Defense Attacks Zody Injury Claim in Retrial Bid
A Toledo jury heard closing arguments in the $55,37641 personal injury suit of Fred L Zody v estate of Edward F Wenslow and Miss Ann Wenslow. Ralph Lupton for plaintiff challenged defense assertions that traumatic neurosis was unfounded while defense counsel Barnes pressed that Zody exaggerated injuries and questioned witness credibility including a signed statement by Zody's mother Mrs Clarene Goddard.
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Toledan
Ralph Lupton
Plainiff
Fred L Zodyv
Toledo
Edward F. Wenslow
Ann Wenslow
Edwara FF
Wenslow
Edge H
de Barres
Barnes
Plantfs
Fred Zady
Fred Zortyr
Attorne
Zoays
Zody
LaPlant- Choate
Ring
LaPlant-Croate Company
Baother
Local man given two ten year terms for break ins
Alfred J. Patton, 25, of 1125 Thirteenth Street SE, admitted breaking and entering eighteen Cedar Rapids homes this fall and last spring. In district court before Judge H. C. Ring, he received two ten year sentences to Anamosa reformatory, to run concurrently. Patton pled guilty on two counts of sneaking and entering, aiding to clear part of the recent Cedar Rapids breakins.
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Alfred J. Patton
Thirteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Reformatory
H. C. Ring
Patton
Defense cites testimony as truthful and without fear
The defense attorney stresses that the witness would face no fear and would not lie, noting that she testified the same in this proceeding as in the signed statement and implying prior perjury accusations were unfounded.
High Court Upholds Suit to Dissolve Aluminum Trust
The Supreme Court allowed anti trust actions to continue in federal court in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia against the Aluminum Company of America and related defendants. The government seeks dissolution for alleged monopoly and conspiracy to monopolize in aluminum trade, with background on a 1912 consent decree and price increases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Federal District Court
Aluminum Company of America
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
McReynolds
Hughes
Stone
Aluminum Company
Pittsburgh
Federal District Court At
Aluminium Company
Cause of Baby Malady Traced by Health Officials
Chicago health officials traced a deadly infant illness to a contaminated organism linked to environmental exposure. Dr Bundesen instruments indicate a patent remedy claimed to cure the ailment, though authorities warn against unproven treatments. Seven of the eighteen cases resulted in death, with several infants dying amid suspected delays in care.
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Bundesen
Parolee Employed By Star Returns To Pen
A parolee linked to a star's employment has been returned to the state penitentiary. The man, previously released, must complete his sentence for breaking and entering after violating a state directive. Local authorities confirmed the transfer to Madison to resume the sentence.
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Star
Cotchat
Californ
Bing Cresbs
Tentursy
Tf Madison
Return of Lindberghs Stirs English Isle Mystery
The Lindberghs, aboard the freighter American Importer, voyageed to Southampton hidden in plain sight. Basil Harris arranged the secret sail. only one associate knew in advance. Neighbors in Weald were unaware of their plans.
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A. Fepems
England
Lindbergs
Lindberghs
Weald
Kent
Long Barn
Morrow
Lindbergh
Basil Harris
United States Lines
American Importer
Harris
President Harding
Gregory
Southampton
London
James E. Roberts
Lindbergh Nor
Roberts
Charles Holldorb
Holldorb
Mr. Gregory
Julius A Furer
Furer
S C Carpenter
Exeter Cathedral
Devonshire
Morgenthau Sees Treasury Refund Operation A Sure Success
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced after closing subscription books that the December refunding operation was oversubscribed with a 15 fold demand for an eight year 2 percent bond issue and a 5 year 7 percent note issue. Proceeds will repay maturing bills and existing notes while offering exchange for holders of 25 percent notes maturing in February.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
Morgenthau
Unemployment Benefits Could Reach Million Daily
Washington officials anticipate unemployment compensation may total up to a million dollars daily after January 1. Payments begin in 21 states and the District of Columbia, with all 48 states to follow by July 1, 1939. The administration pledges to keep relief within 1.5 billion dollars for the current fiscal year.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Sensemai
Tremos
Ferre
Compulsory Control Loses In Test Vote
Senate agriculture committee backed a $500,000,000 annual program cap with a $25,000,000 loan fund for 1938 seed and grain. Representative Lucas led the corn bloc aiming to curb quotas and make corn loans mandatory. House approved Lucas amendment to replace the yardstick with a data based allocation method for soil conservation benefits.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Lucas
Congressional Corn Blove
House
Agriculture Department
Wigmore and Biggers Nominated To Head GOP Group
Washington insiders report two dark horse candidates for chairmanship of the proposed Republican platform committee. John Henry Wigmore of Chicago, Northwestern law dean emeritus, and John D Biggers of Toledo, a former Roosevelt appointee now linked to Republican politics, were advanced as party leaders debated injecting national issues into the 1938 elections.
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Washington
Ins
Dark Horse
Republican Platform Committee
GOP
John Henry Wigmore
Chicago
Northwestern University Law Faculty
League of Nations Committee On Intellectual Cooperation
John D Bigger
Toledo
Roosevelt
New Streamliner Exhibit Dec 18 In New York City
The City of Los Angeles streamliner will be shown at Grand Central on December 18 after final tests. The 17 car, nearly quarter mile train weighs in with 5400 horsepower and can exceed 110 mph. It departs December 19 for Sun Valley Idaho then shows in Los Angeles December 24 and 25 before starting Los Angeles to Chicago service on December 27.
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Omaha
Grand Central Station
New York
Unters Pacific Railroad
City of Tos Angeles
Sun Valley
Idaho
Los Angeles
Chicago
Forgotten Woman Jailed Again in Chicago Case
Mrs Daisy Tegtmeyer, 51, once freed on $7000 bond after four years, was recommitted Monday to custody. The appellate court upheld Circuit Judge Joseph Burkes refusal to grant a writ of habeas corpus, keeping her in confinement pending appeal.
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Chicago
Daisy Textmeyer
Cook County
Joseph Burkes
Tegtmeyer
Wedding cake test marks 20 years in Neb
Mrs Oster Bluseby keeps a whole wedding cake for twenty years since her marriage on November seventeenth, 1917, in Niwman Grove Nebraska.
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Niwman Grove
Oster Bluseby
PanayReady to Rescue as Nanking Fights
Nanking near fall as Panay gunboat maneuvers on the Yangtze with seven Americans and three Italians aboard ready to evacuate nationals to Hankow. Evacuees seek refuge at the U S embassy compound while thousands flee into the safety zone amid ongoing street fighting. In Shanghai, Japanese forces conduct independent actions in the Anglo American settlement, prompting protests after the Great Eastern hotel raid and a prior air raid on Wuhu.
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United States
Yangtze
Hankow
U S
Nankings
Caldren
Pukan
Nanking
Shanghai
INS
Great Eastern Hotel
Wuhu
Yangtze River
International Settlement Council
Eden Says Britain Not in Immediate Danger From Japan
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the house of commons he is in constant contact with the United States government as Anglo Japanese tensions rise. He rejected the idea that British possessions face imminent danger despite serious Far East incidents in the last 48 hours.
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London
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Japan
House of Commons
United States
Far East
Supreme Court rules states may tax federal contractor income
The Supreme Court held that states may impose income tax on money paid to contractors by the federal government for constructing rocks and dams within state borders. Chief Justice Hughes announced a five to four decision in a dispute involving Washington state and West Virginia taxes on contractors building locks and dams for the federal government.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hughes
Washington State
West Virginia
Man Wanted in Linn Arrested in St Paul
Wo Watkins Jr, wanted in Linn County on a false uttering of a $3750 check to Linn County Produce in Marion, was arrested Monday by St Paul police at Sheriff James H. Smith's request. He is detained in Minnesota and extradition is expected. deputies will likely return with him.
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James H. Smith
Wo Watkins, Jr
Tann County
St. Paul, Minn
Smiths
Watkins
Smith
Linn County
Marion
Vermont blue laws enforce a day of rest across Windham County
In Bellows Falls Vermont investigators list names as police enforce an 1840s blue law banning secular work on Sunday. About 100 people were cited or warned for activities including golf and buying ice cream, with State's Attorney Berry planning warrants in a wave of blue law enforcement.
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Bellos Falls
Windham County
Vermont
Ernest F. Berry
Psst
Milk Shakes and Guns Stir Old Laws in County
A county tale shows milk shakes prescribed as medicine and churchgoers carrying guns under an old law. A physician lampshades the situation by writing himself a prescription for a shake. The state's attorney calls enforcement ridiculous yet necessary to remove antiquated statutes, while one man laments being the goat.
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Berry
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