Vare’s Senate rejection looming amid Illinois probe
Washington July 25 The Senate committee led by Senator Reed opens a probe into Illinois expenditures and the Pennsylvania disclosures haunt the next election. Vare’s fate hinges on a possible Senate rejection, with Democrats hopeful and Republicans split over replacing him if he loses credentials in the new Senate.
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Senate
Illinois
Washington
Senate Committee
Reed
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Smith
McKinles
Caranas
Arkansas
Alreays
Vaiec
Tvely Parts
Wailson
Ward
Yare
Tay
Democrats
Wales
Sateen
Penns
Pennsiania
Man Slays Wife by Cutting Her Throat in Metropolis
John Logan, 31, a retired farmer, confessed to fatally slashing his wife Iva with a pocket knife. In a statement before State’s Attorney Con Conley, Logan, released from an insane hospital three months ago, admitted the act as family members described his recent nervous condition. A younger child recalled hearing his mother scream as Logan attacked.
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Metropolis
Con Conley
John Logan
Wfe
Logan
State Insane Hospital
Fred Right
Franklin lightning rods replaced on St Pauls Cathedral
London May 26 AP New lightning rods are being installed on St Pauls cathedral Benjamin Franklin originally equipped the conductors in 1770 during his diplomatic mission to England The old rods were iron now copper is used and engineers retain a fragment of the original iron conductor devised by Franklin
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London
Taly
St Paul's Cathedral
Benjamin Franklin
Eland
Great Britain
Bridgeport Funeral for Mrs Patuzel and busy city notes
Funeral today for Mrs Patuzel a Bridgeport musician and singer. In state, ASV Ambulances operates the only one in Connecticut leaving here for Brumbull training. Reports cover gas stations bids for public approval and potential competition with a modern drug store as well as various local incidents and party political notes across the state.
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Bridgeport
Patuzel
Page & Asv Ambulances Company
Uuup ‘Brumbull
Tocal Policy Mann
Pagel State
Facefield County
Danbury
Page
iMod Texan
Canton
Shante Rowlay
Secondwite
Ted Grange
Miverre
Ault Chatere
America
China
Ead
Nebraska
New York
Gaya War
Shaw
Poincare
Minastera
Cath
Ceare
Callee Mat
Arcbishops
Edict Tx
Frenehrlels
Spoltstages
Dy Jos Lox
Bronx woman leaps four stories to death in apartment window
Beatrice Klein, 26, widow to fiance Saniu Handle, jumped from a Bronx window today after weeks of severe headaches and pressure to seek hospital care. Neighbors recall her prolonged distress and a disrupted mood before the tragedy.
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Modiste
New York
Beatrice Klein
Bronx
Saniu
Handle
Ors
Catholic Religious Services Cease in Mexico Aug 1
In Mexico City on July 25 AP reports the Catholic Episcopate orders suspension of all religious services after July 31 in protest of government anti religious decrees. A pastoral letter signed by top church leaders condemns enforcement and warns priests and officials may face excommunication. The move aligns with Pope Pius XII’s views urging amendment of the decree.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Mora Y del Rio
Eeten
Cables
Four Bandits Flees With 43000 Haul In New York Robbery
In New York on July 25 AP reports one of five bandits who robbed Reid Ice Cream Co. of cash and checks totaling 13000 was captured after their car crashed into a fire hydrant. Four bandits escaped with the loot after a gun battle with police. Cecil Linderman was shot attempting to stop the flight. The captured man, Peter Powers, denied that John Bum Rogers was involved.
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New York
Reid Ice Cream Company
Peter Powers
John
Bum" Rogers
Rogers
Cecil Linderman
Lewers
Shaw Birthday Speech Sparks Broadcasting Controversy
London July 2 AP George Bernard Shaw turns seventy and will be guest of honor at a House of Commons dinner. The BBC pledges not to broadcast his birthday speech, but Shaw refuses any pledge, prompting expectation and debate over his controversial wit and career.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Britis Broadcasting Company
G. H
Nevr Dull
Local Policeman Killed Falls from Trapeze Bar
Patrolman Lombard of the First Precinct died after tumbling from a homemade trapeze bar during a wine tasting at Patrolman MecPadden’s home on Edwin Street. Lombard, who had served less than four months, collapsed after the fall while MecPadden later fainted. Lombard’s wife and six children survive.
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John J. Lombard
Wordin Avenue
Lombard
Michael M MePadden
Thomas Minogue
McPadden
MecPadden
Edwin Street
Bridgeport Tragedy Untangles Whitesville Foot Bridge Collapse
Shocking accident at Whitesville over Coal river left six dead and 66 injured when a 10 foot long foot bridge gave way during a free carnival act. Spectators, mostly women and children, plunged about 90 feet into the river bed as steel cables snapped and thundered into the water. Governor Moore dispatched doctors and nurses while relief trains carried the injured toward Charleston for care.
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Sharleston
W. Va
Coal River
Whitesville
Pernong
Charleston
Harry MacClain
Howard Moore
State Health Department
Whitesville Stret
Communists oust Lenin's associate in Moscow tale
News from Moscow about Gregory Zinovieff, longtime Lenin associate, being ousted from the political bureau of the Communist Party. Accused of sending secret coded proclamations as chairman of the Communist International to party branches to undermine the central committee led by Stalin. Also noted are dismissals of Lashevitsh from his posts and a secret forest meeting of opponents in which dissenters were urged to organize against the central committee. In Fort Worth, Tex, Norris faces Grand Jury action after shooting DE Chipps, with Norris delivering a sermon on faith at First Baptist Church.
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Moscow
Russia
Gregory Zinovieff
Lenin
Communist Party
Communist International
M Stalin
Zinovieff
Communist_ International
M Radziak
Polit
Lashevitsh
Lashevitah
Fort Worth
Tex
J Frank Norris
E ‘Chipps
First Baptist Church
Cain and
Abel
Moses
Jatte
Dor Norris
Rahab
Jericho
Abraham
Minster
Chipps
Moody leads Ferguson in Texas primary with 28k edge
Democratic gubernatorial race in Texas shows Attorney General Dan Moody widening his lead over Governor Miriam A Ferguson to more than 28,000 votes after partial county returns. Moody leads 318,678 to 220,976 with 234 of 232 counties reported. nomination still possible with the 387 vote margin target.
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Dallas
Tex
Dan Moody
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Moody
Davidson
Ferguson
Johnston
Wilmann
Miriam A Ferguson
Lynch Davidson
Houston
O F. Zimmerman
K. M. Johnston
Edith Wilmans
Moody Jacks
Gunboat Guards Chesapeake Crab Beds as Poachers Battle
The Virginia crab beds in lower Tangier found in Chesapeake Bay were protected by the one pound gunboat Commodore Maury after a Friday night clash with Maryland poachers aboard Margarite. Four crew on the patrol escaped unhurt though several poachers reportedly took hits. Captain A B Hudgins will lead an investigation starting Monday. The incident stems from Virginia conservation rules limiting fishing to state residents and from crab shortages and high prices, fueling tensions with Maryland fishers.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Maury
Maryland
Virginia Police
Margarite
A. Bo Hudgins
Tomorow
Houston
Virginia Conservation Lane
Red Grange Threatens Suit Over Divorce Charges
Chicago July 25 AP Harold Red Grange angrily responds to divorce allegations linking his name to Charls H. Taylor and his wife. Grange says he knows neither Taylor nor his wife beyond casual contact through manager C C Pyle and warns he may sue somebody if the matter is not cleared up. He adds he saw Mrs. Taylor only once and dislikes the publicity.
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Chicago
Harold “Red” Grange
Charls H. Taylor
Los Angeles
Grange
Taylor
C_C Pyle
France Tests 5 Billion Francs Quest In 30 Days
Paris July 25 AP Premier Poincare faces a Herculean task to raise from four to five billion francs within 30 days. He met cabinet ministers to gauge plans and discussed renewed financial sacrifices. No moratorium on defense, no short term bonds, no Bank of France advances, and possible taxes plus a forced loan as core measures.
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Paris
J Poincare
France
M. Poincare
de Monzie
Treasury
Bank of France
Finance Committee
Lesunell
Peggy Joyce Ends Latest Betrothal
New York July 26 The engagements of Peggy Hopkins Joyce and Stanford Comstock end as she sails to Paris Miss Joyce confirmed rumors of a break with the Los Angeles based seal estate operator Changing my mind woman’s privilege not marrying anyone The latest romance began in Florida with the engagement announcement Comstock’s former wife alleges he is not legally divorced Joyce insisted she would marry Comstock before the objections of his former wife
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New York
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Stanford Comstock
Associated Press
Homerican Watch
Parla
Florida
Comstock
Misa Joyce
Jefferies Reveals Silent 1897 Knockout of Corbett in Liberty Excerpt
Jim Jefferies, in a Liberty magazine chapter, claims he knocked out Jim Corbett in Corbett's training camp in Carson City Nevada before the 1897 bout that crowned Bob Fitzsimmons champion. He describes a sudden wall impact, a flurry of punches, and Corbett's hands dropping, ending their sparring session abruptly.
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New York
Jim Jeffries
Liberty
Jim Corbett
Bob Pitesimmons
Jeffries
Corbett
Carson City
Nev
Poison liquor deaths spark probe across Buffalo Lockport and Toronto
Federal agent Edward Doolan links a deadly wood alcohol wave to Connecticut bootleggers spreading poison liquor through Buffalo Lockport and Toronto. Seven more deaths raise the four day total to 28 across two nations as police close soft drink venues and seek wholesale distributors amid widespread investigations.
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Buffalo
Buffaio
Lockport
Thei
Carl Maischoon
Mins Neliie McCarthy
Jewell Murphy
Maischoos
Maischoor
James Voelker
Amherst Street
Poice
Leo Regan
Eugene Roberts
Canadien
Adom Borger
Voethe
Ridgeport
Eyward
Doolan
Fagfield County
Ann Owletee
Doglan
Upper
New York
Canada
Bridgeport
Hospi
Explorer Plane Crash Kills Four in California
Four people died when a passenger plane crashed near a hotel in California. The pilot Dr Sterling Bunne of San Francisco and passenger Levey Jeffers of New York were among the deceased. Witnesses said the craft lost control and plunged 100 feet into a flower well.
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WOWNA
Calif
Levey Jeffers
Gathor
New York
Sterling Binell
San Francisco
Bunne
National Aeronat Socket
Jeffers
Arto Mountaineering
T‘labs
Northertea
Ape Ae
Ma Geographical Society
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