Battle of Madrid Looms in Civil War Update
Loyalists bid to sever rebel supply lines near Toledo Maqueda as insurgents plan five highways into Madrid. Gen Varela forecasts insurgents in Madrid within a month, while Toledo defense faces setbacks. Oviedo garrison holds amid renewed Moorish relief force plans.
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Toledo- Maqueda
Madrid
Toledo
Santa Clalla
Maqueda
Talavera-Madrid
Lisbon
Jose Varela
America
Columbus
Oviedo
Emilio Mola
Spain
One Dead Four Injured In Waco Liberty Building Explosion
An explosion in the Liberty Building in Waco Texas injured four city firefighters and fatally burned janitor Warren Moore who said he lit a gas jet under a water heater shortly before the blast. The blast caused heavy damage and demolished an adjoining Woolworth store.
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Waco
Tex
U.P
Liberty
Warren Moore
Moore
F. W. Woolworth
Weight record set by Troy horse team at county fair
A heavyweight horse pulling team owned by George Maniey of Ashland pulled 7 000 pounds the full distance of 17 feet 4 inches to establish a new world record at the Miami County Fair grounds on Sunday.
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Troy
U.P
George Maniey
Ashland
Miami County Fairgrounds
Use of Brave Specials in England Police Work
The piece recalls how unpaid specials assist at big events, highlighting Anthony Gordon Dick the 36 year old who first restrained a shooter of King Edward. It notes Dick’s later thank yous and his return home to his wife who scolds him for being late. It ends by contrasting to Messenger classified ads.
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England
Anthony Gordon Dick
King Edward
Wify
Anthony
Messenger
Pickets Swarm Around Closed Berkshire Hosiery Plant
Six thousand pickets massed around Berkshire Knitting Mills in Reading Pennsylvania in an effort to close the world’s largest hosiery plant. About 1000 workers entered the plant by 7 30 a m none of the unrest leading to injuries. Funeral services for M Earl Schlegel who died after being attacked while driving through picket lines will be held Wednesday. A $1000 reward is posted for arrests and convictions of brick throwers.
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Reading
U.P
Berkshire Knitting Mills
Berkshire Employes Association
M. Earl Schlegel
Schlegel
Italian Cabinet Devalues Lira and Boosts World Currency Efforts
Rome reports the Italian cabinet approved about a 40 percent lira devaluation and reduced import duties as a step toward currency stabilization. It also endorsed an Ethiopian victory loan requiring Italian estates to subscribe 5 percent of value to fund empire-building use. Mussolini framed the move as part of global economic restoration for peace.
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Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
United States
Great Britain
France
Water service outage planned on Morris and Stimson Avenues
Water service will be interrupted in Athens Tuesday morning from 8 to 11 o'clock along Morris Ave from Cable I to May Ave and on Stimson Ave, as announced today.
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Athens
Morris Ave
Cable &I
May Ave
Stimson Ave
Mrs Ford backs Landon in 1936 campaign letter
Mrs Henry Ford writes to support Gov Alf Landon saying voting is a matter of principle not party. She praises Landon's constitutional respect and understanding of farmers, and argues he can provide a strong honest government and sound economic health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Ford
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Supreme Court Opens Session
The Supreme Court of the United States opened a noon session as nine justices prepare to hear federal and state legislation. The docket includes issues on labor regulation, farm refinancing, social security, gold and silver policy, and other state and local matters with 425 additional cases. No major decisions anticipated before November 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Supreme Court of the United States
NRA
Urges Repeal of Bank Laws in State System
Columbus report cites Theodore E. Tangeman urging a constitutional amendment to repeal double liability for state bank stock at the November 3 election. Tangeman notes Congress has repealed double liability on national banks effective July 1, and 22 states no longer require it for their state banks.
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Columbus
U.P
Theodore E. Tangeman
Congress
Recovery Tough Break for Birds
Prosperity’s return proves fatal for migrating birds in Cleveland. Bright Terminal Tower lights commingle with Public Square routing, causing birds to strike the 44th floor at high speed during nocturnal flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Public Square
Terminal Tower
CIO Affiliates Offer Olive Branch to AFL Rift
At a Cap and Millinery session David Dubinsky of the ILGWU announced that CIO unions, including the ILGWU, would abandon their bid to split the labor movement if the AFL guarantees the continued drive to organize 500000 steel workers. Max Zaritsky backed the move, suggesting CIO unity may be possible.
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New York
U.P
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
A.F. of L
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Worker's Union
C.I.0
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Cap and Millinery Department
United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union
Dubinsky
A. F. of L
Max Zaritsky
Cap and Millinery Workers
C.I.O
Man 73 Charged With Murder Over Old Grievance
In Elizabethtown Kentucky John W Cunningham 73 a Hardin County farmer is charged with murder after admitting he killed Vernon Mockbee 29 a linotype operator and wounded Pete Morgan 24 in a cafe over a grievance tied to his daughter's suicide four years earlier He said Mockbee fled after promising to marry his daughter Brooks Cunningham 24 is named in the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
U.P
John W. Cunningham
Hardin County
Vernon Mockbee
Pete Morgan
Cunningham
Mockbee
Brooks Cunningham
Rites To Be Tuesday For Ex Ambassador Straus
Funeral services for Jesse Isador Straus former ambassador to France will be held Tuesday at Temple Emanuel New York. Straus a noted diplomat and philanthropist, led R H Macy and Company and was active in business. He was stricken in Paris during July 14 celebrations.
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New York
Jesse Isador Straus
France
William C. Bullitt
Temple Emanuel
Straus
Paris
R. H. Macy & Company
Fall From Tractor Fatal Near Springfield
Orian Pyles, 17, was fatally injured when the tractor he operated overturned into a ditch near Springfield. The accident occurred in the area as emergency crews responded to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.P
Orian Pyles
Ohio Receives One and a Quarter Billion From New Deal
Ohio shows nearly 1.25 billion dollars in New Deal payments since March 1933 through June this year. FHA insured 40 million in loans. HOLC led with 305.9 million to distressed homeowners. Distribution by agencies lists billions in loans and grants to Ohio, totaling 1.2446 billion.
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Ohio
Washington
U.P
Federal Housing Administration
Treasury
Ate
Tion
HOLC
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Farm Credit Administration
Commodity Credit Corp
Resettlement Administration
Public Works Administration
FHA
New Deal
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Civil Works Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Emergency Conservation Work
CCC
Bureau of Public Roads
Social Security Administration
Chamber opposes federal aid to consumer cooperatives
The United States Chamber of Commerce CEO panel led by Clem D. Johnston denounced government support for consumer cooperatives. It urged that cooperatives grow on merit without tax breaks or special financing, arguing businesses should rely on efficiency and self-help rather than government aid. The chamber has historically favored producers over consumer cooperatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Clem D. Johnston
Roanoke
Harper Sibley
Chamber
Producers’ Cooperatives
World Series Play by Play Giants Lose Edge to Yankees
In a tense World Series sequence the Giants' Moore doubles, Bartell drives two, and Ripple and Mancuso add hits for three runs. Yankees reply with no runs in one frame and turn a Sharp defensive showing. Gehrig's RBI triple counts as the lone run while Ott and Crosetti anchor the infield.
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Giants
Moore
Bartell
Terry
Ott
Crosetti
Gehrig
Ripple
Mancuso
Whitehead
Jackson
DiMaggio
Rolfe
Schumacher
Bartel
Dickey
Selkirk
Powell
Fourth Death From Jamaica Airplane Crash Report
Fred N. Davis a 22 year old Springfield New York flying instructor died in a Jamaica hospital today bringing the death toll to four from a collision of two airplanes above the Jamaica sea airport Sunday. The other victims were William Frank 20 Jamaica passenger in Davis plane Max Stern 33 Rockaway Beach pilot of the other craft and David Cook 28 Jamaica parachute jumper in Sterns plane.
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Jamaica
N. Y
U.P
Fred N. Davis
Springfield
Jamaica Sea
William Frank
Davis
Max Stern
Rockaway Beach
David Cook
Stern
Columbus police hunt escaped patient Nick Varel lon
Police searched Columbus West Side for Nick Varel lon, 38, described as a dangerous maniac who escaped Columbus State Hospital late Saturday by sliding down a hose from a screened porch.
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Columbus
U.R
West Side
Nick Varellon
Columbus State Hospital
Local Teen Dies After Surgical Procedure
Riley Staats, 16, of Staats Mill West Virginia, a surgical patient at Holzer Hospital, died Sunday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Riley Staats
Staats Mill
W. Va
Holzer Hospital
Ninety Year Romance Ends in Union in Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri George W Trout now dean of Kansas State Teachers College married Helen Monk whom he met again after decades apart. He was 19 when they fell in love while she was 10. They were separated, both married others, and recently reunited as singles before marrying Sunday.
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Kansas City
U.P
George W. Trout
Helen Monk
Trout
Kansas State Teachers’ College
Crazed Negro Is Target in House Siege
Windsor police chief W. R. Waters fought for life after a seven hour siege in which Dennis Thrower opened fire on officers injuring 13 and killing one before he was killed as the house burned. Officers used tear gas bombs and dynamite attempts. home arson and a fatal shootout ended Thrower’s stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
N. C
U.P
W. R. Waters
Dennis Thrower
Jim Johnson
Thrower
Farmers Plan Milk Blockade
Akron milk shed farmers planned a blockade to cut off imported milk during a five day strike. 54 local Milk Producers' Association chairmen organized meetings to seal off supply at town halls and farm yards. Dairy officials warned half the imported milk travels by train, limiting effectiveness. Major dairies urged producers to ignore the strike and deliver milk to dairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
AUP
Milk Producers’ Association of Meetings
Co. B. McDonald
Health Department
Dairies
Michigan Politics New Concern of FDR
Hyde Park reports say President Roosevelt focused on Michigan as he planned a swing through the West and Middle West beginning soon. He was cheered by West Virginia Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York industrial-area results and briefed by Frank Murphy on Michigan prospects and by William Green on a broader labor survey.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Michigan
Roosevelt
West
Middle West
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Frank Murphy
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Gallia County Man Hurt Seriously in Accident
Clyde Gould, 51, and Clyde Mille, 30, residents near Bidwell, were in a crash near Kerr Station Saturday evening. Gould was admitted to Holzer Hospital in critical condition with paralysis from the waist down, back and neck injuries, and a head cut. Mille was treated for bruises and expected to be discharged soon.
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Gallipolis
Clyde Gould
Holzer Hospital
Kerr Station
Clyde Mille
Bidwell
Cox Plans Roosevelt Campaign Tour From Ohio Publisher
New York report says James M. Cox, Ohio publisher and 1920 Democratic nominee, will tour to stump for Franklin D Roosevelt’s re election. The move aims to show party regularity against Alfred E Smith’s stance, per Democratic National Chairman James A Faviey.
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New York
U.P
James M. Cox
Ohio
Roosevelt
Cox
Alfred E Smith
James A. Faviey
Rightists Try to Undermine Paris Police Loyalty
Paris reports say French fascists step up attacks on the left government and aim to win over the national police crack mobile guards. The government quietly shifts key military officers as arms smuggling from Switzerland is blamed on fascists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Switzerland
la Roque
Populaire
la Rochelle
Jean Renaud
Blum
Leon Blum
Echo de Paris
Philippe Petain
St. Quentin
John J. Pershing
Petain
London Riot Tests Mosley as Fascists Clash With Left
More than 100 Londoners suffered headaches and 69 were arrested after a mob clash in the East End as Sir Oswald Mosley and 5,000 Blackshirt Fascists tried to march. Police intervention and Mosley’s retreat limited violence amid large counterdemonstrations and mass arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oswald Mosley
Mosley
Most Unlucky Officer Struck, Hurt in Crash at Rainelle
Corporal Harley C. Locke of the West Virginia State Police, called the most unlucky officer, sustained a broken back and fractured pelvis after an automobile skidded into a crowd at Charmee. Mrs. Annie Gladys Canfield, 40, mother of seven, was killed. Driver Cecil Hines, 23, faced the incident. Locke has prior injuries including a shooting in Lewisburg and a crush incident three years earlier.
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Gibraltar
Salinas
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Mrs. Ford
Supreme Court
CIO
A. F
Zaritsky
Chamber of Commerce
Maniac
North Carolina
Gallia County
Cox, Ohio
Will Stump
Casimir Francois de la Roque
Croix Feu
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