World Bank Aims to Stabilize Global Credit and Trade
Thomas Lamont outlines a permanent International War Debt Bank to back the postwar settlement, linking European and U.S. private banks. Hoover officials worry over political risks while state and treasury push to limit Federal Reserve involvement and potential shifts in policy. The plan, elevated by the International Chamber of Commerce, seeks long term stability in world credit and expanded global trade.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Bank For International Settlements
Thomas W. Lamont
International Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Lamont
Owen D. Young
J. P. Morgan
Europe
United States
Hoover
Treasury
International Bank
State Department
Federal Reserve System
Senate
White House
Lamont
World Trade
Bank
One Killed and Another Wounded in Newport Fourth of July Chaos
Guns fired in Newport as two men were shot during chaotic Fourth of July celebrations. Joseph Webb, 42, died after five bullet wounds. Richard Macke, 38, at Speers Hospital with a serious abdomen wound. Police seek Gordon Castle in connection with the murder amid bootleg feud tensions. Detectives report a shooting at 116 York Street and note Webb sought by Deputy U.S. Marshal for prohibition violations.
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Newport
Joseph Webb
Glenway Avenue
Covington
Speers Hospital
Richard Macke
Scott Street
Webb
Gordon’ Castle
East Front Street
James Fuller
John Philtner
York Street
Schnelle
Burkey
Tehan
Gasdorf
Mollie Murnahan
Ruth Thomas
Canal Breaks Delay Fourth of July Highway Plan
A suspected intentional break drained the Maumee and Erie Canal between Toledo and Grand Rapids, weakening a planned Fourth of July canal drainage for a highway project. A farm north of Waterville showed a five to fifty foot breach widening as waters flowed into the Maumee River, sparking speculation of deliberate act to meet Independence Day goals.
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Toledo
Maumee and
Erie
Here
Grand Rapids
William T. Jackson
Waterville
Maumee
Gunman kills city detective in Springfield hotel
Springfield Ohio July 4 a gunman identified as Theodore Baraket 22 of Louisville Ky shot and killed City Detective Oliver Holderby and wounded Detective Howard Roush during a hotel confrontation over a stolen automobile. Baraket posing with a woman as Mrs Vale of Toledo hid in a room as officers questioned him. He had a prior record including a ten year sentence for concealed weapons. The stolen car from Cincinnati tied to the case prompted the deadly spree.
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Springfield
Oliver Holderby
Howard Roush
Arcade
Theodore Baraket
South First Street
Louisville
Baraket
St. Louis
Baraker
Detroit
Michigan
Cincinnati
George Loer
Holderby
Roush
Ten drownings as lifesavers rescue quartet at Grand Haven
Grand Haven Mich July 4 nine bathers swept offshore by undertow and waves were dragged to death as lifeguards tried to reach them from a pier and a rescue boat. Ten bodies were recovered including Mildred Fifield 19 Robert Shindler 19 Julius Tuscher 19 Leonard Kellogg 20 Carl Roeloff 21 Walter Schwartz 19 John Giddings 21 Frank Petrowski 40 Rudolph Pitulik 22 Erwin Pitulik 21.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Lake Michigan
Fifield
Mildred
Shindler
Robert
Tusch
Julius
Kellogg
Leonard
Roeloff
Carl
Schwartz
Walter
Giddings
John
Petrowski
Frank
Pitulik
Rudolph
Erwin
Child of Five Falls Four Stories Faces Lost Teeth
Five year old Joseph McCarthy fell fifty feet from a Brooklyn fourth floor fire escape. Neighbors rushed to the yard expecting tragedy, but he climbed up and began skipping away. Dr Dankenberg of Unity Hospital said he was sound, though the child later showed a missing two front teeth from the impact.
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New York World News Service
New York
Joseph McCarthy
Brooklyn
Joseph
Dankenberg
Unity Hospital
Ethiopians Elect Patriarch to Head Abyssinian Church
Addis Ababa scene marks the election of a new Aboona after the death of Matheos, with Egypt retaining religious jurisdiction over Ethiopia. The agreement permits Abyssinia to appoint five bishops while the Aboona remains Egyptian, seeking stability and avoiding internal royal rivalries.
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Addis Ababa
Abyssinia
Ethiopia
Africa
Aboond
Aboona
Aboona Matheos
Egypt
Fuad
Johannes XIX
Sahle Sedalou
Greek Orthodox Church of
Wise
Albania
Uphold Bishop Cannon at Methodist session
The Board of Temperance and Social Service of the Methodist Episcopal Church South met at Lake Junaluska on July 4 to 7 and adopted a resolution expressing confidence in Bishop James Cannon Jr. of Richmond Virginia as its president, citing attacks instigated by enemies of prohibition.
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Bishop Cannon
Lake Junaluska
N. C
Board of Temperance and Social Service
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James Cannon, Jr
Richmond
Cannon
Prohibition
Bodies still unfound as Mt Rainier rescue ends day
Rescue party to continue search for Forrest Greathouse of Seattle after crevasse fall on Mt Rainier. Edwin Wetzel, Milwaukee attorney, recovered after 24 hours in a shallow ice trench. Weatherly and Bradshaw injured. two others remain at Paradise Inn amid heavy blizzard conditions.
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Paradise Inn
Rainier National Park
Wash
Forrest Greathouse
Seattle
Mt. Rainier
Charles Brown
Greathouse
Menh
Edwin A. Wetzel
Camp Muir
Milwaukee
Wetzel
E. P. Weatherly, Jr
David Yancey Bradshaw
Survivor recounts harrowing mountain fall
Seattle July 4 E P Weatherly Jr described how he and companions faced a deadly descent in a remote area with each man fighting to survive. The group attempted rescue efforts as the incident unfolded.
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Seattle
E. P. Weatherly, Jr
Wrist Watch Sparked Fatal Paterson Fight
Fifteen year old John Nolan was killed after a fight on Main Street Paterson sparked by jeers over a wrist watch his widowed mother had given him as a graduation present. Louis Torvello 16 Joseph Hebd 15 and Tony Patton 17 were held on open complaints as investigators continued. Nolan the son of Mrs Ethel Nolan worked in Patersons silk mills and had just graduated from St Johns Parochial School.
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New York World News Service
Paterson
N. J
John Nolan
Louis Torvello
Main Street
Nolan
Joseph Hebd
Tony Patton
Torvello
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Hebd
Calvin Coolidge Writes Replies On Letters Received
Former President Calvin Coolidge, now a private citizen, is practicing economy by replying to letters in pencil on the reverse sides of the letters he receives. A friend in Washington reports he uses no new stationery for responses.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Lives Endangered, Homes Inundated By Toronto Floods
The beaches district faced its worst flood in years as a southeast wind strengthened through the day. Life saving crews evacuated residents by boat from flooded homes while groynes failed to curb the waves. Emergency equipment was sent to reach a man in a canoe 200 feet offshore.
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Toronto
Beaches
Fugitive Escapes While Warder Kisses Wife
Deputy U S Marshal W F Fox faced embarrassment after Henry Davey a 45 year old suspected counterfeiter escaped during a Pullman room kiss farewell en route to Louisville. Davey had been sought since 1926 for circulating counterfeit bills and was the last fugitive freed from a ring after a lengthy chase through five states Indiana Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and Florida.
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Henry Davey
Louisville
Davey
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Liberty
Auto crash breaks bridge injuring seven near Greenfield
Seven people were injured when a bridge over Rattle Snake Creek near Greenfield collapsed under a car. Five victims, including Ernest Clifton and Ora Moore, were hospitalized with cuts and bruises. The second car’s occupants escaped serious harm. Officials investigated as the bridge’s poor condition had been noted.
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Hillsboro
Greenfield
Ernest Clifton
Highland
Belmont Marshall
Ora Moore
Flora Moore
Leesburg
M. I. Cope
Cope
State Highway Department
Marshall
Unprecedented Tribute Paid Air Heroes by Spain's Queen
A holiday traffic toll across Cincinnati and Hamilton County includes one dead and twenty eight injured in numerous auto and pedestrian incidents. William Jackson, 64, died after his car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train in Reading at Benson avenue. His wife Lulie, 34, was seriously injured. Jackson is believed to have been driving. His death is the year’s seventy seventh automobile-related fatality in the county. Carl Bamnotte, 13, was in serious condition after a fall from a truck on McMillan street. Others include Mrs. Ellen Considine, 65, bruised in a Madison road collision, and Bessie DeSilva, 58, with minor injuries in a Langdon Farm collision. Six hurt when a car rollover occurred on River road near Silver Grove Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
William Jackson
van Buren Avenue
Lockland
Lulie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ben- Son Avenue
Reading
Jackson
General Hospital
Hamilton County
Carl Bamnotte
McGregor Avenue
Robert Baylor
May Street
McMillan Street
Poone
Symmes Streets
Ellen Considine
Wallworth Street
Bessie DeSilva
Fairbanks Avenue
Langdon Farm
Montgomery Roads
River~road
Silver Grove
Speers Hospital
Man Kidnapped Taken for Ride Then Released
A mistaken identity incident near Cincinnati sent Albert Sheppard a butcher, dragged into a sedan by three men who gagged him and threatened to kill him. The assailants freed him after realizing they had the wrong man. Police sought the unidentified driver and suspects, while bystanders and victims suffered cuts and bruises.
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Albert Sheppard
Kilgour Street
Sheppard
Commercial Square
Commercial Tribune
New Richmond Pike
Coney Island Park
Cincinnati
Bond whisky raids shock U.S. warehouse losses in Chicago
Prohibition agents report 542 barrels and 8,000 cases of diluted liquor stored as 50,000 gallons of bonded whisky at the U.S. warehouse on Newberry Avenue. Investigators estimate 3,000 to 4,000 barrels total with potential losses around 2 million dollars at bootleg prices. Dr. Doran leads the Washington probe, noting possible tampering and widespread diversion across the city.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Prohibition
Newberry Avenue
Kentucky
Hammond
Ind
Middle West
Dr. Doran
Washington
Doran
Trolley Worker Killed in New Orleans Riot
A riot between street car company strikers and strike-breakers in New Orleans left trolley worker Joseph Molinary fatally wounded. About a thousand men joined clashes near the Canal street barn as 400 strike-breakers were escorted by police. bricks, sticks, and gunfire accompanied the half hour battle before police dispersed the crowd.
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New Orleans
Joseph Molinary
Canal Street
Carmen
Molinary
Rowboat capsizes claim two Ohio victims on Lake Milton
William Wedecker 23 of Cortland and Edith Campbell 19 of Jamestown narrowly escaped death when their rowboat capsized on Lake Milton twenty miles west of Youngstown. Wedecker drowned after the craft overturned, Campbell saved. In a separate incident Frank Wichowski 17 drowned at Daytona's beach near Point Peace as bystanders failed to reach him before he sank.
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Youngstown
William Wedecker
Cortland
Edith Campbell
Jamestown
N. Y
Lake Milton
Here
Toledo
Frank Wichowski
Dayana's
Point Peace
Disarmament Plans Need World Invite Says London Editor
London editor H. Wickham Steed argues that Anglo American naval arms reduction requires broad global invitation and leadership. He notes Hoover and Dawes speeches signal U S Britain resolve to reduce commitments, while cautioning against premature demands on international law and Kellogg pact cooperation.
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H. Wickham Steed
British Review of Reviews
London Times
New York World News Service
London
United States
Geneva
Hugh Gibson
Hoover
England
Gen. Dawes
Ramsay MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Great Britain
Dawes
League
Livingston Denies Meeting Mrs Heath in Breach Suit
Pine Bluff Arkansas July 4 Ann Livingston a central figure in a 250000 breach of promise suit in Chicago denied she had seen Mrs Victor C Heath a witness against her character Officials said Heath wife of an army warrant officer stationed at Omaha was employed by the telephone company from May 7 1915 to November 11 1917 Livingston worked for the company July 11 1917 to November 8 1917 Both resigned Heath testified in defense of Franklin Hardinge who claimed he refused marriage because of distrust over a nuptial settlement Livingston allegedly had indiscretions with Army officer Robert Puderbaugh who later became her husband.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Ann Livingston
Chicago
Victor C. Heath
Heath
Omaha
Bessie Koster
Franklin Hardinge
Ann
Bathroom Barytones Explain Voice Magic In Baths
Chicago July 4. Wr. Ford Greaves reports acoustics experiments at the Newcombe Hawley Laboratory. He says bathrooms create unusual sound reflections due to smooth close walls which resonate weak voices into stronger sonorals and often majestic tones, while rooms like parlors produce less favorable results.
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Chicago
Ford Greaves
Newcombe- Hawley Laboratory
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