Hope For Peace Dims as Labor Hearing Opens
The trial of the American Federation of Labor faction led by William Green opened with dimmed hopes for a peaceful settlement as other leaders failed to appear. Henry Oh Jr proposed dropping charges against the Lewis group and urged full AFL participation in organizing drives in steel and rubber industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
William Green
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John F. Frey
Metal Trades Department
Green
William Hutcheson
The
Carpenters
Arthur Wharton
Machinists
Lewin
George M. Harrison
Harrison
Frey
Henry Oh, Jr
presi+dent
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Business urged to assist farmers in drought areas
Kansas businessmen were urged by Coy Alf Landon to work out practical plans with farmers to save valuable livestock herds amid a drought. In a radio talk he pressed business leaders and civic organizations to help neighbors and themselves, warning against sacrificing breeding animals. He spoke amid campaigns with notable Republicans and farm officials.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Orange
West Virginians Taxes Fall From 1930 to 1935 Report
West Virginia and local governments collected 10.4 million dollars less in 1935 than 1930. The piece argues state relief and school funding rose under new administration, with higher spending on schools, relief, and secondary roads, while noting shifts in funding responsibility and road upkeep from counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Quinn
West Virginia
Cal
Astor testifies on affair in custody suit
Mary Astor testified she told ex husband Dr. Franklyn Thorpe about her relationship with George Kaufman and that he condoned it. She said the affair did not motive Thorpe to grant an uncontested divorce last year. Subpoenas loom for John Barrymore and Kaufman as witnesses in the custody case for Marylyn, aged 4.
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Los Angeles
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
George Kauffman
Miss Astor
George Kaufman
Kaufman
Joseph Anderson
Thorpe
Beverly Hills
Marylyn
Tharpe
Barrymore
John Barrymore
Michael Narlinn
Dr. Thorpe
Narlion
Federal Jury Indicts 23 Big Oil Companies
United States District Attorney John Bayle announced that a federal grand jury returned indictments against 23 major oil companies, three trade journal publishing firms and eight individuals for Sherman Antitrust Act violations.
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Madison
Wis
United States
John Bayle
Corn Prices Hit Record High As Drought Persists
Chicago August 3 eleven year high for cash corn and first government purchases signal prolongation of drought. July damage pegged at 700 million bushels with prices rising, September at 1.09 per bushel. No. 1 hard wheat near top current price. Kansas farmers reportedly getting 7 to 10 cents more for corn than for wheat. Heavy cattle arrivals at Chicago stock yards mark record activity despite market strength.
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Chicago
Kansas
France Seeks Aid In Fiscal Troubles
Germany pledges to discuss France’s finances as Emile Labeyrle of the Bank of France meets Hjalmar Schacht and plans talks with Dutch and British bankers. The Bank governor leads a stabilizing mission amid Paris disputes over defending the franc’s value and France’s debt pressures.
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France
Berlin
Emile Labeyrle
Bank of France
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Labeyrie
Holland
England
Paris
Leon Blum
Landon Deserter From War Against Poverty Criticized
Secretary Ickes drew a deadly parallel between Governor Landon and his 1933 stance while condemning his later opposition to governmental regulation. He cited Landon’s 1933 oil conference remarks and praised Roosevelt’s attacks on poverty while warning of shifts in Landon’s positions as 1936 campaign speeches are recalled.
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Washington
AM. M. Landon
Ickes
Landon
A. W
Interior Department
Kansas
Interior Secretary
Roosevelt
Oid
Topeka
Republican Party
FDR Plans Aggressive Vote Campaign After Purley Talk
President Roosevelt approved immediate preparations for an aggressive re election campaign after a two hour round table with the Democratic national committee in Hyde Park. James Farley said plans were general with no details, while Lawrence Wallace and Chester Davis discussed drought relief and a potential early survey of drought effects. A drought tour through Ohio Pennsylvania New York and Connecticut could be postponed, with the president returning to Washington Sunday night for a brief stay before any new moves.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
National Committee
James A. Farley
Stephen T. Early
Comemite Tes
Fariey
Wallace
Chester Davis
AAA
Barty
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Washington
Early
Davis
Side Splitter at Berkeley Yard Show Ends in Broken Arm
In Berkeley a one year old girl named Jean Orth caused a scene in the yard when a dog imitation by a dean’s mimic left her with a broken arm. Four year old Charlotte Packer, a spectator, laughed so hard she fell off the porch.
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Berkeley
Calif
Jean Orth
Dean
Charlotte Packer
It Cold Cold World
Kingman Kansas reports extreme July heat disrupted a baby chick hatchery. Temperature above 100 degrees halted the incubator heat. Workers placed large blocks of ice near the machines to cool them, and hatching resumed successfully.
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Kingman
Kan
Father finds two sons alive after funeral plans fail
In Masontown Pa a WPA worker Joseph Swartz, who had identified two bodies from the Monongahela River as his sons Thomas Swartz and Francis Pryack, rushed to arrange funerals, only to learn the boys were alive at home in Pleasant Surprise. The rescue occurred after the boys, ages 12 and 9, were reportedly reported missing in a gridf-stricken area.
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Nemacolin
Amt
Joseph Swartz
WPA
Manongalicla River
Thomas
Stepeson
Francis Pryack
Masontown
Firms Announce Extra Dividend Across Big Firms
In New York and Australia investors received larger payouts as General Motors declared a 45 cent extra dividend with a 50 cent regular payment, both due September 12 to August 13 record holders, alongside a $1.25 regular dividend on $3 preferred. Standard Oil of Indiana announced a 35 cent extra on top of the quarterly 35 cent, payable September 15 to August 15, distributing about $607,000 to shareholders. International Nickel and others followed with similar supplementary dividends, signaling widespread cash returns to stockholders amid tax considerations.
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New York
Aus
General Motors Corporation
Tig Automobile Company
Standard Oil
Standard Oi Company of
Indiana
Standard Group
Wll
Directom
International Nickel
City considers ban on unnecessary noise and street hazards
An ordinance to prohibit unnecessary noise and actions such as loudspeakers on trucks, nonessential horn use, radios after hours, and noisy steam, train, or bell events was introduced and sent to the ordinance committee. Council discusses tree trimming and delays clock erection as plans proceed.
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Lee Morper
Cretary
Pois Dixtedd
Harry Lb
Mathews
Mayer Dawson
France Seeks Unified Front as Spain Crisis Grows
Paris awaits London and Rome replies to a proposed neutral ity declaration while France weighs inviting Germany and Russia. Communist agitation charges Franco with ties to Hitler and Mussolini, claiming 60 million dollars funded the Spanish revolt as placards denounce actions in Spain.
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Paris
France
London
Rome
Italy
Germany
Russia
Britain
Spain
Yvon Del*bos
Francisco Franco
Sammandereinee
Marsilini
Maly
Hitler
Gilbert Woman Held in Shooting Near Gilbert
In Williamson County a 30 year old woman, Pearl Barnett, was charged with murder after firing a pistol at Virginia Murphy, 34, as the widow arrived with Murphy’s husband, Charlie Barnett. Three of five shots struck Murphy. her husband John Murphy had died recently in a fall.
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Gilbert
Here
Charlie Barnett
Murphy
Barnett
Spanish Prince Clocked Front Joining Insurgents
The prince of Asturias made a secret 24 hour incursion from southern France into Spain to join Insurgent forces near Madrid but was halted at Aranda by rebel authorities and ordered to return to Cannes. His wife gave birth to a baby girl near Cannes during the visit.
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Ourgos
Spain
Prince of the
Asturias
Madrid
Bpain
France
Aranda
Garcia Escamez
Guadar- Tere
Madria
Cannes
U S Citizens Told to Flee Spain Crisis 1936
Secretary Hull warned 1,000 Americans in Spain they travel at their own risk as the Civil War worsens. Consular staff tally Madrid Asturias Barcelona Malaga and Malaga districts while ships stay in Spanish waters to offer protection. Evacuations totaled 517 since the three weeks of fighting, compared with 1,582 evacuees at the start of the year.
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U. S. Washington
Hull
Spain
U.S
Madrid
Veral
Asturias
Provinees
Barzelona
Malaga
Rhineland
North Sea
Helgoland
Britain
Germany
Saar
Vienna
Archduke Otto
Czechoslovakia
Murmania
Yugoslavia
American Tragedy Slayer Electrocuted
Newell Paige Sherman, 77, died in the electric chair at Boston State Prison shortly after midnight for the murder of his wife in a crime likened to Theodore Dreiser. He was pronounced dead at 12 00 17, seven minutes after entering the chamber, making no statement.
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Boston
M—Newell Paige Sherman
State
Plager
Theodore Dreiser
Lake Singletary
Worcester
Alice
Fouls D. Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
J. Fred Humes
Wil Ma W. Buckley
Sherman
Chatham
Cape Cod
Mandeis
Centlemen
Anniversary of First Battles Of War Finds World in Arms
The 1-year memory of the first battles of the World war tops news as armaments race and mutual suspicions push Europe toward renewed conflict. Leaders warn Versailles breaches, Hitler rearmament, conscription, Rhineland moves, and rising tensions across Vienna Prague and Bucharest threaten a new global war.
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World In Arms
Associated Press
Europex
Versaille
Embassy Warns Americans to Leave as Spain War Intensifies
In Madrid the U S embassy urges Americans to depart for Valencia while rail service remains open amid escalating Loyalist and Rebel clashes. Rebels capture La Zaida near Zaragoza and advance toward San Sebastian as Madrid braces for a major march. Government reports seize a bishop and large sums. battle fronts shift as northern forces mass for tomorrow’s anticipated fights.
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Madrid
Spain
Valencia
la Zaida
Zaragoza
San Sebastian
Pame Plone
Emilio Moño
Guadarrams City
Lindy Prepares To Show Heart At Copenhagen Meeting
Col Charles A Lindbergh dressed in a white surgeon outfit spent the day at Rockefeller Institute guiding biologists on installing the artificial heart device. He and Mia Lindbergh, guests of Danish friend Cap A M Dam, plan to fly to London then return for the August 10 opening of the International Biological Congress in Copenhagen where Dr Alexs Carrel will also attend.
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Copenhagen
Charles A. Lindbergh
Rockefeller Biological Institute
Lindbergh
Alexs Carrel
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Earler
Mia Lindbergh
Berlin
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Willia Willis
Robert Quillen
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Purley
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