World Powers Move to Protect Civilian Hostages in Spain
Ambassadors at Hendaye draft a plan to shield 3,000 civilian prisoners in Irun and San Sebastian amid fears of mass executions. Madrid authorities set up special courts to try suspected treason, with reports of 1,500 hostages at risk and vows of public retaliation for any killed.
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Madrid
Hendaye
Iran
Bilbao
Oviedo
Spain
Irun
San Sebastian
Barcelona
Malaga
Pasajes
Primary tests for Harrison Byrnes Townsend strength
In Mississippi and South Carolina voters weigh the futures of Pat Harrison and James F Byrnes in key state primaries while California voters test Townsend old age pension appeal. Twenty congressional seats are in play with Townsend endorsed candidates in every district.
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Walmington
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
California
Townsend
Gems Worth Millions Smuggled Hidden In Handbag
Saul Barnett a New York importer brought twelve uncut Russian emeralds weighing 50000 carats valued at three million dollars on a steamer hidden in a small handbag. He slept with the bag under his pillow and paid duty on landing while everyone aboard knew of the find. The Messenger ads note buyers via classifieds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saul Barnett
New York
Eutrope
Tappe
Striking Miners Are Injured in Missouri Riot
Five striking Tiff miners were injured at the Superior Mineral Company plant in Potosi Missouri when non union workers armed with clubs and stones roared through a picket line in heavy trucks. The walkout was led by the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers after smelters refused to sign contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potosi
U.P
Superior Mineral Company
Missouri
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
S L McCune Dies Monday in Cleveland
Samuel L. McCune, 61, native of Athens and longtime banking figure in Cincinnati Cleveland and New York, died Monday in Cleveland. Funeral in Cleveland Wednesday. A 1896 Ohio University graduate and former trustee, he led multiple banks and banking committees, including the New York State Joint Stock Land Bank Rochester and the Cleveland Securities Corporation.
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Samuel L. McCune
Athens
Cincinnati
Cleveland
New York State
McCune
John McCune
Lancaster St
Ohio University
Grosvenor, Jones and Worstell
Bank of Athens
United States National Bank
United States
Ohio
Federal Bank Examining
Cincinnati Clearing House Association
Midland Bank
Foster Son of Ickes Is Acquitted in Court
Robert H Ickes aged 23 foster son of Secretary Harold L Ickes was acquitted of drunken driving in Lowell District Court. Associate Justice Arthur L Eno exonerated him after he testified in his own defense. The case followed Secretary Ickes recent remark calling the arrest by Winchester police contemptible.
Georgia Prison Riot Claims One Life in Milledgeville
A prison riot at the Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville left one inmate dead and about 15 wounded as convicts used iron beds and furniture as battering rams to breach doors while guards fired on them to halt the uprising.
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Milledgeville
U.P
Georgia State Prison
Pickpocket Arrest Overshadows Conneautville Rally
A hearing was scheduled for Thomas Demonico, 26, Pittsburgh, linked to pickpocket activity at a Conneautville rally for Gov. Alf Landon, causing a flurry of excitement yesterday.
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Meadville
U.P
Thomas Demonico
Pittsburgh
Conneautville
Alf M. Landon
Townsend Plans and Pensions Under Scrutiny in Court
In Cleveland Dr. Francis E Townsend testified on the $1.2 million raised by Old Age Revolving Pensions. Testimony disclosed $144 thousand used for staff, $10 thousand for 20 California followers, $500 cash requisition, and $1 thousand for Mrs Townsend cross country flights. Case adjourned to Oct 27 for records review.
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Cleveland
U.P
Francis E. Townsend
Common Pleas Court
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd
Benjamin F., Sacharow
Alfred J. Wright
California
Townsend
Baxter G. Rankine
Gilmour Young
Washington
William Lemke
Union Party
Parents of Husband Sued by Young Bride
Xenia, Ohio Mrs Irene Hackett bride of two weeks sues her husband’s parents Postmaster and Mrs Harry Hackett of Yellow Springs seeking 25000 for alleged alienation of affection. She says the couple eloped to Kentucky and the parents threatened criminal prosecution to drive him away. She gave up a job to marry and is now unemployed and deprived of her husband’s affection and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
U.P
Irene Hackett
Harry Hackett
Yellow Springs
Hackett
Howard Hackett
Kentucky
Ohioans Lose Liquor At Border Of Canada
Detroit dispatch reports United States customs officials seizing liquor imports from Ohio tourists at all border ports under orders from Washington. Seizures will be impounded and destroyed after 30 days unless the Ohio Liquor Control Department authorizes release upon payment of state taxes.
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Detroit
U.P
United States
Ohio
Washington
Ohio Liquor Control Department
Pickford Slander Suit Set for U S Court Hearing
Fifty witnesses prepared to testify at a Boston hearing before trial in New York on a $1 million slander suit by J Raymond Cornell against Mary Pickford. One $250,000 claim remains. trial likely in New York in October or November.
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Boston
U.P
New York
Mary Pickford
J. Raymond Cornell
Newtonville
Miss Pickford
Cornell
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
Cape Cod
Ohio Teacher Oath Repealed Since 1935
Columbus reports Ohio quietly repealed the 1919 teacher oath in June 1935. The statute required teachers to swear to defend the constitutions and to teach respect for the flag, reverence for law, and undivided allegiance to the U S government.
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Columbus
U.P
Alfred M. Landon
Ohio
United States of America
Treasury bogs down under strain of four-bit pieces
Washington reports the Treasury struggles to mint numerous deluxe four-cent pieces. The issue includes coins honoring Phineas T. Barnum, Senator Carter Glass, the Battle of Gettysburg, Sir Walter Raleigh, the San Francisco Oakland Bridge, and dates from Cleveland Wisconsin Cincinnati Albany and York County Maine. Senator Glass doubts his face belongs on money while Lynchburg presses ahead with plans.
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Treasury
Glass
Frederick C.othman
United Press
Washington
Treasury Department
Phineas T. Barnum
Sen. Carter Glass
Gettysburg
Delaware
San Francisco- Oakland
Cleveland
Wisconsin
Cinneinnati
Albany
York County
Maine
Congress
Bureau of the Mint
Senator Glass
Lynchburg
Powers-That-Be
Senators
Government studies crop insurance as drought relief option
Roosevelt and Wallace plan a Midwest inspection tour to study a federal crop insurance program as a buffer against drought and disasters. The Agriculture Department weighs corn seed loans totaling up to 15 million dollars for over a thousand drought counties while gathering actuarial data on losses and failures.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Middle West
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Jh. M. Green
Division of
Pinence
Congress
Negro porter preacher to be arraigned in murder case
New York report states Rev Leroy Wertz a 36 year old subway porter and preacher will be arraigned on a charge of stabbing WPA worker Thomas Brennan to death at the Flushing station during rush hour. Wertz said Brennan and three other workers tried to pass turnstiles without paying a fare and that he defended himself with a penknife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
WPA
Leroy Wertz
Thomas Brennan
Flushing
Wertz
Brennan
Adeline Speichinger
Mendon
Marjorie Louise
W. H. Lucas
Bar asked to probe Mooney case and civil rights abuses
The American Bar Association was urged to investigate the conviction of Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings for the San Francisco Preparedness Day parade bombing. The resolution also seeks a special committee to study attacks on civil rights and liberties amid reports of Black Legion floggings WPA worker attacks by police and strike unrest.
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Boston
U.P
American Bar Association
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
San Francisco
Black Legion
WPA
RCA
New Jersey
Flood Control Funds For Ohio River Fixed
The War Department announced a local allocation of 11,941,964 dollars for flood control work in the eastern states South Atlantic states and the Ohio River basin with funds designated for the Ohio River region and related projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Washington
U.P
War Department
South Atlantic
Bricker Pledges No New Taxes If Elected Governor
Attorney General John W Bricker Republican candidate for governor spoke at a tri county rally in Wilkesville pledging there would be no additional taxes levied if he won the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
U.P
John W. Bricker
British destroyer arrests Spanish trawlers in British waters
The British destroyer Cyprus intercepted the Spanish government trawlers San Adrian Lolita and Ortiz last night for being without lights in British waters.
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Gibraltar
Cyprus
San Adrian
Lolita
Ortiz
Dietrich Buys Gilbert Sheets At Auction In Hollywood
Dietrich paid 300 dollars for 30 plain cotton sheets from the late John Gilbert auction. The bid came through an agent as the German star sought only the sheets among Gilbert’s effects. Leatrice Joy Gilbert battled for items for her father’s estate, including a chess set and a Shakespeare sonnet volume, while Leatrice Joy Gilbert’s mother was abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood-A
U.P
Marlene Dietrich
John Gilbert
Dietrich
Miss Dietrich
Gilbert
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Leatrice
Leatrice Joy
Europe
Chandler Sprague
Virginia Bruce
Shakespeare
Shelley
Accused Black Legion Members To Face Court
In Detroit Judge James Chenot reconvenes a grand jury investigation into the Black Legion. Fifteen members named in a 22 man indictment stood mute at arraignment and pled not guilty. Bonds were set from 81 000 to 3500.
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Detroit
U.P
Black Legion
James FB. Chenot
Hooded Order
Chenot
Chinese Mob Attacks Two Japanese Citizens
In Shanghai a mob attacked two Japanese citizens leaving one dead and another injured and a third missing. Domei reported serious repercussions anticipated from the incident and noted an official Japanese reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
Domeis
Elyria Legion Drum Corps Loses State Title
In Portsmouth the Elyria Post drum and bugle corps was dethroned as state champion after the Legion Board refused to recognize its protest. The corps was penalized for allegedly not using the full 15 minutes, arguing a warning gun had sounded and they left the field. Norwood was crowned new champion.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Elyria Post
American Legion
Elyria Corps
Norwood
Executions of Zinoviev Kamenev and 14 Co plotters
Moscow reports Gregory Zinoviev and Leo Kamenev two leaders of the October mobs that set up the red Soviet government were executed by firing squad along with 14 other co conspirators. The executions followed a brief period after the usual 72 hours.
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Moscow
U.P
Gregory Zinoviev
Leo Kamenev
Red Soviet
Zinoviev
Kamenev
Nicolai Lenin
Crossin Named Publicity Chair for Ohio Democrats
Columbus Ohio April report states Miss Helen R Crossin of Springfield was appointed publicity chairman of the Democratic Party in Ohio in a formal announcement.
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Columbus
U.P
Helen R. Crossin
Springfield
Democratic Party
Ohio
Arlington flagpole trust funds and frayed flag replacement duties
The will of Mrs. Emma Locke Sprague created a $1,000 trust to keep Arlington High School flagpole painted and in repair and to replace the flag when frayed. In Garnett Kansas a ten year old confessed to starting ten fires causing about $5,000 in damage after riding his bicycle between blazes.
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C Bridge
Mazes
U.P
Emma Locke Sprague
Arlington High School
Garnett
Kans
Robert Tomlinson
Mail train redirection near Salt Lake City incident
Rees, unawed by the serious business of moving Uncle Sam's mail, stopped processing postal service for several hours when they escaped from a cracked crate in a mailing room. In Dodgeville Wisconsin, the Dowling children went sleigh riding despite 90 degree heat, finding dry grass slippery on a steep hillside while pulling the sled uphill.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
L.p
Rees
Uncle Sam
Dodgeville
Wis
Harry Dowling
Landon assails use of public money to back
Governor Alf Landon denounces Roosevelt politicking funded by taxpayers and condemns a teachers oath as he campaigns in Chautauqua and prepares for Buffalo appearance. He warns of propaganda aiding the current administration and decries federal meddling in schools while rallying supporters.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Buffalo
United States
Norman Thomas
D. Leigh Colvin
Landon
Topeka
Des Moines
Kansas
Roosevelt Plans 3000 Mile Drought Tour Look See
President Roosevelt calls Sen. Carter Glass to the White House as he prepares to depart at midnight on a 3000 mile drought states inspection tour. The trip will last about two weeks and cover a half dozen states, with officials seeking to show nonpartisan aims amid campaign speculation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Carter Glass
White House
Ohio Youth Pleads Guilty in Iowa Station Killing
Walter Price age 19 of Westville Ohio confessed to first degree murder in the Aug 20 holdup of the Dawson filling station at Rockwell City Iowa. Judge M E Hutchison will fix sentence later today and the state will seek the death penalty.
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Rockwell City
M. E. Hutchison
Lake City
Walter Price
Westville
Ohio
Jet Dawson
Dawson
Price
Veterans' hospital reservations to become wildlife sanctuaries in Ohio
General TS Hines announced plans to convert veterans hospital reservations in Ohio into sanctuaries for birds and wildlife. The move aims to repurpose property formerly used for medical care into conservation sites managed by the veterans' administration.
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Washington
Veterans’ Hospital
Ohio
Ts Hines
Veterans
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