Heat Wave Strains U S As Temperatures Reach Historic Highs
In a scorching nationwide heat wave many farmers face catastrophe prospect and hospitals fill in Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Des Moines as temps top 110 in multiple cities. Officials warn a cool Canadian air mass may arrive to ease the crisis.
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Nationalization of silver shocks markets and policy shift
New York reports inflation and currency moves as the dollar slides against European currencies. In Washington Roosevelt nationalizes silver, ordering delivery to the U S mint within 90 days at 50.01 cents an ounce under the silver purchase act, Morgenthau announcing the move and calling it an eminent domain action. Senate leader Thomas hails it as a blow to the gold bloc and a step toward a new monetary system, with exemptions for newly mined silver and certain foreign coins and bullion.
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Oklahoma
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Hindenburg Dies Prompt Mourning Across Nations
Arthur Brisbane notes Hindenburg’s funeral rites and world reactions as the Stork hints at a Mussolini heir in Italy. US wreaths, Beethoven march, and tributes mark a somber, international moment. See TODAY Page 12.
Three Fires Still Blazing Near Clarksville Woods
Three major fires raged in the wooded area north of Clarksville with only one under control. Firefighters prepared to request a CCC camp to support suppression as crews cleared strips and started backfires.
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Clarksville
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Guardsmen in Vote Affairs Clash in New Orleans
National Guardsmen seized a registration blank from Miss Airene Bergeron a school teacher in a militia held office in New Orleans. Registrar R J Gregory said the form was filled incorrectly but would not specify. Bergeron said guards blocked her path and soldiers warned to disperse a crowd gathered nearby. Gregory noted the card is state property and could not be removed. The incident, tied to the Long Walmsley political battle, follows prior refusals of registration over minor errors and reflects the wider power struggle in the city.
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Anna Antonio Husband Killer Faces Final Death Warrant
Ossining August 9 Tonight Anna Antonio, a 29 year old self widowed mother of three, faces a governor clemency decision after the courts denied pleas for life. Governor Lehman has taken no action though he is the last hope. Her co defendants Vincent Saetta and Samuel Peracet await execution for the Easter 1992 murder of Salvatore Antonio over a $5,000 insurance claim. Supreme Court Justice Brewster refused a new trial citing no new evidence likely to alter the verdict.
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Herbert Lehman
Ruth Snyder
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Amarillo and West Texas Fair Weather Update
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday. West Texas and New Mexico expect generally fair weather, with possible local thundershowers in the northwest portion of New Mexico. Temperatures today range from 72 to 90 degrees at 1 o'clock.
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Real Bullets in Sham Battle Kill Spectator
A boy died and three others were wounded when a Fort Riley cavalry unit staged a sham battle in Burwell Nebraska. Blanks were supposed to be used but real bullets were fired. Authorities opened an investigation as crowds recoiled and officials sought ballistic clarification.
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Poulter recaps second Byrd expedition hardships in Antarctica
Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, expedition senior scientist, details the failed second attempt to reach Admiral Byrd. A faulty clutch, broken belts, and a burned generator delayed progress as a crevasse worsened when a sledge carrying rations slipped in. Crew wrestled with digging, unloading stores, and battery acid spill while weather worsened and they camped for the night.
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Jones Studies Drouth Conditions Tour
Congressman Marvin Jones plans a 10 day trip through New Mexico Kansas and the Texas Panhandle to study drouth conditions and the progress of the government cattle buying program. He will visit parts of New Mexico and Kansas and meet with businessmen farmers stockmen and cattle program directors. The survey follows a Department of Agriculture request to report on regional conditions. Jones chairs the House agriculture committee and has worked on related legislation.
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Ferguson Probes Then Selects Tom Hunter
Former Texas governor James E. Ferguson announced he favors Tom F. Hunter for governor over Attorney General James W. Allred. He cited taxation plans as the chief issue and described Allred as a boy and Hunter as a man in the Ferguson Forum.
Parley Requests Roosevelt to Heal Major Strikes
President Roosevelt urged to intervene in a widening truck drivers strike in Minneapolis and a textile workers protest in Huntsville. A citizens group alleges martial law violated rights as 12,000 workers walk out. Alabama director John Petree halted talks for four or five days after initial negotiations faltered.
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Kidnapped Woman Hurled From Auto in Brooklyn
Mrs. Bertha Deutsch, 43, was kidnaped and hurled from a motor car with clothes in flames. Found by John White in Brooklyn, she was taken to a hospital in non fatal condition. This marks the third kidnaping of Mrs. Deutsch in five months.
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Germany Honors Hin denburg in East Prussia
Germany continued to pay last respects to the late President Paul von Hindenburg. Thousands in an unbroken line passed the coffin in the Tannenberg War Memorial as police and storm troopers kept order. Flowers covered the memorial floor and children gathered wild blooms from fields.
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Trail of the Caribou lands in England after 31 hour flight
Canadian fliers James Ayling and Leonard Reid completed a 31 hour 43 minute flight from Wasaga Beach Ontario in a bid to reach Baghdad Iraq. They landed at a private Middlesex field after running low on fuel and facing strong weather. They hoped to press on but chose safe landing over the Atlantic crossing problems.
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Hal Peck Return From Galveston Vacation
Mr and Mrs Hal Peck have returned from Galveston after a six week coastal stay. They were there when a recent hurricane struck with an unprecedented tidal wave. In Providence Rhode Island on August 9 4 Wilfred Harold Munro professor emeritus at Brown University died today in his fifth year.
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Voting Puzzle of Randall Potter Is Solved
Austin August 9 The state attorney general Gaynor Kendall solved a voting puzzle involving Amarillo being in Potter and Randall counties and parts of Randall County precinct No 9 lying within Amarillo city limits. Voters who moved into that precinct inside city limits must register changes with the Randall County tax collector to vote legally. those moving into the precinct outside city limits need not register.
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Cuba Seizes U S Company in Havana Intervention
In Havana on August 9 the Cuban government took control of the Cuban Telephone Company, a $28 million American investment, through intervention aimed at ending labor strife. American president H C Hart condemned the act, while the firm refused to rehire 266 former strike leaders amid sabotage accusations. A government official was placed in charge as intervenor.
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Government nationalizes silver stocks in the United States plan
President Roosevelt and Secretary Morgenthau order the government to own floating silver stocks traded on markets. The move, termed nationalization, involves buying silver at 5.01 cents an ounce, without removing coins from circulation. The policy mirrors gold nationalization but keeps dimes and quarters in ordinary use.
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Associated Press
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Planes Patrol City as Arabs, Jews Go Armed
Constantine Algeria August 9 Seven military airplanes circled Constantine today after reports of Arab Jewish trouble. Thirty six Arabs armed with shotguns were arrested as they tried to enter Constantine in automobiles. The city quieted after days of religious riot and bloodshed. Military forces under Governor General Jules Carge directed operations. Violence was reported in Ain Beida and Tee 580 outlying districts.
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Hitler Frees Minor Political Prisoners
In his first act as President and Chancellor Adolf Hitler granted broad clemency to thousands of political prisoners held in German jails and camps. A new general amnesty law would free those convicted of minor offenses while preserving sentences for treason espionage and attacks on the state. The move aims to bolster public support for the August 19 plebiscite approving Hitler’s authority.
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