Mary Astor in Custody Fight Weakened by Court Testimony
Los Angeles reports Mary Astor battles to regain custody of her four year old daughter Mary Jyn from ex husband Dr Franklyn Thorpe. The trial reopened with star witnesses including Ruth Chatterton and named colleagues as probes dig into diaries and romantic links amid a highly public divorce case.
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Los Angeles
Mary Astor
Holywood
Belasco Theater
Tallulah Banksread
Mary
Cpnosure
Miss Astor
Mary- Jyn
Franklyn Thorpe
Ruth Chatterton
Ruth
Mrs. Dodsworth
Samuel Goldwyn
Miss Chatterton
George §. Kaufman
Wright
Madame XX
Anderson
Court
Ethel M. Pepin
Thorpe
Beko
Widow Tells of Accepting $500 Conspiracy Probe
The widow and Dr Ludwig Muench faced a conspiracy case with Mrs Helen Bert Troyer and attorney Wilfred Jones accused of duping Dr Marsh Pitzman into believing he fathered Mrs Muenchs child. A prior trial collapsed after a juror’s alleged approach to “hang the jury.” Proceedings continued as Mrs Thomasson testified and the state neared closing its case with Verd Lacy named as involved.
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Ludwig ©. Muench
Helen Bert Troyer
Wilfred Jones
Marsh Pitzman
Newspaper urges Reed to sue to clean up Kansas City ballots
The St Joseph News Press urged former Missouri senator James A Reed to sue in federal court to combat voting abuses in Kansas City. It argued federal courts are better suited, given local machine influence, and that Reed’s Jeffersonian Democrats can help ensure ballot purity and defeat the New Deal in the coming election.
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Aug. Il
St. Josep News-Press Today
James A. Reed
Missouri
Kansas City
Reed
Detroit
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News-Press
Congress
Encampment Opens Day Two at Camp Clark Nevada Ma
Missouri National Guardsmen begin the second day of modern warfare training at Camp Clark. General Stayton urges high army and civil official arrivals while units from the 138th and 140th Infantry work with the 35th task force and 110th Engineers. Notable arrivals include Senator Truman and Gen Spencer with others from Missouri and Kansas City. The 110th continues tactical bivouac as heat illness affects one enlisted man. The 140th Band plans a concert in Joplin after performing in Lamar.
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St. Louis
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Omaha
Seventh Corps
T. J. Strickler
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Senator Truman
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State Hospital No. 3
Lamar
Joplin
Landon Leaves For Brief Rest Before Campaign
Topeka Kansas reports Governor Alf M Langdon sails tonight to Colorado for a short rest ahead of a strenuous presidential bid. He plans about 30 campaign stops eastward with visits to Illinois and Missouri on return, possibly extending to Utah and New England areas as Labor Day approaches. He may meet with President Roosevelt and state leaders during September.
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Jury to Decide Roles in Aledo Murder Trial
In Mercer county tonight, the fate of John H. Collins Will is tested as defense pleas finish in a case involving Louise Collins and Roger Johnson. Keithsburg youth 19 year old is implicated after a meeting in Aledo and a trip to California linked to the killing of Johnson on April 2. Roy Hamlin argues the unseen finger of Louise Collins, not John H. Collins, fired the fatal shot. Judge Leonard E. Telleen reports sessions will stay in until arguments end.
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Mercer County
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Wile
Roger Johnson
Keithsburg
Johnson
Collins
California
Roy Hamlin
Hannibal
Louise Collins
Youthful Johnson
John H. Collins
Leonard E. Telleen
Hambletonian Entries Lead Field at Goshen Meet
Ten top three year old trotters were named for the eleventh Hambletonian at Good Time Park. Favorites Rosalind and Ed Lasater head the list with a $500 entry fee. Other contenders include Hollyrood Hermes Gaiety Mite Recovery Clowa and Peter Long among 12 entries. An unrelated line notes theoretical ocean level changes to balance marine and land territory.
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N. C
John L. Dodge
Hollyrood Hermes
Lexington
Brownie Hanover
Lawrence
Sheppard
Hanover
John E. Kelly
Bangor
Lyle Brothers Recovery
Plaintfield
N. J
N. J. Finero, Owned By Thomas A. Havens of Flanders, N
William Hughes’ Clowa
Cleveland
Ruta
Mactram
C. B. Shaeffer
Cold Stream Stud
Pinington
Martin B. Dodd
Peter Long
Norfolk
Conn
Dean and Carleton Fined After Front-Row Incident
National League President Ford Frick fined Dizzy Dean and Tex Carleton 25 dollars each for their near-fight at Sportsman park in St Louis. The clash began in the first inning as a mound staffer from St Louis tangled with a Chicago Cubs pitcher amid ribbing from the Cubs dugout. Dean stayed in to pitch, while Carleton was scheduled to start again for Chicago.
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New York
Ford Frick
Dizzy Dean
Tex Carleton
Sportsman's Park
St. Louis
Cub
Chicago
Dean
Carleton
Cubs
Bayonets Halt Rebels' March Toward Madrid
The piece notes slow Allied response to a reported ace cord and raises the possibility that Spanish Fascists violated Morocco's international zone neutrality. French officials ordered an inquiry into reports that 21 Italian planes landed at Tetuan on Sunday, with rebel spokesmen saying the aircraft were Spanish, not Italian.
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Morocco
Tetuan
Japan Dominates Olympic Aquatics Sweeps Two Titles
Tokyo reports show Japan leading both men's and women's swimming events as they win the 800 meter relay with a world record and claim the first women's 200 meter breaststroke title by Hideko Mayahata in 3 03.56. Edith Mortridge and Alice Bridges advance in the 100 meter backstroke as the U S seeks to defend women’s crown and Holland leads overall.
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Hideko Mayahata
Japan
Miss Mayahata
Claire Dennis
Australia
Holland
America
Edith Mortridge
Los Angeles
Alice Bridges
Uxbridge
Mass
U.S
Ralph Flanagan
John Macisnis
Paul Wolé
Jack Memidea
Medina
Flana~gan
Seattle
Masharu Ta-guchi
Shigeo Arei
Medica
France
Great Britain
Martha Genenger
Germany
Inge Sorensen
Denmark
Judge rebukes Astor attorneys in high profile case
Judge Knight urged AstorThorpe attorneys to confer with clients and prune issues for remainder of hearing. Spectators saw potential end to peace talks as Hollywood power brokers fear airing the AstorThorpe affair harms the film industry. Notables named in cross examination include George Kaufman John Barrymore Irving Thalberg Bennet Cerf. The judge stressed the case must be decided on its merits for the child Martyn and cautioned against dragging in dirt that harms him or taxpayers.
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George Kaufman
John Barrymore
Irving Thalberg
Norma . Shearer
Bennet Cerf
Sylvia Sidney
Miss Astor
Knight
Marylyn Thorpe
Martyn
Mary Astor Court Appearance Highlights Trial Tension
Mary Astor arrives in court with calm nurse Nellie Richardson and her mother Mrs. Otto Langhanke. Anderson grilled Astor with private life questions while Thorpe, once ill at ease, tolerated the spotlight and exchanged quiet smiles with his lawyers as both principals arrived promptly today after a late start yesterday.
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Mary Astor
Rale
Miss Astor
Anderson
Nellie Richardson
Otto Langhanke
Thorpe
Farm Observers Advocate Economy Amid Drought
Drought continued but viewed as less severe than 1934 as Missouri expects 85,218,000 bushels of grain feed versus 74,409,000 two years ago. Robert K. Ryland appointed William Hirth of Columbia to lead farm relief efforts and coordinate state and federal programs. Committees formed to inform farmers and push farm to market roads, with calls for jobs near homes and limited well digging. Surch estimates 36,700 drought victims will need work before spring and 59,886 will need loans for feed and seed. Attendees included Frank Stoner, J.C. Breathearts, R. J. Roster, Wallace Crossley, H. E. Slusher, J. W. Head, and W. A. Cochel.
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National Emergency Council
William Hirth
Columbia
Burch
Trowbridge
Hirth
Surch
J. W.W. Head
Missouri
Agricultural Advisory Council
W. A. Cochel
Kansas City Star
Wrathful Peruvians Leave the Olympics
Berlin August 11 AP The Peruvian delegation will withdraw from the Olympic games and depart for Paris following a dispute over last Saturday's soccer match with Austria. The move came after a wireless talk between Peruvian officials and President Oscar Benavides. Colombia, under government instruction, also decided to withdraw and asked if Peru would play elsewhere in Europe. the Peruvian Olympic committee member Michael Dasso said no.
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Paris
Peru
Austria
Oscar Benavides
Europe
Michael Dasso
Mob Gathers After Attempted Kidnap Across Racial Tension
Anniston Alabama Aug 11 AP officers acted swiftly as a white posse hunted a Negro suspected of trying to snatch a white baby. Thirty highway patrolmen joined Anniston police in an intensive search as fear of mob action surged. Two posse members were seriously wounded near a Negro district home.
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Ala
N. L. Summers
Summers
R. B. Cary
Judicial Circuit
Carr
Art Bush
Clarence Hughes
Pat Hicks
Forney Martin
Albart Hicks
U S Hotel Workers Endorse Roosevelt
The national convention of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Alliance, a 100,000 member union, endorsed Franklin D Roosevelt for reelection at its Rochester convention on August 11.
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Roosevelt
Rochester
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Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ Alliance
Grandson of famed astronomer dies in Minnesota camp
Robert Place, son of Mars Quin Place, once wealthy owner of decorating shops in New York Milwaukee and Des Moines, died in Shakopee transient camp at age 60. Officials attributed death to heart disease. He was the grandson of French astronomer Marquis Pierre Simon De La Place, who stood at Napoleon Bonaparte's deathbed. Funeral plans awaited sister Lillian Place of New York.
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Bonaparte
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