General Strike Seizes San Francisco and Strains Nation
About 100000 workers join a citywide strike aiding 27000 Pacific coast longshoremen. National guard units migrate in, military trucks ferry supplies, and food fuel shortages appear as reconciling labor disputes stalls. Nearby cities and industries, from Portland to Alabama, face spillover fears and picket actions.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
National
Salinas
National Guard
180Th Infantry
California National Guard
Los Angeles
San Luis Obispo
Portland
Ore
Sanisco
Houston
Tex
Johnson
Hugh 8S
NRA
Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Association
Union Textile Workers of America
Alabama
Minneapolis
Kohler
Wis
Model Industrial Village
Trunk murder mystery baffles British police
Brighton dispatch reports a stuttering waiter alias Toni Mancini vanished after a two woman trunk murder sequence. A second corpse head and arms were found, linked to a torso earlier found at a railway station. Criminologist Sir Bernard Spilsbury arrived to lead the probe.
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Albert W. Wilson
Associated Press
Brighton
Eng
Toni Mancini
London
Violette Kaye
Paris
Kaye
Violet Saunders
Bernard Spilsbury
Morals case goes on today in Los Angeles
The Hollywood morals trial continues with 17,000 extra players boss Dave Allen and film extra Gloria Marsh accused of violating public morals. July 16 reports say Miss Delong testified she faced a tough cross examination after a dramatic attempted suicide and revealed a Babylonian party in her apartment.
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Los Angeles
June Delong
Hollywood
Dave Allen
Gloria Marsh
Gloria
Arthur Veitch
Miss Delong
Allen
Central Casting Corporation
Miss Marsh
Film Extra
Pearl Owings
Delong
Brown Negotiates Lake on Sunday
Ben Brown, a former university branch wrestling champion, swam about six miles across American Falls Lake Sunday in three hours flat, beating his personal best by twenty minutes. He started from the Aberdeen side toward Rainbow Beach but rough seas pushed him off course. Ben McLaughlin and Ben Lyons accompanied him in a motor boat. high waves overturned the craft as they tried to beach.
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Ben Brown
University
American Falls Lake
Brown
Aberdeen
Rainbow Beach
Ben McLaughlin
Ben Lyons
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
A lengthy dispatch from Santa Monica notes Will Rogers urging President Roosevelt to intervene in a San Francisco strike. Rogers quips that both sides are exhausted from negotiations and questions whether any leader can restore trust amid the labor dispute.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Mr. Roosevelt
San Francisco
Search for Bobby Connor Continues in Hartsdale Woods
Police and volunteers comb woods near Hartsdale New York for 21 month old Bobby Connor missing since Thursday. Federal agents report Bernard Seidenberg, 20, wrote a ransom letter offer but may not know the child’s location. Governor Lehman visited the Connor home to express sympathy.
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N. Y
Bobby Connor
New York
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Connor
Charles Connor
Bernard Seidenberg
Frank Fay
Department of Justice
Fay
Seidenberg
Herbert H. Lehman
Idaho Driver Out on Bond
Idaho Falls July 16 AP Harry Morris 23 of Parma Idaho was released on 10000 bond awaiting arraignment on involuntary manslaughter charges. He allegedly drove a truck that caused Mrs Lillian Craner of Logan Utah to lose control on Yellowstone highway south of Idaho Falls. Her car overturned three times in a barrow pit crushing her head. witness Harry B Greaver of Okmulgee Pay reports the truck entered the highway and Mrs Craner swerved to avoid it.
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Idaho Falls
Harry Morris
Parma
Idaho
Yellowstone Highway
Here
Lillian Craner
Logan
Utah
Morris
Craner
Alibi witness testifies in Hickman murder case
In San Francisco on July 16, alibi witness Blanche McKay, who had supported Hickman’s claim he was with her in his hotel room during the May 13 attack on Louise Jeppesen, faced cross examination. She identified gloves she found in Hickman’s room and described a late night call and a drink invitation, saying she was dazed and unsure if she disrobed.
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San Francisco
Millard Hickman
Louise Jeppesen
Blanche McKay
Hickman
Miss McKay
Utah
Golden Gate Park
Ogden
Miss Jeppesen
Tommy” Dee
Dee
Idaho Weather Tonight and Tuesday Outlook
Partly cloudy conditions will persist tonight with cooler temperatures by Tuesday. Local showers are likely in the northern portion while the western area experiences cooler conditions on Tuesday.
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Idaho
North Portion
West Portion
Coast Cities Longshore Strike Expands Across Pacific Ports
A ten week Pacific coast longshoremen strike broadens into a mass labor movement threatening walkouts in most Pacific ports. Reports cite food rationing, transportation freezes, and National Guard mobilizations as unions press waterfront demands across San Francisco Oakland Portland Tacoma Seattle San Pedro and Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Pacific Ports
San Francisco
National Guardsmen
Oakland
Portland
Tacoma
Alaska
Seattle
San Pedro
California
Los Angeles
Pair Bound Over on Theft Charge
Ernest Firkins and Melvin Lowe waived a preliminary hearing and were bound over to fifth district court under $1,000 bond each to answer burglary charges. They pled guilty to petit larceny with judgment deferred. The thefts included two trunks two lawn mowers and seven sacks of cement from three locations in the city.
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Ernest Firkins
Melvin Lowe
Justice Court
William Hinckley
Fifth District Court
Hinckley
B. H. Dolbeer
South Fifth
Dillinger Hunters Face Chicago Area Lead in Police Shootout
John Dillinger and his gang were pursued in the Chicago region after two Illinois state highway policemen were shot during a routine check. Policemen Fred McAllister and Gilbert Cross were attacked when four suspects and a woman refused aid at three parked cars, a blaze of gunfire leaving one officer possibly fatally wounded. Police, including state and local units and nearby suburbs, hunted for the assailants suspected to be in hiding locally. The incident drew attention as authorities noted possible Indiana ties and noted a Maine license plate on one suspect’s car.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Harry Bingham
Dillinger
Fred McAllister
Gilbert Cross
Cross
McAllister
Maine
Baer Declines Title Defense This Fall
Max Baer informed Madison Square Garden through manager Ancil Hoffman that he will not defend his heavyweight title this fall. The deadline passed under his contract to decide whether to defend the crown won from Primo Camera last June. Hoffman said Baer is pursuing movie opportunities and has no plans for further fights this year.
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New York
Max Baer
Ancil Hoffman
Madison Square Garden
the Garden
Primo Camera
Hoffman
Seeing's Believing MO July 16 Pictures that Move
Madame Adelard Lavoie of St Hilarion Quebec vows to see moving pictures in a small St. Lawrence village. The remark reflects early fascination with motion images and cinema while noting local interest in new technology.
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Adelard Lavoie
St. Hilarion
Que
St. Lawrence River
Idaho District Judges Seek Offices Again
Idaho records show no non partisan judiciary contests in six districts with 16 district judges up for reelection. Nominees include Charles E. Winstead and C. F. Koelsch in Ada Boise area and other districts with multiple aspirants in Idaho Falls Pocatello Twin Falls and surrounding counties.
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Idaho
Secretary of State
William A. Babcock
Twin Falls
Robert M. Terrell
Pocatello
Congress
B. A. McDevitt
P. J. Evans
Preston
T. E. Ray
Malad
Finis Bentley
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Lemhi
Custer
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Blackfoot
Bonneville
Clark
Fremont
Jefferson
Teton
Madison
C. J. Taylor
Charles 8. Sandles
A. H. Wilkie
Idaho Falls
Jerome
Minidoka
Cassia
Adam B. Barclay
O. W. Witham
T. Bailey Lee
Rupert
Everett M. Sweeley
Edmond M. Wolfe
Local Police Catch Accused Car Thief
T. W. Rouse, parolee from the Colorado state penitentiary, was arrested Sunday for violation of the Dyer act and held for federal authorities. He admits stealing the car he was driving on July 3 in Sacramento California. Officers Sergeant Inspector Robert Pug mire and Traffic Officer A. L. Oliver made the arrest. Rouse said he moved the car to Murraysville California then changed license plates and drove to this city via Seattle Washington.
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T. W. Rouse
Colorado State Penitentiary
Sacramento
Calif
Robert Pugmire
A. L. Oliver
Rouse
Murraysville
Seattle
Washington
Stephan Kish Dies at Local Home
Stephan Kish aged 51 died at his daughter Mrs. William Parker’s home in Pocatello after a lingering illness. Born in Hungary November 25, 1882 he immigrated to the United States in 1894 and lived in Cambria Wyoming before moving to Pocatello nine years ago. He is survived by his widow Barbara Kish of Oakland four daughters and five sons. Funeral arrangements await relatives’ arrival. body rests at Downard's funeral home.
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William Parker
East Center
Mr. Kish
Pocatello
Hungary
United States
Cambria
Wyoming
Kish
Barbara Kish
Oakland
Calif
Parker
William Loppie
Betty Loppie
Lena Kish
Steve
William
Louis
Joseph
George
Downard's Funeral
Butler Officials Find Old Ordinances Can Boost City Revenue
City officials in Butler Missouri review ancient ordinances and discover the town could increase revenue by leveraging a public square asset. The note mentions hundreds of motorcars and potential harvest from the site.
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Butler
Japan Navy chiefs push for new sea ratio at 1935 talks
Tokyo reports a secret four hour meeting of 15 top officers who advocate fundamental naval policy changes. Vernacular papers say they seek a 5-5-3 revision or end to limits and insist Japan must be treated as equal to rival powers. Foreign Minister Hirota resists the navy’s hard line.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Empire
Koki Hirota
Sally Rand Talks Art and Trouble at World’s Fair
Chicago July 16 Sally Rand known for the fan dance discusses her art and ongoing troubles. Report notes reformers last year pushed for more modest attire while this year a capricious air balloon causes sleepless nights. She describes a balloon mishap during a performance and a quick recovery aided by a breeze and stage crew.
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Chicago
Sally Rand
Sally
Police Arrest 16 in City Drunkenness Campaign Raid
An intensive campaign against drunkenness led to 16 arrests Saturday night. Eight people were taken in a residence raid by Mrs. Ellen Smith at 547 South Main Street, charged with disturbing the peace as officers found eighty pints of tax-paid whiskey. Additional intoxication fines included several residents with varied amounts and two defendants pleading guilty to disturbing the peace.
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Ellen Smith
South Main Street
Officers Try ID of Youth Run Down by Freight Train
In Salt Lake City on July 16, officers sought to identify a about 19 year old youth killed when dragged under a Western Pacific freight train near the city outskirts. A belt buckle bearing the name Wofford provided the only clue.
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Salt Lake City
Wofford
Western Pacific
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