Nomen Urged to Help Dispel Voters Apathy
Former Governor Edwin P. Morrow urged women to combat political indifference at the National Federation of Business and Professional Women convention banquet in West Baden Indiana. He warned that half the electorate abstaining threatens government and urged voting as a blood bought debt of honor.
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Associated Press
West Baden
Ind
Kening
Age N America
Rome
Overnor Edwin P. Morrow
Kentucky
National Federation Business and Professional
Olive Joy Wright
Cleveland
Eperation
Alyce Taylor Sweeney
Bringfield
Ill
Anita
Golden Key
Ritten
Naional Federation
Carrie Jacobs
Morrow
Washington
Hamilton
Federation
Onor
America
Margaret Stewart
Ogden
Utah
Adelia Richard
Portland
Ore
Olive Jay Wright
Mary L. Johnson
Trenton
N. J
Mary Stewart
Florence Hands
Dallas
Tex
Mayme A. Stevens
Minneapolis
Michigan
Florida
Emma Hill Perkins
St. Paul
Georgia Emery
Detroit
Gray Silver Heads Big Grain Merger
Gray Silver of West Virginia and Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation was elected President of the 26 million dollar Grain Marketing Company, a merger of five large grain firms. Officers named include Harry L. Keefe, M. Dyer, J. W. Coverdale, with an executive committee of Silver, Coverdale, Millard Myers, Keefe, and Fred A. Mudge. Terms run until February 1936.
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Chicago
Wrecking worker pulled free after building collapses
Ben Boldt, 23, a company worker, pried bricks and a steel beam gave way causing a second floor to drop. He was buried under wreckage for twenty minutes but was found with a broken ankle and a smile.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ben Boldt
Ben
Belgium, French Premier Face Dawes Plan Deadlock
At the inter allied conference in London leaders and financiers seek a formula to safeguard the German loan under the Dawes plan. Theunis and La mont work with M Herriot to overcome deadlock while bankers push for guaranteed security and political support for France.
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Associated Press
London
Theunis
Belgium
Herriot
France
Germany
Buckingham Palace
M. Theunis
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Dawes
Europe
M. Herriot
M.herriot
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
German rail conversion plan finished by experts
The German Railways Organization Committee in London has completed a draft law to convert Germanys federal railways into a corporation as proposed in the Dawes report. The draft goes to the Reparations Commission. members include Sir William Ackworth M Leverre Karl Bergmann and Herr Vogt. The four member group operated in harmony, signaling a smooth path for the new corporation with a vast staff.
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Associated Press
London
German Railways Organization Committee
Germany
Dawes
Reparations Commission
Dawes Committee
William Ackworth
Great Britain
M. Leverre
France
Karl Bergmann
Herr Vogt
Fatal Auto Crash Kills Mrs Bachmann in Brooklyn
Mrs Pau line Bachmann of Brooklyn died instantly when the auto she rode in collided with a car driven by jockey Joseph Ritchie of Jamaica. Her husband Henry was seriously injured and Ritchie with George Fields and Harry Thurber were cut and bruised. They were en route to Empire City track.
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New York
Pauline Bachmann
Brooklyn
Henry
Joseph Ritchie
Jamaica
George Fields
Harry Thurber
Ritchie
Empire City Track
Americans Attend Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace
At Buckingham Palace 3000 invited American guests including lawyers mingled with King George Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales in light rain. The event featured informal dress and tea in a royal marquee with Secretary of State Mrs Hughes among the attendees.
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George
Queen Mary
London
Palace Grounds
Associated Press
King George
Prince of Wales
Royalty
Buckingham Palace
United States
Palace
Herriot
France
Theunis
Belgium
Hughes
America
England
Mrs. Hughes
Campaign Expenditures Set for Record This Year
The 1924 campaign likely to see about 15 million dollars spent by three major parties with radio costs rising. Democrats expect up to five million, Republicans more, while Independent Progressives target at least three million. Radio will absorb a large share, with a ten minute speech cap proposed by AT&T. Davis leans to radio campaigning, Coolidge to broadcast from events including a Boy Scouts dinner in New York before Europe.
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Robert T. Small
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Butler
la Follette
Wheeler
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Davis
John W. Davis
President Coolidge
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
New York
Europe
Mr. Coolidge
America
Will Hays
Hays
Wall ‘Street
Davis Holds Conferences With Democratic Leaders
John W. Davis, Democratic candidate, conducted a series of political conferences in Dark Harbor Islesboro Maine as part of his campaign on July 24. He met with local leaders to discuss issues and rally support ahead of the upcoming election.
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Davis
Associated Press
Dark Harbor
Islesboro
John W. Davis
Man Identified As Unknown Suicide Jumper At Ash Street Bridge
A 40 year old man leaped fifty feet from the Ash Street bridge into the Maumee River in Toledo Ohio. Bystanders saw him climb to the railing and jump. The body was recovered about thirty minutes later from five and one half feet of water. Coroner Hensler noted limited identification with marks reading A B and an eye glass case from Alliance Ohio. The man stood five foot nine, weighed 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ash Street
Maumee
H. E. Harris
M. E. Felt
Continental Secret Service Bureau
Harris
Felt
Hensler
Alliance
Mr. Clemons
Chalmers Hadley Elected Cincinnati Librarian to Succeed Hodges
Chalmers Hadley, longtime Denver Public Library chief, will become librarian of the Cincinnati Public Library on September 1, succeeding Nathaniel Dana Carlisle Hodges who resigned May 21. Hadley, 52, has a varied career in libraries and journalism, including leadership roles in the American Library Association and the Indiana Library Commission.
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Cincinnati
Hadley
Learlham College
Chalmers Hadley
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Albany
N. Y
Indiana Library Commission
Indiana
American Library Association
Denver
University of Denver
American Librarian Association
Colorado Springs
American Library Institute
Porter
Public Library of
Hamilton County
Ohio School
Central High School
Longworth
Race Streets
Ohio Mechanics’ Institute
Vine and
Sixth Streets
J. C. Christin
John D. Caldwell
N. Peabody Poor
Lewis
Inca Mummy Found Near Arica With False Hair Design
An archaeologist Max Uhle reports the discovery of a 2,000 year old Inca mummy near Arica in Chile. The mummy is elaborately designed with a clay face cover and a head of false hair, marking a significant ancient South American find.
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Chile
Associated Press
Santiago
Arica
Max Uhle
Bargain Counter Crush Injures Twenty In Norristown
In Norristown Pennsylvania twenty people mostly women were injured in a one cent broom sale rush. Twelve were taken to a hospital with cuts and bruises as shoppers were pushed against show windows and knocked down while glass shattered. Hundreds lost pocket books in the scramble.
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Associated Press
Norristown
Two American Girls Wed Foreign Nobility in Europe
Miss Alice Astor daughter of Lady Ribblesdale and John Jacob Astor married Prince Obolensky in London ceremony at St Philip Russian Church. Bride inherits a 5 million dollar trust. best man was Prince Paul of Serbia. Viscount Astor gave her away. In Rome Miss Felicite Oglesby wed Count Alessandro Cenci Bolognetti with Ambassador Fletcher as witness. civil ceremony by Signor Cremonesi.
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Associated Press
London
Alice Astor
Lady Ribblesdale
John Jacob Astor
Prince Obolensky
Ribblesdale
Russell H. Rhodes
Prince Serge Platonovitch Obolensky
Neledinsky Meltesky
Russia
Rurik
Catherine Alexandrovna
Alexander II
Miss Astor
Vincent Astor
Mr. Astor
Madelaine Force
Lord Ribblesdale
St. Philip
Buckingham Palace Road
Prince Paul of
Serbia
Viscount Astor
Rome
Felicite Oglesby
Richard J. Oglesby
Illinois
Alessandro Cenci Bolognetti
Charles A. O’hern
American College
Princess Vicovaro
Baron de Tommasi
Prince Vicovaro
Petoti
Marquis Rocca-Giovine
Palazzo Malvezzi
St. Peters
Signor Cremonesi
Fletcher
Perugia
Nurse saves man on L tracks as crowd watches
In New York on July 24 a nurse Miss Betty Egner aged 24 leaped onto the elevated L track to rescue a man stunned after colliding with a rail. After failed lift to the platform she called for help and bystanders pulled both to safety, her name withheld until police talk with witnesses.
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Associated Press
New York
Betty Egner
Boat cook dies in Ohio River on Island Belle
Oscar H. Adams 37, cook on the Coney Island steamer Island Belle, was found drowned in the Ohio River at the foot of Martin street. Identified by wife Nettie Adams, he had been missing since Monday night after last seen at 5 30 p m when he went to empty a coffee pot. Coroner Handley ruled drowning. An unidentified man in similar circumstances was buried nearby. clothing and effects are held.
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Oscar H. Adams
Ludlow Street
Coney Island
Ohio River
Martin Street
Nettie Adams
Adams
Handley
Addyston
Wind Threatens Giant Balloon Shenandoah After Test Flight
The Shenandoah dirigible cannot return to its hangar as cross winds hinder landing after a test cruise over New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania. Plans shift to mooring mast fueling and adding supplies in anticipation of possible cut loose due to forecast severe electrical storms along the Atlantic coast.
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Plakehirot
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
Norton Nominated for Governor on Seventeenth Ballot
John H. Norton of Polk was nominated by the Democratic State Central Committee for Governor on the seventeenth ballot. He will succeed Governor Charles W. Bryan who declined the nomination to pursue the Vice Presidential race after the April primaries.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
John H. Norton
Polk
Democratic State Central Committee
Charles W. Bryan
Robbers Loot Grocery Store In Two-Bandit Heist
Matthew Grinper, manager of a Chase avenue grocery, reported two armed men robbed his store about 6 PM last night. They looted $50 from the cash register and took about $15 from Grinper’s clothes before fleeing in a car without a rear license tag.
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Matthew Grinper
Gilbert Avenue
Chase Avenue
Fergus Street
Grinper
Thresher Tragedy Claims Chester Stout Near Hamilton
Chester Stout, 28, of Mt. Healthy area, was killed when a threshing machine trailer ran over him on Heitsman Hill on the Oxford pike west of Hamilton. The wheel struck a rut, wrenching the steering, and the machine wrecked against a tree. Survivor: widow and child. The operator John Betscher witnessed the accident. The rig belonged to Elbert Betscher.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Chester Stout
Mt. Healthy
Heitsman Hill
Oxford Pike
Stout
John Betscher
Elbert Betscher
R. R
Skeleton found. couple held in Tennessee
In Chattanooga Tennessee on July 24 W H Bennett a Southern Railway district freight agent from Rome Georgia and his wife were detained for questioning after a woman skeleton was found in a shallow grave under a house. The aunt Miss Augusta Hoffman disappeared in 1915 and Bennett and his wife came voluntarily to assist police.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. H. Bennett
The
Southern Railway
Rome
Augusta Hoffman
Bennett
Noose Tightens as Leopold and Loeb Faces Evidence
Chicago July 24. The state adds mundane clothing, a rope, a chisel, a robe and boards to the mass of exhibits in the Leopold Loeb murder case. Blood traces on items are linked to the crime as doctors testify. The defense offers limited cross examination while the case tightens toward sentencing.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert Franks
Robert Ek
Crowe
wHl
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Franks
John R. Caverly
Loeb
Leopold
William B. McNally
Cook County
John Tesiner
Ralph Webster
Clarences. Darrow
McNally
Webster
Young Franks
Clarence Darrow
Benjamin Bachrach
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Oscar Adams
Shenandoah
Norton
Bryan
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