Warships Ordered To Spain As Americans Evacuate Fears
U S warships moved toward Spain to prepare evacuation routes for Americans amid civil conflict. The battleship Oklahoma neared Cherbourg and the cruiser Quincy headed from Norfolk, with both vessels ready to assist from Gibraltar or San Sebastian if needed. Madrid violence prompted flag raising at U S buildings as unrest escalates.
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United States
Spain
France
Oklahoma
Quincy
State Department
Cherbourg
Annapolis
William H. Standley
Claude G. Bowers
San Sebastian
Mass
Atlantic
Norfolk
Gibraltar
Madrid
Embassy
Ohio Bell Refunds Ordered by State Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the Ohio Public Utilities Commission order directing Ohio Bell to refund 11.8 million dollars benefiting more than half of Ohio's 6.6 million residents. A separate action ordered 648 thousand in Cleveland area refunds. The ruling upheld PUCO findings that rates were too high from 1925 to 1932 and that refunds should be issued by 1934, with the stay of execution previously granted in 1934.
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State Supreme Court Today
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Ohio
Utilities Commission
Supreme Court
Thomas A. Jones
Cleveland
Commission
PUCO
Public Utilities Commission
State Utilities Commission
Frank Geijr
Charles F. Schaber
E. J. Hopple
Schaber
Telephone Company
Lead Follows New Clue in Helen Clevenger Slaying
Authorities in Asheville investigate the death of 18 year old Helen Clevenger from New York after she was shot at a fashionable hotel. Three hotel employees are being questioned as detectives pursue a fresh lead today.
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Asheville
N. C
Helen Clevenger
New York
Moroccan Cavalry Parade Supports Loyal Forces
The march features Moroccan cavalry parading here on March as workers and peasants join loyal forces to resist the rebel advance.
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Spain
Forest Fire Near Maysville Leaves Crew to Combat Blaze
King County workers were detailed to fight a fire near their work site with a CCC crew from Camp Nelson arriving to assist. Ditches were dug and flames beaten out where possible. A second nearby fire yesterday may have sparked the morning blaze. a prominent Ohio figure died in Florida, Williams Culkins, age 68.
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Yy Vernary Aura
King County Office
CCC
Camp Nelson
Some Jenner
Cincinnati
Williams C. Culkins
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Midwest
St. Petersburg
Fla
KIWANIANS HEAR L. P. MOONEY SPEAK
The Logan Kiwanis Club heard L. P. Mooney speak on hobbies and R. R. Lanning present a souvenir to each member. Five members plan to attend the Lancaster Kiwanis Club meeting tonight at the Lancaster Camp Grounds.
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Logan Kiwanis Club
L. P. Mooney
R. R. Lanning
Mr. Mooney
Mr. Lanning
Lancaster Kiwanis Club
Lancaster Camp Grounds
Raymond
Wilbur Lanning
Ed Davis
M. H. Cherrington
Bremen Bank Suspects Free After Alibi Support
Anthony Gaylan and Charles Destro of Akron were dismissed by U S Commissioner Joseph Horner in Bremen cane 4 after witnesses backed their alibis about being in Akron during the National Bank attempted robbery. The Bremen and Akron residents’ testimony led to no case.
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Columbus
Anthony Gaylan
Charles Destro
Akron
Bremen
U. S
Joseph Horner
Horner
Local inmates plot escape from Ohio Reformatory
Records from the State Welfare Department reveal three Mansfield inmates assaulted a guard and tried to escape Friday night. The men are Donald Lape 23 Hocking County, Ormond Brewer 31 Dayton, and P. E. Stuart Cincinnati. Bremer and Lape are serving burglary terms while Stuart serves an automobile theft term. The guard was struck with an iron pipe.
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State Welfare Department
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Arthur Glattke
Donald Lape
Hocking County
Ormond Brewer
Dayton
P. E. Stuart
Cincinnati
Bremer
Lape
Stuart
Two longshoremen face homicide charge in O Connor death
In New York on July 22 AP reports two longshoremen charged with homicide in the death of George K. O Connor Chicago Electrical Engineer told police they saw him fighting with two men a few hours before his body was found.
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New York
George K. O'Connor
Chicago
Townsend on Speaking Tour in Cleveland Two Walkouts Reported
Elderly Dr. F E Townsend led an eastern speaking tour with two walkouts. One walkout succeeded, the other halted as he needed a shave and a chat with Al Schacht. A contempt of court citation is pending related to a long-running pension case against Townsend and others.
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Cleveland
F. E. Townsend
al Schacht
Boston Red Sox
Old Age Pension Movement
Long Beach
Calif
Erie
House of Representatives
Washington
Five Black Legionnaires Face Arraignment in Detroit
In Detroit on July 22, five Black Legionnaires were arraigned on charges of causing fatal harm to a Black person last year during an alleged attempt to have fun. Dayton Dean, a confessor of Black Legion deeds, provided the first public account, with Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea confirming a corroborating statement from one of the men Dean cited.
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Detroit
Dayton Dean
Black Legion
Duncan C. McCrea
Dean
Inside Job Hints in Asheville Clevenger Case
Sheriff says Daniel Gaddy holds key to case and may speak soon. Edward Fleming and L. D. Roddy, both about 25, are detained for questioning. The sheriff suspects an insider from Asheville. Mark Wollner and Mildred Ward remain held while alibi reviewed.
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Laurence Brown
Daniel Gaddy
Edward Fleming
L. D. Roddy
Gaddy
Clevenger
Asheville
All CCC enrollees in New Lexington back at work
Fifty one Civilian Conservation Corps members under Lieut. T. J. Hoffman resumed duties in New Lexington Ohio after recovering from a common ailment suffered two days earlier following an evening meal. An investigation into water or tainted food as the cause was underway.
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New Lexington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Lieut
T. J. Hoffman
Lieut. Hoffman
Red Committee Formed At Madrid
Fighting and political upheaval marked the Spanish civil war with reports of a Red Committee formed by extreme Leftists in Madrid. Loyal forces recaptured San Sebastian from rebels as clashes and anarchist attacks disrupted Catalonia.
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Madrid
Associated Press
Spain
San Sebastian
Claude G. Bowers
Bilbao
Reuter’s
London
Hendaye
France
Luis Companys
Catalonia
Barcelona
Red Committee
Bids Opened for Sanner Road Improvement Project
State Highway Department received bids in Columbus for three miles of grading drainage and paving on County Road No 26 and Township Road No 325 in Starr Township. Ed Turner of Logan was the sole bidder with a likely contract under the estimated 21 191 26 dollars for a federally funded project connecting routes 56 and 31.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Sanner Road
Hocking County
Ed Turner
Logan
Turner
Starr Township
Troy Fire Destroys Industrial District in Ohio
Fire destroyed a large portion of Troy Ohio's Old Industrial District causing about $100,000 in losses and halting traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio and Big Four railroads for more than an hour. Fire officials reported no injuries as flames smoldered in the blackened wreckage of a dozen buildings.
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Troy
Baltimore & Ohio
Big Four
Rural Solons Say Large Counties Should Handle Own Relief Leads
Ohio rural representatives Patrick J. Runn and John L. Richards defend local control of relief funding saying large counties like Cuyahoga should not rely on state aid. They oppose need based allocations in the $6.5 million relief fund while acknowledging big counties may need temporary help.
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H. H. Daugherty
Associated Press
Columbus, O
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Patrick J. Runn
Tuscarawas
John L. Richards
Carroll
Keith Lawrence
James Metzenbaum
Bob Dunn
Richards
Lakes
Cuyahoga
Hamiltion
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