James Roosevelt Faces Tax Committee Denial of Bahamas Stock
James Roosevelt appeared before the congressional tax committee and denied owning stock in a Bahamas holding company. He said he had no knowledge of photostatic copies of incorporation papers and any related foreign holdings. He acknowledged selling insurance to corporations through Roosevelt and Sargent, but refused to name clients.
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International News Service
Washington
Congressional Tax Committee
James Roosevelt
Bahamas
Fish
New York
Darby
New York City
Roosevelt
Treadway
Massachusetts
Boston
Roosevelt and Sargent
Rep. Vinson
Kentucky
Young
Russia to U S fliers making good progress
San Francisco reports two Russian transpolar flights advancing toward San Francisco. The trio of airmen led by Pilot Mikhail Bromov provide periodic positions to U S Army signals as they fly from Moscow toward the western United States.
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Russia
U. S
International News Service
San Francisco
North Pole
Frozen Northwest
Moscow
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Seattle
Fort St. John
British Columbia
United States Army
Alaska
Banks Island
Pole
Sergei Danilin
Mikhail Bromov
Andrei Yumashev
Detour Bulletins Go Out Without Envelopes
PA New Observes notes the Department of Highways prints Detour Bulletins folded with the address on the back and no new detours this week. He spots a no parking sign by a North street apartment window and reports confusing angle of the Neshannock Avenue stop sign affecting eastbound drivers.
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Department of Highways
Pa Newe
North Street
Neshannock Avenue
Daily Weather Report Summary for U.S. 9 AM Reading
Weather report for the 24 hour period ending at 9 o clock shows a maximum temperature of 88 and a minimum of 67 with 0.01 inches of precipitation. River stage measures 5.1 feet. Year ago on the same date the maximum reached 100 and the minimum was 65 with no precipitation.
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U. S
Defeat Certain Far Court Bill Asserts Wheeler
Senator Wheeler predicts the Roosevelt judiciary plan will be defeated by a record vote without a filibuster. He says the debate will continue to educate the public on the bill's alleged evils before a final vote.
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Wheeler
William K. Hutchinson
Father fires at attacker of young daughter in Chicago
Henry Hundreiser fired four shots at John Ardelean a 16 year old accused of attacking his nine year old daughter Lorraine None hit Ardelean who was locked in a Summerdale station cell Police say Ardelean is hysterical with fear A grand jury reportedly charged Ardelean with rape and assault to kill The child Lorraine is recovering at Edgewater hospital
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International News Service
Chicago
Summerdale
Henry Hundreiser
John Ardelean
Lorraine
Hundreiser
Ardelean
Edgewater Hospital
Earhart Rumors Sweep Tokyo After Rescue Talk
Reports from Tokyo claim Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were rescued by a Japanese fishing boat, but no official confirmation exists. Navy says it knows of no rescue and searches for the rumored boat while Tokyo papers run speculative stories.
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International News Service
Tokyo
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Navy Department
North
China
Massillon Picket Lines Dismantled After Fatal Clash
National Guardsmen watched as CIO pickets and non union workers moved freely at the Republic Steel plant in Massillon Ohio after a Sunday night deadly clash. Two CIO men died and a third was gravely wounded with 165 arrests reported amid swift police and foremen accusations and a senate probe demand.
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Gerald B. Healey
International News Service
Massillon
Republic Steel Corporation
CIO
National
Flugencio Calzada
Nick Vadlas
William Netros
Frank A. Hardesty
la Follette Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Republic Steel
Hardesty
Senate
Maj
H. O. Curley
Canton
Stark County
Opposition to Roosevelt judiciary plan led by Burton Wheeler
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana, once deemed too radical by Democrats, now garners Republican support in opposition to President Roosevelt's judiciary program. Senate majority leader Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas has endured a lengthy, strenuous session as he fights for his position in history.
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Roosevelt
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Britain seeks to curb Sino Japanese clash through diplomacy
Britain presses for a localized Sino Japanese crisis and urges Washington and other powers to pressure Tokyo and Nanking. U S ambassador Robert W. Bingham and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden discuss steps to prevent a broader war in the Far East. Officials urge dialogue and arbitration to settle the dispute.
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London
United States
Robert W. Bingham
Anthony Eden
Bingham
Eden
Washington
Hull
China
Britain
Europe
Far East
Tokyo
Nanking
Brish
Japan
Reopen Plant At Indiana Harbor
One thousand employees returned to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube plant at Indiana Harbor today ending a seven week strike. Officials warned full capacity would take days as 17,000 workers are slowly phased back. Placards claim SWOC and CIO had no role in the reopening despite lingering controversy.
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International News Service
Chicago
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Indiana Harbor
SWOC
CIO
Parking Meters Installation To Begin Wednesday
Installation of parking meters starts Wednesday in Carmi. About 250 tubes will be cleaned painted and then aluminum colored. Meters to be placed on tubes in front of City Hall East Washington Street and extend westward under supervision of Carmi Glover and city engineer G R Throop.
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Carmi Glover
Department of Streets
City Hall
East Washington Street
Glover
G. R. Throop
Call Old Timers Meeting Tonight
A meeting of the Old Timers committee is called for 7 30 this evening by Fred L Rentz president in The News Office. All members should attend. The annual picnic is planned for Wednesday August 18 and organizers aim for a big success. Committeemen to be present.
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Fred L. Rentz
Navy Planes In Mass Search For Missing Amelia
Navy planes from the carrier Lexington begin a mass air search across 60 000 square miles of the South Pacific for Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan missing since July 2 The operation faces weather hazards but aims to expand to 200 000 square miles if no trace is found.
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Paul Brook
J. 8. Dowell
Lexington
Miss Earhart
Howland Island
Lae
New Guinea
Carondelet Reef
Howland
Gilbert Islands
mid-Pacific
Dowell
Colorado
Phoenix Islands
Drayton, Lamson
Cushi
Pearl Harbor
Showers Bring Relief as Pennsylvania Cools
Showers cooled Pennsylvania from stem to stern ending a six day heat grip. In Pittsburgh the temperature opened around 74 and in Philadelphia 81 in the morning after a high of 89 yesterday. Forecaster W S Brotzman predicted temps would not rise far above 80 with showers likely across sections. Heat related deaths rose to 42 in Philadelphia and eastern Pennsylvania, part of a statewide total of 55 from heat drowning and lightning.
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Pennsylvania
Stem
Stern
Pittsburgh
Mercury
W. S. Brotzman
Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Speeding Arrests Highlight Weekend Patrols
Pennsylvania motor police reported no arrests outside the city for speeding yesterday but issued summons to many drivers who sped on district highways over the weekend across various county sections.
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Pennsylvania Motor Police Today
Deaths and ages across Cambridge New Castle and Bessemer
Death records list George Edward Ted Wright 31 of Cambridge Ohio Mrs William C English 86 of New Castle David Nessle Garvin 20 of 313 East Boyles Avenue Ruth Luisks 28 days of Bessemer.
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George Edward
Ted) Wright
Cambridge
William C. English
New Castle
David Nessle Garvin
East Boyles Avenue
Ruth Luisks
Bessemer
France suspends border control at Spanish frontier
Paris July 13 the French government suspends neutrality control of the Spanish border to force foreign volunteers from Spain. Neutral observers posted along the Pyrenees are withdrawn at noon with no immediate incidents reported as the measure takes effect.
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International News Service
Paris
Spain
Pyrenees
Successor to Barker to be named within month
County Superintendent John C. Syling said the successor to the late George M. Barker, assistant county superintendent of schools, must be named within the month or the state department will fill the position. The job pays 2700 dollars yearly plus mileage. several applications have already been received.
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George M. Barker
John C. Syling
State Department
Syling
Five Sentenced For Harboring Of Big Karpis Gang
In Toledo Ohio three men and two women from the city pleaded guilty before Judge Paul Jones to harboring members of the Karpis gang. Bert and Theodore Angus received two years and ten months plus a $500 fine. Ed McGraw and his wife Clara and Edith Barry got two years and a $500 fine each. The men go to Leavenworth Kansas. the women’s confinement site will be designated by the attorney general.
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Toledo
Paul Jones
Cleveland
Karpis
Bert
Theodore Angus
Ed McGraw
Clara
Edith Barry
Leavenworth, Kan
Mike Jacobs Wins In Court Battle
London reports Mike Jacobs, American promoter, won another legal victory as a local court dismissed Sid Hull's motion to stop Tommy Farr from fighting without Hull's consent. Farr is set to depart for the United States to face Joe Louis in a title bout promoted by Jacobs.
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London
Mike Jacobs
Sid Hull
Tommy Farr
Hull
Farr
United States
Joe Louis
A F O L Painters Dolling Up J L Lewis Home
American Federation of Labor painters are decorating the United Mine Workers headquarters in Alexandria Virginia. The action targets the CIO union and its leader John L Lewis, seen as not tied to building trades. Local business manager B P Holcombe said no disputes are expected with CIO.
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International News Service
Washington
American Federation of Labor Painters
United Mine Workers
Committee For Industrial Organization
Labor Organization
John L. Lewis
Alexandria
B. P. Holcombe
Painters’ Union
CIO
Caledonia Leaves Montreal on Return Flight to Ireland
The British flying boat Caledonia departed Montreal at 9 12 EDT for Botwood Harbor on the second leg of its return from New York to Foynes Ireland. Weather conditions were ideal.
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International News Service
Montreal
Que
Caledonia
Here
Botwood Harbor
Nild
New York
Foynes
Ireland
Clash Near Peiping Narrows Sino Japan Rift
Chinese troops routed Japanese forces a half mile from Peiping after a clash near the railroad bridge outside city limits. Britain urged U S and other powers to press for peace. Tokyo heard of a general mobilization in China as Japanese evacuations and naval redeployments unfolded.
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International News Service
Peiping-Tientsin
Peiping
Peipin
Britain
United States
Japan
China
Shanghai
South China
Tokyo
North China
Manchuku
Five Japanese aircraft bomb Chinese near Nanyuan
Five Japanese airplanes bombed Chinese forces near Nanyuan causing heavy casualties according to Chinese reports. The incident was reported from Peiping on July 13.
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Peiping
Nanyuan
Chinese hold off Japanese at Peiping railway bridge clash
Chinese troops repelled a Japanese detachment attempting to seize a railway bridge outside Peiping. The fight near the city walls involved hand to hand combat, gunfire, and the silencing of two shells. Japan abandoned trucks and fuel as martial law tightened amid the escalating skirmish.
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Peiping
Nighttime Noise Prompts Lively Stray Chow Show
Arthur Mometer delivers a loud show at midnight yelling in high and deep tones. Neighbors complain as his howl fills the street while he seeks only a bite to eat and a forecast of eighty four degrees.
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Sible
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Big Karpis
J. L. Lewis
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