London Naval Treaty Debates and Indian Crisis Grow
Washington and London factions clash over reservations to the London naval treaty as Senator Norris and Borah demand secrecy assurances. In India the Wafd rebellion rises in Egypt, with riots in Alexandria, while Gandhi may join the London round table conference after possible release.
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Britain
India
Egypt
Wafd
Nahas Pasha
Fuad
Alexandria
Ramillies
Mahatma Ghandi
Ghandi
London
MacDonald
Simon
Round Table
McKellar Proposes Reservations on British Bases in Treaty's Terms
Senate debate over the treaty features McKellar reserved demand for British naval base demilitarization and freedom of the seas. Reed notes London delegates ignored instructions to address the issue. Administration Senators oppose the reservations as Watson pushes a ten minute limit per amendment to speed ratification. A near two thirds majority supports ratification, ensuring the treaty passes.
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Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Great Britain
McKellar
Reed
Pennsylvania
Congress
Watson
Indiana
Hoover to Vacation August 15 for Two Weeks
President Hoover will depart August 15 for a two week vacation. He plans to visit Glacier and Yellowstone with no speeches or public appearances. Travel likely by train to Chicago then Duluth by boat and on to rail routes. Interior Department camping sites prepared for the party. Montana Republicans hope his trip aids Senate candidate Albert J. Galen against Thomas J. Walsh. both men noted Catholics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erely
Hoover
White House
Glacier
Yellowstone National Parks
Chicago
Duluth
Interior Department
Wilbur
Montana
Albert J. Galen
United States
Thomas J. Walsh
Galen
Walsh
Mr. Hoover
Nye Holds Solo Hearing On McCormick Campaign Expenditures
Senator Nye of North Dakota led a lone Chicago hearing into Mrs. Huth Hanna McCormick’s campaign spending. Witnesses discussed factions and donors supporting her against Senator Deneen with no discreditable findings. McCormick demanded subpoenas for her rival James Hamilton Lewis to address a Springfield claim of a $1,000,000 war chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enator Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Chicago
Huth Hanna McCormick
Nye
James Hamilton Lewis
Springfield
Lewis
Bank head Dorger flees bankruptcy petition amid $2 million deficit
RANK J. DORGER, major stockholder in the closed Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust of Cincinnati, fled a bankruptcy petition. State banking superintendent C. C. Gray said a $2,000,217 shortage existed. The bank closed after Shafer check kiting schemes. Dorger and his daughter Martha face contempt proceedings over a temporary injunction on disposing of assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rank J. Dorger
Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company of
Cincinnati
C. C. Gray
A. W. Shafer
Dorger
Shafer
Common Pleas
Stanley Strubel
Martha
Dorgera
Communists Under Probe In United States Labor Activities
Congressional committee in New York heard Charles G. Wood of the Labor Department describe Communist influence in labor strikes. He cited Passaic New Bedford and Gastonia strikes as started or influenced by Reds, saying such activity aims to attack the U S government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York City
Charles G. Wood
Department of Labor
Passaic
New Bedford
Gastonia
N. C
Gentlemen’s Naval Pact Eases European Tensions
Rance and Italy reached a six month holiday on naval construction, described as a gentlemen’s agreement. The pause eases diplomatic strain though no ships will be built this year, delivering psychological relief to European statesmen.
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Rance
Italy
Bruening Uses Emergency Finance Law Amid Reichstag Clash
Chancellor Bruening, empowered by Hindenburg under the constitution, imposes the emergency finance law to curb the deficit. The measure includes higher income tax, a tax on bachelors and spinsters, a head tax, and a special levy on food and liquor in inns and restaurants. The Reichstag may repeal it, but Bruening threatens dissolution if repeal proceeds.
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von Hindenburg
Bruening
Reichstag
Reichstar
Briand Plan Sparks Mixed Reactions Across Nations
The German reply backs Briand on political primacy but signals reservations. Italy and others demand Russia and Turkey join the union. Britain calls the plan tentative and possibly dangerous, preferring League of Nations consideration. Greece Austria Poland accept. Russia seeks invitation.
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Gare
Briand
Russia
Turkey
United States
Great Britain
League of Nations
Greece
Austrian
Poland
Kuomintang faction signs manifesto for national conference
Peiping dispatches report fifteen Kuomintang leaders signed a manifesto ending the party split and calling a national conference within a month to establish a government to succeed the regime General Chian Kai-shek is said to have usurped. Yen Hsi-shan is predicted to head the new government.
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China
Peiping
Kuomintang
Chiane Kai-shek
Yen Gsi-shan
Batts of the week list notable figures from various fields
Brig. Gen RH C Smither an admiral A Robertson Se 8 N Henry Symnor Arg Cannon novelist Teese Holdem dean James M Lynch veteran leader Leopold vom Au er eminent violinist The fragment lists names across military, judiciary, labor, arts and science in a 1559 Western Newspaper Union item.
Columbus as a vegetarian explorer and perfume lover
Paris report quotes Dr. Jean Charcot portraying Christopher Columbus as a tall freckled vegetarian who drank only sweetened water and favored perfumes. Charcot suggests Columbus was playful yet pious, a traveling salesman rather than a grand savant, with a robust ego and humane character.
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Paris
Christopher Columbus
Jean Chercot
Institute of France
Columbus
Doctor Charcot
Capper Prize Awarded to Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock
The first Capper Prize of 5000 dollars and a gold medal was awarded to Stephen Moulton Babcock, UW Madison emeritus professor of agricultural chemistry, for his 1890 invention the milk butterfat test. The prize honors contributions to American agriculture and will be presented in October at the National Country Life Association convention in Madison Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Capper
Stephen Moulton Babcock
University of Wisconsin
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Babcock
Wisconsin
Doctor Babcock
National Country Life Association
Madison
Wis
Indian, 60, and Worth $150,000 Gives Up Tent
Osage Indian John Stink, age sixty and valued at $130,000, sold his tent life five miles south of Pawhuska. Indian agent J George Wright persuaded him to move into a small frame house provided by the agency. He had refused to visit Pawhuska for a decade to draw tribal funds and lived alone until a Sioux housekeeper was provided.
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Pawhuska
Okla
John Stink
Stink
J. George Wright
Erik
Ge Agency
Osage
Ancient Flivver Feeds Eggnogs Says Lizzie the Egg Puter
In San Francisco a quirky discovery by Dr. G H Cummings describes an old vehicle suffering from multiple mechanical ills. The driver supposedly fuels it by bringing the car daily to a grocery, adding three eggs through the radiator cap, provoking bemused speculation about future repairs and appetite.
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San Francisco
Califf
Lizzie
G& H. Comsings
Cummings
Stedsteaks
Housekeeper Brigret Leaves Estate to Dublin School
A Dublin housekeeper known only as Brigret has died leaving her estate to a local school in Dublin. The will distributes the remainder of her assets after a small bequest, with details sparse and unclear in the record.
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Bostin
Brigret
Eamonn
de Valera
Dublin
Mother 42 Finishes Grammar School Amid Family Milestones
In St Louis a 42 year old mother of five, Mrs Lule Ruh, returned to grammar school in 1920 after illness paused her studies at twelve. She earned her eighth grade diploma just before her daughter Catherine’s high school graduation. She plans to start high school next September and has stored away her graduation dress.
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St Louis
Lule Ruh
Catherine
Truh
Taxicab Driver Aids Bandits Escape in Detroit
Charles Mason a Detroit taxicab driver admitted wrecking a police scout car with his own cab to aid two youths who had just robbed a store and fled. He was not prosecuted. Mason drove beside the pursuing police car and urged officers not to shoot. He later explained in court that he recognized a brother among the bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Charles Mason
Manson
Mason
Composer Makes Perfect Radio Test Score
Cia Du Bois, Pa George W. Rosenkrans of Penfield submitted to a national radio ear test. He achieved a perfect score by identifying voices, gender counts, pitch, harmony, discord, and instrument names. He is the first in the section to attain 100 percent.
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du Bois
George W. Rosenkrans
Penfield
Rosenkrans
Steve the Hippopotamus Receives Gallon Serum
Steve the hippopotamus at the St Louis zoo suffers a severe sore throat. Zoo staff administer a special serum by the gallon to ease his condition and protect his health.
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Lonuis
Steve
St Louis Zoo
Middle West
Babies Shun New City Life In 1929 Birth Decline
Washington reports a sharp drop in births in 1929 with 78,002 fewer babies born than the previous year. Dr. T F Murphy cites restrictive immigration, later marriages, and urbanization as factors, noting declines across most states led by Pennsylvania with 11,245 fewer births and Florida showing the largest percentage drop.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
T. F. Murphy
Murphy
America
Doctor Murphy
United States Officers of Education
Arizona
Michigan
Montana
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Florida
Violet Light Expert Highlights Ink Forgery Remedy
Dr A J Facial and Northwestern University crime bureau chiefs describe using a four chemical solution in ink to sign documents. Under ultraviolet light the signature shows a distinct fluorescence, while a forged signature would lack it and appear fake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. J. Facial
Clarence Muehlberger
Northwestern University
Tremblers Sect Reported in Veresti Romania
In the Botolani district of Rumania a new sect calls itself the Sect of the Tremblers. Its leader styles himself patriarch and few followers attend. Members lie flat on the ground and tremble during meetings as they believe they can shake off sins in this war. Meetings occur twice weekly with hours of weeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Rumania
Nat Veresti
Botolani
Oldest Soldier of Britain Remembers Early Army Life
Sergt. William Everton, ninety two, Britain's oldest soldier, recalls joining as a drummer boy in 1858 and serving long years in India. He describes meals of salt junk and biscuits after a four month sea voyage and notes his pay of two pence a day for bayonet fighting.
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London
William Everton
Britain
India
Parachute Jumpers Must Carry Spares
Washington announces an amendment to air commerce regulations requiring exhibition and training parachutists to wear an auxiliary parachute. The device must operate if the primary chute fails or fouls, effective August 1, 1930. The rule addresses past instances where spares were neglected.
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Washington
Air Commerce Regulations
Clarence Mr. Young
The Loyal Dog Bobs and His Courtship
A stray dog named Bobs charms a hardware store crowd on Gay Street by carrying a penny-filled pail for charity. He helps a blind man, inspires affection from Jerry Lamson the lawyer, and wins Jean Manners, leading to a renewed romance after a wagered reconciliation.
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Gay Street
Jimmy Smith
Bobs
Jerry Lamson
Bobe
Bors
Jerry
Jerry Langen
Tirdwcare
Die Mint
Boba
Jean Manners
Jean
Bete
Shady Street
Center Street
Main
Mr. Peet
Nile
Theolice Boy
Beke
Bebe
Pigeons Aid Photographers in Map Making for Army
Pigeons are trained to carry cameras and release gear at precise times aiding photographers. The birds open and close mechanisms to capture images used for accurate reconnaissance maps for military planning.
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Mount Carmel
U Zion National Park
Utah
W. C. Neville
Marine Corps
Arlington National Cemetery
Genzano
Edward W. Pickard
Senator Norris
Borah
Norris
Enys
Norrin
Roosevelt Arch
Continental Divide
Qenator
Hyde
Wheat
Kansan
Legge
Farm Board
Dr. Charcot
San Fernando
Ais
CIA
Violet Light
Conrvridit.y
Pigeons Aid
Lindpert
Corrie
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