Flood spreads to new sections in central China
Shanghai reports Yellow River floods expanding across Honan Kiangsu and Anhwei provinces submerging 700000 people and threatening 100000 with death as 1000 square miles and 3000 square miles fill with water. Officials warn famine and disease loom while Japanese forces face new river barriers in the war.
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Shanghai
Reading
Yellow River
Honan
Yangtze
Agize
Kiukiang
Kiangsu
Anhwei
Babe Ruth Signs One Year Pact with Dodgers
New York June 18 Babe Ruth a famed figure signed a one year contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers for 15000 dollars. Dodgers executive Larry MacPhail said Ruth would debut tomorrow with Cubs in a doubleheader at Pes Field. Ruth may coach or manage later but has repeatedly denied playing or managing in any league.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Asehalf
Pday
Brooklyn Dodgers
Larry MacPhail
mane@r
Dodgers
Ruth
Cubs
Pes Field
Fletcher
Yankees
King
Inkees
MacPhail
Abe
Babe
Grimes
The
Leo Durocher
Girl Drowns After Falling Into Fish Pool
In Sullivan Indiana on June 18 a two year old girl Ruth Adel daughter of Mrs Warren Sk fell into a fish pool and drowned. Police and local authorities investigated the accident and reported the incident as tragically fatal.
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Sullivan
Ind
Ruth
Daught
Warren Sk
Second Annual Boys State Opens Today
Indianapolis June 18 six hundred youths from across the state began participation in the second annual Boys State under the American Legion. They met at the state fairgrounds and will stay a week to learn fundamentals of American government. The program includes medical examination athletics music and forensics and camp rules. Rev George Moorman pastor Sacred Heart Church of Whiting will deliver the invocation and the first assembly tonight.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
State Fairgrounds
George Moorman
Sacred Heart Church of
Whiting
Copeland Rites Will Be Sunday
Washington reports the grief struck widow and son escorting Senator Roy S. Copeland’s body from Washington to Suffern New York for burial as speculation swirls about a successor. Copeland died at 7 45 p m from uremic poisoning amid intense strain from his late term work. He had warned colleagues to guard their health and strength.
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Roy S. Copeland
Suffern
New York
Copeland
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Doc
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Congressional
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Allard Gasque
South Carolina
Walter Reed Hospital
Herbert Lehman
Congress
Joseph 2. Kennedy
Great Britain
Fiorella H LaGuardia
New York City
James A. Farley
United States
Robert H. Jackson
Roosevelt
Dexter
Michigan
University of Michigan
Royal $. Copeland, Jr
N. Y
Tomorr
Boys State Camp Gets Under Way
Three Boone county youths joined about 600 Hoosier participants at the second annual Boys State held at the state fair grounds under American Legion auspices. Representing Lebanon are Eddie Bressler Emmett Brown Legion Post Emory Williams Lebanon Lions Club and Howard Barnett Lebanon Rotary Club. Sponsors pay all expenses for their delegates as the camp trains boys in the fundamentals of government through practical activities. The opening day included medical exams athlete registration music and forensics led by Henry Or.
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Boone County
Hoosier
State Fairgrounds
American Legion
Eddie Bressler
Emmett Brown Legion
Post of Lebanon
Emory Williams
Lebanon Lions Club
Howard Barnett
Lebanon Rotary Club
The
Legion
Henry Or
Gala Open House At Lebanon Music Center Heckman Event
Open house at Lebanon Music Center showcased outdoor and indoor programs to a large crowd. The Lebanon Junior Band directed by Baren Shore and Dover School Band directed by Paul Sawyer performed on the west side of the square, with accordion numbers by Dorothy Kline and baton routine by Rosemary Bur ess.
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Music Center
Lebanon
Baren Shore
Dover
Paul Sawyer
Dorothy Kline
Rosemary Buress
Peterson Hawaiian School of Music
U S Fleet Prepares for Summer Maneuvers
At Los Angeles Harbor on June 18 the U S fleet, anchored after recent drills, set to sail for summer exercises. Admiral Claude C Bloch announced the fleet will conduct fleet navigation practice across Pacific ports, join Independence Day celebrations, and later concentrate near Seattle for Alaska waters maneuvers before a late July to early August sham battle in San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
United States
Pacific Coast
Claude C. Bloch
Seattle
Alaskan
San Francisco
Finger Printing Value Stressed By State Official
Rotary Club members heard Miss Marie Grott director of Criminal Identification explain finger printing work. As head of the state police department she outlined filing and printing of prints for police identification and personal use, noting she is the only woman leading such a bureau in the country. Major Claud Crooks praised her efficient leadership and the department’s longstanding efforts in this field.
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T Rotary Club
Mitalk
Country Club
Marie Grott
State Police Office
Department of Criminal Identification
Miss Grott
Britain Tightens Egyptian Defense Bulwarks Near Suez
Port Said June 18. Britain plans to strengthen Egypt and the Suez Canal defenses after the Anglo Italian agreement. Modern bombing and pursuit aircraft will be sent to Cairo and Canal area airports. Egypt may raise native troops to 25 000 this summer. A British led military academy will open in Hebouan for 2009 university students to train in summer. A new regular regiment is forming with coastal defense training. War Ministry drafts a law to bar public disclosure of in formation.
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Port Said
Great Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Italy
England
Cairo
Hebouan
Ministry of War
Violence Flares in German Anti Semitic Drive
Berlin reports a night of widespread anti Semitic violence as Nazis exploit the regime's push to force Jews from business life. Gestapo orders halt to rough housing, police doubled, motorcycle squads deployed in Jewish districts, with windows defaced and many Jews arrested under property registration actions.
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Berlin
Nazi Germany
Gestapo
Corn king Alva Troyer named federal wheat loan director
Marion Indiana dispatch reports Alva Troyer of LaFontaine longtime corn king of 1920 has been appointed federal director of wheat loans under the Soil Conservation Act. Secretary Wallace notified Troyer of the post, as Kokomo officials act on a VFW measure targeting alien groups. Detroit police say 18 year old Jason Edward Dulsky confessed to killing his father over dinner, shooting him at home and hiding the body near Omer Michigan.
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Marion
Ind
Alva Troyer
LaFontaine
International Corn King
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Detroit
Royal Oak
Jason Edward Dulsky
Omer
Michigan
Curtailed Crops Favored by Indiana Farm Bureau
Indianapolis June 18 crop curtailment remains the policy of the Indiana Farm Bureau despite opposition from Republican farmers of Indiana Inc L D Needler head of the tax legislative and organization departments of the bureau said today Our program isn't one of scarcity It is a program to meet market requirements the government is only doing what manufacturing industries have done for years
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Farm Bureau
Republican Farmers of Indiana, Inc
L. D. Needler
Theureaa
Powers Denies Ungentlemanly Theft Charges in Court
Alonzo J Powers 29, a Princeton and Harvard graduate and former treasurer of the Arbor Ann Club of Princeton, pleaded guilty in Sing Sing to stealing 4500 dollars. Trustees disclosed unpaid taxes and near depletion of funds. Powers criticized the trustees as ungentlemanly for pressing charges.
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New York
Sing Sing
Alonzo J. Powers
Princeton
Harvard
Nazis irked by U S fleet plans in Atlantic maneuvers
Berlin reports Germany demanded a clear U S policy statement after a published note said the United States fleet would conduct maneuvers in the mid Atlantic this summer. The German foreign ministry warned Washington to openly declare America’s intentions to prevent misinterpretation.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
mid-Atlantic
Washington
Atlantic
Ary
State Hall
New York
America
der Angrill
Farley seeks party unity as House control looms
Washington June 18 The Democratic National Committee will pursue anti New Deal candidates and stay hands off in primaries to defend a working majority in the House. James Farley National Chairman assured the Democratic congressional campaign committee at a secret meeting. Republican Leader Joseph Martin plans a July tour through north central states, including Nebraska, amid hopes to regain control of the House.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
James A. Farley
Congress
House
Farley
Sam Rayburn
Congressional Campaign Committee
Rep
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
States
Nebraska
Martin
Lipstick Foam Issue Sparks Chicago Council Inquiry
Chicago June 18 lipsticks used by women are complicating bartenders work. Foam on beer declines when glasses are washed with salt water to preserve the foam collar. Alderman Rowan cites a high mispricing from extra foam and brewers debate foam standards. Edward Geissler notes lipstick affects glass edge and foam, remedy is salt water washing. Proceedings end with a saloon confab and mutual nods.
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Chicago
William A. Rowan
Edward Geissler
United States Brewing Company
John Roosevelt Weds Anne Clark at Narant Church
In Nahant Massachusetts on June 18 John Aspinwall Roosevelt youngest son of the President married Anne Lindsay Clark in a simple Episcopal service attended by the President and First Lady. Four generations of Roosevelts and a thousands-strong crowd witnessed the ceremony and the couple's departure.
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Nahant
Mass
Anne Lindsay Clark
John Aspinwall Roosevelt
United States
Boston
Roosevelt
Union Church
Russell Sturgis
Sumter, S
Barton to keynote Indiana GOP convention speakers named
Indianapolis, June 18. Republican leaders plan the state convention with no plan to endorse Senator Frederick Van Nuys for reelection. Bruce Barton of New York, author and advertising executive, to be keynote speaker. Oliver Starr and Clarenes Hi. Wills among other senatorial candidates discussed. Charles A Halleck to serve as temporary chairman. Barton noted author of The Man Nobody Knows and former editor.Republican FARMERS of Indiana inc to push convention resolutions against New Deal and crop control act repeal demanded.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Frederick van Nuys
Demorat
Bruce Barton
New York
Jan Arch N. Bobbitt
Barton
Home Herald
Chicago
Republican Farmers of Indiana Inc
Convention Resolutions Committee
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