Texarkana Sees 117 Degree Heat Bakes Deep South
Sweltering heat sweeps the deep south as Texarkana hits 117 with Mississippi and Louisiana near record highs. A tornado in Cass Texas injures two and causes about $5 000 in damage while Tupelo braces for wind storms and fear returns after earlier disasters. Arkansas endures its hottest day with forest fires and drought.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Tupelo
Miss
Laurel
Mississippi
Cass
Tex
Georgia
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texarkana
C. C. Randall
Rebels Reach Toward Capital Amid Coastal Advance
Government troops breached enemy lines opening a path toward the capital and gaining access to the sea. Rebels press their drive, with forces moving to seize strategic positions as clashes continue.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Guiadarrama
San Sebastian
Bay of Biscay
Irun
Guadarramas
Emilio Mola
Adamuz
Cordoba
Highway system grows obsolete for modern traffic
A Fortune magazine survey argues the 3,000,000-mile U S road system cannot safely handle high speed travel. It cites two-lane roads as outdated, notes 25,000 deaths on open roads, and warns that widening lanes can backfire, urging safer road design and stricter driver restraint.
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NEA Service
United States
Fortune Magazine
Road safety reform in the era of widening highways
The piece examines rising highway fatalities on expanding multi lane roads and cites New Jersey’s Holland tunnel corridor as a cautionary example. It outlines proposed safety measures including median dividers, grade separated cross traffic, property access controls, and fast slow lanes, noting the high cost of such improvements. It credits Holland tunnel's low fatality rate to controlled conditions and highlights road expert Miller McClintock’s claim that full traffic control could cut almost all accidents and congestion.
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New Jersey
Holland Tunnel
Trenton
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
York
Hudson
Jersey
Worcester Turnpike
Massachusetts
Miller McClintock
Selman Field To Get Funds Through WPA
Washington Aug 11 Special Despite curtailment in federal aviation the airport project in Monroe remains on the active list a WPA report shows. State authorizations rose from 23111.86 on March 31 to 406902.90 on June 30 with Monroe allocated 31767 for work to continue until completion Aubrey Williams deputy administrator said air markings of towns and cities are progressing in 30 states with about 400000 in authorizations.
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Washington
Monroe
Works Progress Administration
Aubrey Williams
Spiders Bite Two West Monroe Men
Black widow bites hit Alvord Friday and S D Sanford both of 118 Re gan street in West Monroe as they entered an outhouse. They were treated at Riverside sanitarium with remedial injections. Sanford improved while Fryday, Sanford’s nephew, did not respond initially and received a second shot.
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West Monroe
Alvord
S. D. Sandford
Regan Street
Fryday
Sandford
Riverside Sanitarium
Sail Ships About Gone
The department of commerce reports the fate of the deep sea sailing fleet flying the American flag is grim. Storms fires and old age struck 92 windjammers in the last twelve months. The schooner Massasoit burned off Nantucket and the Edna Hoyt remains overdue.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Massasoit
Nantucket
Glen R. Warner
Commerce Department
United States
Boston Coast Guard
Edna Hoyt
Venezuela
Bessie M. Dustin
Dunn Dies After Giving Up Fight Over City Posts
Pittsburg on Aug 11 former Director of Public Safety Thomas A Dunn died suddenly a day after resigning his bid to keep heading the fire and police departments. The 72 year old Dunn collapsed after returning from Cleveland and had posted a 24 hour guard at his office following his July discharge by Mayor William N McNair.
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Pittsburg
Public Safety
Thomas A Dunn
William N. McNair
Pittsburgh
Consolidated Ice Company
Cleveland
Dunn
McNair
Tin Can Tourists At Sandusky United In Summer Reunion
In Sandusky Ohio the Tin Can Tourists gathering at the fairgrounds plays out a frugal, freedom loving life on wheels. The secret society numbers about 95 000 and draws members from diverse jobs from executives quitting high paying posts to income minimalists choosing trailers over mahogany desks. The feature notes the varied costs of trailers and the lack of fees within the group as a unique economic and social movement.
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Sandusky, O
America
Sandusky’s
Fairgrounds
Unique Order
Life On Wheels
Trailer Brigade
Noise and fault detector received by city light department
A noise and fault detector to locate radio interference was received by the city electric light department Tuesday. It will be available for immediate service on complaint. Ted Madsen in City Hall handles complaints for the electrical promotion service. James L. Conditt will oversee the detector. Commissioner W D H Rodriguez.
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City Electric Light Department
Ted Madsen
City Hall
James L. Conditt
City Electrician
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Evangeline Youth Held in Fatal Shooting
In Opelousas Louisiana Aug 11 officers accuse Evangeline parish youth Odelia Manuel of fatally wounding Raoul Veillon after a dispute at a country dance. Manuel allegedly fired three bullets into Veillon after a remonstration about conduct with another youth Vorhise Ledoux owner of the dancing club was shot in the hip.
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Opelousas
Odelia Manuel
Evangeline Parish
Manuel
Raoul Veillon
Veillon
Vorhise Ledoux
Veteran Flier Hurt In Cotton Dusting Crash
Norman Wise a veteran aviator for Finkley Dusting of Leland Mississippi crashed while dusting cotton near St Joseph Louisiana. He escaped with slight injuries after the plane hit a Fisher Lumber telephone line and burned. The Cross Keys plantation owned by Mrs. William Watson reported the accident. Wise a native of Arcadia Louisiana has 16 years in aviation.
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ST. Joseph
Norman
Pop") Wise
Finkley Dusting Corporation
Leland
Miss
St Joseph
Fisher Lumber Corporation
Wise
Arcadia
Payne reelected Mayor of Mandeville in 345 to 144 win
Dr. R. B Payne defeated W. Fassman to win reelection as mayor of Mandeville. Phillip Smith also won reelection as town marshal, with Jake Galloway mentioned in coverage.
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Mandeville
R. B Payne
W. 5. Fassman
Phillip Smith
Jake Galloway
Arkansas Vote Today Promises Big Primary Interest
Arkansas voters head to the polls August 11 to nominate candidates for all offices including U S Senate where long-time incumbent Joe T Robinson seeks a fifth term. The governor’s race dominates attention with five candidates and a predicted turnout near 260000 under the pure election law with duplicate ballots and poll watches.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
United States Senate
Joe T. Robinson
Robinson
Cleveland Holland
Fort Smith
J. Rosser Venable
Congress
Holland
Townsend
Short
Stat
Vote on school tax in Tangipahoa parish
Property owners of Tangipahoa parish voted on renewing a five mill school tax to fund a full nine month term. Parish superintendent C C Pittman said the tax is necessary to operate the schools. The vote was held in Amite Louisiana.
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Amite
Tangipahoa Parish
C. C. Pittman
Liquor Referendums Held in Two Shreveport Wards
Residents in Caddo parish Wards Eight and Nine voted in local option elections to decide liquor sales in their areas. The parish police jury ordered the polls after petitions sought residents’ input on the issue. J. C. Page announced sale of 100000 refunding bonds at 3 12 percent interest to replace a prior six percent issue.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Starkville
Miss
J. C. Page
Oktibbeha
Kisatchie Forest Streams Stocked With 12750 Trout
The U S forest service announced Kisatchie National Forest streams were stocked with 12 750 trout from the Natchitoches federal fish hatchery.
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Alexandria
United States Forest Service
Kisatchie National Forest
Federal Fish Hatchery
Natchitoches
New Chief of Conservation Office Named
W. D. Dark of Oak Grove named manager of the Monroe minerals division office to succeed the late Captain R. P. Webb. Dark will assume duties Wednesday and vows to continue Webb’s policies, enforce department rules, and focus on conserving oil and gas resources in the Monroe area.
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W. D. Dark
Oak Grove
Monroe
Minerals Division
Department of Conservation
R. P. Webb
Robert S Maestr
Dark
Captain Webb
Enforcement
Webb
Winnfield
Osk Grove
Soule Commercial College
New Orleans
Mississippian Buys Tung Crushing Mill
Lamont Rowlands of Pearl River county announces the purchase of a ton tung crushing mill and expects to harvest 1,000 tons of tung nuts this year. Pearl River county covers 48,000 acres of tung trees, about 70 percent of U S plantings.
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Picayune
Miss
Lamont Rowlands
Pearl River County
Rowlands
United States
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Plain Dealing
Storm
Marshall
Nile
Ederal
Travelers Insurance Company
Gathe
Selman Field
WPA
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Mobile
Ala
Harry Bonifay
F. C. Wilson
Wilson
Bonifay
Pass Christian
Harrison County
John H. Overton
Mississippian
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