Dewey names ex D A and two officials in policy racket
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey charged former New York DA William C. Dodge and two magistrates with involvement in bribes or intimidation tied to the Dutch Schultz policy racket. J. Richard Davis pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lottery charges as the case unfolds in a guarded courtroom. The scheme allegedly ran from March 1931 onward with Hines and others influencing officials.
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Dixie Davis
Dewey
Hines
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
William C. Dodge
Dutch Schultz
Dodge
Hulon Capshaw
Francis Iwin
Tammany Hall
J. Richard
Dixie") Davis
Schultz
James J. Hines
Tammany
Davis
Dewoyney
Dewley
Five Boys Die In Auto Fire Near La Grande Ore
Five boys aged 13 to 17 were killed when their automobile struck a culvert near La Grande Oregon and caught fire. Victims were Horton Trushman 15 Clinton Mushman 17 John Foley 17 and Le Roy Myrick 13, all residents of Perry six miles west of town.
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LA Grande
Ore
Horton Trushman
Clinton Mushman
John Foley
Leroy Myrick
Perry
Six Girls Drown Off Saint Martin Beach
Six girls under 12 from a state school drowned at Saint Martin beach when they stepped into a hole while wading. A nurse who tried to rescue them also died in France on August 2.
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LA Rochelle
France
Saint-Martin
Board to Meet in Rockingham to Probe Primary Irregularities
Chairman W A Lucas of the state board of elections called for a Saturday morning meeting at Rockingham to continue examining alleged irregularities in the second Democratic primary in the eighth congressional district. The action follows W C Burgin of Lexington appealing that conduct in two Richmond County precincts be investigated.
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Rockingham
W. A. Lucas
State Board of Elections
W. C. Burgin
Lexington
Richmond County
Lucas
Mass treason sentences handed down in Madrid trial
In Madrid on August 2 the People's Court sentenced twenty men and three women to death for treason in a 195 person mass trial. The sentences must be approved by the government in council.
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Madrid
People’s Court
High Court of Justice
League intact retain Velasco franchise in loop
M A Bolick of Brookford said the baseball league would remain intact after a directors meeting here last night. Veldeses would retain its franchise in the loop and Bolick would not comment further on actions taken at the meeting.
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Hickory
M. A. Bolick
Brookford
Biolick
Veldese
Younts Fined in Assault Trial at Thomasville
Harry Younts, a young white man employed at Reid Moore Filling Station on the Thomasville High Point highway, was fined 50 dollars and court costs 50.60 for assault with a deadly weapon on Bill Adkins of High Point. Adkins was shot in the stomach during a station dispute over beer price. he nearly died but recovered. Judge Gilliam noted Adkins started the fight but Younts chose a wrong method to end it.
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Thomasville
Aus
Harry Younts
Reid Moore
Thomasville High Point
Bill Adkins
High Point
Adkins
Younts
Judge Gilliam
Mexico Market Report Confirmed By Bureau Of Mines
The bureau of mines disclosed information today that it said confirmed reports Mexico had found a German market for American and British expropriated goods to Germany.
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Mexico
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Germany
Loyals Drive Toward Teruel Amid Three Front Attacks
From Hendaye at the Spanish frontier two government columns press toward Teruel as part of a coordinated offensive. One force advances from the Camarena valley southwest, another through the Albarracin mountains, while government troops along the Teruel Sagunto highway maintain pressure. Franco defends an eastern line as Gandesa fights on with hand to hand combat.
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Hendaye
France
Teruel
Vince
Jose Miaja
Gandesa
Camarena
Manenehes
Valencia
Miaja
Albarracin Mountains
Teruel-Sagunto
Francisco Franco
Franco
New Deal Hopes To Balance McGill Against Clark Today
In Washington on August 2 1936 Democrats seek renomination for Bennett Clark over Willis Meredith and Joseph T Davis in Missouri while George McGill faces Roosevelt backing in Kansas. Virginia and West Virginia contests include Howard W Smith opposed by William Dodd Jr and others with no national issue focus.
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New Deal
McGill
Clark
Bennett Champ Clark
Willis H. Meredith
Joseph T. Davia
Henry S. Canifield
Ray E. White
Democratic
Howard W. Smith
William E. Dodd, Jr
Roosevelt
Norman R. Hamilton
New Dealer
Roosevelt Aims for Big Victory In Senate Races Across Four States
In four statewide primaries the Roosevelt administration sought a strong win for Senator Roe McGill of Kansas while hoping to derail Bennett Clark in Missouri. Clark faced anti administration sentiment though he had party splits backing him. Kansas primary highlighted Republican contest as McGill faced slim opposition and an evangelist candidate amid accusations of Nazi fascist sympathies. Kansas Republicans also chose a governor candidate as Missouri Virginia and West Virginia did not. Several House races and a Virginia contest on Roosevelt policy drew attention with Rep Howard W Smith opposing the New Deal era.
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Kansas
George McGill
Roosevelt
Walter A. Haxman
Wnop
Gerald B. Winrod
Clyde Reed
Dallas Knapp
J. C. Fisher
W. P. Lambertson
House
Virginia
Washington
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Roe McGill
Clark
White House
Memphis
St. Louis
Woodrow Wilson
McGill
Ee Catheee Wake See
Hamilton
Winrod
Johan Hamilton
West Virginia
Howard W. Smith
William E. Dodd
Germany
Dodd
Smith
Manufacturing Plants Close As City Faces Water Shortage
High Point halted manufacturing today at noon by order of City Manager E. M. Knox as a 16 inch water main burst near the Southern Railway freight station. Pressure dropped from 74 to 9.5 pounds and repairs halted by a cave in, slowing work and delaying restoration. Firemen patrolled city zones after two small fires were checked without water, while most homes could not draw water. The city awaits a full restoration, relying on a 12 inch and a 6 inch main until the larger line is fixed.
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High Point
E. M. Knox
New Southern Railway
Knox
No. 2
Blind Girl Refuses England Entry Without Guide Dog
Hazel Hurst, a 22 year old blind woman from Oneonta New York, arrived in London with her German Shepherd Babe and refused to disembark without her guide dog. The British Agriculture Ministry announced after serious consideration that the dog cannot enter without quarantine, forcing her to choose between isolation and returning to America. The consulate had promised a waiver, leaving Hurst devastated and vowing to sail back to the United States.
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London
Hazel Hurst
Oneonta
New York
Babe
America
Ministry of Agriculture
Canada
England
Prosecutor links Dwyer to Carroll murder case in Maine trial
Special Prosecutor Ralph Ingalls accuses Francis M. Carroll of killing Dr James G Littlefield while Dwyer serves a life sentence for another murder. He describes a brutal scene with kicks, a belt choke, hammer blows, and a pistol as Dwyer allegedly confessed and implicated Carroll after a threat against his life. Dwyer is named as the state's star witness, with the pair connected by Barbara Littlefield’s letters.
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Dwyer
Carroll
Paris
Ralph M. Ingalls
Francis M. Carroll
Paul M. Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
Barbara
Ingalls
North Arlington
N. J
Arrest Of Godwin Expected Sometime During Afternoon
James F. Godwin a 20 year old High Point schoolboy wanted for first degree burglary and brutal assault on his grandfather is believed to be traveling from Carthage to Myrtle Beach via Denton South Carolina and is expected to be arrested this afternoon. A posse and sheriff officers widened the search along the route from Carthage to Myrtle Beach and authorities hope to seize him soon. The stolen car he reportedly used from High Point was seen in Denton for repairs before being driven toward Thomasville North Carolina.
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Lexington
James F. Godwin
High Point
South Carolina
Denton
Carthage
Raymond Bowers
Lewis E. Williams
High Point Bureau of Investigation
J. W. Godwin
Young Godwin
Myrtle Beach
8. C
Davidson County
Thomas J. Gold, Jr
Davidson
Godwin
Rouges
Thomasville
Lexington Road
81 Year Old Man Has 26th Child and 21-Year-Old Wife
George Boarman 81, a night watchman for a steamship line, welcomed a new son and explained his family record. He and his 21-year-old third wife chose Herbert for the baby, noting two-thirds of his 26 children were boys and that his first wife bore most of them.
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Washington
George Boarman
Boarman
Herbert
Tax reports show July federal collections in North Carolina
The July 1938 monthly report by internal revenue collector Charles H. Robertson states North Carolina federal tax receipts totaled 24,095,543.98 dollars, down from 28,874,333.38 dollars in July 1937.
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Greensboro
Charles H. Robertson
Internal Revenue Collector
North Carolina
Heavier Fighting Reported On Soviet Japanese Frontier
Tokyo reports both sides suffered heavy fighting on the Kerian Manchoukuoan frontier. Japan says its forces repulsed a two edged Soviet attack near Changkufeng with losses of 3 officers and 27 soldiers killed and 67 wounded. Soviet tanks and planes aided a main assault as both sides exchanged artillery and infantry fire.
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Tokyo
Kerian-Manchoukuoan
Changkufeng
War Office
Changkufeng Hill
Russia
Siberia
Japan
Manchoukuru
Manchoukwo
Russian Siberia
Japanese Korea
Harlan Trial Declared Deadlocked After Long Deliberations
In London Kentucky a jury in the 111 week Harlan anti-labor conspiracy trial was discharged as hopelessly deadlocked after nine hours and 53 minutes of deliberation. The government spent about 350000 dollars with no conviction possible on a Wagner Act criminal violation. Judge Ford set September 17 in Lexington to hear the retrial motion filed by Brien McMahon. Federal investigators will return to Harlan County for the next trial.
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London
H.church Ford
Brien McMahon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harlan County
McMahon
Ford
Lexington
National health program eyed for next congressional session
Washington officials foresee a broad national health program in a government reorganization bill next winter. The plan would cost about 850 million dollars annually, with supervision possibly under a welfare department. The AMA approves broad aims but criticizes details amid an anti trust probe into Group Health Association.
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Washington
House
American Medical Association
United States
Medical Society of the
District of Colum
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Loyals
Missourt
Colgate Darden
W. Bruce Shafer
L. Ramsay
Andrews
George W. Johnson
A. H. Holton
Watkins G. (Riggy) Hunt
Dean Dyer
Mr. Holton
South
Enterprise
Harlan
Government and Defense
Congress
Bia
Group Health Association, Inc
Thurman Arnold
W. C. Kirkpatrick
Group Health Association
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