Townsendites End Conclave at Cleveland
Towns end delegates return from Cleveland after five day convention with William Lemke backing old age revolving pension. The Union party ticket leader avoided endorsement of Townsend plans and 15,000 delegates proceed to campaign with no pledge to presidential candidates. Townsend plans to tour major cities with Lemke urging support for Townsend aligned congressmembers.
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Cleveland
William Lemke
Union Party
Townsend
F. E. Townsend
Lemke
Congress
Davey Visits Townsendites With No Statement Given
Cleveland July 20 AP Martin L Davey met with Dr F E Townsend founder of the Old Age pension plan and Rev Gerald K Smith heir to Huey Long clubs He declined to utter any opposition or support and described the visit as a courtesy call during a convention in his state The talks lasted about an hour and covered the movement
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Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
Townsend Old Age Pension Movement
F. E. Townsend
Plan
Gerald K. Smith
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Dr. Townsend
Mr. Smith
Seven Die In Ohio Mishaps
Ohio counted seven weekend traffic deaths in a daybreak tally. Drownings claimed four lives. A hit and run killed John A Bieger 61 of Marshfield Oregon as he crossed a Cleveland boulevard. A traction car struck an automobile at Lakeview injuring Ellen Clen 26 and seriously injuring Morris and their two year old. Two cars collided near Warren killing Anna Marvin 33 of Lockwood. Her husband Herbert 35 and two children Viola 13 and eerie 6 were seriously injured. Three others were hurt.
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Associated Press
Ohio
John A Bieger
Marshfield
Ore
Cleveand
Bieger
Townsend
Lakeview
Ellen Clen
Morris
Warren
Anna Marvin
Lockwood
Herbert Marvin
Viola
Eerie
Violinist Mark Wollner Challenged by Witness Alibi
Sheriff Brown presents witnesses disputing violinist Mark Wollner alibi for the night Helen Clevenger was mutilated and shot at the Battery Park hotel. A taxi driver saw a man jump from the mezzanine, and a cafe owner placed Wollner eating between 9 and 10 p m. on the night of the crime.
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Ashville
N. C
Laurence E. Brown
Mark Wollner
Helen Clevenger
Battery Park
New York University
Wollner
Mildred Ward
Mark
Big Chief Peeved Wants Black Hills Lands Sold
In Pine Ridge South Dakota on July 20 AP reports Sioux chiefs showing skepticism as Thunder Bull proposes selling the Black Hills to Canada claiming the United States broke a treaty. Lone Bear, a distant Sitting Bull relative, and other chiefs hedge at the idea. Thunder Bull argues the treaty grants Sioux one third of wealth from the Black Hills.
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Big Chief
Black Hill
Pine Ridge
S. D
Black Hills
Thunder Bull
Canada
Sitting Bull
Brave
Lone Bear
United State
Crazy Horse
Hold 4 As Lad Is Electrocuted
West Union Ohio July 20 AP four Portsmouth men were questioned after Delphon Cox 17 died when he grabbed a wire that looped from a power line into a creek where he fished from a boat three men were jailed by state highway patrol custody Sheriff Baldridge said they fished near the scene The boy's father Walter Cox and passerby F M Francis said the wire was used to electrocute fish
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West Union
Portsmouth
Delphon Cox
Cox
State Highway Patrol
Baldridge
Walter Cox
F. M. Francis
Strike Continues at Northwestern Bar Wire Plant
Special deputies and private officers kept a watchful stance as the second week of a strike at the Northwestern barb wire company ended, leaving Sterling Illinois in a tense atmosphere with police in the background.
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Sterling, Ill
Northwestern
Gore Township Education Board Hires Two New Teachers
The Gore Township Board of Education met Friday night and hired Faith Krinn and Miriam Ringhiser as new teachers. They will replace Lillian Lane and Orlandeth Lehman who are moving to other county districts.
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Gore Township
Champion Fan Shows New Trophy
Bill Sauer, Logan Fandom leader, adds an official American League baseball autographed by every member of the New York Yankees to his collection. The presentation was made by Jack Tolbert and other Logan natives now in Hackensack, N J, with autographs from Joe McCarthy Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig among others.
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Bill Sauer
Logan
New York Yankee
Jack Tolbert
Hackensack
N. J
Marager
Joe McCarthy
Joe DiMaggio
Lou Gehrig
Bill
Hold Father in Family Tragedy
Erie police report 40 year old Samuel C Weed, a Sunday School superintendent, confessed incoherently about a cardinal sin after a night in a straight jacket. He allegedly fatally beat his wife and two children with a machinist hammer before snatching a guard’s pistol and fighting for it.
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Erie
Samuel C. Weed
Richard J. Dundon
Slayer Confesses in Dayton Murder Case
Less than 48 hours after a jury found Charles W. Smithson guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of 67 year old grocer David O. Leslie on May 27, Woodrow Fisher 18 confessed to the murder, Sheriff Phil Kloos announced.
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Dayton
Charles W. Smithson
David O. Leslie
Grocer
Woodrow Fisher
Phil Kloos
Fire-engulfed Nora Maersk hamstrings harbor rescue
The Nora Maersk Danish freighter burned in Zamboanga harbor as a U S Army launch crew and native laborers fought to save the ship. The blaze broke out in the harbor with efforts proving ineffectual.
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Manila
P. L
Nora Maersk
Zamboanga
Rains Reach Corn Belt as Merc Tumbles from Heat Wave
Destructive winds in the central plains killed two and injured at least eight in Kansas and Missouri, downing power lines and tearing tents. A tree limb killed Forrest Powell in Independence, Mo, and a 70 year old woman died at Cameron from a downed power line. Chicago reports drought relief with improving conditions. national heat death total tops 4,500.
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Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Cameron
Pattonsburg
Kansas City
Kas
Chicago
J. R. Lloyd
Weather Bureau
Fate of Ve Remains Mystery
The Nuncoa, a 110 foot motor ship with 22 aboard, remains missing after leaving Georgetown, Grand Cayman on July 4. Ships and planes widened the search as Tampa authorities and crews pursue fresh leads and hope for contact.
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Tampa
Fla
Nuncoa
Georgetown
Grand Cayman
West Indies
Workers Relay Sidewalk Repair Near Courthouse
A crew started relaying a cement sidewalk on the west side of the courthouse due to roots from a large elm lifting the surface. The work aims to restore a smooth, safe walkway in front of the building.
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Court House
Solons Tackle New Aid Bill In Ohio Legislature
A second legislative conference committee reports agreement on a new direct relief program for Ohio. Gov. Davey asks the State Emergency Board to advance 55 000 to Cuyahoga County to cover relief needs until the committee report is acted on.
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Columbus
Legislative Conference
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
State Emergency Board
Cuyahoga County
House
School officials discuss pupil transportation with state
County Superintendent J W Coleman accompanies Ward and Green township officials to Columbus to discuss pupil transportation problems with the state Department of Education.
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J. W.coleman
Ward
Green Township
Columbus
State Department of Education
Party Leaders Await Landon topeka Speech
Washington dispatch notes party leaders brace for Governor Alf M Landons Topeka address as the GOP presidential nominee. Analysts anticipate emphasis on drought labor tensions Townsend movement and fundamental principles. Roosevelt and Landon coordinate with campaigns on Senate House governorships and local races.
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Landon
Topeka
Washington
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Townsend
Landen
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representative
Herbert
Woman Found With Throat Slit Buttoned Wound
Mrs Edna Morris 33 of Cincinnati was found in a Louisville church yard with her throat slit and six white buttons sewn along the wound. She said she was injured in an auto crash and men in the car dressed the wound sewing on the buttons with black thread. She was dazed with crude bandages around head and throat.
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Edna Morris
Cincinnati
Louisville
Count Covadanga Eyes Spanish Restoration
Count Alfonso Covadanga, eldest son of former King Alfonso XII, says there is no immediate possibility of a monarchist restoration in Spain's civil war. If restoration occurs, his father or Prince Juan would be next in line. He renounced his claim after marrying Edelmira Sampedro and seeks an annulment.
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New York
Alfonso Covadanga
Alfonso XII of
Spain
Juan
Edelmira Sampedro
Farmer Solves Drought Problem in Marion County
S. B. Stone of Marion county uses Scioto river water, a Ford engine, and 2,000 feet of pipe to run a home irrigation system. The setup draws water from the river, pushes it through small pipes at 70 gallons a minute, and releases it through hose sections to water crops evenly.
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Marion, O
Ohio
Marion County
Scioto
S. B. Stone
Marion
Prowler Shot by Police at Nurses Home in Chicago
In Chicago on July 20 officers killed an armed convict found prowling the rear porch of a south side nurses home. The 28 year old William Keane, paroled March 26 from Joliet penitentiary after four robbery sentences, was identified by fingerprints.
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Chicago
South Side
William Keane
Joliet Penitentiary
Six riders and two spectators hurt in Swanzey race tragedy
Swanzey New Hampshire July 20 six motorcycle racers and two spectators suffered injuries to Gay as a result of the American Motorcycle Association national championship road race yesterday in which two were killed.
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Swanzey
N. H
American Motorcycle Association
Rubber factories resume production after sitdown strike fear
Akron Ohio reports production at rubber plants restarting on July 20 as unions pledge no unauthorized sitdown strikes for six weeks, calming labor tensions and resuming factory work.
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Akron
Peifer Attorney Attacks Star Witness Credibility
In St Paul on July 20 AP Archie Cary defense attorney in the John Peifer kidnapping trial attacked Byron Bolton the prosecution’s star witness and author of the Hamm ransom story. Cary said Bolton a confessed gang member lied on the stand about knowing how to operate a machine gun.
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ST. Paul
John
Jack) Peifer
Byron Bolton
William Hamm
Archie Cary
Bolton
Young Girl Rebounds After Truck Incident
Betty Jean Geslin 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs Scott Geslin is sufficiently recovered from injuries after being struck by a truck last Tuesday afternoon. She returns home to E Second Street.
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Betty Jean Geslin
Scott Geslin
E. Second St
Kepler to face arraignment for drunken driving
John Kepler of Green Township will be arraigned before Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald tomorrow evening on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Kepler was arrested Sunday by Patrolman Seth Sloan.
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John Kepler
Green Township
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Kepler
Seth Sloan
Record primary voting set for national and state races
In Helena Montana voters head to polls Tuesday to select Democratic and Republican nominees for national and state offices as a record turnout is anticipated for the primary election.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Rebel Forces Hold Morocco After Uprising
Paris dispatch reports Spanish rebels aim to topple the Leftist Popular Front and set Rightist rule, with Franco leading forces in a restoration movement. Loyal government troops crush a Madrid uprising, imprisoning over 1000 officers, while rebels retain key areas in Morocco and southern Spain amid garbled reports and rising clashes.
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Paris
Popular Front
Spain
Madrid
Spanish Morocco
la Montana
Franco
Francisco Franco
Mediterranean
Morocco
Barcelona
Andalusia
Castille
Aragon
Navarre
Gibraltar
la Linea
Cadiz
Roosevelt plans tuna cod and pollock fishing aboard schooner
President Roosevelt, aboard the schooner Sewanna off Shelburne, after shaving five days growth, hopes favorable conditions permit several hours of deep sea fishing for tuna cod and pollock before heading around the southern tip of Nova Scotia.
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Liberty
Shelburne
U. S
Roosevelt
Nova Scotia
Sheriff and deputy respond to mad dog call on West Hunter St
Sheriff Joe Farbearn and Deputy Nellis Smith rushed to West Hunter Street Sunday morning after a call from the dog owner reporting a mad dog that began frothing at the mouth after drinking water earlier.
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Joe Farbearn
Nellis Smith
West Hunter St
Drunken Driver Arrests On Route 31 Near Rockbridge
Chet Riser of South Perry was arrested last night on Route 31 above Rockbridge by State Patrolman Grogan for driving while intoxicated. He was to be arraigned this afternoon before Magistrate 8 B Whitehart.
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Chet Riser
South Perry
Rockbridge
P Grogan
B. Whitehart
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