Meteor flares mistaken for Earhart sighting by Itasca
Coast guard cutter Itasca reported no information on Amelia Earhart’s plane after mistaking meteors for flares. Earlier, hopes rose when radio messages suggested signals, but the search near Howland Island shifted toward the Phoenix islands as rescue efforts continued with continued uncertainty.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Itasca
Earhart
Howland Island
Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
World Flier
Phoenix Islands
Miss Earhart
Frederick J. Noonan
Cleveland Slayer Claims Tenth Torso Victim Found
The headless torso of Cleveland's tenth victim was recovered from the Cuyahoga river near a railroad bridge as investigators labeled the killer active for over two years. Police noted the victim, a man, had his head severed, continuing a grim series that already claimed nine others, with a previous skeleton found a month earlier.
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Cleveland
Joseph Sweeney
Cuyahoga River
Sweeney
National
Scottsboro case arraignment in Decatur handles Norris rape charges
Clarence Norris, a defendant in the Scottsboro case, was arraigned in Decatur Alabama before Judge W W Callahan on rape charges set for trial July 12. The judge ordered two defendants tried weekly until completion and warned against cameras in the courtroom. Norris is tied to a 1931 alleged attack on Victoria Price on a freight train. prior death penalties were overturned by the U S Supreme Court.
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Decatur
Ala
Clarence Norris
W. W. Callahan
Norris
Scottsboro
Victoria Price
United States Supreme Court
Eleven Winners Named for National Headlines Awards
Eleven winners will receive gold plaques at the National Headliners frolic in Atlantic City. The awards honor outstanding work in newspaper radio magazine and newsreel fields. Associated Press reporters and United Press staffers are among the honorees for domestic news coverage and notable photos.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Earl S. Johnson
United Press
Atlantic City Press Club
Associated
Robert Okin
Associated Press
Lakehurst
John Lindsay
Mid-West
Henry T. Russell
London
Ford Company Also Billed In Assault Cases By Grand Jury
A one man grand jury named Ford Motor company and nine Ford workers plus six unidentified persons in an assault warrant linked to the May 26 Dearborn clash with United Automobile Workers at the Ford plant. The probe, not tied to the labor board hearing, charged assault with intent to do great bodily harm, carrying up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. the hearing continued as the union planned to distribute leaflets at the City line.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
Common Pleas
Ralph W. Liddy
United Automobile Workers
Ford Company
Dearborn
Everett Moore
Ford Service Department
Ford
Liddy
Labor Board
Richard Frankensteen
John T. Lindsay
Ford Brotherhood of America
Confessed Killer Albert Dyer Told of Slaying Inglewood Girls
Albert Dyer thirty two with WPA crossing guard duties at Centinela park Inglewood California appears after questioning in Los Angeles and reportedly confesses to killing and attacking bodies of three young girls in Inglewood on June 26.
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Albert Dyer
WPA
Centinela Park
Inglewood
Calif
Los Angeles
Independence Celebrations Kill 563 Amid Fireworks Death Toll
Associated Press reports 563 people, including 310 traffic victims and 142 drownings, died violent deaths over Independence Day events marking the nation s 161st birthday. Four fireworks deaths occurred, with three children and one man among the victims.
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Associated Press
America
Weather Update for Louisiana and Arkansas Tonight and Wednesday
Louisiana sees generally fair skies tonight with Wednesday partly cloudy conditions and isolated thunderstorms in the southeast. Light to moderate southwest to south coastal winds. Arkansas reports mostly cloudy conditions with possible local thunder showers tonight and Wednesday.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Britain Proposes Neutral Observers in Spain Crisis
The Spanish news agency says Franco asked Germany and Italy for 125000 troops 500 airplanes 50 artillery batteries and tanks for a Madrid offensive. A secret memorandum to Hitler and Mussolini is claimed. Britain contemplates neutral observers to monitor Spain and preserve non intervention.
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Associated Press
Agence Espagne
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Paris
Great Britain
France
Spain
Franco
London
Guards Break Strike Siege at Republic Steel Plants
Ohio guardsmen 1500 strong broke the siege of three Republic Steel plants in Cleveland. With machine guns at gates, workers returned after 41 days idle. Police and deputies kept order as a few pickets jeered and a fourth plant remained closed despite the reopening plan.
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Cleveland
Ohio National Guardsmen
Republic Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
Corrigan-McKinney Works
Upson Nut Division
Trucson Steel
Steel and Tube
Martin O'Donnell
Akron
Ohio
Emil Marx
Dyer Sought In Slayings Of Three Girls In Baldwin Hills
District Attorney Baron Fitts said two witnesses reported Albert Dyer 22 seen with three girls entering Baldwin Hills area a week ago. He cited a confession and statements from George Riley real estate operator and a Japanese store owner near Centinela Park as corroborating details.
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Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
Albert Dyer
Baldwin Hill
Jeanette Stephens
Everett Sisters
Marieline
Melba
Fitts
Dyer
George Riley
Centinela Park
WPA
Adult Education Conference Opens at Lake Geneva
At the first Midwest conference of the American Association for Adult Education Dr. Houston Peterson of Columbia University named four groups in need of adult education including undereducated adults, college students starting to mature intellectually, graduates who stop thinking after their diplomas, and parents shaping learning attitudes in their growing children.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
American Association For Adult Education
Houston Peterson
Columbia University
Unmasked New Orleans Bandit Robs Drug Store
A masked bandit robbed a New Orleans drug store late Monday night, taking $50 from the cash drawer and forcing proprietor Charles B. Mattingly to drive him to the city edge. Mattingly dropped a wallet containing $150, which was recovered untouched in the street after the escape.
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New Orleans
Charles B. Mattingly
Mattingly
Mighty Flying Ships Set Up New Air Route
Two transatlantic flying boats opened a regular North America Europe air route with a 1960 mile survey hop. Pan American Clipper II landed at Foynes Ireland after 12 hours 40 minutes from Botwood Newfoundland. Caledonia completed the return leg from Foynes to Botwood in 15 hours 9 minutes. Both flights carried no passengers or mail.
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Associated Press
North America
Europe
Foynes
Ireland
Botwood
Newfoundland
British Imperial Airways
Caledonia
North Atlantic
Shannon
Foynés
American Plate
Harold
Barrymores plan radio skit with Shakespearean roles
Hollywood July 6 The John Barrymores announce a radio program next Monday at 9 am EST featuring Elaine Barrie and Barrymore in a Shakespearean spoof. Barrymore will play Prospero and Caliban while Elaine portrays Miranda and Ariel. The pair, once linked by a famed pursuit, divorced recently, and Barrymore jokes about the coming show.
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Hollywood
John Barrymores
Arie
Cathan Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Barrymore
Prospero
Caliban
Elaine
Miranda
Ariel
Miss Barrie
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Jessie Pepper
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Floyd Jones
Red River Parish
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Duce
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Britain
Boy Scoutdom
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Siberia
Moscow
Chienshan
Orleans
Mighty Flying Ships
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