China and Soviet pledge Kellogg Pact if no act of war
Russia and China pledge adherence to the Kellogg anti war pact with conditions. Foreign officials warn any troop moves into Manchuria will be deemed acts of war. Moscow reports recruits rush to the Red Army while Chinese reinforcements gather at the Siberian Manchurian border. Britain, France, and the United States vow cooperation to prevent war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
China
Rudzutak
C. T. Wang
Wang
Manchuria
Shanghai
Harbin
Nanking
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Army
Washington
John V. A. MacMurry
Peiping
Great Britain
France
United States
Longworth Foresees Air Line Link From Cincinnati to Detroit
Speaker Nicholas Longworth asserts the next war will begin in the air and credits the Mason and Dixon Air Line inaugural linking Cincinnati and Detroit as a national defense milestone. Mayor Seasongood praises aviation industry while officials relay congratulations from governors and industry leaders. The ceremony marks Cincinnati’s bid to regain industrial prominence and extend air connections toward Canada and Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ohio
Longworth
Canada
Mexico
South America
Germany
Seasongood
Speaker Longworth
Ohio River
Warner Sayers
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Gov. Cooper
Flem D. Sampson
Kentucky
W. F. Greene
Michigan
Mason and Dixon Air Line
Paulina Long
Soviet Russia Alarmed by China Attack Threat
Moscow officials foresee possible Chinese invasion across the Russian border amid alarm over a Chinese attack threat. The New York World News Service reports that officials fear a Chinese move against Soviet territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet
Russia
China
Ernest K. Lindley
New York World News Service
Moscow
Severe English Storm Brings Deaths and Flooding
A fierce electrical storm ends a drought in Southern England with three deaths and ten serious injuries. A Folkestone wave drowns a fisherman and injures others, while lightning kills a man in Essex. Kew Observatory notes 1.42 inches of rain as rail service floods at Kew Bridge. Brighton sees hundreds drenched as the heat subsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Folkestone
Hastings
Essex
Acton
Kew Observatory
Kew
Southern Railway
Brighton
Detroit man admits fatal shooting near Birmingham golf course
Royden MacKilligan 22 of Detroit told Prosecutor Norman Orr he shot Walter Balko 35, a landscape architect, near Birmingham Golf Club June 24 in self defense after Balko ordered him to surrender his car key and started questioning Miss Fay Williams. MacKilligan was released and exonerated. Williams corroborated his account.
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Pontiac
Mich
Royden MacKilligan
Detroit
Norman C. Orr
Walter Balko
Birmingham Golf Club
MacKilligan
Fay Williams
Birmingham
Balko
MackKilligan
Miss Williams
Mack Killigan
Bruce MacDougall
Orr
MacDougall
Sanity hearing dropped in Snook murder case
In Columbus Ohio the sanity hearing for Dr. James H. Snook was abandoned as his first degree murder trial was postponed to next Wednesday. His lawyers cited new criminal code limits while pledging to pursue self defense and emotional insanity claims. The trial delay follows the decision to drop the insanity hearing, though the mental state issue remains in play.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Common Pleas
Henry L. Scarlett
Snook
Scarlett
Sharonville speed trap dispute draws Auto Club protest
Cincy Auto Club attacks village traffic enforcers over alleged rough tactics by speed cop Arthur Hull as complaints mount. Pickets keep speeds in check with signals and new signs planned. Contempt case hearing set for Alfred Helfesrieder amid ongoing dispute with Hull who is out on bond.
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Sharonville
Arthur Hull
J. F. Cetzok
Cincinnati Automobile Club
Cetzok
Hull
Cetrok
Automobile Club
Alfred Helfesrieder
Highland Avenue
Helfesrieder
Heart of Gold Max Manne Sued for Breach of Promise
Alma Pinkerton, a 24 year old St. Louis bookkeeper, sues 40 year old Cincinnati businessman Max Manne, president of Artistic Furniture Manufacturing Company, for 300000 dollars alleging he failed to keep five promises to wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Manne
Artistic Furniture Manufacturing Company
Cincinnati
Alma Pinkerton
St. Louis
Old Pepperass engine disaster strands Governors in New Hampshire
In Mt. Washington New Hampshire a runaway and explosion on Old Peppersass killed Daniel P. Rossiter and injured three others. A party of about 200 including governors and families was stranded at the summit as trains failed to descend. 200-240 people sought auto transport down amid near freezing conditions.
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MT. Washington
N. H
Daniel P. Rossiter
Boston
Edward C
Jack’’ Frost
Concord
W. S. Newsham
W. H. Cote
Swampscott
Mass
Guy Roberts
Whitefield
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
New Hampshire
E. D. Putnam
Antrim
Putnam
Frost
Newsham
Rossiter
Coe
Jacob
Sunlight League praises lighter dress as Deane Inge comments
London reports Dean Inge of St Pauls Cathedral quotes verse praising sunlight on the frame at the Sunlight League opening. He lauds women shedding heavy garments, while warning against cranks and nude bands seen in Germany, stressing clothes as convention yet warning undesirable individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dean Inge
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Sunlight League
Milady
Germany
Three Ont Men Burn To Die In Plane Crash Near Perrysburgh
Three Youngstown men James Detchon 569 his son Tarl B Detchon 25 and Charles Jones died when their plane crashed on the Carter farm five miles south of Perrysburg Ohio. The younger Detchon piloted the craft and fishing gear was found among the charred wreckage. Heat and flames prevented rescue as motorists attempted aid and the craft broke apart in oats field after a hedge hopping dive.
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Toledo
Youngstown
Carter Farm
Perrysburgh
James Detchon
Tarl B. Detchon
Charles Jones
Detchon
Pontiac
Mich
Owling Road
Dixie Highway
Glenn
Clyde Carter
Carters
Chicago Opera Star Granted Divorce from Director
Edith Mason Polacco, prima donna of the Chicago Civic Opera, was granted a divorce from Giorgio Polacco by Judge Hugo Friend in Circuit Court. She wins custody of their four year old daughter Grace Edith. Polacco did not appear. The couple remains bound by a postnuptial agreement and Polacco, who was in Europe, will have a voice in the child’s education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edith Mason Polacco
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Giogrio Polacco
Hugo Friend
Miss Mason
Grace Edith
Polacco
Civic Opera One
Europe
Italy
France Will Pay War Debt Poincare Wins Unconditional Plan
France accepts a settlement plan with President Poincare pressing for an unconditional repayment. The vow ends a long political struggle to secure full war debt payments, shaping postwar financial policy and European economic alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Poincare
France's Chamber approves debt ratification by eight vote margin
Paris July 21 The Chamber of Deputies authorized the President to ratify the Washington debt agreement with the United States. The vote stood 300 to 292 with approval seen as paving the way for Senate consideration and likely enforcement of the Mellon Berenger settlement. Briand argued gratitude to Allied aid and urged ratification without further reservations.
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Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Senate
Washington
Poincare
Aristide Briand
Chamber
Raymond Poincare
United States of America
French Republic
America
Berenger
Andrew Wellon
Husbands of Irene Stage Battle in Waukegan Street Fight
In Waukegan Illinois last night two husbands clashed in the streets over Irene. Kosta Zelkovich claimed his bride rode with Jack Brady prompting the row. Irene confessed to police she married Brady a year ago and Zelkovich last month to rid herself of him. Irene held for bigamy.
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Waukegan
Ill
Irene
Washington
Genesee Streets
Kosta Zelkovich
Jack Brady
Brady
Zelkovich
Hot Seat Cools at Sing Sing as Executioner Earns Less
In Ossining New York on July 20 the Sing Sing executioner Robert El Hott earned 150 dollars per execution. His fiscal year income dropped to 1500 dollars after 1800 and 2700 dollars in the two prior years reflecting reduced workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Robert el- Hott
Actors' Equity sues Tully Marshall for $1 million
Actors' Equity Association files a Superior Court suit against Tully Marshall and Warner Bros Inc for $1,000,000 damages alleging breach of an Equity contract. The suit seeks a temporary and permanent restraint on the Warner contract and damages over alleged statements. Judge Arthur McCombs ordered Marshall to appear July 29 to show cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Actors’ Equity Association Today
Superior
Tully Marshall
Warner Bros., Inc
Marshall
Equity
Arthur McCombs
Tunney named in half-million alienation suit in Connecticut
Gene Tunney former heavyweight champion is named defendant in a 500000 alienation of affections suit filed in Stamford Connecticut. John Fogarty husband of Katherine King Fogarty sues Tunney for breach of promise claiming improper conduct in Hot Springs Arkansas and other cities. Papers include attachment of Tunney's 79 acre Erskine Road property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Stamford
Conn
Gene Tunney
John
Fogarty
Katherine King Fogarty
Tunney
Erskine Road
Superior Court
Fairfield County
Hot Springs
Ark
Cincinnati Leads In Homicide Rates For 1928
New York report shows Cincinnati tops U S cities for homicides in 1928 with 17.89 per 100 000, followed by Detroit Chicago Cleveland Washington Pittsburgh Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Cincinnati also leads fatal accidents and diabetes deaths in the compiled statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
New York Health Department
New York World News Service
New York
William H. Guilfoy
New York Department of Health
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Seattle
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Providence
Buffalo
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Ford's Last Words Not Confession in Ohio Execution
The Rev. Father Albert O'Brien, priest at the State Penitentiary, said Rodney Ford's whispered remark before his execution in the electric chair was not a confession to the murder of Marshal Peter Dumele. O'Brien stated the words were irrelevant to the case and he cannot disclose Ford's final words.
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Columbus, CO
Albert O’brien
State Penitentiary
Rodney Ford
Cincinnati
Penitentiary
Peter Dumele
North College’ Hill
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Commercial Tribune
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Actors’ Equity
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John S. Fogarty
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Argonne Forest
Edward Bonnie
Justice of the Peace
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