Roosevelt declares court fight victory amid reform push
President Roosevelt announced that all objectives of his 1937 court reorganization program have been achieved as he prepared for three weeks of work and recreation. He noted liberal aims prevailed and cited enactment of seven reform measures, six of which became law.
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Rosevelt
Hyde Park
Washington
St Canadian
Upreme Court
Recallig
Spreme Court
Cvere
Roose
Elt
Supreme Court
Meares
Court of Legislative
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Senate
Agress
Mrr
Congress
Canada
Photographer Dies in Mountain Climbing Tragedy
Gerald Clark, 30, a commercial photographer from Denver, died on a ledge high on Lane's Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park after a 20 hour exposure amid rain and snow. Companions Eddieison and Edmund Cooper could not assist, and Clark fell while lowering from the east face during a severe storm. Coroner cites seizure and concussion as causes. storm bales spread across western mountains.
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Colo
Nver
Ckalter
Lane
Gerald Clark
Rocky Moun N National Park
Clark
Petanes
Eddie Tison
Edmund Cooper
Denver
Orville Miller
Lavner County
Cr Mountains
Yellowstone
Kenal Park
Pikes Teak
Nebraska
Man amputates own foot after accident on freight train
Attendants at St hospital report Hiram Day of Somerville, aged 42, amputated his own foot with a pocket knife after a fall on a train. He bound the wound with a tourniquet he made from a strip of cloth, then crawled a mile to Vermilion and was transported by ambulance. Surgeons later amputated about five inches above the knee.
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Rermsieg
Teday
Hiram
Vermilon
Police Cruiser Injures Woman in Columbus Morning Incident
A Columbus woman, Alvin Bauer, was injured at 10 30 this morning when she walked into the side of a police cruiser driven by Detective Ivan Penn on Main Street near Third. She was taken to Good Samaritan hospital and later discharged after treatment. Also reported: two New Jersey hitchhikers injured in a head on collision north of Zanesville remained in serious condition at Good Samaritan hospital.
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Alvin Bauer
Columbus
Ivan Penn
Main Street
Third
Bauer
New Jersey
Zanesville
Frazersburg
Good Samaritan Hospital
Benjamin Stars
George Lawler
Cleveland
Jersey
Lawler
Florence Carnavos
Moxahala Avenue
Wedding Joke Backfires As Man Faces DUI Charges
John Hil fers hid a wedding motorcycle plan to surprise the bride. He rolled the bike from the shed when two policemen stopped him. He was charged with driving while under the influence, taking the machine without consent, using it without insurance, and lacking a license. He paid an eight dollar fine.
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Lonnon
John Hilfers
Ohio Presidential Vote Totals Reported by Secretary of State
Official tallies from Ohio show President race results with 3.495 Republican electors and 1,174 for the highest Federal. The Hamilton County election board clerk Joseph Clark and Canates library notes refer to canal project ties and national sentiment on future cuts. The piece cites discussion of Republican and Democratic positions and possible canal approval timing.
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Ohio
Columbus
Secretary of States
Joseph Clark
Hamilton County
Eection Board
Canates
Sonal
Washington
Opeon Amisunz
Camela
Unio Vana Opeyrrange
Army Rte
Almes
National Intelligencer
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Hat Manl
Ress
Oho
Mansfield
James Made
Moere and
Danzig Crisis Fears Rise Amid German Press Attacks
Chinese and Japanese reports detail anti American demonstrations in Kaifeng and Shansi as mission groups flee or face pressure. The Peiping press notes British product bans and a new anti British campaign twist at Pekaiho with merchants told to hike prices for British customers.
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Baptist Mission
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Chengdho
Henan
Shansi
Ralph C. Scoville
Los Angeles
China Inland Mission
Hwohsien
Taiyuan
Peiping Chronicle
Peiping
Chasan
Tsinan- Tsingtao
Shantung
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Tientsin
Hai River
Hitler Threats Rise as Poland Danzig Tension Grows
Allied and neutral newspapers report Berlin and Warsaw sparring over Danzig with DNB accusing Poland of provocation while Warsaw cites Polish gun readiness. Danzig leaders travel amid rumors of meetings with Hitler. Britain rehearses air defenses as naval and land maneuvers loom. King Zog and Queen Geraldine arrive in Versailles with their infant prince Skander.
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Danzig
Fuehrer
Associated Press
Europe
Berlin
Poland
DNB
Warsaw
Czas
Free City
Germany
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobashter
Albert Forster
Salzburg
Adolf Hitler
Britain
France
North Sea
England
Yorkshire
King George
Westmouth
Admiralty
Ma‘hines
Naval Air Service
Zog
Geraldine
Versailles
Albania
Italy
Chateau de la Maye
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Prince Skander
Hopkins Cites Business Gains Across July Recovery Push
Secretary Hopkins says July continued the May start of a recovery movement with activity ahead of last year in most major sectors. He notes improved third quarter prospects, larger wholesale retailer commitments, and expanded industrial purchasing. Clothing lines show gains. construction peaks. durable goods like autos, appliances rise. gasoline use hits records. incomes rise from May to June.
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Washington
Hopkins
Murder Trial Opens At Cambridge
Cambridge Louis W Pope 19 of Cincinnati goes on trial before Common Pleas Judge Milton H Turner charged with first degree murder in the holdup slaying of former Guernsey County Sheriff R L Willis 67 last May 30. John Mitchell 17 of Van Wert held on first degree murder charge. Willis was shot three times per written confession. Indicted by special grand jury June 7. Willis served two terms as sheriff. partner Alva Alder man was slain in 1933 during a holdup at the same tourist camp. assailants yet unfound.
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Journal To the Signal
Cambridge
Louis W. Pope
Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Milton H. Turner
Guernsey County
R. £. Wilts
John Mitchell
van Wert
Pope
Willis
Guerny
Alva
65 Ohio Cities At Polls Today
Voters in about 65 Ohio municipalities decide local issues in the off year primaries. About 135 cities cancelled their primaries under a new law, saving an estimated $50,000. Dayton votes on a 21.5 mill tax levy for poor relief amid shifting approval thresholds.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Neffner
Secretary of State
Dayton
Bigelow files Ohio pension amendment petitions
Cincinnati preacher-politician Bigelow today filed petitions bearing 253000 signatures with the secretary of state to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot doubling old age pensions. He reserved about 100000 signatures to cover shortfalls within a 20 day grace period. Secretary Griffith said he would check signatures forthwith. 2418577 valid signatures were required. If certified, the proposal will go to a vote in November. A rally is set for Sunday on the capitol steps to support the amendment.
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Colu
Bigelow
Cincinnati
Secretary of State
Ohio
Griffith
Secretary of States
Capitol P
Oon
Death divides Sears radio team in Alhambra
Blanche Ethel Sears, 68, died yesterday in Alhambra California. She and her husband Benjamin Sears retired after their golden wedding anniversary. They spent 66 years broadcasting and 35 years before that in the cage, marking a long radio career split by death.
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Sears
Alhambra
Calif
Pioneer
Grandpa
Grandma Sears
Blanche Ethel Sears
Benjamin
Slain Chinese Found in Lake Near Cleveland
Coroner rules Wong Youn a 40 year old Chinese man died from a brain hemorrhage after a concussion. Police say he was identified as a fundraiser for a Chinese war relief group and found evidence of a Chinese tribunal in a local association hall with bamboo poles and placards calling rivals slacker.
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Cleveland
Samuel R. Gerber
Wong Youn
Lake Erie
Youn
Gerber
Sergi
Martin Cooney
Cooney
John T. Fleming
Tong
Yoan
Runaway Horse Incident Ends With Injuries In Montrose
In Montrose California deputies intervene as a runaway horse bolts through a storefront area. Fulfer overtakes Mise Patrician Repath, freeing a girl from the tack. They attempt to ride the horse to the stable, but the horse resists and pulls away, resulting in Pulfer suffering a broken thumb and contusions.
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Montrose
Calif
Sheff LA
Wild West
Pulfer
Pearson Faults Chicago Over Hoover Radio Claim
Washington columnist Drew Pearson challenged University of Chicago officials over a radio assertion alleging Hoover supporters bought Republican delegates in the south. The university demanded a formal apology while denying approval of the statement. A Chicago official denied Woodward acted without Hutchins consent and said others opposed the claim. In Clinton, an 11 year old drowned as a cloudburst caused extensive damage with two inches of rain in two hours.
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Tox
Drew Pearson
Washington
University of Chicago
Pearson
Hoover
South
Fr Woodward
Audients
Bir
Wroodwart
Hutchine
Roy
Clinton
Taa
Push Cleanup In Louisiana
Federal investigators lift pressure on Louisiana politics with indictments of former Governor Richard Lewers and Seymour Weiss for illegal hot oil profits under the Connally act. O. John Rogge says grand jury sessions will run overtime as more big violators are pursued and tampering rumors surface. Shirley Wimberly warns Attorney General Murphy against overreach in evolving federal actions.
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New
Dallas
Texas
Texas Refining Company
Rogge
Abraham L. Shushan
Longfield
Shirley G. Wimberly
Earl K. Long
Frank Murphy
Louisiana
Gas Act dispute reaches impasse over East Ohio case
Washington report on a stalemate over applying the natural gas act to East Ohio Gas. FPC inspectors seek information on transport costs from West Virginia to Ohio, while East Ohio challenges the act’s reach and requests rate fairness reviews. The dispute could be delayed by court action and a summer recess, with potential effects on wholesale charges by Hope Natural Gas and Ohio communities seeking lower rates.
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Washington
East Ohio Gas Company
Federal Power Commission
West Virginia
Ohio
East Ohio Company
East Ohio
Hope Natural Gas Company
Hope
Ohio!rner
Commission
Johnson II Conceded Victory in Kentucky Primary
Lieutenant Governor Keen Johnson, backed by the Kentucky Federation of Labor, conceded after unofficial returns from 2,092 of 4,057 precincts showed Johnson at 198,753 to 173,851 for John Young Brown. In the Republican race, Client Judge King Swope led Lexington over Somerset’s John Sherman Cooper with 73,916 to 49,829 votes.
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Johnson II
Kentucky
Louisville
Keen Johnson
Kentucky Federation of Labor
John Young Brown
Johnson
Drown
Prmary
King Sxore
Lexington
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
Swope
A. B. Chandler
Cooper
Three Roosevelt judges study 1937 little steel strikes
Three third circuit Court of Appeals judges deliberated on conflicting reasons from Republic Steel and the National Labor Relations Board over the 1937 little steel strikes. The court heard arguments on a board order requiring reinstatement of 5,000 strikers with back pay and the disbanding of an independent employee group. The steel firm contests that cessation of the CIO contract was the sole cause.
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Philadelphia
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Roosevelt
Republic Steel Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Little Steel
Republic
Steel Workers Organizing Committer, Cio
Labor Board
John Biggs, Jr
Albert B. Maris
William Clark
Republic Challenges
Ohio
Luther Day
Cleveland
Robert B. Watts
NLRB
United States
Tom Girdler
Watts
Family keeps up with mail in Ambridge tale
The Enzstrom family in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, has exchanged hundreds of pieces of mail over 45 years. Five women in the clan have kept track of correspondence, building a large postage bill as they write a weekly note.
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Ambridge
Mra al A. Enzstrom
Robedys
Lancaster Mayor Primary Fights Highlight Campaign Pledges
Earl Caldwell seeks the Democratic nomination for Lancaster mayor against Noble Teen. Caldwell vows to root out corruption if elected, while Tom Meyers of Fairfield County Central Labor backs the campaign. Gambling is not a campaign issue. Hutdde is unopposed for the Republican nomination.
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Lancaster
Earl Caldwell
Noble
Tom Meyers
Fairfield County Central
Hutdde
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