Lawyers Strive For Settlement In Astor Case
In Los Angeles, attorneys for Mary Astor subpoenaed the diary of the actress’s former husband, Dr. Franklin Thorpe, to force its production in court as they seek a settlement. The day featured tense conferences over custody of the couple’s four year old daughter Marilyn and the diary’s custody.
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Los Angeles
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Marilyn
Thorpe
Franklin Thorpe
Goodwin J. Knight
Roland Rich Woolley
Woolley
Joseph Anderson
Dr. Thorpe
Sy 5
Hollywood
Nee
Holly
Wood
Legion of Decency
Lindbergh Demonstrates Mechanical Heart In Copenhagen
At the international congress of experimental typology in Copenhagen Charles A. Lindbergh and Dr. Alexis Carrel presented a mechanical heart designed to keep organs alive for observation. Lindbergh explained the device in English while Carrel answered in French. The exhibit runs through the week after a thyroid-deprived cat enabled the display.
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Copenhagen
Charles A. Lindberg
Alexis Carrel
Carrel
Col. Lindbergh
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen
Uncle Ben teases Willie Willis about his paunch but the boy calls the barbs impudent and resists retaliation in a light humorous vignette from a small town column.
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Ben
Flashes of Life In These U. S. Flashes of Life In These U. S.
A motorist faces a $15 traffic fine after kissing his wife on a public street. The item notes civic behavior and fines as a social warning, reflecting local attitudes toward public displays and traffic enforcement.
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U. S
Love Is Like That in Westport Court Kiss Case
Norman Horowitz of New York city was fined 5 and costs 10.40 by Judge Frank McMahon in Westport town court after his car swerved as he bent to kiss his wife. He pleaded guilty to violating the rules of the road.
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Westport
Conn
Westport Town Court
Gallaghers
George Kaufman
the Algonquin
Natalie Lewy
Molly the cow eats honey from a bee yard incident
N GOUVENNEUR reports a cow named Molly owned by Elon McCrane of Wenatchie grazed near his bee yard. Molly tipped over a box containing honey and bits of wire, consuming about 20 pounds. The cow became ill with swelling from bee stings and withdrew to rest.
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Gouvenneur
Molly
Elon McCrane
Wenatchie
McCrane
High Finance in Quincy Patrolman Fonds a Nickel
A Quincy officer prompts a crying child with a nickel and later realizes he has only two quarters. He tries to pay, but the youngster insists on the nickel, causing a delay as the officer balances his change and the traffic.
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Quincy
Mass
John MacDonald
MacDonald
Tough Squirrels In Oak Park Cause Local Alarm
In Oak Park a suburb of Chicago, a resident Robert J Wade pressed for squirrel extermination after his cocker spaniel was injured in an encounter with a snarling squirrel. Police sent shotguns but found numbers too high. Wade obtained permission to protect his dog with a 22 rifle.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Robert J. Wade
du Wade
Wade
Broadway Playboy Plans Ocean Hop
Hollywood reports Marty Richman the coast-to-coast playboy actor and aviation enthusiast plans a Atlantic flight from New York to London. A $30 plane with $60,000 worth of instruments will be delivered this week for a trial flight with promoter Tom Gallery.
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Hollywood
USI
Marty Richman
Atlantic
New York
London
Arole
Richman
Dick Merrill
Harry
Rhode Island
Tom Gallery
State Maintains Complete Capitol Under 1932 Cost
An editor notes compare state government costs in 1932 to later periods. The article traces evolving maintenance spending on the Capitol and governor’s mansion, noting staffing changes under Governor Kump and prior administration, with figures for general expenses, repairs, and salaries through 1935 and 1972.
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Evan
Capitol
Kump
Tom B. Davis
Davis
Povernor
Lawrence M. Cunningham
Cunningham
Conley
Towa Hospital Razed by Fire
MT PLEASANT August 11 Ten asylum inmates were at large after fire gutted the Towa hospital for the insane. They vanished during frantic rescues as volunteers and staff moved patients to safety. A wide search followed the blaze with inmates not considered dangerous.
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Towa
MT. Pleasant. In
Iarge
Sane
Reemoval
G-Men Investigation Fails To Find Watermelon Culprits
A farmer near Cambria Va sent a July Watermelon to J Edgar Hoover chief of the G men angrily accusing raiders of stealing melons. The Bureau of Investigation looked into it but found no clues and no mystery about the melon’s fate.
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Wallington
USI
Cambria
J. Edgar Troover
G-men
Bureau of Investigation
Burran
Mary Astor Diary Excerpt Details Romantic Interlude
The diary excerpt reveals Mary Astor's personal account of her meeting with George Kaufman in New York during January 1934. It describes social scenes at the Algonquin and Ambassador hotels, lunches, show outings, and a growing attraction, as Astor records encounters and impressions with Kaufman and others.
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Mary
George
Crash Fractures Cyclist's Skull
Twelve year old Bradley Gee of Hickory Avenue South Mills was critically injured and his fourteen year old stepbrother Philip McSorley suffered cuts when their bicycle struck a car on Bridge Avenue yesterday afternoon. They were taken to Charleston General Hospital by Johnson and Cunningham ambulance. Frank Conklin of Spring Avenue South Mills was named driver of the car. Bradley Gee suffered a fractured skull and other injuries.
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Bradley Gee
Hickory Avenue
South Mills
Philip McSorley
Bridge Avenue
Charleston General Hospital
Johnson and Cunningham
Desk Sergi
Adam Hird
Frank Conklin
Bicycle Crash Near Bridge Avenue Involves Two Boys
Mr. Conkolin reported driving along Bridge Avenue near the Chesapeake and Ohio Tollway station when a bicycle with two boys crashed into his car. He said the youths appeared to lose control on a downgrade and narrowly avoided a 40 foot embankment, noting the bicycle struck the side of his automobile. The riders are identified as sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fran L. McSorley.
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Conkolin
Bridge Avenue
Chesapeake and Ohio Tollway Station
Accused Wife Killer Slain in Dallas County Courthouse
A shooting at the Dallas Georgia courthouse left Harry B. Howe mortally wounded and two brothers in law Worth and Pinson Brown under arrest after a confrontation with Deputy escorts. Howe, 49, Atlanta native, was accused of killing his wife Hettie Crown Howe whose body was found in woods last April. Sheriff J F Couch said the brothers surrendered without resistance and were held without charge. Senator Tassel had planned a campaign event but the incident interrupted proceedings.
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Dallas
Mahan
Harry B. Howe
Worth
Pinson Brown
Howe
United States
Ard B. Tassel, Jr
Ofian
Hettie Crown Howe
Caresser
Hettie
Couch
Young Democrats Hear Author Kinr at Charleston Meeting
Agnes B Kinr author and lecturer from Tranton will speak at the Charleston Young Democrats meeting in the Rotary room Kanawha hotel. Fred J Fox state tax commissioner will address the convention. Walph Hartayvan will report on Wheeling convention plans. Delegates to be chosen. Herman Bennett notes 44 delegates supported by club leaders.
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Agnes B. Kinr
Tranton
Chio
Charleston
Young Democratic Ehh
Kanawha Hotel
King
Bureau
The
Democratic National Committee
Douglas W. Brown
Buntington
Washington
Fred J. Fox
Walph Hartayvan
Wheeling
Ehairs
Herman Bennett
Duncan Davidson
Cincinnati
Toledo
New York
Serantos
Jacksonville
Fla
Gary Hogs
National
West Virginia
Fears Grow as Both Sides Threaten Aerial Combat Spain Crisis Deepens
The United States declared it would refrain from interfering in the Spanish civil war while reiterating nonintervention policy. Washington rejected France’s informal suggestion that the U.S. join the nonintervention pact, warning such an invitation would embarrass both sides and should be rejected.
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Spain
Washington
United States
State Department
William Philips
Seling
Phillips
Amerisan Aviating
Packt
Mia
Usi
France
Tir State Department
Paris Foreign Office
Suurets
Paris
Madrid Is Besieged as Rebels Advance Toward Capital
Radical Madrid government seizes control of the American owned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theater in a bid to consolidate power. Rebel forces push toward Madrid from the southwest, with reports of intense bombardment near Somosierra pass. International tension rises as foreigners fear for safety and diplomacy reels.
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Karl H. von Wiegand
U.S
Madrid
San Sebastian
Spain
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Industrial Control Board
Liban
Washington Irving
Alhambra
Granada
Iran
Rovernement
Toxlight
Foreign Ministry
Burgos
Somosierra
Guadarrama
Bure
Woman Builds Memorial Of Coal To Dead Miner
Cath erie Dayla spent 29 years walking to a mine for coal to build a yard memorial for her husband Victor who died in the 1907 Monongah mine disaster which killed 360 men. Each day she carried coal to the pile she raised as a tribute, refusing to sell it as the memorial grew larger.
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Monongar
Catherie Dayla
Victor
Ite
Monongah
Davia
Tong
Fats
Darla
Soviet decree cuts enlistment age to 19 to build 2.5 million army
MOSCOW Aug 1 The government publishes a decree lowering the enlistment age from 21 to 19 to create an army of about 2,500,000 within four years. The war ministry reports 1935 manpower rising to 1,300,000 from 640,000, detailing staged calls for 1914 and 1915 classes through 1936 and plans to add about 1,000,000 more personnel.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Arma
Bloody riot in Nice as Communists clash with Nationalists
In Nice France August 11 a bloody battle erupted between French Communists and Nationalists using rifles revolvers and machine guns. The fighting spilled into the Stroch hospital and Place Ariane as both sides brought armed gangs into the street. Police dispersed the crowds and leaders cited were Emile Lafargue and Pierre Acquareone.
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Nice
France
Arian
Stroch
Faerie Numermia i
Hiamanestaly
Emile Lafargue
Pierre Acquare
Idaho Primary Stakes Signal Borah Lead in Senate Fight
Early returns from Idaho show Senator William E. Borah leading in the Republican senatorial race as four of Bulletin precincts report. Arkansas and Florida primaries also yield fragments. Idaho results press Borah amid broad state contest.
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Associate Press
United States Senate
Arkansas
Joe T. Robinson
P. Ross Venable
Cleveland Holland
Idaho
William E. Borah
Byron Defenbach
Florida
Trammell
Doyle FE. Carlton
C. A. Andrews
Townsend
Spy Indictment Names Two Japanese Diplomats
Washington, D C grand jury designates Commander Yorisuka Sumiya and Lieutenant Commander Okira Yamaki as conspirators in a new espionage indictment against former naval officer Jobin S. Farnsworth. Indictment alleges they conspired to deliver naval documents to Japan. Diplomats reportedly protected by diplomatic immunity. both were out of the country.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Jobin S. Farnsworth
Yor Sisuka Sumiya
Okira Yamaki
Navy
Justice
Aimiva
Yo~ Taki
Japan
State Department
Department
Farnsworth
Mimiya
Yamaki
Spr
Howe
United States
Knox and Hallonan Plan Conference in West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs Aug 11 Col Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee arranged tonight to confer with National Committeeman Walter Nailanan and Hallanan executive committee member in Charleston Thursday for dinner. Knox will stop en route to Huntington to open the state campaign with an address at the party state convention that night. He played golf with Taft Payne and McVeigh, with secretary O Kearf and Lt Kelly. they traveled from Dayton yesterday, stopping briefly at Point Pleasant and Charleston.
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White Sulphur Springs
U—Col
Frank Knox
Walter S. Nailanan
Strate
West Virginia
Knox
Hallanan
Republian National Committee
Charleston
Huntington
Alleghany Mountain
New England
Henry W. Taft
New York
Frank Payne
Harrisburg
Stuart McVeigh
Cincinnati
John O'Kerfe
Thomas Kelly
Chicago
Dayton
Mrs. Knox
Point Pleasant
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Gay Dirvorere
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Astaire
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International House
Paramount
Beather
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