Illinois Mechanic-Aviator Wins Feature Plane Race
Rudy A Kling, 29, Lemont, Illinois, garage owner and aviator, won the Thompson Trophy 200 mile dash at the 1937 National Air Races in Cleveland with an average speed of 256.910 mph. He also won the Louis W Grove Trophy in the 100 mile dash, and earned a total of 13 500 in prize money as the top open class racer amid an 85 000 prize pool. Earl Ortman of Los Angeles finished close in the Thompson aboard a Keith Rider. Fuller won the Bendix race and $13 000 in prize money.
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Cleveland
A.P
Rudy A. Kling
Lemont, II
Kling
Folkerts-Kling
Municipal Airport
Louis W. Grove
Thompson
Earl Ortman
Los Angeles
Keith
Grove
Fuller
Two Victims Of Attack Found Unharmed In Park
Philadelphia reports that two children, Helen Whebley age six and Frank age three, were found unharmed after authorities claimed a former neighbor confessed to abducting and harming them. Mayor S Davis Wilson announced the confessed assault after police questioned Philip Krho, 27.
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Philadelphia
S. Davis Wilson
Helen Whebley
Frank
Wilson
Philip Krho
Whebsey's
Krho
Woodside Park
Fairmount Park
Loyalists Claim 1700 Nationalists Dead at Belchite
Loyalists report heavy losses by insurgents at Belchite on the Aragon front claiming 1,700 Nationalists dead in the streets. They say sanitation corps burned over 1,500 bodies and most of the dead were Fascist volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
AUP
Belchite
Aragon
New Paralysis Cases Reach High for Year
The U S Public Health Service announced 620 new cases of infantile paralysis in the week ended August 28, the highest weekly total so far this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AUP
U. S. Public Health Service Today
CIO To Drop Case Against Governor Davey
Edward Lamb of the Committee for Industrial Organization said SWOC will file a motion in Columbus Federal Court to dismiss the suit against Governor Martin L. Davey over the use of National Guardsmen in the summer steel strike. He criticized the state attorney general's office for dilatory tactics hindering trial preparation.
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Toledo -Hu
Edward Lamb
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
National Guardsmen
Lamb
SWOC
Atorney General
TNT found in gasoline shocks chemical society
Rochester report says Dr. Gustav Egloff of Universal Oil Co. told a symposium that gasoline contains carbon atoms that can link into an endless hydrocarbon chain forming TNT when mixed with oil, raising concern over an inexhaustible explosive source.
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Rochester
N. Y
U.P
American Chemical Society
Gustav Egloff
Universal Oil Company
Chicago
Ohio U Grid Huskies Begin Fall Practice
Ohio University football opened fall drills with 35 players under coaches Don C. Peden and Dutch Trautwein. The Bobcats have two weeks to prepare for Rio Grande on September 18 and an extra week before Illinois. Two-a-days continue this week with one afternoon session after school starts.
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Ohio University
Don C. Peden
W. J. “Dutch” Trautwein
Bobcats
Rio Grande
Illinois
Illini
State Highway Dept announces bids for Enterprise projects
Columbus reports the State Highway Department will accept bids on September 14 and 17 for six highway improvement projects totaling about 245 000 dollars and four miles of road. Low bids include A J Baltes for Hocking Logan Lancaster road work at 313 189 dollars and Ralph Myers for a State Route 31 grade separation with the C and O Railroad at Enterprise for 37 615 dollars.
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Columbus
U.R
State Highway Department
Hocking
Logan-Lancaster
Falls Township
A. J. Baltes
Norwalk
Falls ‘Township
C. & O. Railroad
Enterprise
Ralph Myers
Salem
Ind
Former Santander Governor Executed for Terror Actions
Roberto Alvarez former Republican governor of Santander Spain was executed for alleged terror actions during his presidency of the people's court. Nationalist headquarters said he condemned about 1500 persons to death during the weeks before Santander's capture.
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ST. Jean DE Luz
France
UPR
Roberto Alvarez
Santander
Spain
People's Court
Alvarez
Troops in Paraguay Revolt Demand Franco Return
In Asuncion troops rose in revolt demanding the return of former President Franco, signaling a political crisis and unrest in Paraguay.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Franco
School Bells End Vacation For 1 300 000 Ohio Pupils
Ohio schools reopened with about 1.3 million public school pupils plus 250000 in parochial and private schools. Dr Dave Sutton of the state education department notes a drop of around 4000 in public enrollment from 1936 due to lower birth rates. The all time peak enrollment was 1.7 million in 1951.
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Ohio
Columbus
Dave Sutton
State Department of Education
Sutton
Sulton
John Owens Delivers Key Speech At Glouster Labor Day Rally
Labor Day rally in Glouster drew an estimated 10 000 to 15 000 people as United Mine Workers and American Legion members celebrated. Homer Martin unable to attend due to Pittsburgh labor dispute, John Owens delivered main address alongside William Feeney and Judge Louis Tyroler.
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Charles Bernhard
Glouster
United Mine Workers of America
American Legion
Homer Martin
Automobile Workers Union
Pittsburgh
John Owens
Miners
CIO
William Feeney
Abor
Charleroi
Louis Tyroler
Athens County Probate Court
Owens Attacks Steel Interests in Glouster Rally
CIO leader Owens denounced industrial leaders calling for dead unions while urging workers to march on. He praised the Hocking Valley as a UMW cradle and attacked Governor Davey for siding with steel firms. He contrasted CIO gains with the AFL and noted 515,000 steel union members and 399 contracts as the AFL lagged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens
Bellaire
Hocking Valley
United Mine Workers
CIO
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Former Gallipolis Resident Dora Kerns Rife Dies at 82
Dora Kerns Rife 82 widow of William Rife died at the home of her son in law and daughter Prof and Mrs Harvey E Conard in New Vienna Ohio Burial was in Mound Hill Cemetery Gallipolis on Monday She was a daughter of the late Jacob Kerns and lived in Gallipolis until about 20 years ago Prof Conard once supervised schools in Gallipolis
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Gallipolis
Dora Kerns Rife
William Rife
Harvey E. Conard
New Vienna
Ohio
Mound Hill Cemetery
Jacob Kerns
Conard
U S Steel Shares Slump to Yearly Low
U S Steel common stock declined 6 1 2 points to 98 1 2 in a second hour selling spree today, marking the first time since July 2 that the steel giant traded below par. Other leading issues also fell more than seven points as tickers dropped.
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New York
U. S. Steel Common
Bank Bandit Escapes With 1800 After Time Lock Delay
A bandit held ten people for twenty minutes at the State Savings Bank of Woodville in Northwestern Sandusky County. He escaped with 1800 after waiting for a time lock to open a safe.
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Fremon
State Savings Bank of
Woodville
Sandusky County
Yankee killed in Spain Bel Chite final toll named
Wallace F. Burton of Winchester Indiana was killed while fighting for the Loyalists at Belchite. His fiancé Milly Bennett an American newspaperwoman learned of the death shortly before her arrival there.
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Spain
Valencia
Wallace F. Burton
Winchester
Ind
Belchite
Milly Bennett
Labor leaders clash on Labor Day radio addresses
William Green of the AFL denounced third-party labor movements and C I O sit down strikes as fascist. John L. Lewis of the CIO claimed 250000 backing as a potential president. Green cited Communist organizers and paper membership while Lewis touted 500000 CIO steel workers amid steel industry tension.
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Washington
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
United States
Lewis
Pittsburgh
Green
Dallas
Texas
America
Ruhr
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Republic
Bethlehem
Postal Clerks Warned to Curb Tactics at Convention
Postmaster General James A. Farley told the National Federation of Post Office Clerks that no group of workers would be allowed to interfere with postal service. He cited Roosevelt’s stance on unions, praised clerks’ benefits, but asserted the service remains owned by the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.P
James A. Farley
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Postal Service
Roosevelt
National Democratic
Workers of America
CIO Union May Call Maritime Walk-Out
The National Maritime Union threatened to strike on the Atlantic and gulf coasts unless labor board elections for employees of 70 steamship companies are expedited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO Union
New York
AUP
National Maritime Union
Committee For Industrial Organization
Atlantic
Gulf
Tragic Canal Death Of Woman Distracted By Snake
Mrs. Caleb Thompson aged 36 of Cincinnati drowned after leaping into a canal when a snake crawled beside her while fishing, investigators report.
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Franklin
Caleb Thompson
Cincinnati
Tragic Pool Dive Claims Life of Canney Youth
Frank Canney 17 from a wealthy Colombian family died after diving into a pool at a boys camp near Alderson West Virginia. He sustained fatal injuries Monday and was pronounced dead at the scene. Local authorities investigated the accident and notified his next of kin.
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Alderson
W. Va
U.P
Frank Canney
Colombia
South America
Here
Americans in Shanghai Press for Protection as Evacuation Debated
Hundreds of Americans in wartorn Shanghai urged President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull to clarify evacuation policy as warnings spread that Marines may evacuate families on short notice. The American Chamber of Commerce called for a stronger U S policy while some businessmen chose to stay and risk the conflict.
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Shanghai
U.P
Washington
Roosevelt
American Chamber of Commerce
Cordell Hull
Mark L. Moody
Lansing
Mich
Augusta
Japan
China
Shanghai-Nanking
Haichow
Seek To Force Cut in Rates
The Rural Electrification Administration accuses private utilities of obstructing the $400 million program by ignoring cooperatives requests for lower prices. Officials say they will use publicity and government-backed power generation to press for rate reductions and plan to finance more small plants where rates fall short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
REA
Henry Hadley Dies at 66, Noted American Composer
American composer Henry Hadley died after a long illness at his New York home aged 66. Funeral services are set for Wednesday. Hadley created four operas Cleopatra's Night Bianca Azora and Safie along with over 150 songs and piano pieces three concert overtures four symphonies and various tone poems suites and cantatas.
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New York
U.P
Henry Hadley
Hadley
Bianca
Azora
Safie
Roosevelt returns to Washington to plan West Coast trip
President Roosevelt sails back to Washington after a six day cruise along New York Rhode Island and Connecticut waters aboard the Potomac. He kept in touch with Sino Japanese war developments and said a trip to the West Coast could happen around September 20 if feasible visiting Seattle grandchildren.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
White House
New York
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Poughkeepsie
Block Island
R. 1
China
West
Seattle
Holiday Death List Grows in Ohio Labor Holiday
Ohio's accidental death list for the Labor Day double holiday reached 27 names with most fatalities reported Saturday night and Sunday. Cleveland and Cincinnati reported no new deaths. Monday victims included Edward Hauck 58 of Fremont and Oren Mulligan 65 of Columbus both killed by hit-and-run drivers.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Edward Hauck
Fremont Construction Company
Oren T. Mulligan
Treasury to refinance at high rate amid better business
Washington notes improved business conditions push Treasury to carry out mid September refinancing at the highest rate since 1934. Morgenthau cites sharp rises in commercial borrowing as the reason for higher interest on the longer term note issue.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Morgenthau
Young sisters die of infantile paralysis in Columbus
Charlene True age 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles True Columbus died Monday night from infantile paralysis. Her sister Marjorie age 15 died of the same disease last week.
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Columbus
U.R
Charlene True
Charles True
Marjorie
Labor Day Death Toll Falls Short of Predictions
Across 48 states and Washington DC violent deaths over Labor Day weekend were under half the National Safety Council forecast. Auto crashes led with nearly 300 deaths while airplanes, murders, and other accidents pushed total above 400. Notable tragedies included a Des Moines man who died in a collision with a train and a baby born to a dying mother, a Clarion football fatality, a 74-year-old gored near Salt Lake City, and a Peoria man drowned after his boat entangled with his son’s line.
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New York
UPI
District of Columbia
National Safety Council
James Welborn
Des Moines
Husky
Broadilawns General Hospital
Clarion
Irvin Nielsen
Columbus Marion
Salt Lake City
Walter Hogan
Peoria
Canton
Soviets Blame Italian Subs in Pirate Attacks
Russian note accuses Italy of torpedoing Mediterranean merchant ships. Hitler backs Italy, raising fears of a stalled Lake Geneva conference and a potential push to force peace or war as European leaders face hard choices amid submarine attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Miller
United Press
London
U.P
Italy
Mediterranean
Europe
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Nuremberg
Lake Geneva
Great Britain
France
Foreign Ministry
Japan
Britain
China
Hong Kong
Far East
Germany
Plane in Waters of Lake Erie Near Pointe Pelee
Rescue workers awaited calmer Lake Erie waters before resuming search for an unidentified airplane that sank in fifteen feet of water a half mile south of Pointe Pelee. The plane, found by Coast Guardsmen after witnesses described the plunge, is believed to be owned by Harry Corley of Detroit, a gasoline station operator, who left Detroit with two companions en route to the national air races at Cleveland.
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Pointe Pelee
Ont
Lake Erie
Here
Coast
Harry Coreley
Detroit
Clevesland
Mrs. Jesse Elliott Dies at Gallipolis
Mrs. Hannah Melissa Elliott 55 wife of Jesse Elliott died Saturday at the family home in Gallipolis. They had seven sons Dallas Ellis and Elmer survive. A sister Hattie Damer and brothers Elmer Noah Walter reside near Crown City and Northup. Funeral services were held Tuesday and interment followed at Walnut Ridge at four.
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Gallipolis
Hannah Melissa Elliott
Jesse Elliott
Dallas
Ellis
Elmer
Hattie Damer
Northup
Noah Walter
Crown City
Walnut Ridge
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N.Y
L. S
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