Wheeler Criticizes Democrats Sale of Handbooks
Sen. Barton Wheeler of Montana denounces the Democratic National Committee for selling convention handbooks. He cites testimony by Robert R. Young that he bought $15,000 in books after gaining control of the Van Sweringen Rail system. Wheeler says fundraising before testimony implies influence and favors, calling the practice deplorable and urging an end.
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Washington
Aug
Barton K. Wheeler
Mont
Senate Stall Finance Committee
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Robert R. Young
New York
van Sweringen
Young
Wheeler Committee
Democratic Committee
Congress
Loyalists Break Nationalist Pressure on Teurel Front
Loyalist gunners repelled a Nationalist cavalry assault at Teurel, driving panic among horses and trampling wounded. Loyalists counterattacked, capturing Casa Nueva and pushing Nationalists toward retreat. Rudilla fell near Teruel with prisoners and war material as reinforcements streamed to the front. Experts foresee the Teruel front growing pivotal within days amid ongoing efforts to sever Madrid Valencia links.
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Hendaye
Teurel
Casa Nueva
Rudilla
Teruel
Madrid-Valencia
Leaders unite in capital to oppose Japan in China
The Chinese high command gathers top generals from Szechuan Yunnan and Shantung provinces to oppose Japan. They forecast a short peace effort before a firm demand for North China and possible war if Japan refuses. Political advertising closes the report.
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Tary
Szechuan
Lung Yun
Yunnan
Han Fu-Chu
Shantung Province
Japan
North
China
State Director Of Education To Head Toledo Schools
E L Bowsher, state director of education since 1935, was named superintendent of the Toledo public school system. Aged 46, he studied at Ohio Northern, Ohio University, Defiance College, and earned a Master’s at the University of Michigan. he will receive a Doctorate at Ohio State this year. He began teaching in a Shawnee township one room school and led Ashland as superintendent from 1927 to 1935. He served on boards for Bowling Green State University and Kent State, chairing the Kent Board from 1929 until his resignation.
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Toledo
E. L. Bowsher
Bowsher
Wapakoneta
Ohio Northern
Ada Ohio University
Athens
Defiance College
University of Michigan
Ohio State
Shawnee Township
Allen County
Ashland
Bowling Green State University
Kent State
Kent Board
One-Eyed Connelly Joins Chas. Hubbell
Two great institutions merge preserving best traits One-Eyed Connelly the famed gate crasher and Charles Hubbell perennial candidate join forces in Cleveland Hubbell seeks mayor and One-Eye aims to crash the office Their histories show many campaigns and unlikely ambitions as organization candidates react with calm skepticism
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Clevelan
Grent
Connelly
Charles
Hubbell
Buckingham Palace
King's Palace
Mahases
One-Eye
Cleveland
Los Angeles
New York
London
Jack Hoxie Circus Comes to Elyria Today
The Jack Hoxie Circus performs at the Elyria Fairgrounds today at 2 15 and 7 15 PM after arriving from Painesville with a moderate crowd likely. If weather cooperates, large attendance is expected as Elyria is a strong circus town and the show will move on to Massillon after tonight’s performance.
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Elyria
Jack Hoxie
Fairgrounds
Painesville
Massillon
Elytia
Movie Extras Riot Over Pirate Picture Casting
Hollywood Aug 5 Dozens of movie extras were injured in a riot during the casting for Cecil B DeMille Pirates Buccaneer. DeMille faced 606 applicants for 200 jobs and personally interviewed each, as a line for pirates orchestra caused a shoving scrum. Studio police restored order with no serious damage.
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Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
de Mille
Court approves adjournment for hearing on Lakelands road vacation
County commissioners adjourned to 10 a m on August 19 for a hearing on a claim by The Lakelands Corporation over the vacation of part of the old Elyria Sandusky road at Beaver Park. The company seeks 6500 in damages, alleging a broken agreement with the former board. A. H. West was named receiver for The Richwine Ice Cream Company per Depositors Mortgage Loan Company suit seeking foreclosure to satisfy a 29505 note from 1929. Separately, Marty Redden seeks a divorce from John Redden on neglect and cruelty, married 1834 with two children, and Lloyd M Redington seeks a divorce from Grace M Redington married 1925 on wilful absence. The sheriff is asked to locate three runaway Oberlin youths Gur Burgentineim 14 Robert Bungard 14 Art Lucas 15 suspected of heading to Elyria for the circus.
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Lakelands Corporation
Elyria
Sandusky
Beaver Park
Board of Commissioners
A. H. West
Guy B. Findley
Richwine Ice Cream Company
Depositors Mortgage Loan Company
Marty Redden
Lorain
John Redden
Two Children Are Kidnapped By Bear In Yellowstone
SALT LAKE CITY August 5 The Curtis J Butts family returned from Yellowstone National Park where a bear abducted two children Curtis Jr 14 and Tessie 5 from a camping site at West Thumb on July 19 The father described the scene the bear seized the sleeping bag with the children inside Curtis scrambled out with injuries to his hand and hip Tessie was pulled from the bag by her hair before the bear carried the empty bag away Police note a separate incident in Denver where a man with a broken leg drove a car using a broom handle to steer The final item from East Longmeadow Massachusetts reports a church ladies aid starting a 100 chick chicken farm to raise funds for the Congregational Church
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Salt Lake City
Curtis J. Butts
Yellowstone National Park
Curtis, Jr
Tessie
West Thumb
Curtis
Butts
Outlawing Chemicals in Warfare Stirs Roosevelt Clash
Washington August 5 A national study warned of likely chemical gas use in future wars and traced Roosevelt’s veto against renaming the Chemical Warfare Service. The report urged defense studies but urged banning chemical warfare and warned against bolstering a dedicated bureau.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Resources Committee
Senate
Chemical Warfare Service
Chemical Corps
United States
Army
Navy
Women allowed in public without shorts ruling shock
In San Francisco on August 5 a 30 day suspended sentence for vagrancy was given to Harry John Arnell for walking the streets in shorts a shirt and shoes while men were not treated the same. The case sparks debate on dress code laws and gender norms.
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United Press
San Francisco
Harry John Arnell
Wine Barrels Warn of Weather in Austrian Folklore
In Vienna, Austrian peasants read weather by listening to wine barrels in cellars. When wine barrels sing and bubbles rise as blossoms appear, they foresee fine days or an upcoming eruption. Scientists debate whether atmospheric electricity or chemical factors drive the wine’s alert behavior.
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Vienna
Austria
Man Sheltered With Sharks: Ship Crewman's Bronx Identity Revealed
The article details a South Pacific island scene where a man’s body, partly eaten by sharks, lies ashore as a woman in shorts stands on the rocks. A crew member, 42, known as Goods nough in the Bronx, was arrested while meeting a bank to collect a $2,000 ransom after negotiations.
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South Pacific
Panama
Rothar
The
Screw
Bronx
Goodsnough
Putnam's
Fiddling Candidate Aims for Ravenna Mayor's Office
Jerry Mike, a Ravenna Democrat and music instructor, campaigns for mayor by door to door fiddling. Opponents Gerron and Pateh seek convention nominations while Mike offers multilingual tunes to voters. He formerly worked as a lawyer's interpreter in Cleveland and studied at Ohio Northern and John Mansfield University.
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Ravenna
Jerry Mike
Clarence
Gerron
Merle Pateh
Mike
Italy
Cleveland
Ohio Northern Univeristy
John Mansfield University
Marines Fighting Song Origin Traced to 1847 Invasion
The Marines traced the origins of From the Halls of Montezuma to September 1847 near the fall of Mexico City. An Aztec Club officer drafted the first verse after victory, with later verses added. The tune came from an old French opera Genevieve de Brabant before being trimmed to three stanzas. The song has served as a Marines battle cry through the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, and beyond.
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San Francisco
U. S
Montezuma
Mexico City
Esprit de Corps
Leatherneck
Heaven
Dealer In Skeletons Baffles Tax Experts
Paris tax experts are puzzled by M. Lavalette who runs a small shop selling skeletons and parts. The debate centers on whether he is a producer liable for a 6 percent turnover tax on manufactured articles in the last stage of production. His last month earnings were about 93 cents.
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Paris
French Republic
M. Jean Lavalette
M. Lavalette
War costs force renting battlefields near San Francisco
Rents for battlefields around the Presidio escalate as army officials plan maneuvers for the 55,600 men of the 4th Army. Officials say securing suitable training grounds is increasingly necessary due to rising expenses and the scale of operations.
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San Francisco
Cal
Presidio
4Th Army
Ohio News In Brief from several cities
The report notes multiple brief items across Ohio: John T. Lindsay named trial examiner in the Republic Steel Corp case after presiding over Ford Motor Co. hearings. Harvey E. Kiess named president of Farmers Citizens Bank in Bucyrus. Dr. Walter H. Hodgson named director of Mount Union College Conservatory in Alliance. a Meyers Lake Park roller coaster accident in Canton prompts two damage suits totaling 26000 by Jessie McReynolds and Clark Miller. Giuseppe Cherubini of Cleveland re-elected Grand Venable of the Ohio Order of the Sons of Italy in Cincinnati while a tie vote decides the assistant grand venerable position as canton council will meet to choose the officer.
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Uanton
John T. Lindsay
National Labor Relation Board
Ford Motor Co
Repub- Me Steel Corp
Washington
Edwin 5. Smith
Donald W. Smith
Canton
Meyers’ Lake Park
Jessie M. McReynolds
Alliance
Clark Miller
Brewster
Cincinnati
Guiseppe Cherubini
Cleveland
Lortay
Ohio Order of the Sons of Italy
Alberto di Tomasco
Youngstown
Ben V. Marconi
Grand Council
Rattlers Are Timid Can't Strike Far Says Forester
Los Angeles chief forester Spence D. Turner says rattlesnakes are timid and unlikely to dart or chase. He advises calm, seek immediate treatment if bitten, and notes bite danger is low with prompt care. Snakes emerge with spring warmth but avoid extreme heat. fatalities remain rare.
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Forester
Los Angeles
Spence D. Turner
Los Angeles County
United States
Turner
Kentucky Woman Seeks Niagara Falls Rubber Ball Stunt
A Kentucky woman signs a letter to Hamilton Ontario mayor seeking to ride Niagara Falls in a rubber ball on the Canadian side during warm weather. She asks for information and wishes to remain anonymous, claiming she would be known as the mystery woman if successful.
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Hamilton
Kentucky
Niagara Falls
Farm Belt Democrats Demand Immediate Adjournment
Democratic insurgents from the farm belt threaten to force an immediate congressional adjournment unless agriculture price stabilization legislation is passed. They plan to seek White House action and threaten to defer the entire legislative program to a fall special session. Rep. Ford named six members to confer with President Roosevelt on a united farm front amid calls for government loans to stabilize cotton prices.
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Washington
Hapuao
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Cotton Bloc
Prairie State Group
James
United Farm Front
A. L. Ford
Miss
Cotton States Bloc
Ford
Body Of Plane's Stewardess Found
SALT LAKE CITY August 5 The headless body of Gladys Witt 26 the plane stewardess was found after eight months in Lake Hardy peak crash site. She had planned to marry Harry Balzar before the trip and had examined marriage options with James Roe. The wrecked Western Air Express jet killed seven aboard two weeks after her return to work. Co Pilot William Bogen remains missing. Her skull was found in June and the rest yesterday near the head area.
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Salt Lake City
Gladys Witt
Lake Hardy Peak
Western Air Express
Mise Witt
Harry Erich Balzar
Steamship Company
Kansas City
Uee
Sultor
James Roe
Balzar
Miss Witt Re
Brooks Powell
Gainesville
Tex
William Bogen
Los Angeles
Miss Witt
Will Face Mayor On Check Charge
A Canadian man was jailed in county lockup awaiting arraignment on a charge of issuing a check without sufficient funds. He allegedly handed a $300 check to an Elyria woman who reported the incident. Police detained him yesterday and he remained in custody on the charge, with the warrant signed by the woman not released. The man gave the name J H H Raynor when booked.
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Elyria
J. H H. Raynor
Grain and livestock market report from Toledo and Cleveland
Markets show varied bids across wheat corn oats and rye with No 2 red wheat at 1 1591 to 1 1616 per bushel and No 2 yellow corn around 1.05 to 1.06 while eggs butter and live poultry in Cleveland list steady to firm prices. Livestock receipts in Cleveland include cattle prime to good butcher and calves steady while hogs trend higher reaching new highs since 1926 with mixed classes priced from 11.50 to 13.90 per 100 pounds.
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Toledo
Cleveland
U. S
Virginia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New Cobblers
Ium
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