Noted Actress Jean Harlow Dies of Uremic Brain Poison
June 7 reports Jean Harlow, noted actress and star of the station era, died after brain damage from uremic poisoning. She had tuberculosis? Becomes coma after blood transfusions and oxygen tent failed to save her. Her mother by bedside.
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Yeor
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Clark
Jean Feo
Sician
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Amelia Earhart Heads Over South Atlantic Flight
Amelia Earhart and navigator Captain Fred Noonan started from Natal Brazil at 1 16 a m for Dakar Senegal in a 900 mile leg of her around the world attempt. The monoplane carried 850 gallons of gasoline and 80 gallons of oil as rain drenched cameras and crowds watched the takeoff.
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Brazil
Amela Earhart
South Atlantic
Dakar
Senegal
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Air France
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Noonan
Louisiana to Send Eight to Library Convention
Baton Rouge reports eight Louisiana representatives will attend the American Library Association convention in New York from June 21 to 27. Delegates include J. Q. Modisette Joseph Dover Mrs W M Knott Emily Spencer Edmund L McGivaren Dorothy Moss Essae Culver and Ella V Aldrich. Culver will speak at the convention.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
American Library Association
New York
J. Q. Modisette
Jennings
Louisiana Library Commission
Joseph Dover
Sabine Pariah Library Board
W. M. Knott
Emily Spencer
Sabine Parish
Edmund L. McGivaren
New Orleans
Dorothy Moss
Shreve
Duce Displays Might of Navy Aboard Destroyer Maes TraLe
Mussolini showcased Italy's naval power off Naples in a mock combat with German Field Marshal von Blomberg aboard the destroyer Maes TraLe. The display aimed to reassure Hitler of Fascist strength in the Mediterranean amid press criticism. More than 70 submarines and over 150 warships took part in Sea Duce maneuvers.
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Naples
Mussolini
Haly
Werner von Blomberg
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Shipment of Jewelry Lies in Sight at Crash Scene
Alpine Utah June 7. Guards with orders to shoot on sight searched wreckage of a sky liner found on Lone Peak as rescuers sought seven occupants. A large shipment of jewelry lay exposed amid the debris and efforts continued to recover bodies from glaciated snow.
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Alpine
Utah
M. G. Wenger
Wenger
Lone Peak
Salt Lake City
Airine
Western Air Express
Youngest Civil War Vet Claim Sparks Local Attention
Cyrus M Lichty, an 86 year old Cedar Falls resident, says he is the youngest living Union veteran. He enlisted at 11 years old in the 7lst Iowa Infantry and fought at Vicksburg, 11 months younger than William Strange of Bruceville Indiana who is often named the youngest G A R survivor.
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Cedar Falls
Lichty
7Ist
Jowa
Vicksburg
William Strange
Bruceville
Ind
Weather outlook for Vouibiana and Arkansas
Local thunder showers likely tonight and Tuesday with gentle to moderate easterly coastal winds. Arkansas forecast calls for showers through Tuesday with unsettled conditions.
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Vouibiana
Arkansas
Wolf Seen Near Duke’s Castle During Windsors’ Honeymoon
In Noetsch Austria on June 7 a large wolf from the Dobratsch mountains was reported prowling the Wasserleonburg grounds while the Duke and Duchess of Windsor honeymoon. An attendant described sightings in a thunderstorm as villagers planned another hunt to curb years of cattle losses.
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Noetsch
Austria
Dobratsch Mountains
Castle Wasserleonburg
England Lifts Price of Gold
London fixed the bar gold price at 34.72 dollars per fine ounce to curb metal flows to the United States. The 38 cent rise cut exporters’ per ounce profits, narrowing margins against the New York price of 23 dollars per ounce and reducing shipment incentives.
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London
United States
New York
Roosevelt urges uniform inter-territorial freight rates plan
President Roosevelt submitted a Tennessee Valley Authority report to Congress proposing a uniform principle for setting inter-territorial freight rates to boost regional and national commercial development.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Prince Konoye Ascends Tokyo Premiership Faces Unity Challenge
Tokyo June 7 Prince Fumimaro Konoye said he is unworthy of the premiership and seeks unity with army and party leaders. He became premier on June 1 after Hayashi quit. The 46 year old former president of the house of peers jokes about weight and nap needs and reveals a strict wife governs his meals. He recently attended a masque ball disguised as Adolf Hitler.
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Fumimaro Konoye
Prince Konoye
Senjuro Hayashi
House of Peers
Japan
Roosevelt
Konove
Adolf
Louisiana auctioneer Ted Carfield killed in Chicago crash
Relatives mourn the death of Ted Carfield 47 head of a large strawberry auction firm of his name after a Friday night collision in Chicago. Police ordered Walter White 35 to an inquest. White said Carfield stopped in front of his car. Carfield is survived by his widow Clarise and his Chicago-based mother and brother.
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Ted Carfield
Chicago
Carfield
Walter White
Clarise Carfield
Commutations Cut Two Louisiana Murder Sentences
In Baton Rouge on June 7, 014 the life sentence of Frank Lutes who was convicted July 31, 1931 for murder in Orleans parish was reduced to ten years and six months in the penitentiary. Chester Phillips, convicted July 1, 1930 in St Tamany parish for murder, had his life sentence continued to ten years.
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Baton Rouge
Frank Lutes
Orleans Parish
Chester Phillips
St Tammany Parish
Four Left At North Pole As Planes Depart
Four Soviet explorers began a year long polar weather vigil with a dog at a floe near the North Pole to support a Moscow to San Francisco air route. Three planes reached Burlett Island 560 miles away on schedule while a fourth landed nearer Bath parallel about 359 miles away.
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San Francisco
Polar
North Pole
Sachet
Burlett Island
Schedture
Bath Parallel
Sun Eclipse Studied By American and National Geographic Team
Naval observers and National Geographic scientists prepare off the mid Pacific for America's total solar eclipse the longest in two centuries. From barren Alberte Canton observers await peak darkness at 208 pm EST as the Washington watchers photo and study the sun's corona and secrets of the giant star.
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Washingtwin
Dune
National Geographic
Delowle
mid-Pacific
Fomorria
Alberte
Canton
Armeric Pishinpingello
Corona
United
Oteer
Baler Explosion Injures Workers on Houma Rig
A baler explosion aboard the Is Qa Company well No 1 rig near Houma Louisiana seriously injured B A Lie and injured several other workers. The well was damaged as final preparations were made to bring it in.
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Is Qa Company
Ner Bere
B. A. Lie
Sud Vivo
Fist Fights Erupt as Munich Protest Leaders Clash
In Munich Catholics and Protestants exchange blows after concurrent protests led by confessional leaders. A fiery sermon denounces repentance, triggering street clashes and the police move to separate rival factions amid long standing religious tensions.
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Berlin
Duine
Street
Mann
Isere
Germany
Rena
Svaera
Tumbles Far There is deep than one store ghiont this ire k Eye
In a fragmented report a person suffered an injury amid unclear context and multiple locations referenced. Names and specifics are unreadable, but the text implies a mishap or accident with several spots involved and a possible eye injury.
Freight train kills sleeping worker in Louisiana
A freight train fatally injured a worker near Cotton Valley Louisiana on a Sunday. Investigators described the incident as a railroad accident with authorities from the central freight facility examining the scene and cause.
Shreveport City Marshal Ends Life
Readable fragments report the death of Shreveport city marshal and mention the office holding and potential appointment authority. The text references Samuel, Tay 2d, a law judge and govern collection, with unclear details about candidates who can be appointed.
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Shreveport
Samuel Hed
Tay
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