Ferguson Leads in Texas Democratic Gubernatorial Race
Mrs Miriam A Ferguson leads with 55 448 votes over Ross Sterling in the Texas Democratic gubernatorial nomination race as 243 of 268 counties report and 69 counties remain to count. Sterling leads Clint Small by 37 237 votes. run off likely on August 28 between Ferguson and Sterling. In Raleigh North Carolina farmers and farm women begin the 28th Annual State Convention with plans for sessions through Friday and expected attendance between 2000 and 3000 people.
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Dalas
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Ross Sterling
Houston
Sterling
Clint C. Small
Wellington
Texas Election Bureau
Ferguson
Texas
State Highway Commission
Raleigh
N. C
Four Corners
North Carolina
Farmer’s and
Farm Women’s Convention
Aitnoven
Totmail
N. C. State College
I. O. Schaub
Death toll rises in weekend auto races across three states
In Rockville Indiana Frank Jenkinson of Lafayette died when his car skidded off the Jungle Park track. At Kalamazoo Michigan 14 year old Wesley Reynolds was killed as a car left the Recreation Park course. In Woodbridge New Jersey Bob Robinson of Daytona Beach was killed when his car struck another and plunged 30 feet into the infield.
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Frank Jenkinson
Rockville
Indiana
Woodbridge
N. J
Bob Robinson
Daytona Beach
Fla
Robinson
Rick Decker
Staten Island
Decker
Kalamazoo
Mich
Wesley Reynolds
James Brown
Recreation Park
Brown
Ind
Lafayette
Jungle Park
Ray Meyers
Indianapolis
Jenkinson
Parched Qil Settlement In Peril Of Destruction
Refugio Texas July 28 A roaring jet of flame from Houston Oil Company well No 1 Strauch drove 200 residents from homes as steam lines smother flames. The well, blown out since June 25 at 5468 feet, sent gas and gasoline high, threatening the parched oil field village with destruction as firefighting efforts continued.
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Refugio
Texas
Houston Oi Company
Strauch
Houston Oil Company
Fas
Beeville
Ferguson Sterling face Texas runoff duel in hot primary
Dallas July 28 AP partisan forecasts pin a bruising Texas gubernatorial primary on Miriam A Ferguson and Ross Sterling. Early tabulations show Ferguson ahead of Sterling with Ferguson near 197 375 votes and Sterling about 141 375, signaling a possible runoff and continuing Ferguson family political saga after her husband’s impeachment.
Drought Slows Mississippi River Navigation at Memphis
Heat grips the region as the Mississippi river falls to 4.5 feet at Memphis, tying the July low and hampering heavy barge traffic. Pilots report split tows and slow passage through narrow channels with conditions likely to worsen. The stage matches the 1926 July record and signals extended low water ahead.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Government Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Little Girl Dies After Rocking Chair Fall
Chicago July 28 a three year old girl Elizabeth Gratzke died last night when she rocked in a chair near a third floor window. The chair tipped the girl from the chair and she fell to the sidewalk below as her mother watched from another room unable to reach her in time.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Gratzke
British Dirigible R-100 to Begin Flight for Montreal
The Air Ministry announced the R-100 will start its flight to Montreal at 3 30 tomorrow morning from Cardington. Squadron leader R S Booth commands a crew of 532 aboard two thirds of normal, with seven passengers to bring total aboard to 44. Food and supplies prepared for five days. trip expected to last three days.
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Cardington
Eng
Air Ministry
Montreal
Royal Airship Works
R. S. Booth
Canada
Fire Threatens Baltimore Industrial District
Fire at the United States Industrial Alcohol plant in Baltimore endangers Curtis Bay industrial zone as drums explode and smoke covers the district. Firefighters rush alarms while a brisk wind drives flames toward neighboring plants and residents evacuate homes.
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Baltimore
United States Industrial Alcohol
Curtis Bay
Federal liquor raid nets 1000 cases off North Carolina coast
Federal agents in Wilmington seize about 1,000 cases of whisky valued at $50,000 from Topsail Inlet raid. The liquor arrived in seven trucks under heavy guard. two believed guards fled. Officers call the capture one of the coast's largest seizures.
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Wilmington
Topsail Inlet
North Carolina
Rocky Mount Bank Teller Dies From Gunshot Wounds
Rocky Mount July 28 Walter L. Harper a young bank teller died today from two bullet wounds ruled personal safety related by officials. Coroner Dr J E L Thomas prepared to hold an inquest. Harper left his home before bank opening went to a rear garage was found and rushed to a hospital where he died. He leaves a widow and bank officials said no irregularities were found in his accounts.
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Rocky Mount
Walter L. Harper
J. E. L. Thomas
Edgecombe County
Harper
Barretts On 25 Year Honeymoon Delayed
Brevard July 28 editor J F Barrett and his wife are on their honeymoon after a 25 year delay.
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Brevard
J. F. Barrett
The
Alimony Club of America Formed in Chicago
Three Chicago men cited for contempt or jailed for unpaid alimony seek incorporation of the Alimony Club of America. Articles limit membership to divorced or divorcing men and push reforms including stricter divorce action timing and a private court of domestic arbitration. Incorporators are Oswald Mackie John Murray and Philip Collins.
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Chicago
Oswald Mackie
John Murray
Philip Collins
Mackie
Slashes Proposed to Save 2.5 Million in State Budget
Raleigh July 28 A plan to trim about 2.5 million from current state appropriations for the fiscal year will be presented to the advisory budget commission. The reduction exceeds the previously proposed 20 percent cut in the 19.853 million allocations. Governor Gardner and budget assistant Henry Burke will review last year’s operations and discuss this year’s plans, with visits to state institutions anticipated in Angus and September. The commission includes legislative finance chiefs and appointees R. S. McCain and A. H. Graham.
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Raleigh
Advisory Budget Commission
Henry Burke
O. Max Gardner
Gardner
Burke
House and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
R. S. McCain
Henderson
A. H. Graham
Hillsboro
Prominent Michigan Furniture Man Dies
George N. Petree, president of the Chicago Furniture Market and national manufacturers association, died while bathing in Lake Michigan at South Haven. An inquest is planned to determine the cause. His home was Cadillac, Michigan, where he led the St. John’s Table Company.
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South Haven
Mich
George N. Petree
Chicago
Natonal Manufacturers Association
Lake Michigan
Mr. Petree
Cadillac
St. John’s Table Company
Foreigners Flee Changsha as Communists Enter City
Foreigners fled Changsha, capital of Hunan, aboard American British and Japanese gunboats as a communist horde moved into the city. The Reds looted and burned parts of Changsha, with only a few foreigners, including three American missionaries, remaining. The Liang river gunboats provided refuge for nationals amid the rising siege of the half million population city.
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Changsha
Hunan
Liang River
Italy May Check Menace of Quakes
Naples reports that last week's devastating earthquake that obliterated entire towns will alter Italy's map to a degree and may prompt broader caution and preparedness measures.
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Italy
Naples
Communication Claim by Widow of Conan Doyle
London reports Lady Conan Doyle says Arthur Conan Doyle communicated with his family via a psychic photograph showing his image superimposed on Rev. Charles Tweedale's photo. She cites a sealed envelope and ongoing spiritual messages as proof, while noting reconstruction efforts in Melfi and Italy after a recent earthquake with 2143 dead and 4551 injured.
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Lady Conan Doyle
London
Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur
The
Daily Herald
Charles L. Tweedale
Weston
Yorkshire
Tweedale
Peter Powell
Chaster
Spirit Guide
Sir Arthur
Stribling Scott Fight Persists Amid Rain at Wimbeldon
Rain drenched 60 000 spectators at the ten round heavyweight bout between Young Stribling of Macon Georgia and Phil Scott the tall English contender. Promoter Jeff Dickson pressed ahead with the scheduled fight despite bad weather.
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Wimbeldon Stadium
London
Young Stribling
Macon
Phil Scott
United States
Jeff Dickson
Endurancers Flight Aims To Break 554-Hour Record
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine enter week two of the endurance flight in St Louis hoping to surpass the 554 hour Chicago record set by the Hunter brothers. At 7 11 a m they marked completion of week one and a note from the plane urged more financing. About $20 000 has been subscribed though officials say $9 500 more is needed.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Jackson
O’brine
Endurance fliers Reichers and Black fly 180th hour
Louis Reichers and Robert Black, flying their red monoplane, completed 180 hours aloft over Long Island at 7:34 a.m. EST en route during a breakfast refueling break, placing them about third in endurance fliers.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Louis Reichers
Robert Black
Long Island
Liquor Stores Closed Across Canada for House Election Ballot
Ottawa reports that all provincial government liquor stores shut for ballots in the houses of commons election day. The dry day marked by government action to avoid influence during the July vote.
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Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
Houses of Commons
Complication in Baby Wrangle Ends in Baptism Row
A custody dispute over a newborn splits families and draws church and legal eyes. The infant born at Englewood hospital was baptized George Edward Bamberger at Church of Our Lady of Solace amid competing claims by the Bambergers and the Watkins family. The Watkins Allen family seeks habeas corpus to recover the child and contemplates a $100,000 damage suit. Bamberger asserts the matter is settled and he has his own child.
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Charles
Englewood Hospital
Bamberger and Watkins
Bamberger
Turbulent Turkey Hit by Tornado and Hailstorm
A tornado and hailstorm in Adrianople yesterday killed twenty people and injured hundreds. Eighty percent of local houses were destroyed and crops across the surrounding countryside ruined. Nine minarets collapsed and the four atop the Sultan Selim mosque were toppled as aid from the Turkish Red Crescent arrived from Istanbul.
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Istnbul
Turkey
Adrianople
Sultan Selim
Durham Tree-Sitter Aims For 300 Hours
Durham July 28 Arnold Taylor, a local youth calling himself the world's champion tree-sitter, announced he would not come down at noon as he pressed toward a goal of 300 hours aloft. By 11 40 a m he had logged 266 hours, exceeding the previous record by 56 hours.
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Durham
Arnold
Taylor
U S Dry Leaders Declare Policies
Dry leaders of the nation publish a declaration repudiating enforcement policies that ignore constitutional rights. They say prohibition aims to destroy traffic in intoxicating beverages and defend private morals from government intrusion. Signers include Lenna Lowe Yost Raymond Robins S E Nicholson E C Dinwiddie Oliver W N Stewart and others.
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New York
United States
Lenna Lowe Yost
Raymond Robins
S. E. Nicholson
E. C. Dinwiddie
Oliver W N. Stewart
Bishop W. F. McDowel
Daniel A. Polling
F. Scott McBride
Fred B. Smith
Ella A. Boole
P. H. Callahan
Arthur J. Barton
G S Baren 81 Dies In Greensboro Heart Attack
G Greensboro July 28 G S Baren 81 long-time vice president of the Pomona Terra Cotta company and a pioneer in the industrial educational and civic life of the city died here today from a heart attack.
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Greensboro
U. 8
Baren
Pomona-Terra Cotta Company
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