Durant man charged with murder in wife’s 1938 death and family deaths
Bryan County Attorney filed a murder charge against John C. Story 60 in the death of his wife Ethel in a smokehouse. Authorities say Story’s sons and other relatives died under suspicions of insurance fraud across Texas Arkansas and Illinois. He allegedly collected double indemnity policies and fire policies on multiple properties and four accidents yielded insurance. Story is held in a Texas jail with no charges yet filed in the sons deaths.
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Durant
Okla
Bill Sieger
John C. Story
Story
Steger
Bryan County
Texas
Arkansas
Illinois
Joe
Frank
Charley
Ethel Story
Joe Story
Dequeen
Ark
Franti
Gainesville
Tex
Douglas Laughs Off Talk Of Candidacy
New York AP report records William O. Douglas dismissing speculation he might be Roosevelt successor. Douglas jokes he is just Bill Douglas of Yakima Washington and not a presidential contender.
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Douglas
New York
William O. Douglas
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Bill Douglas
Yakima
Wash
Convict 2 In Quaker State Graft Trials
The second of Pennsylvania graft trials ends with two convictions and one acquittal. James P. Kirk, Pittsburgh city treasurer and Allegheny County Democratic chairman, and Victor S. Skok are found guilty on two indictments. Heber T. Temple is acquitted. Judge Reese will determine sentences.
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Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
James P. Kirk
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Victor S. Skok
Heber Tf. Temple
George II. Earle
The
Commonwealth
Kirk
Skok
Secretary of Highways
Warren van Dyke
Fred S- Reese
Skyliners Club Formed by Kansas City Height Giants
Eleven tall residents in Kansas City formed the Skyliners club to advocate 7 foot beds in hotels and size 16 shoes in stores. Miss Rowena Wheeler, 6 2, leads the group after a Hollywood inspired idea. The club aims for Friday meetings and a national reach.
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Kansas City
Miss Wheeler
Lions Face Firing Squad After Vaudeville Flop
Winter Haven Florida AP report says ten trained lions, once on tour from a Fort Lauderdale area farm, will be killed due to failed vaudeville act and rising feeding costs. Manager Humphrey Seymour cites $30 per week per group to feed them as funds run out and no zoo will take them.
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Winter Haven
Fla
Humphrey Seymour
Fort Lauderdale
Georgia
Seymour
Favorite Son Boom For Nye Reported In Making
Washington AP reports a favorite son movement for Sen. Gerald Nye of North Dakota gains momentum for the 1940 Republican nomination. Nye backers plan rallies in Minot and seek secondary support from Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana delegates to boost Nye in the convention. Nye to start a coast to coast speaking tour in October, targeting progressive nomination. Taft and Bridges announce separate early campaigns with tours to Seattle, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Jacksonville as they kick off extensive speaking efforts.
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Washington
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Friends of Nye
Minot
N. D
Congress Adj
Ontana
Nye
Taft
Ohio
Canada
West Coast
Cincinnati
Seattle
Wash
Bridges
N. H
Pittsburgh
Jacksonville
Michelson Sees Large Field as Strength for Democratic Nominee
Charles Michelson, Roosevelt campaigns publicist, notes the big field of Democratic presidential hopefuls signals strength and unity for the eventual nominee. He dismisses fears over Rayburn backing Garner and argues Roosevelt will not back a conservative under a New Deal banner.
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Washington
INS
Charles Michelson
Democratic Party
Iman
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Michelson
House
Rayburn
Garner
Stassen And Party Rescue Four Tourists From Lake Drownng
Gov Harold Stassen and three companions rescued a four person Tulsa party whose boat motor failed on Lake of the Woods during a squall. The quartet, two women and two men, were pulled to safety and did not learn the governor's identity.
Temperature Drops After 84 Degree Cedar Rapids Day
Cedar Rapids maximum reached 84 degrees before a late evening fall. By 7 p.m. the reading was 77, and by 12:30 a.m. Sunday it stood at 64. Clouds cleared Saturday afternoon allowing the sun to lift the thermometer from a morning low of 66.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Mercury
Dies To Seek End Of Bund State Charters
Washington and national headlines report Chairman Martin Dies of the House committee planning a drive to revoke state charters of the German American Bund. The Justice Department is investigating whether the Bund should be registered as a foreign propaganda agency and state laws enforced. Dies vows to press governors to act and cites failures to file financial reports and lax charters as grounds for action.
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Wasitington
INS
Martin
Dies
Bund
Washington
Justice Department
State Department
New York
New Jersey
Minvis
Navy
Veaan
Fhe Bund
Bus wreck rescuer burned by gasoline explosion
Irvin Kramer, 28, a worker at the Dyersville wreck scene, was severely burned when gasoline from the bus exploded as he dismantled the wreck. He was taken to a Dubuque hospital for treatment after lighting a match and peering into the tank. The crash was caused by a blown front tire on the Black and White bus. no deaths. A second body, an unidentified youth about 20, and Miss Olie Strickland of Chicago, 57, died in Dubuque and were being transported for burial.
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the Gazette
Dyersville
Irvin Kramer
Kramer
Charles Westermeyer
Home Supply Company of
Dubuque
Blazey Utley
Olie Strickland
Chicago
Manchester
Javonne Strickland
Centralia
Sion City
Ead
Attempt To Keep Condemned Youth Alive For Chair
In Joliet Illinois prison officials converted a death row cell into a hospital ward to treat influenza contracted by 17 year old John Collins. Collins is awaiting electrocution on October 13 for his role in a Mount Carroll payroll robbery murder last March. Guards remained on duty as nurses doctors and an orderly cared for him.
Divided House Has 2 Car Garage With Broken-Down Bike
Political cartoon commentary by Arthur Bugs Baer mocks a divided Congress. He jokes that internal splits leave the house with a two car garage and a broken bicycle, as he riffs on Democratic and Republican tensions and a Moses gag about sons of wild jackasses.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Moses
Rain Deluge Breaks Drought Across Eastern States
Heavy rains and strong winds swept the eastern U S with flood scales in two states cutting lines and closing highways. In Delaware and New Jersey roads flooded and boats overdue near Wildwood. A 70 year old woman died as wind toppled a home. Rain reached Pennsylvania New York and Connecticut with forecasts for Massachusetts. Farmers fear crops harmed by late overwhelming downpour.
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New Jersey
Camden
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Jersey
Delaware
Wildwood
Delmarva Peninsula
Milford
Del
Maryland
Leonardtown
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Bay State
New York City
Parked Car Crosses Street In Cedar Rapids
Car owned by C W Serfling, 30, of 1429 Third Ave SE, backed from a north facing parking spot on Fifth Street between Second and Third Avenues SE and crossed to mar the fender of a parked car facing the opposite direction. Serfling blamed a mystery climb of the street crown and could not explain the move. No one was present when the collision occurred.
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Cedar Rapids
C. W. Serfling
Third Avenue SE
Fifth Street
Second
Third Avenues
Serfling
Bear and Coud
Motorist Held For Reckless Driving
Earl Dunham 46 of 1015 Third Street SE was arrested on a reckless driving charge by Patrolman Duncan at 9 40 p m Saturday after his car allegedly weaved across the road for over a mile on highway No 30 Paul Anderson Des Moines motorist who followed Dunham for more than a mile complained to police Dunham admitted having had several drinks in Belle Plaine
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Cedar Rapids
Earl Dunham
Third Street SE
Duncan
Paul Anderson
Des Moines
Dunham
Belle Plaine
Weather outlook for upper Mississippi valley Aug 21 to 26
Weekly forecast from Chicago AP notes generally fair conditions. Temperatures run below normal early in the week and near to slightly above normal for the rest of the period.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Pope Appeals for Peace Averts War Crisis
Pope Pius XII urges a peaceful settlement to avert war as Nazi and Vatican reports discuss his call for justice based peace. Farley notes the Pope’s good health and continued role as a global peace counselor amid European tensions and the death anniversary of Pope Pius X.
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Berlin
INS
Pius
Farley
United States
South America
Papacy
Lasi Maren Jais
Osservaige Sa Mule
U S Abandons Big Tax Claim Against Gas and Electric
The Treasury relinquished claims to 53.7 million dollars in additional income and excess profits taxes penalties and interest against members of the Associated Gas and Electric system. The case began with an overestimate of more than 80 million dollars and ended with a compromise totaling 8.7 million dollars.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Associated Gas and Electric System
Bebindao
East Passenger Train Wreck in Pine Wilds
Seventeen persons were injured late Saturday when the Blue Comet on the Central Railroad of New Jersey derailed amid heavy rain and a washed-out track near Chatsworth New Jersey. Three were seriously hurt as cars tumbled down about 100 feet, and passengers faced a long, painful wait for help before medical crews arrived.
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Central Railroad
New Jersey
Atlantic City
New York
Ota Chitsserth
Man resembling fugitive flees after crash
A man resembling a fugitive fled from a hospital after a car crash in Belvidere. Police said he escaped from St Joseph's hospital after being brought there following the collision with a vehicle owned by John A Folton. A .32 caliber revolver was found at the wreck.
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Belvidere
John McGuire
Joliet
John A. Folton
Clinton OO
St. Joseph's Hospital
Bicapo Reidal Compans
Depen Yo Searen
Nove Pera Las
Dinamario Boy Returns To Hospital After Diphtheria Day Out
Cerio of Dinamario is back in hospital after wandering city streets Friday amid diphtheria fears. Health officials plan prompt contact examinations including 25 children from a home he visited, as the lad mourns his mother who recently died of the same disease.
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Bill Omi
Bill
Showdown in Europe Promises Tense Days Ahead
European tensions mount as German forces near the Polish border and Slovakia mobilizes. British and French aid to Poland appears debated while German and Italian press discuss showdowns.
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Europe
Slovakia
Miracle shopper Helen Siefert shows resolve in Omaha dress hunt
A 12 year old who is blind and deaf from birth, Helen Siefert of Scotts Bluff, demonstrated a new vocabulary of 500 words while shopping in Omaha for a velvet dress. Guided by teacher Margaret Hosher and Lea Nathan, she pointed to buttons and shoes, explored fabrics, and enjoyed the tactile experience.
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Omatia
Neb
Omaha
Helen Siefert
Scotts Bluff
Helen
Margaret Hosher
Lea Nathan
Mise Hosher
Bridgeport
New York
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Catholic Church
All Humanity
U.S
Pine Wilds
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MT Capa
Cerio
Dinamario
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Poland
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Cetin
Adolf Ostler
Upper Silesia
England
Great Britain
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