Japanese Air Raids Strike Hankow and Denton
Shanghai dispatches report Japan's air forces attacked Hankow provisional capital and Denton southern gateway for war supplies. About thirty planes hit Hankow with 18 Chinese planes downed in dogfights. Hankow airfield bombed and one Japanese plane missing. Refugees to Hong Kong estimated at 24,000 since Saturday as Japan presses toward central China with Doihara’s forces encircling Lanfeng and aiming at Hankow.
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Shanghai
Japan
Hankow
Denton
Hankaw
Manekaw
Hirohito
Ime
Ongkong
Central
Thewanglung
Hongkong
Eolday
Howe
Henry
China
Kenjiro Japah
Lawrence of
Mahehi
Doihara
Lanfeng
Shai
Chen
Chenceho
Lanteng
Pohsien
Lunghat
Iowa Primary Tops Five June Elections in National Interest
Washington dispatch notes Iowa's May 91 primary as a national test of Roosevelt administration strength due to candidate Wearin and GOP response. It highlights other June primaries in North Carolina Maine Minnesota North Dakota and Indiana events, including Nye Langer and Van Nuys independence move, with crop control as Iowa’s defining issue.
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Iowa
Washington
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Maine
Minnesota
North Dakotas
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Othe Wearin
Guy Gillette
Congress
Wearin
Florida
Pennsylvania
Thomas Kennedy
CIO
Farley
Charles Alvin Fonds
George H. Earle
Senate
North Dakota
Gerald Nye
Nye
William Langer
Indiana
Uune
van Nuys
Storms and battles grip China and Europe in chaotic world war updates
Reports detail Japanese offensives around Foo Chow and Hankow with air raids on Chinese airfields while western Japan faced a blackout scare from mysterious planes. Across Europe and Latin America, Czechoslovakia, Spain, and Mexico see border tensions and civilian casualties as governments prepare defenses and the war disrupts daily life. Obituaries note local deaths including Mrs Nova Hepner, Mrs Alice Thayer, and Paul Baloga with funeral arrangements announced.
Obituary Mrs Harry Bagley of Indiana Community
Mrs Margare t Myers Bagley wife of Harry Bagley died at home near Indiana at 245 am Sunday. Born October 22 1867 in Diamondville she lived 40 years in Cockport and five in Kent then five years in Indiana. She was a member of Cockport Baptist Church. Survived by sons Roy Mabou William Bigley Walter Elmery and Charles Bagley. daughters Mrs A P Gromley and Mrs Walter Simpson. brothers John Leni Myers Walter Myers. sister Mrs Ida Owens. 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements through Robinson Funeral Home with services at Cockport Lutheran Church and burial at Cookport Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
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Kenneth Mepner
Nova Viola (Dickie) Hepner
Josephine
George
Mary Ann
Glewell) Dickie
Paine
Jefferson County
Indiaoa
Edna Coleman
Kenneth Coleman
Patrick
Jewell
Carl Dickie
New Kensington
Donrald Dickie
Indiana
Melbourne
Dickie
Jackson City
Mich
Bower Miller
Mildred Dickie
Cleveland
Harry Barnett
Canton
Robinson Funeral Home
James Thayer
Alice Thayer
Indiana Hospital
Bradford
Mildred
Honver City
Lloyd Benjamin
Alfred Youells
Wyoming
Gerald Thayer
Johnson City
WN. Y
Raymond
Ivan Thayer
Akron
Leonard
Joseph Thayer
Clymer
Reginald Thayer
Waterman
Anthony Bell
Emiret
Atthuy’ Vandermark
Harry Whyte
C. F
Greenwood Cemetery
Harry Bagley
Margaret Myers
Bagles
Adam
Fannie
Long) Myere
Diamondville
New Cockport
Kent
Cockport
Walter
Elmery Bagley
Charles Bagley
Diamondgitte
A. PL Gromley
Walter Simpson
John
Leni
Tr) Myers
Walter Myers
Ida Owens
Penn Ruby
Cookport
Statewide study on Pennsylvania organized camp facilities
The National Park Service with the State Planning Board and State Department of Forests and Writers surveys Pennsylvania organized camps to assess facilities for underprivileged urban children. The study inventories camp types, staffs, and locations by designated groups, and aims to avoid competing with private camps while expanding low cost camping through nonprofits.
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National Park Service
State Planning Bbard
State Department of Forests and Writers
Pennsylvania
J. B. MclGovern
Sage Mans
Y.M. CG
Oor
McCormick to wed nurse Adah Wilson in private ceremony
Pasadena observer reports Chicago industrialist Haruled Fowler McCormick, 66, plans a strictly private third marriage to his 34-year-old nurse Adah Wilson. Since January he has faced arthritis and a heart attack. couple will stay at the McCormick estate during the summer.
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Pasadena
Vali
Fowler McCormick
Harvester
Adah Wilson
Chicago
Alring
McCormick
Three Probes in Levine Case Spark Local-Themed Suspicions
Notes in the Levine kidnapping case suggest a local job and emphasize community familiarity. Investigators point to ransom placements near the Levine home synagogue site and a four block distant lot, with the body weight and wire clues hinting at near New Rochelle. two youths questioned with no arrests.
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Levine
New Rochelle
Veterans Parade and Memorial Service Across County
The county observed Memorial Day features with Findley Carney the sole Civil War veteran, riding in an automobile near the monument as Bert H. Lichteberper drum in the Municipal Band. After services, county groups toured recreational areas while fishermen faced thawed waters with no serious accidents reported.
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Findley Carney
White
Indiana
Reding
Mr. Carney Cowd
Mr. Carney
Burgess Bert H. Lichteberper
Indiana Springs
Dreamland
Presbyterians Choose Clerk in Assembly Session
The General Assembly chose a clerk as Dr. Herman N. Morse of the Board of National Missions told commissioners that churches with a national outlook hold bulwarks of unity amid sectional tensions. He urged abandoning the doctrine of manifest destiny after Spain’s war to aid Cuba without spoils. Rev. George A. Budrick of New York warned against sensational preaching, arguing the pulpit should avoid cheap thrills and stay true to its mission.
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General Assembly
Herman N. Morse
Board of National Missions
Cuba
United States
George A. Budrick
New York City
Kidnappers Demand 10000 Dollars in Robbery Case
Cash, a merchant and station owner living with his wife for five years, reported a child kidnapping after the father received a ransom demand of 10000 dollars. He notified the FBI in Miami 25 miles away and J Edgar Hoover assigned inspectors who flew in Sunday. The victim was the eight year old son of the local business owner who operates a grocery store and two filling stations in a large frame building on the main highway between Miami and Key West.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Shirley Ann Woodburn
Emmet Kirgan
Shirley Ann
Arthur Rahn
Shirley
John Woodburn
Frank M. Cappock, Jr
Cash
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miami
Here
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Key Wrest
Earhart Kin Injured In Plane Crash Near Indianapolis
Cecelia Earhart a cousin of Amelia Earhart suffered a concussion and facial cuts after a dual control plane lost power and crashed in a vacant lot near Indianapolis. She was en route to Toledo to log flying hours for her license. instructor Earl Adams was cut but continued by plane. Amelia Earhart last appeared in the Pacific during a round the world flight.
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Indianapolis
Cecelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
Toledo
Earl Adams
Toledo, Miss Barshart
Pacific Ocean
New Brighton 100 Years Old Centennial Pageant Returns
New Brighton May 3 4 Highlights of the boroughs centennial history will be presented tonight tomorrow and Thursday in a pageant with a large cast of costumed residents Memorial services and the Beaver Boat Clubs annual outboard regatta were held yesterday Ernie Cait of Cleveland won both heats in class A and Miss Gina Temple of Cleveland won the first heat in the midget race Her motor quit and Mrs Ang Mandel won the second heat A baby grand piano weighs about 450 pounds
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New Brighton
Beaver County
Beaver Boat Club
Ernie Cait
Cleveland
Gina Temple
Ang Mandel
Lawyers of Three States Pay Tribute To Retiring Judges
Lawyers in Pennsylvania Delaw are and New Jersey paid tribute to three retiring 11th Circuit Court of Appeals judges in Philadelphia. Judges Bulington Woolley and Thompson honored with ceremonies. Judge Davis promoted to senior status, filling Buffington’s seat. Speakers included Pepper Haight Morris and Vanderbilt. Court lacks a regular quorum, with two vacancies and emergency callability noted.
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Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Delahare
New Jersey
Circuit Court of Appeals
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
American Bay Association
George Wharton Pepper
Thomas C. Haight
Hugh M. Morris
Wilmington
Delaware
Third Circuit
John Biggs
Winter grains in Pennsylvania show best condition since 1932
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service says winter grains in Pennsylvania fared well through a mild winter with heavy frosts in April. oats sowing nearly complete and stands good in the southeast. Wheat and rye losses were not as feared, fruit damage limited, and fruit crops expected near or below normal with cherries largely damaged.
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Pennsylvania
Federal State
Fiower
Atiala
Barberry Eradication Underway to Stop Rust Spread
Wild European barberries carrying Black Stem Rust have been found in 45 of 67 Pennsylvania counties. Eradication crews under Federal and State direction report 98 percent barberry presence on Susquehanna farms, with plans to free the county of barberries by summer. Crews operate in Bradford Wayne Lackawanna Susquehanna Wyoming Erie Sullivan Huntingdon Centre Crawford Adams Blair Sullivan counties, destroying bushes by grubbing or salting roots.
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Pennsylvania
United States
Susquehanna County
Bradford
Wayne
Lackawanna
Susquehanna
Wyoming
Erie
Sulivan
Huntingdon
Centre
Crawford
Adams
Blair
Sullivan Counties
Eradication Crews Clear Waste Land Across Counties
Eradication efforts have covered Cumberland Franklin and Wyoming Counties, removing bushes on 3100 properties over about 3500 square miles by end of 1987. Crews include farmers and WPA workers.
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Cumberland
Franklin
Wyoming
WPA
Deny Bail To Kidnapper In New York Case
North Tonawanda New York May 21 Mrs Anna Legare 41 was held for the grand jury after arraignment on a charge of kidnapping four year old Betty Jane Hobbs she took to Coolville Ohio last week for a visit City Judge Edward B Harrington released her in custody of the sheriff pending grand jury appearance June 10
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North Tonawanda
N. Y
Buxom
Anna Legare
Betty Jane Hobbs
Coolville
Edward B. Harrington
Treasury Balance Report With May 27 Figures
Washington May 31 Treasury position as of May 27 receipts 42 172 897 63 expenditures 20 219 108 26 balance 2 625 064 084 53 customs receipts for the month 20 052 258 76 the figures show the ongoing government cash status and monthly inflows and outflows.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Mertz Wins Rome Fellowship in Landscape Architecture
Stuart M. Mertz of Wayne Delaware County today earned the American Academy in Rome Fellowship in landscape architecture. A 1937 graduate of Pennsylvania State College, he is a Cornell University graduate student and the best state college graduate to win the award.
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State College
Stuart M. Mertz
Wayne
Delaware County
American Academy In Rome
Pennsylvania State College
Mertz
Cornell University
Windsors Choose Antibes Chateau as New Home
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived from Versailles to the Riviera city planning residence at Chateau de la Croe. They will reside in a hotel until renovations finish by late June.
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Antibes
France
Duchess of Winder
Versailles
Riviera
Chateau de la Croe
Fire destroys coal breaker at Sandy Run mine
Fire destroyed the coal breaker of the Sandy Run Miners and Producers Company at Sandy Run near Hazleton early today. Officials estimate the loss at about 100000 dollars. The plant could handle about BN cars of coal daily and employed around 400 men.
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Hazleton
fFire
Sandy Run
Quake rattles California homes and coastal cities
A strong May 31 tremor rattled about 30 000 square miles from Santa Barbara to the Mojave Desert and inland to the Imperial Valley. Long Beach Santa Barbara and San Jacinto felt the shocks that lasted several seconds with damaged dishes and swaying lights but largely spared major destruction.
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Los Angeles
California
Pacife
Santa Barbara
San Diegos
Majove
Coachella Valley
Long Beach
San Jacinto
Los Angeles Ocean
Imperial Valley
Arca
Markets livestock Pittsburgh May 31 prices and produce
Pittsburgh markets report steady hogs and mixed cattle trends with direct trades noted. Hog prices 1600 direct at 160-226. Cattle in: steers 8.00-9.00, top 9.00. cows and bulls 25 lower. vealers 8.50-9.50. Sheep 7.50-8.00 for good lambs. spring lambs up to 11.00. Produce demand moderate with apples and potatoes listed across several varieties and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
New York
Baldwins
Rome
24 Die During Holiday Period In Williamsburg Area
A jumble of brief notices reports multiple fatalities during the holiday season. The items mention an explosion destroying a factory in Potstown Horace Lelster Lansdale. a canoe capsizing on Perkiomen Creek near Schwenksville. a firefighter burned to death in a tavern blaze in Towanda Athens. a hunter fatally shot in Bangor. a child in Meadville falling from a crib. a man drowning after a Monongahela River tumble. a tractor accident in Tioga RI. and a remark about mistletoe growth on various trees.
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Potstown
Horace — Lelster
Lansdale
Perkiomen Creek
Schwenksville
Towanda
Edward A Dniels
Athens
Batson Nevis Dietz
Bangor
Meadville
Kenneth Richardson
Pittsburgh
James Fox
Monongahela
Wellshora
Raymond Stormer
Tioga
R. I
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