Bankers Agree On Method Of Drouth Relief
Washington Aug 27 AP Establishment of local credit corporations to mediate between drouth stricken farmers and intermediate credit banks was approved by relief committees from more than a dozen states. Local bodies would loan farmers through banks at up to 6 percent interest, with 2 percent above bank rates.
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Washington
White House
Hyde
National Drouth Relief Committee
Hoover
National Committee
Credit Corporation
Intermediate Credit Bank
Melvin A. Traylor
Chicago
Nicholas Dosker
Louisville
Morton Prentis
Baltimore
Hover
Banker
Drouth
Federal Farm Loan Board
Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Agriculture Department
Legge
Farm Girl Is Given Almost Perfect Score
Des Moines reports Miss Marian Syndergaard a 15 year old farm girl named Iowa's official healthiest girl after a state fair committee selection. Dorothy Carlson, 17, Strat ford, won best groomed Four-H club girl, representing Hamilton county and earning $15. she will represent Iowa at the national Four-H club congress in Chicago.
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Des Moines
Marian Syndergaard
Iowa
Syndergaard
Dike
Grundy
Dorothy Carlson
Stratford
Wounded Robber Held in Jail Pending Trial
Melvin Scranton, seriously wounded in the Glencross bank robbery ambush, remained in Walworth County jail at Selby awaiting trial. At a preliminary hearing he was bound over to the next term of circuit court as two accomplices were shot and killed.
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Timberlake
S. D
Melvin Scranton
Glencross
Walworth
Selby
Scranton
India Leaders Arrested as National Congress Members Detained
In Delhi on August 27 AP reports nearly the entire All-India National Congress working committee was arrested. V. J. Patel resigned as president of the legislative assembly to join the civil disobedience drive. Also detained were Pandit Malaviya and Miss N Mehta, daughter of Sir Manubhai Mehta, who had traveled to attend the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
India
all-India National Congress
V. J. Patel
Legislative Assembly
Mr. Patel
Pandit Maliviya
N. Mehta
Manubhai Mehta
Thwart Attempt to Kill Druggan in Loop Hotel
Chicago August 27 The Herald and Examiner reports Terry Druggan allied with Frankie Lake was barricaded with bodyguards in a Loop hotel after a gunman tried to kill him Sunday A hotel detective intervened just as the assailant drew a weapon The gunman escaped police were not notified Druggan's younger brother George was wounded in a Fox Lake Minnesota roadhouse shooting weeks earlier in which three companions died
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Chicago
Herald and Examiner
Terry Druggan
Frankie Lake
Druggan
Terry
George
Fox Lake
Mns
Health champ contestant to represent state at national congress
A 133 pound, 64 inch tall 4-H contestant from Dike Consolidated High School earned a national spot after a 99.3 health rating. She is among the eight Syndergaard children and will travel to Chicago for the national health championship. Miss Syndergaard enters her senior year this fall.
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Chicago
Syndergaard
Dike Consolidated High School
N. C
Iowa
Virginia Whittlesey
Port Edwards
Wis
Weather Bureau
Paris Aviatrix Overcome by Heat
Maryse Bastie, French aviatrix, fainted from heat and suffered a slight sun stroke during a attempt to extend the world duration flight record at Le Bourget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
le Bourget
France
Maryse Bastie
Matters of Importance Before State Committee of Iowa Republicans
Des Moines Aug 27 AP Iowa republicans gather for the state central committee meeting opening fall campaign activities. Leaders and lawmakers attend the Iowa State Fair as the session discusses election strategies redistricting and a possible 1932 senatorial race. Harrison R Spangler presides with Earl F Wisdom as secretary and updates include party officers and national committeewoman Miss Martha McClure.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Central Committee
Fair Board
United States
Willis L. Stern
Logan
Mer
L. J. Dickinson
Dan Turner
Harrison R. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rap
Agseg
Earl F.isdom
Oines
Charess F. Rawson
Martha McClure
Mount Pleasant
Hurley to Survey Waterway Projects Aims for Intimate View of Nation’s Greatest Engineering Effort
Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley will voyage from Minneapolis to the Gulf of Mexico to study inland waterways flood control and harbors work. He travels with Army engineers Lytle Brown and Thomas Q. Ashburn and plans side trips by plane for a nearly 3000 mile inspection.
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Hurley
America
Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Mississippi
Minneapolis
Gulf of Mexico
Trin
Upper Mississippi
New Orleans
Hoover
Army
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
Thomas Q. Ashburn
Inland Waterways Corporation
Peru Plots Shake Lima as Sanchez Cerro Heads New Regime
Lima reports say the military junta will resign and Lieutenant-Colonel Luis M. Sanchez Cerro will lead a new government after a southern Arequipa victory. Augusto Leguia, aged 67, lies gravely ill aboard the cruiser Almirante Grau as Lima seeks reconciliation with the junta and Cerro.
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Lima
Peru
Leguis
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Cerro
Arequipa
Sanchez Cerro
Augusto B. Leguia
Almirante Grau
Calloa
Manuel Maria Ponce
Arkansas Farmers Demand Local Labor for State Highways
Lonoke Arkansas August 27 AP farmers facing drought threaten reprisals over hiring of out of county and Negro labor for state highway work. Guards patrol a labor camp near Lonoke as farm crowds demand preference for county workers and existing crews report limited vacancies.
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Arkansas
Lonoke
Ark
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Itate
Lonoke County
Raising Cain Is No Crime Judge Rules
Chicago judge clears Clyde Day of any charge by ruling that raising Cain is not a prosecutable offense. Patrolman Preston described the outburst as yowling and carrying on, but the judge said a man may yowl and may carry on. Day is found not guilty.
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Cain
Chicago
Clyde Day
Lyle
John Preston
Light frost unlikely to hurt Iowa corn crop
Des Moines Aug 27 AP weather bureau chief Charles R Reed says most Iowa corn is in the glaze stage or denting with husks drying and silos filling. He notes ears are poorly filled in many areas but frost damage should be minimal based on drought-year records as farmers harvest and feed corn to livestock while seed corn is saved from cribs and new kernels show irregular size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles R. Reed
Weather and Crop Bureau
Reed
Bootlegger Feud Kills Two Men Near Poulsbo
Bremerton Washington August 27 AP two men G Christensen and John Argeback were shot and killed near Poulsbo late yesterday in what officers believe was a boot leggers feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremerton, Wash
G. Christensen
John Argeback
Poulsbo
Weather notes show cooler north and central Thursday
Central and northern regions expect cooler conditions on Thursday. City observations include St Paul 1.6 at stand and La Crosse 0.5 at stand with Dubuque 1.4 fall 0.1, Davenport 1.2 fall 0.1, Keokuk 0.5 fall 0.1 and St. Louis 3.0 at stand.
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St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
Rolph presses ahead in California governor race
In California San Francisco Mayor James Rolph Jr leads Governor C C Young by about 30 000 votes in the Republican gubernatorial contest as results from 6116 of 10783 precincts show Rolph 237 31 13 Young 197 48 2 Fitts 155 654 The race is seen as tantamount to election with no governor except Hiram Johnson having won re election and the wet dry issue shaping the campaign context.
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Associated Press
Cole L. Blease
Senate
South Carolina
California
James Rolph, Jr
San Francisco
C. C. Young
William E. Borah
Idaho
James F. Byrnes
Mississippi
Pat Harrison
Ross Collins
Rolph
Aug
Ralph
Fitts
Hiram Johnson
Maid Jumped From Blazing Home During Fire
Mary Russell a maid in the home of Harger Blish was seriously injured early today when she leaped from a second story window to escape flames that damaged the house. She failed to see firemen raising a ladder and fell 18 feet to a concrete court. Blish did not know the fire's cause.
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Des Moines
Mary Russell
Harger Blish
Blish
Tahoe Tavern Letter Promotes Chicago Air Show Spectacle
A Tahoe Tavern correspondent touts the Chicago air show as a rising national spectacle and compares it favorably to automobile shows and other events. The writer imagines aviators performing stunts without police crowding, urging readers to attend the soaring exhibition.
Chicago hosts second Kellogg pact world peace day
Assistant Secretary of State William R. Castle and Chicago lawyer Salmon O. Levinson spoke at a La Salle hotel luncheon for 500 guests as Chicago observes the second anniversary of the Kellogg Briand pact. Castle asserted the pact stands on its own without external machinery despite debates over peace and preparedness advocates.
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Chi
Paris
Chicago
William R. Castle, Jr
Salmon O. Levinson
la Salle Hotel
Mr. Levinson
William R. Castle
Castle
McMurray Nominated Republican Governor Candidate
Idaho Falls convention nominates John McMurray of Oakley as the Republican candidate for governor. The vote was unanimous on a motion by W. D. Gillis, state attorney general, whose name was also under consideration for the post.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
John McMurray
Oakley
W. D. Gillis
Twin Falls
Dawes Explores Spanish Caves on Birthday Visit
Charles Gates Dawes American statesman and financier celebrated his birthday by researching Spain's ancient inhabitants 10 000 to 20 000 years ago in informal cave exploration while serving as ambassador to Britain. The outing drew attention from political and business circles though no Dawes plan proposal emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santander
Spain
Charles Gates Dawes
Court of St. James
Navy Airman Dies as Race Ends at Curtiss-Reynolds Airport
Lieut J O Deshazo flying 125 mph side slipped crashed beside bleachers and burst into flames. He was killed along with spectator Louis Werner of Chicago. several others injured. The race ended with Lieut D S Cornwell winning at 125.69 miles per hour. Deshazo, an Annapolis graduate, was famed stunt flier in the Navy and a member of the Unholy Three.
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Curtiss-Reynolds
Chicago
Navy
J. O. Deshazo
Louis Werner
Deshazo
Font
D. 8
Cornwell
J. H.oman
Concession
Egn
Grand Stand
Annapolis
MacNider Flies to Ottawa for Canada Post
Hanford MacNider, American minister to Canada, left Bolling Field by airplane for Ottawa. Captain Ira C. Baker piloted the craft, with gear aboard due to Baker’s weak ankle from a parachute jump last week. The move marks the first American diplomat to travel by air from Washington to a post to present his credentials.
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Washington
Ira C. Baker
Army Air Service
Hanford MacNider
Canada
Bolling Field
Ottawa
Woman rejects clingy romance in cool weather dialogue
A dated quote from 1504 depicts a woman speaking against men who get too intimate when she is hot and sticky. The remark reflects period attitudes on propriety and courtship in damp weather.
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Eddie Schneider
Jersey City
N. J
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
New York
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Publishers Syndic Copyright
Mittee
Loop Hotel
State Committee of
Leguia
Board
Almirante Gran
Col
Ponce
Young and Fitts
Tahoe Tavern
Calif
Yours
Chinery
M’murray
Dawes
Ture
MacNider
Post
Aunt Het
Robert Quillen
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Syndi
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