Firefighters Gain Control On Wyoming Forest Fronts
About 3 000 firefighters held or checked almost a dozen Wyoming forest fire fronts. Newcastle near the Black Hills saw flames halted near the city, Toltec property burned over 1 000 acres, and a Wheatland area brush fire remained out of control. Yellowstone Grand Teton and Dubois fronts diminished. total loss near 45 000 acres with some livestock killed. No ranch property burned in the Black Hills fire. Diamond Bar ranch near flames but no livestock losses.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Newcastle
Black Hills
National Guard
Toltec
Wheatland
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Teton National Forest
Dubois Dude Ranch
Diamond Bar Ranch
Heat Wave Kills Five Across Desert Southwest
An extreme heat wave in the southwestern United States caused at least five deaths and many prostrations. In Phoenix four people died amid 114 degree heat, with other high readings in Needles 119, Yuma 112, and Tucson 112. Paul W. Robert, 36, of Calipatria died in El Centro, California.
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Los Angeles
United States
Phoenix
Arizona
el Centro
Cal
California
Imperial Valley
Paul W. Robert
Calipatria
Calif
Needles
Yuma
Tucson
Ariz
Brawley
Gene Mulvein
John Sinclair
Lee Marsh
Jim Hamilton
State awards road contract west of Moreland Idaho
P B Wilson district highway engineer announced a contract has been let for paving a two mile strip of road on the Lost River highway west of Moreland in Bingham county. The project includes eliminating a dangerous curve and canal bridge west of Moreland. a 159 foot bridge to cover two parallel canals will have bids opened August 5.
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P. B. Wilson
Moreland
Bingham County
Arco
Blackfoot
Wilson
A. C. Waller
Boise
State Highway Department
Perry E. Oxley
Indians Open 72 Hour Sun Dance at Fort Hall
The Bannock and Shoshone hold a 72 hour sun dance on Fort Hall reservation with about 40 dancers enduring hours without food or water. Dancers wear regalia, white painted upper bodies, and move around a central buffalo head pole as singers drum and chant. A second division is near Bannock creek on the highway, with guests from Washaskie, Wyoming.
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Lost River Range
Bannock
Fort Hall Bottoms
Bannock Creek
Pocatello-American Falls
Fort Hall
Washaskie
Wyo
Woman Hurt Crossing Busy Street In Pocatello Taxi Accident
Mrs. J. E. Brookshire a Oklahoma visitor was struck by a Red Top taxi on North Main street around 4:45 Friday. She suffered a fracture to the left wrist and contusions. treated at General hospital by Dr. R. Young and released this morning. Taxi driver Tom Nixon rushed her to the hospital. police say he is not to blame.
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Ann Burlak
Central Falls
R. I
J. E. Brookshire
Pocatello
Oklahoma
North Main Street
General Hospital
Brookshire
Tom Nixon
West Bonneville
Dr . R. Young
I. J Shandell
West Hayden
Municipal band concert at Ross Park this Sunday
The Ross park concert begins at 8 p m with the municipal band led by L Roubidoux. A varied program is planned and the new band stand will be used for the first time, expected to draw a large crowd.
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Ross Park
L. Roubidoux
McClurg Death Sentence Seeks Pardon Aid
Governor Ross expected to be asked for a reprieve for John McClurg to delay execution until the pardon board rules on a commutation petition. D. W. Zent, his attorney, plans a U S Supreme Court appeal if funds are raised, claiming new evidence about an unnamed third person at the time of Mrs. McClurg’s death.
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Boise
C. Ben Ross
John McClurg
Board of Pardons
D. W. Zent
Zent
Supreme Court of the United States
Chet
McClurgs
McClurg
Little Freezout Hill
Boerse Grants 30 Days Delay for Payments
Berlin reports the Boerse committee postponed settlement due July 31 to August 31 easing pressure on the Reichsbank. Bruening and Curtius returned from London and briefed President Hindenburg as Germany faces an economic crisis and a cabinet session awaited Stimson. The German Peace Society urged cultivating France ties and halting battleship building amid internal political strife.
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Berlin
Boerse Committee
Reichsbank
Germany
Heinrich Bruening
Curtius
London
von Hindenburg
Herr Bruening
Bruening
Hindenburg
Reich
Stimson
German Peace Society
Ludwig Quiddle
France
Shooting Fray Sparks Idaho Falls Death and Robbery Case
In Idaho Falls July 24 28 year old Gerald Clark of Newdale was killed in a shooting after a alleged attempt to rob him. J L McCarroll of Idaho Falls surrendered to authorities and G E McGee of Newdale was jailed. An inquest set for the afternoon. Frank Fuller of Minnesota among those involved.
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Idaho Falls
Gerald Clark
Newdale
William Fox
J. L. McCarroll
Fox
Harry Meppen
St. Anthony
Fremont County
G. E. McGee
Newdal
Clark
Chet Harrett
McCarroll
Frank Fuller
Minnesota
McGee
Fuller
Prince of Wales makes hole in one at Royal Wimbledon
In London a former partner of Bobby Jones is progressing well as the Prince of Wales hits a 220 yard tee shot at the sixth hole on Royal Wimbledon, the ball curling into the cup for a rare hole in one. In Paris a fashion note highlights harem pajamas as the latest house robe trend with blue and gold lace, tasselled cap, and a three quarters length coat.
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London
Bobby Jones
Royal Wimbledon
Prince of Wales
Paris
Al G Barnes Circus Showman Dies in Indio
Al G Barnes, famed circus owner and showman, died at Community Hospital Indio at 6:15 a.m. He was 69. Ill for months, he suffered pneumonia weeks earlier, briefly improved, then declined again before passing away. Known legally as Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse, he rose to own one of the world’s largest circuses.
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al G. Barnes
Indio
California
Cal
Alg Barnes
Barnes
Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse
Judge Adair Suffering After Jackson Hole Trip
District Judge Ralph W. Adair was brought home in critical condition after an outing in Jackson Hole. He, with Henry Giles, traveled July 17 while recovering from a serious illness, and sought medical help en route before being met by his court clerk Earl Weaver at Pexburg.
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Blackfoot
Pocatello Tribune
Ralph W. Adair
Jackson Hole
Henry Giles
Facge
Pexburg
Earl Weaver
Fire at Pittsburgh aged home kills 26. 217 hospitalized
A blaze at the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged in Pittsburgh killed 26 residents and injured 217 others, many aiding fellow inmates as guards and staff tried to rescue them. Fire damage reached $45,000 to $509,000 with 15 unaccounted for late reports.
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Pittsburgh
Little Sisters of the Poor Home For
Richard L. Smith
Mary Kline
Mines in Path of Idaho Fire
Scorching temperatures hit Southern Idaho as forest fires burned about 35000 acres. Cities topped 100 degrees with Malad at 106 Lewiston 102 and Boise near 101. The Challis forest fire destroyed Lost Packer mine structures and threatened Greyhound mine and a sawmill. Firefighters from Dillon Montana aided a cross state blaze along the Salmon Beav erhead forest border. About 100 men fought the Idaho side for days.
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Boise
Idaho
Malad
Lewisto
Pocatello
Hill Ci
Salt Lake
Spokane
Challis National Forest
Packer
Greyhound
Dillon Montana
Montana
Latter Day Saints mark second century in Palmyra
In Palmyra New York Latter Day Saints gather to mark the church's second century and plan a pilgrimage to Hill Cumorah where Joseph Smith reportedly received the golden plates. Eastern state and Canada missions members marching past Smiths home discuss and then engage in athletics. Brigham Young's eighty fourth anniversary entry into the Great Salt Lake valley is noted.
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Palmyra
N. Y
Hill Cumorah
Joseph C. Smith
Brigham Young
Smith
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Weather Outlook: Mostly Fair North, Unsettled South
Night and Sunday bring mostly fair skies in the north while southern areas face unsettled conditions. The forecast calls for varying cloud cover and light precipitation potential in southern counties. Temperature ranges remain mild with cooling trend toward Sunday night.
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North
South
California heat stops travel trade says Beverly Wills
Beverly Wills reports a July 25 note from Beverly California describing a heat wave in newspapers and noting Secretary Mellon, Secretary Stimson, and C. O. McIntyre as factors in why American tourist trade persisted. Wills laughs at the polo scene and cites Argentina supplying over 90 percent of hides and sigolos.
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Beverly Wills
Cal
California
Mellon
Stimson
C. O. McIntyre
Argentine Republic
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