Ancient Cherokee rites planned for Rogers funeral
Hollywood august 19 will rogers body flown to california for private family funeral thursday at forest lawn memorial gleam public tributes in hollywood bowl and a living memorial planned by mary pickford beverly hills officials cherokee delegation led by clarence davis seeks permission for tribal rites an ancient chieftain death ceremony may be invoked if allowed linking to rogers cherokee heritage and the aeronage crash death of wheeler post
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Hollywood
Will Rogers
California
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
Wiley Post
Hollywood Bowl
Dis
Mary Pickford
Edward Spence
Beverly Hills
Rogers
Clarence Davis
Davis
Davia
Heavy program and adjournment pushed as F D R asks action
After a Roosevelt conference Democratic leaders moved to push a broad 11 point agenda through Congress. They sought action on tax and utilities measures among others with plans to adjourn by Saturday night. The list may change before final passage as the session nears end.
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F.D.R
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Guffey
NRA
Dallas
Robinson
Nude Leapers Fined After Disordery Leap Trog Raid
In Langhorne Pennsylvania a raid on a nude leap trog game led to fines of ten dollars for six women and twelve men. Magistrate Daniel Krouse heard witnesses including Constable Samuel Linnington who described the scene as shocking. The event followed neighbor complaints prompting officers to gather the 18 players and transport them to a school bus for processing.
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Langhorne
Daniel Krouse
Samuel Linnington
Summer Colony
Magnon, Banana Trader, Drowns After Boasting
Sidney Magnon, 53, a banana trimmer in New Orleans, drowned in Lake Pontchartrain after boasting to friends he could stay underwater for 25 minutes. The incident occurred late yesterday and police investigated the death.
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New Orleans
Sidney Magnon
Lake Pontchartrain
Typhoid Tip Best of Week at Camp Triggers Alert
A camp typhoid outbreak near Cascade sent five campers to hospital, uncovered by a local tipster on her toes. The prize weekly tip contest also awards two runners up for lightning bolt and drowning cases, with $2.50 and $2 prizes for front page scoops.
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Cascade
South Mulberry Street
Yho
Mitchell Avenue
Daily Mail
Jahncke Builds Catoctin Cabin
Commodore Ernest L. Jahncke assistant secretary of the Navy under President Hoover is building a large log cabin on the Catoctin Manor estate of the late Lancelot Jacques Sr. The cabin will be a summer retreat for the Jahncke family with a large living room two fireplaces sleeping porch bath and kitchen on one floor. He recently bought a 68 acre tract from Potomac Hills Developing Company.
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Ernest L. Jahncke
Navy
Herbert Hoover
Catoctin Manor
Lancelot Jacques Sr
Lawrence Richey
Jahncke
Potomac Hills Developing Company
Nice Plans Special Session In February
Governor Harry W Nice plans a February special session to tackle taxation and old age pensions as a majority of Maryland Senators cruise in Chesapeake Bay aboard the state yacht Du Pont. Tax plans surface as talks focus on a one percent gross receipts tax and possible use of federal relief programs.
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Dupont
Chesapeake Bay
Harry W. Nice
Cambridge
Conservation Member Narrowly Escapes Drowning
Dr. Henry W. McComas a member of the State Conservation commission his wife and Deputy State Game Warden Elmer Hausenbeek survived a boating accident on Deep Creek Lake near Oakland Maryland. Their rowboat capsized during boarding of the patrol yacht and all clung to the hull for 20 minutes before rescuers reached them.
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Oakland
Henry W. McComas
State Conservation Commission
McCamus
Elmer Hausenbeek
Conservation Commission
Deep Creek Lake
Here
Deep Creek
Harry T. Phoebus
Somerset Republican
McComas Washington
Icon
Commission
Phoebus
Milwaukee
West
Will Rogers Jr Will Not Stop Flying To Attend Father’s Rites
Will Rogers Jr. vows to fly despite the fatal crash that killed his famed father. En route to the West Coast in a private car with family, he says the accident was unfortunate but will not deter his travel plans.
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Chicago
Will Rogers, Jr
En Raoute
B. & O. Business Shows Big Gain
Freight business exceeded July 1934 by 5000 dollars, led by cement shipments to metropolitan centers for works progress projects. Hy man Bernstein, 84, found dead, hanging by a neck tie from a steam pipe in his cellar, Baltimore.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Hyman Bernstein
Guffey Bill Passed to Create Bituminous Coal NRA
The House early this afternoon passed the Guffey bill to establish a "little NRA" for the bituminous coal industry in Washington.
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Washington
House
Rogers Planned Siberian Trip
Edmonton August 19 Allan Sullivan, Anglo-Canadian author, reports Will Rogers and Wiley Post planned to fly from Nome to Siberia. Sullivan says he spent two days with Rogers and Post at Aklavik weeks before their deaths in the Point Barrow air crash.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alan Sullivan
Aklavik
V. T
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Nome
Siberia
Sullivan
Post
Point Barrow
Alaska
Gas Blast Injures Three On Boonsboro Property
Three people were seriously hurt in a gas explosion at Morris Huyett’s well on South Mountain two miles east of Boonsboro. Charles M. Huyett, Roy Mumford of the Baltimore Sun circulation staff, and Huyett’s 12 year old son were injured when a bulb exploded and set off the blast. They were rushed to the hospital unconscious.
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Morris Huyett
South Mountain
Boonsboro
Charles M. Huyett
Roy Mumford
Baltimore Sun
Huyett
Mumford
Dynamite incident ends in suicide near Fort Myers
J Hall, 54, superintendent of the Marianna Groves and Marianna Light and Power, was found dead with his head blown apart in a ditch near the city limits. Magistrate West ruled the death a suicide after a dynamite fuse blew in his mouth. Also, Quintman T Loller, 37, of Birmingham, Alabama, died in Maryland after being struck by a motorist while hitchhiking near Aberdeen.
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Fort Myers
Fla
J. Hall
John R. West
Hall
Marianna Groves
Marianna Light and Power Company
HUNT FOR BODY AT BROOKS POINT CHESAPEAKE BAY
Investigators and volunteers search Chesapeake Bay near Brooks Point for the body of 11 year old Paul Brauckle who drowned when he fell from his father's fishing boat into 40 feet of water. A casualty from Atlanta reports a man shot by a police patrolman after alleged assault during a disturbance call.
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Oxford
Chesapeake Bay
Brooks Point
Paul Brauckle
Atlanta
Griswold
J. E. Sims
Hotel damage totals at state American Legion convention
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on August 19 a report lists the convention damage as one broken window and two torn pillow slips. A Democratic Club meeting in Williamsport will be held this evening at o o'clock in the K of P building with members urged to attend.
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Wilkes-Barre
American Legion
Democratic Club
Willamsport
K. of P
Invasion of Ethiopia Seen Inevitable Amid War Talk
Aug 19 dispatches forecast the imminent Italian invasion of Ethiopia as European diplomacy fails. Rome reports Italian premier Mussolini hardening stance while Paris peace efforts collapse and Britain and France brace for crisis reminiscent of 1914. Ethiopian troops remain unarmed by modern standards.
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Rome
Haile Selassie
Paris
Italy
Ethiopia
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Mussolini
Laval
Anthony Eden
League of Nations
London
Europe
France
Geneva
Layal
Assur
County home to host public inspection and donation day
Bellevue trustees plan a public inspection and donation day at the county home next month. The home is receiving major improvements to become one of the best in the state. Invited visitors may donate adult clothing as inmates have a growing need. The farm reports a bumper crop with over 700 bushels of early potatoes stored in the vegetable cellars.
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Bellevue
Fictitious Cleveland Shoplifting Addresses Revealed
Cleveland authorities report that addresses given by three women and two men arrested for shoplifting are all fictitious. The quintet, found with multiple garments and lingerie, is to have hearings tomorrow. In Baltimore a man named Robert M Passapae was found dead in a car with the exhaust hose in his mouth, the car running.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Baltimore
Aus
Robert M. Passapae
Passapae
iMouth
Electrocution Seen As Pleasant Death In Neb. Incident
Nebraska City garage worker Robert W. Krekel says electrocution would be a nice way to die after a near-fatal contact with a high voltage wire. An assistant pulled him away, Krekel added, noting there was no pain and it felt peaceful.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Robert W. Kregel
Krekel
Weekend Traffic Mishaps Kill Two
Two dead and eight injured in Maryland weekend accidents. Quintman T. Loller, 37, of Birmingham, Alabama, died near Aberdeen when hit by a vehicle driven by Robert Widdekind of Havre de Grace. Leslie Douglas, 36, a Black man from Girdle Tree, was killed near Snow Hill when his car overturned. A five-person truck crash near Pikesville left two seriously hurt and three others injured. A taxi collision injured two and a traffic officer was knocked down by another car.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Quintman T. Loller
Birmingham
Ala
Aberdeen
Robert Widdekind
Havre de Grace
Loller
Leslie Douglas
Snow Hill
Pikesville
Injuries Fatal to Car Driver in Frederick Incident
Paul Fox of Frederick died after an automobile crash near Frederick last week. His car struck a vehicle driven by Mrs Frances Engle of Baltimore. Fox had an arm amputated during treatment at Frederick Hospital.
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Paul Fox
Frederick
Frederick Hospital
Fox
Frances Engle
Baltimore
New five place plane built in this city
The Fairchild Aviation Corp plant in Hagerstown completed a new five place low wing cabin monoplane designed for private fliers. It seats four passengers plus a pilot with sedan like comfort and features a 225 horsepower radial engine, retractable gear, air brakes, and a landing speed of 60 mph without flaps or 48 mph with them.
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Hagerstown
Fairchild
Sherman M. Fairchild
Fairchild Aviation Corp
Young Democrats Stage Big Rally
Carl H. Monsees of Salisbury addressed Cumberland Saturday night as principal speaker for the Young Democratic Clubs of Allegany County. He urged youths to run for office and engage in government administration, stressing interest in government over politics. He noted Maryland Young Democratic Clubs exceed 10,000 members.
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Carl H. Monsees
Salisbury
Young Democratic Clubs of
Maryland
Chickens Stolen From Pinesburg Farm
E B Staley of Pinesburg reports about thirty chickens stolen from his place in the last ten days. Each chicken weighed 2 to 3 pounds. The thieves conducted three raids, taking ten chickens per raid, as officers pursue leads.
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E. B. Staley
Pinesburg
Staley Place
Mr. Staley
Crosson Due At Seattle Late Today
Pan American Airways officials say the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post may reach Los Angeles tonight. Pilot Joe Crosson will fly the funeral plane from Vancouver to Seattle then continue to transfer the bodies to ships for the rest of the journey to Los Angeles and Oklahoma City.
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Joe Crosson
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Post
Oklahoma City
New York
Pan- American Airways
Vancouver
B.C
Sea Island
Seattle
Harry de Graves
Crosson
Dians
Rogers
Point Barrow
Clarence Young
Aeronautics
Department of Commerce
Western
Pan American Airways
San Francisco
Young
Oklahoma
Rog
Oklahoma memorials aim to honor Will Rogers and Wiley Post
Oklahoma readers propose memorials for Will Rogers and Wiley Post after their Alaska crash deaths. The Oklahoma Philatelic Society urged a Rogers Post commemorative stamp to Roosevelt and Farley. Tulsa hosts an effort to rename Route 66 Will Rogers Highway. Claremore airport and a Will Rogers airport field exist, with plans for a memorial service at Claremore during the California funeral. Congressman Joe Lee to speak at the Rogers tribute.
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Oklahoma
Will Rogers
Ckishoma City
Post
Claremore
California
Jooh Lee
Tke
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