Baruch Funds Peace Study At Page School
A gift of about 250000 to the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations funds three years of research to remove profit from war and curb jingoism. General Pershing endorses, with Baruch aiming to extend study to other nations and mobilize wealth for peace.
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New York World News Service
New York
Bernard M. Baruch
Walter Hines Page
Young
Page
Mr. Baruch
Page School
Baruch
War Industries Board
Pershing
General Pershing
International Institute of Politics
Williamstown
Nagoya Quake Strikes Nagoya District Causing Casualties
Reports from Nagoya say a severe morning earthquake shook the district with several casualties. Many tall chimneys collapsed in the quake described as the region’s strongest since 1891.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Nagoya
Nagoya City Earthquake History Noted
Nagoya, a major city on Hondo in the Japanese Empire, lies about 170 miles WSW of Tokyo. The 1891 quake devastated the district and caused widespread collapse of houses in the city.
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Nagoya
Hondo
Tokyo
Classified Ads Boost in Bargain Land
A promotional note urges readers to stay informed by perusing The Commercial Tribune Classified Ads. It highlights buoyant steps and confident buying, suggesting regular readers gain advantage in bargains.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Mondell Resigns From War Finance Post
Frank W. Mondell submitted his resignation to President Coolidge today as a member of the War Finance Corporation. The resignation takes effect July 15 after which Mondell plans to open a law office in Washington. He long served as U.S. representative from Wyoming and was Republican leader in the House for four years before retiring in 1923. He also served as Permanent Chairman of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last year.
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Swampscott
Mass
Frank W. Mondell
Coolidge
War Finance Corporation
Mondell
White Court
Washington
House
Wyoming
Cleveland
New York World News Service
New York
Edward W. Browning
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Browning
Dorothy
Scotland
Mr. Browning
Earthquake Rips Santa Cruz and San Miguel Islands
Santa Barbara area quakes toppled cliffs and opened ancient burial sites on Santa Cruz and San Miguel Islands. Captain Arthur Sanger reported seas churned and cliffs fell as archaeologists from the Los Angeles Museum uncovered five skulls and ornaments after waves and dust clouds subsided.
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Avalon
Santa Catalina Island
Cal
Amias
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
San Miguel Islands
Mission City
Arthur Sanger
Dreamer
Anchorage
Santa Cruz Island
Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art
Sanger
San Miguel Island
Lady Cunard Involved In Beecham Household Feud
In London a court case features Lady Cunard and Lady Beecham amid a dispute between Sir Thomas Beecham and his wife over debts and a Grosvenor Square lease. Beecham contests responsibility for her debts while Lady Beecham cites family needs and social status, with affidavits detailing jewelry purchases and investments in opera.
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John L.balderston
New York World News Service
London
Lady Cunard
Lady Beecham
Sir Thomas
Grosvenor Square
Farquhar
Duke of Portland
J. P. Morgan
Lord Ribblesdale
Duchess of Somerset
Earl of Chesterfield
St. John’s Wood
Thomas
Thomas Beecham
Covent Garden
Beecham
Bache Cunard
Aude Alice Burke
New York
E. F. Burke
Sir Bache
Utica Welles
Charles S. Welles
Newark
N. J
Thomas Welles
N. Y
Shoemaker Falls Into Trap In Vatican Treasure Case
Rome July 7 A shoemaker Stella lured by a police ruse posing as a diamond dealer led Inspector Marotta to the displayed loot from St Peter's Treasury. Cadolini arrested Stella as other suspects and twelve Canonica workers were questioned. Treasure restored to Vatican guarded by Pope's soldiers. Cardinal Merry Del Val and Monsignor Bocchini noted.
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Rome
St. Peter’s
Sherlock Holmes
Marshal Cadolini
Holmes
Inspector Marotta
Watson
Stella
Canonica
Cadolini
Marotta
Paris
Vatican
Merry del Val
Bis Shop
St. Peter's Treasury
Graziani
Tivoli
Leardi
Rubicondo Primavera
St. Peter's
Monsignor Bocchini
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub
Jail Life Tames Speeders
Two speeders received one day at Hamilton County Jail for speeding in Cincinnati. Judge George Eyrich ordered jail time and fines. Mowbray and Cavanaugh said they were cured of speeding after their experience. Wulf and Courtney were fined and had driving rights suspended for 30 days.
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Hamilton County
George Byrich, Jr
Aoakaa
Francis Mowbray
Clark Street
Eyrich
Elberon Avenue
Price Hill
Mowbray
First District
James Cavanaugh
Warsaw Avenue
Mowbray and
Cavanaugh
Anthony Wulf
Leonard Street
Covington
Sylvester Courtney
Feldman Avenue
Wulf
Courtney
Severe quake shocks felt across southwest and Pacific
A major earthquake was recorded on the seismograph near Tucson at 7:15 AM, continuing about half an hour. Observer A K Ludy said the quake was within 700 miles of Tucson and the general direction had not yet been determined.
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Arizona
Hawaii
Washington
Associated Press
Tucson
Ariz
United States Magnetic Observatory
Here
A. K. Ludy
Ludy
Earthquake Registered Near Honolulu At Ewa
An earthquake of considerable magnitude was recorded at 3:51 a.m. on the seismograph at the United States Magnetic Station in Ewa, Oahu. The shock lasted about three hours and its distance could not be estimated, with the record likened to the Santa Barbara quake.
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Honolulu
United Stes
Ewa
Santa Barbara
Seismic Activity Recorded From Georgetown University Event
A pronounced earthquake, the second of the day, was captured on the Georgetown University seismograph. It lasted from 12:49 p.m. to 1:53 p.m. EST, peaking shortly after 1 p.m. Father Tondorf estimated its epicenter about 1,800 miles from Washington.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Father Tondorf
Couple killed by train at Whippoorwill crossing
Charles Davis a Purdue University vocational instructor and his wife were killed when their car was struck by an interurban near Huntington at Whippoorwill crossing. Witnesses said Davis drove the vehicle directly in front of the speeding interurban.
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Huntington
Charles Davis
Purdue University
Whippoorwill Crossing
Here
Davis
Poison gas thwarted bank robbery in Indiana vault
Bandits who forced entry at the Citizens' Bank vault in Elnora faced poison gas released from a vault chamber and fled with eleven cents in loot. The gas startled the intruders and prevented a larger theft, according to Washington Indiana reports dated July 7.
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Associated Press
Washington, Ind
Citizens’ Bank
Elnora
Ind
Here
Convict Climbs to Roof of Prison Chapel
A cat burglar during a prison chapel service at Pankhurst yesterday leaped to the pulpit then climbed through a sky light to the roof. Guards form a cordon as the man hurls roof slate at handlers, waiting for hunger to force surrender.
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London
Pankhurst
World News Service
Drowned while swimming in the Ohio River
Joseph Cavanaugh a 30 year old plumber of Dayton Kentucky drowned in the Ohio River at the foot of Clark Street Dayton. His brother John pulled him from the water within minutes and efforts to revive him failed. The coroner ruled accidental drowning. He leaves parents another brother a sister and WWI veteran status noted.
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Ohio River
Joseph Cavanaugh
Third Avenue
Dayton
Clark Street
John
John Cavanaugh
Joseph
Charles Findlay
Cavanaugh
Speers Hospital
Alfred G. Maybury
Hughes
C. D. Cavanaugh
Coolidge Pushes Broad Tax Relief Plan Across Congress
President Coolidge seeks general relief for all taxpayers with tax cuts focused on income surtax rates and possible inheritance tax reduction. He backs a maximum surtax as low as 12 percent, defers bill drafting to Ways and Means, and plans to press the measure after Treasury data in October. He also anticipates accord with France and other debtors on the American Debt Funding Commission.
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Congress
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Mellon
House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
American Debt Funding Commission
France
Belgium
Italy
Nowinco
Elief
Coolidge Focuses on Estate Tax Clause in New Bill
Washington July 7 Admin efforts center on modifying or repealing the inheritance tax clause in the revenue bill. Reduction of surtaxes is seen as essential to business while the estate tax feature is viewed as a potential threat of large fortunes being confiscated. Reports from Swampcott say President Coolidge aims for broader tax cuts, including the inheritance tax. The 1924 estate tax collection figures are cited as context.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Swampacott
Coolidge
Detective Shot by Four Negroes in Sharonville Yard Incident
Railroad detective John Womacks was shot in the left side afterordering four men from Big Four Railroad yards in Sharonville. He held two suspects at gunpoint until switchmen arrived. Womacks was rushed to St Mary's Hospital in serious condition. George Nicholson, 41, admitted shooting and was jailed for attempted murder. three other suspects were released. Nicholson reportedly had prior penitentiary time for a similar act.
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Sharonville
John Womacks
South Forest Avenue
St. Mary’s Hospital
J. C. Evans
Womacks
Edward Womacks
J. D. McCarthy
George Moorman
James Howard
George Nicholson
Nicholson
Harry McGrew
John Burbank
Big Four Police
Frankfort
Lexington
Rockefeller to celebrate eighty sixth birthday at Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller Sr., aged eighty six, will mark his birthday quietly at his Pocantico Hills home. Reporters and photographers are barred by his request. A public message states he is well and grateful for another year and will spend the day with family.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Pocantico Hills
Oil King Plays Golf as Birthday Observed
Rockefeller plans his birthday with golf and family rides. He completed a nine hole round in forty eight, joking about the squeaky wagon nearby saying even it needs oil. A friend recalls a humorous moment during his routine day.
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New York World News Service
New York
John D. Rockefeller
University of Cincinnati student electrocuted at plant
Marion W. Woods a 21 year old co op student in the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering was killed when he touched a transformer in the Champion Coated Paper Company generating room 440 volts passed through his body. Woods a Hamilton High School graduate 1922 lived on Fairview avenue and boarded with Charles Lux during school terms. He was active in radio and helped organize the Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Marion W. Woods
Fairview Avenue
College of Engineering
University of Cincinnati
Champion Coated Paper Company
Woods
N. B. Woods
Hamilton High School
Champion Company
Mildred Woods
William C. Osterbrock
Whitch
Charles Lux
Moerlein Avenue
Clifton Heights
Bryan in Dayton for Scopes trial case it’s no joke
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Dayton Tennessee for the Scopes trial amid crowds and cameras. He called the case no joke and said the duel between evolution and Christianity would be a death grapple in the light. He discussed Dayton’s size and the trial’s importance, hinting the case would be decided in court, not by newspapers.
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Bryan
Dayton
Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Bill
Gore
Mr. Bryan
Dayton Club
Aqua
Claren Darrow
Defense Counsel
Scopes
Christ
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Val Wee
Broadway Actor Shot by Chorus Girl Wife in Apartment
Allen Davis an understudy to the leading man in White Cargo was shot in the shoulder and head by his chorus girl wife Edith Parker Davis during a dinner with Melville Anderson and playwright Harry Gribble. She was arrested for felonious assault after fleeing.
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Associated Press
New
Anderson
Gribble
Davis
Thomas Russell
Earl Sande
Fencers Duel Over Skill Fails to End in Death
Two famous fencers Mario Siniscalco and Felice Desimone dueled with pistols in Rome over fencing ability. Desimone shot twice missing Siniscalco, who fired into the air. The duel ended and the rivals reconciled.
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Rome
Mario Siniscalco
Felice Desimone
Desimone
Siniscalco
Honor
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Head of War Industries Board
B. Baruch
Olands Rent Ao
San Miguel
Suanual
Queen of London Society
United States
Cunard
Beatrice Baskerville
John L. Balderston
Edward Browning
Marjorie Gloria Browning
Ohio
Dayton, Ky
Couzens
John D
Oil King
U. OF C
Plant
John R. Neal
Rhea County
Mr. Neal
W. J. Bryan
Ing
Knoxville
Richard Rogers
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