Rebels Lose Ground as Madrid Battle Grows
Spanish government reports say Franco's forces push toward Madrid from Burgos with about 8,000 troops landed from Africa. Loyalist attacks target Huesca and surrounding towns while in Badajoz a Fascist revolt is said to be suppressed. Continuous advances threaten rebel supplies as the capital braces for decisive engagement.
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Burgos
Franco
Spanish Morocco
Spanish
Africa
Spain
Algeciras
Madrid
Bay of Biscay
Oil crews fight blaze at Republic Brooks No 1 well
Crews labored to build a new derrick at Sillbee Texas to control the Republic Brooks No 1 wildcat that has burned for two days. Operators plan to drill into the production sand to halt the flow and water lines are being laid to feed a Neches River water station nearby. The crater around the well grows, with the blaze spreading and a 75 foot crater width reported.
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Sillbee
Tex
Republic Brooks
Texas Youngest Judge To Direct Settlement Of 80 Million Estate
Kaufman County Judge Ben Brooks, 31, Texas youngest jurist, expects Mrs. Mabel H. Green to attend hearings in Kaufman on the administration of Col. Edward H. R. Green estate. If unchallenged, Mrs Green will be named permanent administrator. Bond likely near 100 million, among the largest in American history.
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Texas
Kaufman
Ben Brooks
Mabel H. Green
Brooks
Green
Edward H. R. Green
Colonel Green
Kaufman County
Massasoit Crew Rescued by Ivanhoe Near Nantucket
Off Nantucket Massachusetts the five man crew of the burning schooner Massasoit was saved by the schooner Ivanhoe of New Bedford. Engineer Roy Nickerson, 53, of New Bedford said the crew abandoned the ship around 10 30 A M Friday after fire erupted in the engine room before the Ivanhoe reached the scene.
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Nantucket
Mass
Massasoit
New Bedford
Roy Nickerson
New Beford
Ivanhoe
Coal Miners Win Wage Raise in Coahuila Mexico
Five thousand striking coal miners in Nuevo Rosita CoahuilaMexico win a wage raise from two pesos forty centavos to three pesos sixty centavos per day. The new wage remains below one US dollar daily.
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Laredo
Nuevo Rosita
Coahuila
Mexico
Bus Driver Critically Injured In City Crash
A bus overturned after colliding with a car 20 miles north of Edinburg injuring 10 people, with the auto driver Harry Morris Tucker of Fort Worth badly hurt and not expected to live. Authorities described the incident as critical and ongoing.
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Edinburg
Here
Harry Morris Tucker
Fort Worth
Hope for Clearing Up Of Texas PWA Muddle Brightens at Capital
Washington dispatch reports Texas Planing Board seeks audience with President Roosevelt to press for readjustment of PWA labor rules. Senators Sheppard and Connally wired for appointment, with confirmation expected soon. Texans argue executive order mandating relief rolls for PWA labor is unjust and want to present their case in person.
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Texas
PWA
Washington
Texas Planing Board
Roosevelt
Morris Sheppard
Tom Connally
New York
Will Rogers Oklahoma holdings to be sold for taxes
In Claremore Oklahoma Will Rogers birthplace and homestead ranch along with his Oklahoma properties may be sold to pay estate taxes after a petition filed by administrator Herb McSpadden. A county court hearing was set for September 4 to decide on the sale to cover taxes estimated at about 175000 dollars.
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Claremore
Okla
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Rogers
Herb McSpadden
The
Oklahoma Holdings
H. H. Brown
Cyclist Hurt in West Sixth Ave Crash Between Monroe and Jackson
Hart Gibson of 3509 Tyler Street suffered a broken arm and head injuries after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Mike Kenny of 210 Jackson Street near West Sixth Avenue between Monroe and Jackson Streets. Gibson was rushed to Northwest Texas Hospital with a damaged bike and possible skull fracture.
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Hart Gibson
Tyler Street
Mike Kenny
Jackson Street
Betwen Monroe
Jackson Streets
West Sixth Avenue
Gibson
Kenny
Northwest Texas Hospital
Missing in Forest Fire Claims Several Homes
Duluth Minnesota August 8. A forest and brush fire in the Markham area fifty miles north of Duluth raged out of control destroying 36 farm homes. Several persons were reported missing and at least one perished while refugees were burned and had to drive through flames along narrow roads.
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Duluth
Minn
Markham Area
Borger Approves $65,000 Hospital Bond Issue
Borger voters backed a new $65,000 hospital bond issue with returns nearly complete. The hospital will replace the 14 room building and construction is expected to begin within 90 days.
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Borger
Hutchinson County
Unoccupied Car Kills Picnicgoer in Peoria Hill Incident
In Peoria Illinois an unattended car rolled down a hill into a picnic crowd killing Christian Knapp. Police reported no driver present at the scene and described the accident as a fatal incident involving an unoccupied automobile.
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Peoria
Ill
U.P
Christian Knapp
Weather summary for Southern Plains and West Gulf States
Yesterday temperatures reached a high of 94 and a low of 69 with clear to fair skies. The outlook for the week starting Monday calls for mostly fair weather with temperatures slightly above normal inland and near normal along the coast.
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Amarillo
Oereeeee Tl Sa
Southern Plaine
West Gulf States
Woman Friend Says Burke Was Taken For A Ride
In Houston on August 8, Edwin Burke a 30 year old state supervisor for a Chicago racing farm publisher was wounded and found five times on a street. A woman friend claimed hoodlums forced him into a car and fled after shooting. She knows suspects but will not name them. Authorities promised protection while urging her to speak with Burke and his parents.
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Houston
U.P
Edwin Burke
Chicago
Burke
George Andrew
Andrew
Switchman Dies From Blaze Inhalation At Home
In Cleburne a Santa Fe Railroad switchman Rupert Higgins aged 50 died from smoke inhalation when flames consumed his eight room home early today. His wife Lola Higgins was badly burned. a fireman suffered minor injuries and three others were overcome by heat while battling the fire. The house, one of Cleburne’s oldest, burned to the ground. In Dallas, divers recovered James B. Vaughn a 19 year old US Navy sailor from White Rock Lake after he drowned when a sailboat he swam beside was blown away by wind.
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Cleburne
Rupert Higgins
Santa Fe
Lola Higgins
Dallas
James B. Vaughn
United States
White Rock Lake
Vaughn
Electrocution Fatal on Texas Power Line Worksite
Van Mount Wood aged 22 was electrocuted near Wylie Collin County while working on a Texas Power and Light Co project after touching a highly charged power line. The incident occurred August 8 as crews repaired a pole. United Press report filed from McKinney notes the line’s voltage and ongoing investigation.
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Mkinney
U.P
van Mount Wood
Wylie
Collin County
Texas Power & Light Co
Moscow Bound Russian Flyers Press On Toward Arctic Passages
Russian flyers Sigismund Levanevsky and Victor Levchenko, en route from California to Moscow, were forced down briefly at Bella Bella due to poor visibility but prepared to resume toward Juneau Alaska. The 910 mile leg includes a new Vultee monoplane loaded with fuel gear and supplies for Arctic science and potential commercial routes.
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Seattle
Nicholas Sokoloff
Amtorg
Sigismund Levanevsky
Victor Levchenko
Siberia
Alaska
Bella Bella
Juneau
Weather Bureau
California
Moscow
Levanevsky
Levchenko
Russia
Arctic
Death Claims Mrs. J. F. McGee Pioneer Frontier Wife
Mrs. Thomas F. McGee 77 of Lubbock died yesterday afternoon after a life as a pioneering frontier spouse and mother. Widow of Dr. Thomas F. McGee he practiced medicine in Amarillo for over four decades and ran a drug store until retirement in 1931. The family settled near Amarillo and later moved to Lubbock where she died at her daughter Flora McGee’s home, a Texas Tech faculty member.
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Thomas F. McGee
Lubbock
Amarillo
Texas Tech College
Ginger Rogers Returns Home to Lead Texas Exposition Show
Dallas star Ginger Rogers arrives to headline the Queen's Night finale at the Texas Centennial Exposition. She is greeted by the exposition navy unit, declares thrill at being home. Attendance elicits 29,940 on opening day and a grand total of 2,578,653.
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Dallas
Ginger Rogers
Texas
Miss Rogers
Air Prospector Finds Missing Plane Crashed with Four aboard
FAIRBANKS Alaska August 84 John Hadjukovich and two companions located the Arthur F Hines plane missing since August 19 1935 near a 5000 foot alpine range east of Healy River The wreck bore a burned fuselage and few bones The crew were Pilot Hines Mrs John Lenz John Lenz and Alton Nordale all from Fairbanks
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Fairbanks
Alaska
John Hadjukovich
Arthur F. Hines
Hines
Hajdukovich
John Lenz
Alton Nordale
Dawson
Bill McCann
Carl Tweiten
Healy River
Tanana
Naturalist James P. Melzer Dies After Long Illness
Milford New Hampshire August 8 James P Melzer a 76 year old naturalist died at his home after a long illness He was known in local scientific circles for his field work and natural history observations.
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Milford
N. H
James P. Melzer
Zioncheck's Death Plunge Attributed To Doctor's Advice
Seattle dispatch reports friends linked Rep Marion Zioncheck's death plunge to depression and a psychiatrist's urging he suspend his re election bid. He reportedly planned more institutional treatment but attended one last campaign event before leaping from a fifth floor window as aides witnessed his incoherent note and attempted to intervene.
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Seattle
Marion A. Zioncheck
Warren G. Magnuson
Zioncheck
William Nadeau
Nadeau
Cotton yield forecast shows larger US crop this year
The department of agriculture projected 12,481,000 bales of cotton this year, up 1,842,609 bales from last year, with yield per acre at 199.7 pounds. Conditions remain above the 10 year average though drought hits Oklahoma. Missouri and Mississippi expected record yields.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi River
Missouri
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Virginia
Carolinas
Wife of Valentino Back in Pictures After Luck
Hollywood report says Jean Acker Rudolph Valentino’s first wife returned to film work in Ca Mille alongside Greta Garbo. An ill 22 year old Adrienne Matzenauer, daughter of opera star Mme Margaret Matzenauer, lay in a hospital bed.
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Hollywood
Calif
Jean Acker
Rudolph Valentino
Adrienne Matzenauer
Mme
Margaret Matzenauer
Metropolitan Opera
Miss Acker
Camille
Greta Garbo
Anti New Deal Group Formed By James Reed In Detroit
A Detroit meeting formed the National Jeffersonian Democrats to oppose President Roosevelt and the New Deal. James A. Reed leads the effort with other figures, stressing the group is not a new party though no candidate is endorsed. Some participants back Alf Landon, with southern opposition lacking a full endorsement.
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James Reed
Detroit
Roosevelt
James A. Reed
Missouri
Farley
New York
James A. Farley
Ors
Reed
Landon
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
Henry Breckinridge
Mr. Roosevelt
Sterling E. Edmunds
St. Louis
Lightning splits tree injuring two at Bixby Park picnic
A lightning bolt split a tree at Bixby Park during a large Iowa State Society of California summer picnic injuring a woman and a girl among thousands in Long Beach California.
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Long Beach
Calif
Bixby Park
Iowa State Society of California
Tri-State Fair guarantees cash premiums for 1936 expo
The Tri-State Fair guarantees all cash premiums listed in its 1936 catalog and says payments will be made in full and immediately. Treasurer O L Ted Taylor notes the fair has ample funds to cover about $20 000 in cash premiums, new exhibit buildings and expanded amusements. A poultry department is added for the first time since 1932. catalogs available by mail or by telephone 4242.
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O. L
Ted” Taylor
Association
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