Florida Towns Isolated By Storm
A 100 mile per hour hurricane swept through northwest Florida isolating coastal towns from Pensacola to Valparaiso. Communications were cut, a ship berthed offshore battered by high seas, and calls for Red Cross aid circulated as evacuees sought shelter at Fort Barrancas and nearby towns.
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Pensacola
Florida
Fla
Here
Valparaisoo
Pensacola Weather Bureau
Valpa
Taiao
Valparaiso
Panama City
Pensacola Naval Air Base
Jimmy Flournoy
Fort Wilson
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Navy
Santa Rosa Island
Walla
Fort Barrancas
Fair Tonight and Saturday Weather Outlook in Ohio
Ohio forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday with a warmer trend on Saturday. Patchy clouds may drift in, but no significant precipitation is expected. Temperatures rise modestly into the weekend with light to moderate breezes.
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Ohio
Spain's Left Front Plans Extermination Campaign
United Press dispatch from Madrid reports that Spain's left front government leaders drafted plans for a campaign to exterminate fascist elements. The aim is to purge opposition and place left center Republican and left wing parties in control. Radical leaders seek confiscation of possessions of right wing rebels. News is fragmentary from Madrid Oviedo and Zaragoza fronts as loyalists and rebels clash with cautious movements and delayed attacks. General Pedro reportedly departed for the south by air to coordinate operations. Valencia status remains disputed with officials denying rebel gains.
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United Press
Madrid
Spain
Europe
Rght
Oviedo
Faragoza
Militiaznen
Zaragoza
Pedro
Valencia
H. Milapes
Devonshire
Arbor
Local Lorain County Fair Promises Record Attendance
Officials announce the Lorain County Fair will be the largest yet with strong early interest. Concessions chief DeBrar reports about 59 percent of booth space booked and inquiries continue. Plans include a large Industrial Exhibit for local products and a Chinese Village display. Kiwanis luncheon speaker TerRary urged business and professional support as preparations proceed for a hoped for crowd.
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Lorain County
DeBrar
Biyria
Larain
Kiwanis Club
TeRray
Ag Ther
Miss Jackson Named Instructor For Camp
Miss Jackson of 21 West Avenue was named instructor of the girls camp session at Camp Tss-See-Kes on Vermilion River from August 17. The Elyria Y M C A sponsors the camp with Carl W Wagret supervising. Jackson, a Elyria High School graduate and Oberlin College sophomore, attended Camp Darkness near Willoughby. Camp Iss Suc Kes is open to one city girl aged 10 to 16. registrations are at the Y M C A lobby desk and due by August 14.
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Betty Jann Jackson
Elyria Y. M. C. A
Miss Jackson
Carl W Wagret
Elyria High School
Oberlin College
Camp Darkness
Willoughby
Camp
Iss
Suc Kes
Last Remnants Of Tabor Estate Sold At Auction
Denver July 31 The last remnants of the H A W Tabor estate and Baby Doe were sold at auction last night ending the world possessions of the May and December couple except items kept by the State Historical Society. An engraved silver dollar locket held a baby picture described as Haw and Baby Doe’s and sold for 26 dollars to a collector. A set of solid gold safety pins once kept Silver Dollar’s diapers in place drew interest but small sums. Baby Doe’s lingerie and other belongings drew quick sales, while many items remained in trunks in Leadville church basements.
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Denver
Colo
H. A. W. Tabor
Colorado Silver King
Baby Doe
State
Hastorical Society
Carer Hidders
Haw
Baby Dor
Chicago
Baby Dee
Han
Tahor Grand Opera House
Congressional Record
Leadville
Lorain Bridge Traffic Restricted to Preserve Structure
A Lorain board of county commissioners restricted traffic on the Erie Avenue bridge to protect the 37 year old structure. Heavy trucks with trailers and electric freight trains are limited, with two train cars allowed and trains not to pass the bridge. Enforcement begins August 1 after notifying shippers in the first week, with strict enforcement the second week. The plan aims to avoid delays while awaiting potential federal aid for a new bridge.
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Erie Avenue
Lorain
Board of County Commissioners
7. W. Warden
State Highway Department
Dunn
M. Wickens
John E. Davidson
Lake Short
Glarenre W. Mick
Corn futures top dollar on Chicago Board of Trade
In Chicago on July 31 corn futures reached one dollar per bushel for the first time since August 6, 1930, as the market rallied amid yesterday’s sharp price surge and strong demand signals. September contracts opened at 1.0178 a bushel, reflecting renewed optimism after six years above the dollar mark.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Knox Hurls Challenge To Free America
Chicago July 31 Frank Knox accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination and urged a united attack on the New Deal He called for preservation of free enterprise and urged all party members and discontented Democrats to join the fight against un American practices The campaign was framed as a broad mobilization with leaders like Hoover expected to play an active role before November and prominent senators and representatives already in the battle
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Knox
Hoover
America
Alf M. Landon
New Deal
Lansdon
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Sem
Daniel ©. Hastings
Delaware
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Chester Bolton
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Landon Knox campaign scene fuels GOP unity in Chicago
Knox's acceptance speech amid torchlights and marching bands showcased Republican resolve to defend sound American principles and spur recovery. He blamed the Roosevelt administration for delaying U S recovery, accusing it of amateur experiments and reckless public spending while promising vigorous policy to restore prosperity. The rally followed plans for a long western campaign swing and discussions of party strategy with former President Hoover in California.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York
Hoover
Landon
Knox
John K. M. Hamilton
California
Roosevelt
United States
President Roosevelt in Quebec Stresses Good Neighbor Policy
President Roosevelt, greeting Canada on his first official visit, speaks partly in French about a century of peaceful U.S.-Canada relations and undefended frontiers. He, along with Governor General Tweedsmuir and Prime Minister King, notes friendship between French and English stock in Canada and discusses St. Lawrence Waterway and Passamaquoddy project.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Canada
United States
Dominion
Lord Tweedsmuir
MacKenzie King
St. Lawrence Waterway
Passamaquoddy
Dufferin Terrace
Man Held On Three Charges Of Menacing King
LONTON July 31 George Andrew McMahon was held for trial on three counts of menacing the king with a revolver. In Bow Street court he said he only threw the gun toward the King during a parade, then expressed despair about life, claiming he planned to shoot himself and had even written a note to his wife.
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Lonton
George Andrew McMahon
Bow Street
McMahon
Hyde Park
Mayne
Little
Makon
Tie
Wheat Crisis Fears Grow in South Africa
South Africa faces a looming wheat crisis as industry leaders warn of collapse without government action. The Union reports a wheat surplus of 1,500,000 bags, while farmers and millers urge intervention before year’s end.
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Cape
Convicted Bank Robbers Get Life Terms
In a No 2 courtroom Common Pleas Judge 1D A Conk sentenced Edward Gromand and Anthony Papes, both 22, to life imprisonment for robbing the First Wellington bank May 14. A crowd watched as eight women and four men on the jury convicted them. the defense claimed innocence.
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No. 2
Common Pleas
A. Conk
Edward Gromand
Anthony Papes
Cleveland
Ohio
Columbus
First Wellington
Dorothy
Edward Stanton
Stanton
Bank
Plot to spread typhoid in Detroit by Black Legion
A Detroit plot by all 21 members of the Black Legion to contaminate milk and cheese with typhoid germs was disclosed in a statement by Fred A. Guthrie, a cult printer and intelligence squad member, to Wasne County Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Fred A. Guthrie
Intelligence Squad
Dun‘can C. McCrea
Wasne County
Chief Bates Marks Thirty Years Leading Elyria Fire Dept
Elyria honors Chief W N Bates as he completes three decades as head of the city’s fire department today. From August 1 1906 the paid department grew from seven with six paid men to a larger force using steam engines ladder wagons and horse drawn gear. Bates and Otto Hess remain among the original seven, guiding a department that evolved from horse drawn to motorized equipment by 1914.
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Bates
Cleveland
Elyria
White
Jon Hafner
New Department
No. 1
Funds To Cover Needs Next Six Months Lorain County Relief Funds
Lorain county receives 1936 relief funds under an $8 million Ohio bill totaling 61775.51 plus $758000 in Carey Act bonds. Officials expect monthly payments of about 9266 in July to October and 12558 in November and December, with districts joining the central unit as local funds run out.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Lorain
Avon Lake
County Central
Avon Laka
European Powers Alarmed by Moroccan Air Incident
Paris dispatch reports a violent gale along the Moroccan coast led to downed planes possibly Italian in origin. One aircraft landed on the French Spanish frontier with four machine guns and munitions, three crew killed and one injured. Passports and Italian papers found. Implication tied to Spanish Civil War loyalties and possible arms support by France. Major naval concentrations in Spanish waters and in Apameish roles stirred European powers about Morocco and broader Fascist-Nazi-Left movements.
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United Press
Paris
Morocco
Europe
Spain
Malta
Cibraltar
United States
Apameish
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Ala
CCC
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OCC Enrplles
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Grinstone
Silver King
Bulletin
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