Forest Fires Spread Across Three States Across Three States
Fires raged in Idaho Washington and Montana with flames burning thousands of acres and shifting crews. In Montana crews fought blazes near Missoula Lolo and Blackfeet forests while Idaho faced Challis Nez Perce Selway Salmon and Boise areas with several fires under control or subdued. Washington reported smaller fires with persistent embers near cus and along the Colville River.
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Missoula
Battle Ines
Lolo
Butte
Black Feet
Idaho
Nez Peréend Selway
Challis
Boise Forest
Washington Pires
Cus
Yaio
St Louis Brave Girls Set World Flight Record
In St Louis Robin Filera Do See Game This afterfiven, Ste Louis Robin. filers. The Women, Whose record of 420 hours, 4, 152 minutes aloft, set a world mark for sustained flights. Parade yesterday celebrated their achievement as pilots prepare to return to work. Cardinals and Brook ins at Spin Park watched the events.
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St Louis St. Louis
Robin
Dale
Forest O'Brine
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St. Louis
Endih Ib
Appointment acceptance announced for West end head of movement
Clara hye announces acceptance of appointment as head of the movement. Bartlett, Taw yer tana announces modification of act by congressional districts moaineation agde.
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Clara Hye
Wsng
E. A. Ht
Clarlee Tawyer Tana
Nown Bartlett
Ott
Ass West
Congresstonal Distriets Moaineation Ié Agde
Legacy of a Child Killer Brings Glimpse of Modern Life
Boston story notes Jesse Pomeroy, once 17 when jailed in 1876 for murdering Horace Milan and others, was allowed an automobile trip from Charleston prison to Bridgewater state farm. Commuted to life imprisonment, he spent 41 years in solitary before rejoining other inmates.
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Boston
Jesse Harding Pomeroy
Charleston
State Farm
Bridgewater
Horace Milan
Pomeroy
Edison Says He Will Never Retire
West Orange New Jersey August 1. Thomas A Edison rejects retirement, saying he will never retire as he responds to questions from a newspaper and discusses the Edison scholarship for a four year technical education. He notes the importance of younger men in industry and comments on talking pictures and the need for work and perseverance.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas Adigo
States
District of Columbia
Edison
America
Edision
Talking Pictures
State Board of Control selects Ruy Premier as secretary
Aug 1 report announces Ruy Premier named secretary of the State Board of Control, effective August 31. James Lakin, president, says the board will defer discussion of candidates until the return of absent members.
Roche Begins Duties as Chesapeake and Potomac Official
R T Roche of Washington starts work as commercial superintendent for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. He will supervise commercial affairs in Clarksburg Morgantown Fairmont and nearby towns with headquarters in Clarksburg. Roche, a Georgetown Law graduate, joined the company in 1925 and has since risen through the ranks.
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RT. Roche
Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Compact Ny
Pof Y. B. Kitrick
General Tendent
Clarksburg
Gratton
Fairmont
Ellesins
Morgantown
Weston
Keyser
Martinsburg
J. W. Ault
Grafton
Roche
Bomb clique is crushed in Chicago raid
A bomb syndicate that supplied and used pineapples in Chicago and other cities was believed crushed today with 12 alleged ring leaders jailed. Arrests followed a spectacular raid on the gang's headquarters, the first major move to curb a long series of bombings that averaged three per week. An undercover agent led the raid.
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Chicago
Explosion fatal to Pratt foundry worker group
Joliet August 1 A coal dust explosion at Pratt Manufacturing Company foundry injures eleven workers. One dies and four more are in critical condition while three others are expected to die.
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Joliet, ML
Pratt Manufacturing Company
Coupon Weekend Promises Paper Deal
A newspaper blurb advertises a Saturday sale offering a discount on boxes of writing paper priced at one dollar and one fifty. The promotion emphasizes a buy with two coupons to obtain the bargain.
Snook Case Ready For Opening Remarks
Columbus court faces a new alternate juror in the murder trial of Dr. James H. Snook after a juror illness required a replacement. The session adjourned for noon as the defense and state outline their cases with opening statements expected in the afternoon. Mrs. Lunsford’s illness prompted judge Scarlet to consider a substitute. prosecutor Chester contested the substitution, prompting court guidance on law.
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Aug. L
James H
Newton L. ‘Tracy
Secon
Tracy
Balliff
Sesson Rt
John J. Chester
Ricketts
I ‘Ony
Isine E. Lunsford
James’ H. Snook
Theora Hix
Mra
Melvin T. Hix
Cassady
Lunsford
Chester
Scarlett
Enna
Opposition to Farm Promoters Dominates Court Proceedings
Defense intervened to save a juror by selecting another before testimony. Both sides agreed to police a new juror. The alter nate juror was discussed as an issue, with parts of the record noting the proceedings and positions. The Washington Farm Board faced numerous applications, labeling some promoters as aggressive evangelists and others as applying pressure.
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Wuty
Bugsford
Wits Labs
Bremen Sets Em Record in Ocean Passage
Bremen sets a transatlantic speed record covering 667 miles in a day with an average of 1 knot per hour. The vessel completed a westward crossing in 4 days 22 hours 57 minutes, a September 1921 feat noted as the previous best. Continued on page seven.
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Paris
Rhone
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Zeppelin 15 celebration sparks fear on second flight
Paris reports widespread alarm as the Graf Zeppelin retraces toward the United States amid Communist demonstrations across Europe. Police detain organizers while clashes erupt in Sarajevo and Zagreb. arrests and bomb scares raise tensions as nations brace for potential disturbances on Antiwary Day.
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U. S
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Paris
Sarajevo
Jugo-Slavia
Women aviators plan long flight to beat endurance record
Two famed flyers Miss Bobbie Trout and Mrs Louise Thaden McPhedrige aim to reclaim the world refueling endurance record from men holders Dale Red Jackson and Forest O Brine. The Los Angeles attempt is set for September 10 to 20, delayed by their national air derby participation from Santa Monica to Cleveland August 18.
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Los Angeles
Bobbie Trout
Louise Thaden McPhetridge
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Gee
Owhich
Santa Monica
Cal
Cleveland
Blackmail Bandit Shot Down Captured in New Orleans
New Orleans gambler Joe Berlin and police shot down and captured blackmail bandits after a $10,000 extortion attempt. Berlin said he posed as a courier to lure the pair, who had threatened death, as a neighborhood search followed. A woman believed to be the mother of one suspect was reported trapped nearby.
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Croatia
Budapest
Bela Kun
Hungary
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Viet Tates
Berlin
Newe Berliner Zeitung
Moscow
Orion
Kc 1
Joe Berlin
New Orleans
Joli Galileo
Cheat River Fish Poison Killings Reported
Readers are told that fish along Cheat River near Dawson's camp have died from a chemical substance. Wildlife leaders and local sportsmen blame pollution from around Barsons and criticize the State Game Commission for alleged negligence in investigating the incident.
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Dawson's Camp
Wild Life League
Mders
John Brown
T. BD
Utsirfer
C. 0. Brown
Barsons
State Game Commission
Hoover's Son Ty Is Recovered After Illness
Washington reports Hoover's son Ty fully recovered from a stomach ailment after several days of illness. President Hoover plans to join his party on the weekend trip to the Blue Ridge mountains, with preparations for a Utah-Rapid City campaign stop.
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Washington
Senate
House
Cotati Tuellator Cougens
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Hehi
Aiatiaarrug
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eAvg
Jang Hoover
Stoa
Utah
Rapidway River
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Binia
Ron Yi
Clemans Trial Nearing Verdict On Budget Bill Forgery
Charleston dispatch reports the Clemans trial nears its close as testimony ends and jury instructions are read preparatory to closing arguments. Leroy Clemans faces forgery charges over alleged insertion of authorized items into the biennial budget, with witnesses detailing the process of printing and insertion.
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Charleston
Leroy Clemans
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