Nation bids farewell to Senate leader Robinson
President Roosevelt and a somber gathering paid final respects at a state funeral for Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic Senate leader. Relatives surrounded the bier as Chaplain Zebarney T. Phillips read the Episcopal service, with Mrs. Robinson in mourning and Hattie Caraway seated nearby.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph T. Robinson
Senate
Robinson
Charles
Grady Muller
Joseph Brewer
Joseph Robinson Jr
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
Zebarney T. Phillips
President Roosevelt
Labor Board files formal complaint against Republic Steel
The Wagner Act complaint names Republic Steel Corporation on eight counts and orders a hearing next Wednesday. The case follows a May strike by the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, a CIO affiliate led by John L. Lewis.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic Steel
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
John L. Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Lee Pressman
Dearborn
Chicago
Lawrence Jacques
South Chicago
Jacques
Appropriations and Michigan Truck Strike Action
Michigan trucking strike continues with 3,000 to 8,000 intrastate trucks idled while Gov. Murphy may intervene. Port Huron talks yield temporary 30 day return for 150 drivers as union and employers seek a permanent settlement amid federal appropriations figures exceeding 7.5 billion.
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Detroit
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Lansing
Port Huron
Mich
Louis Anderson
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
J. M. O’laughlin
Gas explosion at Glendora mine kills 20 workers
Investigators search for cause after underground blast at Glendora Coal Co. Baker mine 212 feet down near Sullivan Indiana. Nineteen miners escape, nine injured, two may die. coroner holds inquest as miners debate lamp types and possible ignition sources.
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Sullivan
Ind
Glendora Coal Company
Baker
Mary Sherman Hospital
Cecil B. Taylor
C. W. Templeton
Templeton
United Mine Workers Organization
Body Identified as Transient Claude Titus
Ta Crosse Wis 47 The body of the man slain near the Milwaukee road roundhouse last Monday morning was identified today by fingerprints as that of a long standing transient named Claude Titus born at Binghamton New York according to a report from the department of justice in Washington.
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Ta Crosse
Wis
Milwaukee Road Roundhouse
Department of Justice
Washington
Claude Titus
Binghamton, Ne
Los Angeles honors three Russian aviators on transpolar flight
The city welcomed pilots Mikhail Gromoff Andrei Yumasheff and Sergei Danilin at Los Angeles City Hall after their nonstop Moscow to San Jacinto flight set a world record of 6262 miles. Soviet representative Stanley Shumovsky spoke as plans for a passenger craft and Alaskan refueling were discussed for the next leg.
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Lark Angeles
Los Angeles
Moscow
Russia
Frank Shaw
North Pole
San Jacinto
Calif
Mikhail Gromoff
Andrei Yumasheff
Sergei Danilin
Stanley Shumovsky
British plan for hands off Spain approved for discussion
The British plan to keep European hands off Spain is unanimously accepted as a basis for discussion by the nonintervention group. It calls for substantial progress in port control and evacuation of foreign fighters before belligerent status is granted to Franco forces, with Italo German and Franco Russian positions to be reconciled.
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London
Spain
Committee of 27 Powers
Charles Corbin
Corbin
Albert Lebrun
France
Francisco Franco
Earl of Plymouth
Italy
Germany
Ivan Maisky
Eden
Neutrality Committee
Locarno
Britain
Europe
Kidnapped Youth Freed After Desperado Escape
Roy Traxler and two companions, Texas convicts, released Yale student Baird Markham near Sapulpa Oklahoma after eight hours on the run. Markham identified Traxler and Charles Chapman as fugitives. the trio had seized Markham’s car en route north from Ada. The men had escaped Huntsville prison farm with other fugitives. gunfire and a blockaded road followed.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Roy
Pete
Traxler
Southwest
New York
Baird H. Markham
Baird Markham
American Petroleum Institute
Ada
Texas
Young Markham
Markham
YALE
Oklahoma City
Huntsville
Charles Chapman
Chapman
Fred
Fred Tindal
Jasper
Tex
Steedman
Oklo
Norris and wife vacation at McCrossen Lake
Sen George W Norris 76 year old Nebraska independent and his wife arrived at their summer home on McCrossen Lake near Waupaca. Norris left Washington after more than three weeks of illness and the Norrises are alone. John P Robertson, his son-in-law and secretary, is expected next month.
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Waupaca
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Congress Hit By Farm Legislation Petitions In Washington
Congress faces renewed push for farm reform as five petitions urge early passage of an Ever Normal Granary plan and crop control. Admin leaders back the move amid fears of next year’s surplus depressing prices.
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Washington
Congress
Pope
Idaho
Flannagan
Virginia
Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
AAA
Wallace
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
White House
China Presses Nine Power Pact Action Over Sino Japanese Crisis
London reports quote Chinese Ambassador Quo Tai Chi delivering a memorandum to Foreign Secretary Eden outlining China’s view of the Sino Japanese threat in north China. In Washington Dr. C. T. Wang says China seeks action from nine power treaty signatories and notes memoranda were presented to other signatories. Officials caution on interpreting the move as an invocation of the pact and say no commitments have been made. In Peiping fighting flares have raised Japanese losses to about 20 killed and 60 wounded, with clashes near Anping and Huangtsun station as Chinese and Japanese forces contend along the Peiping–Tientsin corridor.
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London
Quo Tai Chi
Anthony Eden
Japan
China
Washington
C. T. Wang
Hull
United States
Wang Sai
Far Eastern
Hiroji Saito
State Department
Far East
Peiping
North China
Anping
Here
Tientsin
Takeo Imai
Huangtsun
Fengtai
Peiping-Titntsin
Imai
Weather report and temperature readings
Thunderstorms in the north tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions expected on Saturday. Milwaukee and western areas see fair weather. Yesterday’s highs and lows include Phoenix 106 and Yellowstone 42. Buckstaff Observatory notes a maximum 87 and minimum 73 with no precipitation. Winds NW, barometer 29.35 inches. One year ago the max 85 and min 68.
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Wisconsin
Hick
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Yellowstone
Buckstaff Observatory
Minister Admits He Slew Woman in Roadside Tragedy
The Rev. E Newton a 51 year old Baptist minister from Paris Missouri admitted to authorities that he struck his former parishioner Mrs Dennis Kelly with a hammer during a quarrel after she deserted her husband The statement links to the Mississippi river floating body mystery Newton said he killed Kelly on the winds side of the Mark Twain bridge and disposed of her body in the river He reportedly revealed he may plead guilty if indicted and that he transferred more than 1900 of Kellys money to an adopted daughter prior to arrest
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Pittsfield
Dennis Kelly
E. Newton
Paris
Merrill Johnston
Pike County
Illinogis
Newton
Johnston
Kelly
California
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Hannibal
Louisiana
Navy airmen press Earhart search across Pacific
Navy airmen in 40 to 60 planes continue hunting for Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan lost since July 2. The operation covers about 40 000 square miles around Howland Island in three days, with Lexington carrier planes joining in a broad search and fuel shortages threatening to end the effort by weekend.
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Nonolulu- UD —Navy
Amelia Earhart
Frederick J. Noonan
Pacific Ocean
Howland Island
Lexington
Aliss Earhart
Noonan
Pacific
Roosevelt Will Not Seek Third Term Says Friend
Judge John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie says Franklin D. Roosevelt will not be a candidate for a third term. Mack, a lifelong friend, told reporters the next Democratic presidential nominee will not be Roosevelt. He spoke during a national labor relations board hearing.
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Washington
John E. Mack
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mack
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt pressures on court bill sparks senate debate
Washington reports show President Roosevelt pressing Congress to act on judiciary reform. Senator Byrnes withdraws from Democratic leadership race as foes call for no dictation on court plan. Burke and Van Nuys condemn timing amid funeral proceedings. four freshmen discuss compromise with the president. Opposition says enough votes exist to recommit, debate to resume next week.
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Washington
Congress
Robinson
van Nuys
Indiana
Burke
Nebraska
Senate
Barkley
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Brown
Michigan
White House
Schriber Advances In Inn. E. Golf Meet
Five golfers from the Oneida Golf and Riding club in Green Bay reach the second round of the northeastern Wisconsin tournament as match play begins. Sonny Schriber of Oshkosh, defending champion, trailed at nine but edged Bob Tesswaide 2 up after birdies to win 14, 15 and 16. Murial Veatch wins the women’s western junior title, defeating Betty Mackenner 5 up and 3. Johnny Holstrom leads Bert McDowell 3 up after 18 holes of the western junior championship.
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Green Bay
Oneida Golf and Riding Club
Wisconsin
Oneida
Charles
Sonny) Schriber
Oshkosh
Bob Tesswaide
Sheborgan
Pine Hills
Miss Veatch
Murial Veatch
Longview
Wash
Betty Mackenner
Peoria
Hinsdale Country Club
Holstrom
Chicago
Johnny Holstrom
Rockford
Bert McDowell
Kansas City
Paty
McDowell
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Gondugtede
Phillips
Labor Board
Republic
Pape Rar Erate
Gov. Murphy
Interior Department
House
Budget Bureau
Teau
House Appropriations Committee
District of Columbia
Treasury Post Office
Aitery
State, Commerce, Justice and Labor Departments
Wile Diablos
England
Committee of 27
Sen. Norris
M’crossen Lake
Senator Barkley
Bark‘ley
Byrnes
South Carolina
Schriber
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