Chicago gangster Edward O Donnell eyes London stage offer
Edward Spike O Donnell the Chicago beer baron and ex convict is reportedly considering a London stage role with Sanford Rosenbaum stating the plan includes him and a bodyguard. Promoters claim a European tour could gross about 200000 with potential publicity from Scotland Yard security and props.
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Chicago
Edward
Spike” O'Donnell
ChiCcago
London
South Side
Beau Drummel
England
Sanford
Gimp” Rosenbaum
Spike
Gimp
Rosita Forbes
Lord Beaverbrook
Europe
Scotland Yard
Claim Error In Polk Report Of Vote For Supreme Court Post
Polk county supervisors at James W. Fay request sent the state executive council a statement alleging an error in the Polk county vote report for the short term supreme court post. Fay, Republican candidate, argued the correction would give him victory over Carl B. Stiger. Contested precinct showed 367 straight Democratic votes and 31 voting machine ballots with only one vote for Stiger, all other ballots lacking candidate names. Fay warned he would file a petition if the council does not correct the tally.
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Des Moines
Polk County
James W. Fay
Emmetsburg
State Executive Council
Supreme Court
Fay
Carl B. Stiger
Tama
Supreme Bench
Clyde L. Herringard
Order reinstatement Of Hollar critic
The Civil Service Commission ordered Thomas Barron reinstated in the Sioux City Police Department with back pay to begin upon return, contingent on a public retraction by December 15 regarding accusations of indifference to law violations under the Hollar administration. Iron was among officers who served under Fred H Free during his time as special assistant attorney general. Barron was discharged by Chief Chris Dahl after he made charges.
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Sioux City
Civil Service Commission
Thomas Barron
Iron
Fred H. Free
Free
Hollar
Department of Public Safety
Chris Dahl
Slayer Of Brother Sentenced To Sixty Years
Adel Iowa Emmett Patterson aged 50 pled guilty to killing his brother Alva age 44. District Judge W C Cooper sentenced him to 60 years in Fort Madison prison.
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Adel
Emmett Patterson
Alva
W. C. Cooper
Fort Madison
Modern Youth Ambitious In Depression Says Cleveland Director
Max B. Robinson, Cleveland's Fenn college placement director, notes that despite unemployment the era reveals ambitious youth ready for hard work. He cites a metallurgical student who embraces dangerous lab tasks and stresses practical lessons for co op students on adjusting to workplace culture and cooperation.
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Cleveland, O
Max B. Robinson
Cleveland
Fenn College
Robinson
Willie
Charles Whitney
Alice Longworth Letter on Moorish Return and Franco
A 1936 op ed notes a melancholic mood as the Pasha of Fez enters his court and the Moorish longing for return to Spain seems realized by German and Italian planes aiding Franco. The piece reflects on Ramadan and a historical fate, with the author framing the event as a remarkable reenvisioning of Moorish hopes.
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Fez
Andalusia
Mohammed
Africa
Spain
Alice Longworth
Spectacular Fire Destroys London Crystal Palace
London witnesses a dramatic blaze that destroys the Crystal Palace on Monday night. About 350 firefighters battled the flames as crowds of spectators packed nearby streets, with losses pegged at around 200000 pounds.
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London
Crystal Palace
Great
Negro Escapes From Washington County Jail
The sheriff reported that Lee Slaughter, a 42 year old Black man, escaped from Washington County jail Monday morning. He is 5 feet 7 3/4 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds.
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Washington County
Lee Slaughter
Slaughter
Radio Schedule Snapshot From 1930s Broadcasters
A dense listing of radio programs across networks NBC CBS and WABC WJZ WEAF and others. It notes performers orchestras hosts and shows with times ranging from 6:00 to 11:30 including Fred Astaire Bernie Helen Harvey and Wayne King among many.
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Amos
Andyine
Wray Chain
Easy Aces
NBC
CBBY
WABC
Braddock
JZ Chain
Sred
Peaiacett
WEAF
George Griffen
WJZ Ain
Doris Kerr
CBS
WBBM
WGST
KMO
Weaf Chain
ABC
Wayne King
Welcome Valley
WJZ
Ken Murray
KMOX
WCCO
Bernie Orch
Fred Waring Orch
WOC
Fred Astaire
Saimonts and Wives
Caravan
Barbara Stanwyck
Buenos Aires
Secretary Hull
Jimmy Fidler
Eddy Duchin Orch
WJZ Follies
eGtehiene Hamp Orch
Hel Kemp Orch
Toe Hatters Orch
Emerson Gill Orch
Rudy
Vallee Orch
Jack Denny Orch
Heaey “Wass
Orch
Mario Bragiotti Orch
Ethel Barrymore
WJZ Chain
Burns and _ Allen
Cco
Fred Allen
Wjz Cain
Andre Kostelanetz
Meredith Willson
WEAP
Eis McGrew
WJZ Poetic Melodies
WBEM
Frankie Masters
Emil Coleman
Was
Ger Pryor
Bobb Gray
Oy Hayes Orch
Bobby Meeker
CWA
Joe White
Wabc Woc
Walter Logan
Jean Dickinson
Happy Hollow
Serer Axton
Milan
Italy
Ma Perkins
Chain
Goxon de Lys
WCC
Meet the Orchestra
Weaf Ain
Ken Sparnon
Dorothy Gordon’ S
Children's Corner
Weaf c
Midge Williams
Clark
Dennis
Tenor
Radio Schedule Highlights For The Day
A detailed daytime and evening broadcast grid lists programs across NBC CBS and affiliated stations. Notable entries include Morning devotionals Oleanders Streamliners Breakfast club Delights and Adela Rogers St Johns on NBC CBS, with talent such as Montana Slim and Betty Crocker featured across WJZ WABC WEAF and related networks.
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NBC
WJZ Chain
CBS
WABC
We BC
Landt
Weaf Chain
KMOX
Adela Rogers St. Johns
Betty Crocker
WBBM
KMO
Tower's Children
WEAF
Jesse Crawford
Magazine of the Air
WGST
Wcco Woc
Vic and Sade
WJZ
Allan Roy Dafoe
WCCO
Honeyboy
Sassafras
the Gumps
Mary Marlin
Li Ty Arnold
The
Ranch Boys
National Farm and Home Hour
Seven Die In Premature Dynamite Blast At Delta Quarry
Seven men were killed when dynamite prepared for blasting exploded prematurely in the Funhouser company slate quarry tunnel in Delta Pennsylvania. Five victims were company employees including Frank Weaver and his son Ralph plus Luther Williams and brothers Winston and Lush Lynn. Lee Jones and Roy Ayres were on site to repair a car. Identification was by company records and survivor accounts after search of debris.
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Delta, Pa
Funhouser Company
Frank Weaver
Ralph
Luther Williams
Winston
Lush Lynn
Lee Jones
Roy Ayres
Relatives Contest New Will Amid Iwers Heir dispute
Tipton Iowa AP relatives who failed to gain a share of the 350000 fortune of the Iwers brothers filed a motion for a new trial in Henry Iwers will contest. They objected to evidence from handwriting experts and to the court's jury instructions while Mr and Mrs Louis Voss of Sunbury Indiana would inherit the estate. The article also notes the male cicada is the world's loudest insect with a chorus audible over half a mile.
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Tipton
Iwers Brothers
Henry Iwers
Henry
Louis Voss
Sunbury
Iwers
D. H. Snake
Davenport
Francis B. Courtney
Detroit
Harold Gessell
Des Moines
Foxhound Napoleon Joins Clinton High as Senior Pup
Napoleon a black and tan foxhound attends Clinton High School for almost three years. He rides the 7:45 exit, sits by the radiator, and attends algebra and English classes, leading students to class while never disturbing a lesson.
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Clinton
Mass
Mary
Napoleon
Clinton High School
Carl Schmidt
Eben S. Cobb
Hospital Janitor Gets Ten Years On Arson Charge
Louis Reinbrecht, 61, was sentenced in Dubuque district court to 10 years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to arson connected with a fire that damaged Mercy hospital X ray films in an auxiliary building. He told Police Chief John Giellis he started the fire because he was "sore" at hospital officials. Judge D E Maguire imposed the maximum under Iowa law.
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Dubuque
Louis Reinbrecht
State Penitentiary
Mercy Hospital
Reinbrecht
John Giellis
D. E. Maguire
Iowa
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