Book reveals czar's tactics by aid in uncensored Wheeler bio
Washington July 30 Justin Steuart former Wheeler secretary asserts in an uncensored biography that the Anti Saloon League has shifted from political methods to education policy. He says Wheeler dominated politics for 30 years and shaped many campaigns while the league supported prohibition.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Wayne B. Wheeler
Justin Steuart
Wheeler
Wayne Wheeler
League
Steuart
F E. H. Cherrington
Franklin
United States
St. George
Senate
Cuse
Train Wreck and Fire Kill Four Near Guernsey Wyoming
Four men died in a Burlington railroad freight wreck near Guernsey Wyoming after a rail gave way during a weekend storm. Twenty seven derailed cars, many carrying crude oil, exploded and burned, with oil flowing a mile and a half down the Platte River. Rescue attempts were futile as the blaze consumed the scene.
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Guernsey
Wyo
Burlington Tillroad
Platte River
Will Rogers Deserts Crossing With Mittens On
Will Rogers recounts a desert crossing while flying eastward and notes the heat and a cache of $206 in SPs pasted from Chicago to Beverly. He mentions private planes, public interest, and the crowds observing the journey as a great show.
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Salt Lake City
Satur
Beverly
Youth Loses Hand in Bomb Blast At Stark Co Fairgrounds
Thomas Brenner eight and Robert Schreiner nine were hurt when an unexploded aerial bomb left from July 4 fireworks exploded Sunday night. Brenner lost his right hand, received facial injuries, Schreiner suffered multiple cuts, and Ralph Schiott was uninjured. Detectives investigated the blast in the western city.
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Thomas Brenner
George H. Brenner
Tuscarawas St W
Aultman Hospital
Robert Schreiner
Fawcett Av NW
Brenner and Schreiner Boys
Ralph Schiott
Fawcett Av
Stark Co Fairgrounds
Schiott
Brenner
Schreiner
Schreiwer
Sehhiott
Young Brenner
Schrei
Probe L Crash Hurts 64 on Elevated Line
Investigation focused on James Elichs the motorman after a collision on the sixth elevated train. Passengers testified he fled the splintered cab and crushed bodies, while fire teams freed the injured from four cars including three seriously hurt.
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New York
James Eiicis
Elichs
Alvine Rocco
Joseph Carrie
John Carrie
Charlies Durati
Solon's Wife in Critical Condition
Mrs. Reed Smoot wife of the Utah senator was reported in critical condition after a general breakdown. Officials said she had a bad night at Sen Smoots offices and the situation remained grave.
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Washington
Reed Smoot
Utah
Sen. Smoot
Champion to Map Out Career Before Press
New York July 30 Gene Tunney planned future steps including retirement but rumors swirl after his technical knockout of Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium. Tunney’s adviser is his own self and until he announces plans uncertainty remains about defending the title versus Jack Sharkey or other contenders.
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New York
Gene Tunnery
Tom Heeney
Yankee Stadium
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Jack Sharkey
Boston Ter
Billy Gibson
Speculator
N. C
Heeney
Flood Perils Kansas Town
Flood waters from Big Creek inundated about one third of Hays Kansas including the Kansas State Teachers College campus. Water in college buildings ranged from three to six feet deep with only second stories visible in many homes. Rainfall totaled six to eight inches near Hays Ellis and Great Bend. No lives lost but three large Ellis elevators carrying wheat were damaged and thousands of bushels soaked. Much field wheat damaged.
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Hays
Kan
Big Creek
Kansas State Teachers’ College
Ellis
Great Bend
Mayon Volcano Eruption Threatens Exploring Parties
Mayon Volcano on the southern end of the island continued to erupt increasing danger to exploring party members. Residents in the area evacuated as new lava streams poured down the mountain and rocks and ashes were hurled into the air. Frequent earth tremors accompanied the activity.
Canton Man Rex Edwards Rescues Three After Car Sees Creek
Rex Edwards of Canton rescues Virgil Allen and Arthur Baker of Bellaire and John Collins of Caldwell after their overturned car sinks into a creek near Brilliant, Steubenville. Driver Harold Spargrove, 19, drowns before extraction. Edwards reaches scene first while following Spargrove.
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Virgil Allen
Arthur Baker
Bellaire
John Collins
Caldwell
Rex Edwards
Canton
Brilliant
Steubenville
Harold Spargrove
Edwards
Spargrove
Hoover Closes In On Smith In Straw Vote In Canton
Herbert Hoover edges toward Al Smith in an oral straw poll conducted by The Canton Daily News in Canton. Hoover leads daily totals at downtown venues and gains in theater votes as ballot boxes expand to Timken plant workers and multiple downtown theaters. Norman Thomas receives scattered support. early figures show Hoover narrowing Smith’s lead.
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Smith
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Loew's
Thomas
Lyceum
Valentine
The
Grand
Mozart
Strand
Palace
Five-Color Movies For Home Introduced
Rochester July 30 Five color motion pictures for home viewing were unveiled to scientists and other leaders by George Eastman. The system uses tiny cylindrical lenses on the film to filter light into red green and blue and records color in addition to black and white. The lenses are extremely small and unseen but yield a full color projection when screened.
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Rochester
M. Fs
George Eastman
Sssy Se
Eastman
Tragic double death as father killed by live wire while searching for son
In Greenville on July 30 Ralph Logan, 52, a bricklayer, died after falling onto a high tension wire while seeking the body of his son Vernon Logan, 21, who had drowned earlier in Greenville Creek. The son was found a short distance away near the water, with injuries noted on his head.
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Greenville
Ralph Logan
Vernon Logan
Greenville Creek
Logan
Death of Federal Judge D C Westen haver
Cleveland reports the death of Federal Judge D C Westen hav er aged 43 after a long illness with heart trouble. He had been a patent law authority on the federal bench for 11 years and helped shape many liquor and drug cases. His death follows a relapse after returning from Baltimore Johns Hopkins operation. He was born January 15 1845 in Berkeley County West Virginia. He leaves a wife and son Paul. Also noted is the death of former Judge David J Nye 85 in Elyria.
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Cleveland
D. C. Westenhaver
Westenhaver
Baltimor
Berkley Co
West Virginia
Paul
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
John M. Killits
Toledo
Paul Jones
Youngstown
Canton
Starkey
Ben Rudner
Pittsburgh
Elyria, O
David J. Nye
Nye
Ohio State Bar Association
Elyria
Three Arrested on Day Charges in Liquor Raids
Three men and a woman were arrested on Sunday for liquor law violations. Officers on patrol on Mahoning road NE found Holly Burke asleep in a car with a half pint of corn sugar whisky. At 1125 Cherry av SE Anna Brant alias Anna Yuilln hid 15 quarts of corn sugar whisky and two half gallon jars just outside a rear door. William Harden of 718 Cherry av NE blocked entry and emptied liquor when police raided his home.
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Weigle
King
Mahoning Rd
Holly Burke
4Th St
Callace
Bennet
Anna Brant
Anna Yuilln
William Harden
Point Standings At Olympic Meet
The second day final standings show United States leading with 55 points followed by Great Britain, Finland and Sweden. Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Philippines, and South Africa also listed with smaller totals at the Amsterdam Stadium event.
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Amsterdam
United States
Great Britain
Finland
Sweden
Canada
Ireland
Germany
France
Italy
Philippines
South Africa
Toral Fate To Be Decided Soon In Mexico City
July 30 Mexico City police prepared to turn Jose de Leon Toral and others arrested after the assassination of President Elect Alvaro Obregon over to civil courts for trial. A civil trial was chosen over a court martial. Police chief General Rio Zertouche planned to publish findings on the assassination as Toral is handed to civil authorities. The timing of the trial remains uncertain. Meanwhile Mexico’s Congress, in extraordinary session called before Obregon’s assassination, debated the selection of a successor after December 1 as Plutarco Calles term ends, with no resolution expected today.
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Mexico
Orty
Jose de Leon Toral
Alvaro Obregon
Toral
Obregon
Martia
Rio Zertouche
West to Hear Water Claims on Gila River Dam
Secretary Roy C. West will hear upper Gila Valley landowners on water rights for the Gila River and discuss 180 construction of a dam on the headwaters. Hearing set for September 20 at the Interior Department.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Roy C. West
Gila Valley
Ariz
Gila River
Gila
Interior Department
Death by own action halted amid police intervention
In Atlantic City New Jersey on July 30 Stephen Petchelis faced police actions after a note to John Diamond was misread as a death by own action threat. Police urged Petchelis not to harm himself and intervene to prevent self harm.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Stephen Petchelis
John Diamond
Diamond
Cochet Defeats Tilden to Start Davis Cup Duel
In Paris Henri Cochet wins the opening singles 9-7 to give France an early lead in the Davis Cup as William Tilden struggles to counter the French fire. Le Coste then defeats Joan Hennessey to extend France’s advantage to three of four matches, with Lacoste versus Hennessey looming as final singles.
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Roland Carrol
France
Rene Lacoste
John Hennessey
Cochet
Lacoste
Tilden
Groom
Hennessey
Francis T Fyynter
Day Agent Search Begun for Steubenville Shooting
Steubenville Ohio July 36 A statewide search has begun for Joseph P Tice former assistant to federal and state prohibition in connection with the shooting of Anthony Soldat 14 Police say Soldat was shot when trying to escape from Tice and George Baynham deputy state prohibition officer Baynham said Soldat was transporting liquor He declined to discuss the shooting Prosecutor Roy Merryman indicated he would prefer a murder charge if Soldat dies The injured man is hospitalized with a bullet in his back in critical condition
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Steubenville
Joseph P. Tice
Anthony Soldat
Soldat
Tice
George Baynham
Baynham
Roy Merryman
Dover Center Name Confusion Cites Speeding Calls
Dover police in Cuyahoga county received many calls from motorists cited for speeding. Desk Sgt. E F Allman asked village police to better identify Dover Center for strangers. Chief E F Hiller replied reminding that Dover Tuscarawas residents wanted the name Dover Center changed, noting the prior Dover Canal confusion.
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Cuyahogaco
E. F. Allman
Dover Ice
Popolice
E. F. Hiller
Dover Police
Tuscarawasco
Dover Village
Allman
Chief Hiller
Dover Center
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