Wallace figures push normal corn supply to avert referendum
Washington column assesses Secretary Wallace and his team who recalculated the normal corn supply to avoid a presidentially compelled referendum on farm quotas. Through successive adjustments they raised the normal figure from 2,773 million to 2,913 million bushels, narrowly preserving Democratic hopes in the corn belt. The author notes the maneuvering behind the scenes and hints at political implications for Congress.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Secretary
Congress
Corn Herth
Iowa
Ceres
Mr. Wellate
Europe Tense Sparks Alarm Amid Rapid Developments
London and Paris reported fresh restrictions for travel between countries as Germany accelerated preparations for biant maneuvers next month. The German regime pressed requisitioning, while France limited movement of its citizens to Italy and warned about disclosure of industrial secrets to foreigners.
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London
Europe
British War Office
Germany
France
Italy
Stalion
French Foreign Office
Ermany
Biant
State Age Harbor Jetty Project To Provide 280000 Man Hours
Washington Aug 14 The Federal Public Works Administration under Secretary Harold I Ickes forecast 280000 man hours of employment for Rye Harbor jetties construction. One third of jobs will be on site for local craftsmen at prevailing wages. Two thirds will support heavy industry producing materials. Local officials may receive additional PWA funds if needed.
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Washington
Federal Public Works Administration
Harold I. Ickes
PWA
G. &. Williams
M. .&. Gilmore
Rye
No H
Rye Harbor
Pri
Vate
Pan-American plane missing after noon report over jungles
A Pan American passenger plane en route from Tabasco to Mexico City vanished after noon yesterday. A coastal storm hid its fate as it sent a last message from 11,000 feet in heavy rain over jungle terrain on the southeastern gulf coast. Officials said most passengers were Mexican, with one exception.
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Mexico City
Gulf
Mexico
Tabasco
Airways
Eleven Die In Czechoslovak Plane Crash In Germany
A Czechoslovak passenger plane crashed near Kehl Germany in heavy fog, killing 11 people and seriously injuring one. Initial reports indicate the aircraft struck a 2000 foot mountain as details remained scarce.
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Kehl
Germany
Gunmen Escape With Jewelry Worth Over Fifteen Thousand
Two masked gunmen forced a salesman at Daniel Seidler & Sons, Inc. to open a safe and fled with loot valued at 15,000 dollars. Fréd Seidler, 30, of Brookline, aided by a neighboring jeweler who alerted police after the salesman kicked a wall to summon help.
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Boston
Cotton
Tapa
Fréd Seidler
Brookline
Daniel Seidler & Sons, Inc
Six RAF fliers lost as flying boat crashes near Cork
Felixstowe England Aug 18 AP six Royal Air Force airmen are believed dead after a flying boat struck the sea two miles south of Cork lightship. The accident ends a deadly week for the RAF in which 126 personnel have been killed since January.
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Cork
Felixstowe
England
Royal Airforce
Kled
Boy Drowns at Trestle in Calis Me Incident
Leo Casey, 12, son of Mr and Miss Bernar Casey of Milltown New Brunswick, drowned yesterday at 4 PM while diving from the Canadian Pacific Rail road trestle at Calis Maine. The body was recovered.
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Casey
Milltown
N. B
Calis
Leo Casey
Canadian Pacific Rail
428 Pound Tuna Off Hampton Harpooned by Kezer
Albart Kezer of Plum Island, aboard a 30 foot cruiser, harpooned a 428 pound tuna off Hampton Beach in a day of fishing with Melrose companions. The catch, second of his career, may earn the Hampton Beach Chamber of Commerce silver trophy. A Marblehead party had earlier failed to land a similar fish after a long chase.
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Albart Keger
Plum Island
Hampton Beach
Newburyport
Kezér
Boar's Head
Hampton
Marblehead
Baer
Rice
Hezer
Man Killed As Truck Overturns Near New Castle
New Castle New Brunswick Aug 13 Paul Turk 22 of Milarton was killed early today when the small returning from a dance crashed into a parked truck a few miles east of here. Passenger Turk and driver Louis Lif sches of Newcastle said the oncoming car lights blinded him and prevented him from seeing the other truck.
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New Castle
Paul "Turk
Milarton
Here
Louis Lifsches-of-Newcastle
Turk
Action Fails To Lift New York Stocks In Brief Session
New York stocks opened weak and edged cautiously higher at times but failed to gain momentum. Major shares such as U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors North American Angnodea General Electric and Douglas Aircraft stayed largely unchanged while small advances appeared for U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Dupont and New York Central.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
North American
Angconda
General Electric
Dongigs
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
Dupont
New York Centrat
Concord Man Fatally Hurt In Car Crash
Hooksett August 13 AP Andrew D. Sanders 24 of Concord was fatally injured and two companions injured when their car crashed into the rear of a parked truck early today.
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Hooksett
Andrew D. Sanders
Concord
Landslide near Los Andes kills about 30 in Colombia
Reports from Medellin say roughly 30 people died in a landslide at Los Andes in Antioquia Department. Also noted: Charles W. Andrews 87 of Willimantic died after a 20 foot fall from a ladder at Day Kimball hospital and a remark on infant mortality rates in early life.
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Bogota
Colombia
Medellin Today
Los Andes
Department
Antioquia
Putnam, Conn
Charles W. Andrews
Willimantic
Amesbury Dentist Downie Found Dead in Car
Dr. Charles D. Downie a 50 year old Amesbury dentist was found dead in the rear seat of his car on upper Prospect asphyxiation from carbon monoxide. Police and medical examiner described it as his own action. Four boys spotted the car and notified authorities. Downie had been in ill health for some time.
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Amesbury
Mass
Charles D. Downie
Upper Prospect
William A. Flynn
Dr. Plynn
Dr. Downie
Pow Hill
Kenneth Osborn
Belmont Street
Inll Health
Gallagher Found Sleeping in Auto Near Bangor Rescue
Andrew Gallagher a 23 year old Bangor parolee wanted on kidnapping and safe breaking charges was captured near Bangor late yesterday afternoon while asleep in his car. Alfred Labonte his alleged accomplice fled into the woods as Capt. Calvin Knaide and Inspector Frank McClay surprised the scene. Gallagher said Labonte might be armed.
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Bangor
Andrew Gallagher
Lewiston
Alfred Labonte
Gallagher
Woolds
Calvin Knaide
Frank McClay
Labonte
Navy names two destroyers Grayson and Eberle
The Navy announced two new Bath Iron Works destroyers will be named Grayson and Eberle. Hulls assigned to Boston Navy Yard will be Gwin and Meredith. Liver more at Charleston Navy Yard. names chosen by the Secretary of the Navy in May, assignment only revealed yesterday.
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Washingto
Navy
Bath
Iron Works
Grayson
Eberle
Boston Navy Yard
Gwin
Meredith
Livermore
Charleston Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Hartford Fire Destroys Apartment Building
Hartford police report a three story Everett Avenue blaze of undetermined origin injuring three firemen and forcing residents including two invalids to flee. Firemen carried many to safety after two alarms. owner Samuel Davidson estimates damage at 30 to 40 thousand dollars.
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Hartford
Conn
Evergeen Avenue
Samuel Davidson
Hampton Issues More Wooden Nickels for Tercentenary
Hampton reports a second issue of 7000 wooden nickels after the first 7000 sold out. Postmaster Edwin S. Batchelder, treasurer of the tercentenary committee, authorized the release. Nickels remain popular with visitors along the Lafayette highway and at the pageant HQ, while dimes and quarters are still on hand. The town will not redeem the tercentenary money after May 22 in the town hall.
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Hampton
Edwin. S. Batchelder
Carroll Taken To State Prison To Start Life Term
In South Paris Maine on August 13 Francis M. Carroll 43 a former deputy sheriff convicted of killing Dr James G Hittlefield was sent to the Maine penitentiary at Thomaston to serve a life term. He will join Paul N Dwyer 19 his accuser who was also sentenced for the crime. The court reconvened to hear defense motions to impound transcript and state exhibits for possible further investigation. Clyde Chapman the defense said no immediate appeal is planned. Dwyer’s pardon prospects remain unclear as his lawyer promised action when appropriate. Carroll’s wife and 14 year old daughter Betty visited him before transfer.
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Paris
Francis M. Carroll
James G. Hittlefield
Oxford
Hills
Maine
Thomaston
Joi Paul N. Dwyer
Clyde Chapman
Carroll
Dwyer
Paul Dwyer
John H. Welch
Welch
Believe Murder Squad At Work In Chicago
In Chicago on Aug 13 AP reports the gang style killing of Joseph LaPorte by three gunmen who shot him five times in a West Side garage. A 10 year old witnessed the assault. LaPorte had ties to the old forty two gang and politics this year. Police say a murder squad for hire may be behind eight deaths in seven weeks, with the same method across cases.
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Chicago
Joseph LaPorte
LaPorte
West Side
Southwest Side
Archie Cain
Detective Bureau
Brandenburg Returns From Transatlantic Flight
Germany's giant driver Brandenburg departed Floyd Bennett Field at 8 AM for a return flight to Berlin. The commander predicted a roughly 32 hour crossing following a great circle route, with clear weather but potential rain over the Atlantic. The four motor plane carried 3,200 gallons of gasoline.
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New York
Germany
Drviner
Brandenburg
Floyd Bennettt Field
Berlin
Great Circle
Atlantic
Baha i National Assembly Opens Three Day Meeting
The National Assembly of the Baha is in the United States and Canada opened a three day meeting at Green Acre Fellowship house with delegates from New England New York Washington Chicago Portland and Los Angeles. Willard McKay of Jamestown presided at an informal forum on comparative religion last night. Allen McDaniel of Washington, a National Spiritual Assembly member, will deliver the Sunday morning address.
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National Assembly of the Bahai’s
United States
Canada
Green Acre Fellowship House
New England
New York
Washington
Chicago
Portland
Oregon
Los Angeles
Willard McKay
Jamestown
N. Y
Allen McDaniel
National Spiritual Assembly
Tragic Train Death Near Greenfield Claims Ralph Richardson
In Greenfield Massachusetts on a Boston and Maine line near his home, Ralph Richardson aged 28 was killed by an approaching train yesterday. The incident occurred as he was near the tracks in his residence area. Authorities reported the fatality and investigation is underway.
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Greenfield
Mass
Ralph, Richardson
Boston and
Maine
Marines Seize Japanese Soldiers in Shanghai Clash
Shanghai on August 13 reports U S Marines seized three Japanese soldiers after a clash in the International Settlement defense sector amid widespread disorders. The incidents, the first anniversary of hostilities with Japan in the Central China area, involved British and Italian patrols as well.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
Central’Chins
Witnesses Called in Carroll Case
Two Portsmouth men, Joseph Christy and Winston Moore, testified for the state in the trial of Francis M. Carroll, who yesterday was convicted of a murder for which Paul N. Dwyer is serving four life sentences.
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Portsmouth
Joseph Christy
Winston Moore
Paris
Francis M. Carroll
Paul N. Dwyer
Kittery Legion Post Meets to Plan Home Shingle Work
Henry Wallingford Post A L of Kittery convened last evening with Commander Walter J. Quimby presiding. Committees reported well and a vote was taken to shingle the north side of the Legion Home led by past commander Fred Draper and a working party including K. B. Kine. Lunch of sandwiches and doughnuts was provided by Messrs. Curets and R. Bedell, who were appointed KP for the event.
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Henry Wallingford Post
A. L
Kittery
Walter J. Quimby
Legion Home
Comdr
Fred Draper
K. B.” Kine
Messers
Cure Ts
R. Bedell
K.P
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Barclay On Bridge
British
Hampton Waters
N.Y
Berthia
Betty
Francis ML Carroll
Baha'i National Assembly
U.S
Kittery Legion Post
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