Man Jailed After Loot Found in Larchmont Room
Gilbert Mead Jr., 36, jailed as fugitive from Connecticut after detectives recovered about $15000 in stolen goods from a Larchmont room at Manor Inn. Mead allegedly fled Wethersfield Prison after serving part of a five to ten year sentence and claimed to have looted homes in Westchester and Larchmont, including that of Rye Mayor Randolph Creme.
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Larchmont Room
New York
UDA Larchmont
Gilbert Mead, Jr
Connecticut
Larchmont
New York City
Manor Inn
Mead
Wethersfield
Westchester
Randolph Creme
Rye
Firestone plant fire toll 1200 workers return to jobs
Fall River Massachusetts resumed production at the Firestone Rubber and Latex plant after a $13 million blaze destroyed 5 of 12 buildings and burned government rubber. About 2,000 of 3,200 workers were idle, with local firms absorbing workers and welfare aid available. Investigators found no sabotage and a cushion dryer overheated, origin undetermined.
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Fall River
Mass
Mo P
Firestone Rubber and Latex Corporation
Firestone
John Kline
John Sullivan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army
Thunder Triggers Dog Run Amid Coast Earthquake Fears
In California a parade of about 200 dogs bolted through streets as thunder rattled the skies, mistaking storms for quakes. Owners crowded shelters to locate missing pets while chaos lingered. A separate Chicago note records a hospital dietitian calling a drugstore to send soda pop, with a mysterious benefactor refusing payment.
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Los Angeles
California
Chicago
Henrotin Hospital Dietition
Penny Winter Coat Purchase Triggers Ancient Coin Find
In Petersburg Indiana a farm wife bought an $18.50 winter coat and paid with 12 32 pounds of pennies dating to 1850 after the clerk counted for ten minutes. The customer claimed thousands more pennies remained hidden in the sack. In Detroit an ex fire marshal Otto G Lindemeyer rushed to a three alarm blaze minutes after resigning.
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Petersburg
Ind
Charles Salinger
Detroit
Otto G. Lindemeyer
Lindemeyer
Man Faces $3 Parking Ticket After Car Hit Viaduct
E A Vandruff parked on steep Eighth Street and left his car briefly. A crash sent the vehicle downhill into a viaduct support, and a nearby officer fined him $3 for improper parking.
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Kansas City
E. A Vandruff
Ducks misidentified bag in Dawson misleads hunter
In Dawson Minnesota on October 14 a duck hunter displayed a bag claiming 13 ducks and a goose. Inspectors found the catch consisted of thirteen mud hens and one loon.
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Dawson, Minn
Liang, Former Chinese Foreign Minister, Dies at 81
M. T. Liang also known as Liang Ju Hao died in retirement at Tientsin at age 81. An American-educated engineer by training, he served as China’s foreign minister in 1912 and was a high adviser to the Chinese delegation at the Washington Arms Conference in 1921. He led the Shan-hai-kwan Railway and chaired the China International Famine Relief Committee from 1923 to 1931.
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M. T. Liang
China
Tientsin
M.T. Liang
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
N. J
Shanhaikwan Railway
China Internatiional Famine Relief Committee
Nazis Face Moscow In Fourth Major German Offensive
London reports the German assault on Moscow was a near even chance for success as 16 to 20 armored divisions and about 75 000 machines move from north west west south and south to breach the Soviet capital. Turbulent battles surround Mojaysky Roslavl Orel and Rostov as experts note massed equipment and difficult supply lines test Soviet defense.
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William HL
Stoneman
Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Moscow
Lonedon
Rzhev
Mojatsky
Moscow- Smolensk
Grozny
Baku
Moscow At 65 Miles From Nazi Drive Predicaments Grow
The London desk reports Nazi units near Mozhaisk only 65 miles from Moscow as German forces press toward the capital. Russian rearguard actions slow the Reds retreat to prepared positions while fresh reserves arrive. Moscow’s defenses are said to be strong, and the battle west of the capital rages with heavy mechanized fighting.
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London
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Smolensk
Hitler
Russian Empire
Germany
Russia
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Edward R. Stettinius
Fuehrer
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