Tropical Storm Advances Toward Florida Coast
Tropical disturbance in the Bahamas moves slowly toward the Florida coast as warnings are issued from Fort Pierce to Key West. The Weather Bureau reports winds near the center are strong and outer areas see fresh gusts, with gales expected near the center and rising tides along the southeast Florida shoreline.
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Jacksonville
Fla
South Florida
Fort Pierce
Key West
Atlantic
Bahama Islands
Bureau
Miami
Florida
Bahamas
U S Cruiser Evacuates Americans From Madrid
The cruiser Quincy entered Alicante to pick up Americans fleeing Madrid after rescuing two, including Paul Raymond and his wife from Carthage Missouri, and an Argentine national. The ship also reported contacting American residents in Malaga and noted no one wished evacuation there. Ambassador Bowers planned a mobile embassy via Cayuga to oversee evacuations along the coast.
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Washington
Alicante
Spain
Madrid
Montreil
Quincy
Navy Department
Paul Raymond
Carthage
Montreal
Malaga
George M. Graves
Bennington
Claude G. Bowers
America
State Department
Coast Guard
Cayuga
Spanish
United States
Americans in Madrid Face Flight to Sea Amid Civil Strife
Reports to the State Department say Americans sheltered in the Madrid embassy amid Spain's civil unrest still endure the peril of escaping by sea.
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Washington
State Department
Spain
Madrid
Three Pocketbooks Stolen From Auto Near Fairgrounds
Leon Barr reports three pocketbooks stolen from his car parked near Shepherdstown bridge on Sunday. The items belonged to Mr Barr, his wife, and his mother and contained 12.75 dollars plus papers. Thieves left some garments but took nothing else. Officers investigated but have not located the culprits. The Barrs had left the car to picnic nearby.
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Leon Barr
Fairground Avenue
Shepherdstown Bridge
Barr
Lamson Honeymoon After Bittersweet Murder Trial
Beverly Hills July 28 David Lamson, four time tried on a wife murder charge, married film Magazine writer Ruth Rankin and honeymooned in northern California. He was convicted once for his first wife’s murder and freed after three hung juries.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
David Lamson
Ruth Rankin
California
Hollywood-Bererly
Lightning hits Washington Monument lights out at peak
Report from Washington shows a lightning strike last night damaged the lighted warning beacon atop the Washington Monument. No injuries reported as engineers assess the peak and restore the red aviation warning lights.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Weather forecast for Maryland and coastal regions
Maryland sees showers tonight and Wednesday with a cooler Wednesday. Sandy Hook and Cape Hatteras expect moderate southwest and west winds turning northwest or north by Wednesday with possible showers tonight and Wednesday. Chesapeake Bay reports showers tonight and Wednesday and a cooler Wednesday night with winds shifting to northwest or north and possible scattered thunder squalls.
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Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
Whiskered F.D.R. Nears End Of 2 Weeks Vacation
President Roosevelt on a sea vacation near New Brunswick aboard the schooner Sewanna with whiskers visible. He contemplates landing at Campobello or delaying until tomorrow then heads to Quebec to visit Lord Tweedsmuir. He and his sons sailed into Passamaquoddy Bay after a run from Campobello.
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Lvetang Island
N.B
Roosevelt
Little New Brunswick
Campobello
Quebec
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Campobello Island
Passamaquoddy Bay
Campo
Slot machine owner fined in Williamsport case
Alec Roberts tavern owner near Downsville paid a 25 dollar fine plus costs to Justice Harry L Harsh in Williamsport after a slot machine was found at his tavern by Sheriff Max Maiott. The sheriff reported no gambling devices found in the county's southern section and believes all have been disposed of.
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Alec Roberts
Downsville
Max Maiott
Harry L. Harsh
Williamsport
Maloi
School contracts set for Winter Street and Sharpsburg sites
The Board of Education will award the sanitary equipment contract for Winter Street School and approve Bester and Long for grading Sharpsburg School grounds. Winter Street will get toilets on every floor. Superintendent Grimes said brick work is underway at Sharpsburg and Maugansville, with both projects due for completion by December 15 and occupancy after Christmas.
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Board of Education
Winter Street
Bester
Long
Sharpsburg
B. J. Grimes
Maugansyville
Lightning Kills Three In Ohio
In Ohio storms claim three lives while two boys and a man die from lightning. Melvin Koralewski 14 and Richard Wojcikowski 15 were struck while caddying near Toledo. Albert Edmundson 10 was killed in Akron. Frank Pierce 57 died on a Cleveland WPA project as two others fell. A moving van driver saved a family near Ashtabula before vanishing.
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Columbus
Glengarry Country Club
Toledo
Melvin Koralewski
Crissey
Richard Wojcikowski
Albert Edmundson
Akron
Frank Pierce
Cleveland
Carl Ranke
Donald
Ashtabula
Widow granted allowance from prince's estate in Florida polo death
In Los Angeles on July 28 a Superior court ruled in record that Mrs. Louise Astor Van Alen Mdivani, widow of Prince Serge Mdivani, receives a monthly $1,500 allowance from his estate. The prince died in a polo accident in Florida.
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Los Angeles
Serge Mdivani
Florida
Louise Astor van Alen Mdivani
Mother Hypnosis Used in Childbirth Report
Dr. A H Kanter says he hypnotized Mrs Leonard Loomis to ease labor and delivered a ten pound girl named Shirley Marie. He plans more trials while medical authorities weigh the method. The baby and mother are reported well with no suffering.
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Columbus
A. H. Kanter
Kanter
Three Dead As Forest Fire In Little Rockies Defies Fighters
A major forest fire in the Little Rockies southwest of Havre Montana killed three members of a U S Geological Survey party Cameron Baker Northwestern University John Rowles Sandusky Montana and S R Brockunier Yale graduate from Lowell Massachusetts One other missing and Dr Knechtel head of the party was burned and exhausted. The fire began near Lodge Pole and threatened the Zortman mining camp as flames spread along a 25 mile front with hundreds of firefighters unable to stop it. The bodies were to be brought to Havre today.
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Little Rockies
Havre
Mont
Here
U. S. Geological Survey
Cameron Baker
Northwestern University
John Rowles
Sandusky
S. R.” Brockunier
Lowell
Mass
Yale University
Baker
Rowles
Brockunier
Fort Belknap Indian Agency
Knechtel
Washington, D. C
Malta
Lodge Pole
Zortman
Diary claims stain Mary Astor custody battle headlines
Los Angeles reports testify to Mary Astor’s alleged "gross immoral conduct" urged by her ex-husband Dr Franklin Thorpe to influence custody of daughter Marilyn. Thorpe cites excerpts from diaries, questions over stolen diaries, and a note allegedly left by Astor, while Astor defends her fitness as mother and seeks custody.
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Mary Astor
Los Angeles
Franklin Thorpe
Hollywood
Thorpe
Miss Astor
Snapper Strolls Into Soup Pot
A 15 pound snapping turtle wandered onto Potos mac street near Williamsport as workers headed to the tannery. Finders say the turtle’s destination seems clear though its origin remains unknown. The piece ends with a note that snappers make tasty soup if you enjoy it.
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Potomac Street
Williamsport
Wen-del Threats Raise Newark Jury Concerns
Newark July 28 With a Federal Grand Jury investigation of the Paul H. Wendel kidnapping case in recess until tomorrow Wen del has reportedly received threats to his life since appearing before the jury. The threats allegedly followed his lengthy questioning about his abduction and coerced confession in the Lindbergh case.
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Newark
N. J
Paul H. Wendel
Newark News
Wendel
Trenton
Actor Al Cunningham Dies After Summer Theater Run
Pottsville report says stage and screen actor Al Cunningham died Sunday near the anthracite city while with a summer theater company. He recently appeared in the motion picture The Petrified Forest and was a familiar face in regional stage productions.
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Pottsville
al Cunningham
Schools Reopen After Labor Day Vacation Delay
Public schools of the city and county will reopen Tuesday September 8 the day following Labor Day Superintendent B J Grimes announced this morning Repairs and improvements are underway to county buildings Labor Day comes latest this year allowing an extra week of vacation for students Grimes explained
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B. J. Grimes
Grimes
Fire damages Aberdeen schoolhouse in fourth blaze
Fire ruined two classrooms in the Aberdeen consolidated school last night causing a loss of 3000 to 4000 dollars. It was the fourth fire in the building since November. Fire Chief Raymond Budnick said he believed the latest blaze was deliberate.
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen Consolidated School
Raymond Budnick
Quist Beats Austin as Australia Ties Davis Cup
Adrian Quist defeated H M (Bunny) Austin 6 4, 3 6, 7 5, 6 3 to day, tying Australia and England at two wins each in the Davis cup challenge round. Both teams now have two victories apiece in the best three out of five series.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Adrian Quist
H. W
Bunny) Austin
Australia
England
Wind Storm Pounds Penny Area Killing Boy and Leveling Buildings
A violent wind and electrical storm swept a 40 mile path from Avella Ohio to the Monongahela valley causing hundreds of thousands in damage. Seven year old John McCann died in Smock when a grandstand collapsed trapping him. Dozens of houses barns and churches were damaged or unroofed and power was out in multiple towns including Uniontown Connellsville Donora and Charleroi for hours.
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Brownsville
Monongahela River Valley
West Virginia
Avella
John McCann
Smock
Townsville
Central Presbyterian Church
Uniontown
Connellsville
Donora
Charleroi
Monongahela
Centerville
Bowes Run
Fayette County
Fugitive Alderton Captured Near Green Ridge Maryland
Cumber land Maryland July 28 Buehl Alderton of Green Ridge who escaped from Maryland penal farm at Roxbury last July 17 was captured yesterday at his grandfather s farm in Green Ridge. Officers surrounded the farm after seeing the two fugitives nearby and found Alderton sleeping near a chicken coop. He attempted to flee but was caught. Alderton had been sentenced to five years for armed robbery. Rohrbaugh, believed to be headed home to West Virginia, was with him.
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Cumberland
Buehl Alderton
Green Ridge
Here
Maryland
Roxbury
Ocie Rohrbaugh
Robrbaugh
Alderton
Rohrbaugh
West Virginia
Zeeland Police Chief Wounded Near Holland
Fred Bosma police chief of Zeeland Michigan was shot and seriously wounded after pursuing a car with Ohio plates into Grand Rapids area. He was treated at a Grand Rapids hospital. two men in an automobile fired as he tried to halt them.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Fred Bosma
Zeeland
Holland
Bosma
Ohio
Cruel Father Sent To Jail in Albion
Alex Derzejewski, 47, was convicted of third degree assault after a plow horse fell on his 13 year old daughter while she guided it. Neighbors complained, and state police arrested him July 18. Judge John T. Liddle sentenced him to six months in county jail.
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Albion
N. Y
Alex Derzejewski
Justice of the Peace
John T. Liddle
Unemployed Riot Halts Pennsylvania Senate Adjournment
In Harrisburg a mob of unemployed workers swelled to over 2,000, blocking Senate adjournment for two hours. They ripped crates, pounded gallery rails and yelled as they protested lack of cash and food relief. The unrest followed a Democratic house vote against a Darlington Hoopes relief bill.
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Harrisburg
State Senate
Senate
Army
Capitol
Democratic House
Darlington Hoopes
Parents to air charges over lenient teacher at meeting
Willkes Barre, Pa., July 28. Parents who complained a teacher refused to whip children or assign homework will present their charges at a Pitts ton Township school board special meeting tonight. They contend such leniency hinders students' educational progress.
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Willkes- Barre
Pittston Township
It Girl Clara Bow Treated For Influenza
Hollywood July 28 Clara Bow former IT girl of the films was treated at Santa Monica hospital for a cold that had threatened to develop into influenza. Her physician said a complete recovery is expected in a few days. Bow became ill on the Nevada ranch of her husband Rex Bell, the screen cowboy.
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Hollywood
Clara Bow
Santa Monica Hospital
Nevada
Rex Bell
Screen Cowboy
Fire kills two children in Sutton home blaze near Fayetteville
In Fayetteville area, a house fire claimed the lives of 6-year-old Adelle Phillips and 16-year-old Gentry Sutton. Mrs. Penne Sutton’s dwelling between Fayetteville and Fort Bragg burned in the early hours. Gentry initially escaped then re entered to save his niece but perished.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Penne Sutton
Here
Fort Bragg
Gentry Sutton
Adelle Phillips
Defeat of Loyal Troops in Fierce Battle at Dobre Gordo
July 27 dispatch from Hendaye reports fascist forces winning a bloody victory over loyal defenders to seize the mountain village. The fight began at dawn with 16,000 troops under heavy bombardment, followed by close quarter actions as rebel militia advanced. Over 100 killed on each side and 300 to 400 wounded. two Madrid government planes strafed the rebel columns as Gen. Emilio Mola aimed to reach Madrid by week’s end.
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Dobre Gordo
Hendaye
France
Madrid
Emilio Mola
Business Better in Farm Regions Across U S
Washington July 28 The Commerce Department reported improved rural business with retail sales in small towns and rural districts up 11 percent in the first six months of this year versus the 1935 period.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Development of Harper's Ferry to be subjects
Officials from the National Park Service and the Federal Bureau of Roads will meet with Harper's Ferry citizens on Thursday to discuss developing the town as a junction in the national parkways system. Rep Jennings Randolph said Park Service members Edward Steere George J. Albrecht and Sidney Kennedy along with Roads Bureau reps would attend.
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Washington
National Park Service
Federal Bureau of Roads
Harper’s Ferry
W. Va
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Edward Steere
George J. Albrecht
Sidney Kennedy
Park Service
Roads Bureau
More Cases of Paralysis Drive Nationwide Quarantine
Montgomery reports a nationwide quarantine was ordered as nine new paralysis cases and another death were confirmed in a tri state outbreak. Lauderdale County in the Muscle Shoals region of northern Alabama is placed under partial quarantine after the area's 54th case was recorded by the county board of health.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lauderdale County
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
County Board of Health
Townsend Issue in Oklahoma Primary Flows Into Vote
Oklahoma City, July 28. The Townsend vote influenced the Democratic senatorial nomination race between Gov. E. W. Marland and Rep. Josh Lee in today’s run-off primary. Both candidates back the New Deal. Townsend leaders have endorsed Marland and Gomer Smith, head of the old-age pension group, voiced support.
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Oklahoma City
Townsend
E. W. Marland
Josh Lee
Marland
Lee
Oklahoma
Gomer Smith
Old-Age Pension Organization
Dionne Quintuplets Splash in Bathing Pool
The Dionne quintuplets, thirty three months old, amuse a crowd as they play in their pool. Visitors peer through glass walls, watching the siblings swim and splash under careful supervision.
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Callander
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