Cool Alaska Breezes Ebb Heat Wave Into Midwest
Weather from Alaska and Canada pushes heat south from the sun scorched Midwest toward cooler relief. Forecasters expect lower temperatures to reach the Atlantic coast tonight while hot spells persist in Illinois towns.
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Chicago
Alaska
Canada
Middle West
North Central
Middle Central States
North Country
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Heat records fall as city hits near 110 degrees
The Oua chita Natural Gas thermometer at city hall northeast corner read 110 degrees at 2 PM marking a peak for the summer. July 13 saw 112 degrees on the gas thermometer, while official readings reached 107 that day and 105 yesterday.
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Ouachita Natural Gas Company
Kate Key
Government Weather Recorder
Record Heatwave Across Midwest and South Plunges in Heat
The report notes St Louis with 107 degrees the hottest day in history while Medford Oklahoma reached 114 and Conway Arkansas hit 113. A high pressure system moving southward cooled Chicago temperatures, with continuation on page 14.
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St Louis
Medford
Okla
Conway
Ark
Chicago
Poison liquor sickens Michael Cudahy in Hollywood party
Michael Cudahy scion of the Chicago packing family was reported by physicians to be recovering from paralysis of the lower limbs after drinking poisonous liquor at a Hollywood hotel party. His mother, Mrs J P Cudahy, said doctors diagnosed it as poison liquor and noted rapid improvement as he could return home by week’s end.
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Los Angeles
Michael Cudahy
Chicago
J. P. Cudahy
Cdahy
Hollywood
Cudahy
British airship R-100 heads west over Atlantic toward Canada
The British dirigible R-100 with 44 on board sailed along Scotland's west coast en route from Cardington to Montreal. The ship reported all aboard safe, held a northwest course near the Hebrides, and was expected to reach Canada about sixty hours after departure, though rough winds could delay arrival.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Iland
Scotland
Hebrides
Cardington
Montreal
Canada
O. K
Oversay Island
Argyllshire
R. S. Booth
America
Insurance Commission of Law to Meet Tomorrow
The Louisiana insurance commission will hold a special meeting tomorrow at 11 o'clock in the Canal Bank building offices in New Orleans. Chairman John D. Saint announced the session is a postponed meeting from last week due to the death of S. P. Walmsley, father of commissioner R. M. Walmsley.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Insurance Commission
Commission
Canal Bank Building
New Orleans
John D. Saint
S. P. Walmsley
R. M. Walmsley
Insurance Commission
London naval treaty bill passes Lords stages
London July 29 The house of lords today passed all remaining stages of the London naval treaty bill. The king must still sign it.
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London
House of Lords
Russia’s Five Year Plan Sparks US Trade Debate
United Press dispatch notes Russia’s 1928 five year program triggers concern in US industry. Some see new trade opportunities while others fear a rising trade menace as Americans consider tariff tools to block goods produced under Russia’s repressive conditions. The piece discusses mounting friction in US Soviet commerce as a result of Moscow’s aggressive economic drive.
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Joseph H. Baird
United Press
Washington
Russia
Tual
United States
Airplanes Deployed to Battle Arkansas Forest Fires
Ouachita National Forest officials request Arkansas national guard planes to patrol for fires amid drought. Fires spread rapidly, with a blaze south of Mena burning 9000 acres including 900 acres government forest and 1200 acres private land. Over 125 men fought a Norman-area fire destroying 300 acres. No rain since May.
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United Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas National Guard
National Forest
Ouachita National Forest
Mena
Norman
Crowley Man Dies After Personal Safety Shot Wound
Dale Sonnier age 67 died at American Legion hospital after shooting himself with a shotgun at the home of his stepson Joe Truax in Egan near Crowley. He remained rational until the end and cited family trouble as the motive.
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Crowley
Dale Sonnier
American Legion
Sonnier
Joe Truax
Egan
Miles
Fatal Dive From Tree Branch Into River
MEMPHIS Tenn July 20 A dive from a 20 foot high tree branch into Knoxabee river may prove fatal for James D Stiles 18 son of Mr and Mrs J R Stiles of Sturgis Miss He struck the river bottom and fractured his spine left paralyzed except for his right arm and in serious condition The accident occurred Saturday during swimming near Sturgis
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Memphis
Tenn
James D. Stiles
J. R. Stiles
Sturgis
Young Stiles
Stiles
Knoxubee River
Another Victim as Heat Wave Seizes Baltimore
Baltimore reports another death amid a 12 day siege of hot weather. The heat has caused forty deaths in the metropolitan area as forecasts promised relief from the scorcher.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Quarantine Tightens in Catahoula Parish Over Polio Case
Health officials in Harrisonburg Jonesville and Manifest impose strict limits to curb infantile paralysis. No under sixteen allowed in churches theatres dances or large gatherings as two cases exist and revival events are postponed.
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News-Star
Harrisonburg
Catahoula Parish
R. H. Enzor
O. J. Richardson
Jonesville
Manifest
Baptist Church
Catahoula
Chicago Police Officer Describes Communist Movement
Lieut. Marie Mills, a 34 year Chicago police veteran, told a congressional committee that communism stems from anarchy and the I W W. He said radicals pose a constant menace but see little risk of gaining a foothold in America. Mills noted 132 meetings and 13 demonstrations since January 1. John Alcock, Chicago police commissioner, said the movement is well in hand and under constant police contact.
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Chicago
Lieut
Marie Mills
Congressional Committee
Lieut. Mills
America
Paganda
Mills
John Alcock
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
A brief notice lists Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley with a playful line about Peah Lak Neah. The fragment emphasizes the literary segment and author name in a local newspaper spot.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Four Men Held in Alabama Counterfeiting Ring
Four men Festus Estes Jimmie Burres John W Ponder and Andrew Ponder are charged by federal agents with conspiring to violate the national counterfeiting law. They were arrested at Cullman Alabama where the ring supposedly operated. Bond set at 5000 each with Estes posting it. others remain jailed. The counterfeit notes include 10 20 and 50 dollar bills printed by Walter Allred now in Atlanta federal prison. The scheme allegedly circulated counterfeit currency for six years in Alabama and other southern states.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Cullman
Festus Estes
Jimmie Burres
John W
Andrew Ponder
Estes
Walter Allred
Allred
Alabama
Riley J. Wilson to Speak at Kiwanis Luncheon
Representative Riley J. Wilson of Louisiana's fifth district will be guest of honor and chief speaker at the Kiwanis club luncheon at Hotel Monroe tomorrow noon. This marks his first return visit since his Washington trip and other program items are planned.
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Riley J. Wilson
Kiwanis
Louisiana
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Monroe
Washington
Mississippi River Drought Halts Navigation At Greenville
Mississippi river at Greenville is at its lowest July level in decades a drought since May 18 worsens with no rain and 104 degree highs. Sand bars and obstructions threaten barge and boat passages north of Greenville, risking serious disruption to regional river traffic.
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Greenville
Miss
Mississippi River
Mississippi Delta
Girl Mother Takes Own Life in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga Tennessee on July 20 Mrs Juanita Jones Cressman 17 year old mother of a 15 month old child shot herself through the heart. She had separated from Henry E Cressman a local navy recruiting officer several months prior.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Juanita Jones Cressman
Henry E. Cressman
Communist Take Changsha Amid Evacuations In China
Chinese communist troops captured Changsha the capital of Hunan on July 29 driving a northward advance. Foreigners including Father Guilio Baima were seized, prompting British American and Japanese gunboats to evacuate remaining hostages and threaten to strike if further threats to installations occurred.
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Shanghai
China
Changsha
Hunan
Guilio Baima
Socony
Peiping
Confession Claimed in Alabama Man Murder Case
Indianapolis report says Mrs. Josephine Wylie claimed Harold H. Schroeder of Mobile confessed to killing and burning a man found dead in Schroeder’s wrecked car on May 31. She said the confession occurred at Sheriff Winkler’s office with witnesses. officials deny obtaining it.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Josephine Wylie
Harold H. Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
Schroeders
Southwestern Arkansas in Frenzy Over New Oil Boom
Southwest Arkansas awoke to a new oil rush as the Lenz No 11 wells in Texarkana began producing about 300 barrels daily. Oil men from the region poured into the city, hotels filled, and others moved quickly to lease the new field as veterans predicted a larger strike ahead.
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Texarkana
Ark
Arkansas
Wildcat
Robbery Drives Through Memphis Traffic Drowns Outcries
In Memphis on July 29 a bandit robbed Dr J A McIntosh and his family as traffic rumble drowned cries. The thief mounted the car running board at a red light and forced submission, taking a $706 diamond ring from Mrs McIntosh and $12 from the doctor while they were en route to a local hospital.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. A. McIntosh
McIntosh
Dr. McIntosh
Woman Injured as Cars Crash in West Monroe
A collision at Fourth and Mill streets in West Monroe sent Mrs. J. D. Boyington to St. Francis sanitarium with severe bruises and a wrenched back after her car was struck by G. L. Skeeter Morgan. The crash followed Mrs. Boyington returning from Brown Paper Mill. witnesses urged stop signs at the blind approach.
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Fourth and
Mill Streets
West Monroe
J. D. Boyington
North Fourth Street
Rocky Mount Tree Sitting Ends After Fall Fractured Skull
In Rocky Mount South Carolina William Andrews an 18 year old contestant fell 15 feet from a tree platform during a sitting contest and suffered a fractured skull. Nine other boys climbed down ending the event.
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Rocky Mount
S. C
William Andrews
Dredge George J Whalen Sinks In Lake Erie Tragedy Off Dunkirk
Fifteen crewmen and a woman drowned when the sand dredge George J Whalen sank 18 miles west of Dunkirk New York as cargo shifted. Six crew members survived rescued by the freighter Amassa Stone. Captain W H Neal and his men found three survivors with life belts. the vessel's captain W T Wace and two officers perished. Names and exact origins of survivors uncertain. The windstorm rose at daybreak after a calm night.
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United Press
Erie
George J. Whalen
Dunkirk
N. Y
Lake Erie
W. H. Neal
W. T. Wace
Marshall Emline
Arthur Walters
Wage
Cleveland
Emline
Walters
Sandusky
Cook
First Mississippi Cotton Bale Sold In Magnolia
The first bale of the 1930 Mississippi cotton crop was ginned and sold in Magnolia. J. W. Braham, manager of Pike county convict farm, delivered a 424 pound bale to Lamp ton Reid company for 20 cents per pound. The bale graded strict middling.
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Magnolia
Miss
Mississippi
J. W. Braham
Pike County
Lampton Reid Company
Pioneer Colored Educator Dies in West Monroe Home
West Monroe mourns Rev. William G. Head 82 longtime pastor of Trenton Baptist Church and founder of Coleman College Gibsland Ruston Institute and Gai Springs Baptist association. He led Louisiana Negro Baptist efforts from slave era education to modern outreach. The state convention paid respects as he neared death.
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William G. Head
Trenton Baptist Church
South
William
Negro Baptist Association of Louisiana
Ruston Institute
Ruston
Gai Springs Baptist Association
Head
Trenton
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