Explosion at Glen Dora Baker mine kills twenty in Indiana
Twenty miners die in a Glen Dora Coal Baker mine explosion at Sullivan Indiana. Safety official Jack Ogilvie reports 3 bodies recovered and 17 remaining in the shaft awaiting gas clearance. Mine superintendent Harry Keenan says 203 men were underground. 20 died or survived.
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Ogilvie
Sullivan
Tipple
J. Cox
Ogilve
Sam
Glendora Coal Company
H. B. Wilson
Sto.ie Division of
Speaker Urges Preparedness at Rotary Luncheon
Homer Hudelson Boise Veterans Bureau manager urges national readiness to avoid World War. He says veterans are peace advocates and government care for veterans reduces war profits. Music by a local trio and plans to boost Pocatello club attendance are noted along with invited guests.
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America
Homer Hudelson
Veterans Bureau
Boise
Hudelson
Margaret Comstock
Dorothy Meloy
Betty Downing
Carolyn Meloy
William S. Cady
Pocatello Club
H. J Plumhof
Salt Lake City
Chet Cunningham
Blytheville
Ark
Ray Howard
Portland
Roy T. Hale
W. H. Jensen
Nels J. Hogan
James Bangs
Pocatello
American Legion
Arkansas to bury Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson in Sunday service
Arkansas prepares a state funeral for Democratic Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson after his unexpected death. The state denies official mourning, while Robinson’s widow and relatives travel to Washington to bring his body back for burial at Roselawn Memorial Park. Leaders from both parties coordinate arrangements as prominent figures plan to attend.
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Washington
Garner
John N. Garner
Roselawn Memorial Park
Little Rock
Robinson
D., Ark
Pair Held For Cattle Thefts In Ogden Stockyards
Two alleged cattle rustlers were arrested at the Ogden Union Stockyards and were to be returned to Bannock County jail. J. C. Woods, 33, McCammon, and Cal Newland, 40, Preston, are accused of stealing cattle since 1936 and selling stock in Ogden and Weber counties under various names. Woods admitted stealing 24 head. Newland denied statements. Deputy Rigby identified the men, with arrests following tips of stock sales to local buyers.
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Ogden Union Stockyards Company
Bannock County
Amos G. Rizby
J. C. Woods
McCammon
Cal Newind
Preston
Sher
Rigby
Weber County
Larson
Woods
Newland
Baseball Scores and Schedule Notes From Today's Play
National league results show Chicago losing to Boston 18 to 5 with late rallies. St Louis and Philadelphia games postponed by rain, doubleheader planned for tomorrow and August 26. Other matchups include New York vs Detroit, Washington vs Cleveland, and Cincinnati vs Brooklyn with various pitchers named in the box scores.
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Grasshopper Fight Bill Approved by Senate
The Senate approved a bill to appropriate 1,000,000 dollars to battle cresthoppers in ten western states and sent the measure to the White House for action. The move aims to curb agricultural damage and protect crops nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt Abandons Weekend Cruise Over Far East Fears
President Franklin D. Roosevelt stays in the White House amid rising Far Eastern tensions and European worries over a non intervention patrol in Spanish waters. He called three diplomatic advisers John Van A. MacMurray Norman Davis and Sumner Welles to brief him after lunch as he monitored international conditions with anxiety.
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White House
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Europe
John van A. MacMurray
Turkey
State Department
China
Norman Davis
Sumner Welles
Far East
WPA to Consolidate Offices in Southwest District
Boise July 15 The Works Progress Administration eliminates the southwest district office to cut administrative costs. O K Hine acting deputy state director says field offices will replace district offices at Coeur d Alene and Pocatello. State office will run payrolls and maintain project registers for the region with completion today and other districts by August 1.
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Southwestern Idaho
Works Progress Administration
O. K. Hine
Coeur d'Alene
Pocatello
Hine
Refined Sugar Delivery Down
Washington reports June deliveries of refined sugar fell by 87,692 tons from the prior year. Total June deliveries from refiners raw beet factories and smcver fell to 519,418 tons versus 697,110 last June. For January through June, deliveries reached 3,260,479 tons this year compared with 3,547,797 last year.
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Washington
P— Aaa
Foes of Court Measure Hint at Major Break
Four first term Democratic senators met with President Roosevelt to discuss the court bill. Rumors spread that they urged withdrawal and at least three opposed the measure. Brown supports compromise. Gillette opposes. Connecticut's Maloney ready to join against it. Senate Democrats split over control of party machinery and the legislative agenda after Arkansas leader Robinson’s death.
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Roosevelt
White House
Gilette
Towa
Andrews
Florida
Johnson
Colorado
Brown
Michigan
Senator Brown
Senate
Gillette
Maloney
Connecticut
Jounty
Robinson
Arkansas
Four Major Problems After Senator Robinson's Death
Washington on July 15 faced four immediate issues in the wake of Senator Robinson's death. The senate court bill debate procedure, possible faster congressional adjournment, a new Democratic Senate leader among Parkley Harrison and Byrnes, and the appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy with Robinson presumed to be a likely pick for Roosevelt.
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Robinson
South Carolina
Supreme Court
President Roosevelt
Borah Hints Senate to Override President on Land Bank Loans
Senator Borah says at the first opportunity he will urge the Senate to override the president's veto of legislation extending low interest rates on federal land bank loans after the House already overridden the veto.
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Borah
Idaho
Senate
House
Roosevelt Jr and Ethel du Pont arrive Cherbourg aboard liner
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr and his bride Ethel du Pont arrived in Cherbourg from the Empress of Britain liner with a planned wedding in the United States.
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France
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Ethel du Pont
Nanking and Tokyo Dispatch More Troops to North China
Chinese and Japanese forces in north China brace for possible[] conflict as Nanking orders about 80 000 troops to reinforce the 29th army while Tokyo dispatches more units from Japan and Manchuria. Nanking rejects local pacts and warns of potential grave turn in crisis.
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Tientsin
Hopeh
Chahar
Manchukuo
Gen Sugiyama
Soviet Flying Heroes Inspect U S Plane Factories in California
The Soviet Union’s Mikail Gromoff Andrei Yumosheff and Sergei Danilin arrived in California after a record Moscow to San Jacinto flight. They would tour U S plane factories and Hollywood, with plans for Los Angeles San Francisco and Washington visits before returning to Russia. Major Edison E Mouton confirmed flight instruments and data were sealed and sent to the National Aeronautical Association.
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Calif
Soviet Union
Moscow
San Jacinto
Hollywood
Mikail Gromoff
Andrei Yumosheff
Sergei Danilin
March Field
U. S. Army Base
California
Los Angeles
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Navy
Air Industries
San Francisco
Washington
New York
Russia
Grigor Goldman
Snort
Josef Stalin
International Aeronautical Federation
Edison E. Mouton
National Aeronautical Association
Woman Succeeds Senator Robinson in Arkansas
Caraway of Arkansas becomes the first woman to serve as a state senior senator following the death of Senator Robinson. This marks her fifth major first, including first woman elected to the senate by popular vote and first to preside over the Senate.
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Senatoie Caraway
Arkansas
Robinson
Senate
Thaddeus H. Caraway
Search sweeps tropical sea for Amelia Earhart and Noonan
The Lexington aircraft carrier and air fleet sweep 265000 miles of tropical waters seeking Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan after their July 2 disappearance. Forty two planes scour waters near the international date line in the second day of the search under a scorching sun.
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Lexington
Naval Air Forces
Hope
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
New Guinea
Howland Island
Death Claims More New Deal Leaders in Four Years
Washington reports another round of deaths among Roosevelt administration figures in four years. Notables include former attorney general Thomas J. Walsh, former secretary of war George H. Dern, ex-treasury head William H. Woodin, and other leaders such as Speaker Henry T. Rainey and Louis M. Howe.
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Robinson
Roosevelt
Thomas J. Walsh
George H. Dern
Wiliam H. Woodin
Treasury
Henry T. Rainey
Joseph W Byrnes
James P. Buchanan
Texas
Appropriations Committee
William P. Connery
Labor Committee
Henry L. Roosevelt
Navy
Louis M. Howe
Mr. Roosevelt
Senate Bourbons Are Leaderless And Perplexed
Washington July 15 Senate Democrats split into factions after the death of Senator Joseph T. Robinson leaving leadership unsettled. Administration allies push for the court bill and Roosevelt program while opponents call for adjournment. Barkley and Harrison vie for party leadership with Byrnes uncertain.
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Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Flier's Husband Keeps Faith Amid Earhart Search
In Los Angeles July 15 George Palmer Putnam husband of Amelia Earhart said she will come through despite ships and planes failing to locate her in the south Pacific thirteen days after her disappearance. Putnam and navigator Frederick J Noonan had a month’s supply of concentrated food at Union air terminal.
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Amelia Earhart
South Pacific
George Palmer Putnam
Union Air Terminal
Frederick J. Noonan
Treasury to Sell 50 Million Discount Bills Monday
Secretary Morgenthau announced the treasury will offer another 50 million dollars in discount bills Monday to bolster cash on hand. A new 50 million dollar bill issue began this week, in addition to the regular 50 million dollar weekly refinancing issues.
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Morgenthau
Treasury
Mechanics in organization forms lodge in Pocatello
A new mechanics lodge in Pocatello is formed to join the American Federation of Labor. Howard Spencer presides representing the International Association of Machinists. Acting president is Allard Hamilton and Aubry Stains will be financial secretary. Meeting set for July 21 at the YMCA with eligibility to most local mechanics.
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Howard Spencer
Grand Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Automobile Department
Spencer
Aot
American Federation of Labor
Washington, D.C
Allard Hamilton
Idaho Southern
Aubry Stains
Electric Service Company
Mr. Spencer
Mechanics of
Tax inquiry abandons subpoenas as lawmakers set bill draft
Washington July 18 Chairman Poughton said the congressional tax inquiry committee will not subpoena individuals named by treasury officials as tax avoiders. No one has volunteered to testify. The panel meets in secret to draft measures to close loopholes. Jessie Ball du Pont protested a testimony about a 2000000 tax shortfall if Alfred I. du Pont's estate had not shifted property to Nemours Inc.
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Poughton
N. C
Congressional Tax Inquiry Committee
Treasury
Doughton
Coughton
Congress
Senate
Robinson
Jessie Ball du Pont
Alfred I. du Pont
Arthur L. Kent
du Pont
Nemours, Inc
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Pope praises Catholic youth group amid world congress
Pope Pius XI commends the Catholic working youths organization in Paris on the eve of a world congress. He rejects atheistic communism and pagan nationalism and calls the group a legion of militant youth sworn to spread the Christian ideal of justice and charity.
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Pius XI
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