Revolution in American industry spurred by German patents
A New York World News Service report details how cheap German wood alcohol patents, seized during the war and licensed to the Chemical Foundation, could spark a manufacturing turnover. Major firms including Du Pont, United States Steel, and Standard Oil are rushing to exploit methanol and related fuels, with a West Virginia plant possibly producing synthol and other products.
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New York World News Service
New York
Chemical Foundation, Inc
T. A. Boyd
General Motors Corporation Researh
General Motors
Worlds Service
duPonts
the Chemical Foundation, Inc
Clinchfield
W. Va
Thomas Delehanty
Department of
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Commerce
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du Ponts
United States Steel
du Pont
du P
West Virginia
Io Chemical
Ethyl Gas Corporation
Boy Wanted Ad Promotes Entry Into Business
A Cincinnati classified column touts boy labor as a path to success and urges readers to contact the ads desk at Canal 6390 for opportunities. It highlights that many successful men started with such early jobs.
91 year old Darien juror cites whisky and tobacco
Nathan Douchy on his 91st birthday claimed health came from whisky walking and smoking. The W C T U criticized the claim calling for a committee to investigate his longevity. Stamford doctors said whisky may have killed germs he battled at times.
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New York World News Service
Stamford
Conn
Nathan Douchy
Darien
Alicia J. Cumming
French Forces Lose Over a Hundred in Druse Uprising
Paris reports Premier Painleve states more than one hundred French soldiers were massacred by Druses in Syria. He cites a crushing loss of a 160 strong punitive column and a failed convoy guard aided by Madagascar troops. He insists the situation is not pessimistic and blames internal Druse dissension rather than foreign influence.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Druses
Syria
Painleve
Serrail
M. Painleve
Michaud
Madagascar
World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub
French Column Clears Paths in Morocco Raid Report
Advices from the French zone say Colonel Freydenburgs column engaged enemy tribesmen at Maccio and Argene, killing many and forcing a flight. Seltuna road cleared of rebels. In Sarsar raids continue south of the Ouezzan road with stores looted while central sector movements are noted.
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Morocco
Associated Press
EL Araish
Spanish Morocco
Freydenburg
Macizo
Argene
Seltuna
Sarsar
Ouezzan
Anti Jewish wave spreads violence across Central Europe
In Vienna the government issues a proclamation welcoming the Zionist Congress to stem Fascist calls for violence against Jewish delegates. Bucharest reports martial law in Jaffy and Fokschani after clashes between Fascists and Jews. Fascist placards call for pogroms as youths attack Jewish travelers at rail stations. Romanian tensions rise after a Jewish peddler beats a university professor, inspiring Fascist student revenge.
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Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berlin
Europe
Vienna
Zionist Congress
Bucharest
Jaffy
Fokschani
Austria
le Or
Abandon Your Position Becomes Ultimatum in Coal Talks
Atlantic City August 9. John L. Lewis publicizes a letter to Samuel Warriner demanding abandonment of the operators' stance of no raises and no check-off as a condition for renewed negotiations. The move signals a near strike on September 1 with possible government intervention unlikely.
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John J. Leary, JR
New York World News Service
Atlantic. City
John L. Lewis
Samuel D. Warriner
Atlantic City
Lewis
Anthracite Operators’ Association
Pinchot
Cook
Great Britain
Smyrna Earthquake Destroys Village In Aegean Shocks
Constantinople Aug 10 Severe earthquake shocks in Smyrna region wrecked one village and damaged several others. Casualties reported small but many residents injured as monsoon-like tremors struck Thursday and Friday.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Smyrna
Earthquake Damage Hits Hamidieh and Denizli
A Havas dispatch from Smyrna reports an earthquake destroying an entire village at Hamidieh and injuring several people. In Denizli the railroad station and many houses collapsed. Shocks lasted from 10 PM Saturday to 8:30 AM Sunday.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Smyrna
Hamidieh
Denizli
Fearful daughter reported missing in Columbus case
Helen Rongioni a 16 year old girl daughter of Mrs Rose Rongioni vanished from her Columbus home Saturday. Police fear she has been kidnapped by a stranger who had previously forced his attentions on her and had threatened to kidnap her after she refused marriage.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Helen Rongioni
Rose Rongioni
Davis's Homecoming Lad
Tredegar South Wales mourns as Walter Nicholls aged 80, uncle of the visiting American Secretary of Labor James Davis, dies on the day of his birth town's return. Nicholls death casts a pall over the Labor Secretary's visit to Tredegar.
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Tredegar
South Wales
James I.s
Yester
Walter Nicholls
Governor Peay to be Arrested in Darwin Case
Atlanta City report says warrants likely to be sworn for Austin Peay governor of Tennessee and others over textbook selection for alleged anti evolution violations. Dr John Randolph Neal warns action after September school opening. Federal court step cited with ACLU and Bainbridge Colby joining Knoxville suit.
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New York World News Service
Atlantic City
N. J
Austin Péay
Overnor
Tennessee
John Randolph Neal
J. T. Scopes
New York
Neal
Dayton
Scopes
Dr. Neal
American Civil Liberties Union
Bainbridge Colby
Wilson
Knoxville
James Robert Wilson
Rhea County
Oldest Mexican Woman Found Living in Poverty
Senora Antonia Pedrosa of Mexico City is believed to be at least 125 years old, recalling events from 1810 in Dolores Hidalgo and claiming to have met leaders like Miguel Hidalgo and Benito Juarez. Doctors say her mind is sharp, she speaks fluently, but she suffers rheumatism and has lost most of her eight children. plans to raise funds for hospital care.
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Patrick F. Healy
New York World News Service
Mexico City
Senora Antonia Pedrosa
Mexico
Dolores Hidalgo
Guanajuato
Miguel Hidalgo
Spain
Senora Pedrosa
Santa Ana
Benito Juarez
Juarez
Maximilian
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Labor chief warns blacks against Communist led congress
Washington Aug 9 W L Green president of the American Federation of Labor says the federation does not approve of the American Negro Labor Congress called by the Communists for Chicago October 25 He warns Negro union members not to attend detailing that the organizers seek to overturn the U S government and set up a Soviet republic He accuses Moscow directed agitators of instilling race hatred and notes many Negro delegates have been deceived into thinking the gathering would aid their race.
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New York World News Service
Washington
W. L. Green
American Federation of Labor
American Negro Labor Congress
Chicago
Green
Moscow
Mr. Green
Labor
National Park Mismanagement Alleged by Senate Panel
A Senate sub committee report accuses the Interior Department and the National Park Service of mismanagement in Grand Canyon National Park and across 29 parks. It cites 20 year exclusive concessions to the Santa Fe through Fred Harvey and poor park conditions.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Interior Department
National Park Service
Senate
Grand Canyon
Cameron
Ariz
Swampscott
President Coolidge
Mather
Fred. Harvey Company
Santa Fe Raiway System
Arizona
Bucky O'Neill
The
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon National Park
Santa Fe Railroad
Com
T. Stoyan
Finney
Ed Hamilton
Hearing Set in Arizona Inquiry for August 26
The Senate Public Lands Committee will open hearings in the West starting August 26 in Salt Lake City to review its Arizona investigation and prepare a broader report on public land matters. The sub committee’s findings are being drafted for the full committee’s use.
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Arizona
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Public Lands Committee
Salt Lake City
Demand Passport Reprisals Stir Madrid Action
Madrid reports an El B01 demand that the Spanish Government issue identification cards for all foreigners in Spain as a reprisal. The measure aims to counter alleged difficulties faced by Spanish travelers in the United States and France.
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Associated Press
Madrid
el B01
Spain
United States
France
Chemist Slayer Ends Life in Oakland Flat
In New York on August 9 Mary Spas formerly Mary Louise Browning, adopted daughter of real estate operator Edward W. Browning, killed herself after claiming she was 21 though records show 16. Browning had offered schooling and security, but she left him in a Brooklyn cottage with luggage and nurses en route to an aunt’s home as a surrogate court weighs adoption validity.
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New York World News Service
New York
Mary Spas
Mary Louise Browning
Edward W. Browning
Mary
Browning
Robert H. Dunnet
Brooklyn
Kew Gardens
Mary Louise
John Spas
Newcombe
Long Island City
Kew Gardens Inn
Dunnet
Swiss tailor pleads for pants from Mussolini
By Samuel Spewack Berlin Aug 9 the Vorwaerts prints the lament of Caesare a Swiss tailor who made a suit for Mussolini twenty years ago The faltering payment for a silk lining a fine silk kerchief to peek from the breast pocket is sought The tailor notes Mussolini complimented the suit but never paid and now appeals after Mussolini rose to power seeking payment for trousers if not the full bill and laments ingratitude of princes.
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Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berlin
The
Vorwaerts
Caesare
Mussolini
Italy
Switzerland
Casare
N. Y
Mussolini draft play centers on gypsies and Bohemians
Rome reports Mussolini's forthcoming play is set among gypsies and wandering performers with no politics in the plot. A bohemian troupe member is revealed as the girl's lover and father figure, delaying marriage in the developing acts. The author, Beatrice Baskerville, notes Mussolini is busy as head of state roles.
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Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
Mussolini
Muscians
Aviat
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Robber Found in House Flees as Neighbor Fires
A robber entered John M. Fanger’s Walnut Hills home at 3011 Woodburn Ave last night. A neighbor fired several shots as the intruder fled from a roof onto Lincoln Avenue. police arrived after another neighbor reported a pitched battle with officers. Wires were cut but nothing was stolen.
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John M. Fanger
Woodburn Avenue
Walnut Hills
Mary Annetta
Fanger
John C.fanger
Lincoln Avenue
Kaiser
James McShane
Ku Klux Klan Plans Major Parade Across Cities
New York hosts a Klan parade with a plan for a Fifth Avenue demonstration next summer. Promoters in Pennsylvania New Jersey New York and New England will push a large city event to recruit members and fund the order.
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New York World News
Vice
Washington
New York
Ku+Klux Klan
Fifth Avenue
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New Y i
New B England
United States
National Capital Horse Show Grounds
Arlington County
Evans San
Ion
Sylvan Theater
Ington Monument
Robber Steals $1200 From State and Lake Theater
An armed thief entered the Chicago State and Lake Theater offices, forced five employees at gunpoint, and escaped with about $1200 in Saturday and Sunday receipts. Manager William Singer said the theater runs 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and the robber grabbed a cash package from the open safe before fleeing through the lobby.
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Associated Press
Chicago
State and Lake Theater
William A. Singer
George Burdick
Owner of Apartment House Reports Refugee in Place
The owner explains sheltering a refugee within the building while authorities act. A guest studies a newspaper clipping as police proceed with steps to address the situation.
Trapped Chemist Schwartz Ends Flight With Suicide
Charles Henry Schwartz, sought in the Walnut Creek Chemical Co murder case, killed himself in an Oakland apartment after police surrounded the site. A note to his wife claimed self defense and denied guilt, while police traced his concealment to July 30 explosion and body misidentification efforts.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
Charles Henry Schwartz
Pacific Cellulose Company
Walnut Creek
Schwartz
C.W. Hayward
Cane
Berkeley
Hayward
Barstow
California
Mexico
Bell
E. S. Bell
Act
Elizabeth Adams
Germany
Chemical Company
Martinez
Here
San Francisco
Gilbert Warren Barb
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