Record Heat Wave Sees Four Die in Cincinnati Area
A heat wave hits Cincinnati with temperatures near 105 degrees and no rain. Citizens collapse from heat exhaustion as police and bystanders navigate the scorching day.
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Cincinnati
United States
Weather Bureau
W. C. Devereaux
Sol
Thomas Shearwood
Edwards Road
Seventh
Race Streets
Sergt
Edward von Dohre
Sergt. von Dohre
C. A. Dysktra
William Thomas
West Fourth Street
Eighth Street
McLean Avenue
Clarence Griggs
West Sixth Street
Hoover forbids naval pact data bin in Senate
President Hoover sent a message to the Senate declining to publish secret London naval treaty documents while offering they be available to any Senator. Senator Norris proposed an amendment to confirm the treaty text is unchanged. Reed Allen oppose the amendment, warning a reversal could doom ratification this session. The Senate adjourned for the weekend with the treaty debate largely stalled.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Norris
Reed
Allen
Norris, la Follette
Rep
Wis
Swanson
Hale
Naval Affairs
Hiram Johnson
Eight-year-old Drowns in Ohio River at Sedamsville
In Sedamsville the Ohio River drownings claimed an 8 year old, Edward Roth, as his 10 year old brother John and friend Robert Kirchner aged 8 survived after nearby rescuers, Wilber Stroble and Cyril Elder, pulled John from the water and revived him. Edward's body was recovered an hour later with life-saving efforts failing. The incident marks the year’s fifteenth drowning according to Coroner Fred C. Swing.
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Fire Department
Ohio River
Gould Street
Sedamsville
Fred C. Swing
Edward Roth
Patterson Avenue
John
Robert Kirchner
Liston Avenue
Edward
Terrace Park water shortage sparks council inquiry
Residents report a severe water shortage in Terrace Park prompting a village council meeting and an investigation. Mayor O T Robertson says Camargo district on the hills uses excessive water for gardens and golf course greens and fairways. A complaint will be filed with Cincinnati Water Works Department.
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Terrace Park
O. T. Robertson
Camargo
Terace Park
Robertson
Cincinnati Water Works Department
Jardine Nominated as Egypt Envoy by Hoover
President Hoover selects William M. Jardine former Secretary of Agriculture for four years under Coolidge to be Minister to Egypt. The White House expects Senate confirmation after London naval treaty actions. Jardine, 51, Idaho native, has ties to Kansas State Agricultural College and Utah agronomy, with a history in agricultural research and policy.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Willam M. Jardine
Coolidge
Hoover
Egypt
White House
Mr. Jardine
Senate
State Department
Jardine
Franklin Mott Gunther
Amherst
Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association
Kansas State Agricultural College
Idaho
Kansas Institution
The
Agricultural College of Utah
United States
Italy Denies Rome Neutrality Pledge Rumors
Berlin reports that rumors alleging Italy sought German neutrality pledges in a potential Franco Italian war were officially denied by government circles in Rome on July 11.
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Italy
Berlin
Rome
Germany
Legge defends remarks as Kansas hog quote sparks resignation demand
Alexander Legge chairman of the Federal Farm Board refused to resign after being asked by Max M. and Louis Levand publishers of The Wichita Beacon. Legge quipped to reporters that farmers understand his line the biggest hog will always be in the trough amid calls for his apology and resignation.
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Amarillo
Tex
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Max M
Louis Levand
Joi
Wichita Kan
Legge
Dodge City
Kansas
Max
Louis
Farm Board
Kansay
Levands
Conan Doyle Funeral S Sunday Spiritualist Tribute Read
The funeral of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at Crowborough Sussex featured a spiritualist tribute from Lady Doyle and family. The message asserted life beyond death, that the soul survives, and that Doyle will guide the living from a higher realm.
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Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle
Garden of Home
New York World News Service
London
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Crowborough
Sussex
Charles Drayton Thomas
Lady Doyle
Arthur
Army air crash claims two officers in Honolulu
Lieut. Ivan M. Atterbury of Roseburg Oregon and Staff Sergeant Ralph O. Mills of Sabour, Illinois were killed in an army fall in Honolulu today. The incident involvement and exact unit not fully disclosed.
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Honolulu
Ivan M. Atterbury
Roseburg
Ore
Ralph O. Mills
Saborus
Iil
Union Terminal Co Seeks Bond Issue for Cushioned Station
Cincinnati Union Terminal Company applies to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington for first mortgage gold bonds of 38 million dollars and 15 million in short term notes to fund a passenger terminal project. Series A bonds start at not less than 95, with seven railroads guaranteeing payment. Negotiations with J P Morgan Co and Kuhn Loeb Co aim for a net price at least 96 percent of par.
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Cincinnati Union Terminal Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Commission
Union
Louisville & Nashville
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. P. Morgan &Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Doctor Gives Own Blood To Save Patient's Life
Dr. Malcolm Cook, a General Hospital surgeon, donated his blood during a two and a half hour operation to save Chess Reatherford, a 30 year old locomotive engineer, who was crushed by an engine and faced hip amputation. Reatherford survived and improved late last night.
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Malcolm Cook
General Hospital
Chess Reatherford
Hooven
Miami Gravel Company
Reatherford
Young Slayer Dies in Chair at Ohio Prison
Lawrence Dull, 26, from Tiffin, was executed in the electric chair at Ohio State Prison after being convicted for the Findlay gasoline station holdup murder of Roy Tish. Accompanied by Catholic, Protestant, and Nazarene chaplains, he entered the death chamber at 9 04 p.m. and died at 9 11 p.m. without protest.
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Columbus, CO
Lawrence Dull
Tiffin
Ohio State Prison
Roy Tish
Findlay
Fostoria
Albert O’brien
Dull
K. E. Wall
Roy Browning
First Church of the Nazarene
Columbus
Jersey Spook Holds Cemetery Carnival
Long Branch New Jersey July 11 A ghost tale drew crowds to Greenlawn Cemetery last night as visitors reported a white shapeless apparition drifting among trees and tombstones at midnight. Eyewitnesses describe women rooted to the ground and men fleeing as shrieks rang out while the mystic tale began with youths claiming a long legged white figure chased them after a threat to shoot.
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Long Branch
N. J
Greenlawn Cemetery
Necklace Plot Puts Archduke in the Tombs and Jail
A derailed royal intrigue in Vienna and New York centers on a plan to restore Archduke Otto to the Austrian throne. In New York Archduke Leopold Habsburg voluntarily surrendered at The Tombs over involvement in a forged necklace sale of the Maria Theresa diamond worth hundreds of thousands, with charges of conniving in the sale.
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Europe
Vienna
Leopold Hapsburg
Maria Theresa
Austria
Napoleon
Hapsburg
Maria Louisa
Duke of
Reichstadt
Col. Townsend
D. M. Michel
Fifth Avenue
Archduchess
Marie Theresa
Townsend
Leopold
Four Escaped After Chases Involving Hijackers At New Haven
A sheriff's posse chased seven men who attacked the Hall home at New Haven Kentucky. One gunman, Omer Alford, was killed. Cecil Deathridge and Ben Miller were captured. The others fled across LaRue and Hodgenville counties before the hunt paused. In Grundy Virginia, a separate gun battle left Hyson Baker and Hyson Dotson dead and several others wounded during arrests for illegal liquor activity.
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Here
Hodgersville
Bardstown
Bowling
Omer Alford
Bowling Green
Gilbert Lucas
Deathridge
Cecil Shelton
Georgia
Halls
Boone
Peake
Athertonville
Alford
Miller
Larue
Hodgenville
Hall
Grundy
Paw Paw
Knox Creek
Hyson Baker
Buchanan County
Thomas Dotson
Howard Justus
David J. Smith
Hurley Hospital
Hillman Tester
Richlands
Police officer offers to dance in New York trial
Acting Capt. James J. Coy, theatrical critic, testified against Earl Carroll and eight showgirls in a New York Court. He said Faith Bacon danced in a fifth scene with two large ostrich feather fans and appeared nude from neck to feet, though lights were dim and a gauze curtain hung between dancer and audience.
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Kan
Frank Hawks
Hawks
Travel Air Field
Flyer
New York
Indianapolis
Albuquerque
Dayton
Here
Earl Dietrich
Old Jefferson Market Court
Earl Carroll
James J. Coy
Carroll
Miss Bacon
Coy
Temperatures Across States With Local Thundershowers Expected
Ohio and Kentucky forecastes call for fair to warm conditions with thundershowers in places. Indiana and West Virginia show generally fair, warmer weather with possible showers later. A July 11, 1930 report lists temperatures and records from Eastport to New York, Detroit, Chicago, and many other cities with notes on highs, lows, and precipitation.
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Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Eastport
Louisville
Boston
Nashville
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
Atlantic C
S.s.marie
Wash
Chicago
O Jacks’ville
Duluth
Atlanta
Cairo
N. Orleans
Kansas C
Galveston
Omaha
Park’sburg
Denver
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Jake) Lingle
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