New Kentucky Election Law Sets First Trial in Primary
Kentucky's new election law barring ballot counting until next weekday will have its first test in tomorrow's primary. Ballot boxes close daily and county boards tally on the next business day. six of eleven districts nominate Congressional contenders while others run unopposed.
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Louisville
Kentucky
United States
John M. Robsion
Frederick M. Sackett
Germany
M. M. Logan
Bowling Green
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Ben Williamson
Ashland
Kentucky Crippled Children’s Commission
Capitaliat
Fred M. Vinson
William J. Fields
Vinson
Charles Finley
Robsion
Senate
William Lewis
Amnesia Victim Identifies as New York Club Hostess
A Chicago police rescue exposed amnesia victim Mrs. Thomas Coady 23 who said she previously used the stage name Vera De Haven. Dr. Clarence A. Neumann aided memory recovery revealing a February departure from her Camp Dix husband and a trip via Milwaukee with $700 earnings. She plans to return to New York night clubs.
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Chicago
Thomas Coady
New York
Camp Dix
N. Y
Coady
Vera de Haven
Milwaukee
Powder Explosion Injures 12 Miners in Ohio Mine
An explosion of a keg of blasting powder at the Redbird mine of Warner Colleries near Tiltonsville Ohio injured 12 miners, with 1 in critical condition. The blast occurred while debris from a prior slide was being removed and may have been sparked by a broken electric wire. Injured workers were taken to Martins Ferry for treatment. Elvin McLaughlin 35 of Highland City suffered severe burns and multiple fractures.
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Tiltonsville
Ohio
Redbird
Warner Colleries Company
Cleveland
Seth Williams
Martins Ferry
Elvin McLaughlin
Highland City
Young German Airmen Land Near Reykjavik
Two German aviators Wolfram Hirth and Oscar Weller landed near Reykjavik at 7:30 p m completing a 12 hour flight from Kirkwall with a faulty altimeter and fog over the Faroe islands. They plan to continue to Greenland Canada and finally the United States remaining in Iceland for several days.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Europe
New World
Here
Orkney Islands
Wolfram Hirth
Oscar Weller
Kirkwall
Greenland
Canada
United States
Hirth
Weller
Faroe Islands
Virginia Side Man Injured in Wreck Falls Mills Road
Harry L Baldwin Jr 26 son of Bluefield residents and nephew of Virginia Side mayor was seriously injured when his car catapulted over a 75 foot embankment on Falls Mills road around midnight. Mrs Clarahan and her husband escaped serious injury. all three were taken to Bluefield sanitarium with Baldwin in critical condition.
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Harry L. Baldwin Jr
H. L. Baldwin
Bluefield
J. W. Baldwin
Virginia
Falls Mills Road
Bert Clarahan
New York
Baldwin
Harry Baldwin
Bluefield Sanitarium
Sanitarium
Clarahan
Falls Mills
New Falls Mills
Norfolk and Western
Atking
Blue
Lee Gehlbach Wins All-American Air Derby
Detroit August 1 former army flier Lee Gehlbach led 10 contestants to win the all-American air derby at Detroit city airport. He averaged 127.1 mph on the 5 541 mile course, earning 15900 dollars. Lowell Bayles finished second with 43 hours 35 minutes 30 seconds. Meyers placed third with 51 hours 34 minutes 31 seconds earning 7000 and 3000 dollars respectively.
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Detroit
Army
Lee Gehlbach
Detroit City
Gehlbach
Little Rock
Ark
New York
Houston
Texas
Los Angeles
Mountains
Middle West
Lowell Bayles
Springfield
Mass
Charles Meyers
Cleveland
Bayles
Myers
288 Hours In Air Teen Endurance Flight At Roosevelt Field
Roosevelt Field New York August 14 Bob Black and Lou Reichers extended their refueling endurance flight. They passed 288 hours aloft at 7 34 p m Eastern standard time and stood halfway to the 554 hour record set by the Hunter brothers of Chicago.
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Air Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Bob Black
Lou Reichers
EB. S. T
Hunter Brothers of
Chicago
London Naval Treaty Becomes Official British Statute
The London naval treaty bill became official act of parliament and part of British law with royal assent before October 28. Delegations from the five powers were seated near the throne. royal commissioners in ermine and scarlet attended. the king was not present. The London naval treaty thus assumed full government authority.
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London
House of Lords
Royal Gallery
George
Black Rod
Lord Sankey
Earl Stanhope
Viscount Brentford
Lord Thompson
Lord Passfield
Royal Commission
Hoover plans nationwide home ownership conference
President Hoover announced a conference in Washington to study home ownership and building problems. A planning committee led by Secretary Lamont will organize representatives from major groups, with private funds supporting the event. The focus includes finance, first and second mortgages, and mortgage law reviews across states.
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Washington
Hoover
Lamont
Commerce Department
Better Homes of America
Building and Loan Associations
Sub Saved by Air Lung In Deep Sea Rescue Drama
Lieutenant Charles B. Momsen and three others were saved from gas flooding in a sealed S 4 compartment near 45 feet deep after water flooded batteries and released chlorine gas during a film escape test. The artificial lung kept them alive until the compartment was cleared and the sub surfaced.
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New London
Conn
Charles B. Momsen
United States Navy
Momeen
Momsen
Claude R. Collins
John Bockhorst
Arthur Fernandez
Fernandez
Testimony Shocks in Billings Mooney Parole Case
Westelle Smith testified in the Billings Mooney case claiming she was offered $10,000 to testify against Mooney and repudiated prior affidavits. She affirmed Billings as the man in the Preparedness Day photo and denied morphine impairment. A pardon decision for Mooney will be considered by Governor Young and the pardon board in Sacramento.
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Tom Mooney
San Francisco
California Supreme Court
Warren K. Billinga
Westelle Smith
Dental Office
Billings
Frank Oxman
Thomas J .Mooney
Fremont Older
William H. Waste
Miss Smith
Mooney
C. C. Young
Sacramento
700 Officers and Men Reviewed by Governor in West Virginia
Morgantown West Virginia August 1 The 201st West Virginia infantry completed its annual encampment at Camp Dawson with 700 officers and men marching in review before Governor William G Conley on Governor's day. The regiment then formed before the governor for annual awards.
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Morgantown
W. Va
201St
West Virginia Infantry
Camp Dawson
William G. Conley
Parents Fail In Effort To Gain Custody Of Boy
New York court rules 9-year-old Ruggiero Ricci should remain with guardian instructor Mies Beth Lackey until at least January 1. The Ricci parents sought habeas corpus to reclaim custody of Ruggiero and his 8-year-old brother Georgi, but the judge found no fault with Lackey’s guardianship and allowed related surrogate proceedings to proceed. The judge noted parental rights exist but urged return to the parents after the new year. Ricci has been in Lackey’s care for over three years.
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New York
Ruggiero Ricci
Mies Beth Lackey
Ruggiero
Pietro Ricci
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Valente
Miss Lackey
California
Surrogate’s Court
Riggiero
Louis Persinger
Yehudi Menuhin
Persinger
Miss
Edison protege Arthur Williams wins four year scholarship
Arthur O Williams Jr of East Providence R I earned a four year protege scholarship from Thomas A Edison after ranking first among 49 candidates from 48 states and the District of Columbia. Edison praised his general knowledge and technical near perfection, with Williams planning possible MIT study. Runners up included G Dudley Mylchreest Hartford Conn Gordon K Burns Maplewood N J and De Wolf Schatzel Findlay Ohio.
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West Orange
N. J
Arthur O. Williams Jr
East Providence
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Thomas A. Edison
Young Williams
East Providence High School
Estates
District of Columbia
Edison
Williams
Charles Edison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wilber Huston
Seattle
Arthur
G. Dudley Mylchreest
Hartford
Conn
Gordon K. Burns
Maplewood
DeWolf Schatzel
Findlay
Ohio
Frederick C. Roop
Washington, D. C
James H. Compton Jr
Wichita
Kas
Walter Wrigley
Haverhill
Mass
Peake
Detroit
Mich
Charles H. Cloukey
Lansdowne, Pa
Gordon K. Carter
Charlottesville
Radio entertainer held in Buckley death inquiry
Detroit police questioned Marjorie Mansell after a bank book showing deposits was found in her apartment. The file ties her to WMBC and mentions Egbert Hoffman, a mayoral recall campaign worker, while Pete Licavoli is linked to Mansell and Buckley was slain in the LaSalle hotel lobby by three gunmen.
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Detroit
Marjorie Mansell
WMBC
Gerald E
Jerry” Buckley
Egbert M. Hoffman
Charles Bowles
Buckley
Bowles
Hoffman
Miss Manchell
Pete Licavoli
Licavoli
Mansell
Mies Mansell
LaSalle Hotel
Anti War Day 16 Passes With No Major Disorder Across Europe
The World War I anniversary antiwar day passed without major incidents except in Moscow and other Russian cities where demonstrations occurred. Police arrested about 30 in Paris for pamphlet distribution, while Hungary and Czechoslovakia saw preventive arrests. Moscow saw banners and gas masks as demonstrators marched. Russia received 51 planes from the volunteer aerial defense society funded by workers.
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Paris
Europe
Moscow
Russian Volunteer Society
Red Army
Soviet Union
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Communists Arrested at Yonkers Meeting Without Permit
Seven Communist leaders and supporters were arrested in Yonkers after defying police by gathering in front of a factory rather than at the permitted Yonkers pier. A woman speaker was seized and six others were rounded up while attempting to free her. All faced disorderly conduct charges.
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Yonkers
Police
Reds
Gotham
N. Y
Yonkers Pier
Two injured as clashes erupt after Red Day protest in Union Square
In New York City Union Square police clashed with Communists after a Red Day demonstration. Rioters refused orders to disperse and stampeded when police moved in, injuring two people including a 16 year old girl.
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New York
Union Square
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Juarez Lifts Martial Law After New City Officials Sworn In
Martial law ended in Juarez as Jesus Quevedo became mayor and Pedro Pineda took police chief. Aldermen Andres Padilla Jose Durate Patrocinio Candelaria Vidal Hernandez Daniel Sanchez Jose Borunda Christina Melendez Jose Maria Saldana named. Prior mayor Gustavo Flores and administration released after election irregularity probes. Two killed and several wounded on election day amid heated Chihuahua race.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
Gustavo Flores
Escobar
Chihuahua
Manuel Prieto
Juan R. Rosales
Juarez Penal Court
Jesus Quevedo
Pedro P. Pineda
Andres Padilla
Jose M. Durate
Patrocinio Candelaria
Vidal Hernandez
Daniel Sanchez
Jose Borunda
Christina Melendez
Jose Maria Saldana
Francisco Almada
Prieto
Almada
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
American citizen to be released by Mexican police
Mexico City reports that Mark Lulinsky, an American citizen detained for over two weeks on Bolshevist propaganda suspicions, will be released and returned to the United States.
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Mexico City
Mark Lulinsky
United States
ICHOLAS ROOSEVELT TO VISIT WASHINGTON ON DUTIES
ICHOLAS ROOSEVELT of New York newly named vice governor of the Philippine Islands will confer with Secretary of War Hurley in Washington about his duties. He is to sail for Manila late August to assist Governor General Davis in administering Philippine affairs.
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Icholas Roosevelt
New York
Philippine Islands
Hurley
Washington
Roosevelt
Manila
Davis
Philippines
Terror sweeps Chinese cities as Reds strike
Reports from Shanghai dated August 1 describe a Communist offensive spreading from Changsha to Hankow Kiukiang Kuling and Shanghai. Foreigners flee to warships as Changsha is looted burned and hundreds of natives are said to be killed or executed while martial law is declared to curb treason.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Hankow
Kiukiang
Kuling
Hunan
Wuchang
Hanyang
Missionary recalls fall of Changsha amid fires and chaos
Rev. W H Lingle, aged missionary of forty years with the Northern Presbyterian mission, describes Changsha’s sack by Communists. He fled aboard a British gunboat for Hankow after losing nearly all possessions, noting systematic burning of government buildings and his slow adaptation to the new China. He believes he was last foreigner to depart.
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Shanghai
W. H. Lingle
Changsha
China
American Northern Presbyterian Mission
Lingle
Presbyterian
Hankow
Mission Boys
New China
Seminole “white medicine man” calls ear cutting tale a publicity stunt
Fort Myers Florida August 1 The Seminole elder W Stanley Hanson known as the white medicine man questions a report that two Seminole boys faced ear amputation after a tribal court petty theft charge He describes Seminole punishment as steaming not cutting and says he will investigate after Governor Doyle Carlton asked him to clarify the claim The incident involves a Miami filling station burglary of seven dollars worth of goods
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Fort Myers
Fla
W. Stanley Hanson
Hanson
Mr. Hanson
Doyle K. Carlton
Chicago
Miami
British Dirigible B-109 Returns After Storm Danger
The British airship B-109 completed a 3,500 mile voyage from Cardington to Montreal despite a cyclonic current tearing a 15 by 6 foot hole in the port fin. Crews clung to the damaged skeleton to patch the opening, then moored safely at St. Hubert Airport.
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St. Hubert
Montreal
Great Britain
England
St. Lawrence River
Cardington
Quebec
Lrgest
G. E. Long
L. A. Moncrieff
St. Lawrence
Wendel Fortune To Charity After Elderly Heir Dies
New York Aug 1 a fortune exceeding 100000000 in real estate held by the Wendels will go to charity after the death of Rebecca Wendel Swope the frail sister who died July 20 The will filed today allocates the Wendel holdings to charity upon the death of her sister Miss Ella now 80 The Wendels long resisted progress and kept vast property in a Fifth Avenue home and a famed lionized dog run near 39th Street
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New York
Rebecca Wendel Swope
Ella
Swope
Wendel
John
Fifth Avenue
39Th Street
John Wendel
Astors
Pennsylvania drought reaches acute stage
Harrisburg August 1 drought in Pennsylvania reached an acute stage with towns reporting water for fifteen days at most Hanover in southeast Pennsylvania has ten to fifteen days left Gettysburg five to ten days with wells being drilled Wells being drilled will supply water if conserved Public Service Commission questionnaire sent to water authorities to assess local conditions
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
L. B. Curry
Public Service Commission
Hanover
Gettysburg
Berrick
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