Heat Ravages Corn Belt With No Relief In Sight
Farmers in the corn hog belt face hundreds of millions in losses as forecast models show no general relief from drought. Iowa counts 400 heat deaths, Missouri reports 100 million dollars in damage, while showers and cooler spells offer little relief across Missouri Illinois and Indiana.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Des Moines
S. E. Decker
Ohio Sees 334 Death Toll in Heat Wave
Ohio finished tallying drownings and heat prostrations from a recent heat spell. Officials reported 334 deaths statewide as temperatures cooled to the 90s in the south and lower elsewhere with a generally fair forecast for today and tomorrow.
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Ohio
Milred Bolton Faces Death Penalty For Husband Killing
Milred Mary Bolton, 46, was convicted of murdering her husband Joseph Bolton by a jury that recommended the death penalty. Her lawyer Benjamin Bachrach filed for a new trial and Judge Robert C. O'Donnell scheduled a hearing for July 23 to seek relief from execution in Illinois electric chair.
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Chicago
Mildred Mary Bolton
Illinois
Joseph Bolton
Benjamin Bachrach
Robert C. O'Donnell
State Employes Picnic at Cedar Point
High Ohio officials including gubernatorial candidates Gov. Martin L. Davey and Attorney General Bricker were expected at Cedar Point for the annual state employees picnic. About 15,000 persons would attend.
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Sandusky
Martin L. Davey
Bricker
Cedar Point
Ohio State
Offeo
Man and wife killed in Alliance crash
Charles Strong aged 30 and his wife Edna 28 were killed when their car smashed into a culvert on the Alliance Marlboro road west of Bol ton today.
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Alliance
Charles Strong
Edda
Alliance-Marlboro Road
Bolton
Harmon family sets two week auto trip itinerary
Mr and Mrs J B Harmon of Oroville and their daughter Lucille of Columbus depart for a two week journey visiting Harmon's brother G W Harmon in Ranger Texas and friends in Shreveport Louisiana.
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J. B. Harmon
Oroville
Lucille
Columbus
Mr. Harmon
G. W. Harmon
Ranger
Texas
Shreveport
Louisiana
Thousands Cheer as Coughlin Speaks at Convention
Coughlin joins forces with Dr. Francis E. Townsend and Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith in a Share-the-Wealth movement. The leaders deny a merger of groups and stress unity without combining organizations.
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Coughlin
Gerald L. K. Smith
Central Press
Cleveland
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Townsend Split Deepens Over Nonpartisan Convention
A dissension flares within the Townsend movement as Dr. Francis E. Townsend disavows Gomer Smith. Frank Arbuckle rules the convention nonpartisan and bans endorsement motions while Townsend, Coughlin, Smith, Lemke align for a Lemke speak tour and call for Smith’s resignation.
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Townsend
Gomer Smith
Powers Plan Locarno Meet Paris Conference
Great Britain France and Belgium reached an accord on three points for a prospective discussion aimed at recon structing the European peace framework. Representatives will meet next Wednesday in a compromise session to exchange views rather than debate the Locarno question. The French and British will publish a statement to assure Germany and Italy the conference is not directed at them.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Locarno
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Germany
Italy
Mystery Man Slays Co-ed In Hotel
In Asheville North Carolina a blonde 19 year old New York University honor student Helen Clevenger was slain in a third floor hotel room. A mystery man with scant description fled hatless into a thunderstorm minutes after the murder. Police fixed the slaying time at about 1 am and the body was found at 8 30 am by her uncle Prof W L Clevenger. The coroner said the victim was shot while on her knees and her face mutilated with a sharp instrument. An attempted sexual assault was reported.
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Asheville
N. C
Helen Clevenger
New York University
W .L. Clevenger
North Carolina State College
Baier
Teen Drowns at Brookside Park Pool Incident
George Lucas aged 17 died after drowning in nine feet of water at Brookside Park pool. A bather found the body as about 1,000 swimmers were at the facility in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
George Lucas
Brookside Park
King Edward Escapes Attack as McMahon Aims at Monarch
London reported a shaken crowd as Scotland Yard details emerged about George Andrew McMahon, 34, who fired a pistol at King Edward during a royal procession. Police surrounded the scene with steel bars and guards while investigators probe McMahon motives.
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Associated Press
London
Edward
Scotland Yard
George Andrew McMahon
Youth Dies After Hay Fork Accident in Akron
Paul Kenyon 17 of Copley died at Peoples Hospital after being struck by a pitchfork while handling hay. The incident occurred near Akron and was reported by AP.
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Akron
Paul Kenyon
Peoples Hospital
Copley
Labor Seeks Compromise in AFL Rift Over Unions
Peace moves unfold in Washington as AFL observers report a possible compromise between craft and industrial unions. The AFL executive council delays suspending United Mine Workers and 11 allied unions, while a conference outlines a plan to concentrate on steel autos and rubber sectors in exchange for craft unions backing a broader drive.
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Craft and Industrial Union
A. F. of L. Executive Council
United Mine Workers
Committee” For Industrial Organization
Committee For Industrial Organization
Mansfield woman to be arraigned on robbery charge
Miss Jean Rogers 30 of Mansfield is scheduled for arraignment on Monday on a robbery charge in connection with the theft of 1500 dollars from J. B. Conway of Akron. Conway told police the money disappeared from his hotel room. Rogers denied taking the cash and was named in the grand jury indictment.
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Bucyrus, O
Miss Jean Rogers
Mansfield
J. B. Conway
Akron
Miss Rogers
Creighton Executed in Sing Sing Poison Plot
Mrs Frances Creighton became the first Sing Sing inmate to be carried to the electric chair for the poison eggnog murder of Mrs Ada Appelgate in Ossining New York. Everett C Appelgate husband of the victim was executed alongside her.
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Ossining
N. Y
Frances Creighton
Ada Appelgate
Sing Sing
U S Days Plan New Campaign In States
The anti saloon league of America followed a national leadership gap by October 1 deciding to shift focus to state level work. Dr F Scott McBride resigned after twelve and a half years as national superintendent and will lead Pennsylvania state forces. A six member committee will run national headquarters after his departure in October.
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Cincinnati
Anti-Saloon League of America
F. Scott McBride
League
Fleming Fails to Gain Parole for Grover Fleming
In Columbus the State Parole Board granted parole to 46 inmates at London Prison Farm and the State Reformatory for Women. Grover Fleming of Athens, a former newspaper editor sentenced for circulating obscene literature, had his case continued and will remain in prison until next January.
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Columbus
State Parole Board
London
State Reformatory
Grover Fleming
Athens
Fleming
Pioneer Talkie Director Dies
Hollywood, July 17 AP reports director Alan Crosland who taught the screen to talk is dead. The man who guided Al Jolson through the Jazz Singer nine years ago died from injuries after a motor car crash on Sunset Boulevard July 10 when his heavy car struck debris from a street excavation.
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Hollywood
Calif
Alan Crosland
al Jolson
Sunset Boulevard
Malone to face court over alleged attempt on Polly Moran
Martin Malone, 32, attorney husband of Polly Moran, was scheduled for a July 29 court date to answer charges of trying to shoot the screen actress during a quarrel. Police say he faced Moran with a pistol, pulled the trigger but the gun jammed. Moran said divorce papers would be served immediately. they had been married three years.
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Polly Moran
Martin Malone
Screen Comedienne
Miss Moran
Malone
Officials deny G Man probe in undercover clash
Washington reports that J Edgar Hoover's G men triumphed over an undirected clash with the secret service. Treasury officials say any inquiry into Secret Service methods was unauthorized and pledge action if findings prove true.
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J. Edgar Hoover
G- Men
Secret Service
G-Men
The
Treasury
Cummings
Elyria Adopts Power Rate Ordinance Aiding Local Consumers
The Ohio Public Service Company accepted Elyria's new electric rate ordinance. Local manager J. B. Johnson said domestic households should save about $18 000 to $20 000 annually.
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Elyria
Ohio Public Service Company
J. B. Johnson
Grand jury indicts eleven union workers in Wheel ing strike violence
A Scioto County special grand jury investigating violence during the 52 day Wheel ing Steel strike returned a partial report indicting eleven union workers and one non union worker.
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Portsmouth, Ohio
Scioto County
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Toledo talks aim to settle Owens-Illinois bottle workers dispute
Officials of the glass bottle blowers union and the Owens-Illinois Glass Co plant closure division planned a conference today to resolve a jurisdictional dispute that has shut the plant. The meeting seeks to restore operations and avert further action.
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Toledo
Glass Bottle Blowers Association
Owens-Illinois Glass Co
Irish protestor in Brixton jailed on revolver charge
Unperturbed by assassination threats the bald headed Irish man muttered denials of intent to harm the British ruler from a London jail. John Bannigan and McMahon’s father in Glasgow named Jerome Bannigan as the man’s true name changed years ago to McMahon. He asked to reach Sir John Simon Home Secretary but was unable to determine the protest’s nature. Described by friends as a social reformer he is charged with possessing a revolver with intent to endanger life and will face Bow Street dock after Brixton jail.
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London
John Bannigan
McMahon
Glasgow
Jerome Bannigan
Aaa
John Simon
Brixton Jail
Bow Street Dock
Ohio relief aid bill faces knotty stalemate in legislature
Ohio lawmakers clash over a 9 million relief bill for indigent aid with House and Senate deadlocked. Senator Harold Nichols proposes a 7.5 million plan favoring smaller counties, while a conference committee works to reconcile differences. The dispute centers on distribution by need versus population, with action expected after Monday sessions.
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John Frye
Associated Press
Columbus, O
Ohio
House
Senate
Harold Nichols
Clermont
Nichols
State Relief Commission
Solons
John Lloyd
Scioto
Harold G. Mosier
Logan Board Names Two New Teachers for 1936 37
The Logan Board of Education named Miss Elizabeth Anne Jones of Columbus as art instructor and Mrs Lena Mock of South Logan to teach overflow classes for the 1936 37 term. The board approved plans for a bandstand to be built between the new bleachers and the north side of the high school overlooking the athletic field.
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Logan Board of Education
Elizabeth Anne Jones
Columbus
Lena Mock
South Logan
Fire Hits Village in Ohio Destroying Barns and Property
Mayor Jacob Romnick of Rawson reports the village suffered its worst fire in 40 years with estimated losses around $2,000. Firemen from five communities battled the blaze yesterday evening, extinguishing flames that destroyed several barns and related structures.
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Pindlay
Jacob Romnick
Rawson
Barnes
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