Death of Clendenin J. Ryan at Fifth Avenue home
New York Aug 21 Clendenin J. Ryan 56 son of late Thomas Fortune Ryan was found dead at his Fifth Avenue residence. Police said his head lay inside a gas heater with jets open. The butler suffered a heart attack on discovery. a handyman and business agent were overwhelmed by gas. Ryan had diabetes and had medical care for some time. A former secretary to Mayor LaGuardia survived. another son, Clendenin J. Ryan Jr., also survives. police did not classify as death by own action.
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Clendenin J. Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Fifth Avenue
Frank Merklin
Irving Daniel
La~guardia
Willan
F. Carey
Muriel Sharp
Garden City
N.Y
Ryan
Key witness Shaw found slain in New Orleans
Dr J A Shaw longtime keeper of Louisiana oil secrets and crucial government witness was found fatally wounded at his home. Coroner ruled death by self-inflicted gunshot after surgery at Baptist hospital. Federal investigators, already pursuing indictments against state politicians, shifted plans amid the case against the Huey Long era machine.
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New Orleans
J. A Shaw
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Louisiana Conservation Department
Baptist Hospital
C. Grenes
Strand Theatre Presents Wuthering Heights Night Show
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Burl Curry of 307 Virginia Street to tonight's Strand theatre screening of Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights as the program continues.
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Grafton Sentinel
Burl Curry
Virginia Street
Merle Oberon
Laurendt Olivier
Wuthering Heights
Strand Theatre
Mayor LaGuardia seeks end to milk strike amid shortages
Milk supply in New York dropped to about half normal as dairy workers strike. Mayor LaGuardia convened talks with farmer and distributor representatives to forge a peace accord. Upstate clashes and milk dumping escalated, with arrests, injuries, and heavy police presence as 2.2 million quarts reach the metro area.
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New York
New York City
Laguardia
Upstate
Onondaga County
Ogdensburg
Knock
AERO INDUSTRY BOOM SEEN IN WAR ORDER SURGE
Edward E. Bomar reports a booming aircraft industry driven by Army Navy and foreign orders the busiest since World War I. Unfilled orders exceed 300 million dollars with last year’s sales around 68 thousand. Employment rises as labor figures show 24,739 workers in January to 35,935 by June and civilian navy yard staffing set to grow to 75,000 by early 1941.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Labor Department
France
Parkersburg Girl Seized By Four Men
Parkersburg police were told Louise Shafer reported her roommate Helen Myers aged about 23 abducted by four men who forced entry with guns. Dugan said Myers had at one time dated one of the men. The four dragged her from her rooms into a car with Ohio plates. reports said the suspects were possibly arrested earlier in Steubenville.
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Parkersburg
Louise Shafer
Floyd H. Dugan
Dugan
Helen Myers
Miss Shafer
Myers
Ohio
Steubenville, O
Constable Cleared in Slaying of Capell Negro
Welch August 21 a McDowell county jury acquitted Constable M M Day Jr of responsibility in the death of Capell negro John Carter last November Day and Deputy Sheriff R Christian faced charges for shooting the man during an arrest Christian’s case set for October hearing
Stroke At Wheel Causes Roanoke Man's Death
A paraly tic stroke collapsed R. A. Smith of Roanoke Virginia at the wheel of his car causing a crash down a 15 foot embankment. He died at a Welch hospital while three other occupants escaped injury in the accident reported from WEICH on Aug 21.
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Weich
R. A. Smith
Roanoke
Welch
Firemen Plan Labor Day Picnic and Fundraising Meeting
Fire department holds Labor Day preparations at the station this evening at 7 30 with Chief L H Greenwald and Russell Mathews urging full attendance to review theater ticket sales for last week’s Strand benefit show and to set the program. They report over one third of the needed down payment for an additional fire truck has been raised, with over 350 dollars cleared after a month of entertainment fundraisers. Next Sunday August 27 features an old timers baseball game between two teams.
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Fire Department
L. H. Greenwald
Russel Mathews
Strand Theater
Grenwald
Solo Flight Record Is Object Of Young Flier
Young pilot Marion Wedge, 23, plans a solo endurance flight within two hours of the Mason County potato festival opening. He aims for a 50 hour flight over the Big Bend country as farmers from Cabell Mason Putnam and Jackson counties attend the festival with sports contests, a jamboree, fiddling events and a band concert. June Richie is to be crowned queen on Friday.
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Big Bend
Marion
Wedge
Mason County
Cabell
Mason
Putman
Jackson County
Richie
Hungarian Foreign Chief Returns to Budapest from Italy
Budapest August 21 The official Hungarian news agency says Foreign Minister Count Csaky has returned to Budapest from Italy where he had gone after meeting Hitler and other Nazi officials in Germany. He is reported to resume talks in Rome with Premier Mussolini and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano.
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Count Csaky
Italy
Puehret Hitler
Germany
Rome
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Personal History File On Motorists Started
Charleston reports the Road Commission has launched personal history files on motorists with state police help. Each licensed driver will be listed and records of accidents and traffic arrests kept under their name. Courts must report judgments within 72 hours and the commission may revoke licenses of habitual violators.
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Charleston
Road Commission
Bus and fire engine crash injures twenty nine in pre dawn collision
A Greyhound bus from the World's Fair and a fire engine answering a false alarm collided in fog in Philadelphia injuring 29. The bus driver Walter Migala 32 from Camden New Jersey and passenger Mrs J T Harper 56 of New Orleans plus acting Fire Captain John J Hobson and two firemen were among the injured. Several others were treated and released at hospitals.
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Philadelphia
Walter Migala
Camden
N. J
J. T.harper
New Orleans
John J. Hobson
Martin Giedeman
Joseph A. Dever
Charles J Stephen
Dolly
College Head Bares Scheme Of Nazi Agent
John Harvey Sherman president of Tampa University told the Dies committee that a high German consular official offered to donate books to the university library but the offer was rejected. Sherman named Baron Edgar Spiegel Von Und Zu Peckel consul general at New Crystal German Practice who said such donations had been made to other educational institutions. Sherman testified the Baron did not specify where. Sherman, a wartime Army aviator, was the committee’s fourth witness in its inquiry into the German American Bund.
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Washington
John Harvey Sherman
Tampa Fla
University
Dies Committee
Sherman
Edgar Freiherr Spiegel von Und Zu Peckel
New, Crystal
von and Zu Peckelsheim
Two Theatre Robbers Trapped By Blockade
State police blocked all roads around Hinton and arrested two youths within ninety minutes after the Ritz theatre in Hinton was robbed of 161 dollars. Trooper C H Webb said Sandy Costello 20 and Ralph Marcus 20 were caught and Costello confessed. Officers found 159 dollars hidden by the highway.
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Hinton
W. Va
Ritz Theatre
C. H. Webb
Sandy Costello
Ralph Marcus
Costello
Webb
State making effort to attract tourist dollars
Charleston August 21 The Road commission declared promotion advertising and publicity coupled with development seem necessary if the state is to receive its proportionate share of tourist dollars The tourist business was valued at 9 600 000 a year by Commissioner Burr H Simpson who said the figure should eventually be 70 000 000
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Charleston
Road Commission
Burr H. Simpson
Pacific Northwest Forests Endangered by Blazes
Pacific Northwest forests in British Columbia and Washington were closed as firefighters fight multiple fires. The BC order barred logging and vacating, while Washington closed western state logging areas. California showed improving conditions, Oregon sought humidity relief, and a plan to close Oregon forests was postponed.
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Seattle
British Columbia
Washington
The
Bee
Park
California
Oregon
Ida
Europe Faces Critical Week as War Fears Rise
Europe faced a pivotal week as war fears surged after a surprise Soviet Nazi trade pact. Massed troops along Polish borders, Brussels invited regional foreign ministers to a peace conference, and Berlin suggested German access to vital materials. Britain and France pressed Moscow for a mutual aid treaty as staff talks resumed in Moscow.
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Asso
Russia
Germany
Belgium
Leopold
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
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Berlin
Pravda
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France
Moscow
Warsaw
Chamberlain
London
Youngster Drowns Where Brother Lost Life Years Ago
A young boy drowned at a river spot where his brother perished six years earlier. A companion said the boy swung on a tire and rope over the water when he slipped and fell, leaving his parents shocked by the tragedy.
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Sarbodes
Daft,Roupe
Cencer
Dan
Accused Buffington Fleeing Police After Warrant Issued
Huntington dispatch says Peter Cline Buffington III grandson of the city’s first mayor fled as police in Huntington and Oklahoma closed in on a warrant for assault. Buffington, 34, released from Moundsville Penitentiary in 1936 after a term for second degree murder, allegedly pressured furniture dealer Samuel Sweig to accept a $35 sale and then wrote a bad check to dispose of his goods.
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Duckworth
Oklahoma
Peter Cline Buffiington III
Samuel Sweig
Buffington
Moundsville
Sweig
McAlester
Oklo
Search For Lepke Fails To Find Wanted Gangster
Bound Brook New Jersey August 21 federal agents with machine guns conducted a broad search of Watchung Mountains for racketeer Louis Lepke Buchalter but found nothing Residents of Bridgewater Township reported six carloads canvassing houses and garages Police Chief William Nash said two FBI teams paused at his headquarters after a tip Lepke was hiding in Bridgewater Township FBI New Jersey head A P Kilin refused to discuss details.
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N. J
Watchung Mountains
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Bridgewater Township
Federal Bureau of In
William Nash
Lepke
Peron
Met Ata
A. P. Kiltchin
New Jersey
FBI
Newark
Trade Pact With Russia Alters Europe Power Balance
Berlin reports a new German Soviet trade agreement likely gives Nazi Germany greater access to raw materials, easing supply constraints amid looming clashes with Poland over Danzig. Officials foresee a sharp upturn in commerce as Moscow supplies fuel and other resources, despite ideological tensions.
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Berlin
Germany
Europe
Poland
Danzig
Russia
Great Britain
France
Nazi Germany
Moscow
Britain
London Exchange Weak As War Fears Increase
European war fears sharpened stock activity in London with the British 312 percent World War loan hitting a new 1939 low around 90. Copper and rubber, termed war staples, showed improvement while demand for reading industrial shares remained light.
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London
London Stock Exchange
British Star Marries Hollywood Film Beauty
British stage star Brian Aherne married Hollywood actress Joan Fontaine in a ceremony reported from Del Monte California. Fontaine, 21, and Aherne, 35, had not previously married. Fontaine's sister Olivia de Havilland attended the bride.
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Olivia de Havilland
Miss Fontaine
Aherne
Britain Stands Firm as Leopold Seeks Peace
London reiterates resolve to resist aggression while King Leopold of Belgium urges a peace bid for neutral European powers. He convenes Oslo powers including Holland Belgium Luxembourg Sweden Norway Denmark and Finland for a Wednesday meeting as Downing Street warns that force may still settle Germany's claims amid intensified European diplomacy.
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Great Britain
Leopold
Belgium
Oslo
Holland
Luxembourg
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Lord Halifax
Halifax
Germany
Jane Far
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Ister Chamber
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Poli
Europe
Itioal
Durant Man Faces Murder Charge Amid Insurance Trail
County Attorney Bill Steger says he has an airtight case against John O Story 60 charged with murdering his third wife in a burning smokehouse near Durant Oklahoma. Story claims the death was an accident and has remarried. He allegedly collected over 1000 in life insurance on each of three prior family deaths and 2460 on the third wife's death. Neighbors failed to free the woman as the fire spread and Story maintained his alibi.
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Durant
Okla
Bill Steger Agsert
John O. Story
Dequeen
Ark
Joe
Frank
Gainesville
Tex
Charley
Peoria
Til
Steger
Story
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