Polar flight dreamboat wings into Arctic mission
Police report a dramatic Arctic air journey involving Dreamboat Wings with key figures including Cordeh Hull and Secretary of State. Early bulletins claimed a momentary calm in the afternoon but Hull remained in grave condition at Naval Hospital Bethesda, with hospital notes suggesting no immediate change and a cautious prognosis amid ongoing medical updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warhington
Cordeh Hull
Old Fremer
Methesda
Mal
Hell
Mull
Renoria
Hull
Two Major Strikes Still Unsettled
Government sponsored talks over two major labor actions the nationwide shipping tie up and Pittsburgh power outage stalled as conciliation persisted. Negotiations focused on government operated ships and possible mediation while unions and operators pressed for independent arbitration as drive and pilot strikes spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Washington
Maritime Commission Devlng
AIL
Heolleymen
Pilisbui
Poiver Union
Wilkes-Barre
Maritime Commission
Commission
UNL
Chlain
Labor Department
Marine Engineers
AHL
Masters, Mates
Fulots
Neot
That's No Joke Suh Worthington Hero Falls After Heart Attack
A garbled OCR item reports an incident at a restaurant where a man named Beilay or Beilay, age 11, collapsed after a heart attack following a draught. The fragmentary text mentions Suh and a dramatic scene with a wall and a hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Jacob Beilay
Rallrad Sawanill
Atenk
Pata Toca
Walt
Dent
Army Plane Heads North From Alaska
An Army Dreamboat plane, en route from Hawaii to Egypt, crossed toward the Arctic coast near Sitka Alaska while dodging a Gulf of Alaska storm. Intercepted communications indicated the crew could see Juneau 20 miles away as they neared Alaska landfall at about 8 00 p m Greenwich time. The craft climbed to 15 000 feet after reporting position roughly 100 miles west of Duncan Alaska, continuing toward its global air travel route.
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Seattle
MackKinnades River
Basle
Canada
Hawaii
Egypt
Kebles
Sitka
Aled
al Dt
MSM
Monohiin
Mountainers Aven
Gulf of Alaska
Boeing Aircraft Co
Silke
Alaska
Avriviel Une
Pachic
Lanafal
Arctic
Baston
Duncan
Continua
Bourdon Dreamboat
Moscow Radio Confirms New Purge
Moscow radio announced a purge on the Soviet Union collective farm system amid alleged mismanagement and profiteering. The Ministry of State Control named officials and the editorial board of Altai Pravda as implicated. prosecutions had begun in some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandon
Moscow
Doxengs
Russia
Ministry of State Control
Altai Proavna
Atal Pravda
Thom
Legion Backs Single U S Defense Setup
The American Legion urged a single defense department within the President's Cabinet and a unified military command. Delegates favored Air Force parity with the Army, choosing Paul J. Griffin as new national commander by acclamation, while reaffirming ties with the Veterans Administration.
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Legion
U.S
San
Bratedica
American Legion
Lawrence Quigley
Chelsea
Mass
Massachusetts
Department of Security
Congress
Uo Ite
Hew Coumander
Paul J. Grifiih
Unioniswa
Omar N. Bradley
Grifil
Two of 25 Negroes Found Guilty in Tennessee Case
In Lawrenceburg, an all white jury found two of the 25 Black defendants guilty of assault with intent to commit murder after about 33 hours of deliberation. Robert Gentry and John Moritty were convicted for attacking Patrolman Will Wilsford in Columbia following a night of racial tension.
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Lawrenceburg
Tenn. GP
Costis
Farmera
Columbia
Sla
Ine M. Tagram
Robert Gentry
John Morittyens
Will Wilsford
Mink Slide Negro Business
Wilsford
Washington, D.C
National Association For Advancement of Coloret People Anc
Nannowierd
Oil Plant Toll Rises at Marcus Hook Refinery
The Marcus Hook Sim Oil refinery explosions and fire killed seven and injured about 140. Flames illuminated the night as blasts shook the $18 million aviation gasoline plant, with damage estimated at $300,000 to equipment. Company president J. Howard Pew blamed a packaging washer device failure in the alkylation wash system for the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Hook
Sim Oil Conjinng
J. Howard Pew
T Ie
Conservative Party Blasts U S and Churchill Pleads for Unity
In Blackpool a Conservative conference heard Churchill call for unity and a United States of Europe while criticizing U S policy toward Britain. Speakers urged closer empire ties and warned against foreign interference, arguing imperial security underpins world stability.
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U.S
Churchill
Blackpool
Boghndot
Mirehill
Empire
Mary
J. & Amery
Doninians
Ayr
United Kingdom
Commonwealth
Tony
Ameri Gan
Pataldo Tompett
Chinese Rand Attacks U S Marine Base Near Tangku
A Chinese raiding party attacked a U S Marine base near Tangku about 25 miles southeast of Then tein. One Marine was slightly wounded, one Chinese killed, another wounded and captured. The assault ended around 12:08 am after hours of fighting with Marines reporting the barbed wire not penetrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangku
Thentein
Mealtacis
Chhicao
Vainho
Tve
Kangla
Shanghai
Chiou Laelal
Government Orders Dress Restrictions In Civilian Production
Government officials announced new restrictions amid a tense domestic debate. The administration cited material shortages and a need to conserve gowns and related fabrics for wartime production, delaying civilian fashion relaxations and signaling continued controls despite public pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrahlighan
Oivillan Producelion Administration
Yugoslavia Greece to receive 100 million reparations from Italy
A European peace conference commission advanced a plan to pay reparations to Albania and Italy bloodlessly. The vote set Albania funded and Yugoslavia and Greece to receive shares while Russia and several nations abstained or opposed. The proposal faced broad support from Slav nations and allies but was limited by a British margin that restricted Albania to Italian assets in Albanian territory. The stalled decision followed hours of debate and a call to uphold wartime solidarity.
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Parei
Crence
Yugoslavia
Wer
Ethiopia
European Peace Conference Commission
Albania
Connell
Greece
TL Tool
Italy
Lalli Economic Commission
Russia
Coreign Mintelors
Ainin Sing
Prone
China
Tadix
Thiopia
Git Slav
Avutiunian
United States
Great Trilnia
Saud~ Acity
Arutianiga
Berlin airliner crash near Harmon Field kills 39
Steady stream of wreckage marks the Berlin incident as rescuers comb a mountain site near Harmon Field for victims. Ground parties retrieved two bodies tentatively identified as Herbert Swing and Margaret Burleigh while the blaze burned for hours after the crash at speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour.
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Qyersens
Harmon Fivid
Herbert ‘Swing
Springburg
Tad
Margaret Burleigh
Jackson Heights
New York
Mack
Moountain
Howard H. Max- Well
Mareoh Field
Miners Decline to Sign New Pact at Federal Mines
United Mine Workers convention declined to reach a contract for mines to be returned to private owners. About 2,800 miners attended a meeting to form wage demands and assess operator readiness to resume private operation. The talks followed a government-backed 50 day state with officials in key roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers Convention
Privatoe
Betas
Pacaile Seminitlee Wiieh
Font T. Lewis
LSTA
Preatent
Tnierlor A. Ay Krag
Restaurant Meat Meals to Rise Fifteen Percent Nationwide
Washington officials approve an eighteen percent ceiling for meals and meat items in public eating places while individual operators compute new ceilings. The move follows meat price controls ending, with many menus reflecting up to a 30 cent steak dinner increase and an eighteen cent rise for a hamburger.
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Washington
OPA
Realavant
Dairymen decry OPA policy as economy curb and crutch
Henry H. Rathbun told 100 western New York and northern Pennsylvania bankers that the OPA is a crutch now disintegrating. He blamed milk subsidies ending June 80 and rising milk prices on distorted explanations that hurt consumers while urging bankers to support young farmers and align business, farmers, and consumers.
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Buffalo
Dairymen's League Cooperative Association
PPA
Henry H. Rathbun
New York
Pennsylvania
OFA
Rathbun
Three Top Nazis Face German Housing Problem
Three top Nazis acquitted of war crimes were pressed yesterday to quit their jail cells and win exit to live in German zones. US Army says British and French bars block entry for Schooht Writsche and von Bapen. British zone restates no entry.
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Nusrnberg
Ter
Colle
US 8 Army
Hijalmar Schooht
Mans Writsche
Franz von Bapen
Herford
Hay
U S Still Studies Meat Shortage
Washington AP report says the government studies a meat shortage remedy with no specifics. Secretary Anderson declined to outline possible actions after a Cabinet meeting as a Bureau of Agricultural Economics study suggests meat supply may meet demand by late 1937 or early 1938. He hinted ideas exist but offered few details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Byureau of Agricultural Economics
Representation Spence
D-Ky
Spence
Nazi Leaders Smuggled Out of Nuremberg Jail Report
The London Daily Mail cites a UPI dispatch claiming Hjalmar Schacht Franz von Papen and Hans Fritzsche, acquitted by the International Military Tribunal, were smuggled out of Nuremberg Prison. Prison officials would not confirm or deny the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
London Daily ‘Mail
Wuernberg
Jackson Hopes for Protection of Minorities Before Warfare
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson urged an international forum to protect minorities before conflicts. He spoke amid honorary Buffalo University degrees and a major Nuernberg trial commemoration, stressing that sovereignty should not shield crimes and urging timely law-based safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Bablo WP
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Pmpmation
Mergecute
Peoples
Nuornberg
London
Nalate
Leon
Jackvon
Lyeninmy
Alecaho
London Angers Over Immediate Palestine Move
London reacts to President Truman's demand for immediate and substantial immigration into Palestine. Attlee's government objects, saying the move could prejudice Palestine's future. British officials claim no decision can be made until the region's political future is settled.
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Washington
Britain
Issia
Lucause
Truman
Youders
Downing Street
London
Daily Herald
Aleties
Troutman
Palestine
Atlles
Thatttle
Attee
Bevin
White House
Attlee
Charles G. Ross
Packed Bus Collision Kills Four on Route 17 Paramus
A bus bound for Catskills resorts from New York City collided with a heavy truck on Route 17 in Paramus killing four and injuring at least 15. The Hudon Transit Co bus skidded 309 feet, toppled and debris scattered. victims were rushed to Hackensack Hospital as doctors mobilized.
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Hackengasu
N. J
Yom Biapur
Catskills
Resorta
Paramus
Tse
Hudgon Transit Company
Disi Terminma
New York City
Ellenville
N.Y
Pastera Hy
Haeleensick Hospital
U S Jet Planes to Break British Speed Record
U S Army Air Forces ready two jet aircraft at Muroc Air Base to attempt a world speed record for jet propelled planes. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star and Republic P-47 Thunderjet previously failed to break the mark. official times reported are unclear, with one cited at 661 mph and another near 618 mph.
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Los Angeles
Army Air Forces
Muroc Air Base
Lockheed Paso Shooting Star
Path
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