Arrest in Sparks hints at Reno wheel of wreck case
Reno police captain Harry Fletcher said a crippled man with part of his right ear missing was arrested in Sparks railroad yards for questioning in a Southern Pacific wreck investigation. The suspect, identified as Bob La Duchor, 24, Lewiston, Mont., was taken into custody after the incident.
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Reno
Nev
Harry Fletcher
Atectives
Southern Wild
Tran
Sparks
Bob la Duchor
Lewiston
Mont
Investigation into Juvenile Singers in Miami Nightclubs
In Miami an inquiry into juvenile employment in night clubs opens after two girls abducted in a related crime. Jenn Bolton, a singer tied to the case, is said to be 19 by her family but conflicting records exist. A grand jury in West Palm Beach will hear the slaying and kidnapping allegations as FBI officials join local sheriffs criticizing parole terms.
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Miami
Fla
Robert P.taylor
Paul Martens
Martens
Jenn Bolton
Melody
Frances Ruth Dunn
Buth
Miss Botton
Hogus
Charles Jefferson
Orlando
Miss Dunn
Boca Raton
Miss Bolton
West Palm Beach
J. Ednar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
W. H. Lawrence
Palm Beach County
Nicholas
Soo Quialee
Weather forecast notes mixed showers in Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky
Tennessee shows showers in the south tonight with little temperature change. Virginia forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with showers in extreme south tonight and southwest Tuesday, cooler tonight. Kentucky expects mostly cloudy tonight with occasional showers Tuesday and little temperature change.
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Tennessee
Cindy
Kentucky
Six Indiana guardsmen die in shell explosion
In Fort Knox Kentucky six young Indiana national guardsmen were killed when an artillery shell thought to be a dud exploded during summer training. Three other guardsmen were wounded as Maj. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall ordered an immediate military inquiry into the accident on camping street.
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Fort Knox
Indiana National Guards
Robert H. Tyndall
180Th Field Artillery
M'Kellar Sees No Real Issue For 1940 Campaign
Senator Me Bes of Tennessee argues Republicans lack a distinct issue for 1940. He notes debt growth tied to relief measures and contends many Republicans voted for relief. Vacarro reports Me Bes speaking before a vacation in New England and Canada.
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M’kellar
PLAN ADVANCED CLIPPER WRECK FOR SETTLING MAY HOLD CLUE DANZIG STATUS
A Berlin sourced report claims a plan by League of Nations official Burckhardt to unite Danzig with Germany and create direct ties to Prussia. Talks with Hitler and Polish leaders are seen as a possible start for a peaceful revision of Danzig, with authorities warning Europe may explode if unresolved.
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Europe
Berlin
Frei
Carl J. Burckhardt
League of Nations
Germany
Dimelsharddt
Iwichter Hitler
Hitler
Berk
Albert Worester
London
Burckhardt
Warsaw
Free City
Poland
Italy
Times of London
Pennsylvania new relief plan launches amid work or relief mandate
Pennsylvania begins its work or get off relief program as 800 unemployed receive jobs. Forty seven municipal and agency projects start, not suitable for WPA PWA or private firms. Relief rolls rise to a four year high of 820464, with first week August costs near 1 991 171 dollars.
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Harrisburg
WPA
PWA
Commonwealth
Howard L. Russell
Public Assistance
Pennsylvania
IBM Seeks Ban on Lawless Striker Tactics
Philadelphia August 1. Republic Steel asks the U S Court of Appeals to rule that strikers who commit acts of lawlessness forfeited their right to return to work. The move accompanies Republic's petition to overturn a National Labor Relations Board order directing reinstatement of about 900 Ohio workers tied to the Little Steel strikes.
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Republic Steel Corperation
U. S
Curt
Republic
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio
Floridians Clear Debris of Storm
Apalachicola Florida residents began clearing debris after a small tropical storm crossed northwest Florida Saturday night and weakened. Winds reached about 60 miles per hour with heavy rains, disrupting communications before restoration by wire companies. One fishing boat was toppled near Cedar Keys, and a man, father of two, drowned as the weather system moved into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Apalachicola
Fla
Gulf Coast
Florida
Alabama
Puerto Rico
Jedar Keys
Disavbense
Gulf of Mexico
South
Morida
Orin Craft
Death threat for Rogge disclosed
New Orleans, Aug 14. Receipt of two threatening letters arrived, one with two 38 caliber revolver shells and a death threat, announced by QC John Rogge, assistant attorney general in charge of federal probes in Louisiana. The letters, anonymous, with the shell-filled note mailed from the federal building, were delivered this afternoon amid ongoing indictments in the investigations.
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New Orleans
John Rogge
Louisiana
Federal
Rogge
Five accused of harboring fugitives in underworld drive
New York August 14 two indictments charging five individuals and two corporations with conspiracy in harboring fugitive criminals were returned by a federal grand jury targeting the underworld. Principal target Louis Lepke Buchalter with other defendants including Carl Shapiro Nathan Borish Florence Dwyer Samuel Smith and Philip Kasakove.
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New York
Federal Grand
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
Federal
Carl Shapiro
Jsegh
Gurrah) Shapiro
Lepke
Raleigh Manufacturers, Inc
Baltimore
Nathan Borish
Florence Dwyer
Samuel Smith
Gurrah
Baltimore Corporation
Philip Kasakove
Lust, Kasakove and Company
Page
Solon Seeks End to Low Mood in Six Months
Senator Arthur J. Vandenberg, a Michigan Republican, told a National Fraternal Congress gathering that the United States can escape the current economic gloom within six months under a pro free enterprise administration. He warned of national bankruptcy or repudiation if inflation and wasteful spending continue, urging private initiative and a solvent, sympathetic government. He stressed a distinction between social mindedness and state socialism and predicted a return to prosperity with extensive private investment.
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Tortroft
Arthur J. Veandansaeg
Michigan
United States
National Fraternal Congress
Vandenberg
America
Crazed Inventor Slays Wife Beats Daughter Kills Self
In South Nyack New York on August 14 58 year old Ralph Raymond a wealthy telephone engineer killed his wife with a hammer then slashed his own throat in a bathroom. His 29 year old daughter wounded after 14 hammer blows remained in critical condition as authorities described the scene as bloodspattered from attic to stairs. District Attorney George W Dorsey relayed her account of a terrifying midnight assault before the tragedy led to the inventor’s suicide.
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South Nyack
N. Y
Phyllis Raymond
Ralph Raymond
Daugher
George W. Dorsey
Dorsey
23 000 Soldiers Clash In Third Battle Of Manassas
By Rice Yahner at Manassas Virginia on August 14. Soldiers from Fort Howard Maryland and six veteran vehicles clash with the 109th infantry Scranton Pennsylvania near Brentsville in a mock battle that features 70 tanks moving toward Washington. The scene evokes a gray, foggy morning as white and black forces contend in the staged encounter marking a simulated major confrontation.
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Rice Yahner Mansassas
Manassas
12Th Infantry
Fort Howard
109Th Infantry
Scranton
Brentsville
Washington
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Puge
Five Die in State Traffic Accidents
The state saw five traffic fatalities last week as Knoxville recorded three deaths this year among major cities, while Chattanooga led with 91 deathless days. Memphis and Nashville posted lower totals, with Chattanooga and Hamilton County suffering the most crashes. Smaller cities saw Jackson take a lead in consecutive days without a fatality, and a Bluff City millworker, G A Calloway, died in a head-on crash just inside the state line.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Sam Rose
Chattanooga
Memphis
Nashville
Hamilton County
Memophis
Shelby County
Davidson County
Knox County
Betsy
Jackson
Thzalethton
G. A. Calloway
Mill Owster
Bluff City
Railway disaster suspect sought after City of San Francisco wreck
Two Michigan motorists provided police with a description of a possible suspect connected to the wreck of the City of San Francisco. They overheard a drunken railroad man in Wells Nevada claim he caused the blaze. The man is described as dark haired about 160 pounds in blue denim. Wells lies east of Eureka about 65 miles from the crash site.
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San Francisco
City of San Francisco
Sidney Dubose
William Merrick
Wells
Nev
Michigan
Nevada
Eiko
Earless man sought in Nevada train wreck case
Reno Nevada August 14 a $2 000 000 streamline train wreck killed 19 20 and injured 114 with investigators saying rails had been tampered and a man with ears missing sought across the state A suspect Bob La Duceur 28 of Lewiston Mont admitted no connection to the wreck while police and FBI questioned him amid a canyon wreckage center and a mass of scattered cars nations across the scene and a coroner's jury blamed a misplaced rail by unknown persons
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Nev
Nevada
Sparks
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bob la Duceur
Lewiston
Mont
William Sked
Sacramento
Calif
la Duceur
Montana
Southern Pacific
City of
San Francisco
Dan O'Connell
Southern Pacific Police
Washington
Interstate Commerce
Win
Humboldt River
T. F. Faley
Ogden
Utah
Southern Pacific Division
Woley
Foley
Andy M. Welliver
Fernley
Fornley
Railroa d Disaster Heroes Minimize Deeds Performed Among 114 Injured
Thelma Ristveldt, a Nevada train wreck heroine, narrowly survived and aided two passengers before delivering telegrams. A graduate nurse, she emerged from the wreck bruised and helped from the relief train as passengers recount her quick actions. Doctors say the City of San Francisco accident left many injured, while Ristveldt’s memories fade between jolts and a swamp edge exit.
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Calif
Thelma Ristveldt
Nevada
Miss Ristveld
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