Detroit Man Held In Dickinson Death Probe
Detroit authorities in Fort Wayne, Indiana, detained William Schweitzer and three women as part of the murder inquiry into Howard Carter Dickinson of New York. Detectives pursue connections between Schweitzer and an underworld circle while questioning two young women and a sister, amid a tangle of motives and high profile ties.
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Mich
Ferroi
Wand
Kyaim Schweitzer
Detroit
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
A Century Ago Carlyle Resumes The French Revolution
A 1935 reflection recounts Thomas Carlyle finishing the first volume of The French Revolution in 18385 personal sacrifice. John Stuart Mill borrows the manuscript, a maid burns it as waste paper, and Carlyle's wife and he comfort Mill before Carlyle restarts the project. The tale tests character and ends with renewed effort.
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Thomas Carlyle
John Stuart Mill
Newton
Mill
Carlyle
Chayne-row
More and later news edition keeps readers informed
The Sunday Gazette announces a two hour later press time to deliver the latest news. The policy emphasizes prompt delivery and a wider range of later information for all readers in its circulation territory.
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Sunday Gazette
The
Gazette
Murder confession may be repudiated
Ben Thurman attorney for Gerald Thompson said after a three hour jail conference he plans to repudiate Thompson confession to police. Thurman claimed the defendant has been misquoted and insists his account is the true story and Thompson is not the fiend newspapers painted him as. He did not discuss insanity defense.
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Peoria
Ben Thurman
Gerald Thompson
Alice Hallmark
Thompson
Thurman
Dickinson Charges Discrimination In Milk Price Probe
Senator Dickinson of Iowa is expected to oppose a 200000 federal commission milk price investigation appropriation. He argues the request aims to discriminate against mid west milk in favor of eastern dairymen. The commission has investigated consumer milk prices in Philadelphia and Connecticut sheds and said distributors profits were excessive compared with producers' prices.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Commission
Dickinson
Iowa
Commission
Philadelphia
Connecticut
Congress
Wisconsin professor weds again in phobic prison union
William Ellery Leonard, 59, UW Madison poet, marries Grace Golden, 27, who vows to live with him in seclusion as his distance phobia keeps him within a small radius. Leonard's condition began after his first wife’s death. he has rarely left his apartment, with his longest trip to campus hills and nearby areas, while the couple plans a cloistered life.
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Madison, Wis
INS
William Ellery Leonard
University of Wisconsin
Grace Golden
W. R. Holloway
Madison Unitarian Church
Leonard
Golden
Hill
Lake Mendota
Key Brothers Extend Sustained Flight Record In Air
Meridian Mississippi UP indicates brothers Al and Fred Key sailed past 600 hours aloft aboard Ole Miss Saturday, 51 hours beyond the Hunter brothers record. A short circuit sparked a fire on the instrument board but the pilots extinguished it and pressed on toward a potential 64714 hour unofficial mark ahead of Monday deadline.
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Meridian
Miss
Ole Miss
Fred Key
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Dale Jackson
Forrest O’brine
St. Louis
Jackson
O’brine
Laval dissolves French Parliament and rules by emergency power
Premier Pierre Laval abruptly sent parliament home in Paris and will rule as a de facto dictator until November. He will authorize large credits to buy war stocks and boost civilian aviation personnel to execute airdrome reorganizations under the emergency powers.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Burned luggage tied to missing tourists found near Albuquerque
State police reported burned luggage and bedding believed to belong to East St. Louis tourists Mr and Mrs George Lori ous and Mr and Mrs Albert Heberer, missing since May 22, were found on Laguna highway east of Albuquerque. Gov. Clyde Tingley urged statewide search teams to converge in Albuquerque as investigators assess new clues from Vaughn where the couple stayed before heading to the city.
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Santa FE
N. M
George
Lorious
Albert Heberer
East St. Louis
Laguna Highway
Albuquerque
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
Vaughn
N. W
Butcher Boy Confesses Murder of 9 Year Old
Alfred E. Volckmann 19, son of well to do parents, confessed to New York state Scotland Yard Saturday night that he lured Helen Glenn 9 into his shop and killed her with a butcher knife. He claimed to have driven the body to a secluded road and covered her face with her school prize dress. Police said he spoke after twelve hours of questioning and said he did it to prevent her from telling. Lynch rumors swirled as townspeople gathered. his father surrendered him.
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Greenville
New York State
Scotland Yard
Alfred E. Volckmann
Garry Sager
J. Walter Wheeler
Yard
Helen Glenn
Lieut. Sager
Mercury Reaches 88 in Cedar Rapids Saturday
A Cedar Rapids weather note says the temperature peaked at 88 degrees at 3 p.m. under clearing skies. High humidity amplified the heat before conditions cooled to 78 by 7 p.m. and 76 by 8:30 p.m. per Chambers Inskeep readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Theodore Roosevelt III Burned in Home Naphtha Explosion
Theodore Roosevelt III, son of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, sustained slight burns when a naphtha solution exploded in the Oyster Bay Cove home. Jeanette Carminetti, 50, a domestic, burned on hands and face in the same incident Saturday.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Theodore Roosevelt
Jeanette Carminetti
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay Cove
Weather outlook for Chicago July 1 to July 6
AP reports unsettled conditions over the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with showers early, near normal to above temperatures. Expect generally fair and cool midweek, then showers again in southern portions toward the end.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Coal Strike Called Off By Lewis Amid Truce Pact
AP reports John L. Lewis halted the soft coal strike after a Roosevelt request. Lewis and Duncan Kennedy of Charleston pledged to keep mines running at current pay and hours through July 31 if operators agree. Kennedy lacked binding power but expected acceptance. Secretary Perkins announced the truce after a lengthy talk with Lewis and Kennedy.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
Duncan Kennedy
Charleston
W. Va
Appalachian
Kennedy
Perkins
Cedar Rapids Driver Avoids Boy Hit on Highway 149
On Highway 149 at Edgewood Road a boy darted across as a truck approached. Miss Gayle Jacobs of Marengo slowed for three children. one boy ran across and was struck, then taken to Mercy hospital. The truck driver stopped and the boy’s guardian was taken to the hospital.
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Cedar
Miss Jacobs
Mrstik
Middlebush Named Missouri U Head
Dr. Frederick A. Middlebush was named president of the University of Missouri succeeding Dr. Walter Williams who led the university for five years. Middlebush had been acting president since last September due to Williams' failing health and will take over as Williams retires Monday before turning 71.
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Kansas City, Mo
Frederick A. Middlebush
University of Missouri
Walter Williams
Middlebush
Missouri University
Williams
Beer Guzzling Olympiad Led By Frenchman
Floyd Verette a 310 pound French bartender led Milwaukee beer drinking Olympiad early in rounds by finishing half a gallon in 37 seconds. Erv Schneider ranked second in the heat, with a 1 25 elapsed time, while a 50 year old grandmother among the participants failed to finish.
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Milwaukee
Floyd Verette
Erv Schneider
Verette
Schneider
Allen Emeke
Fighting Breaks Out In Oklahoma Zinc Mine Strike
Fighting erupted among pickets in the Northeastern Oklahoma zinc and lead mine strike as National Guardsmen restored order in the tri state field. Oklahoma officers seized sixteen rifles and shotguns and four pistols in a Hockerville pool hall during the raid led by Assistant Attorney General Owen Watts. Fifteen mines faced picketing over demands for improved conditions and union recognition. Seven workers arrested at Picher for rioting pled innocence with bonds of one thousand dollars each.
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Galena
Kan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Tri-State
Hockerville
Okla
Owen Watts
Picher
Needy Children Enjoy Camp Activities At Sand Health Camp
Needy children at Camp Good Health participate in sandcastle building and story time while observing floodwaters in Big Creek from a hill above. Some hike down to the creek, while others rest or play games, as staff monitor their exertion.
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Cadar Rafids
Big Creek
Perjury Charge Ties State Agent In Sioux City Probe
Bonds posted in Woodbury county graft inquiry include State Agent William Arthur on perjury charges. Twelve defendants, led by figures such as Thomas Taggart and H G Scott, face conspiracy counts as grand jury minutes reveal testimony about O Connor Siegel and Hattie Browns scene with alcohol and slot machines.
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Sioux City
Woodbury County
William Arthur
Thomas L. Taggart
Public Safety
H. G. Scott
Frank Commerfield
Phil Dunn
Abe ‘Kroloff
C. E. Stevens
Robert Kroloff
Willam Taxler
Red” Brennan
Jack Worden
Ike Sherman
Izzy Kroloff
Worden
Arthur
O'Connor
Jake Markaway
Brennan
Edward L. O'Connor
Connor
Luciler Coan
Max Duckworth
Duckworth
Coan
Miss Coan
Joe Siegel
Supreme Court
Hattie ‘Brown
Miss ‘Coan
Siegel
West Side
Sioux
Hattie Brown
O' Connor
Miss .Coan
Lucile Coan
Max,Duckworth
William
Martin
Joe
Anid
Joe’ Siegel
Max
Duckwo
Duckworth' Re
Lee Ryan
Thas
Harkaway
Nile Luke
Sioux Citys
Kirby
Kerr
Andar
Jimy Pontrale
sBrennan
Abe Kroloff
Tom Taggart
Ed. O'Conner
Torney
Hauer
Fen
Aleey
Abe
Kroloft
Red
Brenan
Jim
Ntrale
Cast iron pavement improves safety in university tests
A cast iron patch on the University of Minnesota campus is used in a second phase of tests to compare iron roads with other pavements for auto travel safety. The eighty square yard section features diamond shaped studs and was evaluated under winter driving. results show durability and reduced slipperiness in slush.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
E. W. Davis
University of Minnesota Mines Experiment Station
Cedar Rapids Auto Toll Triggers Traffic Review
An item from Cedar Rapids in 1935 reports rising auto toll concerns and a spike in accidents and injuries prompting officials to review toll policies and traffic safety measures. The brief notes no deaths but highlights increased risk and calls for action.
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Cedar Rapids
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Award Carter Dickinson
Charles Evans
Rouge Park
Schweit
Underworld
Theti
Schweitzer
Cort Wayne
Bobby” Jackson
Florence
Lillian Winter
Gr. Schweitzer
Indiana
Witherspoon-Yawkey
Chiago
Kweitzer
Eaders
Wisconsin
Key Brothers
Laval
Theo. Roosevelt
U. Head
Steis
Sammey
Olympia
Brewers’ Association
W. C. Tau
Evanston
Sophia Altman
Camp Good Health Fund
Altruistic Society
Williamsburg
Ralph Collins
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