Plane Tragedy in Mountain Wreck Claims 19
Exhausted crews begin removing the 19 victims from the United Airlines Mainliner crash site 80 miles east of Salt Lake City. Pilot Ralph Johnson and aide Bob Bergesen located bodies amid snow and wreckage. early reports note four women, 15 men dead, including an expectant mother and a notable pathologist. Rescue work faces steep terrain with horse and mule aid planned, transports to Knight Wyoming airport and Evanston mortuary.
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Salt Lake City
Here
Ralph Johnson
United Air Lines
Bob Bergesen
Air Yesteray
Johnson
Knight
Wyo
Uinta Mountain
Evanstown
Utah
United Airlines
L. D. Cuddeback
Robert Johnson
Cuddeback
The Importance of Play and Respect for Property
MA Winchester argues that a child's abundant energy needs proper outlets. Proper play and recreation can steer interests away from mischief toward wholesome activities and prevent disturbances for families. Teaching children to respect others' property instills good citizenship and reduces acts like scratching cars.
Special Grand Jury Ordered for October 28 in Fletcher Snarr case
Judge Philip Williams in Corporation Court directed Clerk Clark M. Smith to summon a special grand jury for Thursday October 28. The forthcoming will case involving E S Fletcher and Benjamin Snarr is expected to be among the major matters. They were sent to the grand jury by Judge Donald Weems after a September 24 preliminary hearing. Bond was set at 35000 for Fletcher and 1000 for Snarr. Fletcher claimed no comment at the time. Continued on page 2 column 8.
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Philip Williams
Corporation Court
Clark M. Smith
E. S. Fletcher
Benjamin Snarr
Donald Weems
Victoriarig
Snarr
Fletcher
Data Assembled For Duke's Tour
Secretary Ickes orders data gathered for the Duke of Windsor’s U S itinerary. He taps housing and reclamation records and CCC publications as primary material. In New York Mrs Roosevelt suggests inviting the Duchess of Windsor to the White House on December 11 for the Gridiron Club event and widow’s frolic.
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Washington
Ickes
America
Duke of Windsor
United States
Civilian Conservation Corps
Charles E. Bedaux
Bedaux
Windsor
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Duchess of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
White House
Arey Sues In-Laws for Alienation of Wife's Affections
William X Arey of Winchester Va files a $10,000 suit against his father in law James I Pyle and mother in law Helen E Pyle for alienation of his wife Helen and their two year old daughter's affections. Arey aged 50, wife 24, married in Lancaster five years ago. He previously managed Martinsburg Journal circulation and is active in the Patriotic Order Sons of America.
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Lancaster
William X. Arey
Winchester
James I. Pyle
Helen E. Pyle
West Walnut Street
Helen
Arey
Pyle
Charles Town
Arey, Ther
Martinsburg Journal
Jefferson County
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Ballots Must Be Marked or Be Thrown Out
Nine of ten Democratic nominees for state and city offices in Norfolk emphasized the new Virginia law requiring cross marks to count votes. They urged voters to mark ballots clearly to ensure their chosen candidates are recorded, noting ballots with no marks will be invalid.
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Virginia
Norfolk
Democratic Executive Committee
Nothing Done To Adjust Strike At Novick Transfer
Officials of the Novick Transfer Company say no progress has been made toward settling a strike of about 60 drivers and helpers that began last night. Union organizer J. M. Grayson says the aim is a standard contract with higher wages overtime and more platform workers.
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Novick Transfer Company
Northern
Virginia
J. M. Grayson
Cumberland
Chauffeurs and Teamsters’ Union
American Federation of Labor
Grayson
Walt Lippmann Is Sued By Wife
Mrs Faye Lippmann files for divorce from Walter Lippmann in Bradenton Florida alleging extreme cruelty habitual indulgence and a violent ungovernable temper. Married May 24 1917 in New York City they separated August 1937 after he left for a Europe tour and allegedly treated her with coldness claiming he cared nothing for her.
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Bradenton
Fla
Faye Lippmann
Circuit Court Today
Walter Lippmann
Lippmanns
New York City
Dewey A. Dye
Cavaliers Dance at Oak Grove Web Oct 20
Guy Butts leads Cavaliers at Oak Grove for a dance event listed for October 20 with page notation 10-19-1p-11.
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Oak Grove
Military Holds Dominant Hand Over Big Track
Rain drenched National Guardsmen kept Narragansett Park shut as Governor Quinn declared the area in insurrection and ordered the racing plant closed until the managing director Walter E. O Hara is ousted. 33 horses remained. racing was canceled for a third day.
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Providence
R. I
National
Narragansett Park
Robert E. Quinn
Walter E. O'Hara
O’hara
Providence Star Tribune
Pat Horgan
Earl C. Webster
Insurgent Push Advances Toward Villaviciosa on Biscayan Coast
On October 19 at Hendaye the insurgent advance guard pressed to within five miles of Villaviciosa amid heavy fighting along the Biscayan coast. Villaviciosa sits about 12 miles east of Gijon, target of the Asturian campaign, as headquarters claim encirclement of government troops near the Europe mountain positions along the Leon Asturias border.
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Hendaye
Villaviciosa
Biscayan
Spain
Gijon
Irun
Europa
Leon
Asturias
Large Ransom Paid for Ross Still Not Found
Chicago report says D M Ladd of the FBI announced that Charles E Ross retired greeting card manufacturer received a $50,000 ransom paid by his family for his return. The family handled the payment and had expected proof of contact with kidnappers. Ross was abducted 24 days earlier with no word by 8 a.m. on the deadline. The FBI did not participate, and the family waited beyond the stated release time before pleading again.
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Chicago
D. M. Ladd
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles 8
Ross
Ladd
President Roosevelt to Return Tonight to White House
President Roosevelt prepares to leave Hyde Park for Washington after discussing Americas stance on the Brussels nine power conference to end the Sino-Japanese conflict. Norman H. Davis heads to Brussels as chief American delegate for the October 30 talks.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
America
Davis
N. Y
White House
Washington
William E. Dodd
Germany
Berlin
Congress
Nine powers pledge non intervention in Spanish civil war drawn into withdrawal issue
Nine powers officially pledged non intervention in the Spanish civil war face the debate over withdrawing foreign volunteers from the conflict. Officials in Narragansett race track announce cancellation of the second New England Futurity a $50 000 race slated for Saturday due to a sit down strike involving 38 miners and Lehigh Navigation Coal Company operators.
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London
Providence
R. I
Narragansette
Robert E. Quinn
New England
Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
Probe Ordered Into United Air Lines Crash
Secretary Roper appointed a board to investigate a United Air Lines crash in the Far West that killed 19 people. The panel will determine cause and responsibility for the disaster.
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Washington
Roper
United Air Lines
Far West
Governor Earle acts as judge in coal mining dispute
In Harrisburg on October 19 Governor George H. Earle presided over the hard coal mining dispute, weighing competing claims and pressing a resolution. The gathering included state officials and industry representatives seeking a swift settlement.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Three men whipped after larceny conviction in Delaware jail
Dover Delaware October 19 three black defendants were lashed at the Kent County jail whipping post before starting prison terms. Nearly one hundred spectators witnessed the corporal punishment in a courtroom like setting outside the jail.
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Dover
Del
Kent County
Read's Confessed Gang Refuses Guilty Plea in Slaying
In Charleston on October 9 William Read and two companions recanted their earlier confessions in the torch slaying of Earle Dollman as the case moves toward trial.
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Charleston
W. Va
William Read
Earle Dollman
Japanese mass party accuses unions over anti boycott stance
The Japanese social mass party in Tokyo on October 19 accused American and Canadian labor unions of protecting capitalist interests and abandoning workers' rights by supporting anti Japanese boycotts.
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Tokyo
Japanese Social Mass Party Today
Japanese Troops Launch Fresh Shanghai Offensive After Falling Back
Japanese forces renew action in Shanghai as reinforcements press their offensive following a retreat. Western cities report market volatility with a heavy selling wave, stock prices rallying later after a sharp midday slump as 5 million shares change hands.
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Shanghai
Beauty Found Slain In Grafton Village
Louise Hornbeck 19 was found slain in a vacant lot near her home in Grafton Lorain County. Sheriff Grall said she was attacked and fought fiercely before being clubbed to death as she returned from the dentist Dr Earl Maple’s office where she worked. Her father Earl Hornbeck and neighbor Willis Rader traced the garment trail to the body.
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Louise Hornbeck
Lorain County
Earl Maple
Willis Rader
Italy invites foreign capital with tax exemptions and protection
Rome reports the government offering foreign investors inheritance tax exemption for twenty years and non expropriation guarantees if capital is invested by December 31 1939. Full transfer freedom and compensation for any war takings are promised amid a ten percent tax on capital stock corporations. A Fascist Militia of East Africa is organized for defense of the colony.
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Rome
Italy
East Africa
Virginia Youth Star Farmer Bristow Wins Nation Title
Robert Lee Bristow of Saluda Virginia won the Star Farmer of America award at the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City. The 21 year old farmer earned a $500 prize after taking over a debt ridden 203 acre home farm, rebuilding soil and paying off $2,451 mortgage while clearing income.
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Kansas City
Robert Lee Bristow
Saluda
Star Farmer of America
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City Star
Bristow
Warns Against Entanglements In Sino Japanese Conflict
Senator Hiram Johnson urged the United States to avoid League of Nations entanglements amid the Sino Japanese clash and pressed President Roosevelt to clarify actions for world peace. He criticized neutrality act support and warned Americans against joining or war through League ties.
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San Francisco
Hiram Johnson
R. Calif
America
League of Nations
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations
Senate
Johnson
Dwyer Taken To Insane Hospital
Cumberland county authorities moved Paul N. Dwyer an 18 year old from South Paris to the State Insane Hospital in Augusta for observation. His arraignment on a charge of strangling Mrs Lydia Littlefield was postponed as defense counsel petitioned for commitment to the hospital.
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Portland
Cumberland County
Paul N. Dwyer
South Paris
Augusta
Lydia Littlefield
New Gloucester
Superior Court
George L. Emery
E. Walker Abbot
Abbot
Shanghai Battles Reach Febrile Peak Before Brussels Conference
Japanese forces launch a major Shanghai offensive driving toward Tatang with tanks. Chinese report mass bombardments leave civilians killed near Yangkaosein and rail lines disrupted. A counterattack near Tazang retakes ground as Japanese threaten Shanghai city.
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Shanghai
Tazang
Japan
Tatang
Maryland Youth Seeks Virginia Bride in Letter to Mayor
A Maryland man in his early twenties writes Mayor C. R. Anderson of Winchester seeking a wife from Virginia or elsewhere. He describes himself as 5'10", 150 pounds with dark hair and eyes, a writer of short stories, eager to marry at once and travel with his future spouse. He asks the mayor to publish his plea in local newspapers.
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C. R. Anderson
Maryland
Winchester
Virginia
Thomas J. Lorraine
Corriganville, Md
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Novick
Walt Lippmann
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Narragansett Race Track
Federal
Bio
Coal Conference
Reading
Stock Exchange
Securities Exchange Commission
Allied Chemical
Capital
Beauty
Grafton, O
William Grall
The
Earl Hornbeck
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Star Farmer
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Smart
Hangchow
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Shanghai Chapel
International Settlement
Nanking
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