Dozens Die Drowning Across Lakes as Heat Wave Grips Midwest
Wisconsin reports ten drownings on Sunday as heat drives crowds to water. victims include Anna Maas 19 and Carol Smith 13 of Kaukauna along with William Wachholz of Brussels and Mildred Smith 15. three boys from Merril and others in Twin Lakes and Kenosha. Michigan and Ontario see additional drownings, while Iowa launches crash results in six presumed drowned on Lake Okoboji.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Sturgeon Bay
Anna Maas
Carol Smith
Mildred Smith
Kaukauna
Jacob Isaacson
Detroit
Michigan
Ontario
Arnolds Park
Lake Okoboji
Iowa
Esther Ralston
Aita
Arnold Stanke
Spencer
Henry Hentz
Harris
Harold Cummins
Dale Caleno
Milford
Half Million Lancashire Cotton Workers Strike
Four robbers seized an opportunity on a hot day to steal 200 overcoats worth 20,000 dollars from the Hart Schaffner and Marx plant in Chicago. They overpowered the watchman and forced him to stamp time records as they worked.
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Chicago
West Side
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Neenah Ex-Treasurer Lambert Arrested On Embezzlement Charge
Lawrence Lambert former Neenah city treasurer facing embezzlement charges after a state tax commission audit found a 3265.97 shortage. He resigned in 1922 and has been reelected thrice amid opposition. The mayor signed the complaint, the district attorney urged prosecution, and bonding company to cover the shortage. Lambert held at Oshkosh court appearance planned.
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Lawrence Lambert
Neenah
Nelson
George E. Sande
Sande
Lambert
Tax Commission
Front of showroom blown out by bomb in New York
Two explosions struck a furrier’s showroom on West Twenty-seventh Street injuring a passerby and sending nearby tenants into the street. Police attributed the blasts to bombs tied to fur trade feuds. The blasts occurred in the hallway of a four story building, with Dacuis Brothers on the ground floor.
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New York
West Twenty-seventh Street
Dacuis Brothers
Writer L R Colcord Marries Statistian Frances Brookes
New York journalist L R Colcord writer of sea tales and critic of Joan Lowell’s Cradle of the Deep married Frances Brookes a Minneapolis native and statistician in a ceremony conducted by Deputy City Clerk J J McCormick. The 46 year old Bearsport Maine native weds 35 year old Brookes in New Hampshire. Colcord’s third marriage follows a 1944 death of his first wife and a January Maine divorce from his second wife Loomis L. Colcord.
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New York
Lincoln R. Colcord
Joan Lowell
Frances Brookes
New Harth
J. J. McCormick
Colcord
Loomis L. Colcord
Maine
Bere
Bearsport
Miss Brookes
Minneapolis
Robbery at Mtwaskee Grocery by Armored Bandit
Two young clerks, Beth Saver and Kay Mail, were robbed today by an armed bandit who escaped with $125 after locking them in an icebox. Police later detained an 8 to 14 year old pair of youths in connection with the crime.
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Mtwaskee
Beth Saver
Tae Kaa
Endurance Flyers Near 400 Hours With Robin Flight
Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson, top endurance flyers from St. Louis, neared the 400 hour mark aloft in the Robin. At 9 17 a m they had logged 1386 hours in the air, surpassing the Angeleno by 140 hours and earning $16 060 at their rate of 116 per hour. A crash earlier in Minneapolis prompted messages to the pilots from their wives.
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St. Louis
Forest O’brine
Dale
Shorty
Chaffee
O. K
Jackson
O'Brine
Minneapolis
Rumors Of Mongol Invasion Stir International Alarm
London reports disquiet over rumors of a Mongol invasion amid China Russia Manchuria tensions The rumors touched Tokyo and Moscow amid discussions on the Chinese Eastern railway with Nanking signaling strained ties and China ready to negotiate with Moscow if propaganda ends Chu Shao Yang, China’s minister to Finland, arrived from Nanking and said Beijing is prepared for direct talks once Moscow shows willingness The diplomat met Sun Po and planned to visit Mukden and Harbin to advance negotiations
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London
Tokyo
Manchuria
London International
Russia
China
Mongolia
Nanking
Siberia
Manchur
Harbin
Peiping
Chu Shao Yang
Finland
Moscow
Sun Po
Mukden
Baby Drowns In Tank On Farm North of Hieticon
An 18 month old child, Cecae Bischoff, drowned after falling into a water tank while playing near a stock tank on a farm near Hieticon Wisconsin. Authorities reported the incident as a tragic accidental drowning.
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Hieticon
Cecae Bischoff
Grueaser Plan 5 Explained In Naval Talks
Washington reports the London talks on naval limits move into a technical phase. American experts expect at least two thirds of the 1 000 ton cruiser program to stay intact, with ten of the planned fifteen cruisers likely to be built. The plan includes adjustments to speed gun power age and other factors as parity discussions advance.
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Washington
London
United States
Great Britain
Hoover
Navy Department
Hugh Gibson
Belgium
League of Nations Preparatory Disarmament Commission
MacDonald
Dawes
Amantean
Tragic Car Incident Involving Two Passengers
A Black man, 32, was struck near Racine Whenne Hil while a street car was in motion. The event occurred late last night as two individuals, a man and a woman, reportedly engaged in alcohol consumption. The man was taken into custody. the woman was reportedly involved and unclear in status.
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Racine, Whenne Hil
Deving
Porn Hutt
Ted Per
Hegréss
Cusney
Country Suffer Heat Wave Lays Nation Bare
A record heat wave grips the nation with many cities near or at 100 degrees. New York City swelters at 92 while beaches fill and roads clog as millions flee the heat. Drownings rise in metro areas and crops face drought strains as Canada reports forest fire danger and farmers warn of ruin without relief.
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Albany
Baltimore
Phoenix
Canada
Dominion
Atlantic Seaboard States
Northport
L. I
Mountain Lakes
N. J
New Jersey Downs
Jdeath
American Legion
Decatur
Til
Here
Downstate
Lemont
Elgin Til
Wheeling
Canton
James Pierson
Endurance flight tragedy as The Minnesota crashes at Wold-Chamberlain
Two flyers Owen Haugland and Capt P J Crichton aimed to set an endurance record before crash at 525 am at Wold-Chamberlain airport. Crichton died, Haugland severely injured after the monoplane The Minnesota pancaked on the concrete track. Haugland, 36, from Buffalo, and Crichton, 35, veteran of the army air corps reserve, were aboard after 154 hours 40 minutes aloft and 10,400 miles covered. The flight, sponsored by WCCO, ended in the aircraft misjudging speed at low altitude during a near-final refueling.
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Minneapolis
Owen Haugland
P. J. Crichton
Minnesota
Wold-Chamberlain
Crichton
Haugland
Ace High
Veister
Fort Snelling
WCCO
Reserve Corps
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Wold-Chamberlain Airport
Watertown
Plane Crash Near Fond du Lac Injures Two
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin a plane crashed on a farm while returning from a picnic at Calumet Harbor injuring pilot Perry Anderson of Milwaukee and passenger James More of Fond du Lac. Anderson was trapped in wreckage and rescued by five men, both men hospitalized in Fond du Lac but expected to recover. The plane performed a triple loop before nosediving, gasoline sprayed but no fire.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Calumet Harbor
Perry Anderson
Milwaukee
James More
Anderson
Fire at Redgranite Threatens Block After $25,000 Blaze
Redgranite Wisconsin officials report a Sunday blaze of unknown origin began in an old barn behind the Hotel Berry. Firemen from Redgranite and Lohrville battled the flames for hours, causing over $25,000 in damage and risking nearby frame buildings in the business district.
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Redgranite
Wis
Berry
Lohrville
Forest Fires Beyond Control In Two Counties
Wildfires in two northeastern Wisconsin counties raged under high winds with over 200 firefighters battling. A blaze near Carter threatened the Jones company logging camp as logs were moved to safety. a highway was closed by smoke. A second fire along the Peshtigo River in Oconto County spread rapidly through slashings, cutting telephone lines to Townsend.
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Wabeno
Wis
Wisconsin
Carter
Jones Company
Crandon
Here
Peshtigo River
Oconto County
Townsend
Forest-Oconto County
Giese Held For Trial On Perjury Incitement Charge
Appleton Wis Sheriff Fred W Giese of Outagamie county was held for trial at a preliminary hearing today on charges of attempting to incite perjury. The sheriff did not testify. Pleas for his usual were denied.
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Appleton, Wis
Sherif Fred W Giese
Outagamie County
Five Million Per Week In Wages Lost In Lancashire Strike
Manchester England. The largest stoppage in British industrial history since 1926 begins in Lancashire with about half a million workers idle. Roughly 1,500 mills affected as workers refuse a wage cut of 12 to 14 percent, leaving only a few plants operating. If kept, weekly wage losses could reach about five million dollars, with further job losses in cotton trades. Government mediation considered, Ramsay MacDonald rumored to intervene as unions stay firm.
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Manchester
England
Lancashire
Ministry of Labor
Lancashire Ha
Ramsay MacDonie
Masters’ Federation
Broadhurst Lee Company
Bolton
Preston
Radcliffe and
Rosendale
Bremen Passes Ile de France Six Hours Out of Port
The Bremen, fastest North Atlantic liner, reported by radio to AP, passed the Ile de France headed west from New York. Bremen had left at 1 a.m. Saturday for a return voyage after a record westward crossing. the Ile de France had departed New York six hours earlier.
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Bremen
Ile DE France
New York
North Atlantic
Edgar Stern-Rubarth
Wolff News Bureau
Berlin
Associated Press
Mauretania
Te de France
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