Solomon Chicago Judge Must Pick Parents for This Baby
In Chicago Judge Ed mund K. Jarecki faces custody in a child case involving 31 month old Donald Horst Regan. The two families the Horsts and the Regans claim guardianship after an abduction dispute and a two year search. Donald remains in care as the court weighs return to foster parents or grant to his biological mother and father.
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Solomon
Chicago
Edmund K. Jarecki
Donald Horst-Regan
Otto Horst
John Regan
Regans
Horst
Donald
Regan
Catholic Priests in Spain Regain Rights
Valencia reports government order licensing priests and nuns to officiate private services to restore church presence in Republican Spain. About 14 000 clergy on Loyalist side to receive licenses as cabinet approves arming religious duties and remarriage blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
U.P
Republican
Spain
Ten Hurt When Greyhound Bus Skids West of Lucas County
A Chicago bound Greyhound bus with 36 passengers slid off Route 20 four miles west of the Lucas County line Sunday night. Ten persons were hospitalized with injuries varying in severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
WUPJ
Greyhound
Lucas County
Snell Urges Special GOP Convention
House Minority Leader Bertrand H. Snell of New York urged a special Republican convention to review public issues ahead of next year’s congressional campaign. He suggested highlighting Republicans’ congressional record and noted Hoover’s reported interest, while denying knowledge of any active plans.
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Washington
U.P
House
Bertrand H. Snell
N. Y
Snell
Hoover
Congress
Republic
Cleveland
Ohio GOP Future Hinges On 1938 Balloting
Ohio Republicans and editors say the 1938 elections could decide the party’s fate. The proving ground will test if the GOP has the winning punch to challenge New Deal dominance and unite dissidents across Republicans, Democrats, and independents against Roosevelt. If the Roosevelt course widens, a split or coalition could emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Spotted Fever Fatal to Man in Parkersburg Area
Robert Smith 30 of Hemlock Grove died in Parkersburg Hospital after a two week illness, likely spotted fever from a tick bite. An autopsy was held to confirm. He leaves a wife, a young son, his parents Mr and Mrs Asbury Smith of Sumner, and several siblings. Another suspected spotted fever case involves a Meigs County child hospitalized for treatment.
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Pomeroy
Robert Smith
Hemlock Grove
Parkersburg
Prospective Bridegroom Drowned in Akron Lake
Lawrence Yoch em age 29 of Cleveland drowned when a canoe carrying four people capsize d in Nesmith Lake near Akron. His fiancee Nancy Dowd age 21 tried to swim to shore for help but collapsed and was rescued by other canoeists. The couple had been planning to marry.
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Akron
Iu.p
Lawrence Yochem
Cleveland
Nesmith Lake
Nancy Dowd
Man Beaten Robbed in Columbus Restaurant
Angelo Ivan Hoff a 54 year old restaurant proprietor was seriously injured today when a bandit beat him with a gun butt and robbed him of 100 dollars in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
U.P
Angelo Ivanhoff
Copeland Says Roosevelt Destroys Democratic Harmony
Senator Royal S. Copeland accuses President Roosevelt of harming party unity. He cites reports Roosevelt backs Jeremiah T. Mahoney for New York City mayor, arguing government has become personal rather than democratic.
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Washington
U.P
Royal Ss. Copeland
N. Y
Roosevelt
Jefferson Island
New York Supreme Court
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
New York City
Copeland
United States
White House
Science Loses Fight to Save Baby Born From Dead Mother
In Philadelphia the infant Frances Mary Boccansini died on day two after a Caesarean birth from her mother's body. Doctors cited prematurity and maternal illness, despite oxygen support and multiple mucus-clearing tubes. The father Dominic Boccansini plans funeral Masses for mother Mary and baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
Nature
Science
Frances Mary Boccansini
Dominic Boccansini
Mary
Chrysler Auto Plants Reopen After Shutdown
Twenty one thousand workers at the Plymouth plant and feeder factories return to work under an agreement for an independent Chrysler union investigation and a hearing on four discharge cases. The plant had been idle after a brief sit down strike and lockout following fighting that injured nine. Chrysler officials pledged no discrimination against workers involved in the Plymouth incident. The conflict centered on an Independent Association of Chrysler Employes described as a company union by the United Automobile Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U.R
Plymouth Motor Company
Chrysler
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
United Automobile Workers
Ex-Convict Escapes Jail By Digging Through Wall
Don ald Devore a 32 year old burglary suspect and ex convict escaped from Jefferson County jail by digging a 16 inch wall in the bullpen basement over three nights He threatened to cut the throat of fellow prisoner Emmett Pizzoferrato if warned He covered the opening with pictures by day
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
U.P
Donald Devore
Jefferson County
Devore
Emmett Pizzoferrato
Ohioans Ready for Primary Elections
Ohioans prepared for primary elections in about 200 municipalities on Tuesday. Secretary of State W. J. Kennedy expected around 750000 ballots cast for nominations. The state department will not set up machinery to tabulate partial returns.
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Columbus
AU P
Ohionas
W. J. Kennedy
Priest and Neighbor Drowned Near Cleveland
Rev. Fr. Ludwig L. Kuznik 29 assistant pastor of St. Marys Church and neighbor Anthony Zorko 21 were drowned in an undertow at the mouth of the Chagrin River Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leveland -U.P
Ludwig L. Kuznik
St. Mary’s Church
Anthony Zorko
Chagrin River
Sugar cubes spark arrest in girl’s killing case
New York police linked six sugar cubes found in Irma Louise Pradier’s pocket to Mounted Patrolman Arthur H. Chalmers, who confessed after investigators traced clues from a pea green sedan to a .38 revolver used in the July 19 slaying. A diver will search the Harlem River for the weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Arthur H. Chalmers
Irma Louise Pradier
Chalmers
Harlem
Miss Pradier
Threat of War Grows as Tokyo China Tensions Rise
Shanghai dispatch reports Japan and China edging toward general war amid border clashes. A Japanese naval officer and a seaman were killed by Chinese militiamen and Tokyo war minister Sugiyama urged China to halt resistance or face broad hostilities. Over 60,000 homeless Chinese filled Shanghai streets, fearing renewed aerial bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
Japan
China
Peiping
Peace Preservation Corps
Tokyo
Sugiyama
Strike in Silk Mills Started in Paterson
A nation wide silk industry strike began in Paterson with 6000 workers not reporting for shift. Local employers spokesman David L. Cole said mills would stay closed and join with a national bargaining effort for 50 000 workers to stabilize the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
U.P
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Paterson Mills
David L. Cole
Cole
Gunmen Storm Jail To Free Ex-Convicts
Gunmen stormed Oak Lawn jail in Chicago suburb and freed two ex-convicts shortly before midnight. Police say four to six men battered a cell door and escaped while guards were away investigating a traffic crash.
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Chicago
Oak Lawn
Marriage of Meigs Jurist Is Announced
Miss Katherine B. Schlaegel and Probate Judge Emmet W. Peoples of Meigs County were married Saturday at the bride’s Lincoln Terrace home. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones of New York City, the groom’s brother in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Katherine B. Schlaegel
Emmet W. Peoples
Meigs County
Lincoln Terrace
Thomas Jesse Jones
New York City
Custody Fight Delayed by Court Probe in Chicago Baby Case
Otto and Martha Horst seek immediate custody of 31 month old Donald seized by his real mother Lydia Regan who has signed over adoption rights. Judge Jarecki orders a full investigation into past lives of both families before ruling. A warrant issue arises over a doctor tied to a disputed birth certificate.
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Chicago
Otto
Martha Horst
Donald
Lydia Regan
Horsts
John E. Johnson
St. Vincent's Orphanage
Edmond K. Jarecki
John Regan
Joseph Lavin
Horst
John
Johnson
Bass Lake
Knox
Ind
Jarecki
Focal Court
John A. Rose
Logan Pastor William H. Harble Dies at 69
The Rev. William H. Harble age 69 died at White Cross Hospital Columbus after extended illness. He had served 30 years as a Methodist Episcopal clergyman and led circuits in Hocking and Perry counties. He leaves a wife and four children. Funeral at Logan Methodist Church at 2:30 p m Wednesday with Rev. C O Jones and Rev. W N Shank assisting. Burial Strawn Cemetery Washington Township.
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Hocking
Perry County
Masonic Fraternity
Lodema Harbie
Lafe Myers
Canton
Albert Archer
Columbus
Paul Harbie
Ear Logan
Thomas
Columb
Lucius Harble
Washington Township
Methodist Episcopal
C. O. Jones
W. N. Shank
Strawn Cemetery
Man Held Over Death of Son in Mississippi Field
Fifteen year old Levoid Barnett testified to a grand jury in Belzoni Mississippi that her father J. E. Barnett beat her brother Jordan 11 to death and left the body to be found in a cotton field. The case centers on first degree murder charges as the suspect denies the killing.
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Belzoni
Miss
U.P
Levoid Barnett
Webb Plantation
J. E. Barnett
Jordan Barnett
Barnett
Middleport Man Hurt In Crash Sunday Night
Shirley Abbott of Middleport was taken to Gallipolis hospital for head injuries after a Sunday night crash at Union Ave and Rutland Road. Baker Smith, also of Middleport, and Marie Van Meter of West Columbia were in the Abbott car. Smith reportedly faces a leaving scene charge. Roy Haning of Carpenter and three others in his vehicle sustained minor injuries.
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Middleport
Shirley Abbott
Gallipolis Hospital
Union Ave
Rutland Road
Baker Smith
Marie van Meter
West Columbia
W. Va
Smith
Abbott
Roy Haning
Carpenter
Quintuplets Suffer From Head Colds
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe said all five Dionne quintuplets had head colds. He cancelled their scheduled appearances and barred visitors to the nursery after the children were caught in a heavy rain while at play.
French Warships Patrol Med Route To Safeguard Merchant Ships
French warships and planes patrolled the Mediterranean between Marseilles and North Africa with orders to fire on any attacking aircraft. The movement aims to protect vital merchant shipping along a key French communication lane.
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Guard Merchants Parish
Mediterranean Sea
Marseilles
North Africa
Cotton crop hits six year high at 15.593 million bales
The Agriculture Department estimates 1937 U.S. cotton production at 15.593 million bales, a six year peak. The figure signals stronger demand for cotton and prompts Congress to consider federal loan support to stabilize farm prices.
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Washington Au.ri
Agriculture Department
Delay Trial of Minister Who Defied Nazis
Berlin wire reports the trial of Rev. Martin Niemoller of the Evangelical Church was postponed indefinitely after a Sunday night demonstration by thousands of his followers. Niemoller has been in Gestapo custody since June 25, amid fears of renewed protests at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.P
Martin Niemoller
Niemeller
Gestapo
Crack Train Derailment Near Carlyle Injures 150 Knights
Investigators and police seek suspects after a steel plate bolt across a B&O track derails the Diplomat near Carlyle Illinois. About 150 passengers, including Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 122 from Cincinnati en route to Tulsa Oklahoma, were endangered as the 65 mph train left the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 122
Cincinnati
Tulsa
Okla
Ex-Convict Confesses He Attacked Girl Eight
Lawrence Marks a 49 year old ex convict confessed to strangling and assaulting Paula Magagna an eight year old girl in her Brooklyn home on July 31 Authorities plan a swift trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lawrence Marks
Paula Magagna
Brooklyn
Marks
Slain Union Organizer Sparks Illinois Mine War
Springfield, Ill. Glenn Stufflebeam, 40, organizer for the Progressive Miners of America, was killed by a shotgun blast from another car. PMA organizer John Schneider and UMWA investigator R. K. Moody were detained. Moody admitted firing a shotgun for testing, and police traced the license plate to Moody’s car.
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Springfield
Ill
U.P— Podice
Glenn Stufflebeam
Progressive Miners of America
John Schneider
PMA
R. K. Moody
United Mine Workers of America
Schneider
Stufflebeam
Here
Moody
Attacker of 13-Year-Old Found Dead in Jail Cell
BEL AIR Md June county coroner's jury examined an autopsy to explain the death of Dr Armen Greenhut the doctor convicted of assaulting a 13 year old school girl patient. The jail physician Dr Charles Richardson said he had been drugged adding to the puzzling circumstances in the Bel Air jail death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bel Air
U.P
Armen Greenhut
Radical change in planes of future
Donald W. Douglas, builder of the world’s largest airplane factory, forecast a ten year hence “Flying Wing” carrying 100 passengers and baggage. Hall L. Hibbard of Lockheed agreed airliners will shed tails and that the wing could travel about 500 miles per hour, crossing the country in six hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Donald W. Douglas
Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft
Douglas
Fall down basement stairs kills Cleveland man
Joseph Ko zar, 47, died after tumbling down basement steps when his heel caught. He sustained a skull fracture and died at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Joseph Kozar
Father Daughter Confess Flogging Alleged Slanderer
In New Orleans Oscar Kay 47 a WPA worker demanded indictments for Alfred Willis 56 and his daughter Louise 17 whom he says tied him to a tree and flogged him over gossip. The pair admitted the act police released them without bail.
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Kay
WPA
Alfred Willis
Louise
Willis
Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Wages and Hours Bill Sent To The House Floor
The House Labor Committee forwarded the amended wages and hours bill with a report denouncing chiseling employers. It seeks a federal labor standards board to set wages up to 40 cents an hour and hours not less than 40 per week, aiming to spur employment and shorten long work hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Labor Committee
House
Senate
Congress
National Labor Standards Board
United States
Senate House
White House
Treasury
Golver Breaks Back in Belmont Hills Golf Match
Julius Hart, 44, of Wheeling West Virginia, broke his back after being struck by a tee shot during a golf match at Belmont Hills Country Club on Sunday in St Clairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golver
ST. Clairsville
U.P
Julius Hart
Wheeling
W. Va
Belmont Hills Country Club
Boy Dies After Bedford Crash
Five year old Louis Podlesak Jr. died from injuries after his father's car crashed with another vehicle in Bedford. The collision occurred in a suburban area and the boy succumbed to his wounds early today.
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Boy Dles
Cleveland
WUP
Louis Podlesak, Jr
Bedford
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