Thousands Feared Lost In High Water In China Floods
Dispatches from Shanghai report the Yellow River floods spreading over western Hunan and Kiangsu with thousands believed drowned. Breaks in dikes near Hankow worsen conditions and emergency defenses rise at Suchow while towns from Kunsheiin to Chengchow face submergence and massive property losses.
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Shanghai
Hantung
Kiangsu
Suchow
Lgrge
Hankow
Gzeshui
Kungshein
Freshui
Chengchow
Horse Kicks At Fly And Starts A Fire
Aug 15 Stephensville Texas report notes a horse kicking at a fly caused hoof sparks that started a grass fire near a college faculty residence. Fire officials investigated the incident and warned of fire hazards in dry conditions.
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Stephensville
Tex
Chicago
John ‘Arieton College
Plows Used for Mining in Nevada Dry Wash Work
In Nevada on August 15 arson city reports a new dry washing method for gold mining. Farmers' plows are repurposed to plow gravel beds, then run through a dry wash to extract gold, enabling mining without water in dry districts.
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Arson City
Nev
Nevada
Mrs Johnson’s NRA group denounced by economist
Washington August 15 4 A charge that an NRA committee led by Mrs Hugh B Johnson wife of the Industrial administrator failed to fulfill its function was issued as the first open dispute within the recovery agency. Professor William F Ogburn of the University of Chicago resigned from the consumers advisory board saying the consuming public is not being protected and the NRA policy to keep purchasing power moving with rising prices will be blocked for lack of adequate indexes. He criticized handling of complaints and noted the group worked in private home without proper facilities. Mrs Johnson had just been named chairman of the complaint committee by Mrs Rumsey with Mrs Blair directing.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh 8. Johnson
William F. Ogburn
University of Chicago
Consumers’ Advisory Board
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Ogburn
Johnson
Fme
Chicago
Rumsey
Emily Newell Blair
Widow on Trial in Poison Slaying Case Continues
The widow pleads innocence before a packed Peabody courtroom denying murder in the death of Fire Captain William J. Costello. Prosecutor Dramatic contends she poisoned him with cyanide to hush a fatal act, urging the jury to find murder over accident or suicide. The crowd outside cheered as she returned to jail after the session.
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Tell
William J. Costello
Peabody
Cregg
Costello
Mis
Essex County Court House
Salem
Associated Press
B. Costello
Jury to Hear Case After Capsule Incident Trial
Testimony described a four minute wait before a capsule ruptured releasing poison. The judge told the jury to be ready for instructions this morning before they begin deliberations on the case.
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Ned
Woman injured when car hits spring wagon near Rowlesburg
Ada Honderscheldt, 40, of Red Rock, was injured when a hit and run driver struck her rear spring wagon on the McCumyer road, 1.5 miles from Rowlesburg. Mrs Howdersheldt, wife of Van Howtersheldt, suffered head bruises and back injuries and is being treated at a nearby home. The wagon was demolished and the horse injured but expected to recover. No car description or driver identification was obtained.
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Rowlesburg
Ada Honderscheldt
Red Rock
McCumyer
Rowlesbore
Oklahoma oil output rises in weekly U S totals
Tulsa Oklahoma August 15 A sharp rise in state and national oil output is reported. United States total crude oil production increased by 79 874 barrels daily to 2 801 629 barrels last week. Eastern region production is noted at 119 000 barrels.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Eastern
Man Shoots Himself After Wife's Death in Pennsylvania
Indiana Pa August 15 Neighbors found Horace J Edwards 55 a pigsty at his home east Hahoning township farmer shot to death Coroner F W St Clair said Edwards had been brooding over his wife death four months ago and apparently killed himself
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Indiana
Horace J. Edwards
East Hahoning Township
F. W. St. Clair
Edwards
150 Men Will Find Work At Diana Mill
Webster Springs Aug 15 The Holly River Lumber Company bought the mill at Diana and plans to start operations in about thirty days with around 150 men, including woodsmen. The mill has been idle for three years and fire destroyed yard lumber in February 1932. Logs are being prepared along Big Run, sixteen miles from Diana on Route 20. John A. Ford will manage. About 100 workers are former employees, including former foreman Burk Cook.
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Webster Springs
Holly River Lumber Company
Dianiyignid
Big Run
Diana
John A. Ford
Burk Cook
Blind Dog Buys Ice Cream Daily in Sewanee
Sewanee Tennessee August 15 A University of the South sportscaster describes Down Baker and his blind dog who visits the corner drug store each day at 10 o clock to purchase an ice cream cone, a daily routine noted with affection.
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Sewanee
Tenn
Down' Baker
University of the South
Ace
Prisoner Employment Study Guides Wall Around Penitentiary Farm
Charleston August 15 The board of control weighs a dry stone wall around the prison farm to keep 1000 inmates occupied after contract labor ends. The project would use free material and labor, take two years, aim to deter escapes, and improve the farm’s appearance while undertaking necessary repairs with inmate labor.
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Charleston
Board of Control
Motorists Leave Cash To Pay For Farmer's Corn
In McKean Pennsylvania on August 15 a farmer named St Hancronnie discovered a scarecrow with a pail hanging on it. While harvesting corn he found the pail filled with dimes quarters and half dollars. He believes motorists left the money in exchange for ears of corn despite drought crows and damage.
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McKean, Pa
St Hancronnie
Nellie Tucker Returns From Vacation in Sisterville
Deputy circuit clerk Nellie Tucker returned Monday evening from a vacation spent with friends in Sisterville. The highlight was a dance in Paden City where Don Bester's radio fame orchestra provided the music. Was the music grand, ask Nellie.
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Nellie Tucker
Sisterville
Nellie
Paden City
Don Bester
Radio
Route 20 boosters meet at South Penn Oil park
Route 20 boosters for the New Martinsville Clarksburg road will gather this evening in the South Penn Oil Company's park at School and Market streets. A chicken supper will be served at 5 o'clock as visitors from Clarksburg New Martinsville Wallace Lumberport Pine Grove Jacksonburg Reader Porter Falls and other points attend.
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Smithfield
Martinsville
Clarksburg
South Penn Oil Company
New Martinsville
Wallace
Lumberport
Pine Grove
Jacksonbure
Reader
Porter Falls
Farley appeals to Missouri wets for repeal support
New York Aug 16 Chairman James A Farley of the Democratic national committee telegrammed Rubey M Hulen chairman of the Democratic state committee of Missouri urging every effort to bring Missouri into the repeal column by a large majority on August 19 Missouri would be the 22nd state to vote for delegates to a constitutional convention which will act upon ratification of the amendment providing for repeal of the eighteenth amendment Farley appealed to other Missouri Democrats to lend their influence to the repeal movement.
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New York
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Rubey M. Hulen
Democratic State Committee of
Missouri
Farley
Three Stevens Linked To Severe Brownton Auto Crash
In Brownton near Oakland California on August 15 three men named Steven were involved in a wreck. Steven Bensky Sr. 58 suffered a fractured skull and Steven Hreshko 49 was badly cut as their path was hit by a car driven by Steven Maddox Jr. all taken to hospital with Bensky in critical condition before transfer to Elkins. Maddox was detained then released after authorities concluded the incident.
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Oakland
Cal
Steven
Brownton
Sige
Steven Bensky
Steven Hreshko
Steven. Mudd Jr
Bensky
Hreshko
Davis Memorial Hospital
Myers
Mrs Rees Finds Broken Windows After Dispute
Mrs A P Rees returned home yesterday to find the front windows broken and the living room covered in blackberries on floors walls and furniture. Inquiry showed Mrs A J Adams who lives next door argued Saturday afternoon with a fruit peddler.
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A. P. Rees
A. J. Adams
Funeral for Infant Edward Alan King Held in Adamston
Private rites were observed at Bartlett Funeral home yesterday morning for Edward Alan King infant son of Francis G. and Janie Wilfong King of Adamston Clarksburg Suburb who died in City hospital Friday night The Rev Father M J Hannon officiated Interment was in Mt Calvary cemetery Bartlett Funeral Co in charge Parents formerly resided in Grafton.
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Edward Alan King
Bartlett Funeral Home
Francis G
Janie Wilfong King
Adamston
Clarksburg
City Hospital
M. J. Hannon
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Company
Grafton
Stocks Drift Through Extremely Dull Trading
In New York shares milled about in dull trading with little price movement from yesterday. Mild buying nudged several leaders fractions to near a point, with transfers around 900000 shares. Advancing issues included U S Steel American Telephone Du Pont American Can Chrysler General Motors Industrial Rayon Allied Chemical American Commercial Alcohol rose over two points.
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New York
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Dupont
American Can
Chrysler
General Motors
Industrial Rayon
Allied Chemical
American Commercial Alcohol
Deacon Fight Turns Violent at Negro Revival
In Kansas City on August 15 two deacons ejected 69 year old James Battle for interrupting a sermon by Rev. A Griffin. He returned with a pistol firing while shouting. Audience member Penn Winters was shot in the chest.
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Kansas City
James Battle
A. Griffen
Married on time payments in McAllen wedding tale
In McAllen Texas on August 15 a prospective groom could not pay Justice G C Seawell a lump sum fee. He paid a dollar a week until the balance was settled and the couple wed.
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McAllen
Tex
G. C. Seawell
Lindbergh delays departure for Iceland due to weather
Lindbergh planned a flight to Iceland but may wait 24 hours for better conditions. From Angmagsalik Greenland on August 15 reports say weather is good locally while Iceland conditions are unsatisfactory. Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen’s two motor boats were delivering oil and gasoline to the supply ship Jelling, which lies anchored offshore unable to break through the ice.
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Angmagsalik
Greenland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Iceland
Knud Rasmussen
Colonel Lindbergh
Jelling
Bradford Crude Output Falls In Bradford Alleghany Field
The Era reports the Bradford Alleghany field saw crude oil production decline by 640 barrels last week, totaling 34 875 barrels, reflecting a drop from the previous week in Bradford Pennsylvania.
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Bradford
Bradford-Alleghany Field
War guard visits grave on Johnson's Island
Sandusky Ohio August 15 twenty six years since J W Brug Jer of Aushsylvania Pa first vis ited Johnsons Island where he guarded Confederate prisoners during the Civil War and knelt at the grave of John J Nickell the Kentucky surgeon over whom he watched the night before Nickell’s execution Brugler visited the grave last year and again this year
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Sandusky
Ohio
J.W. Brug Jer
Aushsylvania
Johnson's Island
John J. Nickell
Kentucky
Brugler
Federals Win Pierce City Name Battle After 60 Years
Pierce City Missouri ends sixty years of dispute by agreeing to spell the town as Pierce City. Earlier spellings included Peirce City and Rieve Townspeople resisted the EI spelling used in EB transposition when the town was founded in the 1870s, honoring Andrew Peirce of the St. Louis San Francisco railroad.
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Pierce City
Peirce
Prospecting in Carson City Ashes for Gold
Robert Shiroda, a prospector, is mining the ashes from the closed Carson City mint for gold. The ash, a byproduct of six decades of refining, holds potential gold fragments amid the metal debris.
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Carson City
Robert Shiroda
Boys Enter Camp at Point Pleasant
About 1000 underprivileged boys from southern West Virginia report to the national guard camp at Point Pleasant for an eight week outing supervised by the state department of public welfare.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
National Guard
Tec State Department of Public Welfare
Missouri Days Lose Fight in State Supreme Court
Jefferson City Missouri August 15 prohibitionists failed to block Saturday election on repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in the state supreme court. Their attorney Gus Q Nations said he would take the case to the United States supreme court.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Supreme Court
Gus Q. Nations
United States Supreme Court
Death lilies blamed for honey bee deaths in Idaho
Government experiment station links heavy honey bee mortality in the Minidoka irrigation project area to a wild lily called death camas. The plant is noted as poisonous to sheep and sometimes cattle, prompting concern over regional livestock and pollinators.
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Boise
Idaho
Unemployed Build Clinic by Neighborhood House Unit
In San Diego on August 15 a community medical clinic is being constructed from adobe bricks by the unemployed as a unit of Neighborhood House. The project aims to grow to include club rooms and a crafts section for girls, expanding local public service.
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San Diego
Cal
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