Mob fires at El Campo dance hall in slaying case
In El Campo Texas on June 18 a mob of about 250 men tried to lynch ten Negro suspects for the murder of Tim Simmons a 30 year old special officer. They set fire to a dance hall where Simmons was killed then searched the local jail and later went to Bay City. Authorities stated the suspects were moved to Corpus Christi for safekeeping and Houston was considered as a transfer option.
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EL Campo
Tex
Tim Simmons
Wharton
Simmons
Matagorda
Corpus Christi
Wharton County
E. J. Koehl
George P. Willis, Jr
Corpus
Christi
Houston
Bay City
Douglas
Koehl
Scientists Worried Over Pending Solar Eclipse
Scientists from a dozen nations prepared for a solar eclipse that will cast a 50 mile shadow from the Mediterranean northeast to Alaska. Cloudy weather threatens visibility along most of the path as instruments stand ready in Russia Japan and Turkey for a minute of total darkness to reveal clues to unresolved solar questions. The eclipse begins around 11 p.m. EST and will not be visible in the United States.
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Mediterranean
Alaska
Russia
Japan
Turkey
United States
Landon-Knox Club Formed in Columbia Missouri
In Boone county Columbia Me June 18 UP the first Landon Kn x Club in Missouri formed last night at a meeting of the Women's Republican Club of Boone county Walter H Baird of Columbia elected president Mrs Pearl Gehrig of Salisbury former president of the State Federation of Women's Republican Clubs addressed the group urging support for a new deal not the old deal and stressed GOP unity in Cleveland era terms
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Colmbia
Landon-Knox
Missouri
Boone County
Republican Club
Walter H. Baird
Columbia
Pearl Gehrig
Salisbury
State Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
U.S
New School of Thought
Cleveland
Duvall Eliminates Another Kansas Citian
Grable Duval Jr of Kansas City, defending champion, defeated George Allen of Kansas City in the quarter finals of the Missouri amateur golf tournament at Hillcrest club marking another precision like victory in the Kansas City field.
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Kansas City
Grable Duval, Jr
George Allen
Missouri
Hillcrest Club
U S Hospital Officials Yield In Paris Strike
Paris June 18 AP Officials of the American hospital yielded to strikers demands ending a walkout after the French government refused Ambassador Jesse S. Straus request to eject the strikers. Settlement came after talks between Central Federation of Labor delegates and hospital authorities. The strike endangered 85 patients, 23 in serious condition.
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Paris
Jesse Sidor Straus
Central Federation of Labor
Ambassador Straus
Neuilly-Surseine
Croix de Feu
World War Veterans
Col
Francois de la Rocque
de la Rocque
Car Strikes Tree Injuring Jefferson City Driver
Arthur Loesch suffered slight facial injuries when his motor car left the pavement three miles south of Jefferson City last night. He said another car forced him from the pavement. the front end was damaged and his nose injured when his head struck the windshield.
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Arthur Loesch
Jefferson City
Bardly
Loesch
Reapers
State Highway Central
Fastest Train in the World Starts Tonight in Chicago
Chicago reports the City of Denver, a 1200-horsepower diesel streamliner, begins service tonight on the Union Pacific Lines. It leaves Chicago at 6 20 p m and reaches Denver 1048 miles away at 9 20 a m Mountain Time, averaging 65.5 miles per hour over 16 hours. The Chicago Omaha leg takes seven hours 35 minutes. The schedule runs daily between Chicago and Denver.
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Chicago
Denver
Union Pacific
Omaha
Stop Landon Movement Behind Scenes At National Convention
Chicago June 18 AP Col Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee recounted at Union League Club how Landon rivals withdrew after a late June 10 conference. He said Vandenberg and others debated blocking the nomination but concluded the choice came from the grass roots, not party delegates.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Union League Club
Landon
Knox
Show Club
Arthur) Vandenberg
Wth
Hoover
Lester J
Dickinson
Vandenberg
Wiliam E
Borah
Rolla Youth Dies in Kansas Hospital
Leavenworth Kansas June 18 AP Frank Bowman Powell Jr 21 son of Mr and Mrs Frank B Powell of Rolla Mo died at a hospital here last night from blood poisoning after a leg infection He was a member of the R C at Fort Leavenworth and had connections to Wyoming Colorado Arizona and New Mexico Funeral services will be at Rolla
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Leavenworth, Kas
Frank Bowman Powell, Jr
Frank B. Powell
Rolla
Montana Academy
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
R 9. C
Fort Leavenworth
New Mexico
Lunatic Fringe Accusation Out of Moth Balls
New York June 18 AP Hugh Samuel Johnson reopens the Lunatic Fringe accusation tying it to a possible third party presidential bid linked to Father Coughlin and Rev Gerald L E Smith. Johnson says the movement is too late and that Townsends and Coughlins forces cannot trigger a viable third party. He criticizes the Cleveland GOP platform as liberal and notes past fears of a split helping a reactionary victory.
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New York
Hugh Samuel Johnson
NRA
Charles
E. Coughlin
Father Coughlin
Huey P. Long
Chicago
Gerald L. E. Smith
Detroit
National Union For Social Justice
Long-Smith
William Lemke
R-Nd
Francis E. Town
Smith
Johnson
Senator Long
United States
Gary
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Huey Long
Dr. Townsend
Townsend
Moore murder inquiry closed in New Jersey
East Orange authorities closed the E. MacFarlan Moore murder probe with a ballistic report stating the inventor was killed by bullets fired from the gun used by Jean Philip Gebhardt in his own death. Essex County prosecutor William A. Wachenfeld said no further ballistic checks are planned. A detective searches Gebhardt’s Staten Island home for possible clues.
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East Orange
N. J
E. MacFarlan Moore
Jean Philip Gebhardt
William A. Wachenfeld
Essex County
Gebhardt
Staten Island
New York
Glass poised to head Senate Banking committee
Washington June 18 AP Senator Carter Glass of Virginia appeared headed for a key post shaping national monetary and banking policy as the death of Senator Duncan A. Fletcher of Florida left Glass in line for the chairmanship of the Senate banking and currency committee. It was uncertain if Glass would accept, though observers noted his lifelong interest in banking and fiscal affairs.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Glass
Capitol Hill
Heat Prostration Case in St. Louis Reported
In St. Louis the first heat related death of the year was reported. Steve Gilin, 48, a railroad laborer, collapsed yesterday and died at Missouri Pacific hospital. Heat prostration aggravated a heart condition, hospital officials said. Also treated for heat prostration was Stanton Bradon, another laborer, the fourth case this year. Temperature reached 98 degrees.
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ST. Louis
St.Louis
Steve Gilin
Missouri Pacific Hospital
Stanton Bradon
Fires and pillage scar Addis Ababa amid Italian advance
Addis Ababa shows ruins from four days of looting and fire as Italian troops arrive. Reports describe shell‑ruined shops, torn balconies, and a ruined cityscape. Food and housing for 30,000 residents and 56,000 foreigners present ongoing challenges amid rain and rebuilding plans.
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Addis Ababa
Djibouti
Somaliland
New York
Negus Negusti
Africa
Ali
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