Bricker Sees Regatta Air Show Draw 25000 in Gallipolis
Gallipolis hosts the eleventh Regatta and air show drawing about 25 000 spectators. John W Bricker Republican gubernatorial candidate praises Dr C E Holzer sponsor and district morale while public events include women’s altitude record efforts by Irene Crum and Babe Smith’s 400th parachute jump. Included are related speeches and luncheon to Bricker with local officials.
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Gallipolis
John W. Bricker
Ohio
C. E. Holzer
Wallipous
Irene Crum
Huntington
W. Va
Miss Crum
Edwin McCormick
Babe Smith
Akron
Babe
Yorkville
Ravenswood
Harry R. Hurn
Republican Executive Committee
Hotel Lafayette
R. M. Switzer
Bar Association
Holzer
Bricker
B. Holzer
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Queen Mary Sets New Atlantic Speed Mark
The Queen Mary broke the Normandie’s speed record by crossing Ambrose Lightship at 11:22 p.m. EDT four days seven hours twelve minutes after leaving Cherbourg. Cunard-White Star officials hailed the achievement as the ship’s fastest Atlantic passage yet.
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NEW York
U.P
Cunard-White Star
Normandie
Ambrose
Cherbourg
France
Louis to meet Ettore in 12 round Philadelphia bout
Promoter Mike Jacobs announced arrangements for Joe Louis of Detroit to fight Ettore of Philadelphia in a 12 round bout at Philadelphia Municipal Stadium on September 22.
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New York
U.P
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Detroit
Ettore
Philadelphia
Epiadelphia Municipal Stadium
Davey Criticized For Santa Claus Tax Cut Talk
Earl Griffith Republican candidate labels Martin L. Davey’s push to remove food sales tax and boost aid to the aged as a Santa Claus act. Griffith, speaking at a Wilkesville picnic, questions delays in pension payments and criticizes state cost growth since 1900.
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Wilkesville
Martin L. Davey
National Administration
Earl Griffith
Davey
Griffith
Ohio
Sherrill
Work or Jail Decreed For Jobless of County
Bowling Green Oct 10. Unemployed men on relief were ordered by Wood County commissioners to accept work or face jail. The ultimatum follows farmers’ complaints they could not get enough help to harvest tomato crops. The order relies on a state relief law making refusal to work a jail offense.
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Bowling Green
Wood County
Falling Tree Injures Invalid Ohio Woman
Swanton Ohio Mrs Catherine Woetyma an invalid was badly injured when a tree toppled onto her lawn cot pinning her hips during a storm. Her six year old son Edward ran a quarter mile to fetch eight neighbors who lifted the trunk free.
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Swanton
O.P
Catherine Woetyma
Celebration Opens in Bellefontaine for Logan Expedition
Open three day celebration marks the 150th anniversary of Col. Benjamin Logan's expedition against the Ohio Indians in Bellefontaine Ohio. Organizers plan ceremonies, parades and historical exhibits to honor the event and its regional history.
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Bellefontaine
UPA
Col
Benjamin Logan
Veterans Win In Battle With Ohio Governor
In Portsmouth Ohio the clash between Gov. Martin L Davey and the American Legion over the Xenia Old Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home ends as Davey appoints Milt D Campbell to another five year term on the home's board. Campbell is a Legion appointee, seen as vindication of Legion management of the Xenia home.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Martin L. Davey
American Legion
Xenia
Legion
Davey
Milt D. Campbell
Cincinnati
Home
Campbell
Budget Balancer Winner in Texas
Dallas Texas in the Democratic runoff primary Clyde Garrett defeated veteran congressman Thomas Blanton for renomination to the 17th Texas District Garrett a county judge and former section hand campaigned on a strong budget balancing platform confirming the party’s choice after Saturday’s voting returns
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Dallas
Tex
Thomas Blanton
Texas
Blanton
Clyde Garrett
Garrett
West Virginians Die In Battle Over Mule
Two state police investigators report a gun duel over a mule on Harts Creek near Logan West Virginia left both combatants fatally wounded Luther Lawson 39 and Billy Conley 47.
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West
Logan
W. Va
Harts Creek
Levi Hensley
Luther Lawson
Billy Conley
Knock Knock Raid Net $350 In Columbus
Gordon Dunn of Columbus said five men entered his apartment after he answered Knock Knock Who's There Western Union. They robbed him of clothing and jewelry valued at 350 dollars.
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Columbus
Gordon Dunn
Dunn
Western Union
Salary Boosts By Ohio WPA Chiefs Alleged
The GOP accuses Ohio Works Progress Administration leaders of raiding federal funds and approving three general salary increases for officials between July 1, 1935 and July 1, 1936 while relief workers earned little. The Ohio league chair claims the state leans Democratic in Roosevelt's favor, as do several other states. Roosevelt heads west for drought inspection after Landon campaigns in New York, with Minnesota’s Olson dead and Sen. Couzens backing Roosevelt.
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Washington
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
Republican National Committee
GOP
Labor
League
New York
Michigan
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New Jeresey
Roosevelt
Landon
Chautauqua
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
James Couzens
R. Mich
Cleveland man eludes escape from Ohio Penitentiary trusty
Columbus police sought Elmer Swain a 27 year old Cleveland man who escaped yesterday from the brick plant at Junction City as an Ohio Penitentiary trusty.
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Columbus
U.P
Elmer Swain
Cleveland
Ohio
Junction City
Fascists vs Reds in Europe Sparks Civil War Dynamic
Milton Bronner reports from London that Europe's stance in the Spanish Civil War hinges on Fascist versus anti fascist alignments. Italian planes and German materiel reportedly aid the rebels while Bolshevik Russia collects funds for Madrid, signaling a broader international fault line beyond Spain.
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Milton Bronner
NEA Service
London
Spain
Ohio Workers' Funds Rise as Surplus Grows
Ohio's Workmen's Compensation Fund shows a healthier balance with a 1935 surplus rise of 1 011 153 bringing total to 2 683 278. Total assets reach 44 622 839 led by a 37 805 952 bond investment. rates reduced 2.7 percent under last year.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Workmen's Compensation Fund
Industrial Commission
Thomas H. Gregory
Gregory
Leaders Facing Firing Squad After Terror Plot Conviction
In Moscow sixteen Communist leaders including Gregory Zinoviev and Leo Kamenev await executions for complicity in a terrorist plot against government officials. Reports say a new trio of high profile defendants may follow, with Karl Radek and Nicholas Bukharin among those named.
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Moscow
U.P
Soviet
Russia
Gregory Zinoviev
Communist International
Leo Kamenev
Zinoviev
Kamenev
Karl Radek
Nicholas Bukharin
Investia
Legion of American Taxpayers Demands Budget Cuts
A secret group calling itself the Legion of American Taxpayers announces aims to cut government salaries and pensions. It proposes halving civil service staff, reducing congressional and military pay, and slashing veterans and Roosevelt pay, while expanding National Guard and Reserve roles.
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Legion of American Taxpayers
Legion
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
National Guard
Officers Reserve Corps
Townsend rally in Cleveland drawn by old age pension plan
Dr. Francis Townsend addressed about 4 000 in Columbus area rally citing use of more than 1 000 000 dollars raised by Townsend clubs. Governor Davey faced boos as he noted pension increases, Lemke arrived late due to storm, Holt could not attend, and Rev Gerald L K Smith attacked Roosevelt over uses of public funds.
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Columbus
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Bill Lemke
Francis E. Townsend
Cleveland
California
Alfred J. Wright
Ohio
Townsend
Martin L. Davey
Lemke
Milwaukee
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Akron
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey P. Long
United States
New Dangers Facing Nation Warned By President Ransom
President William L. Ransom of New York addressed the American Bar Association in Boston urging vigilance against fresh invasions of arbitrary personal government. He warned that many states and the bar face fundamental issues that could decide the future of law and courts of justice.
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Boston
Iu.p
William L. Ransom
New York
American Bar Association
Ransom
Awand
Five men die in 200 foot mine level gas blast
Five men were killed 200 feet below the surface in a Sullivan Trail Coal Company Mine at West Pittston near Wilkes-Barre when a gas explosion occurred. Rescuers worked quickly to retrieve workers, with about 20 others evacuated to the surface after the blast around 4 a.m.
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Wilkes-Barre
U.P
Sullivan Trail Coal Company
West Pittston
Her
Hudson Michigan Auto Crash Claims Local Politician
An automobile accident near Hudson Michigan today killed J. Gunnert a former late senator and postmaster ap Van Wert. Local authorities report a single fatality in the crash with no further details released pending investigation.
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Hudson, Mich
Here
J. Gunnert
Ap van Wert
Hic
Death Toll Climbs in Ohio Heat Wave Week End
Ohio faced a deadly heat wave with at least ten deaths from accidents over the weekend and seventeen total from heat, fires, and drownings. Notable fatalities include Rex Pence, 31, in a Wilmington crash. Rollie Nicell, Middletown, in the Great Miami River. farmer David Berry, 58, and Rufus Patton Byrd, 24, from heat. and Gladys Adkins, 32, in Cincinnati after leaping from a burning building third floor.
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Covington
Wilmington
Rex Pence
State Reformatory
Mansfield
Rollie Nicell
Middletown
Miami River
Franklin
David Berry
Rufus ©. Bdyard
Lancaster
Gladys Adkins
Cincinnati
Olson, Power In West Dies: Minnesota Leader Passes
Minnesota labor leader and Farmer-Labor Party head Floyd B. Olson died at Mayo Clinic Rochester after stomach illness. His death leaves the November election outlook uncertain as Roosevelt supporters seek a successor able to hold the party in line and blunt William Lemke's Union Party challenge. The President planned a drought tour visit to Olson in the West.
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Minneapolis
U.P
Farmer
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Olson
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Mann
Farmer-Labor Party
United States Senate
Roosevelt
William Lemke
Union Party
West
Ohio Boy Hanged In Cemetery Tree Accident
Marion Ohio Gerald Leather man 14 died after falling from a tree at the Marion cemetery. He and an older brother visited their father's grave when he became entangled in a clothesline the boy carried.
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Ohio
Marion
Gerald Leatherman
Extradition Sought for Lima Man in Michigan Case
A formal request for Viril H. Effinger of Lima to be extradited to Michigan was made to Governor Martin L. Davey. Effinger, reputed head of the Black Legion, faces criminal charges in Michigan.
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Columbus
ULP
Viril H
Bert) Effinger
Lima
Black Legion
Michigan
Martinl. Davey
Franco Spanish crisis escalates after Gibraltar incident and arms embargo
Britain tightens three mile limit in Gibraltar as Spanish warship stops the Gibel Zerson and seeks aid. Russia backs non intervention in Spain with Litvinov Payart pact on arms export. Germany imposes arms embargo amid global neutral stance while naval shifts occur near Spanish waters.
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London
Great Britain
Gibel Zerson
Gibraltar Straits
Spain Civil War Still in Doubt as Leaders Seek Accord
Madrid officials say no major front changes occurred over the weekend while both sides claim victory. Two top Spanish figures, Count of Romanones and Santiago Alba, conferred at St Jean de Luz discussing possible conciliation to end the conflict. Romanones was reportedly released from San Sebastian prison where he had been held as a hostage. Rebel radio stations claimed his execution.
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Madrid
Iu,p
Spain
St. Jean de Lux
Count of Romanores
Alfonso
Santiago Alba
Romanones
San Sebastian
Roosevelt Plans Westward Trip After White House Meetings
President Roosevelt returns to Washington from Hyde Park for talks on foreign affairs and drought relief before departing tomorrow night for drought areas. He arrived at 8 28 a.m. and will press administration efforts during the trip. Pittsburgh workers rescue two men buried in a 30 foot sewer hole after a cave in. both unharmed aside from minor injuries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Hudson
Pittsburgh
U.P
Farmhouse Fire Injures Nine From Water Supply Shortage
A late yesterday blaze at a Cincinnati area farmhouse injured nine residents as they fought the flames with a limited water supply. Fire crews battled the fire and contained it to the structure.
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West Middlesex
Mackey
Billy Ireland
O. O. McIntyre
Edna Ervin
Queen Mary
of ‘Santa
Gallia County
WPA Chiefs
Trusty
Europe
Italy
Cials
Frederick
Othman
United Press Staff
The
Congress
Smith
Paul Reveres
Maxin Litvinov
Jean Payart
Germany
Portugal
Adolf Hitler
Admiralty
Koeln
Seeadier
Abatros
Leipsig
Jaguar
Wolf
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