Nationwide Trade Upswing Promises Recovery in 1938
A United Press survey finds general business optimism across the nation with a leveling off of the mid year downturn and a cautious upturn below 1937 levels. Reports cite gains in stocks and consumer buying, steel and textile activity, auto demand for 1939 models, rising inventories, and improved crop conditions, though Pennsylvania coal remains weak.
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United Press
Chicago
U.P
New England
Motion Picture
Hollywood
Pennsylvania
New York
American Federation of Labor
State Secretary of Mines
Michael J. Hartneady
Three Thugs Rob Woodriver Bank Payroll Shipment
In Woodriver three men hijacked a payroll shipment of 334000 intended for refinery payrolls. Armed with two submachine guns and a revolver, they seized the money from Ralph Welsh at the postoffice and fled in a black Ford sedan. Police hunt Floyd Hamilton and Huron Ted Walters after an earlier Indianapolis robbery attempt.
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Woodriver
Ill
Floyd Hamilton
Huron Ted’ Walters
Ralph Welsh
First National Bank of
Federal Reserve Banks
St. Louis
Chicago
Welsh
Arthur Welsh
Father
Hamilton
Indianapolis
Floyd Hamplton
Huron Ted Walters
Southwest
Loyalist advance near Albarracín reported in Spain
Dispatches say Gen. Jose Miaja's militiamen reached rifle range of Albarracín insurgent HQ, threatening Franco's eastern front. Government reports claim broader advances toward Tadus and Guacalaviar rivers while insurgents deny large operations. Bombardment and artillery barrages continue along the Ebro valley.
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Hendaye
France
Jose Miaja
Albarracm
Teruel
Generalissimo Franco
Albarracim
Succes
Gutskins
Alborrecin
Tadus
Guacalaviar
Ebro
Gandosa
Zaragoza
Navy Stops Hunt for Lost Clipper
The giant Hawai Clipper with 13 aboard is declared a mystery air disaster victim by the U S navy. Search efforts ended after six days of patrols and planes sweeping 180000 square miles of ocean and shoreline from a point 500 miles east of Manila where the flying boat last radioed its position a week ago.
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Manila
United States Navy
Pacific
Here
Hopkins defends soliciting WPA workers' votes in primaries
Memphis, Tenn. U.P. Harry Hopkins, WPA administrator, denied coercion of workers in any state primary and said political groups have the right to solicit votes from WPA workers. He asserted workers vote and have civil liberties like others and predicted post primary charges would surface before the November election. He spoke during a visit to confer with WPA state and regional directors.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Tennessee
Hopkins
Wisconsin Weather Summary and Thundershowers Forecast
Thundershowers expected this afternoon and tonight in Wisconsin with cooler conditions in the west and central regions on Saturday. Observations show Milwaukee highs around 90 and lows near 53 with no precipitation. southwest winds and a barometer near 29.70.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Yellowstone
Buckstaff Observatory
Life sentence for Henry Vandekerkhove in Brings murder
Henry Vandekerkhove aged 32 pleaded guilty to first degree murder of Geald Joe Brings, tavern keeper, shot last April 30. Judge Edgar V. Werner imposed a life term at Waupun State Prison after arraignment before C B Dillett. Vandekerkhove confessed to the shooting while in custody transferred from Shawano County.
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Shawano
Wis
Edgar V. Werner
Waupun
Henry Vandekerkhove
Geald
Joe) Brings
Vandekerkhove
C. B. Dillett
Carl Bruckrey
Bitter primary fights grip Ohio campaign season
A Columbus dispatch details bitter family style fights fueling Ohio campaigning ahead of Tuesday's primary. The piece covers accusations of attempts to buy the Republican US Senate nomination, CIO influence on state politics, and campaign expenditures disputes involving Robert A Taft and Arthur H Dav.
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John H. Colburn
Columbus
O.—4
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Robert A Taft
Supreme Court
Arthur H Dav
U. S Senate
Martin L. Daver
National Guard
Charles Sawyer
Cinemnati
Davey
Fifteen Italian Sailors Die in Ship Blast
A fireroom explosion aboard the Italian cruiser Quarto in Pollenza near Mallorca killed fifteen sailors and seriously injured twenty others. The vessel, preparing for a price mission, had seven crew members die instantly while eight more perished later in Palma hospital.
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Rome
Quarto
Pollenza
Mallorca
Palma
Mellorea
Killing Mar Ballot Drive in Kentucky
Jackson Kentucky UP reports former Sheriff Lee Combs was killed in a shooting affray between Alben Barkley supporters and Gay Chandler rivals during the Kentucky primary campaign. Combs brother Lewis and Sheriff Walter Deaton were wounded. William Combs sought for slaying. Police say violence erupted after a Barkley tally was underway on courthouse steps. Lewis Combs wounded in shoulder with bullet lodged in lung. condition listed critical at Good Samaritan hospital. Continued on Page 2.
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Jackson
Lee Combs
iSen
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Gay
A. B
Happy
William Combs
Barkley
Combs
Sollee Combs
Roosevelt
Hargie Bank Sding
A. S. Siamore
Combs Brothers
Deaton
Lizmore
Bill Combs
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lexington
Russia Says It Will Discuss Frontiers If Japan Recognizes Map Border
Moscow reports that the Soviet Union is prepared to discuss frontier posts with Japan only if Japan accepts the border defined by the 1886 maps attached to the Russo Chinese treaty. Japanese proposals for a mutual troop withdrawal and a truce were presented, with both sides trading protests over Changkufeng Hill. Fighting continued near the border as Tokyo and Moscow exchanged diplomatic notes.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
Russian Siberia
Korea
Manchukuo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Changkufeng Hull
Minchukuo
Gover
Tokio
Program to aid Wisconsin Savings and Loan groups approved
The federal Home Loan Bank approved a program to assist Wisconsin savings and loan associations with federal certification and insurance of deposits up to 5000 dollars. The plan aims to bolster capitalization and protect investors as relations with the Federal Savings and Loan Corporation are clarified amid a regional heat wave and weather front.
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Washington
Basid
Wisconsin
Buildings and
Wag Consin
Kuchlhorn
Secretersy-Tre Tire
Northern Partiett Loan Association
AH Teepe
Welfere Boartaima and Loan Association
Nd Jr
FE Mehoney
Secretry-Tre Surea
Sterling Living
Tacael] Building Association
Waukee
Weld
Ehare Acroy
Cciatoms
Mmigtt
Associated Press
United States
New Jersey
Washington, D.C
York
Morvlemel
Minnesota
Idiilin
Herk Pretierny
Hunas City
Omala
St. Teus
Philadelphia
Amore
Madison
Government Weather Bureau
Papers Filed Today for W. J. Campbell Nomination
Madison reports papers filed today with the secretary of state naming Willam de Campbell of Oshkosh as a Republican candidate for the U S Senate.
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W. J. Campbell
Madison
Willam Dé. Campbell
Oshkosh
U.S
Jay
Democratic Faction Wins in Tennessee Primary
The Democratic faction led by E. I. Crump and Kenneth D. McKellar defeated Gov. Gordon Browning and Sen. George L. Kerry in a statewide primary. Prentice Cooper won the governorship. Stewart led for attorney general. Crump backed the ticket with W. D. Burton winning a utilities post amid broad support for Roosevelt policies.
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U.S
Robert J Bulkley
George White
Bulkley
White
Pote
Jon Wo Bricker
Ohio
Davey
Wind
Step M. Young
Harald G. Mosier
Mosier
Prentice Cooper
E.W. Crimp
Memphis
Tennessee Democrats
Gordon Browning
Tom Stewart
George L. Berry
Nashville
Tenn
E. I. Crump
Kenneth D. McKellar
United States
George L. Kerry
Shelbyville
The
American Legion
Browning
Crump
Berry Howe
Winchester
Roosevelt
Crum
Cooper
Stewart
W. D. Burton
Clirksville
Craddread
Tetiohdl House of Representabves
Nantes
Atkinson
Rayne
Donald Brown Held as Accomplice in Slaying
Shawana Wisconsin report states Donald Brown held as accomplice in the murder of tavernkeeper Gerald Brings. Henry Vanderkerkhove began life sentence at Waupun State Prison for the same case. Brown denies involvement. case connected to Shawana court actions and ongoing great term proceedings.
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Donald Brown
Shawana
Wis
Amine
Shawana Rourty
Fay Talon
Brown
Brings
Henry Vandekerkhove
Waupun State Prison
Four Slain in New Holy Land Violence
In Jerusalem violence on an Acre Safed road left three armed men killed and seven wounded as police patrolled the area. A supernumerary constable died in a clash between police and an armed band near the Fetterdags explosion site.
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New
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Rte
Rf &E
Tay Sintadenis
Acre-Safiedl
Goebbels Denounces Private Ownership of Radio Stations
Berlin reports Propaganda Minister Goebbels declares private ownership of broadcasting stations unacceptable and argues broadcasting must be state led. He calls for state control of radio, asserting leadership authority over airwaves is imperative.
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Goebbels
Berlin
Propegande Mumeter
Paul Joseph
Corrigan Cheers Dublin Return as Irish Heroes Rally
Thousands crowd New York streets to honor Douglas Corrigan after his Dublin flight misadventure. Fans cheer, toast, and compare the Californian to Lindbergh, noting Corrigan’s dream to emulate the famed aviator who inspired his career.
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Gal B. Steele
United Press
New York
IUPI
Douglas C.corrigan
Dublin
Daffiest
Lower Broadway
Henry
S. Fraser Langford
Corrigan
Cohens
Charles A. Lindberg
Lindbergh
Corrgan
San Diego
Paris
Chinese Defenders Hamper Japanese Troops In Shanghai Front
Chinese forces hinder Japanese advances along the Yangtze River during a major engagement described as the anniversary of the start of major Chinese Japanese hostilities. Reports note Chinese artillery and counterattacks near key river positions with ongoing fighting and Japanese efforts to secure river crossings.
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Shanghai
Yargtye
Alfensne
Aba Wathiaba
Yarugtve
Tly
Helen Thames
Pury
Ats
Yorkin South
Tose Rive Howe
Stopespa
Waa
Poyerg
Five Hurt in Shawaro Canning Company Blast
A cooker in the Shawaro Canning Company exploded last night scalding five workers. Albert Osborne and Al Duebler were listed in serious condition at the local hospital. two others were reported injured.
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Shawang
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