Immorality in Bund Movement Described Before Dies
Helen Vooros a 19 year old former Brooklyn youth leader testified before the Dies committee that she left the German American Bund Girls Youth Organization due to immorality within the movement. She said leadership changes followed Tillie Koch’s death and described advances by a South Brooklyn leader, prompting her departure from Camp Nordland New Jersey. Kuhn attacked the inquiry while Dies sought to weed out irrelevant testimony and cautioned witnesses.
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Washington
Buxom
Helen Vooros
Dies Committee
Bund Girls
Miss Vooros
Brooklyn
Bund
Germany
Joe Starnes
Ala
Miss Voores
Tillie Koch
Miss Koch
Kuhn
Starnes
Camp Nordland
New Jersey
Martin Dies
Tex
Fritz Kuhn
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Murphy
Dies
Rhea Whitley
Whitley
Governor Not Immune To Traffic Tickets
Oklahoma City report shows Governor Leon Phillips fined for double parking. His chauffeur Bert Steffee paid a $1 ticket after Motorcycle Officer Harvie Housh issued it. The incident highlights the governor facing routine enforcement.
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Oklahoma City
Leon Phillip
Bert Steffee
Harvie Housh
Steffee
Coogan's court battle ends in $125000 settlement
Hollywood report says Jackie Coogan settles with his parents over earnings from silent films. Under Judge Emmet Wilson's approval, he receives a half share of $250000 while the rest is described as spent or lost in bad investments per Jackie’s mother and stepfather.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Jackie
Emmet Wilson
Arthur L. Bernstein
Genghis Khan Remains Rest in Ancient Temple
The remains of Genghis Khan have been moved from inner Mongolia in a silver casket to an ancient temple on Rising Dragon Hill near Lanzhou in Kansu province. His long spear, used in his 13th century campaigns, rests with the casket.
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Chungking
China
U.P
Genghis Khan
Inner Mongolia
Dragon Hill
Lanchow
Kansu
Columbus Officer Dies Installing Store Wiring
Lawrence Chick a 39 year old former Columbus policeman died yesterday in the northwest section of the city from a heart attack or electric shock while wiring a store.
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Columbus
U.P
Lawrence
Chick
Reserve Board reports record idle bank funds and credit potential
The Federal Reserve Board tallies idle bank reserves at 4.59 billion dollars for the week ending August 16, enabling a theoretical credit expansion of 32.7 billion. Officials note excessive funds could spur inflation but see the economy moving slowly with steadier conditions than in 1936 and 1937, aided by a large gold inflow.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board Today
Federal Reserve
Eeee
United States
Columbus Gas Rate Change Upsets Local Ordinance
The State Public Utilities Commission set a new Columbus gas rate at 56.22 cents per thousand cubic feet, overturning a 48 cent rate. The decision raises costs for about 80,000 customers in two merged companies, Columbus Gas & Fuel and Federal Gas & Fuel, now part of Ohio Fuel Gas Company.
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Columbus
U.P
State Public Utilities Commission
Dennis Dunlavy
Roy Williams
G. C. McConnaughey
Columbus Gas & Fuel Company
Federal Gas & Fuel Company
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Dives Into Tuscarawas River Causes Broken Neck
Charles Johnson age 17 is hospitalized with a broken neck after a splash dive from a swing into the Tuscarawas River. His brothers drowned in swimming accidents in the last three years, casting a shadow over the incident in New Philadelphia.
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New Philadelphia
U.P
Charles Johnson
Tuscarawas River
Gambling in Michigan Hit By Dickinson
Governor Loren D. Dickinson ordered a large state police dragnet to raid illegal gambling and seize equipment across Michigan. The move followed threats by the liquor control commission to use its flying squadron to curb slot machines in liquor establishments. Commissioner Murl H. Defoe accused operators of trying to besmirch the administration.
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Lansing
Mich
Loren D. Dickinson
Michigan
Dickinson
Michigan Liquor Control Commission
Murl H. Defoe
Liquor Commission
Britisher Races 353 M. P. H. on Salt Flats
British driver John Cobb sped a 1,600 horsepower racer over the Bonneville Salt Flats reaching 352.94 miles per hour for the measured mile in a dramatic salt flats run.
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Salt Flats
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
U.P
John Cobb
Salt Flat
Desert Kidnaping Experience Shared by Father and Son
Rev. Gerould Gouldner was released after Arab captors held him seven days following his father Rev. Jacob H. Goldner’s 24 hour detention in Palestine. The elder man described the Sahara like desert torture and the two men endured dehydration and dysentery before safe release and return to the United States next week.
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Cleveland
Gerould Gouldner
Jacob H. Goldner
Euclid Avenue Christian Church
Holy Land
Palestine
Morst
Goldner
United States
Sinai
Sahara
Grandson of Ex-Star Held For Scalding
James Hazard 30 grandson of Lil lian Russell was jailed on a homicide charge for scalding Thomas Martinez 32 to death in a bathtub. Martinez a Cuban died after burns six hours after removal from Hazard's apartment where he lived. Police say the men argued over liquor, Hazard returned to find Martinez unconscious on a fire damaged couch and aided by a doorman. A water tap was turned likely in error in an attempt to revive him.
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NEW York
U.P
James Hazard
Lillian Russell
Thomas Martinez
Martinez
Hazard
George Buckley
Sub Salvage Progress Report Near Portsmouth
Salvage divers report the sunken Squalus sits almost upright in six to eight feet of mud ninety feet below the surface. Ten pontoons and extensive hose lines are being removed and moved to Portsmouth navy yard for the final lift as the submarine rests four miles off Rye Beach after a five mile tow.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U.P
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Rye Beach
Hebbardsville Church Schedule With Morning Worship
Hebbardsville Sunday School gathers at 10 in Alexander Presbyterian Church. Morning worship follows at 11 with Mr. Grafton Cheney of Athens singing. In Harrisonville, Union Sunday School convenes at 9 30 a.m. Evening service at the Presbyterian Church starts at 8.
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Alexander Presbyterian Church
Hebbardsville
Grafton Cheney
Athens
Harrisonville
Union
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Roper resigns as minister to Canada aboard ship
President Roosevelt announced the resignation of Daniel A. Roper from his post as minister to Canada effective August 20. Roper, former secretary of commerce, had held the Canada post temporarily during the royal visit of King George I and Queen Elizabeth aboard the U S S Lang in the Bay of Islands Md.
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U. S. S. Lang
Bay OF Islands
Roosevelt
Daniel A. Roper
Canada
Roper
Commerce
Canada Post
George I
Queen Elizabeth
Rockford Capture Ends Joliet Prison Break Case
Charles Emmerson aged 37, one of two Joliet escapees who kidnaped a guard and an elderly Bucyrus Ohio couple, was captured near his home by a prison guard in Rockford Illinois.
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Rockford
Ill
U.P
Charles Emmerson
Joliet
Bucyrus
Ohio
Wallace Pushes National Food Stamp Plan Expansion
Secretary Henry Wallace moves to establish a nationwide food stamp program begun months earlier as a relief and farm aid measure. Regional offices will launch in 75 to 100 cities by next spring with leaders named for the West Coast, Middlewest, and other regions. The plan, approved by President Roosevelt, aims to reach low income privately employed families and relief clients, potentially affecting about 20 million people.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Roosevelt
Middle Western
Jonathan Garst
West Coast
Rocky Mountain
San Francisco
Paul H. Jordan
Middlewest
Milwaukee
Wis
Milo Perkins
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Shawnee
Okla
Wheat payments set at 18 to 22 cents per bushel
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announces 1940 wheat payments will total 18 to 22 cents per bushel on normal yields for acreage allotments, with a final rate pending 1939 production figures. A preliminary estimate aims to aid farmers planning for 1940 seeding. The 1939 rate was 28 cents. 1940 allotment rises to 62 million acres from 55 million.
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Washington
U.P
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Two Suspects Admit Arson for Insurance Payout
Delaware arson case sees Park McGrew and Otie Congrove confessing to setting fire at McGrew owned home to collect 1000 dollars. McGrew paid Congrove 150 dollars. occupants were taken to an ice cream parlor during the crime.
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Delaware
U.P
Park McGrew
Otie Congreve
Delaware County Grand Jury
McGrew
Suit Filed To Protect Freedom of Worship In Ohio
Cleveland based suit by two Jehovah's Witnesses seeks to restrain Hubbard county officials from interfering with religious meetings. The action targets protection of worship rights in federal jurisdiction, highlighting limited cases of this type in the area.
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Cleveland
U.P
Jehovah's Witnesses
Hubbard
Trumbull County
Grand Jury Probe Sought on Pike County Voting
Columbus report states Attorney General Herbert asked Common Pleas Judge Jacob Davis to summon a special grand jury to probe illegal voting in Pike County and then step aside. He proposed the state supreme court appoint a judge to oversee the inquiry.
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Columbus
U.P
Common ‘Pleas
Jacob Davis
Pike County
Thomas J. Herbert
State Supreme Court
Pershing Comments On War Odds After Return From France
General John J. Pershing, back in New York aboard the Manhattan, said nobody knows if there will be a war in Europe. He praised the French army as ready and in excellent shape and supported calls for longer training for U S forces. The 79 year old former AEF commander declined to specify how large the regular army should be.
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Pershing
Europe
New York
John J. Pershing
France
Hugh A. Drum
Fourth Corps
United States’ Army
Manhattan
American Battle Monuments Commission
Second Slayer To Be Tried on Sept 18
Cambridge U P says the first degree murder trial of John P. Mitchell 17 of Van Wert will begin Sept 18. Mitchell is charged with the holdup slaying of R E Willis tourist camp operator and former Guernsey County sheriff. Louis W Pope 19 of Cincinnati was convicted last week of first degree murder and got life with mercy recommended.
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Cambridge
U.P
John P. Mitchell
van Wert
Milton H. Turner
Mitchell
R. E. Willis
Guernsey County
Louis W. Pope
Cincinnati
Liquor Habit Forming Affects Rats In Hospital Study
In Kansas City 16 rats trained on alcohol showed signs of intoxication after a three month binge. Max Webb and Frances E. Jacobson at General Hospital described a controlled experiment comparing a water group to an alcohol group with 22 total rats.
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Kansas City
U.P
General Hospital
Temperance
Total
Max Webb
Frances E. Jacobson
Europe Braces for War Over Danzig Crisis
Berlin pressures Poland over Danzig and the Polish Corridor as Britain and France pledge military aid. Germany threaten intervention against alleged Polish abuses in Upper Silesia and Danzig while Rome hints at Italian backing. Romania protests border clashes with Hungary as Japan fronts anti British boycott in Kaifeng.
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Germany
Poland
Danzig
Essen National Zeitung
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Nazi No. 2
Upper Silesia
Reich
Britain
France
Polish
Czechoslovakia
London
Rome
Italy
Paris
Europe
Romania
Hungary
Transylvania
Rumania
Orient
Domei
Cleveland Planes Begin Ohio Air Tour
Thirty two planes depart Cleveland Airport for a three day Ohio Air Tour. Stops include Lima Marion Zanesville Columbus New Philadelphia Canton Youngstown Mansfield Akron and end in Cleveland. The event aids preparations for national air races.
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Cleveland
U.P
Cleveland Junior Association of Commerce
Zanesville
Lima
Marion
Columbus
New Philadelphia
Canton
Youngstown
Akron
Mansfield
Six Election Boards Report on Signatures
Six county boards of election reported to the secretary of state the number of invalid signatures on petitions for the Bigelow old age pension plan. Brown County had 837 invalids out of 1689, Columbiana 110 of 414, Coshocton 313 of 1325, Defiance 98 of 516, Guernsey 469 of 794, and Wayne 349 of 515.
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Columbus
U.P
Secretary of State
Brown County
Columbiana
Coshocton
Defiance
Guernsey
Wayne
Paroles Granted To 56 From London Prison Farm
The State Pardon and Parole Commission granted paroles to 56 prisoners at the London Prison Farm in Columbus. Notable names include Hocking Albert Burchett with a second degree murder conviction dated Nov 15 1939 to Kentucky and James Davis of Gallia with burglary and larceny dated Oct 14 1939.
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Columbus
U.P
State Pardon and Parole Commission
London
Hocking
Albert Burchett
Kentucky
Gallia
James Davis
Fear Tong War Sparks Detroit Slain Laundryman Case
Police fear a tong war after the discovery of a dead Chinese laundryman in Detroit. The killing raises concerns of organized crime involvement and potential ethnic clashes in the city.
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Detroit
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