Riots Escalate in Ammanford Wales Over Coal Subsidy
Riots in the Ammanford district of Wales leave eight police wounded as Premier Baldwin faces House of Commons debate on a costly coal subsidy. Opposition plots reveal a possible 24 million pound cost while the pound hovers at par and the bank rate falls to 4.75 percent.
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Wales
Ammanford
London
Baldwin
House of Commons
Robert Horne
Lloyd-George
Lombard Street
Koons Fires Opening Gun In Mayoralty Race
Mayor L A Koons launches renomination bid in the city primary. He expresses confidence in a normal vote to reelect him, citing his first term record with law enforcement as the defining issue, and notes he defeated T B Roush two years ago by about two to one.
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L. A. Koons
Koons
T. B. Roush
Ohio Prohibition Forces Operate Separately in Raids
State Prohibition Commissioner McDonald stated state forces are not allied with federal agents in raids at Sandusky Toledo Cleveland and along Lake Erie. The Ohio teams work in routine matters outside the federal officers domain.
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Olumbus
Sandusky
Toledo
Cleveland
Lake Erie
McDonald
Today Dances Muskrats Alfalfa Birth Control No Bad Death
Arthur Brisbane riffs on dancing reforms and Ford’s views while noting modern dance trends and old etiquette. He suggests a compromise between old and new forms and questions the appeal of traditional polka.
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Democratic Spare Tire
Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Severe storm roars through Logan with hail and flood damage
Darkness fell at 7 15 as a major storm struck Logan and nearby areas. Torrential rain and hail damaged crops in Falls township and western districts, with corn and vegetables flattened. City streets flooded and basements filled, but no injuries reported. Bremen also reported heavy losses.
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Logan
Church
Fountain
Second Streets
Falls Township
Logan-Lancaster
Bremen
Officers surprise moonshiners in Oregon ridge district
Constable E C Mariner and a state officer caught Bert Brooks and Blanner Press in the act of making moonshine in the Oregon ridge district between Modoc and Buchtel. They found a large quantity of liquor and were bound over to common pleas court on $5000 bonds each. Press is described as a half Indian with one ear.
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Oregon Ridge
Modoc
Buchtel
E. C. Mariner
Bert Brooks
Blanner Press
Pearl v. Helwig
Common Pleas Court
Mariner
Helwig
Andrews to Aid Reorganized Dry Machine in Drug Drive
Nationwide survey of the dope traffic reports heavy smuggling, with Col. L. G. Nutt saying the re organized dry machine will cooperate with narcotic agents. Andrews will provide facilities to back a concerted drive on smugglers in New York and other cities.
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Washington
L. G. Nutt
Prohibition Unit
L. C. Andrews
Prohibition
Nutt
Canada
Mexico
Andrews
New York
England
Hollywood
Los Angeles
United States
U S crude oil production rises last week
National output averaged 2,114,400 barrels per day, up 2,650 from the prior week. California and Midland areas show gains, with detailed regional totals for midcontinent, gulf coast, southwest, Oklahoma-Kansas, and Rocky Mountain districts. Imports at principal ports declined from the prior week while California receipts at Gulf and Atlantic ports fell.
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New York
United States
American Petroleum Institute
California
Gulf Coast
Southwest
Oklahoma-Kansas
Rocky Mountain District
Gulf and Atlantic
New York Heiress Mary Louise Age Debate Stirs City
In New York the question of Mary Louise Spas age sparks debate as photos show her styled as Browning's adopted daughter. Neighbors offer 18 to 26 estimates while she flaunts pearl jewelry and gowns amid talk of an engagement and a past as a motion picture actress.
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New York
Mary Louise
Edward W. Browning
Page
Mary Louise Spns
Mary Pickford
Mary
Browning
Spas
Dorothy Sunshine
John Spas
Astoria
Cinderella
Billy
Louis Ler
Emerich Svoboda
Belle Bennett Pays Price for Fame After Son's Death
Hollywood story of Belle Bennett who hid her relationship to her 16 year old son Billie to secure a lead role in Stella Dallas. He died the day she began filming, and she mourns at a cemetery each evening while continuing her movie work.
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Hollywood
Calif
Moving Picture Land
Belle Bennett
Star
Goldwyn
Stella Dallas
William Macy
Billie Bennett
Billie
Sugar Creek Home Burns Early Morning Fire Destroys House
Ben Fielder and his wife with three children awoke to an explosion as gasolene mistaken from a store delivery fed the blaze. The six room company house of Mine No. 210 burned within fifteen minutes and all contents were lost. Mrs Fielder and children escaped in night clothing. Fielder slightly burned. The family, insured only partially, now stays with John Clark.
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Ben Fielder
Sugarcreek
Fielder
Gaso
Fielders
John Clark
First Class of Soviet Army Officers Graduates
Moscow reports the first trained army officers since the revolution have been assigned positions in the Red Army. The 250 member class marks a key step in post revolution military organization.
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Moscow
Red
Miners Seek Fair Wages Without Raising Coal Cost
John L. Lewis says 158,000 hard coal miners do not want to strike September 1 and hope for an agreement with operators to keep mines operating. Fourty general-scale members authorize strike if no deal. Average miner earnings are about 1700 a year. Lewis says companies can grant fair wages from profits without raising prices.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United States
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
International News Service Today
Lewis
Ambassador Hotel
Tolleneas
Judge Sustains Demurrer of Village Board
In Common Pleas court Judge L G Worstell sustains the demurrer of the Chauncey village board of education to Charles Shields suit. The suit, filed after a county board action was dismissed, seeks an injunction regarding the board and alleges fraud in a $300 payment to Bert M. Thompson. If Shields sues again he must seek a writ of mandamus to compel turnover of records.
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Bert M. Thompson
Dover Township
Common Pleas Court
L. G. Worstell
Chauncey Village
Shields
Dover
Monument unveiled for Spanish soldiers in Cuba and the Philippines
In Madrid on August 6 Admiral Magaza deputy head of the Directory and other dignitaries participated in unveiling a memorial honoring Spanish soldiers who died in Cuba and the Philippine Islands.
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Madrid
Admiral Magaza
The
Directory
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Young Miner Kennaeth Gaston Dies in Mine Accident
Kennaeth Gaston 36, a motor driver and World War veteran, was crushed between mine cars at Blaker Essex No 7 in Rutland yesterday afternoon. He died about 4 pm at Sheltering Arms hospital after being moved from Athens hospital. Burial is planned at Graham chapel Friday at 2 pm after services at his parents home. He served overseas with American forces and spent time with the occupational army in Germany after the armistice. He leaves brothers Jeff Raymond Canaanville and Edson Oscar at home.
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Kennaeth Gaston
Blaker-Essex No. 7
Rutland
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Graham Chapel
Lafe Gaston
Woodland Avenue
Gaston
Germany
Pleasant
Jeff
Raymond
Canaanville
Edson
Oscar
Athens
More Mortgage Activity on Town Lots in Athens County
New and cancelled town lot mortgages spiked in the six months ending June 30, while farm mortgage activity declined. Town lots saw total new mortgages of 515,740.70 dollars and 255,487.02 dollars cancelled, suggesting faith in continued high city real estate values despite broader declines in farm lending. Deeds show 1,615 acres of farm land and town lots transferred, with farm land cov erages and mortgage data indicating more acres mortgaged than deeded in the period.
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Athens County
Elizabeth McGrath
City to Activate 58 Traffic Signals in Business District
Columbus authorities expect the new signal network to be ready early next month. Chief French said fifty-eight signals will control traffic from Front Street to Grant Avenue and from Naghten Street to Main Street, with fifty-two new installations and six existing on East Broad Street already in use. A bell on each pole will ring when the amber caution light flashes and can be turned off as needed.
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Columbus
French
East Broad Street
Front Street
Grant Avenue
Naghten Street
Main Street
Exciting Chase In New York Ends With Fatal Shooting
Three armed bandits robbed fourteen dice players then fled. Police pursued through city streets early today, one bandit killed and two others seriously wounded by police fire as bystanders heard cries from the robbed gamblers.
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New York
Steers Set New Kansas City Market Record
Fat killing steers topped the Kansas City market at 14.85 a hundredweight, reaching a new record since 1920 and 35 cents above yesterday’s five year high. The report notes the rise in prices as buyers paid strong bidding.
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Steers
Kansas City
Scott’s Fate To Be Fixed Today
Chicago August 6 A condemned inmate named Scott awaits a verdict after closing arguments in a sanity trial. Attorneys prepared to plead to the twelve jurors as alienist testimony described the prisoner and prison staff’s duties.
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Scott
Chicago
Noose Asylum
Silaves
Alienista
Former Sultan on Trial in Angora
The de throned sultan of Turkey was placed on trial in Angora, charged with the assassination of his personal physician Rechid Pasha, according to Central News dispatches from Constantinople.
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London
Turkey
Angora
Constantinople
Chad Pasha
Everyday Etiquette booklet offered free by newspaper
The paper’s Washington Bureau provides a free booklet titled Everyday Etiquette to help readers handle social situations. Send two cents for return postage and receive a copy today.
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Washington
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