Government Seizes Vast Clerical Wealth in Spain War
Madrid reports seizure of more than 200 million pesetas worth of currency gold jewels and securities belonging to the Sisters of St Vincent de Paul. Other reports say gasoline stores were wrecked at Bilbao as Loyalist forces press defenses.
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Madrid
Spain
Russia
Guadarrama
Bank of Credit Lyonnais
Bilbao
Peretas
National Confederation of Labor
Central
Tecuel
Fortney Addresses Imported Labor For South Side Bridge
Col C P Fortney consulting engineer for the span says the use of imported labor on the South Side bridge is temporary. The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Co of Milwaukee holds the contract and faced protests last week from the local unions. Fortney notes the firm will start with key steel men then absorb local steel workers as preliminary work ends, with officials confirming early use of external workers before shifting to local crews. Mayor One Dawson says the bridge committee will raise the issue with the Wisconsin firm this week.
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New South Side
Col. C. P. Fortney
Wisconsin Bridge
Ron Company of
Milwaukee
Bulleting Trades
Iron Workers Unions
Fartney
Wisconsin
Tam
O.ne Dawson
Citizens’ Bridge Committee
Uruguay Urges Americas Mediate in Spanish War
Uruguay proposes all American powers including the United States mediate to end the Spanish civil war. Foreign minister dispatches identic telegrams to North and South American nations seeking friendly mediation under Pan American union, possibly in Washington or another capital.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
United States
Jealousy Fatal Double Tragedy in Durham
Durham and his wife Lillian Durham died from gunshot wounds after a Saturday night incident in Charleston. John C. Durham 39, a cake factory supervisor, was shot near Summers and Donnally streets and died at a hospital. Mrs. Durham 34 shot herself after wounding her husband then turned the rifle on herself. Police say she hid under a porch and confessed jealousy motive. Dr. James E. Roberts ruled it murder and self inflicted death.
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John C. Durham
Donnally Street
Lillian W. Durham
Charleston
W. A. Tully
James E. Roberts
Entunty Cors Oner
Kot
Durham
Summers
Donnally
John McKinne
Tully
Fascist Officer Sacrifices Self to Shield Gun Nest
A rebel infantry captain Don Fernando Nieva died after covering the muzzle of a government machine gun to allow his Carlini followers to seize the nest near Ebro on the Navarre front. He led the assault uphill until within fifty meters then shouted Espana before leaping the gun. His action enabled his troops to overtake the position.
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Espana
Woman slain in hotel room shock waves through Chicago
Chicago reports a brutal murder in a third floor State hotel room. Mrs. Mary Louise Trammell, 24, wife of a TVA manager, was found nude and strangled with facial and throat marks. Her husband, W. C. Trammell, discovered the body after returning from a train trip. Authorities note similar killings in the downtown area within months and suspect criminal attack using a brick weapon.
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Chicago
Chicago Stowntown
Mary Louise Trammell
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville, Tenn
State Hotel
South State Street
W. C. Trammell
Grand Trunk Railroad
Trammell
John W. Born
Lillian Guild
Florence Thompson Castle
Brickbat
Fifth of A Cent A Day Paid For Relief Series Began
The New York Moat dispatched a staff reporter to Kansas to report on relief, labor, civil service and state issues. This first installment introduces Governor Landen and his record while outlining the investigation's scope and aims.
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Kansas
Baitor
Landen
New York Moat
Landon county relief rolls amid nationwide dole burden
Independence Kansas faces a harsh relief reality as Montgomery county relies on federal funds for 84 percent of aid while local and state shares shrink. The piece details minimal benefits for unemployables, county bonds to cover costs, and the strain on budgets amid multiple plant closures and ongoing welfare needs.
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Haven Roderts
New York Post
New York Post, Inc
Alfred M. Landon
Independence
Kans
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Landon
State of
Kansas
Kansas Emergency Relief Commission
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
U.S
Alf Landon
Hone
Works Progress Administration
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Sieclair
Caney
Cherryvale
WEA
Death Mystery Ties Teacher Shrader to Aurora Baby-Drama
In Aurora, Illinois on August 19, 105, police probe the suspected murder of Blanche Shrader, a Shabbona schoolteacher found in Fox River. Autopsy shows blunt head trauma. initial theory suggests suicide amid financial strains and fiancé issues. Sheriff Meier notes sightings in Aurora and Shabbona, with a likely male companion prior to the body’s discovery.
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Aurora
Blanche Stuader
Shabborn
William Meier
Swerthrart
Warran
Stallow Waltr
Fox River
Wather
Here
Shander
Shabbona
Illness Halts Fr. Coughlin At National Convention
Fr Charles E Coughlin fell ill and halted his denouncement of the Hoover administration during the first National Union for Social Justice convention in Cleveland. He said he could not continue with ten minutes of radio time left, as Willon Lemke and Thomas C O'Brien watched. Doctors attributed exhaustion and nervous indigestion. Coughlin planned rest for at least a week.
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Cleveland
Mrark
Fev
Charles E. Cougblin
Hoovevelt
Bis Bote
National Union For Social Justice
Walter Davis
Willon Lemke
North Dakota
Union Party
Thomas C. O'Brien
Boston
George J. O'Malley
Hhy Broom
Father Coughlins
Thomas J. Coughlin
Royal Oak
Tite
Please Turn a Page Three Col Four
A request to readers to turn to Page 3 Column 4 for continued coverage. The brief note indicates continuation of a story or feature across page and column, urging attention to the next segment.
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Oviedo
Zaragoza
Lilian
Richard Graham
Charles Howe
Steel Employment Reaches Record High in 1929June
New York Am 16. The American Iron and Steel Institute reports 498000 wage and salaried workers in the steel industry, up more than 6000 in a month and 22000 from a year ago, with payrolls totaling 63000000, a 47 percent rise from the prior year. Wage earners numbered 467000 in June amid near eight percent wage increases. Industry capacity use remained strong while operations ran at 20 percent of capacity in earlier months. Average pay for wage earners rose about 41. GoM cents per hour, with June wage rates increasing.
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New York
American Tron & Steel Instate
Cates
Army Quartermasters See Food Price Boost
Army quartermasters predicted a 20 percent price rise for food by next spring as they plan CCC purchases. They argue the ration includes 39 essential items and will raise costs for the average family. Drought and improved business conditions push demand for quality groceries, with dairy, meat, and vegetables costs rising for CCC feeds.
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Washington
Elyhion Conservation Corps
Army
CCC
AAU Suspends Jesse Owens for Unauthorized Run Out
BERLIN August 16 The Amateur Athletic Union suspended Jesse Owens Ohio State Negro triple Olympic winner after he and coach Larry Snider reportedly planned a switch from a Sweden trip with the American track team to turning professional. Officials including Avery Brundage and Dan Ferris acted at a stadium conference as Owens and Snider cancelled flight plans.
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Berlin
Sweden
Jesse Owens
Ohio State
Amateur Athletic Union
Larry Snidrt
Americal
Avery Brundage
American Olympic Committee
Dan Ferris
Olympic Stadium
Owens
Shyder
Stockholm
Landon
Teme
Treasure Hoard Found Hidden in Shoe Boxes After Woman's Death
Royal Nets Aug 16. A treasure hoard found hidden in clothing and shoe boxes in the home of the late Mrs Joste Warker promised wealth to her 32 heirs. The fortune of 10000 in cash and bonds was put in a bank by court order after three heirs uncovered the secret stash. Mrs Floyd Cote of Royal who cared for Mrs Hackett found 20000 in cash and bonds wrapped in paper in a shoe box drawer before Mrs Hackett died three weeks ago. She kept the discovery secret fearing a robbery but then told relatives who sought a will.
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Royal
Nets
Joste Warker Promiser
Tne
Wirre
Floyd Cote
Hackett
Cale
Christ Never Changes Says Baptist Minister
The Unchanging Christ is the sermon subject prepared for the Gazette by Rev. John Roy Wolfe of Dunbar First Baptist. Based on Hebrews 13 8 the sermon notes mankind seeks permanence amid constant change in government region character business and science with a call to hold to spiritual stability.
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John Roy Wolfe
First Baptist Church
Dunbar
Jesus Christ
Careless Buying of Former Regime Resulted in Tragedy
A historical column discusses state purchasing reforms, noting savings from a new department of purchases and contrasting with past boards. It attributes a chain of events leading to disgrace and death to previous procurement practices under the former administration, while highlighting cost reductions and eliminations of multiple purchasing roles.
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State Department
Kemp
Noard
Stile Board of Control
Board of Control
Stair Board of Control
Department For Purchases
Grey Department
Is Department of Purchases
Andal
Sub-Machine Gun Fire Kills 11 at Yukon Beer Parlor
In Yukon, a crowd of African Americans leaving a beer parlor was sprayed with bullets by unknown assailants using a sub machine gun. Eleven were shot, four critically, with seven released after treatment. Police offered no motive, citing unmoved targets and unclear assailants. Witness Lulu Blount described a foreign accented man before the attack. Investigators continued inquiry as the incident stunned the small mining community.
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N. T. Sites
Lulu Brount
Richard Blount
Groop
A. B. Grasty
Flashes of Life In These U S
A New York guard encounter with a skunk prompts humorous defense remarks as soldiers feed the creature and a New Jersey officer details a strange animal episode. In Woodbine New Jersey dog catchers Bernard Jargowsky and Eddie Pollock face enforcement orders to seize and euthanize unlicensed dogs revealing local animal control tensions.
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Peekskill
New York National Guard
Woodbine
MN. J
Bernard Jargowsky
Jargowsky
Eddie Pollock
New York Shakedown: $2 Million Fake Bills Found at Wasserman Home
Secret Service agents raided Benjamin Wasserman's residence and seized counterfeit currency totaling $2,000,000 along with plates and presses from novelty dealers. Wasserman is arrested on charges of counterfeiting as authorities probe the scheme and his role in producing the bogus money.
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New York
United States Secret Service
Benjamin Wasserman
States of America
Secret Service
Wasserman
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J. C Fillmer
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Warmer
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Moye Colony
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