Roosevelt Era Primaries Signal Shifts in Senate Battleground
Western primaries reveal early anti administration sentiment as Roosevelt aides gauge renomination prospects. Alabama and Georgia races loom large with potential White House influence as Mrs Caraway and others face renomination while planners assess Camp and Pope as possible anti New Deal picks.
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Intentions Blur as County Backs Cleanup Week Drive
Postoffice officials and county commissioners clash over rural mail box painting. Aiming to spruce up the area, WPA labor applied bright yellow paint as part of a county cleanup week, but officials warn it violates post regulations and threatens the scheme's legitimacy.
Molasses Used as Dustless Road Surface Binder
Surface soils to protect India are used with molasses as a cheap dustless road surface. The note highlights a simple, low cost method for improving road conditions by mixing molasses into the soil to bind dust and enhance durability.
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New York Sports Roundup Sparks Cubs Pirates Bees News
Eddie Brie t z reports a buoyant mood at the Polo Grounds as Gabby Hartnett leads the Cubs with a landmark hit and fans await Phil Wrigley. Pirates and Bees move in on spring aims, while Deacon MacFayden and Hartnett chase records and Stan Hack gains praise as top third baseman in the majors.
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Expensive Clugger Raquot Avoids Robbery Punishment
Gust Raquot resisted a tavern hold up by two men demanding money. He paid $100 as ransom and claimed no more cash, leading the assailants to leave after one demanded a strike. Raquot avoided further injury and did not reveal where the rest of his money was.
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Man Finds His Wife’s Watch on Stranger’s Car
In Kirksville Missouri a man turned in a wrist watch found on a car running board to jeweler M E B Cook. He later learned by repairs the watch belonged to his wife and the license number matched his own car. The incident involved the finder and the car owner’s details and timing.
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Anti trust prosecution evolves into vast campaign
Washington August 5 The Roosevelt administration presses an expansive anti trust drive with about 20 cases in court targeting the film industry auto sales gasoline marketing and union truck activity in New York The effort expands to organized medicine as grand jury probes begin and the Justice Department adds 40 attorneys plus eight economists under Thurman Arnold. Other agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission join in shaping regional utility reorganizations and future monopoly policy as a special congressional committee compiles data for recommendations.
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Marathon 144-Hole Golf Bet Opens At Olympia Fields
Chicago August 6 J Smith Perebee investment broker begins a dawn to dusk 144 hole marathon at Olympia Fields to win 2500 and a half interest in a 30000 Virginia plantation in Princess Anne County near Norfolk and Virginia Beach. He must average 95 per round or lose the estate. He plans to walk about 29 miles and swing about 760 times with a physician accompanying him.
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Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching
The season leader list shows Lombardi and Berger from Cincinnati atop NL batting with averages around .356 and .342. Ott leads NL runs and RBIs, while Good man and Ott pace home runs. McCormick and Mack top hits. Mize with 11 triples. In the AL Foxx and Averill rate high batting averages, Greenberg leads runs, Foxx RBIs, Rolfe and Lewis top hits, Cronin and Cramer twin doubles, Averill 10 triples, Greenberg 37 runs, and pitching leaders Allen 18 3 and Chandler 10 2.
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Mountain Dance Festival Opens in Asheville Night of Mountain Music
Dancers from five to 85 fill Asheville as the eleventh Mountain Dance and Musical Festival opens with 1,800 spectators. Square teams Cand ler Bee Tree Bun combe Maywood Henderson compete for the grand prize while Cherokee junior dancers perform for a separate award. Mountain ballads and improvised instruments accompany the festivities with judging to follow tomorrow night.
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Clark to Begin 16th Season as Lions Playing Coach
Detroit August 5 Earl Dutch Clark veteran quarterback and playing coach for the Detroit Lions will start his 16th season this fall. Five times an All National Football League selection he remains a key figure in the club.
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Theatres in Latin America Reach Five Thousand Seventeen
A count shows five thousand one hundred seventy four motion picture theaters operating across Latin America. The figure reflects diverse markets and venues from large urban cinemas to smaller neighborhood theaters.
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Errol Flynn Lands In Reno Divorce
Hollywood reports Errol Flynn arrived in Nevada amid rumors of a divorce proceeding. He left Hollywood claiming a boat charter to the Mexican coast to trace his yacht, then appeared in Reno and later at a Lake Tahoe resort. Friends note the absence of a firm statement from Flynn on whether the trip was business or pleasure.
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Lili Damite
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Water polo teams to Bermuda for Mid Ocean championship
National A A A announces that the Water polo teams of the New York and Illinois Clubs will travel to Bermuda from August 15 to 23 to contest the Mid Ocean championship. The report also notes a man’s trip to Lake Tahoe for rest and a potential divorce rumor denied. Rice hulls are used in the manufacture of artificial silk.
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Redskins Will Use 80 Piece Band In Indian Regalia
Washington August 5 The professional football champions the Washington Redskins will be represented by an 80 piece marching band this fall, garbed in Indian regalia.
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