Massie Case Sentry Slap Probed in Shanghai
U S Consul reports a Japanese sentry slapped Mrs Massie wife of Lieut Thomas H Massie linked to the 1932 Honolulu Massie case. Tokyo officials defend action saying Thompson of New Brunswick N J was also slapped in a routine search with third power nations not having special status in occupied Chinese territory.
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Shanghai
United States
Tokyo
Louis H. Gourley
Tsingtao
Shangtung Province
State Department
Thomas H. Massie
Honolulu
Massie
U. S
Florence Storms
Chewelah
Wash
Thalia Fortescue Massie
Kahanawai
John M. Allison
Nanking
J. C. Thompson
New Brunswick
N. J
Thompson
China
New Mobile Sound System To Broadcast Roosevelt Speech
War Department announces a large portable sound system will broadcast President Roosevelt's Gettysburg address on July 3 in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The unit is described as one of the largest of its kind and will be deployed for the event.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gettysburg
War Department
Shanghai Faces Fresh Attacks as Police Brace for Terrorists
Shanghai reports a new outbreak of anti Japanese attacks as international police set special precautions. A seventh Chinese citizen was shot within 24 hours linked to the Shanghai Rice Deal, alleged to have moved rice to Japanese forces.
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Shanghai
Poem Snippet Teases Women With Contrarian Lines
A columnist cites anonymous verses titled Here’s to Woman and To The Coquette. The lines praise and mock women, portraying contrasts from queens to maids and teasing with a mocking eye and flirtatious kiss. The piece highlights sexist tone in a historical context.
Change of Venue Won't Be Sought For Accused Man
Francis M. Carroll 43, a former deputy sheriff, says he is willing to be tried by Oxford County citizens for the murder of Dr. James G. Littlefield. The trial was reset to July 25 by Superior Court Justice William Fisher after defense sought only an extension. Paul N. Dwyer, 18, is serving a life sentence for the case.
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Paris
Francis M. Carroll
Oxford County
James G. Littlefield
Paul N. Dwyer
Clyde H. Chapman
Edward J. Beauchamp
Lewiston
Carroll
Superior Court
William Fisher
Maine
Dwyer
Barbara
Lydia
Cumberland County
Dr. Littlefield
New Jersey
Ralph M. Ingalls
Littlefield
Marble Champ Heads to National Marbles Tourney
Elwood Williams, Handley high school student and district marble champion, travels with his guardians to Wildwood New Jersey for the national tournament starting Monday. The Winchester Evening Star funds a week of all expenses as he seeks the national title amid 40 state entrants and 6,000 seat stands planned for the Wildwood Beach Club rings.
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Elwood Williams
Russell H. Williams
South
Cameron Street
Evening Star
Otis
Snag) Sargent
Elwood
Wildwood
N. J
Otis (Snag) Sargent
Handley High School
Winchester Evening Star
Wildwood-by-the-Sea
South Cameron Street
United States
George W. Krogman
Wildwood Beach Club
Schellenger Avenue
B. C. Ingersoll, Jr
Public Works
Paul van Camp
Pittsburgh
Big Steel to Face Monopoly Probes and Hearings
United States Steel faces public hearings on monopolies and price fixing, with September hearings planned as data gathers for the broad inquiry. The price cut to near 1928 levels aims to boost demand, while wage effects remain disputed and not yet linked to the cuts.
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Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Edward R.us
Corporation
Stettinius
U. S. Steel
Bulkley
Ohio
George
D.-Ga
Steel Corporation
New York
Scion Missing in Sandia Mountains Search
Medill McCormick heir to the Chicago publishing family is the subject of a large Southwest search after a hiking trip with a companion in New Mexico's Sandia Mountains. The body of their companion Richard Whitmer was found at a cliff base.
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Sandia Mountains
New Mexico
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Southwest
Young McCormick
Albuquerque
U. S
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
Richard Whitmer
Central Press
N. M
John “Medill McCormick
Sandia
Mother
Hope Of Finding McCormick Still Is Entertained
A search for John Medill McCormick continues on New Mexico's Sandia mountain after the death of Richard Whitmer. Governor Tingley leads morning efforts as Mrs McCormick Simms aids at the base CCC camp. Officials believe the climbers were tied by rope when Whitmer fell and McCormick remains missing on the sheer cliff.
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McCormick
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
CCC
Whitmer
North Sandia Peak
John Medill McCormick
Virginia physicist unveils miniature star system device
Dr. J W Beans of the University of Virginia demonstrates a small star system inside a vacuum chamber that floats on a magnetic field. The device spins at speeds up to 1 3 million rpm and aims to isolate and concentrate viruses for disease research.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
Toronto
Ont
University of Virginia
American Physical Society
J. W. Beans
Virginia
Pos
Dr. Beans
Much Showery Weather Likely
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows showers in the Middle Atlantic States at the start and likely along the coast to midweek, with showers again toward the end. Temperatures start moderate then rise to warmer as the week progresses.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Middle Atlantic
Packing House Open Ready to Receive Early Apples
Winchester Cold Storage Packing House invites deliveries of early apples. Contact J. Ashby Sprint at phone 1377 for arrangements. Location details and timing implied by the listing.
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Winchester Cold Storage Packing House
J. Ashby Sprint
Bus Driver Heroically Rescues 17 Flood Refugees Near Parkersburg
Seventeen stranded travelers from a Washington to St. Louis Greyhound bus were saved near Goose Creek, West Virginia after flood waters rose to three feet. Driver Earl Phillips used a signal cord as a towline and helped passengers, aided by Everett Radford and Udell Sears, to shore while one Oklahoma woman, Mrs. Milton Roe Sabin, nearly drowned but was saved.
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Capitol
Greyhound
Winchester
Washington
St. Louis
Parkersburg
W. Va
St Louis
Brush Fork
Earl Phillips
Cincinnati
Phillips
Milton Roe Sabin
Tulsa
Okla
Sabin
Home-Owners’ Loan Association Inc
Everett Radford
Carthage
Udell Sears
Rockland
Goose Creek
New Store Opens Monday in Bell Building Winchester
The People's Duty Drug Store opens Monday at its new Bell Building location at Boscawen and Lou doun in Winchester Virginia. The threefold expansion includes a 40 foot marble and stainless steel soda fountain and lunch counter with seating for 24, new fixtures and a rear prescription department. W Ford Barry remains manager and notes additions include a complete poultry line and other new merchant offerings.
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People’s Dutg
Bell
Boscawen
Loudoun
Virginia
W. Ford Barry
Barry
Winchester
Pittsburgh Newspapers Back On Streets After Nine Day Strike
Pittsburgh workers in two afternoon plants return to production as publishers and staff resume newspaper distribution after a nine day strike suspension.
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Pittsburgh
Assignment Sought by Brucetown Woolen Mills
Stockholders approve a general deed of assignment to trustees J Sloan Kuykendall A Taylor Ritter and Burr P Harrison to convey all assets including goodwill for creditors protection.31 creditors owed 37142.05 with two parcels totaling seven acres near Winchester plus machinery and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucetown Woolen Mills, Inc
Chettbrook
Winchester
J. Sloan Kuykendall
A. Taylor Ritter
Burr P. Harrison
Brucetown
Wreck of Olympian Train Claims Youth Near Ingomar
Seattle dispatch reports the westbound Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Olympian collided head on with an eastbound CCC train near Ingomar Montana killing youth Robert Eckert and injuring four trainmen and seven passengers. Engineers S A Torgenson and Fred Parkinson were among the injured. The Olympian had run through orders to meet the CCC train at Ingomar. The CCC party was en route to Camp Dix New Jersey for 120 men from Fort George Wright Spokane when the crash occurred at 3 45 A M Mountain time. Eckert was in the mess car preparing breakfast for the group.
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Seattle
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
CCC
Ingomar Mont
J.S. Bahl
Robert Eckert
Custer Creek
Miles City
S. A. Torgenson
S. Slothaner
Olympian
Fred Parkinson
A. J. Perry
Bahl
Forsyth
Mont
Ingomar
Eckhart
Fort George Wright
Spokane
Camp Dix
N. J
Paris Embassy demands retaliation to end bombings
Feverish efforts aim to pacify Barcelona authorities who blame Mussolini and Hitler. The Paris embassy insists retaliation unless bombings stop, reflecting tense diplomatic strain with militant actions attributed to European powers.
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Barcelona
Mussolini
Hitler
Franco bombs threaten Spanish city reprisals warned by Paris
Paris reports Mussolini warned that if Barcelona bombs Italian cities open war would follow with Italian army and navy. Bonnet called Spanish threat vague though and warned Barcelona to face consequences of action. Spanish embassy threatens reprisals against Italian dominated towns in Balearic islands if Franco does not stop bombing civilians.
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Paris
Italy
France
Barcelona
Mussolini
Foreign Office
Georges Bonnet
Renato Prunas
Chargi d
Bonnet
Re — Gonvareiy
Omyahan Ate
Germany
Balearic Islands
Franco
Spain
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Carnegie Illinois Steel
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Scion
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
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Brucetown Mill
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