R-100 Nears Trans Atlantic Flight Mission
London dispatch reports the airship R-100 at 53.05 N 21.00 W about 473 miles west of Ireland. It streams weather data to the Air Ministry while maintaining radio contact with ships. Officers include Squadron Leader Booth and Maj. Scott, with designer Burney aboard.
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London
Greenwich
Air Ministry
Ireland
Montclare
Associated Press
Cardington
Britain
Northern Ireland
Liverpool
Great Britain
Irish Sea
Hebrides
Ulster
England
R. S. Booth
Royal Navy
Norfolk
North Sea
Johnston
As One Airways
Indiana
Denistein Burney
Maj
E. H. Scott
Scotland
United States
Maj. Scott
St. Hubert
Montreal
R. B
B. Colmore
Prohibition Enforcement Heads Meet to Set Policy
Washington July 29. Amos W. Woodcock director of prohibition will host a conference with the twelve regional enforcement administrators to settle policy details. President Hoover, Mitchell, and Youngquist discussed the program at the White House ahead of tomorrow’s first gathering since agency transfer.
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Washington
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Prohibition
Hoover
Woodcock
Mitchell
G. Aaron Youngquist
White House
Treasury
Justice Department
Officials in Midnight Conference Over Cosmopolitan Bank Fate
Gov Myer Y Cooper and E W Edwards of Fifth Third Union Trust join state officials in Cincinnati for a late night session on the Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company with negotiations to take over assets under consideration. Voting lines and precise terms remain undisclosed as actions proceed.
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Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company
Gov
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
E. W. Edwards
Fifth Third Union Trust Company
Edwards
Ed D. Schorr
Commerce
Schorr
Cosmopolitan Bank
Tw the
Mr. Edwards
Commerce Schorr
O. C. Gray
Capitol
Gov. Cooper
eCommerce
State Banking Department
van Pelt
Mr. Schorr
Edwards Home
67 Year Old Cavalier Seeks Millionaire Bride in Toledo
Charles Johnson of Toledo asks the Chamber of Commerce to find a millionaire widow or maiden who will marry him for a million dollars. He notes his Adams lineage, his escape from a music teacher’s maidens, and lives with poodle dogs Tunney and Dempsey in a cottage. He asks about cremation and a town’s sights and recalls a Toledo News Bee feature from 1880.
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Charles‘Johnson
Toledo
Chamber of Commerce
Charles
John Quincy Adams
Tunney
Dempsey
Toledo News Bee
Niagara Falls
C. Edythe Cowie
Puppy electrocuted while chewing wire in New Jersey home
Elizabet h New Jersey July 29 Boy a police pup and family favorite at Henry Schaaks home is dead from modern appliances. While playing with an electric cord to a washing machine in the basement the dog chewed through the wire and was electrocuted. The Schaak children found Boy dead with the cord still in his teeth.
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New York World News Service
Elizabeth
N. J
Henry Schaak
Schaak
William
Catherine Schaak
Narcotic Kings of Underworld Held in Raids
Treasury narcotics division raids across three cities net twenty arrests of ring leaders from five gangs. Agents traced morphine and heroin from Turkey to IIc headquarters, seizing 4000 ounces aboard the Black Diamond liner Inoko. Tony Lapinto, son of an Italian Marquis, was arrested on Long Island as rescue attempts emerged.
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Washington
Narcotics Division of the Treasury
Turkey
Woolworth
New York
San Francisco
Harry J. Arslinger
Atlantic
J. A. Manning
J. B. Greeson
R A. Sanders
Metropolitan Force
Inoko
Anslinger
Tony Lapinto
Long Island
Long Island. While Being Taken To the District Attorney’s Office
Hoover Defends New U S Unemployment Study Commission
President Hoover announced a new fact finding commission to study unemployment relief and data collection. The panel includes labor, industry, research groups, and government reps and will improve statistics and interdepartmental cooperation. The move cites past commissions and urges expert civic service.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
Harding
White House
Taft
Coolidge
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Manufacturers’ Association
Industrial Conference Board
National Bureau of Economic Research
Committee On Economic Changes
William M. Steuart
U S Warns Over Taian Taian Bombing Endangers Americans
The State Department said the Nanking government was cautioned to protect American lives and property at Taian Shantung. The Palos left Changsha due to inability to safeguard property amid Communist forces. two American missionaries remained. Father Braiman was captured. Palos was struck. women and children moved to the British Apris. Edwin F. Stanton reported four Americans left at Taian with property valued at $250000, endangered by raids. The ministry was urged to evacuate Americans and preserve lives and property. Changsha remained in flames with small Communist detachments pursuing remnants of Ho Chien's army. Yale Hospital and the Post Office survived. Foreign missions at Changsha reportedly destroyed.
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Washington
State Department
Nanking
Taian
Shantung
China
United States
Palos
Changsha
Father Braiman
Apris
Edwin F. Stanton
Tsinanfu
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Legation
Thehien
Nankin
Changaha
Ho Chien
Yale
Cargo Ship Sinks in Lake Erie with Fifteen Dead
The sand dredge George J. Whelan sank seventeen miles east of Erie after heavy cargo shifted. Fifteen crew members perished including a fireman and a cook, with two life belts saving six others. Rescue operations, morgue work, and a federal inquiry followed as survivors described waves and a sudden listing before the vessel went under.
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New York World News Service
Erie
George J. Whelan
Lake Erie
Here
Dawk
Masastone
Thomas Pierce
Coast’ Guard
Sandusky
Tonawanda
N. Y
Tickands-Mather Steamship Company
Buffalo
W. H. McNeill
T. J. Waagee
Cleveland
Marshall Emline
Arthur Walter
Carl Biechele
Ralph Weis
Ned Dumar
Bay City
Mich
W. P. Longnicker
Dunkirk
William P. Nolan
James M. Todd
Fraud order targets Credit Continental scheme
Boston July 29 Postal Inspector Park D Colvin announces a government fraud order against J J Meyer of Baarsjesweg Amsterdam Holland, a new address for the Credit Continental swindle. The endless chain coupon scheme profits buyers as it evades U S scrutiny, with investigations expanding in Cincinnati and Detroit where at least 2 million dollars have been paid to agents.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Boston
Mass
Park D. Colvin
United States
New England
Tought
J. J. Meyer
Baarsjesweg
Amsterdam
Holland
Credit Continental
Cincinnati
Detroit
Meanest man in the world fined for blood refusal
Chicago July 29 Leo Bloteaux jailed after Judge James F Fardy called him the meanest man in the world for refusing blood to his anemic baby. He faces cruelty and support charges as his wife sought transfusions and pleaded for help. Bloteaux was fined 100 dollars to be worked out.
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Chicago
Leo Bloteaux
James F. Fardy
Bloteaux
Blateaux
Canada elects Conservative Bennett as Premier
Canada votes in a dominion wide victory placing R B Bennett 60 Calgary veteran at the helm as Premier elect. Conservatives hold 137 seats with Liberals 85 and smaller groups making up the rest. Bennett vows policy aimed at national development and notes every province contributed to the result.
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Ottawa
Canada
R. B. Bennett
Calgary Bachelor
House of Commons
Conservatives
Liberals
Farmer-Union
Liberal Progressives
Laborites
Progressives
Baenene Aea
King
Bennett
Diary Diary Fingerprints Led to Bank Robber Hebenstreit
Police tied Lloyd Hebenstreit in Reading eight bank robberies after Miss Esther Genin 22 whose diary described the crimes and led to his arrest. Witnesses identified him from photographs and in person. Hebenstreit denied involvement.
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Lloyd Hebenstreit
Reading
Esther Genin
Walnut Street
Elmwood Place
Hebenstreit
William M. Anderson
J. C. Calhoun
Hamilton
Anderson
Italy approves large relief grant for Apennine quake area
Rome dispatch reports the Italian Council of Ministers under Mussolini allocated 100 million lire to rebuild quake damaged Apennine towns. Troops leave salvage duty as normal activity returns. refugees, including 112 children, arrive in Rome for care at vacation colonies with medical checks and baths.
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Rome
Italin Council of Ministers
I Duce
Apennines
Mussolini
Crollalanza
Leani
Lacedonia
Aquilonia
Bisaccia
Bonecompagni Ludovisi
Bersaglieri
Villa Nova
Weather Man Seeks Patience As Cool Spell Arrives
The weather man defends a 92 percent batting average while predicting cooler weather for the city and no rain for the next 36 hours. He explains shifting high and low pressure and cites past accurate forecasts as proof of reliability amid public skepticism.
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Speyer
Vancvenesece
Cincinnati
Moe
Midwest and Southeast Temperatures Forecast Across States
The report outlines Wednesday and Thursday’s generally fair and slightly cooler conditions from Ohio to West Virginia. It includes a detailed table of current and high temperatures across cities such as Louisville Boston Nashville New York Cleveland Detroit Washington Chicago and more with daily precipitation notes and historical comparisons through July 29.
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Kentucky
Ennessee
Indiana
West Virginia
Eastport
Louisville
Boston
Nashville
Hod
N. York
Asi
Cleveland
Atlcity
Detroit
Marie
J’k’ville
Chicago
Atlanta
Duluth
St. Louis
Kan
Omaha
Denver
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