Crook Spiro Eludes Police Across Eight Countries Eight-Year Sentence
Stanley Grove Spiro known as Graham Strakosch was sentenced in the Old Bailey to eight years penal servitude for stock swindling involving 3 million dollars. He evaded authorities for 13 months using disguises and false identities while touring the world. He admitted creating fake firms and selling worthless shares to 500 wealthy clients. He boasted of tricks including a papier mache hunchback and stomach to slip past detectives.
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London
Stanley Grove
Spiro
Old Bailey
Graham
Strakosch
United States
Recorder
London Daily Express
Stanley Spiro
South Africa
Church of England
Switzerland
Elphinstone
Royston
Mr. Richards
Mr. Mortimer
Spire
Scottish ‘Gas Utilities Corporation
Vet Spiro
Berlin
England
Mexico
Germany
Austria
Free Shows at New York Fair for Millions
Millions travel to the 1939 World's Fair to enjoy nearly all exhibits free except meals. Admission costs 75 cents adults 25 cents children with 10 cent Friday kids days. Highlights include the Rocket ship time machine, Billy Rose water ballet, free foreign pavilions, and a 1 million dollar fireworks display over 1,204 acres.
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New York
Maine
Tages
Automobile Proving Ground
Billy Rose
Marine Amphitheatre
Eleanor Holm
Lagoon of Nations
Court of Peace
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
South America
New England
House of Jewels
Blockade in Tientsin Persists as Concessions Stand
Global dispatches report continued British and French concession blockade at Tientsin awaiting changes to concession status. Also noted are plans for a Danzig union, Prague trial of German policemen, and Brazil’s Montero to visit the U.S. as tensions rise across Europe Asia.
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Tientsin
Carol
Romania
Prague
Montero
Brazil
South American
America
Singapore
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Free City of
Danzig
China
Phenix
Indo-China
Zog
Geraldine
Albania
England
Poland
Federation of Nations
Haifa
London
United States of England
Switzerland
Madrid
France
Heart of Salz
Man Slept Two Nights With Dead Friend in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio a 53 year old man says he shared a bed with a friend for two nights not realizing the friend was dead. Police and Deputy Coroner A H Steinberg concluded the man died of natural causes probably 48 hours before discovery.
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Toledo
Ohio
A. H. Steinberg
Court Punishes Husband With Ice Water Retaliation
In Berkeley California Judge Oliver Youngs applied a rough measure after Mrs Berndt accused her husband of assault. The judge ordered the husband to receive the same treatment as his wife: a soaking with ice water, prompting the restrained prisoner to protest his wet clothes on leaving the court.
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Berkeley
Calif
Oliver Youngs
Gustav Berndt
Youngs
Charles Matlin
The Call to Immediate Enjoyment in Daily Life
The author argues happiness should be seized now rather than delayed for future success. Pleasure cannot be postponed indefinitely as desire fades and life’s capacity to enjoy changes. A man may sacrifice present pleasures for moral gain, but enjoyment cannot be postponed.
Titian’s cloak and craft spark a wry rebuke
A fragment recalls Titian, the Italian painter, walking in working clothes and returning in court attire. His cloak provokes bows and homage from passersby, which he repudiates in his studio, declaring the drapery makes the man and lampoons fashion’s vanity.
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Titian
Climbing Kangaroos Found By Expedition in Dutch New Guinea
Members of the American Museum of Natural History Expedition report 11 tree climbing kangaroos found on slopes of the Cyclop mountains near Hollandia. The five to six foot beasts climb by front paws grabbing and hoisting as rear paws follow.
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American Museum of Natural History
Dutch New Guinea
Cyclop Mountains
Hollandia
Theater Call Boy Replaced by Backstage Intercom System
A Philadelphia theater replaces the traditional call boy with an intercom backstage to control remote speaker units in distant dressing rooms. The system provides precise communication, eliminating footwork and curtain cues, as noted by Radio Retailing.
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Philadelphia
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New York Fair
Minnesota
Senate Judiciary Committee
William S. Boyle
Nevada
Senate Agricultural Committee
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt
Hull
Western Air Express
United Air Lines
Providence
R. I
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Allis- Chalmers
Milwaukee
Martin T. Manton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Senate
Townsend Club
Indianapolis
Assembly
State Athletic Commission
Harry Martin
George Payne
Olson
Safeway Stores
Yreka
Tulare Lake
San Francisco
CIO
Friant Dam
United Methodist Church
San Quentin
Trinity County
Jack Metzger
Hiram. Johnson
Northrop Aircraft, Inc
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Your People’s Lutheran League
Angeles
Taft
Ciu
Delano
WPA
Lewis
Buttonwillow
Kern County
Representative County
Maricopa
Delano Grammar School
Bakersfield
Breckenridge Mountain
Dead Man
Cloak
Astesei's
San Joaquin Valley
Alaska
del Rey
Joie van Camps
Kellogg's
Justesen’s
Shafter
Carton
Qie
Flapjack Flour
Alber's
ZEE
Ivory Ae
Peg Ciant
ZEE Toilet Tissue
Vienna
Meat Department
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