Basques Yield as Rebels Close on Bilbao
Insurgent forces under Franco press their advance into Bilbao as Basque defenders fortify streets for a last stand. Refugees flee along the Bay of Biscay toward Santander while Aguirre vows to fight to the bitter end and appeals for British intervention. The US Navy orders evacuation of Americans as French freighters assist delivery of evacuees amid ongoing bombardment.
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Associated Press
Francisco Franco
Bilbao
Bay of Bis Cay
Jose Antonio Aguirre
Basque Autonomous
Aguirre
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
United States Navy Department
Washington
Kane
Jen de Luz
France
Bay of Bistrom
Con le
St. Jean de Jas
Miingwin
Galdacara
Hendaye
Grimmyie
Oskirts
Kheyne
Bise
Santander
Unclear Weather Forecast Shown for North Carolina Area
Fragments describe scattered showers across central and southwest North Carolina. Prediction mentions Wednesday night and Thursday morning showers, with partial clearing in northern counties and lingering activity in central regions.
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Ant
North Carolina
Tunigt
Georg
Rita Johnson to replace Harlow in Sarotoga role
Newcomer Rita Johnson is being groomed to take over the late Jean Harlow’s part in the near finished film Sara toga. The death prompts a rewrite to fit Miss Johnson’s personality and a total overhaul of the picture at Central Presa.
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Rita Johnson
Jean Harlow
Edith Maxwell to Appeal Second Conviction in Patricide Case
In Wytheville joined by June 15, the Virginia supreme court of appeals granted Edith Maxwell the right to argue before the state appellate court an appeal from her second conviction for killing her father Trigg Maxwell during a family quarrel. A 20 year prison term is still imposed. bond issues and re incarceration at Wise are noted as proceedings unfold.
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Wytheville
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Edith Maxwell
Hill County
Trigg Max
Wise
Earl Maxwell
Ezra Carter
Maxwell
Pound
Wise County
Virginia Supreme Court
Edith
Trigg Maxwell
Ira
Commonwealth
Free Steear
Explosion Fatal for One Student in Cambridge
Gasoline blast at a restaurant in Cambridge demolishes the building and shatters nearby windows. One 17 year old student, Donald Sherman, is dead. Father Howard Sherman is burned while attempting to save his son. The apartment above the shop, home to Mr and Mrs Randolph Dayton, is wrecked with injuries including broken bones and cuts.
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Cambridge
Donald Sherman
Howard Sherman
Randolph Dayton
Spaniards Watch as Insurgents Drive on Bilbao
Associated Press war correspondent J Neil reports from San Sebastian on the insurgent push toward Bilbao. Dispatches note the realism behind the frontline picture and describe the Basque coast and Basque capital under threat as the northern Spain campaign unfolds, with continuing coverage expected on page eight.
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J. Neill
San Sebastian
Northeen
Bistay
Bilbao
City Employes Offer Possible Clue In Snatch
Two garbage collectors told federal agents they were denied access to the Parsons Long Island home last Wednesday when Mrs Parsons vanished. They usually entered to collect garbage, but were met by Russia born housekeeper Acuna Kupryanova who showed a tied package and said that was all.
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Stony Brook
Alice McDonell Parsons
Parsons Long Island
Arthur Chidwick
George Winfield
Earl Connelley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lindsay Henry
Suffolk County
Acuna Kupryanova
Parsons
Tney
Connelley
Tot halts freight train to save cows in Wisconsin
In Browntown Wisconsin on June 45 four year old Pi Wayne Segner stood in a railroad right of way and waved a freight train to stop. He then ordered the engineer to pause until his father could help move his family cows from the tracks. The father arrived from a nearby field to assist in clearing two Jersey cows.
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Browntown
Wis
Wayne Segner
Wayne
Japanese Fishing Boats Face Probe Near Bristol Bay
Washington reports that Japanese government fishing vessels and trawlers operated near Bristol Bay outside American waters. The coast guard and state department will send representatives to the Pacific coast and Alaska to investigate, with no invasion found and salmon runs not yet started this season.
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Washington
State Department
Pacific Coast
Alaskan
Bristol Bay
Mose
Roosevelt
Coast Guard
State Departments
Disbelieving Cop May Get This Car In Subway Court
Chicago June 15 Accused of speeding 38 miles an hour Dora Bradshaw told the court her car would not go 40 and she would give it to anyone who could drive it 40 Police Officer Harry Witt rode the car at 43 miles an hour Motorcycle Officer Wesley Brown Jr trailed the car and clocked 46 in the first bid to buy Witt s new automobile when the owner fulfills her bargain
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Chicago
Dorothy Bradshaw
Harry Witt
Miss Bradshaw
Wesley Brown, Jr
Witt
Hawkins Officer Dies After Arrest Attempt
Deputy Sheriff Drew Harrell, 37, died at a Hawkins County hospital after being crushed when a suspect, Garney Winstead, twisted away during an attempted arrest on a drunken driving charge. Winstead was rearrested as his bond rose to 5090 for murder charges. McKinley Collins, a companion, was arrested for drunkenness.
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Rogersville
Drew Harrell
Garney Winstead
HK. B. Ketr
Harrell
Winstead
Hawkins County
Lyon Hospital
Urtle Hope
McKinley Collins
Ferguson Fines Thirteen Absent Jurors in Tennessee Court
ELIZABETHTON Tenn June 15 Judge Shelborne Ferguson of the 20th Judicial Circuit presiding over the Carter County Circuit Court term discharged thirteen jurors who failed to report for duty each fined ten dollars. The judge denounced those who seek to avoid jury service and stressed that serving is the citizen's duty when summoned.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Shelborne Ferguson
20Th Judicial Circuit
Carter County
Ben Allen
Ferguson
Wage and Hour Act Not Needed Says Chamber Chief
Washington June 15 George H. Davis head of the United States Chamber of Commerce told a congressional committee there is no justification for wage and hour legislation now. He said the emergency has passed and such law would create uncertainty, urging reasonable future planning by business. Davis warned it could curb farm purchasing power and might apply to agriculture depending on definitions. Senate actions on the administration bill and related relief funding were also noted, with calls for simpler universal standards and debates on local relief costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George H. Davis
United States Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Congressional
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Commerce
Black
D-Alq
House
Senate
Boust
Hach
Wer Department
New England
Ohio
Mississippi
British Sailors Rescue Counsel R. C. Stevenson at Bilbao
A landing party of British sailors rescued the British consul R. C. Stevenson from Bilbao today under heavy insurgent fire. The incident occurred during tumultuous clashes as the flotilla attempted to establish contact. Stevenson survived unharmed and was reported in good spirits.
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Saint-Jean-De-Luz
France
R. C. Stevenson
Bilbao
Monroe Mayor Reaches Pact to End Steel Strike Picketing
Monroe Mich June 15 AP Mayor Daniel A Snaggs announced an agreement with representatives of the striking steel workers organizing committee to resume picketing at Newton Steel company rolling mills this afternoon.
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Monroe
Mich
Daniel A. Snaggs
Striking Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Newton Steel Company
Anelia Earhart Lands Safely In Karachi
Amena Harhart completes a long interrupted round the world flight arriving in Karachi India after taking off from Massawa Eritrea. The event marks a rare long distance air journey and ends a segment of the journey for the aviator.
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Kkarachi
India
Amena Harhart
Massawa
Eritrea
Widow of Champ Clark Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Champ Clark widow of the Democratic House speaker died in New Orleans after a long illness at her daughter's home. Born Genevieve Bennett in Missouri, she was early in the suffrage movement and a noted authority on Jefferson Davis. She was active in clubs, the DAR, and the Mission household causes.
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New Orleans
Champ Clark
National House of Representatives
James M. Thomson
Harding
Jefferson Davis
Prasbyterian Church
Daughters of the American Revolution
House
Wilson
Carerr
Woman's Congressional Cty
Wington
Jefferson Memorial Association
Jefferson
Monticella
McGuffey Meno Association
Missouri
Clark
Genevieve D Bennett
New Bloomfield
Galloway County
Mary McAffee
Virginia
Joel D. Bennett
Morrison County
Kentucky
Maryland
University of Missouri
Louisiana
Taeline Coren Fee
Fourth Jury To Try Murder Case In Memphis
In Memphis on June 24, a 43 year old used car dealer Stanley A Pacyear faced a retrial for his wife and eight year old daughter Aurelia's axe murders five years earlier. A fourth jury was seated after prior trials and reversals, with the state pursuing second degree charges while abandoning an immediate first degree verdict.
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Memphis
Stanley A. Pacyear
Ried
Faryear
Aurelia
Mermphis
Stineshine Walker
New Orleans
Puryear
Enut
Prioory
Ivan
AFL Workers Halted By Group At Plant
The VIO strike across seven Great Lakes states intensifies with clashes at Ambridge Pennsylvania where 5002 CIO pickets attack 60 AFL workers seeking return to National Electric Products. Gov. Davey seeks peace in Columbus as UAW head Homer Martin talks with locals and demands for GM include 10 cent raise, 24 hour week, and exclusive bargaining rights. Meanwhile, Warren Ohio sees steel movement under guard, and a track dynamiting incident interrupts freight service on the Ashtabula-Niles line. Local residents in Johnstown’s Conemaugh Valley react with mixed support as vigilante efforts arise amid the ongoing labor dispute.
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Associated Presa
Great Lakes
Detroit
Ambridge
C.I.0
A. F
National Electric Products Company
Columbus
Ohio
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers See America
General Motors Corporation
UAW
General Motors
Warren
Republic Steel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ashtabula-Niles
Pennsylvania
Tthe
Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Cleveland
Conemaugh Valley
Ceburn
Johnstown
Bulce
Tribe Canora
Daniel J. Shields
Qlayer
Gov. George
Britain and Dominions Stand United in Defence Pact
At St James Palace a final session of the empire conference reported solid backing from Britain and the dominions. Officials said Canada and others would aid if war came, while warning against internal disarmament that could invite disaster. Neville Chamberlain urged empire unity and cautioned that disarmament would invite danger.
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Empire
St. James
Great Britain
London
Brine
Cherry
Neville Cian Herlain
Uch
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Edward J. Neil
U. S
Newton
Republic Steel Corporation
Mon-roe, Mich
Frank Pollezze
Monroe Poe
Hawkins
Anelia Earhart
Central Press
Speaker
A.F.L
Britain
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