Browder Arrives in Terre Haute as Police Await
Indianapolis reports fifty officers waited at the railroad station for Earl Browder, communist candidate for president, to arrive in Terre Haute for a potential speech at Eugene V. Debs memorial services. Authorities fear disorder and plan to arrest if needed. Browder carries a $1000 check and a Constitution, aims to speak at WBOW radio if allowed.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Earl Browder
James C. Yates
Brow
Browder
Yates
Indiana
Samuel O. Beecher
American Civil Liberties Union
Eugene V. Debs
WBOW
Accused Youth Bored at Trial in Murder Case
A 15 year old boy and a companion are tried for the beating death of a crippled widow, Agnes Roffers, during a burglary. Prosecutors call the crime brutal and cold blooded while the defense cites insanity. The jury was selected after brief questioning.
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Hicago
U.P
Roland Munroe, Jr
Richard Devine
Agnes Roffers
Renewal Seen in Harding Bannister Battle Over Daughter
Hollywood sources report a renewed legal fight between Ann Harding and ex husband Harry Bannister. Miss Harding seeks to keep their eight year old daughter Jane in England for at least six more months amid a custody dispute after fleeing abroad last spring in an international chase.
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Hollywood
U.P
Ann Harding
Harry Bannister
Miss Harding
England
Bannister
California
Jane
Strike Closes Columbus Metal Plant Over Union Fight
The D L Auld Co metal stamping plant in Columbus shut down after about 150 of 45 workers walked out following failed negotiations on union recognition a 20 percent wage rise and an eight hour day.
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Columbus
U.P
D. L. Auld Co
Long's Lieutenant Forms Fascist Organization in U S
Gerald L. K. Smith announced the formation of a Fascist group to seize the U S government aiming for 10 million patriotic followers. He cites financial backing for a year and 1 000 politically potent leaders nationwide with 400 businessmen in 22 cities pledging 1 percent of 1935 incomes. In New York he reports 40 backers.
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New York
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey P. Long
United States
America
Long
Charlies EB. Coughlin
Franscis E. Townsend
Smith
WPA Rolls Access Suit Demands Nationwide WPA Records
New Jersey Republican leaders filed suit in Washington asking WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins to open WPA rolls for the entire United States. Walter E. Edge and other GOP leaders say Hopkins refused to share New Jersey records citing risk of political coercion. They allege Roosevelt uses WPA data in his re election bid and say Landon access was denied.
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Washington
New Jersey
District of Columbia
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Walter E. Edge
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Parkers Surrender in Lindbergh Indictment
Ellis H. Parker and his son Ellis Parker Jr., Burlington County chief detective and son, surrendered to U S marshals in Mount Holly to face Newark indictments tied to the Lindbergh baby case. The charges allege involvement in the Wen der kidnapping and a confession obtained under duress, later repudiated, delaying Hauptmann’s execution.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Ellis H. Parker
Burlington County
Ellis Parker, Jr
Newark
Lindbergh
Parkers
Paul H. Wender
Trenton
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Bruno
Richard Hauptmann
Girl Dies After 100-Foot Fall in Abandoned Elevator
Elisa Gauch sixteen a Glenville High junior died after a 100 foot fall in an abandoned grain elevator while playing follow the leader with six neighborhood boys. Firefighters retrieved her from the shaft after police and hospital staff confirmed her death. Her neck and back were fractured in the fall.
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Cleveland High School
Cleveland
U.P
Elisa Gauch
Glenville High School
Lake Shore Elevator Co
Emmet H. Byrne
Byrne
William A. Finn
Youth, 13, Held in Gallia for Burglary
Gallia County officers arrested Junior Dement age 13 son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Dement of Brodrick for breaking into the Garrett Watson home near Good Hope Church. A second youth Howard Fowler age 22 son of Harry Fowler of Symmes Creek eluded capture and is believed to be hiding in the hills near Crown City.
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Gallipolis
Jesse James
Guyan Township
Garrett Watson
Good Hope Church
Junior Dement
Ernest Dement
Brodrick
Gallia County
Howard Fowler
Harry Fowler
Symmes Creek
Crown City
Junior
Fowler
Lawrence County
Guyan Ridge
WPA Workers Plan Tie Up in Ohio Protests
The Work ers Alliance of America planned a noon hour tie up in Ohio to demand a 20 percent rise in federal work relief wages. Ohio members said they would refuse to work from 12 to 1 pm with folded arms strikes in Cleveland Columbus and Toledo as part of a nationwide protest over WPA wages and conditions.
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Washington
Workers Alliance of America
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Alliance
Works Progress Administration
Youth, Hurt in Auto Accident, Succumbs
John Brandau age 18 of Wellston died at Holzer Hospital after injuries from an automobile wreck near Ewington Vinton County Saturday night. Companions George Hoagland 21 and Car Rider 19 of Wellston were hospitalized with a fractured skull and a broken shoulder. Two other Jackson County boys Abram Hall 15 and Thomas Phillips 14 died in the hospital from head ailment and suspected ruptured appendix respectively.
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Gallipolis
John Brandau
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Ewington
Vinton County
George Hoagland
Hoagland
Jackson County
Abram Hall
Jackson Route 3
Thomas Phillips
Roy Phillips
Vinton
Falling Bleachers Injure West High Students at Field Dedication
Two West High School pupils were hospitalized after temporary bleachers collapsed during field dedication ceremonies before a football game in Columbus. Principal Alva Edwards said about 500 spectators filled the borrowed OSU stands, erected by West High students, with eleven others treated for minor injuries.
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Columbus -U,p
West High School
Alva Edwards
Ohio State University
West High
Helen Keller's Teacher Mrs Anne Macy Dies
Forest Hills New York Mrs Anne Sullivan Macy companion and teacher of Helen Keller for 49 years died at age 70. Macy is described as heroic and self effacing while her work helped Keller, blind deaf and mute from childhood, become a world renowned figure.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
U.P
Anne Sullivan Macy
Helen Keller
Dutch Ship Sinks in South Seas Waves Claim 72
Report from Amsterdam says the steam ship Van Der Wijk sank off Java after an undersea quake or similar disaster. Seaplanes rescued 43 of 178 reported survivors as wreckage floated amid native boats and drifting survivors.
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South Seas
Java
Amsterdam
van der Wijk
Harnic
Wee
Wwe Oyme
Netherlands
Batavia
Madrid Awaits Rebel Advance Amid Civil War Fears
Madrid braced as rebel forces neared the capital amid a shifting mood after President Manuel Azaña rode to the front with conservative ministers. Women queued for food rations while volunteers prepared to march to the front with blankets, no uniforms or arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
U.P
Spain
Dispatches
Manuel Azana
Barcelona
Madrid
Road Material Buying By State Is Enjoined
COLUMBUS. The State Highway Department was permanently enjoined from buying blacktop road repair material on bids taken 15 months ago. Judge Charles Leach granted the injunction after a conference with department attorneys and Norman H. Ford of Columbus. Ford alleged favoritism in bidding for small quantities versus large purchases.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Franklin County Common Pleas
Charles Leach
Norman H. Ford
Ford
Butler Admits Poison Added to Food in Heirs Case
Chang Soo Lee a Korean butler confessed to police that poison entered the meals of two heirs of a wealthy widow employer. He claimed the poison accidental, stored alongside baking soda on a shelf and mixed with the food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Chang Soo Lee
Greek steamer Okeanos sends SOS near Amsterdam
The Greek steamship Okeanos flashed an SOS from about 60 miles out in the Zuyder Zee near Amsterdam. The distress call prompted shore stations to respond.
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Amsterdam
A.P
Okeanos
Zuyder Zee
Senator Couzens in Serious Condition at Harper Hospital
Detroit notes Senator James Couzens is in a serious condition at Harper Hospital with a new complication in a long abdominal illness.
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Detroit
U.P
James Couzens
Harper Hospital
Roosevelt May Make Another Trip to Ohio
President Roosevelt considers another campaign swing through the Middle West and into Pennsylvania. A 48 hour tour through Republican New England is planned as a precursor with potential stops in Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania, plus a major Worcester address and possible Toledo and Akron appearances.
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Roosevelt
Ohio
Washington
U.P
Middle West
Pennsylvania
New England
Indiana
Harrisburg
Wilkes-Barre
White House
Providence
R. I
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Gallipolis Man Hangs Himself
W T Wells age 65 a noted tobacco authority in Ohio and Kentucky ended his life this morning by hanging himself in the garage of his Locust home Despondency was cited as the cause He used a window cord after climbing a step ladder and removing it His body was found later Coroner W Lewis Brown conducted a non recoverable examination Wells a former Crown City mayor and member of the Odd Fellows leaves two children Agnes Wiley and Travis Wells of Huntington
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Gallipolis
W. T. Wells
Ohio
Kentucky
Locust &I
Weiss
W. Lewis Brown
Crown City
Gallia
Wells
Odd Fellows and Junior Order
Agnes Wiley
Travis Wells
Huntington
Youth's Religious Turn Cheers Lutheran Heads
Delegates at the United Lutheran Church convention in Columbus report a revival among the youth and consider two key issues: women seeking elder delegates and the consolidation of Lutheran forces in America. Luther League executive secretary Paull Rinports cites growing devotional meeting attendance and rising membership from pastors.
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Columbus
Ll.p
United Lutheran Church Convention
America
Paull. Rinports
Philadelphia
Luther League of America
Train Stoppage By Women Triggers Resignations
Police report a large group of 500 to 1,000 women halted a Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad train at a Minden water tank urging crew to resign in sympathy with labor strikers. Engineer Mark Willis was replaced. Willis was bruised but not severely hurt. The group, from Alexandria Shreveport Minden and Hope, Ark, disbanded and vanished.
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Big Four
Iana and
Arkansas Railroad
O. H. Haynes
Webster Parish
Hope
Ark
Mark Willis
Minden
Haynes
Willis
C. P. Couch
Alexandria
Shreveport
Suspect Addicts of Oriental Crime Thrive in White Plains Case
Chang Soo Lee, a 36 year old Korean houseboy, faces charges in White Plains New York for attempting to murder Mrs. Ida L Churchill and her heirs with poisoned toothpaste to secure a promised bequest. Investigators also examine ashes of Mrs. Churchill's husband cremated in Florida after his sudden death last January.
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White Plains
N. Y
Chang Soo Lee
Ida L. Churchill
George Reeves
Gehrig May Act Tarzan Role in Movie Deal
Lou Gehrig, star first baseman for the New York Yankees and 1927 AL MVP, may play Tarzan if negotiations yield sufficient money. Christy Walsh, his manager, said talks started before the World Series, which the Yankees won over the Giants.
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New York
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankee
Christy Walsh
Hollywood
Yankees
Gianta
Stone Wall Is Reset By City Workers
The retaining wall in front of Dr. C. W. Super residence at 44 W. Union St. is being strengthened by city workers after winter damage. Large stones weighing 500 to 800 pounds are removed and reset with back reinforcement by concrete using a derrick. Project expected to take two weeks.
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Dr. C. W. Super
W. Union St
Next Time He Who Seeks Will Receive
Ocean Park California report that Robert Murray said any applicant who insists on a job will be given one. A prior applicant returned, was refused again, and attacked Murray, robbing him of $112, binding him with wire, and leaving after vowing not to take the job if offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Park
Calif
U.P
Robert Murray
Murray
Cincinnati Registration Records Reveal Eligible Voters
Cincinnati chief clerk Joseph A. Clark announced registration records show 243 241 residents eligible to vote on November 3. The board of elections disclosed the figure as voters prepared for the upcoming election.
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Cincinnati
Joseph A. Clark
The
Board of Elections
Body Identified From Muskingum River Find in Zanesville
The drowned man was identified as WH Krebs of Newark Ohio based on clothing laundry marks found on him in the Muskingum River at Zanesville Ohio.
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Zanesville
Muskingum River
Newark
Landon Expands Trade Plan and CCC Support in California
Governor Alf Landon travels to Los Angeles to court California’s 22 electoral votes with a broader reciprocal trade program and a pledge to improve the Civilian Conservation Corps. He criticizes the New Deal as economically nationalist and outlines stops toward Indianapolis and other midwestern and eastern states as he tours for traction against Roosevelt.
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Landon
California
Alf M. Landon
Civilian Conservation Corps
Los Angeles
Southwest
Middlewest
East
Albuquersque
N. M
James P. Warburg
Warburg
Roosevelt
Barstow
Calif
CCC
New Deal
America
Minneapolis
Inedianapolis
Tulsa
Okla
Springfield
Peoria
Ill
Marietta
Charleneton
W. Va
State Parole Board Frees 28 Pen Inmates
The Ohio State Parole Board released 28 inmates from the Ohio Penitentiary and continued 88 of 130 cases. Paroled individuals include Joe Flynn of Hocking for burglary to Texas after April 1, 1987, William E. Motley of Meigs for shooting to kill on November 20, and Ernest Smith of Gallia for obtaining property under false pretenses on May 1, 1987.
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Columbus
State Parole Board
Ohio Penitentiary
Hocking
Joe Flynn
Texas
Meigs
William E. Motley
Gallia
Ernest Smith
New Deal Encouraged By Rulings of Court
Three procedural victories before the Supreme Court gave the administration encouragement in carrying out New Deal recovery and reform. The court refused to pass on controversies involving the Social Security Act Truth in Securities Law and PWA authority to make loans and grants for publicly owned municipal power systems.
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Washington
U.R
Supreme Court
PWA
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San Francisco
Manila
Ekins
Burbank
United States Marshal
Erna Ervin Messenger
Anne Macy
Azana
Butler
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