Violence Fears Persist as Minneapolis Truck Strike Deepens
Minneapolis remains under military rule after Governor Floyd B. Olson authorized guards to control downtown as violence and injuries from the truck drivers strike rose. Federal mediators drafted settlement terms, with drivers accepting but employers partially rejecting.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Minneapolis
National Guardsmen
Chicago Union
Pacific Coash
Sim’ Francisco
Mediation Board
Minn
Floyd B. Olkon
Francis Haas
HB. Dunnigan
National Guard
E. A. Walsh
Luc
Weather summary for Tennessee and Virginia
Local thundershowers possible this afternoon or tonight in Tennessee with cooler air in the west and south this evening. In Virginia thundershowers expected tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions Saturday and in the extreme north tonight.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Policy change expands county press releases by officials
Tennessee emergency administration lifts prior news release restrictions after approval of TERA projects. Colonel Walter L. Simpson confirms county administrators may publish discussions of approved activities while keeping formulation details confidential to avoid false hopes.
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Tera
Wille
LPIA
Fatonmenen
Sidaninistrators
Walter L. Simpson
Tennessee
Journalists jailed again over refused source reveal
In Danville Kentucky Judge Harlan ordered reporter Wesley Cary and fellow Danville pressman held in contempt for a third day for not disclosing a confidential source on a story about a state representative. The Capital Press Club praised the reporters while condemning the judge. Francois Gevaurt noted as a notable musical savant.
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Danville
Urkar
Wesley Cary
Feliow
Harlan
Tor
Leonard urged to go west as tale of two households emerges
Brooklyn news column recounts John Leonard and wife trouble with magistrate O Dwyer advising a cross country move on ten cents. Leonard stays in Brooklyn while Mrs Leonard weighs further action as economic strains and quarrels surface.
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Dale Harrison
Brooklyn
John Leonard
Points West
Leonard
Rockies
San Francisco Bay
Lettie
Fletcher Avers Dems Will Spend Money New Deal
Republican chairman Henry P. Fletcher warned of a revolt against the new deal in the middle and northwest states. He predicted increased relief funds and crop checks as campaign finance, with Democrats cited as using government money to fund a looming election drive. Fletcher urged focus on drought relief, reclamation, and tree planting while noting farmers may receive crop reduction payments at peak campaigning.
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Fletcher
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Coun
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TVA Signs Purchase Agreement for Tennessee Public Service Properties
The Tennessee Valley Authority and Tennessee Public Service Company sign a contract to sell TVA the electric properties in Knoxville and East Tennessee for 6.088 million dollars. Bondholders must surrender bonds by August 21 at 961.2 and may receive a 965 certificate of deposit per bond.
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Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Public Service Company
Knowville
East Tennessee
David E. Lilienthal
TVA
Guaranty Trust Company of New York
Kingsport Line
Knox County
East Tennnnessee
Street Railray Lines
WaterWire
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Kingsport
Tenn
City of
Reevenues
Hollywood trial ends with hung jury in frame-up case
A Hollywood trials jury deadlocked after two and a half weeks, eight to four in favor of conviction, prompting a retrial set for August 20. Dave Allen of Central Casting and Gloria Marsh denied charges of participating in an immoral party with June DeLong and claimed they were victims of a frame-up.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Marsh
Allen
June DeLong
LeLong
Miss DeLong
Miami Love Triangle Ends in Double Tragedy
In Miami a 21 year old Mary Elizabeth Stephens was killed by Lawrence Bridges who then fatally shot himself after a bitter domestic dispute. Bridges, married with two children, had pursued Stephens for over a year while her attempts to sever the affair drew his threats. The couple’s deaths followed Stephens and Bridges’ wife seeking a peaceful resolution during a family conference.
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Miami
Fla
Mary Elizabeth Stephens
Meider
Lawrence Glenn Bridges
Miss Stephens
Yeateday
Bridges
Western Kentucky Teachers College
Bowling Green
Carrie M. Stephens
Florence B. Stephens
Mary
Arvellas Bridges
Ethlyn
Austrian government braces Vienna defense as unrest rises
Vienna acts to defend the capital with heavy Heimwehr cordons around key government districts. Troops mount machine guns on the Hochhaus roof to command the chancellery area while Ballhausplatz is secured. Widespread sections of the country report near anarchy amid the crisis.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Heimwehr
Dillinger Aides Reported Found in Chicago
Chicago July 27 federal agents held John Dillinger chase figure Anna Sage the woman in red and his girlfriend Polly Hamilton Keele as medical aide James Probasco died after a suspected hospitalings plan. Cowley refused comment on the developments.
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Chicago
John Tillinger
Samuel P. Cowley
Department of Justice
Anna Sage
Dillinger
Polly Hamilton Keele
James Probasco
Hisieutenant
Homer van Meter
Probasco
Federal Bureau
Government Bureau
Keele
Many Missing In Gulf Coast Gale
Houston dispatch reports eight known dead and numerous missing after a Gulf Coast hurricane and tidal wave. Relief workers comb 100 miles of coast from Matagorda to the Sargent area as damage runs into millions of dollars. Some persons rescued from water bound spots and others found alive on improvised platforms amid destroyed crops and buildings.
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Houston
Texas
Reliaf
Texas Gulf Coast
Adolph D. Socha
Matagorda
Heat Wave Ends as Mercury Drops Across Regions
Heat wave tolls large with 1368 deaths nationwide. Cool breezes brought relief and rains to drought areas, easing temperatures from 110 in the Pacific Southwest to 44 in Kansas City. Missouri bore the heaviest losses with 378 deaths, followed by Illinois 362 and Ohio 163. other states reported lower counts as relief began across the country.
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Associated Press
Pacific Southwest
Atlantic
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Kansas City
St. Louis
Italy Keeps 48,000 Troops on Austrian Border Amid Diplomatic Activity
A government spokesman said no further Italian troops will be sent to the Austrian border for now and the Austrian crisis is considered settled. Italy plans to avoid concerted action in Berlin Paris or Rome as German troop concentrations are watched. Mussolini remains wary and France reports war impossible immediately while Papen’s Vienna appointment is viewed favorably to ease tensions.
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John Lloyd
Associated Press
Berlin
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
Vienna
Mussolini
jDollfuss
Il Duce
Rome
Franz von Papen
Hitler
von Papeil
Thhe
Venice
Happe
Paris
Dollfuss
Rieth
Theodore Habicht
U. S
United States
Developments in drought push crop cuts or cattle buy up
Washington reports two drought responses. first, Bankhead act compulsory cotton reductions may be scrapped as shortages threaten production beyond the 10 460 251 bales limit. second, a massive expansion of cattle purchases is planned with Secretary Wallace citing 4 000 000 to possibly 7 000 000 head. weather shows record July dryness across regions.
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Stephen
J. McDonough
Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Wallace
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
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