Leprosy Colony at Kalaupapa Faces Isolation and Daily Life
Kalaupapa Molokai hosts 427 patients amid rugged cliffs and sea access, living in dwellings with cars radios and liquor permits. The territory governs through a board of hospitals and superintendent while residents pursue normal life, voting, mail, and occasional sterilization efforts as science offers limited new insights.
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Kalaupapa
Molokai
Hawaii
Honolulu
R. L. Cooke
Harry A. Kruegel
Cooke
Board of Hospitals
Territorial Board of Hospitals
George B. Tuttle
Roosevelt’s Absence Sparks Texas Endorsement Clash
Jack Garner emerges at Uvalde to back Sam Rayburn for house leader stirring Democratic rifts. Alice Longworth notes party factions split as Roosevelt travels, urging practical steps for his return and vice president.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Uvalde
Texas
Jack Garner
Washington
Garner
Sam Rayburn
Mr. Roosevelt
Fay Files Contest In Court Election
Des Moines AP Fay, an Emmetsburg attorney, filed with the secretary of state a notice of contest challenging the election of a supreme court justice for the short term ending January 1. He requests a court review of the results and asserts grounds for contest.
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Fay
Des Moines
James W. Fay
Emmetsburg
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
French Kidnapper, 10, Identified in Oise Case
A threatening note demanding $50 in a hollow tree near a former girls school reached M Delaunay the tax collector in Berthecourt Oise. After checking the local postmark and handwriting the local teacher and gendarmerie were alerted and the ten year old suspect was quickly identified.
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Paris
INS
M. Delaunay
Berthecourt
Oise
South Dakota Starts Water Storing Projects
WPA construction of 50 dams on the Pine Ridge Reservation will aid livestock water supply. Each dam will impound 4 to 8 acres and boost grazing area. more than 300 workers, mostly Indians, are employed on the projects.
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Pine Ridge
S. D
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
B. G. Alarick
Alarick
Farm head’s wife dies in hospital crash injuries
Mrs. W F Schilling aged 60 wife of Minnesota farm leader and Hoover farm board member died in a Minneapolis hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on November 14.
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Minneapolis
W. F. Schilling
Minnesota
Hoover
Farm Board
World's largest land plane crashes at Boeing field
Boeing built bomber nosed over on landing during a test flight at Boeing Field. Damage estimated at 10000 dollars. Crew reports minor injuries to Mark Koogler and E R McReynolds while pilot Stanley Umstad was unhurt. Boeing officials call damage superficial though field attendants fear a jinx ship. The ship had its first test last Monday and had not flown successfully since.
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Seattle
Army Air Corps
Boeing Field
Mark H. Koogler
Wright Field
Dayton
E. R. McReynolds
Langley Field
W. Va
Stanley M. Umstad
Gardner W. Carr
Boeing Aircraft
Gov Hoffman Orders Extradition Of Mrs Hewitt To California
Governor Hoffman ordered Mrs Maryon Cooper Hewitt extradited to California to face conspiracy to commit mayhem charges tied to the sterilization of her daughter Ann. The ruling ends months of removal proceedings as Hewitt argues the charges are a ploy to move her for service in a $500 000 civil suit filed by her daughter.
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Trenton
N. J
Hoffman
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
California
Ann
Des Moines Firm Chief Face Pay Envelope Notice Case
Albert Penn president of Penn Electrics Switch Co is cleared of charges after social security act notices were found in pay envelopes. The case was dismissed on the Federation of Labor leader J C Lewis and county attorney recommendation. Penn said the plant would move but not due to the incident.
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DES Moines
Albert Penn
Penn Electrics Switch Company
Penn
J. C. Lewis
Federation of Labor
Lewis
Radio schedule garbled listing various programs and stations
A fragmented radio schedule lists NBC CBS and regional stations with times, shows, and performers. It mentions an upcoming trans-Canada airway airmail link expected by January 1 1937 between Vancouver and Winnipeg.
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Vancouver
Winnipeg
Morning Radio Schedule Highlights Across Networks
A fragmented listing shows NBC CBS and ABC programs with times from 7:00 to 11:15. The schedule includes talk shows comedies dramas music segments and cooking features featuring hosts and stations such as WEAF WJZ WABC WBBM KMOX WGST WCCO and others.
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Ames
NBC
Aces
Wate Ames J. Braddock
Ted Husing
CBS
WGST
A Traubel
George Griffen
Doris
WBBM
KMOX
America
NBC Wiz Chain
Fency Wi
Leo Reisman
Dude
WIZ Chain
Sammersen Music Hall
WABC
Shaine King Orch
WEAF
Ie Pee Am
Welcome Valley
MOX
WCCO
Bernie Orch
Kate Smith
Freq
WJZ
Frea Astaire
Weaf Chain
Rupert Hughes
M.c
Wwcco
American Association of State Hirshway
Jimmy Fiddler
Rudy Vallee Orch
Frankie Masters Orch
George Green
Jerry Blaine Orch
Henri Busse Orch
George Putty Orch
Wwoc
Gene Arnold Onan
Weaf Chai
National Farm and Home Hour
WJZ Chain
Joe White
Abe
WSBM
Vaughn de Leath
Sin Withae Singer
NBC Music Guild
Sorecgel
Column of the Air
Happy Hollow
WABCO
Bailey Axton
Manhattan
Ma Perkins
the O’neills
National Congress of Parent- Teacher Associations
Institute of Music
Men of the West
Gogo “de Lys
Ken Sparnon
Bees Williams
Buenos Aires
Joan and the Escorts
Amos ‘N’ An
Wear
Asy Aces
Uncle Ezra
Eeee Parker
Tenor
Lum and
Abner
Hamilton Fish
Don Voorhees Orch
WEBM
Acne King Orch
Ethelmarripere
Burns and Allen Oba WA
Telanetz Orch
Arks
WOC
WABG
WMO
Joe” Oy
Senator O’mahoney
Sauna
E McGrewn
Prankle Masters Orch
Emil Coleman Orch
Roger Pryor Orch
Ozzie _Nelson orch
Ae Hayes Orch
Earlined Orch
Salon Musicale
Elody Graphic
Adela Rogers
St. Johns
Tim Healy
Peepee Children
Wabc Ee
Betty and
Bob
John's
Josh Higgins
Finchoille
Betty Crocker
David Harum
Larry Larsen
WJZ Chain. Magazine of
Oeak
Wabc M
KMO
W Wbb
Wer
Hhore
Vic and Sade
Allan Roy Dafoe
the Gumps
Indictment Challenged in Oil Company Case
Chief defense counsel in Madison challenged the federal indictment against 23 oil companies and 58 individuals for Sherman act violations. Pleas of abatement claim the grand jury was illegally drawn. Government may seek a new grand jury and fresh indictments within three weeks.
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Madison, Wis
Patrick T. Stone
W. J. Donovan
United States
Donovan
John Henry Lewin
60 Cent Holdup Nets 3 To 12 Year Prison Sentence
Oswald B. Wilson of Clinton Iowa received a three to 12 year term after a 60 cent robbery in Milwaukee. Sidney Goldwyn testified in municipal court that Wilson hid in a parked car and robbed him as he drove away, noting the robber spoke with a Lisp. Wilson's father pleaded for leniency saying the son is a good boy and had left home with some family jewels.
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Milwaukee
Oswald B. Wilson
Clinton
Sidney Goldwyn
Wilson
Goldwyn
F D R s Vote Lead Passes 11 Million
Complete returns from 44 states show President Roosevelt leading Governor Landon by 11 009 526 votes in the last election. Arkansas Montana New Mexico and Rhode Island were carried by Roosevelt and still missing from the totals.
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New York
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Arkansas
Montana
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Chicago inventor sentenced for mail fraud
Federal Judge William H. Holley sentenced Walter G. Critchlow, 59, of Wheaton Illinois, to two years in Leavenworth penitentiary after his guilty plea to using the mails to defraud.
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Chicago
William H. Holley
Walter G. Critchlow
Wheaton, Ill
Leavenworth
Ohio ruling taxes popcorn as a taxable commodity
The Ohio state tax commission ruled that popcorn is a taxable commodity under the sales tax while ice cream remains a food and tax exempt. The decision clarifies which items fall under taxable goods in the state.
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Olumbus
State Tax Commission
Ohio
Three Mingo Junction Men Charged With Railroad Theft
Steubenville reports three Mingo Junction men charged with stealing a half mile of the Pennsylvania railroad. They admitted taking from an unused section.
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Steubenville, O
Mingo Junction
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Green
Daniel Green
Evan
Opera
Everett
Sanford
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Duke of Kent
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