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August 6, 1936

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PUP GETS 2 YEARS IN BOY'S DROWNING; Idaho Escapes Death, but Is to Be Shot if Owner Fails to Keep Him at Home. CROWD CHEERS OUTCOME But Brockport Victim's Mother Threatens to Kill the Dog -- Prosecutor Goes 'Soft.' PUP GETS 2 YEARS IN BOY'S DROWNING

By Milton Brackerspecial To the New York Times

sentenced to 2 yrs confinement on penalty of death, illus

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Owens Completes Triple As 5 Olympic Marks Fall; U.S. Ace Sprints 200 Meters in 0:20.7, a Record Feat-Meadows Takes Vault After Dramatic Struggle -- Carpenter Wins. Owens Completes Triple as Five Olympic Records Fall FINISH OF RECORD-BREAKING OLYMPIC SPRINT AND WINNER WITH DISCUS

By Arthur J. Daleywireless To the New York Times

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WEST POINT FIGHTS FOR POSTMISTRESS; Storm Rages as Daughter of Man Who Died With Custer Faces Loss of Her Job. 'SPOILS SYSTEM' BLAMED Farley Is Accused of Plot to Squeeze Her Out in Favor of a Local Democrat. WEST POINT FIGHTS FOR POSTMISTRESS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Assails threatened replacement of G A Harrington as West Point postmistress as example of spoils system

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Pigs Feast Daily on Eight Varieties of Pies, Ordered on Contract for Quoddy Workers

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

rept that pigs feast on pies ordered on contract for workers

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