Hoover to press relief for nation’s drought strike
President Hoover lines up three federal farm board members and counsel for a White House conference on drought relief. He plans cabinet action and long distance talks with farm board chair Alexander Legge as heat and crop damage, especially to corn and pasture, worsen across Iowa and Nebraska amid continued showers.
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Washington
Hoover
Drouth
Agriculture Department
Federal Farm Board
Stanley Reed
White House
Samuel R. McKelvie
William F. Schilling
Charles S. Wilson
Hyde
Prohibition Probe Continues Over Former Congressman
Manuel Herrick former Oklahoma congressman remains jailed in Baltimore after arrest at a Maryland still charged with liquor possession. Authorities question his claim of federal agent status and his links to a man named Moore in Amos W. Woodcock's prohibition office. Herrick and two others faced U S Commissioner Harry Abercrombie with bond set at 1500 dollars while investigators seek corroborating details of other stills.
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Baltimore
Aug. S
Prohibition
Manuel Herrick
Oklahoma
Herrick
Maryland
Moore
Amos W. W. Woodcock
U. S
Harry Abercrombie
Six Smallest Eggs Returned Highlight Rural Exchange
A 1992 note from Publishers Syndi records Bella borrowing six large white eggs from Ma last week and returning today the smallest eggs she ever saw in her life.
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Bella
Mob Hangings Shock Indiana Town After Jail Riot
About 1 000 onlookers stormed Grant county jail in Marion Indiana freeing and hanging two black men Thomas Shipp 18 and Abe Smith 19 accused in an earlier shooting Beaten and dragged to the court house yard they were hanged from a window bars and a tree before state police restored order Gov Leslie prepared to mobilize the national guard and police held the scene after another suspect was badly beaten and returned to jail
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Marion
Ind
Grant County
Court House
Thomas Shipp
Claude Deeter
Fairmount
Abe Smith
Deeter
Here
Shipp
Smith
Companion
Herbert Cameron
Harry G. Leslie
National Guards
Camp Knox
Cameron
Robert Sullivan
Sullivan
Lindbergh Speaks Worldwide On International Aviation
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will deliver a 15 minute radio address on International Aviation from the CBS studio. The talk will be transmitted tonight across five short wave stations with more than 140 stations in the national network and Columbia, reaching listeners worldwide via Australia and Germany networks.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Micro- Columbia Broadcasting System
Columbia
Sydney
Ger- Germany
Endurance Flyers Sell Auto to Fund New Flight
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine, once world endurance record holders, sold one of O Brine’s cars to raise cash for the Greater St Louis airship. They had logged 433 hours toward the 554 hour Hunter brothers record and hoped to regain fame and fortune by surpassing it.
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Jackson
St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Lambert-St. Louis Field
O'Brine
O’brine
Kenneth
John Hunter
Chicago
Bury Uncle Alive After Funeral Mix Up in Baltimore
In Baltimore on Aug 8 AP report nephews and nieces mourned their uncle after burial. They later found the man alive at a street intersection. Health records were altered to reflect an unknown burial and the coroner said no funeral expenses could be recovered. The deceased was identified by Charles Howser as his uncle William L. Lewis who had lived with him 15 years.
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Baltimore
Carroll Park
Charles Howser
William L. Lewis
Birds turn to gardens as wild fruit disappears
Dr Bohumil Shimek of the University of Iowa told a gathering at McGregor Iowa that people cause birds to raid gardens by destroying wild berry thickets. He said birds seek garden fruit only after their natural feeding places are gone, as nature lovers and conservation officials attend the Amercan school session.
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McGregor
Aug
American School of Wild Life Protection
Bohumil Shimek
University of Iowa
Shimek
Fires Revolver to Frighten and Kills Her Aunt
In Crookston Minnesota a 21 year old from Spencer Iowa named Viola Reely accidentally shot and killed her aunt Mrs Emily Rock age 68 while trying to frighten them with a revolver believed unloaded. The coroner and county sheriff said the shooting appeared accidental and planned to consult the county attorney Mason Frobes.
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Crookston
Minn
Spencer
Viola Reely
Emily Rock
F. C. McComb
Frank Magie
Mason Frobes
Injured by Streetcar Strikes 85-Year-Old Insurance President
J. A. King, 85, president of the Western Grain Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., was severely hurt in Des Moines today when struck by a street car. He suffered a deep cut on the right side of his head along with shoulder injuries and bruises.
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Des Moines
J. A. King
Western Grain Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Highway Board Calls for Bids on More Paving
Des Moines reports the State Highway commission issued a call for bids to be opened August 19 on a five mile paving strip on U S highway No 32 in Jasper and Polk counties. The work will complete paving from Des Moines to Davenport this year with contracts to close a gap east of Colfax and another gap south of Mitchelville.
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Des Moines
State Highway Commission
Jasper
Polk
Davenport
Colfax
Mitchelville
Iowa Rains Last Night Confined to Small Area
Iowa saw only light showers with the heaviest in Iowa City at .28 inch and Des Moines reporting .03. Forecast calls for thunder showers in the southeast and south and cooler weather in the north. Meteorologist says only the Waterloo to Hampton area may produce a normal corn crop due to July rainfall and heat.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa City
Decorah
Davenport
Atlantic
Cedar Rapids
Charles D. Reed
Waterloo
Hampton
Foul Play Victim Identified In Missouri River
The body found in the Missouri River near Sergeant Bluff is identified as Pete Christianson who was believed murdered and thrown into the water in April. Identification came from dental evidence after long immersion and decomposition.
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Sioux City
Missouri River
Sergeant Bluff
Pete Christianson
Widow Sets Fire After Despair in Centerville
In Centerville Iowa on August 8 AP reports 79 year old widow Mrs Rachel M Elam saturated her clothing with kerosene and lit a match. She died in a hospital hours later after neighbors found her moaning in the backyard and helped extinguish the flames. She walked to the car and asked neighbors to lock doors saying she would not return except in a coffin.
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Centerville
Rachel M. Elam
Elam
Alfred Burkland
G. O. P. Under New Generals Move to Retain Congress
Washington dispatch reports Senators Fess of Ohio and Lucas of Kentucky guiding GOP campaign plans to keep control of Congress in the November elections. Huston resigns as national chairman. Lucas to lead from national headquarters after possible revenue post exit. Campaign costs may reach 500000 dollars. Hoover renomination seen as likely in 1932.
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Washington
Senator Fess
Ohio
Robert H. Lucas
Kentucky
Republican National Campaign Organization
Congress
Senate
House
Claudius H. Huston
Tennessee
Huston
Fess
Great Lakes
Lucas
Internal Revenue
National Committee
Hoover
Ambassador Morrow
Rural mail carriers convention opens with Dean as speaker
Storm Lake Iowa August 8 AP E Dean of Ocheydan state senator and highway commissioner was to be principal speaker at today’s session of the Iowa rural mail carriers convention More than 1000 association members and auxiliary attended the opening meeting yesterday
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Dean
Storm Lake
Dean of
Ocheydan
Highway Commission
Iowa
Weather outlook for Iowa and Illinois with storm chances
Partly cloudy conditions and a risk of thunderstorms linger tonight across southern and southeastern Iowa. In the north and northeast, temperatures will be cooler with unsettled weather continuing into Saturday. Illinois forecasts mostly fair conditions with possible local thunder showers this afternoon or tonight in northern areas. River stage readings show St. Paul at 1.0 with a 0.3 rise, La Crosse at 0.5 with a 0.1 fall, Dubuque 2.7 steady, Davenport 2.2 steady, and Keokuk 0.1 falling by the day.
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Iowa
Illinois
St. Paul
Rise
la Crosse
Fall
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Corn Prices Plunge as Weather Forecast Sparks Decline
Chicago news reports corn futures dropping sharply to as low as 7 8 cents per bushel on a Washington forecast of possible drought relief by mid next week. Wheat also weakens but fluctuates, with December corn dipping before closing around 94 1-4 cents and September wheat near 1 4 to 3 8 cents.
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Chicago
Washington
Woman Bigamist Sentenced to Six Months
Council Bluffs Iowa August 8 AP Helena Rio Rita Lashin Fowler Usher 21 was convicted of bigamy and sentenced to six months at the women's reformatory in Rockwell City. Prosecutors said she married Howard Usher of Omaha six months earlier and later wed Inman Fowler of Omaha.
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Council Bluffs
Helena Rio Rita Lashin Fowler-Usher
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Usher
Howard Usher
Omaha
Inman Fowler
Head Doorman at New York Opera Dies After 47 Years
Thomas Jacob Bull longtime head doorman at the Metropolitan Opera House died aged, having served at the door from the 1883 premiere with Italo Camarini and Christine Nilsson through last season. He missed only 14 performances, aside from a two week illness in 1922.
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New York
Thomas Jacob Bull
Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan
Italo Camarini
Christine Nilsson
Faust
Motorist Dead Under Auto Near Council Bluffs
A motorist believed to be Carl Decker of St. Louis was found dead beneath an overturned car 20 miles south of Council Bluffs near Gay, Iowa. Everett Harris and Fred Stout of Doniphan, Missouri, reported the scene.
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Shenandoah
Carl Decker
St. Louis
Council Bluffs
Gay
Everett Harris
Fred Stout
Doniphan
Roe Assesses Hoover and Weather in Beverly Hills Letter
A Beverly Hills letter writer comments on Mr Hoover taking charge of party turmoil and jokes about dissolving the Republican national organization. He mentions rising wheat prices and hints that Coolidge anticipated the political weather, ending with a personal sign-off.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Hoover
Republican National
Farm Board
Coolidge
Chasing Clues in Zuta Death
Chicago August 8 AP detectives pursue leads in the Zuta slaying linking Ted Newberry and Henry Finkelstein to the crime amid gangland rivalries. A second body was found in the sanitary district canal near Cicero, with the victim's features resembling a Chinese man who was beaten.
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Finkelstein
Henry Finkelstein
Zuta
Old Fish Fans Club
Herman Salen
Waukesha County
Wisconsin
George
Bugs) Moran
Northside
Delafield
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Tribune
Cicero
Christopherson Named Assistant Trade Commissioner
Jowa Man reports Carl E. Christopherson of Des Moines was appointed assistant trade commissioner in Mukden Manchuria as part of government service in the far east.
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Jowa Man
Washington
Carl E. Christopherson
Des Moines
Mukden
Manchuria
Son
Far East
Anti-Saloon League Challenges Wets on Sobriety Plan
Little Point Sable Mich Aug 8 AP The Anti-Saloon League executive board issues a policy declaration challenging opponents of prohibition to present a better plan to promote temperance. The group cites recent reform victories and warns of a financed wet movement ahead of elections. A five year campaign with half a million dollars is planned to educate voters on alcohol effects using motion and oratorical contests.
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Anti-Saloon League
Little Point Sable
Mich
Anti-Saloon League of America
My Sania
Vigilante R. G. Sproat Shot Dead Near Tipton
Tipton vigilante R G Sproat was killed in an ambush at 9 am while waiting with Sheriff Elwood and John Carey on Primary road No 73 two miles east of Tipton. Three bandits had earlier held up the Sage drug store in Davenport. Governor Hammill called for swift action and urged officers to capture the assailants.
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R. G. Speoat
Tipton
High Bridge
R G. Sproat
Cedar County
Sproat
C. H. Elwood
John Carey
Here
Sage
Davenport
Mae
Phelan, Western Leader, Dies at 69 in California
James D. Phelan, San Francisco financier and former U S senator, died after months of illness at age 69 in San Jose California. Born in San Francisco he served three terms as mayor and was elected to the Senate in 1915. He devoted himself to cultural activities and public service after leaving office. He was unmarried.
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San Jose
Calif
James D. Phelan
San Francisco
United States
Elven
Phelan
California
Senate
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