French Fleet Anchors Near Spain Coast Amid War Tensions
Port Vendres dispatch reports the Spanish freighter Trinidad sunk by the insurgent cruiser Baleares off the coast. Paris notes a French fleet led by two heavy cruisers anchored at Bone Algeria after secret night maneuvers, joining German and Italian naval activity along Spain and the Mediterranean. The crisis widens as Germany and Italy blame Bolshevist Moscow and Spain faces regional unrest with reinforced Basque and Asturian fronts.
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Vendres
France
Trinidad
Baleares
Paris
Bone
Algeria
Italy
Mediterranean
Sardina
Spain
Ian
Graf Epee
Britain
Leipzig
Koth
Gibraltar
Tangier
Morocco
England
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Valencia
High Officials Named in Tax Dodging Probe
Washington reports list two dozen prominent figures in business and finance as part of a Senate House inquiry into tax avoidance. Andrew Mellon Pierre Du Pont John Raskob Thomas Lamont Alfred Sloan and Ethel Du Pont named among holding company owners. Helvering notes deductions under personal holding laws, not stating illegal activity, with holdings tied to 17 holding firms and owners including Scripps and Scripps in newspapers.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate House
Andrew W. Mellon
Pierre du Pont
John A. Raskob
Thomas W. Lamont
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Ethel H. du Pont
Congressional Investigating Committee
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Helvering
Melton
Mellon
Helving
S. Louis Allen
C. D. Marshall
Pittsburgh
R. B. Mellon
Andrew
Robert P. Scripps
FE. W. Scripps
Harrison
Firebug Suspect Tied to Cincinnati Rooming-House Blaze
Fire Chief Barney J. Houston links a rooming house fire in Cincinnati to a suspected arsonist with possible chemistry knowledge. One man died and four others were injured with 35 residents endangered. earlier fires in 18 months reached 28, with three fatalities. A suspect was detained as investigators tracked the prowler after the Ninth street blaze.
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Cincinnati
Barney J. Houston
Houston
Ninth Street
Star Witness on Stand for State
The state presents its star witness Daniel Rapp resigned deputy county auditor in a ballot tampering case at the board of elections. Special counsel Thomas Burke argues ballots were altered to affect a county commissioner election last November. Rapp and John Zeek will be tried later on similar charges after Rapp testified on day four.
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Ironton
Daniel Rapp
Board of Elections
Thomas A. Burke, Jr
Herbert S. Duffy
Rapp
John Zeek
Zeek
Carney Acquitted On Bribery Charge
Edward T. Carney of Cleveland, assistant chief of the State Safeties Division, was acquitted by a six by six jury in Columbus on a bribery count connected to certifying stock of Consolidated Motors in Lima. Prosecution said he took 6050 from Elmer F. Harsch. Carney claimed 5000 was a loan and 1050 payment for stock sales prospects.
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Columbus
Edward T. Carney
Cleveland
State Securities Division
Consolidated Motors Corporation
Lima
Carney
Elmer F. Harsch
Motors Concern
Earhart Rest Ends. Sets Course Toward Java and Timor
Amelia Earhart ends a three day rest at Sourabaya Java and continues her world flight toward Kupang Timor Island. She plans to remain at Sourabaya about 250 miles from Bandoeng until tomorrow and then fly toward Australia.
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Batavia
Java
Amelia Earhart
Bandoeng
Sourbaya
Kupang
Timor Island
Kapang
Australia
Girdler Attacks Murray as Senate Steel Hearing Opens
Republic Steel chairman Tom Girdler labeled Steel Workers Organizing Committee head Philip Murray a liar during a Senate post office committee session. Girdler also dismissed Senator Guffey as uninformed while defending his company in the steel strike amid questions over reducing an oral agreement to writing.
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Washington
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Senate
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Guffey
D-Pa
Senate Post Office Committee
Republic
Murray
Girdler
Anser
Bridges
R-Nh
McKellar
D-Tenn
Father kills family then takes own life in Murraysville
In Murraysville Pennsylvania a railroad brakeman Arthur Crewe, 42, murdered his wife and three of his eight children Florine 10 Doris 4 and Virginia 2 before shooting himself. State police report indicate the killings occurred in a hallway of their home. The coroner H A McMurray said the father also died at the scene.
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Murraysville
Pennsylvania
H. A. McMurrAy
Westmoreland County
Arthur
Crewe
Joseph J. Conwell
Florine
Doris
Virginia
Harmony Democratic meetings set on Jefferson Island in Chesapeake Bay
President Roosevelt to host three day Harmony conferences with Democrats in Congress on Jefferson Island. Senate likely to take up the court reorganization bill late next week after passing July 1 appropriation measures. Key figures include Wheeler Van Nuys Bailey Cox Lamneck among others, with many declining due to prior engagements or illness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Robinson
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Wheeler
Montana
van Nuys
Indiana
Bailey
North Carolina
House
Representatives Cox
Georgia
Lamneck
Ohio
Telescopes Report Severe Drought On Mars
Denver reports a drought on Mars rivaling Earth’s dust bowls. Dr Walter Adams and Theodore Dunham Jr. cite spectrographic data showing no water vapor in Mars atmosphere in February and April observations. Oxford chemist Sidgwick notes life possible, but current evidence finds no moisture beyond occasional clouds.
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Denver
Mars
Midwest Dust Bowl
African Sahara
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Nevil V. Sidgwick
Oxford University
England
Mr. Wilson
Here
Earth
Police identify suspect in patrolman kiester shooting case
Middletown police chief said Patrolman Everett Kiester named Robert McCall of St. Paul Minnesota as the man who shot him during a Monday arrest attempt. McCall, jailed on an open charge, also was identified in Hamilton for wounding two others during a March grill holdup.
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Middletown
Roy Schofield
Everett Kiester
Robert McCall
St. Paul
Minn
Ian
McCall
Kiester
Hamilton
Charles Baker
Herman Meyers
Six Men Killed by Train Near St Albans Vermont
Six railroad section crew members were killed when a Montreal-bound train struck them as they prepared to work on the Central Vermont line three miles north of St Albans Vermont. In separate item, F A Fishbaugh, 58, London truck driver, was found dead at a Morrow tourist camp from heart failure according to Dr S L Burkhardt.
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ST. Albans
Here
Lebanon
F. A. Fishbaugh
London
Morrow
S. L. Burkhardt
Sixth victim dies after Keystone mine blast at Gallipolis
Gallipolis June 24 Thomas Godfrey 48 the sixth victim of Monday's powder explosion in the Keystone coal mine 12 miles southeast of Jackson died early today authorities said the accident occurred in the Keystone mine near Jackson Ohio and left six men dead with several injured
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Gallipolis
Thomas Godfrey
Keystone
Jackson
Parochial Aid Bill Sparks Ohio Budget Panel Clash
Ohio Senate and House negotiators clash over a $1,000,000 textbook amendment using public school funds for private and parochial schools. Some lawmakers oppose the carve out, while others insist it stay. If no agreement, new committee appointments loom.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Joint Committee
Verner E. Metcalf
Metcalf
Conference Committee
Paul P. Yoder
Yoder
Senate Bloc
Martin L. Davey
Township Trustees Meet in Cincinnati Convention
Several hundred members of the Ohio Association of Township Trustees and Clerks gathered in Cincinnati for the annual three day convention with relief problems dominating the agenda. Joseph R. Thomas of Hayesville presides as president.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Association of Township Trustees and Clerks
Joseph R. Thomas
Hayesville
Roosevelt Asked Aid to Reopen Steel Mills in Warren
A telegraphic appeal to President Roosevelt seeks aid to reopen strikebound mills in the Mahoning Valley. Youngstown Mayor Lionel Evans also asks National Guard protection to resume operations as federal peace talks resume in Cleveland with four CIO tied companies. CIO leaders call a Warren mass meeting while several plants report curtailment or shutdown amid sympathy strikes and court orders.
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Mediation Board
Federal Board
Cleveland
CIO
Republic
Bethlehem
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Senate Post Office Committee
Washington, D. C
Warren
John Owens
Ohio
Brainard Steel Company
J.C. Manternach
American Welding and Manufacturing Co
F. R. Schaeffer
Niles Steel Products Company
Ohio National Guard
Mahoning Valley
Martin L. Davey
Martial law lifted in Johnstown as governor acts
Governor George H. Earle announced the lifting of martial law in Johnstown Pennsylvania ending a period of military rule. The decision follows relief efforts and a return to civil authority as residents begin reopening local services and law enforcement resumes normal operations.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Johnstown
Markets at a Glance Steady stocks Copper and steels rise
New York stocks show steadiness while copper and steels gain. Bonds move mixed as rail improvements appear. Chicago wheat unsettled on profit taking with corn July demand supported by tight supplies. Cattle stay steady to strong while hogs rise 15 to 25 cents, topping $11.95.
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RED Moscow I
Berlin
Bolshevist
Moscow
Communist International
Catalonia
Abner
Jim
Praddock
Park
Amelia
Republic Head
UNION
National Guard
Struthers
Company F
Blanchester
Planet
Hunt
UN Mann Ad
Los Angeles
John West Hunt
Father Divine
Delight Jewett
California
Colorado
Leon Yankwich
Joint Conference Committee of Legislature
New York
Chicago
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