Green Declares AFL Neutral In Election
President William Green stated the American Federation of Labor will stay nonpartisan this election. He said the AFL will not endorse any candidate, will run a nonpartisan committee comparing labor records of Roosevelt and Landon, and will share data with members for independent judgment. Green noted strong labor support for Roosevelt but warned the federation may feel political repercussions from a recent split.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor League
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
George L. Berry
Green
Lewis
Berry
Sidney Hillman
Roosevelt League
League
Atlantic City
Romsevelt
Mittal
Hurricane Warning Issued To Mexico
New Orleans August 12. The federal hurricane warning system announced at 8 30 am that a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico will move toward Tampico Mexico late today or early tonight. The disturbance was near the northeast coast of Mexico at 7 am and is moving south southwest with winds and squalls near the center.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Tampico
Mex
Mexico
Jewel Robbers Take Jewelry From Cincinnati Woman
In Cincinnati on August 12 Mrs Maud JL Sommer wife of A F Sommer Metropolitan Life Insurance Co manager was robbed of 2935 dollars in jewelry while seated in her automobile by her home. Robbers followed the couple into the driveway and one man pointed a pistol at Mrs Sommer as her husband called police.
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Cincinnati
DPI
Maud JL. Sommer
A. F. Sommer
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Polion
Davey Listed Speaker at All Ohio Townsend Rally
Columbus Ohio August 12 Governor Davey named as a principal speaker alongside Dr Francis E Townsend and Rev Gerald K Smith at the All Ohio Townsend holiday rally to be held Sunday August 23 Raymond J Jeffreys of Cleveland and one of the Townsend teachers in Ohio announced the plan.
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Columbus
Davey
Francis E. Townsend
Gerald K. Smith
Raymond J. Jeffreys
Cleveland
Townsend Teachars
Ohio
Ohio Weather Brief Mentions Fair Tonight and Thura Ay
A fragment indicates Ohio weather with fair conditions tonight and a note of slightly warmer temperatures for the following day. The text is incomplete but suggests a mild pattern with no precipitation details.
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Ohio
Preliminary Plans For Lorain Bridge Ordered
The Lorain county commissioners ordered County Surveyor J W Warden to prepare preliminary plans and cost estimates for a new Black River bridge at Lorain after a meeting with Congressman Don W Harter. A six week data gathering window and a three month estimate plan were discussed, with location to be refined by a committee led by Mayor E B Braun.
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Don W. Harter
Board of County Commissioners
J. W. Warden
Black River
Lorain
Starter
Commissioners
Warden
Howard Butler
Lorait
EB. A. Braun
Hlarter
Thomas MacDonald
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Lorain City
Bridge Department
State Highway Department
Oscar G. Dunnang
Braun
Elyria Electric Rates Revised by State Board
The Ohio Public Service Co. won approval to update electric rates for Elyria and South Amherst effective August 1. Residential charges drop the 1 monthly customer fee to 5 cents for up to 4 kwh, with a stepped rate for higher usage. Commercial schedules cut the capacity charge from 70 cents to 15 cents per kwh while keeping other steps unchanged.
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Columbus
State Publics Commission
Ohio Public Service Co
Elyria
South Amherst
Committee To Plan Camp For Farmers
A committee will meet tonight in the Agricultural Extension Office at Elyria Savings and Building to plan Camp Iss-See-Nes for Lorain County farmers on August 29 and 30. Henry Leinvbach of Brownhelm Township chairs the committee, with members FF. Be. Sharp Kipton Harry Rowland Hachester L Lehman Geralton Ora Crooker Columbia Station Sterling Mills North Wlmsted Howard Andrews Penfield C J Humatel county extension staff and Merritt Powell manager of the County Farm Bureau Co-operative Ass'n.
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Elyria
County Extension Run
Merritt Powell
Burea Co-operative Ass'n
Boy’s Rifle Seized After Local Cat Shooting Report
Deputy Sheriff Chalmers Davidson seized a youth’s rifle on Adelbert Street after a neighbor claimed the boy was shooting promiscuously near his home. The youth’s mother retrieved the rifle at the sheriff’s headquarters later.
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Chalmers Davidson
Adelbert Street
Sheriff's
Drought Boosts Ohio Corn Crop Value Estimate
Rural economists at Ohio State University project Ohio’s 1938 corn crop at 100 million dollars value with a 46 million dollar wheat harvest. Drought raised prices, expanding value despite reduced output. Estimated 1936 and 1925- era production figures cited, price effects discussed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
College of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Office Transferred to Dayton
Zanesville Ohio August 12 the Soil Conservation Service regional office shifts from Zanesville to Dayton effective September 1 announced by regional conservator J S Cutler. The move aims for a central base directing field activity in region three which covers Ohio Indiana Michigan Kentucky and Tennessee three units remain in Zanesville: Fall Creek project Ward Studer Northwest Appalachian Experiment Station H L Barst under Tom Bradley Zanesville Nursery remains under Bradley
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Zanesville
Sail Conservation Service
Dayton
J. S. Cutler
Gutter
Nore
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
Fall Creek
Ward. Studer
Northwest Appalachian Experiment Station
H. L. Rarst
Zanesville Nursery
Tom ©. Bradley
Owens Brother Is Fast Man Too Recalls Days Running With Jesse
Sylvester Owens, 27, Jesse Owens' brother, works as a maintenance man at two Cleveland drug stores and attracts customers who mistake him for the track star. He recalls beating Jesse in childhood races, notes his long hours and a steel mill job that built his muscle, and says Jesse should aim for large earnings while finishing school.
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Jesse Owens
Cleveland
Sylvester Owens
Jesse
Jeane
Harry Rubin
Edwin Miller
Sylvester
Justike Jesse
Central High
Steel Milla
Medica Leads U S to Swim Victory at Berlin Olympics
Jack Medica, 21, of the University of Washington, won the 400 meter free event in a new Olympic record to give the United States the lead in Berlin. The U S also claimed diving and backstroke spots, with Marjorie Gestring and others topping the springboard and backstroke qualifiers as the team builds a points advantage.
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Olympic Pool
Berlin
Jack Medica
University of Washington
America
Japan
Tal Seattle Cash
Shumper Uto
Medica
Clarence
Buster) Crabbe
Uta
Shozo Makino
Ralph Plan
Miami
Hiroshi Nogami
Joan Taris
France
United States
Marjorie Gestring
Katherine Rawls
Dorothy Poynton Hill
Amer
Adolph Hkieter
Chicapa
Yavlor Drysdale
al van de Weeghe
Great Britain
Canada
Holland
Germany
Denmark
Hungary
Halland
L. S
Edith Mortridge
Alice Bridges
Bricker Pledges Highway Reforms
Medina Ohio August 12 Attorney General John W Bricker Republican candidate for governor criticized current Highway Department spending and pledged reforms to separate politics from the department He aims to implement economies from the Sherrill survey saving four million dollars and plans a department overhaul announced before Medina county Republicans at Chippewa Lake Park.
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Medina, O
State Highway Department
John W. Bricker
Guserhor
Highway Department
Medina County
Chippewa Lake Park
Bricker
Sherrill
Firemen Ordered to Check Musser Quarry Hole Daily
Safety Service Director T D Faxon instructed Chief W N Bates to have the fire department check the Musser Quarry hole twice daily and search for the drowned James Johnson, 28, whose body had not surfaced. Faxon doubted recovery, saying the body is probably snagged on the bottom after firemen labored all day Sunday and Saturday, losing several grappling lines.
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Safety Service
T. D Faxon
W. N. Bates
Musser Quarry
James Johnson
Faxon
Johnson
Unconfirmed Report of Uzecudun Death In Spain
Bayonne France Aug 12 Newspapers report without confirmation that Paul Uzecudun famous Basque heavyweight boxer was killed in fighting at San Sebastian Spanish loyalist headquarters at Irun near San Sebastian could not confirm the rumor.
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Bayonne
France
Paulino Uacudun
Basane
San Sebastian
Irun
Ohioan Dies Near 100 in Wooster
Dr. Joseph H. Todd died at his Wooster home last night, just six months short of becoming 100 years old. The obituary notes his long life and local ties.
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Wooster
Joseph H. Todd
Roosevelt Maps Trip To Ohio
President Roosevelt plans a three day tour of Pennsylvania Ohio and New York for flood control inspection and speeches. He will start from Washington by special train visiting Johnstown Cleveland Mayville Binghamton Wilkes Barre Scranton and ends at Wyde Park New York. White House says the trip is non political and for flood relief.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York State
Maryland
Oxon Hill
White House
Johnstown
Wilkesbarre
Scranton
Wyde Park
N. Y
Sheriff completes train wreck probe at Avon Lake
Lorain County sheriff’s department finished the inquiry into last Friday’s Avon Lake wreck that killed Michael Coloff and Salvatore Cutria and injured Sam Pecara. Findings were forwarded to Prosecutor Howard R. Butler for possible criminal action.
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Avon Lake
Lorain County
Conneaut
PL L. Peffer
Lorain
J. Tl. Mahoney
Michael Coloff
Avon
Salvatore Cutria
Sam Pecara
St. Joseph's Hospital
Harter Invited to Roosevelt Luncheon at Exposition
While in the county commissioners’ office this morning about funds for a Lorain bridge Congressman T. W. Harter received a long distance call inviting him to President Roosevelt’s luncheon at the Great Lakes Exposition Friday noon. He replied that he would be delighted to attend.
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County Commissioners’ Office
Lorain
T. W. Harter
Roosevelt
Ridgeville Group Fights Service Charge and Rates
About 60 Ridgeville residents, at a Ridgeville town hall meeting, voted to pursue action before the Public Utility Commission protesting the service charge and rates of the Reserve Power and Light and the Ohio Public Service Company. J Zuris, chairman, said petitions total about 800 signatures. Elyria Rate J. Johnson explained the O P S Co would offer Ridgeville the new Elyria rate with no service charge, a five kilowatt minimum, and savings for different usage levels, while noting disputes before the PLC.
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Ridgeville
Ridgeville Town Hall
Public Utly Commission
Reserve Power and Light
Ohio Public Service Company
Seil Electrical Energy
Pp. J. Zuris
Auris
Elyria
Johnson
O. P
Ehadirman
Higria
PLC
Plan To Greet Landon In Ohio
Governor Alfred M. Landon will pass through Ohio on August 22 en route to open his eastern presidential campaign in Middlesex Pennsylvania. State and national Republican leaders will join the train with brief stops planned at Lima Bucyrus Crestline Mansfield and Canton. The return trip will be made at night with no stops.
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Columbus
Alferd M. Landon
Ohio
Middlesex
Tima
W. J. Sehorr
Landon
Lima
Bacyres
Crestline
Mansfield
Canton
Guernor Landon
Landon May See Newton Baker at Estes Park
Alf M. Landon traveled to Estes Park Colorado with reports speculating a potential meeting with Newton Pf. Baker the Wilson era secretary of war remaining at the Colorado retreat through Friday Baker a key Anti New Deal figure had not disclosed his presidential support and was keeping to park rules unless Baker showed up
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Gov
Landon
Estes Park
Tom M—tiss
Alf M. Landon
Colorado
Newton Pf
Baker
Cain
Wilson
McGaw Ranch
Starvation Report From Rebel Cities Deserters Say Altar of Toledo Gijon Oviedo
Deserters from the Gijon garrison told Loyalists that men women and children starve in Toledo Gijon and Oviedo as Rebels resist. Inside the Alcazar at Toledo 1700 people remain prisoners including 700 civil guards and cadets. Cavalry and wagons are scarce. water is rationed from two wells.
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United Press
Hendaye
Vpontier
Toledo
Gijon
Oviedo
Asturias
Alcazar
Madrid
Jose Sanchez Garcia
Pate
Goded
Mola
Franco
Joded
Barcelona
Herr
Burriel
Burgos
Tolosa
San Sebastian
U S Emphasizes Neutrality in Spanish Civil War
The United States moved to localize the Spanish civil war with a fortnight neutrality declaration and moral suasion to stop U.S. firms from selling or exporting war materials to either side. Acting Secretary of State William Phillips announced a circular to diplomats noting no authority to enforce an embargo and a policy of non interference in internal affairs.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Europe
State Department
Phillips
Rebels Agree With Europe Power in Mutual Aid Pact
Spanish rebels reportedly negotiated a mutual assistance pact with a western European power. The accord would not change borders but could shift western Europe’s balance of power. French and other sources fear Italy access to naval facilities via Balearic ports, aiding rebel operations.
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United Press
Madrid
Europe
Italy
Balearic Islands
France
Fear Five Buried In Nebraska Blast
Lincoln reports an acetylene tank explosion at Grainger Brothers wholesale grocery wrecked rear of building. Five persons feared buried under bricks and merchandise. two men extricated and rushed to a hospital.
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Lincoln, Nebr
Grainger Brothers Wholesale
Dazed but Alive After Train Collision in Oakland
Harald Clark, a truck driver, was dazed but alive after a speeding train struck the front of his truck. He was found still seated in the cab, stunned by the wreck, with the steering wheel displaced and the vehicle damaged.
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Oakland
Cal
Harald Clark
Clark
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Dr. Townsend
Lorain Bridge
Utilities Board
Cat
Boy
Soil Conservation Office
U. S
Uzecudun
Valentia
Quincy
Acme
Harter
Ridgeville Group
Hint Landon
Newton Baker
Fear Five
Nebraska
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