Hundreds Wait as Rescue Seeks Four Trapped Miners
At Moberly Missouri the Esty Coal Mine rescue team tunnels through 16 feet of debris to reach four men inside a main shaft cave in. The four are Demmer Sexton and Edward Stoner Jr both owners' relatives, A W McCann and George T Cameron. Families and onlookers crowd the mine mouth as danger grows with an internal fire.
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Moberly
Esty
Demmer Sexton
Edward Stoner, Jr
A. W. McCann
George T. Cameron
Heiress Fails To Make Case In Sterilization Saga
In San Francisco a judge rules sterilization not a crime in California. The case involves heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt and her mother Mrs. Maryon Cooper Hewitt McCarter. State attorneys seek extradition and prosecution in New Jersey as the mother faces a separate attempted suicide charge. The civil suit against physicians Tillman Boyd and State Psychiatrist Scally suffers a setback with dismissal.
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Ann Cooper Hewitt
San Francisco
Tilton E. Tillman
Samuel G. Boyd
Raglan Tuttle
U.P
Maryon Cooper Hewitt McCarter
Jersey City
Miss Hewitt
Tilton Tillman
Samuel Boyd
Mary S. Scally
Tillman
Boyd
Tuttle
California
Minnesota Governor Floyd Olson in Critical Condition
ROCHESTER Minn U P Gov Floyd B Olson of Minnesota remained somewhat weaker today at St Marys Hospital where he fights stomach cancer. Mayo Clinic bulletin reports no marked change yet notes increasing feeding difficulty while pulse and temperature stay near normal.
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Rochester
Minn
U.P
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
St. Marys Hospital
Mayo Clinic
A. m
Roosevelt Seeks More Data On Midwest Drought
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and National Grange officials visited the Summer White House for a second Roosevelt conference on the drought. They planned to present data stressing crop prospects, crop debt, and the farm mortgage outlook.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
National Grange
White House
Roosevelt
Man Crushed in Factory Runway Collapse in Dayton
Gus Fisher, 45, died after an iron runway at a tobacco factory collapsed in Dayton yesterday afternoon. Firefighters and investigators worked at the scene to determine the cause and assess safety penalties.
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Dayton
U.P
Gus Fisher
Fail To Make Peace In Ohio Bridge Scrape
West Virginia and Ohio clashed over the Parkersburg bridge with Parkersburg residents claiming the owner could profit about 1 million dollars if sold to Ohio under proposed terms. Governor Kump expressed optimism a satisfactory agreement would come soon.
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Ohio Bridge
Charleston
W. Va
U.P
West Virginia
Ohio
Parkersburg
H. G. Kump
Nick Stevens
Ohio Bridge Commission
Kump
Stay of Execution Granted in Kentucky Assault Case
John Pete Montjoy 22, a Black man convicted of attacking a white woman, received a stay of execution as his commutation hopes were revived. In Covington Irene Cummings 28 sought police protection amid fears for her safety after refusing to sign a commutation petition.
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Lexington
John
Pete) Montjoy
Covington
Irene Cummings
Montjoy
Sabina New President of Ohio Methodist Protestant Conference
W. Rosenberg of Steubenville was elected today as the new president of the Ohio Methodist Protestant conference in Sabina. The concise announcement notes his leadership role and recent election without additional details.
Landon Tours West with Farm Belt Push in 1936 Campaign
Gov Alf Landon begins a broad eight state stretch targeting the farm belt and East with three major speeches in West Middlesex Pennsylvania Chautauqua New York and Buffalo New York. He plans daylight rear platform appearances across Iowa Illinois and Ohio before returning to Topeka August 27.
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Estes Park
Colo
U.P
Alf M. Landon
Pennsylvania
New York
Rocky Mountain
Topeka
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio
Kansas
West Middlesex
Chautauqua
N. Y
Buffalo
Four Ohioans Die in Storms
Four Ohioans were killed by lightning during a late yesterday storm sweeping central and northeast Ohio. Victims include Cloyd Kalb 18 near Bucyrus David Elwanger 70 on his farm near East Palestine John Mailing 20 visiting Middleburg and Karl Monejoy 17 at Lebanon. In Bucyrus spectators fled the Lewis Bros circus when the main tent fell amid winds. The state meteorologist said rainfall was general but storms were scattered.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Cloyd Kalb
Bucyrus
David Elwanger
East
Palestine
John Mailing
Bellefontaine
Middleburg
Karl Monejoy
Lebanon
Lewis Bros
W. H. Alexander
Brothers Die in Auto Accident North of Logan
Two brothers, Lester 23 and Donald 11 Jackson, died when their car overturned on Good Hope Township Road between Rockbridge and Sugar Grove. Donald was tossed from the vehicle while Lester, the driver, became trapped. They were en route to Sugar Grove to meet their father Grover C. Jackson. Sheriff Joe Farbearn and investigators reported the wreck and removed the bodies to a Lancaster mortuary. The older brother left a wife Oma and two children, Bonnie and Patty. other relatives are listed. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Logan
Lester Jackson
Donald
Good Hope Township
Rockbridge
Sugar Grove
Grover C. Jackson
Joe Farbearn
S. B. Whitehart
F. X. Pratt
Chillicothe Station
Jesse Lockman
Lancaster
Oma
Bonnie
Patty
Jess Daubenmier
Marion Township
Roy Snake
Richard
Eugene
Turley
Susan
Betty
Try-Anything Policy of New Deal Assailed in Maryland
Frank Knox, Republican Vice Presidential nominee, spoke to the United Retail Merchants' Association in Hagerstown amid a rain delay. He urged a simple, economy driven federal role, criticizing government as indecisive and overbearing, and warned against ongoing tax rises and the “try-anything-once” approach.
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New Deal
Hagerstown
U.P
Frank Knox
New England
Knox
Washington
New Group of Church Sets Up Extensions
The Presbyterian Church of America, a new fundamentalist group, announced six new presbyteries in California six in the Dakotas Iowa Chicago Ohio and the Northwest including Washington and Oregon. Divisions already in place were New Jersey Philadelphia New York New England and Wisconsin.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church of America
Committee On Home Missions and Church Extension
California
Dakotas
Iowa
Chicago
Ohio
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
New Jersey
New York
New England
Wisconsin
Northwest Endorses Lewis Plans by 40000 Steel Workers
Van A. Bittner announced that 40 000 steel workers in the Calumet region endorsed the steel workers' industrial organizing committee aligning with John L. Lewis' CIO. The endorsement comes from representatives of the Northwest area.
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Chicago
U.P
Steel Workers’ Industrial Organizing Committee
Calumet
van A. Bittner
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
NAACP backs Martin Moore in murder case stand
In Asheville North Carolina NAACP leaders say they believe Martin Moore, a young Black man who confessed to killing Helen Clevenger, is innocent and may mobilize lawyers and funds to aid him. Court proceedings saw three defense lawyers clash as a jury neared.
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Asheville
N. C
U.P
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Martin Moore
Helen Clevenger
New York
Moore
J. F Clevenger
M. L. Breeding
Association
Donald F. Phillips
WPA recreation conference plans fall winter program
Sixteen WPA district recreation supervisors will discuss plans for a fall and winter recreation program at a conference in Columbus. The meeting will explore ideas and methods to organize activities across districts.
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Columbus
U.P
WPA
Tomor
Fall From Smokestack Kills Lima Man
Joseph Stroud aged 48 died after a 50 foot fall from a smokestack where he was employed in Lima. The accident was reported today and investigators will determine cause and potential safety violations.
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LIMA
U.P
Joseph Stroud
New Name Adopted For Brothers Amid Musical Plenty
Detroit probate judge Joseph A. Murphy allowed the Kieczynski brothers to change their surname to Collins after a humorous exchange about famous musicians. The judge hinted that their own music was not to blame for any perceived hindrance, approving the petition for the name Collins.
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Detroit
Joseph A. Murphy
Kieczynski Brothers
Tschaikoveky
Wentewsky
Paderewski
Collins
Nelsonville Elder H D Krieg Dies Suddenly at 77
Nelsonville Ohio H D Krieg 77 longtime business church figure dies of heart attack at his Payette Street home He previously owned Nelsonville Lumber Company with brother M A Krieg survived by widow two children five grandchildren and three brothers and a sister in law Logans Logan and Charleston West Virginia connections noted
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Nelsonville
H. D. Krieg
Payette St
Krieg
M. A. Krieg
Nelsonville Lumber Company
Logan
L. I. Krieg
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Floyd
M. A
Irvin
Harvey
Charleston
W. Va
Mise Lucy Krieg
Bruno Hauptmann Widow Pays Back Income Taxes
Mrs. Bruno Hauptmann and her attorney settled the late Lindbergh case suspect’s back income taxes in Albany. They handed a $1,847.26 check to Internal Revenue collector Harry M. Hickey for the 14th district as full payment.
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Albany
i.Pi
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Harry M. Hickey
Internal Revenue
14Th District
Ohio Food Grants Vary Widely Among Counties
Ohio relief data show large gaps in food allowances for needy families. Athens County reached $19.40 for a four person family, while Hocking County allotted $13.20. Monthly per case funds ranged from $6.67 in Allen to $46.58 in Holmes, with many counties well below the subsistence standard estimated at $19 a month for a two adult, two child family. Muskigum reported less than half the subsistence budget, and Muskingum officials said they could offer no aid beyond that amount.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
State Relief Commission
Relief Commission
Athens
Hocking
Athens County
Hocking County
Allen County
Holmes County
Muskingum County
Three Held for Sale of Dope To School Boy
In Findlay Ohio three WPA workers including a playground supervisor were arrested over marijuana used in muggles cigarets. A 15 year old boy was found deranged after smoking. Marijuana for 500 cigarettes found in Sands garage. Police say berries for the plants were bought in Toledo.
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Findlay
U.P
WPA
Lawrence Sands
Carl Hilkert
George Hilkert
Leo Larkins
Toledo
Larkins
Hilbert
War Buddies Gather Sunday for Ohio Legion Convention Preview
Portsmouth event ahead of the 18th annual Ohio American Legion convention features a Worty and Hight dinner and parade. About 6 000 legionnaires will attend outdoor services at the new $100 000 municipal stadium where Frank E Samuels and Gov Martin L Davey will speak. A river regatta air show and drum and bugle corps contest mark opening day with Elyria the state champion drum corps competing against Massillon and Lima among others.
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Portsmouth
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Frank E. Samuels
Indianapolis
National Adjutant of the Legion
Martin L. Davey
Drum
Elyria
Massillon
Lima
Three Trainmen Die In Engine Explosion
Three Chesapeake and Ohio freight train workers died when locomotive boilers exploded near Beckley West Virginia. The deceased were Blaine Simmons Raleigh Brown Nunnally of Hinton and Ray E Singer of Oak Hill.
Mexico Sends Arms to Left Wing Forces
Mexico City reports more than 30 railway car loads of war munitions en route to the Spanish government aboard the liner Magallanes. The shipment, tied to the left wing regime, risks shattering neutrality hopes and drawing ire from Mussolini and Hitler as Spain’s civil conflict widens.
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Mexico City
Spain
Mexico
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Germany
Magallanes
Barcelona
Juan March
Italy and Germany Foresee More Trouble
Rome reports confirm growing belief that a neutrality accord to curb foreign involvement in the Spanish revolt is unlikely to succeed. Spain may receive arms from Mexico which would complicate any possible pact while German warships are ordered to defend German shipping from Spanish government vessels beyond the three mile limit after an incident at Cadiz.
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Rome
U.P
Italy
Mexico
Kamerun
Cadiz
Foreign Office
Germany
Loyalists Press Three Fronts in Madrid Battle
Madrid reports Loyalists fight rebels on three fronts west southwest and north as about one thousand men die daily in the Spanish civil war. The dead face burial dilemmas and possible epidemics with many victims left unknown and burned or buried in common graves. France orders a frontier sanitary service to prevent spread of disease.
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Madrid
Hendaye
Spain
United Press
Soviet to Open Series of Legal Executions
Moscow reports sixteen men on trial for complicity in a terrorist plot may be first to face death before a firing squad. Twelve more men and a woman, Safonova Faivilovich, named as held for separate examination and probable trial.
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Moscow
Safonova Faivilovich
Pittsburgh strike at Ste Steel Spring Co halts plants
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a three day strike at the Steel Spring Co causing a suspension of operations at two plants. More than 500 workers are involved in the stoppage as leaders seek concessions.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Ste Stee! Spring Co
E.np
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