Marines Arrest Three Jap Officers in Shanghai
In Shanghai the U S Marines detained three Japanese army officers near the American sector. Two were handed to Japanese authorities after treatment for injuries, while the third was released on parole. Police reports say Japanese forces threatened Chinese residents and distributed anti foreign leaflets as tensions rose during the international settlement crisis.
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Shanghat
United States
Maynes Togar
Maine
Peirole
Stoanehiar
Chicago Sees Ninth Gangland Slaying in Six Weeks
Aug 13 Chicago special squads question associates of Joseph La Porte after his killing in a gangland style ambush. La Porte, 27, was executed by three men in an alley near an elevated line, five bullets to the head as a passing L train roared by. He had a police record and had withdrawn from a state representative bid. Police say gambling hostilities may motivat e the crime. In Dillonvale a 9 year old girl lost a hand after being struck by a Pennsylvania train, necessitating amputation.
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Chicago
Peirce
Underworld
Joseph la Porte
la Porte
LaPorte
John Coughlin
Weather Ohio fair tonight and Sunday rise in southeast
A captioned weather note reports fair conditions across Ohio tonight with rising temperatures. Sunday sees higher temperatures concentrated in the southeast portion of the state.
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Ohio
Steel Production Steps Up In Canton District
Officials report increased steel production in Canton District as open hearth furnaces operate at Centon and Mist VME sites. The plan targets higher output to meet wartime needs, with several furnaces remaining active through the workday.
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Canton
Centon
Germany to Hold Massive Army Maneuvers in September
Paris dispatch reports Germany preparing up to 1,000,900 troops for nationwide maneuvers starting Monday. London notes mounting European fear of war as Britain and France monitor developments while Prague hosts a buffer envoy. German drills span 16 corps areas through early September amid heightened international tension.
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London
Europe
Germany
France
United Press
Paris
Britain
Viscount Halifax
Yorkshire
Neville Chamberlain
Prague
Viscount Runerman
Foreign Office
Baby Falls From Moving Auto in Cleveland Escape
An 18 month old girl Mary Eleanor Cappas fell from a moving car in Cleveland Ohio on August 13. She was not noticed by her mother and landed on the street sustaining only a bruised temple and a scraped shoulder. She was pronounced fit by medical staff.
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Cleveland, O
Aus
Mary Eleanor Cappas
Former Deputy Convicted Of Slaying Doctor
In South Paris Maine on August 13 Francis Carroll, a former deputy sheriff, was convicted of murdering Dr James Littlefield. He faces a life sentence at a state prison while a co-defendant, Paul Dwyer, awaits sentencing. Carroll’s wife Ruby and daughter Betty watched in tears as he prepared for transfer. Civil attorney E Walker Abbott hinted at a potential pardon effort.
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Paris
Depeed
Prancis Wo Carroll
Tooss
Rabel Carroll
Betty
South Faris Me
Francis Caroll
Stde Prism
James Littlefield
Paul Dynyer
Barbara
Littlefield
Carroll
Duser
E Walker Abbott
Ruby
Serious Burns Suffered By James Agate
James Agate an 18 year old Elyria High School senior suffered severe burns when a gasoline fired steamer used to remove wallpaper exploded at the Jefferson Apartments on Third Street. He burned face arms hands and upper body with corneas burned. a neighbor, Charles Deckerson, aided him and was burned while helping. The blast drew fire crews and damaged the wallpapered room. Agate and Deckerson were treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital with Agate reported in fair condition.
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James Agate
H F Agate
Jefferson Apartments
Third Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Charles Deckerson
F E Decker
Agate
Decker
Ben
B B
Bittner
Butner
Airliner Crash in Germany Kills Eleven Near Stuttgart
BERLIN August 16 Eleven persons were reported killed when a Czechoslovak commercial airliner crashed into the Black Forest near Stuttgart. Airport officials at Berblingen said the plane was en route from Prague to Paris on a regular flight and was caught in a heavy rain storm.
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Berlin
Black Forest
Stuttgart
Berblingen
Prague
Paris
Plane Carrying Two Dozen Missing Over Mexican Coast
A Mexican airliner with a six to eight person crew and passengers vanished on a 225 mile flight from Villa Hermosa to Vera Cruz. Rescuers searched the coast near Puerto Mexico and Vera Cruz after contact was lost shortly after 12:03 PM yesterday. The plane, operated by a Mexican aviation company, carried Americans and several Mexican citizens.
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Mexico City
Westen City
Vera Cruz
Villa Hermsa
Lies Greham
Eugene
Carlson
Villa Hermosa
Puerto Mexico
Elines
Julio Mora Jacoba
de Cruz
Marco Graham
Mantel Avalos
Nelilia Beverra
Antonio Bravo
Carison
Jorge Castracoplot
Luis Castillo Radia Opealo
Gerardo Delatorre
Bellevue Mayor Cracks Down On Slot Machines
Bellevue O Aug 13 The mayor ordered raids on the Elks Moose Eagles and Veterans of Foreign Wars clubs as police confiscated slot machines and held more than 412 in cash. Warrants were issued for the arrest of club stewards.
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Bellevue
RE Woleslagle
Elks Moose Eagles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Southern U S Described In Survey As The Nations Untapped Market
Washington Aug 13 Ma The National Emergency Council report on south economic conditions fore shadows legislation at the next Congress. The survey prepared by the NEC cautions that the South is the nations biggest economic problem yet notes its potential purchasing power. It cites poverty level living, inadequate housing, uncertain employment, and freight rate disadvantages. The report urges coordinated action by federal state and local governments with industry and education to unlock the Souths untapped market and boost employment and output.
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Washington
National Emergency
N. E
Roosevelt
South
N. E C
Mr. Roosevelt
Barnes
NEC
Lowell Mellett
Train collision near Queretaro injures travelers
In Queretaro Mexico on August 13 the American Sunshine Special collided head on with the northbound section of the same division. Several Americans escaped serious injury while three peasants walking along the tracks were crushed to death. Many foreign travelers aboard the southbound Sunshine Special escaped harm as Pullman cars stayed on the rails. Initial reports blamed a possible dispatcher instruction mix up.
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Queretaro
Mexico
Vermilion Executive Dies Suddenly
John A. Hunter aged 63 longtime manager for Lorain Telephone Co in Vermilion died of heart disease last night after being stricken while walking on Main Street. He had served the company for 25 years.
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Vermilion
John A. Hunter
Sngnager
The
Lorain Telephone Co
Main Street
Gem Salesman Robbed By Hooded Bandits
Boston August 19 Fred Seidler a gem salesman told police two hooded bandits held him up in his office this afternoon handcuffed him to a safe and escaped with gems and jewelry valued at about 30000 Seidler remained manacled in the safe when officers arrived and reported he was alone in the offices of Daniel Seidler & Sons at the time the robbers entered both men were armed and wore black clothing with masks cut to holes.
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Boston
Fred Seidler
Polie
Seidler
Daniel Seidler & Sonsine
Must Act Fast On Bridge Program
County commissioners received letters from H A Gtay assistant PWA administrator urging readiness to award the Levin County bridges contract within 12 weeks. Bridge work must finish within 19 months from construction start, per PWA conditions, with engineer Wilbur J Watson predicting completion within the period despite an original two year target.
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Board of County Commissioners
Gtay
PWA
Washington, DC
Levin
Edward DeChant
Perod
Wilbur J Watson
Walker and
Weeks
Cleveland Architectural
State Treasurer Fires 17 Persons in Ohio
Columbus August 13 State Treasurer Clarence H Knisley announced the discharge of 17 staffers Fifteen were in the sales tax division and two in general administration The moves will cut payroll by about 25000 annually Knisley said the layoffs result from a 25 percent drop in sales tax collections through August 1 from a year earlier He denied the eliminations were a political purge and noted his renomination by the Democratic ticket at last Tuesday's primary.
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Columbus
Clarence H Knisley
General Administration Office
Knisley
Kinsley
Seaplane Crash Kills Six Flie rs Off Felixstowe Shore
Six Royal Air Force fliers are believed dead after a seaplane crashed into the sea three miles off Felixstowe England. The incident occurred today as rescuers searched the water for survivors and details remained unclear.
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Fleixstone
England
Royal Ai Force
Fire damages well drilling outfit on Cat Isle Township farm
A fire yesterday afternoon damaged a gas well drilling outfit on the A Jo Susman farm in Cat Isle Township, spreading over 1.5 acres of grass and damaging several fruit trees. The tubular steel 83-foot derrick survived. crews from Hose Company No 1 and El Carlisle junior firefighters fought the blaze, with beams, beams, and other materials burned but the extent of land and timber damage partially unclear.
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Netae~bors
Fire Department
el Carlisle
Brandenburg Plane Heads Back From New York Berlin Flight
The four motor Branden burg land monoplane, commanded by Capt Alfred Henke, departed Floyd Bennett Field at 8:02 am EST for a nonstop return to Berlin over the Atlantic. Crew includes Rudolf Von Moreau Paul Dierberg and Walter Kober. Berlin is 3950 miles away. expected 20 hours with tailwind.
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New York
Brandenburg
Floyd Bennett Field
Berlin
Alfred Henke
Henke
Rudolf von Moreau
Paul Dierberg
Walter Kober
Floyd Bennett Held
25 Dairymen Take Wooster Pasture Tour
Twenty five Lorain County dairy herd owners joined about ten others from two counties for a pasture tour yesterday at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in Wooster.
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Lorain County
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Firemen Await New Pumper as Hose Truck Fails
Elyria Fire Department awaits a new pumper due Monday after Hose Truck No 1, in service since 1920, broke down while answering a fire at the Stegman farm on Middle Avenue. The 18 year old engine, responsible for over 200 runs annually, could not advance and was towed. gear damage and internal engine trouble were blamed.
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Elyria
A J Stegman
Middle Avenue
Stegman
Carl Curtis W
Ins
Robert Curtiss
N Bates
Links Lewis And Communists In Labor Fight
Washington August 13 John P Frey head of the Metal Trades Department of the AFL testified before the House Committee investigating un American activities claiming the CIO and its leader John L Lewis have the hearty official endorsement of the Communist party He said he would present evidence that Communists are using united front and peoples front programs in the United States as they have in Spain and France and that since the CIOs formation the party has become a definite factor in American labor He expected to submit documentary proof showing many prominent Communists securing key positions in the CIO in the coming days of testimony on the investigation
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Washington
John P Frey
Amerean Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L Lewis
Communist Party
Frey
House Committee
United States
United Front
Peoples’ Front
Spain
France
CIO
Three Ohioans Killed In Crash Near Muncie Ind
MUNCIE Ind Aug 13 Three persons from Columbus Ohio were killed and another Ohioan injured when their car skidded on a curve and struck a telephone pole Archibald W Steckel the driver was killed instantly his wife Iona and Mrs Ella Boschaar died after admission to Ball Memorial hospital Mrs Court Michaels of Tiffin Ohio was injured slightly The party was en route from Columbus to Muncie.
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Muncie
Ind
Columbus
Archibald W. Steckel
Iona
Ella Boschaar
Ball Memoral
Court Michaels
Tiffin
Checks Ready For Booth Workers In Elyria and Carlisle
Election booth workers in Elyria City and Carlisle town ships were notified by election board officials today that they could receive their checks for their services at Tuesday's primary of The Elyria Savings and Company. Officials urged workers to claim their checks as soon as possible.
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Elyria City
Carlisle
Elyria
Election Board
Thei
Elyria Savings and Company
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