Moore Alibi Defended by His Mother
In Essex County Court Mrs. Mary Moore testifies that her son John Montague was at home in Syracuse on the night of the Hana roadhouse robbery. The prosecution has rested. the defense begins its case as jurors prepare to verdicts by Tuesday night.
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Syracuse
Elizabethtown
N. Y
U.P
Mary Moore
John Montague
Essex County Court
Roadhouse
Montague
Mary Allen
Kin Hana
Jay
Ire
James Noonan
Laverne Moore
Roger Norton
Norton
Hana
New Zealand Girl Sets Long Distance Record
Jean Batten a 27 year old New Zealand aviator who left a music career completed a solo flight from Port Darwin Australia to Croydon Airfield England in five days eight hours twenty five minutes to set a new long distance record. The prior mark was six days eight hours twenty five minutes set by Harry F Broadbent on May 3.
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London
Jean Batten
New Zealand
Australia
England
Port Darwin
Croydon
Harry F. Broadbent
Hawaiian Prince Held For Murder of Girl
Honolulu report states Prince David Kawananakoa was jailed for investigation after Arvilla Kinslea, 21, was found slain at a midnight party in his Waikiki apartment. Police said the prince appeared intoxicated and unable to recall events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
U.P
David Kawananakoa
Waikiki Beach
Arvilla Kinslea
Escape Unhurt as Bus Upsets After Collision
A Columbus bound Buckeye Stages bus overturned in Grove City after colliding with a car driven by Walter Pool of Urbancrest. The bus driver John W. Parker swerved to avoid the crash. Mrs Celia Weaver of Washington DC was shocked. ten persons escaped serious injury and others were unhurt.
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Columbus
WUP
Grove City
Washington D. C
Walter Pool
Urbancrest
John W. Parker
Celia Weaver
Washington, D. C
Hunt On for CIO Gunman
Chicago police intensified their search for John Cain after the death of John White whom Cain allegedly shot at a union meeting hall. White died from two bullet wounds. he named Cain as the shooter before dying. Cain had recently replaced White as Chicago District general organizer and was reportedly dismissed as organizer by Homer Martin in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
John Cain
John White
Committee For Industrial Organization
White
C.S
Albert Mikes
Cain
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Detroit
Labor Peace Talks Begin Between AFL and CIO Heads
Washington reports both the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations setting a procedure for peace talks. AFL spokesmen claimed 3 6 million members and CIO leaders 3 7 million, with 7 3 million total represented as they held morning discussions and planned further sessions.
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Washington
U.R
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
CIO
White House
George M. Harrison
Federation
Philip Murray
Murray
Harrison
Ten Die In Ohio Weekend Accidents
Ohio reports at least ten accidental deaths over the weekend. Among the deceased are social worker Anna McNabb burned when her nightgown caught fire in Toledo. Virginia Crites of Fostoria was struck while crossing with her husband J H Crites. Frank Mozucha of Toledo died from injuries after a car strike in Gallipolis. Frank J Schwinne of Columbus was killed after a fall into the path of a car. Charles Myers of London died in Columbus from a car crash into a tree.
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Columbus
Ohio
Anna McNabb
Toledo
Virginia Crites
Fostoria
J. H. Crites
Frank Mozucha
Gallipolis
Frank J. Schwinne
Charles Myers
London
Coast Gambler Shot to Death in Los Angeles Bar
George Les Bruneman a 45 year old Los Angeles gambler was shot 14 times as he sat with two women in a beer hall. A bystander Frank Gruezard 24 was killed and Alice Ingram 24 was wounded. Police link the attack to a prior July 19 ambush and say the same gunmen likely returned to finish the job. A nurse companion was hit in the legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
George
Les) Bruneman
Frank Gruezard
Alice Ingram
Bruneman
Bert Wallis
Police Homicide Squad
New Jap Bombing Raid Kills 200 Near Shanghai
Sungkiang 18 miles southwest of Shanghai suffered a raid by Japanese planes killing over 200 and wounding at least 400. Bombs hit the business district destroying theaters hotels and tea houses. A dugout direct hit killed 40. A missing youth case follows in Columbus Ohio.
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Shanghai
U.F
Sungkiang
Elixir of Death Poison Contaminates Drug Stores
Federal and state agents searched 700 bottles of Elixir of Death found in drug stores and doctors offices. The sulfanilamide diethylene glycol mixture killed 36 people after unapproved use as a cure for infections. Diethylene glycol, the solvent, is blamed for the fatalities per Dr. Morris Fishbein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association Journal
Dr Howard H Russell Retires From Anti Saloon League
Dr Howard Hyde Russell founder of the Anti Saloon League in 1895 retires from active league work at a Columbus dinner honoring his 82nd birthday. He receives a life pension of 150 dollars monthly after half a century leading temperance efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hyde Russell
Columbus
Russell
Next Fortnight Is Important To Republicans
A pivotal two weeks starts for the Republican Party as leadership is unsettled and 1938 elections loom. Hoover and Landon clash over control while a coalition with conservatives forms. Hoover plans a mid term convention with Landon undecided, as the RNC weighs the Hoover plan in Chicago next week.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Massachusetts
Republican Club
Boston
Hoover
Landon
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Kansas
William Jonas Dies At Glouster Today
William Jonas longtime clerk of the board of public affairs in Glouster died this afternoon in a Columbus hospital after recent brain tumor surgery. He leaves a wife and two daughters, Marcella a student at Ohio State and Thelma a Columbus hospital nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
William Jonas
Board of Public Affairs
Columbus
Mr. Jonas
Marcella
Ohio State University
Thelma
Nathan Straus To Lead U S Housing Authority Plan
Nathan Straus will assume direction of the new $526,000,000 low cost housing and slum elimination program. As administrator of the U S Housing Authority under the Wagner Steagall act he starts the first long range federal attack on poor housing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Straus
New York City
U. S
Black Takes No Part in Negro Case
The Supreme Court, with Justice Hugo L. Black not participating, refused to review the 75 year prison sentence of Haywood Patterson in the Scottsboro case. The court noted Black did not sit on the Patterson appeal, with no stated reason given. The court also agreed to hear Duke Power Co. challenge to Public Works Administration power loans, and recessed for two weeks to draft decisions on argued cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Haywood Patterson
Scottsboro
Ala
Alabama
Black
Patterson
Ku Klux Klan
Duke Power Co
Public Works Administration
Duke
Negro Found Dead in Mine in Glouster
Hale Sonny Leach a 48 year old trip rider was found dead on tracks five minutes after signaling a motorman at Mine No 255 belonging to George M Jones Co The cause is not yet determined a physician suggested coronary thrombosis an inquest is planned Leach resided on Lookout Street with a widow and two children Denzil and Mrs Mattie Foutz in Glouster Ohio
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Glouster
Hale
Sonny) Leach
Leo Bradley
Leach
George M. Jones Co
Lookout St
Denzil
Mattie Foutz
Thanksgiving Tables Bare Dogs Kill Turkeys
Adolph Nelson of near here reports 120 turkeys killed by dogs. Fred Wilhelm says 90 turkeys in his flock were killed by dogs, leaving Thanksgiving meals in doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.P
Adolph Nelson
Here
Fred Wilhelm
Armless Gallia County Man Held Over Ill Legal Still
Gallia County armless resident John M. Bartels, 41, was arrested by federal agents and taken to Ironton on a charge of manufacturing illegal liquor. Bonds set at 500 dollars for a hearing on November 4. Officers say a 500 gallon still and 800 gallons of mash were found at his home near Gallia Post Office. He is a father of four and was able to furnish bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ironton
John M. Bartels
Greenfield Township
Gallia County
Bartels
Gallia
Bond
Youth Fails in Attempt To Kill Wife in Hospital Bed
In Springfield a 22 year old Leonard Compton shot at his wife Louise in a city hospital maternity ward wounding her slightly. He fired five shots aiming at the bed and walls. he reportedly feared the newborn boy was not his. Interne M K Marshall restrained him until police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.P
Leonard Compton
Louise
Compton
Springfield City Hospital
M. K. Marshall
Pirate Plane Sinks Cargo Ship Crew Saved
PERPIGNAN France UP reports a new piracy wave in the Mediterranean. The French cargo vessel Oued Mellah was bombed and sunk fifty miles east of the Balearic Islands by an unidentified airplane. The crew was saved by two French destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perpignan
France
Mediterranean
Balearic Island
Jail Too Cold Forces Sheriff to Release Inmates
In Kewanee Illinois the city jail lacks adequate heat so Sheriff uses honor system. Prisoners were sent home with pledges to return for scheduled trials once the heating system is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewanee, Ill
Frank Schlindwein
Kewanee
Businessmen Call on FD
Four representatives of large business led by W Averell Harriman meet with President Roosevelt in Hyde Park to press for a meeting with the administration's Business Advisory Council. The gathering may touch on the stock market break while officials call the session routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. Y
W. Averell Harriman
New York City
Roosevelt
Business Advisory Council
White House
Harriman
Clarence Francis
General Foods Corporation
New
Conference on State Labor Laws Opens in Washington
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins opened the fourth annual conference on state labor laws in Washington as delegates from 45 states gathered. She noted that 17 states enacted minimum wage laws in four years and 11 limited women’s hours to 48 per week. Ten states enacted occupational disease compensation laws.
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Washington
U.P
Frances Perkins
Secretary of Labor
Sheriff Frees Prisoner To Play Fox and Hounds
Martinez California dispatch reports Sheriff John A. Miller freed a prisoner to act as fox for a hunt by his friends. The event aimed to test organizing horsemen to chase criminals across the wild county, with a $10 prize for the fox if caught within a three hour limit. The fox was eventually tracked near town as hunters headed to a barroom before the barbecue.
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Martinez
Calif
U.P
John A. Miller
Fox
Lloyd Hasingtown
Patrick Shaw
Plans To Be Fired Upon in Neutral Zone
British defense lines in the International Area will fire on approaching planes. Japanese air attacks killed a Royal Ulster Rifleman and wounded others, as foreign civilians including Americans were targeted. In Shanghai, Chinese forces retreat under heavy Japanese bombardment and naval gunfire, with Admiral Yarnell protesting Japanese actions.
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Shanghai
International
Royal Ulster Rifles
Ulster Rifleman
Harry FE. Yarnell
Kyoshi Hasegata
Great Western Road
Columbia Country Club
Richard Smith
Duluth
Minn
Richard Price
Pembrokshire
Wales
Smith
Price
T. V. Soong
China
Moors and Legionnaires Attack Aragon Front
Thousands of Moors and Foreign Legionnaires attacked Loyalist positions on the Aragon Front as Franco plans a major offensive aimed at cutting Madrid and Valencia off from Barcelona, signaling an opening move of a wider Nationalist push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Franco - Spanish Frontier
U.P
Aragon
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Valencia
Barcelona
Spain
Attack Victim To View Police Line Up Today
Columbus report says 14 year old Jean Williams will view a police lineup today to identify a man suspected of criminal assault Saturday night. She was treated at University Hospital and released. The lineup includes other children who have been molested recently.
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Columbus
V.P
Jean Williams
Jean
University Hospital
Ponsele Concert Off in Columbus Due to Cold
Rosa Ponsele, noted soprano, postpones a Columbus concert scheduled for tonight because of a severe cold. cancellation announced by organizers with new date to be determined.
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New Union
Akron
Frank T. Cullitan
Cuyahoga County
Leroy Clinker
Plymouth
Pittsburgh
Despoilers
Sun Yat-Sen
Dr. Sun
Chinese Republic
John R. Morris
Moors-Legionnaires
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