U.S.S. HOUSTON 
Evening Press Nows 
3 August 1938 
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NATIONAL NEWS 
New York: 
A boiler explosion wrecked and sank a tugboat today in upper 
New "Vork Bay off 30th street, Brooklyn. Hie Captain and four 
members of the crew wore injured. The tug was operated by the 
■ff.P.A. 
Washing ton : 
While stone plant manager Dan Hur son was having his office 
safe repaired today he wondered if robbers are illiterate or 
just dont believe in signs. Hurson has for some time kept a 
sign on his safe to inform safe crackers that they would be 
wasting, their time in opening' it because io contained no money. 
But yeggs ignored the sign early today. Hurson was right, they 
found nothing in the sa.fe. Said Hurson, ,3 Ii I’d put up a sign 
saying that the safe contained a million bucks, the thugs would 
probably have laughed and walked away”. 
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Kentucky; 
The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee reported today 
that it has discovered organized efforts to influence the 
I'oliof vote in the Kentucky primary. Chairman Sheppard declined 
to mention any names but said that both senatorial candidates 
were equally guilty. Majority leader Barkley is opposed by 
Governor Chandler in the Kentucky Democratic Senatorial Primary. 
Sheppard said that the committee would continue investigations. 
New York: 
Throe girls who stowed away on the liner Queen Mary. for .a' 
trip to England cane back to New York today on the Aquitania, 
dot ermine d"n over again to try stowing away. The girls arc 
Mrrlorv Bobirsor of Stillwater, Oklahoma; Dorothy Newman of 
Pittsburgh, snd "ifcney Cic.no of Cronston, S.I. Tho stowaways 
siid thov wore confined to a small stateroom ana permitted only 
short walks outside for 20 minutes each day, They said they 
missed all tho thrills of a sea voyage. 
Chicago : 
A widely known orchestra loader, "Al" Kualo, is a charity 
patient today in the Cook County Hospital. Tho musician was 
brought to the hospital suffering from convulsions. Kualo 
is tho son of tho late Minnesota Congressman, O.U. Kualo. 
Boston: 
The child movie star, Shirley Temple, will leave her hotel 
suite for the first tine since Saturday today when she visits 
the Boston Public Garden to ride on one of the swan boats. 
Shirley has recovered fully from the illness which sent her 
to bed soon after her arrival in Boston from New York. The 
illness was attributed to boat and excitement. 
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