Rebels Advance Six Miles At Talavera Front
United Press reports Spanish rebel and loyalist forces clash near Talavera as the front near Madrid tightens. Rebels claim gains, government communications confirm a six mile withdrawal, and plans emerge to mine Bilbao and Santander harbors to isolate Loyalist ports. Americans evacuate Bilbao Santander and Madrid embassy urges departure.
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Talavera
Madrid
Bilbao
Santander
Gibraltar
William E. Chapman
Kane
Spain
Gallia approves pool plan and cemetery monument
Gallia council approves a municipal swimming pool plan with funding assurances, votes to contract a unique cemetery monument at Mound Hill, and imposes a one hour daytime limit on Court Street parking from Second to Third. City Manager John R. Gwinn presided at the busy session as Co C Gettles spoke for the Chamber.
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Gallipolis
John R. Gwinn
City Commission
Mound Hill Cemetery
Court St
Co. C. Gettles
Chamber of Commerce
Riverview
Delegates Arrive for National Association of Postmasters Convention
Delegates from every state to the National Association of Postmasters Convention opened in Cleveland as registration continued today.
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Cleveland
U.R
National Association of Postmasters' Convention
Bail Raised in Suit Against Officials by Douglas Van Horne
Seattle report states Douglas Van Horne who sued a court and peace authorities for forty million dollars faced a new complaint for threatening the officials he sued. Justice Guy Knott noted the added cipher and increased bail from five thousand to fifty thousand dollars.
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Seattle
U.P
Douglas van Horne
Guy Knott
Faith Healer's Wife Charged With Lunacy
Akron report states Mrs Madelyn Messner twenty five was charged with lunacy after she admitted writing threatening notes to herself and feigning an acid attack by another woman Rev David A Messner faith healer aged seventy four minutes after hours of questioning.
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Akron
Au.p
Madelyn Messner
David A
Messner
Pastoral Appointments To Be Announced At Conference
The ninth annual Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will conclude today with bishop H Lester Smith announcing pastoral appointments. The appointments were delayed Monday as the conference in Toledo prepares for the formal disclosure.
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Toledo
U.P
Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. Lester Smith
Cincinnati
Westerville Chemist Dr Louis Weinland Dies After Illness
Dr Louis A Weinland 56 head of Otterbein College chemistry department died Monday in Worthington after a brief illness. He led the department and was a prominent figure in local science circles.
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Westerville
U.R
Louis A. Weinland
Otterbein College
Worthington
Knox pins fault on Roosevelts insurance policy stance
Franklin Knox, Republican vice presidential nominee, concludes Montana tour with claim that New Deal fiscal policy makes life insurance and savings accounts unsafe. He links this to Roosevelt’s insurance conference and recalls 1932 speech to argue policy shifts. He states government administration remains unsound despite insurance company safety.
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KNOX
Helena
Mont
U.P
Frank Knox
Montana
Roosevelt
Insurance Company
Allentown
Republican Party
Rock of Gibraltar
Legion Killers Hear Evidence in Poole Murder Trial
Detroit jury enters third day as State presents more damning evidence against 12 Black Legion members charged with murdering Charlies A. Poole a WPA worker lured to a baseball meeting. Witness Victor Schultze ties Findlater Hall meeting to the plot.
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Detroit
U.P
Black Legion
Charlies A. Poole
Poole
WPA
Victor N. Schultze
Findlater Hall
The
Life Imprisonment For Painesville Man
Pleading guilty to second degree murder in the death of Griffin D. Fenton 56 Waite Hill gamekeeper Charlies E. Alderman 21 was sentenced to life imprisonment in Ohio Penitentiary Fenton slain Nov 6 1931 on the estate of the late Joan Sherwin Alderman arrested in Warren for another offense confessed last July that he killed Fenton in an attempted robbery
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Painesville
Ll.p
Griffin D. Fenton
Waite Hill
Charlies E. Alderman
Ohio
Fenton
Joan Sherwin
Alderman
Warren
Despair Blamed for River Jump Deaths in Columbus
In Columbus and Kirkersville, Miss Helen Leftwich 29 and Lewis Fargo 37 jumped from Scioto River bridges Monday. Leftwich drowned. Fargo died after three hours of revival efforts in hospital.
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Columbus
Helen Leftwich
Lewis Fargo
Kirkersville
Scioto
Leftwich
Fargo
Cleveland School Board Restricted on Free Textbooks
Cleveland Law Director Alfred Clum ruled that the Cleveland School Board cannot legally provide free textbooks to pupils attending parochial schools. The decision responds to the board's query on funding scope.
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Cleveland
U.R
Alfred Clum
Landon Returns to Midwestern States on Campaign Train
Governor Alf M. Landon resumes the 1936 campaign by moving from New England toward the Midwest aboard the Landon special train. He welcomes Maine election returns showing a Republican win and heads to Illinois Iowa and Missouri for a ten-stop schedule with energized platform crowds.
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Landon
Topeka
U.R
Alf M. Landon
Mid-west
New England
Roosevelt
Maine
East
New York
Albany
Schenectady
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Unemployment Among Veterans Is Problem
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans affairs, told the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment that without greater absorption of veterans into private employment, government at all levels must assume responsibility for their welfare. He urged veterans and assisting groups to focus on unemployment relief for comrades.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
State to deploy 25 game protectors for fall patrol
Columbus dispatch reports Clay Harmon chief of the enforcement bureau of the Division of Conservation said 25 additional game protectors will go on duty across the state for a 20 day fall period. They will work 15 days before the squirrel season and 15 days during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.2
Clay Harmon
Division of Conservation
GOP Victories Signal GOP Strength in Maine Election
Maine voters backed Republicans, electing a U S senator, governor, and three House members. The results mark a shift since 1932 34, with Landon favored for president and Down East signaling a trend toward GOP gains. The Democratic coalition failed to retain earlier gains in the state.
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Washington
New Deal
Roosevelt
Maine
Herbert C. Hoover
Alf M. Landon
New England
Mississippi
Ohio
Primaries Held Today in Five States
Five states conducted primaries with Maine’s barometer election as a national focus. In Michigan Republican primary Senator James Couzens sought renomination while Frank Murphy pursued the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Other contests occurred in Massachusetts New Hampshire Wisconsin and New York.
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Washington
U.P
Maine
James Couzens
Roosevelt
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Couzens
Murphy
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
New York
Hurricane Officials Stand Ready To Warn
Miami officials monitored a tropical hurricane described as the worst of the season. The storm, 600 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, was moving northwest with a projected turn toward the west before dissipating in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Federal Hurricane Warning System
Atlantic
United States
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Atlantic Ocean
Bricker Rules Against Deputys Home Phone Cost
Attorney General Bricker informed Fulton County prosecutors that county commissioners cannot pay the telephone expenses for a deputy sheriff living in a private residence when the deputy does not reside at the county jail.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
Fulton County
Pete
Trans Oceanic Plane Forced Down in Bog
Richman and Merrill crash at Musgrave Harbour Newfoundland while completing the first round trip Atlantic crossing in a $95,000 mono plane. Rescue by Eddie Rickenbacker and four assistants arrives as the aircraft lies stuck in a bog near St. John’s. The pilots are bruised but hopeful to reunite with the rescuers.
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ST. John's
N. F
Musgrave
Richman
Merrill
Eastern Air Lines
Rickenbacker
New York
Atlantic
Liandilo
Wales
Blame Pervert For Murders Cleveland Case Hints Sex Motive
Psychiatrists and psychologists from Western Reserve University and city hospitals met to map the sex perversion drive behind a killer who has decapitated and mutilated five men and a woman in the past year. A headless skeleton found by two boys was identified as a medical specimen. The slayer has left nude bodies near Kingsbury Run, with most victims described as tramps. Only two victims named so far are a prostitute and a hospital orderly.
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Cleveland
U.P
Western Reserve University
Kingsbury Run
Presbyterian Church Forms New Branch Unit in Ohio
In Cincinnati the Presbyterian Church of America organized into the Tenth Presbytery after services led by Dr. J. Gresham Machen. The group consists of former members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States who left last June. John Crow, 23, of Benton Idea, died today from a fractured skull after his auto collided with a rear of a truck near his home.
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Cincinnati
U.P
New Presbyterian Church of America
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
J. Gresham Machen
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church In the
United States of America
Findlay
John Crow
Benton Idee
Asbestos Fashion Warns of New London Goods
British manufacturers unveil asbestos aprons tablecloths mittens and window curtains marketed as fireproof textiles for everyday use. Trade officials note weaving advances and dyeing techniques apply to clothing and home furnishings, while experts warn limited public adoption amid novelty appeal.
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Peederick
Othman
Co. C. Concannon
Chemical
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
London Fire Department
H. M Airy
Waringston
Narcissus the Flying Mascot Skunk for 77th Squadron
Narcissus a four month old skunk held by Lieut. Douglas T. Mitchell is the flying mascot of the 77th pursuit squadron at Barksdale Field Shreveport La He has 17 flying hours and was de skunked by an army surgeon to improve his company value.
Death of Irving Thalberg Shocks Hollywood Front
Hollywood mourns as Irving Thalberg dies at 36 from pneumonia. Norma Shearer, his wife, withdraws with family after the loss. Thalberg rose from a child prodigy to producer of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and later Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, and Romeo and Juliet, shaping stars like Garbo and Gable.
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Hollywood
Irving Thalberg
Norma Shearer
Thalberg
Universal
Miss Shearer
Irving, Jr
Catherine
John Gilbert
Greta Garbo
Lon Chaney
Joan Crawford
Clark Gable
Wallace Beery
Jean Harrow
Myrna Loy
Dawes Home Guarded During Adopted Daughter's Evanston Wedding
Police guarded the Evans ton residence of former Vice President Charles G. Dawes during the 10 p.m. wedding of his adopted daughter Virginia aged 22 to Richard Thompson Cragg aged 24 of Evanston. The couple were seen after the ceremony.
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Evanston, IL
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Virginia
Richard Thompson Cragg
Evanston
Maine voters give Republicans sweeping victory in 1936 race
Maine elected a Republican governor senator and three Representatives led by Gov. Lewis Barrows and Sen. Wallace H. White Jr. Brann narrowly won statewide support boosted by personal popularity. Portland swung the result as rural voters turned out in record numbers in favorable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Portland
Maine
Wallace H. White
White
Louis J. Brann
Brann
Alf McLandon
Lewis Barrows
F. Harold Dubord Wos
Cooledge
Harding
Wilson
Mons
Civil Service Exam Dates Are Announced
The state civil service commission announced exams for public assistance and welfare department appointments to be held on Sept. 29 and 30 in seven cities. The locations include Columbia Cleveland Cincinnati Athens Alliance Toledo and Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A.P
State Civil Service Commission
Division of Public Assistance
Columbia
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Athens
Alliance
Toledo
Dayton
Submarine Pike Visits Vera Cruz Amid Untouched Salute
The U S submarine Pike arrived at Vera Cruz, Mexico, but local shore batteries failed to fire due to a heavy rainstorm. The piece jokes about a rain making device ending wars and gunfire except for criminals and police, and notes the Messenger's classified ads.
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U. S
Pike
Vera Cruz
Mexico
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Dahlbeck
Lyndonville
Mid-West States
GOP
By Lylec, Wilson
Tellers
House of Representatives
House
Frederick Hale
F. Harold Dubord
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Ray Gailey
League of Nations
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