Father of 3 Confesses He Killed Child
Detroit report says Joseph Jacobs, father of three, confessed to killing 10-year-old Evelyn Mack after luring her to a nearby grocery with a neighbor Vernon Mack. Authorities found the girl’s body near the Ambassador Bridge. Jacobs claimed he struck her with a crank handle and later expressed shock and remorse.
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Detroit
Evelyn Mack
Walter Bacher
Joseph Jacobs
Jacobs
Evelyn
Vernon R. Mack
Packard Motor Car Co
Ambassador Bridge
Lieut. Bacher
Lieut. Bachar
Chicago Avenue
Tit
Mule jailed with owner after traffic stunt
In Turay Va on August 31 Jesse Knight and his mule were jailed after officers reported Knight insisted on leading the animal through heavy Main Street traffic despite warnings. The mule was confined overnight with Knight.
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Turay
Jesse Knight
Knight
Main Street
Boy Scout Walks in Sleep At Pow Wow
Verle Gastin, 12, wandered from a tent to a tepee during Hawthorne California's third annual pow wow. He awoke amid snoring braves, an incident that drew envy from his fellow Boy Scouts after he slept through the whole episode.
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Hawthorne
Calif
Verle Gastin
Verle
Trawthorne
Weather Forecast for Berea and Chesapeake Bay Maryland
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Chesapeake Bay remains moderately warm and humid with gentle to moderate west winds tonight and Wednesday.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Cholera Outbreak Surges in Shanghai Foreign Zone
Cholera broke out tonight in Shanghai's French concession where most Americans live. The outbreak emerged just before midnight after U S authorities closed Shanghai port to all American ships except naval vessels, marooning about 2 000 Americans not yet evacuated from the Sino Japanese war zone.
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Shanghai
United States
Bomb wrecks paper plant in Belle Center Ohio
A bomb exploded and fire wrecked the J. E. Manahan publishing plant in Belle Center. Sheriff Bewley found six flashlight batteries wired together in the ruins, suggesting deliberate bombing. Estimated damage near 15000 dollars with 4500 insured. Manahan suspects bomber act. contractor for the Examiner is Grover Fleming, now jailed for obscenity.
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Monaghan
Examiner
Grover Fleming
Fleming
London, O
Writer of War Book Is Dead
Brigadier General Frank Percy Crozier, author of The Men I Killed, died today at Walton on Thames at age 58. A veteran of the South African and World Wars, his writings drew international attention after a Lisbon newspaper urged an official inquiry.
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London
Frank Percy Crozier
Walton On Thomas
Lisbon
Prize Fighter Baer Challenged by Bench Warrant
Long Beach New Jersey police issued a bench warrant for Max Baer nicknamed Pretty Legs after he did not answer a summons to appear in public wearing shorts. The warrant was issued by Justice Eldon C. Presley who labeled Baer a juvenile delinquent.
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Long Beach
N. J
Max
Baer
Eldon C. Presley
Broadcast Holmes Incident Dramatized On National Air
Floyd Gibbons requests permission to dramatize Oliver Wendell Holmes visit to Mrs. James Findlay during the Civil War. Holmes stayed at Mount Prospect in Hagerstown after a neck wound from Antietam. Mrs Findlay consents to the nationwide broadcast, Time magazine noted the visit.
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Floyd Gibbons
Oliver Wendell Holmes
James Findlay
Supreme Court
Antietam
Gibbons
Time Magazine
Holmes
Hagerstown
Findlay
Phantom to Sign a Full Confession
Henry Williams a 34 year old black man from Louisiana confessed to police in Hagerstown that he robbed freight cars in Maryland and says he committed over twenty robberies and attempted robberies here since August 17 He is expected to sign a full written confession and be arraigned for the November term Police think he may be wanted elsewhere and deny recent Frederick robberies He claims to have come from Pittsburgh and was arrested after being identified by officers in questions with State's Attorney Ingram Capt McCleary Lieut Desmond Detective Peters and Patrolman Rickard present Continued on Page 10.
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Hagerstown
Henry Williams
Williams
Frederick
Pittsburgh
Max Rickard
H. A. Yeingst
Guilford Avenue
Martin L. Ingram
Carl H. McCleary
J. F. Desmond
William Peters
Rickard
Peters
Lielit
Desmond
Bar Policemen From Politics
Prince Georges county policemen are to be barred from politics under a new 44 page manual issued tomorrow. It bans soliciting or contributing to political causes and taking an active part for any candidate. Earlier traffic arrest probes prompted civic groups to push for ending political domination of the force. The order also bars officers from altering charges after warrants and from recommending bondsmen.
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Upper Marlboro
Prince Georges County
Justice of the Peace
Washington-Baltimore
Toxas
Frederick Plans 1.95 Tax Rate for Next Year
Frederick approves a 1.95 tax rate, up 19 cents from the current level. The new fiscal year starts tomorrow, with estimated revenues and other receipts totaling 347,752.84 to fund the budget for the upcoming year.
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Frederick
Contending boos boost business in Tifton cinema scene
In Tifton Georgia Aug 31 a temporary restraining order blocks booing during movie ads. Theater manager R E Martin sought relief. Superior Court clerk R Eve issued the order against Local No 3 of the Society for the Booing of Commercial Advertisements. Members sought public support.
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Tifton
Bifton
R. E. Martin
R. Eve
Local No. 3
The
Society
Bus and Car Collision Near Goshen Reported Fatalities
A Greyhound bus collided with a car five miles north of Goshen Indiana today. An ambulance driver said several people were believed killed. About six passengers were aboard the bus and all ambulances were sent to the scene.
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Goshen
Ind
Greyhound
Here
Public Sale At Court House Auctions Stocks
Five shares of six per cent Poto mac Edison preferred stock brought 104 dollars per share at public sale in front of the Court House this morning. Fifteen shares of Haserstown Trust Company stock brought 8 dollars per share. J C Snyder acted as auctioneer.
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Potomac Edison
Court House
Haserstown Trust Company
J.C. Snyder
Burk Receives 90 Day Jail Term After Guilty Plea
Raymond Burk aged 27 was sentenced to 90 days in jail by Justice John D Dunn in city court this morning for assault and drunkenness. He received 60 days for assault and 30 for being drunk. Jasper Long and Clair Brinton testified against Burk.
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Raymond Burk
John D. Dunn
Jasper Long
Clair Brinton
Burk
Polly Lays Two More Eggs at Foltz Home
Mrs A C Foltz of Washington Street reports her parrot Polly laid two additional eggs in its cage during a morning disturbance. Polly had produced her first egg weeks after arriving 15 years ago, a rare event for a parrot in captivity and described as another spree of exhilaration.
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A. C. Foltz
Washington Street
Polly
Foltz
No Law To Cover It In English Reading Lawboard Question
Oklahoma City August 31. Attorney Mac Q Williams faces a legal brain twister. Must a school board member be able to read and write English. A county attorney writes of a Mr X elected to a district school board. other members want to remove him for illiteracy. Williams finds no law covering the situation.
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Oklahoma City
Mac Q. Williams
Mr. X
Imitator of Blue Eagle Seeks Hollywood Film Audition
Tucson Arizona August 31. Percy Patrick Poser, an imitator of the Blue Eagle, believes he has a job again. He is leaving for Hollywood for a film audition after being unemployed since the demise of the NRA. His prior job was to imitate the Blue Eagle cry on radio broadcasts.
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Tucson
Ariz
Percy Patrick Poser
Hollywood
NRA
Hiis
Local vaccine tests label residents as guinea pigs
Hagerstown residents were reportedly used as voluntary guinea pigs in an anti pneumonia vaccine trial last fall. Dr W Ross Cameron of the local health department declined comment while Dr Lloyd D Felton of Johns Hopkins described a complex chemical vaccine using the pneumococcus antigen. The vaccine, developed for the U S Army and CCC enrollees, is to be voluntary with 300000 doses in preparation and further trials planned under controlled conditions.
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W. Ross Cameron
Health Department
Lloyd D. Felton
Harvard
Johns Hopkins University Medical School
Felton
CCU
U. S. Army
Possible port closures as fighting threatens Shanghai
Washington reports that Shanghai may close to American shipping after a bombing of the President Hoover. Admiral Yarnell and Consul General Gauss ordered all non navy ships to stay out of Shanghai. No immediate move to close other ports, but similar action could be considered if conditions worsen elsewhere on the China coast.
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Washington
Shanghai
Harry Yarnell
Asiatic Fleet
Clarence Gauss
President Hoover
United States
State Department
China
Night Prowler Squirrels Secrets of the Chimney
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. McKay awoke to a firing squirrel attempting to escape their bedroom through a screen. The small animal entered the home via the chimney and showed notable resilience due to skin webbings between its legs.
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Aurora
Jil
Henry F. McKay
McKay
Buster Keaton Named Director in Hollywood
Buster Keaton, born into an acrobat family, has become a director in Hollywood. He will helm a comedy short for Pete Smith, using his trademark humor, after years of financial hardship. Keaton remains confident and unfazed by past troubles as he begins this new assignment.
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Hollywood
Aug
Cee
Buster Keaton
Buster
Pete Smith
Keaton
Chinese Chieftain Appeals for Intervention Aboard the Hoover
American travelers aboard the President Hoover tell of a near disaster as four Chinese air raiders blasted the liner in the China Sea. One crewman Haskell died from shrapnel, nine others were wounded, and a bomb narrowly missed the after smokestack. Captain Yardley ordered life preservers as passengers ducked into belowdecks amid anti-aircraft fire and planes.
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President Hoover
Shanghai
Hoover
China Sea
Knobe
Japan
Haskell
George W. Yardley
Fear troubles erupt in Holy Land amid tension
In Jerusalem August 31 police and British troops stood by as three Jews and two Arabs were injured in clashes. Authorities warned against incitement as Britain mooted partition into Jewish and Arab states, signaling possible renewed bloodshed in a race torn Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Britain
Palestine Police
Wartime R. R. Director Davis Dies at 90
James C. Davis a Des Moines attorney and former general director of the United States Railroad Administration after World War I died of heart disease aged 90. He served as general solicitor for the Northwestern road and helped appoint counsel for the US railway administration in 1920. President Harding later tasked him with dismantling the railroad administration and restoring railways to private owners. He had been in private practice since 1920.
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ES Moines
Iowa
James C. Davis
Des Moines
United States Railroad Administration
Davis
Northwestern Road
Harding
Railroad Administration
Aged Town Clock Dismantled in West Virginia
City Manager Harry J. Humphrey ordered removal of the clock tower faces while the clock’s power housing remains. The familiar chimes will continue to ring though the clock faces will be hidden from view.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harry J. Humphrey
Chiang Kai-shek Says Jap Aggression Threatens All Nations
United States closes Shanghai port to all American ships except naval vessels as Japanese air attacks intensify civilian risk in China. Chiang Kai-shek urges foreign intervention to halt the continental empire plan while Japanese forces capture Woosung and bomb Shanghai outskirts. Three ships bombed, casualties reported, and Chinese civilians displaced amid the northern Shanghai bombardment.
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Shanghai
United States
Lung Shan
Woosung
Whangpao
President Hoover
China Sea
Yangtze Estuary
Whiangwan
Shanghia
Hongkew
Yangtzepoo
Japan
P. C. Sub-Station To Close Today
The post office sub-station No. 3 in Willson's Economy Shop at Summit avenue and Howard street will close after today for an indefinite period. Postmaster Jacob T. Hartle says the closure stems from a smaller appropriation and the station may be permanently abandoned. Sub-stations in the west and north ends will continue.
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Willson
Summit Avenue
Howard Street
Jacob T. Hartle
Hartle
I C C Examiner backs C and O takeover of NY Chicago and St Louis and Erie
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner recommended approval of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company's acquisition of control of the New York Chicago and St Louis Railway and the Erie Railroad Company. The ruling, dated August 31, supports the consolidation moving toward final clearance.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
New York
Chicago and St. Louis
Erie Railroad
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