Widow Libby Holman Returns to Private Family Home
Libby Holman, widow of tobacco heir Smith Reynolds, arrives at her sister’s Wyoming home after a tense train transfer from Clare Ohio. Crowds gather at the station while she seeks privacy and possible respite from the Winston-Salem death coverage and intense public scrutiny.
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Libby Holman Reynolds
Cincinnati
Libby Holman
Clare
Wyoming
Holman
Smith Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N. C
Aimee Temple Probe Spurs City Inquiry
Revelations of alleged petty graft and charity racketeering by members of Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Huttons Angelus Temple prompted an investigation by the city social service commission. The inquiry began after police questioned Robert Edward Fisher who held a letter signed by Roy E. Watkins authorizing him to solicit funds food and materials for temple activities.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton
Angelus Temple
City Social Service Commission
Robert Edward Fisher
Roy E. Watkins
Bank Hold Up Frustrated by Woman Cashier in Hanna
Four masked men attempted to rob the First National Bank of Hanna but were deterred by cashier Lempi Annala who triggered a burglar alarm. The robbers fled in a car after eleven shots rang out, two in the bank firing from the auto. Bank officers believed a robber may have been wounded.
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Hanna
Wyo
First National Bank
Lempi Annala
Gold Rush Rocks Lake Tahoe as Rich Strike Draws Probers
A six foot ledge of red quartz on the Chambers resort property around Lake Tahoe is valued at twenty dollars a ton in gold and two dollars in silver. Over 200 seekers staked claims but were driven off by guards hired by landowner Dave Chambers and forest rangers. Four guards patrolled the area as 20 camps formed along the lake shore and nearby hills. Some prospectors had worked the land secretly for some time with Chambers admitting prior knowledge. Assayers in Sacramento confirmed the ore as high grade, and word of the strike spread rapidly.
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Truckee
Calif
Sierra
Lake Tahoe
Chambers Resort
Dave Chambers
Lake Shore
Chambers
Sacramento
Scores from today's baseball games across leagues
The published box scores show Cleveland, Philo, Chicago, Wash, Detroit, Boston, St. Louis, New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Chicago again with final tallies. Notable names include Hildebrand, Sewell, Mahaffey, Grove, Cochrane, Lyons, Caraway, Grube, Spencer, Jorgens, and Brame.
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Cleveland
Philo
Hildebrand and
Sewell
Mahaffey
Grove and
Cochrane
Chicago
Lyons
Caraway and
Grube
Weaver and Spencer
Maple
Detroit
Boston
Whitehill
Wyatt
Ruel
Andrews
Durham
Connolly
St. Louis
New York
Herbert, Gray and Ferrell
Pipgras
Jorgens
Senator Glass proposes repeal amendment to liquor ban
Senator Glass of Virginia urged a constitutional amendment to repeal the 18th Amendment but prohibit liquor sales in saloons or transport into states where illegal. The measure, immediately appeal to consider, was blocked by Senator Norris of Nebraska. It would take 36 state ratifications within seven years to become operative.
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Washington
Glass
Senate Today
Virginian
Norris
R. Neb
Elders Uphold Choir Singer and Dismiss Investigator
The elders of Angelus Temple demanded the discharge of Roy A. Watkins, an investigator, and reaffirmed confidence in evangelist David Hutton amid rumors from the Myrtle St. Pierre breach of promise case. Watkins said he only worked for Aimee McPherson Hutton and was hired to locate witnesses by her.
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Los Angeles
Roy A. Watkins
David Hutton
Angelus Temple
St. Pierre- Hutton
Aimee McPherson- Hutton
Myrtle St. Pierre
Hutton
Watkins
Aimee
Spring sowing in Soviet Russia lags by nearly million acres
Soviet Russia finished the spring sowing campaign with about 1,000,000 fewer acres under cultivation than last year. Official July 1 totals show 241,690,500 acres sown, down from 242,580,500 a year earlier and far below the 255,870,000 acre plan. Drought in Ukraine blamed for poor crop and seed performance.
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Moscow
U.S
S. R
Soviet
Russia
Ukraine
Trixie Gets Hospital Service in New York
Eleven year old Lucy Graux brought her injured dog Trixie to a New York hospital. After doctors consulted, they repaired the broken leg, anesthesia used, cast applied, and the grateful girl thanked them. The hospital cashier tore up the bill.
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New York
Lucy Graux
Trixie
Edward Barnett
Hoover beer bill forecast sparks debate in Congress
In Washington on July 14 representatives clashed over whether President Hoover would sign a beer bill. Representative Britten R. ND forecast that if Congress passed a bill legalizing beer of higher alcoholic content, the president would sign it, despite Democrat cheers of noble experiment.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
House
Britten R. ND
Britten
Forecast Boosts Idaho Shipments From PFE for Late 1932
Idaho freight gains are forecast by Pacific Fruit Express for the second half of 1932. Favorable water, a good growing season, and no late frosts are cited as reasons. Cherries and apricots are highlighted as increasing shipments, per the Public Utilities Commission briefing.
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Boise
Idaho
Pacific Fruit Express
Public Utilities Commission
Drowns in Canal Trigger Funeral Plans in Burley
Funeral services for Gai Taylor of Burley will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Stake house of the Latter Day Saints. Bernice Buchanan, another canal victim, has services set for Friday afternoon.
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Twin Falls
Gai Taylor
Burley
Twin Falls Canal
Latter Day Saints
Bernice Buchanan
Musical Pair Air Troubles in Court
In Wheaton Illinois Byron Putnam the cornet player and his wife the pianist clashed in magistrate court Byron accused of assault and battery claiming his wife played off key and struck him with a wooden slipper His wife said she struck him only when he tried to stop her piano obligato A jury verdict favored the husband with one dissenter prompting a retrial ordered by the court.
Doctor Aimone Shot at Mount Alto Hospital
Dr. Victor A. Aimone, medical officer at Mount Alto Veterans' Hospital, was killed by former patient Frank Castell who fired in the physician’s office. Castell, awaiting another doctor in an adjoining hall, surrendered without resistance and gave no reason for the shooting.
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Washington
Victor A. Aimone
Mount Alto Veterans’ Hospital
Frank Castell
Castell
Christianity Urged as Cure for U S Ills at Baptist Convention
In San Francisco the Northern Baptist convention of about 3000 delegates urged Christianity as the remedy for national woes. Led by Rev W Quay Rosselle and speakers including Mattison B Jones and Frank A Smith, they criticized secular culture and called for a return to genuine Christian practice amid rising modern life tensions.
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San Francisco
National Northern Baptist Convention
W. Quay Rosselle
Malden
Mass
Mattison B. Jones
Los Angeles
Frank A. Smith
New York
Strike Leads To Suffering In Mexican Rail Strike
In Nogales July 13, the prolonged Southern Pacific of Mexico railroad strike leaves west coast towns without transport and food. Edmund Pissater reports villages exhausted supplies and families eating dog meat while burros are killed for food. Business leaders urge railroad officials and strikers to meet to end the impasse.
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Nogales
Ariz
Southern Pacific of Mexico Railroad
Mexico
Edmund Pissater
Mazatlan
Mex
Burley Girls Bodies Found in Car Tragedy
Twin Falls report on July 13 AP states two Burley girls died when their coupe plunged into the river. Local rescue teams recovered the victims and authorities investigated the crash.
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Twin Falls
Will Rogers on relief bill veto and loan criticism
Will Rogers comments from Beverly Hills drawn from The Tribune, arguing the vetoed relief bill would have lent money to individuals. He favors government aid to feed and create jobs but opposes loans that shuffle debts, citing the need to avoid changing creditors midstream.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
City Seeks More Water as Idaho Town Expands
The article details Pocatello's pursuit of additional water from Trail Creek and Cusick Creek to supply about 100 homes. It notes a 60,000 gallon reservoir, ongoing channel work, and plans for a pipeline to deliver water directly to the upper reservoir, with maintenance improving reliability each year.
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Pocatello
Fred Caldwell
West Pocatello
Trail Creek
Cusick Creek
Caldwell
West Po
Sleeping children killed with axe in Lykens tragedy
Barney Godleski, 31, was arrested in Lykens Pennsylvania on July 13 charged with killing his three sleeping children Paul 8 Lillian 6 and Albert 4 last night police said his wife had left him the prior day Helen 10 escaped and survived the attack by fleeing the house the justice of the peace said Godleski carried the children to the cellar one by one and used an axe in the killings
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Lykens
Barney Godleski
Godleski
Paul
Lillian
Albert
Helen
Justice of the Peace
James Golden
State reports income tax receipts up to July 11
Boise July 13 The state treasurer reports income tax collections totaling 72,880.31 through July 11. Individual payments total 35,845.64 while corporate payments amount to 37,034.67.
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Boise
Conscience Stricken Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Theft
In Los Angeles July 18 AP report says attorney Leo J. Murphy admitted stealing about 15000 from nine clients over two years. He asked to plead guilty and accept prison, hoping for minimal trouble for himself and family. Judge B Rey Schauer sentenced him to San Quentin for two to twenty years.
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Los Angeles
Leo J. Murphy
B. Rey Schauer
Murphy
Gan Quentin
Amelia Earhart Putnam Sets New Transcontinental Flight Record
Amelia Earhart Putnam lands in Newark at 11 28 a m establishing a new women’s transcontinental flight record. She beat Ruth Nichols by nearly ten hours, with an elapsed time of 19 hours 17 minutes, after a Columbus fuel issue halted the nonstop record attempt. Nichols’ best flying time remains 13 hours 21 minutes 43 seconds.
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Newark
N. J
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Putnam
Ruth Nichols
Miss Nichols
Wichita
Kan
Putenam
Nichols
Columbus
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