Indictment Names 20 In Mail Fraud Scheme Across Counties
Twenty men named in a federal indictment connected to a $5 million mail fraud scheme. Defendants include Clement Congdon editor of The Philadelphia Sunday Transcript and New York attorney Abraham C. Berman. The case centers on Congdon carrying stock tips on an investment page for National Investment Transcript Inc. and a customer list of about 14 000. The tally includes several Philadelphia and Boston residents and multiple sales staff and clerical workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonard J
Rollnick
Clement Congdon
Philadelphia Sunday Transcript
Abraham
C. Berman
John L. Hermanson
Boston
Congdon
National Investment Transcript, Inc
Wallace Fires Valley At Farm Plank Of G. O. P.
Des Moines AP Henry A Wallace secretary of agriculture criticizes the Republican farm plank as contradictory and praises the Democratic plank as clear and explicit in a public letter. He cites five points and urges study of promises versus past actions helping farmers since World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Robert M. Clark
Mitchellville, Jr
Roosevelt
Wallace
Farley silent on resignation after White House conference
Postmaster General James A. Farley after a three hour White House meeting with President Roosevelt and party leaders said his resignation or leave from the cabinet was not discussed. Farley would not comment and a public statement was deferred until Monday as he plans to join Roosevelt on a Virginia trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James A. Farley
White House
Roosevelt
Farley
Charles Michelson
Democratic Party
Eves Farley
Virginia
Catastrophic temperament tested by a worried wife
A reader labels a wife as a catastrophic personality who magnifies every setback into disaster. The piece advises the husband to maintain emotional control and offers tact, patience, and real faith as remedies, noting imagination can heighten life to extremes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oea
Mark Twain
Six Bolters Seize Farm Holiday Convention
Six state presidents of the Farm Holiday association declared the St. Paul national convention invalid and seized records. They named a new national slate led by Asher L. Burdick and Walter Groth, asserting the Minnesota call was not representative. They ordered a new convention within sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Farm Holiday Association
National Association
Asher L. Burdick
North Dakota
Arthur W. Cameron
New Mexico
W. D. Keane
Panama
Iowa
Charles Gladamer
Wisconsin
George Iverson, Jr
Maryland
John Busch
Minnesota
Burdick
Keane
Walter Groth
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Hindenburg Makes Fast North Atlantic Crossing
The Hindenburg completed the fastest of her seven North Atlantic crossings, arriving after 53 hours and 6 minutes from Frankfort, Germany. The airship docked at Lakehurst, New Jersey, marking a record speed for the voyage.
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Lakehurst
N. J
North Atlantic
Frankfort
Germany
Pope Urges Bishops to Aid Censorship of Films
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII directed bishops worldwide to classify motion pictures and label those deemed unsuitable for Catholics. He urged annual vows to avoid bad films, set up national reviewing offices, and foster global cooperation through Catholic Action to standardize judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius
Catholic Action Organization
Fathers
United States
Holy Father
Fear Lynch Threat Follows Acquittal in Gattuccio Case
In San Jose California Peter Weiss 72 was acquitted of murdering Dr Jasper Gattuccio after a 60 minute jury deliberation. The acquittal stirred fear of lynching as a crowd surrounded the county jail recalling earlier mob actions against Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes for Brooke Hart kidnapping and killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Peter Weiss
Jasper Gattuccio
Thomas Thurmond
John Holmes
Brooke Hart
Wallace Okays Govt Cattle Purchase Plan in drought relief move
Wallace approves a government cattle purchasing program to remove up to a million cattle from drought-stricken northwest areas. He advises rapid planning with the surplus commodities corporation to aid farmers while controlling beef prices for consumers. He shifts to Des Moines for administrative duties after meeting Minnesota bankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Henry A. Wallace
Minnesota Bankers’ Association
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Des Moines
Wallace
J. W. Tapp
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Federal
surplus _commodities corporation
Three Oklahoma Highway Workers Die in Dynamite Blast
In Nowata Oklahoma three highway workers were killed by an accidental dynamite discharge near a bridge south of town. Foreman Frank Routree of Duncan and laborer J W Murphy, 50, Nowata, were among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nowata
Okla
Frank Routree
Duncan
Wife of nightclub entertainer linked to Chicago slaying
Chicago police identified Mrs. Freed as the woman seen fleeing Miss Anna Bell Blake a 35 year old retired cosmetics seller found shot to death in her apartment. Investigators traced a maroon coupe with varying plates and linked Audrey Vallette to Blake's true identity and recent divorce from Earl Schroeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Annabell Blake
Miss Blake
Andrew Barry
Edward Freed
Near North Side
Barry
Harold Knox
Eddie
Freed
Friede
Audrey Vallette
Earl Schroeder
Love Letters to First Wife Tray at Chicago Trial
Chicago drama critic Carol Frink testified about sending summer letters to Charles MacArthur and revealed he wrote sentimental notes to his first wife. MacArthur admitted drafting love letters before meeting Helen Hayes as Frink seeks $100,000 for alleged alienation of affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carol Frink
Judge la Bay's
Charles MacArthur
California
Helen Hayes
Victoria
Regina
MacArthur
Frink
Miss Hayes
Valleged
Renata
Hayes Atha
Ney~ Sa ~McMein
Borah Hails Roosevelt Acceptance as Monopolies Targeted
Senator William Borah praised Franklin D Roosevelt's acceptance speech calling it a powerful address. He said the keynote attacked monopoly and implied a plan to destroy it. He declined to say whether he would support Roosevelt or Landon.
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Omaha
William E. Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt
Borah
Landon
Alaska Seen as Theater of Next War Says Governor
Governor John W. Troy warned President Roosevelt that Alaska could be the theater of the next war. He urged building up defenses with Anthony Dimond and journalist Robert Bender after meetings with Army and Navy officials, citing tensions in Japan and Soviet Russia. Haussermann pressed for Murphy’s return to defend Philippines interests amid regional instability.
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Washington
Alaska
John W. Troy
Roosevelt
Far East
John Haussermann
Philippines
Troy
Anthony J. Dimond
Robert Bender
Juneau
Navy
Siam
Japan
Soviet Russia
Fairbanks
Air Force
Haussermann
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Ernor
Michigan
Dern
Admiral Standley
Department
Miner Rescued From Cave-In After 24 Hours
In Shamokin Pennsylvania Enoch Kuklinskie Jr a 35 year old miner was buried in a coal mine cavern for 24 hours before fellow miners reached him. He was unconscious from exhaustion and suffocation when carried from the mine to Shamokin state hospital on a stretcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamokin
Enoch Kuklinskie, Jr
Kuklinskie
Shamokin State Hospital
Herring says no plan to approve more pay for Free
Gov Clyde Herring told The Gazette there has been no request to approve further payments to Fred Free in the Sioux City investigation. He said he has no thought of giving such approval.
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Gov. Herring
The
Gazette
Des Moines
Executive Council
Fred Free
Sioux City
Clyde Herring
Edward O'Connor
Free
Woodbury County
Grand ‘Jury
O'Connor
Grand Jury
Herring
the Gazette
Drought-Stricken Steele ND Faces Hard Times
Eric Wallin reports from Steele North Dakota on severe drought conditions. Creeks run dry, wells lack water, cattle die, fields burn bare, and farmers beg for federal relief as livestock thin and crops fail.
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Eric Wallin
Steele
N. D
Middlewest
Kidder County
Wei
Wil
Ciiesycer
Despondent magnate dies by own hand in Boise garage
Major James McDonald Jr a Boise oil millionaire died of carbon monoxide fumes in his garage. He had sought reconciliation with his son James and the son's estranged wife. The wife Alice McDonald said he telephoned three times Thursday night urging her to come to Boise with her daughter Jacqueline. The last call at 2 am sounded very despondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
INS
James ‘McDonald
Boise
Idaho
James Mc Donald
Alice Mc- Donald
Major McDonald
Jacquene
Twin Girls Separated as One Dies During Battle to Save Alive Sia
Surgeons at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Medford Mass move to separate Siamese twins born to Mr and Mrs Diego Fiorenzo of Everett. The larger sister died at 10 15 Wednesday night while the surviving infant weighing five pounds remained alive Thursday afternoon. Doctors fear shared brain tissue but proceed with plans for the risky operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Mass
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Diego Fiorenzo
Winthrop Street
Everett
John B. Vernaglia
Vernaglia
Fiorenzo
Weather Of Ideal Summer Variety In Cedar Rapids
Ideal summer weather forecast described as the weatherman's aim as Cedar Rapids saw a rapid climb in temperature. The day opened at 56 degrees early morning, rose to 72 by seven, reached 83 by ten, and peaked at 92 by 2 45 pm, with a peak of 94 at 4 pm followed by 85 at 7 pm and 70 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Drought Prompts Federal Aid as Rain Prediction Changes Prospects
The weather bureau forecast rain across drought regions including the Ohio Valley and parts of Minnesota and North Dakota. WPA officials plan to employ up to 50,000 workers on conservation dams and roads while Secretary Wall an authorizes government cattle purchases to ease shortages. Prices rise as drought tightens global wheat markets and floods threaten Texas, with more than 21 deaths reported.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Liverpool
St. Paul
WPA
Washington Field
Northwest
San Antonio
Texas
Atlanta
Dixie
Rapid City
S.C
Toronto
Dominion
Nater Duluth
Wallace
Ohio Valley
Southwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Dackotas
Iowa
Roosevelt
Duluth
North Central
Canada
South Texas
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S. Werblin
Samuel “Lazar
Charles Schwartz
Philadelphia
Silon’ Levin
Edwin Manchel
Herbert S’miler
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Peter J. Green
Hindenburg
Ocean
Fear Lynch
Wallace Okays
Oklahoma
Mate
Bulletin
N. Y
Sen. Borah
F.D.R
Territory
Russia
N. W
Edser
Northwear
United Press
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