Gold Miners Hide in Hills After Killing Two Officers
In Yreka California two deputy sheriffs and a civilian were killed at a Horse Creek mining camp. John Bright and Coke Bright fled as posses hunted the brothers through steep timbered terrain toward Sterling Peak. The town recalls a lynching from a year ago as crowds gather near the jail and morgue where the slain officers lay.
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Calif
John Bright
Coke
Horse Creek
Sterling Peak
Martin Lange
Joseph Clark
Fred Seaborn
United States Navy Yard
Mare Island
Bright Brothers
Lange
Clark
Seaborn
Charles Baker
Baker
Coke Bright
Dry Lake
Only Woman Diplomat Quits To Support FD
Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde resigns as minister to Denmark the first and only woman diplomat in U S history She is the daughter of William Jennings Bryan and telegraphed President Roosevelt she wished to campaign for him without official duties, freeing her from office.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Ruth Bryan
Owen Rohde
Denmark
Rohde
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt
South Dakota
Queen Mary Sets New Speed Record Across Atlantic
Britain's liner Queen Mary eclipsed the Normandie with a New York to Bishop's Rock crossing in 3 days 2 hours 57 minutes. The 2929 mile voyage averaged 30.63 knots despite fog near the Scilly Isles, while the Normandie fell short by 3 hours 31 minutes on the west-east run.
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London
Britain
North Atlantic
New York
Bishop’s Rock
Scilly Isles
English Channel
Pilot Turner crashes near Gallup en route to East
Col Roscoe Turner, twice winner of the Ben Dix transcontinental race, crashed while flying from Los Angeles toward Albuquerque at dawn. He reported a motor idle near the Zuni Reservation, the craft turning over twice. He saved the ship by staying aboard despite two cracked ribs and other injuries. Officials think he may enter the Thompson Race next week.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Roscoe Turner
Gallup
N. M
National Air Races
Turner
Union Air Terminal
Albuquerque
Zuni
Ohio's Cold Snap Returns to Normal August Temps
The U S Weather Bureau said a recent cool spell in Ohio was a normal late summer temperature pattern. Today's average in Ohio should be near 70 degrees for August 31, after last week’s highs in the nineties.
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Columbus
United States Weather Bureau
Ohio
Ohio Independent Stores See July Sales Jump
Department of Commerce data show 778 Ohio independent stores excluding department stores posted a 26 percent rise in dollar volume in July over June. Dayton led the state with a 55 percent increase.
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Washington-U.p
Ohio
Department of Commerce
Dayton
Toledo Men Rescued After Boat Stranded On Island
Four Toledo men were marooned on West Sister Island without food for 24 hours after their speed boat failed in a storm. They were rescued late Sunday by the crew of another Toledo boat.
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Toledo
U.P
West Sister Island
Police recover 440 belonging to Rose Butler from patrol car
Toledo police found 440 belonging to Mrs. Rose Butler of Temperance Michigan under a patrol car seat cushion after 17 days, with about 50 prisoners nearby in custody.
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Toledo
U.P
Rose Butler
Temperance
Mich
Early Squirrel Season Sought By Sportsmen
Sunday Creek Valley Sportsmen Club wins appointment with the State Conservation Council to push opening from Oct 1 to Sept 15. Perry Athens Hocking Meigs County groups plan joint Nelsonville departure at 6, proceed to Columbus for the 7 o'clock meeting.
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Sunday Creek Valley Sportsmen Club
Neil House
Columbus
State Conservation Council
Perry
Athens
Hocking
Meigs
Elk Club Room
Nelsonville
Norway resents Soviet note on Trotzky expulsion terms
Oslo officials condemned the Russian demand to expel Leon Trotzky as a terrorist as offensive and beyond comprehension. Premier John Nygaardsvold said Norway would not act against Trotzky and preferred to handle the matter from a Norwegian viewpoint.
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Oslo
Norway
U.P
Russia
Leon Trotzky
John Nygaardsvold
Trotzky
Huey P. Long Birthday Observed in Louisiana
New Orleans marked a holiday honoring August 30, the 43rd anniversary of the birth of late Senator Huey P. Long.
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New Orleans
Hu.p
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Pure Oil chief dies in Cincinnati at 72
Fletcher Heath of Oxford Ohio vice president and director of Pure Oil Co died Sunday after a two week illness in Cincinnati Ohio He was 72 years old Heath led Pure Oil as a senior executive for many years and was a notable figure in the Ohio oil industry.
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Pure Oil
Cincinnati
Fletcher
Heath
Oxford
The
Pure Oil Co
Knox opens 22000 mile campaign tour today
Frank Knox the Republican vice presidential nominee starts a 22000 mile tour aboard a special train departing Manchester New Hampshire at 830 am Eastern. He visits 32 states in eight weeks and warns that relief would not end under a Republican administration while pledging to restore work and local control.
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U.P
Frank Knox
Lowell
Mass
America
Knox
Manchester
N. H
E.S.T
The
United States
Alf M. Landon
Lawrence
London
President Roosevelt Continues Drought Tour
President Roosevelt travels aboard the special train from the Dakotas toward Salt Lake City to attend funeral services for George H. Dern. He detains briefly at Sidney Nebraska to survey parched farms and barren ranges, then plans a drought briefing with state governors and regional executives in Des Moines.
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Kane
Roosevelt
Dakotas
Salt Lake City
George H. Dern
Sidney
Neb
Dern
Des Moines
Julesburg
Colo
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Oklahoma
Referendum Proposed by Typographical Union Leader
Washington reports Charles P. Howard of the International Typographical Union urged AFL officials to hold a referendum among union members to decide support for craft or industrial unions. He notes ten unions allied with the CIO threaten suspension, and suggests testing financier attitudes by ballot.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Charles P. Howard
International Typographical Union
Howard
John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of
Lewis
A. F. of IL
Korean Typhoon and Floods Cause Heavy Losses
Tokyo dispatch reports a major typhoon and floods in Korea with official tallies: 1939 dead, 1755 injured, and 924 missing.
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Korean
Tokyo
Korea
Americans Ordered to Leave Madrid After U.S. Destroyer Bombed
In wartime dispatches a U.S. destroyer was bombed by a Spanish plane prompting calls from American authorities for civilians to evacuate Madrid. Details describe aviation attack followed by diplomatic tension and civilian safety advisories.
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Madrid
U.S
Duce Dampens Hopes For European Peace
London report says prospects for a Locarno Conference peace accord fade as Mussolini warns allies that armaments cannot be halted. Italy’s strong military stance and Ethiopian victory themes intensify British fears, while Berlin lauds the belligerent mood to divert attention from German rearmament.
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London
Italy
Russia
Germany
League of Nations
Mussolini
Berlin
Traffic Victims Die In Marietta Hospital
In Marietta Ohio two sisters, Helen Noland 15 and Jean Noland 14, died within minutes at a hospital seven hours after their skulls were crushed in an auto crash. Their parents Mr and Mrs J G Noland also sustained leg fractures and internal injuries. Verne W Burt of Cambridge and an unidentified passenger were seriously injured and taken to a Zanesville hospital.
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Marietta
U.P
Helen Noland
Jean
J. G. Noland
Verne W. Burt
Cambridge
Burt
Zanesville
Ickes' Foster Son Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
In Winnetka Illinois 37 year old Foster son of Secretary Harold L Ickes Eric Magnuson found the body in his home on the anniversary of his mother's death. The bed was slept in and the body was cold. Ickes had a nervous ailment and had been treated for a year. His wife and three children were away on vacation at Mackinac Island Michigan.
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Ickes
Elizabeth
Donald
Anne
Barbara
Mackinac Island
Mich
State Fair Opens to Crowd of 40 000 Today
Ohio's 86th State Fair opened with a bustle of visitors exhibitors animals and machinery. Fair officials predicted an opening day attendance of 40 000 as early crowds swelled the fairgrounds shortly after daybreak.
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Columbus
U.S
Ohio
Cleveland Man Kills Wife During Quarrel
Samuel Coco, 27, was held by Cleveland police in the death of his wife Grace. Coco allegedly shot her during a quarrel and said he did not know his revolver was loaded.
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Cleveland
U.P
Samuel Coco
Cleveland Police
Grace
Coco
Captain Carter Calls For Retrial Of 1898 Court Martial
Captain Oberlin M. Carter 80 recounts his 1898 court martial at a Patriot Sunday home-coming. He blames jealousy among army officials for his downfall, cites alleged perjury by a judge advocate, and urges the presidents to order an open hearing. Congressman Jenkins lauds him as Mary E. Carter leads the organizing effort. Two veterans, 93 and 92, attend.
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Oberlin M. Carter
Carter
Savannah River
Georgia
Cassius E. Gillette
U. S
O. M. Carter
Secretary of War
Frank P. Blair
War Department
Thomas A. Jenkins
Captain Carter
Mary E. Carter
Choirboy Confesses to Beating Widow to Death in Chicago
Roland Munrie, 15, confessed to killing 55 year old widow Agnes Roffers in her Chicago home. He said he entered to fix a bent key, kept a hammer, and used a cane and wire to subdue her while planning to sell about 15 dollars in jewelry through a fence. The motive appeared financial.
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Roland Munrie
Agnes Roffers
Legion Killers To Face Court
Detroit reports twelve members of the Black Legion go to trial today on murder charges in the killing of WPA laborer Charles A Poole. An executioner testified all had roles in the crime as Poole was shot after being taken for a ride. Poole's widow testifies to his kindness to her. The prosecution targets about 70 Legion members for murder kidnapping flogging and criminal syndicalism. Virg Effinger of Lima is named as brigadier general in the group.
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Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
WPA
Poole
Dayton Dean
Order
Dean
Swidow
Virg! Effinger
Lima
Greer Steel Reopens After Labor Crisis With Wage Boost
Greer Steel Company resumes operations in Dover after a shutdown since June 15 due to labor difficulties. A three year contract raises wages by two percent and permits union activity with a grievance committee to resolve employee concerns.
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Dover
U.P
Greer Steel Company
Whiting, Cabinet Official, Dies at 72 in Holyoke
William Fairfield Whiting secretary of commerce in President Calvin Coolidge's cabinet died at his Holyoke home at age 72 early today. The longtime public servant, active in business and civic affairs, had served in the administration during the 1920s.
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Holyoke
Mass
U.P
William Fairfield Whiting
Calvin Coolidge
City Manager Adolph Henke Resigns for New Contractor Post
Gallipolis city official Adolph Henke quits as city manager to take a contractor role in Asheville North Carolina. The resignation announced today ends his tenure after serving in a key municipal leadership position.
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Gallipolis
Adolph Henke
Asheville
N, C
Bombing of U S Destroyer Spurs Madrid Evacuation Order
The U S embassy in Madrid urged all Americans to leave immediately after a bomb attack on the U S destroyer Kane. 164 Americans remaining in Madrid were warned to depart on a Wednesday train and the Quincy would pick up evacuees at Alicante.
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Madrid
State Department
Eric C. Wendelin
Foreign Office
U. S
Quincy
Alicante
Spain
Europe
Kane
Maine
Havana Harbor
Roosevelt
Rapid City, & C
Gallipolis Man Suffering Abdominal Stab In Fight
Gallipolis William Moore age 52 is in Holzer Hospital with a serious stab wound to the abdomen. He was believed cut by Wayne Shaver a Poplar Ridge merchant after a fight following the Poplar Ridge homecoming Sunday. No charges have been filed.
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William Moore
Holzer Hospital
Wayne Shaver
Poplar Ridge
Moore
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