Huey Long Forces Routed In Ballot War
In New Orleans on August 2, Huey Longs political faction was routed over a recount of November ballots. Two district judges dissolved the grand jury and the forces dispersed from the courthouse. Counselor James O Connor returned to file contempt petitions against Leonard K. Nicholson and James O Colomb for newspaper publication.
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Huey Long
New Orleans
Grand Jury
Frank T. Echezabel
James O'Connor
Congress
Leonard K. Nicholson
New Orleans Times— Picayune Publishing Company
James O Colomb
Colomb
Judge Orders Petition Filed as Grand Jury Proceeding Opens
In open court Judge ordered the petition filed and set no date for hearing yet while in a neighboring court a citizen committee recounts six disputed ballot boxes from last November's constitutional amendment vote. The public watches the recount as part of court proceedings.
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Alexander C. O'Donnell
Business Is Up In Baltimore
A survey of seventy trade organizations shows increased activity after national recovery codes. Some officials report payroll and employment gains up to 25 percent, with the marine industry showing notable hiring growth.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Trapshooters Open Virginia Beach State Meet at Cavalier Club
The Virginia Trapshooters Association begins its thirty fourth annual state championships at Cavalier Gun Club Virginia Beach for two days of events. Amateurs and professionals compete across 200 championship targets plus 2000 target totals, with trophies for all around champion and junior champion and cash prizes for various divisions. Local entry from Winchester Gun Club includes six shooters led by E. E. Cuthbert and others.
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Associated Press
Virginia Beach
Virginia Trapshooters Association
Cavalier Gun Club
Virginia Association
National Amateur Trapshooters Association
Virginia
Winchester Gun Club
E. E. Cuthbert
Arthur Seabright
R. T. Jones
Carl Renner
Willis Anderson
F. W. Pingley
2500 Firemen Expected At Virginia State Meeting
Harrisonburg prepares for the 47th Virginia State Firemen's Association convention with more than 2,500 firemen and visitors anticipated over four days. The event includes joint meetings with the State Fire Chief's Association, a grand parade with multiple apparatus, and ladder and life saving drills at the high school grounds.
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Harrisonburg
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Old Dominion
Housing Committee
State Fire Chief’s Association of Virginia
Harrisonburg Fire Department
Hose Co. No. 4
Rockingham
Alexandria
Oldest Domesticated Animal: The Peruvian Nama
The Peruvian Nama is considered the oldest domesticated animal with no records of it existing in a wild state. Early traces identify the llama as a beast of burden, while no wild form is documented.
New Mountain Study Calls Laurentians Ice Age Architects
A Quebec government report asserts the Laurentians helped shape the Appalachian Mountain chain as the Canadian Shield's ancient uplift formed eastern North America's drainage. It notes youthfully evolving Quebec water power, 15 000 lakes, and highways threading through Laurentiens National Park and surrounding cities.
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Eastern
America
Quebec
Laurentian Plateau
Department of Highways and Mines
Canadian Shield
Dame Nature
United States
Laurentians
North America
Appalachian Mountain Chain
North Central Plain
St. Lawrence River
Quebec City
Great Canadian Shield
Laurentian Mountains
Montmorency Falls
Roosevelt May Tour The Valley
An Associated Press report from Hyde Park says President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt plan a motor trip to the White Top Mountain music festival near Abingdon Virginia on August 11. He would travel via the Shenandoah Valley route passing Winchester and the Valley Pike into Southwest Virginia, then return by visiting Civilian Conservation Corps Camps in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Associated Press
Hyde Park
N. Y
Cherry Creek Floods Denver After Breaching Walls
Cherry Creek, long confined by concrete walls, broke through today and inundated the city’s lower residential area after destroying two bridges. Water reached three to four feet in depth but there were no deaths reported.
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Associated Press
Denver
Cherry Creek
Pioneer
Woman swept away by wall of water in yard flood
A fifty year-old woman in Denver area was swept away when a six foot wall of water surged through her yard during a cloudburst. Local responders searched the scene as residents reported sudden flooding and dangerous currents.
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Denver
Valued Treasures of the American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society holds precious items difficult to value. About 78 percent of Franklin manuscripts are theirs. Also unique are a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, Franklin’s step ladder chair, and Jefferson’s chair used for drafting the Declaration of Independence.
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American Philosophical Society
Franklin
Gilbert Stuart
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Jefferson
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