Landon Family Sentiment Amid Nominating Cheer in Kansas
Mrs Alf Landon and daughter Peggy Anne received enthusiastic cheers as Governor Landon accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Topeka. The family watched from the steps of the governor's mansion while Mrs Landon sent bouquets to hospitals and prepared for a Colorado vacation with relatives.
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Topeka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
Estes Park
Colo
Peggy Anne
Nancy Joe
John Cobb
E. Cobb
Landon
Wille
John M. Landon
Mrs. Landon
Both Sides Claim Victory In Spanish Army Rebellion
United Press reports battle lines form to defend Madrid as rebels push southward while Madrid remains quiet. U S embassy staff face danger and an urgent call for naval aid to assist Americans in the war zone. General Franco asserts the rebellion progresses as Azana supports the government.
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Madrid
Spain
State Department
Washington
United States
Lisbon
Portugal
Seville
United Press
Manuel Azana
Francisco Franco
Canned Goods Prices Expected Higher Next Winter
A Chicago survey of middle western canning areas shows prolonged drought and heat have reduced corn and truck vegetable supplies for factory and home canning. Sweet corn crops may be cut by up to 50 percent with tomatoes and green beans also declining, signaling higher prices for canned products next winter.
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Chicago
U.R
America
Ex Sheriff Undergoes Emergency Appendix Operation
Gallipolis report: C G Thorpe former Washington County sheriff and Buckeye Sheriffs Association investigator underwent emergency appendicitis surgery at Holzer Hospital. He was on duty at Pomeroy when struck. Mrs Thorne came from Marietta. Mrs Mildred Fowler of Meigs County drove to Marietta to bring her.
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Gallipolis
C. G. Thorpe
Washington County
Buckeye
Ohio School Heads Discuss Problems at OSU Conference
Ohio school superintendents met at Ohio State University for a two week conference ending July 31 to discuss financing supervision and curriculum reorganization. Participants include A B Gile Chapman Meigs County and J Arnold Nelsonville.
Heavy Rains End Drought in Ohio
Ohio ends six weeks of drought as heavy rains soak the state. Meteorologist W. H. Alexander reports statewide rainfall average about 1.08 inches in the last 24 hours and predicts a return to normal precipitation levels.
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Alexander
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
W. H. Alexander
May Seek Victims of Legion in Mill Pond
Detroit officials from Wayne and Livingston counties plan to drain and drag a mill pond and swamp to locate potential Black Legion murder victims. Dayton Dean testified at the scene that Silas Coleman, a 42 year old Black veteran, was shot by Dean and five other legion members to provide excitement for a drinking party. Witnesses say Dean claimed there may be several more bodies hidden there.
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Detroit
Wayne
Livingston Couty
Black Legion
Dayton Dean
Silas Coleman
Dean
Mill Pond
Portraitist August Kaufman Dies in Tulsa Heat Wave
Tulsa obituary notes August F. Kaufman once famed as a portrait painter in Europe and the Americas died Thursday night in obscurity. He succumbed to the intense heat wave that killed 26 others.
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Tulsa
Okla
F. Kaufman
Europe
Americas
Kaufman
Landon Speech Highlights Rejection of New Deal in PERA Address
Gov Alf Landon accepting the Republican nomination criticized New Deal recovery setbacks and federal policy. He argued for private initiative, fiscal restraint and debt reduction while urging fair issue framing and unity for restoring a free competitive system.
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Pera
U.P
Alf M. Landon
Safety Drive launched by Ohio Council on highways
The Ohio Safety Council launched a statewide safety campaign to reduce traffic hazards. Judge Roy H Williams, newly elected council president, leads efforts to make Ohio the safest state for motorists and pedestrians with aims including safer roads lights vehicle inspections and stricter traffic laws. Ohio ranks 41st in highway safety.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio Safety Council
Ohio
Roy H. Williams
Ohio Supreme Court
Williams
Probe Deaths Of Two Fliers In Midair Over County Fair
A naval board of inquiry opens into the deaths of Lieut. W. C. Oliver and Machinist's Mate Paul Gresky during a training flight over Santa Maria California. Oliver steered the crippled plane away from a crowd while Gresky, ejected unable to deploy his parachute when the craft crashed.
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Santa Maria
Calif
U.P
Naval Board of Inquiry
Battlefleet
W. C. Oliver
Paul Gresky
Oliver
Fairgrounds
Gresky
Snake Murder Trial Nearing Climax in Riverside Case
Los Angeles report states a final jury plea and judge Fricke's instructions stand before a ten man and two woman panel delivers verdict in the red haired barber's rattlesnake murder of his seventh wife.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Robert & James
Charles W. Fricke
Girl 2 Is Killed In Cincinnati Car Collision
Patricia Lou Jones aged 2, daughter of Percy and Mrs Jones who run a gasoline station west of here, died Thursday after being struck by a car driven by Joseph Weiss of Cincinnati as he was leaving the station.
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Alto London
U.P
Patricia Lou Jones
Percy Jones
Here
Joseph Weiss
Cincinnati
Initiate Civil Service Drive in Ohio
The State Civil Service Commission outlined a plan to place about 10 000 Ohioans under civil service rules. Counties will assign workers except elected officials, with exemptions for officials and three workers per official, plus full deputies. The move follows a state Supreme Court ruling against political appointee deputies.
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Columbus
U.P
State Civil Service Commission
Ohio
Supreme Court
Hamilton County
Five Rescued After Yacht Burns in Lake Erie
Samuel Deutsch of Cleveland and five passengers were rescued after their 46 foot yacht caught fire five miles off Lorain harbor. They wore life preservers then moved to a lifeboat that swamped, forcing them to swim for shore until a Lorain coast guard cutter picked them up.
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Cleveland
U.P
Lake Erie
Samuel
Deutsch
Lorain Harbor
Lorain
Zenner Co Bankrupt Liquidation Ordered in Ohio Case
Federal Judge Mell G Underwood adjudged the Zenner Company of Athens Ohio bankrupt and referred the matter to referee James A White in Columbus The agreement with creditors led by O C Ingalls and Roger J Jones calls for liquidation and a trustee election after the 10 day notice period If no agreement a trustee will be named by the referee
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Columbus
Mell G. Underwood
Zenner Company
Athens
James A. White
Roger J. Jones
O. C. Ingalls
Jones
Death of John Lohse from throat bone incident in Athens
John William Lohse aged 18 of Athens Route Six died Friday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital from a throat infection caused by a pork bone lodged in his throat and cutting his esophagus. The bone was swallowed at a home on Vore Ridge Road last Saturday night and shifted to his stomach during a hospital exam in Columbus. He is survived by parents, two sisters Rhoda and Mrs. Chester Porter The Plains, two brothers Joseph Lohse Jr and Raymond, two aunts, Mrs. George Frashier Athens and Miss Lizzie Lohee, and an uncle John Lohse Athens Route Six. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3:30 pm at Central Ave M E Church with Rev. Wade Radford directing. Friends may visit Lohse’s home after Friday until the funeral.
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John William Lohse
Athens Route Six
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Lohse
F. H. Ellis
Vore Ridge Road
Columbus
Athens
Joseph Lohse
Rhoda
Chester Porter
the Plains
Joseph Lohse, Jr
Raymond
George Frashier
Lizzie Lohee
John Lohse
Central Ave
M. E
Wade Radford
Fractured Skull Suffered After Mallet Blow
Gallipolis report says Louis Woodyard 21 in critical condition after mother says Morris Sims struck him with a croquet mallet at Crown City last night.
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Gallipolis
Louis Woodyard
Jess Woodyard
Morris Sims
Crown City
Thunder storm gale topples tent at walkathon
A violent storm in Trenton New Jersey blows down a circus tent where a walkathon was underway killing two people and injuring about thirty others.
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Trenton
N. J
U.P
Coughlin Apologizes to Roosevelt but Fights New Deal
Detroit. The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin apologized to President Roosevelt for calling him a liar and a double-crosser while asserting he would continue his attack on the New Deal. He said his remarks at the Cleveland Townsend convention targeted Roosevelt the candidate, not the president.
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Detroit
U.P
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Cleveland Townsend
Social Justice
Today
WPA
Congress
Landon Accepts GOP Nomination Before 60000 Plainsmen
Gov Alf Landon formally accepts the Republican nomination in Topeka pledging constitutionally guided government and tax relief while opposing New Deal excess. He outlines ten policy aims including soil conservation, farm aid, labor rights, budget restraint, and maintaining constitutional balance against executive power. He warns of mounting debts and calls for orderly constitutional change through the people.
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Topeka
Kan
U.P
Alf M. Landon
United States
Republican Party
Landon
Delay Co-Ed Slayer Arrest
Asheville sheriff Laurence Brown vowed to solve the Helen Clevenger murder in her hotel room eight days after the assault. He said he knew the suspect since Wednesday but delayed arrest to gather more evidence, and planned to discuss with Clevenger professor and uncle to complete arrest plans.
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Asheville
N. C
Laurence Brown
Helen Clevenger
C. L. Clevenger
Fletcher, C
Brown
Clevenger
North Carolina State College
Unfrocked Minister Is Sentenced to Prison
Harry Dye, an unfrocked Methodist minister, was sent to begin a one to three year sentence at Ohio Penitentiary after prior probation on intoxication and writing worthless checks. He had faced abandonment charges for his two sons, later dropped on a promise of reform. He was arrested in Ravenswood West Virginia after a monthlong search.
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Pomeroy
U.P
Harry Dye
Ohio Penitentiary
Dye
Ravenswood
W. Va
Rain Fails to Break Heat in Gallipolis
Light showers at midnight did not reduce the heat, which reached 97 degrees Thursday after nighttime lows near 52 degrees earlier in the week.
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Gallipolis
Cut in Relief Budget Calls for County Savings
Ohio relief expenditures in the four largest counties could fall from 30 to 50 percent a state relief official said. Cleveland official F G Kleinheng urged trimming admin costs and salaries for relief workers in Cuyahoga Franklin Lucas and Hamilton counties. Removal of ineligibles from relief rolls was also proposed as a saving measure.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
F. G. Kleinheng
Cleveland
State Relief Commission
Cuyahoga
Franklin, Lucas
Hamilton
Gomer Jones
Gallipolis
Kleinhenz
Roosevelt Craft Heads Toward New Brunswick
President Roosevelt lifts anchor from Yarmouth aboard the schooner Liberty and sails toward Grand Manan waters near New Brunswick. He aims to cruise the Fundy coast while tuna fishing proves unlucky, remaining near Grand Manan until his sea vacation ends at Campobello on July 28.
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Roosevelt
New Brunswick
President Roosevelt
U.P
Yarmouth
Bay of Fundy
Grand Manan
Campobello
Harrison bank robbery suspect held for grand jury
Milton Turrell 30 president of the Harrison business men's association was held to the grand jury under 2500 on burglary charges after being accused of attempting to rob the First National Bank at Harrison Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Milton Turrell
Harrison, O
Theater Manager’s Frank Ad Promises Poor Double Feature
Galion Ohio theater manager Henry Ficken says his advertising for a upcoming double feature will be blunt with patrons. He noted the line Neither one nor the other is any good to signal a low quality showcase.
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