Hundreds Homeless After Texas Floods
In San Angelo and Water Valley Texas a major flood left about 1,500 homeless and at least one dead. Rescue boats failed to save a climber found clinging to a treetop. A six year old boy Ralph Stevens drowned near Leon in Copperas Creek. Downtown San Angelo suffered extensive damage with 11 feet of water and more than 300 homes wrecked. Rain totals reached 20 inches in four days with higher rainfall upstream of 30 inches at Water Valley.
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San Angelo
Tex
Concho River
Ralph Stevens
Leon
Copperas Creek
Water Valley
Charles A Hunter Dies at Home of His Son
Albany farmer Charles A. Hunter 79 died Thursday night at his son Clarence Hunter’s home near Albany. He also leaves son Otto of Wellston, one grandson and two great grandchildren. Formerly of Wales Mill, his funeral is Sunday at 2 PM at Temple Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
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Albany
Charles A. Hunter
Clarence Hunter
Clarence
Otto
Wellston
Mr. Hunter
Wales Mill
Temple Church
Dig Dogs Grave Beside Master's Grave in Centenary Cemetery
In Green Township Charles Kraus was buried in the family plot at Centenary Cemetery. His dog Bounce mourned his death, wandered the grounds, then grew sick and died. Miss Minnie Kraus and Harry Kraus dug a small grave beside Charles Kraus and laid the dog to rest beside its master.
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Gallipolis
Green Township
Charles Kraus
Centenary Cemetery
Bounce
Minnie Kraus
Harry Kraus
Charles
Kraus
Exports Under Imports Highlight Trade Policy Critique
Charles W. Holman of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation told the Dairymen's Advisory Council that the reciprocal trade agreements policy has failed. He cited seven month trade data showing exports to Belgium Brazil Canada Cuba Haiti and Sweden up 11.6 percent while imports from these nations rose 21.1 percent, totaling 68.95 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Advisory Council of Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association
Holman
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Cuba
Haiti
Sweden
United States
Harvard Tercentenary Celebration Ends In Cambridge
Harvard University marked its 300th anniversary with a celebratory finale in Cambridge as President Roosevelt attended in personal capacity. The event awarded honorary degrees to sixty two scholars including eleven Nobel Prize winners. A separate obituary notes the passing of Rev Samuel A Stephan at age 68 from Port Clinton, previously superintendent of White Cross Hospital.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.P
Harvard University
America
Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Columbus
Samuel A. Stephan
Port Clinton
White Cross Hospital
Nile Steamer Collision Drowns Fifty Civilians
Approximately 50 laborers died when a steamer carrying 300 excursionists collided with a barge on the Nile near Cairo. The disaster occurred today in Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
U.R
Nile
New Returns Put Landon Further Ahead in Polls
The Literary Digest national poll shows Landon leading Roosevelt by about 3 1 2 to 2 with new returns from southern and one more farm state. Thirteen states total yield Landon 153 360, Roosevelt 88 815, Lemke 10 374, from over a quarter million votes. Iowa favors Landon 8 to 2. Southern states back Roosevelt.
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New York
Roosevelt
Landon
Literary Digest
Lemke
Iowa
Indiana
New Jersey
Ohio
Texas
Hoover
Legion Triggerman Tells Murder Story
Dayton Dean, confessed Black Legion triggerman, will resume his story of how he and fellow cult members took Charles Poole to a lonely Dearborn Township spot and shot him in cold blood. Dean is the state's star witness in the murder trial of 12 defendants in the WPA worker's slaying on May 12.
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Detroit
U.P
Dayton Dean
Black Legion
Charles Poole
Dearborn Township
Dean
WPA
Elyria High Students Protest Lunch Rules At Board Meeting
Elyria High School students plan to present protests to the board of education at a special meeting next Monday night over 27 minute lunch periods and a rule requiring students to stay in the building unless they can go home within lunch time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
U.P
Elyria High ‘School
Board of Education
Landon Urges Youth to Guard America's Future
Kansas Governor Alf M. Landon addressed a national gathering of young Republicans urging rejection of governmental overreach. He spoke against a regime dictating daily life and defended free enterprise while promising to curb unemployment and protect future liberty.
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Topeka
Kans
U.P
Alf M. Landon
Young Voters of
America
Kansas
O R Croy Succumbs At Home In Caldwell
O R Croy age 62 prominent slumber dealer died suddenly after midnight at his Caldwell home. He was the first of 10 children to die. Survived by widow three daughters Kathryn Gray Mildred Tipton and Laura Alice Tipton six brothers and three sisters. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM at Caldwell home.
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O. R. Croy
Athens
Meigs
Washington
Caldwell
Croy
N. S. Croy
Jacob Mees
Pomeroy
Mildred Tipton
Laura Alice Tipton
Hamilton County Receives First Relief Grant Move
Seven counties qualify for the July round of a $1,550,000 state relief adjustment fund. Hamilton County gets the first grant of $51,344.13. Cuyahoga County, with most relief cases, is allotted $122,850.75 pending final application.
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Columbus
State Relief Commission
Hamilton County
Cuyahoga County
Alcazar fortress falls after dynamite blast in Toledo
In Toledo the Alcazar fortress housing about 1,200 rebels and civilians was blown up after loyalists tunnels. Many inside are believed dead or trapped as loyalist troops storm the ruins. Madrid reports rebels hold air power and artillery superiority, while evacuation of Americans from Spain increases.
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Toledo
Alcazar
Spain
Madrid
Ballot Qualifications in Ohio Parties Cited
Secretary of State George S. Myers announced Ohio ballot results showing Socialist Labor and Prohibition candidates disqualified for insufficient petition signatures. Union and Communist party candidates qualified, with counts provided for petitions filed and names certified.
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Columbus
George S. Myers
Socialist Labor
Prohibition Parties
Ohio
Myers
Union
Communist Parties
Socialist-Labor Party
The
Prohibition Party
Communist Party
Union Party
Kel Logg Clinches Republican Edge In State Race
Kel Logg announced victory in the Republican nomination for the state legislature after a recount showed he beat Ralph Nichols 1,322 to 1,321. The initial tally had Logg ahead by 287 to 287 before final counts.
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Seattle
U.P
Kellogg
Ralph Nichols
FDR Appeals For Tolerance At Cambridge Tercentennial
President Roosevelt at Harvard Yard urged liberty, freedom of mind, and tolerance during tercentennial exercises. He warned against witch-hunts and called for free research and discussion to protect truth. He returned to Washington due to Mrs Roosevelt’s grippe illness, expected not serious.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.P
Harvard Yard
Roosevelt
White House
America
Harvard
Washington
Hyde Park
N. Y
Grippe
Former State Ward Sought in Cleveland Butcher Murders
Authorities in Pennsylvania sought a 48 year old former Cleveland patient suspected in the six butchery killings here. He lived with relatives on a Beaver Falls farm and earlier resided near Kingsbury Run where four headless bodies were found. He was committed to Newburgh State Hospital in 1931 and escaped Athens Hospital on Sept 18, five days before the first two bodies appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Athens State Hospital
Pennsylvania
Beaver Falls
Kingsbury Run
Newburgh State Hospital
Athens Hospital
Former Nelsonville Man Critically Ill In Columbus
Edward Johnson, former Nelsonville resident and coal operator, reported critically ill with double pneumonia at his Columbus home. He serves as chairman of Lorain Coal & Dock Co. and was a prominent operator in the Slocking District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Edward Johnson
Columbus
Lorain Coal & Dock Co
Legionnaires Begin Trek to Cleveland Convention
American Legionnaires and Auxiliary members gather in Cleveland for a national convention expected to attract 250000 visitors. Ray Murphy leads as national commander with a platform advocating deproliferization of war and denouncing Communist, Nazi and Fascist influence. Housing proves scarce with only 18000 rooms registered for 90000 needed. events include a 11 hour parade and Peace Gardens dedication.
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Cleveland
American Legionnaires
Ray Murphy
Ida Grove
American Legion Peace Gardens
Elsie Janis
A.E.F
Parley Woo
Radical Tax Reform Proposals For Ohio Considered
Carl ton S. Dargusch vice chairman of the State Tax Commission urged constitutional amendments to radically reform Ohio tax policy. The plan would remove debt levies from the 10 mill limit require voter approval for new bonds only in emergencies limit future special assessment bonds to benefited property and cap total subdivision debt to a level tied to the tax duplicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus-Au
Ohio
Carlton S. Dargusch
State Tax Commission
Dargusch
Options on Bridges Extended Indefinitely
Fort Steuben Bridge between Steubenville and Weirton and the Pomeroy Mason City Bridge were extended indefinitely beyond their expiration today. Governor Davey aide John M. Carew announced the extension and noted a meeting with Dravo Construction Co. officials and local commission members in Pittsburgh.
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Columbus
Iu.p
Fort Steuben
Steubenville- Weirton
W. Va
Pomeroy- Mason City
State Bridge Commission
John M. Carew
Davey
George Hills Sandusky
Nick Stevens
Oak Harbor
Dravo Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Liquor Agent Shot Her Woman Declares
Mrs. June Roebuck Montgomery, age 86, was critically wounded in a hotel room of Almon J. Bogardus, chief state liquor law enforcement agent in Cincinnati. She told police Bogardus shot her out of jealousy, and earlier said she had shot herself.
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Cincinnati
U.P
June Roebuck Montgomery
Almon J. Bogardus
Bogardus
Michigan Democrat Will Demand Recount
Detroit report says Louis B. Ward will request a recount in Michigan Democratic senatorial primary after trailing Prentiss M. Brown by 3950 votes with four precincts unreported. Ward is linked to Father Coughlin’s Washington office.
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Detroit
UPR
Louis B. Ward
Washington
Charlies E. Coughlin
Michigan
Ward
Prentiss M. Brown
Storm turning away from coast as vessels send distress signals
A hurricane swept up the Atlantic with six vessels signaling distress from the Virginia Capes to New Jersey. Coast Guard cutters rush to aid. Elizabeth City and other coastal towns face flood and property damage. One fatality reported near Atlantic City. Maryland and Delaware coast fears persist amid warnings and high seas.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Maryland
New Jersey
U. S. Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Coast Guard
Delaware
Cape May
N. J
Elizabeth City
N. C
Eastport
Sandy Hook
Chesapeake
Cape Henry
Mendota
Gunfhawk
Barnegat
Gulfoil
Mohawk
Champlain
Ida Hay Atwater
Delaware Bay
Brandywine Lighthouse
Burke
Lewes
Del
Hercules
North Carolina
Ocracoke Island
Atlantic City
Cambridge
Harry W. Nice
Ocean City
Marysand
Pennsylvania
Flere
Wage Increase Demanded by Carnegie Illinois Workers
Pittsburgh based Carnegie Illinois sheet and tin plate mill workers represented by 23 000 members formally demand a $1 a day wage rise and a $5 daily minimum for common labor.
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Carnegie
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Sheet and Tin Plate Mill
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Frank E. Stephens
Atlanta
Shirley Temple
North Atlantic
Wilmington
Georgeto
Jacksonville
Daytona
Bea
Radia
Charles Hunter
Messenger
Master
A. Stephan
Legion Triggerman
Republican Party
Talavera
Alicante
Quincy
FDR
Legion Auxiliary
Playground of the Legion
Auxiliary
Melville Mucklestone
Chicago
Murphy
Towan
Legion
Democrat
Storm
Ocean
Virginia Beach
Cavalier
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