Three Sought In Mountains Near Denver Flight
In Wyoming's upper Laramie peak country three occupants of a yellow cabin model airplane are missing. The trio includes an Indianapolis business executive, the airport manager, and his bride. They vanished after leaving Helena Montana on a perilous 800 mile flight to Denver. Ranchers reported hearing a plane in a storm and seeing a high flash on the mountain, resembling a giant thumb.
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Denver
Laramie
Wyoming
Indianapolis
Burnside Smith
Aero Mayflower Transit Company
Indiana
Helena
Mont
Smith
Dick Arnett
Arnett
Laramie Peak
Wyoming Plains
Failure To Heed Advice Costs Three Men
Arthur Hughes and Robert Stevens of Mt. Hope West Virginia and Kim Alexander of Taylor Texas ignored police guidance in a Maryland incident. They were arrested yesterday afternoon around 2 near the Western Maryland yards and given one month in the Maryland House of Correction. Officers later found two men riding freight near Security and escorted them to Pen Mar before magistrate Walter Sleasman, who imposed the same sentence.
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Arthur Hughes
Robert Stevens
Mt. Hope
W. Va
Kim Alexander
Taylor
Texas
Maryland House of Correction
Maryland
Litut
E. J. Chapman
J. C. Hopkins
Hopkins
Pen Mar
Walter Sleasman
Smithsburg
House of Correction
Hopson Tells of Earnings From Power Firms
Washington August 20 Senate Lobby Committee grilled How ard C Hopson utilities baron over profits from power companies and efforts to shape press against the public utilities bill On the brink of punishment he described earnings and campaign tactics while portraying a hesitant troubled witness unlike his prior confident self
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard C. Hopson
Senate Lobby Committee
Senate
Administration Public Utilities
Hopson
Associated
Ohio Governor Is Cut Off Of Radio
Governor Martin L. Davey was cut off the air at a union convention after an attack on Ohio State University president Dr. George W. Rightmire included profanity. WAIU officials objected to the words hell and damn and said FCC holds them responsible for the broadcast.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Ohio State Federation of Labor
WAIU
George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
Bob French
F Ar Waiu
Federal Communications Commission
Wife of minister denied citizenship in war pledge case
Boston August 20 A minister's wife Gertruda Arnaz 36 Corning New York British subject was denied American citizenship after refusing to vow to bear arms in time of war. Federal Judge Hugh D McLellan cited a 1931 Supreme Court decision in ruling adverse to her application.
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Boston
United States
Gertruda Arnaz
Corning
Hugh D. McLellan
McLellan
United States Supreme Court
Douglas C. MacIntosh
Marie Bland
Hunt for body as boy drowns off Brooks Point
In Oxford Maryland on August 20 searching parties dragged Chesapeake Bay near Brooks Point for 11 year old Paul Brauckle missing after toppling from his father's fishing boat into 40 feet of water. A jawbone of a prehistoric animal was found near McKinney Texas weighing nine pounds.
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Oxford
Chesapeake Bay
Brooks Point
Here
Paul Brauckle
Comedy Film at Maryland opens with Raft Langford sisters
A musical comedy satirizing radio opens at the Maryland Theatre with George Raft Frances Langford Alicia Faye and Patsy Kelly in leading roles as the Swanee Sisters. Walter Catlett supports humor and the film is a Walter Wanger production. Included is a notable Pathe News reel with Rogers and Rogers Post footage from Seattle Alaska and Pine Camp New York plus a colorful Jungle dance sequence and a Japanese Lantern animated short.
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Radio I
Paramount
Maryland Theatre
George Raft
Frances Langford
Alica Faye
Patsy Kelly
Miss Langford
Swanee Sisters
Rogers
Post
Seattle
Barrow
Goshen
N.Y
National Guard
Pine Camp
N. Y
Fine Drama at Academy Sanders of the River
The Academy Theatre screens Sanders of the River detailing a young Englishman ruling African Congo tribes. Leslie Banks stars as the lead with Paul Robeson delivering notable baritone performance amid lush photography and moving music.
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Paul Robeson
Sanders of
Congo
Academy Theatre
Leslie Banks
Emperor Jones
Lady Tubbs at Henry's air conditioned theater
Alice Brady stars in the title role in Lady Tubbs a breezy comedy from Homer Cray. Douglass Montgomery and Anita Louise support as Brady plays a plain spoken railroad camp cook who inherits a fortune and adopts the fake title Lady Tubbs to boost her niece romance while amusing society. The film promises plenty of laughs and lighthearted mischief.
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Lady Tubbs
Henry
Alice Brady
Douglass Montgomery
Anita Louise
Homer Cray
City Hall Offices Close for Urma Picnic Noon Wednesday
All city offices will close at noon on Wednesday to allow city employees to attend the annual Urma Picnic. The action affects municipal departments within City Hall and is intended to enable staff participation in the community event.
Roosevelt orders loans under resettlement program
President Roosevelt issued an executive order to set up a mechanism for the Resettlement Administration to loan farmers, tenants, croppers and laborers for land purchases and equipment and for other needs tied to rural rehabilitation and relief efforts in stricken areas. The move follows Tugwell's earlier broadened eligibility, allowing more farm applicants including those previously rejected or delinquent, and expands access beyond relief recipients.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tugwell
Farm Credit Administration
Federal
Resettlement Administration
State police plan use of guard planes
Maryland State police extend operations to the air using six National Guard planes from Logan Field. Major Wright coordinates with Major General Reckford to deploy air support for rapid transport and to spot fleeing bandits, with strict emergency-only use and delegated authority.
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Baltimore
Maryland
National Guard
Logan Field
Milton A. Reckford
J. Purdon Wright
Wright
Michigan
Major Wright
Narrow Escape From Propeller Injury At Stoners Dam
Aug 20 Narrows escape in Maryland after a Lake Baumgardner near here falls overboard as boat propeller suctions him toward the vessel. He suffered a compound fracture of the knee when the blade struck. Companions rescued him and he was in distress.
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Taneytown
Baumgardner
Near Here
Washington Lawyer Lael Vandoren Dies at 39
Lael Vandoren prominent Washington lawyer and District of Columbia Boxing Home member died Monday in Washington from an airr attack at his home. He had been bedbound since Wednesday and is survived by his widow and three children Lucians Jr Mary Katharine and Patricia. A Hyattsville Md native and Georgetown Law School graduate, he previously attended Central High School.
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Washington
Lael
Vandoren
District of Columbia
Mission
Nis
Lucians Jr
Mary Katharine
Patricia
Hyattsville
Central High School
Georgetown Law School
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Myst
Phil Regan
Joan Blondell
Glenda Farrell
Ohio
McKinney, Tez
Academy MU
Adwilis
Aidalea
Edgar Wallace
Robt. Montgomery
Joan Crawford
NO More
Ladies
Charlie Pugglea
Franchot Tone
Rerr Sr Bos Steele
Buck Jones
Wilson
Trelemark
G.S
Omie
Rigas
Li Mae
Eaat
Nina Mae McKinney
Sanders
Academy
Cundi
Henry’s Star
Ce Shestera
Manecatetoroe Speen
Pharmacy
Hamilton Corner
Crane
Potomac St
Tristate Electrical Supply Co., Inc
Easy Credit Peoples Store
Washington St
Call Springs
Miller’s Furniture Store
AL South Potomac
Aere
The
Potomac Edison CO
Universal
Garver
N. Potomac St
Aileen Silk
Atlanta
Associated Press
Virginia Beach
Ocean View
Old Point
Norfolk
Antoe
BR. L. Joes
Pier 10
Light Street
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