31 Jul 1939
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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1939
Page
1
A Cheyenne man was fatally hurt in Weld County when the driver fell asleep at the wheel. The weekend toll across Colorado included several fatal automobile accidents and injuries, with victims named from Yampa, Carper, Pueblo, and Denver amid crashes, drownings, and a rail incident.
Rail guards aboard a central Illinois train repelled two armed robbers near Delray, saving a $56,000 payroll for the army destined to Rantoul. Gunfire wounded a robber and a guard. two robbers fled in a small black sedan as a highway police report notes a mail clerk beaten in the fight.
Denver July 3 L J Elsworth Brewer longtime Colorado resident died yesterday after abdominal hemorrhage at Mount Temple Park. He was a truck driver and had lived in Denver since childhood. Survived by wife Genevieve four grandchildren and many relatives. He was nephew of Charles Tausers of Greeley Daily Tribune.
Fred Walling sustains a concussion after slipping on rocks at Weld County Publishers Association picnic at the Troy Hay cottage in Tig Thowyson canyon Me He fell while carrying a basket to his Kulomobile and was found unconscious later He was taken to a hospital at Esteg Park with a scalp wound and remained under care at home in Greeley for a time.
Aged Sharpshester surrenders peaceably to authorities in Kentucky, admitting to the slaying of Cyprhiad’s police chief amid a village manhunt. The report also notes charges against Glen C. Malloway and Jack F. Edwards in a forged check case tied to Eaton.
July 31 dispatch reports Japanese army officials accusing Russia of funding a Chinese guerrilla campaign against Japanese airfields and depots near Shanghai and Nanking with British facilitation. Tokyo says Britain aims to provoke retaliatory action and notes Soviet support via Shanghai channels.
Greeley residents report fear surrounding Roy St Wonder's father at a Durango lake summer home. Mr Wonder, a Meeker junior high teacher, was called to Durango early in the year due to illness. The narrator and Mr Wonder remained in Durango through the summer.
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Teas ela Mancy Ilaney wife of James Uaney of Ault will be held Tuesday at 2:40 PM at Armstrong Mortuary Chapel Eaton with interment at the Auit cemetery. The death follows injuries from an accident when her leg was hurt by a broken board on her porch as a car rolled against her.
Washington July 21 the senate approved a Barkley proposed cut reducing the export import bank lending authorization from 100 million to 75 million dollars. The vote 44 to 3 followed a Taft demand for even lower funding and added a provision requiring U S borrowers to spend money domestically.
Akron district judge Art ingioy overruled the defense in a murder trial, Medberry, 22, of Du Lac Wisconsin, and ordered Medberry held in the Colorado penitentiary for the remainder of his term. Chuikow, defense attorney, immediately requested the right to appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court. The judge granted the request and ordered a bill of exceptions filed within 9 days, with transfer to the slain penitentiary as soon as possible.
Relaxation from academic worries tops the All-State Stunt Night program at Colorado State University on Monday July 4 at 7 30 pm. The event attracts thousands of students and townspeople with acts by Jimmy Finns Swing Band Dr George W Drass and an act by Praviers team. Representatives from Arizona Town Kansas New Mexico Nebrak a Oklahoma South Dakota Texas Idaho and Hawaii are expected to attend as audience applause decides the winner. Committees led by James Finn Prien Hopkins and Peter Brown coordinate the annual show.
Police reinforced the American embassy in Tokyo as anti American posters appeared on streets. Officials feared a demonstration while authorities investigated the source of the propaganda and prepared for crowd control as a broader anti British rally emerged.
In New York on July 31 Associated Press reports scattered trading with overall reluctance to move markets. About 600,000 shares changed hands as participants hesitated to rally or extend gains amid uncertain conditions.
Ralph Nittler aged 12 won the Greeley Class B title and placed second in the Denver state contest, with Danny Patterson 54 taking Class A in Greeley and third in the Denver grand championship. Local racers Don Harris Winston Bowman and Gary Peterson show strong results as police chief C G Hunter presents prizes Saturday.
Herschel Bryant a 36 year old hitchhiker from Buckingham walked into trouble when a Courtesy Patrol officer ordered him to sweep about 11 miles of glass from U S highway 34 near the Greeley area after admitting he smashed whiskey bottles on the road whenever he found one. Bryant, who walked from Greeley, was required to use a patrol broom to clear glass between the arrest point and Greeley, with a warning of further charges pending.
A Colorado penitentiary began a bread and water diet for 51 inmates today after refusals to eat. Warden Bay Beat ordered regular meals served but investigators seek reasons for the ongoing hunger strike and unusual protest at the facility.
Daum pleaded guilty to stealing two sacks of potatora from the Mold of Mra Italotch Cogturn of wet of Gileront. He was sentenced to ten days in fall. Daum denied taking part in potatothesia in the district.
At the Fisher Body plant of General Motors in Cleveland on July 1 rioting injured 34 people including workers and bystanders as police tried to control a clash between strikers and security. Vehicles were overturned and police arrested multiple suspects amid a protest that drew hundreds to the plant area.
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