Private Life Of Actress Mate Revealed In Trial
Nursemaid Nellie Richardson testifies about Dr. Frank Lin Thorpe and Miss Mary Astor amid divorce court allegations. Diary excerpts claim Astor wrote of loving a man named George before custody battle. Photographs show Thorpe with Norma Taylor as wife’s alleged romance unfolds.
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Los Angeles
Franklin Thorpe
Mary Astor
George
Hollywood
Nellie Richardson
Thorpe
Marlyn
Miss Richardson
Dr. Thorpe
Miss Astor
Ed Nellie Richardson
Roland Rich Woolley
Hocking County License Tag Funds Vouchers Included
Columbus July 30 AP Frank West state registrar of motor vehicles said vouchers are to be prepared for mailing counties with city totals. County figures include Athens 17064 Fairfield 27360 Lancaster 4000 Hocking 9432 Perry 11304 Pickaway 13464 Ross 12744 Chillicothe 1250 Vinton 3312.
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Columbus
Frank West
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Athens
Fairfield
Lancaster
Hocking
Perry
Pickaway
Ross
Chillicothe
Vinton
Six Black Legion Members On Trial
In Detroit on July 30 AP a judge waived a jury as six men Frederick A. Gulley Earl Angstandt Charles King Thomas F. Cox Harold Lawrence and Wilbur Robinson go on trial in circuit court on charges of kidnapping and flogging Robert Penland of Ecorse for not attending Hooded Night Riders meetings.
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Detroit
Ecorse
Black Legion
Joseph A. Moynihan
Frederick A. Gulley
Earl Angstandt
Charles King
Thomas F. Cox
Harold Lawrence
Wilbur Robinson
Robert Penland
Rescues Starving Woman In Akron Hospitalized
A housekeeper tended three young children of Mrs. Pearl Horton after she was treated for malnutrition. Horton, age 25, was reported in fairly good condition at a local hospital and said she had to share relief food.
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Akron
Pearl Horton
Local jurist improves after critical condition
Judge Harley M. Whitcraft, after a relapse Tuesday following a severe heart attack on July 4, rests better today. Dr. A K Smith denies rumors of a recent operation, noting he remains seriously ill but shows slight improvement following special treatment yesterday.
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Harley M. Whitcraft
A. K. Smith
Judge Whitcraft
Break at jail halted by sheriff
Sheriff W. H. Seenhower said he thwarted an attempted break from Fayette County jail in Washington Court House Ohio, where 10 inmates are held. He learned late last night that prisoners forced a ventilator in the cell block ceiling to reach an attic and escape through a window using a blanket rope.
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Washington Court House
W. H. Seenhower
Fayette County
Corporal George Neve Tompkins Dies at 92 in Delaware
George Neve Tompkins 92, a corporal in the 2éth regiment of the New Jersey volunteers under Gen Joel Hooker, died last night at his daughter Mrs Flossie Kinikin's home in Delaware.
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Delaware .O
George Neve Tompkins
New Jersey Volunteers
Joel Hooker
Flossie Kinikin
City to End Water Shortage With New Well Connection
City officials announced the water supply would be switched to the new city water well this evening pending final checks. Workmen finished connecting the pump after morning maintenance, a temporary chlorinator is in service with State Health Board approval, and a WIXARD inspector was to verify the final hookup in Logan today. Loomis traveled to Columbus to obtain grease for the pump as the city awaits council approval for a permanent system.
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City
Loomis
State Health Board
Wixard
Logan
Clumbus
Two Die in Night Gun Fight Between Red Workers and Civic Nationalists
AP report states two men were killed and seven wounded in a nocturnal clash between Red workers and members of the Civic Nationalistic organization in the city. The confrontation prompted police inquiries and heightened political tensions amid ongoing labor unrest.
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Red
Youths Escape Drowning Near Fairport
Three Cleveland Heights youths survived a lake danger four miles east of Fairport when a 23 foot saw boat was overwhelmed by gale driven waves on Lake Erie. Kenneth Efros 19 and Morris Chaney 20 with James Chaney 16 were swept toward a cliff as the storm raged.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Lake Erie
Fairport
Kenneth Efros
Morris Chaney
James Chaney
State plans 2 million prison construction in 1937 budget
State Welfare Director Margaret Allman said she would seek two million dollars in the 1937 budget to fund a new state prison, likely at the site of the London Prison Farm, with the request to go to the legislature.
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Columbus
Margaret Allman
London
Landon supports unions’ right to organize in letter
Gov Alf M Landon wrote Norman Thomas stating labor unions have the right to promote lawful and proper means to organize an industry. The letter asserts the right to send in an organizer.
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Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
Norman Thomas
Director predicts greatest Ohio State Fair in history
Earl H. Hanefeld, director of agriculture, predicted the 86th Ohio State Fair in Columbus would be the greatest and most complete fair in state history. The event is scheduled for Aug. 31 to Sept. 4.
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Columbus, CO
Earl. H. Hanefeld
Columbus
Knox to be notified for Republican Vice Presidential nomination
Col. Frank Knox will accept the Republican nomination in Chicago at 7:30 PM CST at Chicago Stadium. The ceremony aims to project a campaign message and outline plans if Knox succeeds, with about 50,000 on site and millions more via radio. The event honors his military service and centers on Americanism, Constitutionalism, and the Flag as a motif.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Rough Rider
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Chauncey McCormick
Col. Knox
Committee On
May divorce dem campaigns in Ohio split plan
Ohio Democratic leaders Senator Robert Bulkley and Charles Sawyer discussed a plan to separate national and state campaigns but said the November drive would proceed in harmony. Sawyer, a national committeeman, noted no decision and emphasized potential separate headquarters would not imply disharmony. Bulkley added national and state committees have always been separate.
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Ohio
U.S
Robert Bulkley
Charles Sawyer
Francis W
Sawyer
Bulkley
Cleveland
North Florida braces for tropical hurricane threat
Apalachicola and surrounding northwest Florida counties prepared for an approaching tropical hurricane. Small boats moved, docks cleared, and beach residents sought higher ground as the disturbance neared. Weather officials warned winds of hurricane force likely near the storm center, with hurricane warnings extending from Cedar Keys to Panama City.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Apalachicola
Florida
Weather Bureau
Cedar Keys
Panama City
Rock Fall Kills Miner at Sun Day Creek Mine No. 90
Charles Roberts a 40 year old miner from Hemlock was killed instantly when a large rock at the mine entrance crushed his head. The accident happened early yesterday at Mine No. 90 of the Sun Day Creek Coal Co as he rode a motor out to sign off for the night.
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Charles Roberts
Hemlock
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Roberts
Barrymore Will Not Testify This Week in Suit Case
Hollywood July 30 John Barrymore avoids court appearances this week as a specially appointed physician informs the judge he is unable to testify in suits against his former business manager and former secretary over accountings at the sanitarium.
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Hollywood
Calif
John Barrymore
FDR Predicts Completion of Passamaquoddy Power Project
President Roosevelt told Maine attendees that the Passamaquoddy power project will be completed and urged support for a joint American Canadian development. He noted initial funding of 7,000 WPA dollars and said education of the public may be needed before Congress and Canadian parliament consider an international agreement.
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FDR
Camforello
Island
N. B
Roosevelt
Quebec
Quoddy
St. Lawrence River
Eastport
Maine
Ford Healthy On 73rd Birthday
BIG BAY Michigan July 30 AP Henry Ford 73 today watched a pile of congratulatory messages at his cottage in the Huron Mountain Club Reservation but observed the occasion with no ceremony. Ill only twice before, Ford appears in good health and aloof to interviews as he awaits the next plans after leaving Detroit.
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Big Bay
Mich
Henry Ford
Huron Mountain Club
Ford
Detroit
Plan hatcheries to stock lakes in Muskingum project
The Bureau of Fisheries said one large hatchery and four or five smaller ones are planned to stock lakes created by the Muskingum conservancy project in Ohio. M C James, assistant chief of fish culture, noted some of the 14 reservoirs would be too dry in summer, but others could provide suitable habitat.
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Washington
Bureau of Fisheries
Muskingum Conservancy
Ohio
M. C. James
Bureau
King Edward to sail Nahlin on Dalmatian coast cruise
Buckingham Palace announced King Edward has chartered the yacht Nahlin for a three or four week cruise along the Dalmatian coast. He is expected to join the voyage in about ten days at Dubrovnik, Jugoslavia.
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London
Edward
Nahlin
Buckingham Palace
Dubrovnik
Jugoslavia
Lightning Strike on Ohio Senator's Boat Near Solomons Island
Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio and a party were jolted when a lightning bolt struck their fishing launch near the mouth of the Patuxent River. He and Captain William Hayden were thrown into minor shock but unharmed, with Donahey later saying he was all right.
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Solomons Island
Vic Donahey
Ohio
G. A .Schlessinger
Ohio Highway
Patuxent River
William Hayden
Colomans Island
Hayden
Senator Donahey
Schhlessinger
Schlessinger
Lela E. Leeth
Samuel Wallsmith
Constance
Baltimore
Marian Donahey
Six Indicted for Slaying at Ohio Steel Plant
Six men were indicted on first and second degree murder in the killing of 38 year old Simon Ginsberg during a strike clash at the Wheeling Steel plant in Portsmouth Ohio on June 23. Indicted are James Sexton Robert Malone Charles Weiss Clifford Dupuy Carman Newell and Clyde Mullens. The grand jury actions followed a 52 day walkout led by the Amalgamated association of iron steel and tin workers. All defendants held without bond in county jail.
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Portsmouth
Simon Ginsberg
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
James Sexton
Scioto County
Ohio
Robert Malone
Charles Weiss
Clifford Dupuy
Carman Newell
South Portsmouth
Clyde Mullens
Wheelersburg
Chemical leader dies at 53 in Columbus hospital
George M. Weaver, 53, vice president and secretary of the Smith Agriculture Chemical Co, died last night in a Columbus hospital. A native of Steubenville, he led the Indianapolis plant and was in charge of the company’s Indianapolis operations.
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Columbus
George M. Weaver
Indianapolis
Smith Agriculture Chemical Cohere
Weaver
Steubenville
Judge in Bonus Slaying Trial on Local Bench
Judge Wilbur M. McKenzie of Chillicothe presided in Logan today due to Judge Whitcraft illness after a Ross County jury found Flossie Gullet Dixon guilty of manslaughter in the death of her husband. McKenzie will sentence Dixon in days. He opened his session with minor cases and granted a divorce to Wthel Weakley from Harry.
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Wilbur M. McKenzie
Chillicothe
Logan
Harley M. Whitcraft
Ross County
Flossie Gullett Dixon
Dixon
McKenzie
Wthel Weakley
Harry
Judge Ruth, former Columbus municipal judge, dies
Judge Frank Edwin Ruth, longtime Columbus municipal judge, died today from heart disease. Survived by his widow Grace T. Ruth and a sister Mrs. I. J. Collins, wife of the president of Lancaster Glass Co.
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Columbus, O
Frank Edwin Ruth
Columbus
Grace T. Ruth
I. J. Collins
Lancaster Glass Co
Veterans Dedicate Forest To Poet Joyce Kilmer
Robbinsville North Carolina July 30 World War veterans and friends gathered to dedicate a forest of virgin growth to Joyce Kilmer the poet who wrote Poems are made by fools like me But only God can make a tree.
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Robbinsville
N. C
Joyce Kilmer
Cargo Vessels Requisitioned to End Revolt
Spanish mountaineers report more than 2,000 loyal troops killed in ambush near Zaragoza as government forces push to suppress rebel stronghold in northeast Spain. Rebels still hold several large cities. reports come from Perpignan with French officials confirming details.
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Perpignan
France
Zaragoza
Spain
Bor
Leftist Forces Press Insurgent Retreat in Spain Fight
1936 dispatch reports government and loyalist forces driving fascist insurgents from Guadarrama Mountains toward Avila and Segovia near Madrid. Rebels bomb Guadarramas as loyalist air and ground units strike Barcelona Valencia and Madrid remain normal. Gonzalez Pena leads miners at Oviedo siege amid regional unrest.
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Guadarrama Mountains
Madrid
Avila
Segovia
Barcelona
Alencia
Gonzalez Pena
Oviedo
Severe corn loss reported across five Midwestern states
The department of agriculture reported that about half of the total corn acreage in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma and South Dakota is damaged beyond recovery for grain production as of July 28. It noted better conditions in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, though sizable areas in those states will also yield little corn.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Ohio
Indiana
Illnois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nesota
Long predicted naval race near underway in Tokyo
Tangible evidence of a long predicted naval building race emerged as reports from Tokyo indicate Japan will likely arrange the replacement of four capital ships next year. Britain, meanwhile, planned to lay the keels of two vessels today as part of the developments.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Tions
Japan
Britain
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