Ohio drum corps parade draws 4 000 fans at stadium showdown
The Ohio drum corps parade in Columbus drew about 4 000 spectators as top units from Ohio and Virginia showcased skill and color. E T Briggs praised the event, with Massillon and Bellefontaine among top finishers. Lima, Logan, and Parkersburg also placed, and a $50 prize awarded to a parade cadet unit. The contest, overseen by the State Committee, featured precise timing and uniformed formations, and signals were struck by the judges after a tense competition.
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Ohio
Virginia
E. T. the
American Legion
Chicago
Champion
Belle
Logan
W. Va
Was
Parkersburg
Favor Ouster Prompts Move Against State Banking Head
Support grows to remove the state banking superintendent as a congressional sponsor cites neglect and failures. About 9,000 people have signed petitions criticizing the official, while roughly 1,000 names appear on circulating papers in Cleveland. The effort targets the superintendent amid ongoing supervision concerns.
Sept 11 Pr Piece and College Stand by His Home
Fragmentary report notes a person connected to a college and vice-presidency standing by his home as thousands observe the moment. Details are incomplete but indicate a notable local event with strong attendance.
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Vice-Press- College
Woman arraigned in Queens murder case of jeweler Charles Wolfert
Mrs Mil lie Prince arrives at Long Island City court for arraignment on a murder charge. She admits stabbing 16 year old jeweler Charles J Wolfert in a lonely Queens spot claiming he forced his attentions on her.
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Millie Prince
Long Island City Court
Charles J. Wolfert
Queens
New York
Cubans Choose Ramon San Martin President In Cuba
Dr Ramon San Martin a 48 year old college professor was named president by a five man commission governing Cuba He was inaugurated and urged party leaders to back a Nationalist government to avert intervention and restore normal conditions Opposition to American interference united across political lines including Communists and government members.
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Havana
Ramon San Martin
Cuba
Bandits Steal $100000 in Rail Express Heist
Eight gunmen held up Railway Express Agency employees beneath the Union Station concourse in St Paul. They seized two small safes containing about $100000 in currency and securities as a train waited to ship funds to Minneapolis. Estimated cash at least $60000.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Railway Express Agency
Union Station
Minneapolis
Four-Foot Wall of Water Sweeps Eight to Death
Flood wrecks Crow Creek reservation as four foot wall of water bursts over the community. Eight people drowned while sleeping. more than a dozen escape by climbing to roofs or fleeing in autos. Search by Indians white men and aviators continues for additional victims.
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Chamberlin
U.P
Crow Creek Reservation
Epizootic Encephalitis Fatalities Reach 120 in City
The epidemic has caused 13 new deaths, raising total fatalities to 120 among 720 hospitalizations since July 30 in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Little Nation Hasn't Business Being Little Will Rogers Declares
Will Rogers opines that small nations should not be minor players in world affairs. He mocks headlines about Cuba and Britain and notes that a port open to all ships invites trouble for the small nations. He signs off with a light patriotic, tongue in cheek stance.
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Little Nation
Little Will Rogers
Missing Polish Balloonists in Canadian City
Missing Polish balloonists Captain Francizek Hynek and Lieutenant Zbigniew Bursynski were found in Riviera Pierre Quebec after five days of wilderness travel. Their disappearance followed Ward T. Van Orman and Frank Trotter landing days earlier in Tumagani Provincial Forest Canada while the race balloon search continued.
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Akron
Ward T. van Orman
Frank Trotter
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Tumagani
Provinal Forest
Canada
Francizek Hynek
Zbigniew Bursynski
Riviera A Pierre
Quebec
Chicago
T. G. W. Settle
Navy Bay
New Haven
Conn
van Orman
Trotter
Murder Scene Unfolds In Discovery Near De Graff
Miss Florence Emlinger of Lima was found shot dead in Perry Walters's car near his mother Ida Walters home in Logan County. Walters, also shot in the head, was found unconscious in a hospital. Authorities suspect murder and possible suicide after a Sunday visit.
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Emlinger
Walters
Nurse Accused of Plotting Grace Murder for 18 Months
Santa Cruz report states Frieda Weltz a red haired nurse is accused of planning the murder of retired shipping magnate J. M. Grace eighteen months earlier and killing him Saturday night on his summer estate lawn. Prosecutor J. F. Murphy cites a long series of lies and insults as the nearest explanation but says motive will not be revealed.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
U.P
Frieda Wilhelmina Weltz
J. M. Grace
J. F. Murphy
Grace
Murphy
Treasury to Launch Bid for Billions in Back Taxes
Commissioner Guy T Helvering said a drive to collect a billion dollars in overdue back taxes will begin soon. He spoke after leaving the White House in Washington on September 11.
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Washington
U.P
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
White House
Rail Employment Up On Class 1 Lines In August
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports August employment on the nation’s Class 1 railroads exceeded 1,000,000 for the first time since October, signaling a rise in railroad labor.
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Washington
U.P
The
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Johnson Confident of Coal Code Peace
Washington Sept 11 U P reports protracted negotiations on the bituminous coal code moving toward a conclusion. Recovery Administrator Hugh S Johnson voiced optimism while National Labor Board Chairman Wagner urged capital and labor to forget feuds and cooperate for the recovery program.
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Washington
U.P
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Wagner
National Labor Board
Capital and Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senator Wagner
New
Roosevelt
Maine votes on 21st Amendment ratification
Portland dispatch reports Maine officials voted to repeal national prohibition. Observers expected Maine to be the 26th state to repudiate nationwide prohibition, keeping the long dry era intact.
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Portland
U.P
Maine
Oranges Sustain Lost Balloonists
Two Polish balloonists Captain Hynek and Lieutenant Burzynski set a new free balloon distance record of 1050 miles in the Bennett international trophy race. After a five day trek from their bag’s tree-top landing, they reached Riviera Pierre where they awaited Polish consul instructions. Their sole sustenance consisted of a dozen oranges.
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Quebec
U.P
Hynek
Burzynski
Riviera
A Pierre
Chicago
Riviera A Pierre
Lemieux
Federal rule may extend to bank resources
Washington reports that new banking policies could place virtual government control over about 45 billion dollars in bank resources. The plan envisions the Reconstruction Finance Corporation buying up to a billion dollars in bank stock, granting 25 percent ownership of 4 billion in capital, and abandoning the Postal Savings System.
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Washington
U.P
Jones
United States
Reconstruction Corporation
Evangelist in Cell Has Two Wives
Chicago dispatch reports Rev Walter J Bateman 33 conducting services alone in a cell at Trinity Gospel Mission on South Halsted Street. Police say he married a congregation member Louise Stump without divorcing Esther Bateman of Toledo who arrived to complain.
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Chicago
Trinity Gospel Mission
South Halsted Street
Walter J. Bateman
Bateman
Louise Stump
Esther Bateman
Toledo
County Budget Adds 1000 to Ag Fund for 4-H Support
Athens County Commissioners adopted the 1934 budget with two revisions. They add 1000 to the agricultural fund bringing it to 4390 and propose a levy to cover a 10000 deficit in bonds and interest. They will pay 4 H Club instructor expenses if the state assigns one and plan to keep road funds intact to support rural roads.
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Athens County
T. H. Johnson
Johnson
Texas Youth Leads Golfers at National Amateur
Jack Munger of Dallas, age 21, shot 70 to take a narrow first round lead at Kenwood Country Club Cincinnati in the 18 hole qualifying of the National Amateur Championship. The first nine proved tough for many, with several players over 40 strokes.
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Jack Munger
Cards
Kenwood Country Club
Cincinnati
U.P
Dallas
Tex
Jess Sweetser
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Bob Servis
Dayton
Ohio
Beverly Fire Loss Estimated At 15000 Dollars
Fire damaged the Wilderman Building and the Pierce Brothers Building in Beverly leaving five business places hurt. Estimates placed Sunday losses at 15000 dollars as Fire Chief F H Hart investigated a possible incendiary cause.
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Marietta
U.R
Beverly
Wilderman
Pierce Brothers
F. H. Hart Todey
Cabrini's Saintly Path Seen in 1917 Death Note
The article notes Mother Cabrini died in 1917 and suggests she may be the first American to be canonized by the Catholic Church, highlighting her potential sainthood milestone as a historic first.
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Cabrini
Sales tax debated to fund Ohio schools in emergency
In Columbus on September 11 the general retail sales tax reemerged as a financing option for weak school districts. A joint tax committee heard advocates push for a low one percent rate while considering selective taxes and utility levies, though House approval remains uncertain ahead of a special assembly.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joint Legislative Taxation Committee
Special Assembly
House of Representatives
Street Car Strike Averted In Cleveland Agreement Reached
Cleveland accord ends threat of a 3000 street car workers strike as Cleveland Railway Company and Street Car Men's Union near a permanent deal mediated by Charles B. Barnes of the National Labor Board. Wage hike of 25 percent already granted and official signing anticipated today.
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Cleveland
U.P
Cleveland Railway Company
Charles B. Barnes
National Labor Board
Modern Steve Brody Makes Fatal Plunge
The jumping career of Dan Carone ended with a 250 foot leap from the George Washington bridge above the Hudson. Photographers watched as he shed clothes to a bathing suit, stepped to the rail, and jumped, was carried by wind and landed on his back, body not recovered.
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New York
U.P
Dan Carone
Brooklyn Bridge
London Bridge
George Washington Bridge
Hudson
Carone
Teenage girl dies of sleeping sickness after Wheeling Fair
Mary Jane Peters, 14, of Toronto Ohio, died in Steubenville after a one week illness attributed to encephalitis or sleeping sickness. She fell ill following attendance at the Wheeling Fair and was brought to a local hospital.
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Steubenville
U.P
Mary Jane Peters
Toronto
Seven Miners Reported Killed in Oakmont Mine Blast
A coal dust explosion at the Oakmont mine in Barking Station, Hillman Coal and Coke, killed seven miners and wounded one. Rescue crews, led by J. J. Forbes, brought the last body to the surface after carrying victims three miles underground. Six identified victims were Mike Stopko, Joseph Franconi, Charlies Solomon, Greeley Turing, Jack Miller, and a miner named Mike. another victim was described as unnamed.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Oakmont
Hillman Coal and Coke Company
Barking Station
Hillman
Federal Bureau of Mines
J. J. Forbes
Bureau of Mines Safety Division
Mike Stopko
Springdale
Joseph Franconi
Charlies Solomon
New Kensington
Greeley Turing
Valley Heights
Jack Miller
Acmetonia
Mike
Joseph Payer
Citizens’ General Hospital
White Opposes High Liquor Tax After Prohibition
Governor White, returning from a five day vacation on the Northern Michigan Peninsula, says he favors taxing liquor after repeal but opposes excessive liquor taxes that would push prices up and spur bootlegging. He spoke on tax proposals before the joint legislative taxation committee.
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Columbus
U.R
White
Michigan
Joint Legislative Taxation Committee
Convicts Kill Two in Louisiana Pen Break
A posse of prison guards and county officers hunted for ten of twelve Angola State Prison escapees believed to be in a wooded area. The convicts, all long term prisoners, killed two men and wounded two others during the breakout. one convict was shot dead.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
U.P
Angola State Prison
Bells Abound After Newark Theft Arrest At Lex Lockup
New Lexington dispatch reports Sheriff James Adrian and deputies arrested Raymond Budd and James Ay Tes of Newark on the Somerset Road. The car they were stopped in contained railroad engine bells and injectors believed stolen in Newark.
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New Lexington
U.P
James Adrian
Newark
Raymond Budd
James Ay Tes
Somerset Road
Trial in fourth week for Lamson case in San Jose
Prosecutors pursuing the Lamson murder case focused on evidence suggesting the death was accidental as the trial entered its fourth week in San Jose California. Names cited include David A. Lamson and local prosecutors. The proceedings continued amid the ongoing legal fight.
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San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Triad
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