Hoover asks Army aid to quell bonus march violence
President Hoover announced a move to deploy federal troops to DC to restore order after clashes between bonus marchers and police. He notes rioters used brickbats and that police cannot maintain law and order without firearms, urging federal assistance to reduce violence. The DC Board of Commissioners signed the plea.
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Washington
Hoover
United States Army
Bonus
District of Columbia
L. H. Reichelderfer
Board of Commissioners
Court voids injunction, negro vote barred in Texas primary
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals rules Democratic Party may set membership qualifications. It dissolves a prior injunction allowing Bexar County blacks to vote in the primary, deeming those votes illegal. Ruling may block black voters from the August runoff unless a writ of error is filed.
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San Antonio
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Bexar County
Tayloe
C. A. Booker
Bexar County Colored Voters League
Peoples’ Ticket
State Supreme Court
Carl Wright Johnson
Booker
Searcy
Dobbs
Texas
Democratic Party
Fly
Democratic Executive Committee
T. M. Kennerly
State Convention and Executive Committee
Old Time Fervor In Wheat Rises On Market Reversal
Wheat led gains on the Chicago Board of Trade as September futures hit 53 1 4 cents and closed at 52 1 4 to 3 8. July wheat closing at 51 amid heavy Wall Street turnover and broader market strength in New York stocks and dollar quotations.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
New York
Stock Exchange
Wall Street Boosts Stocks to Near Three Month High
New York July 28 Many millions of dollars in value were added to stocks as trading neared three million shares. Major gains occurred across the list with American Telephone up 54 Union Pacific 4 Allied Chemical 4 Atchison 444 American Can 25 Dupont 354 and United States Steel 12 1 4 percent.
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New York
O.R
American Telephone
Union Pacific
Allied Chemical
Atchison
American Can
Dupont
United States Steel
United States
Bellefonte Silk Mill Reopens After Year Closure
The Bellefonte silk mill owned by C. K. Eagle Company of Shamokin resumes operations after a year idle. The plant will hire about 150 workers.
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Bellefonte
Homeless veteran among bonus demonstrators killed in riot
William Hashka, killed by Washington police during rioting near the capital, was allegedly a homeless veteran recruited from Chicago Halstead Street breadlines. About 200 itinerant veterans gathered to protest at the Republican convention and then left for Washington on freight cars. A local list at W. W. O'Brien’s offices did not record a Haska, and he was not known at local veterans or American Legion Posts.
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Chicago
William Hashka
Washington
Capitol
Robert Cook
Halstead St
Party
Resolutions Committee
Cook
Haska
Halstead Street
W. W. O'Brien
American Legion
New Park
Potter County G O P May Run Full Ticket In November
Potter County Republicans plan a full candidate slate for the November election. The party will meet in the county courthouse at 8 p m Saturday to elect 12 delegates to the Texas GOP state convention in Dallas and discuss fielding candidates for county and state offices amid party optimism.
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Potter County
G.O.P. May
Houston
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
Texas
George Shannon
Dallas
Defeated Railroad Commission Runner Backs Thompson
Ed T. Murphy of Livingston, a candidate for the unexpired Railroad Commission term, says he will vote for Ernest O. Thompson in the runoff primary. He stresses he won’t dictate others but believes Thompson is splendidly equipped for the position and will cast his personal vote for him in the upcoming primary.
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Austin
Ed T. Murphy
Livingston
Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Murphy
Texas
Atlantic City Chosen for Shrine Imperial Council Meeting
Atlantic City was selected as next year’s meeting place for the An cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The council rejected a proposal for Shrine demonstrations every three years and will continue annual affairs.
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San Francisco
Atlantic City
VETO SURE ON FARM AID BILL
The $300 million Reconstruction Finance loan plan for farmers faced a possible pocket veto as President failed to sign the agriculture measure before adjournment. If not signed within ten days after adjournment, the bill dies. it would broaden loans to livestock, dairy, poultry, and late summer planting.
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Washington
Reconstruction Corporation
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Hoover Calls Extraordinary R F C Directors Meeting
President Hoover summons an emergency meeting of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation board in the White House cabinet room. The move comes amid ongoing fiscal concerns and measures to stabilize national credit.
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Washington
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Weather outlook for Amarillo area shows Friday partly cloudy with chances of thundershowers in far west Texas. New Mexico expects Loeel thunderstorms Friday with little temperature change. Hourly temperatures at Amarillo yesterday show varying readings with a range from low to mid 80s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
West Texas Highway Plan Aims at 800 Miles
A proposed 800 mile state highway would run from Dalhart south of Odessa forming the connecting link of the West Texas system. If approved August 3 by the state highway commission the road would pass through Andrews Semino le Seagraves Plains Morton Muleshoe Friona Hereford Vega Channing to Dalhart. County judges will supply right of way at no cost. The corridor would serve over 40 000 residents with wealth exceeding 180 million dollars and shorten routes between El Paso and Denver and other major points.
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Dalhart
Odessa
West
Jess Mitchell
Muleshoe Journal
Mitchell
Amarillo
West Texas
W. J. van London
Middle West
Mr. Mitchell
Panhandle
State Highway Commission
Austin
Bailey Davis in Tight Fight for Governor and Congress
Belated returns show Miriam A. Ferguson leading with 373,030 votes in the Texas governor race, ahead of Governor Ross Sterling by 101,427. J. H. Davis, 79, seeks Congress at large after returning from retirement, trailing Oscar Holcomb and Joe Bailey Jr. in a tight field. The 18th Amendment submission leads by more than two to one across most counties reporting.
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Dallas
U.P
Miriam A. Ferguson
J. H
Clycone) Davis
Ross Sterling
Sterling
Texas Election Bureau
Davis
William Jennings Bryan
Joe Bailey
Congress
Oscar Holcomb
Houston
Bailey
United States
Tom Hunter
Waters Says Its Not Over After Bonus March Clash
Portland leader of the Bonus Expeditionary Force declares the movement will carry on despite Washington clashes. He says if driven from the capital the group will organize elsewhere and continue the fight for veterans justice. Texarkana report notes Congressman Patman regrets the violence and criticizes U S treatment of starving veterans.
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Walter W. Waters
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Washington
Portland
Oregon
United States
Waters
Bonus Army
Pennsylvania Avenue
Texarkana
Wright Patman
Cavalry Attacks Bonus Army Encampments
Four Bonus Army encampments in Washington burned to the ground in the early hours. Veterans fled to streets, country roads, and the path home as cavalry moved to disperse rioters and end the disruption.
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Washington, D. C
Bonus Army
Camp Anacostia Destroyed as Bonus Camp Fire Rages
Fire set by veterans swept Camp Anacostia as mounted cavalry moved in. Nearly all wooden shacks in the field were burning, signaling the probable end of the largest bonus march encampment.
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Washington
Anacostia
Washington clash ends as troops clear bonus encampment near capitol
Federal troops employed tear gas to disperse veterans occupying shanties near the capitol after hours of rioting. One veteran was killed, another wounded, and police injuries were reported as President Hoover ordered a clearing of the area. Fire engines, ambulances, and war equipment were brought in as fires broke out and crowds dispersed under gas and gunfire.
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Washington
Capitol
Hoover
Anacostia
Bonus
France
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American Telephone & Telegraph
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Patman
Army
Secret Service
Maine Avenue
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J. O. Hite
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Pelham D. Glassford
Shinault
Glassford
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