Heat Wave Grips Nation Across Regions
A severe U S heat wave sweeps from the Great Lakes to the Gulf with triple digit readings in many areas. Grain crops suffer and livestock face drought while beaches fill and relief remains unlikely. Southern California cools after six days of extreme heat with seven deaths reported and Calexico at 118 degrees. New York expects continued heat with a weekend high near 88 as cooling showers loom.
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Iowa
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Phillipsburg
Kan
Emporia
Middlewest
United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Los Angeles
California
Matilda LaGrant
Holtville
Imperial Valley
Colorado River
Pacific
Imperial District
En Centro
Calexico
Montebello
New York
New York City
James Kimball
Weather Bureau
Typhoon Ravages Kyushu and Korea Killing and Wrecking
Reports from Kyushu Island list 10 known dead 190+ missing 737 injured with 4200 houses destroyed and 13,000 damaged. Nagasaki and Fukuoka prefectures report dozens dead and hundreds injured as property losses mount to about 160 million yen. Nearby Korea faces more misery with hundreds dead and thousands homeless from recent rains.
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Tokyo
Kyushu
Nagasaki
Fukuoka
Kagoshima
Korea
Strike paralyzes Irish railways
Rail traffic in the Irish Free State was halted as over 600 railway workers joined a strike in solidarity with more than 100 omnibus drivers seeking union recognition. Suburban services from Dublin were crippled and routes to the west and south faced disruption while strikers clashed with strikebreakers in some areas.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Free State
Ireland
Limerick
Great Southern Railway
Westland Ram
Barrere Confesses Near Arlington Body Site
Henry Herman Barrere, 37, on his way from Montreal to Arlington County to face murder charges in the Mary Baker case, admitted being near Arlington cemetery the day before the body was found. Lieutenant Edward J. Kelly reported Barrere had previously denied proximity to the scene. Marion Jarrell accompanied Barrere from Montreal and was released to her Philadelphia home at 435 Paxson Street.
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New York
Henry Herman Barrere
Montreal
Arlington County
Mary Baker
Navy Department
Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Edward J. Kelly
Barrere
Kelly
Marion Jarrell
Paxson Street
Philadelphia
Queen Helen and Carol Attend Father’s Memorial Service
Queen Helen accompanies King Carol to the requiem for King Ferdinand at Curtea de Arges. The royal pair, once divorced, travel with Queen Marie, Prince Nicholas, and Princess Ileana signaling a possible reconciliation amid ongoing royal intrigue and political shifts in Romania.
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Helen
Carol
Bucharest
Romania
Ferdinand
Curtea de Arges
Marie
Nicholas
Illeana
Magda Lupescu
English Under Bond Pending His Appeal
Stephen English was released on $4,000 bond as lawyers begin an appeal after his Duplin county court conviction for beating his wife to death last January. Judge G V Cowper sentenced him to 20 to 30 years in state prison.
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Kenansville
N. C
Stephen English
Wallace
English
Duplin
G. V. Cowper
Sun Bathers Upset Fashionable Suburb
Rye officials alarmed by beachgoers in the town park seeking extended sun baths in seclusion. Park Superintendent Martin called the behavior shocking and Mayor Platt ordered a patrolman to halt the practice to restore propriety in the Westchester suburb.
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Rye
N. Y
Rye Town Park
Westchester
Martin
Platt
Bruening Likely 70 Run Germany in Interim Rule
Berlin July 19 Germany enters a political interim under President von Hindenburg and a cabinet led by Chancellor Bruening. The Reichstag was dissolved after a vote reversing the finance ministry tax program, with elections set for September 14 amid a 13 party split and weak coalitions.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Reichstag
von Hindenburg
Henrich Bruening
Hermann Dietrich
Bruening
Rhineland
Finance Ministy
Norris Wins Battle in Nebraska Primary Race
Senator Norris defeats rival George W. Norris of Broken Bow after state Supreme Court rules the grocer’s name cannot appear on the August primary ballot. The Nye committee inquires into the filing while investigators seek the missing candidate in three states.
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Lincoln
Neb
George W. Norris
United States
Senate
Broken Bow
Frank Mareéh
Charles A. Goss
State Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Gerald P. Nye
Nye
Norris
Industrial safety and working conditions featured at conference
BLUE RIDGE North Carolina July 19 Industrial safety health and pleasant working conditions formed the basis of an address by J B Woodward assistant general manager Newport News Shipbuilding and Dock Company at the eleventh annual conference on human relations Roy V Wright editor of railway age New York spoke on human problems in transportation industry stressing harmony between employer and employee.
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Blue Ridge
N. C
J. B. Woodward
Woodward
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dock Company
Roy V. Wright
Railway Age of New York
Davidson County Delegates Meet For County Convention
Davidson county Democrats gather for the county convention to nominate a slate for county officers. Major James A. Leonard is urged for sheriff and Charles R. Redwine for register of deeds, with other likely nominees for clerk of court coroner and representatives.
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Enterprise Davidson Bureau
Lambeth
Thomasville
Lexington
Davidson County
James A. Leonard
Charles R. Redwine
Thrace
Guy Sheaf
W. H. Lomax
John W. Bowers
R. A. Allen
John D. Humphreys
Danbury
George C. Younce
Greensboro
Missing British airman reported in native's care
A Rangoon dispatch says villagers near the Bali river report Eric Hook the missing British airman is being cared for in a village. Floods hinder the search while Jimmie Matthews recalls he left Hook after their England to Australia plane crash more than a fort night ago.
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London
Rangoon
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bali
Eric Hook
Jimmie Matthews
England
Australia
Butte Labor Rejects Employers Overature in Crisis
Peace efforts in Butte's labor crisis collapsed when employers rejected the final proposal. Unofficial spokesmen for employers and labor unions had met after alleged arbitrary activities by the teamsters' union and a wage reduction was cited as the core issue.
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Butte
Mont
Teamsters’ Union
Catawba Precinct Meetings Set for Delegates and Plans
Meetings in all 21 Catawba precincts were held to select candidates for the county convention and finalize organization plans. Democratic senatorial nominee Josiah W. Bailey will deliver the keynote at the Newton convention on July 26, per county Democratic executive committee chair John W. Aiken.
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Hickory
N. C
Catawba
Josiah W. Bailey
Newton
John W. Aiken
Catawba County
Democratic Executive Committee
Buried Mother Prompted Fine Payment Plan
Mrs Mildred Heinrichs testified that Charles Eoff extorted $10 to help bury his mother. Eoff was fined $100 and the court offered a delay while his mother, already buried in Danville, would pay the fine.
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Chicago
Mildred Heinrichs
Charles Eoff
Harry
Eoff
Danville
Capone challenges grand jury over Chicago press ties claim
Al Capone says he will face a grand jury to deny claims he funds Chicago newspapers and that he and police knew who killed Jake Lingle. He disputed a St Louis Star story by Harry Brundidge and defended giving Lingle a Christmas belt buckle as a gift, not payment.
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Miami
Fla
Alphonse Capone
Christan Emeritus
Chicago
Jake Lingle
Capone
Palm Island
St. Louis Star
Harry Brundidge
Lingle
Treaty Debate Is Endurance Fight
The Senate extended naval treaty discussions with no vote in sight. Senator Reed pressed for a straight roll call while Senator Walsh offered a reservation on post ratification armament limits. Opponents led by Senator Johnson resisted any final vote agreement as debate continued into a second night session.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
Pennsylvania
Walsh
Massachusetts
Naval Committee
Senate of the
United States
London
Johnson
California
Thompson admits killing aunt in Massachusetts home
Bernard Thompson, 22, surrendered in New Haven and confessed to fatally shooting his aunt Mrs Edith Thompson Wight last week at her Saugus Massachusetts residence, a private detective reported.
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New Haven
Conn
Bernard Thompson
Edith (Thompson) Wight
Saugags
Mass
Walker Orders House Cleaning In City Administration
Mayor James J. Walker orders a house cleaning after wide scale federal and county investigations into irregularities in the board of standards and appeals for forage permits dock leases and pier leases. The move follows indictments of W Bernard Vause and William E Walsh and the resignation of Doyle. James A Higgins to lead the inquiry.
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New York
James J. Walker
Board of Standards and Appeals
W. Bernard Vause
Brooklyn
Vause
Hudson River
United American Line
William E. Walsh
William F. Doyle
James A. Higgins
Dressed As Middies Two Girls Sneak Into Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS Md July 19 Naval academy authorities investigate two young women dressed in midshipmen uniforms who entered the midshipmen mess hall during Sunday night formation. The girls from Washington and Annapolis were found. escorts were second class cadets in aviation training. Punishment expected but dismissal unlikely. Officials said no knowledge of a prior similar incident.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Washington
Donald D. Beary
S. S. Robinson
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