Anti-Roosevelt Break Emerges From Coughlin Townsend Movements
Cleveland dispatch reports a growing anti Roosevelt coalition across the country led by Father Charles Coughlin and Dr Townsend. The Coughlin National Union for Social Justice claims 1.6 million members and 4.4 million sympathizers, with Lemke as candidate and potential to influence the November vote alongside Townsend and Townsendites, who allege 2 to 3 million followers.
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United Press
Lyle C. Wilson
Cleveland
Mr. Roosevelt
William Lemke
Union Party
Alf M. Landon
Charles E. Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Lemke
Roosevelt Coughlin
Gov! Landon
Father Coughlin
Francis E. Townsend
Dr. Townsend
Coughlinites
Roosevelt
Gov
London
Norman Thomas
Earl Browder
Levin Death Probe Fails to Alter Open Verdict
Mrs. Pearl Edna Levin died from a pistol shot to the head with an open verdict of death at hands unknown. Police say no new evidence emerged. her husband Max Levin, a clothing store employee, survived by their son Wilbur Brown from a prior marriage. Funeral services set at 5:30 p.m. at Griggs and Sons chapel with burial in Llano Cemetery.
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Pearl Edna Levin
W. R. McDowell
Justice of Peace
C. W. Carder
Max Levin
Lucerne Apartments
Galveston
N. 8
Griggs and Sons
Drought Group Sees Effects Of Contouring
President Roosevelts drought trouble shooters toured the Panhandle in a Soil Conservation Service convoy led by Morris L. Cooke. They studied contour farming at the Peden farm northeast of Dalhart where four inches of May rain were saved. The Dalhart area includes 27,000 acres adopting moisture conserving practices as the group traveled toward Goodwell and Guymon en route to a conference with the president at Pierre.
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Vance Johnson Dalhart
Roosevelt
Panhandle
Pierre
Soil Conservation Service
Morris L. Cooke
Rural Electrification Administration
Dalhart
H. H. Pinnell
Finner
Peden
Finnell
Goodwell
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Guymon
Lamar
Colorado
Cooke
H. H. Bennett
SCS
Rexford Tugwell
Quezon Grants Pardons to Bakdalista Extremists
On the eve of his 58th birthday President Manuel Quezon granted conditional pardons to 31 Bakdalista extremists convicted of sedition for the May 1935 uprising that cost 54 lives. More than a hundred other Sakdalistas remain imprisoned for the uprising.
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Manila
P. I
Manuel Quezon
Light Ballot Seen If Runoff Voters Remain Sparse
Roy D. Chase county Democratic party secretary forecasts a light run off with under four thousand votes unless Democratic interest rises for Saturday. In the first primary Potter County cast about seven thousand six hundred votes and ballots will be accepted in malls until tomorrow night. Absentee voting ends today.
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Roy D. Chase
Democratic Party
Potter County
W. E. Blackburn
Chase
Woodlief Garage
West Sixteenth Street
Rebel Chief Says He Has Large Stock
General Emilio Mola announced that rebel forces in the north have gas supplies and that insurgents are on the move in many areas. Loyalist troops fighting to defend the Madrid popular front government reportedly used gas on the front near Burgos.
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Burgos
U.P
Red Madrid
Popular Front
Emilio Mola
Mola
Madrid
Roosevelt signals stay in Washington over war Spain
President Roosevelt, at a press conference, said he has no reports on the Spanish civil war beyond press accounts and stressed he remains in Washington due to critical conditions in war torn Spain and Europe. This follows his Chautauqua address where he warned of international tensions more than domestic issues.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Spain
Europe
Washington
Chautauqua
N. Y
Rebels Bombard San Sebastian and Irun Along Basque Front
The Spanish rebel warship Espana shelled Irun and San Sebastian injuring numerous people as loyalist artillery pressed the rebel lines around the city. Reinforcements to rebel camps increased through the night and reports said 1,000 rebel troops held Gijon on the coast.
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San Sebastian
Hendaye
U.P
Espana
I Irun
Gijon
Diary to influence court separations in Smith case
In Syracuse on August 18, Mrs. Alfred E. Smith Jr. seeks substantial temporary alimony and counsel fees. Her diary, she says, records up to 30 000 monthly earnings in 1928 1932 from her husband’s NYC law practice.
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Syracuse
Alfred E. Smith, Jr
Supreme Court
Smith
Young Smith
New York City
Techny Man Overcome by Heat While Walking on Polk Street
Larry Stone of Techny Illinois collapsed from heat in the 700 block on Polk Street. He was rushed to St Anthony's Hospital by Griggs ambulance and revived. Stone was en route to El Paso to visit his sister after arriving by train this morning. Build Now See Maynard Lumber Co Hubert Cole for County Clerk Adv.
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Larry Stone
Techny
Polk Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Griggs
Stone
el Paso
Amarillo Sets Public School Tax at 79 Cents
The Amarillo public schools keep the tax rate at 79 cents with a total budget of 656 477 dollars for the coming year. A public hearing will be held Thursday night in the senior high school auditorium for citizens to challenge the budget. The plan includes 520 000 dollars for operations, a five percent raise in salaries, and 136 377 dollars for interest and debt. The district aims to collect 82 percent of taxes on a 54 750 000 dollar city valuation, with a college tax of 10 cents raising total school tax to 89 cents. The college budget is 42 850 dollars and the largest anticipated receipts come from taxes.
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Amarillo
Amarillo College
Fogs Delay Flight to Death Spot
FAIRBANKS Alaska August 18 Clouds and fogs delayed a planned 500 mile flight by Wiley Post's widow to Point Barrow to erect iron crosses on the tundra river bank where Wiley Post and Will Rogers were killed last August Pilot Joe Crosson prepared his big transport plane at the airport with Mrs Post and five others to depart once weather cleared but conditions postponed the mission.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
Will Rogers
Joe Crosson
Barrow
Post
Rogers
Rogers Day Aug 24 Fort Worth at Frontier Centennial
Fred Stone joins old Will Rogers friends for Rogers Day on August 24 at the Frontier Centennial. Attending are Mrs. Will Rogers, Will Rogers Jr., Jimmie Rogers, Billie Burke, and Texas Oklahoma associates. A memorial coliseum at the show grounds will be dedicated to Rogers.
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Fort Worth
Fred Stone
Will Rogers
Rogers
Jimmie
Billie Burke
Texas
Oklahoma
Show Grounds
Corn and Hog Prices Soar in Chicago Market
Corn prices climbed the 4 cent limit near closing, reaching 1.15 a bushel for September futures and matching the highest level in a decade. The 12 dollar bag returned for the first time in 11 months as the Board of Trade opened with a sharp advance. Hubert Cole seeks County Clerk.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Negro in Hotel Bedroom Slaying Detained for Questioning
James Gray a 26 year old African American man walked into Chicago detective bureau at noon and said he knew nothing about the murder of Mrs. Thomas C. Trammell in a hotel bedroom. Gray is sought for questioning in the case.
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Chicago
U.P
James Gray
Thomas C. Trammell
Detective Bureau
Sobbing Girl Mother Says She Last Saw Baby in Lover's Arms
In San Francisco the defense pursues an unusual theory in the Hewitt sterilization case as Miss Hewitt's attorney faces cross-examination over her claim she was tricked into surgery. Meanwhile in Minneapolis a sobbing 15 year old mother identifies her dead baby and faces potential murder charges against herself and an unnamed 17 year old male companion.
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Baby
San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Russell P. Tyler
Miss Hewitt
I. M. Golden
Hewitt
Minneapolis
Willow River
Shirley
Ed J. Goff
Mike
Goff
General Hospital
Amarillo Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy to Wednesday
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas remains generally fair tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico shows unsettled conditions with possible thunder showers in the northwest and cooler southeast. Temperature extremes in Amarillo at 1 pm reach 69 and 91.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Noirmoutier and the Atlantic Coast Fisherfolk Echo America
The text describes Arthur Brisbane and The Globe editor's note on his column and recalls Noir moutier island off France. It paints coastal scenes with Pere La Chaise woods, nets drying, and fishermen and fisherwomen gathering shell mussels sold cheap. The refrain suggests America lies beyond the sea.
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Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Noirmoutier
France
Atlantic Ocean
Pere la Chaise
l'Amerique
St La—Bas
Storm warnings lifted as disturbance set to hit Mexico
Storm warnings along the Texas coast were ordered down after a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico was reported brewing. Forecasters expected the system to move inland into Mexico near Tampico, possibly with hurricane-force winds near the center.
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Brownsville
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Mexico
Tampico
Corpus Christi
Port Aransas
Wife surrenders in Berryville murder case
In Berryville Arkansas R L Bowman 42 a former Eureka Springs resort hotel manager was shot to death at his home. His wife 37 surrendered to deputies and claimed she shot him to save their four children ages one to 12. She reportedly said he returned home intoxicated and threatened the children. Bowman died from a shotgun wound to the abdomen.
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Berryville
Ark
R. L. Bowman
Eureka Springs
W. E. Maxwell
Maxwell
Bowman
Bandits Loot Express Bus Payroll in Guadalajara
Bandits held up an express bus near Guadalajara's business district and escaped with a payroll totaling 4155 dollars. No injuries reported. The heist occurred in the city of Guadalajara Jalisco on August 18.
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Guadalajara
Jalisco
Mexico
Thompson apologizes for supporting Smith in Texas utilities clash
Special to The News Ernest O Thompson, chairman of the Railroad Commission, spoke in Dallas August 18 urging utility rate regulation. He apologized for backing Lon A Smith two years earlier, noting Smith urged utilities to oppose his reelection and back Frank Morris in the upcoming run off. Thompson reviewed his record on regulatory battles.
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Dallas
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
People of
Texas
Lon A. Smith
Thompson
Smith
Frank Morris
Commission
Campa Against
Omer
Morris
New Naval Attache Appointed to Washington Embassy
The Navy announces Captain Kengo Kobayashi, now commanding the special service ship Tsurumi, as naval attache at the Washington embassy succeeding Captain Tamon Yamaguchi. The change is unrelated to the John 8. Farnsworth espionage case. Yamaguchi was to return to Japan before the charges surfaced.
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Tokyo
Navy Office
Kengo Kobayashi
Tsurumi
Washington
Tamon Yamaguchi
John 8
Farnsworth
United States Naval
Japan
Yamaguchi
Betty Grable Seeks Wedding Clause Change
Betty Grable failed to modify her contract with R K O to wed Jackie Cooper before January. As a minor her business affairs require court approval, and the studio refused to void the non marriage clause or permit a marriage without legal action.
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United Press
Hollywood
U.P
Betty Grabel
Jackie Cooper
R-K-O Radio
California
Miss Grable
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Tugwell
Loyals
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Herman Wright
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Guararrama
Ilinois
Maynard Lbr. Co
Hubert Cole
Rogers Day
Will
Ft. Worth
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Ann
Gale
Weather
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Kobayashi
Betty
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