Soviet Release of Americans Boosts Peace Prospect
The Soviet release of imprisoned Americans is hailed as a key news development and is linked to prospects for famine relief in Russia. The piece argues that this event signals a shift away from communist coercion toward economic revival, and discusses implications for global business and renewed Russian production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce and Finance
New York
Theodore H. Price
Leo Pasvolsky
Russian Review
Lenine
Sinn Fein Ireland Demobilization Reported To Lift World Mood
The Irish Sinn Fein army’s demobilization signals potential progress toward a peace solution and paves the way for a disarmament congress in November. In the U.S. the July outlook shows mixed but improving signs with rising wholesale prices and strong demand, even as copper steel and coal face declines and cautious buyers await further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Union
Harding
Improvement in textiles parallels cotton market surge
Improvement is greatest in textiles as they harden through the week, mirroring the cotton market rise. Broad speculation grows after the government reports a low condition and the sensational note about boll weevil garages. Prices may rise significantly.
Amusements Page Ad Index and Classified snips
Index to advertisements shows a mix of products and services including Reds baseball in Philadelphia coverage, cigarettes, eye remedies, coal supplies, jewelry, phonographs, refrigerators, hardware and furs. Names like Miss Moore and Shillito's are listed among sales and promotions with page references and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amusements
ball—Reds
Philadelphia
Bradfield Regulator Co
Hewitt & Mackenbach—Specialists
John van Range Co
Merryweather
Miss Moore
Motion Tee
Pickering’s—Hardware
Pogue’s
Prince & Co
Motor Glasses
Savin's Loan Office
Shillito
Spencer's Diamonds
Ee Ae
Wilson
PNIE
Wives of Ex Ministers in Vienna Earn Cash by Sewing
In Vienna on August 7 the wives or widows of forty seven former Ministers of State are supplementing pensions by sewing and embroidering. The plan, originated by the relief organization for the middle classes, has provided income for a large number of Austrian women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Relief Organization For
Kentucky Kim May Avenges KinKeads Death
A New York dispatch reports Ellis Guy Kinkead, a Cincinnati attorney, shot dead near his home. Mrs. Kinkead vows swift punishment by Kentucky kin, calling Olive Stone a blackmailer. Stone remains calm in jail, showing no remorse.
Death of Ellis Guy Kinkead to be Funeralized in Cincinnati
The body will be moved to W Mack Johnson parlors on McMillan Street after the train bearing Mrs. Kinkead arrives at Pennsylvania Station at 9 10 this morning. A service will be held at Dr A G Drury's home in the Aberdeen Building Walnut Hills with Cincinnati lawyers expected to attend. Attorneys are expected to testify in New York at the Olivia Stone murder trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Guy Kinkead
W. Mack Johnson
McMillan Street
Cincinnati
Man Drowns After Paddle Wheel Accident on Steamboat
A man in a blue suit stepped onto the Kentucky steamboat paddle wheel at the foot of Broadway. As engineer Jacob George started the wheel, the man was struck and hurled into the river, sinking immediately. Bystanders and police searched the waters and Coroner D. C. Handley was notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Louisville
Jacob George
D. C. Handley
Engagement of Rev Percy Grant and Mrs Philip Lydig
New York August 7 social circles buzz over the engagement of Rev Percy Stickney Grant rector of the Church of the Ascension and Mrs Philip M Lydig social leader and art patron Mrs Lydig a parish member and war worker confirmed the news and noted no definite wedding date Grant has drawn attention for church forums and past deportation debate while Lydig has led national defense work and long pursued art exhibits with Ascension parish partners The couple’s relationship follows Lydig’s Paris divorce decree from Major Philip M Lydig in September 1919
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Percy Stickney Grant
Church of the Ascension
West
Tenth Street
Philip M. Lydig
Lydig
Bedford Hillls
Grant
Charles S. Burch
Episcopal Diocese of
Wilson
Paris
W. BB. D. Stokes
Mr. Stokes
D. Bt
Senate
W. Stokes, Jr
Caruso Family thanks Italy and abroad for sympathy
The family of the late Enrico Caruso circulated a message of thanks through Stefapi Agency for the sympathy shown at the tenor’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Enrico Caruso
Stefapi
Italy
Divorcee and Associate Held as Police Unravel Kennedy Death
Los Angeles officials hold Madalynne Obenchain of Evanston Illinois as a material witness and Arthur C. Burch of Evanston as a person of interest in the Beverly Glen ambush slaying of insurance broker John B. Kennedy. Police trace a shotgun wound and a long parcel to Burch while seeking a motive and the weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Cal
Madalynne Obenchain
Evanston
Ill
Arthur C. Burch
Beverly Glen
John B. Kennedy
Obenchain
Burch
Northwestern University
Broadway
Las Vegas
Nev
Kennedy Cottage
Chicago
Sheriff's Office
Mrs Obenchain Divorce Ties to Burch College Link
CHICAGO Aug 7 Arthur Cowbrey Burch held at Las Vegas Nevada in connection with the murder of J B Kennedy near Los Angeles Mrs Madalynne Connor Obenchain who was once married to Burch and later divorced is mentioned as a college classmate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arthur Cowbrey Burch
Las Vegas
Nevada
J. B. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Madalynne Connor Obenchain
Moors Annihilate Spanish Column at Mt Arruit
Madrid Aug 7 The column of General Navarro besieged by Moors on Mt Arruit has been annihilated, according to a communication from General Berenguer, Spanish High Commissioner in Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Associated Press
Navarro
Mt. Arruit
Berenguer
Morocco
Cincinnati Enjoys Unseasonal Cool Spell Amid Heat Relief
Residents woke to a 68 degree day unseen since early June with the Weather Bureau not predicting the dip continuing. Amusement parks reported strong business as locals sought respite, while officials warned predicting further cooling remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
United States Uruguayan loan hailed after chamber approvals
The exchange situation between the United States and Uruguay is set for immediate improvement following approval by Uruguay’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate of National City Bank of New York offer to lend the government 7.5 million dollars. The loan carries 8 percent interest and is repayable over twenty five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevido
United States
Uruguay
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
National City Bank of New York
Alaska Steamer Founders Off California Coast
Captain Harry Hobey remained aboard the Alaska as it struck Blunt's Reef and capsized off Eureka on August 7. Only one passenger, George Glenn of Nebraska, survived after being saved from the water and an empty lifeboat was later found. The captain and two others were among the 48 perished in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Eureka
Cal
Harry Hobey
Alaska
Blunt’s Reef
George Glenn
Nebraska
Glenn
Wreck of Alaska Steamer Kills 48 Off Blunt's Reef
The Alaska of the San Francisco and Portland line sank thirty minutes after hitting Blunt's Reef in dense fog forty miles south of Eureka. Forty-eight aboard perished, 166 survived aboard the Anyox rescue ship. Captain Hobey is missing with the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Cali
Alaska
San Francisco
Portland Steamship Company
Portland
Ore
Blunt’s Reef
Anyox
Coast Guard
Ranger
Harry Hobey
Annex
San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company
Port Townsend
Wash
Chester
Columbia
Washington
Oregon
California
South Bend
Anyox Rescues Survivors After Steamer Hits Reef
The steamer Anyox towing a barge to Vancouver picked up survivors off a wreck in heavy fog. Twelve bodies were recovered and thirty two passengers plus four crew were unaccounted for. The rescue continued through the night as the Anyox and a tug aided victims in lifeboats and life preservers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Alaska
Thomas Johnston
Brooklyn
N. Y
Owen Terlin
Indianapolis
S. Kumazawa
Heane
F. K. King
Frank Comm
Ralph J. Mockett
Larsen
Portland
Ore
Bellboy
Baldwin
Oakland
Cal
Hobey
Anyox
Snoddy
Irene Ryer
Dye Monopoly Sought To Influence Cabinet Members
Representative Frear charges the dye monopoly led by the Chemical Foundation Company sought to influence three members of President Harding's Cabinet to preserve its exclusive power. He cites letters by Weeks and Denby urging the dye embargo and criticizes Attorney General Daugherty for not replying to his July 18 letter seeking legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Chemical Foundation Company
Harding
Frear
Wisconsin
Penrose
Senate
Weeks
Denby
Daugherty
Congress
Mr. Frear
Mr. Daugherty
Congressional Record
Francis P. Garvin
Joseph Choate, Jr
Patent
Chemical Foundation
Choate
Republican Congressman Attacks Administration on Taxes and Tariffs
Rep Keller independent of Minnesota denounces the administration and the Ways and Means Committee over tariff and tax policy. He accuses a Wall Street‑driven catering to railroad interests and laments secrecy in bill drafting while calling for lower transport taxes and rail efficiency.
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Washington
Congress
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
Ways and Means Committee
Frear
Fae
Mellon
Thes
the Sfreasury
T Here
Rmer
Houston
Treisury
Administration
Wall Street
House
Representative Keller
Republican
St. Paul, Minn
Keller
Republican Party
Maine
California
Mr. Keller
Bulgarians disband army to meet allied demand
Sofia reports the Bulgarian government plans to disband the army and raise a volunteer force after the Inter Allied Military Commission demanded full demobilization within two months and 12 000 volunteers by October 1. A note protests the order, arguing the current force matches the peace treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Inter-Allied Military Commission
Nine Six Passengers Survived Alaska Shipwreck Says Anyox Captain
Captain Snoddy of the rescue steamer Anyox reports picking up 96 passengers and 70 crew from the sunken Alaska off Eureka California. He says 36 passengers and 12 crew remain missing and doubts any other survivors are found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Portland
San Francisco
Brant’s Reef
Eureka
Cal
Associated Press
8. Snoddy
Anyox
American schooner Cecilia Cohen sinks off Hatteras
The American schooner Cecilia Cohen of 1100 gross tons, built in 1926 at Bath Maine, was reported on fire and sinking about sixty miles off Cape Hatteras. The crew were rescued by the steamer West Keene en route to New York after a prior grounding off the Florida coast while on a voyage from Tampa to fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cecilia Cohen
Cape Hattéras
Naval Communication Service
West Keene
Bath
Florida
Tampa
Fila
Rejected Lover Shoots Woman and Himself on Riverside Drive
Mrs. Josephine Kruer, wife of a retired liquor dealer, was shot in the face and shoulder at Riverside Drive and 11th street in New York. The assailant, identified as Thomas W. McCarthy, a city employee, was found nearby with a head wound and a revolver. He died or was not expected to recover. Kruer survived with non serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Josephine Kruer
Hendrick Hudson
Riverside Drive
11Th Street
Thomas W. McCarthy
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Price
Bradstreet
He Wei
Kim
Kinkead
Miss Stone
Commercial Tribune
Raymond Street
Ohio
Pergy
Red Cross
Purser Morgan
Annox
C. A. Wright
Veauville
N. J
Thomas Jefferson
Charles
Hatteras
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