Bill This Term Rules Hinder Vote On Wage Bill
Washington Aug 14 Speaker Bankhead signaled rush toward adjournment as the administration’s wage and hour bill appears blocked in the rules committee. With no near change, members plan homeward trips in two weeks. If needed, a petition might be used to bring the measure back next year. Leadership may extend hours to finish business.
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Washington
Bankhead
Administration
Rules Committee
Congress
Soviets search Arctic for Levaneffsky flight crew
Moscow reports a trans polar flight from Moscow to Alaska with Sigismund Levaneffsky and five companions believed forced down on an Arctic floe. Three fliers were en route to Rudolf Island to aid the search as an oil pipe rupture cut one engine and signals from the plane proved too weak to locate the craft.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Alaska
United States
Rudolf Island
Pole
North Pole
Levaneffsky
Lindbergh
Fairbanks
United States Army Signal Corps
Anchorage
Gravest Peril Declares Four Thousand Americans In Shanghai
Shanghai dispatch reports war between Japanese and Chinese forces raging over the international city. At least three Americans among hundreds of noncombatants killed or wounded as bombs and gunfire devastate eastern Chapei and northern settlements. The 4000 Americans in Shanghai face grave danger amid naval bombardment and air attacks.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Chapei
Nicknames go on New York prison records says Mulrooney
State correction commissioner Edward Mulrooney ordered prison officials to record criminals' nicknames to aid police tracing. He notes aliases have been filed for years, but nicknames will now appear on official records. He recalled tagging notorious criminals like Vincent Coll dubbed The Mad Dog and Jack Diamond called Legs Diamond.
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Edward P. Mulrooney
New York
Mr. Mulrooney
Jack “Legs
Diamond
Mr. Diamond
Albany
Power outage hits New Orleans for half hour
The entire city lost electricity for a half hour due to a valve closure at the Market street power house. Portions remained without current for about an hour as Public Service reported the failure shut down machinery on a main steam line. Power began restoring after 1 28 p m.
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New Orleans
Market Street
Deaths of Eight Elderly German Men Investigated
Cincinnati dispatch reports an expanding police inquiry into the deaths and illnesses among German acquaintances of Mrs. Anna Hahn. Prosecutor Outcast seeks federal handwriting help as he probes six to nine cases, with Mrs Hahn charged in one death and more possible charges looming.
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Anna Hahn
Cincinnati
George Gsellman
G-men
Dudley Miller
Washington
George Schuttle
Outcast
Gordon Shearer
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Qutcalt
Schuttle
Mrs. Hahn
Will Rogers and Wiley Post Die in Alaska Crash
Two years ago tomorrow news that stunned the world Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in a plane crash at Point Barrow Alaska. The pilot plane nose heavy after refitting with pontoons failed soon after takeoff. The comedian and aviator had been vacationing with Moscow as their objective and Rogers had risen from entertainer to one of the era’s most loved film stars and writers.
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Hollywood
Tomorrow News
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Associated Press
Lonely Point Barrow
Alaska
Moscow
Department of Commerce
Oklahoma
Rogers
Shreveport Youth Shot. Suspect Charged With Intent to Kill
In Shreveport Louisiana on August 14 Robert Tucker, 48, a black man, was jailed on a shooting with intent to kill charge after allegedly firing at Andy Neeley, 18, son of oilman A. M. Neeley. Andy Neeley remained in critical condition from a abdomen wound. Officer Dewey Schwartzenberg, injured when jolted from Neeley's car, was listed in serious condition but expected to recover.
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Shreveport
Robert Tucker
Andy Neeley
A. M. Neeley
Caddo Parish
Neeley
Tucker
Dewey Schwartzenberg
Young Neeley
Governor Leche to Dictate Complaints From Office
Governor Richard Leche said he would personally handle a wave of complaints, drafting letters to James M. Smith of Louisiana State University about rice in the cafeteria not cooking in true Louisiana style and to L. P. Abernathy of the Louisiana Highway Commission noting delays in projects.
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The
Louisiana Highway Commission
Senate Judiciary Panel Backing Black Nomination
The Senate judiciary committee forecast a Monday vote to approve Senator Black of Alabama for the Supreme Court, despite telegraphed protests and delay calls. Senator Burke of Nebraska predicted the majority would override objections and send Roosevelt’s liberal nominee to the full Senate, with opponents able to delay on the floor.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
Burke
Nebraska
Senate
Roosevelt
Judiciary Committee
Ashurst
Arizona
Power line poles re-erected near Daytona Beach airport
A federal board heard testimony on a crash that killed four people at Daytona Beach as Florida Power and Light re-erected poles along the airport edge after removing them following a Commerce Department complaint. Richard Copeland testified the poles were placed before large transports began landing two months earlier and he had not been informed of re-erection. County officials earlier questioned the actions as hearings continued.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Florida Power and Light Company
Department of Commerce
Eastern Airlines
Richard C. Copeland
Bureau of Air Commerce
Child Struck by Truck Leaves FiveYearOld Fractured
Five year old Joseph Shippman of 211 Stone Avenue suffered a skull fracture when a truck at Layton Avenue and Hall Street struck him. Wilbur Simmons of Qua chita Cigar and Tobacco Co. was arrested for reckless driving. bond set at 300 dollars. Police say the boy was playing near the sidewalk and darted into the street. x rays confirmed a three and a half inch fracture. Physicians reported the condition satisfactory and recovery expected.
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Joseph Shippman
E. A. Shippman
Stone Avenue
Layton Avenue
Hall Street
Wilbur Simmons
Quachita Cigar and Tobacco Company
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Elinic
Frank Pettit
L. G. Parker
Trial recesses in Los Angeles over triple slaying case
The Albert Dyer trial paused until Monday as prosecutors plan to introduce his repudiated confession. They allege he killed Melba and Madeline Everett and Jeanette Stephens in a crime tied to the Los Angeles case.
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Los Angeles
Albert Dyer
Melba
Madeline Everett
Jeanette Stephens
Three young hijackers captured after abortive gunfight
In Socorro New Mexico on August 14 sheriff reports three youths including a 16 year old from St Louis and an 18 year old Pilot Missouri with a 5 year old girl captured after hijacking and robbing Florida visitors Gladys Fawley Jane Dowdell and Mary Palmer near the St Augustine CCC camp. The women were left on the Quemado highway. their car and valuables were recovered later. A barricade was set at the St Augustine CCC camp and the hijackers were detained.
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Socorro
N. M
Ptwo
Missouri
CCC
Tiro
St. Augustine
Sacorro County
Gladys Fawley
Jane Dowdell
Mary Palmer
Tallahassee
Fla
Frank Knoblock
Byister McGinnis
St. Louis
Jim Sm
Pilot
Virgil
Florida
Daul
Quemado
Cibola National Forest
Datil
Memory lapses man detained as possible Robert Goddy
A young man possibly Robert Goddy from Paducah Kentucky was taken into Monroe parish jail after meeting a downtown officer and saying he had memory loss. He showed extreme fatigue and confusion, slept in custody, and a Paducah shipment ticket for Robert Goldy matched the consigner and consignee name, while J I Goddy may be a relative.
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Robert Goddy
Paduach
Paducah
Robert Goldy
Monroe
J. I. Goddy
Land Office Money Reaches New High
Baton Rouge reported that the Louisiana land office receipts for the year ending June 30 totalled 2 027 358 76, the highest on record. The 1935 36 total was 1 974 938 54. Royalties from mineral leases led with 1 803 787 98, up from 1 789 799 60. Lands adjudicated to the state for non payment of taxes redeemed amounted to 155 932 88 versus 189 160 82 prior year.
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Baton Rouge
Lucille May Grace
Register of the State Land Office
Evacuation Thought for Shanghai War Risk
Secretary Hull said the United States would evacuate up to 4 000 nationals from Shanghai as conditions endangered Americans. Officials were told to warn citizens to leave danger areas and seek safety while consultations with Japan China and other powers continued to protect nationals and prevent military bases or actions in the International settlement.
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Hull
State Department
Japan
China
Shanghai
United States
Tokyo
Nanlang
Peking
Tientsin
Great Britain
Nelson T
Al Capone Loses Commute Plea in Tax Case
Al Capone’s bid to shorten his 11 year prison term and fines by one year and $20,000 was denied by Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson. Capone, serving time at Alcatraz for three felonies and misdemeanors, argued double jeopardy and inconsistency, with sentencing dating from October 28, 1931.
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Chicago
CPI
al Capone
Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Alcatraz Prison
San Francisco Bay
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King Features Syndicate
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Dunn, N. C
Samuel Elmore
Joan Kuleba
John A. Lyons
Staten Island
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Lyons
William Frick
South Beach
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Shanghai War Zone
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