Rebels stall in Spain as loyalists hold ground near Iran
Reports from Spain indicate rebels failing to press a quick victory. Loyalist forces repelled waves at Iran while insurgents withdraw to regroup. Former King Alfonso stays out of the war, awaiting the people's decision. Meager Oviedo news suggests civilian fatigue and white flags emerging.
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Spain
Iran
Dellach
Austria
U.P
Alfonso
Oviedo
Zaragoza
Catalonia
Italy
Madrid
Gibraltar
Youth Leaps to Death From Empire State Building
A 21 year old, Robert F Erskine of Bronxville New York, climbed to a rampart on the Empire State Building and jumped to his death from about 1000 feet above. His body struck a clear space on a packed 33rd Street as onlookers watched.
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New York
Labor delegates rally to boost Roosevelt bid in Ohio
Delegates of the Non Partisan League of Ohio meet on Sunday to mobilize support for President Roosevelt’s renomination. The labor group aims to strengthen campaign efforts across the state.
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Columbus
U.P
Labor
League of Ohio
Roosevelt
Record Death Toll on Roads Is Predicted
The National Safety Council reported 18 560 highway deaths in seven months and warned of an all time record of slaughter as 1936 closed. July fatalities reached 3 180, up three percent from July 1935, with Eastern states cutting deaths through driver license laws led by New Hampshire with a 31 percent drop.
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Chicago
U.P
National Safety Council
United States
New Hampshire
Widow of Rail Victim Dies in Auto Crash Near Coolville
Mrs. Effie Barringer of Floodwood died in City Hospital Parkersburg from injuries after an automobile she rode in crashed through a guard rail and overturned near Coolville Tuesday night. Driver Ernest Travers and four other passengers escaped with minor injuries. Barringer survived by three children. her husband had been killed weeks earlier when a train struck a handcar near Coolville.
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Effie Barringer
Owens Returns to Columbus as Conquering Hero
Jesse Owens returned to his alma mater as a conquering hero. Welcoming speeches were given at the State House by Gov. Martin L. Davey and others.
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Columbus
O.R
Jesse Owens
State House
Martin L. Davey
American Bar Opposes Limits on Federal Court Powers
The American Bar Association adopted a resolution opposing bills and amendments aimed at limiting federal court jurisdiction or abridging its power to rule on constitutional questions. The decision followed debate on a special committee report about federal legislation and citizens the rights and liberties of Americans. The executive committee advised that committee reports be received and filed.
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Boston
U.R
American Bar Association
United States
Association
Walter P. Armstrong
Roosevelt
William P. McCracken, Jr
Washington
Rose
Boy Charged After Fatal Kick in Throat
In Piqua Ohio a father Harry G Kiser died after his son Robert 20 struck him in the neck during a dispute over chivalty to his mother Police said the son Robert was jailed in Dayton on alleged assault charges and the postmortem found ruptured thyroid nerves and blood vessels damaged during the climb to the stairs fight
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PIQUA
U.P
Harry G. Kiser
Robert
Dayton
Bus Burns in East Passengers Are Saved
A Great Eastern Lines bus traveling from New York to Chicago caught fire on Laurel Ridge Mountain near Jennerstown Pennsylvania. The brake grease ignited on descent, destroying the coach, but all 20 passengers were rescued.
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Jennerstown
Great Eastern Lines
Laurel Ridge Mountain
Here
Feather shower shocks veterans rally in Baltimore
Frank Hockaday, an uninvited guest at a Maryland American Legion banquet, disrupted the meeting by tossing white feathers, declaring a war abolition campaign. He claimed escape from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington where he had been confined, and authorities said he would be held for observation.
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Baltimore
Frank Woody
Hockaday
American Legion
St. Elizabeth
Washington
Harry Woodring
War Department
Boris
State Legion Convention
Hockaway
St. Elizabeth's
District of Columbia
Roosevelt Sees Drought Fight On Three Fronts
President Roosevelt, touring drought-stricken North Dakota, says three problems must be solved: aid for crops and livestock, winter relief, and a cooperative plan with nature. He plans stops in Pierre, Rapid City, and Salt Lake City, with a funeral in Des Moines on Sept. 3.
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Roosevelt
North Dakota
Nature
Trotzky to remain in Norway under guard
Oslo officials said exiled Bolshevist leader Leon Trotzky and his wife will stay at their current residence in Norway under strict limits on political activity. The ministry granted sanctuary despite charges tied to alleged plots against Stalin and the Soviet regime.
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Trotzky
Norway
Oslo
U.P
Ministry of Justice
Leon Trotzky
Moscow
Tris
Josef V. Stalin
Mercy Will Be Shown Union Party Signers
In Hocking County both major parties plan to temper actions on Union Party petitions. Signers who did not intend to join the new party will be spared drastic action, while only those who signed with intent to join will be excluded from regular party councils.
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Logan
Hocking County
Police Lieut LeRoy Coffey Leaves Mansfield for Shelby Chief Role
LeRoy Coffey of the Mansfield police department was granted a one year leave of absence to accept the police chief position in Shelby. He will depart Mansfield to assume leadership duties in Shelby, ending his tenure in the Mansfield force temporarily.
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Shelby Mansfield
UPI
LeRoy Coffey
Mansfield
Shelby
Driver Permit Sale Delayed in Ohio to Sept 10
Columbus report says the sale of new Ohio driver licenses starts September 10 after deputy registrar selection. About 800 deputies needed to serve roughly 2 million drivers. Licenses cost 40 cents for private cars and 90 cents for chauffeur permits, issued by county deputy registrars before the October 1 law date.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Frank West
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Driver Falls Asleep Causes Route 180 Crash
Clayton Kuhn of near Gibisonville received cuts and bruises when his car overturned on Route 180 near South Perry after he said he briefly fell asleep. Deputy Newton Spencer investigated the accident. The car left the highway and rolled over, leaving the vehicle wrecked.
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Logan
Recovery of Judge Not Deemed Certain
Logan physicians treating Judge Harley M Whitcraft were sent to Columbus for a consultation. A Columbus specialist treated a complication and the judge’s system weakened by weeks of illness, though general condition shows some improvement his recovery remains not assured.
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LOGAN
Harley M Whitcraft
Columbus
Davey Orders Legion Leader Under Arrest
In Columbus Governor Martin L. Davey signs extradition papers to return Virgil H. Effinger to Michigan. Effinger, missing reputed national commander of the Black Legion, faces charges of criminal syndicalism and possession of bombs. Bricker rules papers legally sufficient. Effinger’s whereabouts remained unknown in Lima, Ohio.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Michigan
Virgil H
Bert) Effinger
Black Legion
Alfred E. Farrell
Lima
Effinger
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Davey
Charles S. Leasure
Bricker
Piffinger
Long Lost Judge Crater Sighting Sparks Desert Search
Warner's Springs Calif U P Two policemen and 15 newsmen joined a desert trek toward the rugged Cuyamaca Mountains to seek wanderer Judge Joseph Crater of New York missing since 1930 Captain C W Allen led the expedition and cited desert prospector Lucky Blackie whose tale aligns with Crater.
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Warner's
Hot Springs
Calif
U.P
Cuyamaca Mountains
Joseph Crater
New York
C. W. Allen
Blackie’ Blackiet
Allen
Heat wave broken as cool winds sweep West
A cooling air mass from the Rocky Mountains moved into the Southwest and midwest ending an August heat wave of three weeks. Scattered showers refreshed the Kansas dustbowl and parts of Oklahoma Missouri and Nebraska with temperatures about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. In Ohio WPA July wages totaled 9 262 580 paid to 151 297 workers on projects.
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Kansas City
U.P
Rocky Mountains
Southwest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
Prairie States
Columbus
Ohio
Hijackers Disrupt Hell Mich Telephone Then Rob Store
In Hell Michigan last night a telephone line was cut by three juvenile hijackers. John Pressley walked five miles to Pickney for help after the disruption. The youths escaped after robbing two slot machines in a store operated by John Pressley and his brother James.
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Hell, Mich
Hell
John Pressley
Pickney
Pressley
James
Battle on Air Shapes Campaign Strategy Across Parties
The campaign radio war heats up with Interior Secretary Ickes delivering a Democratic attack on Gov. Alf Landon and Hearst. Republican commentator William Hard rebutted for the RNC, claiming Hearst does not control Landon and noting recent disagreements with Hearst and past presidents.
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Washington
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
Democratic National Committee
Alf M. Landon
William Randolph Hearst
William Hard
Republican National Committee
Hard
Ickes
National Broadcasting Company
New York
Hearst
Landon
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Reorganization Forms Willys Overland Motors Inc
Federal Judge George P. Hahn approved reorganization of Willys-Overland under 77-B. The firm becomes Willys-Overland Motors Inc with capital of 6 990 000. Em pire Securities is principal stockholder. David B. Wilson, president, said operations start immediately and new Willys-Overland cars will be ready November 5 for fall shows.
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Toledo
U.P
Willys-Overland Company
George P. Hahn
Willys- Overland Motors, Inc
Empire Securities, Inc
David B. Wilson
Willys-Overland
WCTL in Hancock Co Starts Local Option Fight
Petition drives by the Hancock County WCTU circulate two local option measures for November. One asks for full local option with 15 percent voter signatures. the other seeks 3.2 beer prohibition with 35 percent signatures.
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WCTL
Hancock Co
Findlay
Hancock County
WCTU
Democrats establish DNC headquarters in Columbus hotel
Charles Sawyer announced that the Democratic National Committee has set up its headquarters in the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Columbus, marking a formal DNC presence in the state capital.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Democratic National Committee
Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Columbus
Charles Sawyer
Trombone-Playing Lad Chooses Prison Bands Over Freedom
Oklahoma City report on Charles Shaw an 18-year-old who pleaded guilty to ear theft and burglary. He asks to join prison bands in McAlester Granite or Paul Valley reformatories citing family musicians as reason. Judge Arnold questions the request noting Shaw has brothers in reformatories and Shaw claims no more relatives will join.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
U.P
Charles Shaw
Dan Arnold
Shaw
Elmore Pinnick
Lue
Granite Reformatory
Charles
Willard
McAlester State Prison
John Shaw
Granite
McAlester
Paul's Valley Reformatory
Landon Expresses Gratitude After Campaign Swing
Kansas Governor Alf Landon returned to Topeka deeply gratified by his first campaign trip through the Farm Belt and Industrial East. He plans a drought conference with President Roosevelt in Des Moines and a Mississippi Valley campaign in September with three major speeches.
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Topeka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
Farm
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas City Union Station
Mississippi Valley
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Landon
Colorado
Farm Belt
East
Kansas
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
New York
Democrat Under Fire Quits State Position
Morris Morgenstern formerly tied to the Democratic State Headquarters resigned to chairman Francis W. Poulson amid an inquiry into alleged irregularities in liquor permit grants. Morgenstern, linked to the Ohioan monthly, proclaimed his innocence of improper actions.
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Columbus
Morris Morgens Stern
Clarence Harrison
Francis W. Poulson
Morgenstern
Ohioan
Couple killed as car struck by Baltimore and Ohio train
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sullivan of Greenfield were fatally struck at a crossing near Loudon four miles from Greenfield as their car collided with a Baltimore and Ohio train. The accident occurred today.
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U.P
Baltimore & Ohio
Charles Sullivan
Greenfield
Loudon
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