Roosevelt Names Group To Take Up Study Of Drought
President Roosevelt forms a Great Plains drought study committee to seek practical measures for relief. Morris L. Cooke will head the panel with John C. Page Colonel Richard C. Moore Frederick H. Fowler Retford G. Tugwell and Harry L. Hopkins among its members. The group will visit the drought area in August to assess conditions and propose efficient use of natural resources for relief across Missouri Platte Arkansas valleys and surrounding plains.
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Roosevelt
Great Plains
Parches
Elier
White House
Morris L. Cooke
Rural Electrification
Teator
John C. Page
Bureau of Reclamation
Richard C. Moore
Army Engineers
Frederick H. Fowler
National Resourcees Committes
Retford G. Tugwell
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
Missouri, Platte and
Ackansas
Cooke
Central Northwest Regional Planning Committee
W. R. Ronald
Mitchell, S. D
Aberdeen
S. D
Girl travels across continent to meet actor Powell
Ruth Grantham, a 14 year old girl from Washington DC, disappeared from a children’s home and told officials she had traveled alone to Hollywood to meet actor William Powell. Studio police were ordered to watch for her as the traveler’s aid society reported she had no money and had left recently.
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Hollywood
William Powell
Washington, D. C
Ruth Grantham
Traveler’s Aid Society
Powell
Steel Worker Upsets Former Titleholder in Golf Match
Vash Hromyak, steel worker from Sharpsburg, Pa, defeated Charles Ferrera of San Francisco 4 and 3 in the National Public Links first round. Hromyak posted 15 dates over par amid a day of scattered showers and cooler fronts across major regions.
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Steel
Farmingdale
N. Y
Vash_Hromyak
Sharon
Charles Ferrera
San Francisco
Hromyak
Eyee
Minnesota Areas Surprised At Grain Harvest
Minnesota Farm Bureau officials said drought battered farmers saw small grain harvests, with oats yielding 0 to 40 bushels per acre in southeast counties while wheat reached 20 to 25 bushels per acre and barley and rye near normal. In west and north central regions, farmers left binders in sheds as yields remained too poor to harvest.
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Minnesota
St, Paul
Minnesota Farm Bureau
North Central
Mercury Surges Past 100 as Heat Lingers in Huron Area
Readings jumped to 101 degrees at noon with 68 nighttime low. Forecasters predicted a weak cool wave by Thursday and lower temperatures in the Huron region as a high heat wave eased, while South Dakota crops suffer under extreme heat and grasshopper infestation.
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Laskowski
Bismarck
Suzon
South Dakota
Laskowsii
Chicago
J. R. Lloyd
Lloyd
Mansas
Nebraska
Tawa
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Ilnois
Indiana
Michigan
Great Lakes
Lioyd
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Great Northwest
Illness Strikes Jesse Jones at Rawlings Hotel
Jesse Jones head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was ill with influenza at a Rawlings hotel and is in favorable condition. He was brought in from Harden ranch near Encampment where he vacationed, attended by nurses. Also reported is the death of Rear Admiral Albert Mert U S N a leading naval figure who died after a week of illness in San Diego California.
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Jesse Jones
Rawlings Rawlings
W.O
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rawlings
Jones
RFC
Harden
San Diego
Calif
Albert Mert
U.S. N
Constitution
Republican Hosts Gather At Topeka For Big Pow Wow
Republican hosts converge on Topeka led by Rep. Bertsand Snell of New York as Governor Landon prepares to receive notification of his presidential nomination. John Hamilton arrives to discuss campaign strategy while Topeka showcases bunting and large crowds. Landon plans a speech addressing farm relief unemployment spending taxation and labor policy at 840 p.m. CST.
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Topeka
Eas
Bertsand Snell
New York
Ale M. Landon
Landon
Sreer Snell
John Hamilton
Colorado
Chamber of Commerce
London
Kansas Statehouse
Congress
Washington
Alf M. Landon
Leutenants
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Kansas
Indianapolis
Water Carnival Planned at Ravine Park Lake Friday
Sponsors announce a Friday night water carnival at Ravine Park Lake. Events begin 7 p.m. with water polo, then a mix of races for different age groups, an under water swim, novelty and obstacle race, and an exhibition dive at 8:30 p.m. Entries due by 1 p.m. Friday with Jerry Snedigar.
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Ravine Park Lake
Jerry Snedigar
Snedigar
Former Navy Officer Sentenced for Espionage Beginnings at Prison
Los Angeles July 22 a former navy yeoman Harry Thompson is en route to McNeill Island prison to begin a 15 year federal sentence for conspiring to sell naval secrets to a Japanese officer. He says he is glad it is all over.
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Navy
Los Angeles
Harry Thompson
Drownings Toll Rises in Minnesota This Summer
A July Associated Press survey shows drownings in Minnesota rising sharply this year, totaling more than half of last year's 147 deaths. The report notes steady recent incidents as authorities track water-related fatalities across the state. A separate brief from Bonilla records a brief Sunday shower with hail northwest of town and dust events earlier in the day.
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Minnesota
St, Paul
Associated Press
Bonilla Bonilla
Here
Marrying Justice of Yuma to retire this year
YUMA ARIZ July 22 Bad A Freeman known as the marrying juice plans retirement due to ill health. After January 1 he will no longer officiate weddings for Hollywood notables crossing the California line. Freeman has performed over 6,000 ceremonies. He counted Gloria Swanson Jean Harlow Claudette Colbert Dorothy Mackaill among his clients and many other stars of the era.
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Justice
Yuma
Ariz
Bad A. Freeman
Cupid
Gretna
Prama Hospital
Justice Freeman
Hollywood
California Line
Peace Justice
Gloria Swanson
Jean Harlow
Claudette Colbert
Dorothy Mackaill
Jerta Goudal
Buster Crabbe
Richard Dis
Tom Mix
Grant Withers
Min
Forger Gets Prison Term In Huron Crime
John Anderson of Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to forging a $25 check at Coast to Coast in Huron. Circuit Judge Alva E. Taylor sentenced him to three years in the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls. Investigating agents arrested him Saturday. he admitted the act and claimed past injuries contributed to his criminal path. He was to be moved to the penitentiary by Sheriff Joe Riley.
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John Anderson
Pennsylvania
Alva E. Taylor
Sioux Falls
Anderson
Department of Justice
Huron
Softly
Dakota
Taylor
State Penitentiary
Joe Riley
Rob Store Steal Car At Highmore Burglary Report
Thieves forced entry into the Gamble store in Highmore after 10 o'clock Monday night stealing merchandise valued at about 25 dollars. Stolen items include .22 rifles, cartridges, and flashlights, suggesting amateur burglars. A 1935 Chevrolet belonging to Harald Wooley was also reported missing from in front of his home around 9 p.m. No arrests have been made as investigators from the state Department of Justice looked into both incidents.
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Highmore
Suly
Gamble
Quirk
Department of Justice
Harald Wooley
Soviet Aviators Complete Non-Stop Flight to Siberia
Soviet aviators Iliera Chekalof and Baidukof reportedly flew 7,578 kilometers non stop from Moscow to far Siberia over the Polar Circle, passing Petropavlosk and Kamchatka. The report came in 6:25 a.m. BE time as Stalin and other dignitaries sent congratulations. The fliers planned to turn back toward central Siberia from Kamchatka.
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Moscow
Iliera Chekalof
Baidukof
Polar Circle
Siberia
Petropavlosk
Kamchatka
Josef Stalin
Aea
Did You Know Did You Know about Dr Fitch Wellsington Family
Dr Fitch of Wellsington has a three child family with birthdays on the 12th. At the time the youngest was three the second was six and the third two. The parents were the third child's age tripled or four years. The Evening Huronite offers 25 cents for each accepted Did You Know item.
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Huronite
Iter
Pitched Battles Break Out Across Spanish Fronts
Frontline clashes flare from Melilla through the main land as rebels inch toward Madrid. San Sebastian, the U S ambassador's summer residence near France, sees fierce fighting as authorities call citizens to defend against the revolt. A red committee forms in Madrid as the government teeters. San Sebastian lies about 10 miles from France amid heavy shelling.
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San Sebastian
U. S
Melill
Withdraw Guarantee Of Safety For Americans At Two Spanish Cities
Officials in two Spanish cities told American consular officers they cannot guarantee safety for Americans and other foreigners as fighting continues near Barcelona and Malaga. Two American warships were dispatched to Spain to evacuate refugees, with one due to reach Gibraltar by Friday and the other to sail from Cherbourg to Bilbao. The Madrid embassy prepared food and refuge arrangements for Americans in the capital, while discussions on reestablishing a European naval squadron were not yet definite.
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State Department
Hull
Gibraltar
Cherbourg
France
Biibow
Spain
San Sebastian
Cloudy G. Bowers
Barcelona
Lynn W. Franklin
Madrid
George M. Graves
Mulagh
Barecelona
Malaga
Ron
William 5. Standley
Standley
United States
Raleigh
Detroit
Britgin
Gibralter
Paris
Emileo Molo
Run
Cabanero
Zuragozs
Barcelong
Laver iv
Gijon
Balearic Islands
Almeris
Atcala de Henares
Fragmented Republican Spain Faces Split Parliamentary Bloc
The Associated Press notes Spain's republican factions differ widely with two blocs in the cortes. The right-center holds 206 deputies across 15 parties, the left 267 across 14 parties, monarchists 28, while fascist leanings appear in several right-center groups. Socialist and communist forces total 109 seats, led by eight Socialist deputies amid a French-like popular front.
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Spain
Associated Press
Cortes
Efeiist
Syndicalista
France
Body Recovered Near Wagner After Drowning
The body of 16 year old William Lippold of Wagner was found near the Missouri River about a mile east of Greenwood after a drowning in rough water Sunday. Also reported: pioneer aviator Erle L. Ovington, 36, died in Los Angeles after a long illness. a forest fire north of Tahquamenon River spread toward Lake Betsy region with 1,000 firefighters. robbers seized Harold Wooley’s auto and two rifles in Highmore. Pennsylvania leaders in Harrisburg guarded statues with garments as a "younger army" slept in the capitol.
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Wagner
William Lippeld
George Lippold
Missouri
Greenwood
Los Angeles
Erle L. Ovington
America
Frank H. Hitchcock
Garden City
Minnesota
Long Island
New York
Newberry
Mich
Tahquamenon River
Lake Betsy
Harrisburg
Capitol
Pitched battles mark fierce Spain civil war days AP report
Scattered fronts across Spain saw government forces clash with rebels amid heavy casualties. In San Sebastian miners from Bilbao attacked loyalists. fighting spread through Catalonia and Madrid with church seizures and a “red committee” formation. Foreign nationals faced evacuation threats as ships moved to assist.
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San Sebastian
Claude G. Bowers
Bilbao
Lefist
Catalonia
United
Sia
Paris
Bowie
Luis Compan
Barcelong
Marsxist
Rabat
French Morocco
Lepante
Almeria
Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
United Sues
Bircelona
Precis
Barcelona
Red Committee
Madrid
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Obseretes
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