Promise In Peace Parley Breaks Out In London
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports a London peace parley between a junior cabinet officer and a German trade expert. Secretary for Overseas Trade R S Hudson faced political furor as opponents called for his scalp over talks seen as potentially aiding Hitler. Officials deny bribery aims and stress no cabinet or premier knowledge of discussions while some diplomats doubt Hudson acted without guidance.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
New York
London
England
Overseas Trade
R.S. Hudson
Hudson
Helmuth Wohlthat
Fremier Chamberlain
Wolthat
Hitler
Ebert Wins Hunter's Special Trap Event at Fair Grounds
Claude Ebert led the Hunter's Special trap shoot at the Fair Grounds, breaking 47 of 60 to win in the A division. About 25 gunners competed as spectators watched. Second money in A went to Charles Kukuk Earl Fellant and Ralph Burger with 43x50. The B division top honors went to O E York Harry Anderson A Anderson and M Erion with 42s. W R Joy Dr O R Wright G V Gassman and John Boyle tied for 37 in CG division. Me Pederson led D division with 30. A Dutch lunch followed the match.
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C. Ebert
Hunter’s
Claude Ebert
Huron Rod and Gun Club
Fair Grounds
Charles Kukuk
Earl Fellant
Ralph Burger
Harry Thoman
H. Erion
O. E. York
Harry Anderson
A. Anderson
M. Erion
J. Tolmie
R. Nolan
W. R. Joy
Dr .O. R. Wright
G. V. Gassman
John Boyle
W. H. Huesgen
C. L. Chamberlain
Me! Pederson
W. [Ee
Mrs. Earl Pellant
Grand Jury Probes Nationwide Fake Lotteries
Federal grand jury in Boston heard testimony from police officials across Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Detroit and Boston in a probe into a nationwide fake lottery scheme that allegedly defrauded the public of about 20 million dollars. Mrs. Will Rogers testified as one of twenty witnesses amid concerns a Chicago man sought to run a lottery benefiting the Rogers Memorial Fund despite her refusal.
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Grand Jury
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Detroit
Will Rogers
Rogers Memorial Fund
Rogers
Smoke in Capitol causes alarm from kitchen grease
In Washington last midnight smoke filled the Capitol's Bonate wing as guards sounded a fire alarm. Police said ventilating ducts spread the smoke from a grease can in the Senate restaurant basement. Eight New Zealand climbers plan to scale Kinchingjunga, a 28176 foot Himalayan peak near the Nepal-Sikkim frontier in August 1940, with negotiations for permits under way.
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Capitol Washington
Capitol
Bonate
Senate
New Zealand
Kinchinjunga
Nepal-Sikkim
American Wife Brings Thrift To Maharaja's Home
Indore India July 25 A rich Oxford educated Maharaja who married an American girl on March 28 announced a drastic cut in personal spending. His bride influenced the move lopping 32060 a year from household expenses while maintaining pomp. Subjects had protested tax hikes May 25 but the ruler has since built public recreation fields and provided facilities for people.
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Indore
India
Marguerite Lawler Branyen
Huron Girls Featured in National Geographic Magazine
In National Geographic's lead article Corn and Color in the Hawkeye State two Huron River campus students, Betty Kent and Mary Beach, appear with five students in a photo from Iowa City. The shot shows the Iowa River rock walls and the administration building, and the piece was written by Leo A. Borah, a Huron College alumnus.
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Victoria
Betty Kent
C. R. Kent
Fifth Street Southewest
Mary Beach
Fifth Stree Southwest
B. E. Beach
National Geographic Magazine
Miss Kent
Miss Beach
University of Iowa
Hawkeye State
Iowa River
Iowa City
Leo A. Borah
Huron College
Huron High School
Forest Fires Burn In Pacific States
Scores of fires crackled through dry brush and forests from Southern California to Washington as heat and man-set arson connected many blazes. Redding reported 110 degrees while fires raged in southern Oregon and haze blanketed the region, with officials citing definite evidence of arson in several cases.
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Pacific States
San Francisco
California
Washington
Redding
L. Lamberton
California Forestry Service
Oregon
Sioux Falls Girl Wins Radio Contest For SD Anniversary Drama
Gloria Johnson a Sioux Falls College sophomore won a college student radio drama contest sponsored by South Dakota’s 50th anniversary commission. The piece about South Dakota’s admission in 1889 is for a Nov. 2 anniversary presentation.
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Sioux Falls
Gloria Johnson
South Dakota
Miss Johnson
Harrison
W Coursey
Mitchell
Eastern Drought Worsens Across New England States
New York July 25. July drought reaches worst in generation across Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire with water shortages spreading to rural New Jersey and central New England. Factories face threatened water power as crops suffer and forest fire risk rises. farmers must haul water for stock.
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New York
New England
North Atlantic
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Household Use Damages Hit Apple Orchards and Pastures
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate household use caused further damage to apple orchards, fading pastures and vegetable crops, reflecting ongoing agricultural harm and economic strain.
Amend Sick Leave Provisions Bill Introduced
Washington July 25 news reports Sen Bulow Democrat of South Dakota introduced a bill to amend the annual sick leave provisions of the Civil Service Act of 1836 to apply to days employees would normally work and be paid, excluding Sundays and holidays. Sen Wheeler Democrat of Montana proposed an amendment to the Federal Crop Insurance Act to insure indemnity for crop losses up to 75 percent of the average yield.
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Washington
Sen
Bulow
South Dakota
Wheeler
Montana
Wisconsin Man Kills Wife and Son in Wisconsin
Theresa Wisconsin July 23 district attorney Clarence Tracger said Walter H Klix 41 a railroad depot telegrapher shot and killed his wife Margaret 34 and his six year old son Herbert then wounded himself and set the house on fire. Klix survived with a 50 50 chance of recovery at St Agnes Hospital Fond du Lac while hospital attendants noted he suffered from de asians. The DA said family trouble caused the shootings and that Klix would be questioned when able.
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Wisconsin
Walter Klix
Theresa
Wis
Clarence Tracger
Walter H. Klix
Margaret
Herbert
Alix
Kilx
Kilix
St. Agnes Hospital
Fond du Lac
Traeger
Klix
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Ishown
Cubby, Jr
Kalama‘soo
Mich
International Lions Club
Pittsburch
Maharaja
Huron
Raleigh
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Eugene Marsh
Anson
Marsh
Pateefolice
Farmera
Ttsky
Miss Gill
Fullerton's
Fullerton’s
Fullerton
Chrome Pase
Speed
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