Heat relief sweeps nation as cool spell returns
After weeks of swelter the nation cooled with widespread showers and lower temperatures. Only Little Rock and Oklahoma City exceeded 100 degrees while states from Kansas to the midwest posted mid 70s to 80s. A Louisville wind storm injured seven and damaged property. several heat related deaths were reported in Cincinnati and elsewhere.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Oklahoma City
Shreveport
Fort Worth
Texas
Raleigh
N. C
Abilene
San Antonio
Charleston
S. C
Vicksburg
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Kansas
Dodge City
Wichita
Concordia
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Louisville
Kentucky
Corn Belt
Rocky Mountain
New England
Missouri
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pilattsburgh
N. Y
Adirondacks
Belief Rears Over Memphis Bootleg Slay Case
Deputy Prohibition Administrator Finis E. Wilson says there is no basis for sheriff deputies’ theory that a Memphis death was tied to bootlegger revenge against an undercover agent. Miss Clara Patterson’s identity remains uncertain as fingerprint work proves inconclusive due to decomposition.
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Memphis
Finis E. Wilson
Clara Patterson
Little Rock
Ark
Charles Garibaldi
Endurance flight tied to world record at St Louis
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine neared a new world endurance refueling record after 504 hours aloft at Lambert Field. They aimed to surpass the Hunter brothers’ 554 hour mark, supported by a $7,000 incentive and continued media interest.
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WT. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
C.S.T
Jackson
Hunter Brothers
Sparta Illinois
Chicago
Lambert-St. Louis Field
St. Louis
Brine
Oil
Bill Pickens
Fire kills mother and two children in Johnson City amusement park cottage
Five people died and two were badly burned when a six room cottage at Coxs Lake amusement park caught fire in the early morning. Mrs. Hugh Lee Witt, 25, and her children Hugh Lee Witt Jr 2 and Marie Witt 3 perished in their beds along with Iva Witt 16 and Paul Reeder 25 an employee at the park. Hugh Lee Witt 26 and his father Charles Witt 50 survived in serious condition. Authorities suspect a cigarette or matches ignited fireworks stored in the cottage.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Here
Hugh Lee Witt
Hugh Lee Witt, Jr
Marie Witt
Iva Witt
Paul Reeder
Charles Witt
Cox’s Lake
Ira Witt
Witt
Hugh Lee Wit
Milwaukee
American Glanzstoff Company
William Reeder
Rio Vista
Elizabethton
Witts
Knoxville
Noah E. Whaley
Bank Closed in Gary After President Found Dead
The American State Bank of Gary was closed by its directors after the body of president Albert De Fries 42 was found at his home. Authorities believed his death was by gas, possibly self-inflicted. The closure awaits state examiner audit. bank resources totaled 886000 on July 1.
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Gary
Ind
American State Bank of
Albert de Fries
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Forecast Summary
Tennessee fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Virginia fair and cool with diminishing winds into Tuesday. Yesterday’s high reached 95 and low 67 with 1.02 inches of rain. Readings taken at 6:30 p m daily by C L Bunn U S W O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
U. S
Memphis mystery death linked to undercover informer angle
Memphis investigators focus on whether a young woman found in a culvert was killed for being an alleged police informer. The body, unrecoverable by standard methods, may be Clara Patterson a hotel cashier by day and rumored undercover agent by night. Garibaldi cites hundreds who would have named her. Patterson vanished June 16 leaving clothing and a leaving note at the hotel.
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Clara Patterson
Memphis
Charles Garribaldi
Garibaldi
Prohibition Figures Largely in Fourth Primary of Week
The shadow of Alfred E. Smith looms over Alabama Arkansas and Nebraska primaries with prohibition a major factor in the fourth state. Alabama voters choose a successor to Senator Heflin who runs as an independent. John H Bankhead and Frederick I Thompson seek the Democratic nomination. Nebraska to nominate opposition to Senator Norris with issues of farm relief tariff and prohibition shaping the Republican contest. Norris faces W W Stebbin and Aaron Read as campaign focuses on Norris’s cooperation with the administration.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Alabama
Arkansas
Nebraska
J. Thomas Heflin
George W. Norris
Smith
Norris
W. W. Stebbin
Aaron Read
Stebbin
Governors 12 States to Hold Conference
President to ask men appointed to commissions from each state. Weather bureau predicts showers across drought areas over the next 36 hours in Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Kansas Nebraska and possible relief for Ohio Valley by midweek. Some rain may not materialize and temperatures cool from recent heat. Hoover returns to White House after Virginia weekend.
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North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Weather Bureau
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Plains States
Hoover
White House
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Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
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Wisconsin
Iowa
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Kansas Wee
Delaware
Maryland Oreeseeeswecessece
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
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Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Sk Bebesapeliense
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Washington
Annee
Oregon
California
Bombing of Mines Shocks Providence Kentucky
An orange monoplane dropped nine bombs on coal mines around Providence Kentucky killing no one and causing no property damage. Explosions rattled the town as miners assembled, with several bombs failing to explode. Authorities sought the aircraft from Illinois towns and considered Governor Sampson for troops, though detectives were favored.
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Providence
Illinois
Clay City
Here
Ruckman
Meador, Young and Holt
Diamond Mine Company
Meador, Holt and Young Company
Harrisburg
Ill
Sampson
United Mine Workers’ of America
Inquiry Started Into Odd Plunge Plane Into Tank
In Chicago a coroner and aviation officials convene a jury to probe the crash of a cabin monoplane into a Peoples Gas tank killing two sisters Mary Laws 24 and Eugenia Laws 22 and pilot Orville Suchy after a lightning storm. The accident prompts talk of revising city air regulations.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
Reed Landis
Mary Laws
Eugenia Laws
Orville Suchy
Peoples Gas, Light and Coke Co
Bundesen
Court orders soup for the Gosha family in Pittsburgh
Aug 11 report recalls a magistrate ordering Mrs. Gosha to cook soup daily after a domestic dispute led to a furniture-throwing incident. The mandate followed two weeks of no soup since Tony Gosha had teeth pulled, prompting the curious dietary remedy.
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Pittsburgh
Goshas
Tony Gosha
Customs guard and Mexican killed in border gun battle
In LAFERIA Texas a customs guard and a Mexican national were killed in a border gun battle. The confrontation occurred near the border crossing with limited additional details available.
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Laferia
Tex
Crash Fatal Claims Life Of Veteran In Tennessee
John Hobson Vaughn 35 a World War II veteran died from injuries from a Saturday night auto accident on Woodbury pike Funeral services were held today in Murfreesboro Tennessee.
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Murfreesboro, Tenn
John Hobson Vaughn
Woodbury Pike
Sister of Tennessee Chief Justice dies after fall
Miss Sallie Faw aged 79 sister of Chief Justice Geo Carter Faw of the Tennessee court of appeals died after a stairway fall in Knoxville visiting Mrs Hattie Broyles. She slipped and fractured her skull and died within an hour.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Sallie Faw
Geo. Carter Faw
Tennessee Court of Appeals
Miss Faw
Hattie J. Broyles
Broyles
Miss Fan
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