Heat wave and near record highs sweep regional city
The city endured a merciless sun with temperatures reaching 102.4 degrees the highest since 1931. Forecasters warned no relief, while other regional readings showed Salt Lake City at 103 as the nation faced widespread heat. The period tracked 0.77 inches of normal precipitation.
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Pocatello
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Salt Lake City
Middle Atlantic
Roosevelt bids aloha to Hawaii on five day visit
President Roosevelt delivered a brief address in Honolulu before sailing from Pearl Harbor aboard the Houston for Portland. He praised the army and navy at Schofield Barracks and Pearl Harbor as essential to national defense and hoped to return to the islands.
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Honolulu
America
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Houston
Portland
Kilauea
Island of Hawaii
Oahu
United States
Schofield Barracks
Navy
mid-Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Toothpick Violin Brandished by Spokane Craftsman
Henry Wedman built a violin from 36 000 toothpicks with birch reinforcement after finding a use for the wood scraps. He says the instrument has a better tone than his earlier 47 000 toothpick project and he would not take $2000 for it. He formerly played violin but cut his finger and cannot reach the strings now.
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Spokane
Wash
Henry Wedman
Wedman
Governor Calls CWA a Pet as Campaign Stops in Twin Falls
Governor C. Ben Ross in Buhl and Twin Falls parks defends four-year record and attacks Governor IERA while labeling the CWA his “pet.” He cites expense cuts and denies building a political machine, noting a two million budget figure without specifics on tax plans.
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Twin Falls
Ben Ross
Buhl
CWA
Iera
Oven County
Will Rogers Wires the Tribune from Honolulu
Will Rogers reports in from Honolulu on July 28 describing meeting the former president on a Pacific island. He notes sugar quotas and jokes about appealing to General Hugh Johnson if the quota is not raised, framing a lighthearted political quip in a tropical setting.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Hugh Johnson
Garden of Eden
Will
Utah Girl Drowns in Colorado River
Audrey Barton a 14 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George F Barton drowned in the Colorado river while swimming with friends. A swift current pulled her into 15 feet of water and her body was recovered 45 minutes later after bystanders sought help.
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Utah
Moae
Audrey Barton
George F. Barton
Colorado River
Boy Watt Fleming Saves Three From Drowning
Watt Fleming 15 year old farm boy is hailed as hero after saving Mrs Luther Thornton and her son Clay 14 and Burley D Bishop 13 from drowning in Little Beaver creek west of Marlow Oklahoma. Fleming weighs 85 pounds and said it had to be done.
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Marlow
Okla
Little Beaver Creek
Watt Fleming
W. W. Fleming
Luther Thornton
Clay
Burley D. Bishop
Watt
Gave Lim & Gold
Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss Buried Amid Civil War Toll
Vienna reports show four days of fighting claim about 700 lives on both sides as Dollfuss is laid to rest. Loyal troops suppress Nazi rebels in Carinthia and Styria while Graz incidents sparking gunfire rattle nerves. monarchists push for restoration.
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Austria
Carinthia
Styria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Graz
Slazburg
Dollfuss
Baron von Wisel
Zita
Hapsburg Party
Savamund
Lavants
Heimwehrs
Trim Little Filly Triumphs In Arlington Futurity Stakes
Toro Nancy, a 15 to 1 outsider, captured the $60,000 Arlington Futurity by a half length over St Bernard with Special Agent third. The Los Angeles owner Norman W. Church earned $41,725 from the win, boosting his stakes earnings to over $58,000. Time for six furlongs was 1 12 1/5.
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Chicago
Toro
Nancy
America
Norman W. Church
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
St. Bernard
Brookmeade Hope
Special Agent
Los Angeles Sportsman
Toro Nancy
Noted Screen Actress Marie Dressler Dies in California
Santa Barbara Calif July 28 Marie Dressler 62 beloved stage and screen actress died here after a long illness including cancer heart trouble and uremia Death came at 325 p m cause uremia complicated by congestive heart failure and cancer Dressler rose to fame late in life earning acclaim in Anna Christie Min and Bill Tugboat Annie and The Late Christopher Bean She had started in 1914 with Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand before returning to Hollywood in the late 1920s Continued on Page 6
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Marie Dressler
Ugly Duckling
Miss Dressler
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Culver City
Franklin R. Nuzum
H. S. Schwalenberg
Hollywood
Anna Christie
Charlie Chaplin
Mabel Normand
Ogden Detective Dies in Idaho Car Crash
Archie Gale 58 a city detective on the Ogden police died at Bonanza Idaho from injuries after an auto plunged off the highway at Loon creek summit on Saturday. Frank R. Rounds and Carl Johnson were killed in the same accident and William J. Blackburn was injured while four men bound for Boyle's ranch on a fishing trip. Gale leaves a widow and nine children.
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Ogden
Archie Gale
Bonanza
Idaho
Loon Creek Summit
Frank R. Rounds
Carl Johnson
William J. Blackburn
Boyle
Gale
Stock Exchanges Begin Registration Under New Law
The stock exchange commission moves to register all U S stock exchanges and the securities traded on them with October 1 as theregistration deadline. Exchanges and corporations may apply for listing starting September 1, giving the commission 30 days to complete this phase amid calls for stricter regulation.
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Commission
Postpone Race In Birmingham Due To Rain
Captain William Flood announced at 5 25 p m that the national balloon race set for 9 30 p m tonight has been postponed for 24 hours. The delay was caused by a heavy rain that began falling shortly after 4 p m.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Flood
Stratosphere Fliers Speak From Balloon Plunge
Chicago July 28 Almost all the way down as three sky climbers aboard a balloon in trouble talked via open radio to ground crews and family. Major Kepner described the rip in the bag and the risk as they drifted from 60 000 feet to 45 000 feet while the ground crew offered guidance and jokes to stay calm.
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Chicago
William E. Kepner
Oscar Westover
Army Air Corps
Steve
Kepner
Rapid City
S. D
Keene
Nebraska
Anderson
Captain Stevens
Kohler strike turns deadly as guards quell riot
In Kohler Wisconsin 600 national guardsmen moved in to guard the Kohler plant amid a 13 day strike. Six infantry companies and 250 Milwaukee cavalry protected the plant as shootings left two dead and 39 wounded. Victims included Lee Wakefield 20 and Henry Engleman 27 of Sheboygan. Alex Weinert 42 wounded in hospital with doubtful recovery. Four women and three youths among those shot.
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Wis
Kohler Village
Layard
Camp Williams
Milwaukee Cavalrymen
Kohler Company
Theso
Lee Wakefield
Henry Engleman
Sheboygan
Alex Weinert
Young Republicans Form Downey Club
The Downey Republican meeting drew sixty one Republicans including county office candidates. A new Young Republicans club organized with Clinton J. Moch as chairman Kenneth Hamilton secretary Bill Coffin vice chairman. Officers and nominees heard campaign talks from L E Glennon and Roy L Black.
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Clinton J. Moch
Kenneth Hamilton
Bill Coffin
Geo. D. Elrod
L. E. Glennon
Congress
Roy L. Black
Republican County Central Committee
balloon Explorer's stratosphere flight ends in wreck
Major William B. Kepner and two other airmen parachuted from the gondola as a 50 foot tear opened the Explorer balloon near Gothenburg Nebraska. The 60,000 foot ascent yielded scarce instruments while the wreckage drew thousands to the plains.
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A. W. Stevens
Orvil Anderson
Loomis
Neb
Explorer
Reuben Johnson
William B. Kepner
Orvil A. Anderson
Kepner
Holdrege
Gothenburg
Busy Day For Farley in Pocatello and Hutchinson
Postmaster General James A. Farley will speak in Pocatello Tuesday delivering two addresses. At 4 p.m. he dedicates the federal building annex and at 8 p.m. he dedicates the coliseum at Hutchinson field for the Fort Hall centennial observations.
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James A. Farley
Pocatello
Federal Building
Hutchinson Field
Fort Hall
Walter Cleare
Farley
Cleare
A. B. Arps
Idaho Girl Saves Twin Falls Boy at Cedar Draw Lake
Lincoln a 16 year old from Filer rescued Verne Gilman 22 of Twin Falls from drowning in Cedar Draw lake. Gilman cramps while crossing the lake and sinks, the girl reaches him, frees him from moss, and they reach shore where Dr. Dwight treats him. Gilman fully recovers.
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Filer
Idaho
Lincoln
Verne Gilman
Twin Falls
Cedar Draw Lake
Gilman
F. A. Dwight
Fires Threaten Water Supply Across Inland Empire
Fires and heatwave push water restrictions across the Inland Empire with temperatures from 98 to 110. Timber and grain fires risk watershed areas near Nelson and Trial in British Columbia, while fires near West Kootenay and in Selway forest provoke urgent firefighting efforts.
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Spokane
Wash
Inland Empire
Nelson
B. C
West Kootenay
Sandpoint
Idaho
Mercury
Selway Forest
Wallace
Lauria
Walla Walla
Kalispell
Mont
Davenport
Tragic Biplane Crash Kills Pilot and Two Passengers
In San Jose a biplane piloted by Arthur La Drier crashed from 700 feet at the city airport. Witnesses say a wing over caused loss of control, the craft spinning twice before nose diving 300 yards from the hangar. All three aboard died instantly.
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San Jose
Arthur la Drier
la Drier
Five Convicts Escape Prison in Indiana Breakout
In Michigan City Indiana five inmates escaped from the state prison after breaking from the hospital area. Maurice O Flaherty led the group description notes him as a violent man with a gun. Escapees include W C Ja, John Burnett Kenneth Rogers and Lolis Crail.
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Michigan City
Ind
John Dillinger
Indiana State
W. C. Griswold
W. F. Netzel
Louis Kunkel
Harry Parker
Maurice O'Flaherty
Indiana
Ohio
St. Louis
W. C. Ja
Tobery
John Burnett
Kenneth Rogers
Lolis Crail
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William Collins
John Gorman
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