Order Restored On Crete Isle After Riot
In Crete Greece Aug 6 complete order was restored after a 4000 strong strike uprising left six dead and about 40 wounded. Rioters overwhelmed government forces at Candia sacked offices and fought in the streets with stolen arms before capitulating. Authorities warned of drastic measures if arms were not surrendered by morning.
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Greece
Isle of
Crete
Candia
Bakopoulos
Athens
Vinezelos
Erakleion
Frank Hitchcock Dies In Arizona
Frank Harris Hitchcock aged 65 former United States Postmaster General and chairman of the Republican National Committee died at a sanitarium in Tucson on Monday Known as General for service in Taft cabinet 1909 1913 he headed the RNC 1908 09 and managed Taft 1908 campaign The body will be cremated and ashes sent to Mt Ashburn cemetery Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Tucson
Ariz
Frank Harris Hitchcock
United States
Republican National Committee
Taft
Hitchcock
Mt. Ashburn
Cambridge
Mass
U S Urged To Quit Olympic Games Berlin 1936
New York editors press for action against the Berlin games Source notes Jewish groups call for withdrawal while Catholic and Protestant publications urge boycotts or relocation. Commonweal backs Catholic boycott and Christian Century questions fair play in Germany citing Jugendkraft restrictions and Nazi pressure.
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New York
United States
Berlin
the Commonweal
Christian Century
Germany
Public Curiosity Vexes Barrymore on Fifth Avenue
New York August 6 John Barrymore angered by a crowd while shopping with his protegee Elaine Barrie and Barrie’s mother. They bought a directoire set under police protection as Barrymore fled the scene toward a taxi. He refused to discuss a California divorce suit by Dolores Costello Barrymore or any romance with Barrie.
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New York
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Barrymore
Parrymore
Miss Barrie
Fifth Avenue
Law
California
Dolores Costello Barrymore
Peter Lorre in Mad Love opens at Academy Theatre
Peter Lorre debuts in American films in Mad Love a Grand Guignol horror tale. He portrays a scientific genius whose eerie use of light and shadow creates vivid menace as a surgeon grafts a killer’s hands onto a husband. Colin Clive and Frances Drake star alongside.
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Academy’ Theatre
Peter Lorre
Colin Clive
Frances Drake
Petition Denied In Mooney Bail Plea
The California Supreme Court refused Tom Mooney’s petition for temporary release on a $1,000,000 bail so he could aid depositions in the East on his habeas corpus case. Deputy Attorney General William F. Cleary said the move lacked good faith and would effectively aid an escape.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Tom Mooney
William F. Cleary
Supreme Court
Bette Davis Stars as Newsroom Hero in Front Page Woman
Bette Davis plays Ellen Garfield, a newspaper woman who scoops the story and even extracts a confession in Warner Bros Front Page Woman at the Maryland Theatre. George Brent co stars as Devlin, with Michael Curtiz directing a vivid city room portrayal and authentic journalism details. The program also shows Holiday for Husbands and Pathe News with features on wealth tax plans, a Coney Island bathing beauty contest, and other scenes across Baltimore area venues.
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Bette Davis
Warner Bros
Maryland Theatre
Miss Davis
Ellen Garfield
Devlin
George Brent
Michael Curtiz
Pathe News
Coney Island
Fort Hoyle
Bronx Zoo
New York
Nerve-tissue foods top the vegetable list
The vegetables listed as strong builders of nerve tissue include spinach celery parsnips string beans asparagus and cucumbers.
Objection Filed With Commission Over John Baxley’s Position
A Howard County delegation filed an objection with the State Roads Commission in Baltimore on August 6 seeking an itemized explanation of a $42,000 overdraft in road funds. The commission said no new roads could be built until the overdraft is cleared, though maintenance would continue, with repayment estimated by October 1937.
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John W. Baxley
Howard County
State Roads Commission
Hso
Roads Commission
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