15 Year Old Boy Falls to Death on Mountain Trial
William Brode, 15, of Memphis, Tennessee, fell while descending a mountainside near Lindbergh Peak with a companion, dying after plunging into a funnel-shaped crevice. Robert Henderson, 15, of Omaha, Nebraska, guided searchers to the spot after being found injured and delirious. The two youths were briefly distracted by falling rocks before the fatal slip.
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Ouray
Colon
Lindbergh Peak
William Brode
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Henderson
Qmaba
Neb
Mem
Brode
Henderson
Hunger strike reported by prisoner in Milwaukee jail
Prisoner Charles Drossner, wanted by the French government for forgery and facing a Devil's Island bid, is reportedly on hunger strike to protest loss of constitutional rights at Milwaukee County Jail. His attorney says he has not eaten since July 30. jailer says meals are delivered but plates come back empty.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Charles Ptean Drossner
Devil's Island
Dressner
Frank T. Callan
Drossner
Edward F. Higgins
Workers In Cudahy Foundry On Strike
Milwaukee workers at the Ladish Drop Forge Cudahy foundry walked out Thursday seeking higher wages and reorganized piece work rules. About 600 machinists' union members joined the action. operations were halted and picketing remained orderly. Separately, molders at the Wisconsin Appleton foundry in South Milwaukee settled, with roughly 110 out and a 74 cent wage increase granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Ladish Drop Forge Company
Cudahy
Otto Jirikowic
Machinists’ Union
Wisconsin-Appleton Company
Higher Income Tax Boosts School Aid in Minnesota
Minnesota's increased income tax payments raise average school aid by 20 cents per child. The state board of education approved $11,503,463 for public schools, providing about $5 per child versus $4.80 last year. This adds roughly $2.5 million from over $14 million expected for the year.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
State Board of Education
Baby Fourth To Die From Father's Shots
Bobby James two year old son of Ralph James died Wednesday as the fourth victim of his father. Ralph James wounded his estranged wife Helen, killed her parents Mr and Mrs W Q Gould, and then took his own life. The fatal bullet passed through Mrs James shoulder while she held the child.
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Beloit
Kas
Bobby James
Ralph James
James
Helen
W. Q. Gould
Republicans to Hold Meeting Aug 17 18 in Wisconsin
A. B. Fontaine, Republican national committeeman for Wisconsin, said rallies begin in Stevens Point on August 17 and 18. The program and principles from the grass roots conference in Springfield NL last June will be presented at the rally.
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Green Bay
Wis
A. B. Fontaine
Wisconsin
Stevens Point
Springfield
Winthrop Aldrich Quits Advisory Trade Council
Washington reports Winthrop W. Aldrich chairman of Chase National Bank resigned from the Roper business advisory council citing time demands. His July 15 letter to Secretary Roper marks the sixth resignation in recent weeks.
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Washington
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank
Roper Business Advisory Council
Roper
Mad Wolves Kill Seven Villagers Near Adana
Two mad wolves attacked a county fair near Adana in southern Anatolia, killing seven villagers and injuring an unknown number seriously. The incident prompted a major security response as authorities investigated the attack and sought to prevent further danger.
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Canutis
Ankara
Adana
Anatolia
Veterans Bureau Opposes Sauthoff Hospital Aid Bill
Washington bureau report says the Veterans Administration opposes Harry Sauthoff's bill to pay for hospital care instead of hospitalization for blind veterans. Hines cites cost concerns, noting about 2,000 eligible. Legion supports. Current rolls include 1,608 blind WWI veterans, 791 blind Spanish-American War veterans, and 57 blind peacetime veterans. Doctors' care remains available if a veteran needs it.
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Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington, D. C
Veterans Administration
Harry Sauthoff
Madison
Frank T. Hines
Committee of World War Veterans
American Legion
Hines
Veterans
Fort Knox Gold Vault Land Bill Advances to White House
Washington passed a bill granting land for the government's new gold storage vault at Fort Knox Kentucky. The military committee chairman McSwain called up a senate bill authorizing war department land transfer to the treasury. The measure was sent to the White House.
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Fort Knox
Washington
House
McSwain
Military Committee
Senate
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Treasury
White House
Assembly Votes To License Music Copyright Brokers
Madison Wisconsin lawmakers approve a bill to license and tax music copyright brokers. The measure would charge five percent of gross receipts and require filings of officers salaries agreements and a schedule of charges. Original authors are exempt.
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Assembly
Madison
Wis
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Frank Graass
Sturgeon Bay
Wisconsin
Secretary of State
Graass
Aunt Het by Robert Guillen
A humor piece quotes Aunt Het musing that girls like Jennie cannot expect to marry first class husbands as men are not excited by what is easy to obtain. The brief strip notes copyright dating from 1935 and Publishers Syndicate.
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Robert. Guillen
Jennie
Publishers Syndicate
Samuel Insull Restored To Pensioner Status
Chicago Samuel Insull was restored Wednesday as a pensioner of the four keystone companies in his collapsed utilities empire, a move marking recovery of his veteran executive role after the upheaval.
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Samuel Insull
Rolls
Chicago
Keystone Companies
Automatic Copyright Bill Passes Senate
Washington sentry report notes the Senate approved a bill granting automatic copyright protection to works of foreign writers in major nations without a record vote. The measure moves to the House, with Senator Duffy steering the bill. A separate aviation item describes a lion attacking a low flying airplane, tearing an aileron fabric as it approached.
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Washington
Senate
House
Duffy
Wis
Robbery Suspect Caught After Nationwide Hunt
Edward Casebeer, 46, was arrested by three U S Department of Justice agents near Waukesha, Wisconsin, on a nationwide manhunt for bank robberies in the Midwest. He faced a $25,000 bond and an arraignment before U S Commissioner Floyd Jenkins after being held in county jail. The fugitive was linked to robberies in Smith Center Kansas Ellsworth Minnesota Hudson Wisconsin and earlier escapes during an eight month long pursuit.
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Milwaukee
Edward Casebeer
G-meni
Topeka
Kans
Department of Justice
Milwaukee ‘Division
Casebeer
Waukesha
U. S
Floyd Jenkins
Hugo Keller
Wisconsin
Keller
First National Bank
Smith Center
Ellsworth
Minn
Hudson
Tribune Watt
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Sally Rand
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Kentucky
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Joseph Miller Company
la Crasse, Wisconsin
Berne
Ind
Edna Stauffer
High Wrycombe
England
Winthrop Aldrich
Advisory Trade Council
Gladstone
Flintshire
Wales
William Ewart Gladstone
Westminster Abbey
St. Deinois Library
Marchioness of
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Capetown
South Africa
Tenderloin
M. C. du Plessis
New Bedford
Mass
Whelson A. Lash
Thebaud
Georges Banks
Veterans Bureau
Sauthoff
Micheleen
Talon
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Tania
Malden
Goodyear
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Tecurume
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