Rebel Army Close to Victory in Spain Civil War
United Press reports Madrid fears a final leftist push may fail to halt a two front rebel advance on Toledo and Madrid. Rightists meet in Salamanca to plan a decisive phase. Britain halts money orders to Spain, Uruguay cuts ties, Portugal claims anti Communist fight, as Eibar and Bilbao area battles intensify.
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Gibraltar
Toledo
Madrid
United Press
Maqueda-Toledo
Salamanca
Great Britain
Spain
Portugal
Uruguay
Alcazar
United
San Sebastian
Bilbao
Eibar
School Board Takes Over Pool Sponsorship and City Pavement Plan
Logan council votes to hand sponsorship of the municipal swimming pool to the city school board with the city to fill and evaporate the pool four times yearly. It approves a paving project on Zanesville Avenue relaying the street with eighty thousand dollars in brick and a $91,000 budget. $700 is set aside for water connections. Portsmouth Iron worker Anvil Sherman, 41, Sciotoville, Wheeling Steel, dies after falling 20 feet into a railroad gondola car Tuesday.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Anvil Sherman
Sciotoville
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Less Gloomy Outlook If You're on Diet
Comments at a Women Osteopaths meeting in New York reflect gendered views on domestic work. Mrs Anna S Richardson mocks American women as can openers while noting English women lack domestic help. A remark suggests mothers learn cooking at home and questions who teaches mothers.
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New York
Annas. Richardson
Small Apt
Messenger
General Electric
300 Boys in Blue in Last Capital Parade
Washington hundreds of troops and veterans marched in the final capital parade for the Grand Army of the Republic. About 500 veterans walked from the Post Office Building to the White House as President Roosevelt ordered a special holiday and federal offices closed.
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Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Pennsylvania Ave
Olev Nelson the
Doughty
White House
Roosevelt
Democratic Council Of War To Assemble
President Roosevelt laid out maps and began drawing up campaign plans as generals and National Democratic Chairman James A. Farley arrive in Hyde Park for a strategy council. They will map speaking times and broad tactics for the six weeks before the election.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
U.P
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Two Brothers Hanged for Triple Murder in New Brunswick
The Bannister brothers Daniel age 20 and Arthur age 19 were executed by hanging after admitting to killing Phillip Lake 30, his wife, and their child in the New Brunswick backwoods last January. They also abducted the Lakes’ six month old baby to use as leverage in a blackmail plot against the mother.
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Dorchester
N. B
Bannister
Daniel
Arthur
Phillip Lake
New Brunswick
Laurelville Woman 92 Dies at Home in Tuesday Night
Logan report says Mrs Nancy White age 92 died at her Laurelville home Tuesday night. She was one of Hocking County’s oldest residents and mother to Mrs Maggie Higey and Miss Annie White. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Logan
Nancy White
Laurelville
WPA Workers Help Harvest Record Crops
More than 5300 WPA workers on Wood County projects moved to tomato fields to aid farmers facing record crops. Dispatched via the National Re-employment Service, workers could earn about 3.50 dollars daily picking tomatoes. The district WPA director ordered projects closed until October 5, with emergencies kept running to finish. All Seneca County work-relief programs suspended and workers to report to the NRS in Tiffin for farm assignments. Those who refuse farm labor will be cut off relief.
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Bowling Green
U.P
WPA
Wood County
National
William B. Schmuhr
Seneca County
National Re-employment Service
Tiffin
Willys-Overland Plans $21 Million in Orders Next Year
Willys-Overland Motors Inc. announced today that orders for materials totaling about 21 million dollars will be placed during the coming year. The statement outlines planned procurement activity for the automaker’s production schedule.
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Toledo —I.p
Willys-Overland Motors Inc
Goodrich Locks Out 15000 After Strike
Akron report says The B F Goodrich Co locked about 15 000 workers from its factory due to a sit down strike by about 2 000. T G Graham cited a showdown with the United Rubber Workers Union as the reason for the stoppage. The plant stays closed while union activity and labor tensions in Akron’s rubber industry continue to unfold.
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Graham
Rubber Workers Union
AKRON
B. F. Goodrich Co
T. G. Graham
Goodrich
United Rubber Workers Union
Committee On Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Messenger Cooking School Replaced by Home Making Show
The Messenger announces no Cooking School this year at Athens Senior High School Auditorium. A new Cooking and Home Makers' School is planned for next spring by local merchants and The Messenger. The Home Economics Service Corporation could not arrange with clients, affecting Athens this fall. The spring program will be run by a premier national organization delivering top home making demonstrations.
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Messenger
Athens
Home Economics Service Corporation
Legion Turns Serious After Giant Parade
Cleveland reports the largest Legion parade in history with 250 000 conventioners wrapping a 12 hour march through the streets. Four percent attended a AFL president William Green speech while the rest witnessed street camaraderie as 500 bands and 400 drum corps flashed uniforms worth millions. Disorder followed with broken windows scandals and odd incidents including a whiskey aided roadside car check.
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Cleveland
American Legionnaires
Legion
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Frank T. Hinnes
U.S
Euclid Ave
Eucharistic Congress Opens in Youngstown
Bells from 22 Catholic churches across Youngstown tolled for ten minutes to mark the start of the first district Eucharistic Congress of the Cleveland diocese.
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Youngstown
U.P
Cleveland
One-House Legislature Proposed at Ohio Labor Convention
Springfield report notes a push at the fifty-second Ohio Federation of Labor convention for a one-House Legislature in Ohio. The motion would urge AFL to reverse CIO dismissals of ten unions and would praise CIO activities in industrial plants. Will T. Blake cites 42,000 employers funding Workmen's Compensation for 1.5 million workers with a $43,770,890 reserve.
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Springfield
U.P
Ohio
Ohio Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee On
Industrial Organization
CIO
William Green
John Owens
Cambridge
Ohio Mine Workers
Will T. Blake
State Industrial Commission
Blake
Akron Rubber Factory Blaze Damages $250000
A fire at the A Schulman rubber reclaiming plant in Akron destroyed one building and damaged the roof of another, inflicting about $250000 in damage. Firemen kept the blaze in check though it still burned, and it threatened downtown coverage triggering the first general fire alarm in 25 years.
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Akron
U.P
A. Schulman
Governor Mobilizes National Guards in Minneapolis Milling Strike
Minneapolis dispatch reports Gov. Hijal Mar Peterson ordered 400 National Guardsmen mobilized for emergency action in the strike-torn milling industry. The order followed discussions with Sheriff John P. Wa and officials after meetings with civic representatives and guard officials.
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Minneapolis
U.P
Hijalmar Peterson
John P. Wa
Bankers Say Pension Increase Notices Not Yet Final
In Urbana bankers explained that old age pension increase notices were not yet pension checked. Merchants had already cashed checks mailed from the governor's offices stamped increased by order of Governor Davey.
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Urbana
U.P
Davey
Greater Ohio U Seeks More Funds for Growth
Ohio University President Dr Herman G James told the Athens Chamber of Commerce that enrollment rose to 2710 this semester and may harm the university unless the state boosts biennial appropriations. He warned higher education should not be treated as a luxury and praised outreach efforts by the faculty Public Relations Committee.
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Ohio University
Herman G. James
Athens Chamber of Commerce
James
Friends of Higher Education
Farm Income Surges to Eight Billion in 1936
A survey by Midwest farm papers shows cash revenue from sales and AAA payments in the year ending July 1936 at 7.54 billion dollars plus veterans bonus payments bringing total to eight billion. The figure is 900 million higher than 1935 and 3.1 billion above 1933, despite drought impacts.
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Chicago
Midwest Farm Paper Unit
Bricker To Flag State Agriculture Department
Cleveland army veteran Attorney General John W. Bricker prepares to address a Highland County farm audience at Hillsboro to attack the operation of the state agriculture department He is accompanied by fellow Republican candidates Thomas Herbert and Paul M Herber t in the Highland march during a Legion parade.
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Cleveland
A.P
American Legion
John W. Bricker
Highland County
Hillaboro
State Department of Agriculture
Bricker
Legion
Thomas Herbert
Paul M. Herbert
Father Relents and Child Receives Life Saving Operation
After three days of conflict over life and death, Julian Tafel Jr. six days old, undergoes a successful operation by Dr. Lewis K. Eastman at Danish American Hospital. Parents split over consent but mother Eve wins the mercy death turn, and the child’s life is saved with future chances of normal development noted for a healthy brother Richard.
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United Press
Chicago
U.P
Julian Tafel, Jr
Lewis K. Eastman
Eastman
Horpital
Tafel
Alice Lefler
Richard Lefier
Richard
Athens man Frank S. Roach dies of heart attack
Frank S. Roach aged 82 a lifelong Athens resident and real estate figure died at 10 oclock this morning at 208 College Street from a heart attack He was born July 27 1854 and was married to Ella Pierce They had a daughter Mrs B F Stout of Pittsburgh Arrangements for the funeral will be made upon her arrival in Athens Survivors include a sister Mrs James A Palmer and a brother Harry M Roach who died in 1931 earlier in Athens
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Frank S. Roach
Athens
College St
Roach
Frank
Reach
Mr. Roach
A. L. Roach
Ohio University
Ella Pierce
B. F. Stout
Pittsburgh
Race St
MocKinley Ave
M. BE
Salvation Army
Florida
James A. Palmer
Harry M. Roach
Priest Reports Death Treat And Departure For Treatment
Cincinnati officials report Rev. Charles Coughlin, protected by a police guard amid threats, will seek medical treatment for a cold and stomach ailment upon arrival. He had attacked President Roosevelt over alleged bank stock ownership and government loans.
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Cincinnati
Charles FE. Coughlin
Detroit
National Union For Social Justice
Father Coughlin
St. Louis
Froosevelt
Ethiopian Delegates Credentials Accepted at League Assembly
The League of Nations credentials committee in Geneva accepted the credentials of two Ethiopian delegates to the League Assembly despite Italy demanding their ejection.
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Geneva
League of Nations’ Credentials Committee
League Assembly
Italy
Fire probe on Ohio State Fairgrounds building destruction
Columbus UPI reports investigators examined the causes after a fire partially destroyed the Fine and Game Exhibits Building at the Ohio State Fairgrounds on Tuesday. The probe aimed to determine origin and factors involved.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Landon Campaign Presses Farm Belt Plan as North Goes Midwest
Governor Alf Landon speaks to Iowa officials editors and farmers outlining GOP proposals for cash payments to offset tariffs, soil conservation funding, relief for distressed areas, and farm financing. He assails New Deal policies as inconsistent and argues the platform secures family farms and national agriculture. He then heads to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Des Moines
Alf M. Landon
Midwest
Kansas
Republican State Central Committee
Iowa
John Py Wallace
Dan Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Landon
Roosevelt
Washington
Mrs Gertrude Nye Dies At Pomeroy Residence
Mrs. Gertrude Nye aged MH died at her home on EB Main Street in Pomeroy. Widow of George Nye she is survived by two sons George Edward and Richard and a daughter Mrs Ray McCullough. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Pomeroy
Gertrude Nye
EB. Main St
George Nye
Uhrichsville Residents Named Pythian Heads
Two Uhrichsville residents were honored at the Ohio Knights of Pythias convention. F. H. Reid would be inducted as Grand Chancellor of the Knights and Mrs. Mary Keller was to be installed as Grand Chief of the Pythian Sisters of Ohio.
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Columbus
Uhrichaeville
Ohio
Pythian
F. H. Reid
Knights of Pythias
Mary Keller
Pythian Sisters of Ohio
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