Astor Custody Fight Moves to Florida Court
Mary Astor and former husband Dr Franklyn Thorpe shift custody battle for daughter Marilyn to Florida. A court commission orders depositions in Tampa with the Astor side seeking witnesses including A Carter and Leona Carter while Thorpe's lawyers plan to fly to Florida.
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Los Angeles
INS
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Hollywood
Marilyn
Florida
Miss Astor
Carl A. Stutsman
Tampa
Fla
Thorpe
Actress Diary Revelations In Custody Case Trial
Joseph Anderson, attorney for Dr. Franklyn Thorpe, dismissed rumors of a settlement in the high profile child custody suit. He stated Mary Astor has written about nearly every leading film star of recent years and many will be called to testify.
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Los Angeles
INS
Mary Astor
Joseph Anderson
Franklyn Thorpe
Public custody suit in Astor Thorpe case adjourned
Quiet efforts to settle the public dispute between actress Mary Astor and ex husband Dr. Franklyn Thorpe began after an adjournment in Astor's bid for custody of their daughter Marylyn. Judge Knight demanded portions of Astor's diary and a diary recounts relations with Kaufman as industry figures eye a settlement.
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Los Angeles
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Miss Astor
Marylyn
George Kaufman
Thorpe
Goodwin J. Knight
Samuel Goldwyn
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Dodsworth
Dr. Thorpe
Knight
Kaufman
Astor
Vatican Says Detroit Priest Coughlin Was Cautioned
Bishop Michael J. Gallagher of Detroit disclosed he disciplined Father Charles E. Coughlin during a trip to Italy. Vatican aides reportedly urged moderation of Coughlin speaking on politics, but Gallagher claimed no Vatican intervention and stressed past admonitions.
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Vatican City
Michael J. Gallagher
Detroit
Italy
Charles E. Coughlin
Carolinal Pacelli
Holy See
Gallagher
Father Coughlin
Vatican
United States
Roosevelt
Chicago Gun Widow Faces Possible Death Penalty
Mil dred Mary Bolton, 46, convicted of killing her husband, seeks appeal to the state supreme court or Governor Horner. Judge O Connell set October 29 for execution by electric chair, marking the first death sentence for a woman in Cook County Chicago.
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Chicago
State Supreme Court
Henry Horner
Mildred Mary Bolton
Cook County
Robert C. O'Connell
Equipment of missing Nunoca identified on raft wash ashore
A small oval life raft washed ashore at Key Largo and identified as Nunoca equipment. The 110 foot British motorship carried 22 aboard and sank near the treacherous Florida straits, leaving all hands lost. Captain Moses I. Kirkconnell commanded the vessel which departed Georgetown Gran Cayman July 4 with 13 passengers and nine crew.
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Tampa
Fla
Key Largo
Nunoca
Florida Straits
C. C. Foster
Tampa Marine Supply Company
Gulf Stream
Coast Guard
Moses I. Kirkconnell
Gulf and Caribbean
Georgetown
Gran Cayman
Man jumps from Douglas Street Bridge into Missouri River
An unidentified man leaped seventy five feet from the Douglas Street bridge into the Missouri River in Omaha. Toll takers recall a drunken passerby claiming to head for Council Bluffs, but the body was not recovered.
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Omaha
Douglas Street
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Roosevelt Says Drought Relief Must Avoid Politics
President Roosevelt warned Tuesday night that drought relief must remain free of partisan politics while delaying a western tour. He weighs plans amid inquiries on corn losses and awaits word from War Secretary Dern on a potential trip to North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Northwest
George Dern
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Rex Tugwell
Aubrey Williams
Carrington Gill
WPA
Itals
Henry Morgenthal Dare Wes Bell
Joseph Feoples
The
Treasury
Chester Davis
AAA
Federal Reserve Board
Mrg
Living Each Day: Embrace Today for Strength
The piece urges living one day at a time, valuing today over past regret or future worry. It quotes Mark Rutherford on avoiding constant forward planning and notes that God grants strength for the present, leaving tomorrow to itself. Copyright 1936 OR Newton.
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Mark Rutherford
End of Two Month Blood Strike In Alabama
Gov. Bibb Graves announced the end of a two month ore strike involving 2,200 miners from Tennessee coal iron and railroad company in Alabama. A compromise offers a four month trial of the incentive wage plan and a seven man arbitration board to oversee objections and remedies. Work is set to resume once companies arrange necessary measures, with first crews expected back by Monday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Bibb Graves
Graves
AAA To Distribute Seeds To Farmers
Washington UPI The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced plans to buy 2,000,000 bushels of seed grains for drought area farmers. Purchases cover spring and durum wheat financed by a 10 million dollar loan from the Commodity Credit Corporation.
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Washington
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Pandoba
Tubehheary
Texas
Middle West
Geological Survey
Ickes
Herring
Jesse W. Tapp
Farm Credit Administration
Reconstruction Corporation
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll For 1936
A Cedar Rapids note lists an auto toll amount for the year 1936. The fragment references a toll figure and local context without full details.
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Cedar Rapids
Quints' Emilie Dionne Shows Big Heart in tale
In Callander Ontario Dr. Allan Dafoe recounts Emilie Dionne's caring moment as four quintuplets react to Old Mother Hubbard. Emilie weeps at the tale then defies hunger by placing bacon under the dog's picture and sharing a grease mark as proof.
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Emilie
Diannes
Old Mother Hubbard
Dr. Dafoe
Missouri Tobacco Center Fire Destroys Warehouses
A trash fire sparked a blaze at the Weston Missouri tobacco center causing about 600000 in damage. Three large tobacco warehouses two tobacco barns a two story apartment and a dwelling were destroyed and the Weston Ice and Cold Storage Company was heavily damaged. The fire spread in a two block area aided by strong winds before crews contained it.
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Weston, Mo
North Missouri Tobacco Center
Weston Ice and Cold Storage Company
Britain agrees in principle to neutral Spain plan
London reports Britain replies to France in principle to an accord for observing neutrality in the Spanish civil war and asks for information on arms supplies from France Russia and other nations including Germany Italy Sweden Belgium and Czechoslovakia while instructing embassies to verify arms shipments.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
France
Soviet
Russia
Spain
Ion Tain
Sam Time
Dejure
Berlin
Rome
Germany
Italy
Sweden
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Spanish revolt nears climax as European tensions rise
Paris reports growing danger to peace as Spain's fascists and anti fascists clash. German actions in Ceuta and references to Agadir heighten fears of a broader conflict. Echo de Paris claims the German battleship Deutschalnd aided rebel forts’ bombardment by entering Ceuta harbor.
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Paris
Agadir
Germany
France
Echo de Paris
Ceuta
Ickes And Wallace Selected To Attack Landon Campaign
The Roosevelt administration designates Henry A. Wallace and Harold L. Ickes to lead New Deal opposition to Governor Landon in the 1936 campaign. Ickes will focus on progressivism and PWA spending while Wallace targets agricultural policy and rallying African American voters.
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Ickes
Wallace
New Deal
Landon
Washington
Llp
New Deal Cabinet
Alf M. Landon
Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Roosevelt
Gov. Landon
PWA
Government weighs feed loan plan to curb prices
A secret study by drought relief authorities focuses on preventing undue speculation in feed grains and forage. Officials consider feed loans via the Commodity Credit Corporation, with state options on supplies as a potential measure to aid farmers amid rising feed costs.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Clyde L. Herring
Buffalo
Dollar liner President Pierce arrives with fire at sea
Balboa Canal Zone AP reports the dollar liner President Pierce reached port after a fire broke out in her number six hatch amid sesame seed cargo. The blaze was not visible until 300 tons of general cargo were unloaded. The ship was declared not in immediate danger.
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Balboa
C. Z
President Pierce
Comet Loses Its Tail In Mysterious Brightness Drop
In Williams Bay Wisconsin the Peltier comet drifted across the northern sky before dawn Tuesday and abruptly shed its tail. At Yerkes Observatory the long bright rib bon fading from the comet near its head was no longer visible through telescopes.
Fire destroys 11 Chicago buildings in drought swept blaze
A fire in Chicago damaged eleven wooden structures on the west side including nine dwellings and two livery stables. Chief Fire Marshal Michael J Corrigan estimated the damage at $50,000 after a protracted drought dried the buildings and aided the blaze.
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Chicago
West Side
Michael J Corrigan
Germany Eyes Trade Clash With United States
Berlin reports German measures ending use of Aski marks and private barter as retaliation to U.S. trade rules. Washington says the steps aim to fix trade problems, while some in Berlin see a broader U.S. drive to mask a real German–U.S. trade war. Officially, about half of such trade used Aski marks with low discount rates.
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Berlin
United States
Washington
Tasday States
United” ‘States
Aski
Roosevelt Sets Aggressive Campaign Swing West and Midwest
President Franklin D. Roosevelt maps an immediate reelection push after a brief vacation. He plans early next week to tour drought areas in North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and the corn belt. The president may deliver multiple addresses and later visit flood regions in Connecticut Pennsylvania New York and Ohio River valley.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
West
Middlewest
White House
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Corn
Henry A. Wallace
Chester Davis
AAA
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio River Valley
Roosevelt may survey Iowa drought impact in Midwest tour
Des Moines sources report Democratic officials hope President Roosevelt includes Iowa in his drought survey of the Midwest. He plans to visit North and South Dakota and Minnesota next week before gathering first hand corn belt conditions. E H Birmingham notes no plan change. Iowa invited to speak at the state fair but has not yet accepted.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Corn
E. H. Birmingham
Democratic State Central Committee
AFL to suspend ten unions in rebellion fight
The American Federation of Labor executive council has informally announced plans to suspend ten unions for fomenting an insurrection. Two of twelve alleged rebel groups will be retained as they did not announce affiliation with the Lewis-led faction. William Green said a formal verdict would be issued publicly on Wednesday after further testimony.
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Washington
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Committee
William Green
A. F. of L
Wor
Labor feud threatens unions as council moves to suspend ten
The council refuses to suspend the entire organization over one unit. It seeks to sever ten unions within 48 hours while accusing the C I O of dual structure and insurrection. Key figures include Charles P Howard and John P Frey as the dispute centers on AFL C I O rift and recent Atlantic City decisions.
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A. F. of L
United Mine Workers of America
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
International Ladies Garment Workers
United Textile Workers
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Federation of Flat Glass Workers
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
United Rubber Workers
The
Auto Workers
John P. Frey
Metal Trades
Frey
A. F. of
Atlantic City
Convicted Killer of Trooper Dies in Electric Chair
Edward Metelski, 26, convicted killer of State Trooper Warren Yenser, died in the electric chair at State Prison. He entered the death chamber at 7 06 p.m. and was pronounced dead at 7 09.
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Trenton
N. J
Edward Metelski
Warren G. Yenser
State Prison
Case brothers rent beds to tourists to pay back rent
The Beta Kappa brothers at Case School of Applied Science rent their porch beds to tourists to raise funds for $600 back rent. The men sleep on the front porch during the summer while managing the house budget.
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Cleveland
Brothers of Beta Kappa
Case School of Applied Science
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