Church and Government Seek Virtual Armistice in Mexican Rift
Mexico City reports a de facto truce between President Calles and the Catholic Episcopate as talks prepare for September Congress action. The government aims to argue religious law before Congress while bishops seek relief via courts and potential boycotts to pressure compromise.
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A. W. Folger
United Press
Mexico City
Calles
Mexican Congress
Mexico
Orozco
Jiminez
Diaz
Congress
Catholic Church
Episcopal Committee of
Church
Catles
Mora ¥ del Rio
League For Defense of Religious Liberty
Con- BP
Enecu
Cates
United States
United News
Britain Sees Slow Path to Disarmament Conference
London reports daily obstacles will block any conference on naval or military limits before autumn 1927 and perhaps 1928 or 1929. British officials say a broad all-inclusive meeting is needed, as Mediterranean fleets and cruiser limits hinge on France and Italy. American delegates suggest narrower talks, but London argues full disarmament requires wider participation.
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London
Geneva
United States
Japan
Britain
Washington
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean
Woman Fatally Struck by New York Central Train Near Chauncey
Mrs Clara Oberholzer, 73, of Chauncey, fatally injured after being struck by New York Central passenger train No. 3 while walking on a track near her home. She died at Shelterumg Arms Hospital from shock and internal injuries. Her deafness likely contributed. she planned to move near her brother in Milfield. Her husband Williams Oberholzer died by suicide three years earlier.
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Charles Bradfield Chauncey
New York Central
Clara, Oberholser
Shelterumg Arms Hospital
Oberhalzer
Athens
Oberholzer
A. J Learned
Milifidia
Williams Oberholzer
Chauncey
Milfield
Five Thousand See Annual Hopi Snake Dance Ritual
In HOTEVILLE Ariz August 2 the Hopi perform their annual snake dance. Priests circling a square plaza summon serpents, tease them into a pile, then release them into their sacred desert path. The ceremony seeks rain and bountiful crops through ritual acts and ancestral prayers.
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Hoteville
Arig
Boston
Belgian Congo
Africa
Epidemic of Flu Fought at Samoa
In American Samoa 225 U S sailors battle an influenza like illness spreading among crews. Captain H F Bryan reports fifty cases with no deaths to date and requests extra medical supplies as Pago Pago quarantine shields 6000 island residents.
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Washington
U.R
South Sea
Navy Department
Paro-Pago
American Samoa
United States
Jas
H.F. Bryan
Bryan
Pago- Pago
Tutulla
Officials Consider Deportation of Aliens in Niles
Niles officials discussed deporting alien bootleggers and other aliens convicted of crimes in response to a dynamiting attack on Safety Director O. O. Hewitt’s home, signaling a hard line against the lawless element in the city.
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NILES
U.E
O. O. Hewitt
Lake Erie steamer Harold Sterken sinks after fierce storm
A Lake Erie storm sinks the Harold Sterken off Erie with three crew lost and 15 rescued by the car ferry Maitland. Survivors include first mate George McMin and engineer William Logan, while captain Heyman coordinated救援 as the Maitland ferried survivors to Ashtabula. The storm spans northern Ohio as coast guards assist in the chaotic scene.
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Dried
Lake Erie
Harold Sterken
Erie
Herman Wag
Buffateo
George McMin
Ruchard Fiewman
William Logan
Capitan
John J. Gamble
Ashtabula
Ohio
Pot Dover
Sanada
Erle
Unis
Maitland
Canada
Heyman
Howard Gerken
Ficn
Finding of Brooch Inspires Hall Mills Case Twist
A gold brooch believed to be a church society insignia, found four years ago near the crab apple tree linked to the Hall-Mills murder, surfaced as the day’s key development. Edward Tierce and his wife found it and turned it to police. detectives began tracing ownership.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Hall-Mills
Edward Tierce
Plan of Union Service Announced for Morning
Union services will be held in the Presbyterian church this morning beginning at 10 30 o clock There will be no church service in the First Methodist the First Christian or the Presbyterian church tonight In London smart women are returning to lace undergarments and lingerie styles echo a decade ago cuts
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Presbyterian Church
First Methodist
First Christian
London
Ohio
Hall
Jacksonville
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Take Day Officer on Liquor Charge
New Lexington Aug 21 WP Sheriff McNabb of Perry county charged he found Frank Weiner Morahala constable and the town s chief enforcement officer asleep and drunk in his car with three pints of liquor in his possession Weiner paid a fine of 100 dollars and jeasts when arraigned before Justice F W Newberry after spending the night in the county jail over which he usually holds sway in sober moments
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New Lexington
McNabb
Perry County
Frank Weiner
Morahala
Weiner
F. W. Newberry
English Operators Refuse To Negotiate With Miners’ Federation
Herbert Smith, president, blasts miners representatives as “like a bunch of naughty school children” while the English operators stand firm in a flat refusal to open talks. Uproar over labor tensions continues as workers plan further action.
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Miners’ Federation
Herbert Smith
Miners Resume Work as Baldwin Plans Vacation
Prime Minister Baldwin said he would take a three week vacation in France as miners and coal owners clash over an end to a long strike. The owners demand unconditional surrender while miners seek district settlements and a return to work. About 15,000 Nottinghamshire miners agreed to resume at pre strike wages and hours.
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Constantine Brown
Consolidated Press
London
Herbert Smith
Nwners’ Federation
Evan Williams
Own
Baldwin
Rcuve
Frane
Balduin
Nottinghamshire
Little Rosita Krause Finds Path From Mexico to Evansville School
Rosita Little Rosita Krause, born in Mexico while her Evansville grandfather Thomas Krause lived there, has lived through much for a ten year old. Her mother died of typhoid, her father a Villa follower fled across the desert with Rosita in his arms and was later shot. she grew up in a Mexican home before being located by Krause and brought to Evansville.
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Rosita Krause
Evansville
Ind
Mexico
Thomas ‘Krause
Krause
Villa
Rosita
Muscle Shoals not suited for cheap nitrates, Yale professor says
Williamstown reports Harry A. Curtis of Yale University declares Muscle Shoals power cannot cheaply produce nitrates or fertilizers. He argues that no existing method uses public power to make cheap nitrates and anticipates no simple solution despite public belief.
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Williamstown
Mass
Harry A. Curtis
Yale
Curtis
Nine year old names cousin in Seattle gangland murder
A nine year old Italian boy named his cousin as one of two men in the ambush murder of Tony Nerone The Chevalier in Seattle officers learned witnesses would appear at an inquest Nerone known as the feared hit man connected to the Genna brothers Nerone’s killer remains under coroner’s jury scrutiny while his attackers fled
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Chicago
IL Cavellero
the Chevallier
Seattle
Italy
Tony Nerone
Tony Spano
Genna Brothers
Flower Man
Alila
Patsy Amedeo
New Democratic Central Committee Meets Saturday
The Athens county Democratic central committee met in Glouster to organize and elect an executive panel for the fall campaign. Richard Brown was chosen chairman. C. A. Shockley secretary. The executive committee includes Hugh Mulligan W H McKee Graf Daugherty Robert Huenfeld Frank O Mara Frank Bryson James McNabb Charles Kincade Fred Boring Charles Shields and J M Price. Nelsonville mayor L S Eberle was elected executive chair. Irvin Richards named secretary.
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Nelsonville
Democratic Central Committee
Athens County
Glouster
Richard Brown
C. A. Shockley
Hugh Mulligan
W. H. McKee
Graf Daugherty
Robert Huenfeld
Frank O'Mara
Frank Bryson
James McNabb
Charles Kincade
Fred Boring
Charles Shields
Ij. TI. Price
Berle
Irvin Richards
Farmers blame tariff for East over West in shift of view
Secretary Jardine, after meeting President Coolidge, says farmers see tariff as less helpful to them than to industry. He predicts a flood of requests in Congress for fairer farm relief and notes rising local taxes. He also notes demand for price stabilization akin to McNary Haugen, which he opposes.
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Paul Smiths
IUP
William M. Jardine
President Coolidge
White House
Congress
Jardine
Screen Sheik Rudolph Valentine in worsening health
New York August 71 UPK A sudden turn for the worse in Rudolph Valentine’s condition was announced Saturday night. Pleurisy developed complicating the actor’s illness. Four dee ters were summoned to his bedside. Peritonitis set in Friday, later than expected and this was regarded as unfavorable. Saturday morning the patient was worse.
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New York
Rudolph Valentine
Woman Trampled To Death at Chicago Rodeo
The body of Mrs Louis Hartwig, a cow girl contestant at the Chicago rodeo, was trampled by a broncho never before ridden by a woman. Her death marks the rodeo’s first fatality and possibly the year’s first rodeo death in the country. She is to be taken to Springfield Mo for burial. Her husband John Hartwig is a rodeo contestant in the west. A 5 year old daughter survives.
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Chicago
Mra
Louis Hartwig
Springfield
John Hartwig
West
Senator Wadsworth Rejects Prohibition in About Face Plea
Senator Wadsworth of New York says he is losing faith in prohibition after hearing from employers who report sicker workers and higher alcohol abuse since enforcement began. He urged a new approach, arguing prohibition harms productivity and health. The forecast calls for rain and showers across Ohio Tennessee Valley later in the week with temperatures above normal.
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Wadsworth
Paul Smith
Worth
Mans
Shig
Republi
New York
Coolidge
Washington
Ohio
Valley
Tennessee
Wades
Wadasworth
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the Chevalier
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Chevalier
Dean O’banton
Genna
Tony Genna
Cavallero
Difert
Columbus
Ghia
United Mine Workers ‘of America
Lee Hall
New Democratic Central Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Burns
ST. Louis, Mo
Stephen A. Connell
United States Secret Service
Treasury Department
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