Merriam Faces Test as California Strikes Shake State
Acting Gov Frank Merriam confronts California’s first large scale general strike as he vows to feed over a million people and suppress insurrection. The piece outlines Merriam's background from Iowa to California politics and his rapid rise following Gov Frank Rolph’s death.
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Frank Rolph
California
United States
Rolph
Frank F. Merriam
Merriam
Sunny Jim" Rolph
Frank Merriam
Public Enemy Hunt Shifts to Baby Face Nelson
Chicago July 26 federal agents target George (Baby Face) Nelson as the new No 1 public enemy amid the Dillinger gang manhunt. Hoover and officials vow no letup until Nelson, John Hamilton and Homer Van Meter are captured dead or alive. Nelson, a West Side Chicago product, is linked to the Little Bohemia incident and is now last seen in Ohio and Michigan as the siege of the gang continues.
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George
Baby Face
Nelson
Federal
John
West Side
Lester M. Gillis
Dillinger
Carter W. Baum
Little Bohemia
Wis
Crazy
J. J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Washington
John Hamilton
Homer van Meter
Hoover
Ohio
Michigan
John Nance Garner Not on State Ballot in 33 Years
Uvalde July 26 U P An historic Democratic primary marks the first in 33 years without John Nance Garner on the ballot. Garner, now Vice President, does not seek re election to Congress this year though he may campaign briefly at President Roosevelts request. He rose from the old 15th Texas district and served in Congress since 1901.
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U.P
John Nance Garner
Garner
United States
National Congress
15Th
Texas
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington
Possible Red Woman Linked to Dillinger Case
The text mentions a woman dubbed the woman in red possibly being with Mrs. Roy Keele at the Biograph Theater the night Dillinger was slain. it suggests a theory she may have betrayed Dillinger to save herself from deportation to Romania, though federal officials deny the claim.
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Anna Sage
Red
Roy Keele
Dillinger
Biograph
Irself
Romania
Dead men's votes invalidated by Dallas County panel
Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee ruled dead men cannot vote. A absentee ballot cast by Cecil Plock of Garland, killed in a Tyler automobile crash the day after voting, was deemed invalid and torn up after the ballot reached County Clerk Robin Adair and then the committee chairman Murrell Buckner. Frank E. Wheeler returned to Port Bliss after a three week visit in Amarillo.
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U.P
Dallas County
Democratic Executive Committee
Cecil FE
Plook
Garland
Plock
Tyler
Robin Adair
Murrell L. Buckner
Moratorium Law Held Unconstitutional by Court
In Antonio the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals ruled the state moratorium law preventing forced sales of mortgaged property unconstitutional. The decision dissolved an injunction that had blocked a sale sought by Mrs. M. A. Harrigan.
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Ban Antonio
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Mra. M. A
Soaple Offer Free Samples From Cuthcurs Department
Readable text mentions free samples of soaps and ointment with an address to Cuthcurs Department 16 Malden Street stage.
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Malden
Doris McDavid Visits Relatives in Abi lene
Miss Doris McDavid of San Diego California visits in the home of Mr and Mrs G B McDavid. She recently visited relatives in Abilene Texas.
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Doris McDavid
San Diego
Cal
G. B. McDavid
Abilene
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