Ranger wins cut aboard coast guard cutter Argo
An afternoon race off Newport featured Harold Wanders with the Ranger finishing ahead of Jet T. O. M Sopwith's Endeavour 11, claiming a decisive America's Cup defense victory. The dramatic event saw strong windward leads and a tight finish amid the long campaign for sailing supremacy.
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Ranger
Coast Guard
Newport
RK. I
Harold
Bill
T. O. M. Sopwith
Endeavor
hilt @ mute
Afterthought Ralegh Clerk Eases Divorced Status Note
A Raleigh county clerk confirms a woman’s marital status after she asks if she is legally divorced. The letter reveals she recently remarried, and records checks clarified her situation. The item ties into a broader column of oddities and memory-tested tales from across the nation.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
W. H. Sawyer
Sawyer
Indy
Two People Together And The Dance Of Fate
A humorous reminiscence about how couples form in social settings. A cousin who knew many girls near home dances with a city girl, then gets engaged after three dances. Bob Burns recounts a tall tale from Arkansas travelers. The piece relies on social timing and witty dialogue.
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Proposa
Five Cent Pay Boost Eases Rail Labor Tensions
In Cleveland on Aug 5, threats of a massive rail strike diminished as Washington announced a five cent per hour wage increase for 800,000 non-operating railroad workers. A separate 350,000 operating workers authorized a potential 20 percent raise strike. Arbitration and a presidential fact-finding board are required before any walkout. The non-operating raise amounts to 98 million dollars annually based on 1986 operations.
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Cleveland
Washington
Ma Crafts
National Mediation Board
Olle S. Beyer
Chicago
Aur IL
Brotherhoods
Arepa
Mediation Board
Loyalists Defend Life Line Road in Spain War
Spanish government forces defend the Madrid Valencia lifeline road north of Cuenca claiming a skirmish win over Moorish insurgents. A communique reports handto-hand fighting with Moor bodies on the battlefield. Insurgents report gains near Cuero and the Dato gunboat sinks a small trawler attempting to run Santander blockade. Evacuation of Santander eyed amid shortages. London plastics group meets as belligerent rights for insurgents fade.
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Fress
Cuenca
Spain
Cuero
Dato
Santander
Bay of Biscay
London
Lord Plymouth
Soviet Union
Julio Alverez
del Vayo
Valencia
Band Concert at Huron Park Directed by Bang Christensen
Huron Municipal Band under director Bang Christensen performs at Park on Thursday August 5 at 7 45 P M featuring selections including Overture Clement Marot Waltz Love Eternal Mighty Lak a Rose and Game On the Road to Mandalay with vocal by Gene Kingdon and various marching and march pieces arranged by Laurendeau Bynmenn Merle Evang Ames and others.
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Huron Municipal Band
Bang Christensen
J. W. Campbell Park
Ironbound
Clement “Marot
Mighty Lak ‘N’ Rose
Ethelbert
Nevin Veens
Gene Kingdon
Tatermesto
Mandalay
Oley
Gene ‘Kingdon
Normandy
P. Laurendeau
Merle Evangames
Livestock Sales Yards Are Closed Indefinitely in South Dakota
Livestock sales yards across South Dakota are ordered closed indefinitely due to a serious anthrax outbreak. Twelve Federal veterinarians join state staff in vaccination and containment efforts across seven southeastern counties. No new quarantines. a few counties face outbreaks, with careful disposal and vaccine quality urged to save stock.
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Pierre
Ben Anderson
South Dakota Livestock Sanitary Board
Sioux Falls
Armour Yards
Hur~an
Anderson
Yankton
Bon Homme
Charles Mix
Davison
Hutchinson
Clay
Douglas
P. B. Jenkins
State Health Department
Huron Sees 103 Degree Heat Mark Today
The heat in Hurons reaches the 103 degree level at 2 PM signaling a potentially early month heat wave. Federal meteorologist B R Laskowski forecasts fair conditions tonight and Friday with little temperature change.
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State Weather Bureau
B. R. Laskowski
Huron
South Dakota
Horsts Seek Custody After Chicago Child Mixup
Otto and Martha Horst plead for permanent custody of 36 month old Donald, taken from them in Chicago after authorities believed a kidnapping. Donald is cared for at St Vincent's Orphanage while the case moves through courts as John Regan and Lydia Nelson claim the child as theirs. The abductors say the Horsts cared for him well, while Nelson cries that Donald is her son and vows to fight for him. The prosecutor indicated charges are unlikely.
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Chicago
Otto
Martha Horst
Donald
St Vincent's
Horsts
Mrs. Horst
Miss Nelson
Pierre Liquor Tax Challenge Heard In Pierre Case
Circuit Judge Yohn Hughes heard arguments as the City of Pierre seeks to block a state attempt to levy a 10 percent gross tax on stock on hand at a municipal liquor store. City attorney E Stephens argued the levy is a personal property tax and unconstitutional. assistant attorney general R F Drury contended it is an excise tax applying to private dealers and municipal stores alike.
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Pierre
Yohn ¥. Hughes
E. Stephena
R.F. Drury
Cadillac LaSalle Prices Rise In Late Summer Move
Car firm announced price increases effective at close of business Monday. Increases affect Cadillac and LaSalle models with ranges and modifiers listed, taking effect on next sales cycle.
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Cadillac-LaSalle
LaSalle
Burglar Stole From Clarence Rife in Pennsylvania
Clarence H. Rife in MERSON PA awoke to a burglar in his room. They grappled and Rife, touching the intruder, recovered $16 in bank notes from a pocket and the intruder fled. The incident left Rife $18 richer than before the visit.
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Clarence Merson
Clarence H. Rife
Rife
Urge Program To Plug Tax Leaks
A Senate House tax committee proposed an eight point program to curb tax avoidance. It calls for higher personal holding company taxes, stricter deductions limits, taxing undistributed income, redefining holding companies, targeting celebrity incorporations, disallowing artificial loss deductions, accelerating interest and expense payments, and ending the $1000 exemption for trusts in multiple trust setups. It also aims to tax non resident aliens on US source income and require returns.
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Washington
Dem
Farm Legislation Demands Push in Congress
Speaker Bankhead announced the House would take up the administration wage and hour bill late next week with housing legislation to lead the agenda the first part of the week A Friday action would occur if the new Sugar control bill isn t disposed of tomorrow The House began consideration of this legislation today with a final vote possible tomorrow The president indicated crop control should take precedence over crop loans and a general farm legislation push grew among southern congressmen and officials with talks of a possible fall special session
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Washington
Bankhead
House
Congress
Howevelt
Ford
Mississippi
House 7
Rep. Johnson
Texas
Teken
Ickes
Senate Banking Committee
Interior Department
Igwoy ' Fea Congress
Missionaries Fear Japanese Domination Threatens North China Work
United States consular officials organized mass evacuation as Chiang Kai-shek vowed resistance. Japanese columns moved north toward Beijing, while American missions and schools in North China faced possible destruction. Emergency committees formed for 4,000 Americans in Shanghai and 2,000 in Chekiang and Anhwei as Chinese refugees fled toward international settlements. The Red Cross allocated 310,000 to aid refugees in the Peiping and Tientsin regions.
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Shanghai Ang
United States
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chaing Kai-Shei
Kuling
Clarence Gauss
Kanghai
Chekiang
Arh
Wei
Toyo
Peiping
Nankow Pass
Kulgan
Hopeh
U. S&s
Benien
Sheridan Fahnestock
New Yorker
Benny Powell
Chiang
Nanking
North China
Methodist
Presbyterian
Rockefeller
Pekin Union Medical College
Catholic University
Yenching University
Hopeh Province
American Red Cross
Nelson T. Johnson
Tientesin
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Harry E. Kalodecs
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Tammany
Mahoney
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LaGuardia
American Labor Party
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
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Panama
America
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Fargo
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Fargo Chamber of Commerce
State Board of Administration
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William Langer
Montague
Los Angeles
Frank Merriam
James Howie
New York
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Hollywood
Miracle
Laverne Moore
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Howle
Keio
Korea
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Grissom
Davis
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Pilp
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MD DeSaurels
Detroit
Auker
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Ucker
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Des Moines
Philip LaFollette
Wisconsin
Iowa
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Hiawatha
Kan
Sidney
Minn
Lincoln
Ogden Pickens
Max G. Towle
Pickens
Towle
Bob Burns
Esquire ‘Features, Inc
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T. Christopher D. Sullivan
Tammany Hall
Democratic Party
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Manhattan
Sullivan
James J. Dooling
Roy Housman
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