Thumbprint ties dead woman to torso murder case
Cleveland police linked the dead woman Florence Polillo to the torso murders via a thumbprint found on her remains. Investigators traced the trail near Kingsbury Run to suspect Frank Dolezal, who confessed to assaulting Polillo over money and to burning her head. Fingerprint comparison against 12,000 records confirmed Polillo’s identity, fueling efforts to close gaps in the case and connect the other killings to a single surgical killer.
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Cleveland (Ap
Cleveland
Florence Polillo
Kingsbury Run
Sherif Martin ZL. O'Donnell
Frank Dolezal
Dolezal
Polillo
O’donnell
Dole
George Koestle
Police Bureau of Criminal Identification
Sever
Koestle
Everal
Polil 9
O'Donnell
S. R. Gerber
Nazis Warn Britain Not To Saturate Germany With Spies
Berlin reports quote Deutsche Dienst accusing Britain of trying to flood Germany with spies. It claims British agents are assigned to consulates and passport offices, warning such espionage will be ruthlessly dealt with, likening it to the Gestapo’s underground actions.
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Britain
Germany
Berlin
Sare
Boys Town sued to halt probate of $100000 will
In Logan Iowa AP Father Flanagan's Boys Town near Omaha and the Council Bluffs Christian Orphans Home were named defendants in a district court petition to set aside probate of the $100,000 John Young will. Vess, H. Morgan Newton Iowa said he acted for 44 heirs claiming they received no hearings notice. The lawsuit also named Modale Savings Bank stockholders as beneficiaries under the will signed July 2, 1937.
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Logan
Father Flanagan
Omaha
Christian Orphans Home of
Council Bluffs
John Young
Modale
2Vess
H. Morgan
Newton
F Council Bluffs
Modale Savings Ibank
Dietrich Tax Lien Seeks 142000 From Actress and Husband
In Los Angeles federal court the Internal Revenue Service files a lien for 142000 against Marlene Dietrich and 142000 against her husband Rudolf Leiber claiming they owed back income taxes on British film earnings from 1936 and 1937. The case follows a prior New York shoreline incident where Dietrich left jewels in hock over the dispute.
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Los Angeles
INS
Marlene Dietrich
New York
Internal Revenue
sNat‘ Rogan
Miss Dietrich
Ruj
Commodore Neville Chamberlain Honored by King George
A fragment reports an honorary military title for Neville Chamberlain by King George VI. The note mentions a Royal Air Force balloon barrage squad and ties to wartime leadership themes. No clear date or full context is provided in readable text.
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Moon
Neville Chamberlain
Royal ‘Force
George Satur
Emergency Ambulance Service Subsidized by County and City
After eight months of talks the county and city agreed to subsidize the emergency ambulance service with $125 monthly each. A five-member ambulance board, including councilman Wes Benesh and county coroner B. L. Knight, will supervise. The service is not free. users pay, while subsidies cover maintaining the vehicle and 24 hour operation. The new car includes oxygen, splints, first aid gear, two-way radio, and modern sirens. Citizens are urged to call the ambulance for all emergencies to ensure proper handling and trained staff.
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Wes Benesh
Fred Stirm
V. H Hasek
B. L. Knight
B. J. Moon
The
Medical Association
Don Condon
Arthur Zimmerman
Harold Skinner
Europe Not Calm Even Amid Heat
Moscow silence masked talks at a meeting though London reports described air raid drill like conditions across 16000 square miles of southern England. Prime Minister Chamberlain claimed the air force is among the finest in the world as blackouts hit Kent and Sussex near Folkestone and Dover. Lord de la Warr urged England to intervene with arms if Nazi aggression targets Poland or Danzig, signaling potential wartime involvement.
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INS
England
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Kent
Sussex
Folkestone
Dover
Lord de la Warr
Danzig
Czechoslovakia
de la Warr
Derby
Poland
Reich
William H Schultz Dies Suddenly At Farm Near Newhall
William H Schultz 64 lifelong Benton county resident died of a heart attack at 11 a.m. Saturday at his farm west of Newhall. Born March 25 1875 in Fremont township he married Augusta Koenig Sept 16 1908. Survived by wife two sisters and a brother. Funeral at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Newhall Presbyterian Church with burial in Raetz cemetery near Atkins.
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Spectate the Gazette
Newhall
William H. Schultz
Benton County
Schultz
Frederick Schultz
Fremont Township
Augusta Koenig
Fred Schultz
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mary Schlotterback
Atkins
A. H. Jacobsen
Vinton
Emma McGranahan
Meta Baumgartner
Newhall Presbyterian Church
Raetz
Torso Slayer Not Very Terrifying Says Observer
Cleveland AP reports Frank Dolezal, self described torso murderer, appeared nervous and tired in jail. An observer noted his watery eyes, constant water drinking, and dirty handkerchief, describing him as unassuming yet fearful with a stammering, tense demeanor. Born Bohemia 52 years ago, he immigrated at 17 and worked as laborer before bricklayer's helper and bricklayer.
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Cleveland (Ap
Frank Dolezal
Cleveland
Dolezal
Bohemia
Alimony Dodgers Face Street Chain Gang in Wellsburg
Wellsburg West Virginia Circuit Judge J P OBrien announced plans to sentence alimony dodgers and non supporters to hard labor on a ball and chain gang. He said many men prefer idleness paid by the county but will be forced to work on the streets once the county acquires chains.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
INS
J. JP. O'Brien
O’brien
Special Prosecutor Charges Hands Tied In Champaign Probe
Chicago dispatch reports Walker Butler resigned as special prosecutor over claimed limits by Attorney General John E Cassidy in a Champaign grand jury probe. The inquiry yielded 50 indictments against Champaign officials led by the mayor and police chief. most others were quashed, while Cassidy notes over 40 indictments remain to be tried.
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Chicago
INS
Champaign
Walker Butler
John E Cassidy
University of Illinois
Butler
Cassidy
Epidemic Fears Quashed in Flood Strife Region
In eastern Kentucky flood disaster areas 63 dead with 46 missing, but health officials say no epidemic danger. Breathitt and Rowan counties continue rescue and inoculation work as bodies found bring Breathitt dead to 36 and Rowan to 25. Unknowns linger amid ongoing sheltering and cleanup efforts.
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Jackson
Kentucky
Fred E. Caudill
Breathitt County
Frozen Creek
P. E. Blackerby
Kentucky Health Commissioner
Rowan County
IL. P. Myers
Kentucky Mountain Bible Institute
Vancleve
Lewis County
Study Sites For Bata Factories In New England
Boston reports that about 20 locations across New England are being studied for two Bata shoe plants. Jan Bata, famed Czech shoe magnate dubbed the Henry Ford of Europe, arrives to evaluate conditions at his Belcamp Maryland plant under construction. His father Thomas Bata previously worked in Lynn and Brockton during early U.S. study trips.
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Boston
INS
New England
Bata
Canada
Jan Bata
Henry Ford
Europe
America
Belcamp
Thomas Bata
United States
Lynn
Brockton
Appointed Band Director At Tama R Ariel Cross joins Tama schools
Ariel Cross, June graduate of Coe College and former Coe band assistant director, is named Tama public schools band director and instrumental music instructor starting Sept 1. He previously served five years as drum major in Coe’s military band and four years directing the Y M C A drum and bugle corps, which won the 1937 Chicagoland Music Festival. Cross also chairs the Hawk Eye Music Festival drum corps competition and will lead an exhibition by the YMCA corps at Hawkeye Downs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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R_ Ariel Cross
Coe College School of Music
Coe
Hawkeye Downs
Y M. Cc. A
Church Takes Place Of Jail Chief Of Police Also Pastor
Nutter Fort West Virginia AP reports police chief Joseph Carpenter also serves as pastor of the Nutter Fort Baptist church. He will steer juvenile delinquency work and says crime can be addressed through Christianity. The 33-year-old officer will patrol as both minister and enforcer in this Clarksburg suburb.
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Nutter Fort
W. Va
West Virginia
Joseph Carpenter
Nutter Fort Baptist Church
Clarksburg
Mrs. Pantages Sues Brother Of Mate For $150000
Mrs Beatrice Veryl Pantages wife of Rodney A Pantages filed a 150000 alienation of affections suit against her husband's brother Lloyd A Pantages and several others in Los Angeles. Rodney and Beatrice Pantages are also divorcing seeking custody of their children. She recently sued Mrs Lois Pantages mother and widow of Alexander Pantages for 600000 alienation damages. Defendants include W C Thomas film director and wife Louise Rodney Pantages telephone operator nurses in the home a companion of Mrs Lois Pantages a friend of Rodney and three theater employees.
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Los Angeles
Beatrice Veryl Pantages
Rodney A. Pantages
Lloyd A. Pantages
Rodney Pantages
Lois Pantages
Alexander Pantages
Pantages
W. C. Thomas
Louise
Rodney
Henry Charles
Union Officials Plan to Extend GM Strike in Plants
DETROIT AP Union officials said Saturday night they would widen the walkout in General Motors tool and die departments unless the company negotiates in good faith on union demands. About 6,000 skilled workers are idle as the strike threatens GM 1940 model production and could put up to 100,000 GM employees at risk. Chevrolet gear and axle plant layoffs likely Monday or Tuesday as tool cutters and grinders join the strike.
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General Motors Corporation
Tool and Die
Walter P. Reuther
GM Department
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Saginaw
Mich
Cleveland
General Motors
Corporation
Chevrolet Gear and Axle
Neutrality pressure on Gillette 15 seen
The outlook centers on potential support from George and Gillette with a 12 11 vote risk. A discharge motion to move the bill to the senate could be pursued if the committee fight fails. Barkley Harrison and Pittman lead plans to steer action, Garner doubts a filibuster, and a swift senate vote after three weeks of debate is anticipated.
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Gillette
Senate
Garner
Barkley
Kentucky
Harrison
Miss
Fish urges petitions to defeat neutrality bill in Senate
Rep Hamilton Fish urged the public to petition senators to vote down the administration neutrality bill unless it includes the arms embargo. He spoke especially to Iowa and Georgia voters as Senators Gillette and George, two key swing Democrats on the foreign relations committee, faced the upcoming Tuesday committee hearing.
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INS
Hamilton Fish
Iowa
Georgia
House
Gillette
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Duce Powers Volcanoes for Italy’s Electric Future
Rome notes Mussolini pushes volcanic energy from Larderello Tuscany to power Italy toward self sufficiency. About 300 wells, 286 controllable, produce over 1.2 million kilowatt hours daily. Electricity fuels the Pisa Rome railway and strengthens national industry.
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Italy
Valley of Hell
Benito Mussolini
Duce
Larderello
Tuscany
Pisa
Desperado hunted after fatal car gunfight
A gunfight ended in a man’s death as accomplices fled with loot. One suspect fled north toward the Wildcat mountains after forcing a driver to head toward Kimball. authorities feared for the captive’s safety. The slain man wore tattooed initials C. L. K and gray khaki, weighed about 180 pounds. Police pursued a fourth stolen car and suspected Fort Warren ties.
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Potter
Neb
Oldenburg
Wildcat
Fort Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
FBI
Example Of Courage Breaks News Of Her Mutilation To Girl
In Brockton Massachusetts Elizabeth Shaw a 17 year old read a clipping about a girl who lost both legs but learned to use artificial limbs and dance. She told doctors she would be brave after realizing the message was for her following an automobile bicycle collision that led to amputation.
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Brockton
Mass
Goddard Hospital
Elizabeth Shaw
Elizabeth
Music Festival At Hawkeye Downs Opens Cedar Rapids Event
Cedar Rapids hosts the first Hawkeye Music Festival with Captain Howard Stube directing massed bands at Hawkeye Downs Tuesday evening. Contests on the Coe campus feature baton twirlers, violin, vocal, cornet and drum corps judging, with Morley and festival bands performing and 800 musicians lighting up the grounds.
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Coe
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Howard Stube
Chicago High School Bandmasters Association
Capt
Stube
Tilden
Paul S. Ray
Release Two Men Held In Drowning Of Girl In Ohio
In Pomeroy Ohio an accidental death verdict was returned for a drowning of 15 year old Amanda Stewart after a rowboat sank in the Ohio River. Two men Mancel Parfitt and Tom Deweese were released from investigation as witnesses contradicted the sister’s claim. Sheriff George Beards noted Blanche Stewart previously resided in a state feeble minded institution.
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INS
Amada Stewart
Ohio River
Blanche Stewart
George Beards
Mancel Parfitt
Tom Deweese
Amada
Beards
Blanche
Judge's Wife Freed After Smuggling Sentence Ends
New York prison gates will open at midnight Sunday to release Mrs. Edgar J. Lauer, wife of a retired state supreme court justice, after a three month smuggling term begun April 11. Her fines this year topped $20,000, plus other costs. Her husband will receive a reduced pension of about $13,000 annually. Her portrait by Tade Styka was returned for nonpayment of a $1,500 fee. The maid, Rosa Webber, saw a rise in fortune after testifying against her former employer.
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New York
INS
Edgar J. Lauer
State Supreme Court
Mrs. Lauer
Rosa Webber
Rosa
Adolf Hitler
Speeding fugitive wrecks car then flees on foot
In Fort Lee New Jersey an unidentified speeder racing at about 80 mph eluded a wide police pursuit that involved six radio cars. The stolen vehicle crashed into a George Washington bridge approach wall and the driver fled into nearby woods amid police gunfire. The wrecked car bore plates stolen from Edna Joseph of Newburgh, New York.
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Fort Lee
N. J
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New Jersey
George Washington Bridge
Edna Joseph
Newburgh
N. Y
Michael Nicklus
Bergen
Nicklus
Madden
Nicklas
Lindberghs Berlin flight probe and wartime intrigue
The article recounts Germany inviting allied generals and American manufacturers to inspect its aircraft, hoping for favorable reports. Lindbergh, chosen for neutrality, reported findings to the U.S. and Britain. It notes shifting power and the current difficulty in revealing German planes while British mags publish detailed British designs.
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Lindbergh
Berlin
United States
Germany
Britain
France
Governor Long seeks removal of minerals chief in Louisiana
Governor Earl K. Long ordered the ouster of Dr. J. A. Shaw director of the minerals division in Baton Rouge saying his action speaks for itself. Long cited past findings of officials buying supplies from interests they own and pressuring firms to patronize them. He named David McConnell to succeed Shaw.
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Earl K. Long
J. A. Shaw
Minerals Division
State Conservation Department
Long
David McConnell
Huey P. Long
Shaw
Treasury official to aid probe into LSU ex-president
Elmer Ivey chief of the treasury department intelligence unit said he would travel to New Orleans on July 17 to participate in the investigation of Dr. James Monroe Smith, former president of Louisiana State University, who is currently under indictment. The treasury department has been examining the educator's affairs for two years.
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Chicago
INS
Elmer Ivey
Treasury Department
New Orleans
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Irey
Temporary relief from heat felt across midwest
A Cool breeze from Canada eased heat in a dozen north central states while the rest of the nation sweltered. Forecaster Lloyd warned the relief would be temporary with temperatures rising along the northern border by Monday and no permanent relief in sight under current conditions. The heat caused property losses and drought fears hit New England farmers as the midwestern corn belt needed rain for knee-high corn.
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United States
Canada
Dakotas
Kansas
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
U. S
J. R. Lloyd
Chicago
New England
Hearing on Cargill price manipulation charges set for July 31
Washington news says a hearing will be held July 31 on charges by Secretary Wallace that Cargill Inc and four officials manipulated prices of 1937 September and 1937 December corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade. The complaint also alleges fictitious Minneapolis futures sales and rule violations by Cargill Grain Co. Officials named are J H McMillan Jr E J Grimes Julius Hendel and Philip Sayles. Trading privileges of the company may be denied if substantiated.
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Cargill, Inc
Minneapolis
Chicago Board of Trade
J. H. McMillan, Jr
E. J. Grimes
Julius Hendel
Philip Sayles
Funeral services for John R. Bain at Beatty chapel
Funeral services for John R. Bain who died at his home 81132 Third street NW Friday at 3 36 p m will be conducted at Beatty chapel at 3 30 Monday by Rev E J Wykle Burial will be in the Linwood cemetery family lot Friends may call at the chapel
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John R. Bain
Third Street NW
Beatty Chapel
E. J. Wykle
Linwood Cemetery
Marion Creger Funeral Arrangements Announced
Funeral services for Marion Creger fourteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Louis Creger will be held at 2 pm Monday in the Rohn chapel with Rev O C Gatrelle officiating. Burial is Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel Sunday. All Boy Scouts are to meet before 2 pm at the chapel and Troop 19 Scouts will serve as pallbearers.
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Marion Creger
Louis Creger
Fourth Street
Rohn
O. C. Gatrelle
Linwood Cemetery
Boy Scouts
Troop 19
Marion
Former Hudson Mayor A H Brandhorst Dies At 73
Special to The Gazette Hudson. A H Brandhorst 73 lifelong Hudson resident and former mayor died Friday after a heart attack. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p.m. at his home and 2 30 p.m. at Federated church. He was married Jan 24 1883 to Elizabeth Glenny. Survived by wife a daughter Martha Mc Dowell of Hudson two grand daughters five sisters Mrs Roger Thompson Geneseo Mrs F M Bowen Hudson Mrs Ida Nester Mrs C E Clingaman and Mrs Ralph Eighmey Waterloo.
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Federated Church
A. H. Brandhorst
Brandhorst
Frederick
Margaret Bailey Brandhorst
Elizabeth Glenny
Martha Mc Dowell
Roger Thompson
Geneseo
F. M. Bowen
Ida Nester
C. E. Clingaman
Ralph Eighmey
Waterloo
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