Rebels Near Madrid As 92 Americans Evacuated From Palma
United States reports show 106 Americans moved by train to the Mediterranean coast with five more to depart by tonight. Eric Wendelin says those already in Valencia were put aboard the Quincy to Marseille while others remain in Madrid or at the embassy seeking refuge.
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Washington
Pasa
Balearic Islands
Madrid
State Department
Palma
Mediterranean
United States
Mediterranean Seacoast
Eric C. Wendelin
Valencia
Quincy
Marseilles
France
Wendelin
Dairymen Seek Help In Drought Relief Efforts
Federal officials study aid for large dairy operators not qualifying as destitute and revive the shelterbelt tree project across the Plains. The Great Plains drought area committee reports available funds from unused allocations while long-range rehabilitation plans advance to President Roosevelt. Loans totaling 975000 and grants 512000 are allocated for drought relief in Minnesota Missouri Kentucky Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Oklahoma Colorado.
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Washington
Great Plains
Congress
Great Plains Drought Area Committee
Roosevelt
Resettlement Administration
Minnesota
Missouri
Kentucky
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Colorado
July Weather in Butte Reports High Heat
Ninety degrees was the average high in Butte for July with an average low of forty nine. Over ten days exceeded 90, with a peak 99 on July 22. The hottest night was July 20 at 61, while the coolest day was 69 on July 29 and the coolest night 39 on July 27.
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Butte
Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy conditions expected across Montana on Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. Highs and lows remain steady as residents prepare for the weekend.
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Montana
Extortion Letter Threatens Shirley Temple Case
R A Alt head of the FBI reported Sterling Walred Powell, 16, of near Grant Nebraska, confessed to writing an extortion letter demanding 25000 to be dropped from an airplane near Grant to endanger Shirley Temple. Powell to be arraigned in North Platte before US Commissioner Streitz. motive unclear. The Temples touring the Northwest with guards and staff.
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Hollywood
R. A. Alt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Omata
Sterling Walred Powell
Grant, Neb
George F. Temple
Shirley Temple
Grant
Neb
George Temple
Temple
Shirley
Powell
Omaha Bureau
North Platte, Neb
Alt
United States
A. F. Streitz
Anaconda Employees Opt for Group Insurance as Enrollment Extended
The Anaconda Copper Mining company reports 9,929 of 11,248 Western employees eligible on July 6 filed insurance cards, a 93.5 percent rate overall and 90.8 percent at Butte mines. The firm extends August enrollment to active July 6 payroll workers, with Prudential arranging immediate coverage upon application.
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D. M. Kelly
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
West
Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Nounced
Western Department
Butte Mines
Butte
Prudential Insurance Company
State Board Cracks Down on Job-Holding Legislators
Helena Montana July 31 the state board of examiners disapproves salaries for any member or candidate for the state legislature and will refuse to approve employment by any state department board or institution. The resolution effective Aug 1 names Governor Elmer Holt Secretary of State Sam Mitchell and Attorney General Raymond Nagle as members.
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Helena
State Board of Examiners
Elmer Holt
Sam Mitchell
Raymond Nagle
Nine Deaths Blamed on Florida Gales
A tropical hurricane crossing northwest Florida and southeastern Alabama left a tentative death toll of nine. Two sailors are missing and believed drowned at Panama City after the tug Minnie Lee capsized off Basin Bayou with five aboard. The storm felled power lines in Miami and caused a drowning off the east coast.
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Pensacola
Fla
Alabama
Florida
Panama City
Coast Guard
Minnie Lee
Choctchatchee
Bay
Don Taylor
Mac MacClusker
Miami
Convict Killed in Oregon Prison Riot at Salem
A riot by 700 inmates at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem ended with one convict dead and two wounded after guards fired on the crowd. The slain man was Thomas Baughn, 50, convicted murderer, who died from a lung wound. James J. Hamilton, 36, was shot in the back, and Joseph Dupray, 24, wounded in the hand and then captured.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon Penitentiary
Thomas Baughn
James J. Hamilton
Joseph Dupray
Michigan Homes In Path Of Fire
Ten families prepared to abandon farm homes as a forest fire roared out of control near Traunik in Alger County, Marquette district. The fire threatened residences and prompted evacuation efforts as firefighters battled the blaze.
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Michigan
Marquette, Mich
Traunik
Alger County
Woman Injured When Auto Flips Near Rock Springs
Mrs. Thomas McDougall of El Segunda California was hospitalized with a broken right arm and body injuries after the car she drove overturned 65 miles east of Rock Springs Wyoming today. Her daughter Catherine 12 and her husband had minor injuries.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Thomas McDougall
el Segunda
Cal
Here
Catherine
Fires Rage in Montana Little Rockies as Youth Dies
In Havre final reports say Mission canyon and Lodge Pole fires burned large portions of the Little Rockies southeast of town. The Lodge Pole blaze trapped firefighters and, in a separate incident, claimed a young victim near Sandusky as flames threatened Zortman and Hays.
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Montana
Little Rockies
Landusy
Zortman
Hays
Havre
Mission Canyon
Little Rockies Range
Here
Lodge Pole
Monument Peak
Sandusky
Montana Prairies
Fort Belknap
Treasure Map Bequeathed by Father to Son in Nebraska Trail Claim
James A. Silver leaves his son Harold a treasure map drawn on tracing paper pointing to Roubadeau's Gap on the old Santa Fe trail in western Nebraska. Silver, a 76 year old Milwaukee builder, dies July 3 with $1,800 to his widow Sudora. the map location is traced to Scotts Bluff county once called Roubadeau pass on the Oregon trail.
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Milwaukee
James A. Silver
Harold
Nebraska
Roubadeau’s Gap
Silver
Lincoln, Neb
Aldermen Review Firemen Pay and Band Concert Funding
City council members discussed at length a proposed raise for firemen to 160 dollars a month from 145 and explored funding methods for band concerts. Fire Chief Fred Martin and firemen's representatives attended. The next meeting will finalize the 1936 37 budget and consider other agenda items.
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Finance and Ways and Means
Fred Martin
Firemen's Association
Army Officer Struck by Lightning During Maneuvers
Lieut. C. H. Dawson of Company I First Infantry was struck by lightning at Pole mountain near Cheyenne Wyoming during annual troop maneuvers. He suffered burns on the body and possible ear injuries but was reported in very good condition at the hospital.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
C. H. Dawson
Company I
First Infantry
Pole Mountain
Here
Dawson
Slow Moving Vehicles Must Stay Right on Road
Bureau of Safety directs drivers to keep slow moving vehicles on the extreme right of the road and to follow rules issued from Box 1959 in Butte Montana.
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Bureau of Safety
Butte, Mont
Truck Driver Electrocuted Near Philipsburg
Gordon F E Howard 18 of the Lime Quarry area was electrocuted when his truck struck a power line while hauling a bull hay rake. The rake’s long poles broke the wire as the vehicle moved downhill. Howard and companion Mull en Kilen 19 escaped the truck but it continued moving.
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Gordon FE. Howard
James Howard
Philipsburg
Young Howard
Howard
Mullen Kilen
Sidney
Dan Cupid Sends 68 Couples to the Altar in July
Silver Bow county marriage bureau records show 68 marriages in July, the second high for the year after June’s 173 licenses. The same period produced 16 divorces and one annulment, compared with 18 divorces and two annulments in June.
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Dan Cupid
Silver Bow County Marriage Bureau
Plane crash off Channel Islands claims crew and passengers
An amphibian plane named The Cloud of Iowa, owned by Jersey Airways, Ltd, disappeared after leaving Guernsey for Jersey. Six passengers plus the pilot and mechanic are believed dead after the craft was seen in difficulty six miles northeast of Sark in high wind and poor visibility. Lifeboats searched the area but no trace was found, with dawn Search to continue.
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Guernsey
Channel Islands
Gurnsey
Jersey
Jersey Airways, Ltd
Sark
Government to rush stock feed to Montana farmers
The Rural Resettlement Administration plans to start a drought relief program next Monday to supply Montana farmers with hay and feed at actual government cost. The program will distribute through local dealers where possible, aided by land grant freight rate reductions. the Interstate Commerce Commission is also considering a 50 percent freight cut on feed concentrates.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana Democrat
Rural Resettlement Administration
Montana
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U.S. Agen
Great Plains Survey Committee
Anaconda
State Board
Oregon Prison
Sudora
Gordon Howard
SIA
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