Dakotas Face New Heat Wave as Death Toll Rises
Chicago weather reports intensifying heat across the Dakotas and Ohio Valley with relief hopes tied to a cool air mass forming over the Pacific Northwest. Government aid expands as 669 carloads of food and 175 carloads of fodder are sent to drought-stricken farmers across 13 states. Chicago records over 300 heat deaths and the Twin Cities total reaches 350.
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Chicago
Dakotas
America
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Missouri Valley
Central Plain States
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Middle West
J. R. Lloyd
Plains
Northwest
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Harar Looted and Italians Suffer Heavy Losses
Paris dispatches report Ethiopia’s chaos near Addis Ababa and Harar as Italian forces try to hold a conquered realm. Marshal Graziani reportedly wounded as Ethiopians attack Addis Ababa and guerrillas seize Harar with European stores sacked. An eastern ambush allegedly kills a large Italian detachment.
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Paris
U.P
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Harar
Fournier
Rodolfo Graziani
Danakil
Civil Service Wins In Hamilton County
Ohio Supreme Court rules county employees in the Hamilton County Auditor and sheriff offices must be under civil service. Court rejects officials’ claim that these workers are deputies exempt from civil service requirements.
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Civil Service
Hamilton County
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Civil Service Commission
State Supreme Court
Boy 7, Floyd Rackham Drowns in Scioto River
Floyd Rackham, seven, stepped from a log into the Scioto River near Circleville and drowned late Wednesday.
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Circleville
U.R
Floyd Rackham
Scioto River
Made In Amerikee Bootees Boost Classified Ads
A playful nostalgic snippet notes how The Messenger’s classified ads tout “Made In Amerikee” products like winter booties and stockings. The piece pokes fun at foreign language flair while highlighting the paper’s reliance on straightforward American messaging to drive sales and success in listings.
Alf Landon To Tour Eastward
The Republican Party will send Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas on an eastern swing to oppose the New Deal with his running mate Frank Knox of Chicago. The plan calls for oppositeward travel with Knox likely touring the Pacific Northwest. the pair may join late in the trip. Landon will start mid August, stopping near his birthplace in West Middlesex Pennsylvania and in New York and Boston. The two week tour is set to begin after conferring here yesterday.
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Topeka
Kans
U.P
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Landon
West Middlesex
New York
Boston
Logan Girl Struck by Truck Improving
Betty Goslin an 11 year old accident victim at Cherrington Hospital showed improvement on Wednesday and may recover. She was riding a bicycle with Jean Bownes when struck by a truck driven by Sawyer Hixenbaugh of Union Furnace. Mayor Kenneth R. Fitzgerald said Hixenbaugh would be questioned further and the investigation tends to exonerate the driver from responsibility.
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LOGAN
Cherrington Hospital
Betty Goslin
Jean Bownes
Sawyer Hixenbaugh
Union Furnace
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Hixenbaugh
Picture Comedienne Delays Filing Charge
Hollywood report says Polly Moran postponed filing divorce charges against her husband Martin Malone a former college welterweight champion after he threatened her with a gun and allegedly attacked her and a policeman. The divorce action will wait while Malone faces existing charges.
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Hollywood
U.P
Polly Moran
Martin Malone
Moran
Elks
Malone
Comedienne
Reptile Drops, Deputy Pursues
Deputy Hank Young on the courthouse steps heard a thump from the roof then spotted a copperhead snake that fell to the ground. He pursued it but the reptile slipped into a basement grate near a ladies restroom, likely having come from a tree limb at the courthouse rear.
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Pomeroy
Hank Young
Young
Food Prices To Increase Is Prediction
Washington A U P The Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the Agriculture Department predicted higher prices for butter cheese eggs and higher grades of cattle due to drought. It also forecast lower costs for potatoes hogs low grade cattle lambs poultry and wool. Wheat prices were expected to stay near recent Liverpool levels and the department assured adequate food on hand for 12 months.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agriculture Department
Bureau
Roosevelt Heads for Isle Off Maine Coast
President Roosevelt sails the schooner Sewanna toward Petit Manan Island off Maine with favorable winds. He dictated congratulations to his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Elliott Roosevelt of Fort Worth Texas on the birth of a son Tuesday night.
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Liberty
Roosevelt
Petit Manan Island
Maine
Elliott Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Tex
Anti-Saloon Official To Resign Position
F Scott McBride longtime superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of America travels to Cincinnati to resign effective by October 1 to become state superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday night this move follows 12 years in the top post.
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Washington
A.P
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League of America
Cincinnati
McBride
Anti-Saloon League of Pennsylvania
Goodyear Sears Contract Terminated Under New Law
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company announced the termination of a contract valued over 150 million dollars with Sears Roebuck. The move follows the Robinson Patman price discrimination law affecting major supplier agreements.
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Washington
U.P
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Sears Roebuck
Goodyear
Ten-year-old sustains severe scalds in kitchen spill
Logan Dick, ten, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Dollison of North Walnut Street, received severe back scalds Tuesday after a pan of boiling water spilled when he bumped into a cooking pot.
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Logan—Dick
Paul Dollison
N. Walnut St
Priest Coughlin Denounces Roosevelt at National Convention
Father Charles E. Coughlin, speaking at the Old Age Revolving Pensions convention in Cleveland, denounced Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the great liar and betrayer and attacked Alf Landon and the Republican platform. He warned that no National Union for Social Justice supporter could back Roosevelt, and urged Southern Democrats to expel the man he called Franklin Double Crossing Roosevelt.
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United Press
Public Hall
Cleveland
Charles E. Coughlin
Francis E. Townsend
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Coughlin
Earl Browder
Browder
Father Coughlin
Mr. Roosevelt
National Union For Social Justice
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Russia
Mexico
Townsend
Gerald L. K. Smith
William Lemke
Union Party
Franklin
United States
Congress
Test Girl for Sanity Tests Boy to Death
In El Paso Texas a mental examination was planned for Consuelo Sanchez age 12 after she told District Attorney Roy D Jackson that she stamped her two year old nephew Manuel Rodriguez to death She said she was tired of his crying and jumped on him with her high heeled shoes while he lay on the floor
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EL Paso
Tex.u.p
Consuelo Sanchez
Roy D. Jackson
Manuel Rodriguez
Iowa Senator Killed In Automobile Mishap
CHIPPEWA FALLS Wis. U P Louis Murphy junior United States Senator from Iowa died after his car plunged over an embankment near here He died en route to St Josephs Hospital He was pinned under the machine His wife and two other companions were injured in the crash
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
U.P
Louis Murphy
United States
Iowa
Here
Murphy
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Spy Suspect's Aides Sought
Washington officials pressed for a quick trial of John Farnsworth a former navy officer accused of selling navy secrets to Japanese agents. Investigations expanded to a country wide spy hunt with Admiral Standley confident Farnsworth had accomplices and facing potentially 20 years under the espionage law.
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Department of Justice
John S. Farnsworth
U. S. Navy
Farnsworth
Navy
Washington
John 8
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Streamline Train Kill Michigan Motorist in First Run
The Mercury reports New York Central Railroad’s streamlined train struck a De troit bound auto killing Leo Rowe 44 of Deerfield Michigan on its first regular run between Detroit and Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Mercury
New York Central Railroad
Leo Rowe
Deerfield
Mich
Detroit
Plucky Prospector Sparks Forest Fire After Explosion
Quincy California resident Edward Jack Plum, a prospector living in Black Gulch, started a forest blaze to attract aid after a blast mangled his hand and left him unable to help himself.
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Quincy
Cal
U.P
Jack Plum
Lonely Black Gulch
Expose of Mutilation Story Promised by Capital Officers
Washington detectives promised a complete expose of Margaret Bell story of an alleged gangland mutilation plot. Bell, a former New York vice ring worker, said henchmen of Charles Luciano tried to murder her in a gas-filled apartment. Silver and Maimone, named by Bell, arrived with alibies and faced a lineup as they denied involvement.
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Washington
Bernard W. Thompson
Margaret Bell
Miss Bell
New York
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Joseph Silver
Leo Maimone
Luciano
Silver
Maimone
King Edward Not Injured By Attacker
A middle aged man named George Andrew Mahon attempted to shoot King Edward VIII during a Buckingham Palace procession. Police overwhelmed him. Mahon claimed to be a journalist and was found incoherent. The King continued the procession and later played golf, planning a France vacation amid talks of stricter security.
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London
Edward VIII
Buckingham Palace
Scotland Yard
George Andrew Mahon
Bow Street
Mahon
AUP
Constitution Hill
Coombe Hill
France
Evening Star
the Human Gazette
King Edward
Pair Scheduled To Die Tonight
OSSINING New York Mrs Frances Creighton and her former paramour Everett Applegate face the electric chair tonight for the arsenic murder of Applegate s wife Ada Creighton. Creighton the mother of two has been bedridden and unable to eat much as she awaits execution. Applegate once led Nassau County American Legion fairs and worked for the Veterans Relief Bureau and allegedly killed Ada to be free to marry Ruth Creighton.
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Ossining
N. Y
UPR
Frances Creighton
Everett Applegate
Ada
Applegate
Kentucky Court Allows Teachers to Smoke
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that three Carter County teachers may smoke. Ruby Duncan Lena Erwin and Fay Caudill Simmons were dismissed by the Carter County Board of Education but won an injunction against their dismissal as the charges appeared vague and unfounded.
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Frankfort
U.P
Ruby Duncan
Lena Erwin
Fay Caudill Simmons
Carter County Board of Education
Drivers lose licenses under responsibility law in Columbus
In Columbus nineteen motorists had their driving rights revoked under the drivers financial responsibility law. Licenses revoked included Otto Hamilton Logan, Thomasy Caffney Rutland.
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Columbus
U.P
Otto Hamilton
Logan
Thomasy Caffney
Rutland
Narrow escape as train passes over man in Omaha
Charles E. Harvey a 46 year old Omaha car checker escaped death when a 61 car train ran over him. He tripped and fell in front of the locomotive and held to the ties as brakes scraped him. He suffered only bruises and torn clothing.
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Charles E. Harvey
Omaha
Neb
Labor Groups Renew Efforts Toward Peace
Organized labor distanced from a historic AFL split and opened talks to avert an August 3 trial of 12 insurgent unions led by John L. Lewis. Ed ward F McGrady of Labor participates for peace as Lewis seeks a compromise on a division of organizing fields with the CIO while craft unions keep control of their areas.
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Washington
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Federation Executive Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
Labor
Edward F. McGrady
Co. I. O
Federation Craft Unions
Retailers Adopt Rule For Sunday Closing
Logan merchants from the chamber of commerce met to endorse a Sunday closing rule. The plan calls for all groceries and filling stations handling groceries to close on the Sabbath. A follow up meeting is set for Monday at 8 p m to seek public cooperation.
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Logan
Chamber of Commerce
No Word From Missionaries in Ethiopia Missing Family Seeks Update
Newark officials were asked to inquire about the whereabouts of Rev. and Mrs. Harold Street and their four children, Presbyterian missionaries in Ethiopia, who have not been heard from since April 20 after being ordered to leave for Sudan.
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Newark
U.P
State Department
Harold Street
Ethiopia
Sudan
Governor Olson Undergoes Mayo Clinic Operation
Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson of the Farmer-Labor Party underwent an operation at the Mayo Clinic. Earth tremors rattled the Pacific Northwest from Spokane to coastal towns Wednesday night as seismic activity continued.
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Olson
Rochester
Minn
U.P
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Farmer-Labor Party
Mayo Clinic
Spokane
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Conference Committee Holds Fate of Bill After Disagreement
Ohio faces a decision on a permanent relief measure as a conference committee to settle House and Senate differences over a 13 440 000 relief fund for 1936. Senate passed the measure. House did not concur, prompting a committee to study the bill and aim for passage tonight or adjournment.
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Columbus
ULP
Ohio
House
Senate
State Relief Commission
Carey
National Re-Employment Service
Ohio State Employment Service
Paul Yoder
Money Spent, Girl Slain Police report shows family tragedy
Youngstown case details Harry Carlock shooting his 10 year old Martha and wounding 9 year old Margaret before killing himself. The children were sleeping on yard cots to escape heat. Edward, 22, recounts the dispute over $4 spent from $5 entrusted for safekeeping. In Columbus, Bricker declares county commissioners cannot approve dog damage claims for chicken losses.
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Youngstown
U.P
Harry Care Lock
Martha
Margaret
Carlock
Edward
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Iic
Niskey quits first day for birth of triplet daughters
Frank J. Niskey found a new job in Troy New York but must resign on his first day to stay with his wife who has just given birth to three daughters. He attempted to resume the position later with a modest pay increase.
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Troy
N. Y
Frank J. Niskey
Nisekey
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