Nation wide drought takes a heavy toll
Washington reports the worst drought in U S history with widespread crop damage and soaring prices. Fires threaten eastern forests as rivers shrink and fish die. Heat nears 100 degrees in the capital for a ninth summer day while forecasts hint cooler relief in parts of the Midwest and Atlantic seaboard.
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Washington
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
Mid-West
Atlantic Seaboard
South
Capital
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Middle Northwest
Southwest
Stocks Show Modest Bulls Rally Amid Mixed Trade
New York markets opened with mixed activity as bulls tried to lift trading. Gains appeared in U S Steel American Can and Standards of N J while utilities and Warner Bros weighed. Major issues like Westinghouse, Du Pont and International Telephone rose one to two points. Diamond Watch climbed over six. Directors set Thursday for dividend action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude A. Tagger
Associated Press
New York
Middle West
U.S. Steel
American Can
Standards
N. J
California
Rising & Point
American Telephone
Westinghouse Electric
du Pont
International Telephone
National Dairy
Vanadium
American Tobacco
Liggett and Myers
Electric Autolite
United Aircraft
American Smelting
Atchison
Diamond Watch
Warner Bros
Siegrid Wagner Dies at 61 in Bayreuth
Siegrid Wagner son of the composer Richard Wagner died in Bayreuth at age 61 after weeks in a local hospital from heart weakness following lobular pneumonia. With his death the mainstay of the Bayreuth Musical Festivals passes away, several months after his mother Cosima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayreuth
Germany
Siegrid Wagner
Richard Wagner
Many Warm Contests In The Primary
The notice lists polling places and street addresses across wards and precincts including Bolvar Street, Lena Franke residence, 1225 W Main, Far mier s Home, Fisher s Garage, Jefferson, St Marys Boulevard, Trip ensure Carpenter Shop, Barber Shop, Clark Avenue and Milter Street, Monroe Street 1217, and State Park as part of ongoing primary polling details.
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Bolvar
Mrs. Lena Franke
W. Main Street
Fourth Ward
Farmier's Home
Fisher
Jefferson
Martin Beck
St. Mary's Boulevard
Fifth Ward
Trippensee Carpenter Shop
Clark Avenue
Milter Street
Monroe Street
State Park
Burglar Alarm Turns On Man in Chicago
In Chicago on a hot night Mrs. Schlesslinger woke her husband shouting burglars. He fired at a dark corner and wounded George Samuels, a burglar, who groaned and was captured. The incident ended with no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Andrew Schlesslinger
Radio Star Marjorie Mansell Freed On Writ
Detroit radio figure Marjorie Mansell, held in the Buckley killing case, was released on a habeas corpus writ. Buckley, a radio political commentator, was gunned down, and Mansell’s release follows court action in the high-profile investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Marjorie Mansell
Gerald E
Jerry) Buckley
VERNIGHT in Missouri and other AP brief items
Bulletins from Missouri across several towns report arrests after raid actions by federal prohibition agents and expected further arrests. In Poplar Bluff a man died when his car overturned, while a passenger was rescued from the burning vehicle. Other notes cover a Missouri Farmers’ Association stance on a taxation program, a boy’s death in Fulton from a wagon accident, a Westminster College appointment, a Missouri City widow’s shotgun death case, a Kingston area fatal car accident, and bees disappearing in St. Louis Jefferson and Franklin counties amid a dry spell.
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Hannibal
Prohibition
Poplar Bluff
William Vanderpool
Edith Groves
Cape Girardeau
Columbia
Wiliam Hirth
Missouri Farmers’ Association
Missouri
State Survey Commission
St. Louis
Kansas City
Farmers' Association
Fulton
Milton Ruloff
Charles Evans
Oklahoma City
Central Normal School
Oklahoma
Westminster College
Westminster
Seth Lewellen
Missouri City
Liberty
Braymer
Will Henkins
Catawba
Kingston
Jefferson
Franklin Counties
Bees Seek Blooming Gardens In Water Sprinkled Areas
The remaining bees in Platte City, Missouri, drink honey from spring gathers and drift to gardens with water and flowers. In nearby Herey, A F P Gossell, 21, drowned trying to save his brother Redman, 13, who also died in the Platte River. In Mexico, Mo., William Yates and George Austin of Slater, eastbound Chicago and Alton freight train No. 88 engineers and fireman, were injured when their train crashed into a local freight train at Barber.
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Platte City
Gossell
Platte River
Redman
Mexico
William Yates
George Austin
Slater, Mo
Chicago and Alton
Barber
New Quakes Hit Italy Causing Panic in Melfi Rio Nero
Giornale DItalia reports a fresh earthquake at 12:10 p m striking Melfi and Rio Nero. City Hall in Rio Nero damaged while Melfi suffered no notable monetary loss but citywide panic ensued. Both towns lie in the central earthquake zone recently battered, with Melfi near an extinct volcano crater in the Apennines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potenza
Italy
Giornale D'Italia
Melfi
Rio Nero
Apenine Hills
Sheriff Sale Notice in Cole County Missouri 1930
By virtue of a General Execution from the Circuit Court of Cole County Missouri Geneva McKinney sues Arthur Bryant. The sheriff will auction land in Section 13 and Section 24 Townships 5 45 14 and 45 13 on August 7 1930 at the Cole County Courthouse Jefferson City for cash to satisfy the judgment and costs BEN PRENGER Sheriff.
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Circuit Court
Cola County
Missouri
Geneva McKinney
Arthur Bryant
Cole County
Cole County Court House
Jefferson
Cole
Ben Prenger
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San Afa Wagner
Zeisler
J. D. Reed Coal Co
Reschenicel Theatre
Fusk
American Federation of Musicians
Broadway
United States
Canade
Dosefel
Il-Weber
Muhwur
Radio Star
Held 'S Milling
Vernight
Pope’s
Carl V. Mace
E. W. Decker
Harmony
E. Blaser
Fred Tanner
PANIG
First National Savings Department
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