Heat Wave Grips Nation As Drought Tightens
The sixth to eighth day of extreme heat drives fatalities past 375 across the country and Canada. Cities report readings up to 108 degrees as drouth threatens crops and prices, with New York and Chicago among major tolls and no relief in sight.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Bowling Green
Cumberland
Jamestown
N. C
Richmond
Adrian
Mich
Kansas
Connecticut
Baltimore
Lake Michigan
New York State
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Gereals
Six-Year Fight Ends In Nationwide Executions
Twelve murderers faced death under rope electric chair firing squad and gas chamber in seven states during a 24 hour period. Henry Grier 43 leaped from his cell at North Carolina State Prison Raleigh seconds before death was due. Delbert Green 28 was executed at Salt Lake City after a six year legal battle. Irwin B. Ottey was hanged at San in Arizona and Frank Rascon 26 faced a gas chamber with disputed paternity claims.
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Henry Grier
North Carolina
Raleigh
Salt Lake City
Delbert Green
Green
Frank Rascon
Arizona
Irwin B. Ottey
San
Mrs Freed Thwarts Quest of Officers
Chicago July 10 U P Mrs Ruth Carmella Freed remains at large as police fail to flush her out after her husband Eddie Freed, linked to prohibition era gangsters, submitted to two days of questioning. Authorities believe he may contact his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Ruth Carmella Freed
Annabelle Blake
Audrey Vallette
Cabinet urged to make National Resources Committee permanent
Five cabinet officers advised President Roosevelt to establish the National Resources Committee as a permanent agency to coordinate 175000 federal state and local governments financed by taxpayers. They warned of confusion cross purposes and wasted effort due to overlapping activities. Clarke Gable, Jeanette McDonald, Spencer Tracy featured in San Francisco Paramount now.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
National Resources Committee
Clarke Gable
Jeanette McDonald
Spencer Tracy
San Francisco
Paramount Now
Joe Humphreys Dies at 63 Last Fight Announcer
Joe Humphreys longtime fight announcer died at 63 in Fair Haven New Jersey from a heart ailment worsened by heat. He suffered a heart attack in over 100 degree heat and died later the same day after a stroke last December and a period in Florida. He left boxing crowds behind as he tended his rose garden and retired to a bungalow with his son George and daughter in law Helen. His passing ends the era of a famed group of voice men including Charley Harvey Peter Prenty Fred Burns and Johnny Dunn who once drew crowds without amplifiers.
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Fair Haven
N. J
Joe Humphreys
George
Humphreys
Jersey City
Florida
Helen
New York
Charley
Harvey
Peter Prenty
Fred Burns
Johnny Dunn
Washington
Roosevelt
Maine
Tri-Borough
Hyde Park
Roosevelt Home Club
Ruth Bryan Owen
Ickes
Triborough Bridge
East River
Manhattan
Queens
Bronx
PWA
Sevanna
Nova Scotia
James
John
Franklin
Plunge to death. headless body found near Round Rock
A recaptured body was found in a Texas quarry then vanished within an hour prompting a large posse to search. Witness Quince Lurber said the head was bashed and nearly severed. Shoes hat and blood stained rock remained at the scene before authorities suspected removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Rock
Texas
Here
Quince Lurber
Carpenter
Lurber
Fred Olsen
D. B. Gregg
Veteran Newsman G Ogan Payne Dies in California
G Ogan Payne a nationally known advertising authority and owner publisher of the San Jose Evening News died today at his home in Los Gatos California after a heart attack He was formerly a Hearst official and publisher of the Washington DC Times and directed several Hearst papers in the East and South
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Gatos
Calif
U.R
G. Ogan Payne
San Jose Evening News
Hearst
Washington, D. C
Times
Alabama polio toll rises as cases reach 103
In Montgomery 103 cases of infantile paralysis were reported with five deaths today. Health officials focused on containing the epidemic to seven northern Alabama counties as eleven new cases emerged yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
U.P
Alabama
State Health Department
Man Loses Feet Boarding Train at Tucumcari
John V. Coleman, about 50, of Peoria Missouri, lost both feet while attempting to board a freight train in Tucumcari New Mexico yesterday afternoon. He was admitted to Northwest Texas Hospital at 7:15 p.m. in critical condition after an ambulance transfer from Tucumcari.
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Tucumcari
N. M
John V. Coleman
Northwest Texas Hospital
Coleman
Peoria
Lamesa Girl Crowned West Texas Queen Candidate
Geraldine Robertson of Lamesa was elected queen of West Texas Queen's Night at the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas. Nancy Cochran of Sweetwater was named alternate. Forty six West Texas candidates competed, with finals July 31 when Ginger Rogers crowns the queen of all queens. The winner may get a Hollywood movie tryout.
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Dallas
Geraldine Robertson
Lamesa
West Texas
Nancy Cochran
Sweetwater
Ginger Rogers
Hollywood
John Gilbert Left Estate of 407000 Dollars in Probate
Los Angeles reports official appraisal in probate court showing John Gilbert left an estate valued at 407,453 dollars. The amount will largely go to Virginia Bruce his fourth wife after bequests to Leatrice Joy Gilbert his daughter and others including education funds and friends and business associates.
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Los Angeles
U.P
John Gilbert
Hollywood
Screen
Virginia Bruce
Joy Gilbert
Richard Hyland, Jr
Stanford
Adela Rogers St. John
Lightning strike at funeral kills man in Sparta Tenn
A lightning bolt at a Sparta graveside killed Parker Watley and left two others dazed as mourners stood by. Harry Tucker was knocked unconscious and Baxter Hunter, the Sparta undertaker, was dazed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Tenn
W.P
Parker Watley
Harry Tucker
Baxter Hunter
Marines Seek Chinese Who Slew Trader
Marines pursue a Chinese suspect in the killing of a trader who was shot in the street while holding a year old baby. The victim died at the scene, and authorities issued a description of the suspect and the weapon used.
Two Hurt In Crash Shanghai Killings Taint Calm
In North Shanghai the Nipponese trading firm employee Kosaku Kagau died from wounds after a gunman attacked him as he walked with a year-old baby. Japanese marines searched for the Chinese shooter while two Japanese marines were seriously injured in a motorcycle collision with a British driver, C N Brooke, who was released after examination. The Japanese consul demanded stricter protection for Japanese residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Kosaku Kagau
C. N. Brooke
Arata Sugihara
Tsai Ching-Chun
Greater
French Deny Gun Plans To Soviet Russia
In Paris July 10 the French government rejected in the Chamber of Deputies a charge by deputy Kerillis that France would supply Soviet Russia with blueprints and a model of its latest secret anti aircraft gun. Pierre Cot the air minister said the gun is not in French hands though it has been ordered. The chamber backed the government 403 to 162.
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Paris
U.P
Chamber of Deputies
France
Soviet
Russia
Kerillis
Pierre Cot
Chamber
Forecast for Amarilla and Vicinity Partly cloudy
Fair Saturday in Amarilla and Vicinity with partly cloudy skies west of 160th Meridian. New Mexico also partly cloudy, with possible showers and thunderstorms in the northwest, little temperature change. Temperatures shown include highs near 88 and lows around 67, with daily readings for yesterday between 72 and 88.
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Amarilla
West Texas
New Mexico
Amarillo
Miso Vines
Wheat Yield Ample for Domestic Needs Is Forecast
Washington July 10 official monthly forecast says crop prospects were poorer on July 1 than in most prior years except 1934, but anticipated yields may be ample for domestic needs despite 1936 drought damage. Officials described the outlook as conservative based on conditions ten days prior to the July heat.
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Washington
Crop Forecasts Signal Ample Feed Despite Drought Fears
Wheat at 638,399,000 bushels up from 623,444,000 in 1935. Corn forecast 2,244,824,000 bushels versus 2,291,629,000 last year. George A. Collier says forecast is encouraging if August cuts do not hit. W. F. Callander notes report could not reflect recent crop damage and was conservative. Roosevelt says 75,000 WPA jobs authorized in drought area. 16,000 already at work. AAA expands drouth counties to 277, aiding 570,000 farms and 2,850,000 rural residents.
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George A. Collier
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
W. F. Callander
AAA
Crop Reporting Board
Dreuth
Roosevelt
Drouth
Minnesota
Merchants Pay Extortion Threat To Avert Dynamiting
In Prophetstown Illinois merchants agreed to pay $1000 to an extortionist threatening to bomb the business district. Mayor George Brydia said the city would contribute, planning to travel 100 miles to deliver the ransom unless the threat is stopped. The letter was signed Lamorra Society and postmarked from Wyoming Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prophetstown
Ill
U.P
George
Brydia
Brydia-uless
G-men
Chicago
Department of Justice
Wyoming
Til
Walnut
Lamorra Society
Gloria Vanderbilt's Mother Seeks 100000 Legacy in Court
In New York, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt asks surrogates to compel payment of a 100000 legacy from Alice Vanderbilt on her late mother-in-law's will. The estate is valued around 10000000 with custody disputes previously settled in favor of Mrs Whitney. The surrogate orders a show cause returnable July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria Vanderbilt
Gloria
Alice G. Vanderbilt
James A. Foley
Cornelis
Whitney
Long Island
Vanderbilt
Fugitive Convict Covers His Trail Near Conroe
Roy Curry a 23 year old life term convict who escaped from a central prison farm near Sugarland yesterday used commandeered cars to travel about 100 miles. He forced a couple to drive from Stafford to Conroe and later commandeered a car with two women who reported he left the vehicle and hid in the brush near Conroe as officers pursued him.
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Conroe
Texas
Roy Curry
Central Prison
Sugarland
Here
Navarro
McClennan
Stafford
Film Director Alan Crosland Hurt in Auto Crash
Hollywood July 10 Alan Crosland noted film director lay in critical condition at Hollywood Hospital after an automobile overturned near Sunset Boulevard. Officials said possible skull and limb fractures resulted from a collision with an obstruction near an excavation. no witnesses to the early morning incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Alan Crosland
Hollywood Hospital
Ben
Sunset Boulevard
Four Charged as Counterfeiters in Detroit Case
Four suspects from Detroit Mich including Perdinand G. Rodriguez Ramon Matheu Miguel Mathers and Ann Matheu were indicted in federal court on conspiracy to possess and pass counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. Agents reported seizures of 3140 counterfeit dollars and 1509 genuine bills from their Detroit tourist quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Antonio
Federal Reserve Bank
Perdinand G. Rodriguez
Ramon Matheu
Miguel Mathers
Ann Matheu
Detroit
Mich
Federal Reserve
Bet Ly Ward Dies From Pool Dive Injury
Betty Jo Ward 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs L F Ward of Blum Hill County, sustained a broken neck after diving from a 10 foot board into a pool in Cleburne yesterday. She was rushed to a Dallas hospital where doctors said she has little chance to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleburne
Betty Jo Ward
L. F. Ward
Blum
Hill County
Dallas
Shotgun Death of Edward Hust in Rockdale Home
In Rockdale Texas on July 19 Edward L Hust 63 was found dead at his home four miles south a coroner ruled death by own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Texas
Edward L. Hust
Here
Burglar Caught In Mrs Thweatt's Home In Fort Worth
Fort Worth July 10 Mrs J J Thweatt confronted a burglar in her home and he returned her purse before fleeing. She noted he seemed more shocked than she was by the encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
J. J. Thweatt
Youth Discovers Open Switch Not Comfortable Seat
Oakland, July 10. John Graham an 18 year old itinerant from New York sat on a rail road track unaware of an open switch. A railroad worker in a distant tower closed the switch pinning him to the rail. Graham screamed then was freed and taken to a hospital with injuries not expected to cure quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
John Graham
Graham
New York
Two Army Men Die as Fort Sill Balloon Crashes
An Adakarko Oklahoma balloon crash killed Master Sergeant Ralph J. Rumple and Sergeant Douglass M. Tucker after a Fort Sill training flight ballo on burned a blackjack thicket near Cogar. Sergeant Joseph Murray was burned and treated, Captain F D Lynch escaped with minor injuries. A board will investigate.
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Anadarko
Okla
Fort Sill
Cogar
Ralph J. Rumple
Milwaukee
Wis
Douglass M. Tucker
F. D. Lynch
San Antonio
L R,. Koenig
Air Corps
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Negro
Utah
Mrs. Freed
Joe
Joe Humhreys the
Tyler
John W. Pope, Jr
Hugh Gill
Pope
Gill
Blackstone
Temple
Patricia McGreagor Pope
Austin
East Texas
Highway Department
Lancaster
California
Geraldine. Robertson
Baby IN
His Arms
F.D.R
Joseph Murray
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