Cult Worker Held In Death Of Maine Man
In North Windham Maine Arthur F Cox a 49 year old Jehovahs Witness was jailed in Portland after allegedly shooting E Dean Pray a 40 year old war veteran and deputy sheriff Pray died from two gunshots Carr 23 and Verle Garfein 18 were held as witnessesPolice searched the Witnesses Portland church removing a loaded shotgun and ammunition Pray served in France and left a widow and a 14 year old son Eyewitness Varney said Cox and Carr assaulted Pray and one other man pulled a gun firing four or five shots
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North Windham
Portland
E. Dean Pray
Arthur F. Cox
Philadelphia
Arthur K. McDonald
Pray
American
Cox
Kenneth Carr
Cape Elizabeth
Verle A. Garfein
McDonald
Carr
Dean
Ohio Voters Lean Toward Willkie in Latest Public Opinion Poll
A George Gallup Institute Ohio survey shows Roosevelt at 47 percent and Willkie at 53 percent, matching the first post convention poll. Urban and rural areas diverge, with rural Ohio shifting more toward Willkie, and two thirds of votes cast in towns under 100,000. The study notes Ohio's history as a national sentiment barometer and timing precedes Willkie’s acceptance speech.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Ohio
Wendell Willkie
Institute
Roosevelt
Willkie
John E. Bricker
Robert A. Taft
United States
Senate
McCurdy Divorce in Elbert County Court ruling
Public records list a divorce judgment in the McCurdy case with William G. Hall presiding as superior court judge. The record also notes multiple lower court misdemeanor and traffic matters including simple battery and disturbing the peace, plus a marriage license for Belle Hall and Mabel Lewis.
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William G. Hall
Elbert E. McCurdy
Christine Rose McCurdy
Justice Court Co. W
Paul Cella
Frank Ginn
Sarah Mondosa
Frances Alcanta
John L. Greer
A.A. Green
Belle D. Hall
Robert Proper
Port Ewen
N. Y
Mabel, Lewis
Tucson
Dies Favors Driving Ickes From Cabinet Over Trojan Horse Ties
U S Representative Martin Dies says he supports ousting Interior Secretary Harold Ickes and Labor Secretary Francis Perkins if they aid enemies. He addressed the Exchange Clubs on indorsing strong action against subversive groups and warned of 6 million Americans in Communist, Fascist, or Nazi circles. He also cleared Frederic March James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart of Communist links.
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San Francisco
Rep
Martin Dies
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Francis Perkins
Trojan Horse
House Committee
National Convention of Exchange Clubs
United States
Dies
Frederic March
James Cagney
Humphrey Bogart
Communist Party
Knudsen Says Tieup Ended With Defense Drive
William S. Knudsen, chairman of the national defense commission, said aircraft industry cooperation with the defense program is 100 percent but the tool and die bottleneck will delay full impact. He noted Congress may suspend the eight percent profit limit and that army and navy orders are flowing, with a forecast of full program by 1941.
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Los Angeles
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Knudsen
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Army
Navy
Two Hurt In Crash Improved After Saturday Collision
Miss Hortense Machado 18 and grandmother Mrs Gila Machado 65 were reported considerably improved by county hospital attendants after a crash at East Speedway and Alvernon Way last Saturday night. Also injured were Russel Darden and Robert Hoag of the Veterans' hospital and H M Taft 48 driver of one car.
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Hortense Machado
Gila Machado
East Speedway
Alvernon Way
Russel Darden
Robert Hoag
Veterans’ Hospital
H. M. Taft
Mrs Schreurs Named Head Of Tucson Visitors Club
Mrs Warren D Schreurs was chosen by the Tucson Chamber of Commerce to supervise the Tucson Visitors club. The chamber now sponsors the All States club and will host activities from the chamber building. She will register winter visitors and arrange parties excursions and dances. The club aims to promote tourist interests and funding will shape activities.
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Warren D. Schreurs
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Tucson Visitors’ Club
Chamber of Commerce
All States Club
Mirage Sighted Near Thousand Islands First in 17 Years
A mirage observed recently near the Thousand Islands marks the first such sighting in the area in seventeen years, drawing interest from local observers and researchers alike.
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Thousand Islands
Death sparks dispute over window cleaning business
A. A. Green, 43, was arrested on disturbing the peace charges after a dispute over control of the late William Haygood's window cleaning firm. Mrs. Alice Haygood, widow and manager, said Green disrupted her peace at her home following a fatal April 26 shooting of William Haygood in front of the J. C. Penney store. He was discharged after a brief police court hearing with admonition to refrain from further disturbance.
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A. A. Green
East Fifth Street
Green
Alice Haygood
William Haygood
J. C. Penney
East Congress
Drury William Bridges
Paul Cella
Mrs. Haygood
Farm losses in five states spark migration concerns
Chicago August 21 An expert told a congressional committee that about 70 000 farming units have disappeared in the past five years across Iowa Missouri Illinois Indiana and Ohio The decline results from mechanization land deterioration and farm costs forcing consolidation He urged state and national cooperation to relocate displaced families toward more viable family farms noting rehabilitation would cost far less than relief programs.
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Chicago
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Congressional Committee On
P. G. Beck
Indianapolis
Farm Security Administration
Mexican man jailed for marijuana smoking in pub
Benito Espinosa Serrano was fined and sentenced to one year in prison in Mexico City for smoking marihuana in a public venue.
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Benito Espinosa Serrano
Mexico City
Punctual Puyallup Fire Chief Keeps Dentist Appointment
Fire Chief Chester Brakefield rushed from a small office blaze to his dentist visit arriving exactly at 2:30. He told Dr. M R Thomas the appointment was on the dot, proving his punctuality.
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M. R. Thomas
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W. J. Graveson
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Perkins
Defense
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Haygood
Man
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ST Congress
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