Giants Aim To Tie World Series As Fitzsimmons Returns
In the sixth game at the Polo Grounds the New York Giants rely on Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons and Vernon Gomez to stop the New York Yankees and force a decisive seventh game. The Yanks lead 3 2. Hal Schumacher’s Monday relief inspired a Giants rally.
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NEW York
Bill Terry
Giants
Yanks
Carl Hubbell
Freddy” Fitzsimmons
Vernon Gomez
Hal Schuber
Fitzsimmons
Yankee
Gomez
Yack Doyle
Broadway
Yankees
Hank Leiber
Jimmy Ripple
Joe DiMaggio
Leiber
Mel Ott
Crosetti
Whitehead
Rolfe
Terry
DiMaggio
Moore
Bartell
Jerry
Gehrig
Ott
Barteli
Mancuso
Lazzeri
Dickey
Selkirk
Liner
Powell
Jackson
Selkirk Jackson
Bartel
Fire Causes $50,000 Damage in Zanesville
A general alarm fire in Zanesville drew the full fire department to control a blaze that damaged about $50,000. The flames swept through upper floors of two buildings housing a tailor shop beauty parlor Fitz and Pollock Jewelry Store and Clegg photographic studio in an adjoining structure threatening a downtown block.
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Zanesville
U.P
Fitz and Pollock
Clegg Photographic Studio
Father Kills Son Then Ends Own Life in Ohio Home
In Martins Ferry an elderly man, Frank Simon aged 68, killed his son Joseph 18 as he slept and then shot himself. The bodies were found by another son Monday night at the rural home. Joseph had returned from a Pennsylvania penitentiary where he served time for killing Mrs. Simon.
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Martins Ferry
U.P
Frank Simon
Joseph
Pennsylvania
Simon
GOP Presents Three WPA Affidavits on Pennsylvania Bias
The Republican National Committee submitted affidavits to the Senate campaign expenditures panel alleging WPA political activity in Pennsylvania. Witnesses claim coercion to switch registration, with Edward Jones, Joseph Maloney, and Nicholas Casper cited as examples from WPA projects and relief rolls.
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Washington
U.R
Republican National Committee
Senate Committee On
Pennsylvania
William Hard
G.O.P
Edward Jones
Joseph Maloney
Joseph Martin
Nicholas Casper
Bricker Alleges Misuse of State Funds in Campaign
Newark Ohio Attorney General John W. Bricker Republican candidate for governor charged Governor Davey with using state funds in his re election bid. He claimed state stationery stamps and employee time were used for campaigning and accused opponents of pressuring a fraternal group to aid the Democratic campaign via a letter on the organization’s stationery signed by its state treasurer.
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Newark
U.P
John W. Bricker
Davey
Bricker
FDR Plans Western Campaign Swing From Hyde Park
President Roosevelt resumes work at the White House then heads on a campaign swing that will take him to key western cities with stops in Chicago Detroit Grand Rapids and Flint as part of a broader itinerary likely through October 18.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chicago
Detroit
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Flint
Ohio to See Record Vote Predicts Neffner
George M. Neffner of the secretary of state's office predicted that the November 3 election will produce the largest vote in Ohio history. He cited rising turnout expectations and broad public interest across the state.
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Columbus
U.P
George M. Neffner
Secretary of State
Ohio
Swedish Pilot Leaves Alone For Homeland
Kurt Bjorkvall, a Swedish pilot, took off from Floyd Bennett Field at 7:35 a m for a nonstop flight to Sweden. Baroness Eva Von Blixen-Finecke watched, disappointed, as Bjorkvall refused her request to accompany him for the voyage citing space for gasoline. The 26 year old noblewoman accused him of a publicity stunt and refused to shake the pilot’s hand saying she is a lady.
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Floyd Bennett Field
New York
U.P
Kurt Bjorkvall
Sweden
Eva von Blixen-Finecke
Bjorkvall
Atlantic
Landon Charges Censorship in Kansas WPA Critique
Topeka, Kansas. Gov. Alf Landon accuses WPA of waste and calls for open records. He also denounces news censorship by the administration and cites federal costs as four and a half cents per dollar spent on the relief program. He notes $154,476,340 in directing costs from $3,424,564,515 in Treasury outlays.
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WPA
Kansas
Tor
Alf M. Landon
Ures
Alf. M. Landon
U. S&s. Treasury
Lepers Riot for Freedom at San Lazaro and Malacanan
About 300 lepers at San Lazaro Hospital rioted and escaped to Malacanan Palace to petition President Quezon for release. They overpowered guards, disrupted the hospital corridors, and later returned peacefully after Jorge Vargas received their petition denying disease transmission by touch.
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Manila Hospital
Quezon
Malacanan Palace
Manila
U.R
San Lazaro Hospital
Manuel Quezon
Commonwealth
Jorge Vargas
Hoad Pitel
Scraps of Information Face Covington Bride Killings Probe
Coroner James P. Riffe will assemble clues to identify the shadow slayer of Frances Marie Brady, 37, a Covington secretary killed as she returned home for her wedding. Sisters Esa Ling and Margaret Brady testify, while a man seen near the back door and the fiance John J. O'Donnell stay out of public view.
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Shadow
Covington
Frances Marie Brady
James P. Riffe
Kenton County
Esaling
Margaret Brady
Riffe
Miss Brady
John J. O'Donnell
O'Donnell
John Putthoff
Frances Brady
Covington, Ky
Brady
Nine Miners Fall to Death at Morning Mine
At Mullan Idaho nine miners died when a cage broke loose from its cable and plunged 900 feet in the Morning Mine. The accident happened at midnight as workers were being loaded for surface, with rescuers reaching the shaft at 6 am. Bodies mangled and hard to identify, the mine is owned by Federal Mining and Smelting Co with offices in Wallace Idaho.
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Mullan
Idaho
U.P
The
Federal Mining & Smelting Co
Wallace, Ida
Lawyers Study Suit To Restrain Federal Reserve Banks
Washington U P reports attorneys for the Federal Reserve Board studied legal aspects of a suit brought by John D Montgomery of Philadelphia seeking to restrain further issuance of Federal Reserve currency. The suit echoes objections raised by Rev Charles E Coughlin and his National Union for Social Justice arguing reserve banks profit from issuing currency backed by only 40 percent gold or gold certificates.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Reserve Board
John D. Montgomery
Philadelphia
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Browder Plans Return Speech in Terre Haute Ind
Communist presidential nominee Earl Browder announced he would travel to Terre Haute Indiana late this month for an unscheduled public speech and said he would defy the police department if jailed again.
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Hartford
Conn
Earl Browder
Terre Haute
Ind
Practical Jokers Hide Jewels From Miller Heirs
In Alameda California relatives claim jewels found in the late Charles Miller home a former San Francisco jeweler An appraiser valued them as from the five and ten store Two workmen confessed to hiding the jewels as a practical joke in the residence
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Alameda
Calif
U.P
Charles Miller
San Francisco
Pieces Of Body Found In Sack In Boston Harbor
Boston police recovered a burlap parcel containing internal organs after earlier finds of severed legs in another sack. The remains are believed to be a victim of illegal surgery, with investigators seeking head and torso to establish corpus delicti. A missing wife case may fit the description among 200 missing women.
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Boston
U.P
Governor’s Island
Court Ruling on Labor Act Tests Interstate Bus Trade
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the National Labor Relations Act as applied to interstate bus transportation but found it inapplicable to intrastate manufacturing. Decisions cover Washington Virginia Maryland Coach Co and Foster Brothers Manufacturing Co Baltimore. The ruling separates intrastate and interstate commerce for the act.
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Richmond
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Washington, Virginia & Maryland Coach Co
Foster Brothers Manufacturing Co., Inc
New Deal Scored by Knox in Boston Speech
Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee told a Boston audience that New Dealers prefer the Russian system. He defended the American economy by arguing it has endured seven years of low mood and three and a half years of the New Deal.
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Knox
Boston
U.P
Frank Knox
Decision Reached in Two Week Coal Dispute
The Joint Board of Division 1 at Columbus rules in favor of employing men on the second shift for Manhattan Coal Co mines 25 and Lick Run. The decision ends a two week dispute over tipple operating hours and related strike actions at Lick Run Chauncey and surrounding mines.
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Nelsonville
Lick Run
Chauncey
William Robinett
Oral Daugherty
John Owens
G. W. Savage
Ohio
Board of Review
Manhattan Coal Co
Joint Board of Division 1 of
Joint Board
Railroads debate lullabies to soothe sleeping passengers
Washington reports railroads weighing whether to install musical radio pillows in berths to stream lullabies at bedtime. If used, passengers would hear music when resting ears on the pillow, with daytime use including cake baking tips and market chatter.
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Washington
U.P
America
Chicago
Campbell High School Teacher Reinstated
Michael E. Graban, whose transfer from Campbell High School to Memorial Junior High sparked a large student strike, was reinstated today by the board of education. Superintendent A. D. Klinke and principal M. F. O Mellan had opposed the move prior to the meeting.
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Campbell
U.P
Michael E. Graban
Memorial High School
Board of Education
A. D. Klinke
Graban
M. F. O'Mellan
Landon Plans Ohio Itinerary
Governor Alf M. Landon releases a complete Ohio visit schedule. The itinerary includes stops in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Middletown, Dayton, Springfield, London, and Columbus with a breakfast, platform appearances, a Pittsburg Ohio State game, and a dinner for Republican leaders. The trip continues to Cleveland and Detroit with an address at Public Auditorium and a broadcast.
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Columbus
U.P
Alf M. Landon
Ohio
Cincinnati
Hotel Gibson
Landleave
Hamilton
Middletown
Dayton
Springfield
London
Cleveland
Landon
Public Auditorium
Detroit
Ohio Proclaims October 11 General Pulaski Memorial Day
Governor Davy designated October 11 as General Pulaski Memorial Day in Ohio, honoring the Polish nobleman and Revolutionary War hero. The proclamation sets the state’s observance and pays tribute to Pulaski’s contributions.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey
General Pulaski
Ohio
Freezing to Death Not Unpleasant Says Cambridge Physiologist
Sir Joseph Bancroft from Cambridge University told a Yale audience that freezing to death may feel pleasant after initial stages and described two tests. He lay naked in a refrigerated room until nearly unconscious and inhaled 7.2 percent carbon dioxide to reach a hallucinatory state. He said the mind’s problem solving and appreciation of music were altered, implying physical or chemical patterns under distress reveal mental changes.
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New Haven
Conn
U.P
Joseph Bancroft
Cambridge University
Yale
Errgre
Joseph
Loyalist fleet challenges rebel navy off Santander
A Loyalist fleet including the Jaime Primero and Libertad challenged rebel ships off Cantabrian coast demanding crews seize control and surrender officers. The note warns of destroying all ships and men as Madrid battles escalate with insurgents massing from Toledo toward the capital.
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Santander
Spain
Jaime Primero
Libertad
Cervantes
Cantabrian
Republic
Madrid
Navale
Toledo
Roosevelt Duped Economic Royalists Claim
James A. Reed, former Missouri senator, charged in Newark that President Roosevelt is allied with economic royalists, citing Roosevelt family stock in General Electric and his role as trustee of 1,792 GE shares. He called the president’s attack on royalists hypocritical and misleading.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
James A. Reed
United States
Missouri
America
Roosevelt
General Electric Company
General Electric
Pushed From Car Into Snow Seeks Damages
Louise Scott of Middletown sues Cloyd Yokum in Butler County Common Pleas Court for 25000 dollars claiming he pushed her from his car on February 9 along the Georgetown Pike six miles from Middletown after she refused his advances in 15 below zero weather.
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Hamilton
U.P
Louise Scott
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Cloyd Yokum
Miss Scott
Yokum
Georgetown Pike
McNair Resigns Pittsburgh Mayor Post in One-Sentence Note
William N. McNair resigned today as mayor of Pittsburgh. He handed a one-sentence note to City Clerk Edward O. Schofield and left the city building without comment.
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Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
Edward O. Schofield
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