British Action Seen Likely On Bombings
Public anger threatened to push Britain toward direct action if neutral shipping in Spanish waters faced renewed bombings. Chamberlain waited on vacation with Halifax, cabinet possible Monday, as risks of escalating retaliation loom amid the Spanish Civil War and Czech elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Neville Chamberlain
Mediterranean
London
Chamberlain
Britain
Lord Halifax
U S Moves To Discourage Plane Exports To Japan
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced steps to curb sales of American airplanes to Japan after Canton bombings. He said the government informed manufacturers of export restrictions to prevent aircraft from being used in bombing civilian targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Japan
Canton
Cordell Hull
Hull
Auto Crash Fatal Near Circleville
Chase Bryant twenty seven of Cincinnati died from injuries in an automobile collision at the intersection of Routes 22 and 104 three miles west of Circleville. Leslie W. Hughes of Columbus Albert Clark of Duquesne Pennsylvania and Chris Lowry of Portsmouth were in serious condition in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
Chase Bryant
Cincinnati
Here
Leslie W. Hughes
Columbus
Albert Clark
Duquesne
Chris Lowry
Portsmouth
Weather Update for Ohio and Surrounding Regions
Showers are expected tonight with likely rain Sunday morning. Cooler conditions are forecast Sunday especially in the north and west central areas. A central low pressure area north of the Great Lakes and a trough extend toward Texas with widespread precipitation and heavy thunderstorm rainfall from Oklahoma and Arkansas into Iowa and Illinois. High pressure brings fair weather toward the South Atlantic states and the northwest. Temperatures rise in the Ohio Valley and southeast, while the northern plains turn cooler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Great Lakes
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Iowa
Illinois
South Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Plains
Wage-Hour bill near agreement with southern support
Wage-hour conferees pressed toward final action with southern backing seen as ensuring approval. Ellender and Pepper indicated the latest compromise meets their demands. The plan would create industry boards, fix wages from 23 to 40 cents, and limit hours from 44 to 40 with exemptions for bargaining contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Allen J. Ellender
Claude Pepper
Fla
Ebert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate Group
Mary T. Norton
N. J
House Group
Congressional
Labor Department
St Agnes School to Present 19 Diplomas Sunday
Nineteen eighth grade students at St Agnes School will receive diplomas after 8 o'clock Mass Sunday at St Agnes Church. Rev Father Leo J Brissel will present the diplomas. Graduates include Vernon Archer Jack Duffy William Elemes Jack Tracey Cletus Limpach William Meyers Ralph Page Basil Palinski Ruth Daugherty Margaret Trazek Mary Agnes Hall Geraldine Shapiro Cecilia Kozel Mary Agnes Welsh Mary Alice Young Rose Ellen Dowdell Geraldine Shedron Elizabeth Kochis Jean McCullen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Agnes School
St. Agnes Church
Leo J. Brissel
Vernon Archer
Jack Duffy
William Elemes
Jack Tracey
Cletus Limpach
William Meyers
Ralph Page
Basil Palinski
Ruth Daugherty
Margaret Traczek
Mary Agnes Hall
Geraldine
Ohio Woman Killed in Train Collision Near Woodville
Mrs. Sylvania Boughner, 39, of Woodville, was killed when an automobile was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train near Blanchester. Mrs. Dora Sawyers, 48, and Albert Johnson, 22, both of Woodville, were seriously injured and Sawyers’ son James, 18, needed physician care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchester
Sylvania Boughner
Woodville
Baltimore & Ohio
Dora Sawyers
Albert Johnson
J. B. Easterling
J. F. Bonner
James Johnson
Melvin Kniffin
Jesse Rutledge
J. E. Graham
Marian
J. E. Sullivan
Margaret Ross
William Dale Despain
Texas and Pacific
Red Cross Committee
Two Brothers Drown In Sandusky River Near Fremont
Gerald King 23 and Paul King 16 drowned when their boat upset while running a trot line two miles north of Fremont Ohio on June 10. The brothers were in a small craft with friends who fled as the boat capsized. Subjects: river accident and fatalities.
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Fremont. O
Gerald King
Paul
Sandusky River
Here
Large candidate field in county nominations race
Forty candidates filed petitions by the 6 30 p m deadline for the August 9 primary ballots with competition in Democrat and Republican races. Key contests include county auditor state senator state representative and county commissioner along with several precinct committee posts across Elyria Lorain and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Elections
Charles S. Kelser
William R. Rogers
Walter S. Kohn
Elyria
J. W. McHenry
Penfield
Nunzio Cerasa
Lorain
Charles Lorence
the Election Board
Ward 20
William G. Smith
William H. Jenne
Robert O’brien
Chester J. Cordy
Avon Lake
H. A. Walker
John W. Dort
Thomas A. Duke
L. A. Hall
Grafton
G. E. Gardner
Harry J. Hahn
Oberlin
F. L. Wilson
George LeRoy Fields
J. N. Stone
Thomas Fen
John Westervelt
Eugene F. Zavodsky
Franklin Hatter
George H. Jones
M. A. Houghton
J. Hamlin
Dorothea M. Thomas
John C. Kennedy
W. P. Carrouthers
Luke E. Steiner
P. D. Hubbard
G. D. Keller
Wilbur P. Ward
Fourteen Ohio District Congress Race Draws Eight Candidates
The Democratic field includes incumbent Don W. Harter of Akron with Daniel E. Falkner and Reese J. Highfield both of Akron and Albert Greulich of Lorain joining on the filing deadline. The Republican slate features Cornelius Kohlmyer of Lorain, Mayor Fred Marvin of Barberton, Edwards S. Sheck of Akron, and Wayne Albers of Cuyahoga Falls seeking the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Ohio
Don W. Harter
Akron
Harter
Daniel E. Falkner
Reese J. Highfield
Albert Greulich
Lorain
Cornelius Kohlmyer
Fred Marvin
Barberton
Edwards S. Sheck
Wayne Albers
Cuyahoga Falls
Czech German Clash Leaves Several Injured Near Warmsdorf
In Warmsdorf Czecho slovakia on June 11 a clash between Czechs and Sudeten Germans near Tuemberg Hill injured several. Guards retreated into a house. two fled into a quarry wounding a jaw and a leg. Police arrested 47. Crowds demanded prisoners’ release at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Tuenberg Hill
Warmsdorf
Warmdorf
Postmasters Named in Roosevelt Nomination List
Names sent to the Senate for postmaster nominations in Ohio include John L. O'Hara of New London. The Senate also confirmed Agnes O. Schritz as postmistress at Olmsted Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Senate
Ohio
John L. O'Hara
New London
Agnes O. Schritz
Olmsted Falls
Three Die in Mine Blast at Shelby Coal and Coke
At Boothton Alabama a coal mine explosion last night killed three workers and left another seriously burned. Officials said investigators suspect a spark from machinery ignited a gas pocket, triggering the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothton
Ala
Shelby Coal and Coke Company
Plane crashes near Delavan killing eight aboard
Maj Roy W Chamblin testified the silver twin motor Douglas bomber apparently disintegrated in a Delavan Illinois field after striking a violent thunderstorm while returning to Denver from Chanute Field. Three officers and five enlisted men died as wreckage spread over a quarter mile. Open verdict by coroner's jury cited unknown causes.
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Delavan
Roy W. Chamblin
Denver
Colo
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Carey Youle
Illinois
Peoria
Chamblin
Special Army Board of Investigation
Gas Strike Trial to Open June 20
A jury of 14 from the Medina area will hear the case of five former Ohio Fuel Gas Company workers indicted for malicious destruction during a February 1937 strike. The trial, previously halted by a mistrial over a juror’s relation to an employee, resumes with defendants William Adams Philip Cobb Weldon Anderson Kenneth Alexander and Robert Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
William Adams
Philip Cobb
Weldon Anderson
Kenneth Alexander
Robert Adams
Medina
Alexander
Mallet Creek
Clarence Draper
Sheffield Lake
Pearl Robinson
Iona Crowe
Charles McPhail
Joseph Gawn
John Hart
Mildred Arnold
Lorain
Max Hart
First Place
Elyria
Grant Moses
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Girl Chokes To Death In Transit At Lisbon Home
Wilma Jane Smith age 3 of Lisbon dies after choking while playing at home and while being transported to a hospital in East Liverpool. Authorities report the incident occurred June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Liverpool
Wilma Jane Smith
Lisbon
Miami youth McCall in death by own action watch
Franklin Pierce McCall 21, confessed kidnapper and killer of Jimmy Cash, is placed under a death in custody watch in a windowless 19th floor cell. He says death was accidental during escape. grand jury impaneling Monday. James J. Hoover notes motive and actions. funeral pending in Homestead.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
D. C. Coleman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McCall
Cash House
J. Edgar Hoover
G-Man
G-Men
Coleman
Princeton
Nazarene
Justice of the Peace
Sidney L. Kendrick
Homestead
Memorial Window Dedicated at St. Andrew's Church
A memorial window honoring Edward Leigh Cook and Mary Elizabeth Cook will be dedicated at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church tomorrow at 10 45 a m. The gift from the Cooks' children and several relatives features the Nativity scene the Wise Men visit and is crafted by Wilbur H. Burnham of Boston using French antique glass and medieval pigment techniques. Burnham is noted as a leading American artist craftsman with work in major cathedrals including St. John's Riverside Trinity Cleveland and St. George's Chapel Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Leigh Cook
Mary Elizabeth Cook
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
George Stevens
Lyman Clark
Louis Keiloge
Elyria
Ransford Lewis
Escandido
California
L. Cook
Buffalo
St. John’s Cathedral
Riverside Church
New York
Trinity Cathedral
Cleveland
St. George's Chapel
Newport
Rheims
Earth Tremors Shake Paris Brussels and London
Mild but distinct tremors were felt at noon in Paris Brussels and London with Brussels reporting the strongest shaking at 11 58 am local time. The vibrations continued about 12 10 pm in London and were not damaging with desks at United Press offices swaying slightly.
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Paris
Brussels
London
Vaugirard
United Press
Roosevelt's Son Declines Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Run
James Roosevelt, the President's secretary son, declined to run for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. He informed Charles Maliotis, chair of a citizens committee that had sought to draft him for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Charles Maliotis
Citizens’committee
Wheaton President to Speak at Oberlin Baccalaureate
Dr. John Edgar Park president of Wheaton College Norton Mass will deliver the 105th Oberlin College commencement baccalaureate Sunday at 4 00 pm The program includes Academic procession invocation scripture reading and music by campus groups Park has led Wheaton since 1926 and is director of the American Congregational Association and an author
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin, O
John Edgar Park
Wheaton College
Norton
Mass
Oberlin College
James Austin Richards
First Church
Oberlin
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Thomas Graham
Graduate School of Theology
Park
Scotland
United States
American Congregational Asociation
Lorain Bridge Bond Clash Ends With Unified Plan
In Lorain County a clash between Commissioners John E. Davidson and Oscar G. Dunn interrupted a tense hour. The dispute centered on merging two bridge bond issues into a single vote. The motion passed unanimously. total $2.6 million with 55 percent county funds and 45 percent federal grant. Lorain business leaders urged the merger to unite rival factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Davidson
Oscar G. Dunn
Davidson
Lorain
Edward Dechant
Howard R. Butler
Butler
Squires, Sanders and Dempsey
Cleveland
Dunn
Board Finds Fire In Engine Caused Air Liner Crash
The air commerce bureau board reported that a fire in the right engine of a United Airliner near Cleveland on May 24 caused its crash and the loss of 10 lives. A cylinder barrel failure near Bedford Ohio ignited a fire so intense the pilot chose an immediate landing. The crew was not blamed for the decision to land at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Commerce Bureau
United
Cleveland
Bedford
Tornado Hits Clyde Texas Kills Several and Injures Dozens
A cyclone struck Clyde Texas causing 12 deaths and over 20 injuries with many fights for life in local and Abilene hospitals. Witnesses recalled brilliant lightning revealing the funnel as residents sought shelter in storm cellars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Tex
U.P
Texas
Hambright
Rutledge
Kniffin
Johnson
Abilene
M. E. Sullivan
J. H. Baxter
Easterling
F. W. Briscoe
Briscoe
Clyde High School
St Marys School to Graduate 44 Students Sunday
Forty four eighth grade students of St Marys School will receive diplomas at commencement in the St Marys Parish Hall at 7 45 Sunday evening. Music entertainment and talks will precede the diploma presentation. The class will attend 9 o clock Mass Sunday morning. Students listed include Richard Alflen Patricia Banville Donna Mae Birmingham Marjorie Brackley William Bumback Mary Margaret Cairns Cecilia Chismar Eleanor Coleman Charles Conrad Jack Daly Agnes Davis Anne Feron Betty Lou Flood Eileen Foreman Allan Fritzsche Mary Kelly Rita Kirkbride Jean Klein Ruth Krugman Margie Kubiske Albert LaCrosse Geraldine LaValle Bernice Leamon Helen Lubitsky Alyce McDonald Shirley McGowin Mary Martin Amelia Meecha Janis Noveske Eileen OBrien Joan ODonnell Robert Phillips Sam Polen Geraldine Ready Gladys Roling Sam Rotundo Paul Stanko Bernice Tomory Louis Weber Theodora Wykrent Marjorie Young Phyllis Yunker Thomas Pallardy Mary Jo Keyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s School
St. Mary's
Richard Alflen
Patricia Banville
Donna Mae Birmingham
Marjorie Brackley
William Bumback
Mary Margaret Cairns
Cecilia Chismar
Robert Phillips
Sam Polen
Geraldine Ready
Gladys Roling
Sam Rotundo
Paul Stanko
Bernice Tomory
Louis Weber
Theodora Wykrent
Marjorie Young
Phyllis Yunker
Thomas Pallardy
Mary Jo Keyes
Boy Falls 35 Feet but Unharmed in Cleveland
Three year old Tommy Dailey fell through a third floor porch railing and landed in a muddy patch. He escaped injury and was shaken but ok after the scare in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Tommy Dailey
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