Moral crisis from Smith nomination prompts Southern church leaders
In Asheville on July 18 dry Southern Democrats met to plan a campaign against Gov Alfred E. Smith. Dr Arthur J Barton of Atlanta urged that opposing Smith does not threaten Democracy. Barton warned of a threatened prohibition crisis and called the event a response to a national moral crisis.
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Asheville
N. C
Alfred E. Smith
Arthur J. Barton
Atlanta
Barton
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Cannon
Gov. Smith
al Smith
Democratic Party
Kentucky
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Maryland
Tennessee
South Carolina
Texas
West Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia
A. C. Millar
Little Rock
Arkansas Methodist
Clem Shaver III
Smith
Clem L. Shaver
Iowa GOP backs Hoover at Des Moines convention
Iowa Republican convention endorses the national platform and Hoover for president with Curtis of Kansas as running mate. Gov. Hammill arrives from Council Bluffs aboard the Hoover special to urge farm relief, saying Hoover calls the agricultural plank the party’s top priority for early relief legislation.
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Des Moines
Kansas City
Republican Party of
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Hoover
John Hammill
Council Bluffs
Final Salute For Mexican Aviator Capt. Emilio Carranza
New York pays a grand farewell to Capt Emilio Carranza the Mexican goodwill flyer killed on return to his homeland. Forty soldiers fired three volleys over the casket as 25 000 spectators watched from Seventh Avenue and nearby buildings. A bugler played taps and Carranza was taken by honor guard to a special train to Mexico. The vast procession drew troops guards sailors and marines and traffic was halted to honor the young aviator.
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New York
Emilio Carranza
Goodwill
Flyer
Seventh Avenue
Pennsylvania Station
Carranza
Mexico
Upper Broadway
New Jersey
Methodists Quaff Root Beer Despite W C T U Protests
Manchester New Hampshire July 18 Root beer and pretzels were served at the East Manchester Tennis Club lawn fete with church approval and W C T U disapproval. Miss Edith P Flander warned of yeast and fermentation causing alcohol in root beer, but club officials consulted church authorities and proceeded with the menu.
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Manchester
N. H
East Manchester
First Methodist Church
Edith P. Flander
Church
Will of A G Phillips leaves estate valued at 950000
The will filed for probate in Hamilton Ohio details an estate of 950000 with a trust by American Trust and Savings Bank to hold until the youngest child is 25. The widow receives income for life with shares allocated to sons Miles Rufus George and Dean and daughters Lucretia and Dorothy, plus a 1000 bequest to cousin Martha King. The will was drawn in 1925.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
A. C. Phillips
American Rolling Mill
Middletown
Phillips
George M. Verity
Armco
American Trust and Savings Bank of
Miles
Rufus
George
Dean
Lucretia
Dorothy
Martha King
Hyde Park
Cincinnati
Peru Quake Shakes Chachapoys District
A strong earthquake struck the Chachapoys district at 2 PM local time lasting seventy seconds. Reports indicate tremors were felt across nearby areas with no immediate word on damage or injuries.
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Peru
Lima
Chachapoys
Death delays welcome for Hoover nomine e in California
Plans for a celebratory welcome for presidential nominee Herbert Hoover were postponed after news of the death of C D Henry, father in law to Hoover, at Placerville California. The San Francisco reception at City Hall was deferred until Hoover formally notifies his nomination August 11.
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San Francisco
Cal
Herbert Hoover
C.D. Henry
Placerville
California
Truckee
Stanford University
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Palo Alto
Henry
Overland Limited
James Rolph, Jr
Mr. Henry
U S Apologizes to Britain Over Rum Vessel Seizures Off Bahamas
The United States and Great Britain settled a complex case involving Coast Guard Boatswain Larry Christiansen and linked figures. Washington apologized for violating British sovereignty by seizing two rum laden vessels off the Bahamas and agreed to surrender the ships and cargo to British authorities. Proceedings against crews were quashed, with liability questions remaining.
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U. S
Great Britain
Bahamas
Washington
Larry Christiansen
United States Coast Guard
Nesle
London
Christaansen
Christiansen
Coast Guard
State Department
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Gun Cay
United States
Convicts Attempt Escapes At Atlanta Prison Wall
Roy Gardner a California mail robber and Joe Urbaitis of Toledo held a riot in Atlanta federal prison as they tried to scale the wall with a ladder. A guard Bunce was struck, shots fired, and two inmates placed in solitary. Gardner 25 year terms and Urbaitis 50 years. three other prisoners involved also confined. Dame Ellen Terry critically ill at Kent home after seizure. daughter and son present.
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Ohio
Atlanta
Roy Gardner
California
Joe Urbaytis
Toledo
Bunce
Urbaytis
Gardner
Urbagtis
Participation in. Million Dollar Robbery Climaxed Thug’s Career
Toledo dispatch details Joe Urbaytis a notorious Toledo criminal tied to the February 17 1921 post office heist. He joined fourteen others in a federal conspiracy case, then escaped jail on September 5 1921 with two accomplices. A gun battle in Columbus led to his injury and renewed trial.
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Toledo
Joe Urbaytis
Urbaytis
Columbus
Ohio
Carson
Mine Union Drops Wagf Scale Fight
The United Mineworkers of America abandoned the Jacksonville wage scale for bituminous coal and allowed each district to settle with operators on mutually satisfactory terms. John L. Lewis announced after seven days of policy committee review, discarding the $7.50 daily and $1.08 per ton scale set by the Federal Coal Commission in 1920.
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Indianapolis
United Mineworkers of America
Jacksonville
John L. Lewis
Federal Coal Commission
Herbert Hoover
Ellen Terry Remembers America From English Countryside
London AP correspondent recalls Ellen Terry at 80 lying ill in Kent expressing warm memories of the United States. The famed Portia reflects on youth, her long stage life, and friendships across the sea while cared for by her daughter Edith Craig at a Tudor farmhouse near Small Hythe.
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DE Witt MacKenzie
London
Associated Press
Ellen Terry
Kent
America
Miss Terry
Atlantic
Columbus
New World
Portia
London Theater
Edith Craig
Tady
Whistler
Terry
Small Hythe
Henry VII
Shakespeare
Miss Craig
England
Ellen
Dame Ellen
Thermometer Reaches 92 Maximum Ahead Of Season
Cincinnati Weather Bureau reports a peak of 92 degrees yesterday afternoon the hottest for the year. Two men collapsed from the heat in separate incidents on State and Cutter streets and were taken for observation. Forecasters warn of continued hot, unsettled weather with scattered thunderstorms and slightly cooler temperatures to follow.
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Cincinnati Weather Bureau
John, Rosendahl
State Avenue
West Fourth Street
General Hospital
James Johnson
Cutter Street
Poplar Street
Cabas
Eestevnesberg
Csvereseesens
P.m. Isseenen
Obregon Assassination Could Aid Mexican Church Peace Says Archbishop
Archbishop Ruiz Y Flores tells the Vatican that Obregon's death may push a church state peace in Mexico. He cites factional unrest and finances, notes Calles may seek peace, and reports continued clerical persecutions as he urges settlement between Catholics and liberals.
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Obregon
Mexico
Ruiz
New York World News Service
Rome
Calles
Cooper Indorsed by Dry League in Ohio Gubernatorial Race
The Nonpartisan Political Advisory Committee of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League issued a statement on the three leading Republican gubernatorial candidates without explicit endorsement. It highlighted Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati as personally dry and loyal to prohibition, noting his long support for the dry cause.
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Columbus
Nonpartisan
Ohio Anti-Saloon League Today
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Edward C. Turner
E. J. Moore
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Cooper
Moore
Associated Press
Anti- Saloon League
Dry Cause
Ohio
Dry
Cincinnati Train Wreck Kills One Injures Mrs Adler
A northbound Ponce De Leon passenger train derailed six miles north of Rome Georgia when a rail broke after the engine and nine cars passed. One man, unidentified but Detroit resident, died. Mrs Adler of Cincinnati was slightly injured and several others hurt, some seriously, as three coaches fell down an embankment.
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Atlanta
Ponce de Leon
Rome
Detroit
Dvd. A. Adler
Cincinnati
Governments Ready Ten Sign Anti War Pact
The State Department publicized acceptances from Belgium Poland and earlier replies from Germany France Italy and the Irish Free State for Kellogg’s multilateral anti war pact. Britain Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa and India are expected to respond by tomorrow with others from Japan and Czecho Slovakia expected later this week. Secretary Kellogg expresses gratification that most nations wish to join with no proposed changes to the treaty text and no extra interpretative documents. The treaty will be opened for signature once all notes arrive.
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Washington
Kelloge
State Department
Belgium
Poland
Germany
France
Italy
Irish Free State
Department
London
Canada
Australi
New Zealand
South Africa
India
Japan
Czecho- Slovakia
Kellogg
Obregon Death Blamed on Despotism and Treacherous Ally
Berkeley July 18 Dr Jose Vasconcelos, visiting UC Berkeley, declares Obregon assassination the result of despotism. He says Calles may try to stay in power if the constitution is ignored, urges a general free election, and predicts treacherous allies will weep at Obregon's burial as Mexico continues its fight for freedom.
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Berkeley
Cal
Jose Vasconcelos
Mexico
University of California
Obregon
CaHes
Vasconcelos
Calles
Dr. Vasconcelos
Francisco Villa
Mexican General Obregon Assassination Sparks Turmoil
Mexico City dispatch reports intensified speculation that Louis Morones, minister and Obregon foe, sought to manipulate the killer Juan into the assassination of Gen. Obregon. Troops surround Morones’s home amid fears of wider conspiracy as authorities probe possible intellectual authorship.
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Arthur Constantine
New York World News Service
Mexico City
Gen. Obregon
Mexico
Obregon
Louis N. Morones
Industry, Commerce and Labor
Juan
Morones
Morones’s Influence, Taking Advantage of the Youth's Hatred of Gen. Obregon
N.Y. World News Service
N. YY. World) Press Pub. Co
Calles Links Obregon Killing to Religious Fervor
President Calles announces a signed statement saying the Obregon assassination was motivated by religious fanaticism. He warns clerical action complicating the case while urging unity and renewed social revolution principles to guide Mexico's future. He vows to punish all involved and maintain constitutional order.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Obregon
Calles
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