Disorder marks visit of King and Queen to Ireland
Bombs arson and gunfire greeted King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Belfast amid a night of terror blamed on Irish Republicans. Explosions damaged customs houses and a Dundalk bridge, while crowds packed streets as a royal visit continued despite attacks.
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Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Free State
George VI
Eliza
Carlingford
Bundoran
Dundalk
Shells Rain on Madrid Sector in Civil War Duel
Fogged by seven days of fierce fighting over Madrid, insurgent and government forces here limited actions to artillery duels in Brunete and Villanueva de la Canada as both sides dig in for the battle for Madrid. Casualties were reported as the combatants pressed a stalemate near the capital.
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Madrid
Spain
Brunete
Villanueva de la Canada
Western Front
Jose Miaja
Inryl
Ohio mined coal subject to bituminous code hearings begin
The National Bituminous Coal Commission opened hearings in Columbus to determine if Ohio mined coal should be covered by the Guffey Vinson Act. Local producers argue the coal affects interstate prices. a one cent per ton tax may apply to code adopters while non adopters face a 19 and a half percent levy at the mine. Hearings proceed through the week led by commissioner examiner George E. Acret with future sessions planned in Des Moines and other states.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Washington
Columbus
George E. Acret
Des Moines
Illinois
Indiana
Fifteen Die as Netherlands Plane Crashes in Belgium
An Netherlands airliner crash at Hal Belgium killed fifteen people including three Americans named Whitehouse Canton and Goldbloom. The airline confirmed only the three identifications and had no further information available at press time.
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Netherlands
Hal
Belgium
No Favoritism For Mrs. Roosevelt
Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson told a joint tax committee that the treasury followed precedent in ruling that a radio contract did not create taxable income for Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. He said she received no income and was no richer because of her labor. the contract redirected $3,000 to a Philadelphia charity after each broadcast. Representative Fish had charged a loophole and Jackson defended the ruling as non discriminatory.
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Washington
Robert H. Jackson
Treasury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Jackson
Congressional Tax Committee
Philadelphia
Representative Fish
R-Ny
Republican Committee
Youngstown Sets Warm Low Mark for Date
The 6 am temperature fell to 50 in Youngstown Ohio tying the 1925 low for July 28 and marking the lowest reading in 24 years of record keeping.
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Youngstown
Mercury
No Farm Bill This Session
Chairman Jones of the House Agriculture Committee announced that farm price stabilization legislation was postponed indefinitely until next session. He said the committee would study the bill in meetings before Congress convenes in January due to differing farm interests on provisions and an impossible conference with national farm organizations before adjournment.
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Washington
Jones
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Bankhead
Rayburn
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Judiciary Committee
White House
Police patrol mill districts at Cleveland strike scene
In Cleveland police patrolled a new strike zone in the Cuyahoga River valley as CIO and Republic Steel sued for injunctions. The move followed a riot at the Corrigan McKinney works where one man died and dozens were injured.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga River Valley
Republic Steel Corp
CIO
Eliot Ness
Republic
Corrigan-McKinney
Logan iron removal plant contract likely to go to Bever and Morris
After inspecting Bever and Morris Construction Co. waterworks plants in Cleveland Roy Loomis said Logan's new iron removal plant contract will probably be awarded to that firm tomorrow afternoon. Their bid of 19450 was the lowest among local bids, with all others above 20410. Loomis found the Bellevue Sandusky and Plymouth plants satisfactory and arranged terms for completion tomorrow.
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Bever and Morris Construction Co
Cleveland
Roy Loomis
Logan
Geiger Bros
Loomis
Copany
Bellevue
Sandusky
Plymouth
Ohio
Action Photo of Republic Steel Strike Clash Protests
A Central Press photo shows C I O protesters denouncing police brutality and imported strikebreakers as clashes occurred earlier. The picture captures company men breaking windows of a striker’s car while many striker and worker cars lie damaged.
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Republic
Elkins
W. Va
Tygart Valley Homestead
Republic Steel Strike
Central Press
Jealousy Theory For New York Strangling Case
Prosecutors consider jealousy over jealousy factor in the death of Mrs. Florence Jackson a 37 year old wife of a wealthy broker. Stanley A. Martin Jr. 29 confessed garroting her with a red leather belt after heavy drinking in night clubs. He reportedly told police he had threatened to choke Mrs. Jackson during a violent quarrel about a month earlier. The quarrel began when Mrs. Martin gave a stranger her name and number in a drinking spot.
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New York
Stanley A. Martin
Irwin Shapiro
Martin
Mrs. Jackson
Shapiro
Death claims young mother Elisabeth Roop
Funeral services for Elizabeth Marie Roop 25 wife of Oliver Roop will be Friday at 2 PM at Advent Christian Church Rockbridge. She died Tuesday night at 9 30 at her home. Survived by husband two children Evelyn and Charles, her parents William Helber near Logan five brothers and three sisters. Burial at Fairview by Heinlein Bros.
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Advent Christian Church
Rockbridge
Elizabeth Marie Roop
Oliver Roop
Evelyn Eileen
Charles Eugens
William Helber
Logan
Fairview
Heinlein Bros
Town Goes Dark as Cairo Posts Budget Deficit
Cairo West Virginia suspended street lighting for the first time in 30 years due to cost. Voters will decide on August 2 whether to raise a special levy to fund electric lights.
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Cairo
W. Va
Vandals Disfigure Cleveland Homes
Cleveland faces a wave of vandalism as 30 homes were spray painted over two months. City Safety Director Eliot Ness announced an undercover probe to gather evidence against the perpetrators, noting owners or non union painters carried out the acts.
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Cleveland
Eliot Ness
Ness
Painters’ Union
Ohio labor federation eyes Cincinnati for 1938 parley
Delegates at the 53rd Ohio State Federation of Labor convention in Dayton consider Cincinnati and Lima as potential sites for the 1938 gathering with Cincinnati favored, a decision likely by Friday. William T. Blake praised organized labor for boosting Ohio Workmen's Compensation Act regulation and credited James M. Cox for backing the act.
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Dayton
Cincinnati
Lima
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Workmen's Compensation Act of
Ohio
William T. Blake
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Blake
James M. Cox
FDR Defends NLRB as Fair Amid Senate Debate
President Roosevelt asserted the National Labor Relations Board is impartial as Senate discusses creating a new board to set wage and hour standards. Criticism from both capital and labor was cited as evidence of fairness, following Rep. Rankin's charge of Communist influence and industry bias claims by Hugh Johnson and Senator Nye.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
Labor Board
Capital
Labor
Rankin
D-Miss
Johnson Scores Board
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Nye
R-Nd
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Taft Plans Campaign for U S Senate Nomination
Cincinnati dispatch says Robert A. Taft elder son of President Taft will proceed with a campaign for the Republican nomination for United States senator. Taft announced his decision in letters to Ohio editors following endorsement by the Hamilton County Republican committee on June 15.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
William H. Taft
United States
Taft
Republican Executive Committee
Hamilton County
Ohio
National editors pledge to oppose closed shop plan
In Chicago on July 28 AP reports the National Editorial Association, representing non metropolitan weekly and daily papers, will join a coalition with 11 other publishers groups to oppose the American Newspaper Guilds closed shop proposal.
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Chicago
National Editorial Association
American Newspaper Guild
Party Chiefs Clash Over Adjournment Fight in Washington
Democratic leaders pressed to stay in session to push major administration bills, aided by first year senators who oppose next year delays. A new noncontroversial court bill cleared a judiciary panel, while wage hour and housing laws faced continued pressure for quick action before August 14.
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Washington
Congress
Barkley
Battle of Peiping drives large scale fighting in China
Shanghai reports say Sung Cheh-Yuan's 29th army crushed the Peiping drive after dawn bombardment by Japanese air forces. Langfang and surrounding rail hubs were seized, while Japan denies losing Nanyuan and asserts its economic rights in North China. U.S. residents in Peiping include Mr. and Mrs. William Maxwell and their son.
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Shanghai
Foreign Office
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Peiping
China
Japan
Hopeh
Kar
West Peiping
Nanking
Langfang
Tientsin
Nanyuan
Department of State
William Maxwell
Andrew
Athens
Rioting and Skirmishes Reported as Peiping Crisis Intensifies
Reports describe rioting in Peiping and Japanese bombing around the city as Chinese and Japanese forces clash. An American embassy guard, Julius F. Pliszar, is wounded amid street fighting near the main shopping area while civilians and troops dig trenches and establish barricades. The situation remains unsettled with a lull at noon and fears for Americans still in the city.
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Peiping
China
Julius FP. Pliszar
Morrison Peiping
Ammuni
Fengtai
Yangtsun
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