Zioncheck dies in fall from fifth story window
Congressman Marion A. Zioncheck of Washington state died after leaping from a Maryland office window. Coroner Otto Mittelstadt ruled death by own action as an inquest was planned for Friday. Justice Department agents and local officials planned a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Seattle
Marion A. Zioncheck
Zioncheck
William Nadeau
Washington State
National Capital
Maryland
Otto Mittelstadt
Roosevelt In A Walk Says Noted Writer
New York Aug. Governor Landon has no chance of election to the Presidency. Presidential elections are close until votes are counted. then landslides. Roosevelt will carry at least 31 states and 286 electoral votes, possibly more than 400 of 531. Paul W. Ward of The Nation offers this view, not partisan praise. He doubts which side wins, criticizing both sides. (Continued on Page 2)
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New York
Landon
Roosevelt
Charley Michelson
Jim Farley
Paul W. Ward
Washington
the Nation
Ward
Shortage of Skilled Labor Reported by Cumberland Builders
Cumberland contractors say a shortage of bricklayers and skilled workers across building trades has forced projects to hire workers from outside the city. The cause cited is few apprentices hired in recent years due to a downturn in the building industry.
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Cumberland Contractors
Lovett Girls Return Home After Running Away
Dorothy and Janet Lovett two Chambersburg girls were returned home last evening within hours of running away. Lieut Chapman and Officer Hopkins of the Western Maryland police escorted the youngsters home.
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Dorothy
Janet Lovett
Chambersburg
Lieut. Chapman
Officer Hopkins
Western Maryland
Weather update for Maryland and Atlantic coast
Maryland remains generally fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change and a chance of showers Sunday night. From Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras winds stay moderate northeast and east with overcast to partly cloudy skies tonight and Sunday. Chesapeake Bay sees clear to partly cloudy conditions with possible showers Sunday night and steady temperatures, winds from the northeast and east.
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Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Outlook for the Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday covers North and Middle Atlantic states with scattered showers near the start of the week and again around Thursday. Temperatures are expected to run near or slightly above normal.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
Teacher who spared rod resigns post in Pa town
Anthony Munley a 64 year old rural schoolmaster resigns citing no reappointment this fall and reports say parents opposed his lenient discipline after a meeting where 11 of 16 pupils demanded transfer. He defended no homework and multi grade one room teaching saying homework would be wasted. many educators nationwide praised his stance against harsh discipline.
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Wilkes-Barre
Anthony Munley
Munley
Manley
Nazis Support Hands Off Spain Policy With Reservations
Berlin reports Germany agrees in principle with a non intervention stance for Spain but seeks limits on neutrality. Paris officials announce France will reaffirm absolute neutrality as German refugees are blamed for deaths in Barcelona militia clashes amid fears of triggering wider intervention.
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Spain
Berlin
Russia
L’humanite
Barcelona
Fellow Scions To Pay Full Honor
Congress leaders prepared to pay full honors to Marion A. Zionbech as friends voiced grief over his death. Officials who knew the Seattle man as a promising legislator spoke sorrowfully, with Speaker Bankhead from Alabama expected to appoint a representatives’ funeral committee.
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Washington
Congress
Marion A. Zionbheck
Seattle
Alabama
Bankhead
City eyes WPA work for three West End blocks
City officials inspected three blocks in the West End likely to be included in upcoming WPA project submissions. The 300 block of Buena Vista avenue one block of Lanvale street between Buena Vista avenue and Ross street and the 900 block of main avenue are the sections under consideration for repairs and reconstruction.
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West End
Buena Vista Avenue
Lanvale Street
Ross Street
Main Avenue
Car Driver Niswander to Face City Court Hearing
William Niswander age 22, driver of the car that struck 13 year old Russell Byrd at Locust and Potomac streets, will be given a hearing tomorrow in city court. Niswander faces charges of driving drunk reckless driving and faulty brakes. Byrd was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries but his condition has greatly improved.
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William Niswander
Russell Byrd
Locust
Potomac Streets
Niswander
Young Byrd
King Edward Opens Vacation Cruise Aboard Nahlin
Britain faces uncertainty as King Edward departs from Fort Belvedere for a month aboard the steam yacht Nahlin. Incognito as the Duke of Lancaster, he becomes the first British monarch to fly abroad, with two destroyers in escort and a private Adriatic voyage planned off Yugoslavia’s coast.
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Edward
Fort Belvedere
Calais
France
Nahlin
Duke of Lancaster
Adriatic Sea
Dalamation Archipelago
Yugoslavia
Italy
England
Southhampton
Mediterranean
Farley Calls Meeting a Dud in Detroit
Democratic Chairman James A Farley labeled the Detroit anti-New Deal meeting a dud. He said the few prominent attendees voiced opposition to President Roosevelt so often that it is no longer news.
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New York
James A’ Farley
Detroit
Farley
Roosevelt
Firemen Save Barn On Devil's Backbone Farm
Boonsboro firefighters saved a barn on the Lakin farm on the Devil's Backbone last evening as flames from a brush fire threatened to spread. They were called after farm hands could not control the blaze.
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Boonsboro
Lakin
Hindenburg Skips Docking In Turbulent Wind
The German airship Hindenburg passed Lakehurst Naval Air Station at 10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time and informed officers it would stay aloft until 5 P.M. It circled the base, then approached the mast but lifted away as wind forces forced a non landing. Station officers believed Captain Ernst Lehmann chose not to land amid the bumpy air.
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Lakehurst
N. J
U. S. Naval Air Station
Ernst Lehmann
Forest fires drive many from homes in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Wind whipped fires forced over 50 farm families to flee villages Markham and Palo in northern Minnesota. Dozens of structures burned as fires threatened a summer colony near the Brule River, with destruction reported in Cornucopia and near Iron River, plus closures toward Aurora and Highlands.
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Duluth
Minn
Markham
Palo
Here
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Douglas County
Brule River
Aurora
Iron River
Wis
Highland
Bayfield County
Cornucopia
Brule
Two Burned After Crash near Wanda Pennsylvania
A car plunged off a steep grade near Sylvania and into a creek bed, bursting into flames and killing Joseph Osikr 31 and Clara George 8. Six others were injured and rescued by Mark Schucker and Marvin Maynard of Sylvania, with all survivors taken to Blossburg State Hospital.
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Wanda
Sylvania
Joseph Osikr
Mainesburg
Athey Dies From Auto Crash Injuries In Md
In Sandy Spring Maryland Eunice E Athey 21 of Burtonsville died at Montgomery County General Hospital from injuries after being struck when standing on a car run by Doris E Athey her sister in law as it was hit by a car driven by John T Beall of Silver Spring authorities said the accident occurred last night providing the main facts of the fatal incident
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Sandy Spring
Eunice E. Athey
Burtonsville
Montgomery County General Hospital
Doris E. Athey
John T. Beall
Silver Spring
Gas Plant Worker Overcome by Fumes Improves at Home
Ernest Bowers, employed at the gas plant, was overcome by fumes this morning and remained unconscious for a time before recovery. He was removed to his home on South Street where he was reported much improved by this afternoon.
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Ernest Bowers
South Street
This Lawyer Sues Himself
Salem, Aug 8. Attorney Llewellyn E. Winslow of Peabody sued himself for 370000 in a remarkable action. The auto crash last year killed his parents and injured a brother and sister. As administrator of his mother’s estate he sued himself as administrator of his father’s estate for 10000. As guardian for his minor siblings he sued himself for 50000 and 10000 respectively as administrator of his father’s estate. The parents died in a wreck at a West Peabody railroad crossing where their car collided with a train. He already has lawyers for both plaintiff and defendant sides.
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Salem, Mass
Llewellyn E. Winslow of
Peabody
West Peabody
Winslow
Snake interrupts reading mail near Falling Waters
Mrs Agnes Wright of Falling Waters read her Daily Mail in an old surrey under a tree when a six foot black snake crawled onto her lap. The snake was killed. Later Marian Freed of Bryan Place, visiting, heard a noise in the buggy and Wrights dispatched another blacksnake, about 6 feet 7 inches long.
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Agnes Wright
Falling Waters
Daily Mail
Surrey
Marian Freed
Bryan Place
Wright
Short Talks Mark Session of Democrats
Democratic Organization Club at Grice Building heard short talks by Hoff man Snyder Wingert and McGill at its regular meeting. Vice‑president Bushong presided as the group accepted an invitation to a City Park picnic and discussed plans for next Friday’s session and the coming campaign.
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Harold H. Hoffman
Robert Snyder, Sr
William Wingert
Robert McGill
Democratic Organization Club
Grice Building
Stuart E. Bushong
Ladies’ Organization
Rushing Plans On Courthouse Expansion
The county Board of County Commissioners announced plans for a two story west side addition to the courthouse. Architect A. J. Klinkhart has drafted the plans, and the project awaits WPA approval and contract award with work hoped to begin within a month, mirroring the east side addition completed two years ago.
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Court House
Board of County Commissioners
A. J. Klinkhart
Airport expansion aims at 20 more acres near Hagerstown
City Council authorized Mayor Wertz to negotiate for about 16 acres of the Showalter farm and four acres of the Brumbaugh farm adjoining the airport. The land is to fund a new hangar, hard runways, and lighting. City engineer Lyon traveled to Baltimore to submit plans and seek WPA funds for federal aid.
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Hagerstown
I. M. Wertz
Showalter
Brumbaugh
Joseph J. Lyon
Baltimore
WPA
Worry Over Crash Fatal to Bay Pilot George Washington
George Washington pilot of the bay excursion steamer heavily loaded at collision with a freighter last month and chief mate of the State of Virginia is dead. He was to face a board of inquiry on charges of inattentive duties. Pilot Jesse Foster of the freighter Golden Harvest was also charged and summoned. Hearing, set for this week, was postponed due to Washingtons illness. He died yesterday from kidney trouble influenced by heat and worry.
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Baltimore
Aug
George Washington
Washington
Virginia
Jesse Foster
Milford Naturalist James P. Melzer Dies at 76
James P. Melzer 76, a devoted naturalist and government data gatherer, died today at his Milford home after a long illness. He was known for his work with birds and his lifelong passion for wildlife study.
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Milford
N. H
James P. Melzer
County board inspects eastern roads in special session
In a special session yesterday the Board of County Commissioners spent several hours examining roads in the county east section.
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Board of County Commissioners
Rebels claim new Franco advance toward Madrid
Burgos Spain Aug 8 1936 Rebel headquarters said Gen Francisco Franco commanding insurgent forces began a renewed advance on Madrid personally leading a Moroccan troop column. Other reports say Franco remains in Spanish Morocco to land more troops with up to 6000 moved across the Strait. Advices note rebel success against loyalists at Badajoz and Caceres as leftist forces break through in three sectors around Huesca and advances near the Nava area continuing the civil war tabloid style.
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Burgos
Spain
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Franco
Spanish Morocco
Spanish
Africa
Gibraltar Straits
Tenerife
Seville
Badajoz
Caceres
Associated Preach
Huesca
Guadarra
Spanish Town Afire After Bombardment
International dispatch from Tangier reports Algeciras on fire after a double bombardment by Spanish warships. Passengers aboard the French liner Medeleine said flames rose high as shells set fires. Malaga was defended by about 50,000 leftist militiamen and civil guards, according to travelers.
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Tangier
International
Algeciras
Medievbecond
Malaga
Cotton crop forecast for current season
Washington reports a projected cotton crop of 12,481,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight for the current season. This compares with 10,638,391 bales in 1935 and 9,636,000 bales in 1934, with the current year's cotton acreage about 9.3 percent larger than last year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Cumberland Adopts Parking Meters Despite Protests
Cumberland Maryland August 8 parking meters will be tested despite objections from automobile clubs. Mayor Thomas W. Koon said protests are common with new innovations and expressed confidence the trial will proceed.
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Cumberland
Thomas W. Koon
Star Swimmer Barred From Amateur Meets
Berlin reports that Eleanor Holm Jarrett was ordered not to swim in any more amateur events by Average Brundage, president of the American Olympic Committee. Brundage, as A A U head, states she is already qualified but provides no grounds for the disqualification.
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Berlin
Robert Donat
International Swimming Federation Today
Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Brundage
American Olympic Committee
Donat
American Amateur Athletic Union
Mra
Jarrett
Ace
Eerage
Trem
Weis
Ding
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Grady Boatwright
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Harris Ewing
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