Bandit Kills Victim as Wife Waits in Car in Detroit
Police report a 36 dollar holdup ended with the killing of gas station attendant Steve Ugla sich and wounding Albert Kalamarz as Herman Faubert 23 of Riverside Ontario fled. His wife Jean 23 was unaware of the crime while sitting in a parked car. Faubert was identified by a hat left at the scene. The couple had been in Detroit seeking money and were en route home when the shooting occurred.
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Detroit
INS
Herman Faubert
Riverside
Ont
Jean
Faubert
Steve Uglasich
Albert Kalamarz
Felix
Ford Hospital
Suspected Slayer Of 3 At Ogden Caught In Hollywood
Gaunt George Mortenson 29 sat in a Hollywood jail awaiting extradition to Ogden Utah after admitting the triple slaying of his wife’s father mother and grandmother with a pickhandle. He said he planned to surrender and described fleeing to Ensenada Mexico before being arrested by a lookout woman who spotted him entering a phone booth.
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Hollywood
Gaunt
Zangling
George Mortenson
Ogden
Utah
Mortenson
Grace Snyder Mortenson
Adam Snyder
Emma
Scott Rose
Mexico
Ensenada
Mercury Hits 97 For Hot July 4th
Cedar Rapids observed a sweltering Fourth of July with light clouds sometimes dimming the sun. Thermometer readings rose from 66 at 5 am to 97 by 1:15 pm, climbing to 100 at 4 pm and peaking at 102 earlier in the week.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Army Balloon Burns Up in Colorado Race Incident
Army balloon piloted by Capt. Haynie McCormick caught fire and burned after snagging a tree near Elizabeth Colorado. Co pilot Capt. John A Tarro was uninjured. Balloon had left Denver Municipal Field Friday night for the national race.
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Elizabeth
Colo
Haynie McCormick
McCormick
John A. Tarro
Municipal Field
Denver
Five balloons start. one reports trouble in national race
From Denver four of the six balloons launched at 9:45 p.m. MST drift northeast after lift off from the municipal airport. The Cleveland Great Lakes entry encountered ballast loss and low elevation, likely to quit. Entrants aim at the international distance record ahead of Warsaw competition.
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Denver
Municipal Airport
Cleveland
Hudson, Colo
Here
Nebraska
U. S. Army
Haynie McCormick
Detroit Balloon Club
Navy
Francis Hook
Warsaw
Poland
France pass wheat control bill after long debate
Premier Leon Blum's government pushed a socialist sponsored wheat control bill to passage in Paris after 28 hours of debate. The measure, 357 to 215, bans foreign wheat admission for resale and suppresses wheat futures trading while a leftist majority fought off rightist adjournment motions.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Woman Overcome By Heat Falls In Front Of Home
Mrs. Mary Vernimont aged 58 of 520 thirty fourth street NE fainted from heat and fell, suffering a concussion and scalp lacerations. Taken by ambulance to St Luke's hospital, physicians believe heat exhaustion caused the incident. Louise Cole nine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Cole, 921 Elev enth street NE, burned her left hand with a firecracker, received tetanus treatment at St Luke's, and was dismissed.
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Cedar Rapids
Mary Vernimont
Thirty-Fourth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Louise Cole
Lester Cole
Eleventh Street
Death threats tie chase to Ruth Freed in Vallette case
Chicago police pressed the search for Ruth Freed after new threats emerged linked to the Vallette her slain lover Audrey Blake. Witness James McKinney reported Freed chased his wife, then fled and vowed to return for both of them. Authorities noted a new diary and possible further suspects in the Miss Blake circle.
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Chicago
Ruth Freed
Audrey Vallette
Annabelle Blake
Andrew Barry
Eddie
James McKinney
Barry
Vallette
Edward Freed
Ruth
Miss Blake
Three Pre Holiday Accidents Injure One Person
Mrs. Lucille Sowers, 28, suffered bruises when her car collided with another at Third street and Twelfth avenue SE at 7 15 p m She was taken home. Delbert Blackford, 21, was arrested for reckless driving after a collision on Ellis boulevard near 6th avenue NW and sped from police. A separate crash on B avenue NW near Twelfth street involved David Hunter whose car struck a parked vehicle. no injuries were reported.
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Lucille Sowers
B Street
Third Street
Twelfth Avenue
L. J. Wise
Eighteenth Avenue
Sowers
Delbert Blackford
Sterling
Ill
A. H. McCann
Center Point Road NE
Ellis Boulevard
6 Avenue NW
Blackford
David Hunter
Johnson Avenue NW
Vern Lintz
Eighth Avenue SW
B Avenue NW
Twelfth Street
Hunter
Landon Ends Vacation and Returns Home for Kansas Campaign
Gov. Alf M. Landon concluded a ten day ranch vacation in Estes Park Colorado on the Fourth of July and prepared to return to Topeka Kansas. He planned to visit again later this month or in August and to deliver a completed message to a Kansas legislative session on July 7. He works toward a July 23 acceptance address while describing himself as a horse and buggy candidate after traveling in a horse drawn vehicle in Greeley.
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Estes Park
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Greeley
Tabor
Tallmadge Seeks U.S. Senate Seat in Georgia Race
Governor Eugene Talmadge qualified Saturday as a candidate for United States senator to oppose Senator Richard B. Russell Jr. Charles D. Redwine of Fayetteville, president of the state senate, qualified as a Talmadge candidate for governor of Georgia.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
United States
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Winder
Charles D. Redwine
Fayetteville
State Senate
Georgia
Talmadge
Charles Reese Noted Illustrator And Cartoonist Dies
Charles Chandler Reese 74 longtime newspaper illustrator and cartoonist died in Glendale California hospital from infirmities of age His work included posts in New York Pittsburgh and Philadelphia papers During the Spanish American War his Cuba field sketches ran in the New York World He claimed to be first artist to produce a double page illustration Funeral services set for Tuesday.
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Glendale
Calif
Charles Chandler Reese
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cuba
Reese
Landowners contest GCC camp buildings dispute
In Athens Ohio two men J C Edmundson and H W Roach prepared to fight to keep eleven frame buildings on land leased to the government for a CCC camp. Federal lawyers won a temporary restraining order to stop demolition with a permanent order set for July 13.
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Athens
UPS
J. C. Edmundson
H. W. Roach
CCC
Mell G. Underwood
Columbus
Edmundson and Roach
Edmundson
Reach
North Hill
Roach
Nelsonville
Roosevelt In High Tribute To Jefferson Bulletin
President Roosevelt arrived in Richmond at 1 30 PM and boarded the presidential yacht for a James River cruise to Jamestown after docking at the city pier.
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Roosevelt
Jefferson
Richmond
City
James River
Jamestown
Roosevelt at Monticello urges relighting sacred fire of freedom
President Roosevelt on the Fourth of July spoke at Monticello before thousands and a national radio audience. He praised Thomas Jefferson, argued democracy requires educated citizens and readiness to assume responsibility, and urged renewed youth in a modern democracy. He and aides then traveled from Farmington to Monticello and were welcomed by Stuart Gibboney of the Jefferson Memorial Foundation.
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Monticello
Roosevelt
Nation
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Democratic Party
America
Mr. Roosevelt
Farley
McIntyre
James A. Farley
Marvin H. McIntyre
Farmington Country Club
Charlottesville
Carter Glass
Farmington
Stuart G. Gibboney
Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Virginian
Boy Severely Injured by Flying Firecracker Tin Can
Donald Watson 11 of Philomath remained hospitalized in Corvallis General after a tin can blown skyward by a firecracker severed his vocal cords. Attendants feared he may become speechless for life.
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Corvallis, Orc
Donald Watson
Philomath
Corvallis General Hospital
Heat Spreads Across Midwestern Drought Belt
Intense heat spreads damage anew in midwestern drought belt. Agriculture department economists link weather to corn supply as a key factor in future meat prices. Nebraskans urged to pray for rain to end crisis. Distressed cattle purchases by the government to be governed by drought developments. First group of 1,000 farmers assigned to work relief projects.
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Agriculture Department
Washington
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Nebraska
Lincoln
Alliance
Wallace
Des Moines
Pierre
S. C
WPA
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wyoming
Montana
Associated Press
Chicago
MacArthur Hayes Europe trip ends suit on affections
Chicago AP reports Helen Hayes and Charles MacArthur plan a Europe trip to escape a four year old alienation of affections suit from Carol Frink, first wife of MacArthur, now dismissed after hearings. Frink testified about the 1920 marriage and 1926 divorce. defense argued no malice in Hayes engagement.
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Chicago
Helen Hayes
Charles MacArthur
New York
Atlantic
Carol Frink
Miss Hayes
MacArthur
Miss Frink
J. F. Reeve
Fes
Walter la Bay
Samuel Golh
Arrest Ten In Blow At Sale Of Irish Sweepstake Tickets
New York police and postal inspectors said they crushed a major distribution center for Irish hospital sweepstake tickets after raids netted about 2.5 million dollars in tickets and agent records. The tickets allegedly were genuine and tied to the Cambridgeshire race scheduled for October.
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New York
Nation Charts Safe and Sane Fourth Across the Nation
Authorities imposed special precautions for a safe Fourth as crowds gathered for holiday events. Insurance forecasts warned of 450 potential deaths nationwide, with 300 highway, 150 drowning, while celebrations in Philadelphia linked to Independence Day history. President Roosevelt planned an Independence Day speech at Monticello as military posts prepared 48 gun salutes. Sports schedules included baseball doubleheaders and Olympic tryouts.
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Associated Press
Eastern Seaboard
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Princeton
N. J
Nome Sees Heat Record as Mercury Hits 83.8
Nome Alaska sets a new heat record with 83.8 degrees on Friday while a previous 81.4 degree reading on Wednesday is noted. The Nome area experiences continued high temperatures with officials reporting the latest extreme.
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Nome
Alaska
Repeal of Huey Long Oil Refining Tax Upheld in Louisiana
Louisiana Senate repealed Huey Long's 5 cent per barrel oil refining tax in a Fourth of July session marked by the arrest of James A. Noe. The bill lowers the tax to 1 cent, stripping the governor of power to remit. Noe challenged the machine leadership, claims loyalty to Long, and sought a two day leave to vote his conscience.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Senate
Huey Long
James A. Noe
Long
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
House
Noe
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Earl K. Long
Huey
Senate
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Sen
Coleman Lindsey
Lindsey
Hindenburg Speeds Eastward Again
The Hindenburg, after a wireless appeal for weather reports, escaped Cape Cod fog and moved on with its fourth eastward Atlantic crossing. A tropical radio station in Hingham, Massachusetts, reported establishing contact with the German airship, which was several miles east of Cape Cod and said to be free of difficulty.
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New York
Hindenburg
North Atlantic
Cape Cod
Hingham
Mass
Cape
Cat Jiggs Dies After Fourth of July Firecrackers
Kansas City report says Jiggs a 17 year old high school cat that enjoyed the Amos and Andy radio program died after reacting to the first bursts of firecrackers. The cat had long performed tricks and then sulked before death.
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Kansas City
Jiggs
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