Coolidge Names Roy O West Secretary of Interior
Superior Wis July 20 Roy O West of Chicago was named to head the Interior Department succeeding Hubert Work. West a national committee figure and Illinois Republican committeeman will resign as Finance Committee vice chairman. Work to devote full time to Republican National Committee duties with a Boulder Dam Commission plan noted. Commission signing pending in Washington after Cedar Island Lodge meeting.
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Chicago
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Washington
West Named Interior Secretary in Coolidge Cabinet
Roy O. West, long time Republican leader and Illinois national committeeman, was announced by President Coolidge as his choice for Secretary of the Interior. West has guided campaigns in 1924 and 1928 and will move to Washington to begin his duties.
Guards Surround Kellogg Office After Cuban Property Dispute
Joseph E. Barlow, longtime Havana resident, threatens to confront Secretary Kellogg over Cuban property claims. Washington police order heightened guards around the State Department amid concerns following Mexico’s president-elect assassination. Barlow declares personal confrontation unless court orders are executed and property restored, citing the Platt amendment.
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Joseph E. Barlow
Havana
State Department
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Supreme Court
Japan Accepts American Pact To Outlaw War
Washington reports Japan has accepted the Kellogg anti-war treaty as revised and pledged readiness to sign. Czecho Slovakia’s reply is awaited. Spain’s inclusion as a signatory was not raised. The State Department notes most powers have accepted the fifteen power grouping and would need all to agree to changes.
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Japan
Tokyo
State Department
Baron Tanaka
Kellogg
Spain
Coolidge backs conference to lift treaty prestige
President Coolidge supports an international conference possibly in Paris for the simultaneous signing of the anti war covenant. Secretary Kellogg has proposed the idea to European powers but no final decision has been made. The president believes a solemn ceremony at the treaty's conclusion would enhance its prestige and aid in obtaining signatures.
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Wis
Paris
Kellogg
Forgives Betrayers A Minister’s Test of Faith
In Greensburg Indiana a nearly blind minister Rev Herman Markland opened his home to two weary men seeking lodging. They stole $125 saved for cataract surgery, testing his faith. He prayed for forgiveness saying they know not what they do.
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Greensburg
Ind
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Ammonia Leak Traps Women at Crosley Radio Plant
Ammonia fumes from a detached hose at Crosley Radio Corporation on Burgoyne Street trapped many women on the second floor. Firemen and physicians revived over twenty victims, with twelve identified by name as treated. Police ferried several to hospitals as crews battled the fumes and a rescue effort began.
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Burgoyne Street
Mary Davis
West Sixty-fourth Street
Jennie Mathey
English Street
Anna Edwards
Locust Street
Mary Marchelane
Queen City Avenue
Bertine Walker
Pleasant Street
Sophia Vierling
Marlowe Avenue
May Miefert
Beekman Street
Mary Greenwood
Spring Grove Avenue
Anna Evers
Elmwood Avenue
Jeannette Curtis
Iiden Avenue
Bellevue
Mary Brady
Wade Street
Dorothy Daum
Cutter Street
Crosley’s
Cunningham
Gesselbracht
Treinen
Million Dollar Rye Whisky Seized From Nerissa
New York July 20 A cargo of pre war rye whisky valued at about 1 000 000 was seized by customs agents aboard the Red Cross liner Nerissa. The whisky was hidden under pickled herring in 501 fish barrels from Halifax. Consignees Smith and Anderson Manhattan fish dealers locally receive shipments from Halifax.
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Brooklyn
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Smith & Anderson
Manhattan
Nerissa
New York
St. Johns
N. F
Exonerated Slater Freed After 18 Years in Prison
Oscar Slater, who served eighteen years for the 1908 murder of Miss Marion GilChrist, was fully exonerated by the Edinburgh Court of Criminal Appeal. The court ruled the trial misdirected the law and released him after a long campaign led by supporters including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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London
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Dreyfus
France
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Edinburgh
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Miss Gilchrist
Lusitania
New York
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N. Y. World) Press Pub, Co
Kentuckian kills wife and two sons in farm dispute
In Monticello Kentucky a man W R Wright killed his wife Mary 53 and two sons Porter 24 and Jesse 20 over cedar timber boundary. Miss Lexie Wright the prisoner’s daughter was wounded as Wright was detained by neighbor Vate Hill until Sheriff Tate arrived.
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Mary
Porter
Jesse
Lexie Wright
W. R. Wright
Victoria Wright
Bendix Buys Show Place in Chicago for 3 Million
The Potter Palmer mansion once a Chicago social hub since 1886 was sold today to Vincent Bendix head of Bendix Corporation for a reported 3 million dollars.
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Show Place
Chicago
Potter Palmer
Vincent Bendix
Bendix Corporation
Public Trial Planned for Jose de Leon Torras in Obregon Slaying
Mexico City officials move to civil proceedings rather than quick military action. District Court halts action for seventy two hours and promises a public civil trial, while investigation continues into alleged Catholic clergy links and arrests widen. Nuns held at Villa Guadalupe amid mass participation probes.
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Alvaro Obregon
Obregon
de Leon Torras
District Court
Ncted
Antonio Rys Zertuche
I Herto
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Guadalajara
Excelsior
Projuarez
Gen. Obregon
Calles
Drug Addict Steals 3432 From Oakland Bank
An unmasked man under the influence of narcotics robbed the Broadway Branch of the American Trust Company in Oakland and escaped with 3432. Bank manager G. F. Wilson pursued in a car but was outrun. A passer-by reported the manager had kidnapped a man and woman during the escape.
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Cal
Broadway
American Trust Company
G. F. Wilson
Wilson
Man Wears Hidden Skull Cap to Reveal Brain Undulations
Norman D. Ellis, a hydro plant worker in his 30s, removes a bakelite skull and artificial hair to expose grafted skin and the brain’s visible undulations. He explains a nickel steel cap protects him from fatal head blows while performing daily duties at the switchboard.
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New York World News Service
Toronto
Ontario
Norman D. Ellis
Ellis
Robber Uses Job Hunter Ruse In $2100 Payroll Hold-Up
An unmasked thief posing as a job seeker at the Bardles Range Company on Colerain Avenue stole $2100 from payroll envelopes. He entered the office, demanded money with a revolver, and fled in a waiting car after cornering Miss Mil dred Becker and Miss Viola Kempler.
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Colerain Avenue
E. H. Bardes
Mildred Becker
Viola Kempler
Becker
Prohibition Agents Padlock Eight Night Clubs In New York
Federal agents in New York applied padlocks and boards to eight bars in a nighttime raid along the white light belt. Deputies, with Campbell and other officials, sealed doors while other sections were left untouched. The action, part of a continued crackdown following June raids, cites federal prohibition violations and bars occupancy pending cases.
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Broadway
United States
Prohibition
Campbell
Dynamite Used to Kill Motorist in Rockford Slaying
In Rockford Illinois Vernon Plager radio expert was killed when his car starter exploded. Police say dynamite was the explosive and suspect Paul Reed a former sweetheart and Mrs Iva Plager are in custody for investigation though no charges have been filed. Reed surrendered in Oregon Illinois after the bombing and claimed alibi with a sister in Mt Morris.
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Vernon Plager
Paul Reed
Iva Plager
Reed
Ill
Mt. Morris
Plager
Karl Williams
Tree fall injures boy in yard collision
A tree cut down in Mrs. Martha Mandelzweig’s yard at 515 Hickory Street fell into the back yard of Jacob Feldman at 512 Prospect Ave. A branch struck Feldman’s six year old son Julian, likely fracturing his skull. Dr. Emil Hahn treated him at home. condition serious.
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Hickory Street
Jacob Feldman
Prospect Avenue
Feldman
Julian
Emil Hahn
Hutchins Avenue
Reading Road
Mystery of Bronx Writer's Death Stirs New York
Miss Virginia Drew, 24, left her Bronx home to visit Maxwell Bodenheim the night before, promising critique of her writings. Her body later floated in the Hudson. police deem death by own action. A supposed pact with a novelist and a dramatic consultation at Bodenheim's apartment are central questions.
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New York
Virginia Drew
Bronx
Maxwell Bodenheim
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Bodenheim
Miss Drew
Caroline Novotny
Cooper Institute
Hoover reruns California visit as death alters welcome
Herbert Hoover and wife resume California trip to receive Republican nomination notices but cancel public celebrations after the death of Mrs. Hoover’s father C D Henry. Funeral services are held at Stanford chapel with a private family gathering prior to cremation at Cypress Lawn Cemetery.
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Cal
Herbert Hoover
Pacific Coast
California
University
Cypress Lawn Cemetery
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Placerville
San Francisco Bay
Oakland
Hoover
Washington
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford
Mr. Hoover
Henry
Indiana Supreme Court upholds Shumaker contempt ruling
The Indiana Supreme Court affirms the contempt conviction of Dr. Edward S. Shumaker, Superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, keeping a $250 fine and sixty days at the state penal farm unchanged. Attorney General Gilliam sought a harsher sentence after alleging Shumaker tried to influence court decisions via correspondence with Senator Watson. The original sentence was handed down August 6, 1927.
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Indiana Supreme Court Today
Edward S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Arthur L. Gilliom
Gilliom
Shumaker
United States
James E. Watson
State Penal Farm
Gilliam
Anti-Saloon League
Cant Stand Own Humor Elizabeth Officer Clash With Trucks
Kenneth R. Collings an Elizabeth New Jersey flight instructor quarrels with about forty truck drivers on a Newark Elizabeth state highway near Reich Flying School. Drivers complain of mud on his Waco bi plane while Collings recalls Marines service and past takeoff clashes.
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New York World News Service
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Newark-Elizabeth
Jersey
Thelland Tunnel
Waco
Nicaragua
Mr Collings
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