Nova star discovery thrills amateur observer
Amateur astronomer Leslie C. Peltier of Nelphos Ohio, a draftsman by day, gains notice for his telescope observation of a new nova described by experts as a standout find in modern astronomy. New ballot notices misstate Norris reelection pressure. no law requires his run. James McGrew of St Joe Missouri jailed in North Platte after pleading guilty to stealing two chickens. Irish Free State deploys troops to seal off Borodentown area as IRA activity rises, defense ministry confirms.
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Corn Field
Leslie C. Peltier
Nelphos
Ohio
James McGrew
St. Joe
Missouri
North Platte
McGrew
German fighter stops Joe Louis in NYC bout
Max Rohmeling of Germany KO'd the Brown Bomber Joe Louis in the twelfth round of a scheduled fifteen round fight in New York City defying predictions and heavy Louis odds.
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Spoks
Max Rohmeling
Germany
Joe Louis
L Detroit
New York City
Louis
Zioncheck fights DC confinement claim amid hospital bars
Representative Zioncheck of Washington asserts he is being railroaded and unfit for confinement as insane. He complains to newspapermen through hospital bars that authorities aim to confine him. A Wyoming court defense involves a voter signing divorce paper by mistake. Kansas ballot news notes Union party candidacy failure to qualify and missed filing deadline.
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Washington State
District of Columbia
Labor Strife Returns to Barcelona and Valladolid Amid Unrest
Epain reports ongoing labor strain as political clashes erupt, claiming two lives. Workers in Barcelona and Valladolid resume duties despite fresh strikes in scattered districts, signaling a tense but resuming labor routine.
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Epain
Barcelona
Valladolid
Banner County Farmer Hangs Self at Kimball Horve
Glenn Williams a Banner County farmer killed himself at the horve of A Barret in Kimball after a dispute over finances. The incident follows a wave of financial troubles and a broader national push against unfair pricing here and nationwide. federal agents in Akron rounded up scores of suspects in a bootleg cleanup, closing city hall for a holiday. Ben Ross announced a Senate bid opposing Borah, and Jim Barrow, a 64 year old forger, was shot during a fugitive pursuit in Texas.
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Glenn Williams
Banner County
A. Barret
Kimball
Brou
Akron
Ohio
Fall from high wire ends 47 year career
Stuart, 61, veteran high wire walker, suffered a skull fracture, two arm fractures, and a deep head laceration after a forty story fall from the wire. In other news, the American Federation of Labor urges higher wages, citing a profit rebound near 1926 levels and linking pay to living costs.
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Corporation Re Fits
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Louise Glaum Runs Angeleno Theatre For New Talent
Silent era star Louise Glaum operates a small Los Angeles theatre to try out new plays and showcase lesser known actors. It is not yet a paying venture, but she hopes to build a stable, sustainable company in time.
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Louise Glaum
Los Angeles
Sixteenth Victim Dug From Ruins After New York Collapse
The body of the sixteenth victim in the New York apartment house collapse was recovered from the debris. A wrecked under construction building caved in from seven floors to seven feet of brick and rubble burying workers who had gone to the roof to collect their weekly pay.
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New York
Scientists Await Eclipse Shadow Across Hemisphere
Scientists from about a dozen nations wait for an eclipse that would cast a 50 mile shadow from the Mediterranean to Alaska as the moon passes under the sun. Clouds threaten the viewing zone along the eclipse path, heightening anxiety for observers.
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Mediterranean
Alaska
Eden leads drive to lift Italy sanctions in Commons
Opposition voices in the British House of Commons shouted cries of shame as Foreign Secretary Eden announced Britain would take the lead in removing sanctions against Italy. He warned peace for Ethiopia required ending military pressure, risking a broader war in the Mediterranean the war could not be confined to that region.
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Eden
Great Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
Mediterranean
Walter, Jr. Charged in Silk Stocking Murder Case
Albert Walter Jr., 28, of New York, was charged in San Francisco with the silk stocking murder of Blanche Cousins, 24, a former Idaho Falls girl who resisted his advances. Walter surrendered himself to police and said his conscience troubled him after killing the girl.
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Albert Walter, Jr
San Francisco
Blanche Cousins
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Walter
Republican chief maps east strategy for Landon victory
John D. Hamilton national Republican chairman outlined party strategy in the East and conferred with leaders. He predicted Governor Alf Landon would win the presidency while suggesting Roosevelt might carry six states.
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John D. Hamilton
East
Alf Landon
Roosevelt
Salt Lake City Veteran Freed on Bond in Fatal Incident
A Salt Lake City veteran described as crushed by a car currently facing involuntary manslaughter charges after allegedly running over his elderly mother while driving under the influence. He had been warned by her not to drive when drinking and the event reportedly occurred after he reversed the vehicle.
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Salt Lake City
Olson
Russian writer Maxim Gorky Dies in Moscow at 68
Maxim Gorky, the prominent Russian novelist and playwright, died at his Moscow home aged 68. The ailing author had been in frail health due to influenza, pulmonary catarrh, and a weakened heart after a prolonged illness.
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Maxim Gorky
Moscow
Proposed Colorado pension amendment on November ballot
Proposed constitutional amendments would create a $454 monthly old age pension for indigent residents over sixty. The measures will be presented to Colorado voters in the November election.
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Colorado
Campo mob aborts lynching after cafe fire kills officer
A mob of about three hundred persons tried to lynch nine African Americans in Campo Texas but halted the search and returned to town. They burned a cafe where a white officer was slain while attempting to quiet a soldiers holiday celebration.
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Campo
Texas
Governor orders probe into Golden Industrial School murder case
Governor Johnson of Colorado ordered an investigation of the state industrial school at Golden after hearing complaints about the school. Two inmates are being held in connection with the murder of a sheepherder.
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Johnson
Colorado
Golden
Landon Plans Colorado Ranch Stay Through July For Session
Governor Alf Landon said he would remain at the Colorado ranch until July 6, then return for a special Colorado legislature session. An oppressive heat wave from Alaska to Florida warned farmers of a drought threat, with grasshoppers arriving to worsen the scourge.
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Colorado
Alaska
Florida
Drouth
Lincoln Boys Spike Rails Near State Penitentiary Prank
Special agent Ray Carroll of the Burlington in Lincoln reports three Lincoln youths placed a spike between the rails near the state penitentiary. The spike wedged as rails expanded in heat, almost causing a derailment.
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Ray Carroll
The
Burlington
Lincoln
State Penitentiary
Five San Diego Victims Injured Near Grand Island Accident
Five San Diego residents were injured when their car was struck by a heavily loaded trailer as they attempted to pass a truck on the Lincoln Highway about a quarter mile east of Grand Island. Two people died in Java South Dakota from botulism after eating home canned peas. Doctors cited botulism as the cause.
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Grand Island
Java
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Jim Browning, former heavyweight champion, dies in Minnesota
Jim Browning, once a heavyweight wrestling champion, died in a Rochester hospital. He succumbed to complications from liver blood clots.
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Jim Browning
Rochester
Minn
Walnut furniture sale settles estate in White Cloud
Antique walnut furniture brought to White Cloud Kansas eighty two years ago in a covered wagon was sold to settle an estate. The items remained in the pioneer Conklin family since they moved from Ohio to Kansas in the 19th century.
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Kansas
Orison Conklin
Ohio
Tragic lake accident near Marion Maine claims twelve youths
Twelve carefree children celebrating the last day of school drowned when a motor boat capsized near the shore of a lake near Marion Maine. Four children were saved and the boat operator was rescued, with rescuers stating remaining victims could not be reached.
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Marion
Maine
Heat Records Set Across Nebraska and Iowa
New heat records for the season were set Friday in southeastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa where readings above 100 degrees were common. The extreme heat underscores ongoing heat wave conditions sweeping the Midwest with officials warning residents to stay hydrated and limit outdoor activity.
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Iowa
Big Springs Officials Announce Pavement Celebration
Big Springs officials announced a celebration to be held tomorrow upon the completion of pavement on Highway 138. Local leaders, including city council members, plan a ceremony with remarks and a ribbon cutting at the new roadway section.
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Big Springs
Eight convicts revolt aboard speeding Chicago train
Eight rebellious convicts subdued by guards aboard a speeding Chicago train en route to Leavenworth demanded removal of handcuffs to play cards. They then toppled card tables and shouted for narcotics, prompting five guards to restore order after wrecking the Pullman interior.
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Chicago
Leavenworth
Convicts Kill Guard at Retrieve Prison Farm Texas
Three inmates assaulted a guard at Retrieve prison farm in Texas, killing him with his pistol, then fled into dense brush on the guard’s horse and two mules. Nearby workers did not intervene or attempt escape.
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Retrieve
Texas
Rightist Leagues Refuse to Disband in Paris Labor Bill
Defiant bellows greeted the dissolution order as Paris lawmakers finished legislation on the labor program. Four rightist organizations refused to disband, maintaining their organized resistance amid the political action.
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Paris
British ship captures suspected runaway trawler off British Guiana
The Pemeroon intercepted a vessel off British Guiana believed to be the Girl Pat, a runaway trawler whose crew fled with her to seek treasure. The ship hovered outside the three mile limit for days while police described the detainee as matching the missing trawler.
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Pemeroon
British Guiana
Clark Gable Weighs Colorado Summer Getaway
Clark Gable considers spending the summer in Colorado. He has contacted travel bureaus about the plan and weighs leasing a ranch near Estes Park near the Landon family summer retreat.
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Clark Gable
Colorado
Estes Park
Landons
Boulder Youth Drowns After Pool Accident
Riley Taylor of Boulder Colorado drowned after a rocking dive into a pool struck his head. He and three companions pulled him from the water and attempted revival but were unable to save him.
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Riley Taylor
Boulder
Colorado
Flag Draped Philadelphia Greets Democrats Convention Advance
Flag adorned Philadelphia extends greetings to the advance guard of the Democratic convention as speculation about the platform grows. The platform is expected to become the convention’s central issue and defining matter.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt Aides Poised to Spend Billions on Relief Next Year
President Roosevelt and his aides will have more than three billions of dollars to spend for relief and public works starting July 1, 1936. The sum is estimated to supply jobs for more than three million people based on current relief costs.
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Roosevelt
Pittsburgh instructor's wife and children found dead
Discovery of a University of Pittsburgh instructor's wife and two young children revealed mixed theories of their deaths. The children were stabbed and strangled, the mother stabbed in the heart and strangled with a rope. The father is away at a summer camp and initial police belief suggested the mother killed the children and herself, but investigators pursued a murder inquiry.
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University of Pittsburgh
Tashmae Sinks After Hailstorm Moonlit Cruise Tragedy
The excursion steamer Tashmae sprang a gaping hole after striking a rock on the Detroit River near Detroit during a moonlit cruise. About 1400 passengers danced on deck unaware of the danger as water flooded the hull and boiler stokers worked amid rising peril.
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Black Gang
Detroit
Lemke Announces Union Party Candidacy for President
Representative Lemke of North Dakota declares a run for the presidency on a Union party ticket aimed at those unhappy with both major parties. Support from Father Coughlin and Dr Townsend is anticipated. The platform adopts the Frazer Lemke farm refinancing plan and calls for limits on individual incomes and inheritances.
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North Dakota
United States
Union Party
Father Coughlin
Dr. Townsend
Congress approves relief-deficiency and relief funding bills
Congress completed action on a relief-deficiency appropriation totaling 2.375 billion and sent it to the White House. The Senate also cleared a related billion and a half relief measure after agreeing to strike an amendment aimed at reviving the Florida ship canal project.
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White House
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
Texan Kidnapper Arthur Gooch Hanged Under Lindbergh Law
Arthur Gooch, 27, convicted kidnapper of two Texas officers, was hanged at McAlester State Prison. He became the first person executed under the federal Lindbergh kidnapping law as he walked up the steps, the noose adjusted and the trap sprung.
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Arthur Gooch
Texas
McAlester
Gooch
Omaha detective shoots laborer during holdup
A Union Pacific laborer in Omaha was shot and killed by a detective during a reported holdup. The man phoned a drug store for ice cream to be sent to an apartment with change for a $20 bill. Police say the detective forced to kill the man as he opened fire on the delivery boy.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
French Cabinet Accepts Sanctions Cancellation Tied to League Council
The French cabinet announced in an official communique that it agrees to cancel sanctions against Italy contingent on any decision reached by the League of Nations council.
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Council of the
League of Nations
Prominent Moose Lodge Auxiliary Member Killed by Train
Mrs. Mac Harnden, a leading figure in Battle Creek Michigan Moose lodge auxiliary, died after being struck by a train soon after a fortune teller warned she would embark on a long journey.
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Mac Harnden
Auxiliary of the Moose Lodge
Battle Creek
Mich
Sunday Evening Calls by Hammond and Sprengers
Home on Sunday evening, H. J. Hammond visited Lewis and Charles Sprenger, Alfred Sprenger, C. H. Hammond, and Frank Klentz on Saturday.
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H. J. Hammond
Lewis
Charles Sprenger
Alfred Sprenger
C. H. Hammond
Frank Klentz
Walker protests sanity plea in court before exam
Albert Walker, a confessed slayer, vigorously opposed a sanity plea in San Francisco Superior Court. He was ordered examined by alienists prior to trial, insisting he committed the murder and preferred death by the state to his own action.
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Superior Court
San Francisco
Walter
Mount Vernon Community Notes and Celebrations
Sunday school at Mount Vernon is set for 10 a m A surprise birthday dinner honored Mr and Mrs Alvin Lund of Peetz with local relatives among attendees A 37th wedding anniversary for the Hammonds and 15th for the Sprengers was celebrated at the Charles Sprenger home with basket dinners and many relatives present The Klents of Sidney visited Mrs C N Walters and family Those attending the Bayard pageant and farmers union picnic at Krueger's Lake included multiple local families and friends Numerous local residents shopped and called on neighbours in Sidney and Sterling areas over the week
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Alvin Lund
Peetz
Lewis Lund
Frank Kleritz
Charles Sprenger
H. J. Hammond
Hammonds
Agnes
Ann Hundrup
Lula Reineka
Norman Trebaugh
Clarence Evans
E. H. Howe
Agnes Hundrup
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Krueger's Lake
Myr
Alfred Sprenger
Keith
Sterling
John Lingwall
C. L. Walters
Frank Klentz
Sidney
J. D. Walker
Sidney Draw By Cecelia Kurs
Mr and Mrs Ed Welverton went to Sheridan Wyo where their son Lowell was badly injured in a car crash Ed Wolverton returned Sunday from Sheridan and left Lowell in as good condition as possible A picnic dinner was held at John Kurz home for Mr Kurz birthday with many attendees including Bert Walker J A Sparks C S Chambers Sam Chambers Alfred Koester Frank Kurz and Helen Brachtenbach Elmer Whitteker works for Frank Kurz and visits among others
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Sheridan
Wye
Lowell
Helen Brachtenbach
Cecelia Kura
Fred Kretz
Bill Spicknell
Farmers Union
John Kurz
Frank Kurz
H. van Aelstyn
Ed Wolverton
Wyo
Lorenzo
Mr. Kurz
Bert Walker
J. A. Sparks
C. S. Chambers
Sam Chambers
Alfred Koester
Elmer Whitteker
Robert and
Howard
John Owens
Meadow Lawn Social Notes Draw Neighbors Together
Sunday evening D J Walsh hosted as John Van Anne called. Maynard Mayer hosted supper guests from Dalton. Bert Haskinson visited Denver. Ed Mayer and family joined other locals for Monday supper at the Charles Mayer home. Ruth Cortney visited the Winish home. Ed McGowan returned from Fairplay Colorado. Maynard Mayer spent Sunday at Pine Bluffs. J M Kreader spent Sunday at Dalton. Fred Enevoldsen and Donald and Charlotte Mayer joined Friday at the Mayer home. Shirley Mayer was a Saturday guest group.
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John van Anne
D. J. Walsh
Maynard Mayer
Riley Simerson
Ray Fisher
Colman Kreader
Dalton
Bert Haskinson
Denver
John Peterson
Viola and
Vernon
Ed Mayer
Mary Mayer
Charles Mayer
Ruth Cortney
D. J. fWinish
Ed McGowan
Fairplay
Colo
Pine Bluffs
J. M. Kreader
Fred Enevoldsen
Donald
Charlotte
Shirley Mayer
Community Notes From Dalton And Sidney
Social visits and family gatherings dominate the Dalton and Sidney scene this week. Residents like Carl Thomas, the Mayer, Kreader, Walsh, Dirks, Juelfs, McGowan, and Morrow families are hosting or visiting relatives and friends across Dalton, Sidney, and surrounding areas with garden parties, lodge attendance, and Sunday dinners.
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John Eber
Omaha
Carl Thomas
Lodge
Dalton
Roland Morrow
Dewey Dirks
Government Printing Office Establishment Date
The act of congress authorizing the Government Printing Office passed in 18 but the establishment occurred March 4 ASG1.
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