G. McAdoo and urges him to run again, calling retirement a loss to the public. The 74-year-old California Democrat announced plans to seek renomination, facing Pier son M. Hall and other Democrats in the upcoming primary, with Sherman Downey and John W. Preston also in the field.
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Roosevelt
Arward
William G. McAdoo
Calif
McAdoo
Los Angeles
Senate
Pierson M. Hall
U. S
John W. Preston
Supreme Court
Sherman Downey
Upton Sinclair
Epic
Eckener Sees Air Failure For Zeppelin Passenger Runs
Washington May 12 Hugo Eckener warned on German air travel prospects after the U S reluctance to supply helium for passenger Zeppelins. He blamed Interior Secretary Ickes for delaying sale and said American military fear blocks progress despite authorities indicating no military threat.
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Washington
Hugo Eckener
Lille
Germany
United States
Zeppelin
Iokes
Ickes
Fire claims six members of Gibson family near Poole
Henderson Kentucky May 12 Fire destroyed a tenant home near Poole twenty miles south of here killing six members of the lott Gibson family. Victims were Gibson 31 his wife Mabel 28 three sons aged 17 months to 8 years and a daughter four One daughter Helen 10 escaped the blaze.
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Henderson
Lott Gibson
Poole
Here
Gibson
Mabel
Helen
Mini Warfare Seids Planes Men Into Air To Fight Off Invaders
Harrisburg dispatch describes a large scale air war drill with G H Q forces mobilizing Three Wings to defend the Atlantic coast. Blue forces prepare to target Black carrier fleets while simulated invasions unfold from Kitty Hawk to Maine, with bombers and fighter squadrons in rapid response.
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Harrisburg
Isin
General Headquarters
Air Forte
Atlantic
G. HO
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Middle Atlantic
New England
Middletown Army Air Depot
Pennsylvania
Afi
Afi.cers
New York
G. H. GO
Jilans
Midwest
Auth
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Franke M. Andrews
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Maine
Boothbay Harbor
Providence
R, I
Bose Lon
Death by Own Action in Ohio Case Casts Doubt
Canton Ohio May 12 Investigators retrace leads in the 1937 death of Mrs Deuber S Cable from carbon monoxide in her car amid a divorce case. They hint evidence supporting Mrs Cable’s claim that killers were paid to commit the crime. Cable 44 remains in custody as authorities question associates and a woman connected to the night of the slaying.
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Canton
Theresa Ludwig
Deuber S. Cable
Cleveland
Miss. Ludwig
Ageyon
Cable
William Simpson
Simpson
Ira Manderbaugh
Steubenville
A. B. Cable
Deuber
Miss Ludwig
Akron
Manderbaugh
Markets and grains mermaid. aged monument erected
Markets report from Pittsburgh and Chicago shows moderate produce demand with mixed prices for apples and other fruits. Hogs and cattle prices move within narrow ranges while grains rise on demand and crop damage concerns. A 350 million year old petrified stump monument in Ads, Oklahoma honors Dr. David White.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia Delicinus
Maine
Florida
Alabama Bliss
Louisiana Bliss
South Carolina Cobblers
Ads
Okla
David White
Pennsylvania Pastures Stand Better Than 1927-36 Average
The Stock Market reports that Pastures in Pennsylvania came through the winter in better condition than a year ago and above the average for the 1927-1936 period, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture via the Federal State Reporting Service survey.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
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