Notorious murderess Velma West escapes Ohio Reformatory
Velma West, 33, who murdered her husband twelve years ago, fled the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville with three other prisoners. A truck driver sighted four women near Marysville about six A.M., and authorities believe three are among the escapees. West had pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was serving a five to life term after a note to superintendent Marguerite Reilley hinted at one last outing before the escape.
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Marysville
Velma West
Ohio Reformatory
Thomas Edward West
Cleveland
Homer Rodsa
Mrs. West
Bert van Woert
Velma
West
Ohio Parole Board
Textile wage case delayed past August for 32 1/2 cent rate
Wage hour administrator Elmer Andrews will wait beyond August 1 to act on a proposed 32 1/2 cent minimum wage for the textile industry. A public hearing opened with supporters testifying in Washington, while opponents will hear June 26 in Atlanta. Governors Bailey Dixon White and others cited potential southern opposition.
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Washington
Elmér Andrews
Textile Industry Committee
Andrews
Atlanta
Labor Department
William Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
New Hingland
Ikely
Carl E. Bailey
Arkansas
Frank Dixon
Alabama
Hugh White
Mississippi
Georgia and Florida Weather Update With Coastal Winds
Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Tuesday in Georgia with possible showers in the northwest. Florida mainly fair tonight and Tuesday with showers possible near the southwest coast. extreme northwest Florida partly cloudy with light to moderate south to southeast winds. Alarma notes partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with local thunder showers and coastal winds from the south.
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Georgia
Florida
Bower
Alarma
Brazilian Army Chief to Visit United States
General Aurelio Goes Monteiro, chief of staff of Brazil's army, arrives in Annapolis aboard the Nashville for a 22 day reception. He will tour California fields, review divisions, inspect the fleet, and fly home via Panama Canal. President Roosevelt invited him to luncheon and he will visit San Francisco and New York Faire.
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Washington
Aurelio Goes
Monteiro
Annapolis
Nashville
Wheee Musie
George C. Marshall
United States
Brazil
Marshall
Haiti
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Roosevelt
San Francisco
New York
Air Corps
California
Panama Canal
War Department
Batista
Somaba
White House
Oswaldo Aranha
Relief Board Fight Shapes WPA Plan As Republicans Push Share
Washington June 19. EPA seeks to share relief administration with Republicans by creating a three man WPA board. The plan, replacing a single administrator, faces Senate scrutiny amid sharp opposition. Proponents argue a board suits policy making by refining ideas through discussion.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
EPA
Senate
Tne
Cause of Squalus sub disaster probed
A full-dress naval board investigates the sinking of the submarine Squalus amid testimony that a faulty air induction valve may have allowed water to flood the vessel. The inquiry opened with Lieut Oliver F NaQuin and the 32 survivors silent as questions about conduct and valve indicators were asked.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Naval
Oliver F. NaQuin
NaQuin
A. I. McKee
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Board of Inquiry
McKee
Control Board
William R. Munroe
Naval Intelligence
Olive F. Naquin
William T. Tarrant
First Naval District
Boston
Britons and Japanese seek end to Tientsin crisis
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in the British House of Commons that London and Tokyo were engaging to settle the tense Tientsin blockade. British authorities discussed evacuating women and children if necessary as concessions brace for water shortage and electrified fences.
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Associated Press
Chamberlain
House of Commons
London
Tokyo
Tientsin
China
Chinwangtao
Pekaiho
Britain
Japan
Cabinet
Foreign Affairs Committee
Harry E. Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Peiping
Holy Land
Haifa
Palestine
Free City of
Danzig
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Peitatho
Hai River
STATE LEGION CONVENTION TO OPEN SUNDAY
Atlanta June 1940 Legion convention opens Sunday with about 1,500 Legionnaires 500 Auxiliary members 350 Sons of Veterans and 300 Forty and Eight expected. Resolutions committee continues drafting as officers for 1940 to be elected Thursday.
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Atlanta
Resolutions Committee For
Georgia
American Legion
Legion
Sons of Veterans
Royal Daniel, Quitman Editor, Dies at 68
Royal Daniel co editor and publisher of the Quitman Free Press died after a two week illness at 68 in Quitman Georgia. Funeral services were set for 5 p m at his home Pinetop with Rev C C Kiser officiating. Survivors include widow Edna Cain Daniel two sons Royal Daniel Jr and Mell Daniel and brother Raymond Daniel. He helped build the Free Press into a prominent Georgia weekly and served in civic groups and wartime Red Cross service.
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Quitman
Royal Daniel
Quitman Free Press
C. C. Kiser
First Baptist Church
The
Cairo Messenger
J. B. Chism
Pelham Journal
W. T. Shytle
Adel News
EB. L. Turner
Valdosta Times
Edna Cain Daniel
Royal Daniel, Jr
Pittsburgh
Sun-Teleraph
Mell Daniel
Newark
Raymond Daniel
Atlanta
Daniel
Old Newark World
Atlanta Journal
Free Press
Georgia
Rotary
Masonic
American Red Cross
Newnan
Savannah
Daniels
Thomasville
Fritz Kreisler
New York Times
Georgia Guard Units to Camp at Foster
Transfer of several Georgia National Guard units from Camp Jackson South Carolina to Camp Foster Florida was announced by fourth corps area army headquarters. Affected units include the 30th division staff and commanding general, the 5th field artillery staff, Griffin headquarters and company of the 30th division, Springfield police company, Company H 105th medical regiment Atlanta, and 30th Division headquarters detachment special troops. Training at Camp Foster near Jacksonville will run during the first two weeks of July.
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Atlanta
Georgia National Guard
Camp Jackson
S. C
Camp Foster
Fla
Fourth Corps Area Army Headquarters
30Th Division
5Th Field Artillery
Griffin
Military Police Company
Springfield
105Th Medical Regiment
South Carolina
Florida
Jacksonville
Father saves sons in drowning tragedy on Father’s Day
Brunswick Georgia reports Coast Guardsmen say B Emory Wilcox 48 died of a heart attack while rescuing two of his sons and a third boy off Saint Simons Island on Father’s Day. His sister in law Miss Irene Jones aided in the rescue and kept the body afloat until help arrived.
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Brunswick
Emory Wilcox
Fitzgerald Insurance
Wilcox
Coast Guardsmen
Irene Jones
Saint Simons Island
Fitzgeerald
Miss Jones
Miss. Jones
Coast Guard
House Takes Up Tax Revision Legislation
Washington June 19 The house began action on a business tax revision to be enacted before July 1 while the senate faces a two year extension of presidential monetary powers. The tax bill would remove the tax on undistributed corporate profits and impose a flat 18 percent rate on firms earning over 25000. The measure extends 544 million in excise taxes and preserves a three cent postage rate for two more years. Passage was expected by nightfall.
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Washington
House
Senate
Way and Means
Treasury
Harrison
Dmiss
Senate Finance Committee
Barkley
Roosevelt
Finance Committee
Glass
D-Va
Thomas
D-Okla
McCarran
Nev
Logan
D-Ky
Federal Reserve Board
The
Electric wire barricade erected at Tientsin concessions
Japanese authorities seized control around the British and French concessions in Tientsin with a 1,000 volt electric barricade to block movement at night. British leaders consider evacuating women and children as the six day siege continues amid food shortages and tensions.
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Tientsin
China
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Reformatory
Marguerite Reilley
Reilley Best
Tay
U. S
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Calif
Snyder
John W. Greenslade
General Aurelio
Squalus
Naval Board
State Legion Convention
Georgia Legionnaires
Georgia Guard
Foster
Son
Emory B. Wilcox
St. Simons Island
U. S. Senate
Mariime Customs Service
North China
French Bone
Indo-China Coast
Phenix
Indo-China
Navy Ministry
Paris
France
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