London Haunted by Fear of Civil Defense Bomb Raids
Londoners endure pervasive dread as air raid drills and gas mask preparation spread fear. A 59 year old veteran William James Gray hanged himself citing war induced anxiety. Officials report widespread panic, urging public to prepare rooms, masks, and survival supplies while warning of imminent raids.
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Webe Miller
United Press
London
William James Gray
Gray
Marylebone
Thomas Spence
Home Office
Neville Chamberlain
Walton On Thames
Public Health Service
Radio Schedule for Thuretlanune Station Highlights
The listing shows a full day on Thuretlanune 16 with 6:30 Farm Service Hour and 6:45 Poultry and Markets. Programs include Rambling Reds Drifters, News, Morning Varieties, The House You Live In, Morning Devotions, Sons of the Pioneers, and later Matinee Melodies, Baseball game coverage, and Hyde Park broadcasts.
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Sons of the West
Red's Drifters
Sons of the Pioneers
Stag Beer
Scruggs-Guhleman Lumber Co
Central Trust Co
Griesedieck Bros. Moftime Melodies
Griesedieck Bros
St. Louis Browns
Boston
Kellogg
Hyde Park
Nelson Eddy
Kwos
War debt to U S rises as interest mounts
Washington June 15 AP War debts to the United States increased by more than 100 million today as June installments were not paid. Of 13 debtor nations only Finland paid in full. Britain and others showed willingness to discuss settlements when a propitious moment appeared. Interest of 104.9 million went unpaid, bringing total debt near 13 billion as defaulting began five years ago. Debts grow about 4 million weekly due to accumulating interest.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Great Britain
Vandalism Delays Ringling Circus Train to Erie Pa
June 13 AP reports Ringling Bros. Barnum Bailey Circus train to Erie Pa was delayed five hours after vandals cut 24 air brake hoses. The disruption followed a labor walkout by 67 teamsters and drivers over foreman disputes. John Ringling Norris, president, said the show would still open in Erie despite the setback. North had recently urged a wage cut due to lower revenues this year.
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Toledo
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey
Erie
John Ringling Norris
1904 General Slocum Disaster Remembered in New Memorial
New York marks the 34th anniversary of the General Slocum fire in Hell Gate. Survivors and relatives gather at Lutheran Cemetery Middle Village Long Island where 500 victims rest under two tombs with a plaque of the burning ship. Captain Van Schaick was jailed for 10 years after the disaster.
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Slocum
Hell Gate
New York
East River
Lower East Side
Germany
88Th Street
William van Schaick
North Brothers Island
van Schaick
Sing Sing
Utica
Middle Village
Long Island
Flashes of Life in Brief Divorce Case
In Media Pennsylvania on June 15 Mrs Ethel R Hollenbaugh, 24, testified in divorce court that she kept a “score” of her husband's abuses: struck on face 30 times, kicked 12, choked 25, pulled from bed twice, leading to a divorce. Also notes a brief Ottawa Ohio trip and a railroad crossing accident, plus a Richmond California pigeon story and Chicago fishing rights wager.
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Media
Ethel R. Hollenbaugh
Shin bone used to repair backache in Mayo Clinic operation
The Mayo Clinic reports a new bone grafting method to cure backache by transplanting shin bone to form a six inch bridge along the spine. The bridge promotes bone growth into the vertebrae, enlarging and strengthening the back over two to three years. Also noted are cases of frontal lobe removals and other medical discussions from San Francisco.
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Howard W. Blakesleer
Associated Press
San Francisco
American Medical Association
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Ain Engineering
H. W. Myerding
M.D
Mayo Foundation
Myerding
Lloyd H. Ziegler
M. D
Wauwaotsa
Wis
Charles P. Sheldon
Boston
Postmasters to Become Career Civil Servants
Washington June 15 AP Congress extended civil service to first second and third class post offices making postmasters carrier men with lifelong tenure Incumbents mainly Democrats may keep their posts Vacancies will be filled by the President from the top three on a competitive exam Senate confirmation required Republicans accuse it of entrenching Democratic control Also notes an unrelated lake name and its meaning for context.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
NLRB ruling against Seattle Star upheld by court
The Ninth Circuit upheld the National Labor Relations Board order requiring reinstatement of CIO Union branch managers at the Seattle Star. The strike by the American Newspaper Guild followed after replacement by AFL teamsters, with Star attorney Carl E. Croson arguing that teamsters would not haul papers if the CSO men were reinstated.
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San Francisco
National Labor Relations Board
Seattle Star
CIO
Ninth United States Circuit Court At Appeals
Congress
AFL Teamsters
American Newspaper Guild
Star
Carl E. Croson
Teamsters
CSO
Court Upholds Enforcement of NLRB Order
A three judge court granted the NLRB petition for enforcement of its order. The ruling references an international agreement that governs exhibitions and limits them to occur every six years, meaning the next international exhibition cannot take place before 1941 under the agreement.
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NLRB
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