Townsend Dies?: Townsend Hits Major Parties in Topeka
Dr Francis E Townsend head of the old age pension movement condemns both Democratic and Republican parties in Topeka Kansas declaring Damn them both He plans a talk with Governor Landon on pension theories and forecasts a strong third party showing in the West and Midwest with a possible conference with Landon.
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Topeka
Kan
Francis E. Townsend
Alf. M. Landon
Roosevelt
Landon
West Coast
Mississippi
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Townsend
Green Is Grim as AFL Trial Opens in Labor Split
On August 3 the AFL trial against the faction led by William Green and 11 other union leaders began with Green pessimistic about peace. John L. Lewis and others failed to appear as charges of insurrection were read by John P. Frey, with calls for suspension and debate over industrial versus craft union control. Observers noted support for delaying drastic discipline and a possible compromise from Wisconsin leader Henry Onl Jr.
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William Green
Federation
John L. Lewis
United States Mine Workers
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
Green
William Hutcheson
The
Carpenters
Arthur Wharton
Machinists
Lewis Group
George M. Harrison
Railway Clerks
Harrison
Wisconsin
Pacific
Frey
Henry Onl, Jr
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Committee For Industrial Organizations
Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Nanking Army Defeats 3000 Kwangsi Troops Near Mushanghu
Central government forces repelled about 3,000 Kwangsi provincial soldiers after a seven hour battle near Mushanghu Doshing in southeastern China. The clash aimed to curb Chiang Kai-Shek’s southeastern region dominance, reports from Hong Kong said today.
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Hong Kong
Kwangsi
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mushanghu
Doshing
Jimmy Walker Says He's Still a Demo
Former New York mayor James J. Walker, who resigned in 1932 amid an office investigation, returned from Europe aboard the Normandie and declared he remains a Democrat and will vote the Democratic ticket. He said he is not politically ambitious nor sore at anyone.
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New York
James J. Walker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Europe
Walker
Normandie
Lioncheck Quits Muddles Campaign in Washington
Congressman Marion A. Zioncheck shocks primary race by announcing he will not seek re election citing his mother's illness. Opponents had planned a "Beat Zioncheck" plank as the main issue but Zioncheck's sudden withdrawal reshapes the battle among five Democrats and four Republicans vying for the seat in Seattle.
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Seattle
Wash
Zioncheck
Marion
A. Zioncheck
Washington
Ice Aids Chick Hatchery In July Heat at Kingman
In Kingman Kansas July heat forced a local hatchery to use large blocks of ice near incubators to keep temperatures below 100 degrees. The unusual cooling measure successfully improved hatching results during the extreme heat.
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Kingman
Kans
22nd Anniversary World War Opening Finds Europe Rearming
The 22 year memory of the opening of World War I shadows Europe as rearmament accelerates. Adolf Hitler’s Germany rearming with conscription to 600000, air force creation, Rhineland reoccupation, and Helgoland fortification. Britain faces treaty violations. neutral states weigh positions as the League of Nations legacy resurfaces amid rising tensions. Conclusion noted on Page 11.
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Associated Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
North Sea
Helgoland
Britain
Spain
Holland
Finland
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
League of Nations
Plains Cowmen Join Government In Range Conservation Program
Panhandle cattle groups approve working with the federal government on a new range land conservation program to address overstocked plains ranges. The Panhandle Livestock Association authorized president Jay Taylor and others to meet with Texas and Oklahoma associations and officials in Washington.
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Plains
Panhandle Livestock Association
Jay Taylor
Texas
Oklahoma
Washington
Taylor
Wife of Young Al Smith Jr Returns to Mother
Syracuse, Aug 3. The estranged wife of Al Smith Jr plans to live with her parents as she seeks separate maintenance in supreme court on August 17. Mrs William H Gott, Bertha Gott’s mother, says the couple has been separated since 1932 and the daughter will reportedly return home soon.
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Syracuse
N. Y
al Smith, Jr
Supreme Court
William H. Gott
Bertha Gott
Roosevelt Plans Aggressive Re election Campaign Approved
Roosevelt's Camp Plan OKed for an immediate aggressive drive to win a second term. National Chairman Farley said the push would run from now to November, with Early noting presidential approval. The president discussed the drought and farming aid with Wallace and Davis, possibly delaying a personal drouth tour through drought-hit Ohio Pennsylvania New York and Connecticut. The tour would be non-political and the discussion included political advisers.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Democratic National Committee Today
Roosevelt
National Committee
James A. Farley
Stephen T. Early
Farley
Farly
Wallace
Chester Davis
AAA
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
Drouth
Davis
Government authorizes purchase of 4793 head of cattle
The government approves buying 4793 distressed cattle as the first move in the 1936 cattle buying program. Purchases occur at market price with plans for two weeks of national conferences on the new program. Eager cattlemen meet in Amarillo to discuss soil conservation and range rebuilding amid concerns over overstocking and potential market effects.
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Washington
National Capital
Red Room
Amarillo Hotel
Jep Todd
Jack Roach
Chansler Weymouth
Jude Bivins
Amarillo
Tom Bugbee
Clarendon
Panhandle
Nebraska to Return Robbery Suspect to Face Trial
Ralph R. Morrison known as Shorty, wanted in Nebraska and Kansas for bank robbery, lost a habeas corpus plea in New Mexico Supreme Court. Nebraska officers prepared to return him to Bartley bank robbery case from 1935 after Gallup arrest based on Texas information.
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Banta FE
N. M
Ralph R
Shorty) Morrison
Midwest
New Mexico Supreme Court
Nebraska
Bartley, Neb
Gallup
Texas
Morrison
Kansas
Woman Plunges From Sixth Floor. Husband Head of Ship Co Dies
St Louis woman Mrs Herman T Pott, wife of the president of the St Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Co, leaped or fell from the kitchen window of her sixth floor apartment last night. Friends knew no reason for the act.
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ST. Louis
Herman T. Pott
St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Company
City is Cooled by Good Rain
Amarillo and surrounding Panhandle towns saw scattered showers with a near inch of rain in the city. Temperatures dropped 21 degrees as clouds and thunder accompanied the downpour. Shoppers sought cover under awnings while picnickers fled Ellwood Park and streets backed up with pooling water. Forecasters expect only partly cloudy skies today.
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Panhandle
Oklahoma Panhandle
New Mexico
Canadian
Higgins
Pampa
Woodward
Shattuck
Oklahoma
Wellington
Tucumcari
Chico
Bigeau
San Jacinto
English
Ellwood Park
Troops Guard Negro on Trial for Attack
State troops, heavily armed, stood guard today as Roosevelt Collins, a Negro, went to trial for an alleged attack on Mrs Joel Hill, a farmer's wife, in Anniston Alabama. The case stirred racial tension and violence last month.
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Fila
Roosevelt Collins
Joel Hill
Loyalists and rebels clash as Madrid march looms in Spain
Loyalists push front north as rebels seize La Zaida near Zaragoza and advance toward San Sebastian. Rebels claim Guadarrama and Navasperal as key passes to Madrid while Loyalists renew mountain warfare toward Seville. Foreign powers seek neutrality amid warning to Americans in Madrid.
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San Sebastian
Madrid
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Torrelodonnes
Seville
Ceuta
Mordcea
Great Britain
France
Italy
Spain
la Zaida
Pamplona
Emilio Mola
Guadarrama City
Navasperal
Amarillo Area Tuesday Forecast Incomplete Readings
Forecasts indicate partly cloudy conditions for Amarillo and generally fair skies in West Texas north toward the 100th meridian. New Mexico regions expect fair to showery activity in the north. temperature data and hourly readings are partially garbled with yesterday’s precipitation noted at 1 inch for the 24 hours ending at 4 AM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Merico
Guy Waggoner Marries Again in Colorado Springs
Guy Waggoner aged 52, Arlington Downs owner, wed Virginia Joan Green aged 20 in Colorado Springs. The ceremony at Flist Methodist Church parsonage included Texas friends and follows his recent divorce settlement of about 500000. The couple left for the Waggoner Blue River home near Dillon.
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Colo
Guy Waggoner
Texa
Virginia Joan Green
Dallas
Tex
Waggoner
Miss Green
Texas
Wilbert Dawson
Flist Methodist Church
Blue River Country
Dillon
Here
Arlington Downs
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Flighland Park High School
Pliers To Stop Turkey Slipping At Table Invention
Algonac Mich Aug 3 A novel table implement by B W Pocock promises to steady the Thanksgiving turkey during carving. The device clips onto the bird to prevent slipping as the knife works, easing the host’s task and keeping slices neat.
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Algornag
Mich
B. W. Pocock
Pocock
Prisoner Hangs Self In Nuevo Laredo Jail
The lifeless body of Patrocino Castillo, 28, was found hanging from a water pipe with a belt around the neck in Nuevo Laredo city jail Mexico last night. He had been arrested on a complaint from a woman who said he had attempted to kill her.
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Laredo
Patrocino Castillo
Nuevo Laredo
Mex
Ickes Attacks Landon On Oil Regulation Shift
Secretary Ickes compared Governor Landon's altered stance on oil industry regulation to a deadly parallel with a 1933 speech. He criticized the Republican platform, Landon's Kansas record, and Hearst's influence, arguing the candidate wavers between progressive rhetoric and opposing policies.
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Washington
Tekes
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Ickes
Kansas
Lanedon
Naps G. O. P
Topeka
Kan
Republican Party
William Randolph Hearst
Boy Rescues Dog In Manhole In Kansas
Chanute Kansas report says a curious boy opened a manhole to see what lay beneath and freed Bill an aged terrier owned by C V Dalton. The dog had been missing for a month and was gaunt but will live according to a veterinarian.
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Chanute
Kan
Bill
C. V. Dalton
Body of missing boy found in Detroit River
The body of six year old Donald Wallace, missing since Saturday, was recovered this afternoon in the Detroit River. It was churned up by the ferry boat propeller operating between the mainland and Belle Isle.
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Donald Wallace
Detroit River
Belle Isle
Bayonets Rule Strike Area In Orofino Idaho
National guardsmen moved in to establish martial law in Clearwater County after a bloody clash between striking loggers and returning workers. Five strikers to hospital with bullet wounds. seven beaten workers hospitalized reported. governor Ross ordered troops to prevent further bloodshed and restore order at request of local officials.
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Idaho
National
Tur Bulent
Clearwater County
C. Ben Ross
Joel Wilson
Samuel F. Ewayne
Ross
Boise
Wilson
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