Germany and Italy Withdraw From Spanish Nonintervention Pact
Germany and Italy ordered their warships out of the Spanish nonintervention patrols in protest after Britain and France failed to join a joint show of force before Valencia. General Pozas in Barcelona said he sent planes to protect a British freighter under attack by an Italian warship, though he did not identify either vessel.
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London
Germany
Italy
Spain
Barcelona
Sebastian Pozas
Pozas
Great
Britain
France
Valencia
G Men Increase Forces In Probe Of Parsons Abduction
In Stony Brook New York the FBI boosted its agent numbers as a noon deadline approached for any peaceable talks with abductors of Mrs. Alice McDowell Parsons. Three cars carried agents into the village before noon and Inspector Earl Connelley said no decisive lead had emerged. The deadline was set by William H Parsons for the abductors to halt negotiations and free Mrs Parsons who vanished two weeks earlier after a ransom note demanding 25000 dollars was found.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Federal Bureau of Investiigation
Alice McDowell Parsons
Earl Connelley
William H. Parsons
France's Gold Stabilization Fund Shrinks Amid Crisis
Paris reports the 10 billion franc gold stabilization fund is near exhaustion as France faces a financial crisis. Professors Charles Rist and Paul Baudouin resign from fund management saying daily meetings fail to relieve pressure and the fund may soon call on the Bank of France for gold.
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Paris
France
Camille Chautemps
Bank of France
Charles Rist
Paul Baudouin
Rist and
Baudouin
Commission
Parker Trial Goes to Jury in Lindbergh Conspiracy Case
The Parker conspiracy case against Ellis H. Parker, 65, and his son Ellis Jr., 26, went to an eight women and four men federal jury in Newark New Jersey. They face charges of plotting to abduct former Trenton lawyer Paul H. Wendel and coerce a false confession to the Lindbergh kidnapping.
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Newark
N. J
Ellis H. Parker
Parker
Burlington County
Ellis, Jr
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
William Clark
Weather Outlook in Louisiana and Arkansas
The forecast shows fair conditions in Louisiana tonight with Thursday partly cloudy and gentle variable winds along the coast. Arkansas expects fair weather tonight and Thursday.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Noted airwoman to settle down
Louise Thaden, longtime flyer, says a family is more important than a career and that she plans to settle down after years of cross country aviation. She made the remark over breakfast in New York.
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New York
Amelia Earhart
Louise Thaden
Billy
Patsy
Farmers Debt Adjustment Conference Spurs Foreclosure Avoidance
About 50 parish farm debt ad justment committeemen and rural rehabilitation supervisors from 12 north Louisiana parishes met at Hotel Virginia for a one day conference. Speakers included E C McInnis state director of the resettlement administration Thomas P Lee regional chief of rural rehabilitation Claude E Fernandez and O E Jones. Fernandez said voluntary parish committees have settled 1294 debt cases by bringing debtors and creditors into new agreements to avoid foreclosure.
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North Louisiana
Hotel Virginia
E. C. McInnis
New Orleans
Resettlement Administration
Thomas P. Lee
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Claude E. Fernandez
Baton Rouge
O. E. Jones
Fernandez
Acquittals in Amite Bribery Case and Kentwood Murder Trial
Thad Rayborn and Wilton Lambert were acquitted of jury bribery charges in the Kinchen Bridges case. Homer Lambert's charges may be dropped. a new 45-member jury will be drawn for Eustis Thornhill's murder trial, where self defense may be offered. The Kentwood shooting victim was Earl Wilkinson last September.
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Amite
Thad Rayborn
Wilton Lambert
Kinchen Bridges
Bolivar Kemp, Jr
Smilar
Homer Lambert
Wilton
Eustis Thornhill
Earl Wilkinson
Kentwood Street
R. B Ponder
Thornhill
Engineer to investigate house damage in Monroe
A renowned chemical engineer will arrive in Monroe on Thursday to determine the source of damage to homes in the south part of the city. Mayor Arnold Bernstein and Commissioners Rodriguez Tidwell announced the inquiry and said the engineer’s identity would be kept secret to ensure an unimpeded investigation. The city hall statement promises thorough work to find the origin and assign responsibility.
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Monroe
Arnold Bernstein
W. D. H. Rodriguez
C. R. Tidwell
City Hall
Interference with Tr uc ks Used 10 Haul Mail Charged
Attorney General Cummings disclosed orders to arrest six pickets for allegedly interfering with United States mail trucks at Republic Steel plants in Youngstown and Warren Ohio. Warrants issued for three at each city. Mediation board renewed efforts to settle the Great Lakes steel strike as 4000 National Guard patrol the Mahoning Valley under Taft and Roosevelt contact executives of Republic Bethlehem Inland and Youngstown Sheet and Tube. Labor board and investigators move quickly to gather data on C I O charges of discrimination and coercion.
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Washington
Cummings
United States
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown
Warren
O. Cummings
Emerick B. Freed
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Federal Mediation Board
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mahoning Valley
National Guard
Charles P. Taftll
Republic
Bethlehem
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
White House
National Labor Relations Board
Mark Lauter
Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
Canton, O
Republic Steel
Ralph E. Elser
Valley Mill
Coroner Probes Death of 26 Year Old Woman in Mississippi
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a coroner jury reopened hearings into the death of 26 year old Mrs Mary Thoreson. The six member panel heard 15 witnesses detailing her Monday night into early Tuesday hours. Her bullet torn body was found near a railroad trestle after a night watchman heard two shots and a scream. The jury will continue inquiries to cover all angles of the case.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Mary Thoreson
J. E. Hulett
Dr. Hulett
Thoreson
Churchmen Clash Over Nazi Issue in UK Debate
In London a Church of England assembly split as the Bishop of Chichester condemned the Gloucester bishop's plea to view German national socialism as a legitimate Christian force. He warned Vatican concerns and urged Hitler to stop oppressing Jews and non Aryan Christians while seeking friendship with Germany.
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London
Church of England
Germany
Church Assembly
Chichester
Glouchester
Hitler
England
Adolf Hitler
Bloodhounds Track Escapees in East Texas Break
An army of about 200, aided by 30 bloodhounds, searches east Texas scrub for 19 long term prisoners who overpowered a guard at Eastham prison farm and escaped on mules. The gang is led by W. H Bybee and includes James Rice in a dispersed hunt tied to Clyde Barrow era history.
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Huntsville
Tex
East Texas
Clyde Barrow
Raymond Hamilton
Eastham
W. H Bybee
Bybee
Barrow
Louisiana
Bonnie Parker
Hamilton
James Rice
Frank Allen
Duke Celebrates 43rd Birthday in Quiet Castle Party
In St. Wolfgang Austria on June 23 the Duke of Windsor marked his 43rd birthday at Wasserleonburg Castle with a private party. He abdicated the British throne last year. his bride Wallis Warfield arranged a quiet celebration as the couple enjoyed "splendid happiness."
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ST. Wolfgang
Austria
Duke of Windsor
Castle Wasserleonburg
British Empire
Britain
Wallis Warfield
66 year old farmer to return to chain gang in Georgia
Durant Oklahoma June 23. A 66 year old farmer known as James Early King was en route to Georgia to complete a life sentence for the 1911 death of Frank McCart after escaping a chain gang in 1913. He surrendered under the alias Jim Kimbrell and confessed the escape. Local deputies said Georgia officials confirmed the tale and would reclaim the prisoner.
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Durant
Okla
James Early King
Georgia
J. R. McLaughlin
King
Jim Kimbrell
Frank McCart
Covington
McLaughlin
Rail brotherhoods call 200000 to vote on strike
The five operating railroad brotherhoods urge a strike vote within 30 days to press wage demands and trigger federal mediation. Ballots go to members within a week with results to be canvassed the week of July 26. They seek a 20 percent raise retroactive to May 1, 1937, costing operators about 116 million yearly plus back pay.
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Chicago
Federal Railway Board
De Mille Accused of Tax Evasion Ties
Commissioner Guy T. Heivering of the Internal Revenue Bureau told a congressional tax inquiry committee that Cecil De Mille, the movie producer, allegedly made a purposeful attempt to evade taxes on his income by creating a personal holding company.
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Washington
Guy T. Heivering
Internal Revenue Bureau
Dey
Cecil de Mille
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Pretty Delight Jewett
Denver, Cole
John W. Hunt
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Miss Jewett
Elizabeth Peters
Smith
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Mr. Hunt
Oakland
Moscow
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