Fleischmann Stock Sale Linked to Morgan Interests
New York July 12 A minority stake in Fleischmann Company yeast makers valued at about 20 million dollars may be sold to interests associated with J P Morgan and Co The move would not transfer control from the Fleischmann family as Max C Fleischmann would still hold a large block and family control remained with heirs of the founder Officials from Morgan declined to discuss the deal or identify their clients
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New York
Fleischmann Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Max C. Fleischmann
Julius Fleischmann
Fleischmann
Hello Girls Heroism Amid Explosions At Dover Base
World News Service reports that 17 bodies have been recovered as blasts drive search teams from the smoldering Dover base ruins. Telephone operators at Rockaway towns worked through shattered facilities to restore lines despite flying glass and collapsing structures.
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Rockaway
Gerard’s
Main Street
Gerard
Rum Runner Testifies of 600 Cases Smuggled in NY Waters
Charles A. Smith, a mariner with wartime command experience, testified he made over 200 trips from New York to rum row between 1923 and 1925. He claimed earnings of about 40 000 dollars after landing 600 cases of whisky champagne and lauterne per trip paid 200 dollars each. He named a dozen associates and alleged police involvement aiding unloads at Belle Vue Hospital piers. He identified his employer William V. Dwyer in court.
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New York World News Service
New York
Charles A. Smith
Mariner
Pact signed in London to fund French debt to Britain
An agreement was signed in London between Churchill and Caillaux on funding France’s war debt to Great Britain. The terms set phased payments up to 12.5 million pounds over sixty two years with a partial moratorium, gold reserve handling, and a safeguard against German default. France gains protection against franc devaluation and a non negotiable bond stance.
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London
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Joseph Caillaux
Finance
Treasury
M. Caillaux
Paris
Jacques Duboin
France
Mr. Churchill
Bank of England
Bank of France
Germany
England
United States
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
City Solicitor plans suit over Transit Commission salaries
Mayor Seasongood announced at a City Council meeting that John D. Ellis will sue the Rapid Transit Commission to stop salaries paid from bond proceeds. The action targets annual pay totaling 12 000 dollars, with Commissioners receiving 3 000 dollars each. The move follows a vote to continue pay, while a traffic survey bids discussion noted a Chicago firm likely to win the contract.
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John D. Ellis
Rapid Transit Commission
Council
Seasongood
Rapid Transit
Central Parkway
Ellis
Robert Alcorn
Transit Commission
E. W. Edwards
Philip 0. Geier
Christian Schott
E. H. Cornette
Richard Groninger
Transit Commissioners
Commission
Charles C. Rose
Chicago
Caillaux Faces Fight for Paris Ratification
Paris dispatch reports Camille Caillaux confronts opposition over ratification as debt talks with Great Britain loom. The Paris bourse reacts with the franc hitting new lows amid political and financial tension.
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Caillaux
Paris
Americans Teach Him to Know London Says English Cop
A London police officer credits American tourists for teaching him about local history and literary shrines in Southwark. He says inquiries from Americans about who lived or died there helped him learn his own district.
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London
Southwark
Poisonings Hit Four Cleveland Families Twice In Week
Twelve relatives from four families fell ill after eating pastries made with flour laced with poison. Charles Pocrass and family members, including six seriously ill, were treated. a second dinner triggered new illnesses. City Chemist Knapp and Cleveland Heights police opened an investigation into the case.
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Cleveland
Knapp
Charles Pocrass
Pocrass
Coventry Road
Cleveland Heights
Albert
Frances
Harry
Irving Pocrass
Samuel Pocrass
East 154Th Street
Hannah Miller
Harry Pocrass
Louis Pocrass
Cedar and Coven
Charles
Emmanuel
Harold Miller
Albert Pocrass
Frances Pocrass
John W Weeks Dies After Long Public Service at Mt Prospect
John W Weeks former Senator and Secretary of War died at Mt Prospect New Hampshire after a long career of public service. He sank into a coma Sunday morning with his family at his side the cause given as angina pectoris. A funeral procession from his birth place to West Newton Massachusetts will be held Thursday afternoon with officials business leaders and friends expected to attend.
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Lancaster
N. H
John W. Weeks
White Mountain
Weeks
South America
California
New Hampshire
Mt. Prospect
West Newton
Mass
Investigator Named In Stephenson Murder Case Rerailed By Klan History
Indianapolis July 12 The Stephenson murder case regains headlines as Governor Ed Jackson appoints Dr Edward C Bachfield a special investigator to join a partially absent State Pardon Board quorum The move raises questions about pardons and possible Klan links amid rumors of Stephenson's prison life and activity
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New York World News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
D. C
Edward C. Bachfield
Stephenson
John Duvall
Indiana Bar Association
Michigan City
Indiana Supreme Court
Quake Felt in Far East Across Malay Archipelago
Reports from Batavia indicate further severe earthquakes in the Malay archipelago on Saturday. Shocks were especially strong at Padang-Padjang and on Ternate in the Moluca group, following recent disasters.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Malay Archipelago
Batavia
Padang-Padjang
Ternate
Molucca
Beaufort Bank and Yemassee Branch Fail to Open
Beaufort Bank and its Yemassee branch failed to open on the morning of July 12. The bank, capitalized at 200000 dollars, reported assets exceeding 2000000 dollars in its latest statement, signaling a sudden closure and financial distress.
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Southern Bank
Beaufort
N. C
Beaufort Bank
Bank of Yemassee
Citizens Meet to Aid Campaign for Roettinger
A Cincinnati meeting at the Gibson urged re election for Judge Roettinger of Common Pleas Court. The Roettinger Re election Campaign Committee was formed with John D. Sage as permanent chairman. Attendees praised his record for justice and civic service and discussed voter access by August 10.
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Cincinnati
Gibson
Jadge Roettinger
Common Pleas Court
Pd Etaf Oercorn
Roettinger
John D. Sage
Seasongood
Carl Jacobs
Burton Robinson
Robert L. Black
Lewis Stamm
R. F. Stewart
John Oyle
Nettie Loughead
Mr. Robinson
Stewart
Judge Roettinger
Board of Elections
Palace Theater
Sage
Robert W. Smith
Warner Takes Post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy Aviation
Edward P. Warner former MIT professor began his duties as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in charge of aviation in Washington today.
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Naval Aviation
Washington
Edward P. Warner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Secretary of the Navy
State audit opens formal check of highway gear makers
Columbus July 12 state Auditor Joseph T Tracy launches a formal examination by two state Bureau of Accounting examiners into the George B Curd Equipment Company of Cincinnati as part of a probe into equipment purchases by the State Highway Department. The inquiry targets trucks tires and related voucher payments totaling about 52000 with commissions alleged on sales over 700000. Examiners Frank B Thomas and Ben B Vance will review books and may extend to other suppliers while officials pledge full cooperation.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Tracy
State Highway Department
State Bureau of Accounting
George B. Curd Equipment Company
Cincinnati
Tracy
Crabbe
W. S. Pealer
Frank B. Thomas
Dayton
Ben B. Vance
Bud Fisher Wins Breach of Promise Suit in New York
Cartoonist Bud Fisher known as Mutt Fisher wins a breach of promise case brought by Ada Lucille Shields who sought 25000. Defense argued Shields was married to Ira Norden at the time. Fisher’s wife Countess de Beaumont received 250 a week alimony pending trial in a separate separation action.
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New York World News Service
New York
Harry C. Fisher
Bud” Fisher
Supreme Court
Lydon
Fisher
Ada Lucille Schields
Ira B. Norden
Miss Shields
Jeremiah Mahoney
John Ford
Countess de Beaumont
Subway Collision Leaves Passengers Injured and Motorman Charged
A subway train crash left one woman with a broken nose and multiple injuries, nine others needing aid, while motorman William O'Dell, 62, was charged with criminal negligence and held on $1,000 bail. O'Dell, rehired without standard medical tests, faces arraignment in West Farms Court. The incident occurred as service resumed and strikers returned to work, with 151 old motormen now operating trains.
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John J. Leary, JR
New York World News Service
New York
Toniy
Alice Harvey
Jewish Memorial Hospital
Weinstein
McGeehan
O’dell
Consolidated Railway Workers
Greater New York
James L. Quackenbush
Coolidge Delays Plymouth Visit to Welcome Gov Smith Friday
President Coolidge postpones his Plymouth trip to receive New York Governor John Smith at White Pine Camp. Coolidge spent the day fishing near the camp, catching six pounds of pike and five brook trout before hosting Gov. Smith and Mrs. Smith for a camp evening.
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Paul Smith
N. Y
Smith
New York
President Coolidge
White Pine Camp
Albany
White House
Coolidge
Plymouth
Mr. Coolidge
White Pine
Lake Osgood
William Rockefeller
Benjamin B. McAlpin
John McDonald
Utica
Fondsby, Jr
Lightning Flares Fire at Lake Denmark Arsenal in Dover
A lightning strike lit the Lake Denmark naval arsenal igniting ammunition and triggering a night of shelling as patrols and Marines evacuated. Seventeen bodies found, twenty four others missing, including officers and marines. the near disaster prompted broader security sweeps and warnings of further blasts if a shell hit a munitions dump.
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New York World News Service
Dover
N. J
Mau
Lake Denmark Naval Arsenal
Here
Nature
Lake Denmark
W. R. Sayles
Third Naval District
Fifth Marines
Chateau-Thierry
Navy
Harry C. Brown
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Maurice Hardacker
Galloway
Fla
Frances Feeney
Brooklyn
Dover General Hospital
George W. Botts, Jr
Richmond
Arsenal
B. H. Charke
H. C. Schrader
U.S. N
J. M. Gately
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U. S
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IO Enjoi
Commercial Tribune
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Arlington
Dr. Bachfield
Bachfield
Indiana
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Common Pleas
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Subway
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Navy Department
Sayles
Brown
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