Mutilated body of boy found near Tawas City
The body of 10 year old Robert Kenyon of Detroit was found in bushes beside an isolated stream near Tawas City Michigan. His tongue ears and throat were mutilated and police say the slayer is insane. The boy had been living with his uncle George Thomas at a nearby farm. Police and state troopers conducted a wide manhunt without leads. The boy disappeared last Monday afternoon and was last seen alive when he left to herd cows. The body was found by fisherman Harry Young of Flint and identified by his uncle. The boy’s parents were contacted in Detroit after the body was found.
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Tawas City
Mich
Robert Kenyon
Detroit
George Thomas
Harry Young
Flint
John Morgan
Hiram Johnson
W. A. Evans
Evans
Thomas
Special Drought Group Is Named
Washington June 27 government moves to ease drought distress placed in hands of a special drought committee chaired by Jefs W. Tapp with four others named by Secretary Wallace. The panel will coordinate drought activities across agencies as conditions worsen in the 1936 drought areas including South Carolina Georgia Tennessee and parts of Kentucky Alabama Mississippi and Arkansas. Bailey to meet regional officials before a tour of the Dakotas. WPA officials set for a St Paul meeting next Tuesday. 3000 to 16000 tons of mill feed allocated for distribution to livestock in north central drought states.
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Washington
Jefs W. Tapp
Intant Aaa
Wallace
Co. W. Warburton
Agricultural Extension Service
Hugh H. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
A. G. Black
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
W. V. Callander
AAA
Joseph L. Bailey
Roosevelt
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Bailey
W. W. Alexander
Lincoln
Neb
Dakotas
WPA
Hopkin
St. Paul
Vet Carrier Charged With Looting Mails
Canton Ohio June 27 A veteran Dover postman Ferdinand Stieber Sr charged with rifling the mails after 23 years of service he faced arraignment before Commissioner Charles Balls and was bound over to the federal grand jury on a 2068 bond. A postal inspector trap led to his arrest and the recovery of marked bills he allegedly seeded in the mail.
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Canton
Ferdinand Stieber
Dover
Charles Balls
Sueber
Eharchard
Stieber
Youths Sought In Cop Slaying Near Charleston
Two Kanawha county youths are sought in connection with the murder of Cincinnati Patrolman Lawrence Robbins. A bloodstained coat with a Capitol Street Clothing Store label was found near the crime scene. Police withheld names while a county search continues and a jacket and laundry mark are key clues. Bengals face famine after two failed monsoons, worsened by drought.
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Kanawha County
Charleston
Cincinnati
Capitol Street
W. A. Tully
Lawrence Robbins
Beatrice Brown
Eden Park
Miss
U. S. to Modernize Its Combat Forces
Washington reports a Special war plans committee study to decide if wartime conditions require resizing combat divisions as the army begins recruiting to 165 000 and raises current strength from 147 000 at about 1 500 per month. Gen Malin Craig ordered the divisional reorganization survey under a five year modernization program embracing training and equipment advances.
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Washington
Army General Staff
Malin Craig
U. S
Putsch on Danzig By Nazis Feared
Geneva reports show Nazi Germany and issues in Danzig stirring League of Nations anxiety. Predictions said Italy sanctions debate would be a formality next week as many nations oppose continuing measures. Britain’s Eden and Litvinov discussed Germany's rearmament. Delbos and Beck talked on Danzig, Albert Forster's move against the League and high commissioner Lester. A cable-carbine will be built to the summit of Mt Fuji in Japan.
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Geneva
Danzig
League of Nations
Italy
Germany
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Yvon Delbos
Joseph Beck
Free City
Albert Forster
League
Sean Lester
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Mt. Fuji
Japan
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