Heat Wave Kills Thirty-Two as East Sizzles
United Press reports a 24 hour toll of thirty two deaths from heat related causes across the eastern United States led by Chicago with fatalities also in Boston Providence Erie and New York. Hundreds more were overcome as sweltering heat persisted. Relief forecast for New York City brings showers and cooler air.
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United Press
United States
Chicago
Boston
Providence
R. J. Erie
New York
Weather Bureau
New York City
Riverside Drive
Hudson
Tenment
Treers
Heat Death Toll Rises As Tristate Suffers Heat Wave
Thundershowers were expected to ease the Great Lakes heat wave. Three more heat victims died in Cleveland yesterday, raising the two day total to six. Victims named include Gordon Whitney 69 of Lakewood George Merkle 45 and Miss Lu ie Carr 25. Three other heat deaths were reported in the state.
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Cleveland. O. Aus
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Gordon Whitney
Lakewood
Orge Merkle
Luie Carr
Heat crisis costs Toledo lives as heatwave peaks
Toledo records one death and two heat related incidents as a record heat wave grips the city. William J. Williams collapsed on his porch and died, the only confirmed fatality linked to the extreme temperatures.
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Toledo
Wiliam
Courtney Tells Of Rescue
London Aug The last of seven radio power exhausted in mid seacourtney and his three aides of the crew waited hopelessly for rescue. He recounted how the Courtney caught fire in mid air and landed in flames before the Minnewaska acted as their savior. The four in the dinghy tried to use a fire extinguisher as flames burned for minutes before the explosion. Courtney and his aides are en route to New York aboard the Minnewaska.
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London
Naling
Frank Court
Courtney
Elwood Imer
Hugh Gilmour
Fred Ice
Ourtney
New York
Fourteenth Anniversary of German Entry into Belgium
BRUSSELS Aug 4 The fourteenth anniversary of the German armies entering Belgium marked the first major World War movement. Church bells sounded, sirens wailed, and a gun salute noted the occasion as major powers debated an anti-war accord aligned with Kellogg’s proposal while Moscow warned of an impending war and a socialist world revolution.
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Belgium
Belgum
Paris
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
England
France
Moscow
Communist Internationale
Brussels
Belzizm
Hoover outlines farm relief and prohibition in acceptance speech
Herbert Hoover signals firm stance on farm relief and prohibition in his upcoming republican presidential campaign opening speech. The candidate’s camp says the public eagerly awaits statements on these issues, with Hoover opposing Socialism in farm relief and disfavoring the McNary Haugen surplus tax plan, while favoring an efficient government.
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Palto Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Toda
United Press
One Founder of Speedway Dies at 55
James A. Allison, 55, cofounder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with Carl Fisher, died last night of bronchial pneumonia. He was stricken on his honeymoon at his Port Washington, Long Island summer home. Last week he married Miss Lucille Mussett, former secretary.
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Indianapolis
James A. Allison
Carl Fisher
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Allison
Port Washington
L. F
Lucille Mussett
Vare Revival Boosts Prospects After Collapse
Atlantic City Aug 4 Senator elect William S. Vare Philadelphia Republican leader improved after a relapse once seen as the end. A bulletin said his condition was the best since his illness began last Wednesday night though recovery remains uncertain. physicians are more optimistic than earlier days.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William S. Vare
Philadelphia
Ware
City Council weighs sewer rental plan with referendum
The Chron icle-Telegram reports Eliria Central Labor Union favors funding sewer plant operation via a rental system and seeks a referendum if adopted. Labor leaders argue all property owners should pay the cost, while Mayor Hewitt supports user fees and councilman Stolzenburg backs taxation channels.
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Eliria Central Labor Union
Chronicle-Telegram
Charles H. Kopp
Kopp
Bose
Solons
James A. Hewitt
C. C Stolzenburg
Arden
G O P Committee Spent Forty Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventeen Dollars
The Republican national committee reported 95 379.10 in contributions and 48 317.04 in expenditures during the Hoover Curtis campaign. Nutt listed 74 contributions including 10 000 from Dwight F. Davis and 7 100 to Pennsylvania state committee for expenses. The Democratic committee reported 60 703.10 in contributions and 271 553.98 in expenditures.
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Washington
Auz
Republican National Committee
Hoover- Curtis
J. R Nutt
Stiver
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
F. R. Lebiback
Special
House
Democratic National Committee
Nutt
Dwight F. Davis
Washington, D. C
Howard Heitz
Pittsburgh
Arthur Whitner
Mendham
A J
Republican State Committee of
Pennsylvania
Horace A. Mann
Youth sought in fatal Cleveland stabbing near home
Detective squads hunt a 20 year old after William Kelso a 50 year old man was stabbed three times in a street fight last night near his Cleveland home. Police could not determine the cause of the incident.
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Cleveland
William Kelso
Kelso
Three Men Die From Drinking Muriatic Acid in Saloon
ELIZABETH N J Aug 4 Three men died today and another was in serious condition after mistaking muriatic acid for liquor in a saloon near here. William Martin and John Masutes, both of Elizabeth, and Walter Benska, address not learned, died after hospitalization. Joseph Notkus of Elizabeth was in serious condition.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Here
William Martin
John Masutes
Walter Benska
Joseph Notcus
Democrats Poll Record Vote In Tenn
In Tennessee a large Democratic primary produced Horton as governor nominee and McKellar as US Senate nominee with substantial leads. Norton led McAlister for the Democratic governor primary while Garrett trailed McKellar in the Senate race. Over 200000 voters participated in ideal weather, while Raleigh Hopkins took the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
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Memphis
Tenn
Henry H. Horton
United States
K. D. McKellar
Norton
Willam McAlister
McKellar
Garrett
National House of Representatives
Raleigh Hopkins
Columbia
Pollution of Lakes Must Cease
The United States Fisheries Association urged stringent laws to halt Great Lakes pollution to save the lakes fishing industry. Lake Erie catch dropped from 159 million to about 100 million pounds from 1915 to 192. H. C. Crosier of the Ohio State Fish Commission reported continual mass fish die offs each month, denying chemical causation by manufacturers. An international commission empowered to stop pollution was called as the only way to revive or preserve the industry and prevent disaster to prosperity.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
United States Fisheries Association
Lake Erie
Lewis Radcliffe
Sheries
H. C. Crossier
Ohio State Fish Commission
Crossley
Erie
Mrs Hert Leads Republican Women's Campaign Effort
Mrs Alvin T Hert of Hentucky vice chairman of the Republican national committee directs the women's campaign from Washington headquarters. Her husband was a national committeeman, and since his death she has carried on his work.
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Alvin T. Hert
Hentucky
Republican National Committee
Washington
Rescue of Courtney Phase By Minnewaska Captain Tells Of Rescue
New York August 4 The steamer Minnewaska deviated 341 miles to rescue Captain Frank Courtney and three companions after SOS signals were heard from their Dornier Napier flying boat. The airplane was abandoned after its engine burned and battery exhausted, with the survivors saved at 7 09 p.m. The owner consented to abandon the plane to test seaworthiness.
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York
Minnewaska
Frank Courtney
Courtney
Frank H. Claret
Claret
Council Meets Through Heat Despite Vacations
The city council has met seven times since June 1 and will hold a regular meeting Monday night. The 1929 city budget is expected to be discussed, and a possible committee of the whole may be formed to address a new ordinance from the Southwestern replacing the ordinance that prompted a referendum petition from the Elyria Central Labor Union.
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Solons
Southwestern
Elyria Central Labor Union
Heat Extreme Melt Rubber Rollers in Athens
In Athens on August 4 the extreme heat yesterday and today caused rubber rollers on printing presses in major plants to melt. The unusually high temperatures disrupted operations and highlighted the harsh summer heat impacting industry.
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Athens
Children Count in Lorain County for School Fund
Enumeration figures released to county auditor Monroe Welty show 99 more children aged 5 to 18 in Lorain County this year than last. The count totals 26 558 for ages 5 to 15, with Elsha at 5 456 and Lorain at 11 290, funding from Western Reserve school land sales. Continued on Page 2.
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Loraim
Yeers
Monroe Welty
Western Reserve Fund
Elsha
Lorain
Breach Widens In Anti-Saloon League Ranks
In Columbus Ohio Aug ounty the breach in the anti saloon league deepened as leaders attack superintendent E J Moore and Freeman L Dustman editor of the American Issue for backing Myers Cooper of Cincinnati for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The league policy committee endorsed Cooper and James T Begs of Sandusky, sparking defiance from founder E L Root who criticized the officials. Matthew L Bigger a Columbus attorney issued a statement accusing Moore of abusing his executive role. Lester D Hill of Bor Green criticized Moore and urged adherence to league positions. A new twist sees Cooper headquarters retracting a claim that Horatio Van Kirk WCTU secretary was on Begg payroll, in a statement signed Rand L Dustman.
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Columbus
E. J. Moore
Freeman L. Dustman
League
Moore
Dustman
Myers ¥. Cooper
Cincinnati
Cooper
James T. Begz
Sandusky
E. L. Root
Medina
Dr. Moore
Teaz
Hill
Cooper Headquarters
Horatio van Kirk
Begg
Rand L. Dustmar
Cooper Committee
Freeman Dustman
Polish aviators reported missing after Atlantic sighting
Majors Louis Idzikowski and Casimir Kubala of the Polish army, en route from Paris to New York aboard a British steamer, were last seen in the mid Atlantic and reported to have disappeared over the horizon. A misreported position may explain the apparent backward travel. If safe, they were expected to reach New York that evening near Cape Race area.
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New York
le Bourget
Paris
Louis Idzikowski
Casimir Kubala
Atlantic
Great Britain
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Hoover Speech Broadcast Across the Nation and Territories
Hoover will accept the Republican nomination at Stanford University. A record radio hookup will transmit his 45 minute speech from 4 p.m. Pacific time to audiences nationwide and in territories and possessions. Gov. C. Young of California and Senator George Moses of New Hampshire will join as on program. notification ceremonies begin across time zones.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
National Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Hoover
Statler
New York
Gov. C. €. Young
California
George Moses
New Hampshire
Pacific Coast
Storm Strikes Ross County Wrecks Farm and Kills Mules
A severe thunderstorm swept Ross County causing fires, damaged buildings, and the death of two mules on a farm near Clarksville. A team was trapped beneath a C and O trestle as the torrent hit, a man named Adams unable to escape. Lightning struck a barn and corn crib, setting them ablaze near George Pabst’s farm.
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Chillicoth
Ross County
Westerday
Thomaz Adams
Geerse Pabst
Clarksj Durt
Rape Bandits Hit Cleveland Loan Agency
Three burglars used adhesive tape to gas cash and jewelry worth over 5 000 at the Morris Grossman Loan Agency in Cleveland. One suspect displayed two guns and the trio escaped with the haul. Authorities identify a prior Cleveland “rape” bandit now serving 43 years. current gang includes two middle aged men and a man about 50.
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Cleveland
O. Aus
Morris Grossman
Ifio
Grossman
Arthur Gardner
Columbus
Smith presses farm relief drive with Peek westward
New York Aug 4 Aiming to pull disgruntled farmers into the Democratic fold Gov Alfred E Smith plans extended study of farm relief. George N Peek leads talks with other western leaders while Smith weighs options beyond the McNary Haugen plan. A broader middle west tour could follow as Smith seeks votes in key corn belt states and possibly broadens his campaign reach.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
George N. Peek
Smith
Peek
Middle Western
Iris
O West
Middle West
Bany
Peekskill
National Guard
Textile strikers parade called off in New Bedford
New Bedford Mass August 4 90 member radical textile strikers group parade planned for this afternoon was canceled. Police had prepared for possible violence as the temple mill committee announced no permit had been issued and the parade would not be held.
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New Bedford
Mass
New Bedeford
Tempie Mill Committee
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Wanda Hess
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