Kokomo Men and Officials Get Prison Terms in Wa P A Case
Indianapolis June 5 former Kokomo official Mayor Olin R Holt and four other former city leaders were convicted in federal court of defrauding the WPA program by diverting labor to private projects. Sentences imposed include 15 months in prison and $5,000 fines for Holt and another official, with other defendants receiving similar terms.
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Olin R. Holt
Kokomo A4 PA
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Hinton enters race for Senate in Indiana
New Albany Indiana Senator Sherman Minton announces candidacy for nomination and reelection amid a stophome visit for Indiana University graduation. The Indiana Democrat denies interest in a district bench seat and notes a past World War service and legal career.
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Ind
Senate
Sherman Inton
Indiana
Minton
K Won
Indiana University
Sen R Minton
District of Columbia
Nch
Congres
Ilitia
Ambridge
Waton
George
Elizahth
Yale University
New al
Inselor
Paul V. Me!mutt
Arthur R.binson
Claude Bowers To Get New Post
Washington January 4 President Roosevelt nominated Naude G. Bowers author for newspaper editor and U S ambassador to the Loyalist Government in Spain to the American Ambassador Chile Bowers was replaced in Spain by Alexander W Weddell former ambassador to Argentina
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Washington
Jone
Roosevelt Today
Naude G. Bowers
U. Smbassador
Spain
T . Ne
Chile
Ers
Xander W. Weddell
Argentina
Fire devastates Zacatepec town in Mexico killing seventy
Mexico City reports a massive blaze in Zacatepecte that razed the village, killing about 70 people, mostly women and children. Fire started in a wooden cinema and spread quickly to homes and a sugar mill, with rescuers searching the ruins for additional victims.
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Mexico City
Zacatepectei
Wage Hour Law Changes Planned
The House prepared to vote on liberalizing amendments to the wage hour act with a 48 minute debate limit and a two thirds passage requirement. Proposals include broadening hours exemptions for salaried workers, revising overtime pay options, limiting employer liability appeals, and creating industry committees to consider exemptions for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands subject to administrator approval.
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Farm
House
Sis
Puerto Ric
Virgin Islands
Autos Collide at Detour Crossing
A Sunday collision near Road 32 detour five miles west and two miles south of Lebanon involved William Rasmussen 21 of Indianapolis driving a Cord convertible and Everett Beck 21 of Lebanon driving a Plymouth sedan. Beck failed to stop at the intersection, sending Rasmussen’s car into the other vehicle. the top was down on the Cord. Continued on page 4.
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Lebanon
William Rasmussen
Central Avenue
Indianapolis
In & Cord
Everett Beck
Plymouth Sedor
Beck
T! Cord
Trial of Herdith Spencer Richardson Ends in Boone Court
The case against Anna Spencer Richardson son Herdith Spencer Richardson went to jury in Boone Circuit Court with Judge Cassius Gentry presiding. The estate worth about 20000 was tied to a will granting lifetime interest to the widow executrix with the death vesting. Richardson claims the will was made when Spencer was under drugs or mental strain and seeks a two thirds share for himself under later lines of descent. The trial spans five days and continues on page four.
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Herdith Spencer Richardson
Anna
Spencof
Richardsson
James W. Spencer
Boone Circuit Court
Cassius Gentry
Noblesville
Cas
Spencer
Richardson
Te Ata to perform at Hyde Park picnic for royal couple
Te Ata Indian Princess, also known as Mrs Clyde Fisher, will演ounce a dramatization of American Indian folklore at a June 11 Hyde Park picnic hosted by President and Mrs Roosevelt for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The Oklahoma City native, famed for legends songs and dances, has previously performed for governors and at the White House.
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Te Ata
Hyde Park
Oklahoma City
New York
White House
Roosevelt
Ramsey MacDonald
England
Clyde Fisher
T. Bompson
Oklahoma College of Women
Trauqua
Hayden Planetarium
American Museum of Natural History
Uct
Chickasawation
Yankee Clipper Lands at Horta in Third Trip
The Yankee Clipper landed at Horta in the Azores at 8 08 a m EDT on its third trans Atlantic hop and will head to Lisbon after refueling. The flying boat, with a 14 member crew and mail, had previously returned to Baltimore after takeoff from Port Washington due to mechanical trouble.
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New York
Horta
Azores
Lisbon
Portugal
Pan-American Airways
Port Washington
Baltimore
Corcoran Leads Third Team Drive Toward Roosevelt Nomination
Washington reporters note James A. Farley faces a rival in Thomas C. Corcoran who has taken command of a covert effort to renominate Roosevelt in 1940. Corcoran aims to harmonize Democratic factions, gather delegates, and fund a pre convention campaign while Farley contemplates continued leadership. The feud risks realignment of the party and possible shift in control within Tammany Hall as Sullivan, Fay, and Kelly allegedly form a ruling trio.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Thomas C. Corcoran
Preemont Evert
Tommy
Cork
Truster
Roosevelt
Corcoran
Farley
Pain
Tammany
Christopher Sullivan
James H. Fay
U. S
John Kelly
Fay
Kelly
Two Lebanon Students Named to 1939 Who's Who
James Mack Hanna of Butler University and Wendell Martin of DePauw University are listed in the 1939 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Selections are based on character leadership and future usefulness. Hanna is Delta Tau Delta and Sigma Delta Chi member, former editor and plans to enter journalism. Martin majors in economics and aims to be a salesman.
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Lebanon
James Mack Hanna
Butler University
Wendell Martin
de Pauw University
Delta Tau Delta
Sigma Delta Chi
Kappa Tau Alpha
Blue Key
Hanna
Beta Theta Pi
Ph Eta Sigma
Kappa Tau Kappa
Delta Sigma Rho
Federal tax evaders face new drive across cities
Treasury agents mobilize in a dozen cities to pursue alleged tax law violations by political figures. New England cases near grand jury in Boston. Los Angeles figures tied to a political group under scrutiny. Justice Department and FBI partners expect action as nationwide enforcement renews.
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Washington
Treasury
New England
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
Justice Department
Justice
Boston
Frank Murphy
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Murphy
Hoover
Internal Revenue Bureau
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Atlantic City
Strike Closes 22 Cold Storage Warehouses
New York June 5 1500 employees in 22 cold storage warehouses in the New York metropolitan area are on strike. Hospitals receive emergency perishables while negotiators seek a settlement. The union warned the strike could be long and stretch into other fields despite owners’ hopes for a quick deal.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Bill Would Grant Pension Increases For Veterans And Dependents
Washington June 5 approximately 150000 veterans and dependents would receive pension increases totaling 19000000 under House approved legislation before the Senate Finance Committee. The bill boosts widow and child benefits for non service connected deaths, adds dependent parents, raises rates to 30 dollars for widow with no child and 58 dollars with one child, and adjusts rates for other dependents and service connected cases. It also defines mother and father, sets minimums for anatomical loss, outlines permanent partial disability payments, and lowers government insurance interest charges from six to five percent upon enactment.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Minister Ellsworth Death By Poison Investigated
Indianapolis June 6 authorities probed whether Rev. Robert C. Ellsworth pastor of Rockville Methodist Church died by his own hand from poisoning. An autopsy showed poisoning as the cause. He was found unconscious Friday on a road between Rockville and Greencastle, treated, and died Saturday at Indianapolis Methodist hospital. Funeral arrangements were in Ohio. He previously led Grace M E Church in South Bend and served several years at Rockville. He leaves a widow and four children.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Robert C. Ellsworth
Rockville
Me Soning
Hugh K. Thatcher
Greencastle
Methodist
Thatcher
Oliver M. Ellsworth
West Carrollton
Springfield
Oho
Ellsworth
South Bend
Grace M. E. Church
Thehclude
Tvlvors
Youth Fatally Hurt Near Here
Leslie Woodrow Hogston age 21 of 1417 Arrow Avenue Indianapolis wed at Witham Hospital at 2 15 AM after a motorcycle accident two miles south of town on U S Highway 52 Saturday night. He was unconscious on arrival and died from a base skull fracture with extensive face and head injuries. The son of Mrs Bertha Hogston Indianapolis, body taken to Moore Kirk funeral home in Indianapoli s.
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Leslie Woodrow Hogston
Arrow Avenue
Indianapolis
Witham Hospital
Nin
U. S. Highway 52
Houston
Bertha Hogston
Moore & Kirk
Iadianape
Thetis Disaster Detailed by British Inquiry
Birkenhead June 5 report on the Thetis submarine tragedy reveals that open torpedo tubes and flooded forward compartments caused the deaths of about 98 or 99 men. Divers found water in No 1 forward tube and crews failed to close doors, leading to rapid flooding and boat loss in Liverpool Bay.
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Birkenhead
Eng
Davis
Thetis
Liverpool
R. S. Johnson
Cammel Laird, Ltd
Johnson md
Johnson
Thetia
Supreme Court Issues Civil Liberties Decisions
Washington reports the Supreme Court, with Justice Hughes absent due to illness, issuing landmark rulings on civil liberties and interstate commerce. Key outcomes include a sweeping union case against Jersey City officials, CDIO and ACLU involvement, the Bill of Rights implications, New Deal-related claims, and a milk marketing act ruling expanding state commerce power.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ith
Tice Hughes
Jersey City
Dean Iattl
CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
Tnt
New Deal
Upnele
Congress
Russo Japanese Fronts Tense as Border Clash Escalates
Reports say heavy Soviet air activity and ground forces along the Manchukuo outer Mongolia border after a clash that left six Japanese and 15 wounded. Japanese sources claim 400 Soviet planes massed and other forces facing Japanese troops on the frontier. Soviet casualties listed as six killed and ten wounded at Changkufeng.
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Tokyo
Dune
Manchhukuoan
Outer Mongolia
Changkufeng
Chientai
Manchukuo
Jewish Refugees to be Given Haven on St Louis
Havanr June 5. In a wave of appeals, United States and Cuban governments support a proposal to place about 900 German Jewish refugees aboard the Hamburg American liner St Louis. President Federico Laveiro Bra announced the plan to press correspondents at the Presidential palace, saying the government is disposed to consider disembarking the homeless refugees and housing them in a concentration camp at a suitable site such as the Isle of Pines.
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Havanr
United States
St. Loui
Frederico Laveio Bra
Caedential Palace
Isle of Pines
Prison inmate confesses to killing in Three Little Fishes case
In Lansing Kansas Rowsexvelt Brisco a Black inmate at Kansas penitentiary confessed to killing Hore Morrison during the incident linked to the Three Little Fishes tale. The confession followed a dispute over tone and the words of the recited fable.
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Lansing
Kan
Rowsexvelt Brisco
Negro Fife Wenger
Kansas Penitentiary
den M. F. Amring
Briaca
Hore Morrison
Nexto Uyison
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Manchukuan Frontier
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