French airmen land in Syria set long distance record
Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos completed a non stop flight from New York to Rayak Syria landing at 6 10 p m G M T officials say world distance record broken though exact figures were unavailable The flight linked New York and Beirut in 55 hours with a great circle distance of about 5630 miles surpassing the British record by roughly 290 miles
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Rayak
Syria
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codos
New York
Latakia
Joseph le Brix
Beirut
France
Navy Department
Washington
Oswald R. Gayford
Gilbert E. Nicholetts
Royal Air Force
Pennsylvania Miners Refuse to Return to Work
In Brownsville Pennsylvania thousands of miners reject President Roosevelt's truce and stay off the job. Some mines reopen briefly but most remain shut with picket lines active as Fayette county firms face resumed operations only after governor Pinchot's request. The Purity Connellsville Coal and Coke Davidson mine employees about 150 men closed.
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Brownsville
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Fayette County
Pinchot
Davidson
Purity Connelsville Coal and Coke Company
Frick Company
Bannock County Real and Personal Valuations Decline for 1933
Bannock county shows a real-estate valuation drop of about one million dollars from 1932 on the 1933 tax rolls while personal valuations fall by 190 325. The state board has not yet approved the 1933 rolls and is expected to adjust upward as in past years.
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Bannock County
State Board of Equalization
Pioneer Goes to Final Rest in Boise
Funeral services for Marshall William Wood 87 Boise prominent Idaho Mason and veteran of three major American wars were arranged for today. Wood a retired lieutenant colonel fought in Civil War Spanish American War World War I and Indian wars. He is survived by sisters Miss Sarah J Wood Miss Anna A Wood three daughters Miss Clara L Wood Mrs Mary L Smith Mrs Agnes A Trenam and son Ben Wood all of Boise or Los Angeles and Boise.
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Boise
Marshall William Wood
Idaho
Wood
186Th New York Infantry
Army
Middle West
West
Cuba
United States
Sarah J. Wood
Anna A. Wood
Clara L. Wood
Mary L. Smith
Agnes A. Trenam
Los Angeles
Ben Wood
Alleged Gasoline Thieves Pursued by Police
Officers L W Cox and F H Smullen pursue three youths in the 300 block of North Seventh after a call about suspicious activity around a parked car. The youths are said to be stealing gasoline. one boy Melvin McCoy is held for investigation while a Ford coupe with Ohio plates is also being held.
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North Seventh
L. W. Cox
F. H. Smullen
Cox
Melvin McCoy
Here
Dyer Memorial Services Held for Dean John R. Dyer
The life of public educator Dean John R. Dyer was remembered in memorial services at the Methodist church led by Reverend Joseph Chester. Tributes followed a brief sermon as the congregation sang Abide with Me and Oh Rest in the Lord by soloist Miss Onda Brimhall. Dyer belonged to the First Methodist church of the city.
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Dean John R. Dyer
Joseph Chester
Onda Brimhall
Dean Dyer
First Methodist Church
Wounded Peoria Official Kinney Dies After Self-Inflicted Shot
Garrett De Forrest Kinney, 64, former state finance director under indictment for failing to turn over state funds, died at Mitchell sanitarium from a self-inflicted bullet wound. He fired himself in his Cutler and Proctor Stove office on June 23 after being served with a Springfield court subpoena. Six days earlier a Sangamon grand jury charged Kinney with failing to hand over $173,832.53 to his successor.
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Peoria
Ill
Garrett de Forrest Kinney
Mitchell Sanitarium
Kinney
Cutler and Proctor Stove Company
Springfield
Sangamon County Grand Jury
Milk strike turns violent as guns enter Albany area
New York Governor Lehman orders county sheriffs to appoint deputies to quell milk strike disturbances as armed tension rises. In Utica a caravan of seven milk trucks was fired on. one man shot, others injured. State police guard plants, tear gas deployed. many dairy plants shut or reduced output while price controls resist change.
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Albany
N. Y
National Guard
Herbert H. Lehman
Upstate
New York State
Utica
Boonville
Lowville
Watertown
Jefferson County
State Milk Control Board
Baseball Scores From A Busy Major League Day
Major league results show Washington defeating New York while Boston and Philadelphia split, with strong pitching from Stewart, Ruffing, and Coombs. Detroit failed to score against Cleveland as rain affected other planned games.
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Washington
New York
Stewart
L. Sewell
Ruffing
Dickey
Dyer Services Planned in Minneapolis for University Leader
John Dyer executive dean of the University of Idaho Southern Branch at Pocatello was killed in a N D car crash near Rhame. His body arrived in Minneapolis as wife Mrs Dyer and two sons were hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Minneapolis
John Dyer
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
Pocatello
Rhame
N. D
Dyer
University of Kansas
Lakewood
John R. Dyer
Dean Dyer
North Dakota
Paul V. Nash
Chamber of Commerce
EB. N. Roberts
Dakota City
Dr. Roberts
Mobridge
Water victim hunts for self on Green River
Rodney Rollins, 22, aided in a river bank search for a drowning victim near Green River Wyoming. He recalled diving with Miss Lillian Russell and surfacing beyond willows before she left and reported him missing.
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Green River
Wyo
Rodney Rollins
Rollins
Lillian Russell
Woman Prefers Death to Work in Chicago Suburb
Agnes Haner 28 died after a bullet wound in Hinsdale hospital. police say she shot herself rather than return to work. She had spent the weekend with her mother in a western suburb. relatives cited nervousness from overwork, she was a secretary for a real estate firm.
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Chicago
Agnes Haner
Hinsdale
Haner
Sergt
Herman Horeck
Portland
Ore
Marie Horeck
Samuel
Dale Cooper
Arizona Days Concede Wets Win Election
Arizona voters face a tomorrow ballot on ratifying repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Anti repeal forces conceded a likely statewide majority for ratification after losing a court bid to block ballots. The special session had created 14 convention delegates pledged to repeal with no anti repeal candidates on the ballot and limited write in spaces available.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
British flier arrives in Reykjavik on staged flight
John Grierson, a British aviator, reached Reykjavik this afternoon during a multi leg journey from the Faroe Islands toward New York. He completed the leg to Iceland by easy stages as part of the long transatlantic route.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
John Grierson
Faroe Islands
New York
Mystery death of Eastern Rail executive investigated
Police probe the death of Henry F. Sanborn 44, a railroad executive found shot in a Queens thicket after a July 17 withdrawal. The fiancee Magnihild Almskaar, 27, Brooklyn interpreter, is named as police interview target while officials say they suspect no one.
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Eastern Rail
New York
Henry F. Sanborn
Sanborn
Queens
Magnihild Almskaar
Brooklyn
Grant van Sant
Playmate Recasts Calbert Aposhian Case as Accident
A San Diego playmate, Jackie Confar, 9, told Sheriff Ed Cooper that Calbert Aposhian drowned accidentally in San Diego bay. Medical experts backed the accidental drowning theory though some note crabs on the body suggesting possible foul play. Jackie stated the facts to his father, prompting officials to reexamine the case.
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San Diego
Calif
Calbert Aposhian
Ed Cooper
San Diego Bay
Calbert
Jackie Confar
Cooper
Jackie
Dalbert
Idaho rancher shot to death in Bruneau pool room
Arthur Sullivan a 38 year old Bruneau valley rancher died after a scuffle in a Bruneau pool hall. James Weatherby a Glenns Ferry ranch hand was arrested after drawing a pistol and firing. Weatherby returned later and a pistol was found under a nearby building. Prosecutor Lawrence Smith led the inquest with Coroner John Grote presiding. Sullivan was unmarried and survived by several siblings.
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Bruneau
Idaho
Arthur Sullivan
Sullivan
Bruneau Valley
James Weatherby
Glenns Ferry
Weatherby
Mountain Home
Lawrence Smith
Owyhee County
John Grote
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Santa Monica Cal August letter praises new plan to avoid strikes and urges fair government settlement. The writer notes unions banks governors and industries have associations and argues strikes hurt those not responsible, calling the move a strong idea.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Cuban leaders urge Machado resignation after embassy talks
Cuban political mediators and liberal party members met with United States Ambassador Sumner Welles and called for President Machado to resign. Violence flared nationwide as a transport strike paralyzed commerce, with casualties in Santiago and arson in Cienfuegos as Congress prepared to consider suspending constitutional guarantees. Hunger fears grew in Havana as food distribution stalled and troops were warned to quell unrest.
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Havana
United States
Sumner Welles
Machado
Liberal Party
Senor Machado
Martinez Sainz
ABC
Enrique Recio
Camaguey
Cuba
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Railroad Houses In Harrison Avenue Sold To Private Buyers
Several Short Line buildings on North Harrison Avenue have been bought by private parties. Mayor Brown urged disposal of structures near West Center Street to aid a proposed subway. Rumors say unoccupied dwellings and former offices are being moved to make way for switch tracks. Purchasers must relocate the buildings from Short Line property.
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Harrison Avenue
Charles A. Brown
West Center Street
Company
Idaho NRA Board To Meet Soon In Boise
Governor C. Ben Ross announced a meeting of the Idaho Regional NRA board will be held this week to review municipal public works projects in Idaho. The board, appointed by the president, will consult with the governor on the state program and solicit project suggestions for federal funds under the thirty seventy cooperative arrangement.
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Boise
Idaho Regional
NRA Board
C. Ben Ross
Idaho
Senators Open Jackson Hole Hearing Today
Jackson Wyoming August 7 Senators begin congressional inquiry into the Jackson Hole region with John D Rockefeller Jr testifying He proposes to swap deeded lands totaling about 40 000 acres for over 1 000 000 and donate them to the federal government if remaining public lands around 200 000 acres are managed as a primitive wilderness area The hearing could last three days to a week with a follow up session planned
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Associated Press
Jackson
Wyo
Jackson Hole
Paradise
Wonderland
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Yellowstone National
Robert D. Carey
Wyoming
Rockefeller
Gandhi aides arrested in India six months jail term
In Madras C R G Achakiar and 16 others were sentenced to six months for meetings supporting Congress independence. Gandhi himself was arrested last week with his wife and 33 others as they planned a civil disobedience campaign and is in Yerada jail. In Ahmedabad Mrs Gandhi and 15 women were released temporarily then re arrested after refusing orders to relocate.
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Madras
India
C. R. G. Achakiar
Mahatma Gandhi
Congress Party
Gandhi
Yerada
Ahmedabad
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mahatma's College of Devotees
Sabarmati
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Berry
Files
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