Poison plot probe grips Kentucky governor race
Governor A B Chandler, ill with a stomach ailment, received a doctor’s statement alleging water doctored with poison. The physician could not identify the poison but warned sufficient quantity could be fatal. Chandler addressed reporters from his sick bed and planned a campaign return. he faces Alden Barkley in the August 6 Democratic primary.
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Frankfort
A.B. Chandler
J. W. Bryan
Louisville
Sr. Brean
Chandler
Alden Barkley
Senate
Imajority
Bryan
J. Dan Talbott
Ani
Jesse Wyatt
Bogota Death Toll Rises From Military Plane Crash
Bogota Colombia July 25 the death toll from a military plane crash rose to 42 with 142 injured. President Alfonso Lopez visited the injured as they lay in grave condition. his stand was struck by the falling plane amid a military review.
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Bogota
Colombia
Alfonso Lopez
German seaplane makes dramatic takeoff to Azores voyage
Port Washington July 25 Four men in a seaplane were tossed into the air at 40 miles an hour from a standing start at 4 pm in one of aviation’s thrills. Capt Joachim von Blankenburg and crew aboard the Nordmeer, one of Germanys catapulted planes, aimed for Horta Azores 2037 miles away. Nordmeer powered by four Diesel engines rose from the Motorship Prieventand in Long Island Sound on a flight to the Azores, part of Germany US air route exploration. Nordmeer sister ship Nordwind had arrived from Horta about five hours earlier.
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America
Azores
Nordinees
Deutsche Lauthansa
Port Washington
Nwe
Joachim H. Blankenburg
W. Kueppers
Alfred Eger
Otto Bria
Joachim von Blankenburg
Nordmeer
Germany
United States
Prieventand
Long Island Sound
Horta
American Flying Company
Pan-American Airways
Nordwind
Hans Werner von Engel
Government drives in Catalan front push toward rebels
In a bold offensive on the Catalan front, government armies crossed the Ebro river and advanced into insurgent territory near Tortosa and Gandesa. Reports say forces advanced with few casualties as officers reportedly defected and entrenchments crumbled under a swift sky-rise assault, threatening surrounding towns.
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Barcelong
Spain
Ebro
Sa. m
Gaudes
Tortosa
Tan
Valencia
Franco
Estremidoras
Portugal
Guadiana
Franc Viseo Franco
Ciudad Teal
Ztt
Wages in Industry and the Burden of Costs
Wages should be kept at reasonable levels while recognizing they come from production not capital. If wage costs price products beyond buyers, jobs vanish and industry suffers. Tax-funded bonuses cannot sustain nationwide wages. production returns must cover pay, with failures and new processes supported by capital, not taxes.
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Ude
Stem rust threat to Montana wheat grows in northeast
J T Sparling Montana agriculture official reports stem rust now a serious menace in a small Scobey area of extreme northeastern Montana. He warns rust could cause up to 60 percent wheat loss with grasshoppers, depending on weather in the next 10 days, and harvests in two weeks.
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J.T. Sparling
Montana
Sparling
Scobey
Anaconda Copper to raise wages if copper stays high
Butte and Anaconda officials announced wage increases for mine mill and smelter workers in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls if copper remains above 9 5 cents per pound through August 4. The sliding scale triggers an 50 cent per day rise for miners and 40 cent per shift for smelters and craftsmen after 30 consecutive high-price days.
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Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
Great Falls
Anaconda Company
Would Have Railways Cut Their Dividends
Chicago July 25. Labor demanded railroads cut capitalization and dividends instead of wage cuts. George M. Harrison, Trailway Labor Executives Association chair, urged a shift as 18 railroad unions present their case against a proposed 16 percent wage reduction for 900000 workers. He said debt interest, not wages, was the problem and called the system to be run through the wringer while carriers defend a 15 percent wage cut as necessary due to reduced income.
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Chicago
George M. Harrison
Trailway Labor Executives’ Association
New Fires Rise in Northwest Forests
Fire reports from Oregon and Washington add to the wildfire threat in the Pacific Northwest. An 80 000 acre brush blaze torched timber near Rend while Olympic Peninsula’s flames raised hazard as weather warmed. Firefighters claimed progress on several large fires in Oregon and Washington, including the 100,000 acre Vancouver area blaze and multiple 30 thousands plus acre fires across Siskiyou National Forest.
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Seattle
Oregon
Washington
Olympic Peninsula
Pacife
Rend
Vancouver
B.C
Siskiyou National Forest
Mountain Goats Targeted for Transplant to Crazy Mountains
A disorderly plan arose to capture goats and sheep from Sun River Flathead country and move them to the Crazy Mountains to breed a hardy line. A man claimed to be skilled in catching goats, but no goats or sheep have been reported seized yet. The effort stalled as no official word reached the commission and a possibly elusive herder may be waiting atop Run River peaks.
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Adam
Gost
Sun River
Nohorty
Mohammed
Guinca
Gov Winship Escape Fire During Puerto Rico Parade
Major General Blanton Winship, Puerto Rico governor, survived a parade attack as shots rang out during a celebration of the US occupation. At least two people died and 81 were wounded in the melee, with several suspects arrested or held for questioning.
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Ponce
Puerto Rico
Blanton Winship
Winship
Pollca
Angel Esteban Antongiorgi
Nationalist Party
United States
Elijaz Escobar
Tomas Lopez de Victoria
Escobar
Victoria
Santiago Gonzalez
Jose Chardon
Gonzalo Lopez
Agusta Rivera
Antonio Cisco
Guillermo Coambra Garragalti
Bears warned again not to feed in parks
Washington July 25 The National Park Service issued its annual warning that bears do not know where the human hand begins. In light of several bear injuries at Yellowstone, the service urged visitors to refrain from feeding or teasing bears and to let them develop their own personalities.
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Washington
National Park Service
Yellowstone Park
War Department takes no action against nationalist party
Washington July 26 The War Department said no repressive measures are planned against the nationalist party in Puerto Rico following an assassination attempt on Governor Blanton Winship. The army will assist only if a revolt spreads beyond local police capacity. otherwise its role is limited to thwarting the attempt.
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Bradton Winship
Macon
Puerto Rico
Winship
U. S. Army
Washington
War Department
Department
Blanton Winship
Burglar Alarm That Never Fails To Work
Dublin Georgia July 25 Thieves dug under the wall of W R Kent’s smokehouse but aborted the raid when a skunk family exposed themselves. Only one piece of meat remained as the setback for the burglars.
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Dublin
Kent
Japanese take Kiu Kiang as Chinese lines collapse
Japanese spokesmen announced occupation of Kiu kiang on the Yangtze downstream from Hankow after Chinese defenses crumbled and Chiang Kai Shek's forces retreated. The capture marked a major break in the Yangtze defense as Mikado fleet and air forces pressed the withdrawing Chinese, with fifty Americans at Kuling mountain resort.
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Shanghai
Kiukiang
Yangtze River
Hankow
Chiang Kai Shek
Yangtze Valley
Kuling Mountain Resort
Floods Abate in East as Texas Faces Colorado River Floods
Abating floods in the East let victims return home while Texas faced rising Colorado River waters threatening the capital. The seven day storm damaged Connecticut tobacco lands by about 1 million dollars and pushed losses to over 1 million in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Concord River washed 2 to 4 feet into historic streets near Massachusetts farmland. In Texas the river crested around 32 feet near San Antonio and Austin, leaving 240 people homeless in Sun Labs and marooning 40 families southeast of town.
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Texas
Colorado
New
Concord
Revolutionary Town
Massachusetts
San Antonio
Austin
Sun Labs
Lost Boy Found Safe After 48 Hours in Pryor Mountains
Geurold Loyd Utter of Denver was found in the Pryor mountains near Lovell after wandering for 48 hours. He was cold and hungry but unharmed, wearing only a shirt, overalls, and shoes. About 250 searchers including CCC enrollees and officers helped in the rescue, and he was taken to Lovell hospital for examination.
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Lovell
Wyo
Geurold Loyd Utter
Denver
Teecuere
Lloyd
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