Storms Cut Big Swath in East
Eastern states faced hurricane force winds heavy rain hail and lightning. Vermont saw a 25 mile wide wind path from Lake Bomoseen to Middlebury overturning cottages and blocking routes. Reading Pennsylvania gutters barns burned during electrical storms while hail pelted cars and damaged crops at Lake George and Glen Falls New York.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New York State
Vermont
Lake Bomoseen
Middlebury
Glen Falls
M. J
Lake George
Mayor Seeks to Stop Riots In New Orleans Chronicle
New Orleans August 14 acting mayor T Semmes Walmsley led a city hall bid to end riot violence from yesterday street car strike. Police augmented, jitney ban enforced, and strict ordinances aimed at curb mob rule. Courts and council vow prosecutions. citizens pledge support. E J Foster issued a statement.
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New Orleans
T.semmes Walmsley
E. J. Foster
Labor Board Renews Call for Peaceful Union Recognition
The executive committee of organized labor disavowed riotous acts and urged union men and strike sympathizers to pursue recognition from the public service only through peaceful and lawful means.
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Executive ‘Committee
Organized Labor
Arrest Seven In Communist Riot At Queens Park
Toronto August 14 Police cleared Queens Park to stop a communist meeting. Seven arrested including one woman. five men freed on 200 bail each for disorderly conduct. A reporter held after a scuffle with an officer. Jack MacDonald led the attempted defiant speech. Police used mounted, motorcycle, and foot units.
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Toronto
Queens Park
Jack MacDonald
Communist Party In
Canada
Communist Party
Parker School Bond Issue Fails in Special Election
Parker, Aug. 14. A school bond issue for 27580 dollars was defeated in a special election yesterday with a vote of 205 to 185. The funds would have financed a building with classrooms and a gymnasium.
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Parker
Wife used snuff, so husband seeks divorce
Fargo North Dakota district court granted John Neusteadter a divorce after he charged his wife used snuff so frequently she became mentally deranged. The case was decided yesterday in the local court.
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Hubby
Aer
Six Chinese Die in Plane Crash Near Tokyo
Tokyo August 14. A bombing plane fell 900 feet at Cachikawa airdrome killing officers including Major General Tamei Aburo and General Fujioka and injuring Major Abe. General Sus zoki and others escaped. Major Fukayama died later. A noncommissioned officer’s body was recovered.
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Tokyo
Cachikawa Airdrome
Tamei Aburo
Fujioka
Abe
Suszoki
Aff
Fukayama
Snook Faces Seven Possible Outcomes in Murder Case
In Columbus on August 14, former Ohio State professor Dr James Fr Snook admitted from the witness stand that he killed his co-ed mistress Theora Trix, 24, as the jury nears final arguments. He described six or seven possible outcomes of his attempt to escape the electric chair while facing first degree murder charges.
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Snook
Columbus
Ohio
James Fr. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Trix
Pantages Agent Disappears Before Preliminary Hearing
District Attorney Baron Fitts said William Jobelman publicity agent for Alexander Pantages vanished on the eve of a preliminary hearing on charges of criminally attacking 17 year old dancer Eunice Pringle in his office last Friday. Three other witnesses were taken into custody after his disappearance.
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Los Angeles
Baron. Fitts
William Jobelman
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Jobelman
W. GC. Hale
W. L. Gordon
Fred Wise
Miss Pringle
Door of Pantages Private At Offices In Time
Dr Lotis Pringle reports two more death threats by telephone to police after a disturbance near the Pantages offices. A young man staggered out, described as a wobian figure, while inquiries continue.
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Pantages
Ube
Wobian
Lotis Pringle
Naval arms reductions debated at city conference
Pilot Jack Webster of Hadley Field Dunellen N J narrowly escaped death when forced to land his airmail plane in a Susquehanna orchard near Scranton Pa Aug 14. The note adds that Secretary Stimson and Secretary Adams were away from the city last week and the conference related to armament reductions and current developments.
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Stimson
Adams
Scranton
Jack Webster
Hadley Field
Dunellen
N. J
Buffalo
Susquehanna
Here
Scientist undertakes hunt for new metals worldwide
Philadelphia August 14. Samuel G. Gordon, associate curator in mineralogy at the Academy of Natural Sciences, sails August 16 for two months in the Belivian Andes to collect mineral specimens. He then goes to Cape Town for further mining trips in South Africa, southwest Africa, Rhodesia, and the Belgian Congo, seeking copper, chromium, platinum, asbestos, diamonds, and other minerals.
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Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences
Samuel G. Gordon
Department of Mineralogy
Academy
Cape Town
Southwest
Africa
Rhodesia
Belgian Congo
Arms Limitation Is Breakfast Topic
At a White House breakfast conference President Hoover Secretary Stimson Secretary Adams and Under Secretary Cotton and the central board of the navy discussed limits on armaments. The White House did not reveal details of the talks.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Stimson
Adams
Cotton
State Department
Centeral Board of the Navy
Fur Store Confidence and Quality in Fur Buying
A vintage style appeal urges women to choose a fur store with verifiable quality and a strict standard, not just lowest price. It highlights evaluating proofs behind claims, the importance of experienced buyers, and a service-guaranteed coat with flexible payments once the season opens.
Wermuth Furs Promotes Quality Fur Coats This Summer
An ad recalling the “good old days” and urging buyers to invest in high quality furs. It touts Wermuth furs as maintaining a rigid standard of quality, style, and workmanship for 20 years, inviting readers to purchase a fur coat during the annual summer sale at Wers.
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Wers
Moderately priced furs bring coats within reach for women
A newspaper ad touts lower August sale prices on muskrat and Hudson seal fur coats. The copy claims the austerity of prices makes luxurious fur coats affordable this winter and urges women not to miss the chance to buy.
Select Furs With Care
A furrier advertises informed buying for fur garments highlighting hidden defects, quality, and workmanship. It urges confidence in a seller with public trust and offers a two season guarantee and a flexible payment plan to ease purchases.
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Penchl CO
Robinson’s
Clarice
Robinson
Taeda
Eg Ta
Eilers
FUR Store
Asnough
Lence
Wermuth
Wermuth Furs
Sioux Falls
Eilers' Forriers
Jermuth Far Co
SR. Sentral Dakotas” Parc
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