Rebels Seize Nobles Properties in Seville Uprising Fallout
Seville Aug 16 Local government orders confiscation of aristocratic estates including a chalet of Marquis Esquevel as part of the Clean-Up after last week s monarchist rebellion. Police halted a shooting attempt by Rodolfo Robles against Major Felipe Addo and dispersed a Communist demonstration with no casualties reported.
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Seville
Spein
Esquevel
Rodolfo Robles
Army Subaltern
Pelipe Addo
Bed & Park
Pennsylvania Debates Sales Tax to Provide Relief
In Harrisburg during the eighth week of a special session, lawmakers again showed no agreement on a general sales tax for relief aid. The proposed 1 percent levy would apply to most retail purchases except farm direct sales, aiming to raise between 12 million and 50 million dollars for the period from September through February.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Legislatre
Used City Dole for Rum Party Police Allege
Boston report says George F. Kelly of the South End faced a drunkenness charge after police testified he used a welfare dole to buy a gallon of alcohol for a party. Judge Zaltoi ordered an investigation of the author.
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Racchus
George F. Kelly
South End
Zaltoi
George
Pstrolmen Duncen
Kelly
Welfare Fund
Seek Woman in Death Case In Alvin Texas
Sheriff Albert Hausser sought a photograph of Marianna Markley of Alvin Texas as a sought for questioning in the double killing of her father D J Markley and his wife Almena J Markley. He planned air mail copies to peace officers nationwide while police hoped she had gone toward California. She was reported hitchhiking. Investigators planned further conversations with the Markleys as Raymond South prepared travel to continue the inquiry. The couple were shot in their yard at 187 Grabelined avenue.
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Marianna Markley
Alvin
Texas
D. J. Markley
Almena J. Markley
California
Hausser
Dallas
Raymond South
Markley
San Antonio
Markleys
Goor Yard
Grabelined Avenue
Texas Dog Works in Civil Service Tale
A stray dog in a Texas inland town disrupts a postal scene by lying beside a mail sack as a bus driver departs. The canine blocks access to the bag until a postmaster arrives hours later, highlighting the animal’s wary vigilance amid a routine civil service setting.
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Civil Service
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Sugta
al Wigush
United States Service
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Man Found Dead After 27 Years in Granite County
A man linked by local notices to 27 years of residence died by hanging, with authorities reporting a self-inflicted hanging after a prior struggle. The body was discovered in Granite County as investigators noted a failed attempt to use electrical wiring in the act.
Waters Enlists Tension Over Khaki Shirts Camp
In Pennsylvania at Uniontown Camp Sherry housing 200 veterans threatens trouble as Commander Walter W Waters faces opposition from Capt Hoke Smith and local mayor Eddie McCloskey. The encampment may not join Waters Khaki Shirts semi military political group and tensions rise about Johnstown plans.
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Als
Pennsylvania
Walter W.waters
Uniontown
Hoke Smith
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Waters
Hente
Johnstown
Eddie McCloskey
McCloskey
Recalls Boom Days of San Francisco
Mrs. Mary Pray recalls San Francisco in boom days with tents and sand dunes daily gunfire a shark and the lone schoolhouse she arrived with her parents by the Isthmus and Nicaragua route to Washington and Montgomery streets past docks now towers of office buildings rise after the boom era she served on the board of education years ago.
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INS
Mary Pray
Pray
Board of Education
Nicaragus Landing
San Franscisco
Washington and
Montgomery Streets
Window Shopping Has New Wrinkle
Cleveland minds unveil a radio controlled device enabling window shoppers to adjust display lighting and appliance visuals from outside the store. The invention lets a passerby change the displays to suit personal taste without entering the shop.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Tan
Luman
Rainy eve leads to divorce in Charles Vaile case
In a domestic matter, Mesring sought divorce from Mrs. Vaile after questioning her about an evening shared with Henry Stein on July 18. She stated they entered a building to escape rain while Weather Bureau records indicated clear conditions.
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Pitopuros. Mag
Charles Vaile
Man awards 1600 to Shoe Blisters team in Detroit meet
A Detroit story reports a 1600 prize awarded to the Shoe Blisters team after a meet in August. The note mentions Beleville area figures and a 225.20 debt dispute linked to S A Singer, owner of several Belleville stores.
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August Elwart
Beleville Mien
Farmer
S.A. Singer
Belleville Geveral
Girl Dies After Coffee Pot Burns In Kitchen
In Chicago a 4 year old girl, Kelén Voure, died from burns suffered when scalded by a pot of coffee she overfilled in her home on Wand Street. The incident occurred as her family tended morning chores. hospital reports indicate fatal burns were sustained.
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Burns
Weather Data Report Displays Mixed Precipitation Totals
A garbled weather summary lists total precipitation figures for several months and days. It references August and January figures, cumulative inches, and daily amounts with repeated errors. The text mentions normal precipitation expectations, a deficiency, and specific times but is largely unintelligible.
Harvard monkeys escape lab in Fenway chase
A Boston search by Harvard medical scientists and others tracked a small black ring-tailed monkey that escaped from the laboratory into Fenway Park. The creature swung through Longwood Avenue and across trees, eluding capture for miles before hitching a ride back toward Brazil.
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Harvard Medical
Internet
Trainaq Laborat Ary
Fenway Jungle
South America
Bronx
Longwood Avenue
Francis Sreet
Amother
Harvard
Gold Coast Dog Makes Harrowing Return Home
A Gold Coast dog named Jerry Boston terrier, once reported missing after a rough outing, returned limping to his owner. The well cared for pet was recognized by a butler at 200 Lake Shore Drive and later chauffeured in a limousine to his mistress at 220 East Walton Place, ending a tense day of pursuit and concern.
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Henry
Gold Coast
Jerry Boston
Jnegyneline
Aagazard
Waller Aagaard
la Shile
Lille
Dulieeauly
Vinera Bendix
East Walton Place
Michigan University Enrollment Gains
An early 1940s report notes enrollment gains at the University of Michigan amid economic shifts and expanding junior colleges. It projects steady yearly increases and references a cap on student numbers and related funding considerations affecting admissions at the university.
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Arbor
Mich
Univirsity
Michigan
Wife Obtains 600 Of Van Rev. Mass Court grants body custody
In Revere Massachusetts Mrs Albina Farrell wins court custody of her husband Frank H Farrell s body for burial after a separation lasting months. The body had been kept by son Frank H Farrell of Pleasant Street Revere who refused surrender. Judge Whiling ordered custody transfer from the son's residence amid emotional testimony by the widow.
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Mass
Mra
Albina W. Farrell
Broadway
Frank H. Farrell
Farrell
Pleasant Street
Whiling
If He Sends Roses He Means Business
Mrs. Bert Schiller McDonald of Chicago explains symbolism in floral gifts. Chrysanthemums express appreciation for the sender, spring powers denote pleasant thoughts, and violets indicate honorable intentions, as per her view on international florists' ideals.
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Bert Schiller McDonald
Chicago
McDonald
Morist
Lightning Fatal for Family Cow in Coldwater
In Coldwater Michigan on August 7 Dick Clifford 21 milking a cow was struck by lightning. The cow died instantly. Clifford survived uninjured and held onto a life jacket as protection.
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Coldwater
Mich
Ant
Dick Clifford
Toy Gun Used in 16 Holdups Reported in Chicago
In Chicago on August 11 a man named John Carroll confessed to a string of 16 robberies, claiming a toy revolver was the weapon used in each hold-up. Police report the suspect was nabbed with the toy gun in his pocket.
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Chicago
John Carroll
Rivera
Tragic Clothes-Handling Accident Reported in Oxford
An April 22 report from Oxford records the death of Faelan Zelmer in a clothing handling incident. The brief notice notes a fatal accident during a routine operation, with authorities investigating the sequence leading to the tragedy.
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Oxford
Own
Faelan Zelmer
Tronhag
City adopts new budget with major cuts and one new item
City commissioners approved the 1932 1993 budget of 7 56 million in a unanimous vote. Major reductions across departments trimmed expenses including health work street maintenance police and fire while a single new item provides utilities attorney. A recreation budget was debated but omitted for now with mayor Chambers to consider later.
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San Antonio
M. Chambers
Path and Sanitation Department
Poice and Fire Department
Oregon Preachers Get Odd Salaries
In Willamette Valley, parishioners of a Methodist parish paid a pastor with a string of odd salaries over 12 months. Reported by Dr. M. A. Marcy the superintendent notes cash was given as gas, oil, chickenfeed, potatoes, wood, meat, milk, butter and even a Jersey cow. The preacher now faces a surplus of cream and jokes about ice cream freezers for summer.
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Ore
Alig
Wilamette Vailey Methodiat Parish
M. A. Marcy
Salem
Oregon Methodist
Marcy
Taxicab Ordinance Hearing Slated
A public hearing on a proposed ordinance to regulate taxicabs will be held in the city council chambers next Monday morning. The ordinance sets a minimum charge of 15 cents for the first quarter mile and 10 cents for each additional half mile. The meeting followed a commissioners' session where 15 to 20 taxis were noted to be operating under faulty bonds, prompting plans for investigation and bond requirements for owners.
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OC. M. Chambers
Mating
Insurance Unin
Chaimbers Mild
Delegates Head Toward St Louis for Jobless Liberty Meet
Delegates move with military precision from a blue-shirted army of about 450 toward St Louis for the Liberty party convention. Father James R. Cox of Pittsburgh leads the motor caravan likely to secure the party nomination for President as clouds loom overhead.
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CNL
SS. Louisio
Pay
James R. Cox
Pittsburgh
Jobless-Liberty Party
St. Louis
Three Charged After West Euclid Raid Dispute
Prohibition agents testified at a hearing for Tom J Zumwalt Ella Fielder and William T Mureay on alleged liquor violations at a West Euclid Street property. The trio was arraigned pled not guilty waived examining trial and remained free on bonds of 7500 for Zumwalt and 500 each for Fielder and Mureay.
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Jural
Tom J. Zumwalt
Ella Fielder
William T. Mureay
Murray
Prohibition
Jesmeny
Munday
Paul A. Lockhart
Zumwelb
Tie
Sheye
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Wat Murray
Elle Fielder
Zumwalt
Woman Analyses Gift of Poison Analysis
Sacramento Aug 15 Miss Mounie Commas of Burney asked the state department of agriculture to analyze a sample of almonds and walnuts said to be a gift from a friend. She believes the nuts contain poison and says four attempts have been made to poison herself and her family. She ate some of the nuts and became very ill.
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Sacramento
Onilf
Mounie Commas
Burney
State Department of Agericulture
10000 Mile Expeditions From Montreal July Voyage
The annual expedition to eastern Canadian Arctic posts departed Montreal July 9 aboard the Ungava. The ship will return around September 25 after visiting 17 points across roughly 10 000 miles, undertaking a major survey mission.
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Gen
INS
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Montreal
Ungava
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