Landon backs federal state plan for water conservation
Gov. Alf M. Landon, while awaiting rail freight rate replies, recalls his 1934 drought stance advocating joint state and federal action for water conservation. He plans a drought conference with President Roosevelt in Des Moines, with crop insurance urged by the National Farmers Holiday association.
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Topeka
Kan
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Landon
ST. Paul
National Farmers Holiday Association
Friends May Hide Killers Near Yreka Creek Camp
In Yreka California on September 1 posse members pursued two brothers John H. Brite 36 and Coke T. Brite 34 who are wanted for three killings. Police dogs failed to find a trail as authorities check rough mountains toward Oregon and investigate possible shelter by friends.
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Yreka
Calif
Oregon
Posse
John H. Brite
Coke T. Brite
A. J. Brite
Tennessee
Idaho 6.0P to Fight Clean Campaign in Boise
Idaho Republicans appoint Bottolfsen as chairman directing a constructive campaign of issues. He pledges an end to extravagance and a mudslinging free contest. Sid Smith remains treasurer as a secretary and executive committee are named. headquarters set in a downtown building. Bottolfsen, Wisconsin native, has long ties to Idaho politics including World War I service and multiple terms in the state house.
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Boise
C. A. Bottolfsen
Arco
Idaho Republican Party
Bottolfsen
Pocatello
Succeon. P
Butte County
Idaho
Tion
Mourning Utah Pays Final Honors to George Dern
Utah mourns George Henry Dern a miner legislator governor and secretary of war. A funeral procession and public viewing filled the Utah capitol rotunda as President Roosevelt's train accompanied the Dern funeral. Officials including Secretary Roper and Acting War Secretary Woodring joined the rites at the Mormon Tabernacle.
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Salt Lake City
George Henry Dern
Utah Capitol
President Roosevelt
Henry H. Blood
Roosevelt
Roper
Dern
Cummings
Wallace
Harry Woodring
Air bombing report on Burgos hospital
Associated Press dispatch from Burgos Sept 1 describes the first government air raid on the rebel capital. Four dead and 17 wounded after bombs hit the 1,300 bed provincial hospital, a garage area, and a home for the infirm. witnesses report mangled operating rooms and a wounded officer questioning the attackers.
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Associated Press
Burgos
Elmer W. Peterson
The
Spain
Madrid
San Pablo
Progreso
Miguel Cabanellas
Baseball Scores From National League Summary
National League games played with results from Boston Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Washington Philadelphia Detroit and Cleveland. Batters and pitchers noted include MacFayden Reis Lopez Weaver Ford Walter Atwood Hollingsworth Frey Lom bardi Fitzsimmons Mancuso C Davis O'Dea Hogsett Hems ley Whitehill Millies Rowe Hayworth Gumpert Rhodes Hayes Harder Gatehouse George Grove Ferrell. Only games scheduled.
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National League
Pittsburgh
R. H. E. Boston
MacFayden
Reis
Lopez
Weaver
Ford
Cincinnati
R. H. E. Philadelphia
Walter
Atwood
Hollingsworth
Frey
Lombardi
Chicago
New York
Fitzsimmons and
Mancuso
C. Davis
O'Dea
Washington
R. H. E. St. Louis
Hogsett
Hemsley
Whitehill
Millies
Philadelphia
R. H. E. Detroit
Rowe
Hayworth
Bullock, Gumpert
Rhodes
Hayes
Boston
R. H. E. Cleveland
Harder
Gatehouse
George
Grove
R. Ferrell
Chicago Husband Says Wrong Thing
Four shots rang out in a south side hotel lobby. Police say Mrs Mary Anderson a 36 year old new bride fired at her husband Harry 42. the shots missed. A hotel official described the incident and time as chaotic with no injuries reported.
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Chicago
South Side
Mary Anderson
Harry
Death Valley Scotty Secret Castle Plans Reignited
Los Angeles reports Death Valley Scotty claims to have half a million in gold dust and intends to finish his Death Valley castle. He started the project in 1922, spent over 2 million, and seeks title settlement after prior disputes with foreigners. His desert complex includes a watch tower chimneys a clock tower extensive tunnels and a city scale water works. The residence features a $75 000 pipe organ and $180 000 master furnishings.
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Los Angeles
Death Valley Scotty
Walter Scott
Roosevelt
Death Valley
Waterworks grant aids Idaho project
A public works grant covering part of the 16000 dollar water system project in Idaho was announced. The grant equals a portion of the total cost and signals funding support for the PWA waterworks effort.
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Idaho
Gept
PWA
Labor Relations Board to Probe Seattle Strike
Seattle Newsroom strike under board review as both sides argue jurisdiction and constitutional issues. The Post-Intelligencer contends Lynch and Armstrong were dismissed for inefficiency and insubordination, not guild activity, while no settlement is expected soon.
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Labor Relations Board
Seattle
Regional Labor Relations Board
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Strke
American Newspaper Guild
Frank M. Lynch
Everhard Armstrong
Lynch
Armstrong
Knox Sees Labor Benefit From Staying Out Of Politics
Col. Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee says labor benefited by avoiding party politics in Rhode Island rally. He calls government partial to one form of labor organization un-American and urges labor-capital relations governed by the state as an umpire to preserve decency and order. He notes a 22,000 mile tour from Manchester New Hampshire on a special campaign train.
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Rocky Point
R. I
Frank Knox
Knox
Rhode Island
Manchester
N. H
NRA
Fire Rips Through Glacier Park Hotel Complex
One hundred guests at the Many Glacier hotel were awakened as a forest fire crossed the Continental Divide in Glacier Park Montana. Damage estimated at $25,000 with about 90 cabins and a tourist camp destroyed. No injuries reported as more than 1200 men battled the blaze and firefighters saved the slate roofed hotel.
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Glacier Park
Mont
Glacier Hotel
Continental Divide
Contre
Scyen
Four in Family Shot to Death in Alabama Home
Four members of the Studdard family were found shot to death in their Carbon Hill Alabama home. Marcus Studdard 32 and wife Mary 30 along with their children Kathleen 6 and Shirley 5 months were killed. Sheriff H G Mitchell said initial investigation indicates Mrs Studdard killed the others and then herself.
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Carbon Hill
Ala
Marcus Suchard
Mary
Kathleen Ihard
Shirley Shodan
H. G. Mitchell
Fayette County
Coroner Rules Wil m arth Ickes Suicide in Temple Shot
A coroner's jury in Chicago today found that Wilmarth Ickes, 37, foster son of Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes, died by his own hand from a gunshot wound to the temple. He was described as despondent and temporarily insane due to ill health.
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Chicago
Wilmarth Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Madrid plans to probe U S bombing case
The American embassy in Madrid was assured Spain would immediately investigate the attempted bombing of the U S destroyer Kane off the Spanish coast by an unidentified airplane. The United States pressed for all ships to leave Spanish waters while protest to Franco’s government was sent. A Paris nationalist group protested the visit of three Spanish officials seeking French support.
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Washington
Madrid
Kane
State Department
United States
Francisco Franco
Paris
Pffence
Marcelino Domingo
Antonio Lara
Madame Dolores Irriburi
la Passionara
WILSON VOTES COST 50 CENTS
Ash er B. Wilson of Twin Falls spent about 50 cents per vote in his loss for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He reported $1,946 in campaign expenses for 4,069 votes in an eight way race won by Barzilla Clark. Other filings show listed costs for Secretary of State Franklin Girard Attorney General Bert Miller Lt Gov Mix and more with varied expense totals.
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Boise
Asher B. Wilson
Twin Falls
Secretary of State
Barzilla Clark
Idaho Falls
Franklin Girard
Coeur d'Alene
Bert H. Miller
G. P. Mix
Moscow
Sing
Body of Woman Found in Gully Near La Jolla
The body of Ruth Muir, about 35, secretary of the Riverside W C A, was found in a gully near the La Jolla ocean front. Detectives say she apparently was attacked and murdered after a struggle.
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San Diego
Calif
Ruth Muir
Riverside
Ocean Front
la Jolla
Harry J. Kelly
New Deal Letter Contest Winner Heads to Manhattan
Mrs. D. K. Marlowe of West Lafayette Ohio won the Democratic national committee contest “What the New Deal Has Meant to Me” with a late night letter after peach jam work. Her winning entry topped more than five hundred competitors and earned a trip to New York City to see the sights. she spoke of the radio announcement that woke her family.
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New York
D. K. Marlowe
West Lafayette
Ohio
Manhattan
Search for missing judge leads expedition in California mountains
Police officers abandon the Crater search after distributing handbills with his photo in the Cuyamaca range. Captain Allen and Lieutenant Lloyd questioned locals and ranchers about sightings of a man resembling New York judge Joseph Crater who vanished in 1930 Manhattan.
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Crater
Manhattan
Lucky” Blackiet
August Gand
St. Chester Lloyd
Julian
Calif
Joseph F. Crater
New York Supreme Court
Alameda Man Killed In Auto Crash Near Highway Garage
Nephi Plain Smith 38 of 362 Oak street a WPA worker died after a collision on Yellowstone highway 200 yards north of the state highway department garage on Elm street. James McGonigle 23 suffered head and body lacerations and was discharged later. Smith died at 1 28 a m at a hospital with both legs broken below the knee and head crushed. Coroner may hold inquest. Smith survived by wife and three children. McGonigle a St Louis university medical student spent summer in Pocatello.
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Nephi Plain Smith
Oak Street
WPA
James McGonigle
J. M. McGonigle
South Hayes
St. Louis University Medical School
Yellowstone Highway
State Highway Department
Elm Street
Smith
Hall
Arthur Hall
Milton Zener
R. M. Pugmire
Police Department
Dave Nichols
McGonigle
Borrow Pit
Irene Marie
Donna Dee
Nephi Lamar
Nephi A. Smith
Rexburg
George Saurey
Earl Carr
Pocatello
Logan
Utah
Brooks Birth of Son at General Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ralph R Brooks announce the birth of a son on August 26 at General hospital. Mr Brooks is a brakeman on the Union Pacific.
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Ralph R. Brooks
General Hospital
Mr. Brooks
Union Pacific
Boy Munroe Faces Death Charges In Chicago Murder
An indictment charges Roland Munroe a 15 year old choir boy with murdering Agnes Roffeis a 65 year old widow. Prosecutors say Munroe confessed to killing her and stealing jewelry worth eight dollars. His attorney seeks psychiatric examination citing alleged uncontrollable sex impulses and unusual feminine behavior.
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Chicago
Roland Monroe
Agnes Roffeis
Denis J. Normoyle
Roffeis
Boise, Ida
Young Munroe
Samuel A. Hoffman
Normoyle
Munroe
Hoffman
Ross Must Rest For Weeks As Campaign Hopes Rise
Boise report states Governor C Ben Ross will rest three to four weeks before rejoining the campaign for the US Senate seat held by Republican William Borah. Dr Pittenger says there are no complications and the governor’s condition is greatly improved.
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Boise
C. Ben Ross
United States
William E. Borah
F. A. Pittenger
Brooklyn Telegraph Operator Dies in Boise TB Tale
Ben Penzella 31 a Brooklyn telegraph operator died in Boise Idaho the night before of tuberculosis. He fell ill on a Denver to Boise journey after being stricken at Laramie Wyoming on the train yesterday.
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Boise
Ben Penzella
Brooklyn
N. Y
Denver
Laramie
Wyo
Estimated Spain Civil War casualties reach high toll
Uncensored AP dispatch cites 75,000 to 100,000 dead in five weeks with about 300,000 wounded. Private estimates peg dead around 85,000 as bombardments devastate towns and executions follow retreats. The narrative notes U.S. warship targets and intensifying air and artillery strikes.
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Madrid
Hendaye
France
Spain
Red Cross
Brothers Die in Coal Mine Near Fulton Missouri
Rescue teams recovered the bodies of Louis Metz 32 and his three brothers Freddie 18 Ernest 28 and Harry 23 from a shallow Metz mine shaft after they entered the 30 foot shaft to save Louis and his father in law T J Wolfe 52 who died earlier from carbon monoxide gas Wolfe remains hospitalized in critical condition and the rescue chief T W Walden wore an oxygen mask while entering the shaft
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Fulton
Metz
Here
T. W. Walden
Columbia
Arnold Griffith
Walden
Louis Metz
T. J. Wolfe
Freddie
Ernest
Harry
Wolfe
Modest Nebraska Seeks Atlantic City entrant in gowns
Nebraska selects its contestant for the Atlantic City bathing beauty pageant in a modesty move. State fair board bans swimsuits, opting for long gowns in the evening gown beauty pageant during the state fair events September 9 and 10.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Atlantic City
State Fair Board
Railmen Seek 70 Car Train Length Legislation
St Paul dispatch reports A E B Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen said at the annual session the union would seek law restricting freight trains to 70 cars. He called longer trains dangerous and urged action.
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ST Paul
A. EB. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood
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