Breckinridge and Townsend Welcome at GOP Camp and Pension Convention
Col Henry Breckinridge, foe of the New Deal, visits a GOP camp led by vice presidential nominee Col Prank x. Dr F E Townsend attends the national convention of his old age pension followers in Cleveland, maintaining chilly ties to the Roosevelt administration.
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Henry Breckinridge
F. E. Townsend
Roosevelt
Breckinridge
Prank x
Townsend
Cleveland
Two ships collide. Maryland governor aboard ferry returns
Gov. Harry W. Nice and 250 passengers aboard the State of Virginia escaped a night time collision with the freighter Golden Harvest off Seven Foot Knoll. The incident left several bruised and a floor show halted as passengers prayed, with rescue by the Pittsburgh ferry bringing them to Baltimore at dawn.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Chesapeake Bay
Bay
State of Virginia
Golden Harvest
San Francisco
Baltimore Association of Automobile Dealers
Pittsburgh
Virginia
Bullet jams pistol saving Polly Moran from attack
Beverly Hills July 15 AP Officers arrest Martin Malone after a struggle at Polly Moran's home. A jammed cartridge on Malone's pistol prevented Moran from being killed as she shouted for help. Malone, drinking, faced assault with a deadly weapon charges and a later arraignment with bond set at 500 dollars. He waived preliminary hearing. Moran claimed he pointed and pulled the trigger repeatedly.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Polly Moran
Comedienne
Martin Malone
Sheriff's
Walter Schottmiller
Robert Jurgeson
Strugegle
Malone
Cecil Holland
Bond
Schottmiller
Jurgeson
Miss
Miss Moran
Malone-Moran
North Havenhurst Drive
Sheriff's Office
Breckinridge Receives Welcoming Margin For Landon Knox
Newsmen report Colonel Frank Knox and Governor Alf Landon greeted by Colonel Breckinridge who backs Republican plans to topple the New Deal. Breckinridge praises Landon Knox ticket while criticizing Roosevelt policy and predicts a strong midwest swing to the GOP.
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Topeka
Kana
Frank Knox
Illinois
Deepee
Henry Micnadys
Alf M. Landon
Knox
Middle West
Breckinridge
Landon
Roosevelt
Postal Receipts Show Increase in Pocatello
Postmaster A. H. McGuire reports that the first six months of 1936 in Pocatello brought postal receipts of 57,792.51, up from 51,496.07 a year earlier, with April 1936 totaling 10,347.43 the heaviest month in history. The year to date surpasses half of 1935’s total, and expectations point to a larger December rush.
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Pocatello
A. H. McGuire
WPA Conference in Lake City on Relief Regulations
A regional WPA conference in Lake City focuses on wage rules and other regulations governing the Works Progress Administration relief agency. Attendees include regional officials and WPA staff to discuss compliance and policy.
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Utah Lake City
WPA
Relief Agency
Roomer Dies in Gun Fight in Los Angeles
In a downtown Los Angeles rooming house a man known as Nick Pavlovich, 60, died after a gun battle with five police officers. Tear gas bombs and more than a dozen shots preceded Pavlovich's death as officers fired through a door after he threatened a bystander with a butcher knife. A bank book showed withdrawals reducing a prior balance of $4,000 to $64.
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Los Angeles
Nick Pavlovich
Harry Sailor
Pavelvich
R. F. Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Miles Ledbeter
Pavlovich
Young Republicans to Convene in Idaho Hailey
Walter B. Rubey announced the Young Republican League of Idaho will hold its state convention in Hailey on August 15 and 16. The meeting will gather Boise delegates and members from across the state for party activities and policy discussion.
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Young G. O. P
Boise
Young Republican League of Idaho
Hailey
Walter B. Rubey
Heat Wave Lingers as Deaths Top 3570 Across Regions
Chicago dispatch reports scattered storms tempers drought relief but 12 day heat wave remains unchecked. New grain buying at Chicago Board of Trade follows drought worries while Montana to the Dakotas endure renewed heat. Deaths in four states total over 3570 with Minnesota Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin accounting for a majority as temperatures exceed 100 degrees in many locales.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Great Lakes
J. R. Lloyd
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Dakotas
Chicago Board of Trade
Kansas City
Minnesota
Michigan
Mlllnois
Wisconsin
Missouri Valley
Mississippi
Ohio
Former postmaster confesses guilt in Hamm kidnapping case
Edmund C. Bartholmey, former Bensenville postmaster, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy in the $100,000 ransom kidnaping of St. Paul brewer William Hamm Jr. Alvin Karpis also pleaded guilty as the trial opened. The jury was completed. Bartholmey and Karpis face deferred sentences, with others awaiting sentencing.
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ST. Paul
Edmund C. Bartholmey
Bensenville, Ill
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul Brewer
Alvin Karpis
Public Enemy No. 1
John
Jack) Peifer
Hamm
Bartholmey
Ambrose Finn
Chicago
M. M. Joyce
Joyce
Karpis
Bartholmew
Byron Bolton
Barker- Karpis
Charles Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Baseball scores and line score highlights across leagues
New York beat Pittsburgh 5 4 in seven with late runs while Boston topped Chicago 11 1. Detroit routed New York 5 1 as Sorrells yielded, and St Louis hammered Boston 11 6. Multiple games noted with pitchers and battery pairs across the circuit.
Three Trapped In California Home
A mother Bessie Smith and her two children Dorothy 13 and Harry Smith were trapped in a blazing Stockton California home last night. Firemen forced entry rescuing them. Harry severely burned likely to die. mother and sister treated for second degree burns and shock. Damage estimated at $2,000. Chief Thompson had no start cause.
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Stockton
Calif
Harry Smith
Bessie Smith
Dorothy
Thompson
Utah Weather Forecast Brief
Pair tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions in the west portion. Tonight temperatures ease across western areas while other parts remain mild. Thursday brings further cooling with a steady drop in high readings across western counties.
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Utah
Idaho Weather Outlook Warm and Fair with Storms in Mountains
Idaho forecast calls for generally fair conditions through Thursday with scattered thunderstorm activity in the southeast mountain areas. Temperatures run above normal across the region.
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Idaho
Townsend convention opens in Cleveland auditorium
A large Townsend old age pension convention gathers in Cleveland's Public Auditorium with Dr. Francis Townsend present. About 15 000 register for the five day session and 5000 are voting delegates as the movement advances its $200 monthly pension plan.
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Public Auditorium
Cleveland
Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
Townsend Old Age Pension Organization
Francis E. Townsend
Frank Dyer
California
Labor peace talks halt suspension of United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor peace-makers won a round by delaying a vote on suspending John L. Lewis United Mine Workers and 11 insurgent unions. The council reportedly ordered formal trials for organizing methods violating AFL rules, with trials to begin within two weeks and possible compromise talks ongoing.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
A. F. of L
Council
Craft Union
Lewis Group
William Green
Federation
Rotary luncheon to feature railroad week program
Rotarians will hold a railroad week program at their weekly luncheon. Arthur M. Petersen announced the event and Tom Farmer, general chairman of the railroad week program committee, will oversee the proceedings.
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Dent Arthur M. Petersen
Tom Farmer
Elks Delegate Meeting Plans Parade And Memorial
The new grand exalted ruler Governor Davis Sholtz of Florida met with officers to discuss policies for 500000 Elks members. Denver named next year’s meeting place as thousands attend the memorial service and parade through downtown with 114 lodge units and an electrical pageant at Memorial Coliseum.
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Los Angeles
Elkhom
Davis Sholtz
Florida
B.P.O.E
the Elks’ Tand Cg Tien
Memorial Coliseum
Dave Sholtz
Elks’ National Convention
Frank L. Shaw
Shultz
Officials Hint Spy Arrest Only Start of Big Drive
Washington officials indicate the Farnsworth spy arrest is just the first step in a broad crackdown on alleged U.S. Navy secrets leaks. Farnsworth faces $10,000 bail on a charge of purveying confidential data to an agent of the Imperial Japanese Navy. J Edgar Hoover's agents remain on the investigation as the state department weighs action regarding an unnamed Japanese officer tied to the case.
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Washington
John S Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Imperial Japanese Navy
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
State Department
the Service of Information and Security
Parnsworth
Hughes Free In Coast Accident
A coroner's jury in Los Angeles exonerated Howard Hughes in the traffic death of Gabe S. Meyer a 60 year old department store salesman. Meyer's death was ruled an unavoidable accident and Hughes freed after habeas corpus release on his own recognizance.
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Gabe S. Meyer
Meyer
Hughes
CCC Workers Dusting Pests Near Buckskin Valley
Civilian Conservation Corps workers moved down the mountains toward maturing crops in Buckskin valley to dust pests with poison. CCC officers ordered a switch in hours to continue the campaign against crickets and other pests.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Buckskin Valley
CCC
Ross Considers Idaho Special Session on Relief Funds
Boise Idaho July 16 Governor Ross weighing an extraordinary session to amend the 2 percent sales tax to divert more receipts to pensioning the aged. He cites need for an added 50 000 and notes money exists in the sales tax fund. Legislators to confer immediately. June relief payments totaled about 120 000 for aged dependents and blind with 1 000 aged on relief.
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Boise
Tea
Ross
Heat continues to scorch U S Midwest and South
Temperatures well above 100 persist across the nation sizzling the midwest with readings such as Quincy 112 Wellington 111 Claradon 110 Centralia 110 Falls City 106 Indianapolis 102.9 City Mo 103 Lincoln Neb readouts show extreme heat across multiple states as authorities monitor heat risk.
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Middlewest
Quincy
Wellington
Eas
Claradon
Texas
Centralia
Falls City
Open House at Union Pacific Shops During Rail Week
Union Pacific shops in the city host an open house as part of Rail Week with a 1 p.m. tour gathering at the West Bridger pedestrian subway. Guides will explain locomotive wheeling and bolt threading for the lay public. A 7:30 p.m band concert at Ross Park and donkey baseball events at Overland Park are also on the schedule.
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Union Pacific
West Bridger Street
Ross Park
Guy Gates
Overland Park
Western Grocery
U. P
Railroad Week
Shrine
White Horse Patrol
Charges Filed Against Girl in New York Robbery Case
Detective Chief Bernard W. Thompson said a Baltimore warrant charges Jean Bell with robbing a World War II veteran in New York on June 2. Philip R. Davis, patient at Mt. Alto Veterans Hospital, identified Bell as the thief who stole $700 during a stop at a Baltimore hotel. Thompson said Joe Silver and Leo Maimone, arrested in New York, would be brought to Baltimore for lineup identification.
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Washington
Bernard W. Thompson
Baltimore
Jean Bell
New York
Thompson
Philip R. Davis
Mt. Alto Veterans’ Hospital
Bell
Davis
Joe Silver
Leo Maimone
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