Bombard Nanking Delayed as U S Embassies Refuse to Flee
U S embassy staff on two warships in the Yangtze vow not to abandon Nanking despite Japanese threats to destroy the capital. Ambassador Johnson says Americans will stay while present, as pilots stand ready and anti aircraft guns brace for a mass air attack amid menacing skies.
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Nanking
U.P
United States
Yangtze River
Nelson T. Johnson
Johnson
Luzon
Guam
High Command
Yangtze Valley
Shanghai
Army Airport
W.P
Charles Little
Admiral Little
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
China
Nippon
Yangtze-Kiang
Kent Offers To Revise Puerto Rican Mural
Rockwell Kent proposed to revise his mural in the post office building at no charge to satisfy Puerto Rican critics who protested its alleged message of good will. He offered to add a scene of the Puerto Rican Senate president tearing up a message written in an Eskimo dialect urging independence from American rule.
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Washington
U.P
Rockwell Kent
Senate
Trouser-Snatchers Rob Third Victim in 5 Days
Dayton police report two men abducted Boyd Isham at a downtown intersection, forced him to drive to a secluded spot near Osborn Ohio, robbed him of $50 and left him stripped. Investigators link the incident to two prior robberies of taxicab drivers William Lindley of Akron and Wesley Miller of Columbus, suggesting a pattern over five days.
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Dayton
U.P
Boyd Isham
Osborn
Isham
William Lindley
Akron
Wesley Miller
Columbus
Tax evasion convict sentenced to 18 months
In Clarksburg West Virginia Judge Harry E Watkins sentenced 32 year old Theodore Russell a reputed Wheeling numbers operator to 18 months in Lewisburg federal prison for conspiring to evade income taxes in 1931.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
U.P
Harry E. Watkins
Theodore Russell
Lewisburg
Soviets Denounce Italy Japan and Germany as Aggressors
Columbus Ohio U P Lieutenant Governor Paul P Yoder voiced hope that Charles Sawyer of Cincinnati a Democratic national committeeman would seek the 1938 governorship He also said he hopes William G Pickrel of Dayton former lieutenant governor would not run Yoder called Pickrel too useful to his party in his current role and deemed him unlikely to run
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Columbus
U.P
Paul P. Yoder
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Yoder
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
Bill
Pickrel
State Building and Loan Division
Eke
Rubber Workers Given Suspended Sentences
Twenty five Akron rubber workers who pleaded guilty to strike disorder charges were granted suspended jail sentences on condition they pay cash fines. The defendants were implicated in aiding pickets during the steel strike lines on June 21.
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Youngstown
AU P
Akron
Osgood Perkins Dies After Heart Attack at 45
Washington report says Broadway actor Osgood Perkins died early today a few hours after premiering the play Susan and God. He was 45 and reportedly suffered a heart attack. His wife Janet Kane of Boston found him unconscious in the bathroom.
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Washington
Osgood Perkins
Susan and
God
Janet Kane
Boston
Litvinov Calls for League Aid to Loyalist Spain and China
Soviet foreign minister Maxim Litvinov denounces Italy Germany and Japan as aggressors and demands immediate League of Nations aid to Loyalist Spain and China. He attacks the anti communism slogan as cover for aims of trade and materials. British admiralty issues routes for protection of merchant ships in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
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Geneva
U.P
Maxim Litvinov
Russia
Italy
Germany
Japan
League of Nations
Spain
China
Litvinov
League
Mediterranean
Black Seas
Straits of Gibraltar
Black Sea
Africa
France
Jurists Elect Chief Justice of Ninth District Appeals
Judge Perry H. Stevens of Akron was elected chief justice of the courts of appeals by judges meeting here. The Ninth District Appeals Court will lead with Stevens at the helm.
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Columbus
AUP
Perry H. Stevens
Akron
Ninth District Appeals Court
Courts of Appeals
New York Legion Parade Draws 1.5 Million Spectators
The American Legion marched up Fifth Avenue in New York for its 19th annual convention climax drawing about 1.5 million onlookers. Secretary Hull warned diplomacy is needed to avoid a 1917 tragedy while Herbert Hoover urged respect for a safe nation.
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NEW York
U.P
American Legion
Fifth Avenue
Legion
Times Square
United States
Cordell Hull
Harry W. Colmery
Herbert Hoover
Councilmen To Face Hearing In Bribery Plot
Six Clarksburg city councilmen were charged with conspiring to accept 1500 bribes to award a 40000 garbage disposal contract to a Huntington business man who proved to be State Trooper C E Musgraves. Musgraves said he met with the councilmen repeatedly over three weeks and, with Trooper S F Warren posing as his son, presented warrants during a key meeting.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
U.R
Huntington
C. E. Musgraves
Jessie Jones
Musgraves
S. F. Warren
Men Plead Not Guilty To Murder Charges
In Springfield Henry Dingledine 27 and Harry Chapman 34 Chicago pleaded not guilty to two counts of first degree murder. They were captured after a gun battle that killed two police officers and Robert Cornette a paroled convict. Henry Dingledine’s father Harry Dingle dine is still wanted.
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Springfield
O.R
Henry Dingledine
Harry Chapman
Chicago
Robert Cornette
Harry Dingledine
Henry
National Guard Protects Negro Against Lynching
In Marshall Texas twenty National Guardsmen and several Texas Rangers defended the Harrison County courthouse during the trial of Harrison Young, one of two Black brothers charged with assaulting a white woman. Two machine guns guarded the lawn as patrols continued all night amid local discontent.
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Marshall
Tex
U.R
National
Texas Rangers
Harrison County
Harrison Young
Propose World Parley To End Sino-Jap War
Australia calls for a League conference including non members to settle the Chinese Japanese conflict. Stanley Bruce, ex prime minister and Australian delegation head, urged the assembly to convene a world parley at Geneva.
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Geneva
U.2
Australia
League of Nations
Conference of World Nations
United States
Stanley Bruce
Assembly of the League
Wise Elected President of Ohio Commission for the Blind
Ralph G. Wise of Mansfield was elected president of the Ohio Commission for the Blind today, succeeding Walter Schmitt of Cincinnati. The announcement names Wise as the new head of the state agency.
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Columbus
U.P
Ralph G. Wise
Mansfield
Ohio Commission For the Blind
Walter Schmitt
Cincinnati
Funeral for Elyria benefactor Edgar Allen held Wednesday
Funeral services will be held here Wednesday for Edgar F. Daddy Allen 75 founder of Elyria Memorial Hospital and organizer of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children who died Monday.
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Elyria
U.P
Edgar F
Daddy” Allen
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ohio Society For Crippled Children
Roosevelt Chooses Far West as Testing Ground for New Deal
President Roosevelt maps a 6000 mile Pacific Coast trip emphasizing far western states to push his New Deal, social and judicial goals. He will visit Wyoming Montana Idaho Oregon Washington North Dakota and Nebraska en route to Cheyenne with a rear platform appearance planned for Friday.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Rooseveltis
Roosevelt
Seattle
Wyoming
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
Montana
North Dakota
Chicago
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Burton K. Wheeler
Supreme Court
Mr. Roosevelt
Nebraska
Edward F. Burke
Albany
Cleveland
Toledo
Omaha
Neb
Cheyenne
Wyo
AFL Invites Roosevelt To Address Convention
The American Federation of Labor invited President Roosevelt to address its annual convention opening in Denver on October 4. He has not yet responded and is not expected to attend, possibly sending a message read by AFL President William Green. The visit could affect the rift with John L. Lewis CIO. Lewis will convene CIO leaders in Atlantic City on October 11 to discuss actions if unions are expelled from the federation.
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Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Denver
Colo
de Bones
William Green
Federation
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Rand-Bergoff Trial Set for November 8
Federal Judge Carroll C. Hincks set November 8 for the trial of James H. Rand Jr. president of Remington Rand Inc. and Pearl Bergoff head of a New York strike breaking agency on Byrnes Act violations. They were indicted for transporting strike breakers from New York to Middletown during an early strike at Rand's Middletown plant.
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New Haven
Conn
Carroll C. Hincks
James H. Rand, Jr
Remington-Rand, Inc
Pearl Bergoff
New York
Rand
Bergoff
Middletown
New York Girl Smashes Women's Speed Record
Jacqueline Cochran of New York flew a Seversky modified pursuit plane at Wayne County airport to set a new feminine world speed record with a 3 kilometer dash at an average of 293.05 mph. The previous record of 276 mph was held by Helen Ek Boucher of France.
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Detroit
Jacqueline Cochran
New York
Seversky
Wayne County
Helen Ek. Boucher
France
Kidnapper traced as janitor confesses in Wingdale case
Julius Redlich, 63, was seized from a Wingdale hotel and manacled in a dugout. Franz Hanawald, a New York City apartment janitor, confessed and admitted seeking a $20,000 ransom to secure his later years.
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Julius Redlich
Wingdale
N. Y
Franz Hanawald
New York City
Kanawald
Investigators Highlight Shortage in Relief Fund Fraud Case
Audit reports fraud and waste in Lawrence County relief funds for 16 months ending last April 1. Central figures Pearl Pratt and Dan Rapp face large recovery findings, with $11 304.68 shortage. Irregularities include milk purchases for needy children and using relief orders to secure votes before the 1936 elections.
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Columbus-Au
Lawrence County
Joseph T. Ferguson
W. H. Howland
F. A. Smith
Pearl A.pratt
Dan C. Rapp
Wilkins and crew Safe in Arctic After Forced Landing
Sir Hubert Wilkins and his four crewmen reported safe on a lake near Aklavik in the Mackenzie River delta after a forced landing caused by bad weather. They had been missing for 33 hours while searching for six lost Russian fliers.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
U.P
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Arctic
Radio Today
Aklavik
N.W.T
Wilkins
Roush Returns to Jail in Murder Probe
Dana Roush former police chief in Pomeroy Ohio returned to jail in default of 12000 bond after testifying before a special grand jury probing the deaths of Lafe Williamson George Hicks and Carl Baer who were ordered held last week by Special Prosecutor Craig Davis of Columbus but released on bail
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Pomeroy
U.P
Dana Roush
Lafe Williamson
George Hicks
Carl Baer
Craig Davis
Columbus
Commission Probes Van Sweringen Rail Empire Reach
The Interstate Commerce Commission opened an inquiry into the Van Sweringen rail system to determine jurisdiction. Key focus is on Alleghany Corporation Chesapeake Corporation and executives Robert R Young Frank F Kolbe and Alan P Kirby now owners.
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Washington
U.P
Interstate Commerce Commission
van Swearingen
Alleghany Corporation
Chesapeake Corporation
Robert R. Young
Frank F. Kolbe
Alan P. Kirby
Black Returns To Face Klan Issue
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black sails from Southampton aboard the City of Norfolk to return home amid charges of Ku Klux Klan membership. The ship is due in Norfolk, Virginia, on September 29 and Baltimore on September 30. Black and his wife avoided press as they fled hotel security, with a fast pursuit through England.
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London
U.S
Hugo L. Black
United States Supreme Court
Norfolk
Black
Southampton
Baltimore
Justice
Mrs. Black
United Press
Thames Valley
Italy urged to join sea patrol talks with Britain and France
In Rome the British and French charges d affaires met Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano and signaled that Britain and France will offer Italy theoretical parity in the Mediterranean piracy patrol. Officials sense optimism that the deadlock could end before Mussolini departs for Munich by train Thursday night.
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Rome
U.P
Galeazzo Ciano
Britain
France
Italy
Mediterranean
Benito Mussolini
Munich
Chief Justice Hughes Returns to Official Duties
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes resumes his duties in Washington after nearly three months away in Quebec and New Hampshire. He will preside over the annual conference of senior circuit court judges opening Thursday to discuss docket states and procedural issues from the past year.
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Washington
U.P
Charles Evans Hughes
Quebec
New Hampshire
Garr brothers watch Denhardt at dramatic murder trial
The Garr brothers sit in the front row as Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt faces murder charges over their sister. They glare and sneer, while Denhardt expresses love for the deceased and breaks down at testimony.
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Martin Kane
United Press
New York
U.P
Garr
Henry H. Denhardt
Roy
Jack Garr
E. S. Garr
Denhardt
Dr. Garr
Garr Brothers
Garr brothers charged in murder of Brigadier General Denhardt
Shelbyville dispatch reports three Garr brothers of Oldham County charged with killing Brigadier General Henry H. Denhardt, 61, eleven hours before his second trial for the Verna Garr Taylor murder. Denhardt died on Sixth and Main Streets as he fled toward a hotel, after shooting at him following a heated dispute about Taylor.
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Verna Garr Taylor
Henry H. Denhardt
Shelbyville
U.P
Garr
Oldham County
Kentucky
E. S. Garr
Roy Garr
Jack Garr
Coleman Wright
Shelby County
Denehardt
New Castle
Wright
Garr Brothers
J. Ballard Clarke
la Grange
Lapsley
Denhardt
Kinsolving
Harry Flood
Little
R. K. Myers
Myers
E. C. Garr
Cone
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Kent
Hopes Sawyer
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AFL
Roush
Commission
van Sweringen Rails
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