Flood Disaster in Ovado Italy Kills About 250
Provincial officials say about 250 people died when a hydro electric dam burst near Ovado flooding 40 square miles in the Orba river valley. Rescuers reported numerous injuries and widespread debris as floodwaters swept through towns including Rossignona. Officials ordered an investigation while relief workers race to reach victims as debris recovery continues.
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Turin
Italy
Ovado
Orba
Rossignona
Genoa
Lkely
Ovada
Taoming
Myrna Loy Breaks MGM Contract Over Broken Promises
New York Aug 14 AP Myrna Loy announces she abrogates her contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after months of friction. Her lawyers say MGM has forfeited future services by withholding pay and publicizing she would be a test case. Loy cites lack of fair treatment after 15 films in two years and seeks adjustments and holiday rights.
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New York
Myrna Loy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Miss Loy
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Slim
Hollywood
Foreign War Vets Hear State Chiefs Outline Objective
State Commander Ray Allen and Department Adjutant John B. Joiner of Montgomery outlined the aims of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and what the organization hopes to accomplish at an open house meeting held at the courthouse Tuesday night. After their addresses the leaders returned to Montgomery.
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Ray Allen
Dept. Adjt
John B. Joiner
Montgomery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
State
SIMPLICITY Continued from Pare One
Employers would receive credit for payments to state unemployment systems up to 90 percent of the federal tax. Taxes begin January 1, 1936. The federal government will appropriate 100,000,000 dollars next year for old age pensions and grants to the blind, crippled children, and needy mothers. Grants of 15 dollars a month will be offered and matched by states for needy aged not in the contributory pension system, with 49,750,000 dollars appropriated for the current fiscal year. In Fayettesville, North Carolina, a “blue laws” vote allowed gasoline and soft drinks during church hours but rejected midnight Saturday dancing.
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Fayettesville
Rex Moore Is Found Alive After Plane Crash Reunion
Rex Moore, believed dead after a plane incident, is found in a Swiss village with Laurie. Albery, who threatened Moore’s career, is revealed as the culprit behind the earlier danger. Laurie and Rex marry in Geneva and plan to return to England with Gladys. The couple then head to California to claim a newly inherited estate.
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Rex Moore
Merk Albery
Chelsea
Laurie
Chameounix
Rex
Mont Blanc
Lauria
England
Gladys
Switzerland
California
Coralie Stanton
Historic Houston Theaters Week Program Selections
On Wednesday in Houston, Fannie Hurst’s Im itation of Life stars Claudette Colbert and Warren Williams with Rochelle Hudson, plus Buddy in a Looney tunes cartoon. Thursday to Saturday feature She and other adventures with Randolph Scott, Helen Gahagan, Bela Lugosi, Zasu Pitts, Tom Mix, and Roy. Alca zar and Assa ar present Randolph Scott and George Raft titles, cartoons, and serials across the week.
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Fannie Hurst
Claudette Colbert
Warren Williams
Rochelle Hudson
Buddy
Buddy the Detective
She
Rider Haggard
Randolph Scott
Helen Gahagan
Helen Mack
Anson Weeks
Lew Pollack
Popeye
Alcazar
Kay Johnson
Kazan
Ruth Sullivan
Robert Manning
Sterling Holloway
Tom Tyler
Scrappy
Tom Mix
Ascaar
Ann Harding
Herbert Marshall
Maureen O'Sullivan
Louis Hayward
George Raft
Claire Dodd
Edward Arnold
Tim McCoy
Katnips
Man Gives Knife to Assessor in Polk County Tale
In Marianna Florida Aug 14 a Jackson county farm agent Gus York recalls a Georgia friend gifting him a chain knife ten years ago with a boast. This week York passed the knife to Assessor Will Mea after a local exchange that turned odd and humorous at a county event.
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Marianna
Fla
Georgia
Gus York
Jackson County
York
Fall Business Leap Confidently Waited By Retail Merchant
New York August 14 AP The National Retail Dry Goods Association canvassed over twenty leading merchants who foresee a 10 to 15 percent rise in fall sales. Managers cite sustained retail growth since 1933 with crops relief and FHA credit aiding. Local forecasts include Memphis 20 percent, Dallas 10-15 percent, Miami 10 percent, Denver improvement, Boston about 15 percent, Chicago 3-5 percent, Detroit 10 percent, Portland 20 percent.
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New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Channing EB. Sweitzer
Federal Housing Administration
Memphis
Tenn
Dallas
Tex
Miami
Denver
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Portland
Ore
Miss Morris Takes Charge of Adult Education in Marianna
Miss Willie B. Morris of Cottendale is now in charge of adult education at the Marianna layground, announced by social service director Miss Sha Ling. Morris succeeds Miss Dorothy Bagley, who resigned last week.
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Marianna
Fifa
Willie B. Morris
Cottendale
Marianna Layground
Mies Sha- Ling
Miss Morris
Mies Dorothy Bagley
Original Mark Twain pioneer Isaiah Sellers of the Mississippi
St Louis report on Isaiah Sellers, pre Civil War river pilot who used the Mark Twain pen name before Samuel Clemens. He piloted famous boats including James M. White and Prairie, set a 1844 speed record, and died in 1864 in Memphis, buried in Bellefontaine with a niche bust of a steamboat.
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J. G. Werkley
ST. Louis
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens
Isaiah Sellers
New Orleans
Daily Picayune
Clemens
Mississippi
Hannibal
Tom Sawyer
Sellers
Bellefontine
Memphis
I. Sellers
James M. White
Prairie
Pittsburgh
Iredell County
North Carolina
Henry von Phul
Armanda Sellers
Big Air Corps Men Press Founding of Defensive Bases
Washington Aug. 14 AP Advocates of a larger army air corps, with President Roosevelt's approval of the Wilcox air bases bill, will ask Secretary Dern to appoint a board of air corps officers to tour proposed sites in six strategic regions Alaska Pacific Coast Rocky Mountain Southeast South Atlantic seaboard New England. Authorized expenditure is 120 million dollars, not yet appropriated. The president foresees no immediate allotment from public works funds, but sponsors expect a survey must wait until January and plan to introduce an appropriation bill if needed.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Roosevelt
Dern
Wilcox
Florida
War Secretary
Air Corps
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain Region
South Atlantic Seaboard
New England
War Department
In Cincinnati Park Right Field Fence Distances
In most major parks the right field fence is the nearest out barrier yet in Cincinnati the right field wall stands 377 feet from home plate. The unusual distance marks a notable variation among ballparks and could affect basketing power and strategy.
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Cyropteyield
Cinginnati
Long Wey
Slams and risky plays from a New York bridge player
The article recounts E. H. Goodenough of New York sharing a theory on when to bid big slams. He suggests the profitable moment is when cards run for you, citing a rubber game where a far-behind player still secured victory with two grand slams.
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Tom O'Oneel Fressing
E. H. Goodenough
New York
Goodenough
Bridge Grand Slam Result in North South Session
In the final rubber of the session North and South trailed. South opened hearts, Worth overcalled with spades, and the auction led to a grand slam possibility. West and East argued for a bold bid sequence, with East–West eventually taking the long spade and heart ruffs as the play unfolded. South blamed a gamble on a three-two spade break as the key misstep.
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North
South
Worth
West
East
Jackson Retirement Tax Rates Lowered
A Marianna Florida special reports a budget cutting the tax rate for the Jackson county public instruction. Reductions in debt service across bond districts lower the levy by up to several mills, easing local school financing. Vienna firemen respond to a false alarm before saving a person in distress, while a stray bullet injures Reyner’s foot. Garner is identified as a deputy sheriff in the piece.
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Marianna
Fila
Aug
Jackson County
Chicago Conference Presses Union For United Methodists
Aug 1 1940 reports discuss a church merger for the Methodist groups and the Episcopal Church to unite into a single structure. Key figures include Dean James of Northwestern University and 39 clergy delegates. goal is healing the division created by the prewar split and form a unified denomination with about 9.5 million communicants by 1940. A draft constitution and bylaws were expected to be prepared and presented to the general convention.
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Chicago
Methodist ‘Union
Methodiat-Presbyterias Gaa
Dean James
Northwestern Univer
Moethodig
Anga
Sion
Methi
Episcopal
Methodist Spd
Methodist
Cou Tate
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Southern Pacific
Cochran
M-G-M
Y. Coralie Stanton
Albery
London
Biind
Wanda Steele
Wanda
Geneva
Jake
Houston
Bellefontaine
Big Air Corps
Jackson
Vienna
Rey ¢Ner
Garner
Diane
Che Goodenough
Stephenson
Dothan
Elite Cafe
Neemy
Adda
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