Youth Tries Death By Own Action After School Shooting
In Toledo a 12 year old, Robert Snyder, shot his 69 year old principal Miss June Mapes in a school office after naming a girl. He then shot himself in a ravine, surviving with critical condition as investigators note his fascination with detective fiction and make believe gangsters.
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Toledo
U.R
Robert Snyder
June Mapes
Murphy
Miss Mapes
Robert
Green Hornet
Hart
Sales tax near million in Columbus weekly report
State Treasurer Clarence H. Kinsley announced that sales tax collections for the week ended Sept. 11 reached $913,958 in Columbus and surrounding areas, signaling strong revenue performance for the period.
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Columbus -U.ri
Clarence H. Kinsley
Harold EF Dad of Champaign to be Released by Nationalists
United Press reports Harold EF Dad of Champaign Illinois held prisoner in Salamanca by Nationalists and slated for release soon, per current information.
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Valencia
Harold EF
Dad
Champaign
Salamanca
United Press
President Roosevelts Northwest trip sparks protest rumors
Aboard Roosevelts special train en route to Seattle the president faces charges of ignoring senate Democrats who helped defeat the Supreme Court reorganization bill. A Clinton Iowa stop delighted crowds, with Marshalltown delivering a major ovation as he promised government action to stabilize farm crop prices without bankruptcy.
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Roosevelt
Seattle
U.P
Northwest
Senate
Supreme Court
Clinton
Iowa
Marshalltown
Ruth Roland Buried in Wedding Gown from Nine Years Ago
Hollywood report of Ruth Roland, famed silent film star, placed in burial today wearing her wedding gown of Batenberg lace and seed pearls. She married Ben Bard nine years ago, and the request was to be buried in that gown.
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Hollywood
U.R
Ruth Roland
Ben Bard
Fugitives from Cleveland Jail Hatched in Milwaukee Patrol
Milwaukee police hunted three bandits who escaped from Cuyahoga County jail after a patrolman spotted their car on a downtown street. The driver reportedly slowed at an arterial stop then sped away. Three men were inside the vehicle.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPA
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Williams
Gotham Normal Again As Legion Folds Tents
NEW YORK. The American Legion ends its national convention by electing Daniel J. Doherty of Boston as national commander to succeed Harry W. Colmery of Kansas, returning Times Square Broadway and Fifth Avenue to New Yorkers.
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New York
Parents Guilty of Neglect in County Probate Court
Mr and Mrs Francis Carsey were found guilty of neglecting their children by Judge Louis Tyroler in probate court. Contributing to delinquency charges were dismissed for insufficient evidence. Probation officer John Green testified Ruth Ann four was found by a roadside near Chauncey. Children were improperly fed and placed in Athens County Children's Home by court order.
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Francis Carsey
W. State Sr
Louis Tyroler
John Green
Ruth Ann
Chauncey
Dorothy Jane
Athens County
Ghost Yacht Endeavour I Still Unlocated
Reports say the America's Cup yacht Endeavour I remains missing with 18 crew after a Lloyds confirmation of a sighting near the Azores proved false. A London message and a tanker master’s wireless concern raise deep doubts about the craft's location and safety.
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London
mid-Atlantic
Lloyd's Agency
Amastra
Azores
Endeavour
Lloyd's
Japanese Boycott Sought by AFL and CIO Leaders
Washington reports that AFL and CIO leaders aim for boycotts on Japanese goods. A resolution calling for a China war protest boycott is expected at the AFL convention opening October 4 in Denver.
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Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
China
A. F. of L
Denver
Farley Silent on Rumors of Resignation
Postmaster General James A. Farley said he had no comment on reports he would resign to enter private business. He declined to discuss the rumors when questioned about becoming president of the Pierce Arrow Company during a Democratic state committee meeting in Albany where he serves as chairman.
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Albany
U.P
James A. Farley
Pierce Arrow Company
Democratic State Committee
Cross Burned at Home of Clans Probe Writer
A cross was burned today near the home of Ray Sprigle, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter whose investigations alleged that Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black was a Ku Klux Klan member. Sprigle was not at home, and no witnesses admitted seeing the blaze.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Ray Sprigle
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Sprigle
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Labor Council Meeting Tonight in Hocking Valley
The monthly meeting of the Labor Council of the Hocking and Sunday Creek Valley will convene tonight at 7:30 in the American Legion Building here.
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Nelson Wililee
The
Labor Council of the
Hocking and
Sunday Creek Valley
American Legion
Landon Predicts Roosevelt Court Fight Will Split Support
Landon says Roosevelt should let the people decide on enlarging the Supreme Court or face political losses. He warns that pushing the plan may split dissidents and cost him congressional footing, while failing to act could erode backing from key elements. He also signals a desire for liberal Republican leadership to attract anti Roosevelt Democrats.
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Topeka
Kans
A.P
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
West
Congress
Kansas
United Press
Supreme Court
Landon
Italians Hint End of Troop Aid to Franco
London report says Italy may stop sending troops to aid Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. An official source notes Mussolini’s government signaled a possible guarantee and awaits a definite promise. Progress hinged on a Paris naval experts meeting on Mediterranean anti piracy patrols.
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London
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Britain
France
Mussolini
Paris
Davey Defies CIO and defends Ohio actions
Akron dispatch reports Governor Davey rebutting CIO charges and defending National Guard use to reopen steel mills after the strike. He counters John L. Lewis labor rhetoric, pledging to stay governor until 1939 and uphold law and order amid the Ohio dispute. A Massillon robbery at 163 Grill yielded $4,500 in cash and checks when three bandits coerced clerks and customers.
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Akron
U.P
Goyv
Davey
Ohio
Committee For Industrial Organization
National Guard
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Massillon
O.R
Warden Clarence Larkin Dies of Prison Riot Wounds
Sacramento California United Press report says Warden Clarence Larkin of Folsom Prison died at 1:05 a.m. from knife wounds suffered in Sunday's riot. Three rioters and a guard also died. Larkin, 46, promoted in 1936, had risen from guard to warden and helped quell a 1927 breakout.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.P
Clarence Larkin
Folsom
Larkin
Lillian Larkin
California
Yard
Prefers Penal Work to Law
Mrs Marguerite Reilley, superintendent of the Marysville Reformatory for Women, declines to leave her post to join Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy as counsel in his liquor department. The offer would raise her pay from 3000 to 4500 dollars, but she favors her current role and happiness there.
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Marysville
Ll.p
Marguerite Reilley
Marysville Reformatory
Arraign Two Men on Cleveland Fund Counts
Cleveland Ohio reporters note that Francis JJ Voltz former trustee and administrator of bankruptcy accounts and Paul Shauver age 20 will be arraigned Tuesday on indictments by the federal grand jury. Voltz faces nine counts of misapplication dating to 1929 alleging embezzlement totaling 11383 dollars per assistant district attorney Foote.
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Cleveland
O.R— Francis
Voltz
Paul Shauver
Woodville, O
Federal Grand Jury
FEF
Foote
Ohio auditor says pension checks mailed by usual mailing time
Columbus auditor Joseph Ferguson responded to Gov. Davey’s criticism of pension handling. He stated the old age pension checks will be mailed by the usual mailing time, defending efficiency and timeline.
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Columbus
Davey
Joseph Ferguson
Two-Year Sleep of Erie Child Continues Unbroken
In Erie Pennsylvania four year old Maxine Yarrington remains unconscious after slipping into an unbroken sleep following sleeping sickness on September 24 1935. Doctors note no improvement as convulsions increase while guardians Mr and Mrs Lloyd Yarrington visit from Fairview seeking any sign of recognition from their child.
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Erie
Maxine Yarrington
Maxine
St. Vincent's Hospital
Lloyd Yarrington
Fairview
Sleeping Beauty
Japs Claim Russia To Aid China With War Material
Tokyo reports from Shanghai say Russia and China are negotiating a secret treaty to supply hundreds of thousands of small arms rounds, tanks, aircraft and other munitions, with a first installment due in October or November. Chinese troops halt a major Japanese offensive near Shanghai as bombardment continues and Hankow suffers air attacks.
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Tokyo
U.P
China
Russia
Comei
Shanghai
Domei
Chang Wei- Win
Japan
Pooting
Peiping-Hankow
Hankow
Exchange Telegraph
Aphis
GOP To Vote On Pep Meet For 1964 Campaign
Republican strategists left the party’s national committee with the task of deciding whether to hold a pep convention before next year’s congressional elections. A majority of the executive committee favored the idea but sent it to the full panel without recommendations. Chairman John Hamilton said the national committee would convene, likely in Chicago, between November 3 and 15.
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Washington
U.P
Republican Executive Committee
John JD. M. Hamilton
National Committee
Chicago
Thurmond Named New West Virginia Board Appointee
Walter R. Thurmond, West Virginia collector of internal revenue, was reported as the successor to C. P. Nelson on the state board of control. Nelson announced his resignation for October 1, and Roy Yoke will replace Thurmond on that date. The board oversees financial and administrative matters for state institutions except the state university.
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Charleston
W. Va
A.P
Walter R. Thurmond
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
C. P. Nelson
Huntington
State Board of Control
Thurmond
Roy Yoke
Nelson
State Board
State University
Cleveland's Playhouse Blasted by Vandals
Police hunted vandals after a dynamite blast ripped part of the roof and shattered windows of the $260,000 Cleveland theater nicknamed the finest little theater in the United States. Assistant director Max Eisenstadt blamed labor troubles as the cause.
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Cleveland
United States
Max Eisenstadt
Fog Halts Nationalist Advance Toward Gijon
A heavy fog blanketed the Asturias Mountains hindering the Nationalist push toward Gijon. In the south, clearer weather aided the Nationalists as they pressed their offensive.
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Gijon
Hendaye
Asturias
Duce To Visit Hitler Display Fascist Unity
Premier Benito Mussolini travels by special train at 12:20 p.m. for a four day visit with Adolf Hitler to show axis unity against opposition. He will attend German army maneuvers, speak in Berlin, and join Hitler at the Olympic Stadium with holidays planned in Munich and Berlin.
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Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Munich
Baltic Coast
Berlin
Hitler
Olympic Stadium
Klan Stays Neutral on Roosevelt Third Term
Imperial Wizard Hiram W. Evans says the Ku Klux Klan will not endorse any presidential candidate, even if Roosevelt seeks a third term. He writes to Joseph Leib that Klan members vote for their chosen candidate according to the record, and would apply to Roosevelt as well.
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Washington
U.P
Hiram W. Evans
The
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Roosevelt
Evans
Joseph Leib
Leib
Parole Board Frees 37 Inmates Across Two Prisons
The Ohio Board of Parole released 37 inmates from two state prisons, including 32 men at the state reformatory and five women at the Marysville reformatory. Notable paroled inmates include Athens Dolan for forgery with parole after January 1, 1938, under supervisor Wright, and Gatha Cart Nibert for breaking and entering with parole on November 1, 1937.
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Columbus
Ohio Board of Parole
State Reformatory
Reformatory For Women
Marysville
Athens
James Dolan
Donald Wright
Gatha Cart Nibert
Meigs Road Contract Awarded for $30,990
The state highway department received bids on projects totaling about 650000 with Meigs Pomeroy Jackson Road and State Route 7 work. Low bidder W C Moore of Marysville offered 30990 for the Meigs project including grade drainage piling and surfacing on 26 percent mile.
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Columbus
Animal Defender Sues For Divorce Over Cruelty Claims
Irene Castle McLaughlin, Chicago society leader and animal kindness crusader, seeks divorce from Maj. Frederick McLaughlin claiming cruelty. She accuses her husband of striking her and attempting to abduct their daughter after a separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Irene Castle McLaughlin
Chicago Society
Frederick McLaughlin
Sandusky Pupils Strike Over Inadequate Bus Service
Seventy five Bay Bridge rural school students near Sandusky refused to attend classes to protest what they called inadequate transportation facilities. County Superintendent B L Pierce said buses were crowded but in good condition.
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Sandusky
Bay Bridge
B. L. Pierce
War Will End Only When Aggression Ceases in China
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek said the Sino Japanese war could last a century, lasting as long as Japanese aggression continues. He criticized U S policy, urged fulfillment of nine power treaty obligations, and warned that neutrality is impossible for signatories while Japan violates pacts.
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John R. Morris Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Japan
Manchuria
Chiang
United States
Washington
J. P
Cordell Hull
France
Great Britain
League
Nanking
Japan Drafting Reply to U S Protest Over Nanking Raids
Tokyo officials say Japan is drafting a formal reply to the United States note protesting air raids on Nanking. A foreign office spokesman outlined the policy behind the note, asserting Japan will safeguard rights and property of all countries and their nationals.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Nanking
Foreign Office
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