Material Service capsizes in Lake Michigan tragedy off Chicago
A motor powered ship loaded with sand sank four miles off Chicago's south side around 2 to 3 am. Seven crew survived after clinging to a life raft. 15 were listed as missing. Captain C D Brown and coast guard crews aided survivors and searched for the missing as the vessel sank in rough seas.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
C. D. Brown
Coast Guard
John M. Johnson
Johnson
A. E. Pierce
Calumet Harbor
86Th Street
R. A. Carlson
South Chicago
Brown
Port Huron
Mich
Melvin Taft
Lockport
Chicago, Il
John Melby
Dairy Farmers Confer With Governor as Milk Blockade Probes
Ten pickets were arrested by New Orleans police for blocking milk shipments to the city in a dairy farmers blockade. Governor Leche called an arbitration conference in Baton Rouge with Dairy Farmers Protective League and Louisiana milk pasteurizers to seek a peaceful settlement. The arrested men from Hammond and Tickfaw were charged with vagancy after blocking the Chef Menteur highway.
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Baton Rouge
Dairy Farmers Protective League
Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
New Orleans
H. G. Vernon
E I. D
Henry Jd. D. Harris
Chef Menteur
Mississippi
Gulf Tropical Storm Near Hurricane Strength Today
The Weather Bureau said at 11 30 a m the Gulf storm off Florida's lower west coast appeared to have hurricane intensity in a small area. Warnings covered the Atlantic coast from Fort Pierce to near Carrabelle. The center lay about 25 miles offshore Boca Grande moving northwest at 12 mph with strong SE to E winds and high tides feared.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Gulf of
Florida
Boca Grande
Fort Pierce
Atlantic
Carrabelle
Gulf Coast
State Republican faction in Louisiana recognized in Porterie ruling
The Louisiana faction of the Republican party led by J. Paul Duke of New Iberia was officially recognized by Attorney General Gaston Porterie. He said recognition stands unless courts rule otherwise, noting prior recognition at the national convention and meeting state law by winning at least five percent of the last presidential vote. Paul Marshall's faction sought recognition but had suit dismissed. an appeal to the state supreme court was planned.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Republican Party
J. Paul Duke
New Iberia
Gaston Porterie
Paul Marshall
District Court
State Supreme Court
Chained Boys Rescued as Fire Burns in Basement Room
Brighton residents Wayne and Jim Hamblin, ages 10 and 12, were chained to a board by their father Roy Hamblin when a gasoline soaked rug ignited in a basement room. Their sister Lois 14 freed them and their mother Goldie Hamblin helped extinguish. Fire caused little damage and authorities say it started from spontaneous combustion.
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Brighton
Cole
W. B. Wheeler
Wayne
Jimmy Hamblin
Roy Hamblin
WPA
Wheeler
Lois
Goldie Hamblin
Hamblin
President Roosevelt Picnics with Family at Campobello
President Roosevelt relaxed in a red cottage on Campobello Island with family and friends. The day included a seaside picnic after moonrise and a tea time reception for neighbors, guarded by the Canadian royal mounted police and the American Secret Service.
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Campobello Island
N.B
Roosevelt
Canadian Royal Mounted Police
Secret Service
Campobello
Moon
Ocean front block swept by fire in Long Beach NY
A breeze whipped fire tore through an ocean front block in Long Beach New York destroying a restaurant and ten concessions and damaging a theater. Harold Jacobson manager for Frank Frankel estimated losses between 750000 and 1000000 dollars with no immediate cause determination.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Harold Jacobson
Frank Frankel
Bullets and bricks fly at plant in steel strike violence
At Northwestern Barb Wire plant in Sterling Illinois a crowd of 1000 strikers and sympathizers clashed with guards and deputies. 25 to 30 rifle shots were fired but harmlessly struck walls as tear gas ended the confrontation. Earlier clashes left three injured including guards Gleason and Bennett and spectator Roberts. An arbitrator had earlier granted a 10 percent raise and bargaining rights to workers.
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Sterling
Ill
Barb Wire Company
National Steel Industry
John Gleason
Fay Bennett
Gleason
Cable
Bennett
Charles Roberts
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers
Robert Pinkington
United States Labor Department
Lindbergh Leaves Berlin for Rhinow
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh departed Berlin for Rhinow Prussia. He inquired after Lieut. Ernst Udet injured when his plane failed. Lindbergh received the German Aero Club honor emblem for distinguished aviation service.
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Berlin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Rhinow
Prussia
Ernst Udet
Warnemuende
Udet
Lindbergh
German Aero Club
San Sebastian Bombarded as Rebels Attack Spain Civil War Flares
The sea coast city endured renewed cannonading as a rebel seaplane reportedly sank a government submarine. The government purged suspected foes and seized Catholic schools to crush the revolt begun on its twelfth day. Rebels pressed toward Zaragoza and Cordoba while Madrid eyed a fall from a wedge between Barcelona and the capital. Booted women patrolled San Sebastian as both sides moved to cut rebel Loyalist lines. Government funds of about 5.6 million pesetas were allotted to fight the rebellion.
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Associated Press
San Sebastian
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
San Roque
la Linea
Zaragoza
Cordoba
Granada
Seville
Bay of Biscay
Irun
Gibraltar
Quadarrama
Eight Die In Baltimore and Ohio Freight Derailment
Eight victims were removed from the wreckage of a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed yesterday at Clay City, with more bodies unearthed today. Victims include Wayne Caldwell head brakeman and Robert May student fireman, both from Washington Indiana. Other identified victims were Fletcher Aerold of Newport News Virginia and L H McNeail of Alexander City Alabama.
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Clay City
Baltimore and Ohio
Wayne Caldwell
Robert May
Washington
Ind
Fletcher Aerold
Newport News
L. H. McNeail
Alexander City
Ala
Arthur McCool
Ethiopian attack on Italian garrison near Addis Ababa
Rome July 29 An Ethiopian assault on an Italian garrison in the woods south of Addis Ababa was disclosed by an official communique. The attack occurred yesterday and bandit groups were driven off with very severe losses. Residents of the capital remained calm.
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Rome
Addis Ababa
Josh Lee Wins Nomination In Senate Race
Oklahoma City July 29 A youthful former professor and representative Josh Lee won the Democratic U S Senate nomination defeating Governor Marland by more than 105000 votes. Lee will face Republican Herbert K Hyde in November for the seat vacated by Thomas Gore.
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Oklahoma
City
Josh Lee
State University
Lee
WPA
FE. W. Marland
Herbert K. Hyde
Thomas P. Gore
Hyde
U. S
Charles F. Urschel
Marland
Percy L. Gassaway
Lyle
Miners Return to Work After Strike at Whitwell
About five hundred miners returned to work for Black Diamond Coal in Whitwell Tennessee after three months on strike. An agreement reached in Chattanooga on Monday prompted the return. Company president C S Bissell called the terms satisfactory but would not reveal details.
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Whitwell
Tenn
Black Diamond Coal Company
George Titer
United Mine Workers of America
Chattanooga
C. S. Bissell
United Mine Workers
Plane Smoke Causes Cadet Bailout Near San Antonio
Cadet R C Wood of Barksdale Field bailed out after smoke poured from his pursuit plane while flying toward Randolph field. Officials attributed an oil fire and smoke to be the cause, the plane demolished but not burning. Wood, 24, son of Rev C D Wood of Haynesville, La, graduated Kelly Field last February. Cadet Cy Wilson also survived. he had graduated from Kelly Field in October 1935 and lives in Longview, Texas.
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San Antonio
R. C. Wood
Barksdale Field
Flyer
Kirby
Randolph Field
Cadet Wood
Cy Wilson
Kelly Field
Shreveport
Woods
Wood
C. D. Wood
Haynesville
Wilson
Longview
Tex
J. B. Wilson
Noied Priest Dies Aged 95 In Lackawanna New York
Father Baker known as the pad re of the poor in Lackawanna dies at 95 after a long illness at Our Lady of Victory hospital. He was born February 16 1841 in Buffalo and ordained March 19 1876. His age and long service mark a storied career in Catholic ministry.
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Lackawanna
N. Y
UPI
Father Baker
United States
Our Lady of Victory Hospital
William Turner
Buffalo
Father Paker
Niagara University
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Onor
Last-Minute Briefs From Across the Nation and World
Reports from Leavenworth show Alvin Karpis beginning a life term for the William Hamm kidnapping conspiracy with guards in place. In Hollywood a health inspector is held on suspicion of murder after the stabbing of film extra Dorothy Jay Corcoran. An unidentified white man’s body is found at the Mandeville street wharf in New Orleans with cause undetermined. In Harrisburg lawmakers demand an end to the jobless army’s disruption of the state house, Republicans seeking gallery clearance if unrest continues. A Polish hurricane leaves twelve dead and 100 injured across twelve villages. In Hamilton nine family members die in a cross creek accident when their car is struck by a train. Chrysler announces a second $2.3 million employee bonus this year. In Alexandria enforcement officers plan charges over game and fish law violations with a 60 foot seine shown. In St Francisville Lee James of Leesville crushed by falling logs.
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Hollywood
Frank J. Hefflin
Dorothy Jay Corcoran
Notable Thomspon Family Ties Revealed in Atlantic City
Atlantic City report notes former Mayor Joseph Thompson as one of two brothers. It records his descendants including sons William and John and William’s two sons, detailing a multi generation family connection in the area.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Joseph Thompson
William
John
Militia Withdrawal Underway at Talladega Alabama
Talladega Alabama July 28 with the special grand jury in recess until the wounded in hospitals can testify withdrawal of state militia began here today a week after rioting near Samoset textile mills killed two and wounded 17 Adjutant General John C Coleman announced the immediate demobilization of 50 of the 100 troopers and said all guardsmen will be withdrawn by the end of the week.
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Talladega
Ala
Samoset
John C. Coleman
Old City Pool Reopens After Levee Repairs
The old municipal natatorium reopens with chlorinated salt water in excellent condition. Commissioner R D Swayze says flood levee work delayed electricity and gas connections, but bath houses and showers are now usable and crowds attend daily.
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R. D. Swayze
Ouachita Parish
Premier Mussolini Celebrates 53rd Birthday in Stride
Rome reports Premier Mussolini marked his 53rd birthday with his usual energy at Palazzo Venezia, continuing duties as dictator of the Fascist state. He later planned a private family celebration as Italian newspapers largely ignored the anniversary.
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Rome
Musolin
Palazzo Venezia
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