Black's Choice Seen as Proof of New Change
President Roosevelt's Roanoke Island speech and his liberal Supreme Court pick Black signal a shifting Democratic coalition. The White House faces party rifts as leaders like Barkley and Minton realign, Garner's stance hardens, and the Wage-Hour bill sparks southern and veteran critics.
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Black
Washington
Roosevelt
Roanoke Island
Congress
D-Ala
Supreme Court
Lord Macaulays
Missippi
Byrnes
South Caroline
Senate
Capitol Hill
Barkley
Kentucky
Harrison
Schnellenbach
Minton
Indiana
Snate
House
Garner
Mother of Five Files for Divorce
May Blum filed for divorce from O. M. Blum in Common Pleas on grounds of wilful absence. Married April 1918, they have five minor children aged 14 to 3. She seeks alimony and custody with child support funds. This is the third divorce attempt between them, with prior suits initiated by Mrs. Blum and then by her husband.
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May Blum
O. M. Blum
Common Pleas
New European rupture seen between Portugal and Czechoslovakia
Lisbon cut diplomatic ties with Prague in a rare Eurasian split not due to the Spanish war. Officials suggested Portugal accused Czechoslovakia of Soviet-backed propaganda while alleging a third party influenced arms orders.
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London
Portugal
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Italy
Germany
Spain
Cereus to Bloom at Keller Home
The night blooming cereus owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Keller at 554 W. Hunter Street will bloom tonight for the second time this year. Friends and flower lovers will gather to watch the phenomenon as the plant opens around 9 PM and reaches full bloom by midnight, closing before daybreak.
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J. Fred Keller
W. Hunter St
Merc Hits 92 At 1 P M
Clouds darkened the sky briefly easing Logan heat after days of high temperatures. The official thermometer at Marie Martins home read 96 degrees yesterday and 92 degrees at 1 PM today with the hottest period still ahead.
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Logan
Weather Bureau
Marie Martin
House Passes Low Cost Housing Plan
The House approved a $526 million low cost housing program to fund state and municipal projects with loans 15 percent community contribution, 25 percent grants, and annual subsidies. Initial $26 million appropriation plus $500 million bond issue over three years, Senate sought higher bonds and stricter limits.
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Senate
House
Marion Theatre Raided During Large Stakes Drawing
Nine Marion police led by Chief William E. Marks raided the Palace Theatre during a sweepstakes drawing. Manager George E. Planck bonds $225 and $25 for three women. Planck charged with conducting a gambling game. the women face minor complaints. Over 1,000 patrons witnessed the seizure of equipment including a horse race film. Three winners with a $200 first prize had just been named but were absent.
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Marion, O
Marion
William E. Marks
Largst
the Palace
George E. Planck
Ralph E. Carhart
Planck
Dogs Shot? Reward Offered as Poisoner Remains at Large
Two more dogs found on N Market Street today add to evidence that Logan's dog poisoner is active. Sheriff Joe Farbearn announces a $25 reward for information identifying the poison spreader.
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N. Market St
Logan
Joe Farbearn
Deems Seeks Divorce for Gross Neglect and Absence
Lucille Deems of Haydenville files for divorce from Zedock Deems in common pleas court claiming abandonment in 1931 and Wilful absence. The couple wed in Cleveland in October 1929 and have a minor child. custody asked for with the plaintiff’s parents Edward and Mrs Stephenson of Haydenville.
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Lucille Deems
Haydenville
Zedock Deems
Common Pleas Court
Deems
Cleveland
Edward Stephenson
Woman Granted Divorce in Cruelty Case
Judge Phil A. Henderson grants Marion Abel a divorce from Clare Abel on grounds of extreme cruelty. Custody of their one child awarded to the mother with support ordered. The action was not contested by Mr. Abel.
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Phil A. Henderson
Marion Abel
Clare Abel
Abel
Youth 19 in Texas faces kidnapping charge in flight
Jack Hamerly 19 awaits a preliminary hearing on charges of kidnapping pilot Bob Hunt during a 2000 foot ascent. Hunt described the hijacking at gunpoint and the plan to reach Laredo for work before WWII-like escape efforts and a forced touchdown near a Harlem prison farm.
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Houston
Texas
Jack Hamerly
Hunt
Hamerly
Harlem
Body of Berry Picker Found Near Newburgh Heights
Cleveland police sought a 16 to 18 year old companion of slain Stanley Schostak 14 last seen berry picking. The boy lay with a bullet wound in the skull in a deserted alley near the Newburgh Heights line. Coroner and authorities investigate murder tied to an earlier eight year old found decomposed nearby.
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Cleveland
Stanley Schostak
Schostak
Newburgh Heights
S. R. Gerber
G Men May Enter Poisoning Case
Cincinnati Aug 19 AP Possibility the Lindbergh kidnap law could be invoked in the Anna Hahn poisoning case as she awaits a venue change for trial on charges she killed two elderly men Starett said six men could join the case through the death of George Obendoerfer a 67 year old Cincinnati cobbler Aug 1 in Colorado Springs Obеноderfer accompanied Mrs Hahn there Starett declared the law might apply if evidence shows he was induced to state his will or with intent to rob him
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Cincinnati
Anna Hahn
Starett
Colorado Springs
George Obendoerfer
Hahn
Obendoerfer
Child foils Pittsburgh suicide plot by mother
In Pittsburgh a five year old girl Mary Ellen Fink alerted a passenger when her mother Julia Fink 29 planned to drown herself and her children in the Allegheny river. The man restrained Mrs Fink until police arrived and she was discharged after promising not to attempt suicide again.
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Mary Ellen Fink
Pittsburgh
Mary
Julia Fink
N. Mazzel
Enterprise Highway Contract Let For Sept 7
Sealed bids for two highway projects in Hocking county will be opened at 10 A M on September 7. The main line upgrade costs about 344 874 dollars excluding a railroad bridge with an overhead crossing add on of around 38 100 dollars. Local labor will be provided via the National Reemployment Service. The work aims to erase a dangerous winding hill and a concealed grade crossing with a narrow bridge over the Hocking River extending from a point northwest of the village to Jurgensmier Hill two miles north of Logan.
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National Reemployment Service
Court House
Hocking County
Rockbridge
Enterprise
Ohio
Hocking River
Jurgensmier Hill
Logan
Corporation Signs Confuse Tourists
Motorists entering Logan from the north on Route 31 may confuse the city boundaries as two corporation limit signs sit within a short distance. Officials explain the area north of West Hunter Street lies inside Logan, but the corporation line crosses the highway near the service station. The second sign was added to curb speeding on that stretch.
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Logan
Rt. 31
West Hurter Street
State Highway
Price Service Station
Hunter St
Logan Elm
Geneva Road
Corporation Line
Cholera Threat Expands Across Hong Kong to Canton
Cholera rips through the Hong Kong crown colony and Macao with cases rising to 136 last week and 19 deaths. The disease reaches Pearl River area toward Canton, sparking fears of canceling port calls and quarantines. Evacuation of British nationals from China could be suspended.
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Hongkong
South China
Shanghai
Macao
Pearl River
Canton
China
Chinese Drive Back Invaders Toward River
Shanghai dispatch reports a major Chinese offensive pushing Japanese forces toward the Whangpoo river as American missions face bombing. Reinforcements land at Yangtze docking points while Japanese vessels hold offshore. U S consulate warns Japan against restricting river traffic. Americans reportedly safe as fighting continues near Shanghai.
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Morris J. Harris Shanghat
Japan
Whangpoo River
Jean
North
Hal
Shanghai
Yangtzepoo
International Settlement
Yangtze
Nanking
American Southern Baptist
Chapei Quarter
Nantungchow
Kiangsu
China
Nankow Pass
Hongkong
United States
Clarence E. Gauss
Woosung
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Whangpai
Gauss
Reueoan School
Natunachow
Yangtze River
Kiangsu Province
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