Recruits Leave Madrid to Meet Rebels Amid Civil War
Reports from Madrid describe new waves of civilian men and women conscripted to bolster the government’s fight against the fascist uprising. Government claims of rebel losses include Seville Cordoba and Valladolid, while Franco bases at Huevar and rebel radio claim gains. Training continues as authorities announce the formation of a unit called the steel column and seize wealth from Juan March’s holdings in the Trans Mediterranean Steamship Company.
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Thomas A. Loayza
Informational
Nova Service
Starf
Madrid
Uacov
Spain
Lme
Seville
Cordoba
Saragossa
Eurepos
Valladolid
Francisco Franco
Hueya
Tatter City
Violencia
Sierras
Juan March
Ceremonies Tonight For Col Knox Notification
Chicago July 30 before an expected crowd of 50 000 Cal Frank Knox Chicago publisher will be formally notified tonight that he is the choice of the Republican party for vice president Preceded by parades and panoply the notification ceremonies will take place at the Chicago stadium on the west side Senator Frederick D Steiner of Oregon keynote will deliver the notification address Knox will respond with a speech of acceptance and outline his campaign views An enterta inment program will be interspersed with the speeches according to plans announced by Mrs Bertha Bour Republican national committeewoman in charge of arrangements The festivities will open with four parades of Republicans Continued on Page Two
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Chicago
Cal
Frank Knox
Chilcago
Republican Party
Chicago Stadium
Frederick D. Steiner
Oregon
Col
Knox
Murs
Bertha Bour
Republican Nationial
Would-Be Bandit Dies From Erie Officer Shot
Erie Pennsylvania July 3 a would be bandit Frank Wieczorkowski 28 died at Hamet hospital after being fatally shot by Patrolman Pat McDannel during a failed holdup at a gasoline site Beckwith the intended victim escaped and alerted authorities McDannel ordered the man to come out and he fired striking the bandit in the chest before collapsing Coroner W G Stroble ordered a post mortem for later today
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Dellatiny
International News Service
Erie
Pat McDannel
Frank Wieczorkowski
Hamet
Wieczorkowski
McDannel
R. F. Beckwith
Beckwith
Pallee
McDaniel
Hamet Hospital
W. G. Stroble
U S Seeks To Get Citizens Out Of Spain
Washington seeks to evacuate Americans from interior Spain amid civil war. Government uses all diplomatic means and radio to reach isolated citizens as coastal evacuees depart by warships and ships of other nations. Attacks and disrupted transport hinder access to inland communities.
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U.S
Spain
International
Washington
United States
Annual picnic draws twenty thousand in Cascade Park
Despite low stream water Western Pennsylvania camps along rivers persist. Earl C. Lemmon uncovered a 1864 date oval tag reading Alle phony US Arsenal 1964 while researching. The eighth annual outing of the Lawrence County Grocers and Food Dealers drew about 20 000 people at Cascade Park, noted as one of the season's biggest picnics.
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Pennsylvania
Newe
A O
Earl C. Lemmon
Lyndal Sireet
US Arsenal
Yesterdas
Lawrence County
Cascade Park
Daily Weather Report
Weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show maximum temperature 76 and minimum temperature with precipitation 0.1 inches. River stake reads AB feet for the same period, with yearly figures not specified.
Landon Party Invited to West Middlesex Event
A letter to Republican chairman John D. M. Hamilton from Thomas M. Boyle, manager of The Castleton Hotel, invites the Landon party to make its West Middlesex headquarters on Saturday August 22 when Governor Alt M. Landon speaks there. The plan may shift to a Buffalo-bound tour. In Warsaw a lightning strike on a captive balloon near Geyala killed one officer and wounded 11, with one survivor parachuting to earth.
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Marional
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican Party
Thomas M. Boyle
Castleton
Alt M. Landon
West Middlesex
Mercer County
London
Buffalo
Warsaw
Geyala
No Earth
Henry Ford Is 73 Years Old on Quiet Birthday
Henry Ford, the auto magnate, marked his 73rd birthday at the Huron Mountain Club on Lake Superior, far from telephones, with no celebration planned. He arrived in Marquette yesterday aboard an ore boat, in good health and high spirits, accompanied by Mrs. Ford, despite a summer gale and warnings on the lake. Ford said business will continue to be good and predicted rapid changes in industrial development.
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Big Bay
R Heney Ford
Ocol
Pord
Huron Mountain Club
Lake Superior
Marquette
Here
Ford
Signs Erected Mark State Highway Patrol Mile Markers
State highway patrol signs are being installed along major Pennsylvania routes into cities with patrol stations. Signs indicate miles to the nearest station, colored blue and gold, with two five ten and fifteen mile distances. Drivers note the markers and await full city coverage and future placement under existing signs.
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Pennsylvania
Wawrende
Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol
Spain Withdraws From 1936 Olympics
Spain cancelled its participation in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin due to the revolt at home. The Spanish embassy told the Olympic committee the team would not come, giving the American basketball squad a bye in the first round after drawing the Spaniards yesterday.
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International
Serica
Berlin
Spain
Olympic Committee
Death Notice for Mrs Ligne J Wilson at 77
Mrs Ligne J Wilson aged 77 of North Mill Street has died. George Chester Bracken 50 of New Wilmington, PiA, is listed in the record as a linked individual.
Cattle Men Back Landon in Wyoming Visit
Two rugged Wyoming cowmen Frank C Horton and Elmer Brock told Governor Alfred M Landon he would carry their state and the mountain region for his Republican ticket. They blamed President Roosevelt s policies for Western distress and praised Landon as the plains and cattle country s choice. The governor planned a quiet day in Topeka while awaiting his running mate Col Frank Knox s acceptance speech in Chicago.
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International News Service
Peka
Kans
Sattie
Wyoming
Alfred M. Landon
Frank C. Horton
Elmer Brock
Buffalo
Wyo
Pyonghbert Roosevelt
Fordien
London
Swo
New York
Empire State
William M. Chadbourne
Kino
Fiorella la Guardia
New York City
Col
William J. Donovan
Chadbourne
New
Collision on Wilmington Road injures occupant at hospital
On Wilmington Road six miles from New Castle at 10 40 p m Wednesday a sideswipe collision involved cars driven by Peter May Ambridge and D Gruenberg Farrell. An occupant Rose Hunglach Windsor Cimada sustained a bruised hip and was treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital. Both vehicles were badly damaged, according to Highway Patrolman Alexander.
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Peter May
Ambridge
D. 2
Gruwenberg
Farrell
New Castle
New Wilmington
May Avery
Rose Hunglach
Windsor
Cimada
May
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Alexander
Spark Causes Small Fire at Lawrence Auto Warehouse
A spark from a truck company from Central station ignited woodwork above the door at the warehouse adjoining the Lawrence Auto Company on South Mercer street at 12 25 this noon. Fire crews quickly extinguished it with chemicals and there were virtually no logs.
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Central Station
Lawrence Auto Company
Mercer Street
Democrats Open Campaign Six Weeks Early in New York
After a conference with Gov. Lehman, James A. Farley announced the Roosevelt Lehman ticket would campaign in New York starting Monday six weeks ahead of previous practice. He described Republican strength as weak and set the convention dates for Syracuse or Rochester in late September, while the GOP gathers in Albany on September 29 and 30.
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Aninnal Nowe Saevi
New York
Lehman
James A. Farley
Nntioni
Roosevelt-Lehman
Firleys
Joseph W. Sarin, Jr. Gay
Landon
Melvin C. Evton
Tiut
William Bray
Probe Sinking Of Lake Boat Near South Chicago
Federal and state investigations opened today into the sinking of the S. S. Miaterial Service on Lake Michigan. Seven crew members survived but could not explain the sudden plunge to the bottom near the south Culena lighthouse as divers hoped to recover bodies trapped below deck.
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Chicago
S. S. Miaterial Service
Tilm
Lake Michigan
South Culenogaighthouse
Another Half Cent Cigarette Tax Considered
Harrisburg July 30 Pennsylvania lawmakers weigh another half cent tax per cigarette pack as a potential revenue measure. The cigarette tax proposal, seen as the most likely to pass, faces opposition but is among options to raise about 2,000,000 dollars.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Anotker
Large crowd enjoys Grocers outing at Cascade Park
About ten thousand residents from across Lawrence County attended the eighth annual outing of the Lawrence County Re-Sol Grocers and Food Dealers Association at Cascade Park. Weather was sunny, crowds filled the midway, and about 100 baskets of groceries were distributed. Contests and games drew strong spectator interest with pony track events, pie eating, and a freckles contest noted. page continues.
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Ch Man
J. W. Rupert
Hostic Sommitees
Tts
Continusa
Severe Storm Fatal To Two In Philadelphia Area
Two men died and six were injured as a severe electrical storm struck the Philadelphia metropolitan district. Victims were James Devlin, 36, of Philadelphia, and John G. McClears Jr., 22, of nearby Sewell New Jersey. A bus booth and nearby farms reported damage as crops suffered in Montgomery Bucks and Berks counties.
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Philadelphia
Wwe
Atx
James Devlin
John G. McClears
Sewell
Montgomery
Bucks
Berks
Plans Approved For Plane Service Across Atlantic
Plans approved by the United Kingdom Canada Irish Free State and Newfoundland authorise weekly passenger and mail service to the United States. A joint operating company will be formed controlled by the four governments with Pan American Airways funding facilities for the British campaign in return for air lanes across the four countries.
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Jtiterna Toral Neeepgate
Lonhon
United Kingdom
Canada
Trish Free Swe
Newfoundland
United States
Philigy Sassoon
House of Commmons
Firat
Stirver Themis
Phillip Safe
Servier
Bern
Pan- American Airways
Irish Free State
Proveamerican Air Way
Tel Service
Ube Unie
Local Young Man Hurt In Auto Crash In Youngstown
A New Castle resident and a second occupant were injured when a car on Dewey Avenue in Youngstown collided en route home Wednesday morning. Jann Huffyer of Pollock Avenue was treated for back and head injuries at Wic City hospital and later returned home. Sam Tomasello of Washington Street and A R Hamady of Youngstown were also hurt and taken to City hospital.
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Birys
New Castle
Dewey Avenue
Youngstown
Jann Huffyer
Pollock Avenue
Wic City Hosplay
Sam Tomasello
Washington Street
A. R
Rebels Claim Valencia Taken By Insurgents
Seville July 30 broadcast from rebel radio reports Valencia city captured by insurgents after revolt against government. Valencia guir risan joined rebels and switched allegiance to the insurgents.
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Valencia
Citeria
Seville
Americans Leaves Madrid Evacuation Outlines Aid Plan
A Washington dispatch notes the voluntary departure of Americans from Madrid amid Spain’s upheaval. Consular officers in Barcelona coordinate evacuations as trains resume regular service, with initial groups reaching Valencia and other points. The action reflects a broader international effort to relocate foreign nationals during the emergency.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Cayuga
Claude G. Bankers
Spain
Bowers
Madrid
Cantral Press
Robert G
Ammaan Bemar
Teicnopione
Beca
HaTranes
Roosevelt To Visit Quebec
President Roosevelt will travel to Campobello Island in July for informal talks with Canadian leaders including Governor General at the time and Prime Minister Mackenzie King. They plan to discuss mutual interests such as the St Lawrence waterway project the tide treaty and energy developments during a eight hour summit before his August campaign travels.
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Serey Campobello Island
Roosevel
PA Magy Bay
Quebec
Dominion
General of
Canada
Mackenzie King
United States
St. Lawrence
Cravel
Gov Earle's Son Caught In Net In Traffic Drive
Harrisburg reports hubert P. Bir, second son of Gov George Earle, caught in a traffic drive with 26 others. He was stopped for passing a stay sign, paid a $5 fine and $2.24 costs. He said he was driving his time's car at the time of the violation.
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Civernation
Harrisburg
Hubert P. Bir
George Ho Earle
Eailey
Many Executions Spread Terror Across Spain
Rebels claim early Madrid entry. executions mounting under Republican forces. Burgos headquarters report stalled advance along the frontier. reports of bishops killed and captives paroled circulate amid the turmoil.
Rebels Plan Squadron Death by Own Action in Seville
Unclear OCR text suggests rebels organize a squadron and imply deaths by own action near Seville in July. No verifiable names, dates, or outcomes present.
Fragmented political muddle hints at campaign fervor
A garbled passage hints at patriotic rallying and party contention. It references Republicans and Democrats, campaigns and speeches, with talk of voters, dates, and weather conditions as the scene shifts between grand gestures and scattered details. Strong entities include parties, likely figures, and a public gathering atmosphere.
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PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Henry Ford
Motor Magnate
Mountain Club
Cutter
Landon Roosevelt
West
Wilmington
Farley
Jupiter Plagius
Atlantic
John Huffner
Mediterranean Ports
Roosevelt
Canadian City
Gov. Earle
H. R. Knickrerrocker
Newa Service
Sortuern
Burgos
Terval
Espinosa de Las Moz
Spanish
Cloversaderal News
Nsuinde
Arthur Mometer
Grenfeld Ani
Wien
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