House Defeats Move to Align with Senate on Utilities Bill
Washington action shows the House voting 155 to 209 against instructing conferees to accept the Senate provision to abolish unnecessary holding companies in the utility bill. Earlier, a separate abolition clause was rejected 70 to majority.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Sary Nothmg Companies
Rayburn
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Huddleston
Ala
Murdock
Utah
White
Idaho
Clark
Robinson
Note Indicates Suspect Ended Life in Lake
Chicago reports a note found in a taxi passenger's effects hints Mandeville Zenge, sought in the mutilation murder of Dr. Walter John Bauer of Kirksville, Mo., may have killed himself at Navy Pier on Lake Michigan. Police verify handwriting and search for blood spots on the gray suit.
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Chicago
Mandeville Zenge
Walter John Bauer
Kirksville
John Giannini
Navy Pier
Lake Michigan
Zenge
Gianiini
Mandeville
Bauer
Louise
Ann Arbor
Mich
J Andy Zenge
North Sixth St
Canton
Birth records mixed up prompt correction after service exam
Forte and others note a man discovered a county birth register listed him as a girl during a service examination. He sought authorities to correct the error and ensure proper records, with steps taken to fix the birth entry.
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Forteand
Hargreaves
Will Rogers Laughs At Political Planks In Election Drift
Will Rogers pokes at Roosevelt and New Deal critics while lampooning Republicans and a Moscow annexation warning. He notes infantile paralysis expert Dr Jasko questions equality talk as 16 months remain before the election and urges timing a jury plea just before deliberations.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Jim Doakes
Roosevelt
Woodruff
Michigan
New Deal
William A. Bobunk
Moscow
Jasko
30 Day Duck Season Set by U S Orders
The United States outlines the most rigid duck hunting regulations in history. The season lasts 30 days, with limits tighter than before, zones split into northern and southern regions, and a 7 am to 4 pm shooting window. No live decoys and a three shell limit on autoloaders.
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Washington
J. N
Ding” Darling
Biological Survey
Darling
Roosevelt
Montana
Wyoming
Cal
Peoria Slayer Sentenced to Death in Electric Chair
Gerald Thompson, 26, was sentenced to die for the ravishing and killing of Mildred Hallmark, 19, after a four hour jury deliberation. He confessed to abducting and beating Hallmark, whose battered body was found in a cemetery ditch, and his attorney sought a tonal appeal while Thompson awaited execution.
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Peoria
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Thompson
Joseph B. Daily
Ben Thurman
Anei
Thurman
Miss Hallmark
Breezes End Hot Weather in Utah After Record July
Cooling easterly breezes relieved Utah from a scorcher July with a mean 73.8 degrees. The week’s forecast promises fair, cooler nights and southeast cooling. July highs reached 101 on the 15th with a dozen days above 90, while precipitation was minimal at .08 inches for the month. Salt Lake City reports 75 degrees this morning, ten degrees cooler than yesterday.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Salt Lake City
Nort Utah
Infant Electrocuted by Cord in Chicago
An infant named Thomas Rahling, about a year old, was apparently attracted to a cord from a wall plug to an electric light, took a bite, and was found dead by his parents.
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Chicago
Thomas Rahling
Idaho Wheat Stocks Fall From April Peak
Idaho on July 1 reported 3.25 million bushels of wheat stored in mills elevators and warehouses, about 18 percent of the state's 1934 crop. Richard C. Ross, federal crop statistician, noted July 1 stocks were down from April 1 and compared with 3.45 million in 1934 and 6.9 million in 1933. Combined farm and warehouse stocks stood at 5.22 million, below last year and two years ago. U S interior stocks totaled 31.464 million, down from last year and the five year average of 38.565 million. Compared with last year, declines occurred in all wheat regions except eastern soft red winter and relative to the five year average in all regions except the Pacific Northwest.
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Idaho
Richard C. Ross
United States
Pacific Northwest
Mary Annis Powell and William Mitter Wed in West Virginia
William Mitter and Mary Annis Powell stood together in Grafton West Virginia as the Reverend J T pronounced them man and wife. The ceremony took place with Mitter in Pennsylvania and Powell in West Virginia, marking a cross state wedding moment.
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Grafton
W. Va
William Mitter
Pennsylvania
Mary Annis Powell
West Virginia
J. T. Pers
Wiley Post Sets Out on Long Pacific Siberia Moscow Flight
San Francisco August 1 Wiley Post and his wife depart in a new plane at 1255 p m for a long non stop flight toward Seattle where pontoons will be added later The pilot plans to continue to Moscow the round world flier said he would press on across Siberia to Moscow and beyond
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San Francisco
Wiley Post
Siberia
Moscow
Seattle
Post
Baseball scores roundup from today’s NL games
National League results show Brooklyn over Boston 4 2 11 hits to 11 0. Chicago beat Pittsburgh 5 6 10. St Louis defeated Cincinnati 4 10 5. Cleveland edged Chicago 3 5 0. Detroit wins 7 1 2. Boston tops Washington. Multiple pitchers and late innings noted.
Opposition to Montana gin marriage law gains petitions
Billings leaders launch a state wide drive to suspend the gin marriage law by collecting signatures of 15 percent of qualified voters in a majority of counties. Rev George Sloan and Dr E G Balsam said districts are set with petition workers. The drive is backed in Billings by the Commercial Club and the Federation of Women's Clubs. The law is opposed for its stringent health certificate requirements causing many physicians to refuse signing.
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Billings
Mont
Montana
George 8. Sloan
E. G. Balsam
State Board of Health
Montana Medical Association
Billings Commercial Club
Billings Federation of Women's Clubs
Solons Trace For Attack On Roosevelt Whisper Campaign
Senate lobby hearing cites E P Cramer of New Jersey advertising firm saying he proposed utilities seeded rumors that Roosevelt was insane. Bernard B. Robinson testified paying a Washington lawyer to navigate the capital as Associated Gas and Electric opposed the utilities bill. Roosevelt acknowledged the campaign amid denials.
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Washington
Cramer
New Jersey
Senate Lobby Committee
Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
Bernard B. Robinson
Chicago Utilities
Robert Smith
Robinson
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Chasman Black
Senate Committee
Black
Electric Bond and Share Company
Express train kills six track workers near Wilmington
A Pennsylvania railroad express from New York to Washington struck six track workers at Newport, just west of Wilmington, Delaware. The accident occurred today as the workers were on the line.
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Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newport
New York
Washington
Idaho Republicans Open State Headquarters in Boise
Idaho Republican headquarters opened at the Owyhee hotel Boise sponsored by the party's women’s division Mrs W L Gorton of Boise is in charge All Republican men and women of the state are welcome and quarters will provide a meeting place for out of town party workers and distribute party literature and information here
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Boise
Idaho
Republican
Owyhee
W. L. Gorton
Bowe
Beth Gaubaugh
Republican State Committee
Addis Ababa Prepares for Italian War as Mass Recruiting Begins
Mass Ethiopian army recruitment started in Addis Ababa with a military review and rally in front of the ministry of war following a war council. Emperor Haile Selassie urged restraint as chiefs warned war may be unavoidable, and a manifesto stressed indigenous loyalty. Also, a four power conference on the Italo Ethiopian crisis eyed Paris or Ventimiglia next week amid Italian demands to alter a peace draft.
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Addis Ababa
Ministry of War
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Italy
Associated Press
Addis Arab and
Geneva
Paris
Ventimiglia
Benito Mussolini
Premier Laval
France
Mussolini
Tr Duce
Laval
League Council
Hitler's Black Corps issues warning to state enemies in Berlin
In Berlin the Schutz Staffel issued a solemn warning to state enemies that Nazi guards will be reckoned with if conflict arises. The warning, issued via the Black Corps and echoed by Voelkischer Beobachter, follows orders for police to be ready amid nationwide unease over food shortages and rising prices. Prices rise with eggs 72 cents a dozen and butter 64 cents a pound. crops harmed by late summer, metal money favored.
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Berlin
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Count von Helldorf
Schutz Staffel
Supporters fear veto on Wilcox Army Air Base bill
Washington August 1 supporters of the Wilcox air base bill fear a presidential veto. The measure authorizes about 120 million dollars for six new Army air bases and passed the Senate last week. Rep Wilcox drives White House talks with Dern and MacArthur, seeking enactment and a five-officer air corps inspection panel to choose site locations nationwide including Portland Seattle Fairbanks Pocatello Denver Salt Lake City Albuquerque Miami Boston Portland Maine and Concord New Hampshire.
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Wilcox Air Base
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White House
Representative Wilcox
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Dern
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Pocatello
Denver
Salt Lake City
Albuquerque
N. M
Miami
Boston
Maine
Concord
N. H
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