Riots threaten as auto plants face strikes across states
Mass mil town Barre and Cleveland report tense scenes as tie up grows. Troopers patrol streets after a 3000 strong crowd gathers at Barre Wool Combing. About 200 of 1000 workers strike seeking higher wages and reinstatement. Ohio guards observe while Cleveland clashes erupt near GM Fisher body plant injuring four dozen. Detroit sees brief skirmishes as CIO UAW expands pressure.
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Associated Plans
Cleveland
Ohio
South Barre
Mass
Atlantic seasboard mill
Horace T. Cahill
Barre Wool Combing Company
Massachusetts
A. F. of L
polica
sir yeaterday
General Motors
Fisher body
Paul FE. Miley
CIO
Harold H. Burton
Gery Gudwig Conelly
Ohio national guard
Fisher
CIO-United Auto Workers’ Union
DETROIT
Mich
CIO-UAW
Packard Motor Company
Alien case delayed in Putnam court hearing postponed
In Putnam Connecticut Judge William P. Barber delayed until August 14 a hearing on charges against Audrey Gray a socially prominent Locust Valley resident after a bicycle accident seriously injuring brothers Wilfred and Gerald Martineau. Gray was charged with evading responsibility and reckless driving while returning from a Newport wedding.
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PUTNAM
Conn
Judee Willam P. Barber
Audrey Gray
Locust Valley
L. 1
Wilfred
Gerald Martineau
Miss Gray
Newport
R. C
Record Near for Aviators in Endurance Flight
Springfield Iowa Aug 1 two brothers Huntee and Humphrey Moody Decatur are circling their small monoplane as only hours remain for a world endurance record They had logged 200 hours since July 23 at 8 am CST and would reach 219 hours by 3 43 pm if they stay aloft but must surpass by one more hour to set a new official mark Their aluminum ship remains deftly handled with no signs of fatigue
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SPRINGFIELD
PH Huntee
Humphrey Moody
young Decatur
Strange Car Brings Turmoil to New York Chauffeur
Yaroslav Korbelov arrived from Czechoslovakia to attend the New York World's Fair and hired George Van Brunt as his chauffeur. The rear-engine streamlined four cylinder car drew crowds and questions until Van Brunt fired a persistent bystander who happened to be a plain clothes detective. He received a suspended sentence while the detective pressed the case, amid talk the car cannot be legally operated in New York with Czechoslovakian plates since Czechoslovakia no longer exists. Korbelov feared he might not see the fair or return to Prague.
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NEW YORK
Aug. t
Yaroslav Korbelov
Czechoslovakia
George Van Brunt
Van Brunt
Korbelar
Prague
Flying Fortress Spans Continent in Nonstop Flight
The Army's four motor B-17 flying fortress landed at Floyd Bennett Field at 1 24 p m after a nonstop flight from Burbank Calif covering about 3 hours 14 minutes 30 seconds Captain Leonard Harman reported snow storms at 33000 feet and a 25 degree below zero chill over Winter Kansas and Pittsburgh.
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NEW YORK
Floyd Bennett field
Burbank
Calif
Stanley M. Umstead
army air corps’ material division
Wright Field
Dayton
Howard Hughes
HAN
Leonard Harman
Merce
Kansas
Pittsbugh
flying fortress
E.S.T
Poison Found in Man's Well Chico Calif
Deputy William Price and his wife and four children were poisoned in their Chico area well. District Attorney J M McPherson said four family members show poisoning symptoms but none are seriously ill. Price suspects a grudge over strict wildlife law enforcement amid escalating tension in the mountain hamlet northeast of Chico. Also in Manila a motorboat overturn leaves forty four missing after heavy seas near Leyte islands.
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CHICO
Calif
William Price
Price
J. M. McPherson
Cohasset
MANILA
Bama
Leyter islands
House Funds Open Labor Board Inquiry Inquiries Placed
The House appropriated 50000 dollars for a National Labor Relations Board inquiry and 15000 for merchant marine committee Alaskan fisheries study plus 5000 for ways and means tax work. Speaker Bankhead will appoint a five member panel to oversee the NLRB study before adjournment. The actions pass with no debate as committees continue hearings on the act.
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WASHINGTON
house
national labor relations board
Bankhead
Tigh
congress
accounts committee
Smith
D-Va
NLRB
labor board
senate
house labor committee
Joseph Curran
CIO
national maritime union
Curran
senate labor committee
United States
Convicts Cheer Hamburger Meal At San Quentin
At San Quentin California on August 1 1930s era report notes 3300 inmates cheered a noon meal of hamburger steaks lyonnaise potatoes bread and tea served by steward Thomas Davis. Prisoners who had staged sit down strikes banged cups and cheered as Davis greeted them with a curtained reception.
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SAN QUENTIN
Calif
Thomas Davis
Davis
Gorillas Die From Parasitic Disease at St Louis Zoo
A parasitic disease killed two of the St Louis 206 gorillas in captivity. Jackie died today and Coquette ten days ago. They were brought from French Equatorial Africa last summer and were incurred for a purchase price of $2000.
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ST. LOUIS
United States
Jackie
Coquette
French equatorial Africa
Pianos Show Leather Or Tweed Finishes In Style Trend
New York August 1 The National Piano Manufacturers Association reports the latest Baby Grands come finished in tweed or bright feather upholstery. The push marks the piano industry’s best year since a slump, with over 47 000 pianos shipped in the first six months, up 30 percent from the same period last year.
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NEW YORK
National Piano Manufacturers’ Association
West Coast plane invasion drill tests civilian observers
Northern California mounted observers and 258 civilian run stations tracked mock enemy aircraft as 27 army operators relayed data to a San Francisco intelligence center. The exercise extended to Portland Battle and Los Angeles with naval shore stations reporting by radio for defense planning.
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SAN FRANCISCO
west coast
California
San Francisco Presidio
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Battle
Los Angeles
Californa
forest services
Naval
lighthouse service
American Legion volunteers
intelligence center
army
Fifty-Five Hurt as Dry Law Goes Into Effect in Bombay
Rioting broke out after a demonstration against Bombay's new prohibition law. Fifty-five injured, including twenty-seven policemen, as Hindus attacked a Moslem procession. Bars closed to natives since midnight. foreigners receive monthly liquor rations. Americans and other Europeans used clubs to drink under the new rule.
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BOMBAY
Georgia Records 24 Infantile Paralysis Cases In July
Atlanta July reports show 24 new infantile paralysis cases, lifting Georgia’s seven month total to 64 from January 1 to July 31, 1939, a 65 percent rise from last year. Dr. C Dan Bowdoin, epidemiologist, notes no statewide epidemic but cites July August September as peak months.
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ATLANTA
Georgia
C. Dan Bowdain
state health department
South Carolina
Railroad Bill Passes House
The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill to make railroads liable for injuries or deaths of employees in railroad accidents regardless of cause. A report said current law allowed employers to contract away negligence for which they were responsible.
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WASHINGTON
house
senate
Internal discord in Yugoslavia flares as Croat leader threatens secession
Reports from Europe cite Dr Vladko Macek, Croatian autonomy advocate, urging a United States of Yugoslavia with equal states for Croatia and others, insisting on unity even at the risk of world war. Poland tightens espionage watch as Danzig tensions rise, banning fat exports and targeting German activities. Britain signals readiness to fight for peace, with Chamberlain warning on war as a possible path. Tensions also grow along the Po Valley border with Italy and Japan bids for peace in China under Wang Ching-wei.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yugoslavia
Danzig
Europe
Vladko Machek
Machek
Dragisha Cvetkovich
Kupinec
Croatia
Macedonia
Montenegro
Serbia
Danaig
Free City
Poland
Warsaw
Berlin
Chamberlain
Italy
Po valley
Alps
Japan
China
Tsingtao
Wang Chingwei
Chiang Kaishek
Foreign silver ban pressed in senate debate
Senator Townsend urged end to foreign silver purchases as a one way street and called the government to withdraw from the program. He argued that buying foreign silver does not create jobs and warned against continuing purchases despite prior agreements.
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WASHINGTON
Townsend
senate
state department
treasury
Candidates Ready to Start Rage for White House
Washington notes set the 1940 presidential race in motion as lawmakers begin courting delegates. McNutt and Garner backers lead in movement while Clark Wheeler and Bankhead linger in casual talk. Taft and Vandenberg top the Republican speculative list with names tied to congressional debates and policy stances. The scene mixes pride and neutrality as the national convention pursuit heats up.
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W. B. RAGSDALE
WASHINGTON
congress
senate
house
Paul V. McNutt
Clark
Missouri
Wheeler
Montana
Bankhead
Alabama
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
Michigan
Old Ballroom Dances Revived At Masters Convention
New York reports at the 66th Dancing Masters of America convention five hundred delegates forecast a revival of old ballroom dances with a faster tempo. Leader Leroy H Thayer of Washington, D C, said both old and young dancers tire of pumping and acrobatic steps. The revival is tied to fashions of the Gay Nineties influencing movement.
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NEW YORK
Dancing Masters of America
Leroy H. ‘Thayer
Washington, D. C
Seaman Dives From Brooklyn Bridge in Bet
Michael Ford a 33 year old seaman plunged 135 feet from the Brooklyn Bridge after stopping at a bar to fortify himself. He surfaced after an hour in the East River and reached Brooklyn then told reporters he wanted to reach New York. He was treated at Bellevue hospital for submersion and a lacerated leg. The wager amount was not disclosed.
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NEW YORK
Steve Brodie
Brooklyn bridge
Michael Ford
Ford
Brooklyn
Bellevue hospital
President says death of bill will prove costly
Roosevelt warned after the House killed the lending program that the move would cost the taxpaying public hundreds of millions of dollars and stall production across industries. He noted many relief recipients would stay on relief instead of gaining employment and pressed for accountability on voting against the measure. He said estimates of employment impacts could reach around 500,000 and left open whether the legislation would be revived next session.
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WASHINGTON
house
Roosevelt
congress
Barkley
senate
Farm Couple Found Slain Near Grafton Farm
Grafton Ontario August 1 Canadian Press Mr and Mrs Thomas Prestridge were found dead in their burning farmhouse near here. The 35 year old farmer was shot through the forehead and his wife 45 appeared strangled. Mrs Prestridge daughter Marjorie Moyse 23 also found in the house with a bullet wound in the forehead and listed in grave condition.
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GRAFTON
Examinations Cut For Gunners In Air Service
London dispatch reports the British naval air service will relax gunner exams by using a five question intelligence test not about gunnery. A sample asks to identify which of Brown Robinson and Jones sits in the middle, signaling a shift away from higher mathematics toward simple reasoning.
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LONDON
British naval air service
Brown
Robinson
Jones
Coalition Beats Move 10 Act On Administration Measure
Washington August 14 The administration lending bill failed after the House voted 193 to 186 to not consider it. Speaker Rayburn urged adjournment by Saturday night as the session neared its close. Senate leaders warned the end of Congress could come quickly, while galleries filled with summer visitors. The bill faced fierce opposition amid plans to push housing measures instead, and lawmakers predicted a rapid adjournment with little action left for the session.
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WASHINGTON
house
Rayturn DText
Rayburn
Senate
Barkley
congress
Bankhead
United States
Coffee
D-Neb
treasury
Rich R-Pennad
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