SUSPENDER A COUNTY WORK TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED
West Virginia Belí Administration suspends all construction and repair projects as an emergency economy. W D Frey acting administrator says 325 workers will be laid off while canneries and commodity gardens continue. Officials cite shrinking allotments from Charleston and a 25 percent cut in local insurance expenditures. Work may resume in August if funds materialize.
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West Virginia
Beli
W.D. Frey
Frey
Charleston
Fos
Stockyards Blaze Curbed At Kansas City Stockyards
Fire at the Kansas City Stockyards burned one barn housing 300 animals, destroying 33 mules and prompting 125+ horses to be released and stampede down a main traffic artery. Origin and cost unavailable. Fire lasted about one hour before control was achieved.
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Kansas City
Governor Futrelle Dabates Tax Heat In Arkansas Spa
Arkansas Governor J Marion Futrelle expresses frustration over a new sales tax adopted by the legislature. He says he did not sponsor the measure but will not seek a special session to repeal it, amid opposition and continued political pressure. The governor is shown in Hot Springs, relaxing in a vapor cabinet bath as the dispute unfolds.
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Lophis
Sys
J. Marion Futrelle
Arkansas
Sur Ceace
Hot Springs
West Stricken by Heat Wave Grim Midwestern Toll
The Associated Press reports extreme heat in the central states with at least 13 deaths and many prostrations. Chicago, Iowa, Missouri each report multiple fatalities as temperatures soar above 100 degrees across Kansas, Nebraska, and surrounding areas. Cities record highs with Sedalia and Topeka at 105, Lincoln 103, St. Louis 100, and other locales near or above the century mark.
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Associated Press
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Ohio
Sedalia
Topeka
Kas
Fremont
Neb
Grand Island
Lincoln
Kansas City
Fairview
Oklo St. Louis
Springfield
Ill
North Platte
Iart
Omaha
Wayroka
Okla
Pittsburg
Tula
Sugar to One Who Earned on Turf Champion Omaha
Some sugar he earned by remarkable victories this handed to Omaha three year old champion of the turf by his trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons in a stable at Saratoga racetrack. Omaha's next appearance will be in the Travers Stakes a rich Saratoga fixture.
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Omaha
Hier
Sunny Jim
Fitzsimmons
Saratoga Racetrack
Relanai al
Weather and scores highlight hot July across region
The report notes Topeka records the driest July in 50 years while Kansas and Nebraska agronomists warn crops can endure only about one more week of extreme heat before significant damage. Milwaukee beats Oklahoma City 93 to 94 in a close playoff style score.
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Homa City
Milwaukee
Topeka
Kansas
Nebraska
State Police Units Formed in Charleston
Fifteen men completed recent training and took oath as state policemen for Company B with headquarters in Charleston. They wore forest green uniforms and received equipment as a supply officer prepared duffel bags. Company A in Fairmont finished enlistments. Company C in Elkins to follow after tests. A new post will be established at New Cumberland replacing Chester. Company A expands to 654 men, Company B to 71, and Company C to 25 officers and 21 enlisteds. Notable enlistees include J. D. Coyne and Ralph Winter among others. one recruit James Ellis of Man remains ill at home awaiting final test.
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Charleston
Euty
Capitol
James Ellis
Man
Fairmont
P. D. Shingleton
New Cumberland
Chester
J. D. Coyne
Clarksburs
Ralph Winter
Spencer
W. R.brisbin
Pennsboro
O. R. Kincaid
Wallace
Felix W. Lanham
Wilsonburg
James R. Weese
Richwood
R. C. Culp
Dellstow
Edwin R. Turner
Huntington
Claude L. Walker
Welch
J. M. Hutchinson
Sandyville
C. B. Dye
M. C. Green
Grantstown
Leon W. Kelley
Parsons
Hf. E. Martin
Kingwood
H. C. Fullmer
Morgantown
Elkins
Stanley O. Perrine
Sutton
W.&. Stark
Shinnston
Henry C. Bias
C. E. Carsons
Bracholm
O. E. Cox
Salem
H. 1
Starr
Stanleyville
D. E. Carsons
Buckhannon
F. J. Patton
F. K. Litton
Bluefield
William E. Oldham
Ripley
George J. Ashcraft
Hundred
M. A Murphy
Midway
Paul F. Russell
Hamlet
Estimate 1 000 Dead In Flood Ravaged Province
Rengo News Agency reports unofficially that more than 1,000 people died in floods in the Antung area of Manchoukuo. Conditions were improving as waters began to subside.
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Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Rengo
Antung
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