Tragic double tragedy in Chicago hotel
A Czech Jewish family, the Langers, perished on Michigan Avenue after a mother and her two young sons leapt from the 13th floor of the Congress hotel. The husband Karl Langer, a Prague textile maker, survived in a basement apartment. Police say the mother’s wound and a razor indicate self harm.
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Itors
United States
Chicago
Langers
West Side
Langer
Congress Hotel
Michigan Avenue
William Goncude
Della Frank
New York City
Karl Langer
Karl Tommy
Jan Michael
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Hermine Weil
Langers Remove Boys From Camp Then Leave Home
Neighbors say the Langers sent their two boys to a Chicago area summer camp to aid language difficulties but withdrew them after about ten days. Mrs Langer and the children departed yesterday afternoon under the pretense of visiting a zoo.
Prizes In City Beautiful Contest
Roswell Advertising Club sponsors City Beautiful Contest with prizes for best flower bouquets. Entries at Chamber of Commerce. numerous businesses pledge $5 trade or cash prizes for categories including dahlias roses carnations lilies and garden displays.
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Roswell Advertising Club
Chamber of Commerce
Yucca-Pecos Theatres
Hall-Poorbaugh Press
Price & Co
Huff’s Jewelry Store
Roswell Floral Co
Pier Rubber Co
Daniel Paint & Glass Co
Chaves County Building & Loan Assn
Allison Floral Co
Purity Bakery
Mt. States Telephone Co
Pecos Valley Trading Co
Southwestern Public Service Co
McNally- Hall Motor Co
Kemp Lumber Co
F. & F. Auto Service
Sunset Creamery
Glover’s Flowers
Elmore Printing Co
Busy Bee Cafe
Household Supply Co
Pecos Valley Coca Cola Bottling Co
Merritt’s
Safeway
First National Bank
Central Hardware Co
Pecos Valley Lumber Co
Equitable Building & Loan Assn
Wilson Furniture
Purdy Furniture Store
Gross-Miller Grocery Co
Purchases From a Vintage Catalog Listing Items
A fragmented OCR list shows assorted goods with prices including a pint vacuum bottle at 75 cents a toy wheelbarrow 10 cents riteway white shoe cleaner 69 cents a rotary sieve 7 cents a croquet set 2 dollars and a household spray gun among other items. The text suggests a catalog or sale page with varied household and recreational products and their prices.
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Riteway
Federal employees quit party posts under Hatch act
Washington August 4 federal workers across the country quit political party posts in compliance with the Hatch act. Many officials awaited guidance on its specifics as Attorney General Murphy reported multiple information requests and pending rulings, causing cautious withholding of action. More tourists in state than ever before in New Mexico.
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Washington
Hatch
Murphy
Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Tydings Candidate for Demo Nomination
Maryland Senator Millard E. Tydings won the party nod as a Democratic candidate for the 1940 presidential nomination after defeating Roosevelt purge efforts. Baltimore's Calvert Club announced its support, saying it gave Tydings full approval for the run.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Millard E. Tydings
Roosevelt
Calvert Club
Tydings
David J. Lewis
Beauty Missing at City Contest in New York World’s Fair
Elinor Bertrand a 16 year old crowned Brooklyn’s most typical girl has vanished since the night of the city wide contest at the New York world’s fair. She is five feet six inches tall and 120 pounds with brown hair. Authorities seek clues to her whereabouts and request anyone with information to contact police.
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Brooklyn
Elinor Bertrand
Elinor
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