City Crime Conference outlines plan to curb assaults on women
A conference will draft a definite program to end the wave of assaults on women. Attendees include Police Commissioner Allman and Northwestern University Crime Detection Lab’s Leonard Keeler. Hospitals plan coordinated guards for nurses after a nurse assault at Jefferson Park Hospital. Two men questioned in Miss Kuchta’s death. a third suspect followed a nurse and made threats. Miss Swanson narrowly survived a razor attack. The Kuchta killing marks the fourth rape slaying in two years.
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Comoner
James P. Allman
Leonard Keeler
Northwestern University Crime Detection Laboratory
Arnold F. Emch
Chicago Hospital Council
Michaeline DeLeau
Curley Barron
Evelyn Fowler
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Swanson
Jefferson Park Hospital
Miss Swanson
Miss Kuchta
Russian Fliers Continue Flight Toward Alaska
West of Teterboro New Jersey a Soviet aircraft and crew press toward Arctic support. Sir Hubert Wilkins and Hollick Kenyon left Coppermine seeking to reach Aklavik on a giant seaplane with four thousand miles of fuel. The Soviet ice breaker Krassin fights heavy ice to reach the port with gasoline for Zedkoff. Pilot Murray Stuart delivered equipment from Mattern’s refueling ship to Fairbanks after its crash near the city.
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Teterboro
N. J
Hubert Wilkins
Hollick-Kenyon
Coppermine
W. T
Aklavik
Krassin
Zedkoff
Murray Stuart
Fairbanks
Mattern
Fire Victims and Firefighters on Mountain Trail
Report describes a perilous rescue effort on high mountain trails near a wildfire. Dr. W. R. Morrison and nurses rushed 250 miles to aid victims. picric acid for burns ran short, then five pounds were airlifted from Cody to Denver, with Pilot Bill Munday securing it. Two forest rangers, Al Clayton and Post, perished in a 40 mile gale while fleeing the blaze. Post survived with minor injuries.
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W. R. Morrison
Billings
Mont
Lazelle Lowry
Cody
Associated Press
Denver
Press Association
Bill Munday
Sicker
al Clayton
Post
Basin Wye
Bomb Blast Rips Through Wing On and Sincere Buildings
Emergency crews rushed survivors from a devastating blast that struck the Wing On and Sincere buildings in the northern sector. Frightful scenes of collapsed walls, shattered glass, and hundreds of bodies filled the streets as workers aided the injured and searched for missing people. Initial death estimates ranged widely, with 400 cited as a possible total.
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International
Ward Road
Naval Warehouse
Sincere and Company
Sincere
Wing
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Mixed With Answers
Dense list of Across and Down clues with numbers and stray fragments. Several entries include disease molding quire various truncated words and misprints making precise clues and solutions unclear.
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Mnaiden
Ara
England
Evacuation and Shelling Scene Amid War Chaos
Evacuation plans rush as belligerents brace for heavy fighting. The Dollar liner President Pierce sails for Manila with 160 Americans, while the President Lincoln and Empress of Canada carry hundreds more. A US naval board probes the shelling of a U S warehouse. the 16 inch shell likely came from a Chinese trench mortar.
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Pierce
Manila
Hongkong
Lincoln
Washington
U. S
Augusta
Teeming Ward Road
International Settlement
Naval Board of
United States Navy
Dollar Line
Pootung
Whangpoo
Negro Held Slayer in Apartment Murder Case
Investigators questioned a Black man who confessed to killing Mrs. Anderson a brunette widow and mother of three found dead in her apartment by her niece Roberta Lukas a hat check girl. McAfee named as participant while Keck noted both had been drinking. police cited two men visiting the apartment.
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Anderson
Roberta Lukas
McAfee
Keck
Man Confesses to Slaying Mrs Anderson and 1935 Murder
The suspect McAfee admitted killing Mrs. Anderson while intoxicated and claimed to have shot his wife in 1935, a crime for which he was reportedly acquitted years ago.
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McAfee
Anderson
Judge Kenna Faces 50 50 Chance of Recovery
Judge Joseph N. Kenna president of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals remained in critical condition with a skull fracture after an automobile crash near Warrenton. Physicians said he had a fifty fifty chance to recover while colleagues and family joined the scene.
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Warrenton
Joseph N. Kenna
West Virginia
George H. Davis
W. G. Crutchfield
Richmond
Kenna
Pullman Porters Run Off with Car Goods Urban Take
Two Black porters in a town life show a theft pattern as one visits the other’s furnished home filled with items stolen from rail cars. The tale notes the pair’s bold larceny from beds to towels and even Pullman brand linens. The punchline praises the porter who kept his pace from stealing more, joking that he was a bear if he could carry off more junk.
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Pullman
American News Features, Inc
Drought Relief Updates Crop Conditions Across County
Farmers report some fields stunted by moisture shortage and occasional fodder cuts to prevent further damage. Streams and springs show little drought impact thanks to underground reservoir stores built last year. Apple orchards largely healthy with fruit developing well for producers.
Oklahoma man robbed after refusing patrol help
No Help Wanted Barkesville Oklahoma report says H L Bridges of Oklahoma City refused state patrolmen help to fix a tire. After the patrol car left two men in another car robbed him of 200 dollars, Bridges told officers.
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Barkesville
Okla
H. L Bridges
Oklahoma City
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