Congress Inches Toward Adjournment As Sessions Wind Down
President Coolidge signs the cooperative marketing bill and vetoes a oil and gas mining leases measure. Senate advances radio control by independent commission and Civil War veteran pension expansion as House clears $50 million deficiency bill for post office construction.
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Washington
Sixty-ninth Congress
House
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
Coolidge
Doctor in Entrapment Case Is Questioned by Prohibition Officials
In Columbus Ohio on July 2 federal prohibition officials questioned Dr Robert H Martin Magnetic Springs after a raid found only technical evidence of misusing prescriptions The case involved Roy Nash and his wife who reportedly obtained seven prescriptions in ten days with only one allowed by law Nash denied any paid involvement by his wife Porterfield defended entrapment as ethical noting the wife was his own to obtain evidence.
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Columbus
Union County
The
County Medical Society
Angus Maciver
EF. L. Porterfield
Prohibition
Ohio
Michigan
Robert H. Martin
Magnetic Springs
Martin
Roy D. Nash
Department
Nash
Porterfield
Enforcement
Franc Slips to Record Low as French Economy Jitters Rise
Paris reports the franc plunging to 37.89 dollars, a new all time low amid ongoing political unease. The currency later touched 37.74 after the market closed as experts cite uncertainty over the Briand Ministry and its prospects in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Paris
France
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Dr Emile Coue Dies in France Auto-Suggestion Pioneer
French physician Emile Coue, famed for auto-suggestion and his Day by Day chant, died in Nancy. Born in Troyes, he practiced auto-suggestion for years, lectured in the United States in 1923 and 1924, and authored Self Mastery by Conscious Auto Suggestion.
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Nancy
Francé
Emile Coue
Cove
United States
Court Upholds Hazeltine Radio Patents
Federal Judge Thacher rejected the defense that Hazeltine’s patents were invalid due to government service. The ruling, made in Brooklyn, dismisses suit by RCA General Electric Westinghouse AT&T against Independent Radio Manufacturers Inc. alleging infringement and securing exclusive rights for Hazeltine’s Neutrodyne patents.
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New York
Thacher
Louis A. Hazeltine
Prof.Hazeltine
Inch
Brooklyn
Hazeltine
Radio Corporation of America and Associated Companies
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric and Magufacturing Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Independent Radio Manufacturers, Inc
Suburban Banks Suspend Operations As Run Spreads
In Miami area, three suburban banks suspend while Dania closes and Hollywood faces withdrawals. Bank of Buena Vista and Bank of Cocoanut Grove halt, Little River and Dania banks plan reorganization, Hollywood run subsides with funds from Miami banks. Clearing house chief cites outside control and external loans as cause.
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Miami
Fla
Dania
Hollywood
Bank of Cocoanut Grove
Bank of Buena Vista
Bank of Little River
Bank of Hollywood
Broward County
Allied Institutions
J. R. Anthony
Jacksonville
John L. Griffe
A. W. Sanders
Bank of
Little River
B. C. Teed
I. T. Parker
Dania Bank
George Romsh
Miami Clearing House Association
Danube Plains Floods Hit Romanian Lowlands
Continued rain has inundated large lowland areas along the Danube. Galatz and nearby towns flooded while Banat and Transylvania report floods as well.
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Danube
Bucharest
Romania
Danube River
Galatz
Banat
Transylvania
Baker sails for Europe as clerks get a year’s salary
George F. Baker departed for Europe on the Homeric after arranging a gift of one year's salary to 148 First National Bank clerks and junior officers. The total gift is estimated at 350000 to 400000 dollars. In a brief, rare interview, Baker spoke on the business outlook and denied stock split rumors while noting a possible steel dividend.
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New York World News Service
New York
George F. Baker
Europe
First National Bank
Financial
Baker
Wall Street
United States
Mr. Baker
City to seek 2,000,000 bond to ease grade crossing danger
Cincinnati City Council plans a November ballot issue for about 2 million dollars to eliminate dangerous grade crossings. City engineers will prepare cost plans after a survey by City Manager Col Sherrill. The council will ask the State Public Utilities Commission to compel railroads to install safety devices at crossings. They may also study vacating Hartwell avenue where it crosses the B and O Railroad.
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Col. Sherrill
State Public Utilities Commission
Cincinnati
Martin Daly
Kentucky farmer killer faced murder charge on farm
John Walton Sr a 76 year old Kentucky farmer killed Donald Hall 38 father of seven on Walton s Calvert Run Pike farm after Hall allegedly attacked. Walton arrested by Police Chief Egan of Bellevue. two of Walton s sons held as witnesses.
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John Walton
Donald Hall
Kentucky Mountains
John
Huckster
Calvert Run Pike
Walton
Calvert Run _ pike
Hall
Egan
Bellevue
Hughes
Campbell County
Levy
Forrest
The
Commercial Tribune
Newport
Andrews Considers Resigning Over Prohibition Delays
Washington July 2 Lincoln C Andrews Assistant Secretary in charge of prohibition enforcement weighs resignation as Congress stalls on key bills. He plans to head the American mission to England to coordinate smuggling treaty enforcement and reorganize the force before leaving for London. Health and workload influence his decision. he may retire after September 1 if reorganization is complete. Frank Hale named acting supervisor of the alcohol squad. New York inspection cited.
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Washington
Congress
Lincoln C.andrews
London
England
Andrews
Prohibition and Customs Bureau
House
Senate
Alcohol Squad
John Foster
Mr. Andrews
Frank Hale
New York
Prohibition Office
Subway Carmen Vote 10 Strike In New York City
In New York on July 2 a strike threat was issued by 579 of 752 subway motormen and switchmen. They demand union recognition and higher pay, rejecting a wage proposal, with a vote set for arbitration under the State Transit Commissioners.
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Subway
Carmen
New York City
New York World News Service
New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
Consolidated Railway Workers of
Greater New York
Tov
Brotherhood of Interborough Employeess
The
Subway Motormen and Switchmen
Three Cents Saves a Life on Covington Suspension Bridge
Miss Matilda Jensen 23 of 1345 IT Jermes avenue was saved from drowning in the Ohio River last night after she climbed to a bridge girder and grabbed a stranger’s coat sleeve lowered by an unnamed man. Special policeman Jacob Hutchins and the crowd aided the rescue before she was taken to police headquarters.
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Covington
Ohio River
Matilda Jensen
Jermes Avenue
Miss Jensen
Jacob Hutchins
Hutchins
Senate Affirms Aviation Heads
Less than two hours after transmission by President Coolidge the Senate confirmed F. Trubee Davison of New York as Assistant Secretary of War in charge of aviation and Edward P. Warner of MIT as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in charge of aviation. Warner's nomination had been sent to the Senate on Wednesday.
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Washington
Senate
Coolidge
F. Trubee Davison
New York
Edward P. Warner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Navy
Monarch of Bronx Bison Herd dethroned in epic Bronx Zoo bout
In a dramatic clash at the Bronx Zoological Park, two buffalo bulls fought for leadership as crowds cheered. The younger bull Cheyenne won, snapping off Bronx’s horn and injuring him, forcing the longtime ruler from the field and crowning a new herd leader.
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Bronx
New York World News Service
New York
Buffalo
Bronx Zoological Park
Cheyenne
Jones & Laughlin Agrees to Buy Bourne Fuller Warehouse
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp of Pittsburgh near completion of a deal to acquire the Bourne Fuller warehouse in Cleveland for about 1 million dollars. The Front and Smith streets facility, largest in the city, will be taken over July 15, boosting J&L’s chain to four warehouses and expanding river barge to rail network advantages toward Ohio Indiana and Kentucky markets.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Allegheny Valley
Cincinnati
Bourne-Fuller Company
Cleveland
Jones & Laughlin
Front and
Smith Streets
Weir Frog Company
The
Frog Company
Globe Rolling Mill Company
T. H. Carruthers
Glendale
J. L. Adams
Clifton
Weir
Baymiller Street
Allegheny
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Frederick Mossman
Jones & Laughlin Company
Union Trust
Wheeler Rel d Battle Marks Hearing in Prohibition Fight
Reed committee grilled Wayne Wheeler and Anti-Saloon League payrolls exposing over 7.2 million dollars spent in twenty one states since prohibition. Pays to figures like Bryan and Up shaw highlighted amid sharp exchanges as Wheeler cringed under questioning.
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Willis
Andrews
New York World News Service
Washington
Reed
Wayne Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Illinois
New York
Maryland
Ohio
Indiana
Frank B. Willis
Senate
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Hartwell
Fice
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Girl
Davison
Warner
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TO Steel Firm
Jones Laughlin
Missouri
Shaw
Pussyfoot Johnson
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William J. Bryan
William D. Upshaw
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Upshaw
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Pussyfoot” Johnson
Reeds
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