Ship Augusta Captured After Eluding Rum Blockade In New York Harbor
The 2000 ton steamship Augusta was seized in the Hudson River off Dyckman Street after unloading 2,500 cases of champagne cordials and whisky. The crew numbered 24, captain admitted distributing to retailers from a Miami resident charter. Officers towed the ship to the barge office and found no licenses or ship’s articles.
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Associated Press
New York
Augusta
Hudson River
Dyckmé&a Street
Coast Guard
Barnes
Customs Service
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Tally siMs
Miami
Fla
New Orleans
Hudson
Hoboken
MacMillan Steamers Reach Greenland Port
The Peary and Bowdoin of the MacMillan Arctic expedition arrived at South Upernavik Greenland late yesterday afternoon the Navy Department was advised by radio.
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Macmillan
Greenland
Associated Press
Washington
Peary and
Bowdoin
South Upernavik
Navy Department
Classified Ads Put Money In Your Pocket
The Commercial Tribune promotes its classified ads as the easy way to buy sell rent or exchange and to connect readers with advertisers. Call Canal 6300 today for listings and sales.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Jeritza Quits Vienna Opera to Return Home
Austrian soprano Marie Jeritza will sever ties with the Vienna Opera and proceed to New York in mid September for eight concerts in October. Newspapers cite dissatisfaction over the handling of the Olzewska incident, where Olzewska spat at Jeritza during Die Walküre and was discharged then reportedly reinstated.
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Vienna
Mme
Marie Jeritza
Vienna Opera
New York
Jeritza
Olzewska
Opera
Rubber laden VeooELO in rage with calendar
New York July 27 three freight ships the Kansas the Siberian Prince and the Menelaus race to deliver 6500 tons of crude rubber for July contracts. A delay could trigger large losses while a government push to curb exports under the Stevenson scheme weighs on prices amid an overbought market.
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New York
Singapore
Britain learns U S stance on rubber export limits under Stevenson plan
London officials informally acknowledge Washington's view that rubber export restrictions are a domestic matter like tariffs. Ambassador Houghton discussed the issue with Foreign Secretary Chamberlain, but no protest or formal diplomatic representation has been made to date.
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John K L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
United States
Houghton
Chamberlain
State Department
Washington
Reds Opposed to War Raided in Morocco Campaign
Paris reports militant Communists active in antiwar propaganda were raided by political police as the cabinet approves a nationwide effort to curb Communism. Deputies chin and Vaillanthyphen lose parliamentary immunity. lower court had jailed them for six months and the appellate court upheld the sentence.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Morocco
Chin and Vaillanthyphen
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World Press Pub. Co
Longevity and Romance End in Divorce for Frank A. Knabe
In a Domestic Relations Court decision Judge LeBlond grants a divorce to Frank A. Knabe 84 from Pearl Voss. The couple wed thirteen years ago amid a past romance after his first wife died in 1911. Knabe recalls marrying at 21 and notes his second marriage was sparked by a chance porch conversation with a much younger partner.
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Mr. Knabe
Pefan
Holy Pictures Are Bulgarians Saintly Bulgarian or Saintly?
Nicla Phili pov a Bulgarian peasant is reported in Sofia with a body covered in cross images and saints. Monks and doctors study the phenomenon as Bulgaria hails him as the holy man with the holy pictures amid legends of prophecy.
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Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berlin
Nicola Philipov
Sofia
Rilo
St. John
St. Peter
Satan
Philipov
St. Barbara's
St. Barbara’s
Sofia University
Bulgaria
World News Service
Philopov
Pei Ress
Scopes Pays Tribute To Bryan After His Death
John T. Scopes in Knoxville Tennessee on July 27 called William J. Bryan a great force in economics and politics and urged honor for his fearless stand on issues he believed were right. The Dayton Tennessee evolution trial figure commented that Bryan’s death marks the loss of a powerful voice.
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Knoxville
Tenn
John T. Scopes
Dayton
William J. Bryan
Bryan
United States
Florida
Miami
United States Senate
Scopes Evolution
Scopes
Richard Rogers
Mr. Bryan
Sue K. ‘Hicks
Herbert Hicks
Ben G. McKenzie
Gordon McKenzie
Wallace Haggard
Rogers Home
A. T. Stewart
Raulston
Winchester
Tennessee Evolution Law
McKenzie
Ben McKenzie
Train collision kills five from Kentucky family near Boxville
Five members of the Divine family from Boxville Kentucky were killed or fatally injured when a northbound Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train struck their automobile at a crossing fifteen miles north of here. J H Divine and Mrs Divine age 42 died. Courtney 5 and Thomas 3 died at once. Dorothy 11 died after hospital arrival. J W Divine 9 was unconscious with doubtful recovery. The family had been visiting relatives in Indianapolis.
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Associated Press
Vincennes
iInd
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Here
Boxville
J. H. Divine
Courtney Divine
Dorothy Divine
Wright Attacks Gladstone. Sons Call Him Liar and Fool
Captain Peter Wright publishes a volume questioning William Gladstone’s character. Viscount Gladstone and H. N. Gladstone rebuke his charges as “liar” “coward” and “fool” while Wright defends his sources and says Milner inspired his views.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Coward
Peter Wright
William Gladstone
England
Captain Wright
Viscount Gladstone
H. N. Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Sons
Lord Milner
N. Y
Bride Helped Rob Tax Driver Spared Jail
New York July 27 A couple confessed to robbing a taxi of 13 dollars citing hunger. The wife, age nineteen, was ordered to Florence Crittenden Home while the husband faced 1000 dollar bail. The pair claimed they came from Detroit and held up a Bronx driver at gunpoint. the driver remains unfound.
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New York
Jack Walters
Justice Norris
Jefferson Market Court
Florence Crittenden
Detroit
Bronx
Fake raid costs 2 jobs
Two of the three policemen who took part in the fake raid on the Steamer Club were suspended from duty in New York. The third officer, who had only six days on the force, was not suspended. Revelations showed that members of the special service squad colluded with gambling club proprietors.
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Ewing
Illinois
Owen
Associated Press
Chicago
B. E. Ewing
State Prohibition Office
Prohibition
Percy Owen
Major Owen
Ralph Stone
Washington
Fish Fans’ Club
Lincoln Park
Edwin A. Olson
New York
Supreme Court Today
Nicholson
Special Service Squad
Bryan's Funeral Train Set To Begin Final Journey
The burial of William Jennings Bryan is planned for Friday at Arlington National Cemetery after a simple, humble ceremony. Flags will be half-mast on government buildings, with public display in Washington as Bryan rests among war heroes near the Lincoln and Washington monuments.
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Bryan
National Capital
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
William Jennings Bryan
Capitol
Virginia Hills
Lincoln
Maine
Coolidge
Washington Place
Arlington
Ben G. Davis
Historic National Burying Ground
Potomac River
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol City
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Dewey
Sheridan
Lee
Joe Wheeler
Phil Kearney
Porter
Sampson
Miles
Walter Q. Gresham
Com
Westminster Abbey
Miami
Germany
Japan
Mexico
Turkey
United States
England
Vera Cruz
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Dayton
Tenn
Cumberland
Richard Rogers
Bryant
Wittner asks DC court to dismiss Bible teaching suit
Washington officials moved to dismiss Loren H. Wittner's suit charging city schools with disrespecting the Holy Bible. The District of Columbia Supreme Court was asked for Friday hearing, likely delaying Wittner's complaint over teachers Ballou and Hay. Four grounds for dismissal cited include lack of named defendants and no proven injury or specific facts.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Loren H. Wittner
Wittner
Frank W. Ballou
W. P. Hay
Department of Biology
Coolidge Pays Condolence on Bryan's Death
President Coolidge sent a condolence letter to Mrs. Bryan noting William J. Bryan's prominence in public life and moral reform efforts. He recalled Bryan's White House visit, eloquence, and leadership, expressing sympathy and belief in divine providence guiding events.
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Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
President Coolidge
William J. Bryan
Mrs. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Bryan's Choice of Arlington Grave Puzzles View on War
Washington report notes William Jennings Bryan chose Arlington Cemetery for burial due to its beauty and proximity to Washington, despite his war opposition. The piece recalls his pacifist stance, prior World disarmament efforts, and mixed public views on his death from trial pressures.
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Bryan
Arlington Grave
Love Letters of Mrs Bryan Sparked Bryan Florida Ties
Miami July reports recount how Mary Baird Bryan spent winters in Florida in 1881 and through letters lured William Jennings Bryan to the state. It chronicles their Miami visits, the Villa Serena home, and Bryan's eventual permanent residence in 1921, along with political moves and wealth clarifications.
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Bryan
Florida
Gulf State
Miami
Fla
William Jennings Bryan
Mary Baird
Nebraska
Havana
Mrs. Bryan
Villa Serena
Coconut Grove
Bryans
Bryan laid to rest plans in Dayton as family arrives
William Jennings Bryan lies in the Dayton house as relatives arrive to arrange his body for burial in Arlington. Mrs Bryan directs simple rites and a Washington service after a railroaded funeral schedule through Chattanooga Knoxville and Roanoke to the capital.
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