New Deal Polices Gain Narrow Lead in Digest Poll
The Literary Digest poll shows Roosevelt's New Deal with a 1.12 percent gain to 62.21 percent in support nationwide, amid ongoing debate as eleven hundred thousand voters weigh in. Regional shifts favor states distant from New York City as Monticello A. and M. faces trustee disputes and political pressure.
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President Defends the Brain Trust in Roosevelt Speech
President Roosevelt defends the Brain Trust and signals university experts will headline the political issue in the fall elections. Supporters contrasted his remarks with a challenge evident in his Wednesday night address. Continued coverage noted from New London.
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Rail Motor Car Hits Light Truck on Grade Crossing
Three women killed when a Rock Island motor car struck the light delivery truck carrying them near Benton Arkansas. Victims are Mrs. Mattie Burton 50, Mrs. Sallie Murray 50, and Miss Clytie Busick 18. The crash occurred about a mile east of Benton as they returned from a shopping trip.
Johnson Appeals for Easier Credit
MEMPHIS Tenn Promising the Blue Eagle will stay put as an emblem of clean business Hugh Johnson said Wednesday night NRA was mobilizing to halt chiseling and that better times justified more liberal credit policies He told members of the National Retail Credit Association that you have a major task to perform toward recovery Johnson said the South is leading the country in a recovery which is returning Americans to independent homes and giving them a share of added payroll billions The assurance of code wage limits has made this possible He urged sane credit judgment that takes cognizance of the upward movement and ready just enough to the side of liberality
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Texan Wrecks at Double Dip on Third St
Texas tourists in a trailer along Hast Third Street wreck the paving near Blook Wood school. The trailer overturned scattering belongings. A watermelon on top spiraled and smashed on the hot pavement. The upset driver blamed the poor paving and asked Hope city to pay $15 for alleged damages. The mayor sighed but could not hear him.
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Six Die in French Railroad Accident at Mulhouse
A local commuter train from Wesserling crashed at Mulhouse main station, killing six people and seriously injuring eight. Faulty brakes were blamed. fifteen others received emergency treatment as the wooden first two cars were demolished and bystanders were shaken by the impact.
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Earthquake Devastates Smyrna Region, Many Dead
The Associated Press reports a major earthquake in western Turkey with heavy loss of life feared. Smyrna region reported the hardest hit, amid a cloudburst and floods that inundated several villages. Other tremors were felt in Silesia, Managua, and regions in India and South America.
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Truce Reported in Nazi Cabinet Fight
Berlin reports a temporary truce within the Hitler cabinet after Vice Chancellor von Papen attacked radical national Bolshevist elements. The dispute was smoothed over during Hitler’s visit to President von Hindenburg.
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Norwegian Pilot Puts Ship on Rock
Norwegian pilot Tacogsen took responsibility for the Dresden wreck after the German liner struck a submerged rock near Karmsund Fjord. Four women died among the 1000 Nazi holiday passengers. 700 were rescued, and crews searched for additional missing as the 14,000-ton liner beached in Stavanger area.
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Blevins Ice Cream Supper Cancelled Rally Cited
An ice cream supper and political rally planned for Saturday night in Blevins was canceled, announced Thursday by a local citizen. The event aimed to raise funds for a community kitchen project after a petition and sufficient donations were pledged, avoiding ice cream sales.
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Mob Hangs Man After Alleged Stuttgart Assault
In Stuttgart Texas a mob of about two hundred white men seized Lon Guggs a Black man and hanged him after reports he was seen with a white 17 year old girl. Officials had planned to move him to Orange but were overtaken. his body was shot and dragged through streets. In Stuttgart Ark L D Barnes 20 was jailed for investigation of an alleged assault on a tenant farmer’s year old daughter. Authorities said the situation remained quiet after a posse hunted the area following the morning incident.
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Horsfall Likely to Be Kept by Board
Trustees of the Fourth District A & M College in Monticello closed a two day inquiry into student charges against President Frank Horsfall. Indications late Wednesday suggested Horsfall would be retained, with several faculty changes. A dramatic resignation by T. C. Harris and pending governor Futrell input shaped an eight hour session and new petitions from summer students seeking his retention.
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Austrian Captain Linked in Murder Case
Austrian Captain Ivan Poderjay is tied to the disappearance of Detroit and New York lawyer Agnes Turverson, with police saying the evidence is strengthening though no confession exists. Officials await confirmation that Turverson's body has been found in America as the investigation proceeds.
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Four Million Bales Cotton for the Needy
Washington reports that 250000 bales of surplus cotton will be bought by the federal government and converted into clothing for the unemployed. Hopkins says proceeds will fund raw cotton and fabricating costs, with articles supplied to families in addition to current aid. He also plans a quick England trip to study Ish housing operations aiding recovery.
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Candidates Will Begin Stump Tour at Bingen on 10th
Dates and places for Hempstead county political campaign tour were set by the Democratic Central Committee. Bingen was chosen for the opening rally on July 10 with two Hope rallies planned for August 3 and August 23. The committee will reconvene July 30 to draw ballot positions and select election judges and clerks at a later meeting.
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Poll Tax List to Decline by 50 000
State officials calculated that if poll tax collections held steady, eligible voters would total 50 000 less than 1933. Lenoke Phillips and White were the only counties among the first 17 to show an increase in registration.
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Chinese Pirates Free 6 Britishers on Shuntien
Six Britons captured last week by pirates who looted the steamer Shuntien have been released and are aboard the air craft carrier Eagle returning to Weihaiwei. British aviators over the pirates’ lair frightened the outlaws into freeing the men.
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Sensational Novel Sparks Town Gossip in Marburg
In a fragment from SOPHIE KERR, Jane defies social rules as Miss Rosa Terry lectures on vanity and propriety. The scene unfolds at a tea disrupted by forbidden reading, with Jane clashing over chaperones and rumors in this small city.
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