Last Hideout Sought for Dillinger in Chicago Search
Chicago July 24 government men who chased John Dillinger to his death searched for his final hideout and any remaining money. They aimed to recover more than 309000. They relied on a possible informant who fed Dillinger to the officers and sought others still at large. George Nelson, once No 1 Public Enemy, was hunted in Detroit, sighted near Sandusky, and tied to a Detroit holdup. Dillinger’s associate killed FBI agent W Carter Baum during the Spider Lake escape.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Dillinger Intis
George
Baby Pace) Nelson
Detroit
Sandusky
Nelson
W. Carter Baum
Washington
Dillinger
John Hamlton
Spider Lake
Wis
Gapme
Loop
Melvin Purvis
Department of Justice
Borys
Dillinger Trapped By A Woman In Chicago Farewell
United Press reports Dillinger was lured by a woman in red during his final flight from lawmen. The pair fled from Calumet City to Rhinelander after his gang watched, and he was fatally shot by a federal agent as tension rose.
Ohio Weather Forecast Warmer in East Then Possible Thunderstorms
Ohio forecast calls for fair conditions and rising temperatures, with the eastern portion warming tonight. Wednesday should be generally fair and warm, with possible thunderstorms later in the day, and near Lake Erie showers or storms followed by a slight cooling.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Polar rescue attempt tracks toward Byrd hut in snow storm
Antarola July 23 a Mackay Radio report says a motor tractor team with Dr Thomas C Poulter headed toward Byrd’s hut on the Russ ice barrier in a blizzard. They were 59 miles from Byrd’s base with 73 miles to go to Little America. Crevasses and winter darkness blocked the route as Byrd planned to stay until autumn. Polo ter led a hazardous expedition carrying food and camping gear for a possible rescue.
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Little America
Antarola
Mackay
United Picssi—Fne
Richard KE
Byrd
America
Barty
Thomas C Poulter
William C. Haines
Way
Lue
Ohio State Dean To Speak At Lorain Farm Picnic
John Cunningham dean of the College of Agriculture at Ohio State University will headline the Lorain County farm picnic on August 9 at Cascade Park. Organizers Sherman Mason Elyria chairing the committee say the subject is not yet announced. The event is staged by the Lorain County Grange Farm Bureau and 4 H Clubs.
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John ¥. Cunningham
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Lorain County
Cascade Park
Sherman Mason
Elytia
Dean Cunningham
Lorain
Oberlin teacher Celia Burr dies after four decades of service
Celia E Burr, aged 73, longtime Oberlin Public Schools teacher and Oberlin College graduate, died at home. Born January 20, 1847 in Charleston Ohio, she taught in area schools for over forty years before retiring. Survived by brother Almon Burr of Beloit Wisconsin and several nephews. funeral Wednesday at Sedgman Funeral Parlors with Rev W F Boho officiating.
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Celia
E Burr
West Lorainsiter
Miss Burr
Charleston
Ohio
Oberlin College
Sha
Almon Burr
Below
Wis
Beloit
Dwight Burr
Ehria
California
Washington, D.C
Sedgman
Br. W F. Boho
Baby Face Nelson Named Most Hunted Man in America
Washington reports Baby Face Nelson, 25, 6 feet tall, is the country’s top public enemy after Dillinger’s fall. Federal agents seek him on sight for multiple murders and the Baum raid at Little Bohemia, with John Hamilton and Homer Van Meter close behind on the list.
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Washington
Underworld
George
Baby
Nelson
America
John Dillinge
Dillinger
Neilson
Dulinger
Department of Justwe
W. Carter Baum
Dillinge Little Bohemia
Baum
Tomitades
John Hamilton
Homer van Meter
Duillinger Pang
Lullings
Smamaton
Banking Law Revision to be Presented at November Assembly
A banking reform bill will be submitted to the General Assembly at the adjourned session next November. The Senate special banking committee announced after its first public hearing. Chairman L. L. Marshall said a key point is reducing the maximum permit ment in real estate by all banks. Others debate various points as the plan moves forward.
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Cleveland
Senate
Special Banking Committee
Theodore H. Tanzeman
Commerce
L. L. Marshall
Body of 5 year old found in Cypress Creek near Westfield
A 5-year-old girl with curly hair was found dead in Cypress Creek ten miles north of here. Police believe she was kidnapped from a downtown street last night. Dorothy Stewart, daughter of Houston businessman H. Stewart, was identified by witnesses as the victim. The body showed signs of having been in the water for about eight hours and may have been thrown from a nearby bridge.
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Khousson
Tes
Ame
Cypress Creek
Here
Olivers
Dorothy Stewart
H. Stuart
Houston
Stuart Pn
Dorothy
W.G. Kremmel
Westfield
Nead
Robbers Loot Bank and Hold Hostages in Kansas Bank Siege
Bluelin Oxford Kansas July 24 Four bandits robbed the Oxford State Bank and kidnapped three employees. A youth Harold Litterill was shot and wounded. A vigilante posse pursued the robbers while two hostages were released, leaving banker P. E. Donley still held.
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Bluelin N
Oxford
Kans
Oxford State Bank
Harold Litterill
Rlisers
Homer Joster
Vasiuer
Daisy Day
P. E. Donley
Mathews High In Examination Chief Pick Likely
Mathews G, chief of the Inspection division of the liquor control department, topped a civil service exam for a permanent inspection chief with 96. Russell Sheels of Columbus scored 91 and James Veasey of Cleveland 76. The job pays 5000 a year and Governor White may name any of the three. Mathews was expected to be retained.
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Columbis
Bamund G. Mathews
Liquor Control Department
Civil Service Commission
Mathews
Russell Sheels
Columbus
James Veasey
Cleveland
White
Bees Drown In Dripping Honey LIMS
A July 24 report notes the deaths of 110000 bees and more than 300000 fellow hive members. Gatherers swarm the scene amid the unusual event, with officials weighing the impact on local honey production.
City Employees Take Half Pay Amid Budget Gap
Mayor W H Van Oster announced a half pay plan for city workers for the rest of the year or until funds run out, aiming to save about 30000 in wages while tackling a 43332 deficit. Patrolmen and firemen will earn 72 monthly, other salaries reduced, with no full time pay below the 14 weekly minimum.
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W. H. Vanoster
Eight Sentenced To Death For Sabotage In Moscow
Eight men were sentenced to death and 15 to prison terms for involvement in a railway sabotage plot. Kim Zayen, a Korean, named as alleged leader, was among the death sentences. Defendants, all Russians besides Zayen, were tried in the supreme court under the new internal affairs system after OGPU merger. They faced charges of wrecking trains espionage and general treason.
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Moscow
Kim Zayen
Tral
Secret Police
Ogpu
Department of Internal Affairs
Supreme Court
Sky Train to Carry Mail to Three Cities on Monday
New York July 24 The first use of a sky train for mail will be tried Monday on a New York to Washington flight. Jack O Meara gliding champion coordinates the plan with Postmaster General Farley. A bi plane will tow three gliders in a fan formation carrying mail for Philadelphia Baltimore and government mail to the White House lawn.
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New York
Washington
Jack O’meara
Farley
John Riggs
Philadelphia
Stanley Smith
B. E. Franklin
University of Michigan
Baltimore
O'Meara
White House
Bolling Field
United States
Russia
Germany
Workers at the Stockyards Hike Amid Cattle Die
Chicago July 24 Four hundred pickets guarded stockyard entrances as drought stricken cattle died by the score inside The strike of livestock handlers left seventy five thousand head endangered by 2 A M Approximately 300 union men walked out prompting police protection to feed and water stock Government agents bought twenty thousand head from farmers unable to feed them The strike follows a previous walkout and heightens fears of buyers and shippers
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Chicago
O. T. Henkle
Union Stockyards and Transit Company
Nationwide strike crisis grips Minneapolis and coast
United Press reports striking truck drivers in Minneapolis faced an ultimatum to accept truce terms or risk martial law as Governor Floyd B. Olson threatened 4000 National Guardsmen. Pickets guard Chicago Union Stockyards where 800 workers strike while 75 000 cattle from drought areas die in pens. San Francisco longshoremen vote on mediation and return to work as left wing leaders push to prolong the action amid Pacific coast momentum.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Floyd B. Olson
Chicago Union
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Make
Legion To Elect Delegates At Sandusky Convention
All American Legion members are asked to attend the meeting tonight to elect three delegates to the Ohio Legion convention. The convention will be held in Sandusky on August 18, 19 and 26 with a special entertainment after the business session.
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American Legion
Hare
Ohio Legion
Sandusky
First suit seeks refund of 12 month charge by Ohio Public Service
The Big Bee Supply Company filed in common pleas court asking for an accounting of electric charges since September 3 1931 from Ohio Public Service Company. The suit argues a 12 month demand charge was improper vs a one month charge and cites a Court of Appeals ruling. City Solicitor Howard Butler notes the action could be brought by the city or individual consumers and Council Finance Committee weighs cost and scope of recovering 20000 to 25000 dollars for all commercial users since September 1 1931.
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Ohio Public Service Company
Common Pleas Court
Big-Bee Supply Company
Court of Appeals
Samuel Deutsch
Deutsch and Dilgren
Howard Butler
Power Company
Council Finance Committee
Death Summons Ward Tolhurst
Ward Tolhurst 62 lifelong Amherst township farmer and auctioneer died at his Middle Ridge farm home at 11 15 P M after a lingering illness He served 12 years as township trustee and was a longtime member of the township board of education He directed the Farmers Elevator Co at Amherst and served as secretary treasurer He is survived by his widow Christine three daughters Mrs Alfred DeChamps Mrs Arthur Nieding and Mrs LaRue Biddinger one grandchild brother A R Tolhurst and sister Mrs Mary Walker Funeral services will be from the Tolhurst home at 2 P M Thursday with Rev F E Eastman officiating Burial will be in Ridgehill Memorial Park
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Tolhurst
Amherst Township
Middle Ridge
Farmer’s Elevator Company
Amherst
Christine
Alfred DeChamps
Forest Park
Arthur Nieding
Murray Ridge Road
LaRue Bidding
Bus Tragedy Toll Rises to 18 in Ossining
In Ossining New York the death toll from Sundays bus tragedy climbed to 18 as divers recovered a man's body from the water near a lumber yard ship adjacent to the accident site.
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Ossining
N. Y
Mercury Nears 100 Degrees in Ohio Heat Wave
Ohio endures a severe heat wave with temperatures above 90 statewide for the fourth day. Cincinnati reports the highest heat death toll, with multiple fatalities including Jack Hill and John Lewis in Dayton. Columbus adds deaths Gustave Althauser and Joseph Schmitzel. totals rise in Greenlawn, Ironton, Troy, Marietta, and Tiffin. Water use restrictions spread as forecasters predict no rain, while Southern Ohio expects relief and northern cities brace for continued heat.
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United Press
Ohio
Cincinnati
Dayton
Jack Hill
John Lewis
Columbus
Gustave Althauser
Joseph Schmitzel
Greenvilla
Ironton
Troy
Marietta
Tiffin
Lake Erie
Relentless heat devastates Midwest crops and claims lives
Kansas City and St Louis report sweltering days with deaths surpassing 64 in three days in Missouri, Nebraska tallying 49, Kansas City 60 in two weeks. Crops wither as corn and hay suffer scorching damage. dairy and beef stock starve for water. Fire hydrants opened to aid suburbs. hundreds of thousands of gallons hauled away. No relief expected as temps stay above 100.
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Kansas City
Midwest
St. Louis
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Complete Work On Fire Station No 3 Opens
Fire Station No 3 on Lake Avenue was completed and opened today after repairs by CWA and later FERA workers. Safety Service Director Fred Underhill announced the opening though some work remains. No. 2 station at Clark and Winskies remains under construction expected to finish in about a month. Six firemen affected by the No 3 station reopening report for duty.
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Lake Avenue
Safety Service
Fred 4. Underhill
CWA
FERA
Underhill
Asaiz
Clark and
Winskies Street
No. 3
Mayor Fines Polcey For Illicit Liquor Possession
Mayor Frank Polcey of 1607 West Avenue was fined 50 dollars and costs after arraignment in police court yesterday afternoon for possession of illicit liquor. Captain Corbett E. Southam and Patrolman Miller led the raid. Polcey appeared in morning session and paid fines totaling 57 dollars and 69 cents.
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Frank Polcey
West Avenue
W. H. Vanoster
Polcey
Corbett E. Southam
Bch Miller
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