Detroit Mayor Bowles Aide Quits Amid Recall Turmoil
John Gillespie commission of public works resigns as Bowles recall tightens. He had spent an estimated 100000 on Bowles campaign and now rejects further political involvement. Meanwhile huge crowds mourn radio orator Jerry Buckley shot in the LaSalle Hotel lobby as police probe the killing.
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Detroit
Bowles
Interis
John Gillespie
Gillespie
Storm Center
Thomas C. Wilcox
Public Works
Jerry Buckley
St. Gregory’s Catholic Church
Jack Klein
Buckley
LaSalle Hotel
WMBC
Klein
James E. Chenot
Jeanne Alexander
Buffalo
Cincinnatians Commit Death by Own Action
Two Cincinnati residents, Lena Gunklach, 50, of 2251 Loth Street, and Arthur Richardson, 64, of 1725 Pleasant Street, died by self-inflicted causes yesterday. Gunklach turned on a gas heater after grieving a sibling’s death and had been hospitalized for mental illness. Richardson shot himself in his room after weeks of despondency linked to family troubles. Coroner records show 74 county suicides since January 1 with 21 in the past six weeks.
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Cincinnati
Lena Gunklach
Loth Street
F. C. Swing
1725
Pleasant Street
Albert Ross
Ross
Richardson
Hamilton County
Toadstools Mistaken For Mushrooms Fatal To Sisters
In Rochester New York two young girls, Josephine Purno aged six and Grace aged nine, died after eating poisonous toadstools mistaken for mushrooms. Their disabled World War veteran father Patsy Purno and other family members had taken the mushrooms to supplement a slender income. Patsy is recovering.
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Rochester
N. Y
Josephine Purno
Grace
St. Mary’s Hospital
Patsy Purno
Tragic highway crash near New Trenton kills three
A two a.m. collision on Route 62 near New Trenton, Indiana, between a fast car driven by Leonard Lansing and a truck from Indianapolis, left three dead Leonard Lansing 37 foreman at Aurora Coffin Co Robert Heath and Mrs Alice Heath of Aurora also killed. Verna Carpenter 24 of Aurora injured in serious condition with possible back fracture. The driver aimed to take the curve too fast. The truck carried vegetables.
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The
Commercial Tribune
New Trenton
Ind
Lansing
Leonard
Aurora Coffin Company
Aurora
Indiana
Heath
Robert
Tinner
Alice
Verna Carpenter
Carpenter
Indianapolis
Robert Meyers
Probe impends of revelations by little girls
William Johnson and Susie Johnson were arrested on alleged multiple criminal attacks on two girls aged 10 and 8 who are wards of the Children's Home. The case, investigated by Policeman Cramp ton and Welfare official Margaret Lee, involves alleged farming out and threats to keep the girls silent.
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William Johnson
Susie
Central Avenue
Elizabeth
Kathryn Lucas
Johnsons
Welfare Department
Richard Crampton
Margaret Lee
General Hospital
Polite
James Brennan
West Court Street
Ohio State Penitentiary
Bernard Lucas
Mitchell
Ind
Brennan
Crampton
Johnson
Miss Lee
Kathryn
Priest Coughlin Links Ford to Communist Spread
Detroit priest testifies before Congress that Henry Ford helped internationalize labor and aided the Soviet government. He cites Ford statements and a $13 million contract with Soviet representatives as evidence of capitalist actions provoking labor embitterment and communist influence.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Congressional Committee
United States
Charles E. Coughlin
Shrine of the Little Flower
New York
Federal Building
Michigan
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Father Coughlin
Ford
Alabama
Mississippi
Chairman Fish
Europe
Russia
Four Mexican Air Force aces die in wrecks
Reports from Sacramento Mexico City and San Diego describe multiple air crashes. In Sacramento two transport planes collided above Mather Field but four crewmen and observers survived via parachute. In Mexico City two army planes collided near Carranza Field killing four aviators and a civilian playing handball. One jumper survived after parachute failed. A San Diego aviation note records Lieut. Thomas Fisher leaping from a plane, misfortune, and rescue at sea.
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Sacramento
Cal
Mather Field
Mexico City
Valbuena Field
Carranza Athletic Field
Plane crash near Fillmore injures Burke and Hastings
Peyton Burke 37 a garage owner and Harry Hastings 40 were fatally or likely fatally injured when Burke’s plane went down near Fillmore California last night in a private aviation accident.
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Fillmore
Cal
Peyton Burke
Harry Hastings
Burke
Here
Little Rocket lands in San Angelo in All American Derby
Lieut. Lee Gehlbach of Little Rock led a field of about a dozen flyers into San Angelo from Houston and landed his Little Rocket at 11 16 35 this morning. The 329 mile lap was completed in 2 hours.
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San Angelo
Tex
Lee Gehlbach
Little Rock
Ark
Houston
Boy Scout's Secret Passion Leads to Self-Destruction
In Valley Stream New York Everett Davis a 15 year old Boy Scout who admired Florence Elizabeth Phillips 14 died by laying his head on a railroad track. A note in his pocket said he died because he could not have her and he asked to give Florence his ring and bike and his love for her.
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New York World News Service
Valley Stream
N. Y
Long Island
Florence Elizabeth Phillips
Everett Davis
Everett
Methodist
Florence
Fep
C. E. Phillips
Wall Street
K. Bennett
Four Ohio Deaths Blamed on Heat Wave
Two Cincinnati residents were overcome by heat. One near death was revived by Fire Department Life-Saving Squad under Commander Carl Levingston. another revived at General Hospital. Mrs Ellen Marcus 35 collapsed at 1529 Central Ave. neighbors found her and life savers worked an hour. she refused hospital. Miss Gladys Vance 17 on Bauer Ave and John St collapsed at home.
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Cincinnati
Fire Department
Carl Levingston
General Hospital
Ellen Marcus
Central Avenue
Gladys Vance
Bauer Avenue
John Street
Ice supply strain as hot weather hits Cincinnati and Ohio
City Ice and Fuel Company reports 25 000 tons in reserve while daily demand reaches 5 000 tons as heat drives energy use. Officials promise intercity sourcing if reserves dip. meanwhile stockyards bustle with cattle amid crowded pens and looming heat. Forecaster William Devereaux warns of more heat with unsettled conditions. showers may arrive later to ease the heat. Ohio records several heat related deaths, drownings, and high temperatures across Columbus Canton and Cleveland.
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Texas Guinan
Cullen
Cincinnati
Stock Yards
Budapest
William Devereaux
Devereaux
Baby mix up dispute ends with parental custody clash
In Chicago the Bamberger and Watkins families fight over mislabelled twins. Judges and doctors disagree on correct parentage as both sides claim rightful ownership. Health Commissioner Kegel withdraws involvement, attorney Loughnane hints at injunction action.
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Watkins
Tors
John Loughnane
Bambergers
Cincinnati Golf Rejuvenated Amid New Generations
In Cincinnati the old golf era gives way to a rising group of younger players who challenge veteran golfers. Bill Leach chronicles the clash of envy, suspicion, and class in a feature for The Commercial Tribune’s Magazine Section slated for tomorrow. The piece sits alongside notes on Hoover Cabinet hobbies, Fredrick L. Kilbourne’s The Pace That Bores, and other items.
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Cincinnati
Bill Leach
Commercial Tribune Tomorrow
Princess Amadeo de Broglie Seeks Marriage Despite Ages
In Paris July 25 the 73 year old Princess Amadeo de Broglie asks the Seine tribunal to grant her right to marry 42 year old Don Luis de Bourbon amid family opposition and claims of mental unbalance. The court is to rule tomorrow.
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Paris
Amadeo de Broglie
Don Luis de Bourbon
Infanta
Eulalia
Spain
Alfonso
Tribunal of the Seine
Henri Torres
Maitre Aubepin
Order of Advocates of
Duke de Brissac
Don
Aubepin
Don Luis
France
Atoney
Torres
Luis
Amadee
Fifty Six U S Mailbags Lost In Honduran Shipwreck
In Tegucigalpa on July 25 authorities reported the loss of fifty six bags of American first class mail for Tegucigalpa and other Central American points after the Segovia sank in Lake Yojoa. Passengers and crew were saved. The vessel overloaded. cargo included several trucks and went down in a hundred feet of water. The Segovia was owned by a British company.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Lake Yojoa
Segovia
Egyptian Wafdists call for tax non payment revolt
Nahas Pasha announces a non cooperation movement led by the Wafdists as they plan to defy the King and Cabinet. A secret executive session signals a possible parliamentary clash while a bid for a special session is urged but deemed illegal by authorities.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nahas Pasha
Abdel Salaam Fahmy
Chamber of Deputies
Mahatma Gandhi
Fuad
Ambushed South Carolina Senator Dies of Wounds
State Senator E. J. Dennis of Berkeley County died at Riverside Hospital from buckshot wounds suffered in an ambush on a Moncks Corner street. Gov. Richards blamed bootlegger fights. W. S. Monk Thornley faces imprisonment after arrest. Dennis’s death marks the second politically tied fatality this year amid Berkeley County whisky wars.
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Charleston
S. C
E. J. Dennis
Berkeley County
Riverside Hospital
Moncks Corner
Berkley County
John G. Richards
W. S. “Monk
Thornley
Columbia
Dennis
Miller estate caretaker testifies at Preparedness Day bombing case
Adam Krumese, a 22 year old caretaker, says three men resembling Mexicans caused the 1916 San Francisco blast that killed ten. He plans to return to California to testify, while Thomas Mooney and Warren K Billings serve life terms for engineering the bombing.
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Cleveland
Adam Krumese
California
San Francisco
Thomas Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Krumese
Will of Former American Starts German Royalty Feud
A vast German noble feud continues over the estate of Mary Countess von Francken-Sierstorpff, an American heiress. Surrogate Wingate grants Bank of America administration to manage a $1.2 million trust. the countess’s will disinherits her only son, Count Hans Clemens von Francken-Sierstorpff, while he can claim the legal share of his American grandfather’s funds. The will was probated in Berlin last August after her July 16 1929 death.
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New York World News Service
New York
Mary
von Francken- Sierstorpff
Stor
Johannés
Wingate
Bank of America National Association
Brooklyn
Berlin
Edwin F. Knowlton
Count Hans Clemens von Francken-Sierstorpff
Mussolini Orders Supplies After Avellino Toll Rises
No loss of life reported in the latest dispatches while distress grows in Avellino province where authorities estimate 1,607 deaths. The Italian regime coordinates prompt shipments to the hardest hit areas amid ongoing relief efforts.
King Victor Emmanuel Tours Italy Earthquake Zone
Five new shocks hit the quake zones in Southern Italy as King Victor Emmanuel arrives to comfort residents. No new deaths reported. relief steps include tax exemption for ten years. In Melfi, Pacchioli palace collapses and prisoners attempt escape guarded by revolver-wielding guards. The king travels in fatigue uniform, touring in an open car with minimal escort.
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Associated Press
Berding
Commercial Tribune
Potenza
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Melfi
Popal
Emmanuel
Rochetta-Sainte-Anstonio
Pacchioli
Foggia
Rochetta
Callatanza
Avellin
Avelli
Temperature Summary From Regional Forecasts and Readings
The report compiles regional forecasts and observed temperatures for Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia with notes of fair and warm conditions and possible thundershowers. It lists station readings such as Eastport Louisville Boston Albany Buffalo New York Detroit Chicago Atlanta St Louis and Dallas and notes record high and low temperatures along with precipitation amounts.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Indiana
Eastport
Louisville
Boston
Chattanooga
Albany
Buffalo
N. York
Detroit
E City
S. S. Marie. Ies
Wash
Aslisol
Denver
N.E
S.W
Pee Peer
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San Dingo
Thomas
G. Fisher
Boy Scout
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Harrison
Loretta Secor
Ernest Secor
Grand River
Geneva
Canton
Wilmer Kyle
Newport
Helen Evans
North Canton
Mary Higgins
Massillon
Higgins
Columbus
Martins Ferry
United States Weather Bureau
Chicago
Bamberger-Watkins
Charles Bamberger
William Watkins
Tamberger
Haggard
Bamberger
Arnold H. Kegel
Solomon
Hoover
Fannie Kilbournement
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Warren
James J. Montague
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U. S
Mooney
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