Fredonia Town Ends Half Century Water Drought
Fredonia Arizona, a town of 200, long distant from railroads, ended 58 years with a dependable water supply by completing a pipeline to five springs at the base of an 800 foot cliff. The project, started after early attempts using roof collection and local wells, faced funding delays but finally received federal support, safeguarding future water needs and letting residents celebrate every bath and drink.
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Fredonia
Ariz
United States
Kanaba
W. J. Brooksby
Ned
Public Works Administration
PWA
Trees Extolled As Peace Force
Oakland California reports Capt Richard St Barbe Baker a forest er for the British Empire on every continent advocates tree culture as path to peace He heads a party to study the Redwood Empire and plans a world movement with Men of the Trees Baker links peace to Geneva and world court while criticizing war driven by timber demand He notes US timber heritage and credits war time wheat prices with creating a dust bowl and unemployment The 20000 member group operates globally with Francis Younghusband as president
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Cal
Richard St. Barbe Baker
Baker
California
J. H. Hewley
Jabor
Lewis Bruce
Robert Bruce
J. A. Bruce
E. N. Davis
L. A. Messer
T. E Grant
Men of the Trees
California Redwood Empire
Geneva
League of Nations
World Court
Redwoods
United States
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Roosevelt
CCC
America
Oi New Yor Baker
England
Sir Francis Younghusband
Child Evangelist Becomes Housewife in St Charles Marriage
A 16-year-old child evangelist, Cher Jane Pugh, married 17-year-old Lance Mobley last Friday at St. Charles, Missouri, and announced today they began a new life as a teen couple with a housewife wife.
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Centralia
Cher- Jane Pugh
Lance Mobley
St. Charles
Their Reunion Postponed Ceremony Beset by Family Ties
Miss Pugh a Texas born preacher who has worked across Beaumont and other states in Assembly of God churches saw her reunion postponed as family connections are noted with Mrs C M Clay of Nashville Illinois and Mrs Fei Mobley of Centralia. The text also references the French liner Bretagne and the Nazi vessel Leenzig, describing wartime port activity and altered ship markings.
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Nashville
Fei Mobley
Centralia
Miss Pugh
Jefferson
Texas
Beaumont
New Mexico
Louisiana
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Assembly of God
Illinois
Weygand Named Leader Of Allied Forces In East
Former French army chief Maxime Weygand arrived in Beirut via Paris after meetings with leaders. He was reported to have been chosen to command allied forces in the eastern Mediterranean in case of war, with preparations underway and secrecy surrounding the mission.
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Maxime Weygand
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Mediterranean
Weygand
Beirut
Syria
Paris
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General Star
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Ankara
German and French Vessels in Canal Crisis Escalation
Cristobal, Aug. 30 The United States destroyer S. Fred Talbot was ordered to Gatun Lake near the Panama Canal center as a precaution during the European crisis. A German motor-liner Leop- Up was seen nearby, signaling heightened tensions in the waterway.
Plane bootlegger of old is seized by federal agents
Dave Pinkussohn once dubbed an air plane bootlegger was seized by federal agents and charged with running a confidence game defrauding seven Catholic priests of about 25000. Investigators say he operated in Minnesota Texas and Pennsylvania via a Chicago mailing address and used fake warehouse receipts to lure clergymen into looting supplies. He offered profits and charged “battling fees” from 350 to 2900, selling obtained receipts and promising repeat deals. Pinkussohn previously served two years in Leavenworth for liquor law violations.
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Minnesota
Texas
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Lesvenworth
Hines Denounces Alien Groups At VFW Meeting
Gen Frank T Hines head of the U S Veterans Administration told a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Boston that Americans will not tolerate alien groups advocating communism fascism and nazism He urged those aliens to study the American form of government before pushing changes He also stressed veterans employment as the top issue noting an 18 percent rise in June from a year earlier.
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Frank T. Hines
U. S
Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hines
Veterans Affairs
Washington
Woman with rifle guards New Jersey alley dispute
In New Brunswick a woman armed with a .22 rifle blocked work on an alley between two properties claiming deed clauses limit its use to walking. Police and radio patrolmen mediated as negotiations began to settle the corridor dispute and prevent further construction.
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New Brunswick
Lpl
Elizabeth III
James Mulvey
Leonard Vors
Pencil Companies Charged In Suit
The federal trade commission ordered 12 pencil makers to cease price fixing as unlawful restraint of trade. The firms, responsible for about 75 percent of U S woodcased pencils, include Joseph Dixon Crucible Jersey City. Bernhard Faber Brooklyn. American Lead Pencil Hoboken. Eagle Pencil New York. Richard Best Irvington. Blaisdell Philadelphia. General Pencil Jersey City. Hassenfeld Providence. National Pencil Shelbyville. Reliance Mt. Vernon. Universal Oakland. Red Cedar Lewisburg. Wallace St. Louis, and the Lead Pencil Association led by William A. McDermid.
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CP1
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United States
Lead Pencil Association, Inc
William A. McDermid
New York City
Joseph Dixon Crucible Company
Jersey City
N. J
Berhard Faber
Brooklyn
American Lead Pencil Company
Hoboken
Eagle Pencil
Compary
York
Richard Best
Irvington
Blaisdell Pencil Company
Philadelphia
Genera Pencil Company
Hassenfeld Brothers, Inc
Providence
National Pencil Company
Shelbyville
Tenn
Reliance * Pencil Company
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Universal Pencil , Company
Oakland
Calif
Red Cedar Pencil, Company
Lewisburg
Wallace Pencil Company
St. Louis
Alice Harris Now Healthy but Lacks Speech at School
Seven year old Alice Harris, found abused and crippled as a toddler, has recovered health after care at a county home and with Mrs Jennie Rowan. She now attends school but cannot talk and shows little learning ambition, Dr Kinsley Davis notes lack of early training as the cause.
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Uniontown
Alice Harris
Whene
Alice
Jennie Rowan
Kinsley Davis
Pennsylvania State College
Broken Rocks
Alice’ Iill
Abandon: Wildcat Well in Douglas County
In Douglas County near Lawrence Kes a wildcat well SE 4 1414 was abandoned after 40 days at 2120 feet. Lewis Burns, hiler, reported no showing of oil or gas. Pipe will be pulled and hole plugged tomorrow. Drilled by Three Star Company of Tulsa in conjunction with local business men.
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Kes
Douglas County
Wildcat
Lewis Burns
Hiler
Three Star Company
Tulsa
Oxia
Ada
Nazi and Communist Parallels Surprise in Ideology
NEA Service notes striking similarities between Nazi and Communist systems. Both stress single parties, state control of economy, press and education, and suppression of dissent. Despite divergent origins, each regime channels workers through government plans, with mass rallies and national discipline guiding daily life.
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Gasoline Blast Start Big Fire Hits Sharpsburg Block
A gasoline truck explosion sparked a major fire in Sharpsburg near Pittsburgh. Police Chief Anthony Ferrara estimated losses over 120000 as flames leveled two homes and damaged six other structures. Nellie Zugumnciak and eight children were trapped on the second floor.
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Pittsburgh
Sharpsburg
Anthony Ferrara
Nellie Zugumnciak
Woman lowers children then leaps from window in crash
W A Leib reports a truck carrying 3000 gallons of gasoline lost a wheel at Main and 18th streets as a vehicle halted at a light. A mother reportedly lowered her children with a rope and then jumped from a window, injuring a leg.
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Main
18Th Streets
Study Suggestion On Illinois Oil Conservation Policy
The petroleum conservation commission began a study of Roosevelt and Gov. Reny Horner of Illinois on oil conservation under the Connally hot oil act. The discussion covers Roosevelt's suggestion for Illinois to consider oil conservation legislation in the upcoming special session, with Horner’s reply reviewed by the division. Illinois, a growing oil producer, competes with six major states while authorities note the act’s applicability depends on state adoption of enabling legislation.
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Petroleum Conservation Conmission
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Roosevelt
Ren.y Horner
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Horner
Ihe Sal
Orge
W. Holland
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Ickes
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Dow
Job Awaits Union Veteran At Home
Pittsburgh dispatch reports 98 year old Union veteran Col Sawyer will serve as assistant pastor at First Baptist Church in Chickasha Oklahoma after returning from the Grand Army of the Republic convention. He plans to operate a 480 acre farm while serving 1800 church members and notes seven academic degrees and prior leadership roles in colleges banks and churches.
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CPI
H- Sawyer
Grand Army’ of the Republic Convention
First Baptist
Chickasha
Okla
Sawyer
Western Colleges
2 Bank
Midwest
Ada area social notes and visits disclosed in list
A long list of local residents and guests is reported visiting friends and relatives in Ada Oklahoma City and surrounding areas. Persons include Mr and Mrs P L Palmer Lois Lovyeau Charles Winklers family and many others with travels to Phoenix Ponca City Dallas Tyler Oklahoma City and Colorado.
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Lois Lovyeau
Oklahoma City
Charles Winklers
Phoenix
Arizona
Ada
Ae W. G. Peterson Sre
Rhoda Slack
Dallas
Texas
Bob Templeton
Oklahoma
Cty
Murray Corbin
Carlton Cortin
Tishomingo
Ben Rutledge
Shirley
Jim
Jimmy Petty
Preston - O'Neal
Tyler
International briefs and wartime moves
News wires report United States rubber considers a plant in Bolivia as South American trade push. King George visits war office amid wartime readiness. Swiss council seeks special powers for crisis handling. Nordic foreign ministers meet on neutrality. Queen Mary reaches Southampton with 2385 passengers including J Pierpont Morgan. Bolivian front commander Hans Kundt dies in Lu gano. German consulate warns residents in Costa Rica to defend Nazi views and be ready for service.
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Reich
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