Youth Says He Got a Thrill Out of Starting Fires
Oakland authorities report a 17 year old, Warren Cramer, suspected of incendiarism after fires damaged offices stores and city hall. His father Dr Harvey D Cramer an Oakland dentist and attorney plans to travel to Denver to offer legal aid and explain the youth background. Warren previously served time at Preston School of Industry for petty theft and had run away from home since age 12.
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Oakland
Calif
Harvey D. Cramer
Warren Cramer
Denver
Cramer
Warren
Preston School of Industry
Vallejo
Utilities bill signed by Roosevelt ends long Congressional fight
In Washington Aug 26 1937 a presidential signing made the utility holding company bill law after a year of bitter debate. The ceremony drew aides Senators Wheeler Barkley and Rep Rayburn along with lawyers Cohen and Corcoran as the measure gives the securities commission oversight of holding company finance and operations and sets a January 1 1938 effective date.
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House
Garner
Senate
Robinson
Utility Bill Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Corcoran
Securities Commission
Ceneral
Evacuations Mount as War Fears Swirl in Addis Ababa
Native and foreign residents flee Addis Ababa amid Haile Selassie warnings of six days to war. Mussolini oversees maneuvers at Bolzano as Italian archives depart by rail. The capital tightens security while nurses train and priests head to the front with sacred tabots.
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Addis Ababa
Legation
Djibouti
Rome
Mussolini
Bolzano
Il Duce
Haile Selassie
United States
Legations
Italy
Ethiopia
Everett W. Colson
Quizero Menen
Soverign
Tsuhai
England
Switzerland
France
Robert Hockman
Wheaton
Tll
Foreign Office
Aboma
St. George’s Carnation Cathedral
Copyright protects original arrangement not facts
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Party Man and Guests Stir Washington Senate Hearing
Bernard B. Robinson, a utilities lobbyist, testified before the senate lobby investigate committee that he spent 7200 dollars in five months hosting parties. Guests included Marvin McIntyre, Lawrence W. Roberts, Emil Hurja and unnamed congressmen aides as Roosevelt pressed his utilities holding company bill with a disputed death clause.
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Bernard B. Robinson
Washington
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee
Robinson
Marvin McIntyre
Roosevelt
Lawrence W
Chip) Roberts
Atlanta
The
Treasury
Emil Hurja
National Democratic Committee
Federal Trade Specialist Dies At Ocean View
R. K. Ogle, 65, member of the FTC economic staff in Washington, died of a heart attack at Ocean View Virginia. He collapsed on the beach with his wife present and died before aid could reach him. The Ogles had arrived at the resort the previous Saturday for a few days.
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Norfolk
R. K. Ongle
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Ocean View
Ogle
Federal Agents Unable To Protect All The Banks
The Justice Department said it cannot provide robbery protection promised by the banking bill to 8,000 county banks. It will focus on 6,000 national banks and Federal Reserve member banks, citing budget limits on expanding the G Men force.
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Washington
Justice Department
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bureau of Investigation
Department
Federal Reserve
Bank Messenger Robbery in Denver
Three men armed with machine guns robbed a bank messenger on a downtown Denver street. They fled with an unestimated amount of money after leaping from a car near a large department store where Saturday receipts were collected.
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Denver
Colo
FBI Officials Deny Hunt for William Mahan Suspect
Washington August 26 FBI Director J Edgar Hoover refused comment on reports that officers were hunting a man who resembled William Mahan a suspect in the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping near Baltimore.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
Baltmore
Big AAA Spending Report Reveals Fiscal Year Totals
The AAA announced a year end June 30 budget with expenditures totaling 807 million and 686 thousand dollars and available funds of 906 million. Major outlays include farmer contract payments 563 million, plus drought relief and conservation 148 million and tax refunds 30 million.
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Washington
AAA
Frisco Violates Baker Water Act
Secretary Ickes rules San Francisco violated the Baker Act by selling Hetch Hetchy dam power to Pacific Gas and Light Company. City officials face potential action as the dispute over water and power rights escalates.
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Washington
Ickes
San Francisco
Hetch-Hetchy Dam
Pacific Gas and Light Company
Mystery Plane Drops Propaganda Pamphlets at Camp
A mystery aircraft with colors of the U S army but no insignia dropped eight page pamphlets at the Indiantown Gap camp in Pa. The flyers urged soldiers to organize committees and demand higher pay and opposed domestic uprisings. The pilots remained unidentified as thousands watched during visitors day.
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Indiantown Gap
Third Army Corps
America
War Department
War Outlook In Summary
London Mussolini hints at reprisals if Britain imposes sanctions threatening new disputes over colonies. Bolzano Mussolini to move government to a military zone during troop maneuvers. Djibouti to Addis Ababa railway washed out by rain. Shanghai General E Lordi recalls to Rome. Athens British bombers en route to Sudan stop at Pylos.
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Associated Press
London
Mussolini
Britain
Norman Angell
Germany
Bolzano
Italy
Djibouti
French Somaliland, To Addis Abee
Shanghai
E. Lordi
China
Rome
Athens
Sudan
Pylos
Greece
Coral Church in Honolulu Celebrates Missionary Arrival
The Church of Coral at Kawaiahao Honolulu marks the 115th anniversary of the first American Protestant missionaries arrival in Hawaii. The initial party left New England and anchored near Kailua on April 4 1820, eighty years before annexation.
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Kawaiahao
Honolulu
Hawaii
New England
Kallua
Islands
United States
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