Labor Fight To Finish Threatens New Federation Rumor
In Lewis Camp Washington Aug 6 labor factions threaten a split with the American Federation of Labor after the federation suspends L Lewis and 1 000 000 followers for rebellion. Rival unions may vie for members as the AFL faces a potential division or rise of rebels amid a three day trial and a 30 day deadline to reintegrate or replace.
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Washington
American Federation of Leaders
A L. Lewis
Tion
A. F. of
L T
Hts of Labor
A. F. of Stative Council
Lewis Group
United Mine Works
Strangland
Rebel Reinforcements Slip Through Blockade
Loyalist forces report gains against rebels in northern strongholds as 4000 Moroccan reinforcements land from Franco's forces to press toward Madrid. Madrid announces a wide air campaign and clashes persist in the Straits of Gibraltar with reports of vessel damage and submarine losses.
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Associated Press
Spain
Madrid
Aragon
Barcelona
Zaragoza
Straits of Gibraltar
Francisco Franco
Spanish Morocco
Germany
Russia
Italy
Quai D’orsay
Guadarrama
Sprinting Chase Nets Guilford Negro Held by Deputy
Deputy Burrows pursues James Anderson through Greensboro streets after a high speed chase from a freight car to Highland road. Anderson, accused of stealing shoes from a freight car in Alexandria, Va, was captured with a knife seen, but not used, and faces larceny charges in Greens.
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H. Burrows
Guilford County
James Anderson
Dieton
Irons
Pick‘Cotton Mills
Jake Newton
Highland Road
Andersonagh West End
Burrows
Anderson
Alexandria
Varn
Polite Bandit Reported In Ond City Robberies
Reports describe a polite bandit in Ond Virginia who held up victims and forced them to drive around the city. He returned cars and keys after demanding ransom like acts, then left the vehicles parked for witnesses to note.
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Ond
Tuberculosis Increase Reported in High Point July
Captain John Huff sanitary inspector notes July TB rise in High Point with eight cases vs June's one. Not all July cases may be new. many had months of illness. Total reportable diseases 16 in July, 27 in 1935, with 2 diphtheria and 4 scarlet fever among them. Huff conducted 240 inspections and oiled 20 miles of ditches for mosquitoes.
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John Huff
Huff
Attempt To Change Name Is Contested
John Marion Fox, former husband of Joan Bennett, challenged her petition to change their eight year old daughter Diana Bennett Fox's last name to that of her husband Gene Markey. Fox urged keeping the Bennett name while Bennett prepared to present her side as the hearing was continued to August 19.
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Los Angeles
Joan Bennett
John Marion Fox
Diana Bennett Fox
Gene Markey
Fox
Miss Bennett
Dutch Queen Wilhelmina May Abdicate Crown
London reports Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands may abdicate next year after 338 years on the throne. The London Daily Herald predicts Princess Juliana will marry Prince Charles of Sweden and succeed to the throne as her consort changes the line of succession.
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London
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
London Daily Herald
Juliana
Charles
Sweden
Herald
Two Killed as Big Bus Overturns on Mountain Road
A Pittsburgh to New York bus overturned twice in heavy rain on a mountain road 12 miles west of Huntingdon Pennsylvania in the early hours, killing two and injuring thirteen. Six passengers were trapped. rescue work lasted four hours. Driver George Kukich escaped injury and said the bus skidded after cresting a hill.
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Huntingdon
Pittsburgh
New York
Martha Gray
Washington
Lois Kelly
Coalport
George Kukich
Lovelock and Towns shine in Olympic track events
Berlin reports Jack Lovelock won the 1500 meters in 3 47.8 as he cut Bill Bonthron’s world mark, Glenn Cunningham and Luigi Becccalini also posted fast times, and Forrest Towns tied the world best in the 110 meter hurdles with 14.2 seconds.
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Berlin
Jesse Owens
Jack Lovelock
Forrest Towns
America
Germany
Scandinavia
Owens
Lovelock
Bill Bonthron
British Empire
Glenn Cunningham
Lawrence
Kans
Bonthon
Cunningham
Luigi Becccali
Italy
Archie San Romani
Frontenac
Canada
Phil Edwards
Towns
Demotion of Secret Service Officials Shocks Treasury
Secretary Morgenthau revealed the demotion of two Secret Service officials after an inquiry showed covert attempts to probe the FBI. Assistant Chief Joseph E. Murphy loses one grade and Grady Boatwright is moved to field service amid regret from Cummings and Washington officials. Wheat output in Guilford, Randolph, Davidson, and Forsyth shows a notable yield rebound despite drought concerns, with Clinard Milling buying around 6,000 bushels and W A Davis reporting record purchases.
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Washington
Secret Service
Morgenthau
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Joseph E. Murphy
Grady Boatwright
St. Paul
W. H. Moran
Treasury
Cummings
Justice Department
Murphy
Treasury Department
Guilford
Randolph
Davidson
Forsyth
Clinard Milling Company
W. A. Davis Milling Company
Anti New Dealers To Meet Tomorrow in Detroit
Prominent anti New Deal Democrats about 30 strong will convene in Detroit for an informal conference to discuss plans for the fall campaign. Sterling B. Edmunds of St. Louis notes growing turnout and declining secrecy as the meeting approaches.
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Detroit
Sterling B. Edmunds
St. Louis
Edmunds
Thompson To Run On Union Ticket For Illinois Governor
Chicago attorney Thompson aligned with Rep. Lemke third party forces announced that former Mayor William Hale Thompson would be the union party candidate for Illinois governor. Lemke, the union party presidential candidate, authorized selection of the state ticket with Father Coughlin backing.
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Chicago
Newton Jenkins
William Lemke
William Hale
Big Bill” Thompson
Union Party
Illinois
Lemke
R-Nd
Charles BE
Coughlin
Detroit
Jenkins
United States
Rep
Ilinois
New National Party
Defendant Sticks To Changed Story In Kidnapping Trial
In Detroit on August 6, Frederick A. Gulley the defendant who altered his testimony maintained his denial of a Black Legion flogging during cross examination. The defense rested its case in the trial of six men on kidnapping and assault charges as Gulley stood firm on his changed account of the events.
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Detroit
Frederick A. Gulley
Black Legion
Gulley
Robert Penand
Duncan
Four Year Old Girl Hurt in Nash County
Rocky Mount reports Sheriff Johnston says a 17 year old Nash county youth is jailed in connection with an alleged incident involving a four year old girl in a remote area Tuesday. The girl was hurt but could not positively identify the suspect. The alleged act took place in a cornfield near the Brantley home.
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Rocky Mount
C. L. Johnston
Nashville
Nash County
Willard Bass
Faris Brantley
A. M. Brantley
Nash Farmer
Brantleys
Nash County Recorder
Johnston
Bass
Brantley Home
Verdict in Dog Case Denounced
Brockport, N Y August 6 A six month old mongrel named Idaho was sentenced to 26 months confinement as a dangerous animal in the water. The dog accused of causing a boy swimmer’s drowning will be given a two week vacation before confinement. The verdict drew cheers from spectators while a protest from the mother of the drowned boy grew heated.
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Brockport
N. Y
Idaho
Mary Foubister
Rochester Dog Protective Association
Canandaigua Lake
Victor Fortune
Justice of the Peace
Homer
Benedict
Anna Breeze
Robert Breeze
Barge Canal
Thieves At Work In Peach Orchards
Peach growers in this region tighten precautions after a robbery at the Chapin orchard along the Aberdeen Pinehurst highway. Two men disarmed a guard, then stripped two trees and hauled peaches away in a truck.
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Southern Pines
Chapin Orchard
Aberdeen-Pinehurst
Explosion traps British miners at Wharncliffe Wood Moor mine
A massive early morning explosion in the Wharncliffe Wood Moor colliery near Barnsley England entombed more than 60 miners. Rescue teams recovered eight bodies and ruled out hopes for survivors as fire and gas filled the chamber.
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Barnsley
York
Eng
Wharncliffe, Wood, Moor
James Henderson
Alleged Robber Bound Over For Court In Bank Heist
Ernest Giles Faulkner, 37 year old Gainesville weaver, held for federal grand jury in Greenville DC on $10,000 bond after lineup identification by Harry Bell of Bank of Ward. Faulkner denied involvement, claiming he was in Augusta at the time.
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Atlanta
Ernest Giles Faulkner
Gainesville
Greenville
D. C
U. S
Faulkner
Augusta
Plot to wreck train linked to Mrs Vann and Earl Travis
Milton Fra August 6 The state’s testimony centers on a plot to kill engineer L W Vann so Mrs Mary Vann could wed Earl Travis. Negro Allen Findley testified he would be paid $50 to aid Langston in stopping Vann’s train. Langston also pled guilty to conspiring.
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Milton
Fra
Mary Vann
L. W. Vann
Earl Travis
Allen Findley
Vann
BE. W. Sanders
Travis
Langston
Eight Die as Plane Crashes Near St Louis Airport
All eight aboard perished when a cage and Southern Air plane plunged to a field about 1 000 feet after takeoff from St Louis airport en route to Chicago. Officials identified Vernon Omlie and seven other victims including pilot Carl Zier and co pilot Russell Mossman. The crash occurred shortly after 10 p m with radio contact lost and search begun by dispatchers and local authorities.
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ST. Louis
Chi Company
R. H. Moore
Moore
Vernon Omlie
Vate Aviation
Mphis
Tenn
Ph Omlie
Memphis
W Flier
Carl Zier
Chicago
Russell Mossman
New Orleans
A. R. Holt
Boston
Mass
Vernon Ombe
Louis
L. B. Tiernan
Louis County
Commutation Sought for 70 Year Old Inmate in Raleigh Case
In Raleigh on August 6 a legal defense for 70 year old John Kinyon pressed the Pardon Commissioner to commute his death sentence for a criminal assault. Solicitor Leo Carr urged clemency due to age and low mentality, while the solicitor argued the inmate was capable of dynamite work. The case was under consideration.
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Raleigh
John Kinyon
Edwin Gill
Leo Carr
Edgecombe Plans One Million Dollar Road Claim
Tarboro reports Edgecombe County seeks to recover about 1 million dollars for road expenditures incurred before state central government took over those roads. The filing forms part of multiple county claims against the state.
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Tarboro
Edgecombe
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