Death Tip For John Dillinger Secretly Aimed at His Death
Chicago July 24. Reports say a hidden tip led federal agents to Dillinger at a North Side theatre. a reward of 16 000 hung over his head. Investigators announced the killer sought to silence Dillinger by arranging the fatal encounter while noting possible “girl in red” involvement and other pursued suspects.
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Joseph Rawlings
Chicago
Gold
John Dillinger
North Side
Diltinger
Dillinger
Melvin Puevis
Purvis
Indiana
Homer &. Cummings
Chircago
Hawaii
mid-Pacific
Martin Zarkovich
Ind
Zarkovich
Cook County
Middle West
Bo rah Denounces Huge Monopolies In Idaho Speech
Senator William L Bo rah denounced monopolies as the most insidious and successful enemy of the New Deal at Pioneer Day in St Anthony Idaho He warned defenders of monopoly they must fight in the open and said monopolies hurt purchasing power of farmers and workers The speech linked monopoly to blocked recovery and price fixing and continued on page six
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ST. Anthony
Idaho
William L. Borah
Nominations for Senate Seats Heat Up Across States
Nominations for seats in the United States senate will engage hundreds of thousands of voters in August with primaries in 13 states. Democratic contenders surge in West Virginia Missouri Nebraska Ohio California and Mississippi while Republican Simeon D. Fess faces a challenge in Ohio. Additional primaries or nominations are planned in Tennessee and Wyoming with ten senate seats up this year along with 118 house seats and nine governorships.
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Associated Press
United States
Senate
West Virginia
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
California
Mississippi
Simeon D. Fess
Tennessee
Wyoming
House
Kenneth McKellar
John R. Neal
Nathan
L. Bachman
Cordell Hull
Gordon Browning
North Dakota lawmakers push impeachment bid amid quorum gap
In Bismarck ND legislators sought to impeach Governor William Langer after Attorney General Savre advised the house could act as an impeaching body. With only 42 of 49 representatives present and 37 needed, a quorum remained elusive as a committee awaited strength to proceed.
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N. D
North Dakota
Senate
William Langer
Unrequited Love Drives Tragedy in Ramsey NY Story
William Storms, 52, spurned by Miss Jennie Quackenbush, resolves to leave town after banking his $3,600. He returns home, shoots a horse, starts a barn fire, and dies amid the blaze, a tale of heartbreak and desperate acts from July in Ramsey.
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William Storms
Dale Harrison Ramsey
Storms
Jennie Quackenbush
Willian
Weather notes show fair warm conditions Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee sees fair and warm weather with mild tonight and Wednesday. Virginia reports generally fair conditions with possible local thundershowers Wednesday afternoon in the southwest, slightly warmer on Wednesday in the north and central areas.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Generals
Search for Negro youth in slaying case near reform school
Pikeville Tennessee July 24 a large posse with bloodhounds combed southern East Tennessee for Eugene Benn a 16 year old Black boy wanted in the slaying of a reform school guard W E Townsend aged 61 Benn reportedly crept up and fired a single shot striking Townsend in the head Mitchell the state assistant superintendent said Benn a trusted room boy allegedly stole a night watchman’s firearm and may have fled into the woods He questioned why such an act occurred amid heat and unrest among the Black youths under Townsend’s supervision
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Pikeville
Tenn
East
Tennessee
W. F. Mitchell
Aarlbultica
Eugene Benn
Neisro
Mitchell
Benn
W. E. Townsend
Tate
Townsend
Texas Prison Board Probes Sensational Escape
Three fugitives Raymond Hamilton Joe Elmer and Blackie Thompson fled from a Texas prison sparking a statewide hunt by state and federal officers and Texas rangers. W A Paddock chaired a board session as the escape prompted threats of deadly confrontations with pursuing authorities. Three companions were shot during the escape with Whitey Walker killed Charlie Frazier fatally wounded Roy Johnson injured.
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Huntsville
Texas
Oklahoma
Exas State Prison Board
W. A. Paddock
Houston
Texas Rangers
Raymond Hamilton
Southwest
Joe Elmer
Blackie” Thompson
J. B. Holderby
Fort Worth
Whitey Walker
Charlie Frazier
Roy Johnson
Browning speaks at Blountville ending campaign tour
U S Senatorial hopeful Gordon Browning addressed a large crowd at the Blountville courthouse praising the government and TVA as a major East Tennessee achievement. He attacked incumbent Nathan Bachman, pledged full time for Sullivan County, and argued against debt cancellation while stressing farmer concerns and international debt terms. He also stopped in Kingsport before returning to East Tennessee, signaling the race's heated mood.
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Gordon Browning
U. S
Nathan E. Bachman
Court House
Blountville
Rep. Browning
Sen. Bachman
Sullivan County
Blount
Yille
Browning
Kingsport
East Tennessee
Bank Raid at Oxford Spurs Vigilante Action
Four machine gunners robbed the Oxford bank of about 5000 dollars and took five hostages in Kas July 24. Marion Carson Lumber Co patron and bank caller was wounded. A bandit and several bystanders were injured by vigilante gunfire as the robbers escaped in a dark blue sedan bearing Oklahoma tags. Hostages were released shortly after. Donley and Jester were briefly detained.
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Oxford
Marion Carson
All Lumber Company
Homer’ Jester
Daisy Bay
Donley
Winfield
Wellington
J. E. Campbell
Jester
Miss Bay
Campbell
Oklahoma
Frisco Strike Poll Draws Big Crowd for Bachman Speech
Senator Bachman, touted as Roosevelt ally and farmer friend, spoke at 3 p.m. in the city hall courtroom to a large audience. Judge Guy Chase introduced him while J. Fred Johnson presided, praising Bachman as one of the finest men known. Bachman expressed support for constructive New Deal measures and pledged backing if reelected.
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Tennessee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nathan Fy
Bachman
Guy Chase
Johnson
J. Fred Johnson
Roose_velt
Record Heat Wave Grips Kingsport Sets Highs
The heat wave in Kingsport reaches new highs as July averages rise to 98 degrees with days over 100. Farmers lose livestock and crops suffer while hospitals report few heat prostrations. Nationwide death toll rises to 535 as heat grips the nation.
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Kingsport
Associated Press
Midwest
Muscartine
A la
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
Great Lakes
Chicago
Hosiery Workers Protest Wage Cut at Holston Plant
About 400 Holston Manufacturing hosiery workers walked out in Knoxville as plant president J P Gant announced roughly a 19 percent wage cut after a three week shutdown. Workers say the new arrangement is a form of a stretching out system. A knitter cited pay dropping from 4.75 to 2.50 per hundred socks while machine count rose from 15 to 18. Gant said 75 percent capacity was needed to meet wages, but market competition and 40 percent capacity forced the shutdown option.
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Knoxville
Holston “Manufacturing Company
J.P .Gant
Chicago
A. Mo
Deoah
Unio
Federa
Philip L. Sullivan
O. T. Henkle
Th Company
Jude
Compan
Wnfei
Thomas Flannagan
Th Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers’ Union of America
Henkle
Plains States
Upturn in Baltimore business tied to reemployment
Joseph L. Wheeler of the Enoch Pratt Free Library reports a definite upturn in Baltimore business since the year began. He bases his finding on fewer books borrowed, suggesting that reemployment has reduced idle time for reading.
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Baltimore
Joseph L. Wheeler
Enoch Pratt Free Library
NRA Fast Tracks 144 Industries Into New Codes
Washington July 24 NRA moves rapidly to attach 144 businesses to codes within two weeks after July 10 as Hugh S Johnson ordered a 30 day cleanup of 262 pending codes. By August 10 nearly 100 more are expected to join the basic code, leaving only 25 or 30 small industries to be placed under government authority. Many industries merged into existing groups such as fly swatter and hog fuse rings under fabricated metals and bee equipment under farm equipment.
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Washington
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Labor strife flares across coast as longshore vote awaited
AP reports labor tensions rising with a coastwide maritime walkout looming. Longshore board polls sought once more, while nonunion workers clear docks in San Francisco Portland and Seattle. Guard plans and arrest threats shape tense talks as unions seek higher wages and wider recognition.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast Maritime Workers
National Longshore Board
Portland
Seattle
Minneapolis
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
National Guard
Olson
A.G. Bainbridge
Guard
Chicago
St. Joseph
New York
Staten Island
Central Foundry Company
Holt
Ala
Rome
Harriman Hosiery Mills
William Green
Th American Federation of Labor
Harriman, Teyn
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