Peru Overthrows Legua with Military Junta
Peru ends seven years of Augusto Legua dictatorship as a military movement led by Lieut. Col. Sanchez Cerro seizes Arequipa and spreads to Lima. Legua resigns and flees to a cruiser. a temporary government forms, later contested by Cerro’s Arequipa coalition. Foreign concerns report U.S. aviators detained but assured safety. Politically, U.S. and other nations monitor developments as Peru faces a tumultuous transition.
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Edward W. Pickard
Augusto B. Legula
Peru
Arequipa
Col
Sanchez Cerro
Leguia
Lima
Legula
Almirante Gran
Cerro
Manuel Maria Ponce
Martinez
Sarmiento
Treasury report shows 1929-20 tax receipts rise
The Treasury discloses Internal Revenue receipts for the fiscal year ending June 50 Inst. at just over 4 million dollars, about 100 million more than the prior year. Income taxes lead with a 78 million rise, amid 1 percent tax reduction debated for another year, with President Hoover favoring continuation if feasible.
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Treasury Department
Congress
Hoover
Navy plans major cutbacks to shore yards and plants
The Navy's retrenchment survey urges closing or consolidating about a dozen shore facilities including Charleston South Carolina New Orleans Louisiana South Charleston West Virginia and Alexandria Virginia to cut costs and scrap obsolete equipment. Political pressure previously blocked Atlantic coast closures.
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Naval Establishment
8. C
Naval Plant
New Orleans
Naval Ordnance Plant
South Charleston
W. Va
Naval Torpedo Plant
Alexandria
Atlantic Coast
Grand Army of the Republic Encampment in Cincinnati
More than fifteen hundred G A R members attended the annual encampment in Cincinnati. Fewer than a thousand joined the grand parade due to age related infirmities. The United States Marine Band performed by act of Congress at major events. Six subsidiary groups held annual meetings including Army Nurses of the Civil War and National Women's Relief Corps.
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WKTOT
Grand Army of the Republic
Cincinnati
United States Marine Band
Congress
Army Nurses of the Civil War
National Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the
Daughters of Union Veterans
Song of Union Veterans
Drought Relief Plan Drafted With Hoover Aide Groups
Felvin A Traylor of Chicago Nicholas Dosker of Louisville and Morton Prentis of Baltimore met with President Hoover to outline using lending agencies for drought relief. They proposed state and local credit corporations to intermediaries for farmer loans in affected regions. The plan was shown to 15 state financial representatives in Washington with Secretary Hyde. Henry M Robinson of Los Angeles chaired the financial committee as meetings continued through the week. Hyde reported the American Railway Association said railroads had moved 665 carloads of feed and livestock.
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Felvin A. Traylor
Chicago
Nicholas Dosker
Louisville
Morton Prentis
Baltimore
Hoover
Washington
Hyde
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
American Railway Association
German aviators complete Berlin to New York flight in six hops
Four German aviators led by Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau flew a Dornier-Wahl flying boat from Berlin to New York with stops in Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, and Halifax before reaching New York harbor. The Chicago air races saw their notable journey amid crowds. A fatal accident occurred as Lieut. Jack P. De Shaw, a navy tyer, crashed and died alongside a concession holder at the port.
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Chicago
Germany
Berlin
New York
Iceland
Greenland
Labrador
Halifax
New York Harbor
Wolfgang von Gronau
Jack P. de Shaw
Attacks on Peshawar Repulsed Amid North West Front Threats
Reports say Afridi assault on Peshawar was repulsed but danger remains on the frontier. Waziris to the southwest grow active with clashes reported. An English captain was shot in the back during talks with a tribesman mullah, eight of his men and thirty-two natives killed. Gandhi peace terms under consideration with little chance of acceptance or modification.
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Peshawar
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Nationalist China Offers Amnesty in Northern Rebel Rift
Dispatches from Shanghai indicate a looming secession crisis as Chiang Kai shek plans an early push toward Tientsin. The government, per General Chiang, grants amnesty to all northern coalition officers except Generals Yen and Feng, conditional on allegiance to the central government.
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China
Shanghai
Chiang Kaishek
Tientsin
Chiang
Yen
Feng
Notable figures mourned as week passes
Be was busy among well known persons during the week. Among those who passed away were Lon Chaney star of the screen Frank QO Wetmore dean of Chicago bank ers Thomas Sterling former senator from South Dakota W RK Spillman chief postal inspector J B Gordon president of the Emergency Fleet corporation Rev Dr David G Wylie president of the Lord's Day alliance G N Saltzgaber former commissioner of pensions Edward P Morse New York capitalist and Justice FE Ray Stevens of the Wisconsin Supreme court.
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Lon Chaney
Frank QO. Wetmore
Chicago
Thomas Sterling
South Dakota
W. RK. Spillman
J. B. Gordon
Emergency Fleet Corporation
David G. Wylie
Lord's Day Alliance
G. N. Saltzgaber
Pensions
Edward P. Morse
New York
FE. Ray Stevens
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Polish premier resigns amid parliament disputes
Walery Slawek of Poland and his cabinet resign after clashes with the parliament. President Moscicki asks Marshal Pliscki to form a new government, returning the veteran strongman as both nominal and virtual boss of the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ppemier Walery Slawek
Poland
Moscicki
Marshal Plistdski
Union
Wimbledon Ticket Dilemma Sparks Romance at Court
Molly from America faces a seat swap adventure at Wimbledon as she meets Lord Howe and Lady Syde in a tale of crowded tennis crowds. A last minute ticket leads to a chance meeting with Sybel and a budding romance that culminates aboard an ocean liner heading to New York.
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London
Lenglen
Molly
America
Wimbledon
Syde
Hove
Sybel
Sykel
Jack
Lord Howe
Hangman's Rope Legend Boosts South American Heiress's Luck
Folkloric tale from FPuris tells of a wealthy South American woman who loses a hangman's rope during moving to a Parisian home on the Champs Elysees. Her husband finds gold and grows rich from a company, and she wins a Spanish lottery prize. The rope absence spoils her mood, a superstition tied to French currents about not hanging.
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Champa Elysees
France
European deputies seek proof of death to prevent burial alive
A Paris report notes 85 deputies mainly doctors proposing a law to require medico scientific verification before burial. They urge consulting the Academy of Medicine and Sciences to adopt reliable death ascertainment methods, amid claims of about one in 500 buried alive in Europe and examples from various countries.
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Paris
Europe
Academy of Medicine
Academy of Sciences
Ald Im
Trust Fund Left to Tree May Grow to $750000
New London Minnesota reports Myrica Cerefera Davey sixteen will inherit a $100 trust that with compound interest could become $750000 before age two hundred. The guardian godfather James A G Davey of Kent Ohio funded the account stored in Myrica’s passbook in a public park. The bayberry named girl’s history ties to Pilgrim era uses of wax berries and medicine.
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New London
Minn
Myrica Cerefera Davey
Myrica
James A. G. Davey
Kent
Ohio
Atlantic
Unnamed Donor Pays $125 in Back Taxes in Grand Island
Grand Island Nebraska. County Treasurer Hugo Meves received 125 dollars in cash to be applied to back taxes. The envelope bore a Grand Island postmark and the sender did not sign the note. The treasurer is continuing to search for the contributor while holding the money.
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Grand Island
Neb
Hugo Meves
Convict Murphy Escapes Washington State Prison
Term nearly ended. Pat Murphy, a King County inmate serving one to three years for grand larceny, walked away during construction of new sturdy buildings. Four months of the minimum term remained. If recaptured, his sentence will be extended.
New York customs inspector fired over tip incident
Theodore Kessler a 20 year customs inspector known as Teddy on the New York docks was dismissed after a passenger slipped a $5 tip into his pocket during a baggage inspection. An undercover agent witnessed the act and the disciplinary board urged suspension but a Washington official ordered termination. Kessler who joined in 1907 and lived at 2071 Tilden Avenue Brooklyn was the first to be dismissed in a graft crackdown.
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New York
Theodore Kessler
Kessler
Teddy
Washington
Lloyd Now Europa
Brooklyn
Chicago
A. J. May
Treasury Department
May
Customs
Customs Service
Tilden Avenue
New York Schools Face Rising Costs Though Enrollment Grows
New York City educates over 1.2 million pupils across public divisions. Finance figures from the annual board of education report show daily costs approaching one million dollars, with total expenditures in 1920 over 171 million and projected increases in 1930. Daily instruction costs and general outlays cover salaries, supplies, maintenance, administration, and new building construction.
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New York
Board of Educaation
Academe
Dutch rainmaker uses planes to scatter clouds over North Sea
Herr Vernart led five Fokker planes with ice dust against clouds about 12 000 feet up over the North Sea. After about 7000 pounds of ice dust were spread the clouds disappeared. The Dutch war ministry cooperated and Vernart plans larger scale experiments soon.
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The
Hague
Herr Vernart
North Sea
Herr Veraart
War Ministry
Fokker
Gobbler Sets On Eggs Marveled By Maryland Farmer
Sharptown Maryland report describes a turkey gobbler owned by Mrs Cooper near town that repeatedly displaced a hen to sit on eggs. She provided a nest with eggs and the gobbler sat four weeks, producing twelve chicks, two disappearing, ten thriving and following the gobbler’s call.
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Sharptown
Brrs
Mari Cooper
Snap Shot Hits Gator Ends Duck Mystery
A lake in New Hackensack Irving Bergen County was found to hide a four foot alligator that had escaped from a local farm after being brought from Florida. An employee shot at a skimming object, stunning the reptile, which had been preying on ducks. the alligator was captured.
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Chelsea
No Y
Irving Bergen
New Hackensack
Florida
Wife Wins Battle for Rival's Child in Custody Case
New York report of a long custody dispute over Mary Trinidad aged eleven involving Dr Rafael Y Sarmiento and his wife Edith Webster Woodin Sarmiento. Justice Cropsey granted Mary to Mrs Sarmiento with a $10 weekly support. doctor to appeal claiming Venezuelan citizenship.
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New York
Rafael Y. Sarmiento
Boston
Edith Webster Woodin Sarmiento
Daniel Webster
Mary Trinidad
Sarmiento
Mary
James ©. Cropsey
Queens Supreme Court
Doctor Sarmiento
Little Mary
Venezuela
Mra
America
Anita Klein
Long Island
Justice Cropeey
Woman Social Worker Marries Jail Inmate After Breakthrough
In New Orleans a social worker Miss Marie Flebbe fell in love with John Tatum, jailed for robbery. Though five witnesses swore against him, a telegram to the district attorney revealed Edward Dunbar confessed, freeing Tatum and enabling the couple to wed.
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New Orleans
Miss Marie Flebbe
John Tatum
Tatum
Miss Flebbe
Miss Fiebbe
Edward Dunbar
State to release 20000 Chinese pheasants in Washington counties
About 20 000 Chinese pheasants from Steilacoom and Walla game farms will be released by the state in 29 counties of Washington this year.
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Olympia
Wash
Steilacoom
Walla
Washington
130 Year Old Marriage Paper Found in Portsmouth
A toy drum made in Germany broken in Portsmouth revealed a parchment marriage certificate dating back 130 years. The find with a long-ago issued certificate adds a curious artifact to local history.
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Portsmouth
England
Germany
Rome Finds Remains of Unknown Soldier
An unidentified Roman soldier who died about 1700 years ago has been removed from the site of a new building on the Thames. His remains were delivered to the Royal College of Surgeons for examination and preservation.
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London
Roman
Alte
Thames
Royal College of Surgeons
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