Venomous killer sought in slaying of German official
A man with a racial or personal grudge is sought as the bludgeon slayer of Dr. Walter Engelberg a German consulate official found dead in his Brooklyn home. Police describe a middle sized German speaking suspect with a mustache as a person of interest. The case bears international intrigue as investigators probe possible revenge motives and diplomatic sensitivities.
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New York
Walter
Snc
Manuell Marten
Engelberg
Engel
Berg
Brooklyn
Marten
William FP. X. Geoghan
Joseph Reynolds
Hitler
Frederick Doe
Doell
Washington
Police pistol misfire injures man in cigar store incident
In San Francisco on December 7 patrolman Oswald Storm bumped a pistol in a cigar store causing it to discharge. The bullet struck Thomas Rodgers in the leg as he stood nearby.
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San Francisco
Oswald Storm
Thomas’Rodgers
Esaignet
Abe
Exhibition of Oomph in Indianapolis Speedway Opens
Ann Shéridan weighs in for her shower-bath scene in Indianapolis Speedway at the Princess Theatre. The two day engagement starts today, inviting audiences to discover what oomph means.
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Ann Shéridan
Indianapolis Speedway
Princess Theatre
Nine Chosen on Board for Alabama Unemployment Program
Governor Dixon appointed a nine member advisory council to ensure impartiality in unemployment compensation and employment service policies. The panel includes D. W. Stockham and Sam Roper among others from Birmingham Mobile and Montgomery and will assist the director of industrial relations. A separate five member committee was named to study experience rating for employers contributing to the unemployment fund with a report due by December 31 1940.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Dixon
D. W. Stockham
Stockham Pipe Fitting Co
Birmingham
A. Hirs
A. H. Liston
D.W. Stockham
Hayse Tucker
Tuscaloosa
H. H. Chapman
H.&. Craigmile
Gadsden
Better Citizenship Association names new committees
The Decatur Junior High Better Citizenship Association held its weekly meeting. President Anne Reeves Dillard announced the new standing committees: Cleanliness Alfred Bingham Rex Rankin James Haynes senile Room Johnny French Willow Jean Finn Murial Sheats Grounds Jane Bethany Betty Wyatt Bicycle Willard Young Rudolph Glass Lillian Houser Flag Earl Joyce Lee Arthur Parker Bobby Callett The council also voted to prohibit football on the 4th Avenue campus side to prevent injuries from street traffic. Favorable reports on citizenship were presented.
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Better Citizenship Association of Decatur Junior High School
Anne Reeves Dillard
Alfred Bingham
Rex Rankin
James Haynes
Johnny French
Willow Jean Finn
Murial Sheats
Jane Bethany
Betty Wyatt
Willard Young
Rudolph Glass
Lillian Houser
Earl Joyce Lee
Arthur Parker
Bobby Catlett
4Th Avenue
Respected Cedar Lake Teacher Dies at 31
Gladys Odessa McDaniel, a Cedar Lake Rosenwald school teacher for eight years, died Monday December 4, 1939, at her parents home. She attended Decatur high school and graduated from A. and I. State College Nashville Tennessee. She came from a prominent local Black family.
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Gladys Odessa McDaniel
Cedar Lake
Decatur High School
A. & I. State College
Nashville
Tenn
Anderson Named 1939 Coach of the Year
Dr Eddie Anderson head coach of the University of Iowa football team was named 1939 coach of the year in a nationwide World Telegram poll. He won 48 of 80 votes becoming the fifth to receive the honor.
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New York
Eddie Anderson
University of Iowa
New York World- Telegram
Notre Dame
Hippo Relents and Submerges to Lake for Freedom
In Fort Lauderdale August the four ton hippo ended his resistance and swam to a prepared lake home for sea lions. Hunger and compulsion from keepers culminated in his surrender as guards failed to deter him. He then refused to surface, following a period of dismantled supplies and garden destruction around his lake.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
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EAS
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Goodyear Service Stores
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