Move to End Holding Groups Seen in Washington
In Washington on August 1 President Roosevelt's push to abolish unnecessary utilities holding companies faced a pivotal moment as Representative Rayburn signaled plans to urge the House to concur with the Senate’s Section 11 abolitions. If defeated, Rayburn would move to discharge the House conferees amid active investigations into the utilities lobby.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rayburn
D. Tex
House
Senate
Securities Commission
Schultz Jury Is Deadlocked In Tax Evasion Trial
In Malone New York Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer paced his cell as a federal jury deadlocked on his income tax evasion case. Jurors reportedly favored acquittal nine to three after 17 hours of deliberation. His Syracuse trial ended with a hung jury after 27 hours.
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Malone
N. Y
Arthur
Dutch Schultz
Flegenheimer
Bronx
Schultz
Syracuse
Two Fishermen Fined For Fishing Violations
Charles Miller of Point of Rocks was fined 25 for using bush bobs baited with minnows. Julian Webb, same town, was fined 25 for fishing with outlines. Webb escaped but was later arrested.
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Charles Miller
Point of Rocks
Julian Webb
Webb
Taxi Driver Finds Note Of A Fare
A Chicago taxi driver identified as John Giannini said he found a note in a passenger’s effects at Navy Pier. The note, signed Manderville and addressed to J Andy Zenge, hinted at self harm and did not reference the Bauer kidnapping. Police pursue handwriting and blood-stain clues as the inquest was postponed and Dr Walter J Bauer’s widow awaits answers.
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Chicago
Walter J. Bauer
Kirksville
John Giannini
Navy Pier
Lake Michigan
Zenge
Giannini
Mandeville
Bauer
Louise Schaffer Bauer
Louise
Ann Arbor
Mich
J. Andy Zenge
North Sixth Street
Canton
Missouri
Southside
Jennings Hotel
T. 8. Jones
Policeman Driver Arrested for Drunken Driving
Philadelphia reports motorist C H Mutz from Noble Pennsylvania spotted a police officer John E Byers driving intoxicated on a highway. Byers was held on $400 bail after a police surgeon's report and suspended from the force pending grand jury action.
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Philadelphia
John E. Byers
C. H. Mutz
Noble
Mutz
Byers
Maxwell Cherner
Cops Arrest Each Other in St Clairsville
In St Clairsville Marshall Ed Morgan plans to press charges against Federal Liquor Agent Robert T Merkel after Morgan arrested Merkel for no parking and Merkel arrested Morgan for interfering with an officer. Morgan will rearrest Merkel for resisting interfering with an officer and assault while Merkel orders Morgan to Steubenville for resisting a federal officer.
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ST. Clairsville
Ed Morgan
Robert T. Merkel
Morgan
Merkel
Steubenville
Roosevelt funds to tighten tax collection and liquor evasion
President Roosevelt allocated 5.112 million dollars in work relief to the Treasury for a three fold tax drive. Major sums fund delinquent and nuisance tax surveys in 20 cities and checks on small income tax returns. Maryland, Delaware and D C receive targeted amounts for liquor, retail trade and census index work.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury “Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Census Bureau
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Baltimore
Why Smoking Gives Relief
Toronto Aus 1 The sense of relief from fatigue and hunger after smoking a cigarette is caused by nicotine triggering the sympathetic nervous system. This prompts the adrenal glands to release glycogen from the liver into the blood, boosting sugar for muscle fuel and creating a feeling of well being.
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Toronto
Aus
W. J. McCormick
M.D
American Journal of Hygiene
Torrid Heat Grips Parts of Country
A harsh heat wave shimmers across the Midwest and central regions with a new year high of 111 degrees in Phillipsburg Kansas and 106 in Topeka Kansas. Reports show heat related deaths rising in 11 states with Nebraska eighteen Oklahoma eighteen Minnesota thirteen Texas ten and additional fatalities in other states.
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Preas
Phillipsburg
Kas
Topeka
Middle Western
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Texas
Extreme Heat Tightens Grip on Washington County
Extreme heat from a westward air mass keeps Washington County in a heat dome with Keedysville reporting 94 at noon and forecast to reach 100. Previous day’s high was 90 as drought signs grow. Chewsville saw 4.10 inches this month while Keedysville and Sharpsburg had 1.58 inches, signaling serious drought across the southern county.
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Washington County
Mercury
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Chewsville
Sharpsburg
Miller
Koontz sisters jailed for disorderly conduct in city court
Hazel and Agnes Koontz, colored sisters, were sentenced to five days in jail in default of $5 fines after arraignment before Justice C. Edward Heard. Police nabbed the two Koontz girls and two CCC boys Tuesday night. the boys forfeited $5 each and likely returned to camp.
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Hazel
Agnes Koontz
C. Edward Heard
CCC
West Virginia backs Antietam route for Lincoln Highway
West Virginia proposes routing the Lincoln Gettysburg Memorial Boulevard via the Antietam Battlefield and Harper's Ferry linking Civil War sites. Rep Randolph suggests following the Potomac River to Harper's Ferry then Shepherdstown, Antietam, and toward Gettysburg, with possible detour near Hagerstown and canal bed use toward Shepherdstown.
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Washington County
Hagerstown
West Virginia
Gettysburg
Antietam
Randolph
Washington
Harper’s Ferry
Potomac River
Shepherdstown
F D R Picnics On Sugar Loaf Mountain
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and a party of friends picnicked Wednesday evening on Sugar Loaf Mountain in Frederick County. He attended a supper at the Gordon Strong estate with guests Charles West under secretary of the Interior Miss Marguerite Lehand and Miss Grace Tully from the executive staff.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Frederick County
Gordon Strong
Charles West
Marguerite Lehand
Grace Tully
Probe Firing At Navy Blimp ZMC-2
Navy officials opened an inquiry to find who fired on the airship ZMC-2 over the Atlantic near Point Pleasant New Jersey. Lieutenant Commander Charles Rosendahl said unseen snipers shot at the blimp Tuesday during a search for a drowning victim’s body, the third attack since 1928.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Charles BE. Rosendahl
Lakehurst Naval Air Base
Point Pleasant
Rosendahl
Mistaken Identity Shocks Portland Official at Civil Service Check
Portland dispatch reports Special Patrolman Hargreaves discovers county records list him as a girl at birth while needing a birth certificate for a civil service exam. He seeks correction and to inform authorities of the error.
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Portland
Ore
Hargreaves
Fatal Bite Claims Infant in Chicago
An infant named Thomas Rahling died after biting a cord connected to a wall plug and electric light. Parents discovered the child unresponsive, marking a fatal accident in Chicago on August 1.
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Chicago
Thomas Rahling
G-MEN to Shield Small Town Banks Under New Law
Washington says Justice Department agents will protect small town banks amid fears robbers would target 14 280 banks after FDIC insured expansions. The loaned force, credited with year’s drop in robberies, aims to guard $41 billion in deposits as federal agents widen bank crime war.
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Washington
Justice Department
America
Senate
House
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks
War On Crime
Dillinger
Pretty Boy
Flooyd
Barker Brothers
One Month Limit Set for Duck Hunting Rules
Washington reports the 1930s era wildfowl rules by J N Darling outline a 30 day shooting window, zoning into northern and southern regions, bans on baited water and live decoys, limits on shotgun shells, and altered bag limits. Open southern season runs November 20 to December 19.
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Washington
J. N
Ding” Darling
Biological Survey
Darling
Roosevelt
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Married in Two States Event Shocked Local Clerk
William Mitter and Mary Annis Powell joined hands across state lines with Mitter in Pennsylvania and Powell in West Virginia as Rev. J. T. Gasto pronounced them husband and wife in a ceremonious cross border wedding.
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Grafton
W. Va
William Mitter
Pennsylvania
Mary Annis Powell
West Virginia
J. T. Gasto
Cow Milking Accident Injures Man in Mishawaka
In Mishawaka Indiana August 1 Robert Stevens wandered to the wrong side and was kicked by a cow. He was knocked down and stepped on resulting in a broken arm.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Robert Stevens
Worker struck by gear at foundry leaves man in serious condition
Ed Van den, 40, a resident of the Federal transient shelter in Omaha, secured a new job operating a punch machine at a foundry. Hours after starting, a hand wheel detached and struck him, causing a possible skull fracture and leaving him in serious condition at a hospital.
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Omaha
Ed Vanden
Federal Transient Shelter
Vanden
Dismissal Granted in Moonshine Possession Case
No evidence supported the charge against James P. Wilson of Frog Hollow, leading U S Commissioner D A Wolfinger to dismiss the case. Wilson, a former Maryland penitentiary inmate with recent legal trouble, was linked to a Brunswick liquor raid and a separate assault incident in Frederick County, with two revolvers reportedly recovered.
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U. S
D. A. Wolfinger
James P. Wilson
Frog Hollow
Wilson
Maryland
Brunswick
Jack Fettee
Fettee
Wilsons
Charles W. Smith
Frederick County
Duel Fought Over Store Led to Two Deaths in Detroit
In Detroit on Aug 1 the bodies of Harry Levy, manager of Wolverine Sporting Goods, and Joe Danneck, a former worker, were found shot to death in Levy's store after 9 am. Danneck had left Levy's employ a year earlier after a bitter dispute and opened his own shop. Levy's brother Al Levy found the bodies, with investigators noting the initial theory of a pistol duel.
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Detroit
Harry Levy
Wolverine Sporting Goods Company
Joe Danneck
Danneck
Levy
al Levy
Dog Howling Outside Police Station Sparks Odd Recall
In Philadelphia on August 1 a mongrel dog endlessly howled before the police station. Authorities finally quieted the animal by placing it in a cell with its master, Peter Finegan, in an unusual scene at the precinct.
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Philadelphia
Peter Finegan
Mussolini Formula May Be Accepted By Mussolini
Addis Ababa reports mass recruiting for the Ethiopian army began in the capital. Geneva circles predicted a settlement formula within 24 hours after Laval and Mussolini held a long distance conference. Optimism grew that the Duce tempered his stance, though Italy earlier rejected an Anglo French formula. The formula, prepared overnight by Eden and Laval, was sent to Mussolini. Continued on Page 2.
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Geneva
League of ‘Nations
Laval
France
Mussolini
Italy
Wr ‘Duce
T Ie
League Council
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Premier Laval
Poison illness hits CCC camp in Ochoco National Forest
Four Civilian Conservation Corps workers in the Ochoco National Forest camp near Bend Oregon were hospitalized with an undiagnosed illness. Seventy four more were seriously ill as three doctors fought to control the epidemic spreading through the camp.
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Bend, Ore
Ochoco. National Forest
Toda
Two Attempts At Robbery Reported Downtown
An apparent attempt to break into the Central Building of D. Ramacciotti in Public Square is under police probe. A side window was found open at 3:30 this morning by Patrolmen Ray and Basore, but nothing was disturbed. Earlier, an attempt to force a window occurred at the home of Misses Cassie and Henrietta Albert on West Franklin Street. Police warn they will watch for further attempts.
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D. Ramacciotti
Public Square
Ray and
Basore
Cassie
Henrietta Albert
West Franklin Street
Firpo Dorsey Resigns Post at Frederick High
Arthur Firpo Dorsey resigns as athlete director at Frederick High School after a tenure since 1933. No successor named. A Franklin and Marshall alumnus and former Hagerstown standout, Dorsey built a county championship baseball team and is expected to pursue a Maryland prep school role.
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Arthur “Firpo” Dorsey
The
Frederick High School
Dorsey
Franklin & Marshall “College
Hagerstown
Frederick
Maryland
Local resident avoids fine. two days instead
George Kline of Walnut street paid two days in lieu of a $3 fine after arraignment before Justice C Edward Heard in city court on a charge of panheed ig this morning. Beverly Hills, Calif. Mrs Embeth Ryder aunt of Mary Pickford died at her residence last night after an extended illness.
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George Kline
Walnut Street
C. Edward Heard
Panheed Ig
Mary
Beverly Hills
Calf
Embeth Ryder
Mary Pickford
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Associated Gas and Electric System
Fred S. Burroughs
Associated Press
Ro fFa
Cleveland
Michigan University
BI Sun
Dodger
Kansas Town
Midwest
Boulevard Commission
Gerstown
Boonsboro
George Washington
Great Falls National Park
Kathryn Glass
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
William Lee Ferris
Ferris
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Firpo Dorsey
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