National party leaders stage primary campaigns ahead of ballots
President Roosevelt at Hyde Park reviews campaign strategy with aide James Farley as focus shifts to reelection. In Topeka Governor Landon lists balloting plans while Missouri Virginia and Kansas City primaries draw national attention amid Pendergast concerns and Kentucky vote tallies show Logan leading Beckham by over five thousand votes.
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Washington
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Kansas City
London
Missouri
Virginia
Thomas J. Pendergast
Boss Pendergast
New York City
Kentucky
M. M. Logan
J. C. Beckham
Spain War Fronts Report Three-Front Fighting And Nonintervention Appeal
Reports from Madrid and Barcelona describe government and rebel forces clashing on three fronts north central and south while French efforts to secure British and Italian nonintervention gain momentum In Paris observers say Britain may embrace restraint as Mussolini eyes agreement with the policy Rebels press toward San Sebastian and Madrid as General Mola reinforces with 10000 troops
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Associated Presa
Spain
Europe
France
Great Britain
Italy
Paris
Britain
Mussolini
Germany
Russia
Barcelona
la Zaida
Aragon
Zaragoza
Guadarrama
Madrid
San Sebastian
Bay of Biscay
Emilio Mola
Pamlona
Cettto
London
Rome
Mola
Husband Held For Probe Of Dual Slaying
East St Louis police say John Hamilton, a Democratic candidate for the St. Clair county board of review, confessed after hours of questioning to shooting his wife Wilma Woods Hamilton and Thomas Grissom. The double slaying occurred Sunday near a downtown street as a taxi driver found the victims in their parked car. Hamilton was taken to an undertaker's parlor to view the body and detained for further questioning.
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East ST. Louis
Sam Strautz
John Hamilton
Wilma Woods Hamilton
Thomas Grissom
Strautz
Hamilton
Ill
St. Clair
Grissom
Fouryearold Boy Dies After Auto Collision Near Home
Howard Price four-year-old son of Mr and Mrs J D Price of the Monroe Jonesville highway died in a local clinic after being struck by Otis Firth of Boeut river community near Bawcomville. He suffered a base of brain fracture and died about an hour after the 3 pm accident. The body was taken to Searcy Ark for funeral and interment Tuesday.
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Howard Price
J. D. Price
Monroe-Jonesville
Otis Firth
Boeut River
Bawcomville
Firth
Searcy
Ark
State studies plan to liquidate 40000 stockholdings
Gov Richard W Leche examined a proposed program to liquidate holdings of about 40000 stockholders in 30 uninsured New Orleans homestead associations. The plan would be financed by a 10000000 dollar cash fund from the Home Loan Bank and the Home Owners Loan Corporation. WPA offices may move from Lake Charles if better quarters are not found immediately.
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New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
J. S. Brock
W. E. Wood
Home Loan Bank
Home Owners Loan Corporation
WPA
Lake Charles
James H. Crutcher
Crutcher
Calcasieu Parish
Motorcycle Rider Killed In Roanoke Crash
Sonny Shoemaker a 24 year old Welsh Louisiana man was killed when his motorcycle struck a mule on the Old Spanish Trail at Roanoke near Lake Charles. He was thrown from the bike and died almost instantly.
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Lake Charles
Sonny Shoemaker
Welsh
Roanoke
Widely Known Woman Effie Zanone Dies After Illness
Effie McCormick Zanone, 56, of a prominent Monroe family, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at St. Francis sanitarium after a brief illness. Funeral at St. Matthew's Catholic church after services at the sister's home 404 Bres Avenue. Interment in Catholic cemetery. She attended Mass at St. Matthew's Sunday morning.
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Effie McCormick Zanone
Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
H. E. Dickard
Bres Avenue
Zanone
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
N. F. Vandegaer
St. Matthew's Church
Albert Horuff
Central government troops defeat 3000 provincial soldiers near Mushanghu
Reports from Hong Kong say Nanking government forces clashed with Kwangsi columns for seven hours, defeating about 3,000 provincial soldiers at Mushanghu near Doshing. News also notes radical leader Eugene Chen arriving in Kwangsi to join the southern Independent government.
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Hong Kong
Kwangs
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mushanghu
Doshing
Eugene Chen
Kwangsi
Big Business Revival Indicated For Autumn
New York Aug. 3 A mid summer panorama of broad business revival emerged as Wall Street viewed the autumn outlook. Steel mills electric power output and auto production were strong while retail trade freight movement and railroad equipment demand stayed high, suggesting a sustained recovery pace despite seasonal heat. Some authorities foresee a bright autumn and Christmas outlook while others warn crop losses from drought and rising food prices may temper gains.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Concordia Parish Expected Record Cotton Crop
Ferriday La August 3 Special Indications point to one of the best cotton crops in Concordia parish in recent years with other crops also in splendid condition and prospects for a strong harvest.
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Ferriday
Concord Parish
Plan Inquests for 9 Miners in Dowell Fire
In Duquoin Illinois Aug 3 two southern Illinois counties scheduled inquests for nine coal miners overcome by carbon monoxide while fighting a mine fire at Union Collieries Kathleen mine in Dowell five miles south of the city. Six died while rescuing three others. twelve others were revived. Mine Supt Ed Leming said the fire started when a new transformer was installed less than ten hours before.
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Duquoin
Ill
Illinois
Kathleen
Dowell
Here
Ed Leming
Madison Parish Crops Seen Abundant This Season
Tallulah Aug 3 Special C E Hester parish agricultural agent reports Madison parish crops unusually good with large cat crop above average cotton and hay, and prospects for feed and a bumper yield unless unforeseen events intervene.
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Tallulah
Madison Parish
C. E. Hester
Parish
Last-Minute Briefs Across Cities
In St Louis a 43 year old Mrs Herman T Pott wife of the president of the St Louis Ship Building and Steel company leaped or fell to her death from a sixth floor kitchen window. In New York Col Theodore Roosevelt indicated willingness to accept the Republican nomination for the New York governorship if the people demand it. John J Raskob in New York returned from Yellowstone National Park and was carried by stretcher to St Vincent s hospital after arriving home. In Phoenixville Samuel J Reeves president of the Phoenix Iron Company announced a 10 percent wage increase and a week s vacation for long service workers with the option of extra pay instead.
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Plunge
ST. Louis
Herman T. Pott
St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Company
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
John J. Raskob III
John J. Raskob
Yellowstone National Park
Democratic National Committee
St. Vincent's Hospital
Phoenixville
Samuel J. Reeves
The
Phoenix Iron Company
Stabbed Man Dies After Dance Near Farmerville
Stabbed man Marshall Scarborough 21 dies at a local sanitarium after being stabbed on a dance floor north of Farmerville. B F Ford around 30 is held in Ouachita parish jail with no formal charges yet. witnesses say Ford was aggressor and Scarborough was knocked down twice before the fatal stab. Funeral services were held at Taylor cemetery northeast of Farmerville.
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Farmerville
Marshall Scarborough
Civilian Conservation Corps
Scarborough
Taylor Cemetery
B. F. Ford
Marion
Ouachita Parish
Pat Murphy
Union Parish
Ford
Monroe
Depue
G. M. Edwards
Herman
Rail freight loads surge past 1931 levels in 30 weeks
J. J. Pelley, head of the American Association of Railroads, reports the first 30 weeks of the year show freight car loadings at 19,416,417. This is an 11.7 percent rise from the same period last year but remains 11.9 percent below the 1931 level.
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Washington
J. J. Pelley
American Association of Railroads
Algerian Mufti Ben Dali Shot Found in Street
Algerians were stirred by unrest after the slaying of Mufti Ben Dali in Algiers. The Moslem leader was found in the street with a knife wound, believed by police to be the work of a hired assassin. Senegalese troops patrolled the streets to prevent disorder.
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Algiers
Mufti Ben Dali
Black man dies after standoff in Shreveport rampage
Lem Wright, 40, in a crisis following a public safety incident, wounded his mother and sister and fired on police during a standoff at his Cedar Grove home. Officers used tear gas and entered after about an hour, discovering Wright dead. Coroner Willis P. Butler labeled it a personal safety related death.
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Shreveport
Lem Wright
Wright
Cedar Grove
Willis P. Butler
Two Men Die After Pistol Battle Near London Church
Sheriff Fred Mason of Laurel county and Dan Roberts died after a gun battle at a church meeting near London Kentucky. Officers guarded Roberts after he shot Mason then died in hospital. Roberts had a history including a 1921 murder and subsequent paroles.
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London
Fred Mason
Laurel County
Dan Roberts
Roberts
Mason
Woods Bales
Dee Tuttle
Bales
Zioncheck Withdraws From Reelection Bid
Washington report notes Democratic congressman Marion A. Zioncheck quits reelection race citing his mother's illness. He had recently faced accusations over misconduct and required hospitalization, while opponents used the move to question his fitness for office.
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Seattle
Wash
Zioncheck
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington
New York
Maryland
Washington Commonwealth Federation
Rankin to Succeed Maestri as Louisiana Conservation Chief
W G Rankin of New Orleans will replace Robert S Maestri as Louisiana conservation commissioner. Maestri will resign to become New Orleans mayor. Governor Leche also planned actions on Shreveport trades school state fair grounds building and Rodessa oil field gas waste concerns.
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Shreveport
William G. Rankin
New Orleans
Robert S. Maestri
Richard W. Leche
Rankin
Louisiana Tax Commission
Conservation Department
Val E. Frion
Leche
Rodesso
Louisiana State Fair Grounds
Rodessa
High Court Battle Over Ballot Recognition In Louisiana
Two Republican factions seek official recognition from the Louisiana Supreme Court. Paul L. Marshall of New Orleans asks the court to force Secretary of State E. A. Conway to place its candidates on the November ballot. J. Paulin Dube of New Iberia files a counter suit opposing Marshall. East Baton Rouge district court dismissed a similar action, and Attorney General Gaston L. Porterie instructs state officials to recognize the Duke forces.
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New Orleans
State Supreme Court
Paul L. Marshall
High Court
BE. A. Conway
J. Paulin Dube
New Iberia
Supreme Court
Marshall
East Baton Rouge Parish
Gaston L. Porterie
Duke
Negro's Trial Opens Monday in Alabama
In Anniston Alabama Roosevelt Collins a Black man faces a first degree assault charge against white farmer Mrs Joel Hill. A death verdict would be automatic without mercy recommendation, prompting militia guard details from Kilby prison Talladega and Birmingham to oversee tense proceedings as patrols ensure order in Calhoun County amid a heightened racial climate.
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Anniston
Ala
Roosevelt Collins
Joel Hill
Alexandria
Kilby
Montgomery
Englishwoman Dies of Heart Trouble in New Orleans
The coroner reports Mrs. Margaret Malony, 53, English globe trotter, found dead in a New Orleans hotel room from a heart attack. Papers show a son, George Merchant, Exeter Dover England, and the manager said she planned to leave soon for Trinidad.
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New Orleans
Margaret Malony
English Globe Trotter
George Merchant
Anthony Road
Exeter
Dover
England
Trinidad
Woman Shot Five Times In Street Attack Near Simpson
Mrs. A L Barton 4 of Simpson La in critical condition after a man fired five shots into a crowded truck returning from a theater and beer garden. Reginald McManus 2 of Alco La was detained and later arrested though denied involvement. Barton runs a filling station and drink stand. her husband runs another in Boyce.
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Sprsville
A. L. Barton
Slmpton
Alexandria
G. W. McNaughton
Vernon Parich
Reginald McManus
Alco
McManus
Barton
Simpson
Boyce
Coast Guard Relays Search For Missing Baton Rouge Men
A U S Coast Guard crew scoured Lake Pontchartrain for three Baton Rouge men T J Singletary 40 a securities official Warren Munson book store executive and Charlies P Manship Jr 27 son of a publisher after their speedboat Miss Juliet stalled offshore They left at noon for Pats Manchac and failed to reach shore by 4 pm prompting the search The engine failure forced them to wait seven miles from shore before being found.
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New Orleans
Auy
Coast Guard
Lake Pontchartrain
T. J. Singletary
Securities Company
Warren Munson
Charlies P. Manship, Jr
Baton Rouge
Miss Juliet
Pats Manchac
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Kansas
al Striki
Effie Zanone
Frederick Gardner
Concordia Parish
Madison
CCC Company
W. G. Rankin
R. 5. Maestri
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