German Election Upsets Shake Nazi Rise in Reichstag
In Germany the Nazi vote nearly doubles to 229 seats but fails to reach a majority. Von Papen's cabinet clings to power amid Junker backing while Hitler's faction seeks a chancellor from within. The Communists gain ground, and the fate of the government remains uncertain as August recess looms.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Party
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Reichstag
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Junker
Junkers
Eigct Partes
Hugenberg
Lamont Resigns Secretary of Commerce to Return to Private Business
Obert F P Lamont of Chieneco resigns as secretary of commerce to reenter private business. President Hoover picks Roy D Chapin of Detroit to succeed him. Chapin, born in Michigan in 1830, has chaired Audsen Motor Co since 19%3 and is a longtime Hoover ally. He is married and resides at Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.
Mine clash erupts near Terre Haute waged by armed miners
Five thousand onion miners armed with gifts attacked pomuloo workers at the Dixie Bee coal mine ten miles from Terre Haute Indiana. The long brewing trouble culminated in a violent confrontation described as gun warfare.
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Dixie Bee
Terre Haute
Ind
Reconstruction Finance board hears state relief needs
Gredg Croxton outlined that governors must supply estimated monthly relief needs for 1082. Governor Pinchot asked for an immediate 10 million loan for Pennsylvania. He said 1,250,000 persons were totally unemployed and 400,000 were out of work, representing over half the state's workforce.
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Gredg Croxton
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pinchot
RE. Ff. C. Board
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt radio address blasts Republican era since Wilson
Overega Roosevelt opened his radio campaign attacking Republican administrations since Wilson for extravagance. In Washington predicted a sharp response from Coolidge who boasted about debt reduction. Roosevelt’s actions and notices were due for review by President Hoover. The Democratic ticket earned support from Chrernar Bly and John J Stargkob due to nominations. Alr Walker named treasurer of the Democratic national committee as James W. Gerard had resigned.
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Sivin Coolidge
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Hoover
Chrernar Bly
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al Suilth
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James A. Forler
Frank O. Walker
Dpermecratie National Committee
Pis
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Alr Walker
New York
Frerett Senders
Calvin Coolidge
International talks on postwar employment and trade reform
Washington discussions between New England representatives and the Hoover administration focus on job security through job alteration and broader economic cooperation. The World Conference under League sponsorship will avoid war debts reparations tariffs and specific financial terms while debating currency stability trade revival and monetary policy.
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League of Nations
State Department
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London
Europe
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Department of State
America
Irance
Felite
Democrats nominate Bennett C. Clark for Missouri Senate
Bennett C. Clark son of the late Speaker Champ Clark clinched the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate of Missouri by defeating Charles M. Howell and other rivals. Republican Henry Wiel backed by incomplete returns is listed as nominated. Kansas both McGill and Woodring win renominations. Landon listed for governor.
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Champ Clark
United States
Missouri
Charles M. Howell
Clark
Henry Wiel
Incomote
Kansas
George McGill
Harry A. Woodring
Reo & Poolen
Alfred M. Landon
McGill
Manlen
Landon
Wolf gang von Gronad and companions complete voyage
The account notes Wolfgang von Gronad of Gerweany and three companions finishing their journey from their seaside route through Ice land, Greenland, Labrador, Ontario, and Detroit in June 1892, as reported by an 1892 Westar News paper Union.
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Wolfgang von Gronad
Gerweany
More Aliens Leaving Than Entering U S New York
Immigration data from Ellis Island show a steep decline in new arrivals while departures rise. For the year ending June 1931 total immigrants admitted fell to 116,785, only about one third of 1900’s figure, as more aliens depart rather than enter amid factory closures and reduced hiring.
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New York
America
Ellis Island
Ellis Islands
Ld Man
Mate Tilly
Mexico
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Asia
Hoover
Safety of Cathedral Now Worries British
Londoners fear St Paul’s Cathedral could sink or collapse due to damp sand beneath its foundations. The cathedral staff plan nine months of digging and bore holes around half a mile from the church to study groundwater and avoid risk from nearby new building projects.
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London
St Pan's
St Paul's
Bandits Borrow $1 from Los Angeles cab driver
Two bandits promised to repay a Los Angeles cab driver the single dollar they borrowed. They claimed they had to eat and knew the cab number, insisting they would pay back in full.
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Los Angeles
Arthur
Bush
Hin
Osage Indian Buys Bride for 50 Ponies
Thomas Whitehorn a nineteen year old Osage man paid 50 ponies for Lucille Matin in a traditional Osage marrying ceremony at Hominy Ohio. The couple who had wed in a Christian ceremony a month earlier united in the native rite as part of Osage tradition.
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Hominy
Ohio
Thomas Whitehorn
Lucille Matin
First Air Mail Dispatches From Lafayette in 1850
Erick Hildesheim reports Lafayette completed the world’s first air mail 75 years ago with balloonist John Wise delivering mail during an August ascent. Wise’s plan involved ballooning mail from the West Coast to the Atlantic and onward by train, ending with a bag drop near Crawfordville before onward posting. The era’s record notes a successful flight and the mail’s journey to New York via Lancaster and Tod.
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Tod
Lafayette de
Thomas Wood
Wise
Atlantic Seaboard
Atlantic ‘Ocean
Crawfordville
Here
Lancaster
Crawforderille
New York
Rotary's New Head Citian Anderson Elected President
Citian FP Anderson of Albuquerque New Mexico was newly elected president of Rotary International marking a leadership change for the global service organization.
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Rotary
United States Leads World in Air Transport Growth
United Airlines now operates the largest air transport system, flying 1,125,100 miles in a 30 day period versus Luft Hansa at 320,000. The carrier carried 8,000 passengers against 4,700 on the European network and moved 1 ton of mail compared with Luft Hansa's sixteen tons.
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Chicago
Europe
United States
Climber of Commerce
United Airlines
Deutsch Luft Mans
Aeroneutical Chamber of Commerce
United Air Nes
Aorth
Luft Hansa
Tecumseh Leader of Shawnee Confederation in War
Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief born near Springfield Ohio in 1705, led a western confederation plan to unite tribes against white settlers. With his brother the Prophet and allied with the British, he battled Gen William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe and at Thames before his death after preferring to die as an Indian.
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Uulley
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Ohio
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Ind
William Henry Harrison
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Perry
Lake Erie
Proctor
Thames River
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Langer
Speedometer Judge and Defendant muddled exchange
A garbled OCR fragment shows a speedometer judge and a defendant debating a travel speed with unclear wording about a tear and a duck search. The readable pieces imply a court or legal context but lack concrete facts to specify people or events.
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