Japan Germany trade pact signals axis alignment
Tokyo announces a formal trade treaty with Germany seen as a warning to France and Britain and a step to counter U.S. denunciation of its 28 year old pact with Japan. Negotiations began in 1937 with Matahiro Oshima and Dr Helmuth Wohlthaler leading talks. The pact aims to strengthen anti comintern front and ensure vital German goods during peace and war. It becomes effective after internal procedures with signing pending. Berlin said October 1 as target. Professors urge U.S. reconsideration of its denunciation, noting long friendly ties.
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Tokyo
Japan
Germany
France
Great Britain
Berlin
United States
Britain
Foreign Office
Matahiko Oshima
Helmuth Wohlthal
Italy
Comintern
Eugene H. Dooman
Cravat Leads Aloha Handicap at Hollywood Park
Inglewood Calif July 29 Townsend B Martin's Cravat and six other contenders were named for the $15000 added Aloha handicap a 15 mile race on the closing program of Hollywood Park 44 day schedule Cravat expected as prohibitive 1 3 favorite carrying 130 pounds after Kayak II was withdrawn by Charles S Howard who did not want to risk 132 pounds Kayak won the Hollywood gold cup last week with Cravat second Sortendo and Speciry loom as top rivals Ringling stable's Ligaroti last year's Aloha runner up.
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Inglewood
Calif
Townsend B. Martin
Cravat
Hollywood Park
Charles S. Howard
Howard
A. A. Baroni
Speedy Specify
Pray for Rain Service Attacked by Clergyman
In Danbury Connecticut a drought prayer service drew fire from 27 year old Yale Divinity School graduate Rev. Jack Matheson Baker who argued religion should not be magic. He told 25 worshippers the universe follows natural laws and prayer cannot control rain. The Rev. H M Hancock of the sponsoring Methodist church defended prayer as seeking daily bread and water.
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Danbury
Conn
Jack Matheson Baker
Yale Divinity School
H. M. Hancock
Hatch says his bill will be signed
Senator Hatch announces confidence that President Roosevelt will sign his civil service bill restricting political activity by most federal employees. The measure, due to act by Thursday if not vetoed, would cover classified workers but exclude policy making positions.
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Washington
Hatch
D-Nm
Roosevelt
Mid-Summer Drought Hits American Crops Across Regions
A mid-summer drought grips millions of acres across the United States, threatening losses to farmers. Drought concentrates in the mid Atlantic and New England, the southwestern dust bowl, and parts of the Rocky Mountains and upper Great Lakes, with officials noting localized damage but not comparable to 1934 or 1936.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
New England
Dust Bowl
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
J. B. Kimcer
Weather Bureau
Britain mobilizes vast naval power for danger period
London reports Britain and allies rush to boost naval strength for August September danger period. 12,000 reservists to report Monday as King George inspects reserve fleet Aug 9. Chamberlain to address British French Soviet talks and seek three power mutual aid pact amid tensions.
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London
Britain
Chamberlain
George
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Cromwell
England
Poland
Danzig
House of Commons
Wage-Hour Head Is Silent On Lewis
Elmer F. Andrews administrator of the federal wage hour act travels to California and addresses the American Newspaper Guild convention in San Francisco and other cities. He declines to discuss John L. Lewis criticism of the wage hour law and his call for amendments. Andrews said administration would be facilitated if President Roosevelt signs the Hatch bill to curb politics in relief.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Elmer F. Andrews
California
CIO
John L. Lewis
Andrews
House Labor Committee
Santa Fe
Roosevelt
Hatch
San Francisco
American Newspaper Guild
Denver
Chicago
Washington
Weiner and Baker Oil Wells Progress Near Roswell
R M Baker reports a well 40 miles east of Roswell on US 380 drilling at 3250 feet. Nay Hightower hit first free oil at 3290 feet with drilling advancing to 3435 feet. Baker well lies 1.5 miles north of the highway and is visible before the Weiner well to the east.
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R. M. Baker
Roswell
Weiner
Porcupine in Red Bandana Spotted in Clearfield Hills
In Clearfield Pennsylvania on July 29 a young porcupine with a red bandana was captured by Nick Nisewonger, a highway worker. He tied a handkerchief around its neck, but the animal escaped and was last seen heading over a hill with a red sail.
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Clearfield
Nick Nisewonger
Two Dead On Road West Of Gallup
A highway accident west of Gallup near Manuelito last night killed Charles Mitchell 23 of Lupton Arizona and Dor Reed about 20 a hitchhiker who died in hospital. Driver Harvey Samuels 24 Lupton port official and Grant Brinkerhoff 25 Lupton cafe operator were seriously injured along with Evelyn Reedy another hitchhiker. A car tire blowout is blamed for the plunge into a 30 foot arroyo after the group had been in Gallup earlier that evening.
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Gallup
N. M
Here
Manuelito
Charles Mitchell
Lupton
Ariz
Globe
Doris Reed
Harvey Samuels
Grant Brinkerhoff
Evelyn Reedy
Arizona
Dave Jackson
Bank Bandit Is Taken Easily
Kansas City reports John Thornburg known as the human bomb surrendered to a Nevada Missouri officer after robbing the First National Bank of Chanute Kansas in March. He traveled widely after the crime and admitted the theft of 4860 dollars saved only 2.84. Becket, a Caney classmate, recalled Thornburg as a once friendly preacher who later confessed to the robbery.
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Kansas City
John Thornburg
Nevada
Thornburg
First National Bank of
Demus Becket
Caney, Kas
Chanute Bank
Fayetteville
Ark
Alabama
New York
Old Mexico
Joe Balch
Chanute
Becket
Caney Christian Church
Fatal Auto Wreck Near Gallup Kills Two
Two killed and three injured when a light convertible plunged 30 feet into an arroyo on U S highway 66 near Manuelito 17 miles west of Gallup. Victims are Charles Mitchell 23 Globe Arizona and Mrs Lor raine Richardson 21 Kansas City. Injured include Peggy Reed 21 hitch-hiker, Grant Brinkerhoff and Harvey Samuels. Wreck blamed on a blow out. bodies discovered by inspector Pat Downs.
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N. M
Manuelito
Charles Mitchell
Globe Ariz
Lorraine Richardson
Kansas City
Richardson
San Diego
Calif
Pierce
Peggy Reed
Grant Brinkerhoff
Woodruff
Ariz
Harvey Samuels
Clifton
Brinkerhoff
Mitchell
Samuels
Arizona Port of Entry
Lupton
New Mexico Line
Pat Downs
W. B. Cantrell
Miss Reed
French Police In Wide Hunt for Spies
Paris July 29 French police pursue spies and propaganda networks arresting Francois Etienne Clementi writer for an anti semitic paper charged under laws banning articles inciting racial hatred. Senate stenographer Jean Amourelle arrested by counter espionage linked to a Nazi ring. Maps five Alpine zones forbidden to tourists with 1000 francs fine and two year prison terms. Lucien Sampaix of La Humanite acquitted on a test decree violation.
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Paris
Francois Etienne Clementi
Clementi
Jean Amourelle
Senate
Secret Army Committee
Amouillee
Lucien Sampaix
la Humanite
Alps
Italy
Five Aalied To State College Faculty
The regents of New Mexico State College announced five new faculty appointments and named Kermit Laabs of Belen as athletic manager. New appointees include J L Flowers from Oklahoma A&M agronomy, Arthur M Swanson from Wisconsin dairy husbandry, Donald Fryxell from Chicago English, Emily P Garner from Tennessee economics, and Elizabeth Lanham from Texas business administration. Regents also approved two small WPA projects for a poultry farm building and an agronomy building, plus two soil conservation projects for arroyo control near the college and Organ Mountain area.
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State College
N. M
Kermit Laabs
Belen
Regents of
New Mexico State College
Laabs
New Mexico
J. L. Flowers
Oklahoma A. & M
Arthur M. Swanson
Wisconsin University
Donald Fryxell
Chicago University
Emily P. Garner
Tennessee University
Elizabeth Lanham
Texas University
WFA
Soil Conservation Service
Organ Mountain
Weather forecast for four states shows scattered thunderstorms
New Mexico will have partly cloudy nights and Sundays with scattered thundershowers in the east and north central areas and little temperature change. Colorado expects partly cloudy nights and Sundays with unsettled west and widely scattered showers or thunderstorms, cooler in the northeast. Arizona remains partly cloudy with little change, while West Texas reports partly cloudy conditions with possible local thundershowers in the southwest tonight and Sunday and a warmer Panhandle on Sunday.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
Panhandle
Roswell
Pecos Valley
Hagerman
Associated Press
Fatal Air Crash at Farmington Kills Two Men
Officials investigated a sunset crash in Farmington New Mexico that killed local residents ae Gooding 38 and Harry Redfield 40 who were aboard a two seat plane owned by area aviation enthusiasts. No witnesses reported, but the craft likely nosed over during prep for a pleasure flight. Gooding leaves a wife and daughter. Redfield is survived by his widow.
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Farmington
N. M
Gooding
Harry Redfield
Redfield
Farmington Aviation
Redding
Spinal meningitis death in Las Cruces farm worker
James R. Harvey twenty died after contracting a contagious spinal meningitis while living in Las Cruces. He fell ill shortly after arriving from Sterling Oklahoma and was buried here yesterday. He is survived by his wife. The Harveys had moved to Las Cruces two weeks earlier.
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Las Cruces
N. M
James R. Harvey
Sterling
Okla
Harveys
Reds edge Phillies in opener of doubleheader
In Cincinnati Gene Thompson pitched four hits to cap a 3 0 win as the Reds top Philadelphia in the first game of a doubleheader. The Giants pull away late to beat the Cubs 5 2 in Chicago, while the Pirates top the Bees 6 5 in Pittsburgh on July 19.
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Phillies
Cincinnati
Gene Thompson
Phils
Rhe Phila
Mulcahy
Kersieck
Millies
Thompson
Lombardi
Pirates
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Pittsburgh
John Rigzo
Boston Bees
Bees
Pitts
Shoffner
Errickson
Lopez
Mass
Bowman
Brown
Berres
Sewell
Browns Defeat Red Sox 4-3 in Fifth Inning Rally
St Louis scored all runs in the fifth inning to beat Boston 4 to 3, extending their winning streak over the Sox to two straight. Pitcher Jake Wade started for Boston, while Kramer Whitehead Mills and Glenn contributed for St Louis.
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Boston
Jake Wade
St. Louis Browns
Boston Red Sox
Sox
St. Louis
Kramer
Whitehead
Mills
Glenn
Wade
Wilson
Ostermueller
Rich
Desautels
Peacock
Berg
Dam and Reservoir Grant for Mimbres River Work
The House completed action on a bill to grant a perpetual easement to the Works Progress Administration for a dam and reservoir on the Bear Canyon reach of the Mimbres River in Grant County New Mexico. The WPA would transfer the projects to New Mexico for administration after completion.
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Washington
House
Works Progress Administration
Bear Canyon
Mimbres River
Grant County
New Mexico
White House
WPA
Senator Guffey in Mexican oil deal probe call
Senator Bridges urged a senate inquiry into the seizure of American oil properties in Mexico and cited press stories linking Senator Guffey with individuals who negotiated sales of the oil.
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Charles Sen. Guffey
Washington
Bridges
Senate Today
Senate
Mexico
Guffey
Grand Canyon Rail Line Derailment Slows Canyon Traffic
News reports from Grand Canyon Ariz describe a derailment of a Santa Fe passenger train six miles south of the canyon that injured six seriously and twenty six slightly. Extra crews and buses are moving tourists between Grand Canyon and Williams as track repairs continue into the week. Separately in Washington a Nye neutrality attack stalls progress on a 1.64 billion lending bill as debate over foreign affairs control continues.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Williams
Santa Fe
Canyon
Here
Williams Station
Alamogordo Liquor Sale Case Advances on Taxed Property
In Alamogordo New Mexico a district court considers whether C A Prendergast may sell liquor on property won in a tax sale The Alamogordo Improvement Company and other owners oppose claiming a deed restriction bans liquor sales on civic property The state supreme court remanded for a new trial after Prendergast won initial defenses against the company’s suit The restriction remains except for one block and the company argues it was part of a town wide plan to attract residents and protect property values.
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Alamogordo
N. M
C. A. Prendergast
State Supreme Court
Prendergast
Nationwide hunt for most dangerous racketeer Lepke Buchalter
New York reports a nationwide search led by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey for Louis Lepke Buchalter deemed the most dangerous racketeer in the United States. Dewey cut his vacation to chase the fugitive dead or alive amid a racketeering war that has claimed five gangland deaths and wounded others. A $25,000 reward was urged, with $5,000 already offered by the city and FIR dollars possible, linked to the murder of Isadore Penn and the mistaken target Philip Orlovsky in garment and music industries.
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Louis “Lepke” Buchalter
New York
Louis “Lepke
Buchalter
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Dewey
Lepke
Board of Estimate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Isadore Penn
Bronx
Penn
Jolly
Philip Orlovsky
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