Flight to Baghdad Off from Wasaga Beach At Dawn
James Ayling and Leonard Reid launched The Trail of the Caribou from Wasaga Beach at dawn seeking a nonstop flight to Baghdad to set a new long distance record. The twin engined biplane carried 600 gallons of fuel and food for four days, with no radio and weighed 2,450 pounds over the limit.
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Ont
James Ayling
Leonard Reid
Baghdad
Iraq
James Mollison
Amy
Central Canada
Harbor Grace
Mld
Reid
Canada
Inngland
Royal Air Force
Halifax
N. S
Nova Scotia
Montreal
Heat Wave Ravages Midcontinent Deepens Drought
A sweeping heat wave stretches from the Rockies to the Appalachians and into the Gulf states, with many readings above 100 degrees. Kansas City and several other cities report extreme temperatures as drought worsens crop and livestock conditions across Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, and neighboring states. In New Mexico heat and scant rain persist through early August, stressing dryland crops, depleting irrigation water, and threatening winter forage.
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Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Highlands
Gulf States
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Wichita
Springfield
Oklahoma City
Ill
Concordia
Kan
North Dakota
Roosevelt
Iowa
Dodge City
Illinois
Salt Lake County
Utah
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Miles City
Mont
Idaho
East
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Dekker Named Roswell City Clerk After McDonald's Death
At the Roswell city council meeting Mayor J E Moore nominated Joseph H Dekker as city clerk and treasurer to fill the vacancy from Maj McDonald's death. The council approved his appointment with a salary of 200 dollars monthly. Dekker, deputy county treasurer since 1933, will take office after bonding. The meeting also discussed a 500 dollar city contribution to a Roswell municipal band, liquor bonds, theater permits, traffic lights hours, park lighting, and bids for a city audit to cover 1933 34. Lea Rowland acted as clerk.
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J. E. Moore
Joseph H. Dekker
Maj. McDonald
Dekker
McDonald
Moore
Johnston
Brochheauser
Tigner
H. C. Noah
G Roswell
Roswell
Berry
East Second
C. N. Smith
Cedar Grove
North Main
Leland Fellows
S. E. Hardcastle
Yucca
Park Committee
Garden Avenue
Second Street
Chihuahua
Tem
Lea Rowland
President Roosevelt Tours Drought Area Amid Dam Plans
President Roosevelt travels through the Mississippi Valley to inspect dam construction and strengthen efforts to rebuild the northwest around profitable water sites. The drought area tour emphasizes population redistribution to align families with economic opportunities and vast federal power projects.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Forecast shows cotton crop at 9.195 million bales this year
Washington reports the first official season forecast by the Department of Agriculture. The indicated crop totals 9,195,000 bales, down from 13,047,000 last year. August 1 crop condition is 60.4 percent of normal, predicting 160.9 pounds per acre, versus 208.5 last year and the ten year average 169.9.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Extensive publicity planned for Eastern New Mexico State Fair
The Eastern New Mexico State Fair publicity kicks off with ten billboards in Artesia Clovis Ft Sumner Tatum Lovington Hobbs Carlsbad Portales and along Hondo and Dexter Hagerman highways for September. A hundred fifty tire covers and two hundred fifty bumper signs will arrive by August 25 for free public use via the Roswell Chamber of Commerce. A. D. Jones departs for Albuquerque Aug 8 to oversee fair preparations.
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New Mexico
Roswell
Artesia
Clovis
Ft. Sumner
Tatum
Lovington
Hobbs
Carlsbad
Portales
Hondo
Dexter
Hagerman
Chamber of Commerce
A. D. Jones
Calendar chaos aboard Empress of Canada prompts date confusion
Aboard the Empress of Canada sailors report a calendar mess. They note yesterday was Sunday and wonder if Tuesday papers were missed or if the schedule shifts extend to Wednesday or beyond. A uniformed man could announce, We are skipping August, and some would believe him.
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S. S
Primaries Yield Three State Nominees and Campaign Stakes
Voters in West Virginia Missouri and Kansas chose party nominees. Holt, underage for Senate, wins WV Democratic bid to face Hatfield. Truman leads Missouri Democrats while Patterson runs unopposed for Republicans. in Kansas Landon secures renomination with Brinkley fading and Ketchum winning the Democratic nod for governor amid intra party contest.
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Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Tom” Pendergast
Kansas City
Roscoe Patterson
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Omar B. Ketchum
Topeka
No Politics in Relief Work in New Mexico
Santa Fe AP reports New Mexico relief officials ban politics among relief staff. Miss Margaret Reeves, state director, orders all employees to separate from political duties and subscribe by signing an enclosed sheet. Local agency managers must obtain signatures from project managers and staff. The directive bans staff from county or state political committee membership.
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Gallup
N. M
FERA
Iag
Fbra Cois
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Margaret Reeves
New Mexico Relief Administration
Social Service Executive
Social Service Office
Cattle Board chief doubts NM meat canner project
Albuquerque AP says W. A. Naylor, secretary of the State Cattle Sanitary Board, returned from a cannery conference in Amarillo and warned there is little chance a meat canning plant funded by the federal drought relief program will be established in New Mexico. He noted no guarantee on plant use and that investors would be unlikely to gamble on the venture.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
W. A. Naylor
State Cattle Sanitary Board
Amarillo
New Mexico
Drought Warns Of Livestock Crisis In New Mexico
Albuquerque reports the worst drought in 33 years. Dr. F L Schneider head of the U S Bureau of Animal Industry for New Mexico Arizona warned that unless rainfall arrives within 10 days the livestock industry and state agriculture could face a crisis as grass grasses in Guadalupe Quay Curry De Baca Lincoln counties burn brown and crops are abandoned.
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Albuquerque
F. L. Schneider
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
New Mexico
Arizona
Torrance
Guadalupe
Quay
Curry
de Baca
Lincoln
Baseball Today Scores From Baseball Card Style Recaps
Boston defeated Philadelphia 11 to 9 in an afternoon clash while Chicago beat an opponent 3 to 0. St Louis toppled Detroit 6 to 3 as Wells protected the plate with Hemsley backing him. New York claimed a 1 to 0 win over Washington with Ruffing on the mound and Dickey driving in the decisive runs.
First Game doubleheader results and battery lines
Chicago wins one game over Pittsburgh with Majore Warneke and Phelps powering the staff while Bush O Farrel Swift Grimes and Padden lead Pittsburgh hitters. Brooklyn tops New York 28 to 3 after a quiet night from both pitching staffs. Philadelphia outslugs Boston 26 to 3 as Davis Collins Wilson Cantwell Hogan drive offense. St Louis beats Cincinnati in a pitching duel with HL and Dean Davis Freitas Lombardi supplying key hits.
Baseball lineups for the day at a glance
Grimm of Chicago faces Trosky of Cleveland while Foxx and Coleman of Philadelphia clash, Averill of Cleveland meets Walker of Detroit in the slate of major league games.
Second Attempt to Reach Byrd Fails in Antarctica
Mechanical difficulties defeat a second try to reach Admiral Richard E. Byrd by tractor at his advance weather base located 123 miles south of Little America in Antarctica.
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Byrd
Little America
Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
McNary Not Declaring Self as 1936 Candidate
Salem Oregon August 8 AP Senator Charles L McNary Republican floor leader states he is not a candidate for the 1936 Republican presidential nomination but will not foreclose others He says it is too early to decide and notes doubts about Democratic proposals and administration in the last Congress.
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Salem
Ore
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
United States Senate
McNary
Doug Fairbanks Sail Back From France After China Visit
Doug Fairbanks Sr. left Nice France on the S S Rex from Villefranche to return to the United States after plans to go to China were announced earlier. He traveled with film executive Joseph M Schenck who showed a gold cigarette case from Merle Oberon. Fairbanks declined to say if reconciliation with wife Mary Pickford was likely.
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Nice
France
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
China
Villefranche
United States
Joseph M. Schenck
Merle Oberon
Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Helena resumes local newspapers after two months
Helena Montana readers found their hometown papers the Independent and the Montana Record Herald back in print after a printers strike began May 16 ended. An arbitration of hourly wages before the International Arbitration Board set for November 1 was part of the agreement that brought workers back.
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Helena
Mont
The
Independent
Montana Record-Herald
International Arbitration Board
Pukeminier Installed Yoselew’s Cooling System
The Frigidaire instantaneous beer cooling system at Moseley’s Sandwich Shop was installed by J Price Dukeminier the local Frigidaire representative. It is the only one of its kind in southeastern New Mexico. A large crowd attended the party Moseley’s gave last night in celebration of the installation of this new equipment. Freddy Fair’s orchestra furnished the music.
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Moseley’s
J. Price Dukeminier
Frigidaire
New Mexico
Freddy Fair
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