Fort Walton Beach Hit by Gulf Storm and High Tides
A hurricane with winds up to 106 mph unleashed high tides along Florida's coast, striking Fort Walton and Panana City areas. Vessels were unaccounted for while docks, utilities, and roads suffered damage. The Red Cross aided, and officials warned of continuing danger as the storm moved north toward Alabama.
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Pensacola
Fla
Fort Walton
Fila
Army
Valparaiso
Malva
Honduras
Panama City
Florida
Gulf of Brexico
Carrabelle
Mobile
Ala
Bob
Tarpon
Apalachicola
Ketchum
St. Petersburg
Suwanee River
Coast Guard
Jacksonville
Fort Wealton
Choctawnatchee Bay
Douglas Arant
Birmingham
Alabama Bar Association
Lyne Haven
Red Cross
Gulf Coast
Valpar
New Orleans
Weather summary across states with cloudy skies
Weather notices for Tennessee Virginia Kentucky North Carolina indicate cloudy conditions with slight temperature changes. Occasional rain possible in extreme eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina areas, and some states report cool conditions with little to no rainfall yesterday based on daily readings.
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Tennessee
West Land
Virginia
Kentucky
Worth Carolina
Secret clue in hotel murder in Asheville
Chief of Police W J Everett announced the hair clue from Helen Clevenger s hotel bathroom was sent to the FBI for analysis and did not match hotel nightwatchman D A Gaddy. Hair fibers remain a potential lead while Gaddy is held for questioning. another investigation by Sheriff Brown continues.
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Asheville
N. C
W. J. Everett
Helen Clevenger
B. I
Washington
Sian
D. A. Gaddy
Everett
New York University
Fred Jones
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Laurence G. Brown
Gaddy
Marital Strife Involving Luckenbach Heiress Lawsuit
In San Francisco on July 31 a second wife of Lewis Luckenbach filed a suit for 2916.62 claiming back alimony from the 38 year ship company executive. She says payments of 5000 annually for nine years were behind. His third wife Dorothy sued his fourth wife Gladys for 100000 alleging alienation of affections. The fourth wife seeks 1000 monthly separate maintenance.
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San Francisco
Lewis Luckenbach
Steamship Company
Della Louise Luckenbach
Reno
Luckenbach
Dorothy
Gladys
Knox to Tour States Flays New Dealers
Republican vice presidential nominee Col Frank Knox formally accepted his party's ticket at Chicago Stadium before about 25000. He warned voters of regimentation by federal bureaucrats and defended free enterprise, blasting the New Deal as hysterical experiments that hurt business, credit, and foreign trade.
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Chicago
Col
Frank Knox
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Miller to hear Ma Barrett case in Johnson City
Hearing for Ida Ma Barrett proprietress of Barretts Place on Gate City road set before Chancellor S E Miller in Johnson City tomorrow. Court order to show cause why Barretts Place should not be closed followed. order served July 24. hearing moved from July 25. Barrett contends the venue has become a residence with furnishings moved to front hall. The Green Dragon beer garden was closed by similar order about a month ago. John City special. notes public nuisance findings if evidence supports closing.
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Ida “Ma” Barrett
Barrett's Place
Gate City Road
S. E. Miller
Johnson City
Miller
Washington County
Chancery Court
J. Ike Grayson
Pine Grove
Camp Delight
S. B. Miller
Grayson
Kentucky Senate Primary Faces High-Tax Campaign
In Loensville Kentucky July heat the Democratic primary pits five candidates for the United States Senate seat as A B Chandler’s tax policies loom. Incumbent M M Logan and ex-Senator W Beckham along with John Young Brown attack Chandler while K N Salyer Mont Walker run on varied platforms. The race centers on new luxury taxes on ice cream soft drinks cigarettes cosmetics and a broader state tax policy.
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Loensville
Heavtier
A.B. Chandler
Somorrow
United States
Kentucky
M. M. Logan
John Young Brown
Roosevelt
K. N. Salyer
Mont Walker
Logan
Brown
Gay
Chandler
Berkinya
Berney
American Liberty League
Beckham
Tennessee pension measure readied for state law
Tennessee Governor McAlister said he has directed the attorney general to draft a bill enabling the state to participate in unemployment insurance under the Federal social security act. The measure would create a state department to administer the fund and levy a new state tax, with a February 1 deadline tied to 90 percent of federal payroll tax receipts.
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Nashville
Tennessee
McAlister
Roy H. Beeler
General Assembly
Bank Official Improves After Emergency Appendectomy
Chattanooga July 31 Thomas R. Preston 68 president of the Hamilton National Bank was said to be in fairly good condition by Dr B L Jacobs after an emergency appendicitis operation. Preston, former president of the American bankers association, was stricken shortly before midnight and rushed to Erlanger hospital for the procedure.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Thomas R. Preston
Hamilton National Bank
B. L. Jacobs
Preston
American Bankers Association
Erlanger Hospital
London Ballot Fight Delays County Election Plans
Court injunction blocks voting in London for justice of peace race unless voters reside in the city. Chairman Henry R. Bell says the Loudon County election commission will meet to decide next steps. In the prior election the entire first district elected all three magistrates.
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Loudon
Per
London
Henry R. Bell
County Election Commission
J. H. Wallace
Clinton
Election Commission
Quebec Welcomes Roosevelt With Wild Ovation
President Roosevelt arrived in Quebec for a long promised goodwill visit. He was met by Lord Tweedmuir and Canadian officials and greeted by a roaring crowd at the depot. A guard of honor, the Royal 22nd Regiment, saluted as the president departed for the governor general’s garden.
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D. Harold Oliver
Prias
Quebec
Roosevelt
America
Lord Tweedamuir
Canada
Wolfe's Cove Terminal
Mackenzie King
Patenaude
Adelard Godhout
J. S Gregoire
The
Royal 22Nd
United States
Lord Tweedsmuir
Dufferin Terrace
Bennett Suffers Relapse in Injury at Chattanooga Plant
San ford Bennett, president of the Bennett Bardard Candy Company, remained unconscious and very ill after a late night relapse following a head injury. Murrell Linger of Daisy, Tenn., is in custody on an assault with intent to murder charge connected to the attack amid a three month strike for union recognition. Demonstrations included shootings and clothing torn from girls. picketing has been curbed by a chancery order limiting pickets near the plant.
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Chattanooga
Sanford Bennett
Edward E. Belaman
Bennett
Bennett-Hubbard
Murrell Linger
Daisy
Tenn
Chancery
Town Quiet Under Guard After Labor Rumors
Gadsden July 3. The city remained peaceful as rumored labor troubles failed to materialize. Governor Bibb Graves ordered state patrols to preserve law and order and sent extra motor cycle officers to downtown after warning Mayor George Vann and Sheriff R. B. Leach about potential disruption of the central labor council meeting.
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Gadsen
Bibb Graves
Cidsden
City Central Labor Council
Graves
George Vann
RB. A. Leach
Americans Among Refugees Reach Italian Hospital Ship
The Italian hospital ship Tevere arrived from Barcelona with over 500 refugees tonight. Among them are Mrs. Sybil Campedra of San Francisco and two Savannah, Georgia brothers Louis and Antonio Esteve.
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Genoa
Italy
Tevere
Barcelona
Sybil Campedra
San Francisco
Louis and
Antonio Esteve
Savannah
Actress Mary Astor Testifies In Custody Fight
Mary Astor describes alleged abuse by Dr. Franklyn Thorpe as she testifies in a Hollywood court for custody of their daughter Marylyn Thorpe. The courtroom scene shows emotional tears as she recalls punishment and injuries while Thorpe sits among his lawyers, with Ruth Chatterton present.
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Relman Morin
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Marylyn Thorpe
Miss Astor
Judge Goodwin Knight
Hollywood Colony
Ruth Chatterton
Dr. Thorpe
International Repercussions Feared In Civil War
Loyalists siege Zara goza and Huesca as government vows to seize both cities by nightfall. Reports say rebels pressed on all fronts while Franco is warned by French radicals of international fallout. Refugees flee Madrid reaching Valencia. debates on intervention grow amid Italian activity and Soviet-style committees in Catalonia.
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Associated Press
Zark Zorxa
Huesca
Radical-Socialist Party
Spain
Zaragoza
Hendaye
France
Emilio Mala
Madrid
San Sebastian
Valencia
Mediterranean
United States
French North Africa
Paris
Oran
Carahbteyea
Luis Companys
Catalonia
Cordoba
Granada
Mola
Guadarrama
Barcelona
Perpignan
Gipon
Bayonne
Cannes
Juan
Monterey
Mexico
Lindbergh Attends German Air Derby in Berlin
Charles A. Lindbergh watched an air derby at Templehof flying field as international pilots dazzled and Germany showcased new aircraft. A meeting with Adolf Hitler remained uncertain while Vittorio and Bruno, sons of Mussolini, joined other spectators. German youths demonstrated model planes under official guidance.
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Berlin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Templehof
Germany
Lindbergh
Adolf Hitler
Vittorio
Bruno
Premice Mussolini
Italy
Two Overcoats, Ice Pick Case Dismissed in St Paul
Henry Gentry arrested Orville Johnson 59 for display of an ice pick while wearing two overcoats. In police court Johnson produced the tool and claimed it was for cleaning his pipe. Judge Clayton Parks dismissed the case, saying one may wear two overcoats and need not state a reason.
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ST. Paul
Henry Gentry
Orville Johnson
Johnson
Clayton Parks
Coughlin topic not raised at Vatican audience
Bishop Gallagher said Pope Pius XII did not discuss Father Coughlin during his audience in Castel Gandolfo. The Vatican meeting lasted twelve minutes and Gallagher described the pope as pleased with his Detroit diocese report and blessed the clergy and Catholic Charity activities. The bishop noted the pope urged Americans to decide controversial questions by ballot. Continued on page six.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Michael Gallagher
Petroit
Charles BE. Coughlin
Pope Pius
Folde
Holy Father
Coughlin
Detroit
America
Father Coughlin
Gallagher
Pizzardo
Charity
Catholice Action Society
United States
I'm Here Too Mom at Premiere Reveals Star Pairings
Hollywood July 31 The premiere of Anthony Adverse drew film people and fans, with Dick Powell nicknamed dorm Blonsiad by colleagues and Olivia de Havilland seen with a rumored boyfriend. Miss Blendell spoke briefly via teleophone, praising stars present but omitting Powell as he stood beside her. Powell murmured I am here too mom after her remarks.
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Hollywood
Anthony
Dick Powell
Polio Deaths Rise Across Deep South States
Polio cases climb in Alabama Tennessee Georgia and Mississippi with 14 new deaths in 48 hours and totals reaching 231 sick and 14 dead in Alabama 70 sick and five dead in Tennessee 18 sick and three dead in Georgia 18 sick with none dead in Mississippi Health officials express cautious optimism while continuing isolation and nasal spray prevention efforts Dr J Leake of the U S Public Health Service joins Tennessee doctors to aid response in the region
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Associated Press
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Georgia
Mississipi
Dan Bowdoin
Chattanooga
J. Leake
U. S. Public Health Service
Charles Armstrong
Ste
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