Huston Resigns as Republican National Chairman
Claudius Huston of Tennessee resigns as Republican national chairman. Senator Fess of Ohio and Robert H. Lucas of Kentucky take provisional lead to direct the campaign. Lucas becomes executive chairman and will head party efforts as Fess guides strategy amid factional tensions.
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WASHINGTON
Claudius Huston
Tennessee
Fess
Ohio
Robert H. Lucas
Kentucky
James Francis Burke
Lucas
internal revenue
treasury
Huston
senate lobby committee
Tenesessee River Improvement Association
house
George Ketth
Edgewater Park
New Jersey
Franklin Port
Beacon No 1 Lightship Out Of Service
Washington Aug 7 A beacon that guided sailors for seventy five years will be taken from service on Aug 5 Lightship No 1 of the government lighthouse service built in 1855 was the finest ship of its kind in the United States and served at Nantucket Shoals off New York directing transatlantic traffic.
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WASHINGTON
department of commerce
government lighthouse service
United States
Nantucket Shoalsight
New York
Hull in Race for Senator Hull in Race for Senator
Nashville Tenn August 7 After 22 years service as representative from the fourth district Cordell Huth entered today's Democratic primary for United States senator for next year term. Opposing him was Andrew L Todd Murfreesboro capitalist and at different times speaker of both houses of the state legislature Other Democratic statewide contests were for governor and a short term gubernatorial nomination. Republicans Bolding then primary simultaneously had only a statewide contest for the governorship nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NASHVILLE
Tenn
Cordell Huth
Andrew L. Todd
Murfreesboro
Four Berkeley Children Go Missing In Suspected Kidnap Plot
Police fear kidnapping after four children Priscilla Morrils eight Howard Morrils ten Edward Morrils ten and Harpy Watt twelve vanish from their homes on fifth street Berkeley Cal Aug 7. A caller later claimed the children are safe saying Do not worry Walt.
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BERKELEY
Cal
fifth street
Walt
Priscilla Morrils
Howard
Edward
ond Harpy Watt
Wilbur Seeks Project Funds for West Development
Salt Lake City August 7 Officials and employees of the Interior Department heard Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur seek additional appropriations for needed development work across the West. He praised divisions including the Geological Survey and Indian Service and noted he would return to California later that day.
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SALT LAKE CITY
department of the Interior
Ray Lyman Wilbur
department
geological survey
anc l
Whibur Iaft
California
Films Destroyed in Truck Crash at Mexico City
American motion picture reels worth 15000 dollars destroyed by fire when two trucks collided in front of Mexico City central fire station. Firemen used chemicals to keep flames from reaching the station.
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MENICO CITY
Mexico City central fire station
Dry League plans fight in 1932 election
Executives of the Anti Saloon League of America met in Michigan for a conference on the 1932 presidential race. Dr. F Scott McBride predicted a stronger Democratic party and fewer chances for a pro prohibition nominee. The group planned fundraising, stronger state organizations, and a defined offensive to oppose the wets.
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LITTLE POINT SABLE
Mich
Anti-Saloon League of America
Democratic party
F. Scott McBride
Lake Michigan
league
United States
McBride
One-Time Oklahoma Congressman Held on Dry-Charge Arrest
Manuel Herrick former Oklahoma congressman was arrested by prohibition agents in St. Marys County Maryland for operating a still. He lived in an isolated shack near California Maryland and earned fifteen dollars a week as a boiler tender. Two other men were arrested and a third escaped. Herrick, 54, once a Republican who won in 1920 amid the Harding landslide, faced eccentric legal troubles and a failed bid for renomination.
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WASHINGTON
Manuel Herrick
Oklahoma
St. Mar county
Maryland
Herrick
Baltimore
dierrick
Cherokee strip
Osla
homes
congress
Oklahome
California
ffteen bollers
Hersrick
Gith SUES VIM %o
Ethelyn Chrane
Hervick
Hells and
Agun
Two Men Die in Gun Fight in New Orleans
In New Orleans at an early hour a gun battle at a residential street intersection left two men dead. Prank Mullen, a former courier, and Rube Chisalm were identified by residents who heard five shots and a scream. Authorities theorize one man attempted a hold up and was met with resistance. A search for a woman involved is ongoing.
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NEW ORLEANS
GPi
Mullen
Rube Chisalm
Chisalm
Del Rio and Gibbons Honeymoon in Santa Barbara Fiesta
Dolores Del Rio and Cedric Gibbons spent their wedding day at an old adobe mission in Santa Barbara during the town’s Old Spanish Fiesta. The couple married quietly in the mission with Franciscan fathers performing the ceremony. A small party, including Mrs. Asursela and Bea Glazier, stood by as tourists watched in the historic chapel.
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SANTA BARBARA
Cal
Dolores Del Rio
Cedric Gibbons
lave
Augustine
J. L. Asursela
Bea Glazier
Don Alvarado
John Rissa
Sidney Toile
Citizens of Colby Kansas Face Another Tax Freeze
Citizens in Colby Kansas must endure another year with no municipal taxes after the city council again let the water plant cover bills. For three consecutive years the plant’s earnings paid administration costs, funded $200,900 in payments, financed new equipment, and left a $45,000 balance in the city treasury.
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COLBY
Kan
Nation surveys drought damage data at Hoover request
Secretary Hyde announced after a Hoover meeting that county agents in drouth areas would be asked to supply data on damage. Questionnaires will survey actual distress and need for aid, including stock carryover, feed availability, and winter needs. Weather officials report no real drought relief yet amid scattered rain across regions.
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WASHINGTON
Hyde
Hoover
drouth
desmage
iamg
weather bureau
Ohio valley
RMN
upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Teye
Minessoa
Towa
Tenois
Nebraska
Nort
South Dakota
douth
Ohio
W. Humphreys
William J. Humphreys
Humphreys
Ratton i. Logan
W. Va
Olin
tarnn
WOLLE
Schoar
West Virgen
Quake Triggers Panic in Spanish Village Areas
An Havas dispatch reports a prolonged medium intensity earthquake struck Al box and Nor Almeéita in Spain, causing great panic as villagers fled outdoors. Several houses were damaged with no casualties reported.
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PARIS
Havas
Al«box
Almeéita
State Officer Dies in Denver
Robert Wine Bourne Colorado attorney died this morning at Mercy hospital after an intestinal ailment required operation last week His death had been expected for days Bourne aged 48 resided in Greeley where he served as county attorney and later in the state senate representing Weld County
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DENVER
P—Robrt, Winebourne
Colorado
Mercy hospital
Wine Bourne
Greeley
Colo
state senate
Weld courty
Ride offer shocks R-100 designer in Toronto
Sir Den nistour Burney, designer of the dirigible R-100, said an American millionaire offered $100,000 for a Montreal to New York airship ride. He declined, noting such offers threaten the airship’s financially sound basis and the need for proper customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TORONTO
Dennistour Burney
millonaire
Montreal
New York
Dennistoun
Heflin Injured As Auto Crashes Into Pole In Alabama
United States Senator J Thomas Heflin of Alabama and several aides were injured when their car struck a telephone pole to avoid a log truck on a highway near Decatur Alabama. Heflin was shaken but checked into a hotel while others received cuts bruises and minor injuries. Brown of Washington and Heflin’s son were among the injured. The incident occurred during Heflin’s campaign tour ahead of the Democratic primary.
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DECATUR
Ala
United States
J. Thomas Kellin
Alabama
tnc
aositie road
TURE
Hef
bly purely
J. Thomas Heflin
Walter Brown
Washington
Pellowship Forum
Heflin
Brown
ette
senate
Hefling
Democratic excen
Railroad official Aleman commits suicide in St Louis
St Louis Aug 7 George Bl Aleman forty years old general agent to St Louis for the National Rail roars of Mexico committed death by own action yesterday in a hotel here by shooting himself police found him. Aleman felt settlement of his problems was impossible and chose death as the only way out.
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ST LOUIS
George BL Aleman
St. Louis
National Railroars of
Mexico
Aleman
Directors Close Doors of Bank in New Bern North Carolina
Citizens Bank and Trust Company failed to open for business and closed as directors ordered withdrawals. A crowd of over a hundred depositors gathered in front of the bank as the notice was posted announcing the closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEWBERN N.C
J.P
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Three Women Die In Crash At English Creek Crossing
Three women, apparently sisters from Lilly Pennsylvania, were killed when their car was struck by a Reading railroad train at English Creek crossing near Pleasantville New Jersey. Only identification found were three Pennsylvania drivers licenses bearing the names Agnes Ryan Helen Catherine Ryan and Ursula B Ryan.
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PLEASANTVILLE
N. J
Lilly, Pa
English Creek crossing
here
Reading railroad
Pennsylvania
Agnes Ryan
Helen Catharine Ryan
Urusula
Ryan
Husband confesses to planning wife’s death in Texas
Amarillo attorney D Payne signed a detailed statement with county officers outlining how he plotted to kill his wife by dynamite after previously attempting to incapacitate her with a shotgun. The plan, described in a long confession witnessed by Mayor Ernest Thompson, spanned weeks and involved his infatuation with Bin Veron Thompson. The file includes admissions of prior attempts and the eventual explosive scheme.
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STINNETT
Texas
D. Payne
Amarilla
Potter
Hutchinson county
Wile
Ernest Thompson
Payne
Thompson
S. J Pasie
Talia
Bins Veron Thompson
Hostile Tribe Advances Near Peshawar Amid Air Strikes
In the Northwest Frontier Province, reports say Lashkar forces of about 5000 men gathered west of Khajuri plain. Six squadrons of royal air force planes conducted bombing missions, though weather hampered operations today after earlier effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PESHAWAR
Northwest Frontier Province
LPI
Northwestern
Britten Tudin
Lashkar
anen
Missing plane found at SIA in sinking condition
A night mail plane from Stockholm missing since last night was located in Askos bay near Viad eminsvik in a sinking state. The pilot and mechanic were aboard and their fate was unknown. Initial dispatch suggested they may have perished while attempting to reach the sea. The craft carried no passengers and was overdue after a Baltic flight. Meanwhile, in Bogota, Colombia, Enrique Olaya Herrera is inaugurated president for a four year term.
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BERLIN
Stockholm
Askos
Viademinsvik bay
misus
Stockheim
Stalund
Prussia
Flood Wreckage Reported in Nogales Arizona
Witnesses describe cloudburst devastation in Nogales Arizona and Nogales Sonora with deaths feared and about forty missing. A girl telephone operator recalled six o clock scenes of wreckage, broken furniture, driftwood, and horses swept away as residents woke to rising floodwaters and frantic efforts to rescue livestock and belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NOGALES
Aviz
Ariz.c
Sohora
res
OMAR
Justices Hear Billings Pardon Plea At Prison
Chief Justice Waste announced the state court would advise the governor on Warren Billings pardon bid. The California Supreme Court discussed ordering Billings from Folsom to testify at the hearing. Prison board president Neumiller said no formal order would be issued to move Billings without court action. The hearing was adjourned pending a provable hearing date, with a likely move to Folsom around next Thursday.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Waste
California Supreme cuerk
JMiewiees
Folsom
Warren Ballin
Thomas J. Moor
tessify
Billings
supreme court
Charles Neumiller
Billiees
Ifer
Malsom
Two Men Named as Murderers in Buckles Slaying
Detroit dispatch says Police Commissioner Thomay Wilcox identified two suspects in the Gerale Jerry Buckles killing. Ted Pizzo, alias Pellegreno and alias Brocco, and Mike Morgary, alias Mixe Lubiando, were named as gang members said to be led by Leo Cellura. Motive not disclosed.
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DETROIT
Junction City
Thomay Wilcox
Gerale
Jerryy Buckles
WMBC
Wilcox
Ted Pizzo
Pellegreno
Brocco
Mike Morgary
Mixe Lubiando
Leo Cellura
Fuller Accepts Oath of Office as Marine Commandant
Ma j Gen Ben A Fuller today took the oath as commandant of the Marine Corps in Washington. Assistant Secretary Jahncke attended the ceremony. Fuller was appointed by President Hoover to replace the late Maj Gen Wendell C Neville. Afterward Geneva Fuller named Brig Gen George T Myers as his assistant, the former Neville aide who once commanded the Atlantic fleet marines.
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WASHINGTON
Ben A. Fuller
Marine corps
Jahncke
Fuller
Hoover
Wendell C. Neville
Geneva Fuller
George T. Myers
ilMing
Neville
Myers
Atlantic feet marines
naval academy
Whale carcass troubles Maryland city officials
In Ocean City Maryland a 52 foot whale carcass washed ashore near the North Beach Coast Guard station created a disposal dilemma for city and county leaders. Authorities recalled a previous attempt using dynamite that scattered debris across rooftops and was abandoned then the carcass was cut up and towed to sea by motorboats before some pieces were sunk.
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OCEAN CITY
North Beach
Flood Devastates Nogales Adobe Houses on Both Sides
Disaster struck Nogales when heavy rainfall caused a flood that destroyed adobe buildings and left up to twenty five people missing or dead. Across the border in Nogales Sonora, homes and a hotel were swept away while rescue crews reported many homeless. Electric power and telephones failed as water six feet deep swept International Street, with children seen swept from cribs and several bodies recovered. Estimated losses reach about one hundred thousand dollars, with roughly equal shares in Mexican and American areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NOGALES
Ariz
Aus
Nea
forts
Banks bridge
aAmer
Sonora
bao
C. Villasenor
sala
Don Phillips
Santa Rita
international city
Vie Hood
Nantes
international street
hery
M. Estrada
npe
Cuba preps broad drive against communism across island
Havana reports orders from the interior secretary Malrel Delgado to wage a nationwide anti communism campaign. Over twenty people are arrested in raids on Havana and other areas for distributing alleged seditious literature. Many men and women, mainly Chinese, summoned for questioning over ties to the Third International of Moscow. Trucks loaded with literature seized as potential evidence.
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HAVANA
Malrel Delgado
Cubala
Third International
Moscow
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Colombia
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