America Asked to Help Solve Chinese Crisis
Washington July 18 The Chinese ambassador Dr C T Wang said he discussed with Secretary Hull China's plea that the United States and other signatories take action in the Sino Japanese crisis. He conferred with officials before attending the state funeral of Senator Robinson. The ambassador left with Hull a memorandum outlining China's view and appeal for assistance by other nations. The document was presented to the 14 powers bound by the nine power treaty. offices declined to state whether this amounted to invocation. Hull and officials would not offer a firm prediction on the memorandum’s impact. The Chinese government has held talks with Japanese and Chinese ambassadors and warned that armed conflict in the Far East would threaten world peace. London reports note a memorandum to Eden outlining the threat in North China and estimates of Japanese force concentrations near Peiping and Tientsin.
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Hull
China
Imiar
Foron
Gemse
Hirsiaji Sano
State Department
Far East
London
Quo Tai-Chi
Anthony Eden
Japan
Russia
Germany
Peiping- Tientsin
Weather notes show cooler temperatures across states
Weather bulletin reports cooler conditions tonight across Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky with drier, less warm Saturday afternoon and night. Forecasters predict cooler air and lighter winds, though some areas may see lingering clouds.
City Tax Collections Show Large Delinquent Totals
City records indicate a substantial sum collected from delinquent property taxes and street assessments in 1987. City Recorder J R Pecktal reported about 2 percent or $73,007.77 of delinquent property taxes from 1917 to 1934 and 85 percent of delinquent street assessments since 1937, with total delinquent collections reaching $138,991 this year and $256,000 surplus largely converted into tax recounts receivable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Pecktal
Peektal
Pecktals
Pecktal
Minister Newton Linked to Slaying in Calf Tort Roadside Case
A soft spoken pastor, Rev C E Newton, 51, is identified by police as the slayer in a case tied to the Mississippi River mystery. Newton, married and longtime Paris, Illinois pastor, allegedly struck Mrs Dennis Kelly with a hammer after a quarrel, claiming she insisted he take her to California from her husband. State's Attorney Merrill Johnston says Newton may plead guilty if indicted. the case could carry the death penalty. The investigation centers on a bizarre set of events starting Monday night in Newton's car near Paris.
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Paris
Merrill Johnston
Pike County
Illinois
Newton
Johnston
Welly
California
Husbead
Slayer Found Sane Will Die For Crime In Newspaper Feud
Alturas California July 16 Barry French found sane by a jury that had earlier convicted him of first degree murder in the newspaper feud killing of Claude Lb McCracken Mocoe county editor The jury returned the sanity verdict last night Superior Judge Ferdinand Jamison set next Tuesday for sentencing French 38 was convicted of fatally shooting McCracken at dinner March 25 The defense contended McCracken's persecution through his newspaper drove French to kill
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Alturas
Calif
Barry French
Claude
Lb. McCracken
Mocoe County
Sanity Verdet
Ferdinand Jamison
French
McCracken
Frenehine Bane
Robinson Funeral Draws Roosevelt at Capitol
President Roosevelt, members of Congress and foreign diplomats attended Senator Joseph T. Robinsons state funeral in Washington. An honor guard stood by the coffin as Senate chaplain Zezarney T. Phillips led the service and Hymns Lead Kindly Light and Abide With Me were sung. Bernard Baruch accompanied Mrs. Robinson from Little Rock and the body would be sent to Arkansas that evening for burial.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Joseph T. Robinson
Capitol
Senate
Phillips
Zezarney T. Phillips
Senator Robinson
Mises Helen Bowison
Washington Presbyterian
House
Jes Shera Montgomery
Little Rock
Bernard Baruch
New York
Robinson
Barrooms May Quit Giving Free Lunches
Los Angeles dispatch reports California Restaurant Association directors vote to urge the state equali zation board to banish free edibles. The move targets free lunch offerings as patrons pay for snacks like fan on rye pretzels and popcorn, shifting cost to customers.
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Los Angeles
California Restaurant Association
State Equalization Board
California
Explosion Probe Sought After Fatal Gas Blast in Sullivan
State and federal investigators probed a sudden underground gas explosion at Glendora Coal Company's Baker mine near Sullivan Indiana. Ten workers died or were missing amid nine injured, while 174 miners escaped. survivors were summoned to an inquest as officials examined the disaster.
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Sullivan
Ind
Zenai
Glendora Coal Company
Baker Mine
Mary Sherman Hospital
Cecil B. Taylor
Federal Bureau of Mines
State Bureau of Mines and Mining
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
Indiana
Pipe causes broken arm in Kansas City incident
Kansas City July 16. John Bell borrowed a cigarette at the hospital after a pipe slipped from his porch and he leaned out to catch it when a boy tossed it back. He fell and broke his arm and was taken to the hospital. He forgot the pipe.
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Kansas City
John Bell
Bell
Union aids probe into expulsion incident at Cleveland plant
Brown Stove Company officials in Cleveland Tennessee pledged help to any investigation into the expulsion of U S Labor conciliator L J Smith and Noel Beddew regional steel workers director. The pair said 12 to 15 men escorted them from the plant after a conference aimed at settling a five week strike that ended with 2000 workers returning to work across four plants. Beddew planned to file intimidation charges with the National Labor Relations Board. Smith sent a report to the Labor Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Brown Stave Company
Cleveland
Tenn
L. J. Smith
United States Department of Labor
Noel Beddew
Regional Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Beddew
Smith
Stove Company
George E. Westerberg
H. M. Fulbright
Grover Brown
Westerberg
Fulbright
Beidow
Beddow
Birmingham
National Labor Relations Board
Department of Labor
Murders Linked to Gangland Ride in Brooklyn
New York July 1642 police investigate two gangland style killings in Brooklyn within 24 hours amid major bootlegging indictments since repeal. Victims were mutilated and set ablaze or found in a burned car. a blonde woman accompanying one man is questioned. Authorities seek ties to the bootlegging crackdown and recall a 1933 Amberg case.
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New York
Brooklyn
Samuel Silverman
William F. McGuinness
Louis “Pretty’' Amberg
Deso
Pure Oil plant in Atlantic City blows up
A Pure Oil Company gasoline storage plant of 10 000 gallons exploded in Atlantic City New Jersey today after a fire started. Firefighters battled the blaze as the plant burst into flames and caused extensive damage with no immediate report of casualties.
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Pure Oil CO
Charge protection refused by officials in high places
A national conference of citizens committees charged that certain public officials in high places refused to protect American citizens in their right to work. The report came from Johnstown Pennsylvania on July 16 as part of the AP dispatch.
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Johnstown
National Conference of Citizens Committees
Senator Gillette Urges End to Battle Over Court Reform
Senator Gillette of Iowa urged President Roosevelt to take action to forestall a resumption of hostilities over the court reform program. The Democrat expressed hope that the president would still see fit to intervene and prevent renewed conflict in the battle surrounding court reforms.
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Washington
Gillette
Towa
Roosevelt
Poor Rich Girl to Wed Heiress Madge Laidlaw Plans July 29
Poor Rich Girl to Wed heiress Madge Carrington Laidlaw, heiress to a $600000 legacy from an unnamed benefactor, plans to wed William H. Wiley of New York on July 29. Laidlaw, then 10, became beneficiary eleven years ago after the mystery legacy was bequeathed. she died at Cos Cob, Connecticut.
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Madge Carrington Laidlaw
Plana
William H. Wiley
New York
Miss Laidlaw
Sia
Cos Cob
Conn
Central Press
Witness Blames Police in Deaths at Memorial Day Riot
Chicago July 16 testimony at an inquest into the Memorial Day steel strike riot where 10 men died. Jeremiah Ingersoll said police fired from close range at strikers and sympathizers near Republic Steel, denying provocation, while other officers claimed shots came from the crowd. He testified a policeman targeted a retreating marcher and fired twice.
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Chicago
Jeremiah Ingersoll
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Ingersoll
Republic Steel Corporation
Frank Walsh
Tagersoll
Ingersol
Frank J. Barry
Barry
Flying Boat Ends Surveying Flight
The British aging boat Caledonia landed on the river Shannon today after crossing the North Atlantic in 12 hours 7 minutes from Botwood Newfoundland. The Clipper 17 was headed westward for Botwood to complete a round trip survey of trans Atlantic air routes, similar to Caledonia's ending here.
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Foynes
Irish Free-State
Caledonia
Shannon
North Atlantic Ocean
Botwoods
Newfoundland
mid-Atlantic
Botwood
Pickets Fail to Stop Coal Truck Out of Eddyville
In Madisonville Kentucky on July 16 Sheriff R D Crafton dispersed 30 pickets who tried to halt a coal truck en route to the state prison at Eddyville. The vehicle had been loaded near the Gamblin plant after miners walked out when management refused to sign a union contract.
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Madisonville
Eddyville
R. D. Crafton
Nortonville
Gamblin
Fugitives Take Yale Student as They Flee Texas Prison Farm
Convicts Traxler Chapman and an unnamed third man seized 21 year old Baird H. Markham, son of Gen Baird Markham, after forcing him to drive their car. Markham, released eight hours later, said the trio admitted escaping Huntsville prison and dodged a chasing posse while crisscrossing the countryside.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Posserren
Hoy
Pete” Traxler
Southwest
New York
Baird H. Markman
Baird Markham
American Petroleum Institute
Ada
Olela
Traxler
Texas
Young Markham
Markham
Yale
Oklahoma
Republic Steel accused of unfair labor practices during strike
The Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Republic Steel Corporation alleging unfair labor practices at its Ohio plants. It charges firing 75 employees for joining the steel workers organizing committee, threatening other workers with discharge, and locking out Massillon and Canton employees due to union activity. The board also cites maintenance of arsenals at Youngstown Niles Warren Canton and Cleveland plants to deter self organization and notes increased police during the strike to hinder peaceful picketing. A hearing is set for Wednesday.
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Washington
Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Stes
Ohip
Steel Workers Organizing ‘Committee
John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
Massillon
Canton
Youngstown
Niles
Warren
Cleveland
Nnd
Iis
Republic Steel
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Senate Court Bill Sparks Partisan Clash in Washington
Foes of the court bill vow to control the fate of judiciary legislation during the current session and oppose President Roosevelt. Senator Burke, Van Nuys, and others push back as Robinson’s death reshapes Senate arithmetic. Talks of a new compromise and leadership contests unfold amid a close, evolving political standoff.
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Washington
Congress
Robinson
van Nuys
D.-Ind
Burke
D.-Neb
Senate
Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
B.y
Capitol
Brown
Michigan
White House
Jay
Maloney
D.-Conn
Imargin
Harrison
Mississippi
Bark
Insurgents Bomb Madrid Airdromes Amid Offense Near Madrid
Insurgent air raids hit suburban airbases near Madrid as government forces push west in the eleventh day of the campaign to drive insurgents from central Spain. Majihahonda remains a key line between government troops and insurgent stronghold Majihahonda. Government reserves blunt counterattacks near Miaja spearhead advancing toward Zaragoza after reaching within ten miles of the provincial capital.
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Madrid
Spain
Jose Misja
Villafrancs del Casillo
Coruna Road
Branca
Villafrancs
Majihahonda
Vib Jeneuva de Castillo
Miaja
Aragon
Zaragoza
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RED Airmen
Moscovy
United States
Codos
Ross
Marshfield
Riverside
Sandainty
Army Firmen
Gromov
Yunnehey
Nuyigater
Lanlin
AS Slayer
UNION
Probers
FDR
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