Hoover Urges Departments to Cut Costs
President Hoover presses government departments to hasten plans to reduce expenditures this fiscal year to cushion potential revenue declines from business conditions. He asked cabinet and senior officials to study the budget, noting a 209 million dollar rise over last year, and to pursue cuts without derailing unemployment relief and tariff policy.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
White House
Lamont
Davis Andlin
Brown Weverthrow
MacKenzie
King
Canada
United States
American Congress
Bennett
House of Commons
Liberals
Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Rideau Hall
W. L. Mackenzie King
A. D. Morae
North Vancouver
London
Ferguson Leads Sterling By 64330 Votes In Texas Runoff
Dallas dispatch reports Mrs Miriam A Ferguson leads Ross S Sterling by 64330 votes in the Texas Democratic gubernatorial nomination runoff. With 252 of 253 counties reporting and results filed from 151 counties the tally favors Ferguson as the August 23 primary nears.
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Dallas
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Austin
Ross S. Sterling
Houston
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
High Tariff In Store Under Premier Bennett
Ottawa reports Premier elect Bennett says Canada will pursue tariff measures with Canada first within the British empire and aims for friendly economic relations with the United States. He emphasizes no intent to antagonize neighbors, focusing on Canada's interests.
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Bennett
Ottawa
Ont
J.P
Canada
R. B. Bennett
United States
United Press
British Empire
Senate to Open Postoffice Lease Inquiry Hearings
A senate special committee led by John Holljland will begin public hearings on postoffice lease fraud and corruption within weeks. The probe targets over 10 000 leases including 400 with annual rents above 5 000. The St Paul Minnesota lease, paying 120 000 annually, sparked the investigation into securities issued by building owners and political influence on rents.
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Washington
Iu.p
Senate
Congress
Teapot Dome
John Hol~ Jland
St. Paul, Minn
Maas
Minnesota
Blaine
Wisconsin
Post Office Department
Middlewestern
Iowa State Census Total Hits 2 467 900 Marks 2 7 Percent Rise
Washington Iowa’s state census total announced by the census bureau today reached 2,467,900, up 83,872 or 2.7 percent. The figure is lower than the 2,468,747 reported by local supervisors and may be revised in the final official count.
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Washington
Iowa
Census Bureau
Baltimore heat wave ends as drought drags on
The Baltimore area cooled from the eighties and humidity drop, ending a twelve day heat wave tied to a record drought. Forty nine deaths and thirty heat prostrations are linked to the heat siege, with forecasts showing only temporary relief. The state faces its driest July on record and ongoing crop damage and water shortages.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Five Buildings on Davenport Farm Destroyed by Fire
A blaze at the Lester Davenport farm near Brodhead Wisconsin yesterday destroyed five farm buildings and killed several animals. The fire started from a spark in a threshing machine hotbox, causing about 4000 dollars in damage.
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Brodhead
Green County
Wis
Lester Davenport
Here
Cooler Weather Fails to Break Drought Across Nation
Cooler weather did not bring rain to break the nation’s severe drought. The agriculture department reported only local, temporary showers. Most fields remain dry with crops in Missouri unlikely to make silage while Ohio reports stunted stalks and irreparable damage. Wisconsin notes mostly fair, cooler conditions and light winds across the lakes. Buckstall Observatory data show a warm day with no precipitation and a 29.73 barometer reading.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Missouri
Ohio
Associated Prana
Wisconsin
Upper Great Lakes
Lower Great Lakes
Upper Michigan
Northwestern
Buckstall Observatory
Senator Dennis Shooting Confession Ties to Employer
Gov John G Richards said W L Thornley of Moncks Corner confessed he was hired by a Berkeley county citizen to shoot State Senator E J Dennis who died after being wounded last Wednesday in Moncks Corner. Thornley claimed his employer promised rewards for the killing. authorities later arrested three men with a fourth, Glen D McKnight, being sought.
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Columbia
John G Richards
W. L. Thornley
Moncks Corner
Berkeley County
E. J. Dennis
Thornley
Dennis
Richards
State Penitentiary
A. J. Hydrick
Orangeburg
W. C. Wolfe
Berkeley Conty
Glen D. McKnight
Prohibition
Wolfe
Motive For Buckley Killing Sought In Hamtramck City
Detroit police chase motive for the Wednesday morning killing of Jerry Buckley political commentator for WMBC. Investigators note Buckley had said he would discuss vice and racketeers in Hamtramck after the recall election and that his death followed Bowles losing. Suspects released on habeas corpus writs and a third to appear with a $13 500 reward posted by the county board.
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Detroit
Hamtramck
Jerry Buckley
WMBC
Buckley
Charles
Bowles
Joe Bommarito
Efforts Underway to Locate Family of Air Crash Victim
Chicago broker Charles Edward Anderton 49 1 and George A Morgan 25 were killed when their plane crashed near Madison Wisconsin after takeoff from Madison following a refueling stop on a Glenview Illinois to La Crosse Wisconsin flight. Morgan from St Paul. Anderton’s wife and two children were believed abroad in Europe possibly Paris or Deauville as search attempts extended.
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Chicago
Upi
Europe
Charles Edward Anderton
Madison
Wis
Anderton
George A. Morgan
St. Paul
Glenview
la Crosse
Paris
Deauville
King
Gold Star Mother in Janesville Weds Local Contractor
Mrs Augusta Schumacher seventy four a gold star mother recently returned from a visit to her son's grave in France married yesterday in Janesville Wisconsin to Wilford L Ray fifty four a local contractor in a simple ceremony reflecting wartime loss and local ties.
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Janesville
Wis
France
Augusta Schumacher
Wilford L. Ray
Murray Leads Oklahoma Governor Primary Runoff Folo
Oklahoma City reports a Democratic gubernatorial primary with Murry known as Alfalfa Bill leading Frank Buttram almost two to one. Early returns show Murray at 81,380 to Buttram 66,802, with Trapp, Howard, and Shaw trailing. Senate race shows Gore leading Wrightsman by about 1,000 votes. The piece notes Murray's colorful career and contrasts Buttram as a modern businessman.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
U.P
H. Murray
Frank Buttram
Murray
Buttram
M. E. Trapp
E. B. Howard
A. S. J. Shaw
Buthram
Trapp
Howard
J .Shaw
Lord
T. P. Gore
E G. Barnard
Ww. L. McCann
Oklahoma
Tishomingo
Progressives Attend Funeral for Assemblyman Saugen
Pleasant Valley Eau Claire county Wis Progressive Republican leaders statewide expected to attend funeral services and burial rites for Assemblyman Christian N Saugen 72 veteran legislator who died from a heart attack Saugen longtime ally of United States Senator Robert M La Follette served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1904 to 1916 born in Norway funeral details pending services to be held at his home and Pleasant Valley church
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Pleasant Valley
Eau Claire County
Wis—i
Tomorow
Christian N. Saugen
Pleasant Valley Church
Saugen
United States
Robert M la Follette
Eau Claire
Norway
Wanted: Argust Sought on Bank Forgery Warrant
Park Falls Price County Wis telegraph operator Lyman W Argust 23 is under a Pi A warrant for arrest after a forged money order worth 2800 was used to draw funds from a local bank just before closing on Saturday The suspect is believed to have fled to Chicago.
Federal probe eyed Insull influence on Chicago papers
Chicago alderman Arthur F. Albert pushes council to Task Corporation Counsel Ettieson with reviewing transactions between the Insull elevated lines and suburban transit firms. He warns federal inquiry may examine if Samuel Insull interests and Halsey Stuart & Company swayed newspaper policies on traction issues.
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Chicago
U.P
Samuel Insull Utilities
Albert
Insull
Halsey Stuart & Company
England
Wisconsin utilities group convention opens in Green Bay
About 175 delegates from advertising, merchandising, business promotion and home service departments of Wisconsin utility companies gather in Green Bay for a two day annual convention. The program, chaired by E L Brunsman Jr of Madison, will include talks on funds of interest to delegates.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin Utilities Association
Wisconsin
E L Brunsman Jr
Madison
Patriot Oak in Kenosha Felled by Lightning Bolt
Kenosha Wis the Patriot Oak long a symbol in Library Park near Lincoln calls and war rally events met its end when struck by lightning since the 1860s its shade hosted volunteers Dewey congratulatory messages and liberty bond drives in 1917 the tree was felled by the strike.
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Kenosha
Wis
Lincoln
Library Park
Dewey
Xenosha
Difficult to Deal With aOS
Washington experts note more than ten years pass since U S Russia relations froze and direct talks ceased. The United States holds Russia must discharge debts to American creditors and meet conditions before recognition. A small bloc of Senators favors recognition, led by Borah and Johnson, while twenty three nations have already recognized Soviet Russia.
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Joseph H. Baird
United Press
Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Senate
Kerensky
State Hughes
Chicherin
Borah
Johnson
California
Soviet Russia
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Esthenia
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Latvia
Finland
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Afghanistan
Poland
Great Britain
Italy
Norway
Greece
Sweden
China
Denmark
Mexico
France
Japan
Iceland
Uruguay
Yemen
Petrograd Soviet
Enor
Pioneer judge dies in Wisconsin at 79
Appleton Wisconsin reports the death of Judge Henry Kriss age 79 a pioneer figure in Oconto County. He arrived in 1869 from Lyons New York and held roles as county clerk in 1896 county judge from 1901 for eighteen years and later opened a law office. He served as county divorce counsel at his death surviving his widow a son William of Appleton and a brother in California.
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Appleton
Wis
Henry Kriss
Outaegm County
Neenah
Lyons
Kriss
William
Calforna
Thefts Target Neenah Police Reports A Trio Of Robberies
Special to The Northwestern Neenah reports multiple robberies. Dr Q Kulnick's dental office at 145 West Wisconsin Avenue lost scrap gold and plates valued at 190. Dr H Og Sohyite's North Commercial Street office was looted for scrap gold worth 5. Dixie filling station at Winneconne Avenue and Harrison Street was entered after breaking a rear door, and oil cigars cigarettes and tires valued at over 100 were stolen.
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Neenah
Q. Kulnick
Wisconsin Avenue
H OG Sohyite
North Commercial Street
Teportea
Dixie
Winneconne Avenue
Harrison Street
Fugitive Theodore Van Berkel Escapes Green Bay Jail
Green Bay authorities sought Theodore Van Berkel 25 after his jail escape during a hearing on kidnapping and assault charges involving a Green Bay girl. He is also wanted in Milwaukee County on three counts, including a nine year old girl case. He reportedly fled yesterday.
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Green Bay
Wis
Theodore van Berkel
Milwaukee ‘County
van Berkel
Foster Slayer Identified in Lingle Killing in Chicago
Chicago gunman Frank Foster was positively identified by Patrolman Anthony Ruths as the slayer of Chicago Tribune reporter Alfred Jake Lingle. Ruths pursued the killer through Chicago streets after the murder near the tunnel into Michigan Boulevard. The weapon traced by serial numbers led to a sporting goods dealer who said Foster bought it, linking him to the Moran gang. Foster seeks bail as prosecutors weigh the case and possible disclosures.
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Chicago
Frank Foster
Alfred
Jake” Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Anthony Ruths
Lingle
Michigan Boulevard
Ruthy
Wacker Drive
Foster
Bugs
Moran Bang
Los Angeles
Ae Ruthy
Daniel Trude
Illinois
Bundesen
Herman N. Bundesen
Endurance Monoplane Piles Up Hours Over St Louis
In St Louis the endurance monoplane Greater St Louis, piloted by Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson, stayed aloft amid strong winds past a record attempt to beat the Hunter brothers of Sparta. Ground crew noted all remained well on board as the craft hovered through shifting gusts.
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St. Louis
Greater St. Louis
Forest O Brine
Dale Jackson
Jackson
Hunter Brothers
Sparta
Tle
Fond du Lac Man Charged in Dodge County Racket
AE Sorenson of Fond du Lac is jailed in Dodge County on a charge of obtaining more than ten thousand dollars from Fond du Lac and Dodge counties under false pretenses. He boasted of Chicago gang links, details of the racket were not disclosed. He previously served eighteen months in Waupun for inducing Fox Lake residents to invest in a fictitious company.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Dodge County
AE Sorenson
Sorenson
Chicago Gant
Waupun
Fox Lake
Landfall Expected by R-100 Over Atlantic
The British dirigible R-100 travels at over seventy miles per hour toward Newfoundland with an estimated landfall near Belle Isle by early tomorrow morning Greenwich time. At noon GMT the ship was about 700 miles from Belle Isle, on a Labrador coast route toward the St. Lawrence river and Montreal, aided by favorable winds. The craft reported 70 knots between 7:15 and noon, above its 50 knot average, with clouds and drizzle reported along the route.
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London
Atlantic Ocean
Newfoundland
Belle Isle
Labrador
Gulf of St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Fastnet
Bella Isle
Gulf of St Lawrence
St. Lawrence
Hoover Handbook To Be Review Of Work By Administration
Washington reports the Hoover administration plans a public review of sixteen months of activity, assembled by Walter Newton for the Republican party. The project aims to inventory government bureaus for radio speaker use and bolster reelection prospects in 1932, signaling continued push toward Hoover renomination despite Prohibition debates.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Hoover
Walter Newston
Newton
Fess
Ohio
White House
George Akerson
Two Enter Race for Saugen Jor Assembly Seat
Fan Claire Wisconsin two conservative Republicans Paul Bergford Ban Claire and John Pritchard Union town council member and former Progressive announce candidacy for the assembly seat left vacant by the death of Christian Satigen veteran Reset Diya.
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Fan Claire
Wis
Paul Bergford
Ban Claire
John Pritchard
Coudity Board
Union
Assembly
Christian Satigen
Diya
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