Heat Wave Stuns Midwest With Record 122 in Sikeston
The United Press reports extreme heat across the plains and south with 100 plus deaths, including 16 in St. Louis. Sikeston records 122 degree heat as parched crowds seek relief from temperatures up to 104 in several cities. Drownings rise and crops suffer, with Mississippi and Arkansas towns among the hottest in the region.
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United Preas
Chicago
Midwest
Plains
Sikeston
Mercury
John R. Ringwall
Omaha
St. Louis
Iowa
Southwest
South
Middlewest
Tansas
Greenwood
Miss
Jackson
Montgomery
Ala
Harrisburg
Ill
Mt. Vernon
Til
Emporia
Kan
Kansas City
Huron
S. D
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Centralia
Vicksburg
Birmingham
Springfield
Memphis
Little Rock
Indiana Weather Forecast Promises Rain After Heat Wave
The United States Weather Bureau in Indianapolis warns of thundershowers Sunday afternoon or night cooling temperatures after a week of mid 90s. Northern Indiana may get storms tonight while the south could see rain late Sunday as readings edge down from 90s following a 75 degree morning.
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Indiana
United States Weather Bureau
Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Amos 'N' Andy Off Air Tonight Canceled
Amos n Andy fans face a night without the show as networks cancel the program tonight. The fate of Amos investment details in Van Porter’s venture will be disclosed Monday night when the program resumes.
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Amos
Mrs J R Cain 89 Enjoys First Airplane Ride
Mrs J R Cain aged 89 in Anderson Indiana took her first plane ride with Wi Barton as pilot. She expressed delight and said she would rather be in the air than on the ground.
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Svevial Anderson
Ind
J. R. Cain
Wi Barton
Alabama Beauty Ties Marriage Record of Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Peggy Hopkins Joyce earns another marriage as she weds Howard Lee in Reno, after a string of divorces. The Alabama social figure, daughter of Congressman W. Bankonead, has been married four times in two years, including unions with Hoyt Butt Lee and W. Lawson Butt, amid Paris and London stops.
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Alabama
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
NEA
ENO
Nev
Queen of Hearts
Jean Bankhead Hoyt-Hoyt Butt Lee
W. 3. Bankonead
Peggy
Jean
Hoyt
Henry M. Hoyt
Pennsylvania
Reno
London
Tallulah Bankhead
Jean Bankhead
Howard Lee
Congressman Bankhead
Muscle man tears up New York phone booth
United Press reports Fred Roth a 24 year old strong man caused chaos in a public phone booth in heat scorching the city. After multiple coin drops he broke the booth door and attacked a patrolman leading to a malicious mischief charge.
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United Press
New York
Fred Roth
Fred
Roth
Baluff
Palmer McCloskey Quits Kansas City Tree Sit After 37 Hours
Palmer McCloskey a 14 year old from 328 North Temple avenue climbed down after 37 hours in a custom tree loft contest in his back yard. He said he would try again Monday. The endurance event began Thursday at 7 p m with a tree loft built of boards.
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Kansas City
Palmer McCloskey
North Temple Avenue
Kansas
Baby dies after plunge from New York tenement window
Samuel Klein, recently discharged from a state hospital for the insane, leaped with his 14 month old Lester from a fourth story window. The infant was killed, Klein survived and was arrested after hospitalization. In Warsaw Indiana six college students were injured when brakes failed and an auto overturned during a magazine subscription solicitation.
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New York
Samuel Klein
Lester
Klein
United Piece
Warsaw
Ind
Here
Hubert Gish
West Paducah
Gerry de Jonge
Grand Rapids
Mich
James Thurman
Clinton Walton
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Kenney
Champaign
Forest Broson
Ft. Wayne
Attorney Harry R. Wair Found Dead in Indiana
In Ut h Bend Indiana on July 12 veteran attorney Harry R. Wair 55 vice president and general counsel of Northern Indiana was found dead. The report notes his prominent role in the region's legal and business communities.
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Uth Bend
Ind
Harry R. Wair
Indiana
Postmaster Bartlett challenges Ogden over Lafayette accusations
In Bloomington, Attorney General Jamies M. Ogden accused Lafayette officials of vice and asked for proof about a slot machine racket. Bartlett and Mayor Hudson denied the specific charges and Ogden said investigations would continue with federal Prohibition input.
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J. D. Bartlett
Jamies M. Ogden
Ogden
Indiana State Bar Association
Bloomington
Tippecanoe
The
Times
John B. Hudson
Bartlett
John H. Kluth
A. G. Eversole
Tippecanoe County
Hudson
Indiana
Sousa Injured in Fall Aboard Leviathan
John Philip Sousa, 76, the band master and composer, fell on the S. S. Leviathan as he walked the companion way. He suffered severe scalp lacerations, was treated by ship surgeons, and taken to his home at Sands Point L I.
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United Press
New York
John Philip Sousa
Sands Point
L. I
In the Air Weather Report Brief
In the air at a.m. conditions show a south wind at 10 miles per hour with tric temperature readings omitted and text truncated from OCR.
Temperature Readings Hourly Report
A brief hourly temperature update shows readings at 6 am 86 degrees 7 am 87 degrees and 9 am 86 degrees. The data lists times in the morning with corresponding temperatures for the local area.
Mooney Case Witness Admits Perjury From Baltimore
John MacDonald, jailed in Baltimore, says his prior California testimony identifying Thomas Mooney and Warren K. Billings as participants in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing was false. He seeks to undo the wrong and awaits San Francisco authorities, renewing hopes for pardons for the two labor leaders.
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Ryu
United Press
Baltimore
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
San Francisco
John MacDonald
MacDonald
California
Baltimore Post
Mooney Defense Committee
Mooney-Billings
J. John MacDonald
State of California
Thomas Mooney
Mooney
Hall of Justice
Charles Ruzicka
Billings
Trenton
N. J
Mexico's Portes Gil Heads to Mayo Clinic in Minnesota
Emilio Portes Gil former provisional president of Mexico travels to the United States with Senora Portes Gil. She will enter the Mayo Clinic at Rochester Minnesota for treatment today.
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United Presa
Mexico
CATY
Emilio Portes Gil
United States
Senora Portes Gil
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
Boy 15 Kills Father After Threats in Home
Henry Frederick Alt, 15, is to face a coroner's jury for the stabbing death of his father John Alt, 55, a carpenter. Neighbors say the father, intoxicated and enraged, threatened to kill the mother. the boy then drove to a neighbor's home before stabbing him in the back with a carving knife as the elder pursued them.
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United Press
Washington
Henry Frederick Alt
John Alt
Henry
Alt
Elsie
Fifteen Thousand Dollar Scotch Shipment Seized
A $15,000 shipment of embossed paper Scotch whisky was seized in the Baltimore & Ohio railroad yards on Friday. The find included 1,728 imperial quarts consigned from Boston to a fictitious address.
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United Press
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Boston
Vacation Joys Contest Offered by The Times
The Indianapolis Times invites 100 word letters on why a vacation benefits mind and body and why it suits the year’s grind, with $5 prizes. Weekly contest also rewards vacation photos with $5, announced every Tuesday. Include names and places on photo backs. Submit letters and snapshots to the Vacation Contest Editor.
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Gwen
Gwendolyn
Times
Indianapolis Times
How the Market Opened
Stocks moved in a narrow, irregular range with quiet trading. Major shares largely unchanged from Friday, with small gains for United States Tobacco Products and other utilities and declines for several industrials and commodities. United States Steel opened at 15814, then eased, while Standard Gas rose to 92 percent.
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Westinghouse Electric
Radio- Keith-Orpheum
United States
Tobacco Products A
Standard Oil of California
Public Service
Sinclair
Consolidated Gas Montgomery Ward
Standard of New Jersey
Atlantic Refining
Vanadium
Standard Brands
Columbia Gas
Texas Corporation
Standard of New York
American Can
International Nickel
American Telephone
United States Steel
Standard Gas
Hoover Dogs Safe From Dog Catcher at White House
President Hoover's five dogs at the White House received state tags from T. E. Powers of the Washington tax assessor's office. Four are Hoover's dogs and one belongs to a presidential secretary. Mr. Hoover avoided the usual dollar license fee.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
White House
T. E. Powers
Senate rests as enemies balk over naval treaty
In Washington on July 12 the Senate delayed action on the London naval treaty as anti treaty forces refused to work on Saturday. President Hoover canceled plans to visit his RapidAn camp and the secret papers remain with Senator Reed, with Britain objecting to publication. Sir Ronald Lindsay visited the state department.
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Hoover
Senate
Rapidan
White House
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Rep
Dawes
MacDonald
England
Ronald Lindsay
State Department
Gasoline War Ends as Prices Set to 19 Cents
Los Angeles motorists head to work at 19 cents a gallon, a price agreed by leading oil firms to end a costly price war. Standard Oil announces return to former price and other majors likely follow, stopping a conflict that cost Los Angeles about 75,000 dollars daily.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Standard Oil Company
Todev
Secials
Richfield
O. G
Street Car Plunge Kills Dozens at Barracas Bridge
A heavily loaded street car fell from the Barracas drawbridge into the Rio Chuelo near Buenos Aires. Five lives were saved initially and officials feared up to seventy passengers drowned. Motorman among the five saved as the boat escaped. The Rio Chuelo feeds into the Rio Plata in southern Buenos Aires.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
Barracas
Zizi Lambrino heads to Romania with son Mircah
Paris July 12 Mme Zizi Lambrino the former wife of King Carol of Romania leaves for northern Romania with her son Mircah. She says she will avoid Bucharest and the king but hopes he will help educate their son.
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King Carol
United Press
Paris
Mme
Zizi Lambrino
Carol of
Horton Smith Tops Field in Golf Classic
Horton Smith led the final drive at Interlachen in the 34th National Open, with a 142 at halfway and a closing push as Bobby Jones and Charley Lacey closed the gap. Lacey, a 23 year old English caddy from Pine Valley, surged to contention with a 70 last round as 10 players battled for the $10,000 title.
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Horton Smith
Frank Getty
United Press
Interlachen Country Club
Minneapolis
Interlachen
Joplin
Gallant Fox
Bobby
Harry Cooper
Chicago
Charley Lacey
Pine Valley
N. J
MacDonald Smith
Johnny Farrell
Tommy Armour
Walter Hagen
Whiffy Cox
Johnny Golden
Charles Lacey
Vine Valley
Glen Ellyn
Orchard Lake
Brooklyn
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
New York
Johnn Farrell
Mamaron Oal Bsa
Norton
Can
Links
Lacey
Hogs Show Stronger Trend at City Yards
Hogs were firmer at Union stockyards with prices up from Friday. Bulk hogs 160 to 250 pounds sold 9.70 to 19.00 with a top of 10. Receipts around 3,000 with 208 holdovers. cattle and calves steady and sheep and lambs unchanged. Chicago receipts 10,000 with 8,000 direct. holdovers 2,000. Also report of a Frank Overbay death in Vincennes, Ind from farm machinery accident.
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Chicago
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