Fate of vessel Phenix remains mystery after dive
Paris reports the French submarine Phenix with 4 officers and 59 crew failed to reappear after a June 15 dive off Cam Ranh Bay Indo China. Searches by navy forces and seaplanes continue as families are notified. The 2000 ton submarine launched in 1930, crew normally 67, carried 10 torpedo tubes.
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Paris
Navy Ministry
Phenix
Bay of Camranh
Indo-China
Far Eastern
Cam-Ranh Bay
France
Far East
Japan
China
Navy
U. S
United States
Girl 12 Ravished And Slain In Section Near Nashville
Nashville police probe a murder of 12 year old Marian Ellis found in a culvert near her East Nashville home. A 20-year-old nearby man was held on vagrancy charges as bloodhounds traced leads, and Governor Cooper offered a 500 dollar state reward. The case echoes a 1934 kidnapping murder with the same reward.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Marian Ellis
J. T. Ellis
Ellis
Cooper
Dorothy Anne Distlehurst
Weather outlook for Kentucky Tennessee and neighboring states
Kentucky and Tennessee show generally fair conditions with little temp change through night and Saturday. Virginia expects partly cloudy warm weather with thundery showers Saturday afternoon in the south. Alabama sees cloudy skies with rain tonight and Saturday, winds along the coast easing later.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
South Portion
Alabama
Charges by Gate City man denied
Prestonburg Ky June 16 Authorities planned to ask a grand jury to investigate charges that former county Judge W L Stumbo and former Mayor A C Carter conspired before their parole from federal prison to kill two men who helped convict them The two officials were released on bonds totaling 4000 each after waiving examining trial on conspiracy charges Judge Hill said the affidavits were signed by Robert Ison of Gate City Virginia Stumbo called the charges false and said probation officer M E Staley had copies of a later set of affidavits in which Ison recanted his original claims that Stumbo and Carter hired him to kill Henry Porter H C Francis and a man named Stevens
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Prestonsburg
W. L. Stumbo
A. C. Carter
Edward P. Hill
Hill
Robert Ison
Gate City
Stumbo
M. E. Staley
Ison
Carter
Henry Porter
H. C. Francis
Stevens
ICC approves Gulf Mobile and Northern track abandonment
The Interstate Commerce Commission formally approves abandonment of Gulf Mobile and Northern operation under trackage rights over Illinois Central between Bemis Tennessee and Paducah Kentucky. It also approves abandonment over Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis facilities at Paducah.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Bemis
Tenn
Paducah
ICC
Gulf, Mobile & Northern
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Illinois Central
Royal visit stirs national spirit across Canada
Premier William Aberhart of Alberta leads early responses praising the royal tour. He says the visit awakened the national spirit, boosted Canada's empire standing, and made the world Canada conscious to a new degree. Other premiers echoed the unity message as the empire tour proceeds.
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Canada
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Dominion
Empire
William Aberhart
Alberta
Social Credit
Gimp Still Appeals as Trial Winds Through Love Theft Suit
Martin Snyder known as The Gimp still hopes to testify in the 150000 dollar love theft case linking Alma Alderman and Ruth Etting. Snyder faces up to 20 years for the shooting of Myra Alderman as cross examination proceeds in Chicago with attorney S S Hahn noting his continued affection for Etting.
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Los Angeles
Martin Snyder
New York
Chicago
Ruth Etting
Myra Alderman
Snyder
Alderman
Alma
Miss Etting
Buttonholing S. S. Hahn
Alma Alderman
Sammy
Hahn
Mr. Alderman Quarrel
Cohen
Germany Rejects US Mixed Claims Commission Ruling
Berlin reports a semi official statement from the German government denying the Mixed Claims Commission decision that held Germany responsible for the World War Black Tom and Kingsland munitions disasters. It says the ruling ignores procedures and signals a new anti German campaign. The statement notes no German sat on the commission and reserves rights of action.
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Berlin
American Mixed Claims Commission
Kingsland
Million Dollar Rain Sought by Delmarva Farmers
A Salisbury Times farm supplies column advertises a want ad reading Wanted: Million dollar rain. Deliver to Delmarva peninsula farmers for use in their fields this week. The notice appears in Salisbury Maryland and targets local growers for immediate rain-related aid.
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Salisbury, Md
Salisbury Times
Delmarva Peninsula
British Japan crisis over China rights sparks warnings
London reports British government warned that any limits on rights in China would trigger immediate action. A communique protested Japanese calls for cooperation in a new East Asian order and stressed protecting treaty powers in China. In Tientsin two Chinese delivering food to the British concession were shot by Japanese guards as tensions rise.
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London
China
Britain
Foreign Office
Japan
Far East
Tientsin
U. S. Marine
Orient
Officers Recover Loot in Major Roundup Arrests
County officers and city police report one of the area’s largest rounds up of alleged burglars. More than $300 in loot linked to Long Island and Kingsport thefts identified by store owners in Sullivan Hawkins counties and southwest Virginia. Six arrested for possessing stolen property and aiding and abetting. two warrants issued for Kingsport men.
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Long Island
Kingsport
Sullivan
Hawkins
Virginia
D. C. Pierce
J. E. Upchurch
M. H. Witt
Tom Still
Joe Miller
Main Street
L. T. Anderson
Jim Broyles
Broad Income Tax Base May Grow but Action Sparse
President Roosevelt said the income tax base should be broadened to cover more taxpayers, though he doubted congressional action this session. He argued lower exemptions would not greatly raise revenue but would assign more citizens tax duties. House Ways and Means backed two-year net operating loss carryovers for individuals, partners, and corporations as it moved tax revision forward.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Former Prison Guard Convicted in Death
Francis J. Smith, ex Holmesburg guard, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of one of four convicts who died last summer in heat punishment cells.
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Philadelphia
Holmesburg
Francis J. Smith
Unions vie for Harlan mines as UMW contracts loom
In Harlan Kentucky CIO and AFL unions seek contracts with the 21 members of the county operators group. The operators' association has shifted to allowing individual company negotiations with the UMW while non members sign new UMW pacts. A strike at Harlan-Wallins Coal Co. of Woods follows alleged contract violations.
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Harlan, Ky
CIO
AFL
Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers’ Union
Mount Olivet, Ill
Joe Ozanic
Progressive Mine Orkers of America
American Federation of Labor
Harlan County
Ozanic
Operators’ Association
UMW
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Association
Harlan-Wallins Coal Company
Woods, Ky
R. H. Cornett
Cornett
Soviet Reply Casts Pact News as Incomplete
In Moscow on June 16 officials labeled the British French mutual assistance pact proposal as not entirely satisfactory. The diplomats Leeds Naggiar and Strang presented the plan to Vyacheslav Molotov, with no clear sign of agreement or progress in the lengthy talks.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Kremlin
William Leeds
Paul Emile Naggiar
Foreign Office
William Strang
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Doctor given slight chance for recovery
Dr. Wilbur B. Payne, shot in front of his office by an angry patient, showed slight improvement after a daytime blood transfusion though still described as very critical. More than 50 people offered blood, including Carl Johnson, brother of the suspect.
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Wilbur B. Payne
Carl Johnson
Ckery Johnson
Okvey Johnson
Gibsontown
Bristol, Tenn
Johnson
Bristol
B. Roy Howard
Bjarne Hagan
Gaines Adams
Dr. Payne
Blountville
Payne
Five Year Marriage Of Actress And George Jessel Is On Rocks
Hollywood reports that Norma Talmadge and George Jessel are headed for divorce after a five year marriage. Talmadge cited long business in New York and separate interests here as reasons for separation. Jessel had flown in from the East to see his wife but no reconciliation is expected.
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George Jessel
Hollywood
Hollywood Boulevard
New York
Broadway
Norma Talmadge
Miss Talmadge
Jessel
Constance
Miss Talmade
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John Mills
Ways and Means
House Appropriations
Mobile
Ala
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Mobile Bay Bridge
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Union
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