British Pilot Completes Fourth Atlantic Crossing
Captain James A. Mollison, famed British flyer, landed at Croydon after completing his third North Atlantic crossing in 13 hours 13 minutes aboard a Bellanca monoplane. He planned a Cape Town leg before 24 hours. He noted a cold trip and bearing issues.
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Eft
London
North American
South Africa
Dorothy
New York City
Atlantic
London U
James A. Mollison
North Atlantic
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Croydon Airdrome
New York
Mollison
Cape Town
Amelia Earhart
Amy Mollison
Capetown
Cleveland's Son Backs Landon At Baltimore Rally
Richard Cleveland son of Grover Cleveland declared he will vote for Alf M Landon in a Baltimore rally by the Maryland women for Landon and Knox coalition He said he is not a Republican and Roosevelt has sold out the Democratic Party urging Democrats and Republicans to support Landon for leadership.
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Baltimore
U.P
Richard Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Alf M. Landon
Cleveland
Coalition of Maryland Women
Landon
Knox
Roosevelt
Republican farm policy eyed to restore 1932 prices
Des Moines reports that Republican policy would push farm prices back to the 1932 level and shrink the farm population toward poverty. Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace attended a Thursday night event.
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Des Moines
U.P
Henry Wallace
Spanish Rebel Army Halted
Madrid reports sixty new tanks arrive to aid Loyalists in an offensive against rebels around Madrid. Twenty new planes from Mexico rushed into action. Government says it has repelled Nationalists from the East Coast Railroad and freed the Great Southern Railway. General staff orders continued offensives with caution as Nationalists resume stronger resistance on main lines.
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Madrid
U.P
Mexico
East Coast
Gallia County Girl Dies From Bonfire Burns
Olive Beatrice Parsons age 3 died in Holzer Hospital from burns received playing near a leaves fire at home on Guyan Creek near Crown City. She leaves parents Leslie and Elizabeth Shriber Parsons a sister Freda May 2 and brother Stanley 4 months. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Peter Parsons and Mrs Grace Shriver. Funeral at Crown City M E Church with burial in Crown City Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Olive Beatrice Parsons
Holzer Hospital
Guyan Creek
Crown City
Leslie
Elizabeth Shriver Parsons
Freda May
Stanley O'Dell
Peter Parsons
Grace Shriver
M. E
Crown City Cemetery
First Ohio New Deal Land Purchase Near Green Land
The purchase of 277 acres of farm land near Greenland in Ross County marks Ohio’s first rural resettlement purchase. Phillip G. Beck, regional chief of the Federal rural resettlement administration, announced the move. The land will support two Ohio resettlement projects.
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Columbus
IUP
Greenland
Ross County
Ohio
Phillip G. Beck
Federal Rural Resettlement Administration
23 year old man held after fatal auto crash in Delaware
Floyd M. Mc Fann, 23, was held for investigation today after an automobile struck and killed Mrs. Nannie Gilbert, 35, mother of two.
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Delaware
U.P
Floyd M. McFann
Nannie Gilbert
Radio programs feature politics with major leaders scheduled
United Press reports tonight's political radio lineup includes Governor Alfred Landon from Charleston West Virginia on CBS from 6 to 6 30 p m Hoover from Denver on NBC Red 6 30 to 9 30 p m Bainbridge Colby from Youngstown Ohio on NBC Blue 9 10 30 p m Jesse Jones from Dallas for the National Democratic Committee on NBC Blue 10 30 to 10 45 p m John L Lewis from Washington for the Progressive National Committee on CBS Network.
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Alfred M. Landon
Charleston
W. Va
CBS Network
Herbert Hoover
Denver
Nbc-Red
Bainbridge Colby
Youngstown
Nbc-Blue
Jesse Jones
Dallas
Tex
National Democratic Committee
John JL. Lewis
Washington
Progressive National Committee
CBS
Three Women Injured When Car Forced Into Ditch
Three Athens and Nelsonville women were hurt on Route 31 near Rockbridge when an unidentified car forced their vehicle into a ditch to avoid a collision. Driver Mrs Harry Rothrock of Nelsonville and Mrs N B Welk and Miss Mina Fry of Athens sustained head injuries and bruises and were hospitalized at Cherrington. Deputy Newton Spencer investigated the crash and said the other car left the scene.
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Logan
Athens
Nelsonville
Rockbridge
Harry Rothrock
Welk
Mina Fry
Cherrington Hospital
Newton Spencer
King Edward Urges Revision of World War Treaties
In his first formal address to Parliament King Edward spoke in the first person signaling an invitation for Central European nations to pursue peaceful revision of World War I treaties. He reviewed global and domestic issues including the Spanish Civil War and the Anglo Egyptian Treaty.
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London
U.P
Edward
Roosevelt to End Campaign in New York Area
President Roosevelt resumes campaigning in New York state with a Brooklyn Academy of Music speech, a Madison Square Garden rally, and a Hyde Park radio address to close 1936 efforts. He toured Philadelphia and Wilmington amid large crowds, with Democratic leaders predicting Pennsylvania will back him next Tuesday.
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United Press
White
New York City
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Wilmington
Del
DuPonts
Liberty
Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt
American Liberty League
Philadelphia
Knox Nearing End of Aboard Campaign Train
Col Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee completed a 20000 mile tour from before the conventions, reaching Gary Indiana for a rally. He returns to Chicago for a final speech, then speaks at the International Amphitheatre. In Centralia he urged miners that union labor gains should not rely on alliances with the New Deal, calling for a government that favors none and treats all fairly.
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KNOX
U.P
Frank Knox
Gary
Ind
Chicago
International Amphitheater
Southern Illinois
Centralia
America
Merritt Speidel Buys Fort Collins Paper
The Fort Collins Express-Courier will be sold to Merritt C. Speidel of Iowa City and associates. Earle Hitch of The Iowa City Press-Citizen will move to Fort Collins as publisher. Speidel, president of The Iowa City Press-Citizen, also owns multiple newspapers and will lead the new Fort Collins publishing company.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Fort Collins Express-Courier
Merritt C. Speidel
Iowa City
Alfred G. Hill
Earle Hitch
Iowa City Press- Citizen
Speide
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Salinas
Calif
Index Journal
Chillicothe, O
Scioto
Henry Dixon Hurt in Fall at Home in Downington
Civil War veteran Henry Dixon aged 93 fell down stairs at his Downington home injuring ligaments in his knee and sustaining bruises. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens for treatment.
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Pomeroy
Henry Dixon
Meigs County
Downington
Dixon
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Educators Hear Smedley Butler Final Address in Athens
Thousands of teachers gathered in Athens for the forty second annual SEOA session. Ohio University President Dr Herman G James and traveler Richard Halliburton spoke at the opening sessions. Dr James urged balancing curricular goals from kindergarten to graduate school and noted two obstacles to progress.
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Smedley Butler
Athens
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Marine Corps
Herman G. James
Ohio University
Richard Halliburton
James
College of Arts
Esther Filley Case Is Before Parole Board
The Ohio Parole Board today paroled 29 inmates from two state institutions and continued Esther Filley of York Township in a manslaughter case at Marysville Reformatory to October 1937.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Parole Board
London
Marysville Reformatory
Marysville
Athens
Esther Filley
York Township
Lorain Firm Low Bidder on State Highway Project
Bids on state highway work in Columbus show Ohio Engineering Co of Lorain as the low bidder at 63 851 dollars for reconstructing the Athens Athens Laurelville Road over the New York Central Railroad.
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Columbus
Athens
Laurelville
Athens Township
New York Central Railroad
Ohio Engineering Co
Lorain
Train wreck shuts down main line near Princeton
A Clevelander derailed a wheel on the Pennsylvania Railroad passenger flyer in Princeton New Jersey injuring 20 and killing one. The 13 cars swung across the tracks crashing near an embankment as Gov. Lundin's special train was due. One car overturned and another stood on end. The wreck blocked the four track main line just before the governor's arrival.
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Princeton
N. J
U.P
Alf M. Landon
Wallis Simpson Dines With King Edward at Buckingham Palace
Mrs Wallis Simpson was King Edward's guest at a Buckingham Palace dinner Wednesday night marking their first meeting since her divorce the day before.
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London
U.P
Wallis Simpson
King Edward
Buckingham Palace
Butler Voices Against War at Memorial Auditorium
Retired Marine general Smedley Butler will spoke against war at the SOEA closing session in Memorial Auditorium. The program begins at 8 o'clock with a concert by the Logan High School Band preceding his address.
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Smedley Butler
Marine Corps
Memorial Auditorium
SOEA
Logan High School
Father Admits Poison Milk Death in Kentucky
Everett Sparks of Enterprise Kentucky confessed to poisoning his four year old daughter Mildred with poison in milk. The child who was deaf and unable to walk died after a brief illness. The coroner said Sparks bought poison under the name Sam Jones and claimed he believed it would be an easy death.
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Olive Hill
U.P
Everett Sparks
Enterprise
Mildred
C. W. Henderson
Sparks
Sam Jones
Pacific Coast Seamen Strike Hits Maritime Industry
A general maritime strike began on the Pacific Coast as 40,000 union men plan to quit their jobs. Trade channels to Asia, the Atlantic coast, the Gulf, and Alaska face rapid paralysis as hundreds of vessels from luxury liners to coastal schooners are affected. The stoppage may spread to Atlantic and Gulf crews and docks.
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San Francisco
Orient
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf
Alaska
Asia
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Turkey Will Remain Awake for Election
Watertown Wisconsin Arthur Gehrke known as Turkey postponed his annual winter hibernation to stay awake for the election campaign. He had retired each fall for six years and slept until spring before this decision.
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Watertown
Wis
U.P
Arthur
Turkey
Gehrke
Pope Forms Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Pope Pius today established a Pontifical Academy of Sciences with 70 world renowned scientists. Among the new members are six Americans, joining scholars from other nations to advise on scientific matters at Vatican City.
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Vatican City
U.P
Pius
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Lorado Taft Dies Suddenly in Chicago Studio
Internationally known sculptor Lorado Taft died today at his Chicago studio after a sudden illness. He gained fame for towering works and public monuments. The artist's death shocks the arts community.
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Chicago
U.P
Lorado Taft
Law Authority Dies Columbus Attorney Frank Raymond
Frank M. Raymond aged 49 an attorney for 46 years in Columbus died Thursday after a heart attack. He was born in Carroll Fairfield County.
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LAW Authority
Columbus
U.P
Frank M. Raymond
Carroll
Fairfield County
Landon Challenges Roosevelt On Where He Stands In NY Speech
Gov. Alf M. Landon assails the Roosevelt New Deal from Madison Square Garden before about 25 000 New Yorkers and a sea of supporters. He demands the President declare his policy on NRA AAA centralized power and balancing the budget. Landon urges open government and questions Roosevelt’s stance two days before the election.
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Landon
Charleston
W. Va
Alf M. Landon
Broadway
West Virginia
Kansas Prairie
Roosevelt
New York
Madison Square Garden
New Deal
NRA
AAA
Woman Ends Threat by Killing Self and Son
Fremont report says 37-year-old Lela Vera Sampsell Carter, a beauty parlor operator, shot her stepson Cloyd Everett Sampsell, 14, and herself in the home while her husband Frank Carter, 42, slept nearby. The incident occurred early today in Fremont.
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Fremont
U.P
Frank Carter
Lela Vera Sampsell Carter
Cloyd Everett Sampsell
Methodist factions ratify union plan at general conference
Representatives from three factions of the Methodist Episcopal Church meet in Tulsa to ratify a general conference resolution for unification ending a Civil War era split. The agreement aims to merge the factions into a single church, signaling a major denominational reconciliation.
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Union
Tulsa
Okla
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Arnold To Lead Area Teachers
The SOEA meeting nominated officers for the coming year. President E. J. Arnold, superintendent of schools, Nelsonville. vice president J. W. Coleman, Hocking County superintendent. secretary-treasurer G. E. Carr, Logan superintendent. Other nominees include E. O. McCowen Scioto County superintendent for state executive, John A. Miller Ironton for local executive, Bert Leach Portsmouth high school teacher for auditing, and E. O. Hearing Perry County superintendent for State Reading Circle Board.
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SOEA
E. J. Arnold
Nelsonville
J. W. Coleman
Hocking County
G. E. Carr
Logan
E. O. McCowen
Scioto County
John A. Miller
Scchools
Ironton
Bert Leach
Portsmouth
Reading Circle Board
E. O. Hearing
Perry County
New Straitsville Woman Succumbs Thursday
Mrs. Joe Blankenship widow of a New Straitsville businessman and mother of five, including Don Blankenship, died at her Columbus home Thursday. Funeral services are set for Sunday in Columbus with burial in New Straitsville Cemetery.
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New Straitsville
Joe Blankenship
Don Blankenship
Faye Brown
Logan
Columbus
Liquor Division Chief Held for Intoxication
Cincinnati acting chief enforcement agent Louis Picks rer was jailed on charges of driving while intoxicated. A hearing was scheduled later. he had served as acting chief since the suspension of A J Bogardus, cleared of murder charges in the June Montgomery shooting at a hotel room.
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Cincinnati
Louis Picks Rer
Qohio Liquor Department
A. J. Bogardus
June Montgomery
Decree orders militarization of Spanish National Telephone
President Manuel Agana signs a decree to militarize the American controlled Spanish National Telephone Company and its Spanish staff. The move concentrates control and positions military oversight over operations and personnel.
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Madrid
SUP
Manuel Agana
Do You Know How to Vote Sample Ballot Feature
The Sunday Messenger announces a forthcoming sample ballot for the coming Athens County election. It will illustrate the correct way to mark ballots for national state and county tickets and answer common voting questions.
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Athens County
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