Population drop trims Missouri prison crowd at 4,134
Warden Tom Scott reports Missouri penitentiary population fell from a high of 4,573 to 4,134 as new one man cells and expanded facilities ease overcrowding. He cites FBI-led drives and drug-program gains plus farm system and Alsena reformatory absorption reducing crowding and improving conditions. Scott notes a plotted jailbreak was thwarted by an anonymous letter.
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Brauchitsch Would Fight His War on Wheels
German commander Walter von Brauchitsch led the army through Austria's absorption, the Sudeten crisis, Czechoslovakia's destruction, and the Poland invasion. A lifelong soldier, he championed motorization and spoke from a tank at a Dusseldorf plant before the 1939 campaign.
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Actress Murray Fights For Custody Of Her Son
Albany Sept. 23 AP Actress Mae Murray re opens a three cornered custody battle for 12 year old Keran Mdivani. She seeks full custody from Bessie Cunning sister of a brain specialist who treated the boy and sent him to the Cunning home in Avell Park for recuperation. Prince David Mdivani the boy’s father and Murray’s former husband in 1934 countersues for custody. Murray accuses Canning of refusing to return the boy amid a California move for support action against Prince David.
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State health board launches drive to sanitize restaurant food
The Missouri State Board of Health begins a statewide drive to ensure sanitary handling in restaurants. Eighteen inspectors visit each food dispenser, place health blanks on employees, and issue postable placards after records are approved. Inspectors urge mayors to pass ordinances for compulsory exams, with power limited to closing violators. A Texas cave bat colony consumes about 600 tons of live insects yearly.
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Fate of the Bremen Rumors Reach Copenhagen
A dispatch from Malmo reported by Ekstrabladet says the German liner Bremen was seen tied up at a Soviet Arctic port. The Kuressar crew allegedly observed the ship at Murmansk during cargo stops, though its captain declined comment. Churchill told the Commons the $20 million liner may be in a north Russian port.
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Movie Scout Die in Electric Chair near Boca Raton
Charles Jefferson, 29, convicted of slaying 17 year old Frances Dunn near the beach at Boca Raton last Aug. 8 after luring two Miami girls with promises of fame. Jury imposed death sentence. Jefferson appeals with court-appointed attorney. The case included disputed accounts from Jean Bolton and differing statements.
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House Built in 36 Hours in Felton California
Local residents credit President Roosevelt's good neighbor policy as applied at home as 20 men built a new house for a burned out family in 36 hours. Meals were provided on site until completion.
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Deaths Last Night: Notable Figures Mourned Nationwide
The Associated Press reports several prominent figures died overnight. George W. Prince, 83, a former Illinois congressman. Frank Brooks, 52, ex national vice commander of the American Legion from Chicago. Abraham L. Bailey, 44, ex Cubs and Dodgers pitcher. Robert R. Dickson, 50, former president of the National Philatelic Society. There are over a million stutterers in the United States.
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Mrs Roosevelt to visit family across the country
Seattle dispatch reports Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt will fly east next week to visit relatives. Publisher John Boettiger says she will arrive Monday for a brief stay with his family and her three grandchildren, then go to Los Angeles to see her son James and family and to Fort Worth to visit the Elliot Roosevelts.
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Bandits Toss Man Into Spokane River
Jess Cobb walked into police headquarters stating two robbers accosted him and, furious at his lack of money, threw him into the Spokane River which flows through the city.
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