McCarl to Retire Tomorrow Night and Aid Reorg
Washington reports Comptroller General J R McCarl will retire at end of current fiscal year after 15 years in office. He says he may return to law, enter politics, and assist in reorganizing federal agencies to cut duplication and save taxpayers money. He hopes Congress moves to consolidate and streamline emergency agencies into regular, more economical structures.
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Washington
Oller
J. R. McCarl
McCarl
Roosevelt
Low McCarn
Comptroller
McCain
Byril D
Virginia
Bus Crash Kills Five Negroes Near Dalton Georgia
Five African American passengers died and about 15 were injured when a bus collided with a concrete bridge over Swamp Creek near Dalton. Driver W J Fritts stated the group was returning to Chattanooga from Atlanta with over 40 people aboard.
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Dalton
Here
Swamp Creek
W. J. Fritts
Chatta Rooga
Atlanta
Conventions Boost Philadelphia Finances in June
Philadelphia Mayor Davis Wilson estimated about 10 million dollars circulated as Democrats gathered last week. He noted record crowds and spending during the session, claiming the biggest convention and free show in the nation’s history with up to 116,000 hearing President Eldt and as many as 1,000,000 at a Mardi Gras event.
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Philadelphia
Davis Wilson
Elt
Franklin
Man who gave Dillinger tips ill in Chicago
Meyer Bogue, former Indiana convict who collected about 2539.89 from Governor McNutt’s emergency fund for allegedly false tips on John Dillinger’s movements, is ill in Chicago after an overdose of sleeping tablets. Police say he led officers on a midwestern chase before the tips were debunked by J Edward Barce.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Meyer Bogue
Indiana
Paul V.mcnutt
John Dillinger
Chicago
Ill
Bogue
Middlewest
Dillinger
J. Edward Barce
Governor’s Office
San Quertin
Steel Institute vows to fight unions in drive against John L. Lewis
New York June 24 The Steel Institute pledges all resources of the five billion dollar steel industry to block a major organizing drive led by John L. Lewis for 500400 workers. The institute warns of possible strikes and violence and vows to protect employers and families from intimidation while supporting collective bargaining free from interference.
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New York
John L. Lewis
Steel Workers
Steel Chi
Amalgamated Association of Iran
Steel and Tin
Steel Induse
Dave the
Fiery Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Institute
Third Party Head Opens Campaign for Union Party
Burlington Iowa June 20 Congressman William Lemke of North Dakota launched the Union Party campaign amid a Nazi Union for Social Justice event before 5000 supporters. He attacked Secretary Wallace and challenged Landon and Roosevelt to public debates on agriculture social and monetary policy. He outlined three planks including current agriculture and region and predicted victory in November promising to make the brains trusters work for an honest living.
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Burlington
Iowa
William Lemke
North Dakota
Union Party
Hesterday
Union For Social Justice
Lincoln
Deati
Airture
Henry Wallace
Landon
Roosevelt
Lemke
Wallace
Ian Iowan
Landon Vacation With Aides Begins At Estes Park
Governor Alfred M. Landon starts a seven day vacation at the McGraw ranch near Estes Park Colorado with his campaign aides secretaries and tenographers joining him early in the week. Charles Taft Ralph West Robey Karl H Taylor and E R Enfield are among the assembled specialists. He has not commented on Roosevelt’s acceptance speech or the Democratic platform and is progressing on his July 23 Topeka speech. He has completed a message to Kansas’ special legislative session set for July 7 after returning to Topeka. The governor spent Sunday quietly attending church and enduring a hailstorm and near cloudburst in Estes Park.
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Estes Park
Colo
Alfred M. Landon
GOP
McGraw Ranch
Charles, P. Taft
Taft
Ralph West Robey
Columbia University
Karl H. Taylor
E. R. Enfield
Topeka
Kansas
Roosevelt
Funeral for Charles Ballard Held in Plain Indiana
Funeral services for Charles Ballard aged 24 who died in an Indianapolis airplane crash were held at the Friends Church in Plainfield at two this afternoon with burial in Plainfield cemetery. John N Praay, 24, of Plainfield, injured in the crash, was recovering. Nish Dienhart, manager of the Indianapolis Municipal Airport, sent condolences from Philadelphia after Ballard's death.
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Ballard
JORNS RESIGNS AS PARTY SECRETARY
Indianapolis June 2. Keith Johns secretary of the Democratic state committee resigns here. Johns, a former Marion resident, is a newspaper publisher in Lafayette. He suggests Dick Heller take his place as secretary. Johns thanks the committee for two and a half years in the role.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Keith Johns
Democratic State Committee
Johns
Marion
Lafayette
Dick Heller
Clifford M. Townsend
State Committee
Scotland Yard Eyes U S Police Methods for Radio Use
Scotland Yard plans to imitate American police radio communication after Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ronald Howe and delegation visited the United States. They noted American use of speech in radio messages and a disciplined approach to long hours on cases, with less focus on minor crimes.
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Jandon
Scotland Yard
England
United States
Ronald M. Howe
Scotland
Howe
Roosevelt hosts key governors at Hyde Park luncheon
President Roosevelt hosts important election figures at his Hyde Park estate. Governor Henry Horner of Illinois and Frank Murphy, former Detroit mayor, attend as potential linchpins for Democratic efforts in pivotal Midwest states. Lehman of New York remains silent amid talks of a third-term bid and campaign support.
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Hyte Park
N. Y
Illinois
Michigan
Roosevelt
Hudson River
Henry Horner
Tinea
Cook ‘Olinty
Chicago
Frank Murphy
Ormer
Detroit
Philipan
Philadelphia
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Lehman
Hyde Park
White House
New York State
War veteran robbed of half his bonus fund
Anderson Indiana June 29 Ralph L Durham World War veteran and father of a large family will get only 300 of his 600 soldier's bonus. He placed 300 in a bank passbook and paid it on a local bank counter. While his back was turned the money was stolen.
Bad Windstorm Forces Abandonment Of Mt Everest Climb
London June 68 Bad luck ended the 1936 Everest expedition led by Hugh Ruttledge Brigadier E F Norton of the 1922 and 1924 British expeditions said nature sent a monsoon with snow and avalanches. The fourteen lives claimed remained untrodden as the advance party narrowly escaped an avalanche near camp No 4 at 21 500 feet. Everest stands at 29 141 feet. Continued on Page 3.
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Mt. Everest
London
E. F. Norton
Hugh Ruttledge
Ruttledge
Everest
Norton
Seven year old witnesses brutal hotel slaying in Chicago
A seven year old boy recounts a brutal murder in a Devonshire Hotel room. His mother Florence Castle was killed by a masked man who claimed to be a doctor as he ransacked the room gathering money and wrote a message on the mirror. Police traced a late night phone call to Sigmund Schaps, a tavern master of ceremonies, as a possible lead.
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Chicago
Florence Thompson Castle
Devonshire Hotel
Black Legion
Jimmy
Sonny
Camiga
Sigmund Schaps
Schaps
Robison Sentenced for Larceny in Hendricks Court
Charley Robison of Lebanon pleaded guilty to larceny and received six months at the state penal farm in Hendricks county circuit court. He was linked to a Central Indiana burglary ring uncovered this spring after his June 5 arrest by State Troopers Pendry and Gilliland and Deputy Wilbur Small. Ed Smith, 28, who was shot by officers during a fleeing attempt at Mechanicsburg last month, signed a confession implicating Robison in a hog theft.
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Charley Robison
Lebanon
Hendricks County
Robison
Pendry
Gilliland
Wilbur Small
Indiana
Ed Smith
Mechanicsburg
Beer Drinking Champ Ready to Defend Title
Ray DuVal of Green Bay, a 180 pound beer drinking champion, offers to defend his Wisconsin title after winning Fond du Lac Advancement Association’s annual contest. He outgulped 500 rivals including Floyd Verette and F Cristanelli, twice tying and breaking records with a half gallon in 14 seconds.
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Cedarburg
Wis
Ray DuVal
Green Bay
DuVal
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac
A. Emmcke
Milwaukee
George Fox
Fox
No Typhoid Germs In City Water In Lebanon
State Board of Health declared Lebanon’s water safe after weekend checks at the municipal plant. Investigators found no typhoid germs, though a few half inch red worms were reported in the system due to midge flies entering the newer sealed reservoir. Water is pumped from deep wells to a primary reservoir, treated to soften, then to a second sealed tank before distribution.
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Lebanon
State Board of Health
West
Chicago Street
Regis
Zioncheck Again In The Limelight
Washington reports Rep Marion A. Zioncheck of Seattle faces lunacy charges if captured in DC. A mob of newspaper men and cameramen surrounded the Capitol complex after word spread he escaped a Towson sanitarium and was sighted near the House office building. A capitol policeman said he did not know how to handle the possible arrival of the eccentric congressman who had reportedly appeared at 4 am. The door remained locked as watchers prepared for an all day vigil.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Seattle
District of Columbia
Washington Times
Towson
House of Representatives
Capitol
Maryland
Shep
Heat wave tightens crisis in grain belt drought
Washington June 29 a burning heat wave pushed temperatures from 100 to 108 across a wide belt from Alabama to the Dakota. The drouth committee led by Jesse W. Tapp meets to coordinate relief with Agriculture and AAA officials and resettlement crews. Weather reports warn relief will be slow as scant rainfall and intense heat dry soils, halving spring wheat prospects in the Dakotas Montana and Wyoming. Freight rate relief and flexible soil conservation plans are under discussion to aid farmers in the drought area.
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Washington
Alabama
Tennessee
Dakota
Henry A. Wallace
Drouth
South Dakota
Great Lakes
J. B. Kincer
Department of Agriculture
Top Weather Bureau
Kincer
Drouth Committee
AAA
Jesse W. Tapp
Grouth
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Weather Bureau
Agriculture
Resettlement
WPA
RFC
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Herr Herr Commenced As Airplane Pilot On Indiana Tour
Ben Herr of Lebanon received special recognition from Walker Winslow, president of the Indiana Aircraft Trades Association, for careful, conservative piloting during the eight nation all Indiana air tour. Vic Lindemann of Michigan City won a silver safety trophy from Lincoln National Life Insurance. McVey of Fort Wayne placed second, Fetters of Detroit third, Herr fourth for creditable flying as the tour covered over fifteen hundred miles in six days visiting Indiana cities and Findley Ohio. The tour ended Sunday at Indianapolis Municipal Airport.
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Ben Flerr
Lebanon
Walker W. Winslow
Indiana Aircraft Trades Association
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Vic Lindemann
Michigan City
B. McVey
Fort Wayne
Charles Fetters
Detroit
Mic
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Charles Ballard
Jorns
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Slayer
Menad
Herr
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