Landon Reads Out The American Way In Kansas Speech
Governor Alf M Landon will deliver a brief 3 500 word address in Topeka outlining his campaign themes The speech named The American Way will cover unemployment relief agriculture centralization inflation and emergency powers as he seeks the Republican nomination for President and Kansas Coolidge support
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Kansas
State Capitol
Topeka
Alfred M. Landon
United States
Bertrand Snell
New York
Statehouse
Landon
Kans
U.K
Alf M. Landon
Kansas Coolidge
Federal Funds Set Up To Make River Survey
U. S. Engineers in Huntington received $80 000 to continue a flowage survey in the Ohio River pool area at Gallipolis Ohio and Winfield West Virginia. The work will help engineers negotiate with landowners whose property will be affected when the dams are completed early next fall.
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Huntington
W. Va
U.P
U. S. Engineers’ Office
U. S
Gallipolis
Winfield
Ohio River
Bridegroom in Jail Honeymoon Delayed in West Virginia
Cleora Mae Hodge 21 wed Elva Erwin 40 Tuesday in the Huntington county jail. She must wait 50 days for their honeymoon while he serves a 60 day sentence for intoxication and destruction of property.
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Huntington
W. Va
Cleora Mae Hodge
Elva Erwin
Relief Workers March To Harrisburg For Relief Funds
More than 1 000 hunger marchers including men women and children gather in Harrisburg to demand continued unemployment relief. About 500 still at the scene by nightfall as legislators debate adequacy of aid for Pennsylvania's needy.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Car Loadings Show Gain on C and O
Huntington West Virginia July report shows Chesapeake and Ohio coal shipments rise for 16 days from July 1 to 20 totaling 49,159 cars versus 31,913 a year ago. Compared with the prior month, 49,455 cars were loaded in the same period.
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Huntington
W. Va
U.P
Chesapeake and Ohio Systems
Cincinnati Chosen For 1987 Ohio Rural Letter Carriers Meet
Cincinnati was selected to host the 1987 convention of the Ohio Rural Letter Carriers Association at its 34th annual meeting held here.
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Cincinnati
Toledo
U.P
Ohio Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Fire destroys Troy Trailer and Wagon Co. factory
A fire swept the old Troy Trailer and Wagon Co. factory, reportedly starting from a grass fire on Tuesday. Damage was estimated at $100.
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Troy Hur
Troy Trailer and Wagon Co
Alleged Bank Robbers Cleared in Bremen Ohio Case
In Columbus two Akron men Antonny Gaylan age 21 and Charles Destro age 23 had bank robbery charges dismissed after witnesses placed them in Akron on the day of the attempted hold up at the National Bank of Bremen Ohio. An employee testified the pair were the robbers but they fled without loot.
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Columbus
A.P
Akron
Antonny Gaylan
Charles Destro
National Bank of Bremen
Gaylan
Destro
Not Guilty Pleas Entered by Terrorist Suspects in Detroit
Five Black Legion members charged with kidnapping and the murder of a war veteran stood mute before Judge Edward J. Jeffries and entered not guilty pleas.
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Detroit
Mich
Black Legion
Edward J. Jeffries
Widow crushed under chair collapse in Kansas City
Mrs. Caryl Devote Wright, 74, was trapped in a canvas folding chair when it collapsed in Kansas City. She remained seated and tried to adjust the chair, later freed after 15 minutes.
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Kansas City
UPI
Caryl Devote Wright
Picnic Planned by Ohio Junior Order and Daughters
Five thousand members of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and Daughters of America from 17 Ohio counties are expected in Urbana for the sixth annual gathering on Sunday.
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U.P
Order of United American Mechanics
Daughters of America
Ohio Counties
Federal flood control drive urged to start by August
Roosevelt directs eight federal agencies to rush emergency flood projects in New England and later other regions. Army Corps, WPA and NRDC lead a nationwide effort with CCC, Resettlement, Soil Erosion, Forest Service and Biological Survey aiding. Projects await surveys and final approval, with work to begin by August 15 and contracts open after Congress returns in January.
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Washington-Hu
Roosevelt
New England
Ohio
Army Engineering Corps
Works Progress Administration
National Resources Committee
Civilian Conservation Corps
Resettlement Administration
Soil Erosion Service
Reforestation Service
The
Biological Survey
United States Flood Control Federation
Congress
WPA
Realty Dealer Confesses to Wife Slaying
Bellevue police say Joseph W. Perryman a 42 year old real estate dealer confessed at 1 a m to shooting his wife Margaret Perryman 53 after weeks missing since July 14. Her body was found at 3 a m in woods five miles southeast of Bellevue.
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Bellevue
U.P
Joseph W. Perryman
Margaret Perryman
Perryman
Perrymans
Tiffin
Pilots Extinguish Fire Land Airplane Safely
Five Army Air Corps airmen jumped with parachutes from a flaming transport over Dunkirk Indiana. The two pilots remained aboard, fought the blaze, and guided the plane to Wright Field with only one engine operating.
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Dayton
U.P
U. S. Army Air Corps
Dunkirk
Ind
Wright Field
Athens County Receives 15900 for July Relief Funds
The state relief commission announced July allocations. Athens County gets 15900 while Montgomery receives 24380, Coshocton 6000, Crawford 3207, Fayette 2000, Knox 1784, Lawrence 2031, Marion 3600, Champaign 1389.
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Columbus
U.P
State Relief Commission Today
Athens County
Champaign
Coshocton
Crawford
Fayette
Knox
Lawrence
Montgomery
Marion
Bedridden woman breaks second hip in failed reposition
Miss Almeda Ramsey of Canton, after nine months bedridden with a hip fracture, attempted to shift position and incurred a fracture to the other hip in the same period.
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Canton
Almeda Ramsey
Oxford Plans to Honor McGuffey
Oxford prepares for a McGuffey celebration with about 1000 McGuffey Society members from across the United States. The event honors the pioneer educator and marks the publication of his first readers. Henry Ford indicated he would attend if possible.
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Oxford
O.P
McGuffey
United States
Ohio University At
Athens
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Inside Job Seen in N Y U Slaying of Helen Clevenger
Asheville field reports the hotel watchman’s time clock disk may identify the killer of 19 year old New York University student Helen Clevenger. Investigators focus on a pass key found near her room and note the crime fits hotel routine, shifting suspicion from violinist Mark Wollner.
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Asheville
N. C
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Police Chief Jailed After Long Beach Gambling Probe
Police Chief Philip Kohut of Long Beach Nassau County New York depicted after arrest on omission and neglect of duty charges. District Attorney Littleton ordered the arrest following a Grand Jury investigation into gambling activity near the police headquarters.
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Philip Kohut
Long Beach
Long Island
N. Y
Littleton
Clash at Barcelona Leaves 500 Killed and 3 000 Wounded
Reports from Madrid and Washington describe a fierce rebel government clash across Spain with 500 killed and 3 000 wounded in Barcelona alone. Loyal forces retook Toledo and Guadalajara as Franco proclaims military dictatorship, warships evacuate Americans, and rebel planes bomb Tangier and Cadiz harbor.
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Barcelona
Madrid
U.2
Toledo
Guadalajara
Washington
U.P
Spain
State Department
Cadiz
Queipo de Llano
San Sebastian
Tangier
Francisco Franco
Franco
Hope Abandoned for Lost British Vessel
A large U.S. Coast Guard search stretched across tropical seas for debris from the British motorship Nunoca after authorities believed it exploded in the Gulf Stream. Thirteen passengers and nine crew were presumed lost after a charred metal drum was found 25 miles northeast of Key West, suggesting the craft wrecked en route from Georgetown Gran Cayman to Tampa Florida.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
U.P
Coast Guard
Gulf Stream
Georgetown
Gran Cayman
Tampa
Key West
Producer Oliver Morosco Injured After Fall at Rooming House
Oliver Morosco, 55, famed theatrical producer of three hits, lies in serious condition at county hospital from a skull fracture after a fall down stairs at a shabby rooming house. Police surgeons say he had been drinking heavily.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Oliver Morosco
County Hosiital
Ohio Supreme Court orders eleven million phone refund plan
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld refunds totaling 11.8 million plus interest to Ohio Bell Telephone customers for excessive rates charged from 1925 to 1932 across 44 municipalities. City of Columbus faces a 55 cent gas rate while refunds are itemized by city including Columbus and Dayton. An appeal to the US Supreme Court is possible, which could delay payments.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Public Utilities Commission
United States Supreme Court
Ohio
Cincinnati
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Supreme Court
the Utilities Commission
Dayton
Lancaster
Marietta
Reduction in Ohio Accidents Reported
Columbus report notes a 16.4 percent drop in highway accidents outside cities during the first six months of 1936 compared with 1935. Highway Director John Jaster Jr warns a spike in May and June could erase early gains.
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Columbus
O.P
John Jaster, Jr
Jaster
WPA Ohio Employment Dips 3607 Week to July 18
WPA headquarters in Columbus reports a drop of 3 607 in Ohio employment on WPA projects for the week ending July 18 compared with the prior week.
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Columbus
U.P
WPA
Ohio
Violet Ray Shows Promise Against Influenza at Harvard
Harvard researchers Dr. W. F. Wells and Dr. H. W. Brown report that violet ray treatment in a hermetically sealed tank can neutralize influenza germs. Ferret seniors exposed to treated virus did not contract the disease, while those given untreated virus did. The scientists caution about containment and suggest air purification methods may reduce respiratory illnesses.
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Cambridge, Mass
U.P
Harvard University
Violet Ray
W. F. Wells
Harvard School of Public Health
H. W. Brown
London School of Tropical Medicine
Wells
Harvard Medical School
Labor Dispute May Be Taken To Convention
John L. Lewis led 1,200,000 workers in open revolt against the AFL executive council over insurrection charges. CIO leaders refuse trial and threaten to push the fight to the AFL convention, aiming to organize 875,000 steel, automotive, rubber and textile workers into industry unions.
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Edward W. Lewis
United Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Associated Committee For Industrial Organization
Council
Lowe
A. F. of L
Lewis
A. S. of L
Green
A. F. of
L Iescers
Tampa
America
Federation of Labor
Townsend Walks Out On Ohio Court As Probe Looms
Judge Samuel E. Kramer handled the Townsend case as the Old Age Revolving Pensions founder faced a possible receivership exam re commencement on August 17. Townsend walked out of a Bell Committee questioning, then returned, objecting to deposition amid an arrest after a taxi chase near Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland
U.P
Samuel E. Kramer
Francis E. Townsend
Ohio
O.A.R.P
Bell Committee
House of Representatives
Common Pleas
Erie
Townsend
Names Committee To Study Drought Relief
President Roosevelt appoints a six man Great Plains drought area committee to study drought relief. The White House announced today.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Plains
White House
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