Marconi Dies Of Heart Attack In Rome at 63
The Marquis Guglielmo Marconi, pioneer of wireless telegraphy, died at 3 45 AM in his Rome home. His widow Countess Cristina Bezzi Scala and daughter Elettra Elena were noted, with Mussolini sending condolences. A world-wide minute of silence was planned in New York as the Rome funeral began.
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Andrew S. Berding
Rome
Guglielmo Marconi
Alban Hills
Cristina Bezzi-Scala
Viareggio
Mussolini
Marconi
Via Condotti
New York
Gugielmo Marconi
Actress Quizzed in Hollywood Death Probe
Actress Kay Tutwiler aged 29 and actor Luther Allen aged 32 were questioned by police in Hollywood following the mystery death of Dorothy Mae Garland a 32 year old attorney and defendant in a $130 000 alienation of affections suit.
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Kay Tutwiler
Luther Allen
Hollywood
Dorothy Mae Garland
Final farewell as Il Duce kisses dead man
Il Duce nears the bed lit by tall candles and leans to kiss the deceased on the forehead in a stark, ceremonial moment.
Marconi Dies In Italy After Illness And State Funeral
The inventor Marconi died yesterday after illness and will lie in state at Farnesina Palace Rome before burial in Bologna. A state funeral is planned for Saturday at 6 PM with an imposing procession from the Academy toward St Mary of the Angels Church. Fascists expected Mussolini to attend the procession.
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Elettra Elena
Queen Elena of
Italy
Rome
Farnesina Palace
Royal Academy
Bologna
Hoon Est
Academy
St. Mary of the Angel
Diocletian
Mussolini
Parole Board Probe Delays Report In Ohio Inquiry
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy questioned Parole Board members Charles Haslop and Charles Sharp about general operations. He seeks possible irregularities in parole issuance and plans a conference with J. Edgar Hoover to discuss national parole matters. A final report is at least a month away.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Charles Haslop
Charles Sharp
Ohio Parole Board
Duffy
Martin L. Davey
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Battle for Madrid Intensifies as Civil War Rages
July 20 AP report says about 200000 troops on both sides clash in a six day siege near Madrid. Franco forces rush reinforcements to Valdemorillo and Quijorna while government bombers attack Navalagamella to disrupt insurgent lines. The fate of Madrid is tied to the war’s outcome as infantry, artillery and air power converge.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Navalagamella
Valdemorillo
Quijorna
Jose Miaja
Seige
Couple Slain in Queens Apartment Under Mystery Circumstances
New York AP report says police await an autopsy on George Chinery aged 28 and Ella 25 found dead in a Queens apartment. He lay in a bathroom blood pool, she in an adjoining bedroom covered with bruises. Neighbors last saw them Thursday and investigators weigh poisoning or other causes. A man's wallet with 65 dollars and a woman's purse with 11.33 were found, leading detectives to pause robbery theories.
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New York
Queens
George Chinery
Ella
Chinery
James Smith
Pet Snake Hero of Bold Bradenton Store Crime
Bradenton grocer H. E. Mower recalls his ten foot boa constrictor as the real life fixture of his store. Thieves pried open a rear window last night and fled without loot after sighting the snake’s eyes and hiss under a flashlight beam. The serpent has lived at the store since arriving as a baby in a bunch of bananas about 18 years ago.
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Bradenton
Fla
H. E. Mower
Mower
Mrs Pearl Antibus Sues Warner in Raid Injury Suit
Mrs Pearl Antibus files a $510000 lawsuit against Thomas Warner Sr a wealthy electrical maker alleging injuries from a raid on her Los Angeles home She claims Warner led police in the raid believing his son was held a love captive at the residence It is pictured in a Los Angeles hospital where she recuperates from the claimed injuries.
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Pearl Antibus
Thomas Warner, Sr
Los Angeles Hospital
Antibus
Warner, Sr
Homse
Sino Japanese Row Continues In Peiping Suburb Clashes
Chinese and Japanese forces fought in a Peiping suburb after a withdrawal ultimatum expired. Japanese shells hit Wangpingshien towers as Chinese arsenals and barracks burned in the area. The noon deadline passed with no Chinese response as peace efforts failed. Families of Japanese diplomats prepare to leave Nanking for Shanghai.
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Associated Press
Peiping
Wangpingshien
Japan
Marco Polo Bridge
Domei
Shanghai
Nanking
Two American Women Attacked by Japanese Sentries in Peiping
Two American women, Mrs. Helen R. Jones of Detroit and Miss Carol Lathrop of Washington, testified they were kicked and shoved by Japanese guards outside the Japanese embassy in Peiping. The U S embassy said it notified Tokyo after depositions were filed.
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Peiping
China
United States
Helen R. Jones
Detroit
Mich
Carol Lathrop
Washington, D. C
Convicted Banker Painter Taken Under Oxygen Tent
Kenyon V. Painter once a Cleveland financier and noted hunter, now in prison for misapplying bank funds, was placed under an oxygen tent at Columbus White Cross Hospital for myocarditis. Hospital staff said his condition was just fair as he rests. Painter, director and principal stockholder of Union Trust Company of Cleveland, recently began his sentence after an unsuccessful U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
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Columbus
Kenyon V. Painter
Cleveland
White Cross
Painter
Union Trust Company of
U. S. Supreme Court
Oil lobbyist dead in Cleveland hospital
Isaac G. Monroe age 57, a legislative representative of the Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association from Columbus, died in a Cleveland hospital after a series of brain hemorrhages.
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Cleveland
Isaac G. Monroe
Columbus
Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association
Push Plans for Grade Crossing Elimination on Route 31
State Highway Department officials said the contract for the overhead crossing at Enterprise, part of Route 31 improvements, will be let on Tuesday August 10. The grade separation project features a three span concrete bridge with continuous steel beams about 167 feet long, estimated at 38100 dollars. Labor will be hired through the Hocking County National Reemployment Service office and the contract must be completed in 130 working days.
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State Highway Department
Enterprise
Jurgénsmier Hill
Hocking River
Hocking County
National Reemployment Service
Lancaster Man Fined and Jailed for Drunken Driving
Harry Eck, 43, Lancaster, pleaded guilty in Hocking County Common Pleas Court to driving while intoxicated. Judge Phil Henderson sentenced him to $100 fine and costs and thirty days in jail with six months driving rights suspension after his arrest near Harper's Run on Route 31 north of Logan by Deputy Nellis Smith and State Patrolman Grogan.
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Hocking County
Long illness claims life of Lewis A. Smith at 76
Lewis A. Smith 76 died after a long illness at his home on East Front Street at 11 05 A M. He is survived by widow Margaret three sons Albert and William of Logan and John of Columbus and four daughters Mrs Walter P Huffman Mrs Joe Woodruff Mrs Pearl Tanner and Mrs Orville Appleman all of Logan. Leonard Funeral Service handles arrangements.
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Lewis A. Smith
E. Front St
Margaret
Albert
William
Logan
John of Columbus
Walter P. Huffman
Joe Woodruff
Pearl Tanner
Orville Appleman
Leonard
Budge Beats Von Cramm For Davis Cup Victory
In a dramatic Davis Cup interzone final Budge wins 6-8 5-7 6-4 6-2 8-6 after trailing two sets, defeating Baron Gottfried Von Cramm to send the United States to face Great Britain in the challenge round.
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Wimbledon
Fug
Don Budge
California
Red Head
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
United States
Germany
Budge
U.S
Great Britain
Sanatorium Sewage Project Stalled by WPA Walkout
In Mount Vernon Ohio the new sewage disposal system at the State Sanatorium halted work after 35 Works Progress Administration employees walked out in protest of a foreman’s dismissal.
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MT. Vernon
Ohio State Sanatorium
Works Progress Administration
Logan Rotarians Feature Price Brothers Musical Program
At the regular meeting last night Logan Rotarians enjoyed a musical program by Bruce and Dick Price. Dr. Harry Eastman presented a past president’s button to F. J. Reid.
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Logan Rotarians
Bruce
Dick Price
F. J. Reid
Harry Eastman
Laurelville Post Office Bandit Captured in Detroit
Sheriff Joe Farbearn reports the Laurelville Post Office holdup suspect, John Meade, arrested in Detroit by U. S. postal inspector R. C. Alexander. Meade allegedly confessed to the June 28 robbery, in which a lone man bound clerk Florence Pontious, took about $90 and money order blanks, then fled toward Circleville.
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Joe Farbearn
Laurelville
Detroit
Michigan
John Meade
R. C. Alexander
U. S
Alexander
Swaurelville
Farbearn
Hocking County
Florence Pontious
Circleville
Black Patrol Delays 80 New Troopers Amid Budget Cuts
Col. Lynn Black, head of the state highway patrol, postponed indefinitely the addition of 80 patrolmen due to a budget cut. He warned the move would prevent reaching full strength of 200 and force curtailment of services including school bus inspections, new vehicle purchases, uniforms, equipment, salary gains, daily reports to officials, and drunken driver exams.
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Columbus
Lynn Black
State Highway Patrol
Two Negroes Lynched After Tallahassee Police Stabbing
Assistant Chief W. L. Prater reports two young Black men charged with stabbing Officer W F Kelly were lynched by unidentified assailants. Bodies found near a highway just outside Tallahassee after dawn. Kelly remains in serious condition. Early reports describe a possible raid on police HQ to seize the suspects.
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Tallahasseef, Fla
W. L. Prater
Tallahassee
Prater
W. F. Kelly
Kelly
Jacksonville
Florida
Roosevelt Court Bill Leader Fight Delays Vote
Washington July 20. Administration forces seek a new Senate leader before the Roosevelt Court Bill vote as Democrats clash over adjournment and strategy. Harrison and Barkley vie for support with proxies and illness altering attendance while President Roosevelt weighs a quick settlement.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Judiciary Committee
Ison
Little Rock
Ark
Harrison
Barkley
Black
Ala
Roosevelt
Cummings
Senate
Glass
Virginia
Hayden
Arizona
Bankhead
Alabama
Garner
Texas
Lewis
Ilinois
Ward
Wagner
Woman Ends Life in Stratton Despondent Over Health
Coroner Raymond Slee of Steubenville ruled Mrs. George Streets 42 of Stratton died by self inflicted gunshot. The death occurred in July and linked to despondency over health.
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Steubenville
Raymond Slee
George Streets
Stratton
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I Duce
Pius XI
Vatican
Castel Gondolfo
Pontiff
Pius
Marconi Company
Elettra
Solari
America
Parole Board
Mrs. Pearl Antibus
Highway Dept
Baron von Cramm
WPA
MR. Ripley
Jane Toohey
Cincinnati
Miss Toohey
P.O
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