15 Year Old Boy Charged in Sister Slaying in Prairie du Chien
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN Wis Aug 4 A 15 year old boy accused of killing his sister Mildred Best 11 in their home is in jail awaiting trial His defense seeks to exhume an uncle Orla Shaw from a month old grave amid questions over possible poisoning and a series of disputed confessions and polygraph results The case also involves claims of a possible relationship with Mildred and medical testimony about mercury poisoning and lethal kidney disease.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Car N. Hill
Jeremiah J. O'Neill
Orla Shaw
Mildred Best
Mildred
Harold
Shaw
Oliver White
Some Donts For Pimples And Ointment Relief
A fragmented ad advises avoiding scratching or sneezing to prevent self infection from pimples eczema and irritations. It promotes Petersons Ointment for soothing relief promising better skin appearance with a money back guarantee if not delighted.
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Peterson
Joe
Avon Lake Post Office Buys Stamp Total Rises Under New Commissioner
County Commissioner Edward DeChant, whose wife is Avon Lake postmaster, shifts county postage purchases to Avon Lake from Elyria and Lorain. Since May, Avon Lake sold 126.45 in stamps versus 184.80 in Lorain and 177.76 in Elyria for the year. Oberlin bought 50.30 on July 21. Postmaster salaries relate to stamp sales. stamped envelopes and postal supplies still come from Elyria for return addresses.
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Edward DeChant
Avon Lake
DeChant
Elyria
Lorain
Oberlin
Rotarians Hear Fox Furnace Official On Air Conditioning
Ed Hays of the Fox Furnace Company spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Elks Club about air conditioning. A trumpet solo by Bill Lersch with piano accompaniment by Jeanette Shepard also highlighted the meeting.
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Fox Furnace
Ed Hays
Fox Furnace Company
Rotary Club
Elks Club
Hays
Bill Lersch
Jeanette Shepard
Son of Publisher Begs His Way Through Eight States
Alfred A. Knopf Jr., 19, son of a New York publisher, hiked and begged through eight states after leaving Norwood Massachusetts. He boarded a United Airlines flight home from Salt Lake City after police picked him up following a telegram to his father seeking money. He spent hours in jail while travel plans were arranged. He said he wanted to go to Princeton to be near his girl, though he was denied entry.
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Salt Lake City
Alfred A. Knopf, Jr
United Airlines
New York
Norwood
Mass
Princeton University
Princeton
Proposed Amendments Will Not Appear On November Ballot
In Columbus Ohio two proposed state constitutional amendments will not be on the November ballot. The failure to obtain 300000 signatures by the filing deadline with secretary of state Joseph Hostetler caused the withdrawal. Organizers said petition circulation would continue for possible placement next year.
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Columbus
Massachusetts
Joseph C. Hostetler
Cleveland
Ohio Committee On Judicial Selection
Paul D. Smith
Former Erie County Schools Superintendent Dies
Vermilion Ohio August 4 Cy W J Mitchell 83 longtime Erie County schools superintendent for 50 years until 1924 death announced. Survivors include son Walter Mitchell of Dayton. Also notes incorporation papers for L C Development Company Inc filed in Columbus with 250 shares no par.
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Erie County Schools
Vermilion
Cy —W. J. Mitchell
Erie County
Walter Mitchell
Dayton
L. C. Development Company, Inc
Columbus
United Press Reports
Jacob Levin
Frank K. Levin
Irene Bogner
Leavin and
Levin
Cleveland Trust
Lorain
Lorain Court Fines Two In Intoxication Case
Two Lorain men Otto Kurth and Leo Rcoffitts were fined six dollars plus costs after arraignment before Justice Preston L. Coon on intoxication charges. They fought near Middle Ridge around 11 p m with Kurth sustaining two black eyes and lost shoes. Deputy Samuel Paow said the pair’s brawl left Kurth battered.
Minkler Expands Duties as Cats Ride Along in New Dog Vehicle
County dog warden Minkler unveiled a new dog car with a built in cat compartment after repeatedly being asked to pick up felines. He remarked that he is a dog warden not a cat warden while a tiger cat rested in the cat section during the street showing.
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Lee Minkler
Minkler
Bender Body Company
Search for wrecked Sikorsky liner Santa Maria expands
A Pan American search for the new Sikorsky 8 47 Santa Maria amphibian continues after a rain squall limited visibility. The plane scheduled to land in the canal zone from Cali Colombia had crew Oscar Miller Sam Oliver Isidro Souza and others aboard. Naval air and water units work with Pan American planes and three submarines in the long chase as the wreckage is sought.
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Santiago
Chile
Oscar Miller
Sam Oliver
Isidro Souza
Ford Motor Export Company
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Ernest Wood
Pan American-Grace Airways
Amy Levering
Jimmie
Jessie Levering
Stephen Dun
Lawrence A. Bickford
Herman Diaz Cancego
Canal Zone
Cali
Colombia
Cristobal
Pan American Airways
Elyria Physician Relinquishes Debt on Kenton Hospital
A Kenton hospital debt relief story: Dr. Austin S. McKitrick, formerly of Kenton and later Elyria, relinquished a 50 000 mortgage balance on his McKitrick Hospital founded 1918 and sold in 1923. The hospital, valued around 150 000, with capacity for 36 patients, is now debt free and remains a modern facility under community operation. Dr. McKitrick, who moved to Elyria after his wife’s death nine years ago, had long served the Kenton hospital.
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Hardin County
Kenton, O
Austin S. McKitrick
Third Street
Elyria
McKitrick Hospital
Kenton
McKittrick
McKitrick Hospital Company
McKitrick
Kanton
Commissioners To Name Depositories For County Funds
County commissioners will discuss establishing depositories for active and inactive county funds at a meeting with the auditor treasurer and prosecutor tomorrow. The county now uses banks holding about 225000 in active funds and 1 2 million in inactive funds. Treasurer Walter J Wright notes a new bank law delaying interest on active public funds and says current inactive fund contracts of about 1 million extend to May 1938.
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Walter J. Wright
Wright
Women Haters Find Equally Averse To Cats
Cincinnati psychologist Dr. Charles M. Diserens says men hostile to women often vent on cats as feminine symbols. He cites a 16 to 1 ratio of men to women disliking cats and notes nationalities with cat affection often mirror gender dynamics. He contrasts Frenchmen seen as controlling with cats as cherished. A separate item reports Asheville third grader Dick Hunnicutt spelling about 10 words daily for three years without a miss.
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Cincinnati
Charles M. Diserens
University of Cincinnati
Diserens
Speller
Asheville! VC
Dick Hunnicutt
Woman Fights Thief Grabbing Infant On Street
A man approached the Horst home and asked for Mrs. Horst. He seized the baby Donald as he fled, prompting Mrs. Horst to leap up and grapple with the heavier attacker as she shouted for help.
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Horsts
Firearms Expert Kills Student During Lesson
In Louisville a police firearms instructor accidentally killed rookie officer Fred Barton during a safety lesson. Sergeant Daniel Ware fired a .23 caliber pistol after a misfiring shell. Barton died from a heart wound. Ware faces involuntary manslaughter charges. Barton had the second highest class test score.
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Louisville
Fred
Barton
Daniel L. Ware
Loulaville Police Department
Camp Perry
Ware
No God Road renamed to Edwards Road in Huron County
In Norwalk Ohio on August 4 the No God road in Huron County was renamed Edwards Road after a meeting led by county engineer Charles Ogan. Despite residents preferring the old name a hearing drew no protestors as farmers were busy threshing. The road’s former name honored a pioneer doctor nicknamed No God for claiming there is no God and defying lightning.
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Norwalk
Huron County
Edwards Road
Arkansas
Charles Ogan
Congregational Church
No God
Ripley
Edwards
Flying Merely Bores Girl At Controls
In Wilmington Delaware nine year old Barbara Jane Burns daughter of Mr and Mrs Co M Burns flew with Holgar Hobies and handled the controls for five miles before yawning and falling asleep in the cockpit The event was described as a dull thrill for the young flyer while her parents watched aboard the ship
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Wilmington
Del
Barbara Jane Burns
Co. M. Burns
Holgar Hoimies
Hobies
City declares emergency over union strike amid store shortages
The mayor announced a state of emergency in the city if violence continued and ordered police to guard 250 unionized trucks. He blamed the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Chauffeurs Stablemen and Helpers for the walkout. Union claims of armed thugs were denied as detectives fingerprinted non striking workers whose records were clean. Food supplies in retail stores dwindle as conciliation talks resume after a four hour session yielding cautious progress toward a settlement. An emergency police force near 2000 men, with 500 added from civil service, remains on standby for riot duty and truck assignments.
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Pleads Not Guilty To Driving While Intoxicated
James McGinty of 1764 Lexington Avenue Lorain pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated when arraigned before Mayor Leonard Smith in police court. He was arrested about 9 25 p m yesterday on Broad Street by local police. Trial set for 9 am Monday August 9. Clarence Burton of 315 Eighteenth Street Lorain pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined $1 and costs.
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James McGinty
Lexington Avenue
Lorain
Leonard Smith
McGinty
Broad Street
Smith
Clarence Burton
Death notices for Turner and Stetson in Ohio
Death records show Mrs. Charles Turner of Marion passed away suddenly Tuesday at her sister's home on Ninth Street. Funeral services are set for Thursday August 5 at four o'clock in Marion. Isabel Stetson, 85, of 45 North Pleasant Street, died yesterday afternoon at 6:30 at home. She was aunt to Professor Raymond H. Stetson of Oberlin. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at Sedgeman Funeral parlors with burial in Ridgeville cemetery.
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Charles Turner
Marion
Annie Everard
Ninth Street
Ohio
Isabel Stetson Oberlin
Isabel Stetson
North Pleasant Street
Raymond H. Stetson
Oberlin
Sedgeman Funeral
Ridgeville Cemetery
All Is Tranquil In Tirana Again
The Commerce Department reports Tirana Albania weathered its first major telephone crisis with its 200 subscriber exchange returning to efficiency. Operators knew 300 households by voice but during a surge in international calls mistook regular customers for visitors, causing delays. The system remains uniquely small with no directories and rare wrong numbers.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Tirana
Albania
Europe
Ali Yusseff
Muskhta Ben
Tirana Exchange
Daisy
Baboons Rally To Defend Prickly Pear In Cape Midlands
In Capetown midlands baboons are aiding the prickly pear by feeding on seeds and grubs, disrupting government efforts using Cactoblastis caterpillar to eradicate the plant. Farmers fear baboon damage to lambs and plan measures to exterminate the animals as American cars stir in New Zealand.
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Capetown
Cape Midlands
Farmoers
Graaf Reinet
Americans Urged to Leave Interior of Shantung Province
American consular authorities urged all Americans to leave the inland areas of Shantung and move to the coast, concentrating at Taungtao where U S worshipers are assembling. Admiral Yarnell is expected to arrive at Taingtao aboard the cruiser Augusta. The government warned that Japan would likely target Tsingtao in any war, making inland evacuation prudent. The North China situation remained tense with ongoing bombardments and troop movements near Tientsin and Kalgan. officials warned of possible food shortages as Chinese authorities advised evacuations.
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Shanghai
Shantung Province
Taungtao
United States
Harry E. Yarnell
Taingtao
Augusta
Chantung
Shanghai-Nanking
Tienpsin- Peiping
Tsingtao
Tsinantu
Japan
China
Tsinanfu
Nanking
North China
Kalgan
Peiping
Mussolini Sought Hitler Support for Defense Pact
London dispatch reports Benito Mussolini sought Adolf Hitler’s pledge of support against a British attack on Italy. The Telegraph item claims Mussolini asked for a German commitment and suggested Rome’s Axis coop eration could deter aggression if Germany guaranteed allied opposition.
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Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
London
Benito Mussolini
Fuehrer
Great Britain
Daily
Telegraph
Neville Chamberlain
Mussoini
Hitler
Britain
Italy
Mediterranean
Mangolini
Germany
Berlin
Adjournment Of Congress By Aug 21st
Washington August 4 Congressional leaders foresee adjournment by August 21 if wage and hours bill disputes clear. House labor panel backs Senate bill with collective bargaining protections, shelving 35 hour week and 70 cent cap. Roosevelt supports changes in principle. tax loophole closing bill pending. special tax committees urge revenue safeguards worth over 100 million annually.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Roosevelt
Federation
William Green
House Democratic Organization
House Ways and Means Committee
Auctioneer's assistant returns to work after hoof and mouth disease
W C Rich aged 22 of Bath England has resumed duties at Chippenham after recovering from hoof and mouth disease treated by a veterinary surgeon.
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Bath
England
W. C. Rich
Chippenham
Toledo Markets Grain and Livestock Report
Grain prices across markets show No. 2 red wheat at 1.156 to 1.16, yellow corn around 1.06 with 1.07% gain, oats 34 to 35 cents, rye 93 to 94 cents. In Cleveland, butter 35 cents, eggs around 2.23 to 2.24, live poultry steady, various potatoes priced by grade, and cattle, calves, sheep and hogs reported with steady to higher bids and wide ranges by weight.
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Cleveland
U. S
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Ohio
Long Island
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William F. Lorenz
J. H. Mathews
University of Wisconsin
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Beesin
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Lorenz
Ee Eliyas Piece
Farm Bureau
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Dunn
Andrew J. Reber
Anna D. Reber
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Lloyd Reed
Guy B. Findley
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Arthur Dirlam
Charles Jamison
Stop 67
Katherine Jamison
Syracuse
Willin
John S. Jones
Vérmilion on-the-Lake
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Jones
Joseph Hayes
Arthur
North Ridgeville
Joseph Q. Petro
Industrial Commission of Ohio
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Benjamin Parke
Walton Ice and Fuel Company
Parke
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Gone and Mint Blue-Bird Sweet Shop
Barbara
Rand
Turner Funeral
New Zealand
Sederis Restaurant
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Tientsin
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Toledo
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