Inglewood Race Against Time For Child Slayings Probe
Police surge through Inglewood after 24 hours of deliberation point to a local man as the likely killer of three schoolgirls. A $2,500 reward is posted by District Attorney Baron Fitts as investigators pursue leads and a separate probe into a suspect known as Eddie the Sailor.
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Inglewood
Cal
U.P
Eddie the Sailor
Centinella Playground
Baldwin Hills
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles
California
Othel LeRoy Strong
Strong
Washington
Olympia
Wash
Centinella Park
Madeline Everett
Melba
Jeanette Stephens
Don J. Oliver
Everett
Johnstown Strife Over Expulsion Orders Marks Strike Front
City council backs Mayor Shields in ordering two Beth lehem Steel Cambria works leaders to leave Johnstown. Police report one leader unaccounted for as expulsion, clash with labor attorney ends with disorderly conduct charge. Explosions at Cambria works halt 6000 workers. a national pro work rights movement forms. Shields seeks federal and state police protection amid warning of possible lawlessness.
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Johnstown
Daniel J. Shields
Cambria
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Shields
H. M. van Sant
James Mark
Committee For Industrial Organization-Affiliated
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
United Mine Workers of America
C. W. Jones
Brotherhood of
Samuel Defrancesco
Citizens Committee
Bethleham Steel
Cambrian Works
Roosevelt
My City
Lewis’ C. I. O
George H. Earle
Madrid bombardment kills and wounds over fifty
A one hour artillery bombardment of Madrid ends with more than 50 people dead or wounded. The central district around Gran Via and Puerta del Sol bore the heaviest damage as insurgent shells struck the city tonight.
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Madrid
Gran Via
Puerto del Sol
France approves full powers to combat financial emergency
Paris June 30 The Chamber of Deputies backs Premier Chautemps request for full financial powers by 380 to 228. Finance Minister Georges Bonnet says the franc will be devalued to avert panic and seeks a three power accord with the United States and Britain while pledging tax hikes to balance the budget. The session turns stormy as deputies clash. Bonnet warns devaluation will not be exaggerated and notes France has hit rearmament limits amid European crises.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Camille Chautemps
U.R
Georges Bonnet
United States
Britain
Bonnet
France
Europe
Skull Found In Wilds By Three Butte Men
Three Butte men found a partial human skull while fishing in the Little Boulder country. The top half cranium suggested a thinker and may have rested there for about 50 years. Found by Jack Harkins with Homer Hagens and Charles Case, the group reported the relic after packing into the area a week earlier.
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Butte
Boulder
Jack Harkins
Butte Tobacco
Homer Hagens
Charles Case
Leonard Mine
Sun's Rays Send Mercury to 95 in Heat Wave
Old Sol pushed the temperature to 95 marking a new seasonal high in Butte. The heat built from morning through late afternoon with 56 at 7 am and 90 by noon. Hot gusty winds added discomfort as residents sought refuge in forests and cars ferried people to escape the heat.
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Sun’s Rays
Mercury
Old Sol
Butte
Hitler tells Watson no war will occur say in private talk
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler assured Thomas J. Watson of New York that there will not be any war. Watson, president elect of the International Chamber of Commerce, quoted Hitler as saying no country wants war and Germany cannot afford it. London reports Britain and France may grant belligerent rights to Franco and Valencia if Italy and Germany do not back down.
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Berlin
Clifford L. Day
The
United Press
London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Francisco Franco
Valencia
Montana to Consolidate Works Progress Admin Districts
Joseph E. Parker directs consolidation of all WP A district offices in Montana into a single state district headquartered in Butte with twelve zone offices. Centralized control aims to reduce administrative expenses under new relief funding limits. The change takes effect July 1 with Helena hosting an employment division office for coordination with welfare authorities.
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Helena
Joseph E. Parker
State Works Progress Administrator
Works Progress Administration
State of Montana
Butte
Wolf Point
Havre
Kalispell
Missoula
Great Falls
Lewistown
Glendive
Miles City
Billings
Livingston
Anaconda
Department of Public Welfare
Salt Lake
Parker
Congress
Montana
Washington
Governor Requests Delay in Rogers Pass Highway Contract
Governor Roy E. Ayers urged Montana's highway commission to cancel the let for the Rogers Pass highway contract set for tomorrow. He asked engineers and government engineers to further investigate and survey the central Montana route over the main range of the Rockies before a final choice is made.
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Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Montana Highway Commission
Rogers Pass
D. A. McKinnon
Montana
Main Range
Rockies
Montana Forecast Shows Warm, Fair Weather Midweek
The forecast for Montana calls for generally fair conditions on Wednesday and Thursday with continued warm temperatures.
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Montana
Local District 9 loses largest share in Montana road fund
Montana State Highway Commission cuts District No. 9 funds from 8.18 percent to 3.63 percent of highway construction money. Butte district includes Silver Bow Deer Lodge Beaverhead and Madison counties. District 9 paid about $700,000 into the gasoline fund last year and will receive only about $165,000 for highway work next year.
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State Highway Commission
Silver Bow County
Helena
Montana State Highway Commission
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Beaverhead
Madison
Montana
Commission
Butte
President's Son Prepares to Marry Du Pont Heir
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. is set to wed Ethel Du Pont of America’s top industrial clan in Wilmington. The ceremony at Christ Church follows a rehearsal with about 1200 guests invited to the reception. Roosevelt designed the bride’s wedding gift, a two-diamond bracelet, echoing his father’s wedding gift design for Eleanor Roosevelt.
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U. S
Ruby A. Black
United Press
Wilmington
Del
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Harvard Fly Club
Ethel du Pont
America
Christ Church
Miss du Pont
Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
Brother in Law of Van Takes Stand in Murder Trial
Joseph Kane brother of Mrs Mary Ryan testified as a witness for the state in the murder trial of Willis Ryan in Judge J J Lynch's district court. The state’s evidence is nearing completion with blood stained clothing of Mrs Ryan shown to officials and relatives. The trial resumed with a large crowd present and Kane living with his sister at 1958 Princeton Avenue.
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Joseph Kane
Mary Ryan
Willis Ryan
Ryan
J. J. Lynch
Department of District Court
Princeton Avenue
Three Days Celebration Planned for Independence Birthday
Old Padre Independence rides into town for his 161st birthday with three days of parades fireworks concerts and competitions in Butte. The event features a fat man's wheelbarrow race boys bicycle sprint and a full pageantry program billed as the 19387 model celebration with power and punch.
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Pather Independence
Butte
House Approves 135 Million Tenant Farm Bill
The House passed a 135 million dollar three year bill to aid tenants buy farms and retire submarginal land from cultivation. It would fund 10 million in 1938 35 million in 1939 and 50 million in 1940 for loans to tenants and sharecroppers for home purchases and 50 million for government land purchases. The measure moves to the Senate where a similar bill is under consideration. Congress also allocated 1.5 billion for work relief for the coming year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
War and Interior Departments
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