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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1938
Page
7
Frank A Craven and nine others are indicted over the deaths of four hunger-striking inmates at Philadelphia county prison last August. Craven asks a court hearing to throw out eight indictments claiming a single act caused all deaths, the turning on of heater radiators in the isolation block.
Hollywood reports that Rudy Vallee, under a noisy crowd, punched at a heckler described as a prominent New York cigar manufacturer after repeated insults. Vallee said he only shoved him and later expressed regret, noting he had sent assistants to quiet the disruption.
LONDON Italy declared its formal adhesion to the London naval treaty of 1936. Dino Grandi Italian ambassador to Great Britain and David Montague Scott of the British foreign office signed the document conveying Italy's acceptance.
Mary Geneva aged 19 suffered severe stomach pains after X rays showed thirty one marbles in her stomach. She said she and a friend swallowed marbles on a dare to borrow a neighbor’s sled. The friend reported no ill effects. The note also mentions US railroad mileage compared with Europe.
Clarence A. Dykstra president of the University of Wisconsin and former Cincinnati city manager urged a national committee to unite schools press radio and screen in a program to preserve democracy. He spoke at the National Municipal League conference after being reelected. Frederick A. Delano was named honorary vice president.
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