Mellon Will Awards Vast Estate to Charity and Education
The late Andrew W. Mellon wills nearly his entire estate, valued at 200 million to 2 billion dollars, to religious, charitable and educational uses. A $180,000 bequest goes to his personal employees and household effects. his children receive no bequests as they were already provided for. Executors include Paul Mellon, David Bruce, and Donald D. Shepard, Mellon’s attorney and trustee.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Andrew W. Mellon
Mellon
Donald D. Shepard
Paul Mellon
David Bruce
A. W. Mellon
Educational and Charitable
Kraschel outlines votes survey for patronage in Iowa counties
Governor Kraschel announced a survey to distribute patronage in proportion to votes by county at a Saturday powwow in Dubuque attended by Democratic leaders from six counties state officials Senator Clyde Herring and Rep. William Jacobsen. He cited prior hindrances under Republican control and pledged to rectify them as feasible while praising President Roosevelt for aiding farmers workers and businesspeople. The event opened in the afternoon and continued into the evening with brief remarks from Herring Jacobsen and others.
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Roosevelt
Iowa
Herring
Rep
Jacobsen
German Church Leaders Assail Nazi Policies
Berlin reports say Catholic bishops and Protestant reformers issued sharp indictments of Nazi policy while Vatican Berlin talks hint at rapprochement. Pastoral letters from Fulda and a conference with Mgr Orsenigo and Hans von Mackensen urge faith and peace amid state encroachment and education reforms.
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Berlin
Ins
Vatican
Fulda
Death of Lloyd Knolk After Outing Near Macbride Lake
Lloyd Knolk 35 president and general manager of American Transfer and Storage died Saturday en route from Macbride state park to Cedar Rapids hospital after sudden chest pains during a cabin outing with local men. Deputy coroner Dr Terrall will review autopsy results. body to Turner mortuary. Surviving: father L C Knolk and brothers Paul and Ralph. He was a University of Iowa College of Engineering graduate, Theta Xi member, Elks, Lutheran.
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Lloyd Knolk
First Avenue E
American Transfer ‘and Storage Company
Macbride ‘State Park
Solon
Cedar Rapids
Knolk
C. L. Layton
Macbride Lake
Turner Mortuary
L. C. Knolk
Pail
San Antonio
Texas
Ralph
Tenth Street SE
Typhoid Ship Hansa Sails Empty After Crew Illness
The Hamburg liner Hansa set sail for Germany at midnight with no passengers aboard after a typhoid outbreak among its 400 crew. One confirmed case and 27 others ill or suspected were moved to Lenox Hill hospital along with all food handlers. Over 350 passengers were reassigned to other vessels, while 993 aboard were left anxious awaiting quarantine guidance. Health officials urged immediate medical examinations for all aboard after the ship failed to notify authorities.
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New York
INS
Hamburg
Germany
Lenox Hill Hospital
Europe
Lafayette
Hamburg- American Line
New York Health Department
Rice
Burke Warns For and Against Purge Tour
Senator Edward R. Burke accuses President Roosevelt and James Farley of planning a purge of Democrats unwilling to back the court reorganization plan. He vows to speak in Nebraska if the President or Farley visit to defend or attack the proposals. Officials see a possible western trip by the President as discussions on public opinion continue.
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Washington
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Burke
James A. Farley
Guffey
Farley
Nebraska
Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Northwest
Institute ‘of Human Relations
Roanoke Island
N. C
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington Review
Congress
Weekend Forecast for Chicago and Plains Region
Weather outlook covers Aug 30 to Sep 6 with mainly moderate temperatures and sparse precipitation. Local showers expected in southern areas at week's start. Upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys plus central Great Plains show generally dry conditions.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Is Sir James Barrie Happy or Sad Behind Fame
The piece ponders Sir James Barrie’s happiness amid wealth and fame. It notes his shy nature and failed marriage, his love for children, and his retreat into Peter Pan as possible escape from reality. It suggests a lingering sadness beneath his cheerful works and asks how to judge another’s happiness. The column also references Mark Twain and hints at continuation on page 9.
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James Barrie
Barrie
Beery Faces Extortion Threat Tied to Kidnap Plot
Wallace Beery rushes home from Utah as three mysterious phone calls precede a $10,000 kidnapping extortion threaten his adopted daughter. Police guard Beery’s Beverly Hills mansion while government agents trace the ransom note and clip sources for the caller’s newspapers.
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Abeverly
Hills
Wallace
Beery
Utah
Albert Dyer
Carol Ann
Post Office
San Francisco Traffic Tag Case Overruling Sign-Anywhere Rule
Traffic officers question tagging cars for overtime parking as Judge Twain-Michelsen dismisses 46 tags against Frank H. Schmitt insurance broker. Schmitt paid a $1 fine for the 47th tag after admitting voluntary signing. Judge notes tag section waives jury trial and is illegal absent personal service and consent.
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Gas de
Schmitt
Michelsen
Woman’s Flagging Stops Train With Baby On Track
A woman waved a baby on a track to flag a Southern Railway freight train from crashing into a boulder on the mountainside. Feliz Plimmer said the woman stood on the track and frantically waved the infant as the brakes were applied, then disappeared in the excitement.
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Oy Southern, Railway
Plimmer
Missing juvenile comedian William Lawrence prompts police search
William Lawrence the juvenile film comedian, missing since Friday after failing to meet his father in downtown Joliet. Police, led by Capt. Ernest Overby, intensified efforts after reports he drove to police headquarters driveway weeks earlier and claimed a car followed him from the country club. Lawrence, seen in College Hero, Paradise, and other Columbia Pictures, had been communicating with actress Wendy Barrie.
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Joliet
Mns
William
Lawrence
Paradise
Wendy
Barrie
WPA Reports Cut In 1937 Expenses
Washington AP reports the Works Progress Administration spent 216,830 dollars less in the first seven months of 1937 than in the same period of 1936.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Sniping at Santa Claus From Congress in November
Washington reports a rained out picnic ground as Congress plans a November session for preliminary sniping at Santa Claus. The piece notes lawmakers rest at home and promise more in November before holidays, with Jim Farley speaking of no reprisals.
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Santa
Congress
Suspect Linked to Grant Park Murder Scene
Leonard Doxey, 31, held in St. Louis for questioning in the Grant Park moonlight murder of Herbert F. Lee. Evanston, Illinois shop owner Lucille Meredith and John Martin arrested as associates after identification by James Murphy. Extradition to Chicago planned.
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ST. Louis
Leonard Doxey
Herbert F. Lee
Evanston
Tom Kelly
Chicago State's Attorney's Office
Harry Paosner
Doxey
John Martin
Lucille’ Meredith
Kelly
James Murphy
Chicago
Lee
Lucille Buehler
Miss Buehler
Murphy
Martin
Ohio
Indiana
Attorney-General's Office
State of Illinois
No. 10
Miss_Meredith
Ey Posner
Flyers May Go On Through Winter In Arctic Search
In Washington AP reports planes will search fall and winter for Sigismund Levaneffsky and five companions after their Moscow to California attempt ended in the Arctic circle. Arctic explorer Vilhyalmar Steffansson, president of the explorers club, coordinates from Alaskan and Canadian borders at the request of the Soviet embassy. He cites reasons to believe the flyers may be encamped on Arctic ice awaiting rescue.
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Washington
Russia
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Arctic Circle
California
Levaneffsky
Vilhyalmar’ Steffansson
Steffansson
Explorers’ Club
Arctic Ocean
State Liquor Board Employees To Get Raises
DES MOINES AP Salary increases of $5 to $15 per month will go to 123 employees of the state liquor control commission in various cities and towns on Sept 1, Chairman Bernard Manley said Saturday. The raises include 23 managers of class B stores at $125 monthly and 100 clerks in class A stores.
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Des Moines
State Liquor Control Commission
Bernard Manley
British Demand Clear Apology After Shanghai Shooting
Britain awaits Japan's reply to its stern protest over the shooting of Ambassador Sir Hughe Knatchbull Hugessen near Shanghai. A Whitehall spokesman says Japan’s verbal regrets are not an apology and demands for indemnities and assurances against repetition remain central. The ambassador is stated to be out of danger.
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Shanghai
INS
Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
China
E. G. Gauntlett
London
Britain
Japan
Hughe Knatchbull- Hugessen
Tokio
Shigeru Hoshida
Whitehall
James L. Dodds
Japanese Drive Southward After Peiping Occupation
Japanese forces sweep south along the Peiping Hankow and Peiping Suiyan lines reaching the Liul Ho river left bank and pushing Chinese defenders across the water. They occupy Liangsiang and the Nankow pass gateway to inner Mongolia as Shanghai region fears rise. Observers note Chinese resistance remains stiff despite Japanese air and mechanized superiority.
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Peiping
Peiping-Suiyan
Nankow Pass
Kalgan
Liangsiang
Hankow
Tientsin
Nanking
Mediator Talks With Rail Unions In Wage Dispute
William M. Leiserson of the federal mediation board began talks with the five rail unions over a demanded 20 percent wage increase. He met for three hours with union leaders and planned further talks after a carriers committee session. Unions postponed a strike date as carriers and employees agreed to use mediation. A strike could have affected 350000 conductors firemen switchmen and engineers.
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Chicago
William M. Leiserson
Federal Mediation Board
Leiserson
Carriers’ Committee
Government Vessel Carries Planes for China
The Wichita sails from Baltimore with bombing planes and barbed wire for China amid Japan's blockade notice. Hull said no formal clarification yet. consulars gather facts while officials note peaceful commerce claims. Ambassor Grew relayed the blockade text from Tokyo to Washington for further action.
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Washington
Hull
Japan
China
Wichita
Baltimore
Nap Eles
Amerabeau
Joseph C. ‘Grew
Ate Ts Tokio
Iby
Hong Kong
Hong
Shanghai bombing kills hundreds in Chinese city district
Reports say a Japanese three engine bombing raid on Shanghai’s Chinese civilian district near the French concession killed about 700 people and wounded 1200, many of them women and children, as warfare forced refugees into the city. Japanese forces attacked Chinese military concentrations near the South railway station while deploring civilian deaths but claiming it was unavoidable amid ongoing hostilities.
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Shanghai
Hai
Childdren
Hankow
Marines Set for China Relief Voyage From San Diego
One thousand two hundred United States Marines march aboard the transport Chaumont in San Diego to bolster the defense of American citizens and business interests amid fighting between Chinese and Japanese troops.
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China
San’ Diego
Calif
United States
Chaumont
Fontotrow
Shang« Tai
Swimmer Aims 143-Mile Hudson Relay to New York City
Charles Zimmy began the longest leg of his 143 mile non stop Hudson swim from PEEKSKILL toward Ossining as he nears the final stretch to New York City.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Charles Zimmy
Hudson River
Ossining
Sam Albany
New York City
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