Four Die As Eastern Air Lines Plane Crashes in Florida
A Chicago to Miami Eastern Airlines passenger plane hit a power pole on a Florida runway and crashed into a palmetto hammock near Daytona Beach. Four were killed including pilot Stuart Dietz and co pilot Robert Reed. victims included J Triana of Mexico City and J H Phillpotts of Kingston Jamaica. Five were injured, with Fred M Thompson of Greenville South Carolina in critical condition.
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Chicago
Miami
Daytona Beach
Fla
Eastern Airlines
Peter Dygert
Stuart G. Dietz
The
Florida Power
Man Admits Guilt in Ohio Mother-in-law Slaying
John Bordwardt 23 confessed to shooting Mrs. William Cranston 45 at her Cranston farm home near Alliance Ohio. Police say he planned the crime to spite his estranged marriage to Evelyn Cranston 20 and would be arraigned on a first degree murder charge.
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Lisbon
John Bordwardt
Columbiana County
William Cranston
Sebring
Potter
Borchwardt
Alliance
Harry L. Stark
Cranston
Ohio law bars filling vacancies across term boundaries
A new law effective today forbids appointing authorities from filling elective office vacancies by appointments that extend from one term into the next. It aims to prevent situations like Hamilton County last fall where an incumbent sheriff was re-elected, resigned before term end, and failed to qualify for the new term.
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Columbus, O
Hamilton County
World Zionist Congress approves partition talks
The World Zionist Congress voted 304 to 158 to negotiate with Britain on a royal commission plan to partition Palestine into Jewish Arab and British sectors despite Rabbi Stephen Wise of New York urging rejection. Wise shouted No as he rejected any division that would reduce the Jewish national home.
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Zurich
Switzerland
World Zionist Congress
Great Britain
Palestine
Stephen Wise
New York
Rabbi Wise
Holy Land
Wage Hike Demanded by Railroad Workers
In Chicago on August 11 AP reports a conference of five railroad brotherhoods and carrier reps began to discuss a 20 percent wage increase for about 300000 operating workers. Union leaders carried authorizations from 96 percent of workers to strike if demands are rejected, covering locomotive firemen enginemen conductors engineers trainmen and switchmen.
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Chicago
Big Five Brotherhoods
Wellston to Celebrate 60th Anniversary Homecoming
Wellston and Jackson County residents will mark the city’s 60th anniversary with a three day homecoming August 26 to 28 featuring community events and celebrations.
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Wellston
Jackson County
Brady Gang Sought After Fredericks Maryland Sightings
Police widened their hunt for the Brady gang into western Maryland after reports two members Alfred Brady and James Dalhover hid near Frederick. The group tied to jail breaks bank robberies and murder was traced via sightings and descriptions, with officers surrounding the area and chasing the suspects through woods east of Frederick.
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Baltimore
Brady
Maryland
Frederick
Alfred Brady
James Dalhover
Clarence Lee Schaffer
Frank Dorsey
Dalhover
Dorsey
John Cooney
Hancock County
Indiana
Schaffer
Captain Cooney
Ford Nominated at Chillicothe in Democratic Primary
Seventy two year old Mayor James E. Ford won the Democratic nomination for Mayor at Chillicothe despite opposition from his party organization. Ford received 1 votes. J. 4. Mattox backed by socratic organization polled 1,089 votes. Harold H. Brown was chosen as Republican nominee with 1,038 votes to 428 for James J. Keating.
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James E. Ford
Chillicothe
Ford
Citizens’ League
Mattox
Socratic
Harold H. Brown
James J. Keating
Seven Prisoners Escape Cecil County Jail
Seven inmates escaped from Cecil County jail in Elkton Maryland by sawing two locks off a door and climbing a 30 foot stone wall. They were awaiting Grand Jury action on charges including robbery and attempted murder.
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Elkton
Cecil County
Franco Shells His Own City Segovia in Spain Conflict
Reports from Madrid say Generalissimo Francisco Franco ordered shelling of Segovia to quell a revolt within insurgent ranks. Observation posts noted heavy fighting as insurgent artillery hit their own stronghold from Quita Pesares. News from the south indicated widespread revolt near Granada with rebels using rifles and machine guns.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Segovia
Quita Pesares
Granada
Franco
Ohio Apple Harvest to Surpass Last Year by Wide Margin
The agricultural department reports Ohio apple harvest will top last year by over 8 million bushels. Expected yield 11,735,000 bushels versus 3,059,000 last year and 6,870,000 five-year average. National production seen at 202,274,000 bushels with July conditions improving except in the Pacific Northwest and Rockies.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Ohio
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Papers identify Harding's secretary papers found in trunk
Miss Elizabeth Cooper, 76, former secretary to President Harding when he was a U.S. senator, died in a rest home. A small dog guarded the body for two days until food tempted it to end its hunger strike.
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Columbus
Elizabeth Cooper
Harding
United States
Survey shows low living costs in Ohio towns
An Ohio survey by the agriculture department reports New Philadelphia average family income in 1935 36 under 1300 dollars for about four people. Mount Vernon averages 1337 dollars. The study covered 313 families across a Cross session area with an average family size of 3.9 persons.
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Washington
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Mount Vernon
Japan’s Fleet Lands Marines At Shanghai
Japanese warships flooded Shanghai’s Whangpoo River and Yangtze mouth with 500 to 1,000 marines and crews. Two aircraft carriers reportedly waited beyond the Woosung forts as Tokyo pressed toward a large scale undeclared war in central China amid clashes near Nankow pass and evacuations along the Yangtze.
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Shanghai
Japan
Whangpoo River
Yangtze
Woosung
Whangpoo
Hungjao
China
Nippon
China Sea
Nankow Pass
Petaling
Nankow
Yangtze River
Central China
Halt Hearing On Labor Bill Stalled In House Rules
Stubborn opposition blocks the administration wage hour bill in the House rules committee. A planned vote to clear the way for debate tomorrow was canceled as a committee meeting was called off amid signals of farm loan and crop bill negotiations. Officials say proponents lack enough committee votes to send the measure to the floor.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
O'Connor
Rules
Pledge Harmony Echoed by Senate Democrats Without Roosevelt
Senate Democrats voiced party harmony at a dinner last night though President Roosevelt did not attend due to other pressures. The gathering followed a Senate split over recent legislative issues as the party sought unity.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Roosevelt
Britain weighs expelling more Nazis after trio expelled
The Daily Herald reports Britain is considering expulsion of additional Nazis beyond three German correspondents already ordered to leave. The three journalists were expelled for leading a Nazi organization linked to the German foreign office.
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London
Great Britain
The
Daily Herald
Herald
Foreign Office
Logan City Primary Yields Schrader Victory for Mayor
In Logan on election night 1591 votes were cast with 904 Democrats and 687 Republicans. M. W. Schrader won the Democratic nomination for mayor with 444 votes, while Dallas Kinser led Republicans with 434 votes. Bright and Gabriel carried other precincts. Kinser also beat Meldrim in the GOP race. Several council seats were decided by narrow margins with write ins and unopposed incumbents advancing to November contests.
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Leach
Stracke
Wonn
Walburn
M. W
Tate) Schrader
Dallas
Jack) Kinser
Ester Day
Logan
Schrader
Elias E. Bright
J. W. Gabriel
Bright Art
Gabriel
Kinser
Tor Aka M. Meldrim
Closst
Edward W. Leach
W. L. White
Fred Stracke
Herbert Richards
Joe Walburn
Carl
Dec) Blosser
Lefty Conkle
Ed Hockman
Couriéil-at
George Moore
Frank Eberst
Stanley Baker
Blanche Lutz
Mark ‘Ricketts
Harley Meyer
Vernon Mauk
Fred Murray
Oscar Steward
Joseph Canty
Mark Ricketts
Election Board
Bottle-Throwing Incident Interferes With Boxing Show
Police detained Theodore Watts after he hurled an empty liquor bottle into the Olympic Auditorium ringside area during the seventh round of the Godfrey Hankison bout. Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler were endangered and Chico Marx suffered a minor scratch as Max Baer halted the match.
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Los Angeles
Theodore Watts
al Jolson
Ruby Keeler
Chico Marx
Olympic Auditorium
George Godfrey
Leiperville
Hank Hankison
Akron
Max Baer
Jolson
Miss Keeler
Marx Brother
Terry Nets New Giants Contract Amid Pay Rise
The New York Journal American reports Bill Terry, manager of the New York Giants, signed a two year deal at 500 per year plus 5 000 as head of the farm system, totaling 42 500 annually and making him the highest paid big league manager.
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New York
New York Journal-American Today
Bill Terry
New York Giants
Agriculture forecast sees adequate supply from farms
The Agriculture Department estimators predict an adequate supply of food feed forage and fiber from the nation's farms this year based on official estimates. The forecast reflects expectations for steady crop yields and livestock production amid current market conditions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Fed
72 Executed in Irkutsk Far East Wrecker Ring
The Irkutsk East Pravda reports 72 alleged far Eastern railroad wreckers were executed as part of a Siberian purge. The group,Trotskyists and terrorists, aimed to sabotage the Siberian railway amid tensions with Japan. One wreck killed fourteen and injured many, while victims were workers and families traveling to Komsomol.
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Moscow
Irkutsk
East Pravda
Russia
Siberian
Komsomol
Postpone Hearing Delays City Budget Review
A City Council budget hearing was postponed and not read at last night’s session. Officials disclosed inquiries will be considered, delaying the mayor's proposed budget discussions.
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