Midwestern heat deaths rise surpassing five. Texas drought record set
The midcontinent faced a heat wave with more than a dozen deaths reported across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Memphis, and Chicago as temperatures hit triple digits. Dallas broke a 21 year drought drought record with only .78 inches of rain. In Nebraska grain losses mount. forecasts promise cooler weather for the Midwest and Northeast. Some San Francisco residents wore overcoats as fog chilled the city.
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Missouri
Kansas
Southwest
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Nowata
Okla
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Manhattan
Kan
Ilinois
Dallas
Tex
North Dakota
Middle West
New York City
San Francisco
Results of Russian trade confab dim hope for accord
Washington August 11 AP hopes of more trade with Russia dim as talks between Hull and Soviet Ambassador Troyanovsky stall over settlement of 16 year debts and claims. After a private talk the man-to-man session and conference ended without progress and officials offered no comment on a possible breakdown.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
United States
Hull
Alexander Troyanovsky
Troyanovsky
R. Walton Moore
Masters Rites Conducted At Pansey
Funeral services for George W. Masters a prominent lumber dealer were held Friday at Liberty Church Pansey with Rev Etheridge officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. Apoplexy was listed as the cause of death. he had been ill two weeks. Survived by seven sons C P and Jack of Dothan Route Five W S and G W Jr Dothan Cecil of Headland Route Four Ben and Joe of Pansey three daughters Mrs C H Betton of Birmingham Elizabeth and Janita Masters of Pansey.
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Liberty Church
Pansey
Etheridge
Fellows
Forrester
Mr. Masters
Baptist Wautch
P. C
Jack
Dothan
Route
W. S
Cecil
Headland
Route Four
Ben
Joe
Pan- BY
C. H.etton
Birmingham
Elizabeth and
Jaanita Masters
Weather Outlook for Central and East Gulf States
Partly cloudy conditions near the coast tonight and today. Central and East Gulf States see cloudy skies with scattered thunder near the coast early in the week, turning more general later. Temperatures expected at or above normal across the region.
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Alabama
Florida
Central
East Gulf States
Aluminum workers strike at three plants in Pittsburgh area
About 4,000 Aluminum Company of America workers walk out at New Kensington Arnold and Logan's Ferry plants. Pickets surround facilities, two injured and one arrested as union seeks a closed shop contract and recognition. Power plant operators and maintenance kept on duty as shutdown is announced. Linked rumors tie company to Mellon on back page.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
New Kensington
Arnold
Logan's Ferry
J. P. Howlett
National Association of Aluminum Workers
American Federation of Labor
R. M. Ferry
Mellon
Secretary Wallace Sees No Scarcity But Prices To Rise
Secretary Wallace warned 1935 food prices will be materially higher due to a prolonged drought, though no shortage is expected. Crop forecasts show production of 32 principal crops about 22 percent below the 13 year average, prompting calls for crop curtailment adjustments and potential market controls to curb profiteering.
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Wallace
Washington
Reign Of Terror Follows Wake Of Chinese Railway
Moscow dispatch reports a reign of terror on the Chinese Eastern Railway’s eastern line blamed on Japanese and Manchurian efforts to force a sale. The June 27 to August 6 period saw 12 train wrecks 43 bandit raids 2 murders 24 sabotage cases 14 robberies and 28 damages to roadbed and stock along with 4 fires and 9 telegraph line sabotage incidents.
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Moscow
Russia
Rudi
Khabarovsk
Board of Direction
Wooden Gun Prison Break Fails At Louisiana Pen
Two convicts were killed and six wounded when guards foiled an Ángelie prison escape by the Red Gap gang. The plan mirrored the Dillinger wooden pistol bluff. Leaders Big Bryant and Raymond Candler died, others wounded, and several inmates captured.
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Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angele
John Dillinger
Big Bryant
Raymond Candler
Raymond Candler. the Break Was Attempted At Camp “E
Red Gap
Bryant
Lucas Badeaux
Henry Clark
Indian love triangle leaves three dead in Utah
Fort Duchesne Utah Aug 11 Three deaths are blamed on a Ute love triangle. Stella Hump 16 married twice to Mountain Lion 37 and Henry Johnson. Johnson was killed while pursuing an attacker. Stella was found with five bullet wounds. Mountain Lion hanged himself as tribal justice.
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Fort Duchesne
Utah
Stella Hump
Mountain Lion
Voter rolls boosted by 134 new registrations in county
Houston county adds 134 new voters to the rolls as books closed at 4 p m yesterday. Most are now 21 or will turn 21 before general election day November 11. Registration will reopen next January.
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Houston County
County Board of Registration
Negroes Seek Licenses To Pick Cotton In Prank
The office of county agent C. M. Ling reports several Negroes applied for fake cotton picking licenses at five dollars each. Ling warns there is no such license and advises not to pay attention to false registration reports.
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C. M. Ling
Ling
Sheriff Election Poll Not Started Says Ed Pettus
News from Alabama reports conflict over the Houston sheriff nomination of Alex H May. State chairman Edward Pettus of Selma says no poll has been sent or started and confirms no committee vote by mail yet. Supporters claim May ran second in primaries and a petition seeks to overrule the nomination.
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State Democratic Committee
Alex H. May
Houston
Edward Pettus
Selma
the Eagle
Alabama
May
C. J. Kuilins
State Committee
Third Congressional District
Lester Kaermer
Tom Buntin
Dothan
Pettus
Taol
Rollins
Eagle Telegram
Buntin
Will L. Lee
Farmer
Court upholds Olson martial rule in truck strike
In Minneapolis a federal court upheld the legality of Gov. Floyd Olson's martial rule during the truck drivers strike. The unanimous ruling by Judges Gunnard Nordhye W. Molyneaux and John B. born refused the employers' injunction against continuance of the decrees. The hearing followed an early week filing for a temporary restraining order and permanent injunction.
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Aug
Floyd B. Olson
Gunnard Nordhye
Snsepr
W. Molyneaux
John B. Born
Mountaineer Faith Healed by Bitten Rattlesnake Claim
SYLVA North Carolina August 11 AP Credulous residents of the balsam mountain fastness watched a Holiness preacher Albert Teester 39 endure a rattlesnake bite in a pulpit proving his belief. Teester quoted Luke 16 Thou shalt take up serpents and blamed the bite on insufficient faith. He refused medical aid despite swelling tongue and inflamed neck yet showed signs of recovery as followers held long prayer vigils attributing his partial healing to divine intervention.
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Balsam Mountain
Albert Teester
Teester
Christ
Holiness Church
Former cook jailed in stick pin theft case near Hodgesville
A former cook is jailed on grand larceny charges for stealing a diamond stick pin worth 1000 dollars from Et Nicen Mixon Adeline Johnson and a former servant at Mixon's home near Hodgesville Houston County. Bail set at 1000 dollars.
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Adeline Johnson
Mixon
Hodgesville
Wie
Houston County
Boni
More Silver Notes Planned by U S Treasury
A surprise announcement said the government will print more silver certificates than expected as part of its war purchase program. Certificates back free silver up to 1.29 per ounce, with profit from the price gap booked as gain or aging.
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Treasury
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Thomas
D-Okla
Horwever
Princess Trina Youssoupoff Wins Big In Rasputin Suit
An exiled princess, Princess Trina Youssoupoff, collected about 750000 from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over the film Rasputin and The Eropress. The settlement, reached to avoid further litigation in multiple countries, is described as the largest ever in ibbelona history by attorney Fannie Holtzmann, who represents the princess. The film will continue to be shown with a disclaimer that the character Natasha is fictional. Paris actors Ethel, John, and Lionel Barrymore plus Diana Wynward appeared in the film.
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Rasputin and
Trina
Alexandrovna Youssolooff
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mies Fannie Holtzmann
South
Louis B. Mayer
Europe
Youssoupoff
Natasha
Felix Youssoupoff
Rasputin
Russia
Megmonk
Youssoupoffs
Windsor Castle
Alexander
Nicholas
Three Barrymores
Ethel
John
Lionel
Diana Wynward
England
Murder, Beer and Election Probed in Houston County
The Houston county grand jury session next week will probe a murder case involving Wilma Belcher in Five Points, election irregularities in two primaries, and ongoing beer sale investigations. Indictments already emerged in Henry county, while jurors will evaluate challenged oaths and impounded ballots as part of potential actions this term.
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Houston County
Wilma
Belcher
Jay Hardy
Conner Knight
Knight
Bond
J. Hubert Farmer
Farmer
Henry County
Alabama
Houston Schools Set September 18 Opening Date
Houston county board of education approved the opening date for the fall term. Fifty seven white schools and 32 Negro schools will open September 18, with a teachers' institute on September 17 in the high school building. A minimum salary schedule was adopted with reservations.
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Houston County
County Board of Education
Teachers’ Institute
Workman Seriously Stabbed Taken to Dothan Hospital
A Dothan hospital received A. D. Gillis a 42 year old resident of Ponce DeLeon Florida with knife wounds to the abdomen and arm in a reported attack at a local high school building. Gillis said he was attacked by Wade Brown while working on the school project.
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A. D. Gillis
Ponce DeLeon
Fla
Gallo
Gillis
Wade Brown
Fine Added To Law On All Mail Boxes
The federal post office department bans placing circulars or articles in mail boxes and a later amendment imposes a fine up to 200 dollars on conviction. Pete B. Jarman Jr Secretary of State and Pardon Board member declined to recommend clemency for Tom Brown Morgan County Negro sentenced to September 14 for an alleged attack on a white woman near Decatur.
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Federal Post Office Department
Jarman
Clemenc
Montgomery
Ala
Pete B. Jarman, Jr
State
Tom Brown
Morgan County
Decatur
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