Modernists Win Victories at Northern Baptist Convention
Modernists secured two wins at the Northern Baptist gathering in Seattle. Delegates from Park Avenue Baptist Church New York were seated after a fundamentalist challenge failed 912 to 364. A move to recall modernist missionaries from foreign fields was rejected 742 to 574, while upcoming efforts to amend bylaws were signaled for next year.
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Seattle
Wash
Northern Baptist Convention
Park Avenue
Shank
H. KK. Fosdick
Joshua Gravett
Denver
Cornelius Woelfkin
Fosdick
Woelfkin
E. C. Carder
Carder
Carl Milliken
Gravett
Milliken
F. W. Freeman
Colorado
Fuller Sends Coolidge Birthday Poem From Massachusetts
Swampscott Massachusetts July 2 President Coolidge who turns 53 on the Fourth of July received birthday greetings from Governor Fuller who wrote poetry for the occasion. The large card bore the state seal and carried salutations to “our President and friend” with a shielded crest and a note naming Alvan T Fuller.
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Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Fuller
Massachusetts
Alvan T. Fuller
France Fixes Franc Parity With Gold Bonds Plan
Paris seeks a twenty to one dollar exchange as Finance Minister Caillaux oversees a scheme to lock the franc to new gold bonds. The move aims to convert paper francs into gold bonds ahead of a July 26 issue and establish a stable gold parity for commerce.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Caillaux
World News Service
World Press Pub. Co
Hawkins Mortgage founder found guilty by jury in 12 minutes
Morton S. Hawkins former president of the Hawkins Mortgage Company was found guilty by a Federal Court jury after about twelve minutes of deliberation. Fourteen associates were convicted earlier. sentencing for Hawkins is set for next Monday. The government alleged false statements and mail fraud defrauding thousands of investors of four to six million dollars.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Morton S. Hawkins
Hawkins Mortgage Company
Hawkins
Robert C. Baltzell
Indiana District Court
Dayton
Indiana
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Ford interests plan Cleveland to St Louis air freight route
Henry Ford aviation plans announced by W E Stout propose a Cleveland to Cincinnati to St Louis freight service. Aerial freight between Cleveland and Detroit already exists, with two thousand pounds capacity per flight and about four hours running time for Cleveland to St Louis route. Cleveland airport dedication attended by Stout.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
St. Louis
Henry Ford
W. E. Stout
Ford
Stout
Detroit
Cincinnati
Indignation of Young Chinese Fuels Anti Foreign Dominance
Washington reports show that disturbances in China stem from educated youths resent foreign domination and extraterritorial rights. Moderates seek gradual removal of control while extremists push for swift sovereign equality under recent Washington arms pact.
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Washington
China
P. W. Kuo
Southeastern University of China
Boston
Peking
Customs Service
Shanghai
Sir Robert Hart
Orient
Burglary suspect killed after pausing for canary
Chicago, July 2. Charles Johnson, 55, a career burglar, was shot dead by police after grabbing about $1,000 in jewelry and pocketing a canary he took from a Northside home. Johnson and a neighbor alerted officers when he drew a pistol. six bullets ended the chase, the canary surviving but injured.
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Chicago
Charles Johnson
Charles Thomas
Thomas Howard
Johnson
Violent Galeras Volcano Eruption Threatens Colombian Towns
In Colombia a violent Galeras eruption near Pasto sent flames and ash over the countryside. Towns La Florida and Sonsaca lose contact and fear destruction while Pasto remains affected by smoke and tremors from prior activity.
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Bogota
Colombia
Galeras
Pasto
la Florida
Sonsaca
Gaderas
Andes
United States
Jury Deadlocked in Prison Bribe Case in Atlanta
A federal jury failed to reach a verdict in the conspiracy to accept bribes case against L. J. Fletcher and Rev. Thomas P. Hayden, formerly Deputy Warden and chaplain at the Atlanta Federal Prison. The jury reported eight in favor of acquittal and four for conviction after more than twenty four hours. A mis trial was ordered.
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Atlanta
L. J. Fletcher
Thomas P. Hayden
Atlanta Federal Prison
Ship to Ship Air Phones A Success
The North German Lloyd liner Columbus arrives as ship to ship wireless telephones prove successful. A passenger talks with someone on a Hamburg American liner 150 miles away. The duplex system uses 1800 or 1450 meters, costing about 2.50 marks. Wireless links extend across oceans and may reduce costs as usage expands.
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New York
Columbus
Atlantic
Carl Gerstung
Muenchen
Stuttgart
Albert Ballin
United States
Radio Corporation, of America
Amercan Telephone and Telegraph Company
Gerstung
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Columbus Today
Deal Beach
N. J
Anthracite Miners Seek 22 Percent Wage Rise and Shutdown Plan
The Anthracite Miners Convention approved a wage scale calling for a flat 10 percent raise for tonnage workers and 1 for all day workers, with seniority rules and wider distribution of work. It also outlined a potential August 31 mine shutdown and a July 9 presentation to the Anthracite Operators Association in Atlantic City.
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Scranton
Anthracite Operators’ Association
Atlantic City
Andrew Mattey
Hazleton
George Horne
Locustdale
Christ. J. Golden
Shamokin
Thomas Kennedy
International
Golden
Kennedy
Mattey
Horne
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Lewis
Swampscott
Rockefeller-Watson
Asbestos Company Head Held on Theft Charge
Harry Stevenson president of the Asbestos Products Corporation was held in Police Court in New York on $25,000 bail for grand larceny. While the indictment cites $325 stolen, court officials said salesmen for the firm nationwide ran trade acceptance frauds totaling over $200,000.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry Stevenson
Asbestos Products Corporation
Warner to Wed Dancer in Ziegfeld Follies
New York July 2 Samuel Warner, one of the Warner brothers, confirmed plans to marry Lina Basquet a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies. No wedding date has been set.
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Associated Press
New York
Samuel Warner
Warner Brothers
Lina Basquet
Koval Pleads Guilty to Slaying Mother of Six
John Koval pleaded guilty to murdering Martha Egelski, widow and mother of six, in Gary Indiana. He was sentenced to death by electric chair at the state prison on October 16 after being described as crazed with liquor during the crime.
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Gary
Ind
John Koval
Martha Egelski
Koval
Heat wave ended by storm with fires and damage
Storm breaks heat wave causing twenty fires and car blockages with thousands of dollars in damage. Mussolini denies debt negotiations with America have been discontinued as Italy plans grain policy and regional pacts while awaiting wider European developments.
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Mussolini
America
Daeschner
Mellon
Downtown Cincinnati Storm Wrecks Homes and Streets
A lashing wind hail and lightning swept Cincinnati and Covington last night turning the city into a gale tossed scene. Widespread damage included hundreds of broken windows uprooted trees torn roofs and downed wires with eighteen fire alarms and two box alarms. Fire and police crews battled multiple blazes and hazards across the downtown West End and Price Hill as rainfall spread into Indiana and Ohio suburbs.
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Schild-Grossman Clothing Company
Race Street
Schaller Brewing Company
Main Street
McMicken Avenue
Pure Oil Refining Company
York
McLean Streets
Charles Fillager
Fillager
Goodman Drug Company
Carlisle Avenue
Smith Street
Charles Meis Shoe Company
Walnut Street
Edward P. Leininger
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Evans Street
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McMicken
Ohio Avenues
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Mulberry Street
Jake Tennenbaum & Co
Fifth
Elm Streets
Archie Scofield
John Shillito Company
Seventh
Thace
Merchangine
Man Overpays Phone Box With Havana Call
New York dated July 2 report says a man, after a 33 minute long distance call to Havana from a pay station costing 118.76 dollars, stuffed coins into the box until full. He fled when a collector arrived. a taxi driver later says the man returned, spoke in Spanish, and insisted on paying without giving a name.
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New York
Havana
Son of P. C. Knox Sued for Support
Josephine P. Knox filed for separate maintenance in the District of Columbia Supreme Court against Philander C. Knox son of the former Secretary of State and Pennsylvania Senator. She alleges cruelty and drunkenness and seeks support for herself and two boys. Justice Stafford set July 9 for show cause.
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Associated Press
Washington
Josephine P. Knox
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
W. R. Poole
Charleston
W. V
Knox
Knox wife refuses to discuss separate maintenance suit
Mrs. Josephine Knox at her parents in Charleston declines to comment on her suit for separate maintenance filed in Washington against Philander C Knox. Her children are with her. She will stay in Charleston for the summer and has no future plans announced.
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Charleston
W. Va
Josephine Knox
Washington
Philander Co. Knox
Britain Ready for Open Break with Red Regime
London reports a Moscow interview with Soviet Foreign Minister Chicherin saying war may follow. Chamberlain asserts Birkenhead’s speech was cabinet responsibility and Britain will take necessary steps to protect interests. British leaders hope to sever relations with Soviet Russia and expel diplomats.
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John L. Balderston
New York
Chamberlain
Great Britain
China
Russia
Chicherin
Birkenhead
England
Winston Churchill
Lord Birkenhead
Baldwin
Soviet Russia
N. Y
World News Service
Harriet Lowden to wed Albert Madlener in October
Chicago July 2 former Governor and Mrs Frank C Lowden announce the marriage of their daughter Harriet Lowden to Albert F Madlener of Chicago. The wedding will take place October 3 at the Lowden farm home near Oregon Illinois.
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Harriet Lowden
Associated Press
Chicago
Frank .C. Lowden
Albert F. Madlener
Pearson Divorce Ends In 50 Thousand Dollar Settlement
Mrs Gladys S Pearson 27 today accepted a 50000 settlement and relinquished a dower right to a 2000000 inheritance in a divorce from Frederick Beverly Pearson sportsman and heir to Walter B Pearson manufacturer married 1922 and citing long time drunkenness. Pearson 30 will receive one third of his father 6000000 estate at age 35.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Gladys S. Pearson
Frederick Beverly Pearson
Walter B. Pearson
Pearsons
Pearson
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