Midwest heat wave breaks as cold air moves in
The cold air mass from the north Pacific breaks a midsummer heat wave across the plains. North Dakota South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska expect temperature drops with showers. Omaha reports 105 and highs reach into the 110s in several states while Nebraska faces crop stress and grain concerns.
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Associated Press
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J. R. Lloyd
United States Weather Bureau
Chicago
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South Dakota
Nebraska
Lloyd
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Omaha
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Oklahoma
Iowa
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A. V. Nordquist
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Chicago Board of Trade
Texas
el Centro
Imperial Valley
California
Yuma
Riz
Rainfall Boosts Boll Weevil Activity Across Cotton Belt
Abundant rain and limited sun in Alabama Georgia and Florida boosted boll weevil activity in cotton fields. Temperatures ran above normal while eastern areas saw light to moderate rain and western regions stayed dry. Georgia reports fair to good conditions with wet sections experiencing more weevil activity.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Cotton Market News Service
Cotton
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Weather Forecast for Georgia South Carolina and nearby coasts
Fair tonight and Thursday across Georgia and South Carolina. Northwest Florida partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered showers on Thursday. Alabama fair tonight and Thursday partly cloudy with showers in the extreme south. Coastal areas expect gentle variable winds.
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South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
AFL Head Tells Union Leaders Remedy for Protest over WPA Cuts
William Green of the AFL addressed 200 union leaders urging Congress to restore prevailing wage payments amid WPA 130 hour rule. He said the solution lies with Congress and pledged to use all means to lift the 130 hour requirement. Across Minneapolis St Paul and other cities, strikes and project slowdowns continued as authorities reported significant labor tension and layoffs.
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Congress
William Green
Washington
American Federation of Labor
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WPA
Green
Twin-City
Minneeapolis
St. Paul
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Purchasing power for the South urged to curb economic woes
Charlottesville July 12 Dr Will Alexander Farm Security Administrator told University of Virginia institute of public affairs that giving the South purchasing power could erase poverty and unemployment elsewhere as mills and factories respond to the Souths orders. Nathan Straus and Corwin Edwards spoke on housing and anti trust restraints in home building.
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Pe- America
Will Alexander
University of Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs
Institute
Nathan Straus
U. S. Housing Authority
Corwin Edwards
Frank Murphy
Strauss
Edwards
Lawyer Claims Dolezal Is Victim Of Illusion In Torso Slaying Case
Cleveland July 12. Frank Dolezal, confessed killer in one of the citys dozen torso murder decapitations, is described by his attorney Fred P Soukoup as confused and a victim of illusion. Soukoup says the state has no case and notes Dolezal denied attempting death by his own action and questioned the black eye he suffered. Florence Polillo is identified as the victim in the January 1936 killing.
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Frank Dolezal
Fred P. Soukoup
Dolezal
Soupoup
Martin L. O'Donnell
Florence Polillo
Polillo
Samuel R.gerber
Soukup
O'Donnell
European blocs use power and politics to forge strength
Power and politics drive Europe toward stronger blocs as Britain and France test air forces in a joint display, while Bulgaria and Yugoslavia pursue a customs union and closer cooperation. Romania signs a trade deal with Britain, and Italy recalls its ambassador in London. Japan blocks three Fukien ports in Shanghai, warning foreign vessels.
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Trooper testifies he fired as life endangered in chase
Athens July 12 state patrolman W H Jones Jr said he fired at a speeding car during a nine mile chase after four attempts on his life. Raymond Morgan drove the car and Herbert Daniel was killed. A ballistic expert testified a rock could have produced the ricochet but other causes possible. More witnesses to come as trial for involuntary manslaughter continues.
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J.C. Walton
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Walton
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Federal Bureau of Ivestigation
Washington
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Athen
Bogart
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Atlanta
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Atlantan
Miners, Guards Clash in Harlan Mine Bloodshed
In Harlan Kentucky a fatal gunfight at the Mahan Ellison coal mine left Dock Caldwell dead and Captain John Hanberry seriously wounded while four other miners were shot. Later guardsmen wounded a union miner and his mother during street clashes as about 300 militiamen faced unrest and arrests rose to around 250.
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Ashland
Kentucky Mountain
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Wilson Berger
Catron’s Creek
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Hubert Green
Kizzie Greene
Mahan-Ellison Mine
Green
Ben Herndon
Babourville
National Guard Guard
Kentucky
Mahan-Ellison.Coal Company
Harlan Hospital
John Hanberry
Hopkinsville
Dan Noe
Couple Rescued From Dangling Parachute At Fair
A pleasure-seeking couple My Rathbone and Mrs. J Cornelius Rathbone were rescued after five hours dangling from a parachute at a fair in New York. Mechanics cut a jammed gate wire and lowered the chute to safety as crowds watched. Both refused medical aid and left in their car.
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Rathbone
Old Westbury
Longsland
Rathborne
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Ruyton
Long Branch
Usstp
Mrs. Rathborne
Harry Mitchell
William Gertis
Gerts
Roosevelt May Send Congress Special Neutrality Message
Washington reports say President Roosevelt may soon send a special neutrality message to Congress to press for immediate action on neutrality laws. The White House weighs methods while the Senate committee defers the issue and leaders indicate a party split over eliminating the arms embargo as world tensions rise.
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Congress
Washington
White House
Moe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate approves increase in old age assistance
Washington July 12 the senate approved by 43 to 35 a proposal to raise the federal outlay for old age assistance by 80 million dollars per year official word reports the tally and outcome of the vote in the chamber
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Senate
Washington
Slaying of Woman at Store Near Augusta Probed
Georgia investigators report laboratory analysis on clues from the Agnes Tiller slaying at a Lexington store. Items including a shirt, knife, barrel, and the cash drawer were examined as deputy and state patrol officers pursue leads.
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Sherif L. H. Wilkins
Richmond County
Dick Wade
Lexington
Agnes Tiller
Richmond
Robert Pulton
Wade
Oglethorpe County
Miss Tiller
Bill would refund Georgia cotton group losses in 1929 30
Washington July 12 The Georgia Cotton Growers Cooperative Association would be reimbursed 329419 for losses claimed from the 1929 30 season due to the federal farm boards stabilization operations under terms of a measure approved by the senate agriculture committee.
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Washingon
Georgia Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Federal Farm Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
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