Four Men Entombed After Mine Fire In Missouri
Rescue crews battle water and poison gas to reach four men trapped 110 feet underground in a Missouri coal mine. Ed Stoner Jr Demmer Sexton Jack McCann and George Cameron are believed alive but sound has not been heard. Gas and collapsed passages impede efforts as 48 hours may pass before a breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moberly
Arnold Griffith
Griffith
Ed Stoner, Jr
Demmer Sexton
Jack McCann
George T. Cameron
Sexton
Stoner
Harry Allen
Central
Missouri
Lewis Forces Winners In Ohio Labor Issue
The first agreement from John L. Lewis driven union drive covers 300 employees at Atlantic Foundry Co in Akron. The deal marks the steel industry's Northeastern Ohio organizing effort reaching its first signed contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Ohio
Cleveland
LLP
John L. Lewis
B. L. Damich
Atlantic Foundry Co
Akron
Quick Round Trip Over Sea Planned
New York reporters say Harry Richman and Dick Merrill plan a round trip to England in Richman’s new $100,000 monoplane. They will depart when instruments are checked and weather permits. they will stay in England only to refuel before returning.
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New York
U,pr
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Richman
England
Merrill
Executions Limited Witnesses In Montjoy Case
Circuit Judge John Northcutt restricted witnesses for the Montjoy execution to the sheriff deputies aides a physician a clergyman and relatives of the condemned man with newspapermen barred The order aims to prevent a mob scene like the 1936 Bethea hanging in Owensboro Kentucky where about twenty thousand people attended.
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Covington
U.P
John Northcutt
John “Pete” Montjoy
Northcutt
Owensboro
Rainey Bethea
Defense seeks direct verdict in sterilization trial
In San Francisco two physicians face acquittal requests after defense lawyers argue the sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt was performed to safeguard her health and morals. The state rested after autopsy expert testimony and defense statements denying an illegal conspiracy.
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San Francisco
U.P
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Ann
Cooling Breezes Bring Rain to Drought-Horn Western Areas
Scattered thundershowers moved into the drought-choked middle west as cooling winds spread from Ohio to Michigan. Farmers expect late crops to revive while rangers report reduced danger of Minnesota forest fires and feed crops may benefit. Extradition papers for Virgil F. Ef finger, alleged Black Legion leader, were being prepared in Lima Ohio for submission to Michigan Governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Middle West
Minnesota
Detroit
Virgil F. Effinger
Black Legion
Lima
Michigan
Duncan C. McCrea
Toledo Chosen for 1937 Ohio Council Daughters of America
Columbus dispatch reports Toledo has been selected as the site for the 1937 convention of the Ohio Council for the Daughters of America. Delegates from Ohio chapters will attend the event to organize activities and programs for the year.
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Columbus
U.P
Toledo
The
Ohio Council For the Daughters of America
Negro confesses to bride murder in Chicago hotel
Rafe Swain, 27, a hulking Negro, admits killing Mary Louis Trammell, 18 month bride, in a hotel room after asking for money. He details breaking in, striking her with a water pitcher, and fleeing as police probe two other Chicago slayings. Police seek more on Lillian Guild and Florence Thompson Castle cases.
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Chicago
Rafe Swain
Mary Louis Trammell
Pwain
Ageniecane
Trammel
Swain
Lillian Guild
YWCA
Florence Thompson Castle
Unnamed Man Sought in Death of Mother and Child
Elyria police pursue a mysterious death case after Mrs. Pauline Cecil 24 and her daughter Geraldine four were burned alive in a fire ruled incendiary. A handwritten letter from Mrs. Cecil complained of being bothered by an unnamed man leading investigators to seek a suspect.
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Elyria
Pauline Cecil
Geraldine
Sally Rand Blames Chauffeur for Slow Drive to Luncheon
Mexia Texas A P report says Sally Rand was late for a Lions Club and Rotary Club luncheon and blamed her chauffeur Barney Oldfield for slow driving.
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Mexia
Tex
Sally Rand
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Barney Oldfield
Delay in Extradition Hearing for Carlton Chilton
Oklahoma plans to file the extradition request routing Carlton B. Chilton back to Granite Reformatory, Oklahoma. Chilton, a Cleveland resident, escaped 23 years ago after a bank theft conviction while serving a year in prison. He remains on parole until August 25, with Cleveland workers and groups supporting his case and the Cleveland Federation of Labor urging Governor Davey to deny extradition when filed.
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Columbus
U.P
Carlton B. Chilton
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Chilton
Granite, Okla
E. W. Marland
Mother Quits Custody Fight Over Actress Edith Fellows
Hollywood AP Edith Fellows 13 wins custody as mother Harriet Fellows withdraws opposition to grandmother Elizabeth Fellows in the interest of the child’s screen career. Edith testified she does not love her mother and prefers to live with her grandmother who says the mother abandoned her ten years ago.
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Hollywood
A.P
Edith Fellows
Harriet Fellows
Edith
Elizabeth Fellows
Nine Ohio Men Seek Alibi for Housemaid's Knee
A State Health Department report on occupational diseases for the first half of 1936 lists nine Ohio men with prepatellar bursitis or Housemaid's Knee seeking alibis to face coworkers and wives. Only one woman was among ten people affected by the condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
State Health Department
Pope decries Communist excesses in Spain during Maltese pilgrim visit
Pope at Castel Gandolfo condemns alleged Communist excesses in Spain and calls for God's help. He tells Maltese pilgrims to pray for an upset world, saying the earth is sick with grave illness and an even more dangerous future. He offers Apostolic blessing for their Lourdes Shrine pilgrimage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
U.R
Spain
Lourdes
France
Soviet Plot to Assassinate Stalin Trial Beginnings
In Moscow 16 defendants went on trial charged with a plot to murder Joseph Stalin and other Soviet leaders. The case links Nazi Germany and Gestapo to aiding the conspirators in overthrowing the government and restoring exiled Trotskyists to power. Fritz David, said to be German, allegedly planned to shoot Stalin at a 1935 Communist International meeting but could not reach his seat.
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Moscow
U.R
Josef Stalin
Klementi Voroshilov
Nazi Germany
Gestapo
Leon Trotsky
Lenin
Fritz David
David
Stalin
Communist Internationale
Chiefs of Hope Groups To Speak in Columbus
Dr Francis M Townsend founder of the Old Age Revolving Pension Plan Rev Gerald L TD Smith leader of Share the Wealth and William Lemke North Dakota congressman and Union Party candidate will address an all Ohio Townsend rally at the State Fairgrounds in Columbus Sunday. Senator Rush D Holt and Martin L Sweneey of Cleveland are also scheduled to talk.
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Columbus
U.P
Francis M. Townsend
Gerald L. TD. Smith
William Lemke
North Dakota
Union Party
Townsend
State Fairgrounds
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Martin L. Sweneey
Cleveland
Corn futures soar to new peaks on CBOT
Chicago futures climb to record highs with cash corn touching $1.57 a bushel, the highest since 1920, as renewed speculative buying drives markets.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Board of Trade
Loyalists Declare Bitter End War on Rebel Forces Everywhere
Madrid reports the government will issue orders to end restrictions and wage total war on rebels after the shelling of San Sebastian and killings of civilians. Tolls cited include 50 000 dead across Spain with 2000 killed at Badajoz and 1000 at Merida. loyalists claim rebels killed over 1000 loyalists in Teruel.
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Madrid
U.R
Popular Front
United Press
San Sebastian
Lisbon
Badajoz
Merida
Teruel
Spain
Seville
Jaen
Villa Verde
Andalusia
Higuera de la Sierra
Aracena
Seculo
Baenam
Cordoba
San Francisco
Baena
War Ministry
Fort Guadeloupe
Gas Company Strikers Meet Toledo Officials
Toledo officials from the Ohio Fuel Gas Company and the Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Company met with a committee representing 250 striking workers to attempt a settlement of a 10 day old strike. The session followed talks by Edward F. McGrady acting secretary of labor with company leaders and the Gas Employes' Union executive board.
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Toledo
U.P
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Company
Edward F. McGrady
Gas Employes’ Union
Akron sitdown strike at Firestone settled after talks
A sitdown strike that halted Firestone's miscellaneous department since midnight Sunday ended today after a conference between management and a union committee. Unspecified terms were reported and workers returned to their posts following the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AKRON
U.P
Firestone
Miscellaneous Department
Counterfeit $10 Notes Probe Nets Two Suspects
East Liverpool officials report two alleged accomplices of Edward Kasnow age 26 from New York were arrested by secret service agents for circulating counterfeit ten dollar Federal Reserve notes.
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East Liverpool
Edward Kasnow
New York
Secret Service
Federal Reserve Bank
Four More Dry Seasons Forecast Before Drought Ends
Smithsonian researchers project Ohio and drought‑stricken states will endure two to four more dry summers before relief. They cite a 23‑year weather cycle linked to Great Lakes levels and a potential shift to abundant rainfall by 1980, arguing history suggests eventual recovery.
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U.S
Washington
U.P
Smithsonian — Institution
Ohio
Charlies G. Abbott
Institution
Abbott
Great Lakes
Toronto stork derby leaders share prize of vast fund
Mrs Gus Graziano is among leaders with her ninth child in the Toronto stork derby paying half a million dollars. The contest ends October 31 with the prize from Charles Vance Millar. rival Mrs John Nagle recently raised her tally to ten children in August.
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Gus Graziano
Toronto
Labor Pledge To Back Roosevelt Sought By Ohio Unions
Organized labor in Ohio called a mass meeting for Sunday August 30 in Columbus to reelect President Roosevelt. A letter sent to 1,200 to 1,300 unions urged immediate elections to choose delegates. John Owens of Cambridge heads the Ohio Non-Partisan League effort approved by the state federation.
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Columbus
U.P
Organized Labor
Ohio
Roosevelt
League
John Owens
Cambridge
Ohio Group
Ohio State Federation of Labor
New High Power Police Revolver to Go On Market
Washington reports a new revolver more than twice as powerful than standard police service models will soon be sold commercially. It uses a heavy .375 caliber shell and weighs over 44 ounces. Price is about $60, aimed at a limited number of police departments.
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Washington
Expect Insanity Plea In Asheville Murder
Martin Moore, an African American hotel porter, goes to trial in Asheville on a murder charge. His attorney hints a plea of insanity may be used to bar a confession Moore allegedly signed. Two alienists reportedly deem him moronic, a point the defense may press to challenge the confession's admissibility.
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Asheville
N. C
U.R
Martin Moore
Helen
Clevenger
New York University
Moore
Italy Fears Spread of Communism as Result of Civil Warfare
British assurances say Mussolini shares Britain’s alarm over Spain’s civil war spreading. Italy denies seeking Moroccan or Balearic influence and mobilization rumors persist as France Russia and Germany posture around the conflict. Foreign volunteers and foreign pilots are linked to loyalist efforts while Britain revokes arms export licenses to Spain.
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Italy
London
Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Europe
Galeazzo Ciano
Morocco
Balearic Islands
Europa
Rome
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Barcelona
Paris
News Chronicle
Russia
Hendaye
Exchange Telegraph Company
Board of Trade
Spain
Townsend Pleads for More Time in Court
Dr Francis F Townsend founder of a 200 a month old age pension plan asked the Cleveland dispute hearing be postponed from Thursday to Monday citing ill health in a telegram to Judge George Kerr of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.
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Chicago
U.P
Francis F. Townsend
Cleveland
George Kerr
Cuyahoga County
Shotgun Killing Ends Controversy Over Cow
The incident in which Harry Fikman, 53, shot and killed Daniel O Hara, 65, during a confrontation over a cow on Eikman’s lawn is reported with sparse details. WPA projects employed 147 634 people on 3 352 Ohio projects in the week ending August 15. Democrat rallies are planned in all 88 Ohio cities on October 31.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Harry Fikman
Daniel O’harra
Eikman
O'Hara
Bilesman
Fikman
Columbus
Ohio
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