Roosevelt holds White House talks on Court plan after Robinson death
President Roosevelt tamps down the crisis after Senate Majority Leader Joe Robinson dies. He meets with Byrnes Harrison Hatch and Farley to discuss the Supreme Court reorganization bill and New Deal measures amid a reshaped plan and unemployment census talks.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
White House
Supreme Court
Senate
Joe T. Robinson
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Robinson
Byrnes
James A. Farley
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Carl A. Hatch
New Mexico
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Hatch
War, two rival camps bound Spain as civil strife rages
Madrid reports a year of bloody warfare ending its first year with Spain split into two hostile camps. German and Italian aid to the insurgents is cited, with 10 000 to 12 000 Germans and 70 000 Italians mentioned. The government years outline three phases from service breakdown to Negrin era, with Valencia as a center of authority.
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Madrid
Spain
Europe
Spanish Morocco
International Brigade of
Francisco Largo Caballero
Valencia
Juan Negrin
Largo Caballero
Powers agree to new system for war quarantine
British officials say a long deadlock over European neutrality in the Spanish civil war is broken as Britain presents a plan to a 27 nation non intervention committee. The proposal calls for withdrawal of foreign volunteers, end of neutral naval patrols, neutral observers on supply ships, and limited belligerent rights for Spain's factions. France Italy and Germany reportedly accept with reservations while Soviet reps vow to oppose many points. Madrid reports government forces repulsed three insurgent attacks near Villafranca Del Castillo and consolidated positions after initial gains at Campozuelos sector.
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London
Britain
Spain
France
Italy
Germany
Ivan Maisky
Moiseyevitch Kagan
Madrid
Villafranca del Castillo
Cidmpozuelos
Man who kidnapped to fund wedding marries in jail setting
Louis Columbo married Laurine Foster in a ceremony attended by Sheriff Sellmer in his office. Columbo had earlier kidnapped, robbed and stabbed Don Ramey to raise funds for his wedding and pleaded guilty to kidnapping. Judge Butler will set sentencing next Tuesday under California law.
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San Rafael
Calif
Louis Columbo
Laurine Foster
Walter B. Sellmer
Columbo
Edward S. Butler
Don Ramey
California
Ramey
Butler
Tammany New Deal Split in New York Mayor Race
The split solidifies as Tammany names Senator Royal Copeland for mayor and New Dealers nominate Grover Whalen, creating a three cornered race with Samuel Levy in the mix. A Republican bid by LaGuardia may enter the Democratic primary, uncertain.
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Tammany
NEW Deal
New York
Tammany Hall
Royal
Copeland
Grover A. Whalen
Whalen
Samuel Levy
Manhattan
F. H. LaGuardia
Woman Dies After Car Crash Near Missoula
Grace Gibbs of Silverdale Washington died in a Missoula hospital after a car crash near Tarah twelve miles east of Missoula. Ethel Johns of Bremerton suffered arm fractures. Charles Newton of Anaconda was arrested for reckless driving after the overturning coupe, four in the vehicle, at high speed.
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Missoula
Grace Gibbs
Silverdale
Wash
Tarah
Here
Miss Gibbs
Ethel Johns
Bremerton
Charles Newton
Anaconda
J. W. Johnson
Newtons
Newtons Had Picked Up Miss Gibbs and Miss Johns
Sheridan
Wyo
Montana Weekend Forecast Signals Mild Temps
Partly cloudy skies cover Montana for Saturday and Sunday with a warmer trend in the northeast on Saturday. The outlook calls for increasing sunshine in later hours as temperatures rise modestly across the region.
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Montana
Providence Obituary Doctor Shot in Home Suspect Sought
Police refuse to name the young woman questioned after Dr. George W. Webster an obstetrician was killed at his home. The attacker fired two .45 caliber slugs as Webster opened his door, dying on the operating table. Police note no blood traces in the house puzzling investigators.
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Providence
R. I
George W. Webster
Edmund Crowley
Dr. Webster
Homeopathic Hospital
Webster
Jack Cusick
Horses Shed Cowboys At Butte Rodeo
Night two of Butte seventh annual rodeo drew a large crowd. Bronco busters and riders faced sweeping action as horses and bulls turned chutes into challenge. A gaited horse show added by Legion and Rocky Mountain Riding Club awarded Front Page Lady with first prize of 30 dollars and a club cap. ridden by Jack Marshall of Kansas City.
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Butte
Rodeo Association
Legionnaires In
The
Legion and
Rocky Mountain Riding Club
Myles Newcomb
Front Page
Edgar Price
Jack Marshall
Kansas City
Nation honors Sen. Robinson with simple state funeral
President Roosevelt led a hushed Senate chamber service for Joseph T. Robinson. Mourners heard prayers and scripture as Robinson’s flower-banked coffin rested near his old Senate desk, reflecting the plain, unassuming character friends attributed to the late Democrat leader.
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Washington
Joseph T. Robinson
State
Roosevelt
Senate
Robinson
No Smoking Rule Expanded in Five Montana Forests
MISSOULA July 16 Major Evan Kelley regional forester announced a no smoking rule for Bitter Root Lolo Cabinet Kootenai and Flathead forests due to rising fire hazards. The order allows smoking at designated campsites and requires a shovel ax and bucket for all entering forests to aid fire prevention and firefighting readiness. If conditions do not improve more forests may adopt the rule.
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Missoula
Rocky Mountain
Gion
Evan Kelley
Cabinet
Kootenai
Flathead
Montana
Kelley
Idaho
Explosion at Pure Oil plant injures over 150 in Atlantic City
A series of blasts at a Pure Oil storage plant in Atlantic City ignited surface and underground gasoline tanks, injuring more than 150 people and burning about 50 000 gallons. Firefighters fought flames from rooftops after evacuating nearby tenements as a three hour blaze was brought under control. Most injuries were to firefighters and spectators including several women with 44 reported as badly burned.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pure Oil Company
Virginia Avenue
Piccard readies takeoff for stratosphere balloon flight
Dr Jean Piccard and team rush final checks as a high pressure system moves in. Weather official Mac Emerson says conditions may be favorable tomorrow night for the two cluster balloon craft to ascend for upper atmosphere observations.
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Rochester
Minn
Jean Piccard
Mac Emerson
St. Paul
Piccard
Secretary Hull Warns Japan and China Against War in Far East
Secretary of State Cor dell Hull issued a diplomatic policy statement warning Japan and China that war in the Far East would threaten American and global interests. He did not name nations specifically, calling the policy universal and aimed at careful consideration by both powers. Hull met with advisers and separately with Chinese ambassador C. T. Wang and Japanese chargé d affaires Yukichiro Suma.
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Japan
China
Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
Far East
Hull
C. T. Wang
Yukichiro Suma
North China clash looms as Nanking armies move north
Reports say central Chinese regime troops, German trained divisions, head toward Paotingfu near Peiping while Japan strengthens plans to sever northern provinces. Observers warn the move may provoke a major war.
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Peiping
Empire of Japan
Central Government of
China
Nanking
Paotingfu
Chiang Kai- Shek
Japan
China Situation Held Precarious by Tokyo Chiefs
Tokyo officials warned peace in China was slipping toward collapse as clashes near Peiping intensified. Peiping dispatches said peace talks failed with strong anti Japanese sentiment in the 29th army and attacks on Japanese nationals. Emergency war precautions were ordered with reserves called and guards set at key munitions plants and navy yards.
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Tokyo
China
Peiping
29Th Army
Japan
Labor Board files charges against Republic Steel
The Labor Relations Board accuses Republic Steel Corporation of Wagner act violations in its Ohio plants. Charges include lockouts in Canton and Massillon, discharging five for union activity, threats of discharge, refusal to rehire active strikers, dominating local unions, beating organizers, and increasing the company.
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Labor Board
Steel Corporation
Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Ohio
John L. Lewis’ Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Canton
Massillon
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