Heat wave devastates crops and wires deaths across states
Sizzling heat across Texas to New York and Georgia to Nebraska caused numerous deaths, crop damage, and water shortages. Kansas City reported ten heat deaths as temperatures exceeded 100 nationwide, with New York and St Louis among other cities recording fatalities. Nebraska faced severe corn losses and water scarcity, while farmers urged rain and residents tapped new water sources. A Des Moines officer reported a 134 degree car interior and humorous mishaps amid the high heat.
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Associated Press
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Georgia
Nebraska
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St. Louis
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Indiana
Fort Worth
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Atlanta
Chicago
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Mississippi
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Keokuk
Iowa
Quincy
Massachusetts
A. E. Anderson
Creston
Des Moines
Everett Frankford
Milwaukee
Billy Hetreck
H S Camp 64 Dies at Keyton After Illness
A six week illness proved fatal Thursday to H S Camp 64 at his Keyton home. He was a prominent farmer born in Clapton February 22 1870. Survived by wife Mire Annie Camp two sons Clyde Camp Macon GA and George Camp Keyton three daughters Mrs Allie Reeves and Mrs Irvin Pitts Columbus GA and Miss Eunice Camp Keyton two sisters Mrs A D Whiddon Dothan and Mrs C E Bell Lakeland FL. Funeral at Mt Enon church this afternoon with Rev J M Blankenship and Houston Funeral Co in charge.
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Keyton
Camp
Clapton
Mire
Annie Camp
Clyde Camp
Macon
George Camp
Allie Reeves
Irvin Pitts
Columbus
Eunice Camp
Civilians Aid 2 Army Prisoners to Escape
Two civilians in a rowboat landed at Governors Island and helped two Army prisoners escape after disarming a sentry. Police in Brooklyn were asked to search for the fugitives after the men were landed by their Confederates.
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New York
Governors Island
Brooklyn
Weather Summary for Alabama and Tennessee
The bulletin notes generally fair conditions across Alabama and northwest Florida with tonight partly cloudy to unsettled and continued warmth in Tennessee through Saturday.
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Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
Man Shoots Self Beside Funeral Parlor in Marianna
Frank Ayers 24, a former Calhoun county prison guard, died instantly after firing a .32 pistol into his head near a funeral parlor in Marianna Florida. A coroner's jury ruled death by own action. Ayers was in a car driven by Leona Messer, who testified he seemed in good spirits before the act.
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Marianna
Fra
Frank Ayers
Calhoun County
Scott’s Ferry
Ayers
Leona Masser
Mr. Williams
Bumper Wiregrass Corn Crop Forecast by Lowry
Agronomist J. C. Lowry predicts a bumper corn crop in the Wiregrass this fall as farmers plan winter legume meetings next week. He notes farmers learned lessons from last year about feed shortages and will use corn for livestock feed to save on costs.
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J. C. Lowry
Lowry
Aerial Supremacy Goal Of Nations In Plane Race
Washington reports warn world powers race to aerial supremacy amid plans for Britain to add 46 squadrons and 500 planes while the United States pursues a 1000 aircraft program. The Baker aviation committee finds U S weaker in fighting planes and urges more combat craft. nations including France, Russia, Japan accelerate modern warplanes with no binding international limits.
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Lloyd A. Lehreas
Associated Press
Washington
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
United States
Newton D. Baker Aviation Committee
Army Air Corps
France
Russia
Japan
Geneva
Baker Committee
City Realizes Revenue From Beer Licenses in Dothan
The City of Dothan collected about $500 from beer sales via near beer licenses, with records showing $500 taken in on near beer licenses. Thirty-five establishments hold retail malt and cereal beverage in bottles licenses and four wholesale licenses issued.
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Dothan
Fairbanks Misbehaving With Wife, Lord Claims
Lord Ashley files supplementary divorce petition alleging continued misconduct by Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Lady Ashley since February. case to be heard in October with defenses by both sides. Fairbanks and Lady Ashley traveled to Paris and Monte Carlo amid rumors of reconciliation with Mary Pickford.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Lady Ashley
Ashley
Somerset House
Fairbanks
Lord Ashley
Paris
Monte Carlo
Mary Pickford
Benita Hume
Earl of Shutesbury
Sylvia Hawkes
Move To Lower Gas Price Is Under Way In Dothan
Odell Johnson and Homer McKenzie were at liberty today after escaping Jackson county jail last night. A third Confederate, unnamed, remained jailed for not fitting in, as officers withheld his name. Johnson faces sentencing for robbing the Campbellton depot and McKenzie awaits trial on auto theft charges.
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Dothan
Marianna. Fla
Odell Johnson
Homer McKenzie
Liberty
Jackson County
Johnson
Campbellton
McKenzie
Rioting Prisoners Wreck Cell Block In Birmingham
Rioting prisoners flood the main cell block at the Jefferson County courthouse jail in Birmingham, smashing windows and tearing out plumbing in a failed bid for a wholesale jail delivery. Warden Frwin reported the situation under control at 10 15 am. Several inmates named by Ware in the Scottsboro case were not involved.
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Birmingham
Ala
E. B. Frwin
Jefferson Cont
Ware
Tommy and
Theodore
W. L. Goggins
John H. Milsteau
W. J. Shinn
Sam Brown
BE. J. Burns
Clarence Whatley
Roy Sanders
Bill Sullivan
Houston Murphey
Ernest Bowman
Betty Jarceny
L. T. Ellzey
City Aims to Collect Delinquent Paving Accounts This Fall
City clerk I P Scarborough declares the city will aggressively pursue $100,000 or more in delinquent paving charges this fall and will start as cotton comes in. He notes that about $190,000 of paving accounts are outstanding, most of it overdue, representing a major city burden.
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I. P. Scarborough
Houston County
Scarborough
Dothan Gas Prices Spur Tax and Supply Debate
Dothan seeks cheaper gasoline aligning with nearby towns as prices vary across the region. City plans to cut a 2 cent local tax and tax gas stored inside the city to level the field with outside dealers while officials investigate possible bootlegging of gas to non city customers.
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Birmingham
Hertford
Headland
Geneva
Iris
Dothan
Bothan
Cotmei
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Ezell
Vaughn
Farm Boy Suffered Fractured Skull in Ozark Truck Crash
Early Martin ten year old farm boy was struck by a lumber truck near Ozark. He sustained a fractured skull and other injuries, but none as serious as the skull fracture. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital where doctors described his condition as very serious.
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Early Martin
Ozark
Alabama Leads States in Two Farm Produce Fields
Alabama tops the nation in two farm sectors per today’s agriculture department reports, leading in sweet potatoes and sorghum for syrup. The state ranks second to Georgia in peanut production, with corn yield fourth in the South and early Irish potatoes gaining importance as a cash crop.
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Washington
Alabama
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
South
Mississippi
Agricultural Department
Catton
Typhoid Vaccinations Given at Six Houston Clinics
Nine hundred persons received typhoid inoculations at six clinic sites in Houston County yesterday. Of the total, 104 were Negro. Two active typhoid fever cases were reported in the county, one Black and one white.
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Houston County Health Department
Scores Fall Hurt As Police Battle 3,000 Strikers
News reports describe clashes across multiple cities as police and striking workers faced off. In Huntsville and Decatur, deputies guarded bridges and plants amid rumors of marching workers. injuries and arrests were reported. Seattle witnessed a major confrontation with tear gas, clubs, and mounted police, injuring several on both sides.
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Tennessee River
Decatur
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
John Dean
United Textile Workers of America
Anniston
Mone
Seattle
Charles L Smith
Dothan Airport Granted $3000 FERA Funds for Repairs
Authorization to spend 3000 of FERA funds approved to upgrade Dothan airport. Funds to cover truck rentals, materials, and skilled labor for two runways 2190 and 1800 feet long and 400 feet wide. Laborers to be hired from relief lists or jobless workers with no other income.
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FERA
Dothan
Dothan Airport
G. P. Morrison
Houston County
Border Line Cares
Morrison
Director of Relief
Sorghum Syrup Discovery Boosts Southern Farmers Prospects
Washington reports new sorghum syrup processes from the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils promise higher quality, standardized pricing, and increased consumption. Dr. H S Paine notes easier removal of jellies and sharper tastes, with price gaps between grades widening. Alabama leads production, with Texas and North Carolina following. 246 900 acres planted this year.
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South
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
H. S. Paine
Bureau
Paine
Bureau of Chemistry and
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Alabama
North Carolina
Texas
Mississippi
Coast labor strife shifts to Portland as guardsled crisis grows
San Francisco and Bay Area workers push toward full return as Portland threatens a general walkout if guardsmen move to the waterfront. The Market Street Railway and 3,700 San Francisco teamsters debate freight moves amid National Guard deployments and NRA mediation efforts. Police round up five alleged radicals including Elaine Black and Harry Jackson after a pledge to root out Communist activity.
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Ore
San Francisco Bay
Isbor
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Labor “Strategy” Committee
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Oragon
Market Street Railway Company System
American Federation of Labor Union Workers
W. Douglas
Samuel Kahn
Traction Concern
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National
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Roosevelt
Reda
Hne
Anglo J. Rossi
Citizens’ Committee
Contractor Wilburn Hill Dies at 55 in Miami Home
Wilburn Hill, 55, president of Morgan-Hill Paving Co. of Birmingham, died today at his Miami residence. Friends in Birmingham were informed of the death.
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Cadsden
Wilburn Hill
Morgan-Hill Paving Co
Birmingham
Miami, Fla
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