Royal jewels vanish in Berlin mystery widens
Berlin CID probes the loss of 29 crown jewels valued at 2 million dollars from Princess Hermine after a young woman friend of Prince Ferdinand relocated the gems to an American zone trunk. CID chief Carlaggi disputes claims of Gestapo methods as investigators untangle a web of fortune tellers, underworld figures, and multi nationality suspects.
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Berlin
U. S
Ferdinand
American Criminal Investigation Department
Princess Hermine
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Germany
Frankfurt-on- Oder
Gestapo
O. R Carlaggi
Bloomfield
N. J
CID
Frankfurt
Hermine
Liquor Tax Notice Urges Payment by Aug 12 With Penalty
Madison officials announce a new liquor and wine tax doubles rates and aims to raise about 4.5 million annually for veterans housing. John W. Roach warns dealers to pay by midnight Aug 12 or face 15 percent penalty and confiscation of untaxed merchandise. State agents begin checks Aug 13. receipts show over 1 million in paid taxes and 10 000 of 13 245 retailers already filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
John W. Roach
Wisconsin
Roach
Greeks Report Bulgarian Troops Massed Near Border
Greek military authorities said they received reports that Bulgarian troops had massed in the border area facing Greece. Details were lacking and officials would not speculate on possible significance of the reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Plane Crash Near LaGuardia Halts Rescue Efforts
In Bowery Bay, an American Airlines experimental plane crash halted rescue work as Hellgate current hindered divers. Three crewmen the pilot co pilot and a mechanic were reportedly inside the craft buried in mud. One survivor was in critical condition. another lightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Airlines
Bowery Bay
LaGuardia Field
Hughes Denies Profit From Flying Boat Contract
Howard Hughes testifies before the Senate War Investigating Committee denying any profit from a 20 million dollar war contract to build a 200 ton flying boat. He says profits were precluded by the contract and that he would leave the country if the project fails. He adds he has spent years on the project and would keep working despite delays and scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard Hughes
Hollywood
Senate War Investigating Committee
High Fulton
Fulton
Ferguson
R-Mich
Hughes
Pepper
D-Fla
RFC
Defense Plants Corporation
Fires Widen Across Nevada California and Idaho
Emergency calls for more volunteers go out as fires scorch nearly 30 000 acres across three states. Two men are dead in California and a forest service worker faces bail on arson charges. Authorities cite careless campers and smokers as primary causes while crews rush to protect towns and power lines.
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San Francisco
Forest Service
Nevada
California
Idaho
Tujunga Canyon
Fresno
Cal
Sequipa National Park
Raymond C. Pulliam
West Los Angeles
Verdi
California-Nevada
Reno
Nev
Markleeville
Toiyabe National Forest
Farah
Sierra Pacific Power Co
Truckee River
Angel's Camp
Stanislaus National Forest
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
San Luis Obispo
Los Padres National Forest
Reverend Lepkovsky Dies After Fall at Kenosha
Rev Louis Lepkovsky 82 died at St Catherine's hospital after a fall from his porch at 5117 Seventeenth Avenue following a brief illness. A Kenosha resident since 1904 he helped found Congregation B Nai Zedek. Survived by two daughters four sons nineteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Survivors include daughter Mrs Roy Kahn son Charles A Lepp son Isidor Lepp and son Dr Samuel Lepkovsky. He was born in Novgorod Poland in 1865 and married Miriam Milkowitz in 1884. Funeral arrangements were not specified.
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Louis Lepkovsky
St. Catherine's Hospital
Seventeenth Avenue
Kenosha
Congregation
B’nai Zedek
Rev. Lepkovsky
Novgorod
Poland
Samuel Lepkovsky
United States
Miriam Milkowitz
Roy Kahn
Ida Berkowitz
Charles A Lepp
Isidor Lepp
Morris Lepkovsky
Chicago
Berkley
Cal
Patrolman Refuses Ticket After Nickel Act for Old Lady
Chicago report details Patrolman Joseph Plum helping a little old lady with an antique electric car. He found a meter and paid a nickel to avoid a fine after she parked near a bank in Oak Park. She feared breaking laws, so he chose mercy over collecting the fare.
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Chicago
U.P
Joseph Plum
Plum
Oak Park
Firemen Put Out Mail Train Blaze in Batavia NY
Batavia firefighters waited for a blaze to arrive by mail as a New York Central passenger train pulled in. They quickly extinguished a fire caused by a short circuit in a Pullman car.
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Batavia
N. Y
New York Central
Bartels Named For Post Here
Roy Bartels formerly connected with Kenosha Full Fashioned Mills Inc is announced as vice president in charge of sales and assistant general manager of the Kenosha corporation. President Richard Edge calls Bartels a new asset for continued maximum operations and sales. The Kenosha hosiery industry, founded in 1938, also includes lingerie work clothing and sports shirts with another plant at Fort Atkinson. Bartels will move his family to Kenosha once a home is found.
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Roy Bartels
Kenosha Full Fashioned Mills, Inc
New York
Kenosha
Kenosha Corporation
Bartels
Richard Edge
Edge
Fort Atkinson
Lifeguards Threaten Strike Over Pay In Toronto
Toronto's 54 city lifeguards threaten a day shift strike demanding a 20 percent wage increase to align with park playground supervisors. Current lifeguard pay ranges from 105 to 135 dollars monthly.
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Toronto
Col. Colonna Hears Kenosha Beach Erosion Plans
Colonel J O Colonna Milwaukee district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers reviewed a preliminary survey of the Kenosha lake front Friday regarding federal aid for erosion control. He will report to the erosion board which could order a full survey of currents deposits and construction costs. City officials favor a full scale project if federal funds are not available.
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J. O. Colonna
Milwaukee
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Kenosha Lake
Army Engineer's Erosion Board
Congress
Kenosha Beach
Northwestern University
Park Department
Lake Michigan
Colonel Colonna
R. A. Strecker
U. S. Engineers
James E. Webb
Kenosha
A. E. Axtell
Robert M. Smith
Ted Rudgal
Water Department
Rubber Workers Threaten Nationwide Wage Strike at Goodrich
Akron Ohio reports 21 000 CIO United Rubber Workers threaten to strike August 19 at seven Goodrich plants unless a company wide uniform contract and wage increases are agreed upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, O
Cio-United Rubber
B. F. Goodrich Co
Wisconsin man in critical condition after Meridian crash
Robert M. Myoudyn Sr of Platteville Wisconsin lay in critical condition in Meridian Mississippi hospital while his wife and infant son died in a crash nearby. The bodies were sent to Warren Illinois for burial.
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Meridian
Miss
U.P
Robert M. Myoudyn
Platteville
Wis
Warren, Ill
Corn Futures Hit ATH High in Week on Chicago Board
Corn futures climbed to a record high for the week on the Chicago Board of Trade as the September contract reached $2.35 a bushel, topping yesterday’s 99 year peak. Dry conditions across the main corn belt and forecasts of clear skies with temperatures near 100 degrees from Indiana to Nebraska spurred strong buying at the open. Initial prices were 2 to 6 cents higher than the prior close.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Indiana
Nebraska
Tourists Overrun National Parks Amid Manners Shortage
Washington based U P reports Herbert Evison of the Interior Department notes heavy summer crowds in national parks. Attendance tops last year with 1,454,664 through June and Yellowstone averages 10,000 daily in July. Visitors leave initials on trees, trash fills campsites, and park staff cite budget limits hampering extra help.
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Washington
U.P
Herbert Evison
Interior Department
National Park Service
Yellowstone
Evison
Wee
Park Service
Plane Reported Over Shanghai Ahead of Mark
Chicago report on William Odom's Bombshell round the world flight. Flight manager Franklin Lamb said Shanghai saw the plane pass around 9 15 CST bound for Tokyo. Odom left Calcutta 37 hours 51 minutes earlier, about 10 000 miles from Chicago, with fuel presumed to last for a Shanghai skip and a possible Tokyo stop for rest.
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Chicago
Franklin Lamb
William Odom
Shanghai
China
Tokyo
Lamb
Odom
Calcutta
Milton Reynolds
Bill
Odom Lands in Karachi on World Flight Leg
Calcutta to Karachi leg completed by 27 year old pilot William P. Odom in seven hours and 26 minutes for Cairo to Karachi, then four hours and 25 minutes Karachi to Calcutta. He stopped in Gander Paris Cairo returning toward Shanghai after starting in Chicago. Odom, 6 feet 2 inches, aims for a solo record matching Wiley Post.
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Calcutta
William P. Odom
Shanghai
Odom
Chicago
Gander
Nild
Paris
Cairo
Karachi
India
Lean
Six Feet Two
Wiley Post
Two Cub Planes Try World Hop Across Continents
Teterboro New Jersey two 100 horsepower Cub planes depart within minutes of each other to begin a 21 350 mile circumnavigation. Pilots George Truman and Clifford Evans expect 200 to 220 flying hours with Goose Bay as first stop and planned legs through Greenland Iceland England Europe Egypt India Burma China Japan and the Aleutians. They will fly together so they can radio or reach the other if one plane fails.
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Teterboro
N. J
George Truman
Los Angeles
Clifford V. Evans
Washington D. C
China-Burma-India
Goose Bay
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
England
Europe
Egypt
India
Burma
China
Japan
The
Aleutians
U S Protest Over Russian Occupation of Dairen Port
The State Department weighed a second protest to Moscow over the Soviet and Chinese port city of Dairen being occupied. Officials said a note following Jan 6 was under active study by the department amid the ban on American naval vessels entering Dairen and continuing occupation.
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Washington
State Department
Dairen
Moscow
Department
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Valis
Kenosha County
Wilmot
Illinois
Concensus
Wilmot High School
Raye Block
R. J. Austin
Kenosha County Fair
Judy Schnurr
Rose Schenning
Mardelle Kerkman
Burlington
Slades Corners
Judy
Flying Boat
Army
Navy
John Meyer
Owen Brewster
Maine
Washington, D. C
Lenkovsky
Blaze
Mark
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