Hope Dare Ties Davis to Hines Case in Policy Ring
Reporter notes Hope Dare, Broadway figure, connected to Richard Davis and lawyer Arthur Schultz in a large New York policy racket case. Davis, jailed at the Tombs, is released to see his doctor and visit Miss Dare, allegedly pressured by her to talk if DA Thomas Dewey allows visits.
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Hope Dare
Richard
Dixie) Davis
Arthur
Dutch) Schultz
Tammany
James Hines
New Yor
Davis
Tombs
Miss Dare
Thomas Dewey
Dewey
Davin Do
River hides fate amid political abuses and a missing soldier
A search party from Fort D. A. Russell found Serge Clyde Rebets and Private Clarence Hansen marooned near a canyon ledge with food and blankets dropped to them. They remained 1000 feet above the river and 1400 feet below the canyon rim as rescue attempts continued. A separate Senate campaign expenditures probe opened in Washington with reports of alleged WPA coercion and political funding irregularities across eight states.
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Marta
Kio Urinde
Santa Helena Canyon
Fort D. A. Russell
Clyde Rebets
Clarency Hassen
Peesexlom Jedge
Harry Buckman
Ryberg
Hansen
Washington
Chages
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Sheppard
D-Tex
California
WPA
Kentucky
Fmien
Hopkins
WEA
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Georgia
North Dakota
Illinois
Missour
James W. Mellen
Los Angeles
McAdoo
Mellen
Mcs Adoo
Federal Projects and Age Association
Hotel Guests Leave Room in Salt Lake City
Hotel manager discovers two guests departed leaving pillows, towels, sheets, blanket, bedspread, shelf, glass and holder missing after a routine check in Salt Lake City on July 27. The bed remained.
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Salt Lake City
Mouth Mistaken For Cave By Wasp In Wansas City
A garbled local item notes Harley Wyatt Sr opening his mouth wide during a moment of speech in Wansas City. The text is severely unclear but implies a mislabeling or misinterpretation related to a cave mouth and a wasp incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wansas City
Harley Wyatt, Sr
Wryatt
Weather forecast for Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia
Generally fair conditions expected across Tennessee and Kentucky with little temperature change tonight and Tuesday. Virginia also sees fair weather tonight and Thursday with a slight warmup in the northeast portion.
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Kentucky
Virginia
Britain's Choice Mediator Gets Approval of Czechs
The famed economist and negotiator WE Lintein is tapped as mediator to settle the Sudeten refugee dispute and seek autonomy concessions for Czechoslovakia. Lord Richerman will push settlements at a cost to avoid armed conflict, aligning with Prime Minister Chamberlain's practical conciliatory policy amid rising tensions.
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Britain’s Choice Mediator
Dewitt Mackion
Bartiza
NEW Vor
Czechosto Vite Republic
WE Lintein
Wisenait Furneloiat
Asc
Sudetenere Mans
Czezhoslovakia
Lord Richerman
Ito
Generominoriw
Chamberlain
England
Hot Roosevelts faces tough House primary battles
In Washington July 2, anti administration Democrats confront pro Roosevelt opponents in key house races. Labor's Nonpartisan League attacks rules committee members supporting wage hour bills while Roosevelts backers struggle in New York City with LaGuardia and O Connor facing renomination challenges.
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Washington
House
Labor
Nonpartisan League
CLO
Rules Committee
League
Clark
North Carolina
Dies
Texas
Lewis
Colorado
Smith
Virginia
Cox
Georgia
W. Jewel Crowe
Congress
William E. Dodd, Jr
Germany
Dori
New York City
O'Conner
Cules
Valso
Roosevelt
Fiornello LaGuardia
Tammany Hall
O'Connor
Tules
LaGuardia
Alex Rose
American Labor Party
Byrnes MacDonald
MacDonald
Lamnock
Ohio
Representative Maverick
Representative McFarlane
Maverick
McFarlane
Poisoning Controversy Roils Kentucky Politics
A heated dispute over Gov. Happy Chandler’s poisoning allegations against Sen. M. M. Logan deepens as investigations continue. Chandler spoke from his hospital bed to a Paintsville rally and accused Logan of seeking a federal judgeship, while Logan dismissed the charge as a damned lie. The affair drew comments from health commissioner A. T. McCoombel and police officials, who offered mixed assessments, as Mrs. Chandler framed the illness as a political blow.
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Frankfort
A. B
Chandler
M. M. Logan
Paintsville
Logan
Louisville
Alben Barkley
Senate
Liberty League
A. T. McCoombel
Joe Burman
John Malley
Joseph Stewart
Ward Delays Death On 11 Hour Midtown Ledge Plunge
In New York on July 27 AP reports John Ward a 26 year old unemployed bank teller from Southampton repeatedly delayed his suicide on a narrow ledge 11 stories above Fifth Avenue and Seth Street. Police and bystanders watched as he drank water and debated his motives before finally leaping to his death as night fell. The crowd lingered, some cynical, others curious, while efforts to save him failed.
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New York
John Ward
Gotham
Fifth Avenue
Séth Street
Zibes
Ward
Southampton
Long Island
Settlement Steps In Prague South Minorities Issue
The Associated Press reports two moves toward settlement of Czechoslovakia's minority problem in Prague, including a new statute granting Südeten Germans concessions in schooling, government jobs, and language use, and the appointment of British adviser mediator Viscount Runciman, seen in Berlin as a German victory. Across Spain, government forces push toward Gandesa with reports of advances and insurgent counter moves along the Ebro and Extremadura fronts, while in China Japanese units push up the Yangtze toward Hankow amid continued fighting.
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Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Praha
Runciman
Berlin
Germany
Spain
Gandesano
Ebro
Extremadura
Madrid
China
Yangtze River
Hankow
Occa
Ten
Two man British commission to probe bombings
London July 27 The Spanish government unconditionally accepted Britain s proposal for a two man commission to investigate bombings of civilian centers. The insurgents accepted the proposal in principle and asked aid of citizens. Harrisburg Pa July 27 Republican legislators appealed to oppose Governor Earle s plan to take over a preliminary investigation of himself and other Democratic leaders as the administration pushed to strengthen it. Cleve Closing Argument Harlan Case London Ky July 27 Assistant United States Attorney General told the jury the indictments were returned because coal operators placed dollars before the men.
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London
Britain
Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Harlan
United States
Welly K. Sopkins
Harlan Anti
House of Commons
Francisco Franco
Spain
Richard Austen Butler
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Office
Franco
Royal Air Force
Butler
Whchh
Dellwyn Sunk In Gandia Harbor Air Attack
The British cargo ship Dellwyn, 1451 tons, was sunk at Gandia harbor by a seaplane at dawn while unloading coal. Two prior bombs failed to explode on Monday. five bombs today caused a large hole below the waterline. No casualties. The attacker believed to be a seaplane known to operate along the Mediterranean coast. The incident follows the Farnham sinking in Alicante Harbor a month earlier. In London, debate over widening Franco era commission for investigating civilian bombings in Spain continues, with Britain seeking a broader remit including other barbarities.
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Madrid
Alicante
Mediterranean
Turkey
London
Angel and Son Company of
Cardiff
Dellwyn
Gandia
Spain
Neville Chamberlain
Francisco Franco
Crash Kills Four In Kisumu Flight Disaster
Four people died when a freight airplane crashed and burned six miles from Kisumu in the Kenyan colony. The incident occurred today as the craft failed and caught fire shortly after takeoff. Authorities reported the fatalities and began investigations into the crash site and cause.
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Kisumu
Republicans Blame for Debts at Democratic Rally
Des Moines July 27 Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace blamed Republican policies of the 1920s for a sharp rise in federal debt over the past nine years. Speaking at a state Democratic gathering, he likened the 1930s to sailors sobering up after a rough night, with the government acting as a nurse. He argued debt is easier to carry when the nation is in recovery and cited figures showing total debts lower than 1930, while noting private debts remain high.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Coutney
United States
Berry Opposes F D R Candidacy sparks Tennessee primary clash
In Mashville on July 27 candidates for governor and U S senator faced a busy final week of campaigning ahead of the August Democratic primary. George L. Berry for the Senate toured Newport Sevierville and Johnson City while Cooper Browning and Mitchell pressed through Middle Tennessee towns. Stewart accused Berry of opposing the Roosevelt administration after the TVA marble claim dispute. Browning defended debt reduction claims and denied Shelby County political pressure.
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WIA
Kentucky
Senate
Barkley
Roosevelt
A. B. Chandler
John R. Neal
Knoxville
Tennessee
North Dakota
Langer
Nye
WPA
Mashville
U. S
West Tennessee
Browning
Crossville
Smithville
Sparta
Prentice Cooper
Manchester
Hagleville
Roy Wallace
George L. Berry
Newport
Sevierville
Johnson City
Mitchell
Woodbury
Ridley Mitchell
Clarksville
Tom Stewart
Eagleville
Stewart
Cooper
Berry
Government
TVA
Gamesboro
Shelby County
Engineers Not Embarrassed Over TVA Testimony
Knoxville July 27 Four TVA engineers denied today they were embarrassed by evidence TVA attorneys asked them to prepare for possible use in the company power suit at Chattanooga last winter. Chief Construction Engineer Carl A. Bock said it was his opinion the engineers had been subjected to embarrassment, while others claimed no embarrassment. The committee heard about hypothetical cost figures and misinterpretations surrounding the dam costs and power production.
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Knoxville
TVA
Arthur EB. Morgan
Chattanooga
Carl A. Bock
Morgan
Congressional Investigation Committee
Dr. Morgan
Chandler
James Lear Tats Fly
Robert A. Monroe
de. Morgan Shout Chandler
George W. Foster
Foster
Dena Wood
Board of Directors
Bock
Lynn Frazier
I-Nd
Vic Danahey
Ohio
Edison
Roadhouse Operator Condemned for Killing His Son in Georgia
Waycross Ga July 4 12 Joey Nelson operator of a roadhouse was condemned to die for the murder of his 12 year old son J C Nelson in an insurance plot. A jury convicted him of first degree murder without mercy and the electric chair sentence becomes mandatory. Two young waitresses Mary Kent and Verna Mae Fowler faced potential murder indictments for allegedly drawing straws to decide who should handle the pistol. Nelson testified Verna Mae Fowler killed J C Nelson when he came out of the house then discarded the gun and cartridges. He claimed Mary Kent started the event.
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Waycross
Joey Nelson
Bold
Roart
Honst
J. C. Nelson
Mary Kent
Verna Mae Fowler
John Gibson
Nelson
Georgia
Mary Bok
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Buddy) Patton
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Lane
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Arthur T. Vyienderbilt
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