Minton Seen as Nominee for Roosevelt High Court
Washington reports speculation that Senator Sherman Minton of Indiana, a New Deal loyalist, could be Roosevelt's choice to succeed Justice Cardozo on the Supreme Court. While some in capital circles see him as a potential pick, others cite regional balance and support for Judge Sam Bratton or Justice Felix Frankfurter as factors in the decision.
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Washington
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Roosevelt
Benjamin Cardows
Supreme Court
White House
Minton
Hugo Black
Senate
Sam G. Bratton
New Mexico
Tenth Circuit Court
Felix Frankfurther
Harvard Law School
Labor Leaders To Gather This Week
Atlantic City N J Aug 22 Leaders of the American Federation of Labor meet here this week to study confidential reports on internal troubles in some CIO unions and consider forming rival bodies in fields now dominated by CIO unions such as United Adio Workers Textile Workers and National Maritime Union. Twenty killed Madras India Aug 22 44. Twenty persons were killed and 100 injured Sunday in a train wreck between Trichinopoly and Madura when tracks were washed away by a violent cloudburst.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
A.F. of L. High Command
United Asio Workerax Union
The
Textile Workers Union
National Maritime Union
Madras
India
Trichinopoly
Madura
Horoscope for August 22 1938 warns mixed fortunes for women
The Horoscope notes a threatening date for employed women and advises postponing job seeking for girls while urging caution for those seeking political influence. It predicts progress in arts and entertainment, warns of possible heavy expenses for producers, and highlights a year of mixed fortunes for those born on August 22. It lists Claude Achille Dehuasy and others with August 22 birthdays.
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United States
Posneenton
Leo
Virgo
Claude Achille Dehuasy
George Washington DeLong
John B. @ongh
Annual Gathering of Veterans Opens in Columbus
Delegates to the 39th national encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars flood downtown Columbus on August 22, causing heavy congestion near the Ohio Capitol as visiting bands drum corps and traffic clash. Commander-in-Chief Scott P Squares of Oklahoma City to open the convention the next day.
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Columbus
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ohio Capitol
Scott P
Oklahoma City
Wrestler Whiskers Blake Finds Home in Africa
Canadian wrestling figure Whiskers Blake, six feet seven inches tall and wiry, arrived in Africa for a two week stay but has remained three years, drawn by the region and its people. The unusual move highlights a touring performer settling abroad rather than returning home.
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Blake
Africa
Auto Union in Detroit debates a central controller
In Detroit on Aug 22 the United Automobile Workers split with factions seeking John L. Lewis to appoint a dictator over Homer Martin. Rebels want an administrator with power to override Martin, calling for a special convention and vacant offices except president and executive board. Martin met Michigan locals before heading to Cleveland. One ton of dried raisins equals four tons of fresh grapes.
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Detroit
John L. Lewis
United Automobile Workers of America
Homer Martin
Lewis
U. A.W
Toledo
Martin
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lewin
Wyndham Mortimer
Cleveland
Doctor charged with murder in wife’s death in Locledo Missouri
LOCLEDO Mo Ave 22 Counselor for Dr William Lamance argued a chemist report found poison in the viscera of his wife proving death by own action Prosecutors said the finding does not bar murder and the investigation continues The 32 year old osteopath faced murder charges after his 29 year old wife was found dead in a vegetable cellar behind their home last week Lon R Owen Lamances lawyer said the report should mean release of Dr Lamance and withdrawal of the charge
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Locledo
Ave
William Lamance
Lon R. Owen
Lamance
Divot Diggers Banned After Grazing at Berkeley Course
Two stray horses and two visitors were barred from the Berkeley Municipal course after several swings in tall dry grass. The incident follows a note on golf etiquette as players chip from rough, while another paragraph notes world grapefruit production rising since 1925 with an expected 35,000,000 boxes for 1938 39.
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Denver
Berkeley Municipal
Hamilton and Pal Captured After Long Pursuit
Hamilton and Walters were captured after a days long pursuit by state and federal officers through Dequeen Arkansas and the Trinity river bottoms. Officers planned to press six or seven local robbery charges while seeking federal charges in connection with an Arkansas bank robbery. Walters has prior burglary theft and chicken theft offenses and once escaped from prison. One barrel of flour yields about 270 one pound loaves of bread.
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Fritz
Hamilton
Walters
Dequeen
Ark
Dallas
Trinity River
Arkansas
Southwest
Midwest
Raymond
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Star Crime Combine
Hunteville
Barrow
Louisiana
Germanys fence removals and looming wars cast shadows
The piece notes Germany mobilizing over a million troops and orders to remove iron fences around family cemeteries. It envisions fences melted into weapons, hints at graveyard space on foreign soil, and comments on Mussolini and Franco aligning with Hitler as tensions rise along borders.
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Germany
Little Adolph
Tim
Toronto
Benito Mussolini
Adolph
Belsian
No Invasion Pact as Germany Reassures Belgium
A dated war of nerves unfolds as Belgium is urged to trust non invasion promises while Germany touts cooperation. Cordell Hull seeks peace with a diplomatic, perfumed note, and Germany dangles a threat of extending current maneuvers into October. History notes 1914 warning signs as treaty disputes persist and July 18 laws compel Germans to place property under army control.
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Cordell Hull
Germany
Foreign Office
Hull
Germinby
Hollywood
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