San Sebastian Recaptured as Rebels Bombard Cadiz
Loyalist forces claim victory on land while rebels strike sea in the Spanish Civil War. San Sebastian reportedly retaken from rebels after two days of fighting. ships reportedly sunk near Cadiz by rebel planes. Heavy bombardment of La Linea and fierce clashes centered at San Sebastian near the ambassador’s summer residence.
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Associated Press
San Sebastian
Spanish Morocco
Bay of Biscay
Reuter
Seville
Spain
Lisbon
Portugal
Cadiz
la Linea
Gibraltar
London
Claude G. Bowers
Progra
Turkish Engineering Corps Rebuilds Dardanelles Fortifications
Turkish engineering corps began work today to reconstruct fortifications in the remilitarized Dardanelles zone and install heavy artillery, signaling preparations for renewed military posture in the strategic strait.
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Istanbul
Dardanelles
Irish leader dies at 40 in Dublin
Sir Osmond Grattan Besmonde, a prominent Republican member of the Dail, died today in Dublin during the Irish Free State era.
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Dublin
Suffolk Downs sees favorites in Massachusetts Handicap
Boston-Discovery and Good Gamble, both from the Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt stable, led the wagering in the mile Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs, a race added 825 000 dollars.
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Boston
Discovery
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Good Gamble
Massachusetts
Suffolk Downs
Weather bulletin notes tropical disturbance near Mona Passage
The weather bureau announced that San Juan Puerto Rico observed a tropical disturbance of moderate intensity with a small diameter located a short distance north of the Mona Passage, likely moving northwestward or west-northwestward. The Jacksonville Florida office relayed the advisory.
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Jacksonville
Fla
The
Weather Bureau Today
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Mona Passage
Dallas Title Bout Sets Petey Garron Against Manuel
Dallas, Texas hosts the first titular bout as Petey Garron a former Birmingham newsboy who spent 14 years as featherweight champion challenges the Cuban southpaw Manuel in a ten weeks old title defense tonight.
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Dallas
Tex
Little Petey Garron
Birmingham
Dangerous Baby Manuel
Texas
Hunger Army Asks $100 Million Relief At Capitol
In Harrisburg a self styled hunger army of several hundred coatless men and women camped in the rotunda demanding $100 million for relief of the unemployed and to aid families including children.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Washington reports June foreign trade gap narrowed
Preliminary figures from the commerce department show imports totaling 1092,283,000 and exports lower by 7,045,000, indicating a reduced trade deficit for June. The report highlights the larger import figure and the narrowing gap between imports and exports.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Berg Returns to Ring at Ebbets Field Tonight
New York lightweight Jackie Berg known as Kid Berg makes a comeback bid at Ebbets Field tonight aiming to reestablish himself after earlier sensational performances in the division.
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New York
Jackie
Kid) Berg
Ebbetsfield
Soviet Fliers Complete Nonstop Polar Flight
Chekaloft and Baidukoff flew 7 578 kilometers from Moscow over the polar circle to far Siberia in a non stop journey by wireless today.
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Moscow
Chekaloft
Baidukoff Reby
Polar Circle
Biberia
Mexico City Threatens General Electrical Worker Strike
The national federation of electrical workers warned a general strike could occur in ten days if the power dispute in Mexico City is not resolved.
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Mexico City
National Federation of Electrical Workers
Boston Doctor James L Barton Dies At 18
The obituary notes the death of Boston born Dr James L Barton aged 18 an author lecturer and missionary founder of the Near East relief. The item records his role and his age at death and links him to his work with Near East relief.
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Boston
James L. Barton
The
Near East Relief
Prike Ends Camden Strike As Workers Ratify Compromise
Camden New Jersey RCA workers vote to end four week walkout after a compromise pact including a National Labor Board employee poll to determine a collective bargaining agent.
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PRIKE
Camden
N. J
RCA
National Labor Board
Bur o Talmadge accuses federal agents of intimidating campaign supporters
In Moultrie Georgia Governor Bur o Talmadge charged that federal agents are pressuring his Senate bid backers with threats of income tax prosecutions.
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Harges Interferrence
Moultrie
Bur O Talmadge
United States Senate
Lions International hold second day events with golf and fashion
Hons Mert Province R I reports the second day of the Lions International convention featuring a men's golf tournament and a breakfast and style shows for women companions.
Fires Spread Across Helena Montana as Drought Bites
In Helena Montana 1600 firefighters battle week long blazes driven by heat and dry conditions. Officials say containment remains difficult as fires threaten surrounding towns and timberland.
Public Works Shakeup as Ickes Dismisses Housing Official
In Washington on July 22, a shakeup within the public works administration saw Ickes replace a housing division director after the death of Louw R. Glavis, the investigator who resigned last week.
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Washington
Public Works Ministration
Ry Ickes
Louw R. Glavis
Probing Forsyth Democratic Primary Continues
The Forsyth county board of elections in Winston Salem continued its inquiry into the July 4 Democratic primary. Testimony focused on absentee voters lists display and poll irregularities, with Dr Ralph W McDonald, a gubernatorial candidate, questioning a witness who acted as a marker for voters.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth County Board of Elections
Ralph W. McDonald
Paralysis outbreak grows in Alabama Tennessee
Infantile paralysis continued to spread in Alabama and Tennessee amid federal and state health efforts. Twelve new cases and one death were reported as of July 22, bringing the tri state total since June 1 to 235 with Alabama 181 cases and 11 deaths, Tennessee 43 cases and 4 deaths, Mississippi 11 cases.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Wage Increase Rumored for 75,000 Carnegie Illinois Steel Workers
Reports in steel circles today say Carnegie Illinois Steel may grant a 10 percent wage raise to about 75,000 workers. The rumor circulated July 22 in Pittsburgh and concerns the large steel employer's pay scale.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation
Grand Jury to Get Farnsworth Case
Washington July 22 Justice Department officials decided to seek indictment of John Farns worth former naval officer under a federal law penalizing unlawfully dis closing information affecting national defense. The investigation reached a point where an indictment seems warranted and the case would be laid before a grand jury this week.
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Washington
Justice Department
John 8. Farnsworth
Five men face murder charges in Black Legion killing
Detroit July 22 five men charged with murdering a Black Legion era veteran during a drinking party stand mute at their arraignment on murder and kidnaping counts. Pleas of innocence entered and they are held without bail for examination July 28.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Dayton Dean
Duncan C. McCrea
Dean
James Roy Lorance
Harvey Davis
John Bannerman
Ervin D. Lee
Charles Rouse
Silas Coleman
Pinckney
Mich
Davis
Lee
Bannerman
Charles A. Poole
Poole
French Strikes Expand Across Farms and Factories
Paris reports a renewed French strike wave as 25,000 metallurgists at Belfort and Montbeliard join a general stoppage. The movement, now over 70,000 strong, includes 6,000 automobile workers and 3,000 farmhands seeking collective contracts.
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Paris
France
Belfort
Montbeliard
Sweeping labor change proposed in Bolivia under Toro
The military government of President David Toro announced approval in principle of organizing industrial employers and employees into obligatory syndicates. The measure is described as one of the most sweeping labor state proposals in any country.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
David Toro
Lewis and Allies Refuse Insurrection Trial at AFL Meet
John L. Lewis and the AFL reject a council summons to trial for insurrection. The dispute over organizing mass production workers splits the federation with a vote likely to suspend Lewis's United Mine Workers and 11 affiliated unions. Lewis favors one union per industry while the craft faction led by William Green wants separate craft unions for skilled workers.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Lewis’ United Mine Workers
Federation
Craft
A. F. of L. Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Green
Unique Items Drive Record Midweek Furniture Market
Midweek activity at the Southern Furniture and Rug market drew a record crowd and booming sales across lines including novelties and accessories. Registrations reached 297 that morning and 9945 for the week, with forecasts of a new single day peak and a possible record attendance surpassing the 1935 high of 1,141.
Republicans Gather for Guilford County G O P Rally
More than 30 High Point Republicans have reserved plates for a Guilford county GOP rally tomorrow at 6 45 p m in the O Henry hotel ballroom Greensboro. Attendees will hear North Carolina Republicans and, via special wire, Gov Alfred M Landon acceptance speech. Frank Patton and J Bennett Ridge Jr. will also speak urging attendees to call Casey before 3 p m Thursday.
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High Point
Guilford County
O’henry
Greensboro
Silas B. Casey
North Carolina
Alfred M. Landon
Landon
Frank Patton
U. S. Senate
Will J. Bennett Ridge, Jr
N. C
Casey
Tar Heel Is Held On Robbery Count
Jas E Kimbrough 51 of Raleigh N C was returned to Richmond Va for federal court trial on charges of breaking into post offices at Blackstone and Union Level The robberies occurred about four years ago Blackstone post office entry was made in April 1932 Union Level case charges a store entry to reach the post office prison to await a hearing.
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Richmond
Raleigh
N. C
Jas. E. Kimbrough
Blackstone
Union Level
H. A. Turlington
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Henrico County
Kimbrough
Paper Seeks Daytime Radio Station on 1210 KC
An application to build a new daytime radio system on 1210 kilocycles with 100 watts was filed with the communications commission today by Broad us McSwain doing business as pe a of The Times Raleigh.
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Washington
the Communications Commission Today
Broadus McSwain
Pe A
the Times
Raleigh
New Heat Wave Predicted for Corn Belt
Chicago July 22. A new heat wave with temperatures from 100 to 105 degrees is forecast to spread over the corn belt tomorrow. Government Meteorologist J. R. Lloyd predicts Kansas Nebraska western lows and northwest Missouri will exceed the hundred mark. Eastern states may see lower and middle nineties. Warming noted across Kansas Missouri Iowa southern Nebraska Illinois Indiana and lower Michigan with no showers expected in the north central states except Michigan and near the Great Lakes.
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Chicago
Corn
J. R. Lloyd
Lloyd
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
North Central States
Great Lakes
Desperate Fight Made For James
Los Angeles report on July 22 portrays James as a well meaning man with charm over women. Jurors hear defense claim genuine grief over the seventh wife Mary found in a lily pond last August. Prosecutors counter that James shed crocodile tears and drowned his bride after a rattlesnake attack.
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Los Angeles
Robert
James
Mary
Russell Parsons
Hail Storm Causes $100,000 Damage Nearby
Reidsville reports a hail storm eight miles east causing about $100,000 in damage. A 3 by 5 mile area was hit, with destruction to tobacco, corn, wheat, and gardens, and roofs punctured by hail stones.
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Reidsville
Here
Funds Allotted For WPA Women Sewing Rooms Parks
Washington July 22 1935 Aubrey Williams deputy administrator approved allotment of 1 768 202 to carry on women sewing rooms canneries park developments and other WPA activities.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
Developments in Clevenger Case
Sheriff Brown labels the hotel room murder of a co-ed as an inside job. Night watchman Daniel Gaddy is grilled as a key witness and said to have had no direct part. A hotel bell boy and an elevator operator are detained for questioning. An extra hotel pass key is cited as the most important clue.
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Sheriff Brown
Daniel Gaddy
Gaddy
New York
Brown
Asheville
Mayodan Strike Ends After Settlement
Mayodan, July 22. The strike of 1,000 workers at Washington Mills Incorporated ended today after a June 15 walkout. Plants expected to resume operations soon. H D Lisk of the United Textile Workers said union participation was near 100 percent and terms were not yet released, but both sides had adjusted the differences.
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Washington Mills, Incorporated
H. D. Lisk
United Textile Workers of America
Accused Cop To Be Given Chance To Deny Charge
In St. Paul Minnesota defense counsel in the John P Peifer kidnapping case offered former Police Chief Tom Brown a chance to deny testimony tying him to the Hamm kidnapping. A subpoena was prepared for Brown to testify at the witness stand. Prosecutors say Bryan Bolton testified the mobists allocated 25000 of the ransom to Brown for tipping off police during the search.
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ST. Paul, Minn
John P
Jack) Peifer
Tom Brown
William Hamm, Jr
United States
Peifer
Brown
Minnesota
Bryan Bolton
Senatorial race in Montana narrows in primary
In Helena on July 22 1948 unofficial returns from 100 of 1 237 Montana precincts show Joseph A Monaghan leading James E Murray by a narrow margin for the Democratic senatorial nomination Monaghan 6060 votes Murray 6021 votes indicate a tight contest as results trickle in from across the state.
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Helena
Mont
James E. Murray
Joseph A. Monaghan
Montana
Monaghan
Murray
Sheriff probes Helen Clevenger killing in Asheville hotel
Sheriff Laurence E. Brown pursued clues in Asheville retracing the killer’s path at Battery Park hotel and questioning several people including Daniel Gaddy, labeled the case’s key person. Investigators sent items from the room to chemists for analysis hoping for new leads in the slaying of the New York co-ed.
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Asheville
Laurence E. Brown
Helen Clevenger
Battery Park
Explosion May Solve Nunoca Mystery Off Tampa
Coast guardsmen searched for the British motorship Nunoca after a charred timber tied to an oil drum was found far from course, spurring belief the ship exploded. Captain Kirkconnell led the wreck search while relatives awaited any sign of the vessel and its 22 aboard.
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Tampa
Fia
Moses J. Kirkconnell
Grand Cayman Island
Texas Company
Gabbett
Georgetown
J. J. Eden
Harold
Nunoca
Malcolm B. McGreagor
Warships Go To Aid Americans In Spain
U S warships move to evacuate Americans if needed as civil conflict in Spain worsens. Battleship Oklahoma and cruiser Quincy are directed, with another vessel due Friday. No word yet on harm to the 1,582 Americans in the country.
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Washington
Spain
United States
Oklahoma
Quincy
State Department
Landon Campaign Speech Sparks 1936 Rivalry Outlook
Washington reports campaign tensions as Alf Landon prepares to speak in Topeka about farm relief unemployment federal spending and labor attitudes. Rival predictions from McNutt and the arrival of Gerald L K Smith in Louisiana signal broad political maneuvering alongside Townsend pension hearings.
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Washington
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
London
Kansas
Landon
Rev
Signs Of Faltering Are Seen On Market
New York July 22 reports a faltering stock market after a long recovery period. Leaders faced pressure despite a firm opening, with the market quieting near the fourth hour as bonds remained steady and commodities and currencies declined against the dollar.
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New York
Randolph Reports Two Fever Cases
The State Board of Health reported two new cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Randolph county.
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Randolph
Raleigh
State Board of Health
Randolph County
Weather Report North and South Carolina Outlook
North Carolina generally fair tonight and Thursday with somewhat warmer Thursday. South Carolina generally fair tonight and Thursday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
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