Shouse Endorses Hoover Plan To Suspend Debts
June 26 Atlanta graphic reports James A. Shouse, Democratic national chairman, endorsing President Hoover’s one year standstill on war reparations and debts. He praised the plan as statesmanlike and urged Democratic unity, predicting broad congressional support while criticizing administration flaws and urging a clear party stand on prohibition.
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Atlanta
Jouette House
Democratic National Executive Committee
Hoover
Georgia
Richard B. Russell Jr
Germany
Shouse
Aviators Gatty and Peat Reach Novo Sibirsk in Siberia
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, circumnavigators, landed at Novo Sibirsk at 1 32 p m Greenwich time after leaving Moscow to start a leg toward Irkutsk 1050 miles away. They then planned the next leg over terrain akin to today’s route along the Trans Siberian railroad toward Irkutsk.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Wiley Peat
Harold Gatty
Novo Sibirsk
Greenwich
Moscow
Ural Mountains
Asia
Omsk
Sibirsk
Post and Gatty
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Mongolia
Lake Baikal
Yakutsk
Khabarovsk
Nome
Alaska
Sea of Okhotsk
Petropavlovsk
Kamchatka
Bering Sea
Lakes Region Is Swept By Storm and Casualties
Washington June 26 Edward RB McLean publisher and sportsman vetoed all bids for the Washington Post ending negotiations for the paper. Justice Jesse C Adkins dismissed the proceeding after McLean said he changed his mind. He rejected a $3,000,000 offer from David Lawrence of the Consolidated Press and a like offer from William Randolph Hearst.
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Lakes
Washington
Edward RB. McLean
Sportsman
Today
Washington Post
Jesse C. Adkins
District of Columbia Court
McLean
David Lawrence
Consolidated Press
United States Daily
William Randolph Hearst
Pilots Land At Copenhagen Port After Transatlantic Flight
Copenhagen June 26 Holger Hoiriss and Otto Hillig completed their transatlantic air adventure by landing Liberty at Copenhagen airport. A 60 000 strong crowd greeted them at 2 10 pm as both the commoners and king honored the pilots. Hoiriss received knighthood for his birthplace Denmark and Hillig praised Copenhagen as beautiful. Hoiriss thanked the crowd for the homage while his mother shared the happiness in the celebrations.
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Copenhagen
Holger Hoiriss
Otto Hillig
Liberty
Hoirils
Denmark
America
Hoiriis
City Hall
Hoiris’ Moth
Nation Endures Withering Heat Wave Kills Dozens
The heat wave across nine states has left nearly fifty dead and many prostrations. Storms also caused ten deaths and drownings at beaches as temperatures soared from California to Ohio. Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota report the highest fatalities, with Chicago and Des Moines among affected cities. Cooler relief remains limited with forecasts showing continued extreme conditions in many regions.
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California
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Detroit
Cleveland
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri
Indiana
Nevada
Chicago
Mitchell
S. D
Yuma
Ariz
Waterleo
Red Wing
Minn
Aurora
Ill
Atlantic Seaboard
North Pacific Coast
North Dakota
Oil Tank Explodes After Lightning Strike Near Butler
In Cooperstown near Butler on June 26 a National Transit Company oil tank of 25,000 barrels exploded after a lightning strike. Firefighters could not halt the blaze and shifted to protecting nearby homes and property while the tank burned, holding 8,200 barrels of oil inside.
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Butler
National Transit Company
Cooperstown
Storm death toll climbs after Ohio wind and lightning strike
Northern Ohio towns reel from a 55 mile per hour gale that ripped from Toledo to Cleveland and well inland to Columbus. Six die including a Cleveland street cleaner electrocuted by a fallen line and a 5 year old drowned at Maumee Bay Toledo. City streets flood and telephones fail as coast guards rescue twelve on the breakwater and police guard power lines. Two ore steamers suffer $17,000 in harbor damage as crews rush to aid victims and pump basements.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Toledo
Columbus
George Corden
Donald McGraw
Fred Panta
North Olmstead
Billy Leonhardt
Maumee Bay
Joseph Seeam
Canal Winchester
Eile
Fierce Pennsylvanian Storm Leaves Two Dead and Wide Damage
A violent wind and electric storm swept western Pennsylvania causing two deaths Bessie Sullivan 44 from fright and Stella Trzwar 10 from a falling tree near Acosta Somerset. The deluge reached 1.28 inches in 15 minutes breaking a 1993 record while streets flooded and power lines failed. Cars and streetcars halted citywide as trains delayed by washouts and widespread lightning damage hit Meadville New Castle and Meadville’s business district faced outages and mud.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Bessie Sullivan
Stella Trzwar
Acosta
Somerset
Department of Public Works
Twenty-eighth Street
Northern Panhandle Hit By Wind and Rain Storm
A severe wind and downpour swept the northern panhandle of West Virginia from Ohio today, snapping trees and wires, flattening crops, and causing damage in several towns. In Zanesville a gasoline station collapsed injuring Clyde M. Masterson, 45. The Goodyear Blimp Puritan sought refuge as the storm hit East Liverpool, while aviation official F Trubee Davison was forced to land en route to the city.
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Panhandle
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Ohio
Zanesville
Clyde M. Masterson
East Liverpool
American Legion
F. Trubee Davison
Boom Spirit Grips World Markets Across Cities
The Associated Press reports a global stock boom with gains in New York, London, and Paris. New York shares rose $2 to $8 with railroads leading. London saw profit taking early then steady climbs. Paris had an active day on bank stocks amid Franco American talks on a debt moratorium. Berlin markets remained firm yet cautious awaiting Hoover proposal outcomes.
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Associated Press
New York
London
Paris
Berlin
Bank of France
France
Patrol Rescues Lake Fishermen In Stormy Michigan
Detroit June 26 heavy wind and rainstorm in eastern Michigan caused two deaths and serious injuries while rescuers searched Lakes Erie and St Clair. Thirty five persons were saved from overturned boats as resort residents helped pull people from water and twenty treated in Detroit for injuries from falling debris.
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Detroit
Michigan
Lakes Erie
St. Clair
Indian Trails
Lake Erie
William Goers
Toledo
Jack McCullough
Lake St. Clair
George Renne
Yale
Mich
Charles Longava
Chicago
Ind
Harry J. Lewis
Selfridge Field
Manslaughter charge follows highway death in Ontario
Darrel Taylor of Kent Ohio was charged with manslaughter for the death of Bert Loosemore 22 of Glencoe who was burned in a highway crash on April 29. Taylor will be arraigned for a preliminary hearing on July 3 after a coroner's jury found reckless driving responsible for Loosemore's death.
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London
Ont
Darrel Taylor
Kent
Ohio
Bert Loosemore
Glencoe
Taylor
Loosemore
Strategy Board Plans Campaign For Prohibition
Washington June 26 plans for a detailed dry campaign for next year's elections were drawn up by the combined board of strategy of prohibition groups. Col Patrick H Callahan said it was the most comprehensive program yet outlined by the drys. Clergymen attended while Dr Daniel A Poling outlined a parallel campaign unconnected to the churches. Dr F Scott McBride of the Anti Saloon League noted friendly talks between Poling and other groups and Dr Ernest H Cherrington was named permanent chairman of the strategy board.
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Washington
Board of Strategy
Patrick H. Callahan
Louisville
Daniel A. Poling
Allied Forces For Prohibition
Tts
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Allied Forces
Poling
Strategy Board
Ernest H. Cherrington
World League Against Alcoholism
Jury Deliberates Fate of Accused Former Officer
The Carter County jury hears the death sentence context as prosecutor notes killer of Deputy Sheriff Don Keirsey is under sentence, while defense calls the accused W F E Guess a faithful public servant. The case stems from the June 7 shooting of Emilio Cortes Rubio and Manuel Garcia Gomez on a residential street in Ardmore Oklahoma.
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Ardmore
Oklo
W. FE
Guess
Emilio Cortes Rubio
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Carter County District Court
Cortes Rubio
Manuel Garcia Gomez
Marvin Shilling
Colquitt Davis
Don Keirsey
J. B. Champion
Cecil Crosby
Crosby
Republicans Facing Financial Problems
Washington reports Republicans suffer a tight campaign chest as off year fundraising proves hard. Joseph R. Nutt of Cleveland, treasurer of the national committee, met leaders to discuss funds and the party eyes a central city for next year’s convention, though Hoover will decide final placement.
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Washington
Joseph R. Nutt
Cleveland
Republican National Committee
Martinsburg Man To Head Bankers
W F McAneny cashier of the Old National Bank Martinsburg was elected president of the West Virginia Bankers Association at the thirty eighth annual convention in White Sulphur Springs Lewis F Haller Wheeling was named vice president and Mason Crickard Charleston treasurer Fairmont chosen as 1932 convention site John Roscoe Turner president of West Virginia University urged gold based world prosperity and warned that bimetalism is impracticable saying the United States holds forty percent of gold and does half the world’s business urging efficient gold use as remedy for low world mood.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
W .F. McAneny
Old National Bank
Martinsburg
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Lewis F. Haller
Wheeling
Mason Crickard
Charleston
Fairmont
John Roscoe Turner
West Virginia University
Turner
America
United States
French Laval Wins Confidence on War Debts Policy Vote
Paris June 27 Premier Laval’s cabinet won a confidence vote in the chamber 386 to 189 on its policy toward Hoover’s war debts proposal. Laval planned to meet US Treasury Secretary Mellon today as part of efforts to negotiate. Bouillon challenged the plan, saying it would delay Germany’s payments, while Finance Minister Flandin defended Hoover’s aims to stabilize German currency and credit. The debate stretched late with calls to adhere to the Young plan and unconditional reparations.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Ats
Hoover
Laval
Reich
Chamber
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Ministry of the Interior
Franklin Bouillon
Briand
Mellon
Bouillon
Germany
Flandin
France
Bank For International Settlements
Washington
Associated Press
Pierre Laval
Auvergne
Joseph Caillaux
Aristide Briand
Andre Tardieu
Tardieu
Reward for helping inmates in prison fire in Columbus
Minneapolis reports that Big Jim Morton received a one year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to a 13 year old auto theft charge. Judge Levi M Hall praised Morton for aiding fellow prisoners in the Chbio prison fire and saving lives. Morton said he helped about forty men to safety and might have helped more if he had access to cell keys.
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Minneapolis
Columbus
Big Jim” Morton
Levi M. Hall
Ohio
Morton
Indictment Targets Aurora Liquor Syndicate in Midwest
Chicago June 26 federal agents indict 59 men and two companies over a large liquor traffic operation. The Aurora based syndicate allegedly moved about 2,000,000 gallons of alcohol across several Midwestern states since 1927, rivaling Chicago’s bootleg networks. Leaders include Mike Blumberg alias Capone of Clinton Indiana and others from Aurora Waterloo and Clinton. The Sugar Seed company of Aurora is named among the defendants. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Anderson said thousands of prohibition offenses are linked to the gang, with three regional headquarters at Aurora Waterloo and Clinton.
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Chicago
Aurora
Alphonse Capone
Aurora Ring
Mike Blumberg
Capone
Clinton
Mississippi River
Lae County
Robert W. Reese
Whiteside County
Thomas J. Harrigan Jr
Sam Dowdy
Mike
Joe
David Meyers
Richard
Russell
Frank Price
Waterloo
Post Office Robbery Suspect Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
Carl R Ellison of Raleigh County and Robert Simpson of Mc Dowell County appear in U S district court Thorpe West Virginia. Simpson confessed to robbing the Thorpe post office in May and received seven years in federal prison at Atlanta. The judge called this the largest sentence of the term. The court also heard that Carl Ellison seeks full benefits of a war risk insurance policy, with trial postponed to this morning. Civil dockets begin with Ellison case and proceeds to Teddy Harvey insurance suit.
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Robert Simpson
McDowell County
Thorpe
W. Va
United States District Court
Atlanta
Simpson
George W. McClintic
Thuracay SS
Sn Alet
McClintic
Carl R. Elilean
Raleigh County
United States
Roadbed weakened by heavy rain near Reid station
In Hagerstown Maryland June 26 a Western Maryland railway branch line near Reid in Washington county saw its roadbed weakened by an inch and a half of rain that fell in two hours. A repair crew worked through the night to restore the damaged track.
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Hagerstown
Western Maryland Railway
L'Ne
Reid
Washington County
Officials inspect French premier Grundy extension opening
An inspection by A C Needles and other Norfolk & Western officials confirmed the Big Sandy & Cumberland branch will start July 1. The line, built at a cost exceeding 8 million dollars, runs from Devon to Grundy Virginia with stops at Hurley, Woodman, Argo, Burke and other points, enabling coal and timber development in the region.
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Big Sandy & Cumberland
Norfolk & Western Railway
A. C. Needles
W. J. Jenks
J. E. Crawford
Big Sandy & Cumberland Railroad Company
Devon
Grundy
Williamson
Hurley
Woodman
Argo
Burke
Kelsie
Luke
Neff
Hawkins
Thomas
Virginia
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MC Lean
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Hillig
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Soho
Fifth Avenue
Brady Street
New Castle
Lawrence County
Meadville
Boom Spirit
W. E. Guess
John B. Orgen
W. F. McAneny
State Bankers Association
Aurora, Ill
Whiskey Syndicate
Federal Court
Carl R. Ellison
U.S
Ellis
Teddy H. Harvey
United States of America
Buchanan Branch
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