Demo leaders plan Alfred Smith Boston speech opposition to Roosevelt
Aug 74 Joseph B. Ely, former Massachusetts governor, said Smith would speak in Boston against Roosevelt reelection, but Smith denied any engagement. Ely and about 30 Democrats met to plan opposition while noting no definite address scheduled. Ely backed Alf Landon and others weighed backing Gov London and Reed in the campaign.
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Detroit
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
Boston
Roosevelt
New York
Ely
Smith
Alf M. Landon
Gov
London
Nine Million Out of Work Exceeds Earlier Forecast
Commerce department and Associated Press report estimate about 9.55 million unemployed in the United States. Acting Commerce Secretary Ernest Draper cites a composite figure based on various government statistics, with March 1933 unemployment at 15.1 million and a drop to about 9.9 million by last April, then a further reduction of 300 to 400 thousand.
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Associated Press
Washington
Commerce Department
Ernest G. Draper
Commerce Secretary
Department
Draper
William Green
Federation of Labor
National Industrial Conference Board
Conference Board
Aca
Deer Treed Bobcat in Ochoco National Forest
Earl Huff of the Ochoco National Forest reported seeing a doe pursue an animal then discover the deer had treed a full grown bobcat near Portland Oregon on August 7.
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Portland
Ore
Earl Huff
Ochoco National Forest
Ruth Bryan Owen Heads by Air to Grand Canyon Visit
Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen and her husband Capt Boorge Rohde departed by plane from Kansas City bound for Winslow Arizona to visit the Grand Canyon on a leisurely aerial honeymoon en route to the west coast.
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Kansas City
Ruth Bryan Owen
Boorge Rohde
Winslow
Ariz
Grand Canyon
Idaho Lumber Official Says Company Not To Open Camps
North Idaho strikers maintain restricted picketing while Potlatch Forests Inc. general manager Billings says camps remain idle and no reopening date is set. Gov Ross outlined conditions for future reopening as negotiations continue amid slight injuries and guard presence in Pierce.
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Idaho Lumber
Russian Airmen Begin Long Flight Toward Moscow Route
Nine hundred miles of water and terrain lay before aviators Sigismund Levanesky and Victor Levchenko as they left Seattle for Jun eau Alaska in a pontoon aircraft. They aim to chart a air route to Moscow and averaged about 170 miles per hour en route from Alameda, California to Seattle.
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Juneau
Alaska
Moscow
Sigismund Levanesky
Victor Levchenko
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sand Point Naval Air
Lake Washington
Levanevsky
Levchnko
Naval One
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Trains Delayed After Nevada Freight Derailment
Southern Pacific reports westbound trains including the City of San Francisco will be four to six hours late to San Francisco due to a Nevada freight derailment at Granite Point near Lovelock. Detours use Western Pacific tracks. eastbound trains remain on schedule. Thirty plus derailed cars were blamed on a broken rail.
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Southern Pacific Company
Streamliner
Nevada
Western Pacific
Granite Point
Lovelock
Idaho Blind Meet At State Capitol Convened
A sightless woman demonstrated various dishes as the highlight of the first day of the society’s second annual convention at the state capitol. No addresses were to be given, and discussions of problems of interest to the blind would take the place of them, chaired by Clarence Hoyer of Boise.
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Boise
Services Set For House Chairman Wer G. Aur
The late Wer G. Aur was a longtime advocate of a strong national defense policy and served on the air committee. He died of a heart attack in Columbus yesterday, prompting funeral arrangements in the state capital.
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Suding
Colum
Death claims Mrs. Sarah O Carter in Idaho
Mrs. Sarah O Carter widow of N H Carter died while visiting a daughter in Idaho. She had lived in Idaho since.
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M'Calm
Idaho
Sarah O. Carter
N. H. Carter
Williams Wins 400 M Title in Olympic Sprint Sweep
Archie Williams of Oakland wins the 400 meters in 46.5 seconds, falling 0.3 seconds short of the Olympic record set by Bill Carr. Arthur Brown and Jimmy Lavalle finish 2nd and 3rd as the U.S. leads a podium sweep. Finn Hoeckert breaks the 5,000 meter Olympic mark in a Finnish gold trio. Louis Zamperini and Don Lash run late but place 8th and 14th respectively. Bob Clark of San Francisco leads the decathlon with a fast pace and two event wins.
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Bill Carr
Los Angeles
Arthur Godfrey Brown
Great Britain
Jimmy Lavalle
Gunnar Hoeckert
Finland
Hoeckert
Limari Salminen
Gauri Lehtinen
Lehtinen
John Henry Jonsson
Sweden
Murakoso
Clark
Bob Clark
San Francisco
A.A.U
Lindbergh Tours Copenhagen Brewery Without Drinking
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh spent five hours in a Copenhagen brewery idling from work at the Biological Institute. The American flier toured the plant for two hours to study beer making under the guidance of chief director Hjelte Clausen at the non profit facility. he did not drink beer.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Biological Institute
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Hjelte Clausen
Three Free After Week-Long Detroit Black Legion Trial
Three of six men charged in the first Black Legion trial in Detroit were convicted of false imprisonment. Thomas F. Cox Earl Angstadt and Frederick A. Gully received verdicts while Charles D. King Wilbur Robinson and Harold Lawrence were acquitted. the court found no kidnapping or flogging evidence. Sentencing to be set later as all six defendants denied the charges.
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Black Legion
Joseph A. Moynihan
Thomas F. Cox
Earl Angstadt
Frederick A. Gully
Charles D. King
Ecorse
Wilbur Robinson
Harold Lawrence
Moynihan
Robert Penland
Gulley
Cox
Anstadt
Diary Reveals Trapper's Famine Death in Alberta
A diary found beside 60 year old Olaf Olson’s body in a trapper’s cabin at the forks of the Baptiste and Saskatchewan rivers details his decline from July 14 to July 26. Constable J H Leyland of the RCMP reported Olson died of starvation a month after writing of illness. A fellow trapper found the body and alerted authorities.
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Alberta
Olaf Olson
J. H. Leyland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Olson
Baptiste
Saskatchewan
Here
Two masked men rob Union Pacific depot in La Grande
City Police Officer C C Lund reports two masked assailants with a sawed off shotgun robbed the depot ticket agent in La Grande last night, extracting about 400 dollars. The heist occurred at the Union Pacific depot and authorities described the suspects as armed and unknown.
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Ore
C C. Lund
Union Pacific
Pilot Air Service Across Pacific Nears Approval
Officials at the commerce department consider approving passenger service across the Pacific. Two air commerce inspectors fly from Alameda to Manila aboard Pan American Airways clipper ships to evaluate safety for passenger and mail transport. Pan American links with the Far East come amid broader transpacific and transatlantic talks.
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Washington
Pacific
Commerce Department
Bureau of Air Commerce
Alameda
Calif
Manila
Pan American Airways
Rex Martin
Air Commerce Bureau
Transpacific Rentas
San Francisco
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Silver Plans Suggested by GOP Chairman
Boise Aug 7 John D M Hamilton told reporters before boarding his plane to Coeur d Alene Idaho that the Republican platform or Alf M Landons telegram to the Cleveland convention do not preclude favorable consideration of the silver problem He said he does not presume to talk for Landon on any basic issue after addressing 5000 at a rally and a breakfast with 150 county and state leaders He divided the vote into three groups young citizens women and Democrats and noted university discussions of various isms while urging clear stance on silver and related issues
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Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
John D. M. Hamilton
Alf M. Landon
Cleveland
Landon
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Legion to Meet in Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls prepares to host about a thousand American Legionnaires for the Idaho department convention. National Commander Ray Murphy arrives Monday after leaders from Pocatello and Boise finish final program details. The week includes child welfare and memorial services and a War Bonnet round up parade with regional drum corps.
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Idaho Department
John Foreman
Pocatello
Les Albert
Boise
Ray Murphy
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Four Policemen Sent to Prison
Judge Robert Dowell jailed five former Tampa policemen for four years each after denying a new trial on kidnapping charges tied to Eugene F. Poulnot, a victim in a Tampa flogging gang case. The men were convicted May 25. Attorney Pat Whitaker announced an appeal to the state supreme court. Names: C. A Brown, John P. Bridges, J. W. Carlisle, Sam E. Crosby, F. W Switzer.
Poca tello Sees Above Normal Temps Today
The mean temperature in Poca tello rose 10 degrees above normal as the mercury reached 105 before 2 30 p m The low was 68 with partly cloudy skies likely limiting further heating.
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Pocatello
Roosevelt And Leaders Meet In Political Brief
In a Polit ics in Brief roundup the AP reports President Roosevelt discussing election prospects with Rep. Drewry and Sen. Lewis, leaders of campaign committees. Lands on Landon focus on speeches. Reed group seeks anti New Deal formula. Browning wins Tennessee Democratic nomination. Thach unan opposed Republican nominee. violence at primary elections claims four lives.
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Roosevelt
Rep
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Lewis
Til
Topeka
Landon
West Middlesex
Chautauqua
Buffalo
N. Y
Detroit
James A. Reed
Joseph B. Ely
Sterling E. Edmunds
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Tenn
Gordon Browning
P. H. Thach
Chattanooga
American Bar split over New Deal trends report
A majority of the American Bar Association special committee finds that novel federal trends of the New Deal are as uncertain as two years ago. A minority counters that the majority focuses on surface issues. The report heads to the ABA meeting in Boston.
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American Bar Association
Boston
Baseball Scores From Cincinnati Chicago and Philadelphia
Scores from a busy program show Pittsburgh beating Cincinnati 6 to 0 with strong late offense, then a 0 to 0 pitcher duel in Cincinnati. Chicago hosts St Louis in a 0 to 0 deadlock while New York defeats Philadelphia 9 to 3 behind a productive offense and solid pitching. Cleveland and Washington also played with mixed results as rain and scheduling halted further play.
Whitaker Talks in Idaho Capital in St Anthony Stop
Boise Aug 7 W P Whitaker of Pocatello one of eight Democrats running for governor spoke last night before heading for St Anthony He said his campaign sees the nomination as a test of the party and political considerations are only straw.
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W. P .Whitaker
Pocatello
St. Anthony
Germany reports four nazis killed in Spain during civil war
Britain and Germany protested against treatment of their nationals as Loyalist advance pushes north of Madrid and in the Guadarrama mountains. Berlin called the Barcelona executions murder and Berlin protested the shelling of a German steamer by a Spanish destroyer. France warned about neutrality pact and alleged German aid to rebels with planes munitions and men.
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United States
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Foreign Office
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Rock of Gibraltar
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Roosevelt invites Landon to drought governors conference
President Roosevelt said he would invite Governor Alf Landon to a drought state governors conference likely in September with Iowa as a venue. The trip to the drought states would begin August 25 or 26 and include Iowa Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Missouri. Landon said he would attend if it benefits Kansas.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
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Iowa
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Topeka
Kas
Legion President Injured in Crash
Grangeville Idaho August 7 An automobile collision sent Mrs Luella Harlan of Lewiston Idaho American Legion Auxiliary president to the hospital with a bed head wound lacerations and bruises
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Idaho
Luella Harlan
Lewiston
American Legion Auxiliary
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