Roosevelt outlines gains and plan in radio address
In a White House radio talk Roosevelt touts gains in wages, employment, farm prices and purchasing power. He defends Congress, denounces critics as “prophets of calamity,” and restates his threefold security program with homes, land and social insurance. He warns against “timid” critics naming fascism or communism and sketches modernizing the executive office building.
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Heatwave Death Toll Exceeds Two Dozen Across Regions
The Associated Press reports more than twenty deaths from extreme heat as temperatures surged from the Rockies to the Atlantic. Iowa suffered six fatalities, with Iowa record highs, Nebraska and Illinois also hit, while cities like Chicago and Cincinnati set or approached all time highs. Rain offered slim relief in Nebraska, but many areas faced crop and livestock losses and widespread damage.
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Mid-West
Mother Helps Norma in Dedham Murder Trial
Mrs Margaret Smith Brighton testifies in Dedham Mass defending her daughter Norma Brighton Millen who faces charges as an accessory in the murder of two police during a bank holdup. She recounts Norma’s early life and marriage to Morton Millen, condemned with two others.
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Massachusetts
Dedham
Mass
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Transatlantic Flight Begins From Harbor Grace Warsaw bound
Benjamin and Joseph Adamowicz launched from Harbor Grace airport at 6 26 a m in their red white and blue monoplane Warsaw on a planned trans Atlantic trip to Warsaw Poland Their route includes Dublin Berlin and Warsaw Weather was clear and favorable The brothers slept at St Johns after fueling with 610 gallons of gasoline prior to takeoff
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Turkish Methuselah Zara Agha Dies at 160
Istanbul reports the death of Zara Agha aged 160, once claiming immortality. The famed longevity claimant died at Children's Hospital after months of illness including Bright's disease and gland disorders. his age certificate dated 1774. He outlived many wives and claimed 36th child at 96. In Washington, Roosevelt formed the committee on economic security to draft forthcoming social legislation for Congress, with advisors from labor, welfare, industry, and government.
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Wool sale at Lovington auction shows little sold
The Record reports 63,000 pounds of wool listed at the Lovington sale on June 26 with almost none sold. Later private sales moved 56,000 pounds at 14 38 to 20 cents, over 70 percent going to French Mills of Woonsocket Rhode Island. Earlier figures claimed about 440,000 pounds sold at Lovington.
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Civil Service Examinations Open for Bureau Posts
United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Junior agricultural statistician and Associate veterinarian. Salaries range from 2000 to 2600 and 3200 dollars yearly, respectively. Closing dates July 24 and July 23. Information available from Jas D. Hearn at Rosewell post office.
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Salvation Army camp to mend children's clothing for school
The Salvation Army has organized a camp to mend and ready children’s clothing for school next September. The Salvation Army Home League will perform the repairs during the summer session to provide usable garments.
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Nellie Madison Sentenced to Death in Los Angeles
Mrs. Nellie Madison is shown in a Los Angeles courtroom hearing her death sentence for the murder of her husband Eric D. Madison last March. The verdict was delivered with her characteristic calm, and she faces execution on the gallows.
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Nellie Madison
Los Angeles
Eric D. Madison
Amarillo Girl Marries Milwaukee Groom in Nude World’s Fair Wedding
At the Century of Progress in Chicago, Jean May of Amarillo Texas, aged 25, wed Charles Mueller 24 of Milwaukee in a nude ceremony attended by a nine member wedding party. The minister wore only goat skin. The setting featured dinosaurs and ancient landscapes at the World’s Fair site as camera crews watched the couple disrobe and reappear clothed.
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Amarillo
Milwaukee
Jean May
Texas
Charles Mueller
Violence Surges As Milwaukee Transit Strike Erupts
Violence and arson accompany the Milwaukee Transportation Workers strike as crowds clash with police. A youth is electrocuted at the generating plant while another demonstrator is burned and a guard injured. Jitneys are authorized as thousands lose access to work. Nationwide, steel and textile labor talks progress with a National Labor Relations Board set to mediate.
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Trans Mississippi golf meet at Dallas advances players
Johnny Goodman of Omaha won 4 and 3 over Fred Odom and advances to a third round match against Wilson Schoellkopf of Dallas. Schoellkopf defeated Libian Mc Laughlin 2 and 1, while Johnny Dawson fell to O Hara Watts 1 up.
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Chicago
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Zell Eaton
Ross McDade
Shreveport
Leland Hamman
Waco
Verne Stewart
Albuquerque
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Stewart
New Mexico
Richard Dix Marries in Jersey City Ceremony
Motion picture actor Richard Dix wed Virginia Webster of West Los Angeles in Jersey City on June 29, officiated by Judge Edward J. Markley. The couple’s marriage was announced from the New Jersey city.
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Jersey City
N. J
Virginia Webster
West Los Angeles
Edward J. Markley
Bateman comments on president's homes for every family plan
U S Bateman notes in a letter that the president's broadcast emphasized furnishing better homes for every family. He claims the Record has long advocated this and hints at securing credit and funds to free homes from taxation, regardless of who earns credit.
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U. S. Bateman
Bean Wins First Match in Texas Net Tourney
Perry Bean Jr. of Roswell won his opening Texas open tennis match in Houston defeating J. A. Locky of Houston 6-2 6-3. The match was played Monday. He was scheduled to face Charles Sloane of Houston on Tuesday afternoon, a three time Houston city champion and once Texas state champion. No results yet on that match.
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Charles Sloane
Texas
Baseball scores from today in the American League and more
Baseball scores show Cleveland and Chicago with limited runs as rain suspends Detroit and St Louis. Philadelphia defeats Boston 5 to 0 with Moore Davis and Wilson handling the batteries, while New York beats Brooklyn 4 to 3. Chicago falls to Pittsburgh as time is called for rain and St Louis edges Cincinnati 1 to 0.
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Notable Nominations Across Cities Highlight New Season
Jackson New York Hartnett Chicago J Moore Philadelphia Walters Philadelphia appear among a set of names listed in a regional sports or event roundup referring to participants or officials. The fragment hints at a multi city aggregation of individuals connected to a local activity or competition in the era.
Dillinger on the loose. sheriffs warned countywide
Los Angeles authorities issued a countywide alert for John Dillinger and ordered all sheriff sub stations to be on the lookout and greet him first. A man matching the outlaw's description robbed Harry Patterson, a filling station operator, after asking for directions to the Ventura highway in the Santa Barbara National Forest.
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Los Angeles County
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Harry Patterson
Santa Barbara National Forest
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Ventura Highway
Borah Celebrates 69th Birthday With Long Washington Work
Senator William E Borah the eldest in Senate service spent the sultry Washington day in his office with a fan, drafting a radio speech for July 4 in the Washington Evening Star Forum. The 69 year old figure remained hale and hearty despite oppressive heat as he labored late into the evening.
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William E. Borah
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Cotton Wins British Open Golf Championship
Henry Cotton, 27, clinched the British Open title at Sandwich with a 72-hole 2853 tying Gene Sarazen’s record set in 1932. He led early with 67 and 65, then a 72 in round three and a 79 final round, missing a short putt on the final green. Cotton won by five strokes over Sid Brews of Durban Golf Club, with the U S challengers far behind.
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South Africa
United States
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MacDonald Smith
Nashville
Tenn
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Special Officer to Control Public Lands Named
Secretary Ickes said four special officers would be named in the Interior Department to administer the Taylor public land grazing bill signed yesterday. No policy will be formulated until conferences with cattle and sheep men and western settlers occur. The measure aims to stop injury to public grazing lands by preventing over grazing and soil deterioration and marks a victory for Representative Taylor with attention from Senators Adams and O Mahoney who helped revise the bill.
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Wood Reaches Fifth Round in English Tennis Championship
Siney B Wood Jr the American Davis Cup player advanced to the quarterfinals with a straight set win over Dave Jones 6-3 6-3 6-4 at Wimbledon England The day also saw Baron Von Cramm vs Vernon G Kirby postponed due to a cold Jack Crawford seeded leader moved into the fifth round with a 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 win over Jiro Yamagishi W L Breese and J Clynton Reed beat H Kleinschroth and W Menzel 6-1 6-4 6-4 in a first round match.
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Eng
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Columbia University
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Vernon G. Kirby
South Africa
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Jack Crawford
Jiro Yamagishi
Lester Stoefen
H. G. N. Lee
England
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Harvard
J. Clynton Reed
H. Kleinschroth
W. Menzel
Clingman to Wrestle Fenton in Albuquerque Match
Otis Clingman stars as hero and Rod Fenton as villain on tonight's weekly wrestling card in Albuquerque. The crowded arena favors Clingman with strong crowd push, though Fenton could win if much action is allowed, as he did in Amarillo recently.
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Otis Clingman
Wll
Hero
Rod Fenton
Clingman
Fenton
Amarillo
Air Crash Near Grants Injures Two Massachusetts Men
Theodore Patterson of Boston died later and Edward Shaw of Milton, both Massachusetts, were injured when their plane went down 23 miles south of Grants New Mexico. The motor failed during a forced landing. Shaw suffered an internal hemorrhage and both were hospitalized.
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