Folsom Warden Wounded as Prison Break Fails in Riot
Warden Clarence Larkin and Captain William J. Ryan were severely wounded as seven convicts led by Clyde Stevens attacked Folsom State Prison. Three died including Stevens and Bennie Kucharski, plus guard H. E. Martin. Five others were wounded in ten minute combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folsom State Prison
Calif
U.P
Folsom
Tnday
Clyde Stevens
Bennie Kucharski
H. E. Martin
Clarence Larkin
William J. Ryan
Martin
James Kearns
Wesley Eady
Eudy
Larkin
Kearns
Quiz Attorney In Gas Suit
Franklin County Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett said he would ask City Attorney John L. Davies to dismiss parts of Davies' 2,000,000 damage suit against Columbia Gas and Electric Co and executives for allegedly adulterating gas. Bartlett questions why the city’s private counsel would seek large attorney fees, noting the city as a gas consumer should benefit from the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A.P
Franklin County
Ralph J. Bartlett
John L. Davies
Davies
Columbia Gas and Electric Co
Ohio
Bartlett
City of
Start Trial of Strikers In Youngstown Court
First of 205 strikers indicted on violence charges during last summer’s steel labor disorder went on trial in Youngstown common pleas court. John Steuben alias Stevenson, a Steel Workers Organizing Committee leader, faced trial for allegedly trying to stop a train at Struthers Ohio on June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown-Aup
Common Pleas Court
John Steuben
Stevenson
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Steuben
Struthers
Call for State Parole Probe Juries Delayed
Columbus Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy said grand juries for the parole investigation will not be called for at least a couple of weeks. The summons in Stark Union Richland and Madison counties will depend on investigations this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Herbert S. Duffy
Stark
Union
Richland
Madison
Navy Combine Hits War Peak In Sub Patrol
British and French fleets expanded anti piracy patrols in the Mediterranean as 22 French ships join. Commodore Pridham-Wippell arrives at Gibraltar with Cairo and four destroyers. five more destroyers head east to a secret rendezvous. Flying boats join duty at Malta. airplanes may detect subs within 30 yards of surface. Italian moves to join patrol appear stalled after talks with Galeazzo Ciano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Mediterranean
Henry H. Pridham- Wippell
Gibraltar
Cairo
Malta
England
Toulon
France
Oran
Galeazzo Ciano
Paris
Italy
Frey Seeks CIO Union Expulsion at AFL Convention
John P. Frey president of the AFL metal trades department says he will seek expulsion of CIO affiliated unions at the AFL convention in Denver starting October 4. He aims to have the 60 600 member metal trades bloc endorse the move and plans to submit floor resolutions for final ouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AU P
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Federation of Committee For Industrial Organization Unions
A. F. of L
Denver
Frey
Metal Trades Group
Fine WPA Foreman For Payroll Robbery
Federal Judge Paul Jones fined P. E. Bickel Massillon Works Progress Administration foreman 300 dollars and costs after he pled guilty to falsifying WPA payrolls last spring. Bickel admitted robbing payrolls of 900 dollars from workers on the East Lipa Heights trunk sewer project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland -U.R
Paul Jones
P. E. Bickel
Massillon Works Progress Administration
Bickel
East Lipa Heights
Coast Guards Save 15 From Sinking Barge
Coast Guardsmen rescued 15 sailors from the Motor Barge C. E. Redfern as it sank in Lake Michigan off Frankfort Michigan. The vessel was carrying pulp wood from Marinette Wisconsin to Manistee Michigan, with Chicago headquarters reporting the late afternoon operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coast
C. E. Redfern
Lake Michigan
Frankfort
Mich
Marinette
Wis
Mahon
District Mines Nears Peak Fuel Demand
Work in various collieries across the district reached the highest level since last spring as cool September days and cold nights forecast a near winter. The Kimberly Mine of the Hocking Mining Co. employing about 350 men and idle since June 23 resumed today. The Hocking Mine may resume Thursday. Sunday Creek Coal Co. reported all its mines in the district working. Several mines resumed or restarted operations including No. 9 Rendville No. 28 Jacksonville No. 90 Carrington and others listed. Lick Run Mine near Nelsonville idle Friday due to labor trouble but is reportedly back to work today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Kimberly
Hocking Mining Co
Hocking
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Rendville
Jacksonville
Carrington
Sunday Creek
Millfield
Murray City
Congo
Orbiston
Thorn Hill
Carbondale Coal Co
Riddle Coal Co
Ohio
Lathrop and Coonville
Manhattan
Chauncey
Lick Run
Loyalists Seek Delay In Nationalist Drive
Loyalists in Asturias resist the Nationalist thrust along the Franco Spanish frontier hoping to stall the Rebel offensive until winter slows it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
U.P
Asturias
Berlin Air Raid Drill Shocks City With Simulated Attack
Berlin residents fled to shelters as sirens wailed during a staged air raid exercise tied to large Baltic military maneuvers. Bombing planes simulated an attack over Berlin while ambulances and fire crews staged rescue and firefighting in two districts before the all clear ended the drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mecklenburg
Pommerania
Baltic
Dan Cupid Takes to the Bottle Bride Tale
Adam Slaughter of Portland sent a corked note in a bottle on the Ohio River. The bottle reached Maysville Kentucky where Miss Marie Fyffe read it and replied. Slaughter and Fyffe married on Sept 17 and now live in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio
Adam Slaughter
Slaughter
James Slaughter
Portland
Ohio River
Maysville
Kentucky
Marie Fyffe
Cupid
Miss Fyffe
End Fear Britain Urges as Way of Curing World Ills
In Geneva British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged a world effort led by the United States Italy and Germany to remove fear and raise living standards. Britain announced plans to build 450000 tons of warships at a cost of 650 million dollars while seeking wider trade and ending Mediterranean piracy to promote global peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Geneva
U.P
Great Britain
Spain
China
United States
World Assembly of the League
League Council
Anthony Eden
Italy
Germany
Eden
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Mediterranean
Bus Carrying Legion Members Crashes Into Tree
A Greyhound bus carrying many New York bound American Legion members left the road in Hartford Connecticut and struck a tree. Thirty five people were taken to hospitals including 13 women and three children with two in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Society leader dies founder of crippled children group
Edgar F. Allen 75 founder and president of the International Society for Crippled Children died of heart disease in Elyria after several months illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
U.P
Edgar F. Allen
International Society For Crippled Children
Fugitives Escaped Akron Jail Move to Ross County
James M. Evans age 20 of Chillicothe and John Burbank age 19 of New Hampshire, fugitives from Summit County jail, were moved to Ross County after sightings on a county road near Bainbridge. They escaped Friday night abducted taxi driver William Lindley in Columbus, then forced him to discard clothing before abandoning the cab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James M. Evans
Chillicothe
John Burbank
New Hampshire
Summit County
Akron
Ross County
Bainbridge
William Lindley
Man Accused of Killing Uncle Over Hillbilly Song
Rimie Reveal, 24, of near Sissonville was held to the grand jury on a murder charge for fatally wounding his uncle Clarence Walker, 33, at Walker's home after becoming irritated by Walker's singing of a hillbilly song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
U.P
Rimie Reveal
Sissonville
Clarence Walker
Walker
W. D. Reedy
Paralysis Closes Clinton County Schools After Teacher Illness
Dr. W. W. K. Ruble, health commissioner, ordered Adams Township schools closed indefinitely after teacher Lenora Young contracted infantile paralysis. The action affects about 450 pupils in the first and second grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Adams Township
W. W. K. Ruble
Clinton County
Lenora Young
Roosevelt to Meet Black After Supreme Court Start
President Roosevelt will not meet Justice Hugo L. Black before the new Supreme Court term opens October 4 as Black returns from Europe shortly before the session. The plan follows Roosevelt's remark on not commenting on charges about Black and the Ku Klux Klan. Hyde Park meanwhile outlines Roosevelt's Pacific Coast trip with a Western focus and limited public appearances on the route to Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Justice Black
Europe
Mr. Roosevelt
Ku Klux Klan
New Justice
Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
Montana
Wyoming
Seattle
John Boettiger
Forest Fires Threaten Warren Idaho Town
In Warren Idaho 250 residents, mostly women and children, waited by vehicles as about 1 000 men battled out of control fires that threaten six fronts around the town. A severe electrical storm began the blaze two days earlier destroying 3 000 acres of timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Idaho
U.P
Wallace Announces Major Acreage Reduction for 1938
Secretary Henry A. Wallace unveiled a revised soil conservation program for 1938 to cut average harvesting of major crops by 15 to 30 million acres. The plan, finalized after a conference with AR A officials and 118 state farm leaders, follows the earlier tentative proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WAP
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Child Dies In Traffic Patrol Car Pneumonia
East Liverpool report states Joan Hill an 18 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs D Hill died from pneumonia in a traffic policeman Ekwyn Schenkel's automobile while being taken to a hospital on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
U.P
Joan
D. ©. Hill
Ekwyn Schenkel
Three Legionnaires At Peace Mission In New York City
New York hosts the American Legion 1937 convention at Madison Square Garden. Governor Lehman urges vigilance for religious and civil liberty while Mayor LaGuardia salutes the delegates. Police brace the city as Legionnaires and a coordinating parade strain traffic and city resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
New
Robert Schwalb
New York
American Legion
Madison Square Garden
Herbert H. Lehman
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Legion
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et & Chevaux
Lewis J. Valentine
Broadway
Fin Square
Massed Japanese Air Fleet Prepares to Bomb Nanking
A Japanese fleet of 200 planes moved to strike Nanking with a brutal campaign. Early raids killed scores as warnings urged foreigners and Chinese civilians to evacuate. US embassy staff retreated to the Luzon gunboat while officials appealed to avoid civilian harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Shanghai
Japan
Nanking
China
United States
Luzon
F. Hall-Patch
Nelson T. Johnson
Harry E. Yarnell
Yarnell
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Guam
Hasegawa
Uoon
State Department
Washington
Akron Hold-Up Pair Nets $550 in Two Jobs
Two daylight holdups in Akron netted the same pair of robbers $550. They robbed the North Hill Savings & Loan Co. office shortly after opening, taking about $350, the second such robbery at the branch in a year. A nearby grocery store was later robbed of $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
North Hill Savings & Loan Co
Victim of Stray Bullet Wounded on Ford Road
Wayne Pierce, 24, of Henrietta Ohio, was struck by a stray bullet while at work on Ford Road in Elyria. He remained in serious condition at the hospital with the bullet entering at the end of the spine as authorities investigated youths shooting at a nearby target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
U.R
Wayne Pierce
Henrietta
Ford Road
Mellon Will Allocates Estate to Charities and Education
A 12 page Pittsburgh area will transfers most of the Andrew W. Mellon estate to charitable and educational institutions. Probate officials in Allegheny County announced the document today, outlining broad bequests and enduring philanthropic aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh —Area
Andrew W. Mellon
Allegheny County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Youngstown
Navy Combine
CIO Union
Coast Guards
Legionnaires
Egister
New York City
American
Dan Cupid
Danny
Gertrude Michael
U.S
Fifth Ave
Police Department
Wile Mellon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!