Abduction of Chicago Manufacturer Captures Mrs Ross
Mrs. Charles S. Ross waits at a telephone for word from abductors who seized the 72 year old former greeting card manufacturer after a dinner in Sycamore Illinois. Capt. Daniel Gilbert leads the probe with U S Justice agents reportedly called to assist. Chicago officials refuse to comment.
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Chicago
Charles S. Ross
Daniel Gilbert
The
States Attorney’s Police
Ross
Sycamore, Ill
Florence Freihage
U. S. Department of Justice
A. H. Johnson
Insurgent Forces Gain Ground Near Spanish Front
At Hendaye Francoist commanders report combined infantry and air attacks capturing Mount Ventaniella on the Leon Oviedo border. The seizure tightens Franco’s lines toward Gijon while government troops concede ground at Toledo and retreat on the Huesca front.
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Hendaye
Francisco Franco
Ventaniella
Leon
Oviedo
Biscayan
Europa Mountains
Gijon
Toledo
Madrid
Huesca
Endeavour I Found Safe After Loss At Sea
The British yacht Endeavour I, 19 crew, was sighted 260 miles off the Irish coast by the steamer Cheyenne. Lloyds rang to announce the finding after the vessel, missing since September 13, was located near Valentia. The Endeavour I had separated from the Viva II during a Atlantic storm while returning to England from Newport, Rhode Island.
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London
Santine
Lloyds
Endeavour I
Cheyenne
Alcock
Wirele
Associated Press
Endeavour
Valentia
Atlantic
Newport
R. I
England
Dove Hunter Bitten by Rattler Near Pecos
Kyle Briggs, a Pecos post office employee, was bitten while dove hunting. His companion John Carrell treated the wound. Briggs soon recovered as the rattlesnake died.
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Rattlers Pecos
Tex
Kyle Briggs
John Carrell
Lance Biggs
Markets Report Very Broad For Produce And Livestock
Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia apple and potato prices listed with ranges. Cattle hogs sheep and calves traded in Baltimore with bids and prices noted, followed by Philadelphia live poultry and dressed poultry prices. Grain and lard futures and current spot prices cited for wheat corn rye barley and lard.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
U. S
Maine
U.S
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
USDA
Market swings as U S Steel leads slips after early gain
New York stock activity slows after an opening buying rush boosts leaders 1 to 4 points. By noon big steel jobs retreat, bonds and commodities drop, and copper and lead cuts temper the market. Major quotes include U S Steel 81 1 2 and Allied Chemical 185 1 2 with several other blue chips listed.
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New York
U. S
Amsterdam
London
Grain Quotations from Chicago Close
Closing grain prices show wheat settling around 1.06 to 1.07 for deferred contracts and corn trading around 0.73 to 0.64. The Sept wheat range is 1.06 1 to 1.07 5-8, with December and May marks varying by fractional cents. Corn futures hover near 0.73 1-8 for October and 0.63 3-4 for December.
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Chicago
Japan Seeks Argentine Horses for Cavalry Units
The Commerce Department reported that the Japanese army is seeking to buy horses in Argentina for its cavalry. Japanese representatives are in Argentina studying horses as Sino-Japanese conflict causes a marked shortage of motor vehicles in Japan, many of which are commandeered for military use in China.
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Washington
Argentina
Commerce Department
Argentia
Japan
China
Weekend car crashes cause one death and injuries
Multiple weekend crashes across Inchester and Frederick counties left several injured, including Thomas Peyton and Meda Dick. Charles Butler, 34, of Hayfield, died from injuries in a prior collision near Winchester. Local hospitals and Georgetown treated victims, with minor property damage reported at Winchester ball park and other crashes near Stephens City and Berryville avenue.
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Inchester
Peyton
Stephens City
Winchester
Frederick County
Charles Butler
Hayfield
John F. Hart
Kearneysville
Memorial Hospital
Laura Spicer
Culpeper
Winchester Ball Park
James H. Barret
Monroe Street
Fairmont
W. Va
Robert L. Mason
Route 1
R. E. Bayliss
Mason
Jerry Michael
Robert Hummer
Thomas Peyton
Bayliss
Berryville Avenue
George Eagle
Linwood Newlin
Eagle
E. B. Winans
Vienna
Fort Myer
Meda Dick
Mills Astin
General Winans
Patrick
Allan Hubbard
Georgetown Hospital
Miss Dick
Funeral services set for Charles B Butler in Culpeper
Charles B Butler aged 34 years and six months died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. His funeral will be held Tuesday in Culpeper with burial in Fairview Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Laura Mae, two children, his mother Mrs. Annie Butler and numerous brothers and sisters including Ashby N John C Ethelbert L James P Mrs Ralph Hill Thomas J Mrs William T McCeel Oscar S Mrs William D Specer Cornelius B Jasper C Mrs H J Mitchell and Lloyd G.
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Charles B. Butler
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Culpeper
Fairview
Laura Mae
Annie Butler
Ashby N
John C
Ethelbert L
James P
Ralph Hill
Thomas J
William T. McCeel
Oscar S
Services Held Yesterday For Russell C Patton
Funeral services for the late Russell C Patton were held yesterday afternoon at Braddock Street Methodist Church. Rev. Hubert Sydenstricker and Rev. George W Stover led the rites as friends and relatives honored him with floral tributes. The Elks and Woodmen of the World attended the graveside rites in support of a respected member.
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Russell C. Patton
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Hubert Sydenstricker
George W. Stover
Floyd Haines
the Elks
Mr. Patton
The
Woodmen of the World
Irene Castle Sues Chicago Society for Divorce
Irene Castle McLaughlin sues Major Frederick McLaughlin for divorce on cruelty grounds. The former dancing star, famous with Capt Vernon Castle, left the stage to campaign for animal kindness. Capt Castle died in 1922 and she married McLaughlin in 1924.
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Chicago Society
Irene Castle McLaughlin
Frederick McLaughlin
Milsionaire
McLaughlin
Vernon Castle
Castle
Central Press
Little Change In Mr. McCormac
H B McCormac a prominent Winchester businessman and industrialist who has been critically ill for a week is reported not quite so well but his condition remains the same.
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H. B. McCormac
Winchester
D A R Member Fights Restoration Of One Room School Job
Mrs Laura Elms Morris a D A R member sought to regain her Whitely township school teaching post after being ousted by directors for alleged incompetence and cruelty. A sixth grade pupil testified she taught evolution with a humorous remark about a monkey losing its tail, which Morris denied citing standard references for further inquiry.
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Waynesburg
Daughters of the American Revolution
Whitely Township
Laura Elms Morris
Little Girl Only Survivor Of Crash
A two year old girl survived after a train struck a truck in Montgomery West Virginia. The father Ellery T Brown and mother Bertha Brown died along with their children William Myrtle Ruby and Donnie. Willard F James the truck driver also perished. The child was saved by her father before the impact.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Ellery T. Brown
Bertha Brown
William
Myrtle
Ruby
Donnie
Willard F. James
Missionary Direction Shifts to Hong Kong After Beenevers Building Seizure
The Seventh Day Adventist missions said its Chinese activities are temporarily directed from Hong Kong after Japanese forces seized the Beenevers Building in Shanghai. The transfer underscores wartime disruption to mission operations in China.
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Takoma Park
Mad
Seventh Day Adventist Missions
China
Hong Kong
Britain
Beenevers
Shangai
Chadduck Rites Set For Elder Villager
Sauer P Chadduck 82 a lifelong farmer and skilled carpenter died at his son in law Mrs Mason s home 308 Highland Ave Sunday night Funeral will be at 3 pm Tuesday from the Mason home with Rev E T Clark and Rev Ronald Wilson officiating burial in Reliance Va Pallbearers are six nephews Miller Arthur Otis Frank Charles Sargent and William C Perry Survivors include two grandsons Garland Mason and Walter Chadduck and a number of nieces and nephews
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Sauer P. Chadduck
Edgar Mason
Highland Avenue
Mr. Chadduck
Charles
Frances Fouzee Chadduck
Happy Creek
Warren County
Minnie Sargent
Harry W. Chadduck
Grace B. Mason
Mussolini's Son Starts Film Work in Hollywood
Vittorio Mussolini arrived in Hollywood to study the motion picture industry. He traveled with Hal Roach and two Italian associates, greeted by Italian consulate attaches and Mrs. Roach at the airport. He said he was glad to be in California and commented on the sunshine.
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Hollywood
Mussolini
Vittorio
Hal Roach
New York
Rebellious Convicts Strike Continues on Alcatraz Island
A hundred rebellious Alcatraz Island convicts began the second week of a sit down strike in their cells at San Francisco's prison. Warden James A. Johnston lay abed recovering from a Friday beating by Burton Phillips, a 25 year old life-term kidnapper. Authorities gave no exact reason, but inmates seek more privileges and paroles.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
James A. Johnston
Burton Phillips
Mussolini Arrives in Berlin for Lavish Procession
BULLETIN IS DUCE IN BERLIN Mussolini arrives in Berlin to begin a grand street procession amid cheering crowds. FACE TREASON CHARGES Moscow reports treason trial for Zachariahr Lordkipanidz president of the Trans Caucasian Republic of Adjaria and ten others accused of seeking foreign aid to revolt. OSTEOPATHS ELECT Middle States Osteopathic Association elects Dr. E G Hornbeck as president with officers Dr. E D Turman and Dr. Charles Dickerman named to top posts.
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DUCE
Berlin
Mussolini
Italy
Moscow
Russia
Zachariahr Lordkipanidz
Adjaria
Batum
Osteopaths
Washington
Middle States Osteopathic Association
E. G. Hornbeck
Rocky Mount
N. C
E. D. Turman
Richmond
Charles Dickerman
Staunton
Mediterranean anti-piracy plan shifts to Italy control
Naval experts from Great Britain France and Italy proposed a scheme to assign Italy a share in the Mediterranean patrol giving her control of the main east west shipping lane and easing piracy concerns.
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Italy
Paris
Great Britain
France
Coffin opened in search for Henrietta Garrett will
In Philadelphia on September 27, Judge Allen M. Stearne authorized opening the grave at Laurel Hill cemetery to locate a supposed 1934 will. Henrietta Garrett Ferguson, widow The will’s contested version allegedly later than the 1921 document distributing $62,500 of a $20 million estate.
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Philadelphia
Henrietta E. Garrett
Allen M. Stearne
Henrietta Garrett Ferguson
Atlantic City
N. J
Laurel Hill
Ferguson
Garrett
Carthage Churchville
Carthage
Russia and Japan clash over Nanking embassy bombardment
The Soviet government protested to Japan in Tokyo through Ambassador Slavutsky about plans to bomb the Soviet embassy in Nanking. Moscow warned Japan would be fully responsible for damage or loss, calling evacuation attempts unlawful and unprecedented in international relations.
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Japan
Nanking
Koki Hiotta
Tokyo
Mikhail Mikhailovitch Slavutsky
Narking
Russia
James Cagney in Something To Sing About at Hable’s Palace
James Cagney stars in Something To Sing About showing today and Tuesday at Hable’s Palace Theatre with dancing romance and a real wallop. The film headlines along with Loew’s Capitol Theatre in Washington, delivering the No. 1 dynamo of the screen in a new and greatest role.
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James Cagney
Hables Palace Theatre
Cagney
Loew
Capitol Theatre
Washington
Illness Fatal To Mrs J P Hawse At Nineveh Virginia
Mrs Lavena Hawse 76 died at the home of her daughter and son in law near Nineveh Frederick County Virginia after a long illness She was the widow of J P Hawse and had lived in Frederick County 25 years Survived by two daughters Mrs Conner and Mrs Maggie Martin two sons Thomas Nineveh and Charles Hill Pa three sisters and many grandchildren Funeral is expected Wednesday at Refuge Methodist Church.
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Lavena Hawes
John
Sarah Clark
Rappahannock Courty
H. C. Conner
Nineveh
J. P. Hawse
Conner
Maggie Martin
Front Royal
Thomas
Charles
Hil
Mollie Rudacille
Jennie Pulliam
Flint Hill
Katherine Frazier
Luray
Rappahannock County
Frederick County
Refuge Methodist Church
Refuge Church
Chinese gains and Japanese counter plan in coastal region
A Chinese spokesman claimed a breakthrough in the Liu Hong and Lotien sector with three more villages recaptured as Japanese reinforcements mass for a major drive along the front. At Cheelongkau a Japanese submarine sank a fleet of fishing junks, killing hundreds before surfacing. Ten survivors reported 300 killed and said the sub refused rescue, with one junk fleeing. Survivors were rescued by the German liner Scharnhorst and taken to Hong Kong for treatment.
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Liuhong
Lotien
Hong Kong
Cheelongkau Point
South China
Scharnhorst
Justapsu
Cheelongkau
Inquest Hints at Possible Brain Injury in Death Case
An inquest considered death may result from a blood clot on the brain or a fractured skull or both. A quarrel involved Wanzer and statements claimed by Young Curry said Wanzer was armed with a razor. Wanzer’s body was moved to Sampsell’s funeral home in Stephens City for burial preparation. Pittsburg Seven voters oppose Republican nomination for justice of peace in Ben Avon Height. seven ballots carried one vote each.
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Young Curry
Wanzer
Sampsell
Stephens City
Pittsburg
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Russell Patton
Irene Castle
Irene Castico McLaughlin
Mr. McCormac
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