Forest Fire in Idaho Battles Wide Dew on Region
SPOKANE WA Aug 21 Firefighters fought a sprawling network of blazes across Idaho Montana Washington and British Columbia as winds fanned flames. In Avery Idaho nearly 2 000 acres burned while about 10 000 fighters battled to stop the front. Boise National Forest reported 20 000 acres burned over the weekend with seven small mines damaged at an estimated 86 000 dollars. Canadian fronts showed 38 fires near Nelson while Canyon City faced a threatened blaze checked by Owen. California Plumas National Forest suffered a major out of control fire burning 60 hours.
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Idaho
Montana
Washington
British Columbia
Vmlames
Selway Rational
Boise National Forest
Boise
Cabinet Forest
Nelson
B. C
Canyon City
Owen
California
Plumas National Forest
Shadow serial threat ends as trio arrested in East St. Louis
Light On Shadow reports that "The Shadow" has been captured and his three parts lectured and sent home to a mother. Twelve prominent East St. Louisans received letters with the message Death is your pal signed The Shadow. Each note bore a crude drawing of a hooded figure leading a skeleton. Police arrested two mall boys and a girl described as "having fun."
Vermans Simpkins testifies in Camden divorce case
Vermans Simpkins, 26, told the court he wanted to leave his wife and that she put him out with a milk bottle after he testified in their divorce proceedings.
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Camden
N. J
Vermans Simpkins
Weather notes for Tennessee and Virginia
Mostly cloudy with chances of showers in Tennessee tonight and Wednesday. Extreme west slightly warmer tonight. Virginia fair and milder interior tonight, Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer with possible showers in north and west. Yesterday’s high 94 with no rain on either date. readings taken at 6 pm daily.
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Tennessee
West
East
Virginia
Lovebirds Skip Hotel Bill in Boardwalk Escape
Don Carlos former Boardwalk orchestra leader is jailed on charges of defaulting hotel bills totaling 31 dollars. His bride Charlotte Reid 18 of Richmond VA is detained. They admitted sleeping three nights under the Boardwalk after skipping two hotels.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Don Carlos
Boardwalk Orchestra
Charlotte
Pegey" Reid
Richmond
Transportation Strike Imminent Across Chicago
Union leaders weigh a general transit strike as 20,000 workers could walk out if the Amalgamated Association approves the plan at a Detroit meeting. The report notes prior strikes in elevated lines and a Milwaukee riot involving gas, bombs, and police actions.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Oligo
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Milwaukee
Avyere
FERA
Schuschni gg and Mussolini Meet in Florence
Unconfirmed rumors from Florence report Premier Mussolini and Chancellor Schuschnipe meeting to draft a mutual assistance clause for a tri-country Austro-Italian accord allowing Italy to march into Austria if needed. Sources say the two leaders met with Italian under-secretary Fulvio Suvich after Schuschchnige's train arrival.
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A. E. Stuntz
Associated Press
Florence
Italy
Mussolini
Schuschnipe
Austria
Suvich
Mussalini
Schuschnige
Fulvio Suvich
Villa de Marines
Rity
Roosevelt to Attend Rainey Funeral Then Hyde Park Visit
President Roosevelt planned to attend the funeral of Speaker Henry T. Rainey in Carrollton Illinois and then travel to Hyde Park New York to establish the Summer White House. A cabinet and emergency agencies review was held at the White House for the national recovery program amid ongoing questions about reorganization.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Roosevelt
Henry T. Rainey
Carrollton
Ilinois
Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
Mr. Rainey
Hoover
Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
White Mouse
National Recovery Administration
Relief Directors Hold Conference in Nashville
TERA relief directors and unemployment administrators from 82 Tennessee counties gathered for a two day institute to discuss low unemployment relief and rural rehabilitation. Col Walter L Simpson said the aim was to unite county workers to address their own problems and provide scientific relief where every dollar counts. He cautioned against tapping families with alternative resources and emphasized practical field readiness.
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Nashville
TERA
Tennessee
State Relief Headquarters
Walter L. Simpson
Simpson
Anchorage headline on errant pilot Dorbandt in Alaska
Pilot Dorbandt fled authorities in a single engine flight from Anchorage carrying little fuel promising never to return. He later landed 50 miles away at Susitna Station and continued toward an unannounced destination amid government charges and a smuggling complaint. Marvell Sassen reported Dorbandt’s night stay and noon departure from Susitna.
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Point Barrow
Inspecton
Seattle
Marvell Sassen
Susitna Station
Anchorage
Dorbandt
Susitna
Sassen
Huey Long Looms Over New Orleans In Widening Clash
New Orleans officials fear Long will reveal vice and gambling in the city government as he remains secretive after two days at a Baton Rouge fishing camp. Mayor Walmsley’s machine braces for action and a special police force stands ready amid a state crisis. Governor Allen’s decisive legislature gives power for a sweeping inquiry into New Orleans affairs.
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New Orleans
Huey Long
Poliyticians
T. Semmes Walmsley
Long
Baton Rouge
O. K. Allen
Lang
Louisiana
Wyoming Goes to Poles Huge Field
Cheyenne Wyoming Aug 21 voters faced the largest field of primary candidates in state history as they chose among contenders for statewide and federal offices. Paul R Greever Cody Democrat and former Rep Charles E Winter Casper Republican were unopposed in the house bid. Mahoney Democrat now serving by appointment topped the Senate slate, unopposed. Republican hopefuls included Vincent Carter Harry P Lisley J Elmer Brock and M H Underwood. Governor Leslie A Miller sought renomination with T D O Neil opposing.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Paul R. Greever
Cody
Charles E. Winter
Anti Christianity Move Feared in Catholic Circles
Berlin dispatch reports Nazi propaganda firing an anti Christianity barrage causing grave apprehension among Catholics and some Protestants. Hitler signals for Christian abb. Goebbels hints at threats to Catholics and Mueller plans a nationwide church drive from autumn to spring. Hesitancy over a Vatican concordat grows as Hindenburg dies shifts Nazi church experiments. Nordland praises Rosenberg urging a fight against Christianity and urging Germans to sever ties with alien priests and the Jewish Christian conception of sin.
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Walter E. Brockmann
Presa
Berlin
Hitler
Hamburg
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reichsbishop
Ludwig Mueller
Catican
Paul von Hindenburg
Mueller
August Hoppe
Hitler Y Youth Press Department
Nordland
Alfred Rosenberg
Third Reich
Hogpe
Hopper
Keightey Olive Branch May Fail in Pittsburgh
In the 10 day strike at Aluminum Company of America nearly 10 000 workers face a 2 30 p m deadline on a five point peace proposal from Fred Keightly U S labor department counsellor. Aluminum Co president Roy A Hunt rejects council demands for recognition and a wage contract while pickets remain at Pittsburgh plants and others nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Fred Keightly
U. S. Labor Department
National Council For Aluminum Workers
Pat _ Roy A. Hunt
Aluminum Company
Keightly
Olive
Council
National Labor Relations Board
Massena
N. Y
East St. Louis
Alcoa
Tenn
Hunt
Rich butterflies end Gretna Green tale in Pittsburgh
Truck driver Thomas Creen renounces his 18 year old wife Colletta Malvi after discovering she plots an annulment to wed Manila legislator Isidore Parades. Creen swears he will beat her to the punch, declaring he never loved her and calls her a "rich butterfly" who cannot boil water. Colletta travels toward the mountains as Creen plans his own departure and legal steps follow.
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Colletta Mulvihill
Thomas J. Mulvihill
Mt. Lebanon
Thomas Green
Wellsburg
W. Va
San Francisco
Sidlian Paredos
Manila
Colletta
Parredos
Philippines
Pittsburgh
Thomas Creen
Colletta Malvi
Creen
Wells
Juer
Wordsy
Grove City
Ste
Isidore Parades
Thomas Ij Mulvihill
Open wheat conference abandons quota talks for new season
London August 21 The world wheat conference gave up attempts to reach an export quota accord today and approved unrestricted wheat shipping at least until November. No full meeting occurred as a seven nation sub committee began drafting a new agreement featuring quarterly quota adjustments, while price based schemes were dropped for now.
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London
Russia
Argentina
Sime
Tax Dodgers To Be Put Into Jail In Newark
Newark authorities pledge strict collection of four million dollars in overdue personal property taxes. After 30 years of lax enforcement, Finance Director Parnell orders zeal to enforce the ordinance allowing tax sales and jailing residents whose assets fail to cover the citys claim.
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Newark
N. J
Parnell
Nazi Vigilance Stirred By Hitler Plea For Unity
Berlin reports warned of intensified Nazi vigilance against communists after a plebiscite in which more than four million voters backed Hitler. The Nazi press attacked dissidents as “black sheep” while Hitler vowed to win over the remaining ten percent of Germany to national socialism with rapid, thorough action.
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Berlin
Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Assail Bitterls
Reich
Arbeit, Und Staat
Famous Negro Wishing Tree Fell, Hearts Broken in Harlem
Harlem's beloved Wishing Tree at 81st Street and Seventh Avenue in front of the Lafayette theater was cut down to widen Seventh Avenue. The tree had long been linked to actors like Bert Williams Bill Robinson Florence Mills Ethel Waters Paul Robeson and others who reportedly wished for work beneath its branches. Its loss stirs sentiment among Negro performers and fans who recall the lore of wishes granted. Continued on page six.
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Dale Harrison
New York
Harlem
Bert Williams
Bill Robinson
Florence Mills
Ethel Waters
81St Street
Seventh Avenue
Lafayette Theater
Paul Robeson
Federal official faces Tennessee political feud in Nashville
Postmaster General James A. Farley was accused of trying to whip Tennessee Democrats into supporting Gov. Hill McAlister. E L McNeilly Sr keynoted a Democratic faction meeting while Pope supporters gathered in Nashville to name a fusion ticket with Republican Ben W. Hooper for senate and Pope’s candidate for governor against McAlister. Pope supporters debated names as fusion prospects lingered and observers noted possible cross party cooperation.
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Nasvhille
James A. Farsley
E. L. McNeilly, Sr
Hill McAlister
Farley
Suport
McAlister
Lewis
Pope
Kenneth D. McKellar
Nathan L. Bachman
U. S. Senate
McNendy
United States
Roosevelt
Keyr Laoter
Wilson
McNeilly
James A. Farley
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Lewis S. Pope
Republican State Executive Committee
Ben W. Hooper
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Dlaxe
Tenches
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Schuschnigg
City
N.Y
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NRA
Hugh &. Johnson
Perkins
Donald Richberg
Johnson
Miss Perkins
Richberg
Alaska
Frank Corbandt
Ocean
Hitler Youth Movement
Keightey’s Olive Branch
Dumbells and
Rascals
Elmer W. Peterson
Ostmaster General
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