Drought Will Be Discussed With Wallace Washington
President Roosevelt prepares for decisive action on problems from his tour. He calls high officials into conference with two new government branches led by Joseph P. Kennedy and James A. Moffett. Also meeting Jesse Jones and Eugene Black. Black may retire as Atlanta Reserve bank governor. Continued on Page 10.
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Securities Commission
James A. Moffett
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Jesse Jones
RFC
Eugene Black
Two convicts killed as break from Angola prison fails
Angola La August 11 two convicts were shot and killed as twelve prisoners broke from the state penitentiary. Raymond and Bill Bryant were long termers while six escapees were wounded and captured and five surrendered later. The plan aimed for all thirteen to scatter but failed with every fugitive back in custody soon after.
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Baton Rough
R. L. Himes
Angola
Raymond
Bill Bryant
Himes
Red Cap
Carolina snake bite zealot shows signs of recovery
SYLVA N C Aug 11 Albert Teester a 35 year old mountain minister who preached without medical aid after rattlesnake bites in a faith demonstration made progress today and moved about his home The swelling from venom subsiding though he remains ill Teester had urged his followers that Christ would protect him and he refused medical care despite multiple bites and rising symptoms from the rattler’s venom.
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Albert Teester
Teester
Christ
Intestinal influenza outbreak at Naval Academy eased
At Annapolis an outbreak of a mild intestinal influenza among midshipmen is reported under control with conditions back to normal. About 50 midshipmen from the second and fourth classes were sick yesterday, today the list is around 15. Officials say cases are slight stomach or intestinal upset typical of new students adjusting to climate and diet.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Academy
Mercury 118 in Oklahoma: Fifty Dead in Heat Wave
The Associated Press reports the mid continent saw more than fifty deaths from the week long heat wave with seventeen new fatalities in Missouri Missouri City and other locations. Temperatures peaked at Nowatta Oklahoma 118 degrees while Kansas City and Oklahoma City also posted extreme highs.
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Kansas
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St. Joseph
St. Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Chicago
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
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Oklahoma City
Austrian Chief To See Il Duce
Prince Ernst Von Starhemberg vice chancellor of Austria arrived in Rome from Vienna amid reports he seeks talks with Premier Mussolini on Austrian security. Officials had denied the trade motive.
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Prince Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
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Mussgolini
Undecided on New Offices for Board of Education
The Board of Education remains undecided about moving to second floor offices in the Court House. At a recent meeting members discussed inspection before deciding. They feel the new quarters are too small for the board’s needs. The County Commissioners offered the Tooms for rent savings if accepted.
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Court House
Board of County Commissioners
Negro Given Term in Cut
Lewis Watts, a colored man, was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction by Justice Richard H. Sweeney on a concealed weapon charge. The judge noted that though the case involved a family squabble, carrying concealed weapons cannot be tolerated.
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Lewis Watts
Lago
House of Correction
Richard H. Sweeney
Sweeney
Man acquitted in slaying wife's lover in Virginia
Bernard Allen was acquitted of murder in the killing of James Ryland Wilkinson, whom he accused of having intimate relations with Allen’s wife. The defense argued temporary insanity and use of the unwritten law after Mrs. Allen confessed to Wilkinson’s alleged relations. The verdict followed a brief jury deliberation amid a crowded Potomac courthouse scene.
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Powhatan Courthouse
Bernard Allen
James Ryland Wilkinson
Allen
Gordon B. Ambler
Nomination On Nice Ticket Goes Begging In Maryland
In Washington county during an informal Dagmar hotel reception for U S Senator Phillipps Lee Goldsboroush Republicans back away from the Attorney General nomination on the Harry W Nice ticket. A prominent Hagerstown attorney was asked to accept but declined citing brighter Democratic prospects this fall and concerns for political futures. The AG spot remains open as Supplee declined the place.
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U. S
Phillipps Lee Goldsboroush
Washington County
Dagmar Hotel
Harry W. Nice
Hagerstown
Nice
J. Frank Supplee
Baltimore
Weekly Weather Outlook for North and Middle Atlantic
Weather outlook for the week begins Monday scattered showers occur Monday night or Tuesday and again toward week end temperatures near normal with a cooler spell Tuesday night or Wednesday.
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North and
Middle Atlantic States
Constable Escapes Gangster Gravely Plot Near Cicero
Suburban Bellwood constable John Griffin was shot five times by a quartet of gunmen in Chicago area Cicero. They bound him and planned to bury him after a supposed murder. Griffin escaped, drove away, and was hospitalized. Police arrested Michael Rosso and pursued others linked to the plot tied to an informant known as Fat. Griffin, married with two children, believed revenge motivated the ambush.
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Chicago
John Griffin
Bellwood
Cicero
Griffin
Michael Rosso
Three Deaths Blamed On Indian Love Triangle
Fort Duchesne Utah August 11 three deaths are blamed on an Indian love triangle involving two Ute braves and a 16 year old girl Stella Hump. She first wed Croppy Mountain Lion then married Henry Johnson in a white ceremony. Johnson was shot while pursuing a threat to his bride and Stella was found dead with five bullet wounds. Mountain Lion hanged himself with wire as tribesmen cite ritual justice.
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Fort Duchesne
Utah
Stella Hump
Henry Johnson
Johnson
Mountain Lion
How Good Is Chew Gum for You Study Funded by Chicago Widow
The University of California will study chewing gum's health effects after Frances Hooper of Chicago donates 6000 dollars for experimental work. The project aims to determine beneficial or detrimental impacts of chewing gum.
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Associated Prensa
University of California
Frances Hooper
Chicago
Elks Open Tri-State Convention In Hagerstown
The vanguard of about five thousand attendees arrives in Hagerstown for the 14th Tri-State Association convention. Registration at Elks Hall begins as delegates from Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia gather, with lodges from thirteen chapters and many guests set to fill the city over four days.
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Tri-State Association
Hagerstown
Elks Hall
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District of Columbia
Hoboes Back Coxey For Senate Bid In Ohio Convention
The Hoboes of America convened in Cincinnati and endorsed General Jacob Coxey for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate from Ohio. They joked about a grand funeral when he dies while he pitches his money at cost plan and direct government money for public works to ease distress.
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Hoboes of America
Jacob
Coxey
Washington
U. S. Senate
Ohio
International Itinerant , Workers’ Union
The
Malty Weighs Senate Bid as Primary Lists Close
William Milnes Malty, who opposed Governor Ritchie in 1926, disclosed he is considering filing for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate before the nomination lists close tonight in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
William Milnes Malty
Ritchie
United States Senate
Blue Eagle Return Sparks Labor Protest in Tennessee Mills
Washington August 11 The NRA Labor Advisory board led by William Green pressed Hugh Johnsons office over the reinstatement of the Blue Eagle at Harriman Hosiery mills Tennessee calling the move a repudiation of workers The board says the agreement signed by A R Glaney was unauthorized Glaney the field compliance administrator had restored the emblem during John sons westward absence Labor demands its withdrawal again.
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NRA
Labor Advisory Board
William Green
Hugh
Johnson
Blue Eagle
Harriman Hosiery
Tennessee
Labor Advisory’ Board
Green
American Federation of Labor
A. R. Glaney
Glancy
Tennessee Mills
West
Farmer to Keep Hogs in Barn Amid Drought Hard Times
Kaw City Oklahoma August 11 Bill Coyle, a farmer battered by drought, says he will keep his hogs confined in the barn. He warns that feed will be scarce next winter and fears the animals may starve if released.
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Kaw City
Okla
Bill Coyle
Olson Truck Strike Order Held Legal
In Minneapolis on August 11 the Federal court upheld the legality of Governor Floyd B. Olson s military rule in the truck drivers strike, denying 10 protesting employers an injunction against continuing the decree. Judges Nordbye Molyneaux and Sanborn ruled unanimously. hearing occurred Thursday with continuation noted.
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Minneapolis
Federal
Floyd B. Olson
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Joseph W. Molyneaux
John B. Sanborn
Escaped World War Veteran Attacks Officer en Route to Court
Deputies search for Orville Everhart a 2 World War veteran after he reportedly attacked Constable Carbaugh while in transit to Greencastle for a magistrate court hearing. Everhart was arrested on a larceny charge by Deputy Sheriff Edward Brant and turned over to Carbaugh. Sheriff W Bruce Downin was alerted about 10 this morning to be on the lookout as Everhart believed headed toward the area.
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Orville Everhart
Pennsylvania
Carbaugh
Greencastle
W. Bruce Downin
Everhart
Edward Brant
Chambersburg Air
Aken
Dream Book Man Sentenced Over Bets
Samuel Ellis testified before Judge Otto RK Heiligman that his Dream Book urged betting numbers starting with 30. The judge responded by sentencing him to 20 days in prison for gambling related conduct.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Ellis
Otto RK Heiligman
Princess Youssoupoff Wins Big Libel Settlement in Rasputin Film
Exiled Russian princess Arina Alexandrovna Youssoupoff received a reported large out of court payout from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after alleging the film Rasputin and the Empress libeled her by depicting Natasha as an adulteress. The case followed a prior $127,000 verdict, with secrecy surrounding the exact amount.
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Rasputin
Arina Alexandrovna Youssoupoff
Metro-Goldyn-Mayer
Fannie Holtzmann
Youssoupoff
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J. Robert Ruben
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Louis B. Mayer
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