Lake Racine Vacation Sparks Loneliness and Meeting
Ann Hamilton heads to Lake Racine for two week vacation, feels lonely among new peers, finds comfort with a familiar hotel porter, and meets Ralph the head boatman when a night on the water ends with a comic splash. The scene blends anticipation with desire for companionship as she settles into the mountain inn.
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Lake Racine
Alice
Bill Ware
Goodby
Bill
Glennwood
Ann
Gien- Inn
Giria
Little Mountain Inn
Youth Held in Extortion Plot Against Shirley Temple
Sterling W. Powell a 16 year old Nebraska farm boy was arrested on charges of extortion after sending a letter to George Temple father of Shirley Temple demanding 25000 dollars. Federal agents traced the paper to stores in Grant and Madrid Nebraska and arranged for his arrest at his farm home. The boy admitted sending the letter and said the plot was inspired by a movie but he did not intend to carry it out.
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River Junction
Ann
John
Alice
Bill Ware
North Platte
Bechtel
George F. Temple
Grant
Neb
Shirley ‘Temple
Twentieth Century- Fox
Hollywood
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Madrid
Powell
Shirley Temple
Hoover
United States
Omaha
Ned
Temple
Bureka
Calif
W. M. Bishop
Quarantine Lift Expected in Athens After Aug 5
Officials say the infantile paralysis epidemic quarantine in Athens Alabama will likely end around August 5 after no new cases in about three weeks. City and health leaders note rising public demand for summer recreation.
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Athens
Ala
Rev Nesbitt and officer witness horse chews car trunk
In New York on August 1 a police chaplain and a mounted officer heard a crunch and saw the patrol horse munching the baggage trunk of their car. The incident began as they spoke inside the parked vehicle.
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New York
A. H. Nesbitt
Funeral Services for J. J. Spencer in Athens Alabama
Funeral services were held Thursday for Joseph J. Spencer a prominent county farmer. Burial followed at Legg graveyard with Reverend John R. Christopher officiating. He died Wednesday at a very old age and is survived by one daughter Mrs L D Vinson and four sons Thomas W C W James L and Edwin Spencer all of the county.
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Athens
Ala
Joseph J. Spencer
Legg
John R. Christopher
Spencer
L. D. Vinson
Thomas W. Spencer
C. W. Spencer
James L. Spencer
Edwin Spencer
Business Booms at Limestone County Jail
Sheriff J. B. Wellden reports steady jail activity over the past eighteen months with prisoners housed on record. The count excludes arrests who posted bond before confinement and includes no juveniles or insane persons.
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Athens
Ala
J. BE. Wellden
Faculty Selected at Athens Schools
J. M. Cannon, superintendent of the Athens city schools, Friday announced the faculty for the grammar and high school grades. The list includes W. S. Grubbs, H. A. Turner, M. L. Vines, W. W. Matthews, Mrs. W. C. Chambers, Mrs. Lillian Carnes, Miss Nancy Martin, Miss Mary Martin, Miss Dorothy Ross, Miss Ethel Mason, Miss Lillian Hixon, Miss Wilma Beasley, Miss Bessie Smith, Miss Evelyn Reed Gray, John W. Wilson Jr., Mrs. J. L. Ingram, Miss Mary Feigley, Margaret Ross, Elizabeth Malone, Louise Ryances Hightower, Mesdames B. T. Coffman, Harry Taft, Ben Fowler, F. G. Peer, John W. Wilson Jr, William Clem, James Bradley, and Sue Billingsley.
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Athens
Ala
J. M. Cannon
Athens City
W. S. Grubbs
H. A. Turner
M. L. Vines
W. W. Matthews
W. C. Chambers
Lillian Carnes
Nancy Martin
Mary Martin
Dorothy Ross
Ethel Mason
Lillian Hixon
Wilma Beasley
Bessie Smith
Evelyn Reed Gray
John W. Wilson, Jr
J. L. Ingram
Mary
Lillian Feigley
Margaret Ross
Elizabeth Malone
Louise Ryances Hightower
City Employees Discover Repaired Basement Cooling System
Tucson workers found an unused air cooling unit in the city basement, repaired it and enjoyed a month of cooling blasts. A sudden $209 electric bill reached the city manager, and temperatures rose again.
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Tucson
Ariz
Farm income to hit peak as drought lifts prices in 1936
Chicago reports farm income rising with drought driven price gains. By mid July prices for hogs corn rye oats barley eggs butter potatoes cheese lard and soybeans reached highs since 1930 to 1933, with farm income up about 336 million dollars from the previous year as shortages and heat press on supply. Forecasters warned of mixed weather ahead while wheat markets rallied globally.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
North Dakota
South Ota
Bureau of Cultural Economics
Bureau
Bees Vanish After Sugar Loan Probe In Pomona
Clyde E. Molesworth allegedly obtained farm credit loans to buy sugar for feeding 250 bee colonies. DOJ agents could not locate the bees during a site check. Molesworth was held on $5,000 bond with a new court date set for August 7.
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Pomona
Calif
Department of Justice
Clyde E. Molesworth
Errr
Molesworth
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Deck Morgan
NEA
Bill Wark
Racine
Air Lodge
Aimee
Sette
Ovek
rKs
Williams
J. J. Spencer
Limestone
Pee-Babner
Alabama Utilities
S. W. Brown
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