Dalway Engine Explosion Kills Two Injures One
In Ry on Indiana on June 22 two men were killed instantly and a third seriously injured when the boiler of a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad locomotive blew up. The blast injured workmen nearby and derailed the train between Cincinnati and Le. Bodies were scattered and the engine wrecked within a quarter mile of the track. Doctors attended the injured men and crews worked to remove debris as investigators assessed the cause.
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Chaun
Cincinnati
Carr
Teles Gottberg
Brown Tripped Over Gestures in Odd Alley Incident
A chaotic scene near Hollywood ends with Jane Lee and Corn Lee Brown tangled in a moment of confusion as bystanders gesticulate. Brown attempts to dodge but is overwhelmed by the flurry of movements and fails to escape.
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Hollywood
Jane
Lee E. Brown
Brown
Lindbergh's Newborn Named Land M Lindbergh
London dispatch reports Mrs Charles A Lindbergh registered their baby boy named Land M Lindbergh at Ma e Town Hall. Born May 13 at a nursing home, the birth was kept quiet until May 24 following King Lee VI's coronation. The chosen name Land derives from the baby's first name and is linked to an old Danish family name.
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London
Hirth
Charles A. Lindberg i
Mae Town Hall
Land M Lindbergh
Irsing
Lee VI
Landt
Larlieved
Man in Iron Lung Faces 9300 Mile PtA Tour
A prominent 17 month patient, Sr ed Snite, a historic iron lung case, is stricken with illness while on a wid tour with his Placed in a special 100 mile railroad, he remains in the lung and breathes only with mechanical pressure.
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China
Hanghai
San Francis
Auto Plunges Into River Drowning Four In Knoxville
Knoxville, Tenn., June 22. A swimming party of six young residents rode in a car that plunged over an 80 foot bluff into the Tennessee river early today. Four victims were Miss Jean Love, 20, Miss Betty Love, 18, Marshall Waller, 21, and Clarence Beasley, 20. Bodies recovered. Richard Lawson and John Conver escaped serious injuries.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee River
Jean Love
Betty Love
Marshall Waller
Clarence Beasley
Richard Lawson
John Conver
FIGHTERS READY FOR TITLE BOUT
Chicago June 22 Joe Louis weighs 197 1 4 pounds while James Braddock stands at 197 1 4 as the world heavyweight title bout looms at Comiskey Park. The crowded arena expects a big gate with top seats at 27 50 and a potential 700000 payoff split between the fighters. Louis arrives calm after a late study of the bout plans and Braddock appears composed after a weigh in and theater appearance. The bout is set for 10 p m with referees and judges named from a list of 13 officials.
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Chicago
James Bradderk
Joe Louis
Comisky Park
Louis
Braddock
Comiskey Ball Yard
James J. Beaddock
Jace Johnson
Jeffres
Reno
Grand Beach
Mich
Hia
Joe Gould
Eave
Goul
Auditorium Theatre
Illinois Boxing Commission
Alabama
Spanish Villa
Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Wis
Joe
Comiskey Park
New York
Hemmer Named to State Post in Indiana Farm
Floyd J. Hemmer of Huntingburg named superintendent of the Indiana State Farm at Putnamville by Thurern A. Gottschalk. A Purdue graduate and former Indiana state senator, Hemmer will assume duties July 1. The farm covers 2397 owned acres plus 3000 leased. Hemmer has managed a 250 acre southern Indiana farm and runs a grain elevator in Dubois county. He succeeds Captain Ralph Howard as superintendent.
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Indianapolis
Floyd J. Hemme
Huntingburg
Indiana State Farm
Putnamville
Thurern A. Gottschalk
Hemmer
Purdue University
Indiana State Senate
Purdue
Indiana
Dubois County
Bu Hemmer
Ralph Howard
Renal
Farley Defends Postal Decision in Steel Mail Case
Washington reports Postmaster General James Farley defended the Postal Service’s right to refuse to transport food parcels sent to workers at Republic Steel plants in Niles and Warren. He argued the company lacks good faith and seeks to involve postal authorities in the dispute, asking the court to deny mandamus to force acceptance. Continued on Page 4.
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Washington
Republic Steel Corporation
Niles and
Warren
James Farley
Steel
Post Office Department
U. S. District Court For
District of Columbia
Farley
Republic Steel
Escaped Iowa convict nabbed in Indianapolis
Indianapolis June 22 Ralph Webster 28 an escaped Iowa convict operating under aliases was arrested on a downtown street corner by Detectives Clifford Becker and Pay Pope. With him were his wife Susan Webster 21 and his uncle Charles Gauthier 45 held on vagrancy charges. Webster faces a $10,000 bond for return to Iowa to complete a 25 year sentence.
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Indianapolis
Ralph Webster
Iowa
Clifford Becker
Pay Pope
Wmrs
Susan Webster
Charles Gauthier
Webster
Soviet Aviators Arrive At Frisco For Transpolar Flight
Three Soviet airmen who conquered the pole arrived in San Francisco. They outlined plans for regular Moscow to United States flights via the Arctic. Pilot Valeri Chkalov and colleagues noted they might be chosen for the next transpolar flight, while others praised the team’s achievement.
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San Francisco
Russia
North Pole
Moscow
Arctic
United States
Pacific
New York
Pole
Valeri Chkalov
Georgi Raidukovy
Alexai Belinkov
Vancouver
Wash
Army Barracks
Chakalov
Respetto
Georgi
Baidukov
Portland
Ore
United Airlines
Cancilla Baker Trial Date Set for July 26
Indianapolis June 22 A courtroom clash over state welfare officials led to prosecutors pushing for joint or separate trials for Peter A Cancilla and Joel A Baker. Judge James Al Emmert set July 26 for Bakers trial, while considerations continued on whether to try both defendants together or separately amid publicity concerns and testimony from Wayne Coy.
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Indianapolis
Peter A. Cancilla
Wayne Coy
Joel A. Baker
Cial
James al Emmert
Caneiile Wid Baker
Cay
Emmert
Baker
Herrt M. Spencer
Ila
Coy
Andrew Jacobs
Cancilla
Canella
Braddock Favored Second in Louis Fight Says Joe Carpenter
Joe Carpenter a Lebanon chauffeur predicts Braddock will finish second to Joe Louis in the big bout at Nick Park Chicago tonight. He hopes Grimm’s Reds topple the Giants and calls Bob Elson’s State Street broadcast his lucky omen. He voiced the view on WGN as a passerby observer.
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Braddock
Henge
Joe Louis
Niskey Park
Chiago
Pitchi
Joe Carpenter
Henry Ulen
Cub Giants
Bradgers
Louis
Lebanon
Charley Grimm
New York Giants
Horn
Bob Elson
State Street
WGN
Elson
Airlines
Joe
Britain Returns German Rebuff In Blunt Fashion
London reports a four power conference failed to agree on joint steps over Valencia, as Britain refus es to join any naval demonstration against loyalist Spain. An official communique said Germany stands firm on its stance while tension deepens over non intervention.
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London
Germany
Leipzig
Britain
Italy
France
England
Valencia
von Neurath
Spain
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Europe
Hitler
Mussolini
Itly
Berlins
Reich
Deutschland
Almeria
Slayers Execution Date Postponed by Supreme Court
Indianapolis Indiana June Raymond Fortune of Marion will not die before September 17 for the poker party slaying of Orris Dokken of Fort Wayne. The State Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to allow pleadings for a rehearing. Fortune was to have died on July 3. The court affirmed the death sentence on June 15.
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Tndianapolis
Ind
Raymond Fortune
Marion
Orris Dokken
Fort Wayne
State Supreme Court
Fortune
Supreme Court
Huntington County
WPA Education Directors Dismissed in Indiana
Indianapolis June 22 two district education supervisors were dismissed as part of a WPA cut that reduced six districts to three. John K Jennings state WPA director announced John F Sharp will serve as acting assistant supervisor of education for the Evansville district.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
WPA
John K. Jennings
John F. Sharp
Evansville
Senator George Norris Stricken By Illness in Senate
Washington June 22 Senator George Norris of Nebraska aged 75 was taken ill at a Senate Agricultural Committee meeting with indigestion his face turned white he walked to his office for medical aid. Capitol physician Dr George W Calver said the condition was not critical and ordered rest in his office.
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Washington
George Norris
Nebraska
Senate Agricultural Committee
George W. Calver
Capitol
Norris
Helen Jacobs Wins Opening Wimbledon Match in Style
Helen Jacobs of Berkeley California opened Wimbledon with a dominant 6-2 6-1 victory over England's Miss E. H. Harvey. The defending champion displayed strong form as heat rose in June at Wimbledon, England.
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Helen Jacobs
Wimbledon
Eng
Berkley
Cali
E. H. Harvey
England
Relief bill passes Senate with Roosevelt control intact
Washington June 22 The administration's 1.5 billion relief bill to fund the Works Progress Administration for another year passed the Senate after defeating attempts to curb President Roosevelt's spending discretion. Democratic majorities crushed Republican challenges to modify the measure, leaving the president with full control of funds.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Two Face Charge Of Petit Larceny In Indiana Case
Two Indianapolis men Joseph Edwards and Samies St Clair Gray, both 24, face petit larceny counts in Boone Circuit Court over the theft of silk hosiery from J C Penney. They were captured after a state police blockade in Clinton County following a chase from Lebanon to Lafayette. A third person, Pearl White, 23, also from Indianapolis, was detained.
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Boone Circuit Court
Indianapolis
Hell
J.C. Penney
Richard W. Adney
Joseph Edwards
West Eleventh Street
Samies St. Clair Gray
Talbot Street
Pearl White
Penney
Middiesfork
Lebanon
Progress Made in Settlement of Steel Strike
Cleveland June 22 definite progress toward settlement was reported by Federal Mediation Board chairman Charles P Taft as heads of four companies return to Cleveland for a second conference while the union group led by John Lewis CIO chairman meets with the board. National Guardsmen deployed across the Mahoning valley enforce a status quo as mills reopen with heavy picketing and tension persists in the Warren Niles area.
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Cleveland
Charles P. Taft
Federal Mediation Board
Taft
Tohn Lewis
CLO
Lloyd Garrison
University of Consin Law School
Labor
Fidward F. McGrady
Mahoning Valley
Martin L. Davey
Davey
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
CIO
Warren-Niles
Multiple Murders and Trials Highlight June News
A string of incidents unfolds from Troy Hills to Newark and New York. Charles Smith kills his wife and stepdaughter Lena Attwood then dies by suicide. Ward Dagis and Petersburgh High School girl Annavieve France murder jury progress is reported. Mrs. Katherine Daniels slashes her son and wounds others while claiming divine instruction. Philip M. Moses is arrested amid Hauptmann trial summations. William Parsons pleads for his wife Alice Parsons during a kidnapping ultimatum as authorities push for suspects.
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Troy Hills
Charles Smith
Lena Attwood
Vincennes
Ind
Ward Dagis
Petersburg
Annavieve France
Petersburgh
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