Shadow of Gov. Smith Looms in Four Primaries
AP dispatch notes Alfred E. Smith looms over three of four state primaries Tuesday Alabama Arkansas Nebraska voters face issues from two years ago with prohibition prominent in all. In Alabama Senator Heflin seeks re election as Independent after being ousted from the primary. Nebraska features Norris facing Way Stebbin and Read with Stebbin attacking Norris for noncooperation. Arkansas sees Robinson campaigning against Campbell with prohibition a national issue. Nebraska Democratic primary includes a Hoover 1928 backer challenging Hitchcock ally Callias. Republican focus in Ohio centers on prohibition and tariff driven contests with Gullock unopposed.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Alabama
Arkansas
Nebraska
J. Thomas ‘Heflin
Way
Stebbin
Andasaron Read
Norris
Wasserting
Ne- Spraska
Hoover
Wennie M. Callias
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Joseph T.robinson
Rom W. Campbell
Wisttle Rock
Robinson
Smith
Ohio
Hubert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
George S. Myerscot
Roscoe C. Gullock
Republcan
Emergency livestock rates urged to ease drought fallout
Topeka Kansas Aug 11 AP 37 H Mercer Kan sas Livestock Association secretary urged emergency rail rates to move cattle west and southwest from weak markets. He asked Missouri Pacific Union Pacific Santa Fe Rock Island St Louis S San Francisco and Missouri Kansas Texas to cut rates to 1 2 or less than 1 2 the current level as drought drives cattle to market and strangles demand.
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Topeka
Kas
Hoovers
H. Mercer
Kansas Livestock Association
San Francisco
Missouri
Kansas-Texas
Hoover
Mercer
Father and three children die in Hinsley fire
In Hinsley Kansas a father Albert Watkins and his three children Erline Elizabeth nine Margaret Alberta eight and Charles Alberta two perished when their home burned. Firemen found the bodies in an upstairs room near a five gallon gasoline can. Neva Watkins wife mother was away at a restaurant when the blaze started. A nearby gas station attendant said he had sold Watkins gasoline.
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Hinsley
Kans
Albert Watkins
Sing Station
Watkins
Prairie Home Social News and Local Visits
Prairie Home notes list Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuhn Sr and family returning from a weekend in Ochettree Kansas, Mrs. George Stemmons in Europe enjoying the Passion Play, the Thursday Night Club postponed until September due to the fair and church meeting, and local residents visiting in Columbia Sedalia Wooldridge and Boonville.
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Prairie Home
Henry Kuhn
Emil Kuhn
E. W
Rosy Kuhn
Ochettree
Kan
Herman
George S. Stemmons
Europe
Oberammergau
Bavaria
Baptist Church
A. F. White
L. M. Enloe
Boonville Hospital
Newel Banard
St. Louis
L. M. Teel
Dorothy Kirschman
Henry Lamm
Wooldridge
Ruby
Fern Morris
Columbia
Mrs. Wilhite
Mr. Wilhite
The
Prairie Home Bank
Afridi Revolt in India Moves Toward Peshawar Front
AP dispatch from Bombay reports Afridi tribesmen press neighboring tribes to join attacks on Peshawar and frontier towns. Censorship delays full details while observers doubt a small force can prevail against British planes and troops. Some link revolt to Afghan king Nadir Shah’s recent campaign and tribal rifts.
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James P. Howe
Associated Press
Bombay
Peshawar
Nadir Shah
Afghanistan
Memphis woman found dead. bootlegging trap theory doubted
Federal Prohibition Agent E J Banet says Clara Patterson’s lodgings may have been used to trap liquor buyers but denies she acted as an informer. He noted agents never use women and ordered batches of liquor to her home, while doubts about the undercover theory persist. Patterson’s body was found in a culvert and identified by family and a Little Rock friend.
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Memphis
Tenn
E. J. Banet
Clara Patterson
Banet
Miss Patterson
Five Burned to Death at Tennessee Amusement Park Fire
Five persons were burned to death and two others seriously injured when a fire destroyed two six room cottages at Cox's Lake amusement park near Johnson City Tennessee. Victims include Mrs. Hugh Lee Witt and three Witt children, Iva Witt, and Paul Reeder. Hugh Lee Witt and his father Charles Witt were hospitalized in serious condition. Fire officials considered fireworks storage in the cottages. The blaze occurred at daylight with victims found in their beds.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Aug
Here
Hugh Lee Witt
Hugh Lee Witt, Jr
Marie Witt
Iva Witt
Paul Reeder
Hugh Lee Witth
Charles Witt
Cox's Lake
Hold Two for Putting Clerk on The Spot
Robert J. Huntington and Robert Garner both 24 from Seattle were seized by police after threatening hotel clerk John Wiggins with being put on the spot last Friday. Huntington had prior theft charges dropped in exchange for paying 86 dollars. a watch was proposed to settle the bill but Wiggins demanded 96 dollars. A brief struggle followed and the pair fled. Wiggins fired one shot. Carter, wife of officer Carter, accompanied them downtown in a police car. Huntington was captured after a chase.
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Ikansas
Robert J. Huntington
Robert Garner
Seattle
Washington
Huntington
John Wiggins
Wiggins
Noted German flyer injured in New York collision
Baron Friedrich Karl Von Warthusen, 24, a German aviator and last year’s Von Hindenburg cup winner, was injured when his car collided with a milk truck on the Hudson river waterfront. He remained unconscious early afternoon but doctors said his condition was not serious and he was expected to recover.
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New York
Baron Friedrich Karl von Warthusen
Hudson River
Stock Market Edges Forward Amid Mixed Crop Signals
The stock market regained footing after a thin lag, with three attempts to advance and later momentum lifting the list above Saturday. Traders cited cooler crop prospects, rail crop surveys, and mixed steel sector signals as influencing factors while short coverings supported gains in industrials like Atchison Union Pacific and New York Central.
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Claud A. Jaggir
Associated Press
New York
Bears
Atchison
Union Pacific
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
Canadian Pacific
Vanadium
John
Maninlle
Auburn
U. S. Steel
Standard of
N. J. Radio
Westinghouse Electric
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
Oklahoma Democrats set runoff for governor and senator
Oklahoma City oil magnate Frank Buttram faces William Henry Alfalfa Murrray for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination while Charles J. Wrightsman and Thomas P. Gore contest the Democratic Senate nod. The party also fields 16 other offices and three congressional races as Republicans prepare six major candidates for tomorrow’s ballots.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
United States
Frank Buttram
William Henry Alfalfa Bi Murray
Tishomingo
Charles J. Wrightsman
Tulsa
Thomas P. Gore
W. B. Pine
J. C
Jack) Walton
North Little Rock Woman Donates 500 To Endurance Fliers
Mrs. Clara Hill of 1803 North Poplar Street offers 500 to Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine of St. Louis for refueling endurance fliers. She says she is not interested in aviation but wished to aid the boys after reading of one flier selling his car to continue flight. Her husband recently died.
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North Little Rock
Ark
Aug
Clara Hill
North Poplar Street
Dale Jackson
Forrest O' Brine
St. Louis
Hill
Showers Bring Relief Across Kansas and Missouri Regions
Showers and steady rains spread relief to drought-stricken Kansas and Missouri as cooler air lowered temperatures. Lawrence and Junction City saw heavy downpours, Maryville reported .60 inch while Chillicothe measured 0.06 inch, and Emporia recorded .71 inch. Forecasters expect mostly cloudy skies with chances of more moisture, especially in western Kansas.
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Kansas City
Aug
Missouri
Kansas
Lawrence
Kas
Junction City
Salina
Emporia
Maryville
Chillicothe
St. Louis
Corn Crop Placed At 2 211 020 000 Bushels Forecast
The USDA pegged the corn crop at 2.2118 billion bushels based on Aug 1 conditions, down from a month earlier and well below last year. Wheat and durum forecasts also updated, with winter wheat at 597.392 million and durum at 48.29 million. Dry conditions in the Middle Atlantic to Mississippi valley and high temps press yields, with overall per acre yields about 5.5 percent below last year. Weather and drought pressures dominate the outlook for feed crops this year.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Crew Reporting Board
Crop Reporting Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Drought Cuts Crop Prospects Across Regions
The report notes the smallest crop since 1991 as hay and grain sorghum plus corn compose half the total acreage. Drought in the Dakotas reduces oats and barley prospects. feed shortages worsen pastures, forcing hay and new corn feeding. Effects spread northward toward New York and Michigan, impacting late fruits, vegetables, and multiple crops across regions.
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Dakotas
New York
Michigan
Arkansas
Alabama
Wilson Near NL Home Run Mark in Cubs Doubleheader
Hack Wilson of the Cubs hit three homers in a doubleheader against the Boston Braves, bringing his season total to 39 and tying his 1929 record. He needs five more and 44 games to set a new National League mark, while Chuck Klein’s 43 from last year stands as the record, ten behind Wilson.
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Chicago
Hack Wilson
Cubs
Cub
Boston Brave
Chuck Klein
Phillies
Wilson
Pluto's Playmates Meteors Seen Tonight in Sky Show
New York reports the annual meteor shower known as Pluto's Playmates or Fiery Tears of St Lawrence will streak the sky tonight at a rate of 50 to 150 meteors per hour. The display, brightest of the year, should be visible from dusk until just before dawn for about two months with varying intensity.
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New York
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