European Peace Efforts Hit Snag Sudeten Party Rejects Plan
United Press reports Europe’s peace prospects dim as the Sudeten Germans reject Czechoslovak government plans for minority settlement. Spain’s Civil War and Franco’s stance on an international non intervention committee add to tensions. Britain, France, Italy, and Germany grapple with possible interventions and shifting alliances threatening Chamberlain’s peace aims.
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Sudeten Party
United Press
Europe
London
Great Britain
Ainst
Czechoslovakia
Viscount Runciman
Spain
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Italy
Germany
France
Britain
Franco
Neville Chamberlain
Chinese Ghosts Fight Japs and Mosquitoes
Chinese forces wearing elaborate mosquito net hoods fought a Japanese flanking move on the west shore of Poyang Lake, 100 miles southwest of Hankow. The hoods made soldiers look like ghosts at night as malaria mosquitos harassed both sides in the lake region.
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Shanghai
U.P
Poyang Lake
Hankow
Squirrel Hunters Asked to Help 1938 Survey
Columbus Ohio Conservation Division requests cooperation from squirrel hunters for a survey with Ohio Wildlife Research Station on the 1938 harvest. Hunters to report days hunted, squirrels bagged, and injuries. Also notes Elmer F Andrews names Donald M Nelson as textile industry board chairman under the new labor standards act. Cincinnati widow of George B Cox dies at 84.
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Columbus
Ohio Conservation Division
Ohio Wildlife Research Station
Textile Board
Washington
U.P
Elmer F. Andrews
Donald M. Nelson
Sears-Roebuck
Textile Industry Board
New Labor Standards Act
Cincinnati
George B. Cox
Police Seek Elusive Mad Murderer In Cleveland Run
Police led by Elliott Ness raid Cuyahoga mud flats raiding squads rounded up 58 hoboes to fingerprint and question after two more dismembered bodies were found near the waterfront dump. Clues include a ragged blue coat a patchwork quilt a cracker box a fish container and a sugar sack. The killer known as the Mad Butcher has eluded authorities for four years and 13 murders.
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Cleveland
U.P
Kingsbury Run
Elliott Ness
City Safety
Ness
FBI
Washington
Dairy Surplus Hits New High Problem Rises
The Department of Agriculture reports milk production in August at a nine year peak, with 4 percent higher output than August 1937 and storage holdings up 5 percent from June 1937. Demand in fluid markets is down from last year, but year-end prospects hint some improvement. Prices likely to stay flat due to large production and hefty stocks.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Agriculture
Department
U S and Canada Look toJoin Wheat Subsidy Plan
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace proposed a joint wheat subsidy plan with Canada to share world markets. He aims to hold conferences with Canadian representatives before unveiling an American program to sell up to 100,000,000 bushels of the record 400,000,000 bushel surplus on international markets.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Canada
Keeper of Bloodhounds Is Charged With Murder
CROCKETT Texas U P Rob Parker keeper of the bloodhounds at Eastham State Prison Farm was in Houston County Jail charged with murdering John Frazier an escaped convict who had offered to surrender Frazier was among eight convicts who broke from the prison farm earlier in the week Six of the eight are dead a seventh surrendered and one Roy King 26 remains at large
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Crockett
Tex
U.P
Rob Parker
Eastham State
Houston County
John Frazier
Frazier
Roy King
Undertow Causes Death at Cleveland Lake Erie Scene
A strong undertow from churning waves caused the drowning of 21 year old Glenn Kraly at Lake Erie in Cleveland. Rescue crews reported the incident occurred today as conditions remained perilous along the shore.
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Lake Erie
iGlenn Kraly
Insane Killer of 100 Dies in State Asylum
TAUNTON Massachusetts U P Jane Toppan an 81 year old nurse who once said she killed at least 100 persons died at Taunton State Hospital. Acquitted of murder by insanity she was committed for life on June 24 1992. She confessed to killing 31 with poison over 15 years and vaguely recalled other poisonings.
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Taunton
Mass
U.P
Jane Toppan
Taunton State Hospital
Jolly Jane
State Hospital
Philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn Dies At 89
Saranac Lake N Y Adolph Lewisohn mining operator and philanthropist died at 89 his fortune came from mining in Central and South America and his charitable gifts to civic projects universities prisons museums the blind and homeless totaled more than 2 000 000 two decades ago and had continued to grow since then
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
U.P
Adolph Lewisohn
Lewisohn
Central
South America
Roosevelt Pledges U S Aid to Canada If Threatened
President Roosevelt told Queens University in Kingston that the United States will not stand idly by if Canada is threatened by a foreign power. He urged neighborly cooperation, noted American and Canadian unity, and received an honorary Doctor of Law degree.
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Kingston
Ont
U.P
Roosevelt
Queens University Today
United States
Canada
Americas
Domini
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Ontario University
McKenzie King
International Bridge
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence Waterway
Woman Testifies She Saw Communist Card For Bridges
Margaret A. Kerr of the Los Angeles Better America Federation testified before the House committee that she saw a Communist Party membership card she believed attested to Harry Bridges membership. The Labor Department handed over Bridges files amid violence threats reports and questioned his true identity as an alien with possible name Bridges.
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Harry Bridges
Washington
U.P
Margaret A. Kerr
Los Angeles
Better America Federation
Communist Party
Miss Kerr
House
Charg
GOP Council Votes Unity in Fall Campaign
The Ohio Republican high command re elected all officers and set September 14 15 for a state convention in Columbus adopting an advisory delegate plan to widen participation. Ed D Schorr Cincinnati was re elected state chairman for a fifth term as 3 000 to 5 000 delegates are projected Taft and other candidates will join advisory delegates from each county to attend.
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Columbus
U.P
Republican High Command
Ohio
State Central Committee
Ed D. Schorr
Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
U. S
Nominees Plan Campaign Meeting in Columbus Ohio
Democratic nominees for state offices Congress and the Ohio Supreme Court were invited to meet in Columbus with gubernatorial nominee Charles Sawyer next Tuesday to craft a campaign plan for presentation to the state central committee. Arthur Limbach to head state executive committee replacing Francis Poulson. Catherine Carter to become secretary, replacing Myrna Smith, and treasurer Carter of the State Federation of Democratic Women. The Ohioan weekly paper, linked to Sawyer, is expected to be abandoned by Sawyer controlled group.
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Columbus
U.P
Congress
Ohio Supreme Court
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
State Central Committee
Arthur L. Limbach
New Philadelphia
Francis Poulson
Cleveland
Catherine Carter
Myrna Smith
Carter
State Federation of Democratic Women
The
Ohioan
Davey
Sawyer
Hold Doctor in Wife's Slaying
Linneus, Missouri reports Dr William F Lamance osteopath accused of murdering his wife Ella Lamance aged 29 and hiding her body in a vegetable cellar. Lamance sat in the county jail denying the crime after her body was found missing for a week. He attended funeral services in Williamsburg Kansas. He is described as the son of a Methodist evangelist and a former boxer.
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Linneus
U.P
William F. Lamance
Lamance
Williamsburg
Kans
Ella Lamance
Ban on Sale of Steel Traps Ends Rabbit Snaring
Norwalk U P W ton humane officer Leigh placed a ban on selling steel traps used for capturing rabbits after reports they snared other small game and pets. The action targets traps marketed for animal control and raises concerns over wildlife and pet safety, with enforcement by local authorities.
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Norwalk
U.p—W
P. Leighton
Leighton
Bridges Named Communist By Testimony On Capitol Hill
Harry Bridges an admitted alien and CIO leader on the Pacific Coast was declared today by a witness before a congressional committee to be a member of the Communist Party Bridges has long been accused as a Soviet sympathizer Officials allegedly aided his escape from deportation as a public enemy by U S Labor Department officials
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Bridges
CIO
Labor Department
Committee
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast
Communist Party
U. S. Labor Department
Disgusted With Life Girl Dies By Own Action
Authorities report 18 year old Melba McCauley of Rocky River High School died in a neighbor's garage from monoxide gas after closing the doors and starting a car engine. The death is ruled self inflicted.
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Cleveland
AUP
Melba McCauley
Rocky River High School
Ohio Desperado Pleads Guilty on Seven Counts
Charles Bird an Ohio desperado and public enemy No 2 pleaded guilty to seven robbery counts in Baltimore. The court postponed sentencing until after his wife's trial. Under Maryland law he could face up to 140 years in prison.
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Baltimore
Charles Bird
Ohio
Desperado
Public Enemy No. 2
Bird
Maryland
Injured by Football Woman Dies in East Liverpool
Aged widow Mrs. Rosaline Cartwright, 84, died after being struck by a football while walking in East Liverpool. The injury occurred today and officials report the fatal outcome after the accident.
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East Liverpool
Rosaline Cartwright
Bricker Opens Campaign for Good Government in Ohio
Republican nominee John W. Bricker urged voters to back him for governor to foster good government and shift national trends. Speaking to Summit County Republicans and via radio, he blamed slow business recovery on a lack of faith in public officials and said money sits in banks awaiting confidence. He attacked state payrolls as padded with loafers and warned many on the public payroll would be discharged if they worked as in private jobs.
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Akron-Up
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Summit County
Bricker
Racket Banker Accuses Hines in New York Trial
The Dutch Schultz policy racket gang is alleged to be protected by Tammany Leader James J. Hines. Wilfred Brunder, a Negro lottery banker, testified that Hines bribed public officials to avoid prosecutions. George Weinberg, a defendant who turned state's evidence, said Hines was the fixer in chief earning up to $1,000 weekly.
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New York
U.R
Tammany
James J. Hines
Wilfred Brunder
Brunder
Thomas E. Dewey
Hines
George Weinberg
Schultz
Horse and Buggy Days Returning Says Report
The Census Bureau reports that horse drawn vehicle makers employed more workers in 1937 than 1935 and that the value of their products rose. The finding suggests a revival of horse and buggy days amid rising production in carriages wagons sleighs and wheel barrows.
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Washington
U.P
Census Bureau
Bureau
Lindbergh Named to National Aeronautics Panel
President Roosevelt appointed Charles A Lindbergh to the new national advisory committee for aeronautics in Washington. The move signals a U S government push to advance aviation research and development with Lindbergh bringing research and pilot expertise to the advisory body.
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FDR
Lindbergh
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles A. Lindbergh
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Ohio Plans Civil Service Exams With $40,000 Grant
Carl W. Smith announced a U S Social Security Board grant of 40 000 to Ohio for civil service exams to fill 2 000 to 3 000 jobs in the Unemployment Compensation Commission. Tests likely in early October will form eligible lists for central and 60 branch offices statewide.
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Social Security Board
Ohio
Columbus
Carl W.smith
State Civil Service Commission
U. S. Social Security Board
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
Smith
Com
Iners
Civil Service
Theodore H. Tangeman
W. W. Charters
Thomas J. Duffy
R. E. Offenhauer
Bowling Green State University
Monopoly Study Should Solve Troubles
Washington reports that the joint congressional monopoly committee led by Chairman Joseph C. O Mahoney expects a constructive anti monopoly program. He argues a curbing plan would curb future vast government lending and spending and gain business cooperation. Public hearings would begin soon after Labor Day.
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Washington
U.P
Joint
Congressional Monopoly Committee
Joseph Co. O'Mahoney
Wyo
O'Mahoney
Set Up New Relief Rules
State Relief Director William Dixon issued new relief rules in Columbus. Relief vouchers must be cashed in Ohio stores and clients should cash them in their home counties. An order for medical services may be granted without extended investigation to cut red tape, as lengthy inquiries delay access to physicians.
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Columbus
U.P
William Dixon
Dixon
Ohio
Plot To Burn Four In Canadian Home Fairs
Police in Vancouver seek the person or persons who tried to burn a family of four in their home. Mr and Mrs Herman Dashezky and their two children were awakened by smoke and flames. Doors were wired shut. the family escaped through a window as flames spread. Firemen found rags soaked in gasoline planted inside the house.
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Vancouver
B. C
Herman Dashezky
AFL Planning Changes in Labor Act
News-Week reports attorneys from the AFL and the federation framing amendments to the Wagner Act. They propose that an independent tribunal assume all judicial functions of the National Labor Relations Board, signaling broad reform goals.
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Washington
News-Week
Ian Federation of Labor Attorneys
National Labor Relations Board
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Cuyahoga
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GOP Council
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Dayton
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Youngstown
Compensation Commission
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Lindbergh Heist
Trent
Ohio Penitentiary
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