Woman claims baby was found by dog in backwoods
In Pearl River Louisiana Mrs. Effie Crawford admitted fabricating the tale that a dog brought a baby to their cabin. District Attorney to seek coroner review to determine if she is the child’s mother while the infant remains in a New Orleans hospital amid further checks.
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Pearl River
Louis Crawford
WPA
Crawford
Orleas Hospital
C. Sidney Frederick
Clarence Crawford
Weather Man Kind On Friday The 13th
Friday in Cedar Rapids brought mild conditions with an Indian summer sky and light fog. Temperatures rose from 22 at 7 a.m. to 53 by 2:30 p.m., while Thursday peaked at 47 in the afternoon and fell to 27 at midnight per Cham bers Inskeep company records.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Jail Terms For Damaging Property Trio Pleads Guilty
George Varner 27 of near Marion Wesley Varner 56 and Kenneth Varner 25 of Cedar Rapids received one year in county jail for malicious injury to property Judge A B Clark ordered Kenneth Warner to serve six months by Oct 19 with remainder suspended for good behavior All three withdrew not guilty pleas and pleaded guilty for cutting and removing pipe at the old Magnus brewery near C avenue and Eighth street NE Police arrested them
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George Varner
Marion
Wesley Varner
Kenneth Varner
Cedar Rapids
A. B. Clark
Kenneth Warner
Magnus Brewery
C Avenue
Eighth Street
The Business of Life Is to Share Love and Help
A 1936 reflection urges that true purpose is to shelter others from storms, spread happiness, and give kindness rather than chase wealth or power. Neighbors aid families, offer flowers, and perform good deeds to reduce misery and give life meaning within trade, politics, and treaties.
De Bono Book Labels Italy Aggressor in Ethiopian War
The memoirs of Marshal Emilio de Bono describe Italy as the aggressor in East Africa. Companions by De Bono and Marshal Pietro Badoglio omit details, with prefaces by Premier Mussolini. The books reveal early 1933 plans and a telegram to Mussolini about Haile Selassie, framing the war as conquest.
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Rome
Marsh Emilio de Borw
Italy
East Africa
de Bono
Pietro Badoglio
Mussolini
Il Duce
Haile Selassie
Ilduce
Ethiopia
Severe earthquake reported from Aleutian region
The University of Chicago weather bureau logged a three phase quake of quite severe intensity about 4,400 miles west likely in the Aleutian islands off Alaska. The first shock occurred at 6 42 15 a m CST followed by 6 50 55 and 6 58 20. The initial tremor was the strongest.
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Chicago
University of Chicago Weather Bureau
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
University
AFL President vows to curb Lewis revolt and organize unorganized
Tampa report says William Green urged unity at the AFL convention while predicting a building boom and rapid housing legislation. He attacked the CIO led revolt, offered continued suspension for rebels, and pledged to organize unorganized workers into the AFL. Green cited a coming housing bill and a surge in demand for skilled building trades.
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Tampa
Fla
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L
America
Robert Wagner
New York
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
Green
Drabelle Elected President of Iowa Coal Institute
John M. Drabelle, chief mechanical and electrical engineer for the Iowa Electric Light and Power, was elected president of the Iowa Coal Institute in Des Moines. He succeeds C. S. Harper who died recently. Huston named treasurer with Maneer and Lundy re elected vice president and secretary. The institute promotes Iowa coal through education and campaigns.
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John M. Drabelle
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa Coal Institute
Des Moines
Drabelle
C. S. Harper
Ottumwa
John Huston
Harper
Ray Maneer
Albia
Hugh Lundy
Iowa
Farmers urged to buy union made goods nationwide drive
I M Orn burn of the AFL labor department said about 1,000,000 farmers have joined a movement to buy only goods bearing the union label. Delegates discussed the 1940 farmer labor party idea while debates over mine workers and craft unions continued at the federation's general convention.
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Building Trades Department
Federation
Green
Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Tampa
Fla
I. M. Ornburn
American Federation of Labor Union Labor Department
Ornburn
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Green
Body of infant found in unclaimed parcel at post office
Postal inspectors recovered a mutilated baby boy about one month old from a cardboard box mailed from Chicago and addressed to St Mercie hospital in San Francisco. The parcel bore blurred marks and a handwritten note in parentheses.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Francis Munger
St. Mercie Hospital
San Frisco
Calif
Won't Live Single He Weds 8th Time in Kentucky
Whitesburg Kentucky reports John C Brown a 75 year old farmer married for the eighth time to 68 year old Maggie Roberts. It is her fifth marriage and Brown was recently divorced from his seventh wife. He said I just won't live single.
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Whitesburg
INS
John C. Brown
Kentucky
Maggie Roberts
Brown
Renewed Probe Into Death At Novelist Morris Estate
Investigators plan to visit Gouverneur Morris home in Manhattan Beach to recheck evidence in the case of Reid Russell found dead on the author’s grounds last September 25. The inquiry follows a request from Russell's mother Victoria Russell who doubts suicide.
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Los Angeles
Manhattan Beach
Gouverneur Morris
Reid Russell
Victoria Russell
Clyde I. Plummer
Morris Home
Outlaw Shot In Ohio Believed To Be Ely Bank Robber
A man wounded and captured near Jackson Ohio identified as Reese Bailey 35 is believed by Linn county officials to be the Ely Trust and Savings Bank robber on May 18 1931. Bailey faces charges for entering a bank with intent to rob and federal theft acts. Federal agents and local officers trapped him at his farm. he was treated for two gunshot wounds and his condition was not serious. He lived with his wife and three children. two suspected accomplices were unnamed. Bailey had prior escapes and was previously jailed on highway robbery charges.
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Ohio
Reese Bailey
Associated Press
Linn County
Ely Trust and Savings Bank
James H. Smith
Bailey
Jackson County
Chillicothe
Ben W
Larry Condon
G. K. Thompson
Thompson
Des Moines
Condon
Asheville
N. C
Raleigh
Ely
Lola Lane Seeks Divorce From Director Alexander Hall
Hollywood reports Lola Lane film actress and her director husband Alexander Hall have separated. Divorce proceedings are expected to begin within the next week according to friends. Lane, formerly of Indianola Iowa, was previously married to Lew Ayres who later wed Ginger Rogers.
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Hollywood
INS
Lola Lane
Indianola
Alexander Hall
Friends
Miss Lane
Lew Ayres
Ginger Rogers
Roosevelt studies limiting foreign investment in U S securities
President Roosevelt said the federal reserve board is studying possible legislation to control foreign buying of American securities. He noted large foreign investments could threaten domestic and other nations’ currencies, with treasury to investigate when Morgenthau returns.
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Reserve Board
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Morgenthau
Marriner S. Eccles
Eccles
James M. Landis
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tallmadge Receives Life Term for Wife Murder
In Oregon Illinois Guy Tallmadge, a moon-faced embalmer, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife Bessie. Only his attorneys and court attaches were present when Circuit Judge Harry F. Edwards delivered the verdict and sentence. The judge, recovering from a recent heart attack, appeared weak and shortened the proceedings to about five minutes.
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Oregon, Ill
Guy Tallmadge
Bessie
Tallmadge
Harry F. Edwards
Edwards
Northwestern Squirrel Attack Hints Campus Tensions
On the Northwestern University campus a student, Doris Kadel of 18, was bitten on the calf by a squirrel while walking to class. The incident reflects rising tensions as coeds cast hostile glances at the wildlife.
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Evanston
Northwestern University
Doris Kadel
Soviet freighter Soyuz Vodnikov captured near Gibraltar by Spanish rebels
Two rebel warships trapped the Soviet cargo vessel Soyuz Vodnikov S. S. S. R. at Ceuta in Spanish Morocco after a chase as it neared the Straits of Gibraltar. The freighter was convoyed to Ceuta with a boarding party and raised international legal questions over sea seizures in the Spanish Civil War. A U. S. warship reportedly witnessed the event.
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INS
Soyuz Vodnikov S.S.S.R
Ceuta
Morocco
Straits of Gibraltar
Almirante Cervera
Washington
Strait of Gibraltar
Spanish
Mediterranean
Spain
Francisco Franco
United States
High Seas
Boy 15 Given 199 Year Sentence for Widow Killing
Roland Munroe Jr. 15 was convicted of murdering 65 year old widow Agnes Roffers on August 29. He received a 199 year prison term after a jury verdict. Judge John Prystalski denied a new trial and recommended Pontiac reformatory placement with segregation from hardened criminals.
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Chicago
Roland Munroe, Jr
Agnes Roffers
John Prystalski
Munroe
Prystalski
Pontiac Reformatory
Mae West To Miss Stage Tour Due To Illness
Mae West is too ill to begin a six week eastern personal appearance tour with Victor Shapiro and a group of twenty one trunks. Doctor P G White ordered cancellation of the trip and West will stay home in Hollywood as advised.
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Hollywood
INS
Mae West
Fascist Bombers Struck Madrid Fortifications In Air Raid
Madrid’s Mon tana barracks and fortifications near Segovia bridge were bombed in a bold insurgent air raid Friday. Three fascist tri-motors escorted by six pursuit planes dropped 14 bombs hit targets, while government planes chased away the attackers. Ten socialist pursuit planes engaged the fascist escort in a dramatic dogfight over Madrid.
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Montana
Segovia Bridge
Tri-Motors
Fror
Manzanares
Girl Admits Hoax Of Beheaded Woman Story
Freckled 11 year old Della Dehaven confessed that the tale of a man showing a woman's severed head was a complete fabrication. She had repeated the story nine times to police after lingering tardiness from school and received sympathetic attention and a quarter.
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Ogden
Utah
Della Dehaven
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