Missionaries report Japanese gunboat fire on Huping College
American missionaries at Huping College of Yochow in Hunan Province said a Japanese gunboat fired on July 18 near Tungting Lake, showering the college building and foreign residence with machine gun bullets but causing no injuries. Naval officers in Hankow declined to comment on the report.
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Hankow
China
American Missionary School
Huping College
Yochow
Hunan Province
Tungting Lake
Ohio
Edwin Beck
Tiffin
The
Reformed Church of the United States
Philadelphia
Beck
Widow Sues for 25000 in Fatal Route 31 Crash
Anna Strum administrator to her husband files a damage suit in Hocking County Common Pleas seeking 25000. She alleges Joseph Frey drove carelessly on the wrong side in dense fog, the unlit truck causing the collision that killed her husband and injured Ray Irvin and Jake Brooks.
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Joseph Frey
Logan
Anna Strum
Hocking County
Frey
Bruck St
Columbus
Pastor Re enacts Galilee scene on Scioto River
The Rev. J. Harry Cotton pastor of Broad Street Presbyterian church preached from a boat on the Scioto River. A youth council program of Franklin County federated churches depicted Christ and his disciples on the sea of Galilee yesterday.
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Lumbus, O
J. Harry Cotton
Broad Street Presbyterian Church
Scioto River
Youth Council
Federated Churches of
Franklin County
Christ
Sea of Galilee
Congress Across Chamber Debates Tax and Utility Bills
The Senate opens at 10 a.m. to discuss the AAA bill while the Territories committee begins an Virgin Islands investigation. A conference starts on abolishing certain public utility holding companies. The House considers District of Columbia legislation as Ways and Means advances a tax bill.
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Senate
Territories
Virgin Islands
House
District of Columbia
Ways and Means
Chinese President's Son to Make His Own Decision
Venerable Lin Sen grants his nephew James Lin the right to decide his marriage to Viola Brown of Columbus Ohio while noting he disapproved earlier. Lin, age of consent, may marry per Chinese law. rumors of two Chinese wives are denied by Kuo-min News Agency.
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James Lin
K. M. James Lin
China
Viola Brown
Columbus
Lin
Ohio State University
Ten Cent
Associated Press
Kilung
Kiangsi
Lin Sen
Ohio
America
Kuo-min
Young Lin
EWS
Green Apples End Big Zoo Battle
In Oklahoma City on July 22 AP reports a playful fight between Maggie the bear and Imp the 450 pound grizzly. Maggie was injured after an 18 foot fall into a moat at Capitol Zoo and Imp, mean after the incident, was lured with rolling apples before being captured and moved to another zoo.
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Oklahoma City
Maggie
Imp
Capitol Zoo
Leon Blondis
Grizzly
Thief In Church Stolen Purses During Prayer Time
The Rev Walter A Condoneld of the First Presbyterian Church in Ada Ohio led a service as a thief rifled several purses carried by choir singers. Mayor Harry J Sousley attempted pursuit but the loot was valued at about 10 dollars and a half.
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Ada, O
Walter A
First Presbyterian Church
Harry J. Sousley
Reich claims Catholicism as Germanys Public Enemy No 1
Berlin July 22 AP Reichsfuehrer Hitlers newspaper labels political Catholicism as Germanys Public Enemy No 1 as two priests go on trial for smuggling money. The Missionary of the Holiest Heart of Jesus ministers Proctor Martin Utsche and Rudolf Wilmsen face charges over a 200 000 franc loan and misallocated funds to the Netherlands France and abroad.
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Berlin
Reichsfuehrer Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Germany
Martin Utsche
Rudolf Wilmsen
Order
France
Reichsbank
Bismarck Archipelago
Rome
Senate OKs Lafollette Amendment on Farm Import Quotas
In Washington on July 22 the Senate approved by 60 to 17 a Lafollette amendment to the AAA bill. It allows the president to impose import quotas to protect price gains from the domestic farm program, replacing the House idea of quotas and higher tariffs on depressed farm commodities. The vote followed two hours of prior debate.
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Washington
Senate
Lafollette
AAA
Police Seek Loan Official Who Defrauded Aged Sisters
Dayton police probe a scheme in which sisters Serah and Mary Sabrey aged 72 and 64 exchanged 5700 in stock for 22 lots in a fictitious Akron cemetery and a counterfeit 492.98 check. Investigators say a man posed as a state building and loan official promising monthly checks until a Mutual Home Association payout, leaving the victims too stunned to provide details.
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Dayton
Akron
S. E. Yendes
Joan
Serah
Mary Sabrey
Yendes
Mutual Home Association of Daytona
Biat
Wotery
Columbus
Cyclist Seriously Hurt In Collision In Fatal Weekend Crash
Critically injured motorcyclist Henderson Wolfe and dead wife Catherine Todd were involved in a crash on Route 31 near Wright Tourist Camp three miles south of Logan. Wolfe remains in serious condition at Cherrington hospital with one other person slightly injured. authorities say Mrs Wolfe died at arrival after skull fracture and chest injuries.
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Henderson Wolfe
Haydenville
Cherrington Hospital
Wright
Route 31
Logan
Newton Spencer
Wolfe
John E. Kircher
Athens
Mary Lane
Atlanta
Catherine Todd
Kidnap Plot Probed in Columbus Case
Police planned to visit Mt Vernon to find the filling station used by trio who kidnapped sales counselor Robert C Byers. Byers said three men mistook him for his brother George a Columbus automobile distributor and cut ransom from 10000 to 500. He was kidnapped Thursday night released Friday morning.
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Columbus, CO
Mt. Vernon
Robert C. Byers
T. A. Scully
Byers
George
Columbus
Arabs clash in Addis Ababa leaves several dead
Arabs in Addis Ababa fought in a tribal feud carried from Arabia, leaving three dead and many wounded. About 100 Arabs from Semen and other parts of Arabia used revolvers and clubs in the street clash yesterday near the Ethiopian capital.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Arabia
Semen
Wounded in Suspected Domestic Shooting Incident
Mrs. Lida Wade aged 54 and her brother-in-law William Waymer were shot and are recovering in Columbus hospital. Sheriff L B Odrean questioned Wade, the ex-husband, after confirming Wade went to his former wife's home Saturday night and a scuffle occurred leading to the firing.
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Mcconnellville
Lida Wade
William Waymer
Columbus
L. B. Odrean
Nade Wade
Wade
Governor Davey Denies Clemency for Russell Swiger
Ohio Governor Davey refused clemency for Russell Swiger, 21, condemned for the Holdup slaying of Harold Fleming at a Zanesville service station. The governor stressed Swiger's evident cunning in planning the crime and opposed commuting the death sentence to life.
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Davey
Russell Swiger
Columbus
Swiger
Ohio Penitentiary
Harold Fleming
Zanesville
State Board of Paroles
Muskingum County
Parole Board
Girl 14 Admits Killing Brother in Heat Wave Tragedy
In Prestonburg Kentucky a 14 year old girl confesses to killing her 9 year old brother with a butcher knife while picking berries on a mountain side. Officials say the slaying occurred during a mad fit caused by intense heat. she later called the death accidental but would not elaborate.
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Prestonburg
Kentucky Childrens Bureau
Thomas Hyden
Hattie Irene
Man pleads not guilty to drowning wife to impress girl
Newall P. Sherman 26, Sutton choir singer and scoutmaster, pleads not guilty after allegedly overturning a canoe on Lake Singletary to drown his wife Alice 23. Held without bail for grand jury. Detective says Sherman confessed to the planned crime to impress a Whitinsville girl, leaving two children Janet May 21 months and Dudley 8 months motherless.
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Whitinsville
Edward J. McCarthy
Sherman
Lake Singletary
McCarthy
Janet May
Dudley
Ohio Guards Open Training at Camp Perry
Brig. Gen. Frank D. Henderson of Columbus commander of the 74th infantry brigade and Maj. Robert McPeak of Columbus commander of the 37th division train launched the training activities of the two Ohio National Guard units at Camp Perry Ohio today.
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Camp Perry
Frank D. Henderson
Columbus
74Th Infantry
Robert McPeak
Ohio National Guard
Diaper Derby Draws Men and Women as Equals
In Seattle on July 22 AP reports a diaper changing derby pits 12 male entrants against professional women after a rules panel denied a 1 second handicap. Start from scratch and disqualification for any scratch of the baby.
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Seattle
Wiliam Shapiro
Inflationists Seek Combine Borah Says
Washington reports quote Senator Borah warning that inflationist groups backing the Patman bonus and Frazier Lemke farm refinancing may attach the bills to the Roosevelt tax measure. Leaders Robinson and Barkley doubt any session longer than August 15 and see no chance of extending to November 1.
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Washington
APY
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Robinson
Barkley
Urs
Frazier Lemke
Patman
Merc Reaches Record Friday In Heat Wave
Rain softened heat in Hocking County with a Saturday drizzle eastern city and a dry west of Depot Street. A later heavier rain fell overnight Sunday as the thermometer hit a Friday record of 101. A dog collapse on Main is noted among local scenes.
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Hocking Countians
Depot St
Dave Milne
En Canine
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