Spanish Crisis Keeps Roosevelt Close to Home
President Roosevelt plans to stay near the capital on campaign tours due to the Spanish Civil War crisis. He will travel to the Dakotas on a drought relief mission August 27 to meet with governors and discuss relief progress.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.R
Roosevelt
Wasington
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
North
South Dakota
White House
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Idle Prisoners Spark Turmoil at Maryland Prison
Warden E Quenstedt blamed enforced idleness for the escape of two prisoners Arthur Stewart and Ralph Wardner at the Maryland House of Correction. They were recaptured soon after and rioters were quelled when guards responded to a general alarm. Stewart was sent to the Maryland state penitentiary while Wardner and 10 ringleaders were placed in solitary confinement.
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Jessups
U.P
E. Quenstedt
Maryland House of Correction
Arthur Stewart
Ralph Wardner
Stewart
Maryland State Penitentiary
Wardner
Ohio's Jean Valjean Case Probed Over Extradition
Ohio authorities consider investigating the case of Carl ton B. Chilton of Cleveland who escaped Oklahoma’s reformatory 23 years ago and faces possible extradition. Governor staff says Oklahoma seeks Chilton’s return. state crime bureau head Daley urged release in a conflicting report.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Jean Valjean
Carlton B. Chilton
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Charles Leagure
Davey
E. W. Marland
Chilton
Charles Daley
Crime Bureau
Ohio direct relief roads decline in ten counties
Direct relief roads in Ohio's ten most populous counties fell from July to August, dropping 3,129 cases and affecting about 10,950 people. The report notes a sizeable decrease in relief demand across the state's major counties.
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Columbus
U.P
Farm-Labor Leader Olson Transferred to Rochester Hospital
Physicians treating Governor Floyd B. Olson, seriously ill with a chronic ailment, prepared to administer a blood transfusion to bolster his strength. Olson was flown by chartered plane to Rochester from his summer home at Gull Lake for treatment.
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Rochester
Boat in Distress Near Magdalena Bay
Distress message from the fishing boat Enterprise reports it aground south of Magdalena Bay in Baja California. Mackay Radio relayed the warning from San Pedro California early today.
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San Pedro
Cal
Mediator Arrives in Toledo for Gas Labor Talks
Edward F. Mc Grady acting U S secretary of labor arrives to meet today with Gas Employees Union officials and leaders of the Ohio Fuel Gas and Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas companies in Toledo.
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Toledo
U.P
Edward F. McGrady
U. S. Secretary of Labor
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Company
Storms Break Heat Wave in Seven States
Thunder storms rumbled over seven mid western states as nearly 50 people died from the heat since Aug 1. Cooling rains fell in North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Missouri and Indiana while the Dust Bowl states stayed over 100 degrees. New forest fires burned in Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan timberlands as 30 000 workers hoped weekend rain would help. Temperatures included Cairo Ill 102 Evansville Ind 102 Des Moines 98 Omaha Neb 106 Kansas City 108. Storm warnings were issued at Brownsville Texas for a tropical hurricane landfall.
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U.P
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Indiana
Nebraska
Kansas
Savannah
Minnesota
Michigan
Cairo
Ill
Evansville
Ind
Concordia
Kan
Des Moines
Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
Brownsville
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Gulf of Mexico
Farm Relief To Be Increased Amid Drought Aid Plans
Washington officials announced plans to spend over 100 million dollars to aid more than 500000 farm families this winter. Appeals from multiple states push the relief estimate up as WPA already supports about 80501 farm families and 66000 drought grants from the Resettlement Administration.
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Washington
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Resettlement Administration
Ohio
West Virginia
Townsend Rested To Appear In Court Case
Cleveland reports Dr Francis E Townsend founder of the old age revolving fund pension movement is set to testify Thursday in a suit seeking an accounting of the movement funds. He postponed yesterday due to illness and later said he felt rested after posing for photographs.
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Cleveland
O.R
Francis E. Townsend
Townsend
Man Dies After Operation For 260 Foreign Objects
Litchfield Illinois report says John Bauer, a farmer, died following surgery to remove 260 wire, nails and glass from his stomach after relatives said he swallowed the objects while despondent over financial reverses.
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Litchfield
U.R
John Bauer
Anti-Roosevelt Sentiment Grows Across the Nation
United Press reports a rising Anti-Roosevelt movement across the United States tied to William Lemke and the National Union for Social Justice. Father Charles Coughlin claims millions of supporters and vows to push Lemke to a decisive vote, while Dr. Townsend's pension plan rally also fuels anti administration sentiment.
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John H. O'Donnell
Pittsburgh
William Lemke
Father Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Walter D. Davis
O’donnell
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Union Party
Alf M. Landon
Mr. Roosevelt
Charles E. Coughlin
Lemke
National Union
Francis FE. Townsend
Townsend
Coughlinites
Heiress Hopes To Show She's Not Moronic
In San Francisco a sterilization trial for Isador Golden defending Drs Tillman and Boyd continued with a cross examination aimed at proving a conspiracy to strip Mrs Cooper Hewitt of control over her daughter Ann Hewitt. Miss Hewitt sought to prove she is not moronic, while a health official testified her mental age is 9 to 11.
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San Francisco
U.R
Hewitt
Isador Golden
Golden
Miss Hewitt
Cooper Hewitt McCarter
Canton Steel Workers object to CIO action
Petitions signed by eight percent of Republic Steel Corp Canton plants' 5,900 employees protest the Committee for Industrial Organization. The petitions were delivered to Gov. Martin L. Davey Sheriff Joseph T. Nist and Mayor Jim Seccombe as the CIO pressure campaign continued.
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Canton
U.P
Republic Steel Corp
Committee For Industrial Organization
Martin L. Davey
Joseph T. Nist
Jim Seccombe
Young Sweethearts Die in Lightning Near Cemetery
Grace F E Moye aged 17 and Oliver H Dame Jr aged 16 Akron High School sweethearts were found dead under a tree near a cemetery entrance after going missing Saturday night. A hunter found the bodies while walking his dog during an electrical storm. They had been struck by lightning while seeking shelter.
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Akron
U.P
Grace Fe, Moye
Oliver H. Dame, Jr
Fire destroys five Wooster buildings in downtown blaze
Fire Chief Herbert C. Young estimated damage at 50 000 to 60 000 as flames gutted five Wooster buildings early today. The blaze threatened the downtown district for a time before being controlled.
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Wooster
HOLC Moves to Seize Ohio Mortgages Amid Foreclosures
In Ohio nearly 2,500 HOLC foreclosure actions warn defaulters the New Deal agency will enforce loans. HOLC reports 218 properties seized and 2,246 actions pending from 98,500 loans totaling 305 million dollars. James W. Schoknessy notes policy blends firm action with mercy for financially strapped borrowers. Also report: two fishing boats and ten men per crew need immediate aid in Magdalena Bay, Baja California, per Mackey Radio.
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Columbus
U.P
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Ohio
New Deal Financial Agency
HOLC
James W. Schoknessy
San Diego
Calif
Magdalena Bay
Baja Calif
Mackey Radio
Negro Sought In Murder of Chicago Bride
Chicago police sought John Gray in the murder of Mary Louise Trammell a 24 year old bride. Audrey Tatum named Gray as owner of a notebook dropped by a prowler near Trammell’s hotel room. Four hotel workers were held for questions but not as suspects.
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Chicago
U.P
Harlem
Mary Louise Trammell
John Gray
Audrey Tatum
Bartels Elected Trustee for Zenner Co. in Ohio Bankrupt Case
William B. Bartels of Columbus, formerly Athens County prosecuting attorney, was elected trustee of the Zenner Co. Athene department store by creditors in Federal Court in Columbus. He will take over directing the bankrupt firm immediately as creditors' meeting convened at the Federal Building.
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Columbus
Willam B. Bartels
Zenner Co
Athene
Federal Building
Bartels
Athens County
New Deal Teaches Boston to Play Bridge and More
Washington report notes WPA funds $1,800 to teach bridge pinochle rummy chess checkers and ping pong in BostonReading and Game Room Division runs 28 rooms with 800 attendees July 1 to July 15 offering free government instruction including pamphlets and typescripts. Poker remains restricted draw and five card stud barred.
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New Deal
Washington
U.P
Boston
Works Progress Administration
WPA
New “Reading and Game Room
Engineer Ambler Freed From Spanish Mine Hostage Role
American consular officers at Seville and the English consul demanded the release of J. O. Ambler and 38 other hostages at a Spanish mine in Huelva. Ambler, a San Antonio mining engineer, had been held and was released yesterday.
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San Antonio
Tex
Huelva
Seville
U. S
Ambler
Lemke Group To Wage Fight on Both Parties
More than 100 Democratic and 30 Republican House members are on the Union Party White List and will not be opposed in November. Their districts, which backed the $3 billion Frazier Lemke farm mortgage refinancing bill, are treated as No Man's Land against third party challenges.
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Washington
U.P
House of Representatives
Union Party
Noman
Chutes Fail To Save 2 Fliers in Army Maneuvers
Otsego Michigan witnesses report two army flyers killed when their pursuit ship caught fire during a power dive. Lieut. William W. Harding of Los Angeles and Private Francis Mater bailed out as the craft burned. One parachute failed to deploy and the other flier hesitated before pulling his ripcord. First fatalities in maneuvers involving 24,000 troops and National Guard.
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Otsego
Mich
U.P
William W. Harding
Los Angeles
Selfridge Field
Francis Mater
National Guard
Stage Star Heads East for 24 Hour New York London Flight
Harry Richman, stage and screen star, begun a dawn flight from Albuquerque toward New York and London. He plans a round trip in 24 hours claiming his plane is virtually fool proof and that 40,000 pingpong balls in the wings would keep it afloat if the motor fails.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Harry Richman
New York
London
Richman
Firestone workers stage sit down at Plant One
A sit down halted production in the miscellaneous products dept at Firestone Plant One Akron locking out 700 men and 400 girls. The stoppage followed a meeting between a workers committee and management over demands for higher base rates.
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AKRON
U.P
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Japanese Naval Men Visiting Washington
The Imperial Japanese training squadron led by Vice Admiral Zengo Yoshida arrived at Baltimore Harbor for a six day stay. The flotilla includes coast defense ships Iwate and Yakuma with 1,410 officers and men to be honored in Baltimore and Washington. A national salute fired by the squadron was returned by Fort Howard.
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Baltimore
U.P
Imperial Japanese Training Squadron
Iwate
Yakuma
Washington
Zengo Yoshida
Fort Howard
Rescue boat crew towed after picket boat breaks down
Three Coast Guardsmen from Fairport who went into Lake Erie to rescue six young boatmen had to be towed in themselves when their craft failed.
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Painesville
Fairport
Lake Erie
Rebels Attack Coast Towns and Bomb Hospital
Dispatches report Spanish rebels bomb San Sebastian injuring the maternity hospital and shelled northern coast cities. Loyalists suffer heavy losses at Almendralejo and Gijon as rebel forces widen advance with plan for national action and Virgilio Cabanelas named president.
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United Press
Hendaye
San Sebastian
Iran
Lisbon
Almenralejo
Cabanellas
Madrid
Bada Jon
Oviedo
Gijon
London
Lloyd’s
Europe
Fanjul
DIVE CAUSE OF DEATH IN MANSFIELD CREEK INCIDENT
Coroner Q C Windbigler rules Anton Maurer aged 44 died from brain concussion after diving in a creek near Mansfield. The death was determined to be accidental with no foul play indicated.
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Mansfield
Q. C. Windbigler
Anton Maurer
Here
Ohio Daughters of America Hold 43rd Annual Meeting
About 800 women gathered in Columbus for the 43rd annual meeting of the state council of Ohio Daughters of America to be held today and Wednesday.
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Columbusu.r
State Council of Ohio, Daughters of America
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