Kidnaper of Kin of Taft Slain Insull Placed Under Arrest
Youth confesses to 23 chicken thefts across Erie Warren Mercer and Crawford counties. Glenn Hall 93 Spring Creek admits stealing 23 cables from four counties in past two months. Police traced crates of Rhode Island Reds to his car with Texas plates. He says poultry came from his father near Linesville. (Continued on Page Five)
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Leon Brown
Glenn Hall
Spring Creek
Erie
Warren
Mercer
Crawford
Erie County
Derry
Hall
Burlingame
Ruppersberger
Rhode Island
Texas
Columbus Avenue
Linesvillé
Smash Gang of Car Robbers on Erie Railroad
Stephen Fornenberger of Akron is held as ring leader of a gang plundering Erie system shipments for months. He appeared before Alderman Schrubb at Meadville and was remanded to Crawford county jail in default of bail. Five other arrests tied to the robberies include three in Meadville, one in Ravenna Ohio, and one in North Carolina. Police note Fornenberger has a 13-charge record including an eight year term for car stealing in New Jersey.
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Stephen Fornenberger
Akron
Hile ‘Raltroaa
R. ‘X. “Schrubb
Mesdville
Ball
Crawford County
Portenberger
Meadville
Connetion
Raveans
Ohio
North Carolina
Railroydd
Fornenberger
Nay Jersey
Greenburg drum and bugle corps win Legion title
Philadelphia August 26 United Press The Greenburg Trojan Post drum and bugle corps won the Pennsylvania American Legion championship at Shibe Park with uniformed, precise marching. The Crew Trooping placed a close second, while Yincorpe of Henry Houn ton Post earned third.
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United Press Philadelphia
Green ‘Trojan Post
Greeneburg
Pennsylvenia American Legion
Shibe Park
Pittaburgh
Oply Owiktenit
Trim ‘and Bugle Corps
Weyley Pont
Norwood
Henry H. Hounton Post
Gurmantinvty
Austria and Italy in a Strong Trade Pact
Rome reports Austria and Italy have in principle agreed a broad trade treaty. The plan envisions a free zone at Trieste for Austria in exchange for a nominal payment, a government sponsored merchant fleet with base at Trieste, concentration of Austria's mercantile traffic there, and preferential Austrian imports with Italy increasing purchases from Austria.
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United Press
Rome
Austria
Italy
Foreign Office
Trieste
Kidnapper Meek Killed After Public Market Rampage
In San Francisco on August 26 a kidnapper held William Woristal Wood a Sausalito merchant for four days and fatally wounded Patrolman M McDonald. Meek alias Jennings a former Sausalito ticket taker killed in a shootout with an answering officer. bystander Ila Bowers injured.
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United Press
San Francisco
William Woristal Wood
Sausalito
William Howerd Taft
Wood
Howard Meek
Jennings
Meek
M. McDonald
Ila Bowers
MecDonald
Believed heir to May fortune abducts man in Denver
A 28 year old Bernard Bitterman, a modest salary buyer for the May Company department store, vanished from the Denver store Thursday night. A night watchman testified Bitterman spoke of a phone call claiming his younger brother was in an accident. A letter from Cheyenne Wyoming, signed "N, i, AY," hinted at the nephew in trouble and suggested the assailants would hear from him.
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May Company
Denver
United Press
Colo
Kidnipers
David May
Bernard Bitterman
Alfred
Manchukuo protests to Russia over frontier outrages
The Manchoukuo government formally protested to the Russian consul general in Manchuria today against Soviet outrages on the frontier over the past year. The protest cites twenty two Manchurians and four white Russians murdered, along with kidnappings, looting and burning of villages and other disorders. Former protests to the Soviet government were reiterated in the note.
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Manchoukuo
Russia
United Press
Manchuria
Texans voting on prohibition repeal today
Texas voters faced a pivotal day as the state ballots on repeal of the 18th amendment, with optimism that Texas would join 23 states in approving the 21st Amendment. The measure also included beer legalization, as observers predicted high turnout and county-level results shaping the state’s wet or dry status.
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Merrill
Compton United Press
Daluas
Tex
Texas
Ohio
Pennsylania
North
South Carolina
James W. Vergison
Miriam A’ Ferguson
Ferguson
Prisoners Escape From Crawford County Lockup
Two prisoners escaped yesterday from Rockview penitentiary area as guards pursued. Franke Nedeau of Allegheny County serving 15 years for burglary and Wayne Tugherly of Crawford County, with unspecified sentence, were reported missing after an escape near Philipsburg. Reward offered about $20 for information. details sparse due to damaged text.
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Prushforth
Krace Hattien
Rockview
Panitens
Franke Nedeau
Allegheny County
Wayne Tugherly
Crawford County
Serine
Cis
Philipsbarg
Blindfolded by Tear Gas Bank Heist Flee in Denver
In Denver on August 26 two bandits tailed a federal reserve bank truck and escaped with 386,000 as a car stall and a staunch push to the curb triggered a coincident attack. The robbers, armed and aided by tear gas from a fountain-pen device, forced a retreat. Bod en, Vern Walle and Ed Brown fainted from fumes as police moved to seal exits and pursue leads. A separate Aug 26 report from Kansas City notes tear gas thwarted three youths at the Quindaro state bank, with two wounded, a girl and a Black man among casualties.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
Mint
Federal Reserve Bank
Richard Boden
U.S. National Bank
Imanch Bank
Federal Reserve
Boden
Vern Walle
Ed Brown
Kansas City
Ken
Quindaro State Bank
Andey
Lindberghs Receive Roaring Welcome In Copenhagen
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh landed in Copenhagen to an uproarious greeting from thousands at the royal pier after their flight from the Shetlands. In New York, milk producer representatives from the milkshed plan to seek a federal trade pact to regulate dairy industry.
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United Pres
Copenhagen
Charles A. Lindbergh
Shetlands
New York
New York City
Insull Arrest Sparks 60 Day Detention in Greece
Refugee magnate Samuel Insull, once stately head of the Insull utilities empire, was arrested in Athens at a Greek court's warrant. He faces a 60 day detention under a Greek American extradition treaty while the U S seeks his return to answer bankruptcy law violations.
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Insull
Athens
Samuel Insull
Insull Utilities
United States
Europe
Pais
England
United States-Greaca
Thsull
State Department
Uberty Vnlegs
General Security Service
Ingull
Grand Bretagne
Athans
Court of Appeals
Christor Lades
American Express Company
Demetrious
Martin Insull
Canada
Titusville Reports Infantile Paralysis Case
Health officials record a case of infantile paralysis in Titusville as authorities place a three week quarantine on the home of James Bartholomew 19 son of Mr and Mrs Brunk Bartholomew North Drake Street to prevent spread while medical teams assess risk.
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Titusville
James) Bartholomew
Brunk Bartholomew
North
Drake Strait
Two SLAIN IN BUFFALO GANG WAR
Two Buffalo brothers who owned a beer garden were killed and two bystanders were seriously wounded in a Little Italy gang war. Salvator Sam Calla, 48, and his brother Vincent, 38, died in the night barrage. June Bauder, 12, was among the injured. the report continues on page four.
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United Press
Buffalo
Little Italy
Salvator
Sam) Callea
Vincent
World hails agreement on wheat export limits
London Aug 26 Herbert Moore reports nations reach a world pact at the London labor world economic conference to cap wheat exports. The accord aims to stabilize farmer prices and curb surplus by exporting no more than 560 million bushels in the 1934-35 crop year, with a 15 percent cut planned for 1934-35 unless conditions change.
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Herbert Moore
United Press
London
United States
Canada
Australis
Argentina
Russia
Maniacal Outburst Fatally Wounds Housekeeper
New York woman physician Dr Virginia Wilden, 26, fatally wounded housekeeper Mrs Anne Kifte, 40, and stabbed a colleague during a frenzied outburst at Dr Anits Muhl’s home in Badingo California. She was found by police and is under guard in a psych ward as her mind slowly clears.
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United Prem Bandingo
Calif
New York
Virginia Wilden
Anits Muhl
Anne ‘Kifte
Dr. Wilson
Hlocie
He ‘Mult
Four Die As Car Is Struck By Train On Michigan Crossing
A car stalled on a Michigan railway crossing was struck by a Pere Marquette passenger train. Four occupants died, including a mother and several women, with others injured in the crash. Descriptions from the scene note the peril and casualties as investigation begins.
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Frese Travershomfe
Mich
Pere Marquette
Bala
Lewis presses for UMWA recognition in coal code talks
Washington August 14 1938 United Press John L Lewis president of the United Mine Workers urged recognition of his union in NRA code talks over the bituminous coal industry. Operators meeting with Lewis represented over half the industry’s annual tonnage and showed a shift away from their earlier defiance against unionization.
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H. C. Thompson
United Press
Washington
NRA
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Presdentt Roosevelt
Lewis
Murchack
United Mine Worker
Defenseclaims woman fatally hurt in fall in San Jose
The Lamson murder trial adjourned as two state witnesses backed the defense theory that Allene Thorpe Damson died in an accidental bathroom fall. The prosecution alleged a beating by the former Stanford University business manager, but doctors and witnesses cast doubt, citing conflicting testimony and the messy details of the case.
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David A. Lamson
United Press San Jose
Csiik
Allene
Thorpe Damson
Palo Alto
St Sa
Ford University
Licks Wale
Dy Lyman Withar
Prealiest
Silaford University
Tormer Seszelivey
Interior
Ne Whitin Salor
Tryo
Phyatelums Walle Laile
Wal
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Harenieey
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Posene Collind and
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Stidebchter Corporation
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Aimy
Varenee Merera
Drugelit
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Eng
James Bartholomew
Jacobs Wink
Porcsy Sills
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