Madrid War Crisis Shifts As Rebels Attack
Madrid authorities prepare for worst as insurgents nest in Guadarrama and threaten to seize the capital. Government urges women to weave winter clothing and ammo, while Red Lions volunteers form. Naval duels erupt near San Sebastian as gasbomb claims surface and international neutrality talks advance.
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Guadarrama
Madrid
Red Lions
Spain
Fiebel
Guadelupe
then-San Sebastian
Burgos
Paris
France
Two Mason brothers arrested in Delhi gas station kidnapping
Richland parish deputies captured Homer Mason 28 and Buster Mason 23 after a bold gas station holdup in Delhi. Operator B. Clark was forced into a car and freed two hours later. about $100 stolen, $26 found on the suspects. The brothers, longtime Rayville residents, were arrested near Rayville and Longview, Texas, after a dayslong search.
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Rayville
Cutler Brothers
Delhi
B. Clark
Richland Parish
Sheriff's Department
Homer Mason
Buster” Mason
Homer
Clark
Sheriffs Department
Buster
Mason Brothers
Longview
Tex
Army plane crash kills two in Michigan war games
In Otsego near Selfridge Field, an APB-2 trainer from Selfridge crashed during western Michigan war games. Second Lt. William Harding, 25, and Private Francis Maier, Dowagiac, were killed. Mrs. D. Cook witnessed the crash and described the plane catching fire and the failed parachute escape.
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Allegan
Mich
Selfridge Field
Otsego
William Harding
Air Corps Reserve
Francis Maier
Dowagiac
Michigan
Harda
Los Angeles
Calif
D. Cook
Corn prices spike as grain market closes early
Chicago August 18. Corn prices jumped the four cent limit as the grain market closed today after reaching the highest price in the last active session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edith Fellows Refuses Love To Estranged Mother In Custody Suit
Thirteen year old Edith Fellows testifies in superior court that she does not love her mother Harriet Fellows, who seeks custody from Edith’s grandmother Elizabeth Fellows. Edith says she is not used to loving strangers and distrusts her mother, who allegedly deserted her at age two while the grandmother cared for the child during her film career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Edith Fellows
Harriet Fellows
Edith
Elizabeth Fellows
Arthur Crum
Superior Court
Peeping Tom Suspect Sought in Hotel Slaying
Chicago police intensified the manhunt for James Gray a 26 or 31 year old negro gambler linked to the murder of 24 year old Mary Louise Trammell in a hotel room. A green and white shirt notebook with gambling notes aided identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Gray
Mary Louise Trammell
Morris Meyers
Gray
South Side
William Schumacher
Otto Erlanson
G M E N Still On Criminals Trail
The FBI keeps cases open on four notorious criminals despite arrests and convictions. J Edgar Hoover said investigations into Thomas Henry Robinson Jr Alvin Karpis Harry Campbell and Raymond Hamilton continue to identify all harboring individuals. He noted some convictions already occurred as agents pursue further prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Thomas Henry Robinson, Jr
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Karpis
Raymond Hamilton
Clyde Barrow
Committee on Drouth Views Dust Section
The president's drought committee tours the dust bowl region by road through the Texas panhandle and Oklahoma panhandle as Rexford Tugwell cites farm distress in Dakota. Officials discuss soil conservation and seed loan ideas while observing field conditions and moisture retention efforts.
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Dalhart
Tex
Rexford G. Tugwell
Washington
Aubrey Williams
WPA
Dakota
Department of Agriculture
Dakotas
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandles
Lamar
Cole
Little Dust Bowl
Colorado
Tugwell
H. H. Finnell
Federal Soil Conservator
Texas Panhandle
Finnel
Maestri Takes New Orleans Mayoral Office In Quiet Election
Roberto Maestri, a Creole-Italian businessman once earning 750 dollars weekly, sworn in as New Orleans mayor amid calm politics. He pledged to use new revenue wisely for a street program, police and fire-station rehab, a new city hall, and removing grade crossings, with no opposition in the special election to name a successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Huey Long
Roberto Maestri
Long
Louisiana
Maestri
Bailey Made State Director of Housing
New Orleans August 18. Fred L. Bailey of Washington Louisiana has been appointed state director of the federal housing administration. Charles McGee remains acting director. Bailey, a state representative, serves as cashier of the Washington State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Fred L. Bailey
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Charles McGee
Bailey
State House of Representatives
Washington State Bank
Hewitt Case: Defense Attacks Personal Lawyer as Prosector
In San Francisco on August 18, defense counsel J M Golden accused Ann Cooper Hewitt's attorney Russell P Tyler of acting as the real prosecutor in a case against Dr Tilton E Tillman and Dr Samuel G Boyd. Tyler, representing Hewitt in a $500000 damage suit against the doctors and her mother, denied taking any fee beyond a $1000 payment once received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ann Cooper Hewitt
Russell P. Tyler
Miss Hewitt
J. M. Golden
Golden
Wisconsin issues first unemployment benefit check
Madison, Wis Aug 18 Wisconsin issued the first unemployment insurance benefit check drawn from a public fund. Neills B Ruud of Madison received a $15 check charged to Brock Engraving Co where he worked before being laid off. His benefit covered unemployment since July 1 when the fund became available after construction from 1934 to 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States
Neills B. Ruud
Brock Engraving Company
Ruud
Rain Forecast for Midwest Spares Plains States
Rains that aided pastures in the middle west will continue tonight or tomorrow in Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota. Forecaster A W Cook predicted continued heat and 100 degree temperatures in Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Iowa expected to cool by tomorrow night. Northern Illinois and Indiana also to warm. rains spread across Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Illinois and Michigan last night.
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Chicago
Middle West
Plains
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
A. W. Cook
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Jury Rejects Bids On Ouachita Mules At Special Meeting
Ouachita parish police jury rejected all bids for fourteen mules advertised for sale after receiving only two bids 1305 and 1265 and a 50 bid for harness. They called bids ridiculous and planned readvertisement at the September 9 meeting along with unsold wagons wheelers hogs and junk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Sandel Berry
Late Governor's Nephew Dies in New Orleans
Thomas C. Nicholls aged 74, nephew of the late Governor Francis T. Nicholls, died yesterday from a heart ailment. Funeral services will be held in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, his birthplace. He is survived by his widow and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Thomas C. Nicholls
Francis T. Nicholls
Donaldsonville
Vallee Sees Future In Symphonic Conducting
Rudy Vallee told Chicago crowds he may devote his career to symphonic music and conductors a larger orchestra. About 70 000 spectators watched him lead 75 musicians at the Grant Park band shell as he sang Maine Stein Song and Your Time Is My Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Yankees
Park
Vallee
Grant Park
Maine Stein
Delay Granted in Robert Ickes Case
Winchester police postponed the liquor driving case against Robert Ickes, foster son of the secretary of the interior, until August 25. The hearing shift came with counsel approval after Ickes scraped a car while parking on Main street on August 12, and a warrant was obtained once court opened. The officer said Ickes was under the influence but not drunk and he insulted the officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Mass
Robert Ickes
Foster
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Charles J. Harrold
Cefender
Main Street
Harrold
Althoug Ickes
Infants Struck By Paralysis Raise Mississippi Toll
Two more infants in northeast Mississippi contract infantile paralysis, increasing the state total to 46 cases across 20 counties. In Kentucky, deputies guard the home of Mrs. Tom Johnson after a fourth note threatens her to help abduct a suspect from Todd county jail.
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Jackson Miss
Mississippi
Elkton
Tom Johnson
Frank McClain
Todd County
Richman and Merrill Start Nonstop Flight to New York
Harry Richman and Dick Merrill depart Kansas City for Floyd Bennett Field at 11:20 a.m. local time on a nonstop flight. The trip follows a refueling stop and targets New York with evident weather and training support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Miunnic Pal
Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Memphis Shifts Plan to Build TVA Powered City System
Memphis announced it would abandon efforts to buy the Memphis Power and Light electric distribution system and instead proceed to build its own system to distribute Tennessee Valley Authority power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Memphis Power and Light Company
TVA
Diary Seen As Key Factor In Separation Action
Syracuse report notes a diary described by Mrs Alfred E. Smith Jr as a very specific kind and devoted largely to financial matters, expected to play a major role in her separation action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith, Jr
Bandits Rob Payroll Bus Near Guadalajara
Bandits halted an express bus near Guadalajara Jalisco seizing a $4155 payroll. The driver was bound and forced to drive to Zanopan where the robbers abandoned the vehicle and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Mexico
Zanopan
Pickets Stone Trucks at Steel Plant During Moon Township Strike
Pickets stoned two trucks leaving the Standard Steel Spring plant in Moon township during a current strike. A brick shattered a windshield but no injuries were reported.
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Pittsburgh
Standard Steel Spring Company
Moon Township
Lake Junaluska mortgage extension granted
Southern Methodists received a two week extension to raise funds to pay off the Lake Junaluska mortgage. Bondholders approved extending the deadline to September 1, as announced by Dr. W A Lambeth of High Point, chairman of the committee to save Lake Junaluska. Authorities in Ohio begin examining Carlton B Chilton’s activities amid possible extradition requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Junaluska
N.C
Southern
W. A. Lambeth
High Point
Bondadlters
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Carlton B. Chilton
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Chilton
Davey
Governor Olson Returns to Mayo Clinic After Gull Lake Rest
Rochester Minnesota August 18 Governor Floyd B Olson flew back to the Mayo clinic from his Gull lake summer home and rested easily most of the night Maurice Rose his chauffeur reported he experienced stomach pains several times but remained in good spirits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester. Minn
Floyd B. Olson
Mayo Clinic
Gull Lake
Maurice Rose
Police Launch Drive on Unpaid Driver Fees
New Orleans authorities begin enforcement against motorists who have not paid the $1 drivers license fee. The deadline was set for 7 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Four Men Escape With $40,000 Payroll Robbery Attempt
In Lockport Illinois four gunmen fled in an automobile after a failed attempt to seize the payroll of a Texas company oil refinery. Deputy Sheriff Gordon Breen called the incident a frustrated payroll heist with the value estimated at $40,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockport
Ill
Gordon Breen
Texas Company
Cost of Food to Go Higher in Washington Forecast
Experts predicted that groceries will cost about 11 to 12 dollars for the same basket a 10 dollar household buys now. They warned drought cut the dollar’s food purchasing power, impacting milk butter and other staples and likely raising meat prices as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leche Grants Clemency to Three Convicts in Louisiana
Governor Richard W. Leche pardons three inmates including James Glynn of New Orleans who was sentenced in 1931 for assault and robbery, Arledge Ashby of New Orleans convicted for assault with intent to rob, and H. O. Rogers of Livingston jailed for embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
New Oreleans
Richard W. Leche
James Glynn
New Orleans
Arledge Ashby
H. O. Rogers
Livingston
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Fiorello
Buster’ Mason
Mama
Committee ON
Drouth
State Director OF Housing
Ann Hewitt
Attorney Tyler
Vallee !X Civic Concert
Chicago Civic Opera Orchestra
Rudy Vallee
AAA
Alaska
Diary
Olson
Leche
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