Key City Captured By Loyal Spanish Forces
Advancing loyal forces announced the capture of Alba key city after heavy bombardment by government planes. Insurgents surrendered amid ongoing bombardments while government officials moved to consolidate control across the southeast and guard strategic passes toward Madrid and nearby provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key City
Adrid
Albakey
Murcia
Cartegena
Valencia
Imme
la Republica
Cordoba
Iners
el Carpio
Oledo
Madrid
Guardarrama
Sierra Pass
Leon
Vacerrado
Socialist Senate Candidate Named After Arkansas Flogging Incident
In Mule Rock Arkansas on July 25 Rev Claude C Williams of Rock asserts the victimization of a socialist candidate previously nominated for the Senate seat. The event ties to alleged flogging of Miss Willie Sue Blagden of Earle by a group amid a sharecroppers strike. The Southern Tenant Farm Union convened to adopt a party platform opposing state force against organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mule Rock
Ark
Claude C. Williams de Rock
Arkansas
Robinson, Butler
Pangburn
Southern
Paralysis Campaign Is Showing Results
Health officials in Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee report only five new infantile paralysis cases three states tallying 199 cases in Alabama 55 in Tennessee and 13 in Mississippi. Alabama seeks 100 more nurses to aid prevention while Memphis bans paralysis patients from hospitals citing safety and transport concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
J. N. Baker
State Health Department
Crow
Memphis
L. M. Graves
Snake Murderer Foiled In An Attempt To Cheat Gallows
In Alabama five more men were arrested in Talladega after Homer Welch surrendering in Birmingham. Ten total are held in Deputy Sheriff John Bryant's slaying near Talladega Samo set mills as the National Guard keeps peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Talladega
Homer Welch
John Bryant
John C. Coleman
John L. Lewis
Alabama
A. E B. Horn
Candy Co. President Beaten Near Strike Site
Sanford A. Bennett, president of Bennett-Hubbard Candy Co., was beaten over the head with a baseball bat outside a drug store in Chattanooga during ongoing strike disorders. He was taken to Erlanger hospital with a concussion after the attacker fled in a taxicab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Sanford A. Bennett
Bennett-Hubbard Candy Company
Plank Bennett
Erlanger Hospital
Queen Mary Eyes New Westward Crossing Record
The Queen Mary raced toward New York harbor aiming to break the Atlantic crossing record. Commander Sir Edgar Britten reported a 30.40 knot 24 hour pace and expected quarantine by 11 p.m. EST. If reached, the voyage would beat the Normandie record by over three hours.
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New York
New York Harbor
Edgar Britten
Cunard
White Star
Normandie
Cherbourg
Ambrose
Hair-Pulling Followed By Shooting Leaves One Dead
In Holly Springs Mississippi a warning note on a cross roads tree preceded a fight and ambush shooting. Mrs. Willie Roach died and four others were wounded including Mrs. Jessie Fesmire and two Knighton women. Jody Knighton became the focus of the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Springs
Miss
Willie Roach
Jessie Fesmire
Fesmire
Etta Knighton
Hilma Knighton
Cruse Knighton
Jody Knighton
Laws Hill
L. A. Smith, Jr
Knightons
France Defers Spanish aid amid Madrid revolt
Paris July 25 The French government refused to authorize planes arms or ammunition shipments to Madrid to aid Spanish liberals fighting the fascist rebellion. Cabinet session cited non intervention policy and warned private firms against selling arms while noting commercial planes remain unrestricted. Premier Blum and some socialists favored aid amid cabinet divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Madrid
Spain
Spanish
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Edouard Daladier
Yvon Delbos
Camile Chautempis
Yearly Meeting of Friends Opens August 4 at Guilford
Greensboro July 25 The 293d annual session of the North Carolina yearly meeting of Friends is set to begin Tuesday morning August 4 and run through Sunday August 9 at Guilford College. Proccedings include electing a presiding clerk to replace Prof Samuel Haworth who is in England. Dr Clyde A Milner Guilford College president will deliver the sermon. Dale K Burgess of Raleigh will speak on Prohibition and Public Morals. Rev Leslie D Shaffer of Philadelphia AFSC will give two addresses and other messages are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends
Guilford College
Samuel Haworth
England
Clyde A. Milner
Dale K. Burgess
Raleigh
Leslie D. Shaffer
Philadelphia
Fellowship Council
The
American Friends Service Committee
Iowa Senate candidates named at state convention
Berry Halden of Chariton won the Republican nomination to fill the late Senator Murphy’s seat and will face Democrat Guy M. Gillette of Cherokee. Former Senator Smith W. Brookhart may enter as a Farmer-Labor candidate, while Gov. Clyde L. Herring and Sen. Lester J. Dickinson seek the regular term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Berry Halden
Chariton
United States
Louis Murphy
Dubuque
Halden
Guy M. Gillette
Cherokee
Smith W. Brookhart
Farmer-Labor Party
Washington
Clyde L. Herring
Lester J. Dickinson
Senate
Hope Abandoned For Lost Ship
The U S coast guard abandoned hope of finding the missing British motorship Nanoea afloat as it searched for wreckage to identify remains. Twenty two persons were aboard the vessel and presumed helpless while the largest coast guard fleet in southern waters covered hundreds of miles in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fila
U. S, Coast Guard
Gulf of Mesgico
Caribbean Sea
Nazis Recognize New Roman Empire
Berlin reports Germany recognizes a new Roman empire formed by Italy and Ethiopia in a move tied to the Austro German treaty. Officials say the step signals improving ties and follows prior Nazi recognition of Mussolini’s Ethiopian conquest as a directional hint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Roman Empire
Italy
Ethiopia
Nazi Danzig
Mussolinia
Rain Lashes Grain Belt With Heavy Downpours
Chicago reports, July 25, a broad rain front drenched drought zones across Indiana Illinois and nearby states. Terre Haute Indiana received three inches while other areas saw about one inch. Forecasters predicted further showers tonight and tomorrow hitting North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Illinois Kentucky Iowa and Missouri with little relief for Kansas and Nebraska.
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Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Terre Haute
Ind
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Kentucky
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Army expands fighting force by twenty eight thousand men
Washington reports the United States Army has grown by more than 28 000 fighting troops in the past year. At start the force was 118 750 enlisted and under 12 000 officers now 146 782 enlisted and rookies joining at 1 500 monthly. Officers increased little though West Point plans raise to 14 000. national guard also expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Army
War Department
Army
West Point
Portugal
National Guard
Heat Wave Triggers Large Mortality Increase in 86 Cities
Census Bureau reports 12 183 deaths in 86 large cities for the week ended July 18, up 65 percent from a year earlier. Heat deaths spread from southern midwest centers to northern cities such as Minneapolis Detroit Milwaukee and Duluth, with the western Great Lakes region hardest hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Jesse W. Tapp
Inter-Departmental Drought Relief Committee
Kansas City
Wallace
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Omaha
Middle West
Bureau
Minneapolis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Duluth
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Von Papen Slated For Higher Post
Berlin July 25 Franz von Papen Germanys minister of Austria was made ambassador extraordinary on special mission by Chancellor Hitler. The promotion was seen as a step toward a major new post in London or Rome for Papen as soon as possible.
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Berlin
Franz von Trapen
Germany
Austria
Adolph Hitler
London
Rome
Truck Owners Hear Waynick at Atlantic Beach
Capus M. Waynick, chair man of the state highway and public works commission, addressed the State Truck Owners association at Atlantic Beach. He noted 23 percent of state highway funds come from trucks and urged strong representation in the next general assembly. He said the commission aims to inform itself about the impact of trucking on construction and maintenance and will study regulations for lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Beach
Capus .M. Waynick
State Highway and Public Works Commission
State Truck Owners Association
General Assembly
Seek Extradition of George C. Perry
Raleigh July 25 The governor's office asked Governor George C Perry of Virginia to allow the return to North Carolina of Frank J Norwood wanted in Durham on larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Governor's Office
George C. Perry
Virginia
North Carolina
Frank J. Norwood
Durham
Professor Clevenger Remains in Jail in Murder Probe
In Asheville Sheriff Brown says Prof W L Clevenger, uncle of Helen Clevenger slain in a hotel, chose to stay in jail to cooperate with investigators. A habeas corpus hearing was set while other suspects are held for questioning. The professor studies evidence from hotel staff as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Laurence E. Brown
Sosa
W. L. Clevenger
Helen Clevenger
Clevenger
Superior Court
F. Donald Phillips
Rockingham
A m Brown
Prof
Phillips
Brown
N. C
State College
Ohio
Neice
Battery Park
Daniel H. Gaddy
L. D. Roddy
Professor Clevenger
Sheriff Brown
Prof. Clevenger
Woman sought by Boston police in Clevenger case
Boston police vainly sought a woman tonight at the request of Sheriff Laurence Brown of Asheville North Carolina to question her about events preceding the slaying of Helen Clevenger at an North Carolina resort on July 16. Sergeant Raymond A L Monahan said the address given proved fruitless.
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Boston
Laurence Brown
Asheville
N. C
Helen Clevenger
North Carolina
Raymond A. L. Monahan
Peifer Found Guilty in Hamm Kidnapping Conspiracy
A federal jury in St Paul convicted John P. Peifer night club owner of conspiracy in the $100000 kidnapping of William Hamm Jr. The verdict came after 25 hours of total deliberation. Peifer once labeled the finger man faces sentencing next Wednesday with a bond set at $100000.
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ST. Paul
John P
Jack) Peifer
William Hamm, Jr
M. M. Joyce
Minneapolis
Peifer
Fingerman
Alvin Karpis
America
Charles
Big Fritz) Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Hamm
Edmund C. Bartholmey
Brewer
Benseville
Ill
Byron Bolton
Barker-Karpis
Arthur
Dc) Barker
Elmer Farmer
Alcatraz
Edmund G. Bremer
Barker
Farmer
Bensenville
Joyce
Danville Mills Declares Three Dollar Dividend
Riverside and Dan River cotton mills board approves a three dollar per share dividend on preferred stock payable August 1. The accrued amount from January 1, 1932 totals $225,000 with six percent interest from the due date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Riverside and
Dan River Cotton Mills
Landon Plans Conferences Before Starting Big Drive
Gov Alf M Landon scheduled conferences on political, business and economic outlook as a prelude to drafting three speeches for his eastern presidential campaign to start in late August. Recalls listed for next week include Senator Arthur Van denberg, Col Leonard P Ayres and Dr Benjamin Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland
Benjamin Anderson
New York
Weather Outlook for Carolinas Shows Scattered Thunderstorms
North Carolina deels partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with scattered afternoon thundershowers. South Carolina outlooks partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thundershowers in northwest Sunday and in north and central portions Monday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
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Zaragoza de
Amed Socialist Senate
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Clem Peoples
James
Charles Hope
Mary James
Queen Mary
France
Yearly Meeting OF Friends
New Roman Empire
von Papen
Boston Police
Karpis
Danville Mills
Landon
West Middlesex
Chautauqua
Buffalo
N. Y
Lanfion
Andon
Weather Bureau
H L. R
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Charlotte
Paso
Galveston
Northfield
Pittsburgh
Portland
Richmond
Cep
Estes Vee
Bam Antomio
San Francisco
Savannah
Vicksburg
Eeettenene
Oresee
Wilmington
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