Mrs Ross Appeals to Kidnappers in Bid to Free Husband
Chicago widow Mrs Charles S Ross pleads for the release of her 72 year old husband, a retired greeting card manufacturer, kidnapped Sept 25. With $250000 believed in his possession, authorities pause to negotiate and will act if he is not returned by 8 am Tuesday. The plea may reflect ransom or coded warning, and raises questions about possible double crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Charles S. Ross
Ross
Narragansett Park Race Track Shut Down by National Guard
Providence Rhode Island National Guard surround Narragansett Park to stop horse post at the opening of an 18 day fall meeting. Governor Quinn declares martial law and Rhode Island supreme court orders action blocking license suspension of the Narragansett Racing Association director Walter E. O Hara.
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Providence
R. I
National
Italian Troops in Spain Put at About 40,000
The semi official Diplomatic Information agency announced that approximately 40,000 Italian troops are aiding the Spanish Nationalists in the Civil War. This marks the first authorized disclosure of Italian forces in Spain.
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Spain
Rome
U.P
Dalhover to be arraigned in murder indictment
Indiana report says James Dalhover described as trigger man of the Al Brady gang was to be arraigned on a murder indictment while state officers awaited Washington instructions on where and for what to try him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
James Dalhover
Sallow
al Brady
Washington
Supreme Court Won't Review Securities Act Constitutionality
The U S Supreme Court refused to review the Securities Act's constitutionality in three Florida firms cases over SEC subpoenas for telegrams. The action also denied appeal on New York law barring breach of promise and alienation of affection damages in a separate case.
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Supreme Court
New York State
Washington
U.P
Securities and Exchange Act
Florida
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Service of Securities and Exchange Commission
High Tribunal
Congress
Ryan- Florida Corporation
Tampa
Florida Tex Oil Company
Income Royalties, Inc
St. Petersburg
Empire State
Lawrence Hanfgarn
Flora Park, L. 1
Jennie Hanfgarn
Garr brothers go on trial in Shelbyville murder case
In Shelbyville Kentucky Roy Garr and Jack Garr faced trial for the 1940 murder of Brig Gen Henry H Denhardt. The defense claimed self defense while the Commonwealth sought the death penalty. Dr E S Garr failed to appear with bond forfeited as he is held in hospital.
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Shelbyville
U.P
Garr Brothers
Henry H. Denhardt
Kentucky
Verna Garr Taylor
Commonwealth
Garrs
Taylor
Roy Garr
Jack Garr
E. S. Garr
Garr
Gallia County Farmer Dies of Bullet Wound
John H. Mink age 58 prominent farmer of Cheshire Township shot himself fatally Sunday night. He was alone in the family home at the time. Mr Mink leaves a wife and several adult children.
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Gallipolis
John H. Mink
Cheshire Township
Gallia
Two Men Die in Turkish Bath Suicides? (No, Accidental)
Harry Goldberg aged 59 and Isaac Goldfarb aged 58 died from suffocation in a Turkish bath house in Columbus. Coroner Dr. E E Smith ruled the deaths accidental caused by excessive steam and heat.
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Columbus
W.P
Harry Goldberg
Isaac Goldfarb
E. E. Smith
Landon Announces Radio Mass Meeting in 1936 Bid
Alf M Landon the Republican nominee plans a nation wide mass meeting over the radio to discuss certain questions of the day The speech scheduled 9 30 to 10 pm EST Tuesday night will air on the Blue Network of NBC and be his first major broadcast since the campaign began
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Topeka
Kans
U.P
Alf M. Landon
Landon
National Broadcasting Company
1400 Chinese Die in Battle
Fourteen hundred Chinese infantrymen in the Woosung Creek sector of Shanghai were annihilated defending Kechiapao lou. Waves of Japanese soldiers overwhelmed the position with survivors dwindling. 13 men remained at 9 a.m. including Maj. Chin Ching Wu before perishing. Chinese spokesmen said Japan suffered about 3,000 casualties.
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Shanghai
U.P
Woosung Creek
Kechiapaolou
Chin Ching- Wu
Little Hope Seen for Peace in Palestine
Violence increased in Palestine as neutral observers doubted peace between Jews and Arabs under current conditions. General A P Wavell ordered burning of Arab homes after the destruction of Kalandia Airport near Lydda, with losses estimated at 50 000 dollars. Scattered attacks on Jews were reported across the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
A. P. Wavell
Kalandia
Lydda
Holy Land
U S Budget Deficit Seen at Four Hundred Million
The Treasury reports a rising deficit in the revised 1938 fiscal year budget as last minute changes are made. The budget summary due Tuesday will reveal whether spending exceeds income with estimates ranging from 400 to 500 million dollars. President Roosevelt aims for a balanced budget next year, but expectations show current overspending continues.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Expose Old Age Pension Chief As War Deserter
Los Angeles reports Robert Noble, head of a pension scheme for the elderly, jailed amid riot police after a Sunday demonstration. Noble, a former wartime deserter and robbery convict, claimed 29 000 followers and $18 000 in expenses. He proposed $25 weekly pensions via a government issue certificate system.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Robert Noble
Noble
Boy Reenacts Double Crime in Maine
Paul N. Dwyer, 18, reenacts the double murder of Dr. J G Littlefield and his wife Lydia for police. Scene two on a country road near New Gloucester followed his return from New Jersey where the double slaying was found. He may be bound over to the Oxford County Grand Jury meeting Nov 2. Maine has no capital punishment.
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Paris
U.P
Paul N. Dwyer
J. G. Littlefield
Maine
Littlefield
Lydia
New Gloucester
Cumberland County
North Arlington
N. J
Oxford County Grand Jury
Movie Stars Married Saturday in Nevada
Hollywood reports Francis Lederer and dancer Margo eloped to Las Vegas and wed in a civil ceremony. Margo, 20, is Mexican born Margarita Bolando. Lederer, 31, was divorced from his Prague-born first wife.
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Hollywood
Francis Lederer
Margo
Las Vegas
Nev
Mexico City
Margarita Bolando
Lederer
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Library Leader Dr. Landis Dies at 94 in Dayton
Dr. J. P. Landis 94 longtime Dayton civic figure and president em eritus of Bonebrake Theological Seminary died Sunday in Dayton. He served 15 years as president of the Dayton Public Library Board and led local educational and religious efforts.
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J. P. Landis
Bonebrake Theological Seminary
Dayton Public Library Board
Meigs Sheriff Fueling Bill of Particulars Case Demand
Roscoe Fowler Meigs County sheriff suspended and indicted in the death of Lafee Williamson faced a demand for a bill of particulars. The request seeks details on causation location instruments time and related counts. Special prosecutor Craig Davis said officials will comply immediately.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Roscoe Fowler
Meigs County
Lafe Williamson
Lafee Williamson
Craig Davis
Columbus
Fowler
Man Kills Blind Mother Then Takes Own Life
In Cincinnati police report a family dispute over selling the elderly Mrs Susan Neiert home led to the death of 87 year old Susan Neiert who was blind and her 57 year old son Albert Neiert. After writing We shall not be separated he killed his mother with a hammer and later jumped before a freight train, ending his life. Authorities tied the tragedy to the contested estate and division of proceeds among the siblings.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Susan Neiert
Albert Neiert
Neiert
Bird Gangster Denies Patrolman's Slaying
Col. Lynn Black of the Ohio Highway Patrol said James Widmer a self styled Bird gang member captured in Philadelphia confessed he and two others were in Pennsylvania when Patrolman George Conn aged 28 was shot near Freeport Ohio on Sept 27 Black said Widmer was questioned about an hour in Philadelphia and authorities are checking dates to verify the denial.
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Columbus
SURP
Lynn Black
Ohio Highway Patrol
James Widmer
Bird Gang
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
George Conn
Freeport
Colonel Black
Widmer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Man Killed While Flagging Motorist Near Findlay
Harry Stein aged 62 of Findlay was fatally injured when he tried to flag down a passing car driven by Jesse K. Chenoweth 37 of Richmond Indiana on a highway near Findlay. Stein’s car had run out of gas and Chenoweth said rain and an approaching truck blinded him.
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Findlay
U.P
Harry Stein
Jesse K. Chenoweth
Richmond
Ind
Here
Stein
Chenoweth
Liner Piloted by Former Athens Countian Crashes Near Utah Wyoming Border
United Airlines reports a transport plane with 19 aboard crashed in rugged mountains near the Utah Wyoming border. Pilot Robert Bergeson sighted wreckage near Chalk Peak and planned a ground search from Knight Utah. The craft from Newark to San Francisco carried 16 passengers two pilots and a stewardess.
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Athens
Salt Lake City
United Airlines
Utah-Wyoming
R. W. Schroeder
Robert Bergeson
Chalk Peak
Knight
Utah
Bergeson
Bill Williams
Valley
San Francisco
Newark
N. J
United Air Lines
Cheyenne
Wyo
Rock Springs
Here
Woodgerd
Athens area pilot Earl Woodgerd advances in service
Earl D. Woodgerd, son of Mr and Mrs. Albert R. Woodgerd of Jacksonville, has been advanced in service as a transport pilot. He is connected to the well known Marietta flier Scotty who visited Athens and Southeastern Ohio. His sister Mrs. Imo Woodgerd Gould, now in Youngstown, is a former Athens stenographer and linked to the missing pilot. Other siblings live in Oregon Fultonham and Cheyenne.
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Earl D. Woodgerd
Albert R. Woodgerd
Jacksonville
Marietta
Scotty
Athens
Ohio
Cheyenne
Wyo
Imo Woodgerd Gould
Youngstown
Pearl Lent
Oregon
Harold
Fultonham
Passenger list and obituaries mix from United Air Lines and towns
In San Francisco United Air Lines lists passengers including John Conboy and Mrs. Hammer among others. Kent resident Renouf age 2 is son of a prominent Kent physician, traveling with health purpose after resigning as traffic manager in Pittsburgh. Mrs Hammer, 33, travels to Los Angeles after marrying a Cleveland wine merchant May 1. Springfield Dr Leander Sylvester Keyser dies at 81 of heart disease. Zanesville former Sheriff William H Bolin dies at 76, oldest Masonic member.
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San Francisco
United Air Lines
John Conboy
Cleveland
Louis Cleaver
Portland
Ore
Charles Renouf
Kent
George Ferreira
John A. Hammer
W. J. Tlart
Sharon
C. Prichett
Washington, D. C
William Pischell
Salt Lake City
A. Jensen
Charles Jamison
Denver
Fort Woodgerd
Cheyenne
John Adams
Leah Derr
Renouf
United Airlines
Pittsburgh
Hammer
Los Angeles
Zanesville
U.P
William H. Bolin
Masonic Order
Coast and Northwest Air Crashes Claim Fourteen Lives
A year of western and northwestern air disasters has killed fourteen people on the Wyoming Utah border search area and across California Idaho and Washington. Notable losses include the Western Express, United, Northwest and private flights with multiple fatalities and the San Francisco Bay airliner crash.
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San Francisco
Wyoming-Utah
West
United Airlines
Saugus
Calif
Northwest Airlines
Idaho
Western Air Express
Newhall
Martin
Johnson
Explorer
San Francisco Bay
Navy
San Diego
San Jose
Costas
Wash
Urge Support Of Community Chest Drives
Pittsburgh hosts the launch of national Community Mobilization for Human Needs with speeches urging 454 city chests to raise funds to finance hospitals nursing and social services. President Roosevelt participates in a Hyde Park broadcast at 10 30 p m EST supporting local campaigns that raised 80 million dollars last year.
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Pittsburgh
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Attack on Two Schoolgirls Shocks Columbus
Detective Lt. Thomas A. Scully announced Donald White an ex convict confessed to kidnapping two pupil girls at a Columbus school and attacking one in an empty house. White said I was drinking and cannot remember until I woke beside Betty Jane Rush age 10 on the table. He faces rape charges and potential kidnapping counts to be decided by Police Prosecutor Wayne Fogle.
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Columbus
INS
Thomas A. Scully
Donald White
White
Scully
Betty Jane Rush
Wayne Fogle
Association Pitcher Clyde Hatter Dies in Auto Route
Clyde Hatter age 29 pitcher for the Toledo team of the American Association died of a heart attack while driving near his Yosemite Kentucky home. A southpaw hurler, Hatter began organized baseball with Dayton in the Central League and had been part of the Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers staffs. Funeral services were to be held today.
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Yosemite
U.P
Clyde Hatter
Toledo
Detroit Tigers
Milwaukee Brewers
Hatter
Dayton
Despondent Girl Hangs Self From Hay Rack
A verdict of death by own action was returned by Fule ton County Coroner H Milton Warner in the death of Virginia Ray Goodrick of near Lyons. Her body was found by her mother hanging from a hay rack rope in a barn Sunday. She was despondent over illness.
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Waseon
U.P
Fuleton County
H. Milton Warner
Virginia Ray Goodrick
Near Lyons
Protestant Episcopal con vention nears adjournment in Cincinnati
The three year church program and the budget were the remaining administrative topics as the Protestant Episcopal triennial convention faced possible adjournment in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Protestant Episcopal Church
Dips of Heart Attack Claim Life of Lucy Parker
Mrs Lucy Parker age 62 of Dayton died of a heart attack Sunday while riding in an automobile driven by her son near West Jefferson Ohio The death was reported from the Columbus area and listed the decedent as from Dayton.
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Columbus
Lucy Parker
Dayton
West Jefferson
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Gallia County
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Francis ‘Townsend
Boy
Nevada
Williamson
Earts Dewitt Woodgerd
Athens County
Springfield
Au.p
Leander Sylvester Keyser
Wittenberg College
Mason
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