Thomas Named President of Welfare Body
Thomas was elevated to president of the Portsmouth Welfare Association, succeeding C. J. Phipps, with Dr Ferguson as vice president and Oscar Emmett as treasurer. Florence Hovencamp was renamed executive secretary at 125 dollars a month. The board renewed the 1940 campaign contract with the American Bureau for 1875 for five weeks and approved several staffing and office space moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Richardson Thomas
Portsmouth Welfare Association
Dr. Ferguson
Oscar Emmett
Mr. Thomas
C. J. Phipps
Ferguson
Hugh M. Allen
Florence Hovencamp
Association
American Bureau
Frank Bandy
John M Salladay
Fred Mellyar
Aronhold C. Schapiro
Knicker Building
Chamber of Commerce
Finance Committee
Hovencamp
Ruth Nagel
Plea of Innocence Filed in Baby Case
Fremont June 27 Attorney Bev H Dewey entered a plea of innocence for Velma Baker Fink 22 of Clyde in a first degree murder charge over the June 3 death of her 10 week old son Haldon Fink She confessed according to H L Myers and said she threw the baby into Green Creek four miles west of Clyde The attorney waived preliminary examination and asked to be held for the jury Prosecutor A Aarer said he will call into his July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fremont
Bev H. Dewey
Velma Baker Fink
Tarby Clyde
Haldon Fink
Arer
Plan Studied to Give Cotton Goods to Needy
Washington June 27 The relief department is studying plans to give cotton goods to workers and relief families who buy. The measure may be distributed through the stamp system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hington
Ure Department
Clipper Planes Packed With Emergency Gear For Safety
The Dixie Clipper and other Clipper ships to Europe carry 1000 pounds of emergency equipment per plane as a precaution. Crews drill to deploy gear within minutes, including buoyant chambers, fuel dumps, food, first aid, signals, and life rafts. Rafts inflate from pressure tanks with rations aboard.
Two Injured In Car Accidents Near Portsmouth
An auto crash near Portsmouth sent Edward Horman, 70, salesman for Bauer Bros. Manufacturing Co., to Schirrman hospital with facial and back injuries after a coal truck reportedly pulled onto the highway. H E Burt, 62, WPA worker, was treated for head lacerations at Portsmouth General after a collision with a taxi at Third and Washington. police investigated. Six drivers were fined and two dismissed in municipal court before Judge Horace Small.
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Portsmouth
Horace Small
Edward Horman
Bauer Bros. Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
Earl Baker Farm
Horman
Schirrman Hospital
Woman killed in Canton by motorcycle near home
June 27 Mrs John Janson 72 of Waynesburg dies after a motorcycle hits her as she steps from a bus in front of her home. Angelo Petrarca the rider was questioned by sheriff's officers. She had just returned from Kentucky with her husband and is survived by three sons Jasper Elam Dayton Asa and Granville Mt Sterling Ky and a daughter Bertha Miller Louisville.
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Canton
John Janson
Waynesburg
Angelo Petrarca
Janson
Kentucky
Jasper Elam
Dayton
Asa and
Granville
Mt. Sterling
Bertha Miller
Louisville
Former Resident Dies in Kentucky Meter Fire Incident
A former Kentucky resident dies in a fire at a meter facility. Investigators quote unnamed witnesses. authorities say the blaze started near utility equipment and caused extensive damage to the site. Authorities have not released the victim's identity pending family notification.
Duke to Return to England in October Says Standard
London Evening Standard reports the Duke of Windsor and Duchess plan to return to England next October and reside there, with a possible visit to the United States next year. Lord Beaverbrook’s papers have long campaigned for his return, noting personal ties to the couple.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
London Evening Standard
Duke of Windsor
England
Standard
Edward VIII
United Stes
The
Daily Express
Wallis Simpson
Injunction Denied Over City Police Seizure of Game Machines
Common Pleas Judge B F Kimble refused to enjoin city police from confiscating devices installed in business places by Arthur Phillips. The judge ruled police regulate and supervise such devices, and an injunction would hinder enforcement. If property is seized illegally, the owner may seek redress in court.
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Common Pleas
B. F. Kimble
Arthur Phillips
Japanese plan to close two more Chinese ports
Shanghai June 27 The Japanese navy announced offensives against two more Chinese ports Foochow and Amoy threatening British lives as the campaigns expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Japanese Navy Today
Foochow
Oramy Peril
Special Jury to Probe Murders in Hillsboro Case
A special session of the grand jury was called for Thursday in Hillsboro to consider indictments against Frank Case, 49, for the fatal shooting of his employer Mrs. Janie Richmond, 43, and his father-in-law Dan Setty, 73. Case was captured after an all night hunt by state patrol, sheriff, municipal, and conservation officers. Prosecutor Ralph Pence said seven other cases would be heard, with the double shooting possibly delayed to Friday. Case remained in Highland county jail, morose and quiet, claiming Mrs. Richmond refused to pay money due for haul.
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Hillsboro
Frank Case
Janie Richmond
Dan Setty
Case
Wheelersburg
Ralph Pence
Walter Workman
Highland County Today
Workman
Howard Dunseith
Highland County
Richmond
Overtures to End Squal Delays in China Talks
June 27 preparations moved forward for talks to end the 14 day British Japanese deadlock at Tientsin. British Ambassador Sir Robert Graige and Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita discussed settlement terms as U S reaction loomed. Observers say the talks aim to ease tensions while Washington observes and Japan seeks U S neutrality.
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Tokyo
Tientsin
United States
Robert Leslie Graige
London
Hachiro Arita
North China
Chamberlain
Arita
Foreign Office
Japan
U. S
Washington
Harry E. Yarnell
Hull
China
Sir Robert
Anita
Ja Anese
Tients
Masaharu Honma
Shigenori Tashiro
Temperatures Report For Today And Yesterday
Observer Schirrman reports today at 11 am temperature 83 with a minimum of 66. Yesterday’s maximum reached 95. For comparison a year ago today the maximum was 73 and the minimum 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schirrman
Louisiana State University Head Still Missing
Baton Rouge reports Dr James Monroe Smith president of Louisiana State University remains missing as auditors decide to lift financial books. The case centers on university leadership and internal accounting during the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana University
Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Japanese raid crosses into Mongolia base front line
Tokyo reported that warplanes crossed into Outer Mongolia and raided an air base as fighting continued along the Mongolia frontier and in Manchukuo. Soviet defense described air battles with Japanese planes and a Chinese dispatch noted Japanese losses with no Japanese loss figure given.
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Tokyo
Outer Mongolia
Mongolia
Marichukuo
Moscow
Hsinking
Lake Bor
Manchukuo
Ex convict admits hitch hike killing in Michigan
Daniel M. Kent, 32, a former parolee with a scar, confessed to killing Detroit oil promoter George G. Hall during a $10 hitchhike robbery last Thursday. Kent demanded an examination on charges and was ordered held without bond in Clinton county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Johns
Mich
Daniel M. Kent
Clinton County
George G. Hall
Detroit
William J. Black
Kent
Grand Rapids
Mr. Hall
Long steps in as Leche quits Louisiana governor
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 27 Governor Earl Long, brother of Huey Long, sworn in after Richard W Leche resigns amid federal scrutiny of WPA activities. Maestri sits with Long as he outlines plans for the governor mansion. Two federal probes into WPA affairs in Louisiana continue, with a grand jury inquiry announced in New Orleans. Leche departs for Covington with his wife and 11-year-old son.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Huey Long
Kingfish
Long
Richard W. Leche
WPA
Mr. Leche
Mr. Long
Robert S. Maestri
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Maestri
Earl
Republican attorney switches tickets in Greenup district
Commonwealth's Attorney L. H. Lisles, elected as a Republican, filed in Frankfort declaring he will run as a Democratic candidate for the Twentieth district circuit court judge. He is the fourth person to file for the district which includes Greenup and Lewis counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenup
Commonwealth
L. H. Lisles
Frankfort
Twentieth District Circuit Court
Lewis
New Deal Aids Pressed as WPA Funds Dwindle Near
Washington moves to push through relief and neutrality bills as WPA funding nears exhaustion Friday. Senate and House negotiators clash over monetary powers, silver price, and arm embargo repeal while committees strike or modify relief provisions. Delays loom as filibuster threats and potential joint committee negotiations shape the fate of funds and policy ahead of deadlines.
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New Deal
Washington
Senate
House
Au House
Treasury
Mead
New York
Hayden
Arizona
Barkley
Senate Appropriations
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Agencies’ Association
Oscar Emnett
Associated
Port Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Raymond McCallister
Oklahoma
Duke
Highland Prosecutor
Venice
Frank
Yarnell
James M. Smite
Roosevelt
Far East
Foray
Hall
Albert Scheiern
Leche
Louisiana
L. H. Liles
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