Morgenthau Demotes Secret Service Aides Over Dillinger Inquiry
Secretary Morgenthau demoted two Secret Service aides and apologized for an investigation into G men tactics in Dillinger gang roundup. Assistant Chief Murphy and Chief Agent Boatwright lost a grade. Hoover complained of interdepartmental curiosity and possible agency merger opposition.
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Cummings
Hoover
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secret Service
G-men
John Dillinger
Joseph Murphy
Grady L. Boatwright
St. Paul
Morgenthau
Homer S. Cummings
G-Man
J. Edgar Hoover
Dillinger
Homer S.S. Cummings
Scattered Rains Refresh U. S. Crops
In the U S farm belt a day of scattered showers refreshed state crops from Nebraska to Maine after dry spells. Areas including southern Illinois Iowa and Nebraska saw up to half an inch with Albany New York reporting 2.04 inches. Forecaster A W Cook said temperatures should not exceed 90 degrees. The rain steadied the corn belt but did not sway grain markets significantly.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Maine
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Albany
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Maryland
A. W Cook
Buried quarrel between siblings tested by health
A sister writes about years of silence with her brother after a disputed act. They refuse to discuss it, and the strain worsens her health. The advice urges forgiving, airing the issue if needed, and seeking relief through reconciliation.
Democrats Confident House Control Despite Some Losses
President Roosevelt, told by Patrick Drewry and James Hamilton Lewis at the White House, expects Democrats to retain control of the House in November. Drewry notes possible minor losses from landslide districts but argues the net shift will be small. The 74th Congress currently has 315 Democrats and 104 Republicans.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
INS
House
Roosevelt
Patrick Drewry
Virginia
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
Drewry
White House
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Senate
Representative Drewry
Russian Flyers Begin Second Leg to Moscow Flight
At Alameda California the Soviet flyers Sigismund Levanievsky and Victsa I Levchenko started the second leg of their flight from the United States to Moscow. They departed at 1135 am PST on Thursday for Seattle Washington.
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Alameda Airport
Calif
Ins
United States
Moscow
Sigismund Levanevsky
Victsa I Levchenko
Seattle
Wash
Rebels Will Continue Hold-Outs Amid AFL Split
A fragile truce in the AFL feud held Thursday night with 10 unions suspended, while the CIO pressed to organize 4,000,000 workers in steel, auto, and rubber. John L. Lewis vowed no surrender, as Green called the rift unfortunate and Tampa convention looms.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Executive Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
General Motors
Lewis
John L. Lewis
William Green
Green
Tampa
Fla
America
Relief Expenditures Surpass Tax Revenue in 38 States
Official figures show 38 states had federal relief outlays exceed their internal revenue taxes in the prior year. Only ten states paid more into the treasury than relief and works programs spent. Iowa paid 12 702 266 in taxes and received 45 223 151 in relief benefits.
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LLP
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Emergency Relief Administration
Works Progress Administration
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Virginia
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Carolina
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Iowa
National League Baseball Box Score Scrambled
Fragmentary notes mention St Louis Chicago and Cincinnati games with postponed or tied outcomes. Names Barks Lee Reet Hartnett appear alongside scattered scores and locations, indicating a disrupted box score summary from the era.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Barks
Lee
Reet
Hartnett
New Sewet Pines
Cincinnati
Rala
Seely and Witwer Safe in Granada Amid Civil War
Mrs Adah K Seely and Miss Rachel Witwer, stranded in Granada Spain as civil war broke out, are reported well and safe by the Associated Press via the state department Americans in Granada to be evacuated within days American Consul Charles A Bay at Seville says they planned to go to Italy but itinerary unclear.
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Adah K. Seely
Rachel Witwer
Granada
Spain
Associated Press
State Department
Washington
Charles A. Bay
Seville
Seely
Miss Witwer
Italy
Americans in Granada Reach Safely Despite Siege
An International News dispatch reports thirty Americans mainly tourists, fifty French nationals, and over 300 others remain in Granada after being cut off by guerrilla warfare since July 18. J H Jordain of Atlanta escaped from Seville aboard a rebel plane and appealed for aid via rebel radio. the message reached American Consul Graves in Malaga and was sent to Washington.
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State Department
J. H. Jordain
Atlanta
Vacuum Oil Company
Seville
Jordain
George M Graves
Malaga
Washington
Dern Still Improving After Attack Complications
War Department officials said on Thursday that Secretary George H. Dern continues to improve at Walter Reed Hospital where he is being treated for complications following an influenza attack.
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Washington
George H Dern
Walter Reed Hospital
War Department
Second George Named in Astor Diary Case
Mary Astor’s diary mentions two Georges in the Thorpe custody dispute. Attorney Joseph Anderson confirms the first George is playwright George Kaufman. a second unnamed New York writer is identified in other diary passages not yet entered into the record.
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Hollywood
George
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Marylyn
Joseph Anderson
Miss Astor
Goo Knight
MacLean says she aids Mary Astor as mother
Mrs Ethel MacLean of Intervale New Hampshire explains her daughter May now dead married Franklyn Thorpe after an elopement to Montclair New Jersey in spring 1917. The Evening Journal reported the claim in a copyrighted story.
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New York
INS
Mary Astor
Ethel MacLean
N. H
May
Franklyn Thorpe
Montclair
N. J
Evening Journal
Five Die In Iowa Highway Accidents
Five people die in separate crashes across Iowa on Thursday. Dorothy Martin 7 Ames Irene Larson 16 Newell John Ling 19 Fonda W H Noble 72 Greenwich Ohio Christ Johnson 72 Webster City.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Dorothy Martin
Ames
Christ Johnson
Webster City
W H. Noble
Greenwich
Ohio
Irene Larson
Newell
John Ling
Fonda
Martin
Wanda Goodhue
Newton
Marengo
F. Sargent
Des Moines
Miss Larson
Lilly
Margaret Stevenson
Fort Dodge
Martha Larson
Conn Crow
22 Killed in Auto Bus and Plane Crashes
In New Orleans AP report, five person burned to death in a wrecked auto 18 miles southeast of the city with one more burned possibly fatally. Names include Mrs. A. F. Bernius and her relatives. Witnesses speculate a blowout caused the accident.
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New Orleans
Here
A. F. Bernius
Laura Bernius
Arthur Arbour
Conrad Bernius
Eight Die as Airliner Crashes Near Lambert Field
A Chicago and Southern airliner with eight aboard crashed near Lambert-St. Louis airport late Wednesday. Wreckage strewn across a plowed field was found Thursday. pilots Ralph Mossman and Carl Zier were identified among the dead. Witness Ralph Sharp reported a steep bank before the crash and a loud engine roar heard near the farm. The bodies of the pilot and co pilot were recovered with arms locked.
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ST. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis
W. S. Bartlett
Chicago
C. B. Wright
Hinsdale
D. R. McDavitt
George Grashaber
A. R. Holt
Boston
Vernon Omlie
Memphis
Carl Zier
Russell Mossman
New Orleans
Ralph L. Sharp
Fairfield
George Beklamann
Rigging of Gasoline Prices Started Under NRA
Warren C. Platt, publisher of the National Petroleum News and Platt's Dilgram, is charged in Madison with price fixing in two trade papers. He says the practices began legally under the NRA oil code and continued after codes were struck down, arguing the indictments assault free speech.
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Washington
LLP
Warren C. Platt
Cleveland
Madison, Wis
Platt
Madison
National Petroleum News
Dilgram
NRA
U. S Supreme Court
Colorado Hospital For Insane Flooded But Patients Saved
Swift flood waters from an early morning cloudburst overwhelmed the Colorado state hospital for the insane in Pueblo. About two hundred patients were moved to safety as eight buildings toppled and two more were swept into the Fountain river. No lives were lost.
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Colo
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State Hospital For the Insane
Walsenburg
U S Warns Spain Over Seizure of American Property
Washington warned the Spanish government against seizing American property noting the United States will not permit such actions. Eric C. Wendelin conveyed the stance from Madrid and Barcelona reports that only Ford and GM plants in Barcelona had been taken as war measures.
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INS
Madrid
Eric C. Wendelin
State Department
America
William Phillips
Cordell Hull
Spain
Barcelona
Ford Motor Company
General Motor Company
Red
Four Quads Reported Near Dionne Farm, But Proved False
Canadian Press dispatch from North Bay says rumors spread that a farmer's wife near Callander gave birth to quadruplets, fifteen miles from the Dionne quintuplets home. A later check found the reports incorrect. the father, surprised, said a birth was expected and hoped for a single birth.
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Ont
Callander
Dionne
Nine States See 85 Counties Added to Drought Area List
A drought committee added 85 counties across eight states to the official drought area list, raising the national total to 841 counties in 20 states. West Virginia joined the list for the first time with ten counties. all South Dakota counties are now emergency areas. Oklahoma has 30 designated counties, with 15 in South Dakota, 11 in Nebraska, eight in Iowa, seven in Virginia, and two each in Georgia and Minnesota. State totals were provided for Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
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Agriculture Department
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South Dakota
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Iowa
Virginia
Georgia
Minnesota
Adair
Audubon
Guthrie
Louisa
Madison
Marion
Warren
Banner
Butler
Colfax
Fillmore
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Merrick
Morris
Platte
Saline
Seward
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Clay
Codington
Devel
Hamlin
Hutchinson
Lake
Lawrence
Lincoln
McCook
Minnehaha
Moody
Turner
Union
North Dakota
Dr Franklyn Thorpe Denies Prior Marriage Claim
Hollywood AP reports Dr Franklyn Thorpe denied Mary Astor’s claim he already had a wife before their marriage. He said the charge would be proved false in due course. Testimony on the prior wife question may shift to Tampa, Florida where both parties have engaged representatives.
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Hollywood (Ap
Franklyn Thorpe
Mary Astor
Tampa
Fla
Hollywood
Miss Astor
Four SLAIN IN SPAIN BY COMMUNISTS CLAIMS PREMIER
Madrid reports Premier Giral in a Universal Service interview warns Europe to stay hands off the Spanish civil war. He predicts the radical government will crush the insurgents soon with decisive action in the coming days. Cadiz falls as battle fronts widen amid international protests and intervention fears.
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Premee
Jim Taso Giral
Spain
Inwd
Universal Service
Ministry of War
Giral
Barcelona
Cadiz
Sostago
Zar Ugoza
Burgos
Italy
France
Soviet
Russia
Chicago Election Board Fires 485 Judges and Clerks
The Chicago board discharged 485 election officials after fraud complaints from the April primary. Officials faced tally sheet inaccuracy, voting by non-franchised people, name changes, and other minor frauds. President Alexander J. McKay said more removals possible as 200 fraud cases await state attention.
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Chicago
Board of Election Commissioners
Alexander J. McKay
Election Board
McKay
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