Earthquake Rips Southern Italy. Mussolini Leads Relief Effort
Italy suffered its worst quake since 1208 with 2,013 dead and many injured across Puglia Campania and Basilicata. Mount Vulture centered quake destroyed Melfi and towns near by while Rome and Naples faced shocks. Mussolini ordered rapid relief with Red Cross and army aid as Vatican prepared funds. A Venice tornado claimed more lives two days later.
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Edward W. Pickardouthern
Italy
Messina
Puelle
Campania
Basilicata
Mussolini
Red Cross
Pope Pius
Vatican
Venice
Evacuation Celebration Disaster at Coblenz
During Rhineland evacuation celebrations in Coblenz, a pontoon bridge over the Moselle collapsed. About eight people fell into the river and many drowned. Thirty five bodies were recovered with fears of more to follow as divers search the river.
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Ermany
Coblenz
Rhineland
von Hindenburg
Moselle
Plane Disaster Silent in England Claims Six Notable Victims
Junkers airliner en route from France to Croydon exploded near Gravesend killing six occupants. Victims include Marquis of Defferin and Ava Viscountess Edpam a famed beauty and friend of the princes of Wales Sir Edward Ward Mrs Erik Loeffer Col George L. P. Henderson the pilot and Charles Shearing co pilot.
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England
Junkers
France
Croydon
Gravesend
Marquis of Defferin
Ava
Edpam
Princes of Wales
Edward Ward
Eerik Loeffer
George L. P. Henderson
Charles Shearing
Hoover signs London naval treaty ratified by Senate
The London naval treaty takes effect as the U S Senate votes 58 to 4 to ratify. President Hoover signs with the gold pen used by delegates, sending the document to London where Parliament moves to approve. Hoover calls the move a broad international success and a step toward closer global relations.
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London
Senate
Hoover
Milbse
Detroit seeks stable leadership after recall of Mayor Bowles
Detroit ousted Mayor Charles Bowles in a recall by 30 556 votes after a vice surge. Bowles appointed Joseph Gillespie as public works head. Gillespie had been police chief in 1916 amid vice troubles. Police Commissioner Harold Emmons was removed after raids during Bowles absence at the Kentucky Derby. A new mayoral election must occur within 80 days of certified recall results with Bowles automatically a candidate. Gerald Buckley, a radio announcer, was shot dead minutes after the recall, the eleventh gang murder in nineteen days, prompting Governor Green to consider state police and troops to quell the violence.
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Typetroit
Charles Bowles
Bowles
Joseph Gillespie
Detroit
Harold Emmons
Emmons
Gerald Buckley
Green
Buckley
Jake Lingle
Huston Resigns as RNC Chairman August Seventh
Laudius Huston after conferring with President Hoover announced he would resign as chairman of the Republican National Committee on August 7. The move appeased party leaders who had urged his retirement amid revelations before the Senate lobby committee.
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Laudius Huston
Hoover
Republican National Committee
Mr. Huston
Senate
Iowa Democrats adopt plank for a nationwide referendum on prohibition
In a state convention the Democrats call for a reasonable definition of intoxicating liquor and back a nation wide referendum on prohibition. They cite a national scandal from enforcement and accept the Republican challenge which opposed modifying the prohibition law.
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Emocrats
Iowa
Republian
Egyptian Wafd Actions Renewed Amid Cairo Port Said Unrest
In Cairo and Port Said clashes with police and troops caused several deaths as Egyptian acting by the Wafd continued. British intervention had not yet occurred. Miram Pasha, Egypt’s finance minister, told the Inter parliamentary congress in London that a struggle between brutal autocracy and democracy rages in Egypt with innocent blood shed. He noted parliament has been suspended for the fourth time in five years and people have endured mounting pressure.
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Cairo
Port Said
Miram Pasha
London
Egypt
Noted Pioneers of Flight and Public Figures Die
The obituary notes cS Lenn H Curtiss pioneer aviator dies at 52 after appendicitis surgery in Buffalo. James Eads How, famed philanthropist to hoboes, dies in Staunton VA hospital. Harry B Black, U S Realty chairman, dies by suicide at Lloyd Harbor Long Island after long illness.
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Cs Lenn H. Curtiss
Buffalo
Curtiss
Wright Brothers
James Eads How
Hobo
Stauntoh
Harry 8. Black
United States Realty and Improvement Corporation
New York City
Lloyd Harbor
Long Island
Death Valley Garden Shows Remarkable Bloom in Heat
A National Geographic bulletin describes Death Valley, the lowest dry land in the United States, briefly reviving as a flower garden after May rains. It notes the valley’s formation, rising temperatures, and sparse springs while detailing new irrigation near borax mines and a growing tourist presence.
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Washington, D. C
Death Valley
United States
California
National Geographic Soelery
Dead Sea
Great Basin
Palestine
Armagoea
Partheasst
Panamint Range
Nevada
Dream Street and City Highlights of New York
In New York a skyline built by dreamers from farms and towns includes the Woolworth tower Madison Square Garden and the Grand Central Palace site. Firefighters rush to a midtown blaze sparked by a car fire on Forty-fourth Street and Sixth Avenue. Notables like Leslie Thrasher and Russell Patterson are cited as top illustration talents with shifting contracts.
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Herbert Hoover
Rapidan
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington
New York City
Forty-seventh Street
Sixth
Seventh Avenue
Damon Ronyou
New York
Madison Square Garden
EL. V. P. Ritter
Grand Central Palace
Waldorf
Forty-fourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Hippodrome
Leslie Thrasher
Russell Patterson
Man's wooden leg severed near railroad track
James Bath of Bangor Maine lay beside a Fremont Ohio track lamenting a missing limb after a rapid train left. He had lost his wooden leg in a clean break near the rail as townsfolk watched.
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Fremont
Ohio
James Bath
Bangor
Maine
Anders
Musical Powder Box Triggers Manhunt and Shootout
In Valley Center Kansas Miss Ber the Robinson woke to a musical powder box when a black burglar stole a powder puff. City marshal Harve Ogden pursued and captured the suspect near Wiehlin, recovering a watch. The thief grabbed the marshal’s pistol, shot him, and fled.
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Valley Center
Kan
Berthe Robinson
Harve Ogder
Ogden
Wiehlin
Hod Carriers Son Weds Wealthy Heiress in San Francisco union
Clifford Ellsworth Hoffman once a hod carrier’s son and Stanford football star marries Claire Evelyn Giannini, daughter of Amadeo Giannini, founder of Bank of Italy and Trans-America. The romance bridged class lines as Hoffman rose from poverty to marry into wealth.
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San Francisco
Clifford Ellsworth Hoffman
Biff Hoffman
Stanford University
Claire Evelyn Glannini
Miss Giannini
Amedo Feter Giannini
Bank of Laly
Trans-America Corporation
Wee
Hoffman
Petaluma
Edward BE. Hoffman
Pop” Warner
Glenn Scobey
Pop
Hed Carrier
Herbert Fleishhacker, Jr
Herbert Pleishhacker
Francisco Banker
Hod Carrier
Pop Werner
Riff
Pop Warner
Bit
Claire Evelyn Giannini
Miss Glannin
Bir
Sun Spot Rabbit Pelt Link Suggested by Observatory
The Hudson's Bay Company's rabbit pelts data show large year to year variation since 1840. An Ottawa Dominion Observatory study indicates pelts averaged three times more plentiful the year before sunspot minimum than at sunspot maximum.
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Montreal
Hudson's Bay Company
Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
Brennan Refusal to Answer Stupid Questions Upheld
A court ruled John T. Brennan was justified in refusing to answer what he deemed stupid questions by the bir committee on character and fitness after passing state exams. He refused a question asking who discovered America.
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New York
John T. Brennan
Bir
America
Thousand Bees Buzz in Radio Broadcast
Cincinnati station WLW needed buzzing sounds for a radio drama called Ginger. Dan Winger failed to capture authentic buzzes, so Boss Johnston brought a thousand bees from the Indiana Beekeepers' Association. The bees were released in a box to create the required sound for the broadcast.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
WLW
Crosley
Dan Winger
Johnston
Indiana Beekeepers’ Association
Lie
The Emerald Ring and a Truthful Love
Eleanor Houston leaves Donlap's with Ted Nellan and plans a park proposal. She hides a ring inscribed H L F to E M O and learns the gem belongs to the Cline emeralds theft case. Ted presses her to marry, but she confronts Harold Le Farge’s possible crime and Ted’s loyal, blunt response.
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Eleanor Houston
Donlap's
Ted Nellan
Ted
Eleanor
Ted Neilan
Mary
Ted Nelian
Harald
M. O
Joseph AM. Cline
Warold
Vulee
Harnad
Haruld
Harold
I” Kleanur
Dl Pblastuti
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Connecticut
Hale
Johnson
New Hampshire
Oddie
Pine
Oklahoma
Robinson
Indiana
McKellar
Tennessee
Walsh
Massachusetts
Capper
Allen
McMaster
Howell
Legge
Federal Farm Board
Mr. Legge
Senator Cappers
Kansas
Reed
Farm Board
Frank Haucke
Council Grove
Chicago
Eter A. Bogdanov
Amtorg Trading Corporation
Grover Whalen
Matthew Woll
Congressional Committee
Amterg
Bogdanov
Amtorg
Soviet Bank of Foreign Trade
Fife
Broadway
Forty-third Street
Yale
Southern University
Frank Daniels
East River
Eye
Wallace Morgan
Jack Duncan
Duncan
David Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Frieda Mueller
Royal Palace
Potsdam
Claremont Inn
Riverside Drive
Vinnie Richards
Oy the Hell Syndicate, Inc
L. E. Andrews
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