Heat Death Toll Soars As Summer Crisis Deepens
The summer heat pushed deaths past 700 with an hourly rate of up to ten, reaching 783 as Missouri and Illinois reported new fatalities. Records show Chicago near 105 and Vinita Oklahoma at 137, while relief efforts stall over stock purchases and drought relief funds.
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Associated Press
Sun
Midwest
East
Pacific Coast
Farm Administration
Chicago
Missouri
Timeis
Ohio
Nebraska
Iowa
Indiana
Vinita
Okla
Noblesville
Ind
Quincy
Jil
Mercury
New York City
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Seaboard
Far West
Denver
Mount Evans
Great Lakes
Alaska
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Dunois
South Dakota
Wyoming
State Relief Administration
Weather outlook Alabama and Northwest section
The forecast reports generally fair to partly cloudy skies with warm nights. Scattered thunder showers are possible Thursday afternoon, with rain and warmer conditions Thursday night, especially in the northwest portion.
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Alabama
Uncle John’s Relief Wish in Humble Garden Tale
An elderly Dothan man nicknamed Uncle John, living in a garage room, relies on relief for $1.20 weekly after working odd jobs in gardens and mowing. He saves his rations, plans to share with others when cotton prices rise, and tells workers he’ll manage with what he has.
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Darkies
Uncle John
Relief Headquarters
John
Gardons
Gulf Gale Hits Texas Coast From Freeport to Port O Connor
Shrieking gales lash the Texas coast between Freeport and Port O Connor with 80 mph winds. Coast guards warn campers to evacuate as storm warnings spread from Morgan City to Brownsville. Eighty mph gusts drive high tides marooning 18 at San Luis Pass. guardsmen marooned at Freeport station.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Freeport
Port O'Connor
Matagorda Bay
Morgan City
Brownsville
Galveston Island
Coast Guard
San Luis Pass
Key Brothers Extend Endurance Flight To 118 Hours
Meridian Mississippi reports Fred and Al Key brothers pushing a flight endurance record. They passed the 118th hour aloft above the local airport at noon and received invitations to refuel Sunday over Jackson Mississippi and Montgomery Alabama.
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Meridian
Miss
Fred
al Key
Jackson
Montgomery
Ala
Chicago Yards Reopen Under an Agreement
Chicago Union Stock Yards reopen following an agreement with officials to dispose of on hand stock in a cleanup market. About 5,000 privately owned cattle remain. 65,000 to 70,000 federal government cattle for relief duties plus cows hogs and a few sheep. Non union crews began feeding cattle as union walkouts and strike threats loom. federal purchases halted to ease overcapacity while drought and a May fire shape the dispute.
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Chicago
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Farm Administration
Washington
Federal Relief Surplus Corporation
Tennessee
Rehabilitated Farmers to Work on FERA Projects
Fifty two Houston county farmers on rehabilitated farms start their first payments this week for groceries steers and other farm equipment. G P Morrison FERA director says they will work 40 hours weekly at 30 cents an hour with earnings applied to government debt. Some will work 48 hours a week. larger families may have multiple workers. Most work on county roads while others join FERA projects near their homes.
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Houston County
G. P. Morrison
FERA
Curious Home Town Mob Gets Last Look At Dillinger
The girl in red Anna Sage describes how John Dillinger posed as a Chicago Board of Trade employee and walked into a trap. She and Mrs Roy Keele, both with Dillinger before his death, tell police details of his latest days and trip to New York while fleeing.
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Dillinger
Chicago
John Dillinger
Indiana
Anna Sage
Biograph Theatre
Dillinger Lays Quiet in Home Town After Death
Maywood Indiana July 25 AP John Dillinger lay in death in the Mooresville home where he grew up before turning to crime. A steady crowd viewed the casket as plastic surgery erased bullet marks and another surgeon’s work had given him a new appearance. Funeral planned for this afternoon with burial at Crown Hill beside his mother.
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John Dillinger
Cook County
Chicago
Dillinger
Maywood
Ind
Mooresville
Johnny
Pbil
Indianapolis
Crown Hill
Indiana
Last Murder Defendant Freed By Superior Court
Millard Hickman, 45, marine engineer, is acquitted of killing 16 year old Louise Jeppesen in Golden Gate Park last May. A San Francisco Superior Court jury deliberated 1 hour 49 minutes, rejecting a circumstantial case as prosecutors called the verdict a miscarriage of justice. Hickman, dazed at the verdict, later left for a fishing trip to “forget.”
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San Francisco
Louise Jeppesen
Millard Hickman
Odgen, Utah
Golden Gate Park
Hickman
Hickman Hickman
Hickmaan
Jeppesen Wirl
Blanche McKay
Miss McKay
Peter J. Mullins
Mra
Ruth Dunkley
Landlord Held After Farm Shooting Near Judah Church
Dale county tenant farmer J H Yarbrough was shot in the head during a dispute over a share crop at the Miller farm seven miles southwest of Ozark in Judah Church. James Miller Sr. was arrested on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Yarbrough’s 12 year old son witnessed the incident as the wounded man was taken to a Dothan hospital.
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Dale County
Dothan
Ozark
J. H
Hubb) Yarbrough
J. T. Weeks
James Miller, Sr
Miller
Judah Church
Yarbrough
Weeks
Hs Son Rin
Holman
24000 Looms Idle in Textile Strike in Alabama
The Alabama textile strike persists with about 24 000 workers out, violence reported in Florence as police and railway detectives failed to move a carload of knitted goods amid picket interference. Loyalist petitions were signed by over 5 400 Avondale Mills employees while Erwin Manufacturing Knitting Mill workers voted to stay on strike. The Cotton Textile Industrial Relations Board reported no code violations and awaits a request to assist.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Florence
United Textile Workers of America
Avondale Mills Company
Birmingham
Erwin Manufacturing Company
Washington
Robert Turnere
Cotton Textile Industrial Relations Board
Mad dog bites three children in Abbeville incident
Three Negro children in Abbeville were bitten by a mad dog on Saturday as they prepared Pasteur treatments for hydrophobia prevention. The dog was later sent to the Dothan branch of state laboratories for testing and was confirmed positive.
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Abbeville
Dothan
State Laboratories
Knight To Remain In Jail Awaiting Grand Jury Probe
Comer Knight, former taxi driver, is jailed without a preliminary hearing until the grand jury meets on August 13. In Common Pleas court, attorneys agreed to continue the case and Judge Baxley noted Knight will not get another hearing before grand jury action. Tindle had earlier granted a $1,000 bond, but his ruling was deemed illegal for lack of proper appointment.
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Comer Knight
Wilma Belcher
Common Pleas Court
Keener Baxley
Knight
Etowah Sheriff Shot by His Own Son
Eto wah Alabama July 28 Sheriff Thomas F Griffin of Eto wah county was in very critical condition from a bullet wound believed inflicted by his son Deputy Sheriff T F Griffin Jr after an altercation. He said his father slashed him with a knife before the shooting and no charges were filed as Solicitor W Rains opened an investigation.
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Gadsden
Ala
Thomas F. Griffin
Etowah County
T. F. Griffin, Jr
W. Rains
Repairing of Wicksbury School Sought Through FERA Funds
G P Morrison announces Hous ton county FERA will seek 1200 for labor to repair Wickseburg school with 609 in materials from the county board of education. Project includes painting general repairs and addition of a new classroom.
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Wicksburg
FERA
Wickseburg
G. P. Morrison
Houston County
County Board of Education
Byrd Rescue Party Returns Empty Handed
The tractor crew sent to reach Commander Byrd from Little America returned to base camp with no sign of Byrd or his winter camp. Snow covered the trail flags and the party lost the path while the team conducted no findings.
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Byrd
Little America
Texans father admits killing daughter for insurance
E H Stuart, 27, unemployed, confessed to drowning his four year old daughter Dortha in Cypress Creek to collect 585 dollars in insurance. He said the crime was to finance his finances. The grand jury planned an investigation today.
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Houston
Tex
E. H. Stuart
Stuart
Dortha
Cypress Creek
Alabama Coach Frank Thomas Visits Dothan
Frank Thomas, Alabama Crimson Tide coach, was in Dothan today to confer with star halfback Millard Howell and other Alabama players on the Dothan baseball club about an unspecified business mission.
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Frank Thomas
Alabama Crimmson Tide
Dothan
Millard Howell
Alabama
Aviation round-up heads to Melbourne expo with 50000 dollar prize
Aboard U. S. Malolo the Pacific chatter centers on the Melbourne exposition in October. Will contest cover 12 000 miles from London to Melbourne with a 50000 dollar prize. Wiley Post aims for 50 hour flight and Oklahoma pride.
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U. S. Malolo
Pacific
Melbourne
Australia
London
Army
Navy
Wiley Post
Oklahoma
Wiley
Singapore
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