U S Enters Blockade Situation at Tientsin China
Tientsin reports say the United States pushed a formal protest over Japanese interference with American citizens and property as Britain demanded the immediate release of British importer G A Smith seized by Japanese pickets. Japan escalated by landing troops at Swatow and blockading foreign areas as US and British officials move to unify a response.
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Tientsin
China
United States
Great Britain
G. A. Smith
Japan
Swatow
John K. Caldwel
Shigenori- Tashiro
Tashiro
Caldwell
Edgar G. Jamieson
Smith
Harry E. Yarnell
Yarnell
Chinwangtao
Augusta
Tokyo
Kulangsu
Amoy
Philadelphia Warehouse Blaze Rages Through Six Story Building
In North Philadelphia a four alarm fire destroyed four floors of a six story warehouse. Several firemen were overcome by dense smoke while fighting the blaze. The incident occurred on June 21.
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Philadelphia
Weather outlook and recent conditionsAcross Plains and Great Lakes
Partly cloudy with showers in the north tonight and Thursday morning. Loca showers and cooler air in the southwest Thursday afternoon. Over the past 24 hours showers and thunderstorms were widespread in the Canadian prairies and Great Plains. scattered showers in the Ohio Valley. Northern Lake region temperatures lower with little change elsewhere.
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Central Plains States
Great Lakes
Canadian Prairie Provinces
Great Plains
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Filibuster Faces Senate Over Silver Price Increase
Western senators push to force Secretary Morgenthau to raise domestic silver prices threatening urgent tax relief and monetary legislation. Reynolds spoke three and a half hours with Thomas ready for four hours as the Senate weighs the $2 billion stabilization fund and dollar devaluation authority set to expire June 30.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Robert R. Reynolds
N. C
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Thursday Becomes Longest Day of the Year
The article notes the Summer solstice begins at 2 40 a m, making Thursday the longest day. Forecast calls for partly clear skies with showers in northern Ohio tonight and cooler, locally showered conditions in the southwest during the afternoon.
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Amanac
Ohio
Seek Investigation of Labor Board
House critics pressed for a $100000 probe of the National Labor Relations Board and Wagner Act administration. They planned to file a new resolution to replace the pending Anderson measure and cited Rep. Eugene Cox as urging immediate substantial amendments and a real House inquiry.
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Washington
House
National Labor Relations Board
Kiwanians Urge Economy In Government Adopt Resolutions
In Boston on June 21 the 23rd Kiwanis International convention adopted by acclamation resolutions calling for deportation of aliens seeking to overthrow democracy and urging immediate economy in government.
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Boston
Frank Admission Of Guilt Proves Real Help To Motorist
Akron man E. H Bell admitted speeding 65 miles per hour on the way to Cleveland. Traffic Officer Anthony J. Mick urged leniency and Municipal Judge Don Isham fined Bell $5 and costs. The judge credited the frank admission for the reduced penalty.
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Frank
Akron
E. H Bell
Bell
Cleveland
Anthony J. Mick
Mick
Don Isham
Isham
Japs Complete Occupation of Swatow Region
Japanese forces sealed control of the Swatow region in South China, encircling Swatow and reaching Anpow two miles north on the Han river. Naval authorities said mines and booms were removed and transports docked in Swatow city as navy and air units aided the army in harrying retreating Chinese.
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Hong Kong
Swatow
South China
Anpow
Han River
Navy
F. D. R. Refuses To Discuss Third Term
Washington reports show widespread talk about a possible third term for Franklin D. Roosevelt with the president himself declining to comment. Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson calls third term talk silly since no third term exists. Raymond Schwartz accuses two Democratic senators of trying to split the party over the issue and backs Paul V. McNutt for 1940 nomination.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
Raymond Schwartz
New York
Frederick van Nuys
Ind
Paul V McNutt
Philippines
Britain Will Not Concede to Blockade at Tientsin
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons Britain will take steps to ensure supplies for British subjects in the blockaded Chinese port of Tientsin. He said Sir Robert Craigie informed Tokyo that Britain does not acquiesce in the blockade. He noted ample flour and rice in the concession but perishables delivery is sporadic amid Japanese searches at barriers.
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London
U.P
Britain
Tientsin
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Robert Craigie
Tokyo
Robert J. Boothby
Soviet Russia
China
Fairgrounds Bond Issue To Go On The Ballot
The City of Elyria filed with the Board of Elections a $40,000 bond issue to buy the Lorain County Fair grounds. The measure will appear on the November ballot. If approved, the city will purchase the grounds to expand park facilities.
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Fairgrounds
Elyria
Board of Elections
Lorain County
Appropriate Funds For Bridge Workers
County commissioners made supplemental appropriations of $713.66 today for payment of courthouse jail and Erie Avenue bridge workers. The total included $226.10 transferred from the unappropriated general county fund and $507.50 from the road and bridge fund to cover payrolls for the last half of June.
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Court House
Jail
Erie Avenue
General County
Five Perish In Tenement Fire in Chinatown
Fire swept two Chinatown tenement buildings in New York killing at least five people. Firemen feared more may be trapped in the top floors of the six story and the four story buildings. All bodies remained unidentified.
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New York
Chinatown
Gehrig S lapses into infantile paralysis ends playing career
Lou Gehrig, star first baseman of the New York Yankees, is diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis described as chronic poliomyelitis. He will not play again this season and may serve in an executive role, with treatment to conserve muscle energy.
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New York
U.p
Ed Barrow
New York Yankees
Lou Gehrig
Barrow
Joe McCarthy
Yankees
Gehrig
Mayo Clinic
McCarthy
Yankee Stadium
Harold Hobein
Delay in Lorain County Courthouse Plans Until PWA Funding Assured
Lorain County authorities defer discussions on a new courthouse until Byron Dalton returns from Washington. Dalton, representing Walker and Weeks, is studying prospects for passage of the Stains bill to unlock PWA funds for public projects. Affected groups will not begin preliminary sketches until PWA financing is assured.
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Lorain County
Washington
Byron Dalton
Walker and
Weeks
Cleveland
Court House Committee
Lorain County Bar Association
F. R. Walker
Howard Horn
Dalton
Pwa
Commissioners and Bar Association
Walker
Lorain County Court House
Britain Seeks Recall of Vienna Consul Gainer
Berlin reports the government asked Britain to recall G. St. Clair Gainer the British consul general in Vienna. The expulsion followed a Vienna criminal trial revealing his alleged involvement with a forbidden news service. Britain says the action was retaliation for Germany recalling Walther Reinhardt the German consul in Liverpool.
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Berlin
Great Britain
G. St. Clair Gainer
Vienna
DNB
Gainer
Bene
Walther Reinhardt
Liverpool
Coal Freighter and Steamer Collide Off Port Gratiot
The coal freighter David P Thompson and the steamer Alvin Dinkey collided about a half mile off Port Gratiot lighthouse early today. The Dinkey rammed a hole in the Thompson around midships. The Thompson was beached while the Dinkey continued its sortie. No injuries were reported.
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Port Huron
Mich
David P. Thompson
Alvin Dinkey
Port Gratiot
Coast Guard
Dinkey
Thompson
Senate Silver Bloc Pushes to Raise Silver Purchase Price
The Senate Silver Bloc told the administration it will delay a vote on much monetary legislation to compel the treasury to raise the purchase price for domestic silver. Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley said the bloc informed him of the plan when the Senate convened. Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, backing currency issuance against silver reserves, spoke and said the discussion would last several hours.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Silver Bloc
Treasury
Senate
Alben Barkley
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Barkley
Colorado River Flood Destroys Homes in Texas Town
Colorado City residents watched floodwaters sweep at least 85 homes from their foundations. Ollie Marrow, a 60 year old salesman, drowned as his car was washed from a bridge. Buchanan Dam precautions aimed to store water to prevent a repeat of last year’s flood. many bridges for rail and highways were washed out and traffic halted on about a dozen routes.
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Colorado City
Tex
Colorado
Ollie Marrow
Buchanan Dam
Austin
Colorado River Power Authority
German Troops Move Into Fortifications
Paris reports that about 100000 German troops are advancing into the lines fortifications opposite the French frontier. The Condor Legion may be stationed at Sarrebruck for training, with 50000 to 60000 men in the first line and 30000 to 40000 in the second line. Frontier control has tightened and patrols increased amid a broader growl of mobilization toward Poland.
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Paris
Germany
Condor Legion
Sarrebruck
Slovakia
Polish Silesia
Poland
France
Great Britain
King And Queen Due Home Tomorrow Welcome Planned
London prepares a huge welcome as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth return from Canada and the United States. The Empress of Britain carrying the royal couple is expected to pass Bishop's Rock tonight, with a 60 mile line of welcomers from Southampton to London for a reception described as the most enthusiastic yet.
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London
George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Britain
Bishop’s Rock
England
Southampton
Fifteenth Summer Bible School Ends at First Baptist
The fifteenth annual Summer Bible School session conducted by the First Baptist Church closes Friday evening at 7 39 with enrollment at 199. Representatives from several churches are present and parents and friends are invited to attend.
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First Baptist Church
Fall from window leaves 87 year old with fractured ankle
A 20 foot fall from a second story window in Logan Ohio today left Mrs John Krinn aged 87 with a fractured left ankle. The incident occurred in the afternoon and no other injuries were reported.
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Logan
John Krinn
Velma West May Have Gone To Canada
Marysville Ohio officials believe Velma West the 33 year old hammer slayer who escaped with three others may have fled to Canada from the Marysville Women's Reformatory. Superintendent Marguerite Reilley said West had daily access to master keys as an usher for visitors and could have duped keys. Authorities noted the escape followed a similar breakout in April and are reviewing possible Canada flight.
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Marysville
Marguerite
Cilley
Marysville Women’s Reformatory
Velma West
Fox
Painesville
Velma
Ohio
Mrs. West
Virginia Brandy
Akron
Mary Allen Richards
Cincinnati
Florence Sheline
Gallipolis
Miss Brandy
Miss Richards
Lenora Leach
West
Leach
Marysville, O
Federal Men Join Search For Fugitive Killer Ray Olson
Sheriff George Seehuetter announced the FBI would probe if fugitive killer Ray Olson, 30, is the Mattson kidnapping suspect. Olson, an expert marksman, eluded possemen for four days with his wife Dolores, 20, after stealing a car and plates on the Pacific coast trip. Local authorities asked FBI help from Milwaukee, noting the case remains speculative.
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Hayward
Wis
George Seehuetter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ray Olson
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Seehuetter
FBI
Milwaukee
Olson
Mattson
Dolores
Pacific Coast
County Depts Win Writ For Extra Yearly Funds
Judge Guy B. Findley granted a writ of mandamus forcing three county departments to receive additional appropriations for the year. The county commissioners immediately allocated $11,987.62 for the prosecutor's office common pleas court reporters and juvenile court to cover June 15 payrolls.
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Guy B. Findley
Common Pleas Court
Mandamus
Howard
R. Butler
New Jersey Delegates Key For Roosevelt Nomination
Senator Smathers announced New Jersey's 32 Democratic delegates will back President Roosevelt at the 1940 convention. He said Roosevelt won New Jersey by a large margin previously and is favored to carry the state again in 1948.
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Washington
William H. Smathers
New Jersey
Rowe Rosnever Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Smothers
New York State
New York
Fiorello Law
Dewey
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Social Security Board
Clarence A. Dykstra
University
Julius P
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