Chicago arrest in Dr Bauer case identifies suspect
Witnesses Charles Mantel and Herman Eichner identified Mandeville Zenge of Canton Missouri as the man fleeing a filling station near where Dr Walter J Bauer was found mutilated. John Giannini also said Zenge rode with him to Navy Pier and left in his cab a death note and bloodstained coat.
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Chicago
Daniel Gilbert
State’s Attorney
Mandeville Zenge
Canton
Walter J. Bauer
Charles Mantel
Herman Eichner
Zenge
Gilbert
John Giannini
Navy Pier
Leighton
Dr. Goes
Andy Zenge
Harry Hoffman
Cook County
Polar Plane May Try Nonstop Flight to San Francisco
Otto Schmidt head of the northern sea route department said at 8 p m that a polar airplane may depart tonight or tomorrow for a non stop flight to San Francisco. Rain fell in Moscow but takeoff was considered possible from Smolkovsky military airport 26 miles from the capital.
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Mosco
Otto Schmidt
Northern Sea Route Department
San Francisco
Moscow
Smolkovsky
Rail pension bill favored by House committee
The Interstate Commerce Committee approved a railroad pension bill aimed at addressing Supreme Court concerns with the 1934 law. It adds a provision to create a commission per President Roosevelt’s recommendation to study the issue for future legislation. The plan would fund pensions via a 4 percent excise tax on carriers and a 2 percent worker wage tax.
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Washington
Supreme Court
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Roosevelt
Representative Crosser
Ohio
Nazis Target Foreign Journalists in Berlin Exile Demand
In Berlin on August 2, the propaganda ministry ordered Ernst Klein of Basler Nachrichten to leave Germany within five days, signaling broader reprisals against foreign correspondents. Roland Freisler announced a new criminal code making treason against the Nazi movement punishable by death, as Germany marked Marshal Hindenburg's anniversary without Steel Helmet veterans at the grave.
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P. Lochner
Berlin
Propaganda Ministry
Ernst Klein
Basler Nachrichten
Germany
Klein
Roland Freisler
Ministry of Justice
Paul von Hindenburg
Police Study Strange Case of Sherman Hellfinger
Police investigate the perplexing tale of Sherman Hellfinger 19 held in jail after claiming to have been bound and dumped near an Alameda billboard. He says he fled Minnesota after a jewelry robbery and provided details linking two men seen in Twin Falls and near Pocatello. Authorities remain skeptical as they probe his story.
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Sherman Hellfinger
Tom Wood
Route 3
Blackfoot
Yellowstone Highway
Alameda
Helffinger
Short Line
Christensen
Idaho
Minnesota
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Hellfinger
J. L. Balderston
Wayrath
Minn
Mexican President hints at prohibition drive
President Lazaro Cardenas, amid political turmoil, called for a national campaign to curb alcoholism. He urged laws prohibiting manufacture and sale of liquor, quoted by Nacional, to take effect and frame a drive against drinking.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Prp
Insane Charge to Be Dropped in Washington
White House signals no action against E P Cramer of Plainfield New Jersey over a whispering campaign claim about President Roosevelt. Legal experts doubt libel action and indicate the matter likely will be dropped.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Washington
White House
E. P. Cramer
Plainfield
N. J
Senate Lobby Committee
Cramer
C. E. Groesbeck
Electric Bond & Share
Soaking the rich debate noted by Will Rogers
Will Rogers recalls a presidential claim that 58 of the wealthiest Americans paid no federal tax on 37 percent of their income. He notes Roosevelt seeking ideas from a "brain trust" while lawyers devise countermeasures, arguing the issue benefits the press more than actual cash receipts.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
U. S
Roosevelt
Rooosevelt
Utah Applicant Loses His Bet
A Utah beer license applicant loses a bet favoring a friend of Adam Patterson Jr a member of the state liquor commission. Patterson dismisses the bet with the remark Damit, you've lost, in Salt Lake City on August 2.
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Salt Lake City
Adam Patterson Jr
State Liquor Commission
Damit
Post and wife prepare for Alaska flight to Moscow
Wiley Post and his wife planned a pleasure jaunt from Los Angeles to Seattle and on to Alaska, aiming to fly north over islanded waters toward Juneau then Moscow. Mechanics added pontoons to his red monoplane as a welcoming crowd gathered, with weather likely delaying takeoff.
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Seattle
Wiley Post
Alaskan
Moscow
Juneau
Alaska
Temperature dip brings relief from hot spell in Salt Lake City
The temperature fell to 62 degrees at dawn in Salt Lake City ending two months of near 100 degree heat. A 5:15 a.m. low of 45 was recorded, and before 2 p.m. the day’s high reached 77.
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Salt Lake City
Utility bill in doubt as conference talks stall
Lawmakers warn the utility holding company measure may die in conference after another Roosevelt era defeat. Senators demand strict conference rules while House conferees resist Cohen presence, widening an impasse over mandatory abolition and outsider participation.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Martial Law May Be Ordered In Addis Ababa to Control Troops
Emperor Haile Selassie's advisers consider martial law in Addis Ababa to curb thousands of troops entering the capital for possible action against Italy. Asagadatch called Ethiopian women to arms while guards were deployed to defend railway bridges after a derailed car. An Italian subject, a railway worker, was killed amid protests from the Italian legation.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Italy
Wedizwero Asagadatch
Dedjazmatch Haptemikael
Asagadatch
Pope Appeals for Potato Crop Help
Senator Pope of Idaho urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to restore emergency freight rates for Idaho potatoes to California. He sought federal purchase of at least 500 railroad cars of early potatoes at about 75 cents per hundred to prevent a market collapse due to excess harvest and growth cracks.
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Washington
Senator Pope
D-Ida
Interstate Commerce Commission
Idaho
California
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
Pope
Congress
Idahoan
LCC
Scores From Chicago and Washington Games
In Chicago the St Louis team scored four runs in the fourth and another in the fifth to beat the Cubs 5 to 4. In Washington the New York club lost 3 to 0 after a two run bottom of the second and a seven inning shutout by the home pitchers.
New York and Philadelphia Batting and Fielding Notes
In New York, batteries were Smith, Bells and Mueller, Castleman, Stout and Mancuso. Philadelphia's lineup includes Earnshaw, Munns Lopes, Walters, Pegzullo, Div and Todd. Cincinnati notes RH E with Lee, Casey, Echott and Lombardi. Tonight and Saturday.
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New York
K. WE
Boston
R. Smith
Bells
Mueller
Castleman
Stout and
Mancuso
Philadelphia
Earnshaw
Munns Lopes
Walters
Pegzullo
Div
Todd
Cincinnati
RH. E
Lee
Casey
Echott
Lombardi
Former Beer Baron Schultz Flegenheimer Freed
Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer, acquitted of evading 920,000 in income taxes by a federal jury, stated through counsel that he intends to pay. Judge Bryant condemned the verdict as undermining law enforcement as crowds cheered outside the courtroom.
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Malone
N. Y
Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer
Bronx Beer Buccaneer
Schultz
New York
Behhultz
Federal bill gains support from truckers and officials
Washington officials and a truckers group welcomed the house approval of a senate backed bill to regulate interstate movement of buses and trucks. The measure places common and contract carriers under the interstate commerce commission, while exempting private truckers and farm product haulers with safety rules applying to all.
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Washington
United Today
House
Joseph B. Eastman
J. W. Blood
American Truck Association, Inc
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Roosevelt
Washington House Debates Tax Increase Proposal
The House debated a proposal to raise income taxes, with the plan targeting income as low as 1 005 dollars. Debate focused on potential effects on households and revenue.
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Washington
Big Three Agree on Arbitration Plan for Italo Ethiopians
Premier Laval announced that Italy Britain and France agreed to resume arbitration in the Italo Ethiopian dispute adding a fifth arbitrator to the current commission. If arbitration fails the issue returns to the League of Nations based on the 1906 treaty with negotiations to start promptly.
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Joseph E. Sharkey
Associated Press
Geneva
Laval
France
League of Nations Council
Italy
Great Britain
Ethiopia
League of Nations
League
England
J. A. C. Avenol
Mussolini
The
Tecle Hawariate
Anthony Eden
Bandits Rob Denver Real Estate Man in Downtown Office
Three gunmen robbed Max Schwartz in his downtown Denver office, taking $12,000 in nonnegotiable stocks plus $2,000 cash from a safe totaling $24,000. They followed Schwartz inside, forced the safe open, warned him not to call police, and fled in a car driven by a third man as pedestrians watched.
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Denver
Max Schwartz
Schwartz
Schwartsz
Relief request for horse trough in Hutchinson downtown
Amish farmers and business men petition Hutchinson city officials to install a horse trough downtown. The request highlights the long missing amenity and notes local reliance on horse-drawn traffic in the Hutchinson area.
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