Eight-Day Heat Wave Claims Over 400 Lives Across Nation
The nation endures a blistering heat wave for its eighth day with over 420 deaths reported in four days and drought losses near 300 million dollars. Temperatures peaked from Ohio to Maryland with several locales hitting 100 degrees or more while markets react as corn prices surge four cents.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Bowling Green
Ohio
Cumberland
Jamestown
N. C
Richmond
Adrian
Mich
Kansas
Connecticut
Baltimore
Lake Michigan
New York State
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
la Salle Street
Iowa
Pioneers Move West From Dakotas In Search Of Farms
William H. Sherman, 84, and his son Ray, plus Ray’s wife and three children, plan to relocate from drought damaged 640 acres near Jamestown to Oregon by automobile trailer. Six carloads of men already left seeking fertile land, while neighbors like Cliff Tuttle also prepare to move. Mrs. Sherman hopes to raise funds by selling farm magazines as stock and equipment values drop.
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Jamestown
N. D
William H. Sherman
Winfield Township
William Sherman
Ray
Oregon
Oregon Trail
Ray Sherman
Sherman
Cliff Tuttle
Shermans
Japanese Marines Search Shanghai Colony After Transit Kill
Heavily armed Japanese blue jackets hunted a Chinese gunman in a north Shanghai Nippon Trading Co colony after a Nipponese employee Kosaku Kagau died of wounds from last night. Two marines were severely injured when their machine gun bike sidecar collided with a car driven by an unidentified foreigner.
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Shanghai
Kosaku Kagau
Drought Slash in Montana 1936 Wheat Crop Highlighted
The Crop Reporting Board forecasts large increases in 1936 sugar beet production and a rise in Louisiana sugar cane output, with a slight fall in syrup sugar cane. Beet acreage reaches 819000 acres, Montana harvest at 736000 tons, Nebraska Wyoming Colorado California also expanding.
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Montana
Washington
Agriculture Department
Louisiana
Crop Reporting Board
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
California
UATTLEMEN LOOK TO WASHINGTON FOR MARKET AID
Montana farmers face drought reduced yields with winter wheat at 17,452,000 bushels this year and spring wheat at 17,304,000 bushels. Cattlemen may receive government help to dispose of distressed range stock as the Surplus Commodities Corporation plans to have Montana packers bid on processing and canning of drought cattle. Employment certificates rise 1630 in eastern Montana. 3,000 relief workers expected next week.
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Helena
Montana
Thomas J. Kuzelka
Department of Agriculture
W. J. Butler
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Montana Packers
Montana Works Progress
Kuzelka
Government crop forecast notes 1936 drought impact
Washington July 10 The government monthly forecast shows poorer crop prospects as of July 1 with 1936 drought damage reflected. Wheat production placed at 638 million bushels and corn at 2.225 billion, figures seen as conservative due to recent heat and ongoing damage.
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Washington
George A. Collier
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
W. F. Callander
AAA
Crop Reporting Board
This Lad Will Take His Meals Off the Mantel
John Graham an 18 year old sitting on a railroad track in Oakland California was trapped when a switch closed on him a tower worker released the switch and he was freed. Doctors said he will probably not sit down anywhere for a few days after the incident.
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Oakland
Cal
John Graham
Graham
Prophets Town Mayor Defies Extortion Threat
Prophets Town Mayor George S. Brydin says he will not raise the $1000 demanded by an extortionist who warned of fire or explosion at village businesses. He plans to follow the letter by placing a shoe box tied with a red card at the location, but no money will be inside.
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Prophetstown
Ill
George S. Brydin
Brydia
Southern England Braces For Ice and Storms
In London and the south coast on July 10 the scene was icy streets and slushy hail with Eastbourne hit by a two inch rain hail storm. Europe watched storms from Spain to the mid continent as twenty people, mostly fishermen, died at sea. The Brighton Belle excursion steamer was struck by lightning injuring the captain and wireless operator during the tempest.
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London
England
Eastbourne
Europe
America
Spain
Britain
Brighton Belle
Montana Weekend Forecast Partly Cloudy
Montana forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Saturday and Sunday. Likely local thundershowers in the western portion with little change in temperature.
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Montana
Anaconda Plans Dinner to Honor Robert E. Dwyer
Anaconda will honor Robert E. Dwyer treasurer and vice president of the Anaconda company with a reception and dinner at the Montana hotel next Tuesday evening. Sponsored by the Anaconda council of the Business and Professional men, the event invites all local organizations. Daniel Dwyer father of the honoree and Anaconda’s first mayor will attend. program chairs are John A. Stagg and W. C. Wallace. Mayor T. J. McCarvell will offer the welcome.
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Anaconda
Robert E. Dwyer
Anaconda Company
Montana
Anaconda Council
Daniel Dwyer
John A. Stagg
W. C. Wallace
Joseph L. Kelly
T. J. McCarvell
Butte Rodeo Delivers Thrills at Sixth Annual Championship
Last night’s second showing of Butte’s sixth annual championship rodeo lived up to its hype sponsored by Silver Bow post No 1 American Legion. Directors Leo Cremer Abe Lefton and rodeo clown Homer Holcomb steered an evening of high intensity with top horsemen and eager amateurs competing for 10 second rides while wild Brahma steers tested riders’ skills. Spectators saw Monte Montana Hardy Murphy and Mrs Alice Listy perform notable acts showcasing horsemanship roping and trick riding.
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Butte
Silver Bow Post No. 1
American Legion
Leo Cremer
Abe Lefton
Homer Holcomb
Mae West
Monte Montana
Hardy Murphy
Silver Cloud
Alice Listy
Mexico City
Babies Die in Yacht Explosion Off Whitestone
Two baby girls were killed and three women gravely injured when a gas tank exploded aboard the yacht Commodore near Whitestone Long Island. Patricia Irene Brown 18 months died in the blast and nine month old Jennie Newberry drowned as the vessel broke apart and threw the occupants into the water.
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Whitestone
N. Y
Long Island
Patricia Irene Brown
Jennie Newberry
What About Roosevelt and Landon
The Sunday Montana Standard previews the Roosevelt London campaign for electoral votes and the first America Speaks poll on the 1936 presidential drive. The paper invites readers to explore political trends, features, and light summer reads in the Sunday edition.
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Roosevelt
Landon
Montana Standard
America
Sunday
Sunday Standard
Roosevelt heads to Maine coast for two week cruise
President Roosevelt leaves Washington for a two week vacation cruise along the Maine coast to rest before campaigning. He will dedicate the $64,000,000 tri borough bridge in New York, attend a Roosevelt home club celebration in Hyde Park, and be guest of honor at Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen’s wedding with Secretary Ickes accompanying him.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Maine
Tri - Borough
New York
Hyde Park
Roosevelt Home Club
Ruth Bryan Owen
Ickes
Tri-Borough
East River
Manhattan
Queens
Bronx
PWA
Women threaten mother who kept two tots as prisoners
Philadelphia dispatch reports a 29 year old mother Marion Shanks and her 39 year old companion William Davis held on $800 bail each after police freed two boys aged four and two found in an airless top floor room. The children cried for water as officers described the scene and neighbors reported pitiful cries. The crowd erupted with cries of kill her as Magistrate Holland warned for order in court.
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Philadelphia
Marion Shanks
Edward J. Holland
William Davis
Frank Harkins
Herbert
Soldier Killed Two Burned as Army Balloon Falls Near Cogar
An army balloon crash near Cogar Oklahoma killed Master Sergeant Ralph J. Rumple and seriously burned Staff Sergeants Douge M. Tucker and Joe Murray. Captain L D Lynch had minor injuries while Private Harold Dawson reported the balloon bag lost altitude and crashed into a blackjack thicket.
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Anadarko
Okla
Cogar
Ralph J. Rumple
Dougelass M. Tucker
Joeseph Murray
L. D. Lynch
Tucker
Murray
Harold Dawson
Fort Sill
Forest Fires Break Out in Montana and Wyoming Districts
In Billings Montana a forest fire burned near Stillwater river close to Cathedral creek mouth after an earlier 80 acre timber blaze. Ten firefighters worked the line while other fires in the area were in mop up. In Sundance Wyoming officials investigated possible arson as the fire spread before being brought under control without new major damage.
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Billings
Stillwater River
W. W. Wetzel
Custer National Forest
Wetzel
Cathedral Creek
Sundance
Wyo
Ted Cochran
Forest Ranger
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Frank Murphy
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