Cadiz Torpedo Mine Blast Obliterates City Center
The Cadiz port area suffered a night of terror as more than 500 killed and thousands injured after a chain reaction of a thousand submarine mines and 140 torpedoes exploded. Ships yards and barracks were devastated. workers buried. fires raged across 300 sites. aid with penicillin cargo en route from Madrid.
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Evilla
Spain
U.P
Cadiz
Cadiz Naval
Arc Arsenal
Larrinage
Echevarrieta
San Severino
San Jose
Devastaed
Atea Torpedo Factory
Clise City
Madri Town
GaAdiz
Cain
Fists Swing in Film Studio Labor Inquiry
Hollywood report says Irving McCann, general counsel for a House committee, grabbed AF L counsel Joseph Padway by the throat and bit him after Padway called committee procedure “Geatype stuff.” The clash interrupted hearings as W. C. Doherty testified and Padway demanded adherence to rules. Padway accused McCann of brutality and called for his removal.
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Hollywood
U.P
Irving McCann
House
American Federation of Labor
Joseph L. Padway
Padway
A. F. of
W. C. Doherty
McCann
Carroll Kearns
Doherty
Gestapo
Tsay
A. F
Heat Wave Grips Nation Except Coasts
A nationwide heat wave blankets the country with only the East and West coasts spared. Weather officials warn that heat will intensify tonight in eastern regions while central states endure scorching conditions. A cold front from Alaska creeping through Canada is forecast to reach North Dakota then sweep into Iowa Minnesota and eastern areas by Thursday lifting temps but delaying relief.
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Ty Unity
Weather Bureau
Belict
Middle West
Alaska
Canada
North Dakota
Gulf States
Iowa
Minnesota
Uioly
Indiana
Doctors Convicted in Nazi War Crimes at Nuremberg
In Nuremberg, Karl Brandt and 14 other German doctors were found guilty of war crimes for fatal human experiments. The court said hundreds of thousands died in what it deemed worthless tests. Seven doctors acquitted. Helmut Poppendick convicted only of SS membership. The judgment suggested some may face the death penalty.
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Tow
State Police Called in Dowagiac Strike
Dowagiac officials summoned the state police as about 200 CIO pickets halted traffic around Hedon Bait Co. for 11 weeks of strike action. Mayor James L. Black sought state help after local forces reached capacity. Governor Sigler dispatched troopers following information of possible goon squads entering Dowagiac from southern Michigan and Indiana.
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Dowagiac
Mid
Hedon Bait Co
James L. Black
Slate
Gov
Sigler
Donald S. Leonard
Michigan
Indiana
Dowaglac
Coast Shipping Tie-up Threatened by Walkout Boss Issue
In San Francisco the Coast Longshoremen threaten a coastwise tie-up as the Taft Hartley Act takes effect Friday. The ILWU says Pacific Coast Employers Association will bar ship dock and walking bosses, or force the union to expel them, risking a near total waterfront shutdown. The dispute follows recent strikes over recognition of the ILWU as bargaining agent and scrutiny by the NLRB.
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SAN _ FRANCISCO
A.P
C.L
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific’ Coast Waterfront Employers' Association
L. W.U
Pacific Coast
Lin
National Labor Relations Board
W. FE. A
Lovable Tots Wreck House in Sudden Rampage
Two towheaded girls aged about eight and nine admitted to juvenile authorities they damaged a neighbor’s home in Louisville. They climbed in through a dining room window, smashed dishes, dumped dairy and condiments, rifled drawers, burned matches, beheaded a chicken, daubed pets with paint, sprayed paint on a mule, and trampled the garden after moving in last Saturday.
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Loursville
Norma Eppeheimer
Charlotte
Angers
John Dobson
Jefferson County
Dobson
Labor Union Leaders Must Vow No Communist Ties
Washington A P. S ruling by National Labor Relations Board counsel Robert N Denham requires all officers of labor unions to deny Communist affiliation before unions or affiliates can file for a bargaining election or charge an employer This broad interpretation of Taft Hartley may draw Congressional scrutiny and affect CIO and AFL officers including top executives who must file affidavits before the NLRB services can be used
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Ashington
A-P
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Capitol
Whet
Congress
Denham
Ployer
Mae
A. F. Li
NURB
I.O. Unians
C. LO
Indonesians Bar Settlement Outside of U N
Indonesians reject Dutch effort to settle the dispute outside the United Nations and urge the Security Council to act before Dutch forces quell the Indonesian Republic. Russia sides with Indonesians condemning U S mediation while urging observers and a mediation commission to be deployed to the islands. Deputy U S delegate counters charges and endorses the Dutch plan.
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Lake
N. Y
U.P
Netherlands
United Nations
Security Council
Russia
United States
UW. N
Council
Herschel V. Johnson
U.N
Batavia
U. N
Embargo lifted on US coal shipments to Canada
Washington dispatch reports the Office of Defense Transportation lifted the partial embargo on United States coal shipments to Canada. The move allows coal exports to resume under existing controls and pending policy reviews.
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Canada
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
United States
Bomb Found Under Arch Near Downing Street
London news reports a home made bomb found under arches linking Downing Street to the foreign office area. Scotland Yard says the device was harmless as it had no detonator though it held explosive powder. The bomb comprised two electric batteries bound together and wired to a jam jar with a metal cover containing grey powder.
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London
Bolles
Downing Street
Foreign Office
Scotland
Tropical Storm Threatens Florida
The Weather Bureau reported a tropical storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico about 150 miles west-southwest of Key West. It was moving slowly westward at about eight miles per hour with winds of 40 to 50 mph near the center and squalls extending up to 200 miles east and north.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Key West
Governor Warren Yacht Farce Triggers Coast Guard Alert
Planes scanned the coast for a yacht carrying Governor Earl Warren and actor Leo Carrillo after reports of an overdue vessel near Avalon. The craft returned hours later, refueled, and continued at sea as Warren enjoyed a fishing vacation. Locals expected a welcome in Avalon, with Mayor Roy Taylor involved.
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Coast Guard
Earl Warren
Leo Carrillo
Avalon
Roy Taylor
Rebels Surrender After River Assaults On Asuncion
In Asuncion, the government announced rebels ships that harassed the capital on the Paraguay and Parana rivers have surrendered unconditionally. The fleet included Iturlango Toro Bollux and Col Martinez and several barges. Two gunboats Paraguay and Humaité were not mentioned. The Paraguay was interned by Argentina at rebels’ request.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Parana
Argentina
Iturlango
Toro
Bollux
Col. Martinez
Judge Denies Several of Jacobs' Pleas
Heiress Beulah Overell 18 and her fiancé George Gollum 21 face murder charges in the bludgeoning of her parents. Superior Judge Kenneth Morrison denied motions to exclude circumstantial evidence including blood stained clothing detonator wires and keys. Evidence links to a yacht blast and a conspiracy with details from erotic letters read in jail.
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Santa Ana
U.P
Beulah Louise Overell
George
Bud) Gollum
Kenneth Morrison
Te State
Ollum
Walter Overell
Gollum
Rafe
Overall
Overell
Flintridge
Eugene Williams
Tragedy Strikes Family as Landslide Wipes Out Home
In Jacala area Mexico a flood from a landslide drowned seven family members plus two servants. The father attempted suicide after the tragedy. Two others drowned in Axvila as rains and a hurricane lashed eastern coast, with town debris and buried villages reported.
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Jacala
Mexico
Tamazunchale
Taman
Axvila
Rio Axila
Villa Cerrada
Tarazuncale
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Norma
Charlotte Eppeheimer
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