Forest Fire Toll Keeps Rising in New Jersey
Devils two dozen fire crews and CCC workers battled a south Jersey forest blaze sweeping from New Gretna to Chatsworth and Manahawkin. Five men are dead and more than a dozen missing as winds fanned flames across pine woods near Atlantic City. The triangular fire front threatens several small communities and hundreds of residents along the Jersey shoreline.
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Tuckerton
N. J
Jersey Coastal Plain
Egg Harbor
Cologne
New Gretia
South Jersey
CCC
New Gretna
Chatsworth
Manahwakin
John ‘Thornburg
Holly
Triangle Area
Atlantic City
Asbury Park
Further Adverse Testimony Taken In Quster Case
Stevens Point Wisconsin report on ouster hearing of District Attorney Walter B Murat after a charge was dismissed. Testimony addressed counts of failing to prosecute Kish for obtaining money under false pretenses and Zagrebski for manslaughter. Defense raised timeliness of counts referencing earlier years.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Dist
Atty
Walter B. Murat
Herman Salon
Waukesha
Murat
George Kish
Salon
Edward Zagrebski
Joseph Fickendorf
Eickendorf
Zarreski
George H. Martens
C. G. Hansen
Kish
Vaneen
Kaing
Aln
Plover
Holy Land Unrest Deepens As Arabs Clash With British
Arab riots flare across Palestine with open clashes between Arabs and British forces in Mesha Gaza and Nazareth. Police retreats and gun battles reported as strikes and sabotage accompany efforts to restore order after 40 days of violence leaving dozens dead and many wounded.
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City of Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Arab Supreme Council
Pulor
Royal
Ramieh
Palestine
Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
League of Nations
Jesus of Nazareth
Mount Tabor
Nazareth
New processing tax may boost sugar prices on tables
United Press report notes that a proposed 66 million dollar processing tax would cost beet farmers about 15.6 million and could raise sugar prices for consumers. The warning came during Senate FinanceCommittee testimony by sugar beet growers, highlighting potential impact on farmers and households across the country.
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Jon Mex Siems
United Press
Washington UR
Senate Finance Committee
Leonard Must Pay Alimony in Wisconsin Divorce Case
Madison Wis. Prof William Ellery Leonard was ordered by Circuit Judge A C Hoppmann to pay his estranged wife Grace Golden Leonard 25 a week temporary alimony. He must also cover her attorney retainer. The couple wed less than a year ago and Mrs Leonard remains missing. He will not oppose the divorce action and continues teaching at the university.
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Madison
Wis
William Ellery Leonard
University of Wisconsin
A. C. Hoppmann
Grace Golden Leonard
Ian W. Orr
Leonard
Fire Rages Through Lumber Yards and Ships in San Francisco
A vast blaze swept through millions of feet of stacked lumber along Channel Street in San Francisco, threatening two lumber laden ships. The fire began under a Southern Pacific bridge and spread rapidly, with dense smoke seen for miles. More than 50 apparatus fought the flames across a half mile, destroying Acme Lumber Yard and other facilities, with damage expected in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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San Francisco
Channel Street
Third Street
Southern Pacific
Hans Nelson
Acme Lumber Company
Christianson and Smith Lumber Companies
Dennis T. Sullivan
Solano
Fourth Street
Fieghter Davenport
Democrats Set Tax Conference Amid Revenue Debates
Washington report notes a 3 p.m. conference on taxes convened at President Roosevelt's request with Democrats from the Senate Finance Committee. Chairman Hasnecon of Mississippi urged a meeting. Hartson missed the session. Subcommittees advanced a plan including a sugar tax proposal. revenue estimates and corporate tax reforms remained unresolved as lawmakers weigh permanent versus temporary measures.
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Washington
DB. C
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Hasnecon
Mississippi
Hartson
Roncevelt
Waite Hau
Egient
Perrat
Two Die In Crash Near Oconomowoc Wisconsin
A Sunday highway crash on Highway 12 east of Oconomowoc killed two people. Charles Newton of Indianapolis died yesterday at Summit Hospital. Arthur H. Steele of Milwaukee also was killed when his car swerved to avoid another vehicle, struck a tree, and Newton, who was walking along the highway, was fatally struck. Merrill, Wis. residents Stacie Tepid and Mire were reported in favorable condition. An industrial foundation in Merrill announced plans to fund a SiG0000 sine factory construction.
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Oconomowor
Wis
Here
Charles Newton
Indianapolis
Summit
Arthur HL Steele
Milwaukee
Newton
Congress Poised for Quick Adjourn On Tax Relief Push
Congress aims to adjourn soon as Senate finance moves to finish tax and relief bills. Treasury says current revenue shortfall leaves about 60 million dollars, while proposals consider raising individual rates and taxing corporate surplus. Townsend clash with House probes contempt, Roosevelt visits his mother, and Senate debates crop and education measures.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Roosevelt
House Committee
F. E.townsend
Townsend
Burns
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Townsend Pension Leaders Fail to Appear for Hearing
Washington reports that Dr. Townsend's defiant stance influenced two pension leaders to skip questioning. John Kiefer of Chicago and Rev. Clinton Wunder of New York were subpoenad to appear, but did not respond. A closed session failed to alter the situation amid ongoing action against Townsend for his walkout and refusal to testify.
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Scott Hershey
Associated Press
Washington
F. E. Townsend
House
Bell
Misssouri
John Kiefer
Chicago
Clinton Wunder
New York
Dr.Townsend
Kiefer
Wunder
McGroarty
Jenn. Uris
Otieeli
Queshenint
Feria
Eight Point Platform Aims at Farm Rehabilitation
Washington report says Theodore Christianson republicans propose an eight point plan for agricultural rehabilitation. They push repealing reciprocal trade, two price system for world prices, stop irrigation and titration programs, refinance farm mortgages, expand farming experiments, lower transport costs, and tax land by rental income.
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Washington
Theodore Christianson
Minnesota
Christianson
Roosevelt
Hoover
Eset
George N. Peek
AAA
England
Six Men Die in Quebec Plane Crash Mystery
A Canadian passenger plane crashed in northern Quebec, killing six men. Survivors reported the victims include George Malthon, a mechanic, and prominent mining figure Tarro Sprincer of Cerers Kantar Limited. The party was returning from a mining tour near Rouyn. The crash site lies 160 miles northeast of the mining town and 230 miles northwest of Quebec. The disaster remained shrouded in mystery until late last night as investigators and searchers worked to determine the cause and identity of the deceased.
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Amas
Quebec
Chiboutaman Iake
Queber
Reaulyn
Clarke
Gracial
Atos iv Iy
Neer
Acantion
Prominer
George Malthon
Umi Enhiied
Rouyn
Military camp quotas set for Camp McCoy stay
The notice lists a quota of 214 for a military camp at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin from July 2 to July 21, detailing the assignment and dates for personnel.
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Washinston
Auented
Lee Couzens Miltary
Camp McCoy
Wis
Socialists Pick Thomas For U S President
The Socialist convention in Cleveland advanced Norman Mattoon Thomas as its presidential candidate for a third run. The platform, largely the resolutions committee draft, calls for public ownership of key industries and broad congressional oversight, with eight major provisions likely to remain. Thomas accepted amid vows of a militant campaign against Republicans and Democrats.
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Cleveland
U.P
Resolutions Committee
National Socialist Convention
Elmer W. Lower
United Press State
Norman Mattoon Thomas
United States
Thomas
George A. Nelson
Milltown
Wis
Black Legion inquiry expands across counties in Detroit area
Detroit prosecutors announce a grand jury plan to probe Black Legion activities in every county where the group’s subversive actions are found. The inquiry follows the destruction of Father Coughlin’s Shrine of the Little Flower near Royal Oak and related arson and murder investigations.
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Little Flower of the
Charles E. Coughlin
Lansing
Micch
UPR
David J. Crowley
Black Legion
James C. Austin
United Press
Detroit
WUP
Filter Charles &. Coughlin
Duncan C. McCrea
United Press Today
Wayne County
Royal Oak
Ths
Father Coughin
McCrea
Manem
Warne
Tarboo Duncan C. McCrow
Esafine
Mick Legon
Pam
William Www VI
Charg
Jadnaping Jrides
Jackson
Prise
Ray Ernest
Glenna
Clarence
Allen Bascom
Fon
Grorge
Torch Victim Identified in Deeper Mystery
Keene identifies Mrs Elizabeth Cannon Freel 50 of Clinton as the murdered torch victim, a prominent social figure mother of three. Her husband Robert E Freel and Dr Harry C Dup rey police chief Michael E Kelley confirmed the identity after reviewing dental work. Authorities trace clues to White River Junction and Brattleboro Vermont, with a revolver found near the body and a woman who bought it identified as Mrs Grace Hurley. Medical referee says suicide is unlikely, but a possible double death plot remains under inquiry.
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Keene
N. W—a
Wanta Sticquet Mountain
Elizabeth Cannon Freel
1Clinton
Robert E. Freel
Witchetts Electric Light Company
Clinton
Harry C. Duprey
Michael E. Kelley
Massachusetts
Arthur Olson
Freel
Rhome
Ais
Mars
Alice
Clifton High Tcheol
Robert
Grace Hurley
White Raver Junction
Olson
Arthur FP. Weston
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Plan Shoe Factory
Merrill
Lyne Merrill Industrial Foundation
Armbruster
Dan
Crimin
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Tyner
Fina
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Pouce
U.S. President
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