Heat Wave Ravages Midwest Causing Deaths And Losses
A blistering 13 day heat wave grinds across the middle west with crop damage seen surpassing the 1934 drought. Farmers await moisture as grain losses rise, with experts estimating over a billion dollars in national crop damage. Heat deaths exceed 4 100, concentrated in Minnesota Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Missouri. Highs exceed 100F across Missouri valley and central plains.
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Olson Undergoes Exploratory Operation in Rochester
Rochester Minn Gov Floyd B Olson endured an exploratory operation at Garo Clinic to diagnose a prolonged stomach ailment after doctors sought to determine the cause of his persistent stomach trouble.
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Minn
Floyd B. Olson
Garo Clinic
Civil Engineers Warn of Food Shortage If Irrigation Slows
Portland Oregon report notes the American Society of Civil Engineers annual convention warned a national food shortage could occur unless irrigation accelerates land use to keep up with a growing population.
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Portland
Ore
American Society of Civil Engineers
Grandmother Sacrifices Life to Save Granddaughter in Hollywood
Hollywood authorities report a grandmother died saving her eight year old granddaughter from an oncoming car. Police said the tragedy occurred at night, with bystanders rushing to aid the child who escaped unharmed.
I C C May Deny Semi-State Bus Route Murphy to Knoxville
The Interstate Commerce Commission tentatively recommends denying Semi-State Coach Line’s application to run a bus service between Murphy North Carolina and Knoxville Tennessee. The ruling signals potential limits on interstate bus operations through the western Carolina area.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Murphy
N. C
Knoxville
Soviet Arctic Expedition Sets Sail for Fabled Island
Soviet arctic explorers plan to depart next week in a voyage seeking a mysterious island first reported 126 years ago. The team aims to verify the island’s existence and map any new findings in the icy region.
Temperance group weighs Virginia organizers proposal
Sydney Nova Scotia area report notes the order committee's recommendation to employ organizers in Virginia was under consideration at the annual session of the Sons of Temperance of North America.
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Sydney
N. S
Virginia
Sons of Temperance of North America
Oil Tanker Order Promises Eight Ships for Standard Oil
New York The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announces the immediate construction of eight oil tankers at a cost exceeding 13 million dollars. The move signals a major expansion of its fleet as demand for refined products grows.
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New York
Standard Oi1 Company of
New Jersey
Flood Destroys Areas in Collinsville and Northeast Alabama
Collinsville and nearby northeast Alabama towns faced heavy floodwaters as depths ranged from 18 inches to four feet. Residential and business districts were inundated while nearby streams surged, causing widespread disruption and damage across the region.
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Collinsville
Ala
Alabama
Birmingham
Law drafts final acceptance speech to bolster bid
Topeka reports Gov. Alf M. Law began a final draft of his acceptance speech a week before the formal date as the opening bid to win votes to oust the New Deal.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Law
Airplane crash near Fairbanks kills one passenger
A pilot and one passenger were rescued after a crash near Fairbanks Alaska. Another passenger died in the incident. Authorities investigated the cause and noted severe injuries to the survivors.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Charlottesville Pub Relations Counsel and Propaganda Defense
A Charlottesville based public relations counsel is cited amid a defense of propaganda as an adjunct to a democratic process. The fragment hints at involvement with messaging strategies and political nuance, detailing roles in communication and advocacy within an urban political context.
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Charlottesville, Va
Japan signals independent course on London treaty actions
Tokyo says Japan will pursue an independent course in London amid discussions on the 1980 naval treaty actions. A spokesman stated Tokyo will act independently of other nations in relation to the treaty.
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Tokyo
Japan
London Naval
Paris Pressure Grows for Looming Locarno Talks
Paris increases pressure on Great Britain to secure a Locarno settlement at Brussels, signaling intensified diplomacy amid stalled outreach and fresh proposals aimed at widening regional security assurances.
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Paris
France
Washington survey cites tight tyre stock for next year
A special tyre department survey in Washington estimates nationwide supply for the next 12 months about 1 percent lower than 1983-84 and 8 percent below 1985-86, yet still sufficient for domestic needs.
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Washington
Washington high commissioner cites textile sale talks
Frank Murayama Philippine high commissioner said today the state government is working on an agreement governing textile sales in the islands withJapanese representatives.
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Washington
Frank Mur
Islands
Iowa Senator Louis Murphy Dies In Wisconsin Crash
United States Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa was killed in a car accident near Bloomer Wisconsin after a front tire blew out. His wife Mrs Murphy and Mr and Mrs F W Woodward of Dubuque were injured. The group had been vacationing near Hayward and were returning home when the car rolled three times. Murphy's body was taken to a funeral home in Chippewa Falls.
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Wis
United States
Louis Murphy
Iowa
Bloomer
F. W. Woodward
Dubuque
Woodward
Murphy
Senator Louis Murphy Killed in Wisconsin Car Crash
Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa, a strong New Deal advocate and chief proponent of farmer benefit payments under the agricultural adjustment act, was killed in an automobile accident at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He was elected in 1932 during the Roosevelt landslide and supported soil conservation subsidies after the AAA ruling.
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Washington
Louis Murphy
Iowa
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Senate
Supreme Court
AAA
Roosevelt Named Betrayer and Liar by Coughlin in Townsend Talk
In Cleveland on July 16 Dr. Francis E Townsend delegates heard Father Coughlin denounce President Roosevelt as a betrayer and liar. He accused Roosevelt of borrowing to fund debt and claimed he has adopted communistic measures while opposing the Townsend plan.
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Gerald L. K. Smith
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Aete Coughlin
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National Union For Social Justice
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National Union
Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
Black man Held For Ravaging Seven Year Old Child
Winston-Salem July 16 AP Alvin Cobb 24 year old Black man held in undisclosed jail on charge of raping a seven year old white girl. Police found him hiding in an abandoned house on city edge and moved him to a jail in another county. Chief W F Anderson said the incident occurred four days earlier but the girl told her father only after she became seriously ill Tuesday.
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Alvin Cobb
Pevenne
W. F. Anderson
Gastonia Man Is Held After Wreck
Gastonia July 16 Joe Jacobs a prominent young Gastonia businessman is held without bond after a wreck that critically injured 16 year old Albert Harrison Officials at the local hospital said there was little hope for his recovery.
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Gastonia
Joe Jacobs
Albert Harrison
Spain faces 23 dead as labor and political strikes deepen
In Madrid July 16 mounting disorders over labor unrest and political clashes left 23 killed and 68 wounded in two weeks. Ten deaths came in the last two days amid fears of a socialist coup. Police and guards jailed 150 fascist party members as a state of alarm was extended. Leaders urged readiness for potential moves to empower the left government, while wage strikes and shortened hours persisted in various regions.
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Abor
Spain
Dic
Cortes
Pickett Cotton Mill Closes Indefinitely After Strike
Pickett Cotton Mills with 250 workers on strike since July 1 will stay closed indefinitely, announced by president-treasurer R H Walker. A gates notice cited failure to reach agreement with employees and a breakdown of talks after a proposed 40 hour week with a 10 percent bonus was rejected by strikers.
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Pickett Cotton Mill
R. H. Walker
Walker
J. W. Thompson
Capital Police Close In On Mutilation Case
Washington July 16 Detective Chief Bernard W Thompson called absolutely groundless the claim by red haired Jean Bell that she was mutilated and left to die in a gas filled apartment by New York gangsters.
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Washington
Bernard W. Thompson
Jean Bell
New York
Washington Detectives Read Jean Bell Case Closure Near
Weary investigators in Washington say they are near finishing the Jean Bell case. A man was found mutilated and left with gas on in her apartment after a supposed revenge plot by a New York vice gang led by Charles Lucky Luciano. Two New York men were brought in for identification, but Bell failed to identify them.
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Washington
Jean Bell
New York
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Girl Is Shot To Death In Hotel in Asheville
Professor C B Clevenger of North Carolina State College said he learned from a hotel manager in Battery Park Asheville that his niece Miss Helen Clevenger 19 of Great Kills Staten Island New York was found shot to death under mysterious circumstances. He had no further details and noted she was traveling with his brother Professor W L Clevenger of Raleigh on a western state trip. Her father is J F Clevenger of Great Kills.
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C. B. Clevenger
N. C. State College
Asheville
Battery Park
Helen Clevenger
Great Kills
Staten Island
N. Y
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W. L. Clevenger
J. F. Clevenger
Hottest night in fourteen years in High Point
High Point experienced the hottest day of the month and a record hot night. A. B. Horney’s weather records show 99 degrees at 4 pm, beating the previous high of 97, and a night low of 77 degrees, the highest for overnight warmth here. The prior hottest night was 74 degrees in June.
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A. B. Horney
Mercury
Detectives press on in New York Luciano case tracing girl
Baltimore detectives issued a warrant charging Miss Hell with stealing 700 dollars from Philip R. Davis on July 29 as Bernard W Thomp son and his men resumed questioning the girl who testified before a New York grand jury. Detective Dewey, tied to vice prosecutions, urged witnesses to stand firm while Marmone and Silvers faced quick release predictions.
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New York
Luciano
Thompson
Leo Marmone
Joe Silvers
Thomas E. Dewey
Miss Hell
Baltmore
Philip R. Davis
Authority of Labor Summons Is Questioned
Washington July 16 Associated Press John L. Lewis head of United Mine Workers and AF L rebels claims the executive council lacked authority to summon him and 11 others for an August 3 trial on charges of insurrection. The council postponed a vote on suspending the insurgents amid pressure for delay and peace.
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Ashington
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L. Executive Council
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Labor
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pw Sg Lood
William Green
Committee For
Matricide Trial Set For July 21
Winston Salem July 16 Sadie Lawson 35 accused of setting fire to the bed where her invalid mother 68 lay will be tried July 21 in superior court arraignment today. She repudiated an alleged confession. Prosecutor not yet certain on seeking first degree verdict.
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Winston-Salem
Sadie Lawson
Butler attacks GOP platform as reactionary leader says Cleveland planks dangerous
New York July 16 Dr Nicholas Murray Butler Columbia University president and leading Republican says the Republican platform is the most reactionary in the party s history. He declared on his return from Europe that the Cleveland platform defends economic nationalism of the narrowest and most dangerous sort.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Europe
Assassination Attempt Foiled on King Edward VIII in London
A loaded revolver was knocked from the hand of a stocky man by a spectator described as a woman in grey. Police quickly intervened as King Edward VIII rode with troops toward Buckingham Palace, thwarting the assassination bid.
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Associated Press
London
Edward VIII of
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Buckingham Palace
Edward VIII
Scotsman George And McMahon Charged In King’s Narrow Wake
Police say George And McMahon, about 34, a Scotsman, was arrested after a violent scuffle near Wellington Arch as the king rode to Buckingham Palace. He is charged with intent to endanger the king’s life and unlawful possession of a weapon. He was remanded for eight days. Witnesses say the king remained calm though crowds panicked and a bystander knocked the gun from the attacker.
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Bow Street
Joh Sands
John Si
Home Secretary
Constitution
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Constitution Hill
Hyde Park
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Human Gazette
10 MAKE SURVEY OF CHILD LABOR
Representatives from the State Department of Labor will survey child labor conditions in High Point next week. Lester Sides of Greensboro and Guilford County Welfare notes that no child under 16 may work without a permit. Sides will issue permits at the county welfare office on East Commerce Street Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9 to 12, free of charge.
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High Point
Lester Sides
Greensboro
Guilford
County Welfare Office
East Commerce Street
Georgia Storm Claims One Life In Macon Damage
A 47 mile wind and heavy rain with hail and lightning hit Macon today uprooting trees, collapsing homes and flooding low areas. Police report one death and search for two missing persons.
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Macon
Government Investigators Clash Over Hoover Probe
Washington reports say tensions rose between U S government investigative bodies as the Secret Service and FBI probe each other. Attorney General Cummings hinted at fallout if Hoover was targeted, while Secret Service chief Moran denied any probe and postal inspectors remained silent.
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Washington
United States
Secret Service
Cummings
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Agents
Hoover
William H. Moran
Weather sketch for Carolinas and Georgia
North Carolina shows partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with scattered showers in the southwest and extreme south portions. South Carolina and Georgia expect cloudy skies tonight and Friday with probable scattered showers.
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South Carolina
Georgia
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