Briand burial prompts peace plea and European view
A body of Aristide Briand is moved from a Paris cemetery to a tomb near his former home in Cocherel. Premier Herriot and former US secretary Kellogg attend. Herriot cites Briands advice urging honorable coexistence. England reportedly shifts armament talks toward Hoover plan. Grasshopper plague spurs farmer Charles Franks to rig a car device, harvesting 70 bushels. Farm recovery relies on ingenuity and collective effort.
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Aristide Briand
France
Paris
Cocherel
Premier Herriot
Frank B. Kellogg
Briand
Herriot
Europe
Rosewood
Minn
Charles Franks
St. Paul
Washington
Franks
Albany welcomes Roosevelt as Smith factions heal rift
In Albany plans were announced for a homecoming reception for Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt organized by Ed and Dan O’Connell, ardent Alfred E. Smith supporters. The event signals a mending Democratic rift after the Chicago convention as Roosevelt sends a note to Tammany and Smith backs him.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Chicago
Edward J
Daniel P. O’connell
Smith
Mrs Barney Denies Killing Lover in London Trial
London reports Mrs Elvira Barney denial on the witness stand of murdering her lover Michael Scott Stephen. The trial at Old Bailey proceeds swiftly as prosecutors close their case.
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London
Elvira Dolores Barney
Michael Scott Stephen
Percival Clarke
Sir Percival
England
Mrs. Barney
Stephen
Sir Patrick Hastings
Report Finding Pirate Wealth On Cocos Isle
San Francisco dispatch reports optimistic investors awaiting details as a Vancouver expedition cables from Panama City that pirate treasure unearthed on Cocos Isle may be worth 60 million dollars. Captain R D Adams, an orange grower from Lindsay, Calif., says gold and silver pieces have been found. The venture sailed last February to seek Captain Graham era loot, with backers fearing the claim could be a Ponzi like scheme until further verification and assurances arrive.
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San Francisco
Panama City
Cocos Isle
Soldiers of Fortune
R. D. Adams
Lindsay
Calif
Vancouver
B. C
Central America
Graham
Adams
Pacific Coast
Ma Kennedy and What-A-Man Hudson End Romance in Public Bust Up
Hermosa Beach, Calif. reports a loud Fourth of July breakup between Minnie Ma Kennedy and Guy Edward Hudson. Ma says she is cutting loose and not responsible for his debts while Hudson retorts that he only seeks work and a chance to support them despite their yearlong marriage.
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Hermosa Beach
Calif
Minnie “Ma” Kennedy
Guy Edward Hudson
Cottage By the Sea
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton
Angelus Temple
David L. Hutton
Los Angeles
William Allen White Foresees End of Prohibition
The Kansas editor of national repute predicts the doom of prohibition as the new generation favors regulation and control of liquor traffic, replacing the earlier effort to prohibit. He indicates approval of this shift and outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Kansas
Roosevelt's nomination shifts election focus from prohibition
ME White argues Roosevelt's nomination creates real differences between parties. He says social and economic questions raised by Roosevelt will minimize the prohibition issue, making prohibition less central to the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Appeal to the South and West in Campaign
The piece argues Roosevelt will target the south and west with a platform focusing on social and economic fundamentals. It predicts voters will distinguish between parties and express a choice, noting the year likely favors the Democrats over the Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Democra
States decide liquor sovereignty in nonpartisan bid
The first seemingly non-partisan push for a return of states rights centers on liquor policy. Both parties propose allowing states to choose on liquor and calling on the federal government only to protect states that reject it from traffic by those that accept it.
States rights clash with Volstead era reform test
The passage argues that individual freedom is central to enforcing the Volstead act while states' rights are compromised by federal paternalism. It expresses concern about using liquor as a first test for sensible reform amid widespread rights sacrifices.
Purchasers Rush to Beat New Federal Excise Tax
Citizens scrambled to buy various taxed items before the tax took effect, with thousands of orders awaiting fulfillment after the deadline. The rule excluded sales made before June 21, as shoppers sought to avoid the new levy through prior purchases.
Tax avoidance drive spurs revenue law push
Corporations and individuals organize to cut the number of checks drawn to dodge the two-cent tax and to reduce mailed pieces to escape higher postage. The passage suggests government pressure on business as taxation rises, arguing that the only real remedy is reduced government.
Oil man injured cutting can with torch at station
William Pulda Jr an attendant at Lo Hi Oil station Center Point Road was severely cut on the forearm and gashed on the head when an empty lubricating oil can exploded while he used an acetylene torch to cut it at 845 am Tuesday. Fumes in the can caused the blast and he suffered no burns. He was taken to St. et hospital by a passing motorist.
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William Pulda, Jr
Lo-Hi Oil Company
Center Point Road
Avenue NE
Pulda
Witesses
St.et Hospital
Weather Warms Up After Cold Fourth
Cedar Rapids notes a cold Fourth of July with a Monday high of 72 degrees from noon to 2 30 pm. By Tuesday 2 30 pm temperatures reached 85 as overcast skies cleared. Evening rain dropped the low to 58 by Tuesday morning with 0 03 inches of precipitation recorded.
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Cedar Rapids
Bonus Army Trudges To Capitol And Back
Washington dispatch reports the Bonus Expeditionary Forces marching up Capitol Hill and back after a brief protest on the senate steps. Led by Walter Waters, they urged reconsideration of the Patman bill for immediate veterans payments, then returned to camp after songs and speeches.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate
Cory
Hoover
Walter W. Waters
New York
Capitol
Patman
Italian Debt Talk Sparks Western Europe Dispute
In Lausanne the Italian demand for full cancellation of all postwar debts triggers a rift as Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald refuses to wipe the slate clean. Edouard Herriot backs Britain against the US backed debt write-off, signaling a united front against Italy's bid.
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Lausanne
INL
Dino Grandi
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
Grandi
Grfeat
United States
MacDonald
Italy
Great Britain
Edouard Herriot
France
Paris
America
A L McKinstry Overcome by Gas in Home
A L McKinstry of 848 Sixteenth street SE was revived by ambulance attendants after being overcome by gas in the kitchen at 2 30 pm Tuesday. His divorced wife found him on a kitchen bench, called an ambulance and police. Detectives Powers and Lee investigated the incident.
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Cedar Rapids
A. L. McKinstry
Sixteenth Street
McKinstry
George Powers
George Lee
Roosevelt to Speak in Omaha on Campaign Theme
James H. Hanley of Omaha said Roosevelt will deliver a major campaign address in Omaha with agriculture as a main theme. No date set yet for the appearance at the Democratic presidential nominee event in Chicago or Omaha.
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Omaha
James H. Hanley
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Texans Drive Stock By Hills To Escape Flood Waters
Texans move cattle and other livestock to higher ground along the lower Rio Grande, Guadalupe, and Nueces basins as floodwaters advance toward the Gulf. Nine deaths are reported, with widespread damage to farms, highways, railroads and crops as waters recede in some river headwaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Rio
Guadalupe
Nueces
Gulf of Mexico
Lost and Found ads reveal quick pet and item recoveries
Gazette Lost and Found ads show several recoveries within hours. R F McGuire’s male brindle Boston terrier returned after listing on The Gazette. Frank Lynch recovered glasses via ad. Maude Van’s stray brown and white blind dog found same night. FP Williams located his wire haired terrier through the paper. Ads promote swift community help in Cedar Rapids.
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R. F. McGuire
C Ave
Gazette
Frank Lynch
E St. SW
the Gazette
Williams
A Ave
Cedar Rapids
Three Die in Minnesota Car Crash Near Paynesville
PAYNESVILLE Minn AP three men died Tuesday from injuries suffered in an auto collision near here Monday night The victims were Aaron Hille 62 and Arthur E Klohn 30 both of St Paul and Marvin A Gilland 30 of Morgan Minn A young woman riding with Gilland identified tentatively as Miss Peterson of Eden Valley Minn was seriously hurt
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Paynesville
Minn
Here
Aaron Hille
Arthur E. Klohn
St. Paul
Marvin A. Gilland
Morgan
Gilland
Miss Peterson
Eden Valley
Veto Threat Looms as Congress Faces Unemployment Bill
Washington AP reports Senator Watson a Republican leader says President Hoover will veto the 2.1 billion dollar unemployment relief measure and press Congress to stay in session until a new bill passes. House and Senate conferees report the compromise relief bill, with dissent from Rep. Tready and signatures from Rainey Crisp Collier Bacharach and others.
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Washington
Watson
Hoover
Congress
House
Senate
Tready
Mass
Representative Rainey
Norbeck
S. D
Wagner
N. Y
Motorist Held For Drunken Driving
Ernest Trumpold age 33 of 1713 Eighth Street NW was arrested by Sheriff Joseph A Petrus and Deputy Sheriff L A Condon about 9 p m Monday at Eighth Avenue and First Street SW on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated The arrest followed a report that a car without lights was headed toward Cedar Rapids on highway 161 south of the city Two inch car with Trumpold were not e
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Cedar Rapids
Ernest Trumpold
Eighth Street
Joseph A. Petrus
L. A. Condon
Eighth Avenue
First Street
Highway 161
Trumpold
Monday Gala Day At Health Camp Celebrates Fourth
Children at Camp Good Health enjoyed a private Monday celebration and a public evening fireworks display. About 100 youngsters attended, marching with flags around a bonfire, then sharing a picnic lunch. The event, funded by the Public Health Nursing bureau, highlighted the camp’s work for undernourished children and urged reader donations to sustain its health programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Bureau
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt And Four Sons To Cruise On Sea In Small Yawl
Franklin D Roosevelt the Democratic presidential nominee will take a seven day ocean cruise with his four sons in a 40 foot yawl rented for 150 dollars. The boat will be manned by Roosevelt and his sons with no others aboard. He will navigate cook and wash. They plan to depart from New York City early next Monday and travel via the Cape Cod canal to the eastern seaboard ending in Portsmouth New Hampshire before returning to New York the following Sunday.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York City
Roosevelt
James
Elliott
John
Franklin D., Jr
Cape Cod Canal
Eastern Seaboard
Portsmouth
N. H
New York
Third Party Nominates Webb for President in Fusion Move
In Kansas City, a fusion third party backing socialists and progressives nominated Col. Frank E. Webb of San Francisco, a former labor leader, as presidential candidate. The ticket bases its campaign on Coxey and Harvey monetary theories, with Andrew Nordskog of Los Angeles named as vice president.
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Kansas City, Mo
Frank E. Webb
San Francisco
Third Party
Jacob S. Coxey
Ohio
William H
Coin) Harvey
Arkansas
Andrew Nordskog
Los Angeles
Last Day Of Old 2-Cent Postage
Washington dispatch notes the final day for old two cent postage as midnight nears. First class rates rise to three cents per ounce thereafter. Air mail stamps increase from five to eight cents for the first ounce and from ten to thirteen cents for additional ounces.
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Washington
INS
Air Mail
Check Up On Yourself Milne Handwriting Analysis Coupon
Introducing graphologist Lorne A Milne who will read your handwriting and reveal outstanding traits. A 300 word analysis is offered via a coupon on page 7 or 9 with 10 cents handling and a stamped self addressed envelope. Mail samples for careful study to aid business or social advancement.
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Lorne A. Milne
Mr. Milne
Milne
Will Rogers on Democratic convention and rural victory
Special to The Gazette from Novata Oklahoma describes a Democratic convention as a rural victory over city interests. It asserts New York and Chicago elites misjudged Roosevelt and Smith alignment, notes Tammany influence fading, and claims California orange squeeze purchasers fled west with loot, delivering a rural politics lesson.
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Novata
Okla
New York
Chicago
Tammany
Smith
Roosevelt
California
Garner To Take Texas Vacation Before Campaign
Speaker John Nance Garner plans a rest in Texas before entering the vice presidency campaign. He will confer with Governor Roosevelt in Albany after Congress adjourns, then return to Washington to wrap up office details. Garner, weary from the session, seeks home in Uvalde and continues as candidate for the next Congress from Texas district Fourteenth. Primary elections are the last Saturday of the month.
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Washington
John Nance Garner
Texas
Congress
Garner
Albany
Franklin Roosevelt
Uvalde
Kin of Gazette Man Injured in Tornado
The Cedar Rapids Gazette editor Boyd and his family were injured when a tornado struck Washington Kansas late Monday. Parents Mr and Mrs J J Boyd and Aunt Miss Louise Pitcher were seriously hurt, their home wrecked, two nearby school buildings demolished, and a neighbor killed.
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Cedar Rapids
Boyd
Twenty-fourth Street Drive
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Washington, Kan
J. J. Boyd
Louise Pitcher
Boyds
Severe Midwest storms kill eight and injure several
Violent storms lashed the Midwest causing eight deaths and extensive damage across Kansas Nebraska and Missouri. Among the dead were Peter Gillett 75 Alva Summitt 18 Garland Hubbell and Mrs F E Singe. Two motorists drowned and a mother killed near Hubbell Nebraska. A Kansas City area drowning and a man struck by a car in rain were reported. Authorities feared a higher death toll.
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Kansas City
Midwest
Washington
Kan
Hubbell
Neb
Peter Gillett
Alva Summitt
Garland Hubbell
F. E. Singe
Duke M. Brackney
Johnson County
Kansas
Brackney
William Hurd
Virgil Scholes
Towie
Mission Creek
House votes against funds for grasshopper control work
Washington AP reports the house again refused to appropriate federal funds for state grasshopper control. The tally stood 115 in favor and 52 against the measure, reflecting opposition to the program despite ongoing pest concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Globe Girdlers Pierce Foll On Perilous Hop
James Mattern and Bennett Griffin, around the world flyers, landed safely in Harbor Grace Newfoundland after more than two hours lost in dense fog and rain over northeast Newfoundland. They overshot their mark, were spotted near Cape Freels, and guided by natives before resuming their journey despite thinning fog.
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Harbor Grace
N. F
James Mattern
Bennett Griffin
Iowa
Newfoundland
Cape Freels
Here
Concepcion Bay
Flyers depart from Floyd Bennett on world-flight bid
James Mattern and Bennett Griffin, two army aviators from the southwestern United States, left Floyd Bennett Airport at 3:01 am on the first leg toward beating the round the world record by Harold Gatty and Wiley Post. They aim to refuel at Harbor Grace Newfoundland then Berlin with a fuel plan that includes Ireland if needed.
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Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
James Mattern
Bennett Griffin
Southwest
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Long Island
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Winnie Mae
J. P. W. Heinmiller
National Aeronautical
Scotland
Berlin
Ireland
Post
Henry E. Turner
Oklahoma City
John Mabee
Tulsa
England
Netherlands
Moscow
Omsk
Siberia
Novo Sibirsk
Yakutsk
Fairbanks
Alaska
Edmonton
Canada
Still Hope To Avert Tariff War Between Britain And Ireland
London reports a renewed chance to avoid a tariff clash as President Eamonn De Valera has not closed the door to arbitrating the land annuities dispute. The British House of Commons, by 223 to 31, backed a financial measure enabling a tariff up to 100 percent on Free State goods in response to annuities refusal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INL
Great Britain
Sir James Heath 80 Wins Divorce From Lady Heath
London report states Sir James Heath an 80 year old entrepreneur and colliery owner was granted a decree of divorce Monday from his aviatrix wife Lady Heath. He alleged misconduct with Ronald Williams, a former husband of the Lexington Kentucky native. The case details a breakdown of the marriage and claims of infidelity against Lady Heath.
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London
Llp
James Heath
Lady Heath
Mea Ee
Lexington
Williams
James
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