Corrigan Grins Through Wild New York Welcome Parade
Douglas Corrigan sparked a roaring welcome in New York after a record flight to Dublin in his 860 crate. Crowds packed Broadway, city hall, and the Advertising Club luncheon while Mayor La Guardia lauded his feat. Corrigan grimly smiled through the swell of admirers, later joking about the day as his own.
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New York
Douglas Corrigan
Colt
Charles A. Lindbergh
Broadway
Midtown Manhattan
Lower Broadway
City Hall
le Guardia
Alt Corrigan
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Floyd Bennett Field
Dublin
Noo
Willard Filsworth
Corrigan
Harry Corrigan
Ellsworth
la Guardia
McAlpin
Trish Flage
Battery
Custom House
Bowling Green
City
Willie Willis By Robert Quite
A fragment expresses tension over Sunday sports and religious observance, contrasting inability to play in town with permission for a country picnic outing. The lines suggest community debate on Sabbath rules influencing recreation.
Moors Storm Loyalist City at Ebro Front
Moroccan troops shielded by artillery stormed and recaptured the village of Villalba De Los Arcos, a key point on the Spanish government's Ebro line near Gandesa. Intermittent fighting followed as government forces, aided by Navarrese units and tanks, tried to hold the town before retreating. Other reports say government forces remained near Albarracin on the central front.
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Hendaye
France
Swanish Frontier
Vitlaiba de Los Arcos
Ebro
Gandesa
Barcelona
Francisco Franco
Villallos
Villalba
Catalonia
Albarracin
Teruel
Paper Rain Smashes Beagles Corrigan at Broadway Reception
In New York on August 5, 1800 tons of paper showered Beagles Corrigan during a Broadway reception, matching the tonnage dropped on Howard Hughes and his world flight party and about 100 tons less than Lindbergh's record. The paper weight was calculated after it rose.
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New York
Beagles Corrigan
Broadway
Howard Hughes
Hie
Sameton
Love Letters Read to Jury in Carroll Murder Trial
In SOUTH PARIS Maine prosecutors read to a jury a set of love letters Barbara Carroll wrote to Paul N. Dwyer, who confessed to killing Dr. James G. Littlefield. The defense objected to a sixth letter as partially missing while Dwyer testifies about motive and Barbara’s alleged affair with the youth.
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Barbara. Carroll
Paris
Francis Carroll
James Littlefield
Paul Dwyer
Carroll
Barbara
Ruby Carroll
Jessie Dwyer
South
Francis M. Carroll
Paul N. Dwyer
James G. Littlefield
William H. Fisher
Clyde R. Chapman
Ralph E. In- Balls
Dwyer
Lydia
Ingalls
Pat
Paul
Off Season Work Plan For Farmers Announced
MEMPHIS Tenn Aug 5 AP. Harry L Hopkins WPA administrator announced a permanent program of between season employment for needy farmers as the first step of Roosevelt s frontal attack on southern income inequality. Hopkins said the plan would supplement farm income by providing several months of work to farm families with inadequate earnings and would modify certification to remove stigma while deploying up to 200000 additional WPA workers. He warned the solution would be long in the making and not a final one sworn.
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Memphis
Tenn
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Roosevelt
Hopkins
WPA
Hopking
Chandler Man Killed Barkley Ride Sought
Murder warrants sworn for three incumbents amid Bitter feud in Breathitt county. Lee Combs, Chandler county chair, shot dead in Jackson. Lewis Combs and Sheriff Deaton wounded. Barkley clamps down with barnstorm motorcade. Chandler campaigns in Lexington and Paducah. race centers on New Deal loyalties and Senate leadership.
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Chandler
Barkley Ride
Louisville
Breathitt
New Deal
Alber Barkley
A. B. Chandler
Lee Combs
Jackson
Lewis Combs
Barkley
Lewis
Walter Deaton
Lexington
W. A. Combes
Lewis and Lee
First
University of Kentucky
Senate
Kentucky
Chander
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Mystery Disease Strikes Owosso Six Die In Week
In Owosso Michigan a mysterious illness has killed six children in a week. State health officials led by Dr Don W Gudakunst rushed to the city to coordinate physicians and lab work. An unknown bacterial infection appears to have eaten away the large intestine, with a seventh patient hospitalized. Local families report multiple cases, with authorities seeking the source.
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Owosso
Mich
Canabat
Don W. Gudakunst
Gilbert Vorelhorn
State Wealth Department
University of Michigan
Gudakmal
Wayne County Flood Reaches Four Foot Depth On Wayne Road
Heavy rains swelling mountain creeks flooded Wayne Road near Genoa to nearly four feet. The highway was closed tonight and 75 to 100 automobiles were stalled on both sides for hours. Property damage and crop losses were reported from the storm.
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Wayne Road
Wayne County
Genoa
Board to Study Rail Wage Cut
The national mediation board agreed to tackle the dispute over a proposed 150 percent wage cut for 900,000 railroad workers. Hearings were set to begin in Chicago next Thursday after deadlock in independent talks. If mediation fails, arbitration may be forced, or workers may strike.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Chicago
William M. Leiserson
Railway Sector Act
Leiserson
Tory
Man Wanted for Series of Robberies Killed by Police
A fugitive described as dangerous by the FBI was killed in a hotel gun battle with two Hot Springs police captains after a chase across four states for robberies kidnapping rapes and one murder. FBI agent H.8. Fletcher and Hot Springs officer Kaufman identified the man by fingerprints and tattoos. Captains Jerry Watkins and Ben Rogers led the trap and escaped unharmed.
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Hot. Springs
Ark
Aig
Earl Young
Lee
Banon
Jaborer
Hot Springs
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Young
Jerry Watkins
Ben Rogers
Wholesale Trade Advances Brighten 1930s Outlook
Washington reports improved wholesale trade trends as Assistant Secretary Richard Patterson notes inventories shrinking and a need to restock for rising fall demand while freight car loadings rise 7,821 week to week. WPA says 259,000 left rolls in May and June for private jobs, 70,000 dropped but absorbed by Social Security.
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Washington
INS
Richard ©. Patterson
Patterson
WPA
Jarry Hopkins
Rotls
City Marks Up Accident Record
City reports July saw 34 accidents and no traffic fatalities within Charleston, while arrests show 1,243 for mis parking and 615 intoxication among 1,187 peace violations. One murder occurred on North Rand Street after a poker game dispute. patrolmen Thompson and Akers led arrests as part of a quiet major crime period.
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Charleston
W. A. Tully
North Rand Street
Gujillo Boggess
Emmett Thompson
Bill Akers
Akers
Homer Nichols
South Hills
Oaly
Japanese Hope for Rapid Border Settlement Amid War
Soviet artillery pounded frontier positions as Japan voiced optimism that the vast border war would soon end by arbitration. Tokyo reported limited clashes near Chang kuleng while both sides discussed a possible cease fire, with Tokyo noting progress after Shigemitsu and Litvinoff talks.
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Tokyo
Sisberian
Foreign Office
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Nazi Plane Prepares For Flight to U. S.
A German Condor plane, Rocke-Wulff, is set to depart Berlin within days for a nonstop flight to New York City. The craft may not return under its own power, and is tied to a planned round-the-world attempt later in the year. A permit to land in Alaska and San Francisco was disclosed, likely aiding the Berlin to New York hop.
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Washington
Cimdbansy
Rocke-Wulff Condor
Berlin
New York City
Germany
State Department
Alaska
San Francisco
New York
Soviet Litvinoff Eases Tension With Japan Over Border Troops
Moscow reports Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff paved a path for Japan to withdraw from the Far Eastern border zone without loss of prestige. He referenced Japanese troops in the Changkufeng Heights as remnants and hinted that mutual troop withdrawals could occur if Japan recognizes the 1886 Russo-Chinese treaty.
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Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Japan
Far
Moss
Litvinoff
Changkufeng Heights
Siberia-Manchoukuo-Kores
Changkufeng
Far Eastern
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Soviet Union
Siberia
Litvinoff-Shigemitsu
Cantor Calls Taxes the Price of Freedom in America
Chicago dispatch reports Eddie Cantor returned from England and Scotland with 550000 raised for juvenile refugees of dictators. He labeled taxes as the price of admission to freedom in America and urged Americans to stay and value benefits of their country. He joked about sending overtaxed Americans to Europe while praising U.S. advantages.
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Chicago
INSI
Eddie Cantor
England
Scotland
America
Europe
Broker Wins Plantation With 144 Holes of Golf
CHICAGO Aug 5 INS J Smith Ferebee 31 year old broker tonight won full title to a 30000 plantation in Virginia and cashed 500 for himself and 2000 for friends when he completed 144 holes of golf from dawn to dusk with no 18 hole score over 95 He walked about 35 to 40 miles after starting at 305 am over Olympia Fields courses amid rain delays and weariness The bet hinged on Ferebee beating rival Fred Tuerk for the 30000 estate and the two men who owned the plantation had avoided court action by agreeing to the wager
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Chicago
J. Smith Ferebee
Virginia
Olympia Fields Club
Ferebee
Fred Tuerk
la Salle Street
Tuerk
Princess Anne County
Fere
Reluctant Forces Clash in Narrow Korea Border Zone
Japanese and Soviet troops exchange shellfire in the Chigaed feng area near the Siberia frontier. Since July 29, Soviet artillery has fired about 5,000 shells into Japanese positions, while Japanese forces answer with roughly 2,500 shells. Reported losses include two killed and two wounded for Japan on the last two days. Japan claims 38 Soviet soldiers' bodies and downed four planes, plus destroying 40 tanks and 18 armored cars.
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Kogi
Korea
Siberia
Yuki
Chig Aed Feng
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Tully
Russia
Manchoukuo
Siberian
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Sdene
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