Kidnapped Infant Returned To Chicago Apartment
Diane Carol Lucas, three months old, was found safe on the steps of an apartment building four miles from where she vanished in a North Side shopping district. Police conducted a citywide search after her mother Mrs. Dorothy Lucas reported the infant abducted from a carriage. Investigators sought witnesses and reviewed purchases of baby gear while a radio appeal urged janitors to check rubbish boxes for the infant’s clothing. Police theorized the kidnapper was a woman with a strong maternal impulse.
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Chicago
Diane Carol Lucas
North Side
Dorothy Lucas
Charles Essig
Diane
Patrick O’connell
Lucas
Suit For Damages Docketed In Court
Minnie B. Walker sues Henry M. Gross for 25000 dollars claiming injuries from an automobile accident near Libertytown Frederick County on April 11. Walker alleges Gross negligence as a passenger in Charles Phoebus’s car was thrown from her seat when the two vehicles collided. Attorneys listed are Thomas L. Dawson and Scott M. Wolfinger.
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Minnie B. Walker
Henry M. Gross
Libertytown
Frederick Co
Charles Phoebus
Gross
Thomas L. Dawson
Rockville
Scott M. Wolfinger
Hitler opens war on Rotary clubs in Germany
Berlin reports the Nazi high command launched a campaign against Rotary clubs for not being anti Semitic. Walter Buck the party court chief declared the clubs’ principles oppose National Socialism. He claimed Rotary is not anti Semitic and is run by an international organization based in America.
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Berlin
Nazi Party High Command
Germany
Walter Buck
Party
Buch
America
Woman Killed in High Fall in Times Square Area
In New York a ten story fall in Times Square hotel area killed Mrs. Florence Pittman Gifford Temple, former wife of Walter S. Gifford, A T T president. Detectives cannot confirm if it was a fall or a jump. Temple had divorced Gifford in 1923 and later wed John Temple. Her room yielded a letter to Dr. Hartfiel, a 1927 passport, and Reno divorce clippings. She had two sons, Walter Sherman Clifford Jr. and Richard P. Gifford.
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New York
Times Square
Florence Pittman Gifford Temple
Walter S. Gifford
American ‘Telephone and Telegraph Company
Temple
Gifford
Reno
Nev
John Temple
Herbert A. Hartfiel
Park Avenue
Dr. Hartfiel
Martin Beaten On Convention Floor
In Milwaukee on August 25 a split within the United Automobile Workers led to a compromise against Homer Martin after a factional fight on the convention floor. The credentials committee proposed unseating nine delegates, but the cases were sent back for further hearings. Ora Gassaway urged unity, stating Lewis sent him to urge peace.
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Milwaukee
John L. Lewis
United Automobile Workers Union
Homer Martin
TUAW
Ora Gassaway
United Mine Workers’ Executive Board
Lewis
Roosevelt backs Hull statement on peaceful settlement
President Roosevelt endorsed Secretary Hulls call for a peaceful settlement of the Japan China dispute. He said the statement and his note expressing hearty approval were given to him before publication. Hull urged both nations to refrain from war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
It's Odd But It's Science. Oil Well Fire At High Altitude
An oil well fire at 8500 feet in Lee County New Mexico resisted standard extinguishing charges. Blasting nitroglycerine nearby the plate contained the fire like blowing out a candle, illustrating how altitude raises needed explosive force for future high altitude battles.
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Howard v. Blakeslee
New York
Lee County
New Mex
Ico
Continental Oil Company
General Hearn Confronted by Letters to Join His China Army
In Los Angeles General Russell Hearn reports receiving numerous letters from people eager to enlist in his self styled army for China. He notes the requests create a burden as he assesses their motives and feasibility.
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Russell Hearn
Los Angeles
China
Unclear Fire Test Ends With Sudden Explosion
A report describes a fire test with eighty five quarts failing and a final 155 quart explosion snuffing the blaze. The account notes the rarefied atmosphere reduces air for combustion, leaving the test ineffective.
Midshipmen Return From European Cruise
Annapolis reports 1000 Midshipmen aboard battleships New York Arkansas and Wyoming returning to the Chesapeake Bay after a three months practice cruise in European waters arrival follows their land Thursday ceremony and voyage home.
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Annapolis
New York
Arkansas
Wyoming
Chesapeake Bay
Battleships Go On Leave With Junior Class Members
The article notes that battleships will be on leave accompanied by gunmembers of the junior class. The leave period ends on September 24.
Widmyer named history teacher and assistant coach at Hagerstown High
Earl Widmyer a former Hagerstown and University of Maryland star athlete has accepted a post as history teacher and assistant athletic coach at Hagerstown High School He will assist Coach Eddie Semler with football and other sports beginning with the new school year Miss Jean Tenney of Clearspring Md has been appointed women's physical director and will coach basketball and field events She recently won the national archery title at Lancaster Pa and previously taught PE in Cumberland Md
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Hagerstown ‘High School
Earl Widmyer
Widmyer
University of Maryland
Frederick
Eddie Semler
Jean Tenney
Clearspring
Hagerstown High School
Tenney
Lancaster
Miss Tenney
Cumberland
Statewide battle on disease launched in state
Baltimore officials and experts met to outline a venereal disease control program inspired by Dr. Thomas Parran Jr. The plan includes subsidizing agencies to improve follow up and future control under Public Health Service guidelines. The article notes an unrelated line about the poet laureate's annual wage of 97 pounds.
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Baltimore
Thomas Parran, Jr
United States
R. A. Vondelehr
Parran
Constipation Relief Tip Ad Highlights EZ Tablets
An old ad promotes EZ Tablets as a gentle relief for constipation. It claims two tablets provide quick relief from intestinal fatigue with symptoms like headaches and tiredness. The ad promises 60 tablets for 25 cents at drugstores.
Californians Consume 25 Times US Per Capita Wine
Californians drink wine at about twenty five times the national per person average. The statistic highlights a regional preference that surpasses other states and national trends in consumption.
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United States
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Walter Sherman Clifford, Jr
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