Tenement Collapse Kills 19 in Sleep Riot in Kansas City
Kansas City reports a fatal collapse of two tenement buildings killing 19 people in their sleep. The National Labor Relations Board ordered Montgomery Word and Company to drop a company union and allow workers to join any union. Robert Green, discharged, must be reinstated. Operations at the plant have been shut since May 25.
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Kansas City
Montgomery Word and Company
National Labor Relations Board
Robert Green
Life's Like This Profits From Odd Courtroom Sketches
A Chicago case sees Glover Sucor sentenced to 10 months for stealing wearing apparel. He grins at the light sentence and sketches Assistant State's Attorney Franke Donoghue, who shows the drawing to Judge Michael L. McKinley, who jokes the sentence should be nine months. Also reports a power outage delaying Oak Park Hospital staff and a doctor delivering a baby with flashlight aid, plus a clarification that a July incident about hunter Frank Buck was misattributed to Elgin.
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Associated Press
ART Chicago
Glover Sucor
House of Correction
Sucor
Franke Donoghue
Donoghue
Michael L. McKinley
Hunter Buck
Elgin
Franke Buck
Frank Buck
Hunter
Nebraska
Get Rich Quick Scheme Tale with Uncle and Burns Joke
A humorous tale about a lazy uncle duped by a gold lure, warning of scams. Bob Burns is referenced as the Arkansas traveler who supposedly reveals a foolproof riches plan, only to reveal a catch when the uncle asks what he must do to get it.
Alabama Senator Named for Supreme Court Seat
President Roosevelt designated Senator Hugo Blair of Alabama for the Supreme Court but immediate confirmation was blocked by Senator Burke of Nebraska and Senator Johnson of California. Blair was named to succeed the retired Willis Vandervanter amid unusual secrecy.
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Nebraska
Johnson
California
Washington
Roosevelt
Hugo Blair
Alabama
Supreme Court
Wiry
Alibaman
Willis Vandervanter
Milestones in Life of Senator Hugo Black
A condensed life sketch of Senator Hugo Black of Alabama detailing birth in Clay County and career milestones from Birmingham judge to prosecuting attorney, U.S. Senate, and include on the Supreme Court nomination. It notes support from labor leaders, opposition in parts of the Senate, and procedural steps delaying action, with mentions of key figures and dates in the nomination episode.
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Senator Hugo Black
Washington
Hugo Black
Alabayqa
Supreme Court
Borm Clay
County
Ala
University of Alabama Law School
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Irmingham
Field Artilery
AEF
Josephine Foster
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Senate
United States Supreme Court
Ashurst
Senate Ib
Chamber
Neely
West Virginia
Logan
Kentucky
Dietrich
Kinis
McGill
Kansas
Borah
Idaho
Auslin
Vermont
Horak
Capitol
White House
Robinson
Arkansas
Barkley
Wallace Picnic Tuesday drew farmers and businessmen to Beadle County
Beadle County and Huron will host Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace for an Agricultural Conservation old fashioned basket picnic. J M Fisher chairman urged Beadle County farmers and local business people to attend and hear Wallace discuss the farm program and agricultural issues. The program at the State Fair Grounds includes junior American Legion baseball games, a basket lunch, and athletic contests with prizes, ending about 2 pm.
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Beadle County
City of
Huron
Henry A. Wallace
South Dakota
Agricultural Conservation
J. M. Fisher, Wessington
Beadle County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Ounting
Beadie County
Wallace
Fisher
Chamber of Commerce
State Fair
Ha~ Yon
Wessington Springs
American Legion
Las O'Clock
Fee Wallace
Band Concert at Huron Municipal Park
Huron Municipal Band under Director Hans Christensen performs at 7:45 PM in W. Campbell Park on Thursday August 12. Program includes marches like The Fighting Yanks, Intermezzo La Petita, American Fantasia Gems of Stephen, and Overtures Northern World and Golden Dragon, with works by Fred Jewell Theo M Tobani and others. features Trio for 3 Clarinets by J Beddow Balzar and H E Balzer and Echoes from the Wecrgpalien.
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Balzar
H. E. Balzer
Opera
Theo
M. Tobsin
Ed Chenette March
Mth
Keith P
Latey
Officials of Iran Are Assassinated
Baghdad reports Major General Gekr Sidki Pash law minister and Colonel Mohamed Ati Sawad air force chief were shot at Mosul airport near sunset. A soldier fired many bullets, killing the two men. the assassin was seized as authorities investigate motive.
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Iran
Jerusalem
Baghdad
Gekr Sidki Pash
Defense
Mohamed Ati “Sawad
Mosul
Mesopotamia
Turkey
Syria
Jawad
Weather report for South Dakota and Hurog area
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with only slight temperature changes. Southeast region also sees minimal variation as conditions stay largely unchanged for Hurog and Vicinity.
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South Dakota
Hurog
Chinese Feel They Must Resist Japs In Shanghai Acts
The Chinese foreign office declared Shanghai’s crisis acute with no option but resistance to Japanese pressure. Japan bears responsibility for the situation after promising a diplomatic settlement yet sending warships airplanes marines and other forces and making demands violating Chinese sovereignty. In Peiping a major battle raged 40 miles northwest as Japanese forces counter attacked to drive the Ior ey division from fortified positions along the great wall.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Foreign Office
China
Japan
Peiping
Here
Great Wall
Nanken
Aleo
Nankow Pass
Tientsin
Reports differ on Ringling Circus engagements in South Dakota
Sioux Falls reports show Ringling Bros. may cancel all South Dakota bookings due to anthrax fears while Chicago orders hinge on new cancellations. Earlier notices from Huron and Milwaukee claimed cancellations, then mixed with statements that engagements would be kept, before Chicago issued new cancellation orders.
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Sioux Falls
Ringling Bros
South Dakota
Chicago
Huron
Ringling Bros. Advance
Dexter Fellows
Milwaukee
Fellows
Gompera
Roland ‘Butler
Ringling
Green Bay
Wis
Tragedy as Sewer Overflows During Rainstorm
New York Aug 1244 at least one person crushed to death as three Staten Island tenement buildings collapsed amid heavy rain and a rammed storm sewer. Bricks and water swept the brick dwellings, rescuers searched wreckage for more victims, four injured, Patrolman Joseph McBreen killed, a 4-year-old girl Virginia Budnick found in his arms. Police called it the worst such disaster in years.
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New York
Staten Island
Tothers
Staten (Island Hospital
Joseph McBreen
Empre Bency Squad No. 1
Jeter
Virginia Budnick
Lewis J. Valent Line
Pears
South Dakota State Fair drops pari mutuels and beer sales
South Dakota State Fair board announced removal of pari mutuels from the 1937 exposition and banned all gambling rackets and strip-team shows after hundreds of protests. The fair runs September 12 to 17 with vaudeville racing and exhibits, while new press chief York Sampson and assistant J Philo French oversee relations and a cooperative newspaper advertising plan.
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Huron
C. B. Hansen
Canistata
Fair Board
Hansen
Tme
Edgar Hornby
New Press
York Sampson
Sioux Falls
Viborg Enterprise
J. Philo French
Colman Argus
South Dakota
Sampson
Prosecutor Outlines Case Against Dyer for Sex Murders
Los Angeles August 122 P Albert Dyer aged 32 faced the first evidence in a case that seeks the gallows for the sex murders of three Inglewood girls. Chief Deputy Dist Atty Eugene Williams outlined that Dyer alone lured Melba Everett and her sister Madehine and Jeanette Stephens to their deaths.
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Los Angeles
Albert Dyer
Inglewood
Eugene Williams
Dyer
Melba
Everett
Madehine
Jeanette Stephens
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