Poisoned baking soda deaths plague San Francisco
San Francisco health officials probe 20 mysterious deaths since November 3 with poison symptoms linked to contaminated baking soda sold to about 2000 Mission district households. Warrants issued for Morris Rothenthal and Nick Manno on mislabeling charges as police pursue possible mass murder angles.
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San Francisco
INS
J. C. Geiger
Mission District
Geiger
Maat
Morris
Rosenthal
Missions Street
Nick Manno
Baking Soda Company
Alden Ames
City Board of Health
Manno
Dr. Geiger
Everyday Living on Luck and Life’s Hidden Good
An eighty year old reflects on how seeming bad luck often yields later good, citing Lincoln’s failed governor bid as a turning point toward presidency. He argues misfortunes may become blessing, urging patience for truth through life’s strange, often mysterious journey.
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Jie
St. Paul
Lincoln
Lucky
Garner Party Bids Farewell in Manila Departure
In Manila 5000 people filled the docks to bid Vice President John N. Garner and his congressional party farewell as they left aboard the U S President Jefferson for the United States. Twenty five planes and two destroyers escorted the group out with a nineteen gun salute. They expect to reach Hong Kong Friday.
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Manila
P. I
INS
John N. Garner
U. S
Jefferson
United States
Hongkong
Slain Gangster's Widow Sentenced in Shoplifting Case
ST. PAUL AP Mrs Viola Carroll 40 widow of slain Tommy Carroll Dillinger gangster serves a 60 day work house term for shoplifting. Carroll was killed by a policeman in Waterloo Iowa during the nationwide Dillinger gang drive.
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ST. Paul
Viola Carroll
Tommy Carroll
Carroll
Waterloo
Gi O P Convention Site to Be Chosen
Washington dispatch reports the Republican National Committee forming a national finance committee chaired by William B. Bell and scheduling a December 16 meeting to decide the 1936 convention date and location. The lineup includes major industrialists and executives as the party begins its 1936 campaign.
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Gi. O. P. Convention
Washington
Republican National Committee
National Finance Committee
Williamb. Bell
New York
War Chest
Henry P. Fletcher
Fletcher
Republican National Finance Committee
Bell
Charles B. Goodspeed
Chicago
Charles Francis Adams
Navy
Boston
Wallace M. Alexander
San Francisco
Sewell L. Avery
R. I
Silas H. Strawn
Robert H. Thayer
Mayors Demand Federal Relief Appropriations
Washington AP The United States Conference of Mayors urged Congress to provide new federal relief funds and adequate state contributions to sustain unemployment aid through fiscal year 1936 37. LaGuardia urged planning for a long range program to extend relief beyond June 30 1937 and to align with city budgets.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Conference of Mayors
Congress
White House
Fiorello M. LaGuardia
New York
Conference
Resolutions Committee
LaGuardia
Slain Youth From Oregon Possibly Homer Keene
An unidentified youth found slain near Ottumwa may be Homer Keene a 20 year old from Portland Oregon Sheriff Harding said evidence points to that identity Workers at a bakery where the man briefly worked reported he claimed to be from Portland He gave the name Homer Keene in Monmouth Illinois but Walnut Illinois authorities have no record of him A college co ed from Ames Iowa State College Helen Avery said the description matched her brother Richard Avery who disappeared from Winthrop Massachusetts last March Police doubt the link and think the victim may have been connected to a touring cowboy orchestra
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Walnut
Harding
Iowa State College
Richard H. Avery
Winthrop
Mass
Helen Avery
Ames
Edith Roosevelt Condition Reported Improved
Mrs Edith Kermit Roosevelt widow of President Theodore Roosevelt was described Wednesday as still improved in Glen Cove New York. The note came from the home where she is staying after illness.
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Glen Cove
Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
O'Connor Trial Echoes Iowa Graft and Duckworth Stand
The Iowa public battles over official corruption as Attorney General Edward L. O'Connor faces conspiracy charges. Ex-county attorney Max Duckworth refuses to testify citing self incrimination, prompting possible Supreme Court intervention that could affect the O'Connor case and raise questions about justice and political influence.
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The
Gazette
Iowa
Edward L. O'Connor
Sioux City
Max Duckworth
O’connor
Duckworth
Hayes
O'Connor
Anderson
Supreme Court
High Court
Des Moines
Woodbury County
Salmon with spike found in stomach near Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Washington AP report says photographer T A Sather found a ferrous spike in a salmon bought from a fisherman. The 17 inch fish weighed two and a half pounds more than normal and the spike was corroded. He declined a refund.
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Mount Vernon
Wash
T. A. Sather
Sather
John Morrell declares quarterly dividend
Directors of John Morrell and Co. Ottumwa packing firm declare a quarterly dividend of 60 cents a share to stockholders of record November 30 with payment due December 14.
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Chicago
John Morrell and Co
Ottumwa
Admiral Jellicoe Dies Hero of Jutland Passes at 75
London reports Earl Jellicoe Britain's naval leader in World War I died Wednesday at 75 after long illness. He bottled up the German fleet in the Kiel canal and led the fleet at Jutland, with bronchitis from 1931 cited as a contributing factor. A chill after Armistice Day exercises is listed as the immediate cause.
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London
Earl Jellicoe
Britain
Kiel Canal
Jutland
Lord Jellicoe
Repudiation of Lindbergh Kidnap Confession Claimed
John Lapea repudiated his confession to kidnapping the Lindbergh baby saying the statement arose from a quarrel with his wife. He said he paid Bruno Hauptmann $10 to build the ladder used to climb to the nursery. Authorities prepared to test his sanity.
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Little Falls
Ins
John Lapea
Lindbergh
Bruno Hauptmann
Lapea
Labor union opposes justice department cargo interference
William Green, president of the AFL, said the federation will oppose any justice department interference with longshoremen on the Pacific coast who refuse to handle cargoes loaded by New Orleans strike breakers. The dispute centers on cargo handling and potential federal involvement in the strike action.
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Washington (Ap
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Justice Department
New Orleans
Mayer testifies paying protection money to state agent
Clyde E. Mayer third witness for the state in the O Connor gambling conspiracy case testifies he paid protection to State Agent C W McNaughton for Plymouth county slot machines. He says first payment was 100 dollars and later 200 dollars while in hospital, with 66 dollars deducted for months with nonoperating machines. Mayer recalls meetings with Joe Gagen who claimed to handle the state wide slot business and outlined a one dollar per week per machine payoff.
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Gazette
Sioux City
Clyde E. Mayer
Edward L. O’connor
C. W. McNaughton
Mayer
O'Connor
Walter Maley
Woodbury County
Grand Jury
McNaughton
Plymouth County
Gagen
Joe Gagen
Earl Peters
H. M. Havner
Des Moines
Max E. Duckworth
Sioux
John Mayer
Plymouth
Selassie Denounces Murder of Civilians in Note to League
Emperor Haile Selassie, in a strong note to the League of Nations, vows Ethiopia will fight to the death to resist Italian domination. He accuses Italy of atrocities against civilians and rejects any settlement that legitimizes the military gains. He claims Italians seek bribery and warns against British and French deals with Mussolini.
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Geneva
Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Italy
East Africa
Lion of Judah
Great Britain
France
Benito Mussolini
Haile Selassie Gugsa
Supreme Court weighs forcing Duckworth to testify in gambling case
Iowa officials argued before the state supreme court that Max Duckworth could be compelled to testify about a slot machine protection ring tied to Attorney General Edward L. O Connor. Duckworth, jailed for contempt after refusing grand jury testimony, contends threats and immunity issues. The court deferred ruling, with proceedings continuing.
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O'Connor
O’connor
Duckworth
Sioux City
Supreme Court
Woodbury County
Des “Moines
George Gorder
Max Duckworth
Iowa “Supreme Court
Gorder
Earl Peters
Edward L. O'Connor
J. W. Kintzinger
Havner
Des Moines
Hei
Ayner
Omupey
Seoure
Grand Jury
Hayner
Catholic Women Oppose Birth Control in National Refusal
Fort Wayne Indiana the National Council of Catholic Women condemned birth control and urged Catholic women to disengage from groups supporting it. The body represents 2300 Catholic women's organizations nationwide and objects to allied federations endorsing contraception.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
National Council of Catholic
Federated Women's Clubs
Two bishops appointed to new sees by Vatican message
The Most Rev Joseph C Plagens, auxiliary bishop of Detroit, is named bishop of Marquette, and the Most Rev Gerald P OHara, auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia since 1929, is named bishop of Savannah, announced in a Vatican message received Wednesday.
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Washington
Joseph C. Plagens
Detroit
Marquette
Gerald P. O'Hara
Philadelphia
Savannah
Vatican
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