Rail Disaster Toll Hits 23 and Suspect Held
The City of San Francisco crash near Reno killed 23, with two more bodies found and two hospital deaths. Police questioned suspect Bob La Duceur as investigators traced movements from Pyramid Lake to explain his alibi.
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Nev
San Francisco
Elko
Henry P. Vaux
Port Ledge
Rosemont
Susan M. Vaux
Albert Johnson
Chicago
Southern Pacific Company
Alico
Nevada
Probe Is Begun In Clipper Crash Tragedy
Salvagers hoisted the shattered cabin of a Pan American baby clipper from Guanabara Bay after a crash that killed 14 people including six Americans. The aircraft, on approach from Miami, struck a harbor crane, broke apart, and sank. Ten bodies were accounted for, with 11 identified including Yale economist Dr. James Harvey Rogers. Divers searched for the remaining victims as authorities investigated the accident cause.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Guanabara Bay
Brazil
James Harvey Rogers
Yale University
Roosevelt
Miami
Fla
Willie Willis Confides In Best Friend
The speaker, Willie Willis, recalls Mary as his best girl friend and notes she is the only person he can confide in when he has only a dime to spend, expressing a sense of trust and affection.
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Mary
President to Move Thanksgiving Day Up to November 23
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that Thanksgiving will be moved to November 23 this year. He noted complaints about the long gap between Labor Day and Thanksgiving and the short interval to Christmas. The change follows a historical note that October once marked Thanksgiving before the Civil War.
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Campobello Island
New Brunswick
Roosevelt
Ramdas Gille
VVYU
The
Republic
Origins and spread of Thanksgiving in early America
The article traces Thanksgiving from 1621 Plymouth harvests in Massachusetts to regular annual observances in Connecticut by 1647 and widespread state proclamations by 1938. It notes Puritans’ holiday customs, Dutch and New Netherland influences, Revolutionary War proclamations, Washington’s 1789 date, Madison era observances, Lincoln’s 1864 national holiday, and later presidential adoption.
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay Colony
New England
Connecticut
Roosevelt
New York
Continental Congress
George Washington
Madison
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt Plan to Move Ballot to Backdrop of Loss
President Roosevelt's plan to move forward with a major policy shift faces uncertain reception as national discussions hinge on a recent setback. Officials weigh timing and political ramifications amid mounting public interest and regional reactions.
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New York
Roosevelt
End Oil Scrap Welles Pleads to Reconsider Settlement
Sumner Welles acting secretary of state urged American and British oil firms to reexamine the Mexican oil settlement formula after last week’s rejection. He warned that a breakdown would have grave diplomatic consequences and insisted Mexico must still provide prompt compensation for seized properties valued at 400 million dollars.
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INS
Sumner Welles
Department
Mexico
Welles
U.S
Foreign Office
Graft Prober Receives Threats Amid Indictments
Asst. Atty. Gen. O John Rogge received two anonymous letters, one with two revolver cartridges, after a federal grand jury indicted George Caldwell and Eugene Barksdale in an alleged kickback and WPA fraud scheme at Louisiana State University. Rogge turned over the threats to the FBI and postponed a Washington trip. He will stay in New Orleans to continue the federal corruption probe related to the Shushan jury tampering case.
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John Rogge
Rogge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Frank Murphy
Shushan
Grand
Park Sleeper Glum On Inheriting $45,000
Chicago dispatch reports Fred Sharpe, who has slept on park benches, was told he was heir to $45,000 after a relative in Pt Pleasant West Virginia left $90,000 to be split with Lee Saunders. Sharpe offered no reaction and returned to the park.
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Chicago
Fred Sharpe
William Kells
Kells
Sharpe
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Lee Saunders
Sergt. Kells
U S Arms Plant Purchased by Japan Moved to Tokyo
Japan acquired an American factory in Wooster Ohio and moved it to Tokyo with a $5 million loan to Shibaura engineering works. The sale involved United Engineering and Foundry of Pittsburgh and was aided by a Japanese government financial arm. Officials warned the transfer could threaten the American investment and contravene evolving treaty status.
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INS
Japan
China
Wooster
Tokyo
Shibaura Engineering Works
United Engineering and Foundry Company of
Pittsburgh
State Department
Commerce Department
Paris
Sheffield
Eng
Montreal
U. S
Commerce
Department of Commerce
Moral Embargo on Japan Considered by State Dept
Washington reports the State Department weighs a moral embargo to block shipment of war‑usable raw materials to Japan. Senator Schwellenbach proposed extending the airplanes embargo to all raw materials, with Sumner Welles noting officials’ cautious interest and the monthly arms export report highlighting the airplanes ban.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
Sen. Schwellenbach
Wash
Sec. of State
Hull
Sec
Sumner Welles
Schwellenbach
Ban
Mother and two daughters killed on trestle in Indiana
In Delphi Indiana a mother Mrs Theodore Raver Fife 50 and her daughters Dora 22 and Bertha 14 were killed when trapped on a railroad trestle by an eastbound Wa bash freight train. Mrs Fife lay between rails hoping the train would pass over her. Dora and Bertha died trying to escape.
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Delphi
Ind
Theodore Raver Fife
Dora Raver
Bertha Raver
Fife
Lepke's Aide Arrested in Drive Against Racketeering
Federal and city authorities struck parallel blows against the Lepke Buchalter racketeering syndicate. District Attorney Dewey arraigned Joseph Armoruso, known as Joe Strawberry, on an indictment linking him to Buchalter in the garment racket. Meanwhile, five individuals and two corporations were indicted for conspiring to harbor the fugitive mobster as a money flow to sustain a death campaign against potential informants. Armoruso arrested on a farm hideaway near New Paltz, New York. Gurrah Shapiro, once Buchalter's top partner, is also mentioned as central to the case.
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New York
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Thomas E. Dewey
New York County
Joseph Armoruso
Joe Strawperry
Buchalter
Lepke
Amoruso
New Paltz
N. Y
Dewey
Jacob
Gurrah) Shapiro
Kanawha County Receives Largest Free Textbooks Allocation
Kanawha County will get 13953 dollars for free textbooks next year, the state’s largest allotment, based on recommendations by State Supt. W. W. Trent. The budget now goes to the Board of School Finance for approval as Trent and county leaders plan to meet this week.
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Kanawha
W. W. Trent
Board of
School Finance
Trent
Boards of Education
Pleasants County
Kanawha County
Virgil L. Flinn
Ernest K. James
H. Isaiah Smith
Poland Says Germany Must Win War for Danzig Return
Warsaw warned Nazis that any reunion of Danzig with the Reich can occur only through victory in war. Poland calls Danzig the lungs of its economy and vows to resist any attempt at an anschluss via international talks, rejecting a second Munich scenario.
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Danzig
Poland
Warsaw
Munich
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Free City
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Karl J. Burckhardt
League of Nations
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Britain
France
NAM Says Fund Fights Smears And Propaganda
Washington Aug. 14. The Senate civil liberties committee criticized the National Association of Manufacturers for a public information program funded by a $1.44 million budget aimed at fighting smear campaigns against business. The panel accused NAM of flooding the nation with anti-labor propaganda and influencing political opinions and federal office choices. NAM defended its cost as part of informing the public and countering attacks on business.
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate
Planes Crash Kills 23 Year Old Pilot in Ohio River
In a mid air collision near Parkerburg two small airplanes collided. Merne Bowers, 23, died despite five hours of rescue attempts as his plane was dragged from the Ohio River. Robert Kraft of Wheeling made a forced landing in a field near Belpre with only minor injuries. Li e nt. Hubert Stark and Clarence McElroy described the incident as an unfortunate accident while inspectors investigate.
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Parkersburg
Ohio River
Ohio
Merne Bowers
Robert Kraft
Wheeling
Belpre
Kraft
Civil Aeronautics
Bowers
Hubert Stark
Charleston
State Auditor Applauds Clerks Cartoon Signature
Pleasants County Clerk O Rolla Williams, a cartoonist, decorates checks with a moon faced figure whose mood matches the amount. Auditor Edgar B Sims replied with a signature flourish of a tearful “please” figure. Williams sent back an OK boss tag, earning Sims’s praise.
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Sims
Corsets Return in New Paris Fashion Outlook
Mrs. Adam Gimbel previews fall styles from Paris promising luxurious clothes with small waists and new corsets. She says American women will wear them despite discomfort as fashion dictates dignity, while Tamara the Russian singer doubts corsets will return for all.
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New York
Paris
Adam Gimbel
Fifth Avenue
World tension over Danzig pact and Burckhardt talks
London reports Karl Burckhardt may present a plan for Danzig return to Germany and a route across the Polish corridor. British and French offices deny knowledge of any trip or offered compromise as Poland rejects any sharing of territory amid rising fears of war.
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INS
Karl J. Burckhardt
League of Nations
Danzig
Europe
Hitler
Burckhardt
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Reich
East Prussia
Free City
Faoon
Taloteneen
Poland
Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rome
Mussolini
Ciano
Warsaw
Three Way Probe Of Films Begins In Los Angeles
Federal inquiry into the motion picture industry for possible income tax evasion and labor racketeering is under way. U S Attorney Frank Murphy authorized an investigation by Charles H Carr with a 30 day plan and grand jury indictments expected.
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U. S. Atty
Frank Murphy
Charles H. Carr
Carr
William Bioff
International Alliance of Theatrical
20Th Century-Fox
Joseph M. Schenck
Darryl F. Zanuck
William Goetz
William Dover
Murphy
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