Heat Puts Death Toll Near 700
Chicago reports a nine day heat wave lifting but still severe across the nation. Forecaster Lloyd notes a cooling mass moving from the northern Pacific into Idaho Montana and Wyoming with showers. Deaths exceed 700 nationwide as temperatures top 100 degrees from North Dakota to the Atlantic, with Illinois Michigan Missouri Kansas and New York reporting high fatalities.
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Chicago
Drouth
Northwest
North Central States
J. R. Lloyd
Northern Pacific
North Rocky Mountain
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Chicago Weather Office
Colorado
North Dakota
Seabord
Illinois
Danville
Michigan
Detroit
Missouri
Kansas
New York
Moore County approves road bond for Dumas Sunray highway
Voters in Moore County approved a 125000 road bond to build a 15 mile paved highway linking Dumas and Sunray through the industrial district. Unofficial tally showed 975 voting for and 106 against, meeting the two thirds requirement. The route will be county maintained and run from five miles north of Dumas to Sunray.
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Sunday News Globe
Dumas
Moore County
Sunray
Couple unworried by death charge at jail meeting
Mrs Reable Childs and her lover Terrance Bramlett were indicted for the death of her crippled husband at Center on April 25. Bramlett confessed shooting the victim through a kitchen window. Childs admitted plotting the murder to marry Bramlett. both told Ranger Dan Hines they loved each other.
Squirrels Suffering Bubonic Plague Prompt Rural Lockdown
State health officials closed about 6900 acres of grazing and farm lands in the Mount Madonna area south of Monterey County after ground squirrels were found to carry bubonic plague. No human infections reported. authorities move to eradicate the outbreak.
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San Francisco
Mount Madonna
Monterey County
Sun's Too Hot Mandan Man Changes Long Underwear Habit
In Mandan North Dakota on July 11 Charles Roth 73 a Mandan Indian Wax veteran said heat forced him to abandon long underwear after wearing it his entire life. He bought lightweight shorts as temperatures stayed above the century mark for the eighth straight day.
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Mandan
N. D
Charles Roth
Roth
U S And Soviet Extend Trade Pact For Another Year
The Soviet American trade agreement was extended for one year in an exchange of notes. American Ambassador William Bullitt and Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov signed the renewal on July 13 1935 with a Russian pledge to buy at least 50 million dollars in American goods next year. Purchases last year exceeded 35 million dollars, well above the 12 million annual average of prior years. Charge dAffairs Lou Henderson led negotiations under the 1934 tariff act amendments.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
America
William Bullitt
Maxim Litvinoff
Lou Henderson
United States
Cuba
Japanese Chinese Clash Over Park Use In Tientsin
Japanese and Chinese detachments fought near a public park in Tientsin during a dispute over park use. Both sides opened fire but no casualties were reported and an early settlement was anticipated. Japanese troops from Taku faced Chinese objections before the clash erupted.
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Tientsin
Taku
Gangster Suspect Hangs Self in Jail
James Red Cavanaugh, linked to the Cefalo Ugarte gang for bank robberies and murders, hanged himself in a New Orleans precinct jail cell after being brought in from Angola prison farm for arraignment. Authorities indicate he was among eight suspects in recent bank robberies and murders.
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New Orleans
U.P
James
Red) Cavanaugh
Cefalo-Ugarte
Angola
Two German States Recognize Austria and Pledge Noninterference
The German government and Austria announced mutual recognition of Austria as a German state and a pledge to refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs. The accord envisions close cooperation to stabilize Central Europe, with Austria allowing a Nazi minister in its cabinet and no clear stance on restoring the Habsburg monarchy.
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Austria
Germany
Fugitives Elude Hounds In Cuero Chase
Mac Swain an auto thief and Fli Noble fled through Guadalupe River bottoms near Cuero Texas as bloodhounds closed in They escaped from the Dewitt county jail after Swain freed himself and four others with a soap gun Police pursued the pair west of Cuero while other convicts sprouted liberty for ten hours before capture
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Swain
Charley Frazier
Texas
Noble
Here
Flying instructor and student killed in St Louis crash
Harvey A. Parks, an instructor at Parks Air College, and 22 year old student Charles L. Parsons died when their monoplane crashed in St Louis Missouri on July 11. The accident occurred during a flight from the college and investigators were to examine the wreckage.
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ST. Louis
Til
U.P
Harvey A. Parks
Parks Air College
Charles L. Parsons
Shopkeeper faces possible ten year term for traps on yard
San Francisco July 11 shopkeeper Hyman Gorwitz 56 pleaded not guilty to setting steel jaw traps to catch hands of children who annoyed him Two housewives testified the traps were buried under dirt in his back yard and baited with shiny objects like dimes The DA called them vicious and the judge raised bond to 2500 Gorwitz awaits trial July 15 with charges of assault and possible ten year prison sentence plus fine or both
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San Francisco
Hyman Gorwitz
Gorwitz
Terrence Boyle
Daniel
O'Brien
Page
Wheat Prices Tumble Again on Heat Wave News
Chicago July 11 Wheat prices fell sharply as selling swept the board of trade, with July at 1.04 and September matching the drop. Corn also declined nearly seven cents amid forecasts of a cooling trend and possible weekend showers in the Northwest. Trading was frantic as buyers and brokers navigated the five cent limit.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Weather Bureau
Roosevelt Opens Big Gotham Span In New York
The 64 million Triborough Bridge funded by federal grant and loan was opened by President Roosevelt with a ceremony led by Governor Lehman and Mayor La Guardia. He urged modernization of government to meet changing needs amid remarks by James A. Farley and Harold Ickes. Separately, rebels are said to have burned 35 feet of the National Railways bridge at Salinas Victoria near Monterrey forcing traffic suspension.
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New York
Triborough
Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
Fiorello la Guardia
James A. Farley
Interior
Harold I. Ickles
Mexico City
National Railways
Salinas Victoria
Monterrey
Laredo
Universal
Amarillo Joins Railroad Week Observance With Dance And Whistles
Amarillo to join Rock Island Santa Fe and Fort Worth & Denver workers in Railroad Week events across about 500 towns. 750000 railway employees will participate with 18000 train whistles blown at 8 am tomorrow in Amarillo by three local women. Public tours of new air conditioned equipment and Santa Fe shops, plus a big dance at night with an orchestra for 40 cents a couple, highlight the week.
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Amarillo
Armiavillo
Alvilda Smith
H. R. Smith
Lona Mae Donovan
Jeanne Howe
Gene Howe
Fort Worth
Denver
H. W. Clutter
Jinks
F. B. Poole
W. E. Goodloe
W. 8. Higgins
Denver to Gulf Coast Will Be Represented In Road Opening Fete
Denver to Gulf Coast road opening marks final stretch of the interstate from Denver through Amarillo to the Gulf. Delegations from 25 Colorado New Mexico and Texas cities join in Amarillo for a full day program with speeches by Harry Hines and others. Local officials Tompkins Beauchamp Mathews attend along with Gibb Gilchrist and C M Bartlett among invited guests.
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Denver
Gulf Coast
Amarillo
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Carl Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Guy Saunders
Wade Brymer
Highway Committee
Binford Arney
Harry Hines
Amarillo Hotel
Brymer
Saunders
Texas Highway Commission
Hines
Will Rogers U. S. 66 Highway Association
State Park
Death Kiss Brings Pain At Arizona Execution
Mrs. Ramona Rascon 36, widow of Frank Rascon the state’s slain man, kissed the body at the door of the lethal gas chamber. She inhaled gas during the embrace and suffered paralysis nausea and pain though doctors say no permanent injury. She was rushed to safety and advised she will not eat for days as recovery continues.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ramona Rascon
State of
Arizona
Frank Rascon
Wayne Fountain
Landlord fatally shoots manager then kills himself
In Houston on July 11 James Alden, 52, a rooming house owner, shot and killed Mrs Theo McNees and wounded himself. Justice of the Peace J M Rae led the inquiry with no verdict announced. A passerby described the shootings and Alden's subsequent suicide attempt.
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Houston
James Alden
Theo McNeers
Justice of the Peace
J. M. Rae
A. R. Bledsoe
Aldon
Posse Seeks Missing Dead Man Near Roundrock
Police continue search for a purported corpse spotted Thursday night near the Roundrock quar ries. Blood a hat and shoes were found, but no body. A past similar incident suggested the body may have been destroyed in lime kilns nearby.
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POSSE
U.P
Heart attack victim recovering as man electrocuted in Texas
LOCKHART July 11 UPJ Tyson Dallas lineman recovering here today from a heart attack. A fellow worker Ed Porter 36 San Marcos was electrocuted yesterday. Porter formerly lived at Streeter.
Rainfall spreads across Panhandle and eastern New Mexico
The article reports showers pushing east from the Rockies bringing one half to one and a half inches of rain to western Panhandle towns including Dalhart and Dumas, with Hartley and Channing seeing up to an inch. Eastern New Mexico and areas south of Amarillo also recorded varying totals as crops benefit from moisture.
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Rockies
Panhandle
New Mexico
Dallam
Hartley
Dalhart
Texline
Hartley and
Channing
Dumas
Amarillo
Boise City
Oklo
Texas-New Mexico Line
Texico
South Plains
Canyon
Tulia
Weather Outlook Keeps Amaro Forecasts Subtle Changes
Weather forecast notes partly cloudy conditions for Amaro with a general fair pattern for West Texas and New Mexico. Showers and thunderstorms likely in the northwest, with mild temperature changes and higher chances of rain in scattered southern and extreme western locales for the week ahead.
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Amaro
West Texas
100Th Meridian
Amarillo
Plains
West Gulf States
Rain Gods Remembered by Navajo Nagadallinth Ritual
Old Navajo elders credit Shaman Beninie and the Nagadallinth rite with bringing rain after several days of showers and a two inch downpour. About 7,000 braves returned home three days earlier following the age old ceremony. The drought eased as chants concluded and rain fell on the dust and green ranges.
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Gallup
N. M
Greening Range
Beninie
U S Envoy Wed to Courtier in Hyde Park Ceremony
Mrs Bill Bryan Owen United States minister to Denmark married in Hyde Park on July 11 as President Roosevelt approved, tying the diplomat to a courtier in a high society ceremony witnessed by the president and attendees.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roose
Bill Bryan Owen
United States
Denmark
Owen Weds Danish Captain in New York Ceremony
Ruth Bryan Owen the American minister to Denmark married Danish Captain Boerge Rohde in a ceremony at James Chapel New York. About 70 to 80 guests attended as Rev Samuel Shoemaker conducted the service with Rohde retrieving a dropped handkerchief for the bride. The couple then appeared before the King of Denmark.
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New York
Denmark
Ruth Bryan Owen
Boerge Rohde
Christian X
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U.S
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Europe
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Dallas
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