Forest fires sweep Teton region amid rapid losses
In Wyoming and Yellowstone areas flames raced through the Teton national forest and surrounding country. Authorities estimated over 50 000 acres burned with damages in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. About 1 000 volunteers helped check fires near Dubois while New Castle threats remained active. Rain was hoped to curb the spread.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Teton National Forest
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Dubois Dude Ranch
Dubois
National Guard
New Castle
Black Hills
R. L. Esmay
A. M. Clark
Roger W. Toll
Yellowstone
Basin Creek
Crow Indian Reservation
Sheridan
Scout Troop to be Organized at Hasty High School
The Uwharrie Council of Boy Scouts of America launches a rural scouting program to recruit boys from outlying areas. A new troop will be organized tonight at 7 30 at Hasty High School with Principal D A West in charge. About 16 scouts will enroll. B W Hackney Jr plans to assist. The council already runs a troop at Jamestown and aims to form more groups in the future.
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National Council
Uwharrie Council of
Boy Scouts of America
B. W. Hackney, Jr
Hasty High School
D. A. West
Hackney
Jamestown
Randolph County deputy wins best news tip dollar
Fred Hendrix, deputy sheriff, won the dollar prize for best news tip in The Enterprise yesterday. Readers are invited to submit tips tomorrow with a double chance on Saturday. Hendrix should call The Enterprise to claim his dollar.
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Fred Hendrix
Randolph County
Enterprise
Yestern
Hendrix
Tariff Chairman Fletcher to retire in September
Chairman Fletcher of the tariff commission said he will retire when his first year ends on September 16. He notified President Hoover and will step down after a six year term begun last September. Fletcher, a long-time public servant, previously served as ambassador to Italy and undersecretary of state, and fought with the Rough Riders under Theodore Roosevelt.
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Fletcher
Tariff Commission
Pennsylvanian
Hoover
Senate
Italy
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
Merchant Marine Gets New Cargoes
The United States merchant marine would gain six to eleven new cargo vessels and ten to seventeen others reconditioned under ocean mail contracts. Bids are sought by the post office department for three new routes.
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Washington
United States Merchant Marine
Ocean Mail
Post Office Department
Mrs Elizabeth Houser to celebrate 100th birthday
Shelby North Carolina reports Mrs Elizabeth Houser Cleveland county's oldest resident will celebrate her 100th birthday on August 9. In other notes Matt H Allen hospital bound after car wreck near here with broken leg and other injuries. Davie county approves tax cut plan to about 70 cents per hundred. Carolina Telephone seeks 60 year Fayetteville exchange franchise. New Cape Fear river bridge opens at Cooleemee. Senator Cameron Morrison helps Ruthersfordton Woman's Club with a $50 donation toward a $100 debt.
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Shelby
N. C
Elizabeth Houser
Cleveland County
Kinston
Matt H. Allen
The
State Industrial Commission
Here
Cooleemee
Davie County
Democratic Board of County Commissioners
Woodcock Defends Prohibition Agents’ Tactics
Director Woodcock of the prohibition bureau said two agents shot near Fort Wayne Indiana while attempting to arrest a bootlegger were acting within bureau practice. He stated officers may order liquor as regular customers to trap the suspect, and that entrapment requires triggering inducements.
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Washington
Woodcock
Prohibition Bureau
Prohibition
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Bureau
Stimson in Berlin Aims at Breathing Space for Germany
Secretary Stimson's three day Berlin trip is highlighted by meetings with President Hindenburg and Chancellor and a potential dinner with Ambassador Sackett. German hopes center on relief for financial troubles while London’s earlier breathing space drew mixed results amid disarmament tensions.
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Frederic M. Sackett
Berlin
Bismarck
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
London
Reichstag
In the Same Boat Victim and Robber Banter
A fragmentary exchange shows a victim and a robber each claiming the watch given by a wife. The man worries his wife will never forgive him if the watch is not returned.
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Guy-Nor -the
Hancee Slayer Hears Fate August
Py Moss FE Garrison faces possible death fate by August 1 in San Diego California trial for the murder of Hazel Bradshaw his former fiancee. Judge L N Turrentine indicated night sessions may be ordered to finish within a week as the state nears completion and the defense plans to present 20 to 30 witnesses. Bradshaw testified he did not hear his daughter return home the night of the tragedy and claimed she slammed the door as he left to catch a streetcar. Miss Bradshaw’s body was found May 3 in Balboa Park after being stabbed 17 times.
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Calif
Miss Bradshaw
Balboa Park
Last Rites For Mrs Bunnell Held By Two Churches
Funeral services for Mrs Sig nora Allen Bunnell widow of James T. Bunnell will be held at Green Street Baptist church Saturday at 2 30 p m conducted by Rev Geo T Tunstall and Rev L Ruth with interment in Oakwood cemetery She is survived by two sons six daughters and several relatives from North Carolina and Virginia including T A Bunnell H L Bunnell Carrie Lavender Rosa Lavender Maggie Staton Etta Edwards Nora Briles and Annie Lane
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James T. Bunnell
Tate Street
Green Street Baptist Church
Geo. T. Tunstall
Rev. L. Ruth
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Oakwood Cemetery
H. L. Bunnell
Carrie Lavender
High Point
Rosa Lavender
Ambhoerst
Maggie Staton
Etta Edwards
Greensboro
Nora Briles
Annie Lane
Ticket Tournament At Blair Park Municipal Course
Open to all city golfers tomorrow at Blair Park Municipal course. Twelve players with the lowest 18 hole scores win tickets to Monday night Bobby Jones series showing at the Paramount theater.
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Blair Park
Paramount Theater
Bobby Jones
Charlottean fined for pocket knife assault in drunken quarrel
H M Carter paid a $10 fine plus costs after being found guilty of cutting H A Sparrow with a pocket knife in Charlotte, Sparrow unaware of the attack until after the quarrel. A physician stated four stitches were needed, supporting the conviction despite Carter's claim of intoxication.
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Aes
H. M. Carter
H. A. Sparrow
Carter
Sparrow
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