Rebellion in Madrid Crushed as Loyalists Strike
Loyal government troops crushed the rightist uprising in Madrid imprisoning over 1,000 officers while rebels still held Spanish Morocco and southern provinces. Gen Francisco Franco landed North African troops and claimed control of several airfields and towns as Madrid’s assault ended after four and a half hours of shelling.
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Madrid
Spanish Morocco
Spain
la Montana
Francisco Franco
Mediterranean
Drought Grip Breaks as Storms Sweep Plains and Midwest
Rains and cooler air following destructive winds ease drought across the corn belt. A Kansas-Missouri gale of 65 to 60 mph killed two and injured at least eight, with injuries from a tent collapse in Missouri. Damaging dust and downed lines troubled Kansas City and nearby towns as rain totals varied. One million farm families in 24 states were estimated to need federal aid.
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Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Forrest Powell
Independence
McCoy Amstott
Cameron
Pattonburg
Kansas City
Pattoneburg
Plattsburg
Leavenworth
Sundance
Wyo
Rexford G. Tugwell
Marks Topple As 340 Register Here Opening Day Record
Opening day at the Southern Furniture and Rug Mtoe market drew 340 registrations by 2 pm, a new record over January and July figures. Nine states were represented, led by Tennessee, with early buyers on site and strong purchasing, signaling a brisk two weeks ahead and potential price pressure.
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Southern Furniture
Rugue Mtoe
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Death of Mrs Jeremiah Cronin Shocks Sox
Ed Die Collins announced in Boston that Mrs. Jeremiah Cronin, mother of Joe Cronin, Sox manager, died in San Francisco early today. The death removes a longtime family matriarch linked to the club.
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Boston
Eddie Collins
Boston Red Sox
Jeremiah Cronin
Joe Cronin
Sox
San Francisco
Rebel Leaders Slain in Duran Go State Engagement
Mexico City July 20 AP reports three rebel leaders in Duran go state were slain in clashes with government forces. The war department announced the results of the recent encounters.
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Mexico City
Durango State
War Department
Long Beach Transient Held on Vagrancy Charge
Anthony J. Paris a 25 year old transient was held incommunicado in the city jail on vagrancy charges while federal authorities said they would question him about activities aboard the U S S Saratoga.
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Long Beach
Calif
Anthony J. Paris
U. S. S. Saratoga
Tokyo Holds Massive Air Defense Maneuvers
Eight million residents from Tokyo to Yokohama participated in a nationwide air defense drill beginning today. Officials ordered shelters and blackout practices as planners tested evacuation routes and communication systems across the metropolitan area.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Former Cuban Leader Machado Said To Be In Montreal
Montreal residents were told that Montrealer Montreal Geraro Machado, once president of Cuba, is believed to be in the city today. Only a few intimates know his precise location.
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Montreal
Geraro Machado
Cuba
Bible Society Moves After 83 Years In Astor Place
The American Bible Society relocated from the Red Brick Bible House on Astor Place after 83 years. It printed and bound 76,000,000 scriptures at the former site and transferred headquarters to a new modern building.
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New York
American Bible Society
Astor Place
Society
King Alfonso Departs Prague with Unannounced Destination
King Alfonso of Spain abruptly leaves Prague amid heavy baggage for an unspecified destination. The unexpected travel appears swift and unannounced, leaving observers and officials unsure of the royal itinerary.
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Praha
Czechoslovakia
Alfonso
Spain
Earthquakes Leave Tuquerres Rubble Amid Aftermath
In Tuquerres Colombia a strong quake destroyed remaining buildings late last night. The Southwest city suffered widespread damage as most structures collapsed and aftershocks continued.
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Colobia
Tuquerres
Oebia
Baldwin Motive Works Secures Five Passenger Engines
Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad placed orders for five passenger locomotives with Baldwin Motive Works to run south from Washington.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Motive Works
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad
Washon
Northwestern Wire strike ends with quiet surveillance
Special deputies and private officers maintained a watchful attitude through the second week of the Northwestern Wire company strike, staying in the background as tensions persisted.
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Sterling
Northwestern Wire Company
Jon
Longtime Claflin University president Dr L M Jon dies
Dr L M Jon, 88, longtime white president and emeritus head of Claflin University, the Negro college maintained by the Northern Methodist church, died at his campus home yesterday after years of leadership and service to the institution.
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8. C
L. M. Jon
Claflin University
Egro College
Northern Methodist Church Re
Orday
Emeri
Paramount Tyre Firm Sued Over Talent Poaching Claim
Los Angeles Paramount tyres corporation filed a damage suit alleging Samuel Goldwyn caused the Paramount Studio to lose Gary Cooper by enticing him away and signing with Goldwyn. The suit names Goldwyn and related parties in a dispute over talent rights and studio affiliations.
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Paramount Tyres Corporation
Samuel Goldwyn
Film Aser
Paramount
Gary Cooper
Passenger express by air links San Juan to Port of Spain
Reported today a United States passenger air service connects San Juan Puerto Rico with Port of Spain Trinidad in four hours covering 686 miles. Meanwhile France notes a generalized mobilization of all men ages 18 to 80 for defense amid rebel activity.
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Trinidad
Van-American Airys
San Juan
Puerto
Hendaye
France
Frontier Rds
Weather prospects dim for July 20 in New Orleans heaters
New Orleans weather outlook shows little sign of the southern heat wave forecast for July 20 as skies remain unsettled and humidity high across the region. Rain chances stay limited but could brush the area with isolated showers.
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New Orleans
Peltier’s Comet Visible Tonight Across Skies
Stargazers can see Peltier’s comet with the naked eye Tuesday night and it grows brighter toward its peak on August 4. Discovered by Leslie Peltier of Delphos Ohio the comet is now in Cassiopeia and will travel into Pegasus and Aquarius by early August. Astronomers say it will be bright like the dim stars in the Big Dipper and with a shorter tail than Halley’s.
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Leslie Peltier
Delphos
Ohio
Cassipela
William H. Barton, Jr
Hayden Planetarium
American Museum of Natural History
Pegasus
Professor Barton
Aquarius
Halley
Two Wrecks Slow Injured Boy to Charlotte Hospital
In Charlotte on July 20, 13 year old Max Litaker was injured in a double car accident chain. A good samaritan picked him up after a crash with his brother and then another vehicle turned over ahead. Two bystander drivers then transported him and the first helper to the hospital for first aid.
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Charlotte
Max Litaker
Max
Mea
Search for ship proves fruitless
Tampa Florida July 20 The sea held its secret as ships and planes broadened the search for the motor ship Nuncoa missing with 22 aboard. The 110 foot vessel left Georgetown Grand Cayman July 4 bound for Tampa carrying provisions for 22 and nine crew with no wireless. Cuban gunboats and coast guard craft from Tampa Mobile and Key West joined Honduran British Honduras Jamaica Grand Cayman vessels in the futile hunt.
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Key West
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Clothing Is Torn From Girl Worker In Chattanooga Strike
A few hundred demonstrators organized by labor tore clothing from a girl worker at the Bennett-Hubbard candy plant in Chattanooga. The crowd barred entry to other non union workers, while police escorted some inside. Four late arrivals were blocked, and three girls remained trapped in their car for two hours.
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Tenn
Bennett-Hubbard
Raleigh invites bids for state printing work
The division of purchase and contract called for bids by July 30 to undertake part of the state's printing for the current fiscal year.
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Raleigh
Division of Purchase
Death Rides Highways Of State Seven Are Killed
Charlotte dispatch reports a deadly North Carolina weekend with at least seven deaths and many injuries from traffic crashes. Names include Douglas Glass from Bessemer City and Johnnie Greggs 24 of Greensboro, plus Miss Bellah York 24 of Virginia. Pred Teague WPA engineer died in a crash near Charlotte and Helen Farmer 16 of Cramerton died in a separate wreck near Gastonia. Additional deaths occurred near Conover Asheboro Laurinburg and a drowning of Zeb Burnett 23 Cabarrus County.
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Greensboro
Douglas Glass
Bessmer
Johnnie Greggs
Bellah York
Helen Delpt
Carroll County
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Greensboro High Point Highway
Pred Teague
WPA
Granite Falls
Helen Farmer
Cramerton
Gastonia
Conover
West Williams
Marion
High Point
Herman Craven
Lexington
William Billings
Barnum Springs
Zeb Burnett
Cabarrus County
Alibi of Violinist At Center Of Asheville Slaying
Sheriff Brown says he will question violinist Mark Wollner tonight as witnesses challenge his alibi regarding the murder of Helen Clevenger. Wollner and Mildred Ward are detained with hotel nightwatchman Daniel H Gaddy, no charges filed yet. The sheriff compares the case to the Nancy Titterton murder in New York as eight deputies work to locate further witnesses.
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Asheville
Laurence E. Brown
Mark Wollner
Mildred Ward
Wollner
Helen Clevenger
North Carolina
Miss Ward
Daniel H. Gaddy
Clevenger
Brown
Titterton
South
Nancy Titterton
Broadcasting Company
New York
New York University
Battery Park
Excitement Over Strike Breakers At Pickett Cotton Mills
Striking workers at Pickett Cotton Mills report reports of strike breakers as about 200 of 250 workers gather at the mill gates. Pickets man gates through the night and a religious service was held yesterday afternoon with local pastors assisting. The strike committee has provided food and aid to 73 families as relief funds and gifts flow in.
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J. W. Thompson
Shady Grove
Labor placements rise in North Carolina year totals
Mrs May Thompson Evans director of the North Carolina state employment service reported today that private industry placements in the 1985 86 fiscal year rose by 3209 from the prior year and total placements increased to 61605. Total registrations reached 174682 in 1935 36 with an active balance of 103322 in 1935 36.
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Raleigh
May Thompson Evans
North Carolina State Employment Service
Two in Death Row for Death of 3 Year Old
Hollidaysburg PA July 20 Mrs Margaret Karmendi 24 and Roy T Lockard laborer were sentenced to die in the electric chair for killing the couple's 3 year old son Sonny Karmendi Jr April 21 The child was allegedly disposed at a hospital as having been hit by a car The two faced separate trials with Lockard taking blame at Karmendi's trial and the jury convicting her of first degree murder pending governor fixed execution dates.
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Hollidaysburg
Margaret Karmendi
Roy T. Lockard
Commonwealth
Lockard
Matthew
Sonny” Karmendi, Jr
Karmendi
Sonny
Sunday school superintendent held after family killings
Erie, July 20. A 40 year old Sunday school superintendent Samuel C. Weed, accused of slaying his wife and two children, mumbled about a cardinal sin after a night in a straight jacket. He admitted fatally beating his family with a machinist hammer following a struggle for a guard's pistol.
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Erie
Samuel C. Weed
Richard J. Dundon
Former Convict Is Killed By Police
In Chicago on July 20 officers shot and killed an armed former convict found prowling the rear porch of a south side nurse’s home. William Keane, 28, paroled last March from Joliet penitentiary after robbery charges.
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Chicago
South Side
William Keane
Joliet Penitentiary
Alleged Kidnapper Out On Bail In Norfolk Case
Belle Bennett Andrews was released on bail of 2000 dollars in Norfolk on a federal kidnapping charge. Judge Luther B. Way approved the bail on recommendation of Assistant District Attorney Russell Bradford. The case involves taking Miss Mabel Hutchins from Norfolk toward a location near New Bern.
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Norfolk
Belle Bennett Andrews
District of
North Carolina
Luther B. Way
Russell Bradford
Survey Began In Paralysis Area
In Nashville Tennessee Dr W C Williams state health commissioner and Dr Charles Armstrong of the federal health service began a survey of Tennessee areas affected by infantile paralysis. Alabama reported two new cases Tennessee one and Mississippi none with ten deaths and over 170 children stricken in recent weeks.
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Nashville
Tenn
W. C. Williams
Charles Armstrong
Federal Health Service
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Abandoned Baby Found In Garage In Southport
An abandoned two month old baby boy was found in a private garage in Southport. A note on the blanket pleaded for a home from a loving mother unable to keep the child. The infant was temporarily taken to Brunswick County Hospital.
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Southport
Brunswick County Hospital
Three Arrested in Four Thefts
Three persons are held in city jail on breaking and entering and larceny charges connected to four breakings over the weekend. Willie Johnson, address listed as city, allegedly emerged from a rear window of W. F Austin and Son Furniture at 209 North Main Street. Leonard, 16, and Grady Jones, 17, each held on $750 bonds for related incidents at Cecil's Service Station No 7 on English Street and the Automatic Lathe Cutter head company on West High Street. Police report the Russell's Food store break in on South Main and other sites, with modest losses, and say more arrests may follow as inquiries continue.
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City
Willie Johnson
W. F Austin and Son
North Main Street
Sald Leonard
Grady Jones
Cecil
English Street
West High Street
Russell's
South Main Street
Party Leaders Await Landon Speech Amid Campaign Tensions
Washington July 20. Party leaders eagerly await Governor Alf M Landons speech accepting the Republican nomination in Topeka as drought labor dissension and Townsend convention developments press issues. Candidates discuss stressing fundamental principles while coordinating nationwide campaigns with senate house and governorship races. Roosevelt Lehman Murphy Knox are noted as key figures shaping strategy.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Topeka
Townsend
Principe
Gov
London
Re ~Evelt
Two Are Injured When Hit By Car
Asheboro July 20 Two sisters Nannie Had dock 28 and Frances Had dock 38 were struck by a car north of town while walking along the highway. The vehicle driven by F. B. Hayes of Tams West Virginia reportedly tried to pass a truck and forced off the road. Both women suffered fractured legs and minor bruises and cuts. No arrests. sheriff's office investigating.
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Sheriff's Office
Nannie
Frances Haddock
F. 8
Hayes
Tams
W. Va
Weather outlook for Carolinas with clouds and showers
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday in North Carolina. Cloudy with scattered showers Tuesday in South Carolina and possible tonight on the south coast.
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South Carolina
South Coast
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