Europe Endures Widespread Heat Wave Across Continents
A European heat wave grips roughly one million square miles from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean and the British Isles, with Britain recording about 94 F highs and southern areas up to 120 F. The heat forces factory closures in South Wales and causes worker collapses, while Americans abroad cope with the heat and seek ice.
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London
Europe
Scandinavia
Mediterranean
British Isles
Britain
England
South Wales
Eight year old Marveline Appel found dead in alley
South Bend Indiana August 29 193? Marveline Appel eight was attacked held prisoner over 24 hours then killed with baling wire around her neck and a deep head wound. Police seek a man who offered rides to children in his car after Marveline vanished from her mother Eula Appel’s home.
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South Bend
Ind
Marveline Appel
William K. Mikesh
St. Joseph County
Marveline
Eula Appel
Indiana
Richard Duschatz
Appel
Brother of Local Football Mentor Digs Up Back Yard
Woodrow Beall, brother of USC football figure Julian F Beall, spent summer digging trenches in the Beall yard in Columbia. He is set to play for Columbia high school. His brother Julian will coach the High Point college Panthers this fall.
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Columbia
S. C
Woodrow Beall
University of South Carolina
Beall
No Man’s Land
Julian F. Beall
High Point College Panthers
Tariff Chairman Sees President For Talks In Washington
Henry P. Fletcher, newly appointed chairman of the tariff commission, visited President Hoover to discuss his upcoming duties. He will assume office September 16 as current commissioners’ terms expire.
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Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Tariff Commission
Hoover
Baseball Players To the Rescue
Tony Kaufman former Chicago Cubs pitcher led teammates from the Houston Texas league club through a blazing building to rescue a 70 year old black woman last night.
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Houston
Tex
Tony Kaufman
Chicago Cubs
Texas League
Precautions In India Report On Frontier Tensions
Fresh activities of threatening nature by tribesmen along the northwestern frontier prompted precautionary steps. A hostile force gathered in Khost district led to strengthening of a frontier post and distribution of extra rifles for village defense.
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India
Pepshewar
Khost
Minor quake felt near Ecuador, Fordham station reports
Fordham university seismograph station logged a slight earth shock at 3 30 a m E S T today. The quake originated about 3 000 miles away, possibly off the Ecuador coast.
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New York
Fordham University
Ecuador
Beacon to rise 1800 feet above sea near Vienna
Austria plans a beacon on Hermanskegel close to Vienna to aid night flyers. The light will be visible over 30 miles and follows changes to the transcontinental air line placing Vienna on the route.
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Hermanskegel
Vienna
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