Intent to Attack Gir l Ends in Slaying Confession
Randall County sheriff announces Joseph Jacobs confessed planned to attack a 10 year old girl, the daughter of his friend, but killed Byvelyn Mack instead. He led police to the body, said he struck with an automobile crank during a country outing, and claimed insanity.
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Canada
Joseph Jacobs
Evelyn Mack
Detroit
Neetrot
Bernard E. McGrath
Byvelyn Mack
McGrath
Jacobs
Oldest New York barber shop closes after 56 years
Greenwich Village's oldest barber shop, owned by 86 year old Angus Ping pank, signs the "to Jet" and closes after a 56 year run serving the village's long-haired set. He cites oversaturation of barber schools and young barbers as the reason, noting 40 gilded shaving mugs on display.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Angus Pingpank
Weather outlook for Maryland: fair, warmer, humid
Verecant U. 3. Weather area Maryland reports generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with mountain showers possible. Chesapeake Bay remains clear to partly cloudy with continued warmth and humidity. Winds mostly from the south, light to moderate and variable.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Pilot swims two miles to shore after lake plane crash
Henry Pearson, an army mechanic aboard a plane that plunged into the Great Salt Lake, remains missing while Lieut. Lucian Powell swam ashore at 1 a.m. and reported the crash caused by motor failure. Search by land, water, and air continues with Fort Douglas soldiers patrolling the shore.
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Salt Lake City
Levin
Great Salt Lake
Henry Pearson
Lucian Powell
D. W. Goodrich
Pearson
Goodrich
Fort Douglas
Utah
Powell
Army Flying Headquarters
Drop Murder and Rape Charges Dropped in Hazelwood Case
Hendersonville North Carolina September 194? Solicitor Ridings announced no prosecution for statutory rape and murder charges against T D Hazelwood former Butler University athlete after the body of his 12 year old stepdaughter Gloria Hauser was found August 17 in a ravine. Hazelwood released from custody amid applause. An Annapolis Maryland dispatch noted Felix Morley elected to St John s College Board. A Mt Etna Mountain report said Shorty Miller killed a four foot rattlesnake with 12 rattles and a button.
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Hendersonville
N. C
Sept. IL
CG. O. Ridings
T. D. Hazelwood
Butler University
Gloria Hauser
Here
Hazelwood
Ridings
W. C
Shorty) Miller
Smoketown
Mt. Etna
Boy Held As Peeping Tom In Nighttime Incident
A 16 year old youth suspected by police of peeping into bedrooms at the Moller Apartments narrowly escaped being shot after multiple shots were fired. Det. William Peters arrested him. he was taken to police headquarters to face a disorderly conduct charge today.
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Moller Apartments
William Peters
Bark Worse Than Bite Dog Barking Fails to Alarm Doctor
In Bridgeport Vermont a couple brought a barking dog to the emergency hospital requesting a sleeping powder. The physician did not deem it an emergency and the couple departed with the dog still barking.
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Bridgeport
Venn
Street sweeper hits white way pole in front of Hotel Hamilton
A city street sweeper struck a white way pole near the Hotel Hamilton during the night, requiring replacement today by the Light Plant Department.
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Hamilton
Destroyer Havock Attacked by Submarine Off Spanish Coast
An unidentified submarine fired a torpedo at the British destroyer Havock between Alicante and Valencia. Havock escaped damage as two destroyers rushed to aid. Simultaneously, Insurgent planes bombed the Greek cargo steamer Tsepo, 20 miles north of Barcelona, killing the helmsman and wounding a sailor. France urged action and nonintervention talks continued on shipping attacks and the role of Italian volunteers.
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London
Havock
Admiralty
Alicante
Valencia
Tsepo
Bacelona
Britain
Paris
France
Santander
Mediterranean
Timiryazev
Algerian
Real estate sales in city and county listed
Real estate sales in the city and county during August totaled about 60000 dollars per court records. Transactions include Edward M Warrenfeltz and wife to Clarence V Snyder on Potomac avenue for 31000. J W Myers and Co to Sylvan S Weil on West Franklin street for 4000. Frank H Thomas to George W Churchy on Sharpsburg district acres and lots for 5500. Robert E McCauley to Charles H Freeze on Williamsport pike for 4500. Anna S Carl to Roy S Bilkberger on West Franklin near Foundry for 4600. W E Ashbaugh to George B Smith on Cavetown property for 2000. Clara D Pheil to W Glen Pheil on Summit avenue for 5500.
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Court House
Edward M. Warrenfeltz
Clarence V. Snyder
Potomac Avenue
Joseph Dvd
Stanley
Feltz
South Mulberry Street
J. W. Myers. and Company
Sylvan S. Weil
West Franklin Street
J. Fred Firey
John M. Cook
East Franklin Street
Charles H. Freeze
Samuel H. Andrews
Middleburg
Frank H. Thomas
George W. Churchey
Sharpsburg
Robert E. McCauley
Williamsport Pike
Ham that glowed prompts health check in Los Angeles
Pt. John Bates finished his ham sandwich and noticed the meat glowed. He went to an emergency hospital where doctors found nothing wrong. The health department tested the ham and toxicologist George Welty said the glow came from a germ called cocci phosphorenus and would disappear when boiled. Bates recovered.
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Los Angeles
John Bates
Bates
George Welty
Exposition Grounds Lock In Morning Hours
The exposition grounds will open at 10 a m daily from September 4 to 17 with Sunday opening at noon. No traffic or parking on the grounds between 10 a m and midnight. service trucks may operate until 6 p m Friday September 3. From September 4 servicing must occur before 10 a m for safety.
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Mmaamolyblion
Issay
Wales
U8e
Saidnion
Zaizrounés
Chicago Schools Postponed Reopening Amid Infantile Paralysis Surge
Chicago health authorities postponed reopening of public and parochial schools for 619000 children as August saw 109 polio cases, the highest city total, with doctors warning of an epidemic trend. Dr Herman Bundensen cited age patterns, case pace, and a 10 percent statewide death rate.
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Chicago
Board of Health
Herman N. Bundensen
Bundensen
Emblem Receives Golden Coat for Antietam Celebration
The eagle and shield atop the courthouse entrance receive a new gold leaf finish worth about 23 dollars. Painter Prank has dressed the couple in Antietam Celebration attire with a gleaming coat, and a lighting plan will illuminate the emblem during the forthcoming festivities.
Petty Theft Reports Rise In City Neighborhoods
Petty thefts keep police alert as Ralph Coombs reports eight gallons of gasoline stolen from his car on Randolph Avenue and Harry Wagoner in the 100 block of South Prospect says a storage battery and tools were taken from his rear yard vehicle.
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Ralph Coombs
City Electrician
Randolph Avenue
Harry
Wagoner
South Prospect
Campbell Sets Speed Record Locarno
Sir Malcolm Campbell, the British speed ace, set a new world speed record by piloting his 23-foot motorboat Blue Bird on Lake Maggiore at 125.795 mph, surpassing Gar Wood’s 124.86 mph mark. He already held the automobile record of 301.35 mph set at Bonneville in Utah in 1935.
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Locarno
Switzerland
Malcolm Campbell
Britcon
Lake Maggiore
Gar Wood
Malcolm
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Three Held in Slaying at Unison Va Store
Three African American men were arrested in connection with the slaying of 87 year old Henry Saffel during a store holdup in Unison Virginia. John Windsor confessed and implicated Lester Eddes and Harrison Osborne. Pistols found, motive robbery after Saffel refused to pay for soft drinks. body found by son Clyde Saffel en route to Winchester hospital.
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Unison
Henry Saffel
Hhis
Commnwealth
Charles F. Harrison
John Windsor
Harrison
Windsor
Lester Eddes
Harrison Osborne
Alexandria
Ashburne
Sherif E. S. Adrai
Loudoun County
Leesburg
Saffel
Clyde Saffel
Winchester
Paul Alexander
Saffelty
Alexander
Fox tails prompt hood shine debate at Dallas station
A Dallas report from September 1 recounts youths at the station house discussing fox tails stolen from a radiator cap. A youth defends the tails as useful for keeping part of the car hood shiny, prompting amused reactions from the watchdogs.
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Dallas
Ee Station House
Danish teen swimmer sets two world marks
Ragnild Hoeger aged 16 from Denmark broke two world records last night in Copenhagen. She touched the wall in 5 minutes 14 seconds for the 440 yard freestyle and 6 minutes 57.9 seconds for the 500 yard distance.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Ragnild Hoeger
Japanese Drive Slowed by Rain In North China Front
Japanese forces facing Chinese resistance 24 miles south of Peiping and torrential rains slow operations. A 12,000 strong Japanese column along the Peiping Hanks railroad near Lianghsiang struggles to flank western hills. Weather bogs roads, keeping the highly mobile force from exploiting its advantage as Japan redirects troops from Manchukuo and homeland to the sector.
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Peiping
North China
Peiping-Hankow
Lianghsiang
Here
Japan
China
Manchoukuo
Franco Lashes Foe From Air Over Belchitefront
Franco forces used massed air attacks for the first time against the Belchite siege. Insurgents launched thirteen raids to break the ring around Belchite as Madrid Valencia troops held encircling lines and pushed toward a suburban seminary. The fall of Belchite would split the Aragon front and threaten the Madrid Valencia lifeline road.
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Hendaye
Aragon
Belchite
Spain
Zaragoza
Franco
Madrid
Valencia
Surgeon's Case To Be Exhibited At Antietam Commemoration
A surgeon's field case from the Battle of Antietam along with a medical officer's saddle bag and other medical pieces will form the nucleus of a notable exhibit at the National Antietam Commemoration. The display is planned for the main exhibition hall at the Exposition grounds.
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Antietam
Exposition Grounds
Washington, County
Keep Out of War Holidays Proposed by Sen Clark
Senator Bennett Champ Clark urged making June 15 and December 15 national holidays to mark war debt due dates. He said the days should be observed as fasting and prayer to spare the nation from entangling in foreign wars and to prevent future sacrifices of American servicemen.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Bennett Champ. Clark
Missouri
Sam
Santa Claus
100000 Seek Reservations for National Antietam Commemoration
More than 100000 overnight reservations are made for visitors to the National Antietam Commemoration opening Saturday for two weeks. Hotels in Hagerstown and Washington county host most guests with registrations showing accommodations for 5000 daily, 1500 in Hagerstown, 800 in nearby towns. Of 850 homes open to tourists in Hagerstown 578 are registered, plus 1100 more in surrounding communities with 282 registered. Systematic registration records rooms beds and distances from the Exposition grounds. An overflow of visitors—up to a quarter million—is expected, spilling into Frederick Chambersburg and other nearby towns, with many traveling to Washington and Baltimore.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Brewer U. Stouffer
Hagerstown Exposition
Frederick
Chambersburg
Washington
Baltimore
Strike Locks Guests In Pittsburgh Hotels
A labor strike by elevator operators cooks and other service workers paralyzed the William Penn and Fort Pitt hotels in Pittsburgh forcing 1400 guests to stay in lobbies and corridors. Pickets ringed the properties as unions rejected a closed shop and sympathy action spread among hotel staff.
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Pittsburgh
American Federation of Labor
William Penn
Fort Pitt
Pittsburgh Hotels Corporation
Refugees’ Sea Escape Under Threat As Shanghai Battles Escalate
Doit Protection For Refugees Leaving Considered. Shanghai burns as Japanese naval and air attacks widen. US and British navies discuss convoy routes down the Yangtze and Whangpoo to safeguard foreign evacuees amid the city’s siege and declared fighting.
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Shanghat
United States
Shanghai
Yangtze
Whangpoo
Japan
Tthe
May Soon Lift Ban On Vessels
Washington September 1 AP Intimations from high officials indicate American merchant ships may resume calls at Shanghai soon. Navy vessels would increase watchfulness but are unlikely to convoy ships in or out. Secretary Hull described the order closing Shanghai to American merchant vessels as “for the time being.”
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Washington
Shanghai
Hull
Lress
Navy
Three new cruisers sail with emergency stores
SANI PEDRO Calif Sept 1 Three new heavy cruisers the San Francisco Quincy and Tuscaloosa loaded with emergency stores were expected to start a race across the Pacific today to join the U S Asiatic fleet at Shanghai A spokesman for Vice Admiral William T Tarrant declined to deny or confirm secret orders had detached the cruisers for Oriental duty Hurried loading of food fuel and military supplies on the three ships was in progress last night
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Sani Pedro
Calif
Pacific
Shanghai
William T. Tarrant
San Francisco
Quincy
Tuscaloosa
Oriental
Will of Stella Tingley Stirs Chester County Courts
Heirs in Kennett Square face probate wrangle as Stella Tingley's will provokes confusion with quirky bequests to the ice man, the laundry men, a colored lady, and the new girlfriend, complicating the estate process. The case hinges on interpreting the odd legacies amid county legal efforts.
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Kennett Square
Mra. Stella
Tingley
Chester County
Sill
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Morley
Annapolis
Felix Morley
The
Washington Post
St. John’s College
Anos Hutchins
Rattler
Anna S. Carl
Roys. Bhikelberger
Franklin Street
Foundry
W. E. Ashbaugh
George B Smith
Cavetown
Clara D. Pheil
W. Glen Pheil
Summit Avenue
Omaha, Neb
W. W. Coble
Campbell
U. 5
Medical Society
Strike Maroons
Hotel Workers Union
Bartenders Union
Hotel and Restaurant Empoyes Alliance
Shaghat
Soochow Creek
International Settlement
Chapei
Kiangnan
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