General Strike Eases in San Francisco After Arbitration Vote
In San Francisco a general strike by labor in sympathy with longshoremen and marine workers faced fears of siege violence. National Guard was mobilized, police raided red dock union HQ, and 300 held on vagrancy charges as talks moved toward arbitration and a return to work. Minneapolis also called National Guard troops after truck drivers’ strike.
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San Francisco
Calif
Merriam
Rossi
Johnson
NRA
National Guard
Harry Bridges
George Kidwell
Kidwell
Red Dock Union
Marine Workers Industrial Union
Minneapolis
One Hundred and Fifty-first Field Artillery, National Guard
Adjt
E. A. Walsh
St. Paul
A. G. Bainbridge
Floyd B. Olson
Plane Falls in Montana Killing Four Men
Four men died when a plane crashed on a rolling hill 35 miles south of Glasgow Montana The victims were D H Campbell vice president of Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Company Lincoln Alva H Andrews agency manager for the firm in Lincoln Dr F W Ryman pilot and Lincoln dentist and James Slim Erickson Garfield county rancher The plane burst into flames and the men were burned beyond recognition.
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Glasgow
Mont
Lincoln
Neb
Garfield (Mont
D. H. Campbell
Cosmopolitan
Old Line Life Insurance Company
Alva H. Andrews
F. W. Ryman
James
Slim) Erickson
Garfield
Paper Plant Closes After 350 Strike in Michigan
Benton Harbor Michigan reports a Watervnlet Paper mill closure after a 350 worker strike. The walkout followed union formation with George K. Ferguson, mill president, saying the plant deployed staff from across southwestern Michigan as workers demand a 20 cent hourly wage increase.
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Michigan
Benton Harbor
Mich
Watervnlet
George K. Ferguson
Former Arizona Speaker Sentenced for Forgery
Charles E. MacMillan, 46, former speaker of the Arizona House, was sentenced to one to three years in prison after pleading guilty to forging the name of George W. Comparet, former secretary of the Arizona highway commission, to cancel an insurance policy.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Charles E. MacMillin
House of Representatives
George W. Comparet
Arizona Highway Commission
Girl Drowns Trying to Save Youth in Lake Erie
Harry Hersko Vitz, 22, of Toledo drowns in Lake Erie at Luna Pier Michigan 18 miles north of Toledo despite efforts by companion Hanna Joelson, 20, to rescue him.
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Toledo
Ohio
Harry K. Herskovitz
Lake Erie
Luna Pier
Michigan
Here
Hanna Joelson
Farmer killed in collision near Boyceville Wisconsin
Roscoe Martin, a farmer, died when his automobile was struck by a gravel truck driven by Ernest Schneider in the Boyceville area. The crash investigation followed.
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Farmer
Boyceville
Wis
Roscoe Martin
Ernest Schneider
Strikes Hold Up PWA Projects on Great Lakes
Cleveland reports more than 12 million dollars in PWA dredging work across 23 jobs delayed by a lakewide strike of five unions. A 472000 contract for Cleveland harbor dredging has been stalled seven weeks. Negotiations involve the River and Harbor Improvement association and several unions, with Maj. Gen. Markham ruling on weekly hours.
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Cleveland
PWA
Great Lakes
Maj. W. F. Heavy
United States War Department
Fred Keightly
United States
River and Harbor Improvement Association
General Markham
Detroit River
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Owen J. Kavenagh
Buffalo
Tug Firemen and Linesmen’s Protective Association
Kavenagh
C W Vorhees Dies After Indian War With Buffalo Bill
Charles W Vorhees eighty five died at his summer home in Stone Harbor New Jersey He rode with Cody in Indian warfare as a youth and later tried to enlist in World War I but was rejected due to age.
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Philadelphia
Buffalo Bill
Charles W. Vorhees
Vorhees
Cody
Stone Harbor
N. J
Four Orange City Girls Die in Lake Tragedy at West Okoboji
In Arnolds Park Iowa four Orange City girls and their chaperon slipped from a rock reef while wading in West Okoboji lake and were drowned. The accident occurred near Five Crown in Iowa as rescuers searched the area.
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Arnolds Park
Iowa
Orange City
West Okoboji Lake
Macedonian Assassin Arrest Linked to Sofia Terror Sweep
Krem Miro, named by authorities as an executioner for the Imro fascist group, was arrested in Sofia amid Bulgaria’s crackdown on terrorists tied to the Macedonia crisis. The figure is alleged to have killed multiple people.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Krem Mkiro
Imro
Macedonia
Pecan Shellers Strike in San Antonio Texas
About eight thousand pecan shellers, mostly women, walk off jobs to press for higher wages, halting San Antonio's pecan processing industry.
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San Antonio
Texas
State to show decreased Nebraska assessment totals
State Tax Commissioner Smith expects a lower grand assessment roll around 2 050 000 000 for realty personal property railroad valuations fell by 16 000 000 and utility franchise assessments off about 1 500 000 Lincoln county about one million below 1933 Douglas county down 5 000 000 Devel Dodge Garden still awaiting figures while board of equalization trims the rate despite higher past costs reduced by legislative provisions and emergency spending now out of the picture
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Smith
Lancaster County
Douglas
Lancaster
Devel
Dodge
Garden
State Board of Equalization
Lincoln Nebraska reports 115311 placements via federal reemployment service
Francis V. Cornell, director, releases figures through last August 1 showing 115 311 placements in Nebraska. June 30 unemployment at 67020 with 132 148 registrations in eleven months, including 116 429 men and 15719 women. Veterans total 14343 with 11405 placed. PWA jobs 38251 of placements, 27060 in private industry.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Federal
Francis V. Cornell
PWA
Cornell
Nebraska counties gain drought rating to start federal cattle buying
Drought area gains include Fairbury eight more Nebraska counties eligible for primary drought status to begin cattle purchases. Delegations from 14 southeastern and south central counties meet as extreme heat threatens corn, with many fields short or tasseling. H J Gramlich says red tape is being cut and payments reach Sherman county farmers within a week. Washington approves primary drought ratings for Thayer Box Butte Sheridan Johnson Pawnee Harlan Nuckolls Fillmore. twelve counties previously rated.
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Drouth
Fairbury
Nebraska
Southeastern
South Central
H. J. Gramlich
University of Nebraska Animal Husbandryman
Sherman County
Washington
Thayer
Box Butte
Sheridan
Johnson
Pawnee
Harlan
Nuckolls
Fillmore
Public works funding boosts Missouri river improvement
The Public Works Administration allocates 16,736,000 for Missouri riverchannel work. Fifteen million targets the upper Missouri from Kansas City to Sioux City while 1,736,000 funds lower river measures and revetments and dikes. The plan aims to support a six foot channel with ongoing improvements.
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Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Public Works Administration
Missouri River
Missouri
Kansas City
Sioux City
Nebraska City Buys 30 Acre Forest for City Park
City commissioners sign contract with M. W. Neihart for 30 acres of native forest north of Nebraska City to be preserved as park land. Separate relief grants totaling 36.3 million go to 11 states including Nebraska with funds for breath relief, transient relief, relief research, rural rehabilitation, and May obligations.
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Nebraska City
M. W. Neihart
Aubrey Williams
Nebraska
Nebraska corn and wheat conditions and grasshopper aid
Nebraska corn as of July 1 stood at 67 percent of normal with 8 553 000 acres and an estimated production of 179 613 000 bushels. Winter wheat showed a 30 percent condition with 16 024 000 bushels expected. Twenty carloads of poison bran grasshopper bait will be shipped to eighteen southwestern and western counties, funded by the federal emergency relief administration to protect forage crops and reduce relief needs this winter. This brings total grasshopper poison shipments to 118 carloads, about 2 480 tons at 27 dollars per ton.
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Nebraska
Federal Agricultural Statistics Department
Washington
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Waterway funds advance Missouri river work toward Omaha
Advocates welcomed a $15 million federal allocation for upper Missouri river channel and control work. C. E. Childe of Omaha noted adding Fort Peck's $25 million boosts progress, saying combined funds will accelerate completion toward Omaha and bring the goal into sight.
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Upper
Missouri River
Washington
Fort Peck
C. E. Childe
Omaha
State buys further United States bonds to total six hundred thousand
State Treasurer Hall purchased $200,000 of United States bonds of the 414 per cent issue at 14 to complete $600,000 of state trust funds in those securities. The $500,000 first lot cost 14 1-4 and the second batch was slightly lower. Total expenditure for $600,000 plus accrued interest runs about $691,000 with a net yield near 8.7 percent.
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United States
Hall
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Government mattress factory to aid relief in Omaha and Lincoln
H C Cusack FERA work director said by August 1 a government mattress plant at Omaha will operate in two units to employ about 175 people mostly women in groups of 50. It will use surplus cotton, require no machinery, and output will be distributed free to relief families. a Lincoln unit is also planned.
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Omaha
H. C. Cusack
Cusack
Waterfowl hunting season back to thirty days this fall
State Game Warden Frank B. O Connell reported after a Washington meeting that a 32 day season is planned if drought conditions ease. States will set dates between October 1 and December 31 with three format options. rain in coming weeks will influence waterfowl abundance and the federal $1 stamp sales to hunters will accompany the season announcement.
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Frank B. O'Connell
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Canada
Dakotas
Montana
O’connell
O'Connell
Fish Salvage Efforts Increase in Sandhill Region
All field men are engaged in salvaging dwindling fish as lakes and streams dry from a prolonged drought. Deputy state game warden William Lytle said hatchery distributions are paused and crews focus on salvage work, mainly in Cherry county's sandhill region, moving fish to larger nearby waters when feasible.
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William Lytle
Sandhill
Cherry County
Roosevelt eyes Hawaii fortifying Pacific outpost reach
National Capital column reports naval officers urge substantial funding by Congress to strengthen Hawaii defenses, highlight Pearl Harbor as vital to counter Japan, and note potential statehood debates and oil lease legacies amid looming oil regulation fights.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Congress
Philippines
Japan
Naval Base
Pearl Harbor
Navy
San Diego
San Pedro
Pacific Coast
Pacific
McAdoo Divorce Granted in 42 Minute Hearing
Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo obtained a surprise divorce from U S Senator William Gibbs McAdoo in Superior Court Los Angeles. Judge Allan B Campbell ruled the action on grounds of mental cruelty after a swift proceeding, with a property settlement and custody split for two children Eleanor and Waith.
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Los Angeles
White House
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
William Gibbs McAdoo
United States
California
Allan B. Campbell
McAdoo
Campbell
Kern County
McAdoos
Washington
Bea Smith
Eugene D. Flaherty
Eleanor
Paris
Waith
Strike Begins At Kohler Village Plant In Wisconsin
Kohler Village in Wisconsin sees labor unrest as strikers led by Arthur Kuhn picket the Kohler Plumbing and Farm Machinery plant. The dispute centers on recognition, pay and hours with the employees' union demanding 60 cents an hour and a 30 hour week while the company union seeks 40 cents and a 40 hour week. The plant closed for Independence Day and will stay closed indefinitely.
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Kohler Village
Wis
Kohler
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
National Society of Arts and Sciences
United States
Arthur Kuhn
Federation of Labor Union
Kohler Plumbing
Editor Yachtsman Hangs Self in Queens Home
Carl Weagant twenty six year old associate editor of Yachting magazine hanged himself in his Douglaston Queens home according to police. He rose to prominence five years ago steering the 46 foot ketch Carl Park on its voyage from Ithaca New York to Ithaca Greece.
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New York
Carl Weagant
Yachting Magazine
Carl Park
Ithaca
N. Y
Greece
Douglaston
Queens
Boat Hits Rock As Comedian Ed Wynn Is Saved
Comedian Ed Wynn and two companions were tossed into the Long Island sound when Wynn s small cruiser struck a rock and ripped its bottom. Lifeguards brought Wynn and Mr and Mrs Alfred Barron of New York ashore in a rowboat after they drifted from Port Washington toward Rye.
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Rye
N. Y
Ed Wynn
Long Island Sound
Wynn
Alfred Barron
New York
Port Washington
Dud Explodes Killing Seven French Soldiers on Training Ground
A thrown trench mortar shell exploded at an artillery training ground in St. Germain-en-Laye killing seven French soldiers and injuring 25. It was the second French arm forces accident in four days due to forgotten shells. another shell from a destroyer at Toulon killed two sailors aboard a neighboring ship during cleaning.
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St. Germain-en-Laye
France
Toulon
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