Storms kill 15 over mid west seaboard hit
Storms sweeping the Atlantic Seaboard and Great Lakes left ten dead in Eastern Michigan and possibly five in Ohio. Tornadoes hail and floods wreck homes utilities and rail lines from Delaware to New Jersey and Michigan. Debris cleanup begins as power and communications struggle to recover after the mid Atlantic and Great Lakes blowout.
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Mid-West
Seaboard
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes
Michigan
Ohio
Townsend
Del
Niagara Falls
Cohansey
Bridgeton
N. J
Health official plans dengue fever control in Dothan
F B Wood of the state health department arrived in Dothan to confer with city and county officials on measures to check the dengue fever epidemic. Authorities expect an eight plan to be announced, likely using relief labor.
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F. B. Wood
State Health Department
Dothan
Minneapolis
Floyd B. Olson
National Guard
Employers Advisory Committee
National Board
Washington
Tupize- Chatillon Rayon Co
Hopewell, Va
Lioyd Garrison
Labor Relations Board
Weather Synopsis for Alabama and Northwest Florida
Alabama mostly fair with fair Saturday and risk of scattered coastal thunderstorms. Northwest Florida shows fair tonight and Saturday with partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers. Gulf coast area also forecasts fair conditions with slight temperature changes.
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Alabama
Florida
Fan Dancer Faith Bacon Seized in Chicago Exhibit Raid
World’s Fair activities prompt police raids across five villages near Chicago. Authorities closed an exhibition and ordered fan dancer Faith Bacon to wear pants, citing new liberal policy abuses by concessionaires.
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Chicago
Bowery
Faith Bacon
Birmingham Man Shot by Accident Answering Alarm
In Birmingham Alabama on August 3 a youth named Andrew Ford 24 of Mulga was fatally shot and his companion Herbert Brevard 20 hurt when proprietor J O Self opened fire believing them burglars at Self Drug Store after a falsely sounding alarm. Self held on second degree murder charges.
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Birmingham
Ala
Andrew Ford
Mulga
J. O. Self
Herbert Brevard
Self
Ford
Bloosburg
Evans
Pilcher Sues City To Force Ginley Current Supply
L C Pilcher doing business as Pilcher Gin and Warehouse Co files for a mandamus in circuit court to compel city officials to furnish electric current. Hearing set for 2 pm. He says he complied with the current ordinance by posting 500 cash bond, but the city refuses to connect his gin. The dispute centers on contract approval by Mayor Ezer, City Clerk Scarborough, and Auditor Vaughn.
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L. C. Pilcher
Pilcher Gin and Warehouse Co
Pearce
Pilcher
I. C. Ezer
I. P. Scarborough
U. S. Plans $33 Million Air Defense Expansion
War Department advances a $33,000,000 plan to encircle the United States with anti aircraft guns searchlights and fire control gear. It calls for eight regular army regiments seven national guard regiments and nineteen inactive regiments to reach full strength.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Congress
War Dern
Panama Canal
Air Corps
Newton D. Baker
General Staff
Army
Fanama
Hawaii
Philippines
National Guard
PWA
Europe Cries What Now as Fear of Hitlerism Spreads
Europe watches Adolf Hitler and asks what lies ahead as fear grows across capitals. Leaders and publics fear sudden rule changes may threaten peace while weighing domestic troubles and potential shifts in international relations.
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Europe
London
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Hitler
Berlin
Pius XI
Mussolini
Fuehrer
Russia
Reich
Britain
Louisiana General Fortifies Troops Against Court Order
In New Orleans, Adjutant General Fleming fortified militia positions at Jackson barracks after court orders to demobilize troops. Sentries refused access to serve the order, while militia regiments reinforced the city registering office amid the Huey Long and Walmsley feud. The legal clash centers on partial martial law and the governor's directives.
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New Orleans
O. K. Allen
Huey Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
National Guard
Jackson Barracks
Raymond H. Fleming
Fleming
Huey P. Long
Amt
Walmeley
Civil District Court
Nat W. Bond
Bond
Lang
Jlalm
Tubeday
Nase
Carmet
Long
Herve Paciviteh
McAlister Wins Democratic Nomination in Tennessee Primary
Governor Hill McAlister clinches the Democratic nomination for a second term amid a Memphis landslide. Senator K D McKellar wins renomination, while Nathan Bachman edges Gordon Browning for a tight race. Four gunshot victims follow election returns, including fatalities linked to the upset at Madisonville, Ander son County, Pikeville, and a watermelon controversy near Parsons.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hill McAlister
Tennessee
Memphis
Lewiss. Pope
K.D. McKellar
John R. Neal
Pikeville Ciy
Allotment of $6,000 for Locks and Dams on Coosa River
The War Department announced an allotment of $6,000 for operation and care of locks and dams on the Coosa River in Georgia and Alabama.
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Washington
War Department
Coosa River
Georgia
Alabama
Cattle Driven to Chicago Stockyards Under Police Escort
Cattle and hogs moved into the Chicago stockyards today with police escort as commission men sought to resume trade halted by a nine day strike of handlers. Four hundred more stockyard workers joined the strike, with first shipments handled by the commission men amid tensions and a violent brick incident reported.
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Chicago
Commission
Boy Delivers Tragic Rescue Attempt In Creek
In Mobile Alabama a 10 year old Emmett Ramey and his 7 year old brother James drowned trying to save each other from Filava creek. James could not swim and went under as Emmett who could swim poorly tried to reach him. A cousin Johnny Roy Flake and two others Howard Prunham and Buddy Tillman watched from the bank and called for help.
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Mobile
Ala
Filava Creek
Emmett
James Ramey
F. F. Ramry
James
Johnny Roy Flake
Howard Prunham
Buddy Tillman
Hindenburg Rites Slated Tuesday Nation Mourns
Former Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm arrives at Neudeck to mourn President Hindenburg. Mass ceremonies are planned at Tannenberg with Adolf Hitler delivering the oration. Officials announce limited invitations and women barred from the war memorial service.
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Associated Press
Neudeck
Germany
Hohenzollerns
Paul von Hindenburg
Frederick Welhelm
Nerth
von Windenburg
Tannenberg
Adolf Hitler
National War Memorial
von Hindenburg
Russia
Frederick Wilhelm
Elard von Olenburganuschia
Wilhelm
Berlin
Hohenstein
Newsmen Win Court Fight Over Confidence and Hanging Probe
In Danville Kentucky two newspaper men Jack Turham and Wesley Carty refused to name sources after a court battle over breaking confidences regarding a July 19 effigy hanging of Representative Towles. Two others, Victor Bodner and Lucien Chrisman, pled guilty to breach of the peace and faced fines.
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Danville
Jack Turham
Wesley Carty
Jay W. Harlan
Harlan
J. Sterling Towlen
Towles
University of Alabama
Lucien Chrisman
Germany faces uncertain future as Hitler tightens grip
Berlin reports Hitler, now de facto ruler after President Hindenburg's death, moves to consolidate power. Czechoslovakia and Austria monitor the frontier as Reichsbank chief Schacht takes economic helm and candidates for Vice Chancellor are discussed, including Von Blomberg, Von Neurath, and Goering.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Hindenburg
Nazianm
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Kurt Schmitt
Franz von Papen
Austria
Werner von Blomberg
Konstantin von Neurath
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
von Blomberg
Ift
von Neurath
Goering
Will Rogers comment on European events and homefront readiness
In August dispatch from Honolulu, Will Rogers voices lighthearted yet pointed views on Dollfuss and von Hindenburg exiting, praises Britain’s Rhine border claim, and urges U S military readiness and patience until commercial lines can handle air travel. He quips about not blaming soldiers for lack of practice.
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Dollfuss
Patricot
von Hindenburg
England
Rhine
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