Third Soviet Polar Flight Starts Today
Fairbanks Alaska July 29 AP daylight around the clock and ideal weather pace a third Soviet transpolar flight from Moscow to an unannounced American destination. Pilot Sigismund Levaneffsky 8 A M takeoff with three to five companions in a four motor plane refuel at Fairbanks then continue possibly to Chicago or New York.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Moscow
America
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Lindbergh
Russia
Levaneffsky
FDR Confers With Leaders on Administration Program
Washington July 29 AP congressional chieftains returned from the White House with a determination to pass as much administration program as possible before adjournment. Wage hour housing and court bills head the schedule after a two hour canvass with President Roosevelt. They seek mid August adjournment but avoided a fixed date to deter filibusters and pressure moves. blocs in both houses push for a sugar quota law replacing the Jones Costigan act and anti lynching action remains demanded in the Senate after House passage.
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Washington
Capitol
White House
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Americans smoking more cigarettes than ever
U S Treasury reports show a new production record for the first half of the year with 78,094,812,102 cigarettes produced. The average per person is 604 cigarettes, about three per day for every American.
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Treasury
Farouk Crowned King of Independent Egypt
Cairo reports Farouk, 18, invested as Egypt’s first king since Mameluke times. He took the oath before parliament, receiving 15 million subjects’ acclaim as streets packed with celebrants in a grand processional through the capital.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Misr
Nubia
Sudan
Kordofan
Darfour
King
Fuad
Sultan
Ibin Palace
Death by own action pact new theory in case
New York story ties a lovers death leap plan to the murder of Florence Jackson. Stanley A. Martin Jr. admits strangling her claiming she asked him to, while aviator Speed Hazlik testifies they flew over Long Island and discussed leaping thrice opening the door with Jackson beside him. He later described abandoning a plan to drive off a bridge.
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Stanley A. Martin, Jr
New York
Florence Jackson
Martin
Trucker James Hicks Killed Near Celina in Truck Crash
A two truck collision seven miles north of Celina injures C E McIntire of Columbus and rider Bill Bingham. James Hicks, 25, of Cincinnati is killed in the July incident.
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Celina
James Hicks
Cincinnati
C. E. McIntire
Columbus
Bill Bingham
Voice Protest Over Royal Trip to Northern Ireland
London reports a protest against the King and Queen’s visit to Belfast for a coronation celebration marred by terrorism. A land mine near the royal route, an explosion at a warehouse, and widespread arson of British huts are linked to Irish Republican opposition.
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London
George
Elizabeth
Northern Ireland
Daily Mirror
Belfast
Ulster
City Hall
Ulster and
Irish Free State
Mussolini Turns 54 as Navy Review at Riccione
Mussolini marked his fifty fourth birthday with a review of the Adriatic fleet first squadron anchored at Riccione. The premier viewed the event as a naval duty rather than a celebration and, at fifty four, is described as vigorous and active in his long tenure as head of the government.
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Riccione
Italy
Mussolini
Il Duce
Convict Chops Off Own Hand at Alcatraz
From Alcatraz Island a prisoner identified as Percival reportedly cut off his left hand with an axe in a deliberate act. The San Francisco Chronicle published the claim, while prison authorities would not confirm or deny the report. James Johnston, the warden, declined to comment.
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Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Chronicle
Percival
Chronicle
James Johnston
Federal Institution
Bicycle Rider Struck by Car on Route 664
John Schaal a 16 year old Logan West Logan youth and member of the Logan high school band was struck by a car on Route 664 near Fourth Street this morning. He suffered cuts broken nose and severe bruises and was taken by the driver Roy Gent of Logan to a physician then sent home.
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Logan
John Schaal
Dan Schaal
West Logan
Schaal
Logan High School
Rt. 664
Fourth St. Roy Gent
Denhardt Accuses Enemies of Framing Him
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt filed a $150000 damage suit in Kentucky circuit court alleging political and social destruction by his enemies. The counter suit responds to a $75000 damage claim from Louisville accusing Denhardt of responsibility in the death of Patricia Wilson, described by police as a party girl.
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Bowling Green
Henry H. Denhardt
Kentucky
Louisville
Denhardt
Patricia Wilson
Government Workers Halt Work On Homes
In Elkins West Virginia 98 men stopped work on their own homes at the $1 000 000 Tygart homesteads project amid claims of mismanagement and waste. While 58 residents sat out the strike 24 homes and a limestone plant halted. no picketing occurred as workers lounged at their new clapboard homes. L Wade Cobert ly the resident engineer said the protest targets management personnel and resettlement officials in Washington.
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Elkins
W. Va
Tygart Valley
Tygart
Tygart Valley Association
L. Wade Coberly
Resettlement Administration
Washington
Portsmouth
Kentucky
Toledo
Lansing
Mich
West Virginia
Ohio
Marietta
Wakefield
Route 81
Pomeroy
Sullivan Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair in Duquesne
Martin J. Sullivan, a former Duquesne policeman, was sentenced to death for killing five neighbors including Mrs. Laura Bacon. Judge J. Frank Graff denied a new trial. Execution date to be set by Governor George H. Earle.
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Pittsburgh
Martin J. Sullivan
Duquesne
J. Frank Graff
George H. Earle
Sullivan
Laura, Bacon
Neighbos
Returned to Columbus on post office robbery charges
Le roy Bussart aged 35 waived examination before Federal District Judge Arthur Lederle and was ordered sent back to Columbus Ohio to face charges in the Laurelville post office robbery on June 28.
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Columbus
Detroit
Leroy Bussart
Arthur Lederle
Laurelville
Trapped fire kills two men and a woman in Montreal
A trio died in a blaze on the top floor of a three story rooming house in Montreal. The fire fighters battled flames after being alerted to the deadly trap on the building.
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Montreal
Elder Happy on Acquittal in Norton Case
Thomas E. Elder, former Mount Hermon School dean, was acquitted at Greenfield Massachusetts on charges of assault with intent to kill and assault with a gun against former colleague Stephen Allen Norton. The jury found him not guilty after four hours of deliberation. He returned to his New Hampshire chicken farm, expressing quiet relief.
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Greenfield
Mass
Thomas E. Elder
Mount Hermon
New Hampshire
Stephen Allen Norton
Elder
Norton
Man Arrested in Athens Ohio in Slain Striker Case
Fritz Swanson, 48, a Republic Steel worker, was to be arraigned on a manslaughter charge for the automobile killing of John Orency, 45, a CSO striker, during last Monday’s riots at the Corrigan McKinney plant. He was arrested at a Chauncey home by police flown in a chartered plane and released on $1,000 bond.
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Fritz Swanson
Republic Steel Corp
John Orency
CSO
Corrigan-McKinney
Swanson
Chauncey
Athens
JAP BOMBERS RAIN TERROR AT TIENTSIN
Japanese bombers rained fire on Tientsin and Peiping as Chinese forces attacked to regain the strategic area. American residents sheltered in foreign concessions while officials warned against foreign casualties and prepared evacuations if necessary.
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Tientsin
Kioyoshi Katsuki
North China
China
Paul W. Caraway
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Peiping
Sung Cheng Yuan
Chang Tsu-Chung
Tokyo
Japan
Koki Hirota
Diet
Washington
Cordell Hal
Tangku
Fengtai
Americans Seek Protection From Embassy Near Peiping
Dispatches to the state department report Americans in the troubled Chinese area around Peiping turning to their embassy for protection amid unrest.
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Washington
State Department
Peiping
Trucked coal upsets price structure at Ohio hearing
At Columbus the national Bituminous Coal Commission heard Ohio truck-miners and industry executives argue for and against exempting small truck operations from Guffey-Vinson price codes. Witnesses traced rapid growth of intrastate truck sales from 1930 to today, noting large volumes to markets in Ohio and neighboring states and the impact on traditional coal markets.
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Columbus
Bituminous Coal Commission
Ohio
C. F. Taplin
Ohio District Board
Edgar Ervin
Commission
Central States
Star Witness
FE. H. Wakefield
Portsmouth
City Coal Co
Scioto County
Wakefield
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FDR
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Ireland
Cordell Hull
San Francisco
Dean
Charles
Athens-Co
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Associated Press
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Taplin
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