Heat Wave Ravages Plains Farm Regions Across U.S.
Central U S heat wave drives crop losses and deaths with mentions of Texas corn kernels bursting in fields and apple trees baking in Kansas. Officials urge relief measures as drought widens and farmers seek credit and lower freight rates to move cattle. Water scarcity triggers bans on washing cars and lawn sprinkling.
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J Heat
Drouth
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Louis J. ‘Taber
National Grange
Brouth
United Press
Central States
Longview
Tex
Lincoln
Neb
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Indiana
Wichita
Kasice
Gladwin Man Donates Antiques to College
George Black, a graduate student from Gladwin, donated coins and antiques to the Log Cabin Museum at Central State Teachers College. The items include a horse hide trunk lined with newspapers dating around 1825 a water carrying yoke two oil muskets with powder horns an old bucksaw and an antique clock.
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Central State Teachers College
George Black
Gladwin
New Orleans Girl Dorothy Goff Crowned Miss America
Dorothy Bell Goff of New Orleans won the Miss America title over 82 contestants in the 11th pageant of pulchritude in Galveston. She stands 5 6, enters her senior year at Sophie Wright High School, and won a $1,000 prize.
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Galveston
Texas
U.P
America
Dorothy Bell Goff
New Orleans
Sopnie Wright High School
Miss
Bucharest
Russia
Miss Goff
Romania
Mariana Mirica
Hungary
Gyorgyke Gero
Turkey
Fehira Tefvik
Madia de Kazarin
Germany
Caria Bolh
France
Madeline Mourgeois
Lulliana Andreescu
County school chiefs to meet here August 11
County school commissioners and educators from across the state will attend a four day conference of the Michigan County School Commissioners Association at Central State Teachers College August 11 to 14. Speakers include Timon Covert from the Bureau of Education Washington and Kate V Woolford of Laurens County South Carolina.
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Michigan County School Commissioners’ Association
Central State Teachers College
Michigan
Timon
Covert
Bueau of Education
Washington, D. C
Kate V. Wofford
Laurens County
South Carolina
Mary Ann Ravell
Oakland County
Ina Kelley
Department of Public Instruction
Lansing
E. J. Lederle
Oakland
William McKinley Robinson
Western State Teachers College
M. S. Pittman
Lord
Michigan State Normal College
Gerald F. Bush
I. C. Warriner
Central State
H. C. Caszatt
Isabella County
Mrs Lindbergh To Have Plane Of Her Own
Mrs Charles A Lindbergh is to receive a personal plane in a few days. Charles A Lindbergh bought a new three seat model. he hinted their son Charles Augustus Jr. may fly soon. When delivered, Mrs Lindbergh will pursue a pilot license and the couple may travel to their North Haven Maine summer home with their child.
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New
York
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Augustus, Jr
Lindbergh
Mortow
North Haven
500 Million Bushel Corn Loss Forecast by Hyde
Kansas City August 5 Arthur M Hyde secretary of agriculture warned a heat wave could trim the corn crop by as much as 500 million bushels, higher than the 200 million forecast. He said the loss could balance with wheat carryover and urged feeding wheat to livestock. Hyde planned to meet Alexander Legge in Omaha and tour the northwest to push acreage reduction policy.
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Kansas City
U.R
Arthur M. Hyde
Secretary of Agriculture
Midwest Retail Merchants” Council
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Omaha
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm ‘Board
Business Men Backing Engel for Detroit Mayor
Detroit August 5 George Engel lone mayoral candidate against recalled incumbent Charles Bowles announced a 100 member group of business and civic leaders sponsoring his run. Named on the Rigrel for Mayor committee are Fred Wardell John C Lodge Philin Breitmeyer and Frank H Croul with a 500 member larger committee to be announced soon. The election is set for September 9.
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Detroit
U.R
George Engel
Charles Bowles
Fred Wardell
Eureka*Vacuum Cleaner Co
John C. Lodge
Philin Breitmeyer
Frank H. Croul
Crippled Children Work in County Turned Over to Rotary Club
At a special Isabella county Michigan Society for Crippled Children meeting in Mount Pleasant the county chapter was discontinued and its remaining funds given to the Mount Pleasant Rotary club. The Rotary plans another clinic for crippled children this fall and seeks referrals for any physically handicapped child under twenty one years old to Floyd H. Johnson or Rotary members.
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Isabella County
Michigan Society For Crippled Children
Presbyterian Church
Mount Pleasant
Mercury Hovers Around 98 Degrees Again
The mercury fell to 46 degrees last night providing brief relief from sun and heat. Temperatures rose to 52 and then climbed to 98 degrees again today. Daytime varies little, with readings near 98 degrees over the past five days.
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Mt. Pleasant
Weather forecast for lower and upper Michigan brief
Parts of Michigan expect mostly cloudy to fair skies with little temperature change. Detroit readings show warm highs near 90s and cooler nights, while other cities report mid 60s to mid 80s temperatures with light winds.
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Detroit
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
Chicago
Duluth
Escanaba
Grand Rapids
Ludington
Marquette Eatinge
Sault Ste. Marie
County bean and beet crops cut in half by heat
The Isabella county crops face severe loss from a long heat wave and drought. Beans, despite a 20 percent acreage rise, may yield only half a crop with late beans largely unsalvageable. Sugar beets also hit, likely a half crop, though sugar content rises due to dryness. Small grains stay sturdy, wheat shows smut but otherwise good yields. Pastures dry and browning. rainfall needed soon.
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Isabella
Jsyascn
Michigan
Fordney backs Osborn in Michigan senate bid
Sag inaw, Aug 5. Uncle Joe Fordney, longtime Michigan figure and Fordney McCumber tariff co author, announces active leadership for Saginaw County in Chase S. Osborn senate campaign. He praises Osborn as lifelong Michigan citizen, former governor, capable businessman, and urges party unity to aid state progress.
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Saginaw
U.R
Joe Fordney
Michigan
United States
Saginaw County
Chase S. Osborn
United States Senate
Fordney
Fordney-McCumber
Osborn
Upper
Chase Gshorn
Brucker Replies To Groesbeck In Campaign Speech
Hastings Michigan August 5 Alex J Groesbeck demanded Attorney General Wilber M Brucker intervene in Detroit crime matters Brucker replied in a Barry County address campaigning for the Republican nomination He accused Groesbeck of dictatorial aims and said he favors local Wayne County processes and a grand jury with Wayne County Prosecutor James E Chenot He charged vengeance motivates Groesbeck in his fourth bid for governor.
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Hastings
Mich
Alex J. Groesbeck
Wilber M. Brucker
Detroit
Brucker
Barry County
Republicaan
Wayne County
Groesbeck
James BE. Chenot
Fire Crews Quell Brush Fire Threatening Buildings
A grass blaze endangering nearby structures was extinguished by the fire department at the corner of Oak and Michigan streets Monday afternoon. Origin traced to a rubbish pile behind Isabella County Farmers Grain Co elevator, the smoldering junk heap had burned a large plot before firefighters with 200 psi water finally put it out.
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Oak
Michigan
Isabella County
Toothache Forces Tree Sitter Evans Harris Down
Evans Harris, 18, ends a 21 day maple tree vigil in Detroit after toothache forces descent. Crowds of about 100000 watch as he receives donations over $30 a radio set valued at $140 and promises of a Ford car and bicycle. Harris claims the city and state endurance record.
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Detroit
Ku.p
Evans Harris
Harris
Battle vs Pure Oil case briefs filed in court
The Battle v Pure Oil case continued before Judge Hart with an agreement to dispense with summary arguments. Original briefs due August 15 and reply briefs within five days. Decision unlikely before month end. The land title legality concerns Mt Pleasant oil fields. Two chancery cases also on today’s docket.
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Pure Oil Company
Circuit “Court
Wezensky Well Expected To Reach Pay Tonight
The Wezensky No. 1 in the Lentan field near Cassopolis Mich is expected to reach pay within 24 hours. Drilling at deeper than 3500 feet with oil storage and low crude prices shaping incentives. several other Mt Pleasant area wells under drilling though few anticipated this week. A severe thunderstorm near Cassopolis killed 11 Holstein cows struck by lightning while sheltered under a tree.
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Wezensky No
New York Petroleum Matthey
Wezensky
Lentan
Mt. Pleasant
Chippewa
Vernon
Leaton
Broomfield
Cassopolis
Mich
Don Morse
Fire saves town as locomotive ferries water to blaze
In Camp Meade Junction Maryland a locomotive towing a 12 000 gallon water tender rushed 18 miles to aid a fire. Volunteer firemen lacking water due to drought called Baltimore for help. A hose connected to the tender and water pumped onto a five story frame house fire, preventing destruction.
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Baltimore
U.P
Camp Meade Junction
Ann Arbor Railway Workers Hold Island Park Picnic
About 200 Ann Arbor Railway employees attended a Sunday picnic and safety meeting at Island Park. Leaders included A. C. Craighead, R. D. Copeland, Tom Trumbull, and Dr. Humes. Attendees from Mit Pleasant and nearby areas joined in a noon dinner.
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Ann Arbor Railway Company
Island Park
Ann Arbor
Toledo
A. C. Craighead
R. D. Copeland
Tom
Trumbull
Humes
Ann Arbor Railway
Mit. Pleasant
H. J. Porterfield
Wiliam
Carl Armstrong
Charles Bartelle
Dance Marathon halted after contestant dies in Saginaw
Saginaw city council ordered the River Park marathon dance stopped after Miss Bernice Pringle died in hospital. The event began June 28 and a postmortem was ordered to assess if prolonged dancing contributed to her death following illness on July 19. The Saginaw Ministerial Alliance petitioned to end the dance.
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Saginaw, Mich
U.P
River Park
Bernice Pringle
Saginaw
Heat Relief Arrives as Midwest Faces Drought, Heat
Detroit reports two deaths and over a dozen prostrations as a heat wave grips the region. Highs reached 94 by 6 pm after Sunday’s peak, with showers predicted to bring slight relief. Chicago sees a morning rain, Des Moines reports general showers, and St. Louis notes a brief heavy shower but drought remains.
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Detroit
Central States
Weather Bureau
Norman Conger
Rozalia Pakizér
Louis C. Charipar
Wayne County Training School
Plymouth
ST. Louis
U.P
Yesternay
Drouth
Hartford farmer paralyzed after lightning strikes cow
A storm yesterday struck near Hartford Michigan. Lightning split a cow and hit A Elgar, a local farmer, causing paralysis in one leg. Rescue crews reported the incident as a severe weather injury with no other casualties.
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de Hartford
Mich
U.R
Elgar
Aes
Forest Fires Rage Across County Amid Strong Winds
Multiple outbreaks in Union, Lincoln, and Broomfield townships burned 25 to 50 acres of undergrowth and muck. Fire crews battled flames from Mohddy to Dow Chemical wells, with wind fanning smoke that alarmed residents as crews sought to halt spread and protect the Marz No. 1 oil well nearby.
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Union Township
Mohddy
Dow Chemical
Charles Baumgarten
Marz No. 1
Union
Lincoln Township
Broomfield Township
Hoover pledges broad federal aid to drought regions
President Hoover said no stone will be left unturned to aid drought stricken areas. The Agriculture Department will report next Monday on regional conditions while railways are asked to study hay and feed movement and possible reduced rates to help livestock. The survey and relief plans depend on further spread of the drought, with movement of feed and animals to the worst areas under consideration.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Agriculture Department
Drouth
Mr. Hoover
Hyde
Legge
Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Potomac
Ohio
Mississippi
Wilcox Under Fire During Detroit Probe
Detroit August 5 U P reports criticism targeted Police Commissioner Wilcox amid a grand jury probe into the murder of Gerald E Buckley. Wilcox was absent from the city at a police chiefs meeting in Duluth Minnesota and his whereabouts remain unclear. Station WMBC owner Wright Gedge called for his resignation in a radio address. Police questioned Helen Foote, Margy Mansell’s roommate, but she could not aid the search for the Buckley slayers.
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Detroit
U. P
Gerald E. Buckley
Thomas Wilcox
Ci Wiilcox
Duluth
Minn
Police
WMBC
Buckley
Wic
Wricht
Howard A. Mitte
Mitte
Miss Foote
Kalamazoo Fire Chiefs Convene in Three Day Convention
Kalamazoo Michigan hosts the opening of the annual three day fire chiefs convention. About fifty chiefs attend with their wives as Olivers Will be named for Thursday events.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
U.R
Michigan
Olivers
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