Republican women mobilize for Hoover in 1920 South
Mobilization targets 24 million home makers and non voters as Southern women predict Hoover will win Tennessee North Carolina Florida and Alabama. Leaders pledge immigrant outreach and broad mobilization with plans to register 150000 Hoover women and energize New York New Jersey New Hampshire and Rhode Island voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Curtis
National
East
Hubert Work
Franklin W. Fort
J. Francis Burke
National Committee
Alvin T. Hert
America
Herbert Hover
Tennessee
North Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Smith
South
Beulah Hughes
Democratic Party
W. Is. Keemnan
Mary C. Booze
Mississippi
New York
Nathanial Thayer
Massachusetts
Mary Elizabeth Sharpe
C. J. Steedman
Rhode Island
Hoover-Curtis
Gov. Smith
Charles S. Sabin
New Jersey
New Hampshire
W. R. Baker
Nellie P. Parker
Hugh Clark
Hic
Levan
Willis
National Committee Post
Illinois
Bertha Baur
Egyptian Prime Minister Mohammed Mahmoud Assassinated Rumor
An unconfirmed report from Jaffa says Mohammed Mahmoud the Egyptian Prime Minister has been assassinated. Mahmoud formed his cabinet on June 27 after Nahas Pasha was dismissed by King Fuad. He was a Liberal and Oxford educated former opposition figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Mohammed Mahmoud
Egypt
Nahas Pasha
Fuad
Mahmoud
Liberal Party
Zaghlul Pasha
Great Britain
Liberals
Oxford University
Riot at New Bedford textile mill injures officers
In New Bedford Massachusetts July 24 a riot at an arp mill injured three police officers seriously. Seven policemen were assaulted and eight arrests were made as about five thousand protesters watched more than seven hundred pickets from the Textile Mills Committee disperse after deputy sheriffs read the riot act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Arp
Textile Mills Committee
Lebanon Fire Ravages Town Causing 350000 Losses
A disastrous fire in Lebanon Oregon on July 24 caused over 350000 in damages before control was achieved. The blaze swept through parts of the town, marking the worst fire in its history and leveling several structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ore
Marines Ordered to Leave China amid Sandino's Disbanding
Acting Secretary of the Navy ordered 1,350 U.S. Marines withdrawn from Tientsin to the United States with air crews and officers, while 2,469 soldiers remain in China. Separately, Sandino leader of Nicaragua’s guerrillas reportedly abandoned the fight, leaving his forces to surrender.
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China
U.S
Sandino
Navy Department
Nicaragua
Honduras
Washington
State Department
Robinson
United States
Tientsin
Guam
Henderson
San Diego
Mark Britsol
Asiatic Fleet
Smedley D. Butler
Marine
Orient
Shanghai
Superior
Wis
Coolidge
David F. Sellers
Special Service Squadron
Wilbur
Augusto Sandino
Henry L. M. Stimson
Mr. Coolidge
Paris Official Seeks Papers In Three Divorces
A Paris official orders all papers from three American divorces granted at Nice amid Riviera court irregularities probes. Prominent American social figures are named. local correspondents and Paris lawyers are cited. French judges allege American attorneys may have misled French justice, sparking surprise among Paris legal circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
France
Riviera
Paris
Dudley Field Malone
New York
Benjamin Connor
American Chamber of Commerce
Charles G. Loeb
Bainbridge Colby
Wattine
Youth Slain by Auto Owner in Chicago
Walter Rodgers 20 shot at three youths attempting to steal a spotlight from his roadster. Sammy Diorio 19 died from wounds. two accomplices fled. Rodgers surrendered after taking Diorio to Cook County Hospital, and will be held for the coroner's inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walter Rodgers
Sammy Diorio
Rodgers
Cook County Hospital
Seize Giant Still in Garage Raid in Cleveland
Federal agents raided a garage whisky plant with 1000 gallons daily capacity. Four men were arrested and five stills, 224 barrels of mash and hundreds of pounds of sugar seized. A truck with 250 gallons in five-gallon cans was confiscated. The plant allegedly supplied contraband whisky for smuggling in the Cleveland district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Laws Seen Link Chime With Politigs
Seattle July 24 A Lashly report to the American Bar Association section on criminal law and criminology says professional criminals dominate major urban crime, bootlegging finances many gangs, and bribery corrupts public officials. Remedies include crime statistics bureaus, permanent offender confinement, enforcing or repealing prohibition, and an informed public demanding honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
United States
American Bar Association Tonight
Arthur W. Lashly
St. Louis
America
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Four youths admit 36 hour burglary spree at Bishop home
Four boys two aged 15 and two 17 admit twelve burglaries in thirty six hours and loot over one thousand dollars. Detectives Adams and Flaugher traced their crime from a rented car and unlocked doors. They targeted Bishop J C Hartzell at Blue Ash and planned to live off stolen funds, renting a camp at Tower Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt. William Adams
Lee Flaugher
Bishop J. C. Hartzell
Blue Ash
Stewart Place
Madisonville
Tow
Er Hill
Paul Grutzmacher
Denham Street
Charles Foot
Marshall Avenue
Victor Westerbeck
Belvedere Avenue
Carl Rittenhouse
Findlay Street
Sergt. Adams
Flaugher
Bomb Shatters Rear Of House In Kenosha
In Kenosha Wisconsin a bomb shattered the rear of Herman Mielke’s house while a deputy sheriff guarded the front steps. Mielke away with his wife during the blast. Police link the bombing to ongoing labor trouble at the Allen A Company plant where knitters are on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
Herman Mielke
Mielke
Allen A. Company
Jewels Seized From New York Fifth Avenue Jeweler
Jewels valued near half a million dollars were seized by the sheriff from Harry Winston’s Fifth Avenue shop after investigators traced purchases to a Baltimore housekeeper, Mrs. Maria Leslie, who had acted with Emersons’ authority. Wanamaker stores flagged the fraud and arranged recovery terms. Winston may post a 1 million dollar bond to keep the gems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
Maria Leslie
Isaac Emerson
Baltimore
Emersons
Europe
Leslie
Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Emerson
Harry Winston
Winston
Connecticut
Sheriff's Office
Wanamaker'’s
Shipping Board fixes bid openings for ship lines
The Shipping Board sets October 1 for opening bids to sell United States Lines and American Merchant Lines. Merchant Fleet Corp to finalize ad form by August 1. Also approves ad form and specs for sale of American Palmetto Line with bids opening August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
The
Shipping Board Today
United States Lines
American Merchant Lines
Merchant Fleet Corporation
Palmetto Line
Raskob quits GM posts to back Smith campaign
John J. Raskob resigns as chair of the GM Finance Committee and as a GM Executive Committee member to devote himself full time to Gov. Alfred E. Smith’s presidential race. Sloan notes Raskob will resume duties after the campaign. Smith to announce at Albany on August 22 with a nationwide radio hook-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John J. Raskob
General Motors Corporation
Alfred E. Smith
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Raskob
Sloan
Herbert Hoover
Curtis
Smith
Gvernor
Nobile to Ride in Sealed Car Through Germany
Gen Umberto Nobile and other Italia survivors will travel in a sealed sleeping car engaged by the Italian embassy as their train crosses Germany. Doors will be locked from frontier to exit with no official notice, marking a rare sealed passage for foreign dignitaries since 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Umberto
Nobile
Italia
Germany
Italy
Lenin and
Trotsky
Covington Auto Sale Case Ties Up Local Court
Capt. D. J. Keane of Ft. Meade testified that after finding no hotel in Covington he rented quarters at a private home and, while intoxicated, sold his car to Stella Colston for seventy five cents. Colston and Dewey Winn were bound over to the Kenton County Grand Jury as the case continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
D. J. Keane
United States Army
Ft. Meade
S. D
President Coolidge
South Dakota
Keane
Trimble
Johnson Street
Stella Colston
West Ninth Street
Dewey Winn
West Eleventh Street
Winn
Kenton County
Keane Ob
Gast Finds $161000 Error in Taft Viaduct Bid Criticism
County Engineer E A Gast discloses Prosecutor Taft erred in alleging a $161704.90 overestimate in the Eighth Street Viaduct bid. Taft withdraws the statement after Gast confirms the State Highway Department's figure of $2 013 733.88 is correct. An error by Walter Sibbald in Taft's office caused the miscalculation in the duplicate bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gast
Taft
E. A. Gast
Eighth Street
Columbus
Gas
State Highway Department
Walter Sibbald
Obregon’s Assassin Breaks Down At Pleading of Father Confessor
Jose de Leon Toral, who killed President elect Obregon, broke down after his father confessor urged him to reveal all. He named Manuel Trejo, a former munitions worker, who supplied the revolver and urged the deed. Trejo allegedly befriended Toral as a devout Catholic and planned Obregon’s assassination.
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Obregon
Father Confessor
New York World News Service
Mexico City
Jose de Leon Toral
Elect Obregon
Oregon
Trejo
Gen. Obregon
Toral
Colonia
Obregonista
WaAs
San Angel
United States
Manuel Romero
Italian Immigrant Fatally Shot In Brooklyn Street Feud
Police in Brooklyn respond to a shotgun attack on Bergen Street near Grand Avenue. Antonio Iannello, found dead in the gutter with two shotgun wounds, wore rings and carried ten dollars. A dark sedan carried suspects, seen by Francis King. fingerprints show no match in city files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York World News Service
New York
Grand Avenue
Antonio Ianneilo
Bergen Street
Marino di Sarano
Anniello
Marino
Francis King
Iannello
Kings County Morgue
Manhattan
di Suana
Elkhorn Triumph on the Ohio River Race
The Chris Greene beat the Betsy Ann in a twenty mile sprint to New Richmond Ohio in two hours twenty seven and a half minutes. Frederick Way Jr presented the elkhorns to Chris Greene as the Betsy Ann yielded the historic prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Greene
Greene Line Packet Company
Betsy Ann
Pittsburgh-Cincinnati Packet Company
Ohio River
New Richmond
Mississippi
Pittsburgh-Cincinnati Lines
Frederick Way, Jr
Gulf
Charleston
W. Va
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Betsy
Little River
Mr. Way
Upper
Greene
Chris
Tom
Broadway
Chris Green
Ohio
Kentucky
Weather delays Hassell flight to Stockholm
Bert Hassell's planned flight to Stockholm was postponed until Thursday due to unfavorable weather. A Weather Bureau report after the Greater Rockford was fueled for a 5 o'clock takeoff warned of adverse headwinds along the Canadian leg, threatening the trip if tail winds are not favorable.
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Rockford, Ill
Bert Hassell
Stockholm
Sweden
United States Weather Bureau
Greater Rockford
Hassell
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