Forest fires devastate two Oregon towns killing eight
Marshfield Oregon reports eight dead and about 100 homeless as forest fires rage across a dozen fronts. Relief workers rush aid to Bandan Prosper where towns vanish under flames. Evacuees fill Marshfield with aid stations, with CCC crews, Coast Guard assets, and Red Cross drives mobilized.
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Marshfield
Ore
Oregon
Bann
Prosper
Mes
Marshld
CCC
Medford
Clarence Martin
T. E. Rilea
Oregentional Guard
Coast Guard
Coile
North Nd
Portid
North Berd
Red Cross
San Franco
Central Texas Flood grips Waco as thousands flee
In Waco and surrounding areas floodwaters from the Brazos River forced mass evacuations. National Guardsmen patrolled streets under virtual martial law as levees broke and 15 foot water filled the business district. About 2,500 homeless in the region and 2,000 in Waco faced marooned blocks while authorities aided residents and closed bridges.
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Waco
Tex
Texas
Brazos
East Waco
Weather News Brief Rain Tonight and Tuesday Forecast
Rain tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures in the extremes. The forecast calls for continued unsettled conditions into Tuesday with added cooling impacts across the region.
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Xhio
Holland Temporarily Abandons Gold Standard
Premier Hendrik Colyn announced over the radio that Holland would temporarily abandon the gold standard placing itself on the 1914 to 1926 monetary basis. A small devaluation of the guilder is expected though the term was avoided.
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Amsterdam
Hendrik Colyn
Today
Holland
Colyn
Pedestrian Injured in Weekend Traffic Accidents
Several people, including Fred Laundon, 60, of Sugar Ridge road, were seriously or lightly injured in weekend crashes around Elyria. Laundon suffered a fractured pelvis and multiple cuts after being struck by a car driven by Margaret Knapp of LaPorte. Other incidents involved a collision on Route 20 near the Elyria Country Club injuring Ford Woelfer and his foster son, and multiple minor injuries from various local crashes.
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Fred Laundon
Sugar Ridge Road
Margaret Knapp
LaPorte
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Samuel Provenza
Joseph Woodings
Knapp
Laundon
Ford Woelfer
Fourth Street
Donald Combs
Memorial Hospital
Woelfer
Alec Mowbray
Cleveland
Route 20
Elyria Country Club
Ruth Sutliff
Clark Street
William Sutliff
Elyria Avenue
Sheriff Department
Mildred Winters
C. 5
Winters
Marseilles Avenue
Lakewood Hospital
Russell Beach
Ridgeville
Cleveland Road
Snow Road
Joseph Zezula
South Amherst
Arthur Orsine
E. R. Steele
Fifth Street
John Rose
Chestnut Ridge
Hast River
Middle Avenue
C. V. Bogart
Lexington Avenue
East River
Buckeye Street
J. R. Price
Lakewood
Landon demands publicity on relief agency payrolls
On a train en route to Topeka Gov. Landon urged sweeping publicity of relief agency payrolls to curb waste and favoritism. He accused the Democratic administration of resisting disclosure and called for elimination of waste in federal services as a first step. He praised London as a friend to farmers.
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Landon
Topeka
Ali M. Landon
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Frank O. Lowden
Gov. Landon
London
Landon Receives Warm Farm Belt Welcome On Campaign Swing
Gov. Alf M. Landon, Republican presidential nominee, ends a five state tour with a stop at the 4,500 acre Lowder farm of former Gov. Frank Lowden in Illinois. He reports strong crowds and confidence his tour aids the party in close November contests.
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Oregon
Alf
Landon
Progressive Party
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Topeka
Wisconsin
la Follette
Roosevelt
Kansas
Frank O. Lowden
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Lowder Farm
Byron
Ilinois
Rockford, Il
Frank O. Lawden
Republican High Command
Black Legion Cases Head for Jury in Poole Slaying
Twelve Black Legion members face final arguments in the kidnapping and murder of WPA worker Charles A. Poole near Dearborn township last May. A nine and four jurors are expected to decide fate for ten defendants, while Albert Stevens and John S. Vincent defer to Judge Moynihan.
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Detroit
Black Legion
Joseph A. Moynihan
Charles A. Poole
WPA
Albert Stevens
John S. Vincent
Moynihan
Poole
Dearborn Township
Rebecca
County Officials Bar Direct Relief to Pensioners Policy Set
Meeting with County Relief Director Ernest Holmes led the county board of commissioners to decide as a matter of policy that direct relief will not be granted to public pensioners. The relief director was instructed not to grant aid to pension recipients including veterans, old age, blind pensions, and aid for dependent children except in very special cases.
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Ernest Holmes
County Board of Commissioners
Autos Take Week End Toll In Ohio
A weekend of fatal and serious crashes across Ohio claims at least eight lives. In Toledo a car overturned after colliding with another vehicle killing Mrs. Rose Sowers and her two year old son Wilbert Jr. Five others survived injuries. Cleveland saw John Koteles fatally injured when his motorcycle wheel trapped in rail tracks. Additional fatalities include Patrick Moran and Monroe E Deane in Cleveland and Mrs. Sara Worcester in Findlay. George Pickyeil died from truck crash injuries in Dayton while Ethel Mae Chalfant perished after a fall from a Mansfield driven auto near Blooming Grove.
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Ohio
Rose Sowers
Wilbert, Jr
Toledo
Wilbert Sowers, Sr
John Koteles
Cleveland
Patrick Moran
Monroe E. Deane
Sara Worcester
Findlay
Darrell Dyer
George Pickyeil
Murdock
Neb
Dayton
Ethel Mae Chalfant
Lexington
Glenn Cages
Mansfield
Blooming Grove
Morrow County
Galion
2500 Federal Agents Launch Nationwide Law Enforcement Drive
Washington dispatch reports that more than 2,500 treasury agents from 500 offices began a nationwide crackdown on narcotics bootlegging and counterfeiting. Under Secretary Morgenthau and Harold Graves the effort combines secret service customs narcotics and alcohol tax bureaus with coast guard and air support, aiming for mass arrests by nightfall.
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Washington
U. P
Treasury
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Harold N. Graves
Secret Service
Customs, Narcotics
Alcohol Tax
Coast Guard
Internal Revenue Bureau
French Deputies Debate Franc Devaluation Plan
Paris debates over the franc devaluation as radicals threaten cabinet solidarity. The chamber defeats a rightist bid to send the bill to committee while radicals threaten to withdraw support over wage scale provisions. The finance committee backs 16 bills to devalue and stabilize France with action sent to the senate.
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Paris
Chambe of Deputies
Louis Marin
Finance Committee
Chamber
France
Senate
Unidentified Man Found Dead On Akron Roadside
The body of a man about 35 with a hair lip was found three miles north of West Richfield, Akron. Authorities believe the skull was crushed with a crow bar or hammer, and note no other injuries suggesting not a hit and run. Discovered by Ivan Gillette of Peninsula.
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Akron
West Richfield
Ivan Gillette
Peninsula
Granges Plan Booster Nights Throughout Lorain County
Hundreds of Lorain Countians will attend Booster Night programs at Grange Halls countywide as part of a national observance. Grange committees organize varied events Wednesday night with outsiders invited to learn Grange policies and farm work.
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Lorain
National Grange
Medina
Norwalk
Former Prosecutor Fred F. Thomas Dies in Rochester
Fred F. Thomas former prosecutor and attorney for this city died at Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester New York September 23 1936 after a brief illness. He had lived with his son Schuyler S. Thomas at 1012 Upton Park Amenia and is survived by two daughters Mrs Raymond D Culver Amenia NY and Henry M Short Penn Yan NY.
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Fred F. Thomas
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester
New York
Schuyler S. Thomas
Upton Park
Raymond D. Culver
Amenia
N. Y
Henry M. Short
Penn Yan
New England Shifts Away From the New Deal in Senate Campaigns
Political dispatch from Boston notes a Republican comeback across all six New England states as of Sept 28. Maine votes solidly Republican in state elections, while Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut are contested. Roosevelt heads to Mass on election eve for a key speech and tour. Democratic cohesion and conservative leaders threaten the Roosevelt-Garner ticket.
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Layle C. Wilson
United Press
Boston
New England
LX LE C. Wilson
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Herbert C. Hoover
Rebels Enter Toledo Capture Many Prisoners
Rebel forces entered Toledo with heavy fighting reported in the streets. At least 300 loyalist dead were claimed in the early hours after the assault, with 500 wounded among cadets at the Alcazar and numerous prisoners taken. A bond fund and reconstrution efforts followed the victory.
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Toledo
United Press
Talavera
Spain
Alcazar
Hendaye
Madrid
Talavera de la Reina
Guadarrama River
Militia Women Fire On Rebel Captives In Bilbao Harbor
Anarchist militia women fatally harmed 350 priests and 2290 held people aboard a prison ship in Bilbao harbor in reprisal for a Rebel air raid. Loyalist authorities threatened to shoot 1500 rebels and to sink ships if raids continued as battles raged near Eibar.
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United Press
ST. Jean DE Luz
France
Bilbao
Nervion
Eibar
Republican Precinct Committeemen Set Meeting This Evening
Republican precinct committeemen will meet this evening at 7 PM in the Directors' room of the Elyria Savings and Trust Company to discuss campaign plans and duties of precinct committees, per Carl Curtis, chairman of the Republican city committee.
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Elyria Savings and Trust Company
Carl Curtis
Republican City Committee
Presidential Campaign is Warming Up
The 1930s style campaign unfolds with Roosevelt and Landon switching between executive duties and political events. Roosevelt plans speeches in Syracuse and Pittsburgh, plus a New York World Series attendance, while Landon presses a farm oriented Midwest tour. Smith speaks against Roosevelt as the Jeffersonian Democrats.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
Kans
Farm Belt
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Elkins
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Smith
Carnegie Ball
Jersey City
N. J
American Sailor Sentenced by Nazi People’s Court
Lawrence Simpson of Seattle was sentenced by the Nazi people’s court in Berlin to three years in prison for treasonable activities linked to Communist work. He received credit for 14 months already served. The court dismissed espionage charges for lack of evidence.
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United Press Berlin
Nazi People’s Court Today
Lawrence Simpson
Seattle
Reich
Simpson
Werner Amthor
Amthor
Germany
Communist Party In
America
Communisth
Hamburg
Bodies Recovered After Flint Gas Station Explosion
Two men died and at least 20 people were hospitalized after a gasoline tank exploded at a downtown station linked to General Tire Company offices at Court and Harrison in Flint. Firemen cleared debris while authorities searched for more victims.
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Flint, Mich
General Tire Company
Court
Harrison Streets
Hurley Hospital
Federal Employees Warned Not To Display Politics
Washington news agencies report civil service regulations banning federal workers from displaying political symbols or engaging in political persuasion. The rules cover posters stickers campaign activity and even letters to newspapers, with penalties up to fines and prison. voting is restricted for DC clerks, while all federal employees must avoid public political influence.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Government Printing Office
District of Columbia
Fire ravages Warren night club during renovation
A $35,000 blaze swept the Hollyhock Gardens night club on the Warren tow er floor. The club, closed since fall, was being renovated for reopening next month. Assistant Fire Chief George Mack cited oil soaked rags as a possible cause and noted a man seen fleeing before an explosion. Operator James Munsene and owners Sweeney brothers were named in reports.
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Warren. C
Hollyhock Gardens
George Mack
James Munsene
Warren
Sweeney Brothers
New Amsterdam
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Orest
Ientral
Warren Cowen
Ripton
Broad Street
Nelson Moes
Moes
West Avenue
Granges
Bulletin
Bih
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