Session This Fall Is Hinted As Adjournment Draws Near
Adjournment looms as legislative sessions hint at fall adjournment. The report lists various items including a tax assessment case involving C and N W Railway, Gandhi ordered to rest due to high blood pressure, and other international and national notices from Bombay, Foynes, Newport, London, and Washington. It also covers defense funding, America’s Cup victory by Helen Jacoby, and local notices from Huntingburg and Rogers Memorial veto.
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Gandhi
Bombay
India
Mohandss K. Gandhi
Baseball scores and lineups from today’s NL and AL games
Summary of yesterday’s National League results with scores and listed pitchers and managers. Notable note shows Cleveland at Chicago postponed due to wet grounds amid a light schedule in the American League.
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Washington
Boston
Olu Deshong
R. Feller
Wilson & Berg
Philadelphia
New York
Smith & Dickey
Cleveland
Chicago
Bat at Philadelphia Hall Honored Member With A Bat Detour
A bat provoked a 20 minute halt as detectives gathered at city hall to honor a colleague with 20 years of service. Three airgun shots finally forced the bat to flee, resuming the ceremony as officers recovered.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
City Hall
Salesmanship and timing in a jokey anecdote tale
A humorous vignette on sales technique notes that success rests on timing and not talking too much. It recounts cousin Lobeliaght? sending a single yes by telegram to a marriage proposal, with a telegram operator quipping about word limits and value.
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Lobeliaght
Venturea,Inc
Railroad Levy Halved by Wyman Decision in Dakota Case
The Chicago and North Western Railroad Co won a federal ruling cutting South Dakota taxes in 1938 by half. Judge A Lee Wyman reduced the assessment from 625,658.51 to 312,829.26, affecting 34 counties including Beadle. The 1935 levy drops to 28,649.58 and the 1938 levy to 26,404.34 under the ruling, with the action dating to 1936.
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Chicago & North Western Railroad Company
A. Lee Wyman
United States District Court For
South Dakota
Railroad Atorneys
Lyman
Beadle County
Wyman
State Board of Equalization
Ile
AFL Executive Council Plans Fall Campaign Against C I 0
Atlantic City Aug 2 The AFL executive council drafted a full industrial campaign to counter John L Lewis and the CIO. They endorsed consolidating AFL ranks, shifting from craft to industrial organization, capping dues to double the current two cents, and overruling craft unions in invading CIO territory.
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AFL Executive Council
Lewis’ C
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Dling
John [L. Lewis
L. Rank
C. Tf
C. LO
John Montague Returns to New York for Extradition
In Los Angeles on August 21, the so called mysterious John Montague known for his iron grip and deadly golfing eye agreed to waive extradition and travel to New York with three officers to face a ten year burglary charge. The case involves a $700 holdup linked to figures such as Bing Crosby Oliver Hardy and Jay Sleoag with Montague previously tied to golf world accolades.
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John Montague
New York
Los Angeles
John” Montague
George von Elm
la Verne Moore
Montague Te Ao
Two Girls Found Under Actor Robert Taylor Bed
In New York on August 21 two fans were pulled from beneath Robert Taylor bed aboard the Berengaria as autograph seekers swarmed the ship. Taylor refused meetings with the escorts and prepared to sail to Europe. He planned to stay in England for six months to make four pictures.
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New York
Robert Taylor
Europe
Taylor
England
Manila Quake Leaves 62 Injured as City Quakes Hit
Manila faced a second day of tremors with 62 injuries reported amid shocks that toppled masonry and left parks crowded with refugees. Damage extended to churches, homes, schools, and utilities across Manila and Tayabas province as authorities warned of ongoing aftershocks.
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Manila
China
Shanghai
Tuyabas
Parte
Rizal
Santa Maria
Laguna
Alabat
Tayabas
Weather Helps Curb Anthrax in South Dakota Cattle
Cooler weather and rain reduce new cattle herd infections in South Dakota. About five to six herds remain under quarantine while stock movement is largely lifted. Four human anthrax cases reported in two weeks with no official fatalities, though one death is suspected. Precautions urged for handling dead animals.
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Pieere
South Dakota
Ben Anderson
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Anderson
P. B. Jenkins
State Department of Health
Jensen to Speak at Farm Union Picnic near Mount Rushmore
Rapid City August 1 Gov Laalle Jensen will speak at 2 p m Sunday at a Farmers Union picnic at Horse Thief Lake near Mount Rushmore announced by the state president. The event is a feature of the union camp underway at Camp Jud near Pactola with national representatives and members from nearly all districts expected.
U S Opens Inquiry To Learn Origin Of Anti Aircraft Shell
In Shanghai fighting intensifies as eleven square miles burn and shells drop on Chinese and Japanese positions. The U S inquiry board investigates the shelling of the flagship Augusta while Roosevelts policy remains in limbo. Fire devastates Chapei Hongkew Yangtzepoo Pouying areas across the Whangpoo river.
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Shanghai
Roosevelt
Cabinet
Associated Press
American Navy
Augusta
Nankow
Nankyw Pass
Aoe
Canaca
North China
Pelpina
Washington
Canton
China
Hongkong
James A. Mills
Chapei
Hongkew
Yangtzepoo
Austral Pouying
Whangpoo River
Kiangwan
Nantao
Sogchow Creek
United States
Indian John To Hunt Body
Sioux Falls reports that Indian John, aka George Thompson of Stillwater Minnesota, sails to Spirit Lake to search for the body of Thomas D Foster who drowned on a Lake Okoboji boating trip with his wife. Thompson, famed for recovering many drowning victims using family secrets, has reportedly recovered over a thousand bodies since 1290.
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Sioux Falls
Johs
George Thompson
Stillwater
Minn
Spirit Lake
Thomas D. Foster
Sioux’ Falls
Lake Okoboji
John
Pmam T. Spaulding
Aberdeen
Pickerel ‘Lake
Thompson
United States
Foster
Baby Found Abandoned On Corsia Porch In Sioux Falls
A six week old baby girl was found on the front porch of the Ben Zweep home in Corsica South Dakota. She was in good health but chilled and hungry after a cold night. A neighbor heard crying and brought the infant to a local hospital. No notes or identifiers were left with the baby. Investigator Seth Adamson began efforts to locate the parents.
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Corsoa Sioux Falls
Ben’ Zweep
Corsica
S. D
Seth ‘Adamson
Named To Senate Pleasant Interview With Roosevelt
Mrs Dixie Bibb Graves Alabama's new Democratic senator called her meeting with President Roosevelt pleasant and said she is heartily in sympathy with the New Deal. She avoided specifics about future actions or timing, noting her first speech would come in the distant future.
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Washington
Dixie Bibb Graves
Alabama
Roosevelt
Political Fight Rages In Senate
Washington Aug 21 Democratic party regularity sparks a heated Senate session over the administration's court reorganization plan. Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania warned of defeats for O Mahoney Burke Wheeler and Hall prompting angry rebuttals from those senators. A petition to oust Guffey from the campaign committee circulated as the clash continued off the floor.
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Washington
Senate
Gulley
Pennsylvania
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Burke
Nebraska
Wheeler
Montana
Hall
Gufey
Guffey
C Jonty
Democratic Party
Guffx
Congress
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Texas
House
Drmolerat
Pennsyyvania
Congress Debates Housing Bailouts And Deficiency Funds
Washington reports detail committee approval of a 150000 deficiency appropriation to clear the docket and a low cost housing bill. Congress rushes to adjourn as reconciliation of Wagner housing measures and the deficiency bill continues.
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House
Senate
Washington
White House
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