Rain brings relief as heat lingers in central north
Rain showers ease heat in the Pacific Northwest and the southeast but central regions reach 100 degrees. Farmers worry about drought and grasshoppers while officials seek federal aid. Gov. Berry of South Dakota cites drought relief needs and Senator Murphey discusses possible funds after talks with Roosevelt.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Tes
Thomas Berry
Southkota
Dakota
Washington
Mur
DeTa
Roosevelt
Kansas Grubbers Battle Hoppers Amid 110 Degree Heat
In Kansas temperatures reached 110 as grasshoppers invaded eastern and central counties. Farmers reported the worst infestation in years and merchants in McPherson swept insects from storefronts. Weather forecasts called for continued showers along the coast and in New England with scattered rain across the northern Rockies and the north Pacific states. Notable highs included Brawley 118 Colby 110 Great Bend 107 Clinton 108 Scottsbluff 104 and Pueblo 103.6.
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Kansas
McPherson
Kas
Weather Bureau
New England
Middle Atlantic
Rocky Mountain
North Pacific States
Georgia
Carolinas
Brawley
Calif
Colby
Great Nd
Eldorado
Clinton
Okla
Scottsbluff
Neb
Pueblo
Colo
Europe Faces Widespread Strikes Amid Military Moves
European turmoil grows as police and army reserves step in to secure food in Belgium while Kaunas imposes a 10 p.m. curfew under threat of martial law. Bread shortages loom as Kaunas workers strike, and France sees over 200,000 idle workers. Spain reports clashes leaving five dead. Madrid joins the broad strike wave with about 100,000 out.
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Associated Press
Europe
Belgium
Kaunas
Lithuania
France
Madrid
City seeks shoe store aid to slick street for dances
Santa Barbara city council lacking funds to provide a dollar a week for corn meal to slick an asphalt street for a dance series appeals to shoe dealers for the money. The council argues the wear on shoe leather would repay the investment through improved footing and turnout.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Ghost is hunted flogging probe in Arkansas and Tennessee
In Memphis on June 19 a sheriff searched for a reportedly alive ghost named Frank Weems a 40 year old sharecropper believed beaten during a cotton strike meeting in Crittenden county Arkansas. Special agent Sam Whitaker of the justice department questioned Willie Sue Blagden and Rev Claude Williams about the alleged flogging.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Howard Carlin
Crittenden County
Frank Weems
Sam Whitaker
Willie Sue Blagden
Claude Williams
Little Rock
Woman Seeks Husband in Jail. Elevator Records Set
A Dallas police report notes a wife told Detective Vic Register she wanted to see her husband in jail but could not because she had never ridden an elevator. He then ordered the prisoner sent downstairs to meet her.
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Terra Dallas
Tex
Vic Register
Register
Brakes Squeak Prompt From Driving Guide
The article advises stopping brake squeaks by driving the car about 100 feet in second gear with the brake firmly applied, describing a technique to dampen noises. It emphasizes applying steady pressure during the short run to seat the brakes.
Local Residents Return From Visits and Trips
Mrs. Swaim and her parents Mr and Mrs Oliver return to Asheville with Mrs Oliver and Mrs Street. Paul Frederick and Roddy Duckworth of Fayetteville visit grandparents Mr and Mrs N L Duckworth then go home with their mother Mrs Paul Duckworth. Mrs R L Vereen returns from a week in Jacksonville Florida. Wood Black and Sam Vance Jr attend the Millers convention in Richmond Virginia. Mrs Pairie Belotte of Richmond visits her parents Mr and Mrs S L Duckworth. Mrs Fred Duckworth and daughter Miss Betty of Norfolk visit the Duckworths. Miss Will Stockton returns from a visit to sister Mrs John Lowrey in Winston Salem. Mr and Mrs R L Sapp of Sry Greensboro return after days with daughter Mrs Frank Flynt. Miss Betty Linville returns to the city after visiting sister Mrs James Senter in Albemarle.
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Sam Vance, Jr
Richmond
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L. Duckworth
Duckworth
Fred Duckworth
Betty
Norfolk
Will Stockton
John Lowrey
Winston- Salem
R. L. Sapp, Sry
Greensboro
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Betty Linville
James Senter
Albemarle
Beauty Identifies Death By Own Action In Slaying
Beatrice Moore, noted as the 1933 most beautiful girl at Wellesley College, identified the body of eccentric inventor Jean Gebhardt as the man who had called to see her father, Dr. McFarlan Moore, the night before he was shot. Gebhardt killed himself as police pursued him for the slaying of Thomas Edison’s former aide.
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Beatrice Moore
Wellesley College
Jean Philip Gebhardt
McFarlan Moore
Dr. Moore
East Orana
Gebhardt
Thomas Edison
Taxi Driver Rescues Child From Flood Burden
Greensboro June 19. Gilbert Schenk a taxi driver leaped into swollen North Buffalo Creek to save five year old Patricia Anderson caught in swift current near a railroad bridge. He pulled her to safety just as she neared danger beneath the bridge.
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Greensboro
Gilbert Schenk
North Buffalo Creek
Patricia Anderson
Schenk
Firms Holding To Old NRA Schedule
The Department of Labor report covers 1358 North Carolina establishments and shows most retain the eight hour day and forty hour week under NRA codes. Textile mills and hosiery plants largely run 40 hours or less, with tobacco firms all on 40 hours day shift and no night shifts.
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Raleigh
Department of Labor
North Carolina
Canine Returns Dollar After License Purchase
In City, Nebraska, June 19, Mrs. L. D. Tibbets lent $1 to license her puppy “Pooch.” The dog repaid promptly, and two days later appeared at the door with a dollar in his mouth. Mrs. Tibbets offers to lend “Pooch” out to teach old dogs new tricks.
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Falls City
Neb
L. D. Tibbets
Hamrick Mill to reopen Monday after labor settlement
The Hamrick Mill in Gaffney South Carolina, shut for two months due to a strike, is expected to reopen Monday after a settlement of labor differences was reached yesterday. The mill employs about 250 workers.
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Gaffney
S. C
Hamrick
Bank messenger abducted in Farmingdale robbery getaway
Three men robbed and abducted Francis Gray, messenger for the Bank of Farmingdale, netting about $13,000. Gray was dumped from the getaway car about six blocks from the bank in Farmingdale New York.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
Francis Gray
Bank of Farmingdale
Gray
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