Mexican Catholic churches remain deserted amid peace efforts fail
Descriptions from Mexico City report continued church closures and missing valuables as the government enforces religious laws. Intermediaries push peace moves with no clear result while officials and army leaders draw attention as potential presidential candidates. Officials investigate church valuables and counterprotests as Catholic worshippers resume routine.
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Obregon
Amita Gomes
Vera Cris
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Queretaro
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Rene Capixtren Gatae
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K of C Officials to Talk on Mexico
Delegates at the four day convention discussed the religious situation in Mexico with Supreme Knight James A Minhert presiding. Mr Flaherty spoke on welcoming delegates and hoped they would be allowed to reenter the country at the convention’s end.
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Mexico
Columbus
Flaherty
Glass Eye Explodes On Street Injuring Man
Louis Bowman, 58, of 38 Main Street, walked along Main Street when his glass eye exploded. Particles embedded in the eye caused pain. he went to the emergency hospital where staff removed glass fragments. After treatment he was sent home.
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Yestern
Louis Bowman
M. Rowe
Turbulent City News and National Briefs Highlight Strikes and Scandals
Scattered items show general downturns and local incidents from Bridgeport to Los Angeles. Reports include a large bonus payout at General Electris, a youth maiming in Bridgeport, a fatality in Los Angeles air travel delays, a jewelry theft in Connecticut, farm abandonments, and political tepidness amid national prosperity.
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Lariet
Heidgeport
Bridgeport
Adler
Eacans
Los Angeles
Vila
Buena
Wi Teller
Vowrth
Los Angeles Dirigible Prep Flight After Delays
The dirigible Los Angeles with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Edward Warner will be moored tonight after a brief three o clock departure. It is scheduled to taxi at 10 am tomorrow toward Boston for calibrations and passes. A forecast of thinner showers delayed today’s program, with a 20 mile south west report.
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Takeh
J. Sup
Los Angeles
Edward Po Warner
Cston
Here
New England
Factories Close as Heat Brings Dangers Across City
City endures record heat with two men collapse at work and several more heat related incidents. A coal company worker and a malleable iron plant employee fainted, while Bathers at seaside Park and a youth at a quarry suffered injuries from the heat and related accidents. A dog died after exposure, and an eight year old girl and other youths were treated for injuries amid high temperatures and forecasted humidity.
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Shen
Burglar Steals Jennings Jewels In Fairfield House
Jewelry valued at 24007 belonging to Benjamin Brews Jennings of Fairfield was taken from a room adjoining his bedroom after a porch climb. Thief targeted Mrs Jennings jewels including a necklace over 20000 and a pearl brooch valued at 1000 with cash from a purse. Miss Kate DeForest Prentice linked to the case. Continuous report continued on page Tod.
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Oliver Gould Jennings
Fairfield
Long Island
Erdiy
Mr. Jennings
Jennings
Kate DeForest Prenties
John H. Prentice
New York
Mrs. Jennings
Connecticut Recovered Funds After War Seeks Share
Connecticut recovered part or all of postwar direct tax payments to the Federal government. A met council was formed to represent the state’s interests, with former Governor Loren and Samuel Pendon involved. Pendon is reported to have earned about $159,000 in fees, amid questions of further arrangements for joining in other claims.
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Samuel — Pescenden
Republican National Committee
Cook
Penden
Uns
Eoumel
Connecticut
Frank J
Evangelist and Singer Shot Dead in Church Service
In Morgantown Kentucky a Rev Mason evangelist and Mrs Jerome Robinson were fatally shot during an opening hymn at the Mary schoolhouse revival. Clifford Wilson was arrested after a 14 year old girl identified him as the shooter. authorities pursued other trails as rumors swirled about bootlegging and police infiltration. FF Young, 70, injured.
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Mason Evangelist
Jerome Robinson
Baitley County
Bary School
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Chelr
Clifford Wilson
Woolg
Jealous farmer slays divorcee and her friend
Cincinnati dispatch reports a love triangle ending in a double murder. Mrs Mamie Metzger of Rural Ohio and her young companion were shot in a car on a farm driveway. The 45 year old farmer, jealous over Metzger, was found dead after reportedly shooting himself following the crime.
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Aug
Mamie King Metzzger
Ohio
Otton Stin
Bantam
Vimond Ross
Felicity
Wall Street Boom Resumes With Unabated Rise
New York stock market surged on Aug. 3 with feverish speculation lifting General Motors and United States Steel to record highs. GM gained about 12 3 4 points to 213 3 4 and steel nearly six points to 153, as total shares traded exceeded 2.7 million, the largest since the spring downturn.
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General Motors
United States Steel
Steel
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Mach
Paralysis Gases Prompt Warnings In Vartyornrd
AP report notes warnings issued by state officials as paralysis gas cases rise. Records show months July August September and October usually most productive for disease. January zero cases, February one fatal in Pebbury, March two, April one, May June zero. no alert yet but officials expect typical surge in next three months.
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Ile
Atesbury
Taly
Alatin
Millerd Krowston
Bureau of Preventive Dieares
Tald
Bridgeport Youth Killed Riding Taxi In Hudson Crash
William Thomas Degnan aged nineteen of 491 Ogden Street Bridgeport was killed when a taxi with him on the running board overturned in Hudson New York yesterday morning. James Kelly of 35 Colony Street Bridgeport also riding on the running board was hurt. They had sought rides to Hudson to retrieve a car and bring it back to Bridgeport.
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Wiliam F. Dernan
Ogden Street
Hudson
Degnan
James Kelly
Colony Street
Bridgeport
Kelly
Bridge
New York
Baratoga
Qoya
Livingston
Hawes Williams Lead in Missouri in Primary Returns
ST. LOUIS Aug 3 CAP George Williams of St. Louis, incumbent, leads in Missouri Republican primary for U S senator according to early returns. Reports from Democratic polls show Hawes leading other candidates in Missouri. Oklahoma counts show Et ter Thomas leading anti Klans in nominating race. preliminary returns from a few precincts indicate shifting support.
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George H. William Louis
Panent
Blodgett Priest
United States
Missouri
Harr B. Uawes
St. Touts
Oklahoma
Hut
J. C. Wallon
Fead
Etter Thomas
Eee
St. Louis Hetums
ST. Louis
George, Williams
Bound for Bank Clerk Disappears Amid Bank Run
A clerk carrying deposits of 140 disappeared en route to a bank yesterday morning. Police in this city and New York search for him. Arthur B. Stone of Stone's Hat Shop, 618 State Street, sent clerk 17 Schaffer to the bank with 150. The trusted employee did not return on schedule. detectives traced the missing man to New York, believing he fled there.
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Oelen Caet
Achaffer
New York
Coolidge Defends State Sovereignty On Colorado Centennial
President Coolidge, via radio from the Adirondacks, lauded Colorado as progressive and a beacon for woman suffrage. He said states possess sovereignty and local self government, arguing the United States rests on balanced federal and state powers as Colorado marks fifty years since statehood.
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N. Y
Coniidge
Denver
Colorado
Coolidge
Adirondacks
Colidge
Three Fires Start In House In Ten Days
Mrs. Watson Hubbard reports a third suspicious fire in ten days at 147 Pembroke Street. Fires found 6:30 to 6:45 p.m. each time, extinguished by family or with police investigation noting possible malice toward the woman. First blaze involved a hissing hen. second in a cedar chest. third in a bedroom.
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Pembroke — Street
Detective Bureau
Five Italian Aviators Die Greeting Norge Builder
Five aviators died when their craft fell while returning from Spezia to Naples to greet General Umberto Nobile aboard the Conte Biancamano. Nobile had led the Norge expedition toward the North Pole and was met by hydro planes and airships N-2 and K-M. The survivors escorted the general to Naples where a large public reception awaited him.
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Spegia
Cieneral Umberto Nobile
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General Nobile
Nation praising Coolidge three year record amid prosperity
A review of President Coolidge’s three years in office says policies have placed the country in flourishing condition and the period is the most prosperous in history. Officials note progress in education and morality, while acknowledging ongoing economic challenges and a cautious business stance. Freight and manufacturing volumes are strong as textile sectors show momentum.
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CooHdge
White House
Coolidge
Goolidge
Dempsey Named in Injunction Move
INDIANAPOLIS Aug 3 AP Jack Dempsey heavyweight champion was served a subpoena to appear in Marion County Court on August 18 to show cause why he should not be restrained from ring action pending the contract dispute with the Chicago Coliseum club The move aims to block the title bout with Gene Tunney in New York Sept 16 The club charges he is under contract with boxer Harry Villa the hearing set August 13 for a temporary injunction and September for a permanent one Dempsey was traveling from St Louis to New York
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Ind
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Hite
Marion Cindianapella
Supener Cout
Au Ring
Chicago Coliseum Club
Gene Tunney
New York
Estranged Wife Kills Child and Herself in Bronx
In New York on August 3 AP reports a three year old boy said goodbye to his father by telephone before accompanying his mother to a spot near the Fell artillery armory in the Bronx where she shot the child with his father's pistol and then killed herself. The mother Mrs Joseph Millman had been granted custody in Bronx County court after a lengthy litigation. The husband says she threatened to kill herself during the divorce action.
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Flock
March
Potdge
Coolidge
Vermont
Lye & Mesivan
Ceport
State Department
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Lila
Suutder
Satiety Ritter
Chum
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Ental Powe & Staves
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Iage
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Millman
Prosecutor Battles Over Hall Mills Probe In New Jersey
In Somerville New Jersey a clash emerged between the special prosecutor and a former investigator over Hall Mills murder methods. Gov Moore says new evidence backs Mrs Gibson the so called pig woman and a state trooper is assigned to guard her. Prosecutor Simpson says key evidence is missing but enough to indict a woman and two men.
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N. J
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor MN. Millis
New Jersey
Jane Gibson
Moore
John E. Toolan
Middlesex County
Prosentor
Joseph E. Strick
Stricker
Simpson
Gibson
Poincare Plans Passed by Senate in France
Paris August 3 AP Premier Poincare measures to rehabilitate French finances were adopted by the Senate by 250 to 1. The same measures were approved by the chamber of deputies on Saturday. The finance committee will report on sinking funds and the Tobacco Monopoly bill next. the Bank of France foreign exchange bill also gains approval.
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Premier Poincare
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Chamber of Appulica
Chamber
Pawa
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