Error in Young plan overpayments sparks Hague deadlock
The Hague reports a gigantic error in the Young plan miscalculates France’s annuity by 5 million pounds yearly, boosting France’s receipts from 52 to 57 million pounds. The mistake may break the stalemate at the Hague Conference and prompt a new creditors’ parley on September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ll. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
France
Hague
Paris
Great Britain
N. Y
German pressure deepens in failed reparations talks
The Hague reports German Foreign Minister Stresemann signaling limits as the reparations conference stalls into its third week. Germany plans to cap payments under the Young plan, while expected talks with the six creditor nations tomorrow may decide on resuming negotiation or adjourning to Lausanne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Gustav Stresemann
Reich
Germany
Streseman
Jaspar
Belgium
Lausanne
Assembly of
League of Nations
History Repeats as Cleveland Rebuffs City Manager Plan
Clevelanders voted against abolishing the City Manager form and restoring Ward-Mayor-Council government. The charter amendment, championed by former Gov. Harry L. Davis, failed 50 175 to 46 980, a margin of 3 195. Davis suggested no immediate bid to overturn the manager plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Davis
Jubi
Phonograph records sale and job ads in want ads
Phonograph records from late numbers selling at less than half price. Electric light system for sale at a reasonable price. Hardwood finishers with expert knowledge on stains wanted now. Avon dale office for rent in ideal location for a doctor. Local department store seeks experienced saleswomen. Two pleasant sleeping rooms for rent in Norwood with optional board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phonograph
Norwood
Want Ad Page Teases Quick Results by Phone
Brief item urges readers to call Canal 6300 at The Commercial Tribune for fast ad placements and notices on the Want Ad page. The call to action emphasizes speed and convenience for placing notices and advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Canal 6300
Hoover Orders Army Prisons to Relieve Congestion
President Hoover and Attorney General Mitchell announced steps to ease federal prison congestion. The plan includes using three military prisons while a $6.25 million construction program proceeds and, later, adding a northeast penitentiary a western industrial reformatory and three short term jails in unspecified regions. Disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth Governor's Island and Alcatraz were discussed for temporary use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Mitchell
Department of Justice
Budget Bureau
Good
Ft. Leavenworth
Governor's Island
Alcatraz
Justice Department
Army orders transfer of 10 Air Service battalions at Ft Thomas
Washington Aug 20 Five infantry battalions were ordered disbanded by Secretary Good so enlisted personnel would transfer to the air corps as part of a five year expansion. Cavalry field artillery engineers ordnance and chemical warfare units will provide 1094 men to aviation. Transfers include First Battalion Tenth Infantry Ft Thomas Ky and others, plus 321 cavalry 547 field artillery 141 engineers 75 ordnance and 10 chemical warfare men. A War Department staff survey for cost reduction aims to be completed by Nov 1 for a Congress report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Corps
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Engineer Corps
Ordinance and Chemical Warfare
Tenth Infantry
Ft. Thomas
Thirteenth Infantry
Ft. Strong
Mass
Eighth Infantry
Ft. Moultrie
S. C
Sixth Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
Seventeenth Infantry
Ft. Des Moines
Ordnance Department
Chemical Warfare Service
War Department
General Staff
Army
Hoover
United States
Simonds
War Council
Good
Hurley
Gen. Pershing
Gen
Summerall
Department
Congress
Embalmer's Needle Held Responsible For 100 Flat Tires
In Chicopee Massachusetts August 20 John McAuley an undertaker and embalmer faced district court on a charge of wantonly injuring personal property after police linked him to widespread tire deflations. A witness claimed he used an embalmer's needle on parked cars and deflated up to 100 tires with a single vehicle incident involving four flats and a spare. The case was adjourned for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicopee
Mass
John McAuley
Woman Seeks Permit To Roll Over Niagara
Mrs. Susan B. Grove of Hagerstown seeks permission to go over Niagara Falls in a rubber ball. Her manager J A Love said American authorities refused and a push to obtain approval from Canadian authorities could follow. He noted contracts for movie and radio appearances could earn Mrs. Grove several thousand dollars if the stunt succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Susan B. Grove
Nigara Falls
J. A. Love
Boy Check Forger Admits I'm the Guy
Milwaukee police report a nineteen year old man confessed to forging checks in a bold claim at the main station. He identified the forger as Ben Kastial and said the total passed checks amount to about 150 dollars. He stated he is the culprit himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Ben. Kastial
Woman Wins Auto At Church Carnival Then Dies In Crash
Mrs Edward Courtade 40 of Great Neck Long Island a summer resident of Banta Lake won a car at a church carnival and was killed today when another car driven by her husband crashed into an embankment in Torrington Cond. Aug 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrington
Cond
Edward Courtade
Great Neck
Long Island
N. Y
Banta Lake
Transfers of Fort Thomas Infantry Tied to Air Corps Expansion
Officers at Ft. Thomas learned from a Washington dispatch that their unit transfers are being considered as part of plans to grow the air corps by transferring existing units rather than adding new personnel. Lieutenant Colonel James Hickok said details are needed to judge impact on disbanded units and the army overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Infantry
Ft. Thomas
Air Corps
James Hickok
Frederick 8. Young
Washington Dispatch
Senate Finance Panel Sees Tariff Bill Shift in Receipts
Chairman Smoot of the Senate Finance Committee released revised tariff estimates showing customs receipts under the committee bill at 605,498,469 dollars, about 40 million less than House rates but 90 million higher than current collections. The Utah senator predicted House-measure receipts at 646,014,545 and current law at 516,581,344. Of 431 House levies, 254 cuts were approved, with 13 percent of increases in agricultural items. Commodity examples include raw sugar duty up 0.20 per lb over Cuba, and casein raised to 3.5 cents per lb from 2.5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Utah
Finance Committee
Cuba
Casein
New England
Gish and Duell Sail Beside Each Other Amid Legal Crisis
On the Ile de France, Lillian Gish and Charles H. Duell faced each other aboard with detectives and affidavits in tow. Gish says Duell intended to harass her. Duell claims no prior knowledge of her presence. Steuer, Gish’s counsel, sprang into action after the sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Gish
Spree
New York World News Service
New York
Charles H. Duell
Ile de France
Miss Gish
Duell
Europe
Blue Water
Max D. Steuer
Steuer
Ohio State professor Dr James H Snook sentenced to die
Theora Hix murder case brings Dr James H Snook to death row at the Ohio State Penitentiary. He is condemned to die by electric chair on November 29 after denial of a new trial motion. Judge Henry L Scarlett oversees the sentencing as Snook, 49, enters death row while awaiting appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Theora Hix
James H. Snook
Ohio State Penitentiary
Ohio State
Snook
Franklin County
Henry L. Scarlett
Sherif
Ralph Paul
Shook
E. O. Ricketts
Consel
Scarlett
Graf Zeppelin Starts for America on World Flight Third Leg
The air race reports fatal crash during the Santa Monica Cleveland women's derby. Marvel Crosson, 25, San Diego entrant and holder of the women's altitude record, died when her plane fell near Wellton Arizona. Investigation suggested possible plane damage at Santa Monica or San Bernardino and the crash occurred shortly after takeoff from Yuma toward Phoenix.
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Graf Zeppelin
America
Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Monica
Cleveland
Robert P. Holliday
San Bernardino
William Shea
Miss Crosson
Yuma
Marvel Crosson
California
Wellton
Aviators Vanish on Attempted North Atlantic Crossing
Two Swiss aviators who left Lisbon for North America vanished after crossing the Azores as fuel likely ran out. Their improvised 50 horsepower plane had a claimed range of 5000 miles, with experts skeptical of the attempt. Fellow pilots at Roosevelt Field kept hope alive while recalling prior endurance feats by Yancey and Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Field
New York
Azores
New York World News Service
Europe
North Atlantic
North American
Lisbon
Nungesser
Coli
Princess Lowenstein-Wetheim
Elsie Mackay
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Labrador
Oscar Kaeser
Kurt Luescher
Kaeser
Indo-China
Switzerland
Yancy
Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Roger Q. Williams
Rome
Aroun
Ungod Pilots Complete Trf For New Record
Nick Namer and Art Walker completed a non stop cross country flight in the Spokane Sun God landing at Felts Field Spokane at 1 43 p m after five days aloft covering about 7200 miles The feat surpassed earlier records by heavier than air craft and eclipsed the Graf Zeppelin mileage for nonstop long distance travel The National Air Derby Association sponsored the flight amid smoke from regional fires and strong public interest across the journey from coast to coast
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felts Field
Spokane
Wash
Nick Namer
Art Walker
Earth
Missoula
Pacific Northwest
National Air Derby Association
Sun Gods
Pacific
San Francisco
Cheyenne
North Platte
Neb
Middle West
New York
New York City
Cleveland
St.al
South Dakota
Montana
J. Spokane
Sun God
Ferranian
de Prete
Rome
Natal
Brazil
Friedrichshafen
Tokyo
Graf Zeppelin Nears Trans Pacific Flight From Tokyo to Los Angeles
Graf Zeppelin crewmembers and refueling teams in Kasumigaura work through the night to replenish hydrogen and gas with 65 to 35 fuel mix. If weather holds, the airship departs at 4 a.m. Japan time and could beat the 23 days 15 hours world circle record, passing Statue of Liberty around 4 p.m. August 31.
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Tokyo
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Graf
Friedrichshafen
Japan
Japanese Weather Bureau
Kasumigaura
Karl Beuerle
Zeppelin
H. M. Scott
Western Pacific
Hugo Eckener
Pacific
Europe
Asia
American
Los Angles
Eckener
Great Circle
Yokohama
Seattle
Vancouver
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
J. H. Mears
Statue of Liberty
Capt Turner Dues Today On Flight Over Continent
Captain Roscoe Turner aims to set a one day passenger flight record from Los Angeles to New York. He departed at 1 AM with a four passenger Lockheed Vega, refueling in Albuquerque and Tulsa. Accompanying him are Ray Boggs Russell Pecht W F McLain and E R Lane. Turner is linked to Embry Riddle and drew Cincinnati interest last year for his flying cigar store plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Turner
Los Angeles
New York
Lunken
Albuquerque
Tulsa
Ray Boggs
Russell Pecht
W. F. McLain
E. R. Lane
Turner
John P. Riddle
Stanley C. Huffman
Embry- Riddle Company
Cincinnati
Sikorsky
Ohio good-will air tour lands in Cincinnati this afternoon
The first Ohio good-will air tour sponsored by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce will arrive at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati at 3 PM. John M. Vorys leads the aviation program with Lloyd B. Bower directing the tour, featuring twenty five planes and visits to key airports and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
Lunken
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Santa Monica
Cal
Cleveland
The Cox Shubert and Grand Theaters to Stay Closed
The Cox Shubert and Grand Theaters will remain closed this season due to salary disputes with stage hands and musicians unions. Nelson Trowbridge confirms plans for the National Players season are suspended, as high costs of paying heads of departments and the union orchestra deter operation. Local Union No. 5 notes willingness to confer, highlighting pay for the three department heads and winter time issues as central to the stalemate.
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Cox Theater
Nelson Trowbridge
Shubert
Cox Theaters
National Players
Trowbridge
Grand
New York
William C. Elliott
Cincinnati Stage Employees
Elliott
Shubert and
Erlanger
Navy planes en route to Cleveland enter races
A squadron of twenty Navy planes from San Diego stopped at Love Field Dallas overnight and will resume to Cleveland for national air races. The group, eight fast Boeing pursuits and two Sikorsky amphibians, traveled via Midland and Dallas with refueling stops and a reception planned in Dallas tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
San Diego
Cal
Love Field
Cleveland
Midland
Tucson
Ariz
el Paso
Lieut. E. Chourre
Kansas City
Plain City constable fined for illegal liquor possession
Columbus report states Constable John Thomas of Plain City pled guilty to illegal liquor possession. Authorities who raided his home found eleven bottles of home brew and a gallon of whisky, with a $500 fine imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
John Thomas
Plain City
Here
Poindexter Servants Transfer After Peru Return
Mrs. Miles Poindexter brings two Peruvian servants from Lima to Washington. Cornelius and his wife learn of higher wages elsewhere and, following guidance from the Peruvian Embassy official, change employers to work at the Counselor’s home. The scene unfolds as a domestic dispute over pay and contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Washington
Miles Poindexter
Peru
Lima
Poindexters
Cornelius
Zeppelin air service plan links Berlin Tokyo with multi nation terminals
Berlin reports a $20 million German Russian Japanese air service project linking Berlin with Asiatic terminals between Yokohama and Kobe. Initial route stations include Leningrad Krasnoyarsk Harbin and Osaka with Kasumigaura naval airport possible. Two Zeppelins with a third reserve would operate alongside mooring masts at intermediate points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Orient
Friedrichshafen
Tokyo
Walter Burns
The
Aeronautic Society
Yokohama
Kobe
Kasumigaura
Aleutian Islands
Vancouver
San Francisco
Leningrad
Krasnoyarsk
Harbin
Osaka
Europe
Public figure Maria Van Matre writes her own obituary
Maria Frances Huntington Van Matre, longtime Madisonville figure and widow of Henry Van Matre, died Tuesday August 20 1929. She requested no elaboration or publicity, and relatives declined further details. The obituary states only due notice of funeral to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Frances Huntington van Matre
Madisonville
Maria Frances Huntington van Mattre
Henry van Matre
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Mate
Wellton, Ariz
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Phoebe Ombe
Dirigible
Tae
Francisco
Capt. Turner
Continent
Embry-Riddle
Ohio
U.S
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