Boy Fendler Survives Eight Day Wilderness Trek
Donn Fendler, 12, of Rye New York, emerged alive after an eight day trek through Maine wilderness. He was found near Nelson McMearn’s camp in Sherman and transported to Bangor hospital for treatment after a 14 mile river transfer. He described sleeping outdoors eating berries drinking tainted water and avoiding dangerous wildlife as he followed a stream and then a telegraph line toward civilization. His rescue ended a nationwide search for the boy who climbed Mount Katahdin with his father and brother.
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Penobscot
Grindstone
Houston
Nelson McMearn
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Lofty
Mount Katahdin
Donald Fendler
New York
Ernest T. Young
Owen Grant
Harold Fendler
Arthur Ryan
Yonkers
McMearn
Stacyville
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Nelson E. McMearn
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Dr. Young
Donn
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Penobscot River
Henry
Mile-Hich
Mrs. McMearn
Fendler
Mrs. McMparn
U. S. Planes Equal Foreign Models in Tests
U S planes compared with German and Italian records as air corps officers say American bombers equal the best abroad under routine service conditions. A 16 ton four motor bomber carried 11 023 pounds and averaged 204 mph on one lap and 200 mph on the second 1 000 km leg, while Italian planes last year averaged just under 251 mph.
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Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
Junkers
Buenos Aires
Mars Closest Approach Shown For Earth Thursday Night
New York reports Mars will be nearest Earth in 15 years on Thursday night. The sunlit face of Mars will face Earth at closest approach, masking signals from Earth. In six months Mars reaches quadrature when the night side faces Earth, offering a possible window for interplanetary signaling.
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Mars
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New York
Japan mobilizes 1500 reservists to form new naval squadron
Japan calls 1,500 naval reservists to active duty as it organizes a new naval squadron amid friction with Russia over Sakhalin Island. Observers link the move to tensions, while Britain pledges no aid to Chiang Kai-shek and talks with Moscow for a mutual assistance pact proceed in Europe.
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Kansas Corn Fires As Heat and Winds Hurt Yields
Upland corn in central and western Kansas is firing badly and may yield little grain, while northeastern and southeastern counties may still see a fair crop if rain and cooler weather arrive. General rains are needed to improve sorghum and pastures, with grasshoppers and chinch bugs affecting crops. Harvesting potatoes is stalled by heat, flax yields are strong, and cattle are moving to southern pastures in good condition.
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Blue Stem
Man Found In Boxcar While Hitchhiking For Work
Clarence Thompson of Cortland New York was imprisoned five days in a boxcar without water or food while hitchhiking in North Dakota. He said two men gave him a ride in their car and he did not know how he ended up in the boxcar before officers discovered him.
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Child Accidentally Shot by Rifle in Manhattan
A bullet from a rifle used by children at play passed through the chest of Lillian Cole 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs James Fortner. She is in critical condition. The children did not know the gun was loaded.
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Lillian Cole
James Fortner
Steamer Haitan Sails Toward Hongkong After Mine Strike
The British steamer Haitan, struck by a mine off Swatow yesterday, reported today she hopes to reach Hongkong under her own power. The vessel proceeds toward port with repairs and progress updates expected en route.
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Louisiana’s Lid May Really Be Off
The piece notes Louisiana voters hope for a real cleanup after the Leche resignation and bond scandal at the State university. Earl K. Long may lead a purge as investigations widen, touching Col. Seymour Weiss and the Long machine amid growing citizen action and indictments.
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Huey Long
Earl K. Long
Federal Grand Jury
Huey Long Era Portrait Targets Colonel Weiss at Dock Board
The text depicts Colonel Weiss as crestfallen and loyal yet pressured by Huey Long to resign as head of the New Orleans dock board. Weiss, a member of the machine’s triad and dock board president, oversees a large workforce required to donate 5 percent of wages to a secret fund, triggering renewed calls for his resignation.
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New Orleans
Mentholatum Promises Relief for Dry Nostrils
An advertisement promotes Mentholatum as a remedy for nasal dryness and irritation from dust. It claims the product soothes the mucous membrane, keeps it moist, and eases breathing. Also marketed for sunburn windburn and cracked lips at 30 cents.
Maestri Dominates New Orleans Politics in Huey Long Era
Weiss, a wealthy hotel operator and insider, backs Huey Long’s allies while Maestri governs New Orleans with a blunt, frugal hand. Long’s rise and fall shape Baton Rouge deals as Leche’s heirs seek power with Noe and Tugwell leading the 1940 gubernatorial race on economy platforms.
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Maestri
Baton Rouge
Huey
Leche
Earl Long
James A. Noe
Monroe
Oscar Kelly Allen
Allen
State Senate
A. P
Pat” Tugwell
Louisiana Highway Commission
Tugwell
Noel
United States
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