Licenses Of Hitler Spy Suspended
Dr. Gerhardt A Westrick special German government representative had his driver license and automobile registration suspended by New York officials over false statements in his license application. He claimed no physical disability, but was reported to have an artificial leg. The case may lead to revocation of certificates and plates. Mrs Westrick defended him, calling reports unfair while others sought details. Scarsdale police reportedly tracked license numbers at the Westrick home.
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New York
Gerhardt Alois Westrick
Carroll Mealey
Westrick
Mealey
Dr. Westrick
Manhattan
Scarsdale
N. Y
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Evening Dispatch
White Plains
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FDR
Bill Wheeler
Roosevelt
Willkie
Europe
Asia
Congress
Lee
D-Okla
Bridges
R-Nh
War Department
Army
Chandler
D-Ky
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Green
D-Ri
Guffey
D-Penn
Must Hang For Farmer's Death
TOWSON Maryland Aug 1 A three judge court sentenced Arthur Collick 28 to be hanged and Charles Manuel 16 to life imprisonment for the murder of Harvey W Pilchard a 61 year old Stockton farmer. Judge Grason announced murder in the first degree against the two negroes for shooting Pilchard at his farm home Feb 11. Manuel bowed his head and whispered thank you when sentence passed. the court noted Manuel's youth and his being led by an older man to spare the extreme penalty.
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Towson
Arthur Collick
Charles Manuel
Harvey W. Pilchard
Stockton
C. Gus Grason
Manuel
Grason
Pilchard
Collick
Fresh Breezes Break Heat Wave Across Pennsylvania
Northwest winds cooled Pennsylvania after a 13 day heat spell that caused 87 deaths and drownings. Some areas stayed below 80 while others reached 91 in York. Crops may benefit though rains and hail damaged parts near Towanda and Allentown.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
William S. Hagar
Harrisburg
Towanda
Allentown
Scranton
York
Hazleton
Reading
Three Stars Assigned to Willkie Campaign Team
Actress Gloria Swanson golfer Gene Sarazen and novelist Nina Wilcox Putnam signed up for Willkie campaign roles in New York on August 1. Swanson to organize the motion picture vote Sarazen to head athletic division and Putnam to lead general vote-getting. Samuel F. Pryor Jr., eastern campaign manager, announced the assignments.
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New York
Gloria Swanson
Gene Sarazen
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Willkie
Miss Swanson
Sarazen
Miss Putnam
Samuel F. Pryor, Jr
Two More Bodies Found in Camden Factory Fire
In Camden, New Jersey, investigators recovered two unidentified women’s bodies among the wreckage of a vast paint factory destroyed in a $2,000,000 blaze. The fire, caused by a spark from a repairman’s wrench igniting a naptha tank, raises the death toll to four with five workers still missing as searchers expected to recover more bodies.
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Camden
N. J
Tottering
R. M. Hollingsnead Company
John H. Lennox
Delegations To Elwood Will Head To Indiana
Pennsylvania Republicans led by U S Senator James J Davis and Governor James Will take three special trains from Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Harrisburg to Elwood Indiana on August 17 for Wendell Willkie acceptance speech Three hundred fifty to four hundred cabinet members county chairmen legislators state committee members and other party leaders expected to join the delegation to rally support for Willkie and the state ticket.
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Harrisburg
U. S
James J. Davis
James
Pennsylvania
Elwood
Ind
Wendell Willkie
James F. Torrance
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Willkie
Indiana
Frank Harris
Allegheny County
William A. Harman
Torrance
Republican Party
Swiss Celebrate Freedom on 649th Anniversary
Swiss residents commemorated the 649th anniversary of union and freedom in Bern with hundreds of fires atop Alpine peaks. Leaders pledged renewed determination to defend the nation against any invaders during the celebration.
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Bern
Switerland
Russian Pact's Future Hazy over Renewal Talk
Washington August 1 speculation rose on renewing the Russian American commercial pact as Ambassador Cumansky met with Undersecretary Sumner Welles for 90 minutes. They gave no details. The pact expires August 6 and Moscow protested U.S. freezing of Baltic assets.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Constantine A. Oumansky
Sumner Welles
Cumansky
Welles
Commerce Department
Baltic Republic
Repeaters In Tennessee Lead Repeaters In Tennessee
In early returns from the Democratic primary Gov. Prentice Cooper leads with 61,441 votes to George Dempster 1,147 and J Bailey Wray 1,147. U S Senator K D McKellar leads with 56,434 votes over John R Neal 3,661 and Claude C Toler 2,207. Cooper and McKellar have Crump backing. opponents ran minimal campaigns.
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Nashville
Tenn
Prentice Cooper
U. S
K. D. McKellar
Senate
George Dempster
Knoxville
J. Bailey Wray
McKellar
U. S. Senate
John R. Neal
Claude C. Toler
Paris
Cooper
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Disobeyed Orders Cost Lives Of 43
Akron dispatch reports a Pennsylvania railroad crash that killed 43, including six Pennsylvanians from Pittsburgh and New Kensington. The motor coach disregarded siding instructions and collided head on with a freight train on single track. Conductor Harry Shafer survived, with injures, and investigators traced the fatal blaze to ignored orders and a missing signal clearance.
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Central Press
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cuyhhoga Falls
Pennsylvania Motor Coach
Akron
Pittsburgh
New Kensington
Pennsylvania
Hudson-Albron
Silver Lake
Hudson
F. W. Krick
Krick
R. E. Amos
Columbus
Cleveland
Amos
Thomas L. Murtough
Shafer
Murtough
Death List from Pennsylvania railroad wreck hits Akron local area
Akron area residents among victims listed in the wreck near Cuyahoga Falls with names ages and affiliations including brakemen engineers dispatchers and porters. The casualty roll includes Mary Badonsky 25 Otto Bedarf 33 Albert C Burke 61 and many others with ties to Akron Cleveland Pittsburgh and New Kensington as the crash dominates page six.
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Akron
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cuyahoga Falls
Mary Badonsky
A. L. Bailiff
Otto Bedarf
Erie Railroad
Charles Bilderaack
Bagaggeman
Orrville
Albert C. Burke
E. C. Clifford
Elmer Davis
Ernest C. Durbin
Pennsylvania
New Castle
F. H. Dave
Adam Ellenbrook
Sophia Ellis
Beet Elizabeth Fahrney
New Kensington
Mary Joan Fahrney
Louis Fountain
Cleveland
Charles W. Frank
E. W. Gibbons
Endicott
N. Y
Lillian Gilbo
Wilbur D. Hartley
Lois Helmick
Albert Johns
Bruce Kelley
Nima Kirschner
Leonard Kirschner
Margaret Sagami
Bayonne
N. J
Lawrence C. Letzkus
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Pittsburgh
Anastasia Miksa
W. P
Exempt Clergy and Canal Zone Alien Cleanup
Secretary of War Stimson announced a broad cleanup of aliens in the Panama Canal Zone with 81 foreign agents detained and all aliens except Panamanians discharged from army or Canal Zone employment. Senate delays on draft and National Guard measures followed the disclosure as WW II era debate continued.
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Richard L. Turner
Wwwington
Panama Canal Zone
War Stimson
Canal Zone
Secretary of War
National Guard
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Senate
Senate Military Committee
War Department
National Defense Commission
Wheeler
Willkie
Dmont
Wendell L. Willkie
Queson
Saimson
New York Daily News
Panama Canal
Molotoff Attacks America and Britain in Moscow Speech
Premier Foreign Commissar Vyacheslaff Molotoff blasted the United States and Great Britain in a Moscow address. He warned of a widening imperialist war, warned that US embargoes on gold from Baltic banks provoke Russian protest, and touted improved ties with Germany and Italy while signaling Russia’s readiness to strengthen its positions.
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Witt Hancock
Moscow
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Supreme Council
Germany
Italy
England
Igns
Molotoff
Japan
Havana
America
Baltic Countries
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Government of Great
Alcantara Battles Nazi Raider Outside Neutral Belt
The 22,209 ton British armed merchant cruiser Alcantara arrived at Vianna Island shipyard after a brief clash with a Nazi raider. Officials claim victory, the German agency says Alcantara fled to neutral harbor for repairs. Alleged lucky shot hit engine room. engagement occurred near Trinidad, Brazil.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Alcantara
Vianna Island
Berlin
DNB
Charles Fellowes
Trinidad
Flynn Named Democratic National Chairman to Succeed Farley
Edward J. Flynn of New York accepted the chairmanship of the Democratic national committee, succeeding James A. Farley. Flynn pledged a thorough campaign effort despite Roosevelt’s third term renomination. Farley will depart August 17 to become president of the New York Yankees. Lawrence W. Robert and Oliver A. Quayle were reappointed secretary and treasurer.
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Washington
Edward J. Flynn
New York
Roosevelt
New Yorker
James A. Farley
Flynn
Jim Farley
White House
Wallace
Chicago
Farley
New York Yankees
Lawrence W. Robert
Oliver A. Quayle
Water supply plans for Jenners Cross Roads village
The Jenners Cross Roads Water Company asked the public utility commission to approve incorporation and the right to supply water to 200 residents of Jenners Cross Roads in Somerset County. Water purchased from Jennersborough would be supplied through a system costing between 4000 and 5000 dollars. residents have already subscribed to stock in the proposed company.
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Pittsburgh
Jenners Cross Roads
Pickets Parade With New Hotel Signs In Trenton
Pickets marching before the Stacy-Trent hotel, the city’s largest, displayed snappy new signs today as a gift from management. Manager George L. Crocker said the signs fit the hostelry's standards better than the old ones amid a strike that has lasted several weeks.
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Trenton
N. J
Stacy-Trent
George L. Crocker
Death by Monoxide Reported in Belmont Garage
The body of William Walter Young, 55, was found by his daughter today in the family automobile parked in a Belmont garage with the motor running, in a case suspected to be death by monoxide.
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Greensburg
William Walter Young
Belmont
Canal administration in Ismailia under French control
In Ismailia a sandbagged French run canal office reports normal operations with reduced traffic. British forces maintain de facto control from the eastern Mediterranean fleet, while Egyptian and British observers note cordial staff despite France's capitulation.
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Ismailia
Egypt
France
Suez Canal
Europe
Aravian Desert
Port Said
Suez
Africa
Asia
Syria
Alward Elmish
Germany
Italy
Paris
Rome
Alexandria
Sudan
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Tangiers
Jap Expands Ambitions for Greater East Asia
Tokyo reports government officials stating that Greater East Asia includes more areas than the East Indies. Foreign Office spokesman Yukichiro Suma confirmed the concept, while avoiding a precise boundary and whether the Philippines are included, amid Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka’s earlier remarks.
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Tokyo
Greater East Asia
Philippine Islands
Embargo on Scrap Urged by Steel Makers
Independent iron and steel manufacturers led by Robert W. Wallcott of Lukens Steel Co urge federal restrictions on further overseas sales of scrap. They say U S scrap stocks cover only about six weeks of domestic consumption and note Japan remains the largest foreign buyer.
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Charles E. Harner
New York
Iron and Steel
Robert W. Wallcott
Lukens Steel Co
Coatsville
United States
Japan
Operators Study Coal Prices In Pittsburgh Report
Byron H. Canon of the Western Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association welcomed the first minimum prices disclosed by the bituminous coal division for eastern fields. He said they would be about right but operators want to study their own rates before committing. Prices ranged from 1.75 to 2.30 dollars a ton for Pittsburgh No 8 coals sold at the mine for shipment to Wheeling area.
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Pittsburgh
Byron H. Canon
Western Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Big Eastern
Wheeling
W. Va
Nazi leaflets replace bombs in first night raid on England
Nazi raiders bombed English towns while dropping thousands of Hitler pamphlets urging Britain to seek peace. Leaflets 12 by 8 inches circulated as bombs fell near Norwich and other towns. five killed in Norwich attack. RAF fought raiders as blasts and incendiaries hit northeastern England and Scotland. one British plane lost, two German planes shot down.
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London
England
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Hitler
Reichstag
Scotland
Fuehrer
Man
British Empire
Germany
Royal Air Force
Norwich
British Press Association
Air Ministry
English Channel
White Russian head slain in Shanghai
Charles Metzler, head of Shanghai’s White Russian community, was assassinated by gunmen in the International Settlement within the American defense sector. Metzler had long handled Russian affairs in Shanghai as a de facto consular head and resisted moves to reorganize the emigrants committee into a pro-Japanese group.
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Shanghai
Charles Metzler
Metzler
Russian Emigrants Committee
Weather forecast for West Virginia and nearby regions
Generally fair weather in West Virginia with slight warming. Friday and Saturday bring partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures, followed by local afternoon or evening showers and thunderstorms. Western Pennsylvania sees fair Friday, then partly cloudy and warmer Saturday with possible showers at night. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland stay fair with continued cool Friday and warmer Saturday.
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West Virginia
Pennslvania
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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