Preparations Launched as Japan Presses China in War Quiet Peiping
International brief reports a Japanese spokesman threatening open war from Peiping as Tokyo orders rapid mobilization. Governors told to ready war supplies while North China papers urge ending peace talks and Nanking forces vow aid to the 29th route army if Japanese action begins. About 3 million reservists in Tokyo told to stand by for a second line of defense.
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Peiping
Japan
China
Nanking
Hopei
Chahar
Tokyo
North China
Lofa
Democrats Face Leadership Fight in Senate
The Democratic party confronts a leadership battle after Senator Joe Robinson’s death. Three main candidates vie: Pat Harrison, Alben Barkley, and James Byrnes, with Harrison favored but sure to face a tough contest. Byrnes may join and then back Harrison.
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Washington
Democratic Congress
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Joe Robinson
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Finance Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
White House
Harrison
Barkley
Arrison
Joseph Tf. Robinson
Senate Finance Committee
Snappy New Uniforms For High School Band
New Castle School Board approved a band uniform plan modeled on West Point dress attire, with a red jacket and brass buttons. The 100 piece senior high band will debut this fall at Taggart Field, presenting a vivid, color rich look.
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New Castle
Music Council
West Point
Taggart Field
Expect To Resume Battle On Court Bill
A leaderless senate mourns Senator Joe Robinson and plans to resume debate next week on Roosevelt’s supreme court bill. Administration leaders will call the bill up Tuesday. Opponents claim 51 votes to recommit and foresee its defeat. An undercover effort to adjourn Congress by July 24 faces White House opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Joe T. Robinson
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
White House
Robinson
Congress
House
Gasoline Explosion Burns Arm and Face at Local Garage
D. Gale Smith 32 of Armstrong and Smith garage at 207 Mills Way suffered serious arm and facial burns when draining gasoline ignited. Fire caused about 100 dollars damage and was stopped by Park Avenue and B Truck companies. Smith, trapped briefly in a pit, was hospitalized. Fire Chief A. P. McIlwain received minor burns fighting the blaze.
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D. Gale Smith
Armstrong and Smith
Mills Way
Park Avenue
A. R. Armstrong
Smith
Jameson Memorial Hospital
A. P. McIilwain
Rain totals climb to 6.08 inches as month advances
Additional rain overnight and into the morning brings the month’s total to 6.08 inches with an excess of 1.96 inches. Hillcrest avenue work rushes as base stone is removed between Highland and Albert streets for future blacktop. Pink rambler roses along the New Wilmington road attract motorists near the district’s home-building boom and notable new structures include Clen-More school and a state highway garage.
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Hillcrest Avenue
Highland Avenue
Albert Street
New Wilmington Road
Wilmington Road
Clen-More
State Highway
Daily Weather Report Summary for 24 Hour Period
U S weather reports show a maximum 84 and minimum 68 degrees for the 24 hours ending at 9 this morning with 22 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 7 feet. A year ago the high was 191 and the low 61 with no precipitation recorded.
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U. S
Far East Crisis Worries Roosevelt
President Roosevelt and state department officials faced alarm over the Far East crisis. The president planned to stay in Washington over the weekend to monitor developments, keeping John V. MacMurray Norman H. Davis and Sumner Welles on his calling list for updates.
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International News Service
Washington
Far East
Roosevelt
State Department
John V. MacMurray
China
Turkey
Norman H. Davis
Sumner Welles
Airmen Lose Hope for Amelia Earhart and Noonan
Aboard the Lexington 300 navy airmen, 63 patrol planes have searched over 100000 square miles of mid Pacific near Howland for Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. After no sightings, the hunt extends toward the Gilbert Islands as Captain Dowell says seven more days remain before hope fades.
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Paul Brook
Lexington
mid-Pacific
Aviatrix
Howland
Gilbert Islands
Gilbert Group
J. S. Dowell
Reynoldstown School Reunion Set for August 17
The Reynoldstown reunion will be held on Tuesday August 17 the day before Oldtimers Day. Former pupils will gather at the old school house on Pearson street for memories and then share a basket picnic.
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Reynoldstown
Pearson Street
Michigan Truck Drivers Strike Paralyzes State Industry
July 15 a statewide strike of Michigan truck drivers began under the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union. Leaders claim about 50,000 quit work to disrupt intra state shipments as interstate drivers stay with other unions. R J Bennett said arrangements are made to move more perishable food and milk.
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International News Service
Detroit
Michigan
International Brotherhood of Drivers, Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers Union
A. F. of L
R. J. Bennett
New World Record Long Distance Flight by Soviet Crew
Three Russian pilots set a world long distance record flying from Moscow over the North Pole to the Pacific coast and landing near San Jacinto southeast of Los Angeles. The route matched by three others in a first polar attempt that ended at Vancouver, Washington.
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Moscow
North Pole
Pacific Coast
San Jacinto
San Jacinto Mountains
Los Angeles
Vancouver
Wash
Russian fliers honored after record setting crossing
Riverside reports three Soviet air heroes receiving congratulations after setting a 62 hour 13 minute flight from Moscow totaling 6 700 miles in a non stop trek. Col Mikhail Gromoff co pilot Major Andrei Yumashev and Capt Sergei Danilin were greeted by messages from Roosevelt Stalin and other leaders before heading to San Diego for factory tours. They then journey to Los Angeles for a public welcome event.
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International News Service
Riverside
Cal
Here
Moscow
Army Field
President Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Col
Mikhail, Gromoff
Andrei Yumasheff
Sergei Danilin
San Diego
Los Angeles
Bank of Japan Governor Plans Resignation
TOKYO July 15 Seihin Ikeda governor of the Bank of Japan plans to resign citing health reasons, with a broader finance reorganization linked to possible war with China as a contributing factor.
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International News Service
Tokyo
Seihin Ikeda
Bank of Japan
Tll Health
China
Coast Guards Rescue 19 From Sinking Baltic
Coast Guardsmen rescued 19 people from a sinking 40-foot yacht off Lovell’s Island near Hull two miles from Pemberton Landing. The Baltic sent flares as it rocked on hazardous seas, and rescue boats braved the conditions to reach survivors.
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International News Service
Hull
Mass
Lovell’s Island
Pemberton Landing
Baltic
New Castle Social Security Office Opens Soon
Weiland J. Michael arrives as the New Castle field office of the Social Security board prepares to open on the fifth floor of the Johnson building. He announces furniture will be moved from the public square post office and that the office will not begin functioning for several days.
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New Castle
United States Social Security Board
Johnson Building
Weiland J. Michael
Michael
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
D .C
Public Square
Richard A. Steen
Rebels Declare Loyalist Drive Halted in Madrid Front
Bulletin from Salamanca reports the Spanish government offensive west of Madrid checked. Insurgent authorities claim 24,000 loyalist personnel killed wounded or captured and say the Madrid front failed to achieve objectives. They report increased aerial activity and combat in the Guadarrama mountains with loyalist advances denied.
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Salamanca
Spain
Madrid
Onty
Overmeyer Lights Mortgage Fire at Bethany Lutheran
J C Overmeyer, oldest member of Bethany Lutheran, set fire to the church mortgage Wednesday night as the congregation finished paying off the debt. The burn marked the climax of a four evening celebration begun Sunday with guest ministers, the last of whom was Rev H H Bagger D D.
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Bethany Church
J. C. Overmeyer
Bethany Lutheran Church
Sutton
East Washington Streets
H. H. Bagger
D. D
Townsend Revolving Plan Outlined At Cascade Park Picnic
Dr. Frances E Townsend championed a revolving financial plan to aid the needy and urged a new security policy. He told a Cascade Park audience that petitioning Congress would advance the Townsend cause with organized clubs gathering signatures in Oregon.
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United States
Frances E. Townsend
Townsend
American Leg Fashion Stirs Attention At Coronation
New York July 15 James W Gerard Roosevelts envoy reports Americans boasted the finest legs among nations at the British coronation. He notes knee breeches drew praise and names included Robert Bingham Winthrop Aldrich Joseph H Davies and Thomas J Watson.
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New York
James W. Gerard
Roosevelt
Europe
Gerard
Robert Bingham
Winthrop Aldrich
Joseph H. Davies
Russia
Thomas J. Watson
Fail To Agree On Rail Wages
ASHINGTON July 15 Negotiating committees representing railroad management and 14 railroad labor unions failed again to reach an agreement on the unions demand for a 20 cent an hour wage increase. After a two hour session the parties recessed until late afternoon with little prospect of breaking the deadlock. Union representatives are firm on 20 cents an hour while management maintains that a two cent increase is the best offer.
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International News Service
Ashington
Visiting Family From San Antonio
Dr and Mrs Nat Kenney and their five children from San Antonio Texas have been visiting Mr and Mrs Howard Kirk and friends in New Castle for a week. Mrs Kenney is the daughter of the late George Patterson.
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Nat Kenney
San Antonio
Texas
Howard Kirk
New Castle
Kenney
George Patterson
Socialite to Wed Cab-Driver Sparks Elopement Tale
Socialite Nancy Hoyt Curtis and her cab driver companion James Baker sparked a marriage dispute after a Canadian border elopement plan fizzled at the border. Curtis denied any marriage intent while Baker stated they had planned to wed.
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International News Service
Bar Harbor
Nancy Hoyt Curtis
James Baker
Flood Control Bill Enacted
Congress enacted the flood control appropriations bill carrying 105 million dollars for new construction nationwide. Of the total, 45 million is reserved for Mississippi Valley works under the Overton Act, with half the funds for materials and half for labor to be supplied by relief rolls.
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Washington
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Death notices collect local names and addresses
Samuel C. Smith aged 79 of 114 Smith field street died? reported. Sara Braithwaite of Oakmont Pennsylvania, Thomas Henry of Kokomo Indiana, Charles E. Emery 67 of 508 East Sutton street, Willard Dinsmore 83 of New Spring field Ohio, John Hall 69 of Wampum Route 2, Mrs Lillian White 31 of Bridge street are listed in a death notice.
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Samuel C. Smith
Smithfield Street
Sara Braithwaite
Oakmont
Thomas Henry
Kokomo
Ind
Charles E. Emery
East Sutton Street
Willard Dinsmore
New Springfield
O. John Hall
Wampum
R. C
Lillian White
Bridge Street
Japanese Move Sends Reinforcements to China
Tokyo dispatches reinforcements to China as Japan aims to end Nanking’s influence in Hopei and Chahar. The war ministry says certain imperial army units are being sent today with no troop figures released after a meeting of prefectural governors at Premier Konoye’s residence.
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Tokyo
Nanking
Hopei
Chahar
China
War Ministry
Fuminaro Konoye
Hitch-Hiking Woman Fatally Struck in Pennsylvania
In Greensburg Pennsylvania a 21 year old Reading girl Eleanor Sheiby was killed when jumping from a runaway truck near Blairsville. Her companion Orville Murphy of Reading escaped injury. Driver John Sparke of North Braddock remained in the van and stopped the truck after the incident. The trio had been picked up in Harrisburg en route to Pittsburgh seeking work.
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International News Service
Greensburg
Eleanor Sheiby
Reading
Blairsville
Orville Murphy
John Sparke
North Braddock
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Picnic Pleasures and Perils in a Weathered Verse
A nostalgic speaker laments being left out of summer picnics in a park while reveling in outdoor treats. He imagines ants in cake and a spider among pickled beets, praising the outdoor scene as long as the heat eases and the weather stays at eighty nine.
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William K. Hutchinson
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Amelia
Pacific
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Fort
Canada
San Francisco
Coast Guards
Civil Service
Nhon
Guadarrama
Central Press
Peti
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