Eight Killed in Wreck of Golden State Limited Train
Eight people died and 42 were injured when the Golden State Limited derailed on a weakened 100 foot bridge in Tucumcari New Mexico. The train from Los Angeles to Chicago plunged into a raging arroyo as a wall of water thirty feet high swept the scene after a cloudburst. Among the dead are engineer C J Croft and several named passengers with many more reported missing or injured.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Golden State Limited
Los Angeles
Chicago
C. J. Croft
James Randall
Ireman
W. B
Genoa
Jennie Nerming
Rock Island
Mra
Anna Heinz
Joliet
A. J
Michigan Official Attacks NRA Program at AG Convention
Patrick H. O'Brien, attorney general, denounces due process challenges to President Roosevelt's plan to take private property for public use. He tells the National Association of Attorneys General that the national recovery act sails uncharted seas with the President at the wheel and calls on Congress and courts to function as able seamen.
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Michigan
NRA
Grand Rapids
Mich
Roosevelt
Patrick H. O’brien
National Association of Attorneys General
O’brien
Congress
Father Kills Daughter to End Her Suffering
Beverly Mason Clifton .W. Cunningham, a 27 year old unemployed auto repairman, walked to a seaside estate with his battered daughter Shirley Anne 3 in his arms and was charged with murder within an hour. He said the child slipped along a sea wall and he battered her head on a rock to end her suffering.
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Beverly
Mason Clifton
W. Cunningham
Shirley Anne
Cunningham
Congressman's Death Echoes Pennsylvania Politics
Congressman Henry W. Watson of Pennsylvania dies at his Langhorne home after weeks of heart disease. A veteran and Republican stalwart from the Ninth district, he was 76 and had just begun his tenth term after a recent re-election.
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H. W. Watson
Pennsylvania
Langhorne
Henry W. Watson
Congress
Ninth
National
Watson
Italy and Russia sign nonaggression pact trading ban section
Rome reports an Italian Soviet nonaggression pact to be signed soon includes a clause banning economic boycotts and punitive practices against the other. The agreement aims to reduce hostilities and foster cooperative economic conduct between Italy and the Soviet Union.
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Rome
Uoon
Moley resigns to edit national weekly magazine
Raymond S. Moley, head of the administration brain trust and assistant secretary of state, has resigned accepted by President Roosevelt. He will join Vincent Astor to launch a national weekly, remaining committed to independent economics and politics while not tied to the NRA or administration.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Raymond S. Moley
Brain Trust
Roosevelt
White House
Moley
Vincent Astor
Oer We
Hull
W., Averill Harriman
V. V. McNitt
NRA
Three Die As Plane Hits Wire In Farm Landing
A plane crashed after striking a high tension wire during an attempted farm landing in Bath. The victims were pilot Donald R. Macormic, 28, Rochester. passenger Paul Harris, 50, Bath soldiers' home inmate. and Bernard Clark, 17, Avoca.
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Bath, N
Donald R. Macormic
Rochester
Paul Harris
Bath Soldiers
Bernard Clark
Avoca
Third Set of Triplets in Five Years Born to Martin Family
In Whitesburg Kentucky triplets were born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Martin at Upper Rockhouse Letchece Ty. This marks their third set in five years, possibly a regional record. The boys will be named Franklin D. , Al, and Woodrow, with the Martin family noted as staunch Democrats.
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Whitesburg
Jesse Martin
Upper Rockhouse
Letche
Franklin D
Woodrow
Martin
Held as Slayer of Girl Who Resisted Two Men
Benjamin Weiss of Brooklyn is under arrest in the slaying of Rose Gryzill a Donora Pa waitress. Police say Weiss was identified by Rose Manetta of McKeesport and Anna Perdok of Donora as one of two men who tried to force entry into the room shared with the slain woman.
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New York
Benjamin Weiss
Brooklyn
Rose Gryzill
Donora
Weiss
Rose Manetta
McKeesport
Anna Perdok
Missouri River Channel Project Granted 14 Million
The Public Works Administration allocates 14 153 108 dollars for a six foot Missouri River channel between Kansas City Missouri and Spirit City Iowa to aid agriculture and commerce. War Department engineers will direct revetments and dikes construction creating about 8 000 immediate jobs and numerous indirect positions. Beneficiaries include Nodaway Tarkio Corning White Cloud Rule Nebraska City Plattsmouth Omaha Florence Dakota City Council Bluffs Sioux City and other local areas.
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Washington, D. C
Middle West
Public Works Administration
Missouri River
Ickes
Public Works Fund
Kansas City
Lion: City
Iowa
Missouri
War Department
St. Joseph
Sioux City
Nodaway
Tarkio
Corning
White Cloud
Kas
Rule
Nebraska City
Plattsmouth
Omaha
Florence
Dakota City
Neb
Council Bluffs
Nebraska seeks 100000 monthly federal relief for six months
Floyd Atkins, Nebraska relief statistician, reports to Harry Hopkins that Nebraska needs 100000 monthly federal relief for six months, about double earlier estimates. He bases the request on first quarter relief data, rising living costs, crop conditions, county finances, and workload, noting highway projects and county activity as key factors.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Floyd Atkins
Harry L. Hopkins
W. H. Smith
Hopkins
Atkins
Atking
Texas
Cedar County delegation seeks state work to aid hail damaged farmers
A Cedar County group led by Representative Edgar Howard and others urges Governor Bryan to fund highway projects to provide employment for farmers in 11 townships hit by hail. They propose paving projects on Highways 20 and routes near Hartington, with costs cited and local hand labor use.
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Cedar County
Lincolnm
Edgar Howard
Columbus
J. P. O’furey
Hartington
W. H. O’gara
Laurel
W. H. Phole
C. E. Haley
R. F. O’gara
R. R. Allison
Bryan
Waterbury
Nebraska Ranch Town Reports NRA Support and Local Changes
Calora reports support for the NRA with a bang to Richard L. Metcalfe of Omaha. Paxton bank voluntary liquidation to be completed by August 13 leaving Paxton without a bank. Sutherland Bank remains the only bank between Oga Iala and North Platte. A new $35,000 school building opens September 4 at Ewing with Rev. M. A. Brazell Cody to dedicate. The fourth annual potato tour drew 300 farmers from six western counties to inspect fields and discuss storage and soil conditions.
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Calora
Richard L. Metcalfe
Omaha
Nebraska
NRA
Metcalfe
Bank of Paxton
Paxton
Bank At
Sutherland
Oga Iala
North Platte
Ewing
M. A. Brazell * Cody
Board of Education
Western Counties
Nebraska Farm Land Interest Surges, Says Chamber Official
Secretary Walter Whitten of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce reports rising inquiries about Nebraska farm land from distant states like Maine and New York. He calls the activity a significant sign of an upturn in land purchases.
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Nebraska
Walter Whitten
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Maine
New York
Whitten
Brewers License Revenues Rise In Nebraska Issuance
The federal government collected over six million dollars from 280000 people for beer making or selling during April 7 to June 30, excluding beer tax. Licenses priced at 1000 for brewers, 50 for wholesalers, 20 for retailers. Nebraska issued 971 licenses totaling 20830 dollars.
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Nebraska
Tecumseh Church Collapse Ends Loyal 1880s Brick Parish
The old brick Catholic church erected in 1882 83 in Tecumseh collapsed after the roof gave way followed by wall sections. Tecumseh fire department knocked down remaining walls with water pressure. The building was abandoned years ago when St Andrew's parish built a new church.
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Tecumseh
St. Andrew's Church
Railroads abandon 1800 miles this year, only 11 laid
The interstate commerce commission reports 1800 miles of railroad track abandoned nationwide since January, with only eleven miles of new track laid. In 1932 a total of 946 miles were abandoned, and since 1928 some lines were cut while new lines were built. Nebraska and Kansas show 112 miles abandoned this year.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Nebraska
Kansas
Nebraska Watch and Radio Figures Show Declines Since 1930
Assessor reports indicate 72,828 watches and clocks in Nebraska this year versus 101,840 in 1930. Total value stands at $501,503, down from $772,400 three years earlier. Radios number 104,041 with a value of $1,900,390, continuing a decline from about $4 million in 1930. One hundred twenty seven airplanes are reported with a value of $80,000.
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Nebraska
Scottsbluff Plans Oil Pavement for 90 Blocks
City engineers map oil paving of ninety residential blocks at an estimated cost of sixty thousand dollars with about thirty percent funded by a federal public works grant. Curb and gutter work will start soon, employing about sixty men, but oil laying is delayed until next summer.
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Scottsbluff
A. C. Ogilvy
Public Works Department
State contracts buy 27.5 ton trucks for highway work
The state contracted 27.5 ton trucks at 13 600 each for highway use after bidding on 38. The purchase limit is 38 trucks with bids ranging 14 365 to 18 491. Later 65 motor graders will replace seven year old units. New graders run 10 cents per mile versus 30 cents for old.
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Highway Department
Wallace proposes 16 percent cut in wheat acreage
Secretary Henry A Wallace asks American wheat farmers to reduce this fall’s sowings by 9.6 million acres and the 1934 harvest by 124 million bushels as part of a new farm relief plan. The program would pay cash bonuses totaling about 120 million dollars, financed by a processing tax. The plan aims to trim a wartime surplus and balance supply with consumption.
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Washington
Henry A Wallace
Farm Relief Administration
Wallace
Doctor Shoots Wife and Sets Home Ablaze Near Chicago
Dr. Peter Scher shot his wife four times at their Bloomingdale area home two miles west of the village near state route No. 5. He then set the house on fire and fled in a car. The wife was wounded in the legs and taken to Elmhurst hospital in serious but not dangerous condition. A seventeen year old boy witnessed the shooting and fled. Local authorities described the doctor as possibly temporarily deranged.
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Chicago
Peter Scher
Bloomingdale
Mra. Swier
Elmhurst Hospital
Swier
Three Million Homeless in Yellow River Flood
Reports from Shantung show 3,000,000 refugees in the western province as 800 villages flood. Renewed rains threaten Tsinanfu with rising waters and continued dike fortifications amid the Yellow River disaster.
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Yellow River
Shanghai
Shantung
Nanking
Henan
Tsinanfu
Yalow
U. S. Naval Officer Killed in Canada Crash
Commander W. F. Newton of the United States Navy, a Washington, D. C. resident, was killed near Montreal when the car driven by Mrs. Newton crashed into a tree. authorities reported the fatal accident occurred in Canada.
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U. S. Naval
Canada
Montreal
Que
W. F. Newton
United States Navy
Washington, D. C
Here
Newton
Electrician Dalton Dies in Self Inflicted High Voltage Incident
Harold Dalton twenty three of Borton electrocuted himself while handling a car radio wire. He wrapped a wire around his wrists and threw it toward a high tension line carrying thirty three thousand volts. Dalton had taught at Borton for three years but did not secure a contract for next year.
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Charleston
Harold Dalton
Borton
Dalton
Jail Break in Detroit Stuns Downtown During Church Services
Four prisoners escaped Wayne County Jail during church services in Detroit. They forced a minister and a girl pianist to act as human shields. Within ten minutes three of the escapees were recaptured after a clash with officers in the downtown district.
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Detroit
Wayne County
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