Tornado and Floods Roil Atlantic Seaboard States
Reports from New York to Maryland describe cloudbursts, high river crests, and wrecked tracks. In New York 37 dead with eight missing as Susquehanna floods surge toward Chesapeake Bay and Havre De Grace face washed-out roads and 300 homes inundated. National Guardsmen aid relief amid widespread damage and mass evacuations.
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Atlantic Seaboard
New York State
Susquehanna River
Susquehanna
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Havre de Grace
Elkton
Philadelphia
Frankford Creek
Delaware River
National Guardsmen
Ithaca
N. Y
New York
Texan vacations end at relief bureaus as tours shrink
Whimsical blurbs report July 9 updates from multiple cities. Texan travelers face federal policy limiting transient relief and urging returns home for employment. In Fort Worth a church faces liquor-sale injunction.
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Austin
U.P
Zuleika B. Hicks
Teses Relief Commission
Brewster accuses RFC attorney in Maine power fight
Representative Brewster charged that Thomas Corcoran of the RFC threatened to halt the 35 million Passamaquoddy tidal power project in Maine unless he voted for a utility death sentence. The testimony sparked a House Rules Committee inquiry as the hearing opened in the old caucus room.
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Brewster
Maine
House Rules Committee
Utilities Lobby
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
U.P
Ralph Oo. Brewster
House
Mace
Corcoran
Ferdinand Pecora
New York Supreme Court
William A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
Equcator
Brain Trust
John O'Connor
Rules Committee
Cecoran
Forest Gruening
Insular Affairs
Statuary Hall of the Capitol
Dr. Gruening
Shark Exhibition Reveals Murder Ties
In Sydney the captured shark disgorged a tattooed arm revealing a murder and triggering a new case. Patrick Brady faces trial for allegedly killing James Smith and disposing of the body in the sea. Reginald Holmes, a yacht builder, was later found murdered near his car, following an earlier attack.
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Sydney
Australia
Patrick Brady
Sisin James Smith
Reginald William Holmes
Amarillo Weather Forecast Says Warm, Fair Through Wednesday
The forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for fair skies and continued warmth tonight and Wednesday. In West Texas expect fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with unsettled spots in the northwest, little temperature change, and daytime highs around 73 to 93.
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Amarillo
Vicinia
West
Texas
John D Rockefeller 96 Birthday Highlighted
Today profile notes John D Rockefeller greeting his ninety six birthday as milestones in transport and society shift from stagecoach to locomotive and air travel.
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John D. Rockefeller
Fire damages Dalhart firm store
Fire swept through the Herzstein store in Dalhart causing about 25000 dollars in damage. Firemen speculated the blaze started from spontaneous combustion or a cigarette stub. Adjoining buildings were saved and the store was closed at night with owner Sigmund Herzstein present.
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Herzstein
Sigmund Herzstein
Call 20 Witnesses For Mrs Waley Case
TACOMA July 9 4 Twenty of the government's 70 witnesses were called today in the trial of Mrs Margaret Thulin Waley 19 for the 200000 kidnapping of George Weyerhaeuser. Most witnesses were owners or managers of apartments where the Waleys allegedly stayed before the kidnapping. Harmon Waley pleaded guilty and will be the only defense witness while serving a 45 year sentence.
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Tacoma
Wash
Margaret Thulin Waley
Little George Weyerhaeuser
Harmon
Waley
Tax Plan Narrowed by House Ways and Means Committee
Washington July 9 Unanimous decision to limit the tax bill to levies on individual and corporate incomes inheritances and gifts was reached by the House Ways and Means Committee The New York Board of Trade urged higher taxes to balance the budget while opposing class legislation and supported redistribution of wealth through the President Roosevelt program
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
New York Board of Trades
Roosevelt
M. L. Seidman
New York
Delay in Return of Royal Family
Austrian government postponed for 24 hours its decision on restoring crown property to the Hapsburgs and paving the way for Archduke Otto to return as king emperor of Austria.
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Vienna
Hapsburgs
Archduke Otto
Austria
Goodrich Pleads Innocent in Gallaher Murder Case
Merton Ward Goodrich pleaded innocent to the murder of Lillian Gallaher at his arraignment in Detroit on July 9. The court crowd gasped as he stated his plea and asked the judge to appoint an attorney. The judge ordered a routine examination for the trap drummer.
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Detroit
Merton Ward Goodrich
Lillian Gallaher
Recorder’s Court
Goodrich
Thomas M. Cotter
Cotter
Amarillo Heat Drives Shoppers To Airy Stores And Theaters
In Amarillo heat peaked near 97 degrees as residents sought relief in air conditioned stores and theaters. Forecasters predicted continued warm, fair weather with a cooldown possible by Thursday aided by scattered thunder showers. Meanwhile in Montevideo a severe cyclone caused major damage, killing at least two and injuring hundreds.
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Mercury
H. T. Collman
Montevideo
Uruguay
Local notices and ads on Hope Bama page
Fragmented OCR reads as a local notices and business ads page including names like John Maynard Lbr Co and contact numbers. Mentions tourists, paints, Os and Glass, and a wood lumber firm at 800 W South, with a speaking event by Howe and FDR references.
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Huey Naga
Pace Tae Enor Howe
John Maynard
Death claims J L Brown 69 president of Brown Cracker
Joseph L Brown 68 or 69 died in Dallas hospital after a stroke. He led the Brown Cracker and Candy Company and served as a director of Loose-Wiles. Survived by a sister in Berkeley and two brothers in Wichita. Funeral plans include Wichita burial and Dallas plant closure Wednesday. Fay Means and others recall Brown as a fine, beloved boss and man.
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Dallas
Joseph L Brown
Brown Cracker and Candy Company
Brown
Mercersburg
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas City
J .L. and
J. Loose
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
Fort Worth
Dallas Wheer
The
Loose-Wiles Concern
M. B Murrill
Berkeley
Calif
Paul
Silas Brown
Kans
Fay Means
Amarillo
Mr. Brown
Mr. Means
Mr Brown
Jimmie Cloud Trial Date Indefinite
Jimmie Cloud, Borger deputy sheriff, indicted on three counts of negligent homicide after a crash near Electra, postponed as doctors attest he is under treatment at a Albuquerque veterans hospital. Cloud was driver. three companions died. one patient was being transferred to a state hospital.
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Wichita Falls
Jimmie Cloud
Borger
Electra
Veterans Hospital
Albuquerque
N.M
Eclipse Moonshines Night Sky July 15 16 Across North Africa Europe
Astronomers and stargazers await a total lunar eclipse on July 15 16 visible across northern North America and parts of Africa Europe and the Atlantic and Pacific regions. The moon will enter Earth's shadow at 10 12 PM EST and be fully eclipsed for 1 hour 40 minutes before emerging by 2 43 AM.
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Stephen J. McDonough
Associated Press
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Pacific Ocean
United States
Umbra
Secretary Ickes Demands Judge Wilson Removal
Secretary Ickes demanded the removal of Judge T Webber Wilson for alleged judicial misconduct while he testified in a Senate inquiry into the Virgin Islands administration led by Gov. Paul M. Pearson. The proceedings touched on governance and said to threaten broader control of the islands' affairs.
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T. Webber Wilson Wa
Virvein Islands
Ickes
Paul M. Pearson
Senate
Virgin Islands
Tre
Ouster Doubts Raised Over Hearing By Virginia Official
Secretary defends his ministers in a criminal case at a press conference and condemns Senate committee limits on cross examination. He cites Justice Witsob and Cosseme as Mississippi officials, noting the interior department's role in the Virgin Islands case.
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de’ Ts
Senate Committee
Judie Witsob
Cosseme
Interior Scretary
Virgin
Martial law ends as guards withdraw from Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge ends martial law as the last guardsmen abandon the parish courthouse and depart the capital after Gov. Allen revoked the proclamation. About a thousand guardsmen had guarded Huey P. Long's murder plot hearing and three special sessions of the legislature were held under military rule since January 25.
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Louisiana
Rne
East Baton Rouge Parish
O. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
Standard Oil Company
Long
State Capitol
Flood Devastates Changteh City and Surrounding Areas
The city of Changteh in Hunan Province China floods as dikes fail and nearby lands flood. Telegraph signals allow AP to report a disaster with authorities noting waters rising and tens of thousands already under up to ten feet of water as the night progresses.
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Changteh
Hunan Province
China
Associated Press
Yunan
Tung Ting Lake
Changien
Elliott Roosevelt Plans Centennial Exposition Role
Pilliatt Roosevelt son of the president joins the Texas Centennial Central Exposition staff to coordinate plans for a proposed South American air race next year. He serves as technical consultant for the United States Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce as the event contemplates a $100,000 prize and a route around South America via Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York.
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Dallas
Pilliatt Roosevelt
Young Roosevelt
United States Aeronautical Chamber of
South America
Los Angelo
San Francisco
Chitaga
New York
Motorcade Stops in San Antonio Tonight
A motorcade traveling from Mineral Wells to San Antonio on Highway 86 was headed by Commander H Miller Ainsworth of the Texas department. Breakfast was planned at Stephenville and a lunch at Tempe.
Baldwin cites United States as bad example in unemployment debate
London July 9 Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in a reply to Arthur Greenwood argued that large government expenditures to revive industry often fail to produce the intended natural revival. He did not name America directly but used the United States as a cautionary example.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
United States
America
Nace
Arthur Greenwood
Cape
Baldwin
TVA Accused of Black Dirty Hands in Aluminum Move
Rep. Dewey Short charged TVA showed its black dirty hands in trying to block expansion of the Aluminum Company of America in the Feltnissre River area. The Missouri Republican sits on the House military affairs committee and spoke in Washington on July 9.
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Washington
Dewey Short
Missouri
House
TVA
Aluminu
Rentals Stay Very Active in Amarillo Housing Market
Rentals continue robust in Amarillo as warmer weather prevails. Want Ads show vacancies from rooms to houses drawing ready tenants. ads at seven time bargain rates may be cancelled once results are achieved with charges only for days the ad runs.
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Amarillo
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