Fire Devours Mill Valley Homes Along Mount Tamalpais
A July fire sweeping through Mill Valley and surrounding canyons threatens 130 plus homes and past the Cascade Canyon and Corte Madera ridge. Despite 3,000 firefighters and volunteers, embers rekindle new blazes threatening the business district as funds and belongings are moved to safety. Wealthy residences including Coles and White properties suffer damage. missing a three-year-old girl and two Filipino workers reported, authorities seek assistance from nearby towns.
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Mul Valley
Cascade Canyon
Mount Jamainais
Corte Madera Ridge
Canyon
Blythedale Canyon
William Thomas
Mount Tamalpais
Muir_Woods
Soga
Adolph Eberhart
Mill Valléy
Presidio
San_Francisco
San ‘Francisco
Mill Valley
Charles Coles
Ralston White
la- San “Francisca
Kurt Beiclér
Serman- Consul
Sani
Mary Fiske
Northwestern Pacific’ Railroad
Natural Fire Traps Denver Colorado Forests Run Wild
Denver July 3 AP Fire winds push dry forests and Pelion pasture lands into natural fire traps across five western states. Forest officials impose emergency measures under district forester Peck to reduce hazard as fires burn uncontrolled with no full reports available by late afternoon.
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Denver
Colo
Jen
Péck
Acteape
Peck
Sanger
Uncontrolled Fires Burn Vast Santa Valley Range
Unchecked blazes swept Santa Clara County near Alma and Santa Cruz mountains, destroying timber grazing land and over 2 000 acres. Fire crews of about 500 fought two fronts from yesterday into today. a Morgan Hill fire was contained by morning. Cattle losses and extensive pasture damage reported as flames spread.
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San Jose
Gal
Santa Valley
Santa Cruz Mountains
Alma
Morgan Hill
Ivas
Airplane Attached to Dirigible in Flight Tests
Lakehurst New Jersey July tests attempted to attach an airplane to a rigid dirigible in flight. Officials said the experiment was fairly successful as Navy airship construction continues at Akron Ohio to carry planes.
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N. J
Lakehurst Naval. Ie
Navy
Akron
Ohio
Jcarry Planes
Amphibian Bowler Flight Reaches Europe Route Start
AP reports the amphibian aircraft Untin Bowler from Chicago landed on the St Marys River in Sault Ste Marie and crossed to the Canadian side to the forestry aerodrome. The craft then resumed its leg to Milwaukee and on toward Great Whale Hudson Bay area as pilots and reporters observe the historic air journey toward Berlin.
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Chicago
Berlin
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Europe
Robert. H. Gast
Kentucky
Parker-Cramer
Clarion
Robert Wood
The
Tribune
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Hudson Bay
Rupert House
Pthie
England
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Tribuns
Bowler
Train speeds on with missing engineer in Brookfield Missouri
A Burlington westbound train between Macon and Bevier Missouri ran without a engineer at throttle after Elmer Daugherty, 58, vanished from his post. Fireman halted the train in Brookfield after a 45 minute search. Daugherty's body was found in East Fork Creek near Bevier. He left a son Warren, a line foreman in Kansas, and a Denver widow.
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Burlington System
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Santa Fe
Kansas
Denver
Orange Apple Faws Down in Banana Peel Tale
A seven year old, named Orange Apple, slipped on a banana peel and crashed into the hospital. Nurses questioned him to confirm his name, which he provided as Orange then Apple, leading to a phone book check that matched the pair. The incident, described in colloquial fashion, ends with the boy identified as Orange Apple Jr by his father.
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Orange
Brenghe
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Weather forecast incomplete regional update
Kansas forecast shows risk of thunderstorms tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions in east and south. Cooler in northwest and north central areas Thursday. Roads mostly clear with some scattered moisture reported. Temperatures and city notes appear garbled with missing data.
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Arkansas City
Axe Slayer Kills Six In Detroit Family
Detroit July 8 AP Benjam in Evangelistia 48 his wife Latina 40 and their four children Abbeline 8 Margaret 65 Jean 4 and Marrow 18 months were fatally injured at their home in a gruesome axe attack believed to be the work of an axe shaver. The bodies were found in the Italian neighborhood where Evangelistia operated as a religious healer and mystic. Vincent Elias a real estate dealer who arranged for a farm purchase near Marine City Mich discovered the scene. Blood stained tracks traced from the office to Mrs Evangelistia bed. Marrow lay beside his mother in a bed while Margaret and Jean were found in bed with Angeline on the floor between beds. Evangelistia a carpenter by trade had been injured first and police noted no decapitation attempts on the other family members. A prior incident involved a River Rouge hammer attack on Mrs Podolski and her daughters weeks earlier. The public safety item used remains unknown. The coroner estimated the shaving occurred around midnight.
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Benjamin ‘Evangelistia
Latina
Abbeline
Margaret
Jean
Marrow
Evangelista
Andi
Vincent Elias
Evengelistia
Marine City
Mich
Evangelistia
Anna Podolski
River Rouge
Deputj
George Berg
Evangelistias
Mrs. Evangelistia
Angeline
Pittsburgh routs St Louis as hits pile up in series
Pittsburgh thumped St Louis 13 to 2 behind twenty one hits to take the second game of the series. Sherdel was battered, and the Cardinals suffered a seventh straight loss. Grimes and Harpreaves pitched for Pittsburgh while Wilson logged for St Louis.
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Athletics
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Ferrell
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Myatt
Detroit
Uhle
Schang
Amer
Ansas City
Inneapolis
Nelson
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Dumont and
Memulien
Indianapolis
Columbus
Burwell
Mount Rainier crevasse tragedy kills two climbers
A six member ascent party on Mount Rainier was swept into a crevasse near the 13,000 foot level during a blizzard. Forrest Greathouse, Lincoln High School football coach in Seattle and ex teammate of Red Grange, and Edwin Wetzel of Milwaukee were killed. Injured were L. H. Brigham, Robert Strobel, D. Yancy Yadashaw, and E. P. Weatherly. two other visitors from Cambridge, Mass. and Kansas City, Mo. were uninjured or not yet determined. The survivors struggled to a narrow ice shelf before aid could reach them.
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Red” Grange
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Mount Rainier Park Company
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Robert Strobel
Yancy Yadshaw
Cambridge
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Kansas City
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Muir
Hich
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Houston
Tex
Humble Oil Company
Rail strike warning sparks national concern in Chicago
Western railroad engineers vote to strike over grievance handling, with R B Edington announcing initial tallies from six roads including Missouri Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific. Negotiations with Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Santa Fe stall, while fireworks enforcement and safety warnings prompt Kansas fire marshal action and police cautions in Lawrence.
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Western
International Brotherhood
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Aiatant
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Terminall Railroads Association of
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Southern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Edrington
Pee
Salvatore Ateca Freed From Custody of U S
Salvatore Ateca who faced allegations of seizing 700000 pesos from the Mexican government was freed by U S Commissioner O Neill in New York. The Mexican government claimed the cash and securities were illegally taken but a receipt and authorization by local authorities showed the funds were legally handled.
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Salvadore Ateca
United States
Ateca
McAlpin
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O'Neill
David Siegel
Juarez
Benjamin Revilla
Augustin Gallo
Dynamite Fuse Found In Kansas City Building
Seventy sticks of dynamite with a partly lit fuse were found in a large brick building under construction in Kansas City’s south side by non-union labor. Howard Ramsey, tenant of the building, reported union labor representatives had visited since construction began. Police warned the blast could have wrecked nearby buildings and shattered windows for blocks.
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Howard Ramsey
Ottawa
Kan
White House ends public receptions for summer heat and renovations
Washington observers report that public receptions at the White House are abandoned for the summer due to heat and crowds. The presidential offices will be renovated in the coming months, reducing visitors and disrupting usual ceremonies. In Kansas City, more than 1,000 people attended funeral services for William A. Ross, a contractor and former politician, who died in a motor car accident.
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White House
Win. A.ross
Kansa City
Wilesliam A. Ross
Kansas
Two Men Rob Bunker Hill Bank in Kan Assault
Two armed men robbed the Bunker Hill State Bank at Bunker Hill Kansas escaping with about $2,000 after forcing three employees, including James Tholman the assistant cashier and two female staff, into the vault. The deserted street aided their escape in a motor car.
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Ken
Kan
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Bessie Shaver
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Ecaperd
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Call Car Manufacturers Leaders Invited to Testify
Four top automobile makers were invited to appear before a Senate subcommittee to discuss a proposed tariff on passenger cars and trucks. Subpoenas could be issued if the manufacturers refused the invitation extended by Senator Reed. Recipients included Henry Ford, Alvin Macauley, Alfred P. Sloan, and W. T. White.
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Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Henry Ford
Alvin Macauley
National Automotive Chamber of Commerce
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Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
W. T. White
Tie Track Company
Moscrip
Moscrip Urged to Reconsider Farm Board Post
Washington July 3 AP W S Moscrip of Lake Simo Minnesota, who declined to serve on the federal farm board, is being urged to reconsider by President Hoover. Moscrip is secretary treasurer of the Twin City Milk Producers Association, a large dairying cooperative with headquarters in St Paul and active farming at Lake Elmo.
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Moscrip
Lake Simo
Minn
Federal Farm. Board
Hoover
Twin City
Lake Elmo
Palel Ans Bketalbic
Douglas County Placed on Dairy TB Accredited List
Douglas county has been placed on the accredited list of dairy cattle tuberculosis reactors, per A I Gilkison county farm agent and J H Mercer secretary of the Kansas State Livestock commission. Five inspectors under USDA and state commission tested more than 4 000 cattle, finding fourteen reactors. The rating is effective yesterday. the county had been on the modified list for three years based on earlier tests.
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A. I. Gilkison
J. H. Mercer
Kansas State Livestock Commission
United States Department of Agriculture
Bomb Explosion Damages Los Angeles Brains Exchange
An early morning blast wrecked the Los Angeles Brains exchange on the fifth floor of the I. W. Heilman building at Sixth and Spring streets. Two lignited bombs were found in a closet and failed to explode. No injuries reported. officials detained for questioning.
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Los Angeles Brains Exchange
I. W. Heilman
Sixth
Spring Streets
Financial District
Chicago to inspect refrigeration plants crackdown planned
Chicago health commissioner Dr. Arnold Kegel announced a new ordinance to rigidly inspect all future refrigeration installations after attributing at least 15 Chicago deaths to poison escapes from mechanical systems. He warned central plant iceboxes in large apartment buildings pose real danger if leaks occur, while noting no local Lawrence dealers use poisonous compounds or report related cases.
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Chicago
Arnold Kegel
Chen
Keel
Department
Health
Kegel
Journal-World
Lawrence
Kansas City Officers Suspended Over Extortion Allegations
Kansas City officers O A Olson and W P Kanally were suspended for alleged extortion of a 22yearold youth whose identity remains withheld. Chief John Miles said the officers sought money from the youth, who had earlier been paroled for acting as a spotter for a band of automobile thieves. A driver faces a bond set under 5000 dollars.
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Kansas City
O. A. Olson
W. P. Kanally
John Miles
Ca Ee
Kansas City Man Held After Auto Crash
Oscar McDaniels, 38, was held in the county jail in default of a $5,000 bond after arraignment on charges of leaving the scene of an accident. He was arrested after a rough struggle with four policemen who subdued him following an alleged crash involving his car into a dwelling where three women were present.
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Kansas City
Oscar McDaniels
McDaniels
Longest Air Mail Route Linking U S and Chile Opens
The longest air mail route in the world will start July 16 linking Miami Florida with Santiago Chile covering about 5 000 miles. The route will create 22 000 miles of continuous air mail lines between the continents and will include a weekly round trip from Montreal via New York and Miami to Santiago.
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Miami
Florida
Santiago
Chile
W. Irving
Glover
Montreal
New York
United
Wheat storage program urged to ease surpluses
Wellington reports a plan by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the Department of Agriculture to boost farm grain storage and distribute materials to curb wheat surpluses. Storage would reduce market gluts, lower price drops, and enable protein based premiums, with portable or stationary ventilated facilities designed for farmers.
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Bureau of ‘Agricultural Economies
Department of Agriculture
Regent
Buresa
Bureau of Public Roads
Deepartment of Agricultu
Tax cut plans denied by Hoover Mellon disagreement
White House officials said President Hoover and Treasurer Mellon are in complete agreement on tax reduction. The president’s yesterday statement, read by Mellon before issuance and approved, shows unified views. Hoover suggested possible tax relief but tied action to passage of recent legislation and treasury prospects plus revenue and expenditure considerations.
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Hoover
Treasury
Socialist secretary Clarence Senior to lead national party
Clarence Senior, a University of Kansas graduate from Cleveland, was elected national secretary of the Socialist party and will assume the post in August, succeeding William H. Henry of Indiana. Senior serves as secretary of the Workers Education Committee of the Cleveland Federation of Labor. his parents reside in Kansas City.
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Socialist Party
Clarence Senior
Cleveland
William H. Henry
Indiana
Cleveland Federation of Labor
John
Kansas City
County valuation up slightly in Douglas County
Douglas county clerk C O Bowmen announced total county valuation at 50 433 384 up 741 786 from last year. Gains appear in most townships while Lecompton and Grant townships show losses. Lawrence's valuation rose 468 156 year over year, with detailed figures by township and subdivision noted as the returns are compiled for next year’s budgets.
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C. O. Bowmen
Lecompton
Grant Tow Hin
Lawrence
Clinton S Lisle
Butlers
Wigals
Kanwaka Aia Lecomaton
Marion
Pahayra
Wakarusa
Farmers In Douglas County Harvest With New Combines
Widespread wheat harvest proceeds as Douglas County farmers, many lacking urgency to finish, purchase and deploy combines from Otis Wiggins Implement Co. They plan to harvest the remaining wheat across the county once all machines are in use.
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Nous Las
He Hughes
Wwevirs
Lawrences
Otis Wiggins Implement Company
Vermont Street
Believe Man A Death By Own Action In Florence
An oil field worker named Smith stabbed Florence violin teacher Stanley Fisher, 33, on a Florence street, then killed himself. A coroner's jury opened this afternoon as officers found a knife in Smith's pocket and believes Fisher was mortally wounded before Smith's death. A bystander reported Bunny Cash, 16, was assaulted nearby last night.
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Maith
Sevral
Stanley Fisher
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Fishee
Newton
Bunny Cash
Fisher
Shdomen
Arilfeiyay
Murder Trial Set in October for Caney Slaying
Elmer Cates, 28, is charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Miss Marguerite White, 21, of Caney, during an evening at his father’s farm near Caney. He remained jailed today awaiting trial in the Montgomery County district court.
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Bary
Elmer Cates
Marguerite
White
Caney
Cates
Deniain
Montgomery County
Dawes to Be Granted Freedom by Sudbury Town Council
London reports Ambassador Dawes will receive a notification from Sudbury Suffolk that the town council voted to confer the freedom of the borough on him. Dawes is a direct descendant of William Dawes who left Sudbury for America in the early 1600s. Beloit attorney Ira N. Tice dies in Beloit after long illness. Beloit Beloit Atwater Kent Radio and Avanti-Vantia lines noted.
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