Senate vote on London Naval treaty faces early result
Roll calls show 67 senators present with about a dozen opposing the pact amid debate. Copeland reads Federalist papers while McKellar and Pittman press criticisms of secrecy and Hoover administration stance. Six reservations are set, with administration open to Norris compromise on secret papers.
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Washington
Senate
Copeland
New York
McKellar
Tennessee
Pittman
Nevada
Hoover
Cleveland boatman saved from drowning at Put-in-Bay
Jack Hendricks, Cleveland outboard driver, narrowly escaped drowning when his small craft nose-dived at Put-in-Bay Wednesday afternoon. He was rescued by Wilbur Wright, who previously owed his life here in 1929 during a spill.
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U.P
Jack Hendricks
Cleveland
Hendricks
Wilbur Wright
Athens Messenger Seeks Readers to Request Fish and Seafoods Booklet
The Athens Messenger advertises a booklet on FISH AND SEAFOODS available to readers for six cents. It notes sea water contains 34 elements beneficial to health and lists vitamins A B P C and D, calcium, phosphorus, and iodine found in seafoods. It urges readers to request the publication to learn available fish varieties and better cooking methods.
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Athens Messenger
The Baby Will Fly and Other ARthur Brisbane Notes
Arthur Brisbane outlines future aviation progress with optimistic tone. Mention of Sarnoff's foresight and urban crime shifts in New York reflects contemporary tech and social concerns. The column notes planning and public interest in emerging media and transportation.
Lindbergh Baby to Visit Maine Home This Summer
The Lindbergh baby, weeks old, will travel to Maine with his parents to stay with Mr and Mrs Morrow according to reports. The note adds that future babies in flight will be common and that early travel was slower and novel for such young travelers.
Vision of television as theater for every home
RCA president David Sarnoff says television offers a theater for every home, with the cabinet as stage and the screen as curtain, marking a distinct promise of a new era in electrical entertainment.
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David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Mr Sarnoff Sees New Culture in Science Gift
Mr Sarnoff hails a new culture born from science as ten million U S homes now draw nightly on air programs. He, young and able, predicts this generation will see the greatest actors orators clergymen and singers move and speak in their homes. Modern magic.
New York Faces Rising Crime Wave Amid Racketeers
The city, once the money center, is described as likely becoming the nation’s crime hub as racketeers and gunmen move from Chicago. The report cites bank robberies and a Fifth Avenue bomb blast as signs of escalating crime in New York, with delis and other shops affected.
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New York
United States
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
Buckeye Conference to be enlarged by DePauw and Wabash
Delaware July 17. Arrangement of a two year scheduling agreement between DePauw University and Wabash College and the Buckeye Conference was announced. The move fuels speculation of league enlargement and reorganization joining Indiana rivals with Ohio leaders. Depauw Tigers and Wabash Little Giants are noted for strong Hoosier athletics and track relay performances.
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U.P
Devauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
William L. Sanders
Ohio Wesleyan University
Buckeye
Wittenberg
Hoosier State
Ohio
Depauw
Tigers
Wabash
Little Giants
Witness MacDonald Heads West to Seek Mooney Freedom
John MacDonald, key witness in the Preparedness Day bombing trials, travels with lawyers toward California to pursue freeing Tom Mooney and Warren Billings. Affidavits new to the case reportedly bolster claims of his false testimony and show funds from the district attorney supported his living during the trial.
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New York
U.P
John MacDonald
San Francisco
Tom Mooney
Warren Billings
California
MacDonald
United Press
Baltimore
Convictions rise in Bombay Passive Resistance Campaign
Convictions in Bombay for passive resistance total 1,456 since early this year. Among them 754 were arrested during the Wadala salt raids in May. Most cases involve breach of the picketing ordinance. Six presidents of the national congress were jailed, including three women.
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Bombay
India
U.P
Wadala
The
National Congress
Scouts Meet To Plan Athens Camp At River Camp
Athens Boy Scouts urged to gather at Camp Rowland at 6 o clock Friday night for final camp plans. Rey L. Dupier and T. H. Johnson announce the event to discuss transportation and camping periods for the Muskingum River summer camp.
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Athens
Muskingum River
Camp
Rowland
Rey L. Dupier
T. H. Johnson
Athens taxi driver fined after reckless driving arraignment
Russell Lowry, an Athens taxi driver, was arraigned in Mayor Wood's court Wednesday night on a charge of reckless driving and assessed a fine of 5 dollars plus costs.
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Russell Lowry
Athens
Ft. S
Bargains In Classifieds Varied Today
The Messenger lists today bargains including lump coal at 3.80 per ton delivered. A buyer seeks live poultry. On Carpenter Street Athens four unfurnished rooms available for 35 dollars monthly. 100 White Leghorn pullets now laying for 1 dollar each.
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Messenger
Carpenter Street
Athens
Miners Die in Gas Explosion in Mitchell Tunnel
Twelve miners were killed in Mitchell Tunnel, 40 miles from San Francisco, when a subterranean blast at 300 feet depth rocked the Municipal Water System site. Rescue halted due to toxic fumes and collapse risks as authorities from the State Industrial Accident Commission and the U S Bureau of Mines oversaw efforts.
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San Francisco
U.R
Mitchell Tunnel
Livermore
State Industrial Accident Commission
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Incinerator Fires Smoke-Filled Home in Athens
Athens firemen answered a still alarm at 171 East State Street to find the Hopkins residence filled with smoke from an overfilled incinerator. No damage reported. Hopkins is vacationing in Michigan. Earlier, firemen extinguished a fire in a Stedman Company truck at 9% West State Street causing $75 damage, per Fire Chief E. R. McLaughlin.
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Athens
R. C. Hopkins
East State Street
Mr. Hopkins
Michigan
Stedman Company
West State Street
E. R. McLaughlin
Barrere Denies Guilt in Baker Murder Case
Hermann Henry Barrere, held in Montreal for alleged involvement in the murder of Mary E. Baker, a 23 year old Washington D C government clerk, denied knowledge of the deed according to Chief of Police Langevin.
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Montreal
Hermann Henry Barrere
Mary E. Baker
Washington, PD. C
Langevin
Suspect Held Over Murder of Navy Clerk Mary Baker
Commonwealth Attorney William C. Gloth and a Washington detective headed to Montreal to extradite Herman H. Barrere, a World War veteran arrested there as a murder suspect. Authorities say circumstantial evidence links him to the slaying of Navy Department clerk Mary Baker, though he has not been directly connected yet. Barrere reportedly had access to Herbert M. Campbell's home, where the gun used was found. Miss Baker's body was discovered April 11 near Arlington Cemetery.
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Washington
U.R
William C. Gloth
Arlington County
Montreal
Herman H. Barrere
Mary Baker
Barrere
Navy Department
Herbert M. Campbell
Miss Baker
City hits gas milestone with 5 million cu ft a day well
The Henry Hartman farm near Colfax yielded the largest gas well drilled in 35 years. City gas department reports the well produces about 5,000,000 cubic feet daily.
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Lancaster Gas Department
Lancaster
Henry Hartman
Colfax
City Gas Department
No More Tracks From Sticky Asphalt Patches
Columbus July 17. Housewives complained of tar tracks in houses from soft asphalt patches while street crews repaired brick streets and drivers cursed sticky tires. C R Whiteman from the city engineer's office says crews mix sand and cement with asphalt to prevent stickiness and spreading in hot weather.
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Columbus
C. R. Whiteman
City Engineer's Office
Ohio Memorial Trails to be Marked on Ohio Highways
A Mari etta studio won the contract to install the round marking system for the Ohio Revolutionary Memorial trails. Ohio Revolutionary Memorial Commission chair Springfield announced the project, which covers about 700 highway tiles directing tourists to historic sites from twenty Revolutionary War campaigns in Ohio.
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Columbus
Marietta
A. D. Hosterman
Springfield
Ohio Revolutionary Memorial Commission
Ohio
America
Rescue Efforts Continue For Henry Paul Trapped In Well
In Grand Rapids Michigan on July 17 volunteers worked to free Henry Paul 63 a former justice of Wyoming Township from an 18 foot well after the sides collapsed this morning Paul freed from the shaft around noon requested tobacco and later received lunch officials said he is apparently unhurt
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Henry Paul
Wyoming Township
Paul
Turner Sets New Three Flag Flight Record
Captain Roscoe Turner claimed a new Three Flag flight record from Canada to Mexico arriving in Agua Caliente after a flight of 14 hours 14 minutes. He beat Tex Rankin who held the 13 hours 5 minutes mark. Turner arrived from Vancouver with a pet lion cub aboard.
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Agua Caliente
Mex
U.P
Canada
Mexico
Roscoe Turner
Vancouver
B. C
Tex Rankin
Seattle
Turner
Love family seeks clothing and furniture after house fire
An appeal has been issued by Capt. K S. Benton of the Salvation Army for clothing and furniture for Mr and Mrs Albert Love and their six children after their Luhrig home burned Saturday. Sparks from a passing train are reported to have ignited the blaze.
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Albert Love
Luhrig
Benton
Salvation Army
Love House
Youth Marathon Madness Grips Nation
United Press reports the nations youth run a marathon craze with stunts from tree sitting to flag pole balancing and endless bicycle circling. Huntington West Virginia plans an endurance water wing contest as the climax of the display.
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United Press
Huntington
W. Va
Controversy Flairs as Dry Forces Target Congress
In Washington July dry advocates led by Oklahoma Republican AU Stone attack drinking members in an after-session Congressional Record. Stone seeks a new oath for officials to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment while noting ads for gin and whisky in a House office. Meanwhile a wave of protest feats nationwide mark a climate of persistent dry pressure.
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Washington
Congress
Stone
Oklahoma
Capitol
Congressional Record
House
Campaigning for New Oath Seeks to Expose Hypocrisy
A speaker criticizes public officials in Washington, arguing that some "drys" vote dry for public record but act differently in private life. The speaker advocates a new oath of office to reveal deceit and elevate official conduct and public trust.
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Washington
Cities pass 100000 mark total tops 90 in nation
Census figures show 26 more U.S. cities over 100000 population, bringing the total to 93 and the combined population to 36,393,221. New York leads with about 7 million, followed by Chicago Philadelphia Detroit and Los Angeles. Los Angeles enters the top tier with a 113.59 percent gain since 1920.
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Washington
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Los Angeles
California
State moves on bank liquidation of Amanda institution
Lancaster July 17 The Farmers and Merchants Bank Company Amanda, once closed after a missing nearly 35000 dollars was found, faces further liquidation steps by the state. Cashier Clyde Barr is charged with embezzlement as directors ponder reopening the bank.
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STATE
Lancaster
Farmers and Merchants Bank Company
Amanda
Clyde Barr
Protest Over Power Rate Increase In Columbus
City solicitors from Columbus and other affected cities filed a written brief with the Public Utilities Commission protesting the proposed rate hike by Dayton Power and Light Company. The action follows an organized protest by municipalities against higher electric charges.
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Columbus
U.P
Dayton Power and Light Company
Public Utilities Commission
Chicago youth scales lamp post in job bid
Chicago July 17 U R To report Frank Ward 19 seeks work by climbing a lamp post. Ward, after failing to find a job, vows to stay until he is hired, turning to an endurance stunt to attract attention.
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Chicago
U.R
Frank Ward
Ward
Nine year old girl climbs tree seeks acting fame in yard
Dorothy Dykes, 9, perched high in a tree in El Pabo Texas to prove women can sit as well as men. Her 5 year old sister Frances joined later but fell from the tree and was unharmed. A crowd of neighborhood children watched as a lighthearted “refueling” crew participated and meteorologist R M Shaver I issued a playful forecast saying no danger was expected.
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EL Pabo
Tex
Dorothy Dykes
Dorothy
Frances
Comepany
R. M. Shaver I
Shaver
Teeter totter title kicks off town marathon ban
In Evanston Newfoundland the police halted all marathons except one as a teeter totter contest crowned Mildred Barrey and Ruth Emerson as champions. Alderman Janss eight children staged a relay endurance swing for about two days while city health board barred tree-sitting bicycle riding and marble shooting. lawn and garden hoeing urged as substitute activities.
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Evanston
Mildred Barrey
Ruth Emerson
Peter Jans
City Board of Health
Endurance contest survivors shuffle in ballroom marathon
Five people tied to the country-wide endurance contest craze shuffled through the Merry Garden Ballroom in Chicago on July 17 after a dancing marathon that began April 11. The group logged more than 2,300 hours, exhausted orchestras and thousands of spectators, and admitted they could sleep no more while still dancing.
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Chicago
W.R
Merry Garden
TRA
Shipwreck Ella Aims to Retain Flagpole Title
Alvin Shipwreck Ella, a pioneer in flagpole ranks, began his 20th day amid large crowds on the Atlantic City boardwalk and anticipated no trouble recapturing his championship title against Frank d Agostineo of Brooklyn.
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N. J
U.P
Alvin
Ella
d'Agostineo Eof Brevkign
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