Council Rebels as Mayors Traded Blame in Burlesque Session
New York council chamber hosted a lively two hour meeting where about 100 attendees watched the council indulge in petty bickering with Mayor C. C. Curtis present. The session featured railing at police and fire committees and a missing fire report reintroduced via a duplicate police and fire committee copy prepared by Chairman John.
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C. C. Curtis
Council
Police and Fire
Police and Fire Committee
John
Hoover Turns Farm Troubles Over to Board
The federal farm board moves to tackle the wheat crop crisis as it seeks an eighth member, aiming to set its two month program after reviewing mid July crop forecasts showing a smaller world harvest.
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Hoover
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Germany's Bremen Seeks Atlantic Speed Record on Maiden Voyage
Bre men leaves Bremerhaven on maiden Atlantic crossing to New York amid national pride. The 920 foot liner, 46 000 ton, powered by four turbine sets about 120 000 horsepower, rumored to challenge the Mauretania's five days one hour 45 minute record with potential 28 knots on test runs.
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United Press
Bremerhaven
Germany
Bremen
Atlantic
New York
Nord Deutscher Lloyd
Europa
Communist International issues manifesto to Mexican peasants
Executives of the Communist International adopt a manifesto addressed to peasant workers of Mexico denouncing the Fascist reaction of Mexico. The document accuses the government of murdering Communist leaders and suppressing the Communist party.
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London
Communist International
Mexico
Communist Party
Old War Contracts Are Being Renewed
Beverly Hills dispatch notes England recognizes the Russian government widening the prospect of war with Russia and China. The writer claims nations renew war contracts to profit as neutrals may supply ammunition. He critiques civilized nations for profiting from conflict and imagines a judgment day alibi about arming killers.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
England
Russia
China
Stark County adopts 1930 budget with near two million total
County commissioners adopt the 1930 budget totaling 1 754 846 03, up from 1 608 868 01. The plan raises the tax by 0 3 mill and increases funds for elections tuberculosis care and widow pensions while preserving a 250 000 road and bridge fund and reducing the bond sinking fund. The new county hospital will expand capacity by about half, and treasury reserves are bolstered to avoid further shortfalls.
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Stark Co
Board of Elections
Man Searched For In Columbus Murder Case
Police in Columbus Ohio seek Carey Burt 55 a second hand dealer in connection with the murder of Mamie Schart 34 mother of two. Mrs Schart’s body was sent home to Coalton near Jackson. Burt had dated the woman since her estrangement from her husband two years ago. She was killed on the eve of her return to Schart.
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Columbus
Carey Burt
Mamie Schart
Standard Oil Paid Indemnity in Spain Over Seizure
Madrid July 16 The finance minister Jose Calvo Sotelo signed two decrees authorizing payment of about 25 million dollars to the Standard Oil Co for having been taken over by the government petroleum monopoly.
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Madrid
Spain
Jose Calvos&Otelo
Standard Oil Co
Masonic Notice for Lathrop Ledge 676 Meeting
Special communication of Lathrop Lodge No. 676 on Tuesday July 16 at 5:30 p m. M M Degree. Refreshments. W M C R Whitson. Secy Ady George C Mast.
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Lathrop Ledge
C. R. Whitson
W. M
George C. Mast
Sec’y.—Adyv
George Double Co. First Sale in 96 Years
Buy now and save four percent on silver plated ware glassware man tel clocks lamps umbrellas and a group of wrist watches. Our first sale in ninety six years. Geo. Double Co. 130 Market nv adv.
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Geo. Double Co
The Terriers Win Another Game
Local sports page reports the Terriers securing another victory in Monday’s matchup. Carl Dillon provides a detailed account of the win and key moments from the game.
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Terriers
Carl Dillon
Contempt case hearings for Cleveland Press executives
Contempt of court citations against four Cleveland Press executives were initially set for trial, with editor Louis B. Seltzer and others entering not guilty pleas. Judge Frederick P. Walther postponed hearings for 24 hours as prosecutors prepared their case.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Press
John Mellink
Joseph A. Finster
Walther
United Press
Common Pleas
Frederick P. Walther
Scripps- Howard
Louis B. Seltzer
Carlton K. Matson
John A. Cline
J. Harold Read
New York Curb Market Sets New Membership Record
The New York curb exchange reported a new record membership price of 200000 dollars after completing transfer arrangements. This surpasses yesterday’s record of 195060 dollars, marking a 5000 dollar increase.
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New York
New York Curb Exchange
Polish Plane Crash Tells Azores Rescue Tale
In the Azores Major Casimir Kubala lay unconscious in the cockpit as a Polish biplane crashed on Graciosa Island. Maj Louis Idzikowski, pilot, was killed when fuel fumes exploded after fuel dumping during a landing due to engine trouble. Kubala survived, thrown clear as the craft overran an incline.
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United Press
Horta
Azores
Casimir Kubala
Marshal Pilsudski
Graciosa
Kubala
Maj
Louis Idzikowski
Iskra
Tnerr Pre Revenuee
Aeencee
Idzikowski
Paris
New York
Wickersham urges Volstead Act change in letter from Hoover era
Governor Roosevelt released a letter from George W. Wickersham urging the governors conference to consider federal control of importation manufacture and shipment of intoxicants while leaving sale and saloons to state law enforcement. The aim is to make enforcement more effective and curb bootlegging nationwide. Roosevelt noted the wide regional impact of the proposal.
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United Press
Eastern Point
Conn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Wickersham
Roosevelt
United States
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Orleans Rides Trolleys Again After Strike
New Orleans street cars resumed service today under federal guard after a two week strike. About 2 000 union workers observed strict orders not to riot as cars operated on regular routes. Public Service Inc officials said service would return to normal in a few days.
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New Orleans
United States
Wayne G. Borah
Huey P. Long
A. B. Patterson
Public Service, Inc
Train wreck leaves Columbus track torn for miles
Twenty cars of a Hocking Valley freight train piled up on the outskirts of Columbus today when a journal dropped. No injuries were reported. The wreck tore up the track for more than a quarter of a mile.
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Columbus
Auto crash damages Fitchburg window
William P. Mullahy undertaker in Fitchburg was visited by six occupants of a car that smashed into his shop window. No one was seriously hurt and the event disrupted the business scene briefly.
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Fitchburg
Mass
William P. Mullahy
Pet Mouse Triggers Police Alarm at District HQ
A quiet morning at the district police building was shattered by screams from Miss Pauline Phiele and Mrs Anna Jett as a pet mouse named Oscar from the press room scampered through the telephone exchange. Officers with revolvers rushed to the scene, finding the operators atop a desk in fright.
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Washington
Pauline Phiele
Anna Jett
Oscar
Death by own action in Millersburg home
John J. Sumney 48 of Millersburg was found dead in the basement of Curtis Darrow’s Beach City home. Coroner ruled suicide aided by a poison bottle found beside the body and a note reading Notify S. H. Sumney. Sumney had been in poor health for weeks. his brother S. H. Sumney was named in the note.
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T. C. McQuate
John J. Sumney
Millersburg
Curtis Darrow
Beach City
Sumney
Darrow
Darrows
S. H. Sumney
Wayne Butcher
G. A. Elder
McQuate
Fire on Steamship Taki Taki Sparks Brooklyn Blaze
Fire in the hold of the 8000 ton freighter Taki Taki near Brooklyn began shortly before 3 am. The crew land firemen and the William Gaynor fireboat fought the stubborn blaze, likely ignited by paints and varnish. The ship was to sail to India tomorrow, with the fire confined to the hold.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
William Gaynor
Fire Department
India
Old River Boats Set for Race Today
Cincinnati July 16 two historic steam packets the Betsy Ann and the Tom Greene race 21 miles from Cincinnati to New Richmond on the Ohio River at 5 P M to settle which is fastest revival of river days and renewed rivalry draws national attention with memories of the Betsy Ann’s gilded elk horns.
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Cincinnati
Robert E. Lee
Natchez
Ohio River
Betsy Ann
Lower
Mississippi
Tom Greene
Ohio
New Richmond
Chis Greene
Paymaster Named in Suit over Promise of Marriage
Leslie Senicon former accompanist for Ganna Walska sues Lieut Henry Guilmette paymaster on the U S cruiser Richmond for 100000 claiming breach of promise. She says he proposed to marry last June and promised divorce to wed her. She attached love letters including a Canal Zone note about elusive dreams and kisses via mail.
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Brooklyn
Leslie Senicon
Ganna Walska
Supreme Court
Henry Guilmette
United States
Richmond
Miss Senicon
Washington Av
Norfolk
Senicon
Eleven School Girls Die in Honduran Auto Crash
In Tegucigalpa eleven high school girls from socially prominent families died when their car overturned on the return from a San Buenaventura picnic. Twenty two girls were badly injured and hospitalised as the nation mourned with theaters and concert halls closed.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
San Buenaventura
Sixteenth Annual Spring Chicken Week at Bender's Cafeteria
At Bender's Cafeteria the weeklong promotion continues with the Sixth Annual Spring Chicken Week featuring Ady.
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Bender
Mobilization of Chinese Continues as Soviet Forces Move
Unconfirmed reports say 2000 Soviet troops crossed the Manchurian border near Blagoveschensk but withdrew before a Chinese battalion. Seventy armored cars passed through Harbin as Chinese forces along the Russo Manchurian border total about 60,000. Harbin rumors run high amid censorship and arrests of Soviet officials since the ultimatum.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Manchurian
Blagovieschtchensk
China
Russia Burns With Patriotic Fervor
United Press report from Moscow notes rising patriotism as a three day ultimatum to Nanking nears expiration over China's seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria. Citizens urge firm action, some pledging to abandon work to defend the proletarian homeland as parades sweep the country.
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Soviet Union
China
Moscow
Harbin
Manchuria
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Riga
C. T. Wang
Nanking
Russia
Mukden
Japan
Berlin
United Press
Far Eastern
Russias
Cedar Point Denies Closure Over Water Conditions
Cedar Point officials published a formal denial of reports that the resort would close due to impure water. GSA Boeckling, president of Cedar Point Co., said similar rumors had circulated about all Lake Erie shore summering places.
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Cedar Point
Cedar Point Today
GSA
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