Wealthy Chicagoan abducted from his car in suburban raid
Charles C. Ross a 72 year old retiree in real estate was kidnapped on a rural road after dinner with his secretary Miss Florence Friedage. The abductors forced Ross from his car and drove off with him while threatening to seek 250000 in ransom. Friedage who aided police described two cars and a nervous spokesman.
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Chicago
U.P
Charles C. Ross
Ross
Florence Friedage
Artemus D. Watson, Jr
Miss Freihage
400 Appeals Waiting Supreme Court Action
About 400 appeals from lower court rulings were on file for Supreme Court action as the court opened its 1937 38 term. Included were challenges to New Deal legislation tax and patent cases and a petition by Albert Levitt challenging Justice Hugo L Black eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Albert Levitt
Homer S. Cummings
Hugo L. Black
President Roosevelt Likely to Call Special Session
President Roosevelt travels by train toward Seattle with a plan for his next congressional program. A special session in autumn is considered possible, as observers weigh his stance on crop price stabilization and potential reaction to the Supreme Court appointment.
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Roosevelt
Seattle
U.P
Idaho
Pacific Northwest
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Chicago
Congress
Hugo L. Black
Ku Klux Klan
Supreme Court
Midwest
Hitler Backs Mussolini in Crisis as Volunteers Staunchly Blessed
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler will back Benito Mussolini against Britain and France demands to withdraw foreign volunteers from the Spanish Civil War. The Fuhrer agrees withdrawal impracticable but cautions Italy against further men or munitions and warns Germany may not back a Mediterranean conflagration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mediterranean
Twin Roberta Sines Reported In Good Condition
Roberta Ellen Sines, newborn daughter of Mr and Mrs John Sines of New Lexington, remains in good condition after her third blood transfusion since birth, as reported from a hospital in Zanesville.
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Zanesville
U.P
Roberta Ellen
John Sines
New Lexington
Lost Yacht Endeavour I Reported Found Off Ireland
A British steamship flashed word that the yacht Endeavour I missing two weeks was sighted off the southwest tip of Ireland. Valentia, Lloyds agent, received from the tank steamer Cheyenne a message at 11:12 a.m. stating the vessel was 260 miles southwest of Fastnet, signed by Alcock, master. The yacht had parted from a tow line 540 miles off Newport, Rhode Island on her way home to England.
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London
AUP
Ireland
Valentia
Lloyd's Agency
Endeavour
Fastnet
Alcock
Cattle Committee Plans Tuesday Evening Meeting
A county cattle committee will meet Tuesday night at 8 at the Athens Grange Hall to discuss methods to eradicate contagious abortion in cattle. Dr. A J Refossett, federal veterinarian, will join to explain township wide testing. The panel includes one or two cattle owners per township and the test is free with indemnity paid for reacting cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
A. J. Refossett
Ohio
Chinese Fishing Fleet Destroyed by Japanese Submarine
Ten survivors reached Hong Kong aboard the Scharnhorst recounting a Japanese submarine sinking 11 of 12 Chinese fishing junks and killing over 300 people. They described no warning, deck gun fire, and the sub leaving after ensuring destruction while some survivors drifted for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
U.P
Scharnhorst
Shanghai
Sleeping Girl In Serious Illness In Oak Park
Patricia Maguire known as sleeping beauty of Oak Park remains in critical condition as a planned tumor operation is postponed due to bronchial trouble and fever. Doctors say the procedure is imperative to possibly save her life while police offer blood donor help from officers and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Patricia Maguire
Oak Park
Gladys Hansen
Patricia
Miss Maguire
Paul C. Fox
Soderlin
River Forest
Benjamin Barsema
Peter Miley
Presbyterian Hospital
Abduction Recall Ties Old Kidnap Case to New Case
A.P. notes the 63 year old Charles Brewster Ross abduction in Philadelphia suburbs parallels the 1937 kidnapping of Charles C. Ross in Chicago. The elder Ross would be 67 if alive. Charles C. Ross is 72. The 1874 case began on July 1.
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Philadelphia
A.P
Charles C. Ross
Chicago
America
Charles Brewster Ross
Charley Ross
Charles Ross
Lawyers Clash With Roosevelt At National Bar Meet
In Kansas City 5000 lawyers gathered for the American Bar Association convention as Frederick H. Stinchfield warned that President Roosevelt has shown hostility to the profession. He warned of a potential fight between the people and the President if the legal community is targeted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Roosevelt
American Bar Association
Frederick H. Stinchfield
Minneapolis
Tragedy at Hansford Crossing Claims Seven Dead
In Montgomery West Virginia a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train struck a truck killing seven. Ellery Brown and his wife Bertha and their four children plus driver W F James died. Two year old Emogene Brown survived with a broken arm after being thrown clear by her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
U.P
Emogene Brown
Ellery T. Brown
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hansford
Charleston
Brown
Bertha
William
Myrtle
Ruby
Donald
W. F. James
Great Lakes Exposition Closes After Two Years
The Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland ends its two year run after drawing nearly seven and a half million visitors. A Sunday crowd of 81 359 passed through gates to bid the show farewell.
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Cleveland
U.P
Filene Body Cremated and Ashes Sent Home
Paris dispatch reports Edward A. Filene Boston merchant died after a weeklong pneumonia illness. His body will be cremated and his ashes sent to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Edward A. Filene
Boston
United States
Filene
Ohio Grotto elects Frank B. Jones president
The Ohio State Grotto Association wrapped up its weekend convention in Columbus by electing Frank B. Jones of Youngstown as president to succeed Arthur S. Hughes of Mansfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State Grotto Association
Frankb. Jones
Youngstown
Arthur S. Hughes
Mansfield
Japan Renewed Air Raids and Shanghai Assault Opens
Japan escalated operations across China with renewed bombing of Nanking and Canton, large scale attacks along the Shanghai front, and naval actions near Hainan Island. Reports say heavy casualties on both sides as 24 hour gaps in contact appeared and industrial targets near Nanking were struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
Japan
Nanking
Canton
Hainan Island
China
Far East
Hong Kong
Nds
Huantao
Huton
Kweichi
Shangjao
United States Fourth Marine
International Settlement
Denver AFL Leader Urges War on CIO
John P. Frey, head of the AF L labor department, calls unionists to crush the CIO and its alleged terrorism threatening collective bargaining. He accuses CIO of communistic tactics, says John L. Lewis unions lost support, and criticizes the NLRB while urging Wagner Act reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
AFL
Colo
U.P
John P. Frey
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
CLO
Frey
Metal Trades Department
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Trap Convict In Apartment
Harry B. Dingledine a 54 year old ex convict wanted in the Ohio triple shooting was captured in Royal Oak Michigan by four officers who laid a trap at a brother s apartment He awaits Springfield authorities arrival in Oakland County Jail His son Henry 25 an ex convict was captured at Marshall Michigan a day after the Ohio shooting
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Pontiac
Mich
U.P
Harry B. Dingledine
Ohio
Springfield
Oakland County
Dingledine
Henry
Marshall
Royal Oak
Young Republicans Confer On Party Plans
Washington leaders of fifteen young Republican organizations meet with National Chairman John B. M. Hamilton to discuss rejuvenating the party before the 1938 congressional elections. It follows three Hamilton calls in a week to GOP leaders and a fourth with state finance committee chairmen is planned for Thursday.
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Washington
John B. M. Hamilton
Hamilton
State Finance Committee
Hold Meeting Today on Job Census Plans
Washington leaders from industrial labor and farming meet with federal officials to finalize plans for an unemployment census. John D. Biggers will present a tentative 14 questions questionnaire intended for 31 million homes. Forms would be mailed by Dec 1 and returned by March 31 with mail carrier support.
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Washington
U.P
John D. Biggers
Toledo
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
County Official Win S. Yaw Dies at 57 in Logan
Logan County Auditor Win S. Yaw, 57, died Saturday at Cherrington Hospital after a prolonged illness. Born in New Lexington, he had lived in Hocking County over 25 years and spent his career in insurance before entering politics, winning the county auditor post in 1930 and reelected in 1934.
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Logan
Winfield S. Yaw
Cherrington Hospital
Holmes Hospital
Cincinnati
Mr. Yaw
New Lexington
Hocking County
Brooklyn typist faces murder charges in fatal shooting
Gertrude O Keefe, 37, a Brooklyn typist, is charged with the murder of her seven year sweetheart George O Frank a stock exchange teller. She says she did not shoot him and laments life wasted after his engagement to another woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude O'Keefe
New York
George O. Frank
Brooklyn
Frank
Teller
Stock Exchange Corporation
Miss O'Keefe
Self-inflicted death shocks Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledge
At the University of Missouri in Columbia Albert R Waters Jr. allegedly fired a revolver while joking to frighten pledge Jack Kilpatrick. Waters died, Kilpatrick hospitalized in a nervous breakdown. Coroner waives verdict pending inquest.
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Columbia
U.P
Albert R. Waters, Jr
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
University of
Waters
Jack Kilpatrick
Oklahoma City
Kilpatrick
W. R. Toulson
University Hospital
Alcatraz Con victs Endure Bread and Water Sit-Down
One hundred inmates at Alcatraz Island federal prison refused meals in a sit-down strike and are surviving on bread and water as authorities monitor the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Miracle Surgery Saved Stabbed Victim in Akron
In Wadsworth, 37 year old Joseph Somak, a match worker, survived after a fish fork punctured his heart. Dr J G Blower and Dr J K Darling opened the chest, drained blood, sealed two heart punctures, and replaced ribs. Though the heart wound was healing, a chest region injury kept him critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth
AUP
Joseph Somak
J. G. Blower
Akron
J. K. Darling
Somak
Auto Plunges Over Bank on Hooper Ridge
An Ohio University freshman Hector Woodruff age 18 of Orrville and Athens girl Katherine Merchant age 18 were killed when their car plunged 85 feet off a bank at Hooper and Clarks Chapel Roads south of Athens. Two others, Howard Mead 18 and Hazel McWilliams 18, were injured and hospitalized in fair condition. Woodruff drove. Merchant rode in front seat. back seat held Mead and McWilliams. Rescue efforts delayed twenty minutes or more. aid arrived after a patrol car call. Funeral arrangements for Woodruff set in Orrville. Merchant's services planned for Athens.
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Ohio University
Athens
Hooper St. Clarks Chapel
Hector Woodruff
Orrville
Wooster
Palmer House
Katherine Merchant
Athens High School
Leo Merchant
Union St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Howard W. Mead
Cleveland
Hazel McWilliams
Woodruff
Merchant
Hooper St
Richland Ave
Clarks Chapel Road
Robert Gamertsfelder
J. B. Grogan
McWilliams
Miss Merchant
Mead
E. H. Woodruff
Thomas Woodruff
Pearl Romine
Leona Merchant
George Merchant
Benton Harbor
Mich
N. Shafer St
Nationalist Offensive Reported Broken Near Madrid
Loyalists claim to have repulsed a Nationalist drive from Toledo and pushed lines farther south after heavy fighting near Madrid and Toledo that persisted through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Censtral
Madrid
Toledo
Duffy Asks Governor for Parole Quiz Funds
Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy urged Governor Davey to seek a $25,000 appropriation from the Legislature in a special session to continue the parole board investigation. He called the current system archaic impractical and inefficient, riddled with ignorance politics and graft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Herbert S. Duffy
Davey
Parole Board
Duffy
Dover Electrician Dies From Pole Fall Injuries
Don Shaffer 45 an Dover electrician died from injuries suffered Friday when he fell from a telephone pole at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Don Shaffer
Dover Electrician
Frylay
Tuscarawas County
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N. Y
Cordell Hull
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Hitler
Duce
Great Lakes Exposition
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O. U
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