Heatwave Grips Nation With Record Temperatures
Temperatures reached new seasonal highs across the United States as a brutal heat wave persisted. Cities from Des Moines to Washington report double digit records with Kentucky and Virginia farmers limiting crops by hauling water. Evaporating heat added strain as ranchers in California faced water shortages amid soaring daytime readings.
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Gangland fires threaten imprisoned Squealer's mother
Claude Catron, 19, a West End gangster jailed for murder, is the target of gangland vengeance. Fire attacks have repeatedly struck his mother Susie Catron's Wade and Linn street home after threats and a note signed “Avondale.” Police and investigators pursue the case as neighbors note the mother's distress while arson squads examine the incidents.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Susie Catron
Wade and Linn Streets
Young Catron
Robert Smith
Lawrence Elliott
Clarence Cole
Shugar’s Delicatessen
Reading Road
Clintoon Springs Avenue
Lewis Kleine
Catron
Smith
Elliott
Cole
Harry Wessels
Claude
Edward Steinway
Fire Prevention Bureau
Joseph Schaefer
Rains Bring Relief But Heat Persists Across Ohio
General rains across the state Saturday night and Sunday eased drought but did little to curb heat. Temperatures dropped from Friday’s near hundreds, with Cincinnati at 98 and Dayton at 90. Storms caused damage in Middletown, roof blown off a grandstand, but no injuries. Rain aided gardens and crops in Cincinnati, Dayton, Springfield, Cleveland, and Columbus.
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Thomas J. King, former councilman, dies at 75
Thomas J. King, 75, of 2127 Linton Avenue, president of the King Manufacturing Co. and former City Council member from the Eighth Ward, died at home after a lingering illness. Born in New Jersey, he came to the city in youth and headed a bag firm for about thirty-two years. Surviving: widow, three sons James Thomas and Walter. two daughters Blanche Massie and Margerie Hunneman. sister Mrs. William Frank of Lockland. Funeral plans incomplete.
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King Manufacturing Company
New Jersey
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Margerie Hunneman
William Frank
Lockland
Firefighters Suspended After Strike Over New Pumper
Twenty Kimble Hose Company firefighters in Ellenville New York are suspended for refusing to attend fires unless a new $8500 pumper is supplied. They argued their old truck was unfit while the mechanic hired by Peter Beilman deemed it serviceable though weathered. Chief C G A Fischer announced the suspension and said further action would be pursued.
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Ellenville
N. Y
Kimble Hose Company
Peter Beilman
Board of Fire Engineers
Max Goldstein
Geilhard
C. G. A. Fischer Thereng
Disputed Baby Christened Geo Edward Bamberger
In Chicago on July 27 a baby named George Edward Bam berger was baptized at Our Lady of Solace Church by assistant priest Rev. E M Long with Herman Hausmann and his wife acting as sponsors. Scouts for William Watkins early.
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Our Lady of Solace Catholic Church
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Herman Hausmann
William Watkins
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St. Raphael’s Church
Bamberger Clan
Destiny of America Foretold by Sir Oliver Lodge
Sir Oliver Lodge in a radio address from London urged a federation of English speaking peoples and global cooperation, predicting America will hold world police power in time. He praised progress and noted the United States should play a pivotal role in human advancement.
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United States of America
Suitor Shoots Husband In Domestic Dispute
Austin Wainscott of 123 Shililto Place says Leslie Buchanan 60 shot him in the left arm after being told to stay away from Mrs. Wainscott. Buchanan and Wainscott are held for investigation after the incident near Sixth and Elm streets and in Buchanan's East Thirteenth Street home.
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Austin Wainscott
Shililto Place
Leslie Buchanan
Father of Three Beaten to Death by Drunk Men Mistaking Him for Officer
George Hamilton, 35, laborer and father of three, was brutally killed in a dark Newport entryway after two drunken assailants mistook him for a police officer. Neighbors report the attack. suspects fled toward Jackson Kentucky, and police have traps set as they hunt two Newport residents.
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George Hamilton
West Sixth Street
Newport
Jackson
Margaret Burton
West Lixth Street
Hamilton
Rum-Crazed Dad Kills Baby Girl After Drinking Spree
A Chicago coroner's jury will decide the punishment for Edward M. Johnston a 35 year old stock broker and wartime aviator who says his baby daughter Mary Jane five months old died after he drank heavily and accidentally dropped her He recalls knocking over a floor lamp that broke the baby's arm and later fracturing her skull Johnston claims he did not know she was hurt and told his wife the child was fine before she returned home
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Chicago
Edward M. Johnston
Mary Jane
Patrick McCauley
Grand Crossing
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Buckley Murder Probe Focuses on Underworld Links
Detroit July 27 Police Commissioner Wilcox pursues new information on radio commentator Gerald E Buckley murder amid talk that two city political figures sought to hinder the probe The Buckley family feud with the commissioner continues as authorities drag in suspects to establish motive and connections in the case
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Kenneth Campbell
New York World News Service
Detroit
Gerald E
Jerry) Buckley
Wilcox
Buckley
Underworld
Paul O. Buckley
Wayne County
Blast disrupts church meeting injuring woman in Cleveland
An explosion at Revelation Baptist Church in Cleveland on July 27 endan gered about seventy five parishioners at prayer and injured one woman. The Curtition Company plant behind the church was damaged with a blown wall and demolished chimney. Police detected powder smoke. gas could be ruled out as the meter was shut off and sealed. Investigators found no motive for the bombing.
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Revelation Baptist
Kinsman Road
S. E
Curtition Company
Move Started To Declare Embargo on Soviet Goods
New York July 27 The Wage Earners Protective Conference began a move to stop entry of all Soviet exports into the United States by a general embargo. The conference of unions with 500000 members under the AFL is led by Matthew Woll who says the embargo would take effect January 1 1932 when the tariff provision banning goods made by convicts forced labor or indentured labor becomes operative.
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Federation
Woll
Bandits Shot Dead During Hold Up at Resort Towne
Chicago July 27 two bandits were killed by a resort owner as they robbed patrons at a roadhouse near suburban Hansing. A third escaped with 300 dollars in cash and jewelry, leaving the bodies of Milton Simons 20 and Alexander Zill 25. The proprietor Tony Sodo hid and opened fire as the trio fled.
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Milton Simons
Alexander Zill
Hansing
Tony Sodo
Simons
Zill
Louis Clementi
Alfred J. Lingle
Tribune
Clarence Strobeck
Commission House
Clementi
Bertillon
South Side
Lingle
Samuel Ettelson
Thompson
William H. Stuart
Chicago Evening American
Tomorrow
Russell
John Stege
Fire destroys section of Paper Service Company plant
A fire at the Paper Service Company along Station Avenue in Arlington Heights razed one section of its plant, causing up to 50000 dollars in damage. Harry Franklin discovered the blaze around 7 pm, bucket brigades formed, and crews from Lockland Reading Wyoming and Cincinnati fought it for three hours. Several injuries occurred among workers and firemen, and the cause is under investigation, with electrical short circuits suspected. insurance covers the loss, and smouldering debris remained days after the incident.
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Big Four Railroad
Arlington Heights
Harry Franklin
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Lockland
Reading
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Cincinnati
Walter Schultz
W. W. Rose
Dance A La Adam And Eve In West Liberty Street Tenement
A phonograph aria in a West Liberty street tenement drew a curious crowd as two couples danced topless to the script of Adam and Eve. Police interrupted, two dancers were charged with a statutory offense, and four residents were named in the case as Eva Acree Adria Brown Thomas Long and Edward Holt.
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Adria Brown
Dillwood Avenue
Thomas Long
Linn Street
Edward Holt
Baymiller Street
Uriev Jews fear second massacre after murder
Jewish residents of Uriev in Bessarabia panic after the Friday murder of Sholom Landau. Leaders fear a planned anti Semitic campaign as Jewish stores close and people avoid the bazaar. Former anti Semite Machedon admits killing Landau over hatred of Jews. local youth form a defense league.
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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Bessarabia
Sholom Landau
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Fikan
Jewish Defense League
World religion foreseen uniting all creeds in New York
Professor Walter Horton of Oberlin Graduate School of Theology predicted a world religion at a Union Theological Seminary vesper. He said global civilization requires shared meaning of life and that elements of all great religions will endure and influence one another within a universal core of enduring truths.
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New York
Walter M. Horton
Oberlin Graduate School of Theology
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Wafd Deputies Meet in Secret Parliament In Cairo
In Cairo 146 Wafd deputies gathered at the Saadist Club after Parliament was closed. They read a petition to King Fuad, declared the session legal, and passed a non confidence motion against the government, endorsing a non cooperation campaign led by Nahas Pasha.
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Reuters News Service
Mahmud Fahmy Effendi Nekrashi
Lee Gehlbach Leads Air Derby Racers to Los Angeles
Lee Gehlbach of Little Rock maintains the lead in the Detroit Los Angeles all American air derby arrival at Metropolitan Airport in 4 16 47. J R Wedell of New Orleans follows ten minutes later with others from Douglas and Blackwell. A crowd of about 10 000 greeted the flyers as the first leg of a 7000 mile reliability test concludes.
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Ferguson Leads Texas Runoff Prospects in Gubernatorial Primary
Mrs. Miriam A Ferguson and Ross Sterling led the Democratic gubernatorial field as results from 241 of 253 counties showed Ferguson far ahead of Sterling and Small with Love, Young, and others trailing. Morris Sheppard won the Senate nomination. Dan Moody endorsed the anti Ferguson camp.
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Miriam A
Ma’ Ferguson
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Sterling
Houston
Texas Election Bureau
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Clint C. Small
Thomas B. Love
Jim Young
Barry Miller
Earle B. Mayfield
C. C. Moody
Paul Loven
Frank Putnam
C. E. Walker
Texas
Love
Alfred E. Smith
Sheppard
United States
Morris Sheppard
Robert L. Henry
C. A. Mitchner
Sherwood
Election Bureau
H. E. Exum
Amarillo Seattleman
George C. Butte
Austin
John F. Grant
Cincinnati Towboat Julius Fleischman Sinks in Kanawha River
The Julius Fleischman coal towboat, owned by Hatfield Campbell Creek Coal Co of Cincinnati, sank in eight feet of water after striking an obstruction near Lock 11. Valued at $100,000, the vessel could be floated by divers, with Capt Loyal Wright aboard the largest towboat in the Kanawha fleet. The steamer was towing empty coal barges to be reloaded at Plymouth mines.
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Julius Fleischman
Hatfield Campbell Creek Coal Company
Cincinnati
Kanawha River
Loyal Wright
Plymouth
Temperature Outlook and City Readings for July 27 1930
A centralized forecast covers Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Indiana West Virginia with fair warm conditions Monday followed by showers and thunderstorms Monday night cooler Tuesday. City readings list Louisville 98 104 Cleveland 82 84 Galveston 104 108 and notes a record daily high/low. The accompanying table shows high and low, humidity, wind, and precipitation for July 27.
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