Repeal Voted and Post Heads East in World Flight
Wiley Post renewed his world flight from Irkutsk toward Blagoveschensk cutting his lead over the 1931 record to three hours and 24 minutes. Bad weather slowed progress between Moscow and Novosibirsk as the American fliers toward Khabarovsk faced uncertain conditions and planned a possible landing at Blagoveschensk to try to regain time.
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Moscow
Wiley Post
Verkne Udinsk
Siberia
Irkutsk
Blagoveschensk
Harold Gatty
Novosibirsk
Gatty
Yablonevoi
Sikhota
Khabarovsk
Italian fliers pass Oswego during midday raid
Italian flyers moved high over Oswego at 12 52 p m Eastern Standard Time with activity continuing beyond the early afternoon hour as reported from Oswego New York.
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Oswego
N. Y
Walsh Death Seen as Murder and Poison Claim
Canon William Sheafe Chase said Thomas J. Walsh was murdered to block his Roosevelt cabinet appointment. He urged a post mortem and linked the death to corrupt capital and underworld liquor interests. Walsh died en route from Cuba with his bride before taking the attorney general post.
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Washington
U.P
Thomas J. Walsh
Roosevelt
William Sheafe Chase
Walsh
Chase
United Press
Montana
Cuba
Hello Prosperity musical promises big town show
The Junior Charity league presents Hello Prosperity at Neville auditorium Thursday night with Paul English leading an all professional cast. A 5 o'clock parade will start from News-Star World building and end there at 5 30 with Old Man low mood hung from the building. The roof dance at Frances hotel will crown Miss Prosperity Queen of the Ball with Mayor Arnold Bernstein officiating as King. The honored girl's name will be announced at 9 from SatBeth Sien.
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Neville Auditorium
Junior Charity League
Paul English
News-Star World
Frances Hotel
Arnold Bernstein
Sat Rche Beth Sien
Unusual Zoo Morning Pranks Include Charlie Abbott Cricket Run
At Forsythe park zoo a figure crawling on all fours was misread as a man but proved to be Charlie Abbott gathering crickets for a fishing trip. No animals escaped. Washington Columns note playful jests across a local scene with judges, hats, and humorous party dares.
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Forsythe Park Zoo
Charlie Abbott
RFC May Aid Russia to Buy Cotton in U S
Washington July 19 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation weighs six year credits to finance a 1 000 000 bale cotton sale to Soviet Russia. Backers say this would resemble prior credits and could exceed 55 billion dollars in value at current prices. The plan relies on foreign sales credits through Soviet notes and may extend to gray goods for finishing mills.
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United Press
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Soviet
Russia
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Scar evidence cited in slaying trial at Vicksburg
In Vicksburg Mississippi on July 19 the prosecution cited scars on the hand and knee of Dominick A. Bove Jr as proof he killed his sister in law Billy Harring on June 7. Sheriff W J Hossley testified the marks appeared from teeth bites observed at Bove’s arrest.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Dominick A. Bove, Jr
Billy Harring
W. J. Hossley
Bove
Miss Harring
Coast Guard Fires On Speedboat Wounding Two Men
Coast Guardsmen at Woods Hole fired on the speedboat Whatzis after it refused to stop. Two crew members were wounded, including Ernest Hahn 45 of New Bedford in serious condition and Joseph Russell 30 of Providence Rhode Island.
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Woodshole
Mass
Whatzis
Coast
Ernest Hahn
New Bedford
Joseph Russell
Providence
Hahn
Electrical Code Seen As Lift to Employment
Electrical manufacturers told the recovery administration that applying their proposed code of fair competition would restore the full 1929 employment level with only 60 percent of that year's production recovered. Clarence L. Collens of Reliance Electrical Engineering Co spoke before deputy administrator William A. Allen on a code proposing a 35 cent an hour minimum wage and a 36 hour week.
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Washington
The
Recovery Administration
Clarence L. Collens
Reliance Electrical Engineering Company
Cleveland
William A. Allen
Consul General to Probe Arrest of Five Americans
Claude Dawson American consul general will go to Palma Mallorca to handle personally the arrest of five Americans jailed for allegedly assaulting a Mallorcan civil guard forty two days ago. Ambassador Bowers will meet with Manuel Azana about possible unpleasant publicity. Washington reports Phillips seeks prompt action to try or bail the prisoners.
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Madrid
Claude Dawson
Barcelona
Palma
Mallorca
Mallorcan
United States
Claude G. Bowers
Manuel Azana
Juan Francisco de Cardenas
Washington
Phillips
Clinton B. Lockwood
Fort Worth Youth Subdues Mad Dog With Bare Hands
Lee Kidd a 20 year old Fort Worth resident became a local hero after he kicked a charging mad dog breaking its neck with his foot and finished it with an iron bar. He acted without weapons while several women and children watched from the corner.
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Fort Worth
Tex
A.P
Lee Kidd
Kidd
State Tax Load series informs Louisiana readers
The News-Star and Morning World publish a recurring Tuesday Thursday Sunday series on state tax matters. An experienced author explains how Louisiana state agencies collect and disburse revenues from diverse taxes and licenses, helping residents understand fiscal affairs.
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Louisiana
News-Star
Morning World
Man Struck Dead En Route to Work in North Third St
R A Mix, 50, a Midway pool hall employee and cigar stand worker, collapsed from heart failure while walking on North Third Street toward his job. He was rushed to St Francis sanitarium but died shortly after arrival. Mix had been in normal health except for a brief feeling of malaise the day before.
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R. A. Mix
Midway Pool Hall
DeSiard Street
North Third Street
St. Francis Sanitarium
Mix
Midway
North Fourth Street
Cove Creek Dam Plans Start in 194? January
Tennessee Valley Authority announced tentative plans to begin construction of the Cove Creek dam near Knoxville with a $35,000,000 price tag on January 1. Army engineers drafted plans before Muscle Shoals law enactment, with the War Department in St. Louis overseeing work. John L. Savage of Boulder and Madden dam fame assists TVA in the design, with drafts sent to the Denver reclamation bureau.
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Washington
Cove Creek
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Army Engineers
St. Louis
War Department
George R. Spalding
Reclamation Bureau
Denver
Air Signal Service to Be Improved Nationwide
Public works funds 285000 will install 57 new wireless facilities for fliers on major airlines. Commerce officials say the updated signal information system will reach 100 percent efficiency, up from 92 to 95 percent, by combining weather broadcasts and wireless range beacons to guide aviators. Cities include Atlanta Birmingham Jackson Memphis Little Rock Nashville New Orleans and Shreveport.
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Washington
Public Works Program
Commerce Department
Atlanta
Birmingham
Jackson
Memphis
Little Rock
Nashvilla
New Orleans
Shrevenort
Louisville Avenue Bridge Approach to be Paved
The Louisiana highway program approved by federal government includes rock filling and mattress work near the Ouachita river bridge at Monroe. Asphalt paving and concrete work cover Louisville avenue east to DeSiard, plus 2.62 miles toward Sterlington and gaps on routes 4 20 and 200.
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A. P. Tugwell
State Highway Commission
Baton Rouge
Ouachita River
Louisville Avenue
Monroe
Tugwell
Stevens Bros. and
Shafer
DeSiard Road
Sterlington
Sterlington Bridge
Sicard
Roosevelt Acts To Stop Strike At Mississippi Bridge
New Orleans report says President Roosevelt moved to settle the general strike on the $13 million Mississippi river bridge project. About 700 workers halted work after demanding wage increases. the bridge is funded by bonds from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation through the public belt railroad and city state authorities. Senator Huey P. Long was quoted on the developments.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Item
Huey P. Long
Roosevelt
Rioters Queued With Gas Bombs In Cleveland Siege
A defiant jeering crowd, stirred by a "Paul Revere" ride of an auto driver, evacuated Lardet avenue S. E. as eight score police moved in. In a four hour battle fourteen people were injured, including two patrolmen, during a 17 hour siege tied to eviction of the Sparanga mortgage defaulted home.
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Cleveland
Paul Revere
Lardet Avenue
S. E
John Sparanga
Three Persons Arrested In Shooting Of Ranger
Fort Worth dated July 19 report says two men and a woman were arrested in connection with the shooting of Charles Lee Allison a 45 year old Texas ranger who was reading at home when a shot struck his right arm. The woman was later released.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Charles Lee Allison
Special
Texas Ranger
East Texas
Allison
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Granted Divorce in Chicago Scene
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, ex wife of Harry K Thaw, is pictured in Chicago after being granted a divorce from Virgil Montani her former dancing partner. Associated Press Photo.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Montani
Harry K. Thaw
Chicago
Virgil Montani
Associated Press
Squabble over parsonage in Hutton McPherson divorce row
Los Angeles July 19. David L Huttons divorce action against Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton escalated into a feud over occupancy of the Angelus temple parsonage. Temple guard Levins, hired by Harriet Jordan, was barred in as Hutton sought to protect articles of value. Jordan announced a temple house cleaning as the divorce proceeds from mid Atlantic to California courts.
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David L. Hutton
Angelus Temple
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
Temple
William B. Levins
Harriet Jordan
Hutton
Miss Jordan
Levins
Europe
mid-Atlantic
Paris
David
Roosevelt Says Recovery Hits Snag In Industry Pace
In Santa Monica Roosevelt comments that most plans are working and recovery is underway, but a band of violators has fallen behind and is slowing the overall pace. He mentions a street sign named Wall to guide traffic and restore orderly progress.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Wall
Dixie States Join In Parade Out Of Desert
Two neighboring commonwealths move to ratify the Twenty First Amendment as leaders announce a parade out of the desert. Citizens await formal actions and public celebrations in the new alignment.
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Dixie States
Commonwealth
City ballots are wet in Arkansas repeal drive
Arkansas voters backed repeal of the eighteenth amendment with about 55 of 75 delegates to the state convention to decide on the August 1 ballot. Referendum returns showed roughly 3 to 2 in favor of repeal across 106000 votes, with ten populous counties yielding a 5 to 2 majority for repeal. Phillips county led in wet percentage at 89.0. In Hope, Arkansas, local officials moved to license 3.2 beer following the statewide vote.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Phillips County
Hope
Georgia Martial Reign Continues Over State Highway Board
Governor Eugene Talmadge maintains his control over Georgia's highway department amid ousted board members seeking federal relief. A three judge federal panel denied injunctions while the governor amended his answer to keep possible military intervention reserved. Captain J W Barnett and W C Vereen, dismissed highway board members, planned to pursue state court avenues as they challenge removal.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Highway Department
Road Commission
J. W. Barnett
W. C. Vereen
Highway Board
Two Killed in Air Crash Near Mangum Oklahoma
A plane crashed into a fogbound mountain 28 miles from Mangum Oklahoma killing two passengers Don Tinsley of Shewrock Texas and Jarrett Todd Jr son of a former county judge. Pilot W F Hearne was critically injured and transported for treatment. Dr Fowler Border said a ten foot higher altitude might have avoided the collision.
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Mangum
Oklo
Don Tinsley
Shewrock
Tex
Jarrett Todd, Jr
W. F. Hearne
Fowler Border
Hearne
Two Taxi-Cab Crash Fatal Claims Mrs Fortier
New Orleans report says Mrs Olivia Fortier aged 46 died in hospital after a July 1 taxi collision on a residential street left her left arm crushed requiring amputation. Two others injured less seriously.
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New Orleans
Olivia Fortier
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