Chinese Leaders Prepare to Resist Japanese Invasion
Peiping reports arrival of 200 Japanese civilians amid speculation on Tokyo aims in North China. Japanese planes over Peiping. 1,700 more troops disembarked to join 6,000 already near the Great Wall. Chinese leaders condemn propaganda, urge Kai-Shek to lead resistance. U.S. Marines deny withdrawal plans. American economic mission pressed to counter Japan.
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Japan
China
Great Wall
North China
Manchukuo
Manchuria
United States
P. M. Rixey
American Economic Mission
Yenching University
Toledo Menaced by Strike Threat
June 14 The threat of a general strike loomed as central labor union 23 members planned a 10 a m meeting to decide on early action. Toledo Edison workers picketed plants while office staff expected to return signaling possible walkout by about 150 employees.
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Fede O'Connor Strugg
Central Labor Union
Committee of 23
John E. Teiler
Wiow
Toledo Edison
Office Workers’ Union
Indiana jurist John F. Neal dies at 78 in Noblesville
John F. Neal aged 78 widely known Indiana jurist died at his Noblesville home after a lengthy illness complicated by a broken hip from a fall months earlier. Survivors include William Neal of the Washington Bureau and N C Neal formerly a member of the Indian Appellate Court. He once served as prosecuting attorney for Madison and Hamilton counties and later as Hamilton circuit court judge. He was Noblesville city attorney and active in Knights of Pythias circles statewide.
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Ind
John F. Neal
Indiana
William Neal
Washington
International News Service
N.C. Neal
Indian Appellate Court
Madison
Hamilton
Knights of Pythias
State
Lebanon seeks WPA backed municipal swimming pool
City park board Chamber of Commerce and civic groups met to back a Memorial Park pool project. Financing would rely on WPA federal aid with local labor and materials, no tax money, and private subscriptions. Mayor Carl Dale and multiple sponsors supported locating the pool at Memorial Park.
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Lebanon
City Park Board Council
Chamber of Commerce
Lester A Boutman
W.pa
Memorial Park
Carl Dale
Kidnapers May Face State Trial in Washington
Washington June 14 The would be kidnapers Haroon and Margaret Waley who confessed involvement in the Little George Weyer case may be tried in a Washington state court. Federal authorities plan for their trial but J Edgar Hoover announced that if prosecutors secure vigorous prosecution under state laws, state court action would be preferable.
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Washington
Tacoma
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Tara
Haroon
Margaret Waley
Hoosier Short Shorts Tell Of Santas And Delegates
Brief items from Indiana towns report seven would be Santas seeking letters in Santa Claus and the postmaster vacancy, the Indiana Eagles meeting in Michigan City, and Frankfort chosen for a 1956 council convention site. Also plans for a Church of God Mission at Anchorage and a fatal baby burn near Rensselaer.
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Ind
Yuletide
Frankfort
Washington
Indiana Council For Christian Education
Council
Man Saved From Death By Own Action Faces Electrocution
Olivette Griggs a 32 year old Gary Indiana Negro who fatally shot a pool room operator during a holdup was executed in the Indiana State Prison electric chair after an attempted suicide with a razor failed. Griggs concealed the blade in his mouth to avoid execution and after slashing his throat received 28 stitches before being led to his death chair.
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Ind
Olivette Griggs
Gary Negro
Indiana State Prison
Griggs
Lake
William J. Murray
Jane
Hostile Valley serial by Williams debuts in The Reporter
The Lebanon Daily Reporter begins serialization of Hostile Valley by Ben Ame Williams. The tale centers on Hardy Ferrin and a valley girl as passion, murder, hate, and happiness unfold. Readers are urged to catch the opening chapter in tomorrow’s issue.
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Ben Ame
Williams
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Hardy Ferrin
U.S. opens probe of poisoned food
Indianapolis June 14 United States authorities joined state and local agencies to investigate illness among more than 200 FERA workers after a noonday luncheon. Toxicologist M G Dack of the University of Chicago joined Dr Rollo N Harger of Indiana University medical center in examining luncheon remnants to determine the cause of sickness.
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Indianapolis
Ind
M. G. Dack
University of Chicago
FERA
Wayne Coy
Indiana
City Hospital
City
Coy
Dack
Rollo N. Harger
Indiana University Medical Center
Nazi Plant Ruins Yield 45 Bodies
From Lemion to Berlin reports state forty five bodies recovered at the Reinsdorf munition plant after a blast. Troops and police guard wreckage as workers search smoking ruins. Official toll cited fifty two dead with others unaccounted. seventy five seriously injured and nine hundred eighty lightly hurt.
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Lemion
Reinsdorf
Berlin
Wittenders
Germany
Verdict Not Guilty for Insull and Associates
Chicago June 14 Federal Judge Knox declared Samuel Insull Samuel Insull Jr and Harold P Stu at not guilty finishing a two year probe into the Insull debacle of 1962 concerning alleged fraud in the bankruptcy of the Corporation Securities Company. The government failed to prove guilt and the Case largely closed aside from a bankruptcy fraud charge against Martin Insull.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull, Jr
Harold P. Stuat
Federaine
John ©. Knox
Insull
Corporation Securities Company
Knox
Martin Insull
Tax distribution totals and warrants by County Auditor
County Auditor Carl C. Bowman distributes June tax settlement warrants totaling 306063 to township, county, city, and state units. Spring settlement is 808065.52, Boone county sends 25213.58 to the state with major items for state tuition, state revenue, and teachers pension.
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Boone County
State of
Indiana
Teachers’ Pension Fund
World War Memorial Fund
Indiana Board of 4 Fund
State Forest
Education Improvement Fund
Clark Memorial Fund
Library
Dionnes May Not Return to Parents Soon Says Guardian
North Bay Ontario June 14 Judge J A Valin head of the Dionne quintuplets guardians predicts the famous babies will not be returned to their parents until they are eight or nine years old. He says the parents have shown little effort to cooperate and guardians must ensure they are not used for exhibition.
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North Bay
Ont
J. A. Valin
Dionne Quintuplets Board of Guardians
Board cites errors in weather and regs in Cutting crash
The Air Commerce Bureau reports that violations of five air bureau regulations by Transcontinental and Western Air and inaccurate weather forecasts contributed to the May 6 Atlanta Missouri crash that killed Senator Bronson Cutting and four others. Director Eugene L. Vidal says bad weather was the chief cause, with forecasts sent to the Albuquerque crew of the sky ship cited as inaccurate.
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Air Bureau
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
U. S. Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Missouri
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Bureau of Air Commerce
Eugene L. Vidal
Air Commerce Bureau
Sky Ship
Albuquerque
New Mexiod
Stiver names first assistant in Indiana state police plan
Indianapolis July 14 Donald Kooken of Garrett named first assistant to Donald Stiver superintendent of state police. Kooken will direct the state police school and supervise the Bureau of Criminal Identification and both uniformed and plain clothes sections. Applications for reorganized force close June 22 with age 21 to 38 and education at least high school. Kooken formerly served as a Chicago area undercover investigator and as a special agent directing federal justice work.
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Ind
Donald Kooken
Garrett
Fet
United States Department of Justice
Donald Stiver
Stiver
Kooken
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Matt Leach
Gary
Chicago
Omaha
Department of Justies
Braddock Crowned New Heavyweight Champion in Dramatic Pose
June 14 New York reports James J. Braddock won the 15 round decision to take the heavyweight title. Max Baer, battered and tearful, vows retirement as Braddock’s dressing room fills with cheering fans and the new champion’s family learns he has claimed the crown.
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James J. Braddock
Max Baer
Ancil Hoffman
Max
Braddock
Guttenberg
N. J
J. Braddock
Peter Fox
Braddocks
James Jay
Howard
Rose Marie
Chamrope
NRA Extension Briefly Extended to April First 1986
President Roosevelt issued an executive order and Congress extended the National Industrial Recovery Act until April 1, 1986. The blue eagle symbol was repurposed into a voluntary codes overseer with limited powers, focusing on child labor limits, maximum hours, and antitrust enforcement. The measure awaits Roosevelt's signature.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Emergency Council
Supreme Court
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Troops Ordered to Freeport Area Amid Strike Action
Springfield June 14 four national guard companies were ordered to the Freeport strike area by Adjutant General Carlos K Black after a guard officer reported a serious situation. Sheriff Lee Aurand requested troops to protect the Stove for Manufacturing and Engine Company plant where a five week old strike seeks 20 per cent wage restores and union recognition.
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Springfield
Til
National Guard
Freeport
Carlos K. Black
Lee Aurand
Stove For Manufacturing and Engine Company
Two youths killed as warehouse plane crashes near Mishawaka
In Indiana near Mishawaka two youths, Clifford Ort 17 and Carroll Hamilton 18, were killed when a 1930 aircraft crashed into a wheat field shortly before noon. Ort was a Mishawaka student pilot and Hamilton a South Bend resident and passenger.
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Ind
Mishawaka
Here
Clifford Ort
Carroll Hamilton
Ort
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