Maritime Unions Seek C I O Bid
Washington July 8 John L Lewis formed a CIO affiliated committee with 1600 New York striking shipyard workers to organize all maritime workers under CIO auspices. He predicted enrollment of about 300000 into a single union urging workers to sever ties with the AFL.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Industral
New York
C.I.O
Lewis
C. 3. O. Esmpalen
American Federation of Labor
BIALS SLAYER TO ANSWER CHARGES IN COURT
Albert Dyer 32 a WEA worker was called to court in Los Angeles to plead to a murder indictment in the Inglewood case. The state plans to delay the plea and hold him for trial within 39 days as investigators seek corroboration of his confession that he strangled the girls and desecrated their bodies. Haskell Wright, director of Centinela Park, said he does not believe Dyer was linked to the missing children.
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Los Angeles
Cenfinela Park
Ingletwood
Park killings tied to a man seen with girls
Witnesses say a man talked to Madeline Everett 7 Melba 9 and Jeanette Stephens 8 in a park then chased them in an auteme toward Halden hills where they vanished. Isa bel Dyer’s wife warned of lies to mislead officers while her husband faced protection custody. Investigators chase whether the Byers are legally married and may use the woman as a court witness.
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Dger
Halden Hills
Vady Sullivan
Dyer
Isabel
Youths Depart to Take Navy Tests in Texas
Five San Antonio youths and several from surrounding towns left for Houston on Thursday to sit final enlistment exams for the Navy. The group includes John Houston Hallard, Oscar Besch Jr, Richard Keith Gage, Jesse William Sanders Jr, Joseph Watson, and others from Frederickshire, New Braunfels, Freer, Byerne, Cuero, and nearby areas. Successful candidates head to San Diego, California for processing.
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San Antona
Houston
Navy
John A. Traviss
Greup
John Houston Hallara
Myrtle Street
Oscar Charles Besch Jr
Garey Avenue
Richard “Keith ‘Gage
Hunsteck Avenue
Jesse Willam Sanders Jr
Barrett Place
Joseph David Watson
Natalon Street
Richard Marion Bracutgam
Elmer Clemons Kneese
Frederickshire
Raymond William Froelich
New Braunfels
Robert Boyce Lane
Freer
Sidney Milton Whitworth
Byerne
Glen Davis Young
Cuero
Bat Diego
Calif
Camp Bulls ends trainee processing and sports medal plan
Officials completed processing 86 H trainees at Camp Bulls by 10 a m with about 208 more expected. Of those reported 950 were accepted and equipped while 12 were rejected for physical deficiencies. A session featured talks on the mission and property care. A full athletic program with medals for baseball, playground ball, volleyball, track, swimming and boxing champions and runners-up will honor top teams and individuals.
Custody Case Backed By Goldsmiths In Texas Court
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals heard Mrs. Ruth E. Goldsmith and Nat Goldsmiths suit for modification of a divorce decree awarding custody. The plaintiff claims their child Joan Salkey spent most of the past year in San Antonio. J. Sydney Salkey, St. Louis attorney, challenged Texas jurisdiction with Judge D I Strickland, appointed to sit in place of disqualified Justice C S Sinton.
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Court of Civil Appeals
Ruth E. Goldsmith
San Antonio Mia
Lyon
Joan Salkey
San Antonio
D. I. Strickland
Mission
James Vv
C. 8. Sintton
Seven Indicted in Strike Bomb Plot in Warren Ohio
Seven men including Gus Hall, a former CIO leader, were indicted by a Trumbull county grand jury on charges of using and possessing nitro glycerine in an alleged steel strike bombing plot. The six other defendants are Arthur Scott, Charles Myers, Andy Marsh, George Bondus, Sidney Watkins, and John Borawine, all Republic Steel strikers.
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Warren
Olio
CNSI
New
Gus Hall
Trumbull County Grand
Wall
Republic Steel
Arthur Scott
Charles Myers
Andy Marsh
George Bondus
Sidney Watkins
John Borawine
Strike Threatens Boston's Supremacy in Wool Trade
Three weeks into a 500 worker strike for a closed shop, Boston's wool handlers faced a major impact as the city asserted itself as the nation’s largest wool market. The Globe noted at least one wool firm planned to relocate from Massachusetts due to labor conditions, though the firm remained unnamed.
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Boston
The
Globe
Amelia Earhart and Noonan Missing in Ocean Search
Report says Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan could survive weeks if they landed on an islet. They alone knew their food supplies from the flying laboratory and carried chocolate, tolltule jalse, concentrated sands, water, fishing gear, and a vaporizing water machine for ongoing consumption.
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San Francisco
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Last Republic Steel Mill Reopens as Labor Fight Lingers
Republic Steel reopened the last closed plant in Cleveland as tensions with organized labor persist. Steel and Tubes Inc. resumed with about 500 workers while police and Ohio National Guardsmen protected the site near Lake Erie. Overall 3,400 workers reported for duty across the four Cleveland plants. Lee Pressman of the CIO arrived to discuss pending court actions and a possible state court hearing on withdrawing guardsmen from strike centers.
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Cleveland
Little Steel
Republic Steel Corporation
Steel and Tubes, Inc
Republic
Police
Ohio National
Lee ‘Pressman
Jatin L. Lewis
Tor Industrial Organization
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Federal District
Stato
Negro Resigns From U S Naval Academy
At Annapolis on July 8 Naval academy officials disclosed that George J. Triver, a midshipman appointed weeks earlier, resigned of his own accord. Rep Arthur W. Mitchell said he sought facts after hearing a fellow black appointee was railroaded out. Triver reportedly said he realized he was not fit for naval service.
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U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Naval Academy
George J. Triver
Arthur W. Mitchel
Illinois
Triver
Mitchell
Panother
New Scout Troop 54 to Meet Friday at St Patrick's
Field Executive W A Nicholson announced regular meeting of the newly organized Boy Scout Troop 54 at St Patrick's Catholic Church on Friday at 7 30 p m The troop was formed the Bun Jest with H GO Lichtenberger chosen as scout master The troop committee includes Garvin Leern John E Rind and Eugene A Wegmann The troop lists 10 charter members
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St. Patrick's Catholic Church
W. A. Nicholson
H. GO. Lichtenberger
Garvin Leern
John E Rind
Eugene A. Wegmann
Brooks Post Clerk Retires After 29 Years at Brooksfield
Howard H. Smith of 1213 South Palmelosileet will retire after 29 years serving as clerk in charge at Brooksfield post office. His official retirement date is August 1 but an absence date will move his retirement two weeks earlier. Compulsory retirement at age 65 means he will receive monthly benefits for life as he plans to travel. Cancer news from Washington reports Surgeon Parran predicting that cancer control measures now before Congress could save 20,000 lives in three years.
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Howard H. Smith
South Palmelo Sileet
Brooksfield
Priday
Smith
Washington
Gene Thomas Parran
Congress
Film Star Hurts Back at Fox Studio
Los Angeles reports Alice Faye, blonde screen star, injured her back after tripping on a stair at Twentieth Century-Fox studios. She was taken to Cedars of Lebanon hospital for treatment.
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Los Angeles
Joly E
INS
Alice Faye
Guy Wes
Oail
Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Amelia Earhart husband stays in San Francisco search
George Palmer Putnam, Amelia Earhart's husband, declares he will remain in San Francisco until the search for Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan ends. He will not fly to Honolulu to stay closer to the scene, hoping for her recovery. Mrs Noonan also clings to hope amid the mystery of the mid Pacific search.
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San Francisco
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Colorado
Miss Farhart
Putnam
Amelia Missing in Chicago Dog Named Amelia Sparks Curious Localists
Fred Arland, a Chicago youth, asked police to help locate his pet dog named Amelia after the famed aviator Amelia Earhart. He explained the name choice was a nod to the aviator and noted the dog disappeared shortly after a risky flight years ago.
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Amelia
Chicago
Fred Arland
Ian
Earhart
CAB Ordinance Becomes Law
City cab operators paused a midweek meeting with drivers to attend the third reading before city commissioners. The ordinance sets a 25 cent minimum fare for the first mile and 10 cents for each additional mile, and raises the hourly rate from 1.00 to 1.50. No protests were reported as the measure became law.
Negro Singer Must Return to Prison
James Tronhead Baker, a Black singer who earlier earned parole to travel with John A Lomax collecting folk songs, must return to prison to complete his habitual criminal sentence. Governor Alfred said he would sign papers revoking the parole after Baker’s arrest on multiple burglary charges in Austin.
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Austin
James “Tronhead” Baker
James ¥. Alfred
John A. Lomax
Library of Congress
Tronhead
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