Williams wins 400 meter Olympic title at Berlin
Archie Williams of Oakland, California, from the United States, captured the 400 meter Olympic title in 46.5 seconds, finishing ahead of Arthur Godfrey Brown of Britain and Jimmy Lavalle of Los Angeles. The U S dominated the sprint events as Jesse Owens previously claimed the 100 and 200 meters. Bob Clark and Glenn Morris led the Decathlon after early events, with Clark holding the overall lead through the shot put.
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Berlin
Archie _Williams
Oakland
Calif
Bill Carr
Los Angeles
Arthur Godfrey Brown
Great Britain
Secord
Jimmy Lavalle
Williams
Brown
Lavalle
United States
Jesse Owens
Woodruff
Connellsville
Cornelius Johnson
Bill Roberts
Harold Smallwood
Lash
Hoeckert
Lehinen
Salminen
Murak
Morris
Gregate
Parker
Boy Drowning Case Sparks Brockport Court Action
A magistrate in Brockport N Y spared a suspect in a drowning case after a trial that likened his fate to a dog on trial. The defendant Ida ho received 26 months confinement and police were ordered to shoot him on sight if found at large during the sentence.
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Brockport
N. Y
Idaho
Anti-New Deal Group Converges in Detroit Meet
A Detroit gathering brings together a score or more of former Democratic leaders to craft a campaign formula opposing the New Deal within the party. In another note, Joseph B. Ely states Alfred E. Smith will speak in Boston against Roosevelt's reelection.
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Detroit
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
Boston
Roosevelt
Group of former officials urge anti Roosevelt bid at Democratic convention
Massachusetts ex governor Joseph B. Ely Missouri ex senator James A Reed New York figure Bainbridge Colby join in plea to spare Roosevelt and nominate a genuine Democrat Two main options Jeffersonian ticket or swing dissidents to Alf Landon Spokesman Sterling E Edmunds and Reed led the meeting with hope for defeating Roosevelt and possibly filing a new candidacy Governor Alfred E Smith and Daniel F Cohalan signed but did not attend Smith ally was abroad The effort signals Democratic dissension over the New Deal in 1936
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Massachusetts
Joseph B. Ely
Missouri
James A. Reed
New York
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Sterling E. Edmunds
St. Louis
Reed
Alfred E. Smith
Daniel F. Cohala
Smith
Europe
Dog shot on Washington Township farm after suspected rabid attack
On a farm in Washington Township, a vicious dog was shot yesterday by Jesse Kitchen following actions that led him to suspect the animal was mad. County Health Commissioner notes incident as a public safety matter.
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Jesse Kitchen
Washington Township
Applications for aid to dependent children filed in Hocking county
In Hocking county Probate court fifty applications for aid to dependent children have been filed under the new social security program to date. Five persons have applied for blind pensions under the new regulations.
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Hocking County
Leaves hospital after ball game accident
Inal Mohney of Jobs left Cherrington Hospital tonight to return home, recovering from a broken leg suffered last week during a ball game at Longsth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inal Mohney
Jobs
Longsth
Cherrington Hospital
Britain and Germany warn over Spain protests
The United States urged Madrid to shield American property in the revolt area as Britain and Germany protest treatment of their nationals. Battles raged near Madrid with Loyalists advancing in the Guadarrama, while rebels faced pressure around Algeciras and Zaragoza area.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Madrid
Barcelona
Foreign Office
Berlin
Algeciras
Rock of Gibraltar
Jaime’ 1
Dato
Popular Front
Guadarrama
Tardevita
Graner
Baena
Spain
Reich
Sevilla
Youth steals car, pursued by motorists, nabbed nearby
In Columbus Ohio a youth stole Mrs. Russell Ray’s auto, her six children mother. She chased the thief from her home, flagging him as he passed. He slowed, she boarded the running board and cried for help. He sped off, but motorists pursued and he abandoned the car a few blocks away before fleeing.
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Columbus, O
Russell Ray
Four die in violent Tennessee primary election clashes
In Tennessee four people died during or after state primaries amid gunfire and stabbings at polls. Victims include Horace Russell and Albert Russell in Claiborne county, an election officer James A Singleton shot at a Claiborne precinct, and a farmer John Gray at Hohenwald. Democratic Gordon Browning led in the gubernatorial race with 190,820 votes. Republicans nominated P H Thach and Dwayne Maddox led for Senate.
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Nashville
Renn
Gordon Browning
P. H. Thatch
Chattanooga
Chas. Russell
Claiborne
Jas
A. Singleton
Knoxville
Hohenwald
Middle Tennessee
John Gray
Ten Civil Service Examinations Listed by State Officials
W B Francis and Ralph W Emmons announce ten Civil Service examinations. The tests occur Wednesday August 26 and Thursday August 27 for multiple grades across departments. Positions include Accountants, Auditors for the sales tax division, a grade I Bookkeeper, a Departmental Field Agent, and a Supervisor at the Division of Workshops and Factories.
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State Classified Service
State Civil Service Commission
W. B. Francis
Ralph W. Emmons
State School
Ohio State University
Department of Industrial Relations
Eggs Priced Over the Phone Sparks Office Dispute
Miss Charlene Huffman, a court stenographer, objects to the office being used for market quotations after a caller demanded the current price of eggs. Employees attempted to provide information on various issues, but the issue centered on market pricing.
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Hocking
Charlene Huffman
Bradford Supply Buys 1347 Oil Wells in Ohio Counties
Lease transfers filed reveal Bradford Supply Company of Bradford Pennsylvania has acquired from Security Oil Company lease holds on 1,347 oil wells across 15,000 acres in Seneca Wood Sandusky Lucas and Ottawa counties.
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Tiffin
Bradford Supply Company
Bradford
Security Oil Company
Seneca, Wood, Sandusky
Lucas
Ottawa
Night spots tamed in Dallas as nudity ruled taboo
Dallas authorities ordered night spots to tone down nudism while the welfare director announced that Texas Centennial Exposition show places were exempt from the ruling, shaping local nightlife policy amid the event agenda.
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Dallas
Texas
Director of Welfare
Sun Glow Employee Injured in Factory Accident
Sun Glow furniture plant worker Lee Tolliver was treated at Cherrington Hospital after an accident involving a motor driven saw at the factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun-Glow
Lee Tolliver
Sun Glow Furniture
Cherrington
Gotham Deaths Tie to Gangland Feuds in Slayings
Police probe four killings in New York over three weeks focus on gangland vengeance tied to underworld vice rings. Victims include Dominick Didato alias Terry Burns shot outside a Lower East Side restaurant and former associates of Dutch Schultz. Names include William Hessler, Edmond Fauchot, Frank Clarity, with Mickey O Neill aiding identification. Authorities probe links across Brooklyn and Long Island Sound.
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New York
Dominick Didato
Terry Burns
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Lower East Side
Didato
William King
New York Bureau of Missing Persons
Henry Senft
Arthur
Dutch Schultz) Flegenheimer
Beer Baron
William Hessler
Brooklyn
Edmond Fauchot
Manhattan
Farmers Inspect New Conservancy Work In Hocking County
Farmers who joined County Agent Harold Chambers to Muskingum county to view the government soil erosion experiment station were Henry Rheinscheid Charles Marx L. G. Linton and Clarence Skinner. Chambers attended a Zanesville conference of district soil conservation officials to plan federal program applications. The soil conservation drive in Hocking county is being pushed, with county committee members preparing details for state officials expected soon to set ratios of soil depleting crops to all farm land.
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Harold Chambers
Muskingum County
Henry Rheinscheid
Charles Marx
L. G. Linton
Clarence Skinner
Chambers
Zanesville
Hocking County
Hocking County Youth Named Navy Lieutenant Colonel
A Hocking county lad, Lieut Colonel Oliver Floyd, son of Mrs. Margaret Floyd of Laurelville, rises from chief of the War Plans Section at San Diego to executive officer of the Second Brigade of Marines after several months of service with the Fleet Marine Force.
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Hocking County
Oliver Floyd
United States Navy
Margaret Floyd
Laurelville
San Diego
Calif
Fleet Marine Force
Floyd
Marines
Welcome for Jesse Owens in September visit planned
Aug 7 AP report says Mayor Burton announced a civic welcome for Olympic star Jesse Owens when he returns to the United States in mid September. Owens, a resident of Ohio, is a Negro sprinter and broad jumper linked to Ohio.
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Cleveland
Jesse Owens
United States
Harold H. Burton
Burton
New
Owens
Ohio
New Unions May Join AFL As Labour Tensions Rise
William Keex president of the Progressive Miners of America said his union may seek AFL membership at its next convention in Gillette Illinois. The AFL executive council suspended John L Lewis United Mine Workers and 10 associated unions for alleged rebellion, prompting fears of a broader labor war while Keck warned Lewis uses undemocratic tactics in both groups.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Keex
Progressive Miners of America
Lewis
Gillespie, Ill
A. F. of L
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Associated
Executive Council
William Green
Progressives
A. F
Keck
The
United Mine Workers of Ameri_ca
Jurist declares guilty of false imprisonment in Black Legion case
In Detroit on August 7 AP reports Judge Moynihan convicting three of six men from the first Black Legion trial for false imprisonment in the Penland case. Convicted were Thomas F Angstadt and Erick A Gulley and mill worker Thomas F. The others were acquitted. Sentence to follow in about nine weeks.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Joseph A. Moynihan
Thomas F
Earl Angstadt
Frederick A. Gulley
Charles D. King
Ecorse
Wilbur Robinson
Ha Lawrence
Moynihan
Robert Penland
Probaly
Sesane Cassation
The
Old Lawrence
Captain
Cult
Thomas Mill Hand
Erick A. Gulley
Timony
Pen Legion
Penland
Ian C. McCrea
Michigan
Charles
Gulley
Cox
Lieving
Akron man held for bigamy amid unclear charges
In Akron Ohio on August 7 an unnamed 22 year old Cal man charged with bigamy was released on $1500 bond after pleading innocent. He was bound over to a grand jury. A 25 year old woman named Salih related to the case faces a marriage to 17 year old Betty Chapman. A reception occurred at a downtown hut while Mrs Alfreda Wilson Smith was visiting relatives.
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Akron
Smith
Cal
Salih
Henendi Se Smith
Betty Chapman
Alfreda Wilson Smith
Businessman retires from Ridgeway after 28 years
After 28 years as furniture and mortician in the Ridgeway area, J. G. president of the Ridgeway company has retired. The business will be operated by Clayton, formerly of Shelby.
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Ridgeway
J. G
Ridgeway Company
Clayton
Shelby
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