Fleeing Americans Urged United Farm Front In Housing Plan
Wallace outlines program as adjournment looms and Congress rushes to pass a low cost housing bill. Senate Finance approves loophole measure and House backs a deficiency appropriation, with $20 million for land retirement and $22.5 million for public buildings. Debate centers on cost and board funding as session nears finish.
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Wallace
United Farm Front
Washington
House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
National Labor Relations Board
Rankin
Mississppi
Andover High Student Dies In Motorcycle Crash
Eugene Somers 17, son of a prominent Andover family and a senior football star, was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car on the Yellowstone Trail a mile north of Andover. The accident left his body 80 feet from impact and the bike 160 feet dragged. His death followed pallbearer duties at a drowning victim’s funeral the day before. Surviving are his parents H A Somers, an older sister Lucille, and younger sister Amy. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Andover
Aug
Earene Somers
Here
Yellowstone Trail
Eugene
Loren Townsend
Townsend
Somers
Amsden
H. A. Somers
Lucille
Amy
Grasshopper gas demo blocked in South Dakota
Aug 18 report shows Attorney General Clair Roddewig shelving a proposed grasshopper eradication demonstration by gas from an airplane in South Dakota. A New York chemical company, unable to fill gas orders in other states, postponed its Redfield area exhibition.
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Pierre
Clair Roddewig
South Dakota
New York Chemical Company
Redfield
Vicinlty
Graves wife likely to be appointed as senator
In Washington Aug 18 reports say Governor Bibby Graves of Alabama plans to appoint his wife Dixie Graves as temporary senate successor to Hugo L Black. If confirmed she may be in Washington tomorrow to take the oath as senator. The move follows the governor’s claim he must meet campaign promises.
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Igraves
Washington
Alabama
Bibby Graves
Dixie Graves
Senate
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Graves
Baseball scores and injuries in brief
National League matchups show New York 2 5 0 0 0 2 Boston with Hubbell Danning Fette Lansing and Lopez. Chicago and Pittsburgh tied 0 2 0 0 2 0. Detroit Cleveland St. Louis Washington New York and Boston games noted with pitchers Linke Cohen A Perrett Malone and Dickey. A child, Dorothy Hurst, aged, injured in a fall dislocating a shoulder and breaking a collar bone.
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New York
Boston
Hubbell
Danning
Fette
Lansing
Lopex
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Bryant
Waver
Swift
Todd
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Detroit
Cleveland
St. Louis
Harder
Pyllakley
Washington
Linke, Cohen
A. Perrett
Malone
Dickey
Philadelph Newsom
Desauteur
Kennedy
Svenster
Bruck
Bonilla
Dorothy Hurst
Oscar Hurst
Life's Like This and the Stolen President Sign
A Chicago tale notes a three year old theft of a brass sign reading The President from Robert M. Hutchins's office at the University of Chicago. The sign reappeared in a package handed to a switchboard operator with a party explanation. A lighthearted collage of humorous legal snippets follows with tales of a carnival wild man and a city ordinance mix up in Omaha.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Lone in the City Myth Endures in a Bob Burns Tale
In a humorous 1937 vignette, Bob Burns muses on urban loneliness vs isolation. A Texas revenuer chases a mountain native who carries only a pair of shoes, thinking to trap crime, but learns the man fled to avoid making new acquaintances. The piece riffs on social distance and companionship.
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Tevenuer
Wallace urges drought farmers to adapt to local weather
Secretary Henry A Wallace spoke to Eastern South Dakota farmers at the state fairgrounds urging adaptation to the region’s weather. He warned that federal relief may fade and stressed a seven point program including soil conservation and family farms, urging unity among farm groups to push for a fair share of national income and continued spending to boost efficiency.
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South Dakota
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry. A
Agricultura Conservation Program
Washington
Wallace
Huron
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Wallara
H. B. Test
Frederick
South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation
Étam
Bee Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
South Dakota Agriculture Conservation Program
To Celebrate 50th Anniversary In Baltic
The Farmers Elevator Co. in Baltic marks 50 years of operation, one of the northwest’s early cooperatives. A celebration is planned for a Saturday in August as the company, from a small warehouse, expanded to three elevators.
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Baltic
Aus
Farmers Elevator Co
Northwest
Roosevelt's Son Drenches Cannes Official In Champagne
John Roosevelt during the Battle of Flowers parade splashed champagne on Mayer Pierre Nouveau and slapped him with a bouquet after a brief interruption to the mayor's welcome. The incident occurred as Nouveau prepared to deliver flowers and a short speech to the visiting American on vacation in Cannes. Roosevelt, a Harvard student, traveled in a two horse carriage in the parade with companion Jobo Drayton.
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Cannes
France
Riviera
John Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mayer Pierre Nouveau
Nouveau
Farmans
Cannes’ Committee
Jobo Drayton
Sea Champagne
Higher Wage Seekers Shown 1936 Deficits
CHICAGO August 18 A committee of railroad executives led by H Enoch of the Pennsylvania Railroad cited 198 deficits of 40 railroads in responding to the request of five operating Brotherhoods for a 20 percent wage increase. The group told representatives that the railroads posted a combined loss of 112 million dollars last year across 96 major roads with 221918 miles. Roads with deficits operated 62551 miles comprising 37.2 percent of total rail mileage. Neither Enochs nor D B Robertson spoke on a report that negotiations would soon be turned over to the Federal Mediation Board.
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Chicago
HE. A. Enoch
Pennsylvania Railroad
Brotherhood
Ite
Enochs
D. B. Robertson
Firemen and Enginemen's Union
The
Brotherhoods
Federal Mediation Board
Band Concert at Heron Municipal Park
Huron Municipal Band directed by Hans Christensen presents a joint program with Huron Recreation Center on Aug 19 at 745 PM at Campbell Park. The program includes Overtures Lustspiel and Fountain of Youth, Tap Dance numbers, Waltz Golden Showers, vocal performances by John Floss, and selections Spanish Serenade La Paloma and Indian Ceremonial with Girl Scouts.
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Heron Municipal Band
Hans Christensen
Campbell Park
Huron Municipal Band
Huron Recreation Center
Loftus Ward
E. Howe
Fred Jewell
John T. Hall
Billy Hill
John Floss
Fountain of Youth
Girl Scouts
Tha
Insurgent Army Nears Santander
Santander front in Spain as Franco forces press toward the Biscayan port. Government says insurgents tied to Italian brigades and German planes fight in sunbaked mountains. Reported government counterattacks near Reinoso southeast of Santander.
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Rendaye
Santander
Spain
Biscayan
Francisco Franco
Reihosa
Santender
Liner Refugees Under Fire In Shanghai Battle
Chinese snipers fired on a Dollar Line tender carrying 24 American women and children refugees from Shanghai while the Dollar Liner McKinley evacuated them to the ship. Bombs by Japanese warplanes shadowed the Yangtze action as U S Marines ferried passengers and the city’s forces clashed along the river.
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James 4. Mills
Shanghai
McKinley
Yangtze River
Bryant
United States
Dollar Line
China
International Settlement
Wangpoi River
Woosung
Kiangwan
Greater
Airports on new line rejected found inadequate for service
The Bureau of Air Commerce reported the Cheyenne to Huron route is unsatisfactory for the planned air mail service. Pierre Hot Springs and Scottsbluff were identified as inadequate intermediate stops, with Rapid City pending site negotiations. Spearfish would qualify with runway improvements. Wyoming Airways bid as low bidder, but no contract signed yet. six months to begin after arrangements.
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Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Cheyenne
Wyo
Huron
S. D
Post Office Department
Pierre and
Hot Springs
Scottsblow
Neb
Rapid City
Spearfish
S. D. Beld
Francis Case
Custer
M. D
Sitex
Wyoming Airways
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Jack Olson
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North Dakota
Good Government Cooperative Association
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America
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Roanoke Island
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Ray Mays
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Hilo
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