Accidents in State Claim Twelve Lives on Sunday
The state reported twelve fatalities from accidents on Sunday. Seven in auto crashes, two drownings, and three youths killed by a fall or train incident. Victims include Otto and Grace Bartz of Aurelia, George E. McIninch and David C. McIninch of St. Joseph, Missouri, and Frank Jondle of Fort Dodge.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Otto Bartz
Aurelia
Grace Bartz
George E. McIninch
St. Joseph
David C. McIninch
J. E. Burnett
Charles City
Frank Jondle
Fort Dodge
Lee A. Smith
Ottumwa
Bartz
Tureka
Hanover
Gus Dubberke
Hubbard
Highway
Chauffeur Held in Death Probe
Los Angeles chauffeur David Mansell was detained after reporting a dying girl found on a Hollywood park bench. He said the woman named Marty Fenner, a domestic, faded while he cared for her, later dying at a hospital. police said she appeared drugged and assaulted.
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Los Angeles
David Mansell
Valentine Park
Hollywood
Joseph Page
Mansell
Marty Fenner
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A fragment from Claude Callan titled Poor Pa references a church campaign where sweethearts sell tickets and a mother’s warning ties pretty girls to Satan's methods. The tone suggests rural humor and parental skepticism about fundraising tactics.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Satan
Norris Backs Curb for Supreme Court
Washington reports Senator Norris of Nebraska proposed a constitutional amendment to curb Supreme Court power by requiring a two thirds ruling or seven of nine justices and a six month limit after law enactment for any act to be deemed unconstitutional. The House moved to extend temporary taxes for two years to save 501 million annually. Gag rules blocked amendments as farm act changes were debated.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Congress
NRA
James L. O'Neill
House
Senate
Treasury
Bootblacks Face Trial for Killing in Jamaica Suburb
Three bootblacks aged 12 to 13 faced arraignment on homicide charges for a Jamaica holdup. Frank Damato 13 and Julius Damato 12 aided Lisbon Lawrence 13 in stealing a police revolver and shooting a 36 year old victim William Welsh after the gun was used to threaten a shoe shine trust.
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New York
Jamaica
Frank Damato
Lisbon Lawrence
Louis Churchdale
Julius Damato
William Welsh
Jury Summoned in Waleys Case in Tacoma
Federal agents search for William Mahan as a grand jury convenes to inspect charges against Harmon M Waley and his wife tied to the $200000 George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. Officers deny Mrs Waley is pregnant and appoint a physician for examination.
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Tacoma
Wash
Department of Justice
William Mahan
Harmon M. Waley
George Weyerhaeuser
Four Die as New York Wedding Hall Fire Engulfs Guests
A New York fire at a lower east side public hall during a gay wedding celebration killed four people and injured many. Student Paul Stricker, 21, reentered the blaze four times to guide others to safety before perishing. three others died in hospital.
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New York
Lower East Side
Paul Stricker
Canton Force Weakened as Cruisers Go
The Canton government’s two great cruisers Thehaii and Haishen deserted, grounded for 20 hours below Whampoa, then escaped to sea. They may head for Fukien port of Shanghai after deserting the Nanking government in 1933. Crew dissatisfaction over pay and conditions cited.
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Hongkong
Canton
Bocatgris
Thehaii
Haishen
Whampoa
Fukien
Shanghai
Nanking
Canton Command
Labor Leader to Seek New Trial in Slaying Case
Chicago, under conviction of manslaughter and deserted by his wife and son, Thomas Cronin 27 year old union leader was determined today to fight for a new trial in the slaying of William Bahnfleth 40. A jury which debated 18 12 hours returned the manslaughter verdict carrying a one to 14 year sentence after Cronin's son Tommy testified Bahnfleth was a friend in time of need to his mother and described the shooting. Cronin relied on an unwritten law defense and contended he shot Bahnfleth during an argument over alleged attentions to Mrs Cronin.
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Chicago
Thomas Cronin
William Bahnfleth
Cronin
Tommy
Billy
Bahnfleth
Weather Outlook and River Stage Report
Iowa mostly cloudy and cool with showers possible in the far east tonight. Tuesday turns cloudy and cooler. Illinois sees showers in the south tonight and Tuesday, cooler tonight and Tuesday elsewhere. Mississippi River stages: Dubuque 3.0, Davenport 3.2, Muscatine 4.1, Keokuk 2.7.
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Iowa
Illinois
North
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Clara Phillips Freed After 12 Year Prison Term
In Tehachapi California Clara Phillips known as a tiger for hammer killing Alberta Meadows in Los Angeles, walked out of prison at 7:45 a.m. Pacific standard time. She appeared nervous and surprised, markedly different from the defiant figure she once showed 15 years ago.
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Tehachapi
Calif
Clara Phillips
Alberta Meadows
Los Angeles
2 Women Injured in Auto Crash in Muscatine
Miss Felicitas Mackey and Mrs. Ethel Garrett of Muscatine were hospitalized in Bellevue after a Saturday night crash at Green street and Hershey avenue. Garrett lost control while descending a hill and collided with a parked coupe owned by A. E. Miller, injuring Mackey with arm and leg fractures and back injuries and causing severe head and body bruises to Garrett.
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Felicitas Mackey
Ethel Garrett
Muscatine
Bellevue Hospital
Green Street
Hershey Avenue
Miss Mackey
Mrs. Garrett
Garrett
Chickens Come Home to Roost Across Nations
Santa Monica reflects on how nations, like individuals, suffer consequences for wrongs. Mussolini’s Abyssinia policy fuels anger among England and other powers, while Japan draws lessons from history. The speaker suggests ceding the Philippines might ease collective guilt and keep a nation feeling small.
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Santa Monica
Calif
England
Italy
Abyssinia
Mussolini
Japan
Philippines
Calles Leaves Mexico in Political Turmoil
General Plutarco Calles withdraws from Mexican politics ending a five day crisis. President Lazaro Cardenas consolidates power drafting a new ministry likely to include agents backing pro labor policies. U.S. justice agents monitor the Mexican colony in Los Angeles for neutrality law violations.
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Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas
Calles
International Rotary
Saturnino de Gillo
Andreu Almazan
Los Angeles
United States Department of Justice
Plutarco Calles
Clipper Begins Return Voyage
The Pan American clipper sea plane started its return flight from Midway Island to Honolulu and then to the U.S. mainland. Pilots flew by instruments after takeoff as curtains were drawn, with passengers Co. W Winters of Miami and Philip Berst of New York aboard. The 1500 mile hop to Honolulu is set to take about nine hours and thirteen minutes, longer due to headwinds and extra flight observations.
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Midway Island
Honolulu
United States
Co. W. Winters
Miami
Fla
Philip Berst
New York
Dillinger Attorney Faces U S Charge
Chicago lawyer Louis Piquett, attorney for the late John Dillinger, appeared in federal court to answer a charge of harboring Dillinger lieutenant Homer Van Meter during the gangster’s fugitive period. He previously won acquittal on the same charge.
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Chicago
Louis Piquett
John Dillinger
Homer van Meter
Dillinger
Piquett
Flood Warnings Amid Nebraska River Floods Darken State
Cloud bursts and rain push the Republican River and tributaries over banks in southwestern Nebraska residents of lowlands from Trenton to Alma urged to move to high ground. The flood follows weeks after Nebraska’s worst flood with deaths and millions in damage as relief teams race to recover.
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Trenton
Neb
Republican
Nebraska
Alma
Texas
Fortieth Home Festival Draws Crowd at Lutheran Homes
Five hundred visitors joined with 150 orphans and elders for the Lutheran Homes fortieth anniversary festival on Burlington road. Rain moved services indoors with loud speaker support from George Wittich Funeral Home. Speakers included Rev. F. M. Bunge, Rev. R. Rieschen, and Rev. George W. Krueger. Zion Lutheran choir performed. William Klein gave the annual report. Children from the home presented a program.
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Burlington Road
George Wittich
F. M. Bunge
Chenoa
Til
R. Rieschen
Milford
Ill
George W. Krueger
Clinton
Zion Lutheran Choir
William Klein
Children of the Home
Tragic Brooklyn Ice Box Deaths Of Three Boys
George Hoyt reported three young sons missing after he searched Brooklyn neighborhoods and his truck for hours. His family found the three boys inside an icebox in the truck. police ruled the deaths accidental from suffocation amid two years of hardship.
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New York
George Hoyt
Brooklyn
George
Eugene
Arnold
Arbitration moves after streetcar strike escalates
Governor Cochran orders swift arbitration as Omaha streetcar strike widens. National guardsmen mobilize as four days of unrest yield two fatally wounded and 150 injured. Strikers press for higher wages and union recognition while the company ignores the 10 am deadline.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Cochran
National
Toledo
Action Electrical Workers
Toledo Edison Co
Freeport
Illinois National Guardsmen
Milwaukee
Wis
Neb
R. L. Cochran
Omaha and Council
Death Sentence Given for Keever Murder Case
George M Keever, a North Dakota convict, received a death sentence in Fulton Missouri for the 1933 murder of Sergeant Ben Booth of the Missouri State Highway Patrol near Columbia. Convicted of first degree murder after testimony by his brother in law Francis McNeiley, the jury took one hour and 22 minutes to convict and assess the death penalty, a first in Callaway County since the Civil War.
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Fulton
George Mkeever
North Dakota
Sergt
Ben Booth
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Columbia
McKeever
Jefferson City
Francis McNeiley
Roger Wilson
Boone County
Callaway County
McNeiley
Homecoming Echoes Of Lifelong Friends
A nostalgic note from 1935 reflects on returning home and the timeless bond with friends who aged alongside the speaker. The quote celebrates enduring companionship and shared life journeys in a compact reminiscence.
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Harold Burnett
Mishawaka
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Publishers Syndicate
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O'Neill New N. R. A. Head
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Mahan
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Rengo
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High Military Council
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Chahar
Secret Service
Changpei
Peiping
Kenji Doihara
Tientsin
Kwantung Army
Changpjei
Britain
London
Great Britain
Phillips
Rogers
Yours
Mexico
Gen. Calles
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