Clipper Crash Fatal to 14 Probed by Pan Am Officials
Rio de Janeiro August 14 An intensive investigation began into the Pan American Airways crash of the Clipper killing 14 people including Prof. James Rogers of the University of Chicago and wounding two. The airliner from Boston swerved at low altitude struck a naval dock and sank in shallow waters near the shore. Six Americans died and three crew members perished. The two survivors were Brazilians rescued by a customs launch. The victims include Robert Landwan Henry May Eddy Captain A G Person Captain George B King Rose Jenkins Julia Trafilo and others.
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Fria de Janeiro
Subway switch blamed for Coney Island wreck
A faulty subway switch at the Brigton Beach Ocean Parkway elevated station caused a Coney Island express wreck injuring 21 people and shaking 300 passengers. Several were hospitalized and others treated for cuts after a four-car collision during a noon collision at the four-car train near Brigton Beach.
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Fingerprint Aid Seeks Pay in County Budget Decision
Pruss DeLeon who has worked a year without pay in the fingerprint department awaits payday. In the short Office, Identification Bureau head Emmeth Smith testified that DeLeon is hired at 75 dollars a month. The court postponed action until August 18 when the county budget will be discussed.
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Florida Night Club Probe Expands Across Miami Area
Investigation by county Solicitor Robert Taylor targets juvenile employment in night clubs after bar operators allegedly employed underage girls. Reports tie the case to the disappearance and later discovery of teen girls linked to a bogus talent scout, with officials in West Palm Beach and Orlando awaiting testimony as federal and state authorities scrutinize parole practices.
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FDR Arrives at Campobello Aboard U S Destroyer
President Franklin D Roosevelt reaches Campobello aboard a U S destroyer after a voyage from New York. The arrival occurs at midday as the ship anchors briefly off the coast, with accompanying officials on board.
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Armored raid captures Buchalter aid on farm
An armored raid captured an associate of a reputed crime figure at a farm near YoPALTZ. A New York detective and local authorities pursued the suspect, with arrests and weapon seizures reported. The incident followed intelligence on the midwinter operation and involved security teams from Wis Unley and adjacent jurisdictions.
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Fiend Blamed As Wreck Kills 20
A derailed Diesel-powered train on a Chicago to San Francisco route crashed near Aero Humboldt river 20 people died and many injured. Survivors, including nurse Thelma Altredt and professor from Pennsylvania State College, aided the injured as rescue teams rushed to the scene.
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S Men Arrested as Wreck Suspects
Salt Lake City police detained five men in connection with the City of San Francisco wreck near Carson City and East Lake City. In Reno Sparks a man missing part of his right ear and half his left foot was arrested for questioning in the same case. Captain Harry Fletcher of Reno Detective Division would question him.
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Clean-up Develops in Child Beating Case in Knoxville
Manner of emergency care sparked police concern as pension officers confronted a distressed mother in Knoxville Tennessee. The incident details reveal a pattern of alleged abuse and a confusion over the child’s condition. Authorities are reviewing statements and medical findings to determine further actions.
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Infant Mary Heart Dies in Manila
Baby Mary Hears Safael born a week earlier with heart exposed on the chest died today from heart weakness due to lung congestion from pneumonia. Funeral plans were withheld while Mayor Juan Posada discussed with the father, a year-old mining company employee and law student, about possible donation of the body to science.
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Childbirth Insanity Used in Murder Defense in Ohio
In Fremont Ohio on August 14 Velma Baker Fink 22 confessed killer of her baby and seeks to plead temporary insanity due to childbirth. Attorney Ben H Davey entered not guilty and the plea of insanity by reason of temporary insanity to first degree murder. Dewey said the plea rests on a Cesarean birth of baby Halden Fink found dead June 1 near Mrs Fink’s Glyde home.
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Glider Death Blamed On Tow Pin Failure
An 18 year old glider club member, Joseph Steger, died after a glider released during a tow plunge of 225 feet. Witnesses said tension on the tow rope as the craft swerved prevented him from pulling the release pin. Local authorities cited the tow mechanism as the cause.
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India Fights Britain Moves Toward Boycott War
All-India National Congress considering a boycott if Britain enters war. Working committee urged legislators to abstain from session as British troop movements to Egypt and Singapore sparked protests. Gandhi-led party, chaired by Nehru, pressures governments in nine provinces to avoid war preparations and resign ministers if needed.
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Two Injured in Lumber Yard Fire at Marlin
MARLIN August 14 Two persons were injured in an early morning fire that destroyed the Maylin Lumber Company and a large boarding house nearby. The blaze was brought under control. The injured, names not learned, were taken to a hospital and not believed to be badly burned. The lumber yard covered about one end of a city block discovered in the blaze.
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Tolcomb Reunion at Bold Springs Church Near Alto
The forty-second Holcomb reunion gathered about 200 family members at Bold Springs church near Alto in July. The eldest attendee was Mrs. Pavalse Holcomb, daughter-in-law of Donoph, as relatives connected through Cherokee County roots and Holcomb lineage.
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