Butler and King Oppose Pinchot in Repeal Challenge
Prohibitionists plan to contest the legality of state conventions that ratified repeal amendments, arguing delegates elected at large violate district-based representation as ruled by Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court. Canon William Shears Chase asserts such elections are unconstitutional under the federal constitution.
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Wilson
United Press
Washington
Supreme Court of
Maine
New York
New Jersey
William Shears Chase
Chase
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Former friends to campaign against Pinchot for Senate
By Paul Comly French Philadelphia July 26 Should Governor Gifford Pinchot seek the United States Senate seat now held by David A Reed two of his former friends Major General Smedley D Butler and Dr Clyde L King will campaign against him Butler a former Marine general who ran for the seat last election with Pinchot support was defeated and alleges he was outed by the governor's political machine King formerly chair of the state public service commission and now dairy chief in the farm adjustment admin was asked to resign by Pinchot after the assembly adjourned a court battle followed and King relinquished his state post.
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Paul Comly French
United Press
Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
United States
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Smedley D. Butler
Clyde L. King
James J Davis
Pinchot
Utler Ia
Pinotot
King
Feneral Farm Adjustment Administration
State Public Service Commission
General Assembly
William Schnader
State Superior Court
State police to be ordered to mine fields
Uniontown dispatch reports southwestern Pennsylvania coal field risk as United Mine Workers threaten widespread strike. Governor Pinchot orders state police to Brownsille mine to curb violence after clashes injure deputy sheriff and miners. Strike aims to limit picketing with possible shutdown of up to 80 percent of mines across five counties by week’s end.
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United Mine Workers of America
Harrisburg
Prick Coal Company
Brownsville
Fayette County
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Lynn Adams
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Gov Pinchot
Washington, Greene
Fayette
Westmoreland
Somerset
Wmn. Fevney
Governor's Day Observed at Mt Gretna and Indiantown Gap
Governor Pinchot reviewed National Guard troops at Camp Richards Mt Gretna Pa and later at Indiantown Gap where field artillery units assembled. The 56th Infantry Brigade 111th and 117th infantry regiments 103rd engineer regiments 28th Division specialized troops and 24th Division train took part in the ceremonies and drills.
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Mt. Gretna
National Guard
Indiantown Gap
Pinchot
Edward ©. Shannon
Diplains
Camp Richards. Com
S6th
Brigaldier
Robert M Brookfield
Philadephis
Probe crash of army plane kills seven
An army board of inquiry was ordered at March Field and the county coroner directed an inquest in San Diego to determine the cause of a bombing plane crash near Oceanside. Seven men were killed including Lieut Carl Murray Kyler Archit W Snodgrass Hervick War saw Corp Walter Taylor Pvt Stanley Back Albert Overend Vincent Galdin. The ship left March Field shortly before noon on a regular training mission to Rockwell Field San Diego.
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Oceanside
Cal
Army Board of
March Field
San Diego
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Ray
Kyler
Ida
Sergi
Archit W. Snodgrass
San Antonio
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Hervick
Warsaw
Ind
Walter T. ‘Taylor
Os Angeles
Stanley Back
Detroit
Mich
Albert Overend
Coronado
Calif
Vincent Galdin
Green River
Mareh Wield
Rock- Well Pield
Four Gunmen Ambush Police Car in West Virginia
In Charleston West Virginia July 26 a police car carrying a prisoner was ambushed by four gunmen. Deputy Roy Shamblin was killed and Deputy G L Dudley wounded after their car was struck by gunfire. The prisoner, 19 year old Doward Harper, was found dead in Huntington. Harper had been sentenced to 24 years for armed robbery and had recently escaped from Caninks County jail. A state-wide search for the assailants was begun. Dudley survived the attack and reported the ambush. The gunmen seized Harper and fled toward Charleston after the shooting.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dowsrd Harper
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Charlestown
Roy Shamblis
G. L. Dudley
Harper
Dudley
Shamblin
Huntington
Moundsville
Caninks County
Heare Altelrials
Pittsburgh youth held on counterfeit bill charges
A 23 year old Daniel L Mike was detained in Pittsburgh for alleged passing of counterfeit $1 bills. Police say a plastic bill was traced to him and federal agents report a confession. Two hundred counterfeit notes were found by boys in an old ure inner tribe near Audlend Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
New Lebanon
United States
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Daniel L. Mike
Rose Marie Clark
Fitisburen
Thla
Miike
Hey
Federsl
Audlend
Kidnaping Menace Moves to Front With Federal Drive
July 26 Washington. Attorney General Cummings, after a meeting with President Roosevelt, said the federal government is prepared to fund a nationwide drive to stamp out the kidnaping wave. He stressed that the fight must be won and that funds are ready for the effort.
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United Press
Washington
Cummings
Roosevelt
No Candidates Announce For School Board
Prients of Charles S. Monroe pressuring the former board member to seek the office again. Two seats are to be filled in November, with Harry B. Smith and Dr H Al Curtis not running for re election. The school board president and treasurer roles held by Smith and Curtis respectively. No other candidates have emerged in local political circles this week.
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East Pleasant Street
Monroe
Board of
Muneaton
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H. al Curtis
Smiths
Curtia
Wee
Inglind
Glen Milles
Poison liquor claim elevates death toll in Philadelphia
United Press report from Philadelphia notes a fast rising death toll from poison liquor in West Philadelphia. Eleven people have died, at least two blinded, with several others in hospitals as doctors warn more may die. The first fatalities appeared yesterday, followed by additional deaths this afternoon. Victims include two women who suffered cramps and violent convulsions before dying.
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Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Roosevelt names George H. Earle minister to Austria
President Roosevelt selects George H. Earle of Pennsylvania to serve as minister to Austria. The appointment signals continued diplomatic ties and the administration’s selection of experienced public figures for overseas posts.
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Roosevelt Boing
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
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Austrii
New push on employment drive across sectors
Recovery Administrator Johnson touted pledges from thousands of employers to sign a voluntary agreement guaranteeing employment and minimum wages for all. Roosevelt urged governors to aid, as mass purchasing power must rise now. The Navy planned 21 new ships to create 18,080 jobs while labor and oil factions clash over policy.
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Roosevelt
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Navy Department
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Clothing Calle
Mrs Roosevelt speaks before large audience at amphitheatre
Mrs J D Roosevelt wife of the U S president addressed about seven thousand people at the Shentanqua Amphitheatre on the theme The New Responsibilities of Women urging women to play a key role in the New Deal for man and society.
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Chautauqua
New Deal
Jin D. Roosevelt
United States
Shentanqua
Roosevelt
Arthur E. Bester
Percy V. Pennypacker
Chautauqua Woman's Club
Dr Bestor
Actress Kathryn Carver seeks divorce from Menjou in New York suit
Los Angeles July 26 Adolphe Menjou the screen actor is accused by his wife Kathryn Carver of intoxication and abuse on multiple occasions. She charges threats of death and alleges he entertained another woman in a New York apartment hotel as part of a bid for divorce.
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Los Angeles
Adolphe ‘Menjou
Debonair
Fyice
New York
Kathryn Carver
Italian Fleet Lands Near New Harbor After Flight
Gen Balbo's squadron lands at Shoal Harbor after crossing from Italy toward Chicago. Eleven planes touched down at 12:85 p.m. about 50 miles from Shelburne as one bomber forced to land elsewhere. remaining 23 craft surfaced safely in the harbor guided by a 24 marker buoy.
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Nil
Balbo
1Tellanate Squadéin
Chicago
Sheiline
I-Hoys
Prince Edward Island
Roosevelt Appeals to Governors for Cooperation
President Roosevelt urged state governors to cooperate in a broad national recovery program. Speaking at the governors conference in San Francisco, he stressed joint federal and state efforts on oil production, economic readjustment, and regional land and water projects across major river valleys. He invited governors to a conference next winter and thanked them for backing the recovery drive.
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Frederick A. Storm
United Press
Washington
Rongevelt
San Francisco
Fed‘ral
Tennessee
Arkanans
Missouri
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Move to Review Many War Veterans' Cases
Washington July 26 Boards to review presumptive cases involving veterans under the government's economy move will be named within days. About 90 districts will host the boards and personnel will be named by the president, Brigadier General Hinep, director of the veterinary...
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Washington
White House
Hinep
Veterary Bu Tau
Police Chiefs Convene in Harrisburg on Co operation
Harrisburg hosts 800 police chiefs for a day long program on practical police cooperation between state and local forces. Major Lynn Adams heads the state police with a keynote on narcotics linked crime while Raymond D. Evans of Pittsburgh discusses drug issues and improved policing amid plans for officer nominations and addresses on crime prevention and child safety. Louis B. Braggin urges expanding the attorney general’s power to coordinate district attorneys and strengthen law enforcement efforts statewide.
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Raymond D. Evans
Pittsburgh
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Louis B. Grabbin
Pittaburgh
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