Popeye Creator Elzie Segar Dies at 43 in California
Elzie Crisler Segar, the innovator behind Popeye and Thimble Theater, died at his Santa Monica home after a long illness. The 43 year old cartoonist created Olive Oyl Wimpy and the other characters and built a global following with Popeye.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Popeye
J. Wellington Wimpy
Olive Oyl
Thimble Theater
Elzie Crisler Segar
Mrs. Sega
Segar
Oyl
Castor Oyl
Olive
Chester
Ill
St. Louis
New York
King Features Syndicate
Wallace Defends AAA in Illinois Farm Address
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace spoke in Springfield defending the Agricultural Adjustment Act as the charter of farm equality. He denounced farm program haters and linked the Supreme Court's invalidation of AAA to a business recession. Wallace outlined the program to Corn Belt farmers and AAA committeemen from Iowa Indiana Missouri and Illinois in the Illinois State Armory. He forecast the 1938 corn loan rate at least 57 cents, matching 1937.
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Springfield
Ill
U.P
Henry Wallace
Ilinois
Macomb
Corn Belt Liberty League
Wallace
AAA
Supreme Court
Iowa
Indiana
Missouri
Illinois
Illinois State Armory
Assault Triggers 10 Police Men in Westchester
LARCHMONT N Y Police assigned more than 10 men to an outbreak of six offenses connected to the assault and murder of 17 year old Mary Imelda Coyle Monday night. Agnes Robishaw and Christine Robishaw 19 and 21 say a man leaped from a coupe naked and tried to force them into a car. Hannah Moynihan 25 reports a man in an automobile accosted her then sped away when she screamed for help.
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Larchmont
N. Y
U.P
Mary Imelda Coyle
Westchester County
Agnes
Christine Robishaw
Hannah Moynihan
Doctor Says Cancer Fight Reaches Dead End
Philadelphia report quotes Dr. Andre Crotti chief surgeon at Columbus Cancer Clinic and U S Chapter president of the International College of Surgeons stating medical science reached a dead end in cancer fights with so called cures offering five to 15 year results.
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Philadelphia
Andre Crotti
The
Columbus
Cancer Clinic
U. S
International College of Surgeons
Aged Woman Dies in Attempt To Save Dogs
Mrs. Ella Holbrook, 81, died trying to rescue six poodle dogs after a cottage fire started by an oil stove in Columbus Up The flames forced her to return inside as her husband Frank Holbrook 81 escaped with her.
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Icolumbus
Ella Holbrook
Tropical Storm Near Florida Coast Approaches
A tropical storm moved toward Florida's west coast today prompting warnings and readiness measures. Residents and officials monitor the storm’s path as tropical storm conditions threaten coastal areas.
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Florida
Miami
Court Battle Looms Over Reedsville School Transfer
Dispute between Reedsville school board and parents over transferring nine pupils to Long Bottom triggers anticipated legal action. A petition for an injunction to allow the nine to stay at Reedsville will be filed in common pleas court and heard Saturday morning. The board reportedly split 3 to 2 over the transfers amid recent teacher terminations.
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Pomeroy
Reedsville School
Long Bottom
Reedsville
John Blackwood
James Holley
Common Pleas Court
Joe Marcinko
WPA Political Racket Alleged by Senator Wheeler
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana charges the Works Progress Administration is a political racket in parts of the country. He says WPA purge of conservatives continues beyond primaries and used to reward supporters with white collar jobs, risking liability to political outfits.
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Washington
U.P
Burton K. Wheeler
D., Mont
Works Progress Administration
Wheeler
Supreme Court
WPA
Completion of Highway Expected by January 1
Gallipolis report says road improvements on Highway No. 7 north and south of Addison Village are progressing but completion by Jan 1 seems unlikely. Flood damage washed out the foundation along a mile of concrete highway, causing dangerous slips. An artificial rock foundation is being laid and strengthened with heavy steel piling.
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Gallipolis
Addison Village
Ohio River
Cleveland Football Player Dante De Cesare Dies at 23
Dante De Cesare, 23, died today in a hospital in Cleveland. He is the city’s first football fatality of the season.
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Cleveland
Dante de Cesare
Just Past Voting Age Father Votes First Time
In Gallia County a newborn son adds to the Harding family of Poplar Ridge Cheshire Township making four children twins and two boys. Francis Harding cast his first vote in the August primary while his wife has not yet reached voting age.
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Gallipolis
Francis Harding
Poplar Ridge
Cheshire Township
Gallia County
Harding
Defense Begins for Accused Murderer in Conn Slaying
The defense opened in Cadiz to save Bernard Masulla of Pittsburgh from a first degree murder conviction for the killing of state patrolman George Conn near Freeport Ohio. Counsel aimed to discredit key witness Charles Ford who testified Masulla was the trigger man.
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Cadiz
Bernard Masulla
Pittsburgh
George Conn
Charles Ford
Negre
Masulla
Conn
Freeport
Paroled Embezzler Cortner Leaves State Penitentiary
Columbus reports former state treasurer office employee Merl Cortner, convicted of embezzling state funds, was granted parole today and released from the state penitentiary.
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Columbus
W. Merl Cortner
State Treasurer's Office
Half of Gallia Families On Relief Figures Show
Relief director Othneil Jones released figures for Gallia County listing 2,237 families benefited through multiple agencies. The report breaks down aid by age pensions direct relief work relief Soldiers and Sailors relief dependent children blind pensions WPA projects CCC camps and includes surplus foods and modest merchandise orders and free medical service amounts.
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Gallipolis
Othneil Jones
Gallia County
Agriculture Adjustment Association
Jones
Armament Race Looms as Europe Fears New Peace Threat
Britain and Germany edge toward an armaments race as press reports claim Hitler aims to stay ahead. Britain refuses any plan allowing a continental air superiority. Hungary ends minority talks with Czechs and braces for defense, while Prague seeks loyalty to Germany. Canton endures Japanese bombing with mass evacuations and heavy casualties.
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Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reich
London
Britain
John Simon
Czechoslovakia
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Poland
Taft Attacks New Deal Ideals at Carnegie Exhibit
Robert A. Taft urged a return to rugged individualism and criticized New Deal ideals at Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh. He condemned redistribution of wealth as policy and said taxation is used to fund government by taxing the saver and investor. He warned against promises of wealth without work and urged enterprise to create jobs.
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Pittsburgh
America
Andrew Carnegie
Robert A. Taft
William Howard Taft
U. S
Ohio
Carnegie Music Hall
Taft
United States
Strangles Girl After Attacking Her in Room
Adrian Miller 31 confesses to slaying Alice Girton 17 in Fort Wayne. Landlady found the body in her bedroom with silk garments twisted at the neck. Miller, a Racine Wisconsin resident, attended Indiana Technical College and admitted the crime to Detective Captain John Taylor.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
U.P
Adrian Miller
Alice May Girton
Business
Lillian Kelly
Walter Kruse
New Deal Weighs Plan of Two Price System
Washington plan envisions a two price system with government financing sales of food and clothing to low income groups. Henry Morgenthau endorses Henry Wallace proposal to sell surplus cotton and foods domestically at reduced prices to boost consumption.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Teacher Dismissed for Picketing in Czechoslovakia Demonstration
Medfield Massachusetts, a 23 year old fifth grade teacher, Christina Blach, was fired after taking part in a public Boston protest against the four power settlement of Czechoslovakia. A photo shows her among pickets at the British Consulate on Oct 2. Citizens call for school committee inquiry.
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Medfield
Mass
U.P
Boston
Christina Blach
Ohio Man Seeks to End Trial by Suicide in Darke County
John T. Howell of Cincinnati, 30, attempted death by his own action during his autom oto theft trial in Darke County common pleas court. Physicians said recovery expected.
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Greenville
John T. Howell
Cincinnati
Darke County Common Pleas Court
Girl Attacked and Left in Ditch Near Bloomdale
Betty Gazarek 18 of North Baltimore was hospitalized in Findlay with shock and minor injuries after two men abducted her for 24 hours and dumped her in a ditch near Bloomdale. She said obscene words were painted on her body and that she was assaulted multiple times while driven around in a car. She identified a man named Tony in the incident.
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Findlay
Betty Gazarek
North Baltimore
Findlay Hospital
Tema Maweenta
Liss Wazarex
Bloomdale
Baltimore
Steve Gazarek
Loyle Harvitt
Hancock County
Tony
Forest Blazes Recede as Winds Subside in Ontario Minnesota
Volunteers and CCC workers battled brush and forest fires across Southern Ontario and Northern Minnesota. After four days of high winds driving fires over about 700 square miles, conditions eased as humidity rose. International Falls narrowly escaped as volunteers secured more equipment from Hibbing and contained flames reaching city limits.
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Fort Frances
Ont
CCC
Ontario
Minnesota
International Falls
Minn
Hibbing
Paroles Granted to 36 Prisoners at State Penitentiary
The state parole board approved parole for 36 prisoners at the state penitentiary.
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Columbus
State Parole Board
Slain Girl Mary Coyle Probed by Larchmont Detectives
Larchmont New York detectives investigated associates of 17 year old Mary Imelda Coyle of New Rochelle whose body was found behind a Larchmont theater. She was shy devout and planned to enter a convent with few male acquaintances.
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Larchmont, N. Y
Mary Imelda Coyle
New Rochelle
N. Y
Larchmont
Pfaff Convicted of Second Degree Murder in Death of Toddler
Edward Pfaff, 22, was found guilty of second degree murder in media Pennsylvania for the death of his 22 month old son. The case involved an alleged death by own action pact between Pfaff and his wife.
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Media
U.P
Edward Pfaff
Pfaff
Grand jury to probe Williams lynching in Ruston
In Ruston Louisiana Judge FE L Walker convened a grand jury to investigate the lynching of W C Williams a 19 year old black man described as a confessed slayer Williams was found in a smoke house after a mob strung him up on Lover's Lane Williams was accused of killing Bob Blair a 45 year old man who was said to have raped his female companion Blair's murder followed a prior rape and assault incident that had outraged the community
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Ruston
FE. L. Walker
W. C. Williams
Walker
Williams
Lover's Lane
Bob Blair
Blair
Dismiss Murder Charge Against Jackson Officer
A first degree murder charge against John Bruce, 65, a Jackson policeman, was dismissed by Justice J. A. Leser. The case alleged he killed Fred Altherr, 38, on Oct 6, but Bruce testified he acted in self defense during a fight after Altherr's arrest on an intoxication charge.
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Jackson
U.P
John Bruce
Fred Altherr
J. A. Leser
Bruce
Altherr
Altert
Baruch Urges U S Defense Boost After Munich Peace Stain
Baruch warns in Washington that the United States is pitifully unprepared for war. He calls for immediate large appropriations to expand the Army and munition production, citing Hitler’s Munich terms and Britain's and France’s weak defense. He urges ramped labor and machinery use to lift production now.
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U. S
Washington
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Roosevelt
Europe
London
Paris
Hitler
Germany
Great Britain
France
Gallia Dentist Found Dead in River Portrays Ill Health
Dr Charles L Guthrie 67 a Gallipolis dentist was found in the Ohio River near City Park after apparently shooting himself. Coroner reports despondency over ill health. A note requested notification of Dr W E Howell and mortician W N Hayward. Interment planned Swan Creek Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Charles L. Guthrie
Ohio River
W. Lewis Brown
Guthrie
Edward Ewing
Cleveland
FDR May End 3 Year Strife
High AFL officials in Houston predicted President Roosevelt would mediate the three year civil war between the AFL and CIO. Delegates returned home after an 11 day convention as William L. Green was re elected president and Frank Morrison named secretary treasurer and 15 vice presidents were chosen.
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Houston
Tex
U.P
American Federation of Labor Today
Roosevelt
AFL
CIO
William L. Green
Frank Morrison
Divorced Man Cites Father's Estate Over Wife's Wages
Hugh Nesbitt, 24, a store clerk in Cleveland, was granted a divorce from his 23 year old wife who preferred living on a $160 000 estate left by her father rather than Nesbitt's wages. Nesbitt resides in Cleveland while his wife remains at her James town New York home. They wed two and a half years ago.
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Cleveland-Aup
Hugh Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Jamestown
N. Y
Relief Office Relocation Sought Over Neighborhood Complaints
County Relief Director Othneil Jones says he will seek another location after vigorous complaints from residents near Second and Locust Streets. He notes the complaint targets a large number of relief recipients and WPA applicants on sidewalks outside the building.
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Gallipolis
Second and Locust Sts
Othneil Jones
Jones
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