Roosevelt plans cross country trip to test court plan
President Roosevelt schedules a nationwide journey from the Midwest to the Northwest to gauge public mood on his judiciary reorganization, with stops in Cheyenne Casper Yellowstone Park Boise and other cities. He will deliver two formal addresses at Bonneville and Chicago and then return to Washington aboard his special train.
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Hyde Park
WW. Y
Roosevelt
Montana
Wyoming
Wheeler and O'Mahoney
Mr. Roosevelt
Chicago
Cheyenne
Wyo
Casper
Yellowstone Park
Boise
Idaho
William E. Borah
Owyhee
Ore
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Fort Peck
Bride Admits Slaying Youth in Reed City
Mrs Ruth Corwin 17 a month into marriage confessed to sheriff she shot 7 year old William Lahn after apples were thrown at him by other children. She said she fired from her porch while trying to frighten them. she and her 21 year old husband work in local factory.
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Reed City
Mich
O.R
Ruth Corwin
Royal Gingrich
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Mercer
The Iowa Supreme Court upholds the death penalty for John Mercer age 28 in the seven year old murder of Robert Sproat in Tipton Iowa. Mercer was arrested in San Francisco after a radio theft and confessed while being questioned.
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Des Moines
U.R
Iowa Supreme Court
John Mercer
Philadelphia
Robert Sproat
Tipton
Mercer
San Francisco
Cal
Sproat
Iowa
French Liner Attacked by Unknown Airplane Near Balearics
Tangiers reporting that the French liner Koutoubia was attacked by an unidentified airplane off the Balearic Islands at 6 o'clock Tuesday night. The ship was not struck and British warships on the Mediterranean anti piracy patrol went to aid. Details are scarce.
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PARIS
A.P
Turadio
Tangiers
Morocco
Koutoubia
Balearic Islands
Coal yard collapse kills man and injures another
Marvin Kellem aged 34 was killed in Cincinnati when a coal hopper side collapsed at Hatfield Campbell Creek Coal Co yard burying him. Edward Carberry aged 24 from Covington Kentucky was injured.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Marvin Kellem
Edward Carberry
Covington
Hatfield-Campbell Creek
Woman Held As Witness In Pomeroy Case
Mrs. Marcella Hodge 27, an employee of Meigs County treasurer and prosecuting attorney, was returned to Pomeroy as a material witness in the Lafe Williamson death investigation. She was arrested in Columbus after attending a dance the night Williamson was injured. Bond for Dana R. Roush, former police chief, was reduced from 12,000 to 2,500 and he was released after posting bond.
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Eagle's Lodge Hall
Williamson
Bond
Dana R. Roush
Five Injured as Car Hits Porch in Columbus Crash
A Columbus accident left five people hospitalized after a fruit truck collided with a car driven by 18 year old Thomas Zaglanis who was fatally injured. The vehicle plowed through a front porch.
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Columbus
A.P
Thomas Zaglanis
Zaglanis
Garr brothers praised after killing General Denhardt in Kentucky
In Shelbyville Kentucky the Garr brothers Doc Roy and Jack received visitors and bail offers after allegedly killing Brigadier General Henry H Denhardt who they say murdered their sister Verna Garr Taylor. They may plead self defense claiming Denhardt showed a pistol threat Monday night in town.
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Shelbyville
U.P
Garr
Doc
Roy
Jack
Henry H. Denhardt
Commonwealth
Verna Garr Taylor
William B. Belknap
Goshen
Kentucky
Denhardt
Marion Express Agent Shoots Self in Office
Delbert Hunte r, 54, an express company agent for 33 years, shot himself in the head at the Railway Express Office in Marion. His body was found by H A Lusch and L G Cooper when they visited the office. He had been ill and was a member of the Masonic order.
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Marion
A.P
Delbert Hunter
Express
Railway Express
H. A. Lusch
L. G. Cooper
Hunter
Masonic Order
National Guards Protect Negro at Attack Trial
Roscoe Young a Black man stood trial in Marshall after guards protected him from potential mob violence. Henderson Young, his brother, was earlier found guilty and sentenced to death as jurors deliberated briefly. Militia with two machine guns guarded the courthouse amid rumors of a mob from Longview.
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Marshall
Tex
U.P
Roscoe Young
Douglas Reed
Longview
Henderson Young
Weary Legion Ends Parade and Heads to Convention
Weary Legionnaires completed their 18 hour Fifth Avenue parade then returned to New York to attend the 19th annual Legion convention. Delegates will vote on resolutions and elect a new national commander to replace Harry W Colmery with candidates Ray Kelly Daniel Doherty Lynn Stambaugh Milo Warner and Stephen Chadwick vying for support.
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New York
U.P
Fifth Avenue
Legion
Los Angeles
Denver
Chicago
United States
Harry W. Colmery
Kansas
Ray Kelly
Detroit
Daniel Doherty
Boston
Doherty
Lynn A. Stambaugh
Fargo
N. C
Milo J. Warner
Toledo
Ohio
Stephen F. Chadwick
Seattle
Wash
Colmery
Stambaugh
Chadwick
Republicans plan broad 1938 revival campaign
Republican National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton announced an aggressive off year program aimed at rejuvenating the party. He said the GOP would mount an intensive push for congressional seats in the 1938 elections, sparked by Democratic dissension over the Supreme Court reorganization. The resignation of Charles Dewey Hilles from New York, long a Republican power, signals possible party reorganization alongside the late J. Henry Roraback.
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Washington -Hu P
John D. M. Hamilton
G.O.P
Supreme Court
Hamilton
Charles Dewey Hilles
New York
Republican National Committee
Hilles
J. Henry Roraback
Roraback
Eight Women on CIO Strike Trial Jury
In Youngstown eight women and four men hear evidence in the trial of John Steuben alias Stevenson charged with destroying railroad property during the steel strike last June. Witnesses call Steuben a CIO organizer and the mastermind of disorders around steel mills.
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Youngstown
U.P
John Steuben
Stevenson
Steuben
CIO
Nationwide anti crime drive vows cross border cooperation
U S law enforcement agencies unite to curb crime across state lines with new laws allowing pursuit of felons across borders. Indiana State Police upholds Captain Leach dismissal to secure federal cooperation as states including Arizona California Delaware Kansas Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Rhode Island Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania enact fresh pursuit statutes. A five state Midwest program plans radio telegraph intercommunication interstate highway blocks and quarterly conferences among Ohio Indiana Kentucky Illinois and Michigan to combat the Brady gang and coordinate efforts.
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Washington
Indiana State Police Board
Matt Leach
Leach
Arizona
Callifornia
Delaware
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
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Pennsylvania
Interstate Commission On Crime
Biel
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Pickrel Calls Yoder Ohio's Charlie McCarthy
Dayton Ohio Lieutenant Governor Pickrel blasted Paul Yoder calling him Charlie McCarthy for hoping Pickrel would not seek the 1938 Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He tied Yoder to Harry Wilson, Ohio's chief utilities lobbyist, likening Wilson's prominence to Lydia Pinkham among the ill.
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Dayton
U.P
Paul P. Yoder
Charlie McCarthy
William G. Pickrel
Yoder
Pickrel
Ohio
Harry Wilson
Wilson
Lydia Pinkham
Border Line Relief Referred To Solons For Funding Fix
A joint legislative committee in Columbus considers border line relief cases and methods to fund them. Municipalities and counties propose using short term notes backed by anticipated tax revenue surpluses to retire overdue poor relief bonds maturing next March.
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Columbus
U.P
Klan Alibi Claim for Justice Black Revealed
A former Ku Klux Klan member told United Press a special Klan ritual allows Justice Hugo L. Black to deny Klan membership under oath while remaining a member. The ritual allegedly permits serving on juries and other duties from which oath-admitted membership could bar participation.
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Washington
U.P
Ku Klux Klan
United Press Today
Hugo L. Black
World’s Smallest Man Harold Dyott Dies in England
Harold Dyott known as Tiny Tim, claimed the world’s smallest man title, died at 50 in Hemel Hempstead England from a bronchial ailment. At 23 inches tall and 24 pounds he toured sideshows and royal courts, born in Lancashire to normal parents, and could fit inside a top hat.
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Hemel Hempstead
Eng
U.P
Harold Dyott
Tim
Dyott
Lancashire
French Balk Rescue of Spanish Prisoner
About 150 Spanish fascists tried to cross the Hendaye bridge to rescue Major Julian Troncoso, detained over an attempted hijack of a Loyalist submarine at Brest. French mobile guards opened fire with four machine guns, stopping the raid and delaying news release for hours.
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Biarritz
France
U.P
Hendaye
Julian Troncoso
Brest
Master of Barge Baumgart Dies in Port Heart Attack
Capt. Max Baumgart age 60 of Buffalo N Y, master of one of four barges towed into port by the tug Ballenas, collapsed near the dock and died at a city hospital. Ruled a heart attack by physicians.
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Cleveland
Max Baumgart
Buffalo
N. Y
Ballenas
Plan Meeting Of Experts on Pirate Patrol
Paris reports French British and Italian experts to meet to finalize Italy's participation in the nine power Mediterranean pirate patrol. Italy offered practical observations to break the deadlock and an agreement in principle was reached in Rome between Count Galeazzo Ciano and British and French representatives. Mussolini may travel to Berlin Friday as tensions ease.
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Paris
U.P
Italy
Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Britain
France
Mussolini
Germany
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Organizer Put Into Jail After Beating in Memphis
Norman Smith, organizer for the Committee for Industrial Organization, was beaten near a tavern and held in Memphis city jail on a hold order after treatment for bruises and lacerations. State legislator Robert Tillman, local C I O attorney, expected his release soon as Police Commissioner Cliff Davis promised a full investigation.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Norman Smith
Committee For Industrial Organization
Ford
Smith
Robert Tillman
Cliff Davis
Bank Receiver Named Treasurer Of Pottery Firm
W. T. Marfield of Steubenville, federal receiver for six Ohio Valley national banks, was appointed treasurer of the Taylor Smith and Taylor Pottery Company near Chester, West Virginia, effective October.
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East Liverpool
U.P
W. T. Marfield
Steubenville
Ohio Valley National Banks
Taylor, Smith and Taylor Pottery Company
Chester
W. Va
Battle of Shanghai Hill Peak as Invaders Open Offensive
Describes Japanese air raids on Nanking and Canton as they launch a broad offensive. Reports claim heavy combat near Litien and Liaohang, with brutal ground fighting and exhausted troops. Americans in Nanking face danger. Chinese and Japanese claims on planes shot down conflict.
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Shanghai Hill
Shanghai
Japan
China
Nanking
Canton
United States
Peiping-Hankow
Tientsin-Pukow
Litien
Liaohang
Yangtze
Kiangyin
Domei
Hsiakuan
Yangetze River
Hsiaquan
Shanghai- Nanking
Luzon
Guam
Yangtze River
Pope decries Germany’s condition at audience
Castels Gandolfo. The Pope told about 1,500 pilgrims and newlyweds at the summer villa audience that conditions in Germany are deplorable. He urged prayers and urged peace during the semi weekly event and addressed the faithful in attendance.
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Castel Gandolfo
U.P
Germany
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