Legionnaires Open National Parley Today
Veterans gather in Cleveland as National Commander Ray Murphy opens the eighteenth American Legion Convention with a silent tribute to the war dead. Ohio Governor Davey and Cleveland Mayor Burton greet delegates as Topeka lawyer Campbell claims early support, with about 326 pledged votes reported and 660 needed for election, including Ohio’s 55 votes.
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Arlington Cemetery
Martin L.davey
Ohio
Harold H. Burton
Jon ‘D. Campbell
Ohio Department
Legion
Auxiliary
Mery
Topeka
Kan
Flood menaces Austin Texas from Colorado river crest
A Texas flood driven by a Colorado crest of more than 50 feet surged toward Austin. The disaster has left about 1,500 homeless and caused over 5 million dollars in damages. The swollen river, following the Concho in the San Angelo area, reached depths between Reagency and Chadwick, with no rapid flattening observed as it moves south toward the capital.
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Austin
Colorado
San Angelo
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Chadwick
Sheriff Nabs Shoplifters
Sheriff Joe Farbearn turned in two of them as they ed. After entering pleas of guilty to day barons Seer to Whitehart, Marshley costs a gh age all be $5 and costs.
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Seer
Whitehart
Marshley
Accident Victim Improving at Cherrington Hospital
Mrs Catherine Westen of Logan is recovering after a Friday automobile crash near Maxville. X rays show no bone injury, with bruises as the main damage. she is improving Nicely at Cherrington Hospital.
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Maxville
Cherrington Hospital
Jurist in critical condition at Coombe Hospital
Judge Harley M. Whitcraft remained in very critical condition today at Coombe Hospital in Coombour, according to relatives. The report notes the judge’s serious illness has prompted concern among legal circles and court staff.
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We Comoe
Coumbou
Landon Studies for Crop Plan in Topeka Speech
Gov. Alf M. Landon and agricultural advisers in Topeka studied President Roosevelt's move toward crop insurance on the eve of his campaign in the Midwest. The Kansan said the insurance question should receive fullest attention as Landon prepares for a national broadcast. No immediate comment from Landon campaign.
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Kas
Alf M. Landon
Rooevelts
London
Des Moines
Iowa
Landon
Hearst replies to the President in presidential clash
William Randolph Hearst, 73, publisher of 36 newspapers, issued a reply alleging President Roosevelt’s foes support his stance while the White House offered no added comment. Communist candidate Earl Browder criticized the Hearst London campaign as weakening if it must rely on such alleged lies.
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William Randolph Hearst
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White House
Earl Browder
Hearst-London
Mary Pickford Says Not Engaged Yet in Surprise Claim
Mary Pickford admitted she recently confided she is not engaged yet and Hollywood friends predict she will marry Charles Buddy Rogers, the orchestra leader, within three weeks.
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Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Charles
Buddy" Rogers
Toledo police hunt young gunman after grocers death
Police hunted today a young gunman who fatally shot Clement L. Mikolayczyk in his Toledo grocery store. Mrs Mikolayczyk said the youth fired Saturday when her husband balked at backing against a wall and fled without taking loot.
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Clement L. Mikolayczyk
Mikolayczyk
Steel rate rebound lifts Youngstown output to 80 percent
Cleveland AP reports the national operating rate rose three points to 72 percent last week, with the Youngstown district hitting 80 percent. The gain in the Youngstown district steel works rate was a main factor in the rebound.
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Youngstown District
Steel
Veteran Ref Dies in Cleveland at 69
Matt Hinkel, 69, a renowned boxing referee and promoter, dies in Cleveland. Funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow. his famed greeting was Shake the hand that shook the hand of John L. Sullivan.
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Cleveland
Matt Hinkel
John L. Sullivan
Democrats Open Campaign Offices at Preston Building
County Democrats opened their campaign today with party headquarters on East Main Street second floor of the Preston Building above Bierly's market. John Bierly in charge from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Phil A. Henderson to take over evenings. Committees and clubs will meet at the new HQ.
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Coms
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Phil A. Henderson
Henderson
Democratic Central
Roosevelt-Davey Club
Young Democratic Club
WPA director answers G O P crisis over relief costs
Joseph H Alexander labeled the Republican critique of Cuyahoga relief as old stuff and looser language. The party cited affidavits from former FERA workers at the Columbus Canning Plant about ruined meat. It said fourteen hundred needy families wait for WPA work at New Lexington while one thousand miners gain preferred payroll places in Perry County.
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Joseph H. Alexander
Republican National Committee
Cuyahoga Relief
Alexander
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
FERA
Columbus
New Lexington
Perry County
Margiotti Pursues Third Degree Death Probe in Pa
Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti resumed the inquiry into the Third Degree death of Frank C. Monaghan Sr., a 64 year old hotel keeper, promising sensational disclosures. He declined to forecast arrests beyond the two state troopers and an assistant county detective charged with murder. He cited evidence of desperate attempts to wipe blood stains from the room where Monaghan was examined after the stabbing of Chief County Detective John Wall.
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Charles J. Margiotti
Frank C. Monaghan
Pittsburgh
Little Bertillon
Monaghan
John Wall
Who'll Accept Gasco's Money in Ohio Case
In Logan Judge Wilber McKenzie presides over Ohio Fuel Gas Co versus heirs of Sylvester and Phoebe Hoy over $205 due on oil and gas leases. He allows the company to pay money into court to a designated recipient and appoints Charles Achauer as receiver. The judge also grants leave to amend in another matter: Gamuallet tnt the cae and ham ward versus Flora Welker.
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Wilber McKenzie
Chillicothe
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Sylvester
Phoebe Hoy
McKenzie
Charles Achauer
Cae and Ham Ward
Flora Welker
John Shiin
Head and Hands Slaying Probe in Kentucky
Kentucky authorities investigate a severed head found wrapped in Louisville papers near Richmond. The skull, likely a woman around 40, with brown hair, shows a crushed skull and ties to a prior "Head and Hands" case. The body parts were found in a sugarcane patch last Friday, near the scene.
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Kentucky
Harry Brotherton
Moberly
Ore
Louisville
Department of Justice
Vernon Leer
Harry R. Miller
Cincinnati
Plans for $7,000,000 dam on Ohio River announced
Army engineers outline a $7 million stationary dam project on the Ohio River between Steubenville and New Cumberland to replace movables No 7 No 8 No 9 and possibly No 10. The lift will reach 25.7 feet, raising pool levels and improving water-volume control with construction possibly starting in 1940 after surveys and plans.
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Army Engineers
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Montgomery Island
W. E. R. Cowell
Pittsburgh
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War Department
Washington
Steubenville
New Cumberland
W. Va
Midland
Man Confesses Double Slaying in Ohio Pasture Dispute
Jefferson County grand jury met as James Arthur Moore 25, surrendered voluntarily and confessed to shooting his wife's father Joseph Luckey 55 and son Joseph Jr. 27 near Blues Run in a quarrel over alleged dumping of slag in a pasture. Sheriff Ray Long said Luckey had accused Moore of dumping slag.
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Steubenville
Sey
Jefferson County
Denies Fatal Shooting In Cincinnati Case
Almon Bogardus 63, suspended head of the Cincinnati office of the State Liquor Enforcement Division, pleaded innocent to a charge of fatal shooting Mrs. Ernestine Montgomery 34. A hearing on a murder warrant was continued to Sept. 29. Bogardus is free on 7500 dollars bond. Montgomery, in a police statement, accused Bogardus of shooting her in his hotel room. she had earlier said she shot herself. He denied the charge and was released after questioning.
Mrs Roosevelt 82 Observes Birthday at Hyde Park
President Roosevelt returned to the family home on the Hudson and balanced government business with social duties. Ten Roosevelts and in-laws gathered for a birthday dinner honoring Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt, who shows little sign of injuries from a fall months ago.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Hudson
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Local youths stranded after shipstop in Boston
Two Preble county Ohio youths Thomas Foske 17 and Charles Newland 19 of Lewisburg were stranded when Cunard White Star liner Carinthia called here before crossing the Atlantic. They planned to work their way around the world with only nine dollars between them. Captain P A Murchie turned them over to police who released them.
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Boston
Carinthia
Preble County
Ohio
Thomas Foske
Charles Newland
Lewisburg
P. A. Murchie
Indict Audit Officials Over Refusal to Testify
Six officials of the Railway Audit and Inspection Company were indicted by a federal grand jury for refusing to testify on August 21 before the La Follette Senatorial Committee. The investigation centered on alleged civil liberties violations in labor disputes.
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Washington
Railway Audit and Inspection Company
la Follette Senatorial Committee
Ever Normal Granary Plan Pressed by Roosevelt Aide
Acting under a mandate from President Roosevelt officials accelerate work on an ever normal granary crop insurance system and drought relief for the Great Plains. Secretary Wallace heads a five man committee to craft an all risk cooperation plan with naval and other organizations while Morris L. Cooke chairs a separate panel for efficient unified resources. The move aims to guard farmers and consumers against price collapses and crop failures through insurance and storage measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Plains
Wallace
Morris L. Cooke
Hamed
Ohio Laborites Convene Today at Springfield
About 350 delegates opened the 52nd annual convention of the Ohio State Federation of Labor in Springfield with questions on Roosevelt endorsements and a split between John L. Lewis and William Green factions. A report by secretary treasurer Thomas J. Donnelly of Columbus on unemployment insurance failures was also expected. The convention said Lewis affiliated unions suspension would not affect delegate seating and floor resolutions on that point would be tabled until the AF of L. meeting in November.
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Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
William Green
Thomas J. Donnelly
Columbus
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A. F. of L
Boys in Blue Gather for Grand Army Encampment
About 900 veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, dubbed the boys in blue, gathered for what some believed could be the final encampment of the organization.
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Washington
Boys In Blue
Grand Army of the Republic
Fire drives 30 plus from St. Clair Hotel convention
More than 30 occupants of the St. Clair Hotel, largely American Legion members attending the annual convention, were forced to flee to the street when a fire broke out early today.
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Cleveland
St. Clair Hotel
American Legion
Defense seeks acquittal for 12 Black Legion members in Poole kidnapping case
Detroit jurist session halted as defense seeks directed verdict of acquittal for 12 defendants in the kidnapping murder of Charles A Poole. Judge Moynihan scheduled oral arguments after the state rested its case.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Joseph A Moynihan
Lloyd George Says Germany Afraid of Russia
David Lloyd George, back from Germany, told AP in London that Germany does not want war but fears a Russian attack and is wary of the Franco Russian mutual assistance pact. He spoke during an interview outlining German concerns and cautions regarding European security tensions.
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London
David Lloyd George
Germany
The
Press Association
Ethiopian seat at League Assembly under review in Geneva
Haile Selassie traveled to Geneva to advocate for Ethiopia as a League of Nations member. A credentials committee met to decide if Ethiopia remains entitled to sit in the League Assembly amid the rights of its lost kingdom.
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Haile Selassie
Kingdom
League of Nations
Ethiopia
League Assembly
Lady Peace Off Harbor Grace for New York Flight
Dick Merrill and Richman, American trans Atlantic fliers, took off in the repaired monoplane Lady Peace for New York. The big plane began the round trip North Atlantic crossing at 5 17 a m EST.
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Harbor Grace
Mid
Dick Merrill
Richman
New York
North Atlantic
Blast Rocks Havana Prison Crowd Sparks Jail Chaos
Havana September 21 AP police aided by four persons wrecked two cells as hundreds of prisoners jammed Havana city jail today in a chaotic scene marking a major disturbance at the facility.
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Havana
Wreckell
Automobile Crash Kills Gus Reese in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio an automobile driven by Gus Reese aged 60 crashed into a utility pole. Reese was found dead at the wheel and police state he may have died of a heart attack before the wreck. The incident occurred today as police investigate the cause.
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Columbus
Gus Reese
Fresh Attack on Toledo Citadel Leads Madrid Front
Government militiamen under siege Moorish Legionnaires press a vital highway junction near Madrid as thousands of troops mass for a decisive assault on the Alcazar. Bombings scatter poorly as rain hampers the bombardment and surrounding shell-damaged palace ruins witness the fought action.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Ent
Alcazar
Madrid siege action at Alcazar fortress continues
The Associated Press reports September 1936 updates on the Spanish Civil War. Government forces mount infantry assault on the Alcazar fortress as insurgents hide in caverns after failed dynamite and oil attacks, with no quarter given to besieged fascist forces.
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Spain
Alcazar
Ced
Ohio road toll climbs with 12 deaths this weekend
The Associated Press reports Ohio's weekend traffic toll reaching 12 fatalities. An accident near Mansfield caused four deaths in separate mishaps, with additional fatalities in Akron Lorain and Columbus. Census data shows 12 cities in four states posting an 88 decline for the first 37 weeks versus last year.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Census Call
Mansfield
Akron
Lorain
Columbus
Masons Host Pigeon Carrier With Metal Leg Bands
A carrier pigeon exhibited by Masons displayed two metal leg bands. One tag bore the number 896T on the right leg and CCR3259 on the left, suggesting tracking or identification marks.
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Pigeo
Firefatigued sisters rescue bid ends in tragedy
Norma Jane Pleeman, 1 daughter of Mr and Mrs Te Eat Doane, perishes in a two story science house fire in Dayton Ohio. Two sisters made heroic rescue attempts but could not save her as firefighters battled the blaze early today.
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Iig
Norma Jane Plieman
Te Eat Doane
Maple Grove Lake Tragedy Spurs Rescue Attempt
A man from nearby Sparta attempted to swim to a raft on Maple Grove Lake to save someone, but the effort ended in a fatal outcome. Local authorities began inquiries as bystanders watched.
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Maple Grove Lake
Sparta
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