Charges Filed Against Ex President Machado In Cuba
In Havana a Cuban criminal court arraigned ex president Gerardo Machado and five associates on charges of misappropriation of public funds fraud and embezzlement. Prosecutor Jose Vela led the case citing plans laid in the Presidential Palace. The accused include former treasury secretary state secretary interior secretary police chief and central district chief.
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Havana
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Enor Jose Vela
Treasury
Interior
Senor Alacart
Tariff Duties Highest on Primary Products
Melbourne report says in a broadcast the Minister for Customs Mr White outlined tariff policy aiming at best results for primary and secondary industries and the people. He noted primary producers earned a large share of Australia’s output and that secondary industries employed about 450000 workers, exceeding primary by 20000.
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Melbourne
Mr. White
Australia
Wheat Conference Invites 27 Nations to London Meeting
The League of Nations has invited 27 wheat trading nations including Great Britain Ireland France Germany and Italy to conference in London on August 21. The invitation, issued in the name of Australia Canada Argentina and the United States, follows Geneva talks and implies an agreement among four big wheat producers to limit output.
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London
Geneva
League of Nations
Great Britain
Irish Free State
France
Germany
Italy
Australia
Canada
Argentine Republic
Wilhe United
World Monetary and Economic Conference
League
Celestial Pairing Venus and Jupiter Tonight
A sky spectacle tonight shows Venus and Jupiter near each other in the heavens at about seven o’clock. Venus shines brighter than Jupiter by roughly seven to one, with distances ranging in the tens of millions of miles. The unknowns in the text obscure exact measures, but the event emphasizes the planets’ close apparent proximity and relative brightness.
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Venus
Jupiter
Earth
English bowler’s test feat matches Grimmett in Sydney
Marriott’s performance in the test match against the Indies equals Grimmett’s by the third Test at Sydney. The record highlights a standout bowling display as the English team presses for a series lead.
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London
Marriott
Caven Indies
Grimmett
Sydney
Spectacular Fight by Chicago Police
A dramatic police action in Chicago involved rapid response with machine guns, planes, and radio coordination. The confrontation showcased bold tactics by officers to control a volatile situation.
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Chicago
Kidnappers Escape Chicago After Citywide Sweep
Police and federal agents cornered two gangsters in Chicago as they fled with 60 000 dollars in a staged kidnapping of Jake Factor and his son. An elaborate trap using a disguised detective and an aeroplane attempt to intercept the ransom ended with the crooks either wounded or fleeing on foot. Authorities believe the extortion gang is tied to a broader wave of sensational kidnappings and other crimes.
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Chicago
Ansom
Jake” Factor
Factor
Girl's Bravery Ends in Sister's Death at Sea
Jean Champsrton fifteen and her sister Joan eighteen holidaying at Leyland Kent chased a drifting ball to a line of buoys used by air force. Five planes arrived for gunnery practice and misfired on the boat causing Jean to die and Joan to pull for shore before collapsing near the mud flats.
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London
Aca
Jean Champsrton
Joan
Diford
Leyadown
Kent
Air Force
Jean
Sanatorium
Cut Withdrawn Gentlemen's Agreement With Unions
Employers of Tooths and Co Ltd and Tooheys Ltd Sydney agreed to a 10 percent emergency cut with drawn. Workers are members of brewing industry unions. At Arbitration Court the parties said they did not want the order. they would honor a gentlemen's agreement and rescind the cut.
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Melbourne
Tooths and Co. Ltd
Toohey’s Ltd
Sydney
Auction Defendants Cleared in Sydney Conspiracy Case
Michael Kelly and three accomplices faced charges of conspire to defraud over city auction sales. The jury found them not guilty and urged changes to auctioneer laws. Acting Judge Neild acquitted all four, endorsing the jurors' recommendation.
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Sydney
Michael Kelly
Law
George Barry
Michael O'Keefe
John Banting
Neild
War Debt Talks to Begin in October in Washington
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced that international talks on war debt will start in early October. Sir Philip Leith Ross the British economic adviser will arrive in Washington for preliminary consultations on behalf of the United States.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Philip Leith Ross
United States
U S Threat Shows Willingness To Cut Wheat Output
Washington flags possible subsidised exports and international wheat reduction plans if Europe coop fails. Me Wallace cites Morgenthau report and says the United States may cut acreage two years if Australia Canada and Argentina also reduce production. Waiting until August 24 for potential agreement.
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Washington
Wallace
United States
Australia
Canada
Henry Morgenthau
Ita
Morganthau
Pacific
Australia’s tariffs face protection for workers and industry
The passage argues for protectionist policy to shield primary and secondary industries from dumped imports and cheap labour competition. It notes Australia must protect national welfare, limit imports to export earnings, and advance development within the British Empire.
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East Indies
United States
Dominions
Australia
Crown appeal over Dr Storer Rydney indecency ruling
The Crown appeals a magistrate’s decision to dismiss information against Dr Robert Vivian Storer for breach of the Indecent Publications Act. The hearing before Mr Justice K W Street began in courtroom and adjourned as the judge noted difficulty in assessing public perception of indecency.
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Rydney
Robert Vivian Storer
Justice K. W. Street
Justice Street
Runaway Car Injures Wharf Labourer in Market Street
Paul Wishart a 47 year old wharf labourer was knocked down by an attended car that mounted the footpath and smashed into a hotel bar after brakes failed on an incline. He suffered concussion injuries to neck face legs and arms and severe shock. He was hospitalized in a critical condition.
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Sydney
Paul Wishart
Market Street
Wishart
Message in Bottle Claim Infirm Bed Veneer Weak Link
A bottle washed ashore at Clontarf in Middle Arbor carried an unsigned note attributed to Christina Fraser claiming a veneer bed was weak. Authorities express no credence to the message.
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Clontarf
Middle Arbour
Christina Fraser
Winnipeg Grain Market Sets Minimum Futures Prices
The Winnipeg Grain Exchange on Tuesday set minimum prices for grain futures due to abnormal market conditions. Wheat and coarse grain quotations were pegged with the market immediately advancing up to four contos.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
British Finance shows higher revenue and expenditure
Treasury returns indicate revenue of £207,608,001 for the year up to August 12, higher than the £201,086,870 at the same date last year. Ordinary expenditure to date totals £276,071,008, about £32 million more than the corresponding figure in the prior year.
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London
Treasury
Citrus Surplus Spurred by Low Prices Drive Mandarins Through Sydney
A citrus glut prompts a large sale push in Sydney with lorries delivering mandarins at lunch hour and at railway stations. Police record a driver amid traffic congestion as the campaign sells mandarins to clear the surplus. Historical figures show sales rising from 16 210 cases in 1828 to 47 700 in 1952. Note the price of 3d a dozen at stations to move stock.
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Sydney
Questionnaire for New South Wales Hospitals Adydeny
The Hospitals Commission drafts an admission form to tighten rules and stop free care for those who can pay. The form asks occupation weekly wage bank account passbook balance weekly rent dependents property investments income life insurance and amount.
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Aydney
Hospitals Commission
Frontier tribes clash in northwest India battles
Calcutta report says planes probing hostile tribal regions came under heavy fire from hidden villages and Mobmans tribesmen. A petrol pipe was damaged, bombs dropped in retaliation, and Mehman tribesmen dispersed. Mehmana and Halminagia clash ends with Halminagia retreat and 18 enemy dead with many injured.
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Calcutta
Riches of Sir John Ellerman Estate Revealed
The Ellerman estate is valued at £17,224,425 at Somerset House, with credible estimates placing the fortune near £230,000,000. A 26 page will with a special index lays out arrangements for disposing of this vast wealth.
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London
Tuesaday
John Ellerman
Somerset House
Hitler Escapes Car Accident Near Bavarian Frontier
Munich dispatch reports Adolf Hitler escaped uninjured when a motor accident occurred on the Austro Bavarian frontier. His adjutant Herr Brueckner suffered serious injuries including a broken arm multiple fractures skull fracture and grave internal injury. Other party members were injured.
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Munich
Hitler
Herr Brueckner
Ishe Party
Boxer's Hand Injury Worsens Delaney Seeks Medical Aid
Robby Delaney's left hand remains troubling and required medical attention again today. An X-ray was taken for submission to stadium management.
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Rydney
Robby Delaney
Manufac turing feared as Japan trade harms Australia
The Australian Chamber of Manufactures president warned that Japan's dumping in Australia could drive industry abroad. He urged a prohibitive duty to protect wool buyers and secondary industries, saying unemployment would rise and Britain and Australia suffer.
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Bydney
Weilnesday
Australia
Chamber of Manufactures
H. Gordon Bennett
Japan
Britain
Trade Talks Advance Between Britain and Soviet Union
In ongoing Anglo Soviet negotiations a commercial treaty is discussed. This week further meetings will be held by two sub committees one handling the form of the new agreement and the other addressing the balance of payments between Britain and the Soviet Union.
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London
Oma
Police uncover opossum skin trade linked to London firm
Detectives Alford and Gray report 60 000 opossum skins traced to a single London firm after cables with Scotland Yard. No action yet, but further shipments are expected as Sydney officers pursue a suspect in bale shipments mislabeled as rabbit skins. The Commissioner cites wildlife impact and possible Crown law review as inquiries continue.
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Sydney
Alford and
Gray
London
Scotland Yard
Crown Law
Commissioner For
Polics
Childs
Dying apprentice dies after Randwick hurdle accident
David Morris 19 a horse apprentice died in hospital after a horse fell during hurdle training at Randwick. The Dunlop Golf Cup in Sydney reached the semi finals with C Heard beating W Richardson four and three and F Eyre defeating W Campbell. In St Kilda Court a defendant received eight pounds fine for drunken driving. At Leichhardt Ordinance Stores employees tested rifles and armourer Patrick Stacey 61 was shot in the back and later taken to hospital in unknown condition.
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Aydney
David Morris
Randwick
Bydney
Mr. C. Heard
W. Richardson
F. Eyre
W. Campbell
Leichhardt
Patrick Stacey
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