Five Die As Hurricane Sinks Tug Minnie Lee
Tropical storm lashes Cochtowatchee Bay coast as coast guards search for five aboard the tug Minnie Lee and another five on the Sea Gull missing since July 25. Unreported schooner Ketchum off Florida coast adds to fears of higher death tolls.
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Valipariso
Fla
Alabama
Coast Guard
Minnie Lee
Cochtowatchee Bay
Gulf
Tampa
Ketchum
St. Petersburg
Florida
Farm Boy Held For Threatening Life Of Shirley Temple
Sterling W. Powell, 16, of a Nebraska farm, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to extort $25,000 from Shirley Temple's father. Federal investigators traced a letter threatening the actress’s life to Powell after discovery of the mail sent May 9. Hoover credited technical lab work and tracing the letter through Grant and Madrid stores to Powell, who confessed and waived a preliminary hearing.
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North Platte
Neb
Sterling W. Powell
Shirley Temple
U. S
A. F. Streitz
H. Bechtel
Young Powell
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Bureau of Investigation
Grant
Madrid
Powell
Roosevelt tours New England flood control projects
President Roosevelt began a personal tour of flood control works in New England, leaving Waterbury to visit the Winooski Dam. His route included Montpelier, St. Han over, and Springfield as he planned conferences with federal and state officials. Vermont Governor Charles M. Smith greeted the train, with U. S. Senators Warren R. Austin and Ernest W. Gibson and Major General Edward M. Markham among the crowd.
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Waterbury
Roosevelt
New England
Winooski Dam
Boundary Line
Canada
Hyde Park
N. Y
Montpelier
St. Hanover
N. H
Springfield
Mass
Charles M. Smith
Vermont
Sawtz
Detrain
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Ernest W. Gibson
Edward M. Markham
Army Engineers
Policy Owners Receive 76000 In 1935 Claims
In Hagerstown insurance policy owners and beneficiaries received 76000 in 1935 announced by the National Underwriters. The sum covered payments to living policy owners and death claims to beneficiaries.
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Hagerstown
Marion Doctor William McDonald Dies After Four Year Illness
Marion Mass Aug 2 Dr William McDonald infantile paralysis specialist and Roosevelt health restoration figure died at his home after a four year illness. He was known for his efforts to aid health restoration and public medical work.
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Marion
Mass
William McDonald
Roosevelt
Wrecking crew fishes car from Mississippi River
St Louis August 1 report Harry Larkin faced a stalled car and, after failing to start it, pushed it into the river. A wrecking crew subsequently fished the vehicle out of the Mississippi River.
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ST. Louis
Harry Larkin
Mississippi River
Weather forecast for Maryland and coastal regions
Maryland tonight mostly fair with Sunday clouds and showers in the west. Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras expects northeast winds from moderate to fresh, with rain likely in the south portion late tonight and Sunday. Chesapeake Bay favors clear to partly cloudy tonight, cloudy Sunday, and rain possible Sunday night with northeast winds increasing to fresh.
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Maryland
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Gettle
Chesapeake Bay
Weekly Weather Forecast for Aug 3 Period
Weekly forecast notes rain chances in the North and Middle Atlantic States at the week’s start and near the end. Temperatures moderate overall with a warm spell midweek.
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Inc
North
Middle Atlantic States
Kentucky Picks Nominees Today
Kent ucky voters braved cool skies to vote in nominating races for November. The Democratic contest centers on J G C W Beckman and John Y Brown challenging incumbent M M Logan. On the Republican side Robert H Lucas leads the field for the U S Senate nomination as party leaders back him.
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Louisville
Kentucky
J. G C. W. Beckman
United States
John Y. Brown
M. M. Logan
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
U. S
Bees Missing In Pomona Beehives Shake Farm Loans
Clyde E. Molesworth secured Farm Credit Administration loans to buy a sugar compound for 250 bee colonies. When DOJ agents inspected, the bees could not be found. Molesworth was held on $5,000 bond and ordered to produce the bees by August.
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Pomona
Calif
Department of Justice
Clyde E. Molesworth
farm credit_ administration
Molesworth
Robbery defendant acquitted after trial in Chicago
Surprise Chicago August 1. Indicted under the habitual criminal act John Vallerno 38 offered to plead guilty and accept one year to life term through his attorneys. The state refused and pursued life imprisonment. The jury acquitted him.
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Chicago
John Vallerno
Five Averett brothers marry five Byrd sisters
In a rural Alabama community near Enterprise five Averett brothers married five Byrd sisters. The couples are H. G. with Evie, D. S. with Carrie, L. A. with Nora Bell, E. L. with Tera, and Fred with Una. Their 20 children make up double first cousins across the families.
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Enterprise
Ala
Averett
Byrd
H. G
Evie
D. S
Carrie
L. A
Nora Bell
E. L
Tera
Fred
Una
Here
Peaches Ripen on City Market in Early Season
Carmen peaches, an early variety, appeared in fair quantity on the city market this morning and sold at 15 cents for a two-quart basket. Washington county harvesting is expected to begin around mid August. The crop is small, but growers say quality and size will be exceptionally fine due to the limited output.
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Carmen
Washington County
August Court Opens Monday
The August term of the Circuit Court will convene at 10 o'clock Monday morning as the only non jury term of the year. The term is typically short, lasting an hour or two. The next jury term, the November term, opens Monday, November 9.
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Circuit Court
Corn price soars to record highs on drought driven surge
Chicago August 1 corn futures rose to 1.05 a bushel up the four cent limit as drought fears and an unofficial crop tally pointed to sharply reduced yields. September corn spiked over six cents from opening, marking the highest price in seven years amid drought forecasts and heavy buying.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Sisters to Wed Father and Son in Monmouth County
ENGLISHTOWN N J Aug 1 Two youthful sisters will wed a 60 year old farmer and his 22 year old son next month in a double church ceremony. The farmer William Tilton of Gravel Hill will marry Julia Scott 22 of Tracy Station while his son Ernest will marry Celia Scott 15.
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Englishtown
N. J
Monmouth County
William Tilton
Gravel Hill
Julia Scott
Tracy Station
Ernest
Celia Scott
Farmer Nyquist Killed as Freight Train Hits Car at Crossing
Emry Nyquist a Maryland farmer and Farm Bureau active member was killed when his car was struck at a grade crossing in Princess Anne witnesses say he appeared to be looking at something in his fields near the crossing at the time of the accident.
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Princess Anne
Emry Nyquist
Nyquist
Farm Bureau
Opening of 11th Olympiad Marred by Rain and Withdrawal
Rain disrupted the Olympic opening at the Reich sports field as Brazilian athletes withdrew after factional disputes. Americans altered parade protocol to avoid a Nazi salute, and Hitler announced plans to resume excavations of the original Olympic arena begun in 1875 and halted in 1881.
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Berlin
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Alfred Jachim
Union City
N. J
Hitler
International Olympic Committee
Fuehrer
Camp Ritchie Renamed Camp Harry W. Nice
A general order from the State Adjutant General redesignates Camp Ritchie at Cascade as Camp Harry W. Nice. The 1927-established camp is renamed to honor the Governor and commander-in-chief of the Maryland National Guard.
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Camp Ritchie
Camp Nice
Baltimore
State Adjutant General’s Office
Cascade
Camp
Harry W. Nice
Maryland National Guard
City Court Sentences Woman in Prostitution Case
Margery Burns, 21, colored, received a six month term at the House of Correction after a City Court sentence by Justice C. Edward Heard. Police and magistrates declined to comment on whether the decision sets a precedent for similar cases. A week earlier several white women, alleged operators and inmates of disorderly houses, were fined from 10 to 50 dollars.
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Margery Burns
Burns
House of Correction
C. Edward Heard
Paralysis Toll Rises Across Four Southern States
In four southern states the infantile paralysis toll reached 344 cases with 22 deaths. Eight new cases reported yesterday were below the weekly average in Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and Georgia.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Wo men's Democratic club meeting in Clear Spring
The regular meeting of the women's Democratic club of Clear Spring will be held in the club rooms Monday evening August 3 at 8 p.m.
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Women’s Democratic Club of Clearspring
Sp. m
Convict Slain in Riot at Oregon Pen
Salem Ore Aug 1 A riot at the Oregon state penitentiary saw 760 convicts attempt a mass break for freedom. Guards fired to quell the mob killing one prisoner and wounding two as the yard showed shattered windows and piles of knives and clubs. The riot followed news that the circuit court upheld an attorney general opinion barring releases from prison at expiration of minimum sentences without action by the parole board and governor.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Penitentiary
Would Like To Trade Nuisances
A North Prospect Street resident reports that he and neighbors will trade nuisances with east end residents over excessive smoke from a baker's chimney. He alleges about a dozen leather lunged dogs and about six home in Suman's Alley bark nightly from midnight until daylight. Complaints have been filed with police, which promised to look into it. an investigation was requested again this morning.
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North Prospect Street
East End
Prospect Sitreeters
Suman’s Alley
Drought Boosts Farm Income To Highest Peak In Six Years
Chicago august 1 farmers incomes soar on drought prices rise to their highest since 1930. Government estimates show first half income at 335 million dollars above last year. Analysts expect 1936 farm income to reach a six year peak barring further crop losses amid heat and drought.
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Chicago
Rebels Accelerate Advance Toward Madrid Amid Cold Robledo
Rebels and Fascist militias poured into Roble Gordo to speed the push on Madrid. Armies caravanned along shelled roads toward Buitrago, as troops rode stock trucks in bitter Guadarrama winds. Madrid defences bolstered while Leftists urged re enlistments to reorganize forces.
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Roblegordo
Spain
Madrid
Buitrago
Guadarrama
Maddrid
Virginia Pine to Wed Actor George Raft
New York August 1 Virginia Pine blonde motion picture actress said she and actor George Raft probably will be married this year I think we will be married as soon as he gets a divorce Miss Pine formerly married to Edward J Lehman Jr Chicago merchant said she seemed more sure than she did yesterday about reports of an impending marriage if a divorce is secured
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New York
Virginia Pine
George Raft
Miss Pine
Edward J. Lehman, Jr
Chicago
London
Lewis assails Landon labor policy as strike killer
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, declared from Washington that Gov Alf Landons labor policy would make every strike illegal and every picket a law breaker.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Alf. M. Landon
Police aid sought in missing Washington man
Police here were asked to aid in the search for W. E. Silke 38 of Washington D C who disappeared Monday en route to this city He was a salesman for the United Drug Company and a friend of Harry R Rudy a local dealer He left his Washington home for Hagerstown stopped in Thurmont called his wife from there and was due in Hagerstown Tuesday His Pontiac car bears a District of Columbia license.
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W. E. Silke
Washington, D. C
Mr. Silke
United Drug Company
Harry R. Rudy
Washington
Hagerstown
Thurmont
Wedding Ring Found After 35 Years in Frederick County
Mrs. Ernest Page found a wedding ring in a garden in Lillypons and identified the owner, Mrs. Vernon Yingling of Flint Hill, Frederick County, by the initials inside. The ring was lost by Mrs. Yingling about 35 years ago when she lived there.
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Vernon Yingling
Flint Hill
Frederick County
Ernest Page
Lillypons
Yingling
Page
Youth Kills Stepfather in Lavinia Home
In Milan Tennessee on August 1 Sheriff M J McLemore said 13 year old Carl Roe shot and killed his stepfather Herbert Perkins a 50 year old merchant in defense of his mother The boy was not to be arrested. Investigators reported Perkins fired 13 rounds inside the home before being shot by the boy
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Milan
Tenn
M. J. McLemore
Carroll County
Carl Roe
Herbert Perkins
Perkins
Lavinia
Bor
Rare affliction proves fatal to 19 year old Anna Bender
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a rare illness slowly stiffened and swollen Anna Benders body. Doctors described limb and abdomen swelling with a stone like abdomen disproportionate to her size. A doctor suggested a possible blood vessel blockage. The hospital released her days before her death as she pleaded to go home to die. She died last night at her West Pittson home.
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Wilkes-Barre
Anna Bender
West Pittston
Mary Astor Custody Case Hinges on Daughter’s Words
In Los Angeles a custody battle between Mary Astor and Dr. Franklin Thorpe centers on a chat with their four year old daughter Marylyn. Judge Goodwin Knight presides as the child stays with Mary Astor at Toluca Lake during proceedings.
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Nellie Richardson
Astor
Los Angeles
Franklyn Thorpe
Mary Astor
Norma Taylor
Cinema Beauty
Franklin Thorpe
Marylyn
Goodwin Knight
Miss Astor
Toluca Lake
Raskob Stricken With Knee Arthritis at Yellowstone
John J. Raskob, New York financier and former Democratic national committee chairman, was stricken with knee arthritis at Yellowstone National Park and was en route home today for treatment.
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Pocatello
Idaho
John J. Raskob
New York
Democratic National Committee
Yellowstone National Park
SLAIN MAN FOUND IN WISCONSIN WOODLAND
Robert Bernstein 24 was found dead after a five day search in a remote woodland spot 35 miles east of Superior Wisconsin. Police investigated a claim by Laverne Marks 19 of Tacoma that he shot Bernstein, his fishing companion, and moved the body 275 miles to northern Wisconsin. Marks faced robbery charges in Tacoma.
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Washburn
Wis
Robert Bernstein
Wisconsin
Superior
Clifford Osborne
Tacoma
Wash
Laverne Marks
Bernstein
Marks
City offers tax relief by public works in Fort Hill area
Cumberland officials announce residents with city back taxes or water rent can work off debts by labor on municipal land improvements in the Fort Hill reservation. Workers will clear brush, grade land, and build paths under Mayor Thomas W. Koon's plan.
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Cumberland
Fort Hill Reservation
Thomas W. Koon
First Black Widow E. H. Moore at Pennsylvania Toad Stockyards
The article notes E. H. Moore from Pennsylvania tied to the toad stockyards, mentioning a black widow spider incident linked to a potato patch and a local mail office, highlighting unusual local happenings.
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E. H. Moore
Pennsylvania
Duelly Mail
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