Cuba fires martial law as rebels seize control amid turmoil
President Machado faces uprisings with regional outbreaks forcing mobilization of troops and navy measures. Leaders Menocal and Mendieta are hunted as skirmishes threaten Havana while pilots patrol coasts to stop rebel expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erardo Machado
Cuba
Machado
Tresson
Menocal
Mendieta
Picar del Rio
Balderno Acosta
Mariano
Havana
Jolio Sanguily
Army Flying Corps
Pinar del Rio
Chaparra
Oriente
International experts reach complete agreement on moratorium plan
In London experts announced a full agreement to implement Hoover’s proposal for suspending payments under the Hague and Paris pacts. Governments of Australia Canada Czechoslovakia Greece India New Zealand Portugal Romania and South Africa approved suspensions of war debts to the United Kingdom France and Italy. Negotiations continue on Bulgaria adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Treasury Office
Hoover
Germany
Hague
Australia
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Greece
India
New Zealand
Portugal
Rumania
South Africa
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Hungary
Bulgaria
Paris
Planters urged to plow under crop to lift cotton prices
The Farm Board asks planters of the fourteen cotton states of the South to plow under one third of their crop immediately to enhance the price of the remaining cotton. The call targets reducing supply to boost market value and stabilize earnings for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bouth
Farm Board
Hull endorses Bratt liquor system after Sweden visit
Illinois congressman William E. Hull reports from Sweden that the Bratt system of liquor control works well. He notes no drunken persons observed, patrons are numerous, and drinking is moderate with nil drunkenness. He calls the program organized and a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
William E. Hull
Illinois
Congress
Mr. Bell
Sweden
Mr. Hull
Rhode Island Senator Attacks Government Dole Plan
Senator Felix Hebert of Rhode Island, head of the senate unemployment committee, spent the weekend at Rapidan camp and spoke as Hoover’s spokesman denouncing federal unemployment insurance. He warned it would lead to a dole like England and cited European study trips as basis for predicting little congressional support. Hebert described the dole as politically entwined in Europe, except possibly Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enator
Felix Hebert
Rhode Island
Senate Committee On
Rapidan
Hoover
Europe
Italy
Unrest Over Hoover Dam Wage Demands Halts Work
In a national note the piece cites organized labor failing to ease unemployment. It recalls the Hoover dam strike where 125 workers quit after wage extortion claims, prompting a shutdown that left about 1,000 unemployed. The contractor stated the project was six months ahead and could endure the stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover Dam
Deals and Dilemmas of Labor and Housing in a Turbulent Era
The piece notes concessions costing 200 daily or 3 during seven years for dam work, widespread theater closures in Chicago, and delayed highway projects due to disputes over prevailing wage. It cites AFL opposition to wage cuts, Mary Anderson urging better domestic worker status, training via the federal service, and expanded apartment living offering part-time work opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Unlon
Climois
Port
Lbor
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Mary Anderson
Department of Labor
Europe
Federal Employment Service
Hoover Birthday Passes Quietly at Home
President Hoover marked his fifty seventh birthday on August 10 but ignored the occasion. After returning from the Rapidan camp he worked the rest of the day as usual and, despite Mrs. Hoover's return from Akron, no guests shared dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Rapidan Camp
Nashville publisher Luke Lea Jr among six indicted in bank conspiracy
The grand jury in Nashville indicted OL Lueer Lea and Luke Lea Jr along with four others on conspiracy charges tied to the collapsed Liberty Bank and Trust Company. The case reflects alleged involvement in the bank's affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lueer Lea
Nashville
Luke Lea, Jr
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Wickersham Report Blasts Police Brutality and Calls for Reform
The Wickersham commission harshly criticizes the use of third degree methods in police administration across cities and rural areas. It says such practices violate American traditions, undermine justice, and urges Congress to enact a federal criminal procedure code as a model for states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harply
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
Congress
Press Congress Opens in Mexico City with Global Delegates
Delegates from North and South America Europe and the Orient attend the world press congress in Mexico City hosted by Senator Don Lamberto Hernandez and directed by Frank L. Martin. President Ortiz Rubio hosts a Cha pultepec castle reception and an archaeological excursion marks the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
North
South America
Europe
The
Orient
Don Lamberto Hernandez
Federal District
Frank L. Martin
School of Journalism
University of Missouri
Don Jose Manuel Polo Casnurano
Public Education
Men of Mexico
Chapultepec
Ortiz Rubin
San Juan Teotihoacan
Garden Spot on U S Canada Line Sets Peace Garden Vision
The International peace garden project on the Canada United States boundary advances with supporters from 56 organizations and a growing Middle West and South push. Conceived by H J Moore of Islington Ontario, the site centers on Turtle Mountains midway between New York and Vancouver near the Canada to Canal highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
United States
Canada
H. J. Moore
Islington
Funda
Fonds
Moore
National Association of Gardeners of America
Tolliny
Middle West
South
Manitoba
Dakotaa
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
America
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Mexico
Central America
Cape Horn
Tropics
Bowman
Swan River
Mexico City
Turtle Mountains
North Dakota
Mid-West
Prairies
New York
Vancouver
Laws Allow Horse One Bite One Kick
Los Angeles court rules a horse may bite or kick once but not both. Harry Goldstein, a dealer in cast-off articles, sought 3725 from Frank Martin, alleging a horse from Martins riding stable bit his hand. The judge required proof the horse was habitually vicious. Goldstein failed to prove prior biting or kicking and lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Harry Goldstein
Frank Martin
Martin
Goldstein
Dimple on Knee Worth $750 Seattle Jury Rules
A Seattle Superior court jury awarded Kathleen Sepotz twelve years old a $750 judgment for a dog bite that injured her knee. The plaintiff sought $10,000 claiming the dimple on her knee had value. the jury valued the loss at $750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Husband seeks outside affairs to own a harem
In a divorce petition on file Mires Lindsay Stott is charged with seeking multiple women. The petition states he wanted a harem and that financial constraints pushed him to develop love affairs outside the marriage believing one woman was not enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mires
Lindsay
Stott
Countess Mariette Wurmbrand Sends Personal Donation to Czechoslovakia
Little Countess Mariette Wurmbrand of Napajedia Moravia forwarded a personal check for 25000 dollars drawn on the Childrens Bank of Prague to the president of Czechoslovakia asking it be used to reduce the national debt. She is noted as a member of a Styrian noble family descended from King Mathias I and possessing a large fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariette Wurmbrand
Napajedia
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Childrens' Bank of
Prague
Mariette
Mathias I
13 Month Year Could Bring 18 Months To Year
Paris reports a proposal by the League of Nations and 24 nations to adopt an International Fixed Calendar placing a new month Bol between June and July. Sundays would fall on the first eighth fifteenth and twenty second. months would each be four exact weeks. Proponents claim savings in wages rents and faster money turnover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
League of Nations
Moses B. Cotsworth
International Fixed Calendar League
Cotsworth
Pere Marquette No. 6 Becomes Mill Powered Steamer
Ex passenger ship Pere Marquette No. 6 now operates as a saw mill in Menominee Michigan. Tom Finn owner of the vessel also runs Sawyer Goodman Lumber. Worn boilers led to a cautious choice to reuse the old steamer and connect its boilers to the mill engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Menominee
Mich
Great Lakes
Tom Finn
Sawyer Goodman Lumber Company
Finn
Kitten Battles Mountain Beaver In Deep Well
Seattle reports Maitrese the kitten, famed for catching rats, fell into a 40 foot well with a mountain beaver. The cat emerged unharmed beside the carcass, and the beaver showed signs of a fierce struggle before the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Bluebell
Stage Coach Tales of Stockton Stage Owner on National Road
Stockton, a famed National Road stage operator born in Flemington New Jersey, built a powerful line from the Atlantic to the Midwest. He bred fast horses the Murat and Winflower strains and once raced a horse against a locomotive. He renamed his coaches after political figures, notably changing John Tyler to General Harrison after Tyler’s veto. He died April 25, 1844, in Uniontown at Ben Lomond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witham Stockton
United States
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Stockton
Flemington
N. J
Lucius Stockton
Philip Stockton
Richard Stockton
Uniontown
Rebecca Moore
Daniel Moore
Washington, Pa
Katharine Stockton
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Henay House
Baltimore
Hanson Willison
Sal
Wheeling
W. Va
Washington
Cumberland
Hagerstown
National Road
Brockton
National Road Stage Company
William A. Donaldson
Morgantown
Sttreet
John Tyler
Harrison
Tyler
William Henry Harrison
United States Bank
Donaldson
Allen Mountain
Western Newswaner Union
Spider Builds Diving Ball Underwater Insect
A spider lies underwater as an air breathing insect able to remain submerged for hours. It collects surface air to store in a silk reservoir and builds a delicate web among pondweeds. It climbs to the surface to gather air and may swim on its back to trap air in its hairy coat.
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German Reich
Edward W. Pickard
Pres. Machado
Aldlerites
Berlin
Seid
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
Soward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
State Farm Bureau
Milwaukee
Tts
O'Neal
Alf
M. A. Traylor
Melvin A. Traylor
Malone
Hillsboro
Traylor
Daniel Upth
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad
Democratic Party
First National Bank of Chicago
Miss Anderson
Parker Cramer
Lerwick
Shetland Islands
Copenhagen
Lindbergh
Point Barrow
Nome
Theorth
Seward Peninsula
Safety Bay
Weatera Hewapeper Union
Postmaster General
Interstate Commerce Commission
Parcel Post
Ralph E. Dakin
Jesse €. Harraman
Plan
Kitten
Mountain Beaver
Garé Loch
Edinburgh
Great Britain
E. C. Taylor
the Vanderbilt
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