Alteration in Cruiser Plans May Be Slight
Washington reports on London naval talks foresee that about two thirds of the 15 cruiser program may remain, with 10 of the 10,000 ton ships likely built, while keel laying of three cruisers may be postponed to avoid inequality. New phase in discussions expected as U S seeks faster, heavier ships and considers age and gun power along with tonnage.
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Washington
London
United States
Great Britain
Hoover
Navy Department
Louis Barton
Otter
Henri Cheron
Ister
Ee Democratic and Social Action
Andre Maginot
Republican
Andre Tardieu
Interior
Georges Leygues
Center
France Names Briand Premier After Poincare Resigns
Aristide Briand becomes France's new premier succeeding Raymond Poincare who resigns due to ill health. This changes the cabinet as Briand assumes the post and outlines a potential shift in government leadership.
Briand Retains Former Cabinet as Premier in France
Paris July 29 Aristide Briand France's new premier will keep the cabinet of his predecessor Raymond Poincare minus Poincare himself Briand will serve as premier and foreign affairs minister He considered adding radical Socialist ministers but the plan was rejected Briand aims to secure radical Socialist support on key foreign affairs issues including Germany negotiations and League of Nations matters The Briand ministry is arranged by party group including Georges Bonnefous as minister of sovereignty
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Republican Socialist and Social Party of France
Aristide Briand
Paul Painleve
Jean Hennessy
Louis Anterious
Piere Forseot
Louis Loucheur
Laurent Eynne
Pierre Martraud
Poincare
Pri
Presa
Phota Aristide Bri
Foreign Affairs
France
Raymond Poincare
Il Health
Paris
Briand
Moincare
Germany
League of Nation
M. Briand
Inis
Three Bandits Take $10000 in Big Hold Up
In Pittsburgh on July 29 three bandits roped in two Tech Food Products Co employees Henry Koch and George Nusskern outside the Pennsylvania National Bank. They fled with about $10,000 to $11,000, half cash half checks, as detectives with sawed off shotguns mounted the pursuit.
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Pittsburgh
Tech Food Products Company
Pennsylvania National Bank
Henry Koch
George Nusskern
C. H. Ridall
Old Sol Deserves Credit For Radio
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Standards reports daylight radio reception has improved and static reduced this year, attributing better performance to solar activity. The study notes daylight reception is at a maximum and static at a minimum compared with recent years.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Bureau of Standards
Thirteen New State Routes Designated in West Virginia
Charleston July 29 designation of thirteen new state routes totaling 215 miles was announced by the state road commission. Seven routes were recommended by Colonel Floyd B. Cunningham after inspecting the West Virginia road system. The commission stressed that designation does not imply immediate state takeover for improvements or maintenance, distinguishing designation from taking over.
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Charleston
W. Va
Satuday
State Road Commission
Floyd B. Cunningham
West Virginia
Road Commission
State highways designated by commission take over roads
The commission explained that designation means a road is added to the state road system and becomes eligible for taking over. It lists routes in Kanawha Monroe Pocahontas Mason Marshall Ritchie Wirt Wood Harrison Wetzel Meriver McDowell Taylor Monongalia Hardy and other counties with specific mileages and connections to Virginia. The move relieves county responsibility and defines taking over as maintenance and repair by the state.
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Road Commission
County
Cunningham
Kanawha
Lincoln
Charleston
Allum Creek Bridge
Yawkey
Monroe County
Union
Gap Mills
Old Sweet Springs
Pocahontas County
Frost
Virginia
Monterey
Mason County
Clarksburg
Jackson County
Marshall County
Rocklick
Pennsylvania
Ritchie, Wirt
Wood Counties
Parkersburg-Staunton
Camp Runbridge
Merver County
Virginia Line
Nemours Road
Ridge
McDowell County
Broadway
Hardy County
Lost City
Virginia State Line
Woodstock
Narcotic law enforcement strengthened in West Virginia
West Virginia divided into northern and southern districts for narcotic enforcement. W. T. Atkinson announced the plan with headquarters in Charleston and Wheeling. Jasper C. Crowley remains in Wheeling with an assistant. Atkinson leads Charleston with an assistant. The split aims to improve Baltimore division distribution, not to reflect higher traffic.
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Charleston
State of
West Virginia
W. T. Atkinson
Washington
Wheeling
Jasper C. Crowley
Huntington
Crowley
Atkinson
Byrowley
J. B. Greeson
Baltimore
Polo Player Dies in England After Polo Match Injury
Chester England July 29 Darelay MacFadden a Philadelphia polo player died here today from injuries received in a polo match Saturday. He was thrown from his pony in a match at Hooton Cheshire.
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Chester
England
Darelay MacFadden
Phiadelphia
Hootton
Chesshire
Stolen Car Crash Near Moundsville Injures Family
A stolen automobile crashed east of Moundsville injuring the Thomas family who escaped with slight injuries after being thrown from a 60 foot embankment. A man and woman fled after abandoning the coupe. Mrs Lucas of Blueville had emergency surgery in Wheeling and was in serious danger, with peritonitis risk noted by Dr Suddarth.
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Moundsville
Thomas
Victor
Lucas
Blueville
Wheeling
City Hospital
F. S. Suddarth
Dottors
A. R
Paul Warden
Grant Change of Venue in Welch Case
A McDowell county court grants a change of venue for the murder case of Charles C. Welch chief of police Welch. Judge J A Strother moves trial possibilities to Greenbrier Fayette or Summers counties after the state indicates no opposition. Prosecution and defense to report venue choice later.
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Welch
J. A. Strother
McDowell County
Charles C. Hutton
J. Henry Mitchell
United States Marshall
G. U. Counts
Greenbrier
Fayette
Summers
Denial of Opposition to Nine Cent City Tax Increase
City officials dispute anonymous reports of citizen opposition to a nine cent tax hike. Mayor Chas. King says the public favors the water bond plan announced Friday. The increase funds $8,500 needed to retire water plant bonds and start a sinking fund, based on 1928 values of $5,571,840 real estate and $2,142,380 personal property.
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Grafton
Chas
King
Grafton Park
John A. Newcomb
Inquiry Into Will Of Late Princess Begins In Hondon
An American court in Hondon opened an inquiry into the will of Princess Hatzfeldt, formerly Clara Prentice of Sacramento, who died last December. The estate, valued around 5 million dollars, largely comprises New York real estate and South African gold mine bonds. Edwin Whitman Prentice of San Francisco, her nephew, seeks to overturn the will on grounds of fraud and undue influence. The princess left legacies to 60 English beneficiaries.
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Hondon
Halstead
Princess Hatzfeldt
Edwin Whitman Prentice
San Francisco
Prentice
Clara Prentice
Sacramento, Cal
Collis Huntington
New York
Army staff to devote time to expense cut
Secretary Good, after a Hoover weekend meeting at the Virginia fishing retreat, announced that the entire army general staff would focus on surveying military expenditures to find economies. He stressed that a safe defense program would be the yardstick for any savings and denied specific branch-wide reductions, calling reports of camp curtailments figments of the imagination.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia
Good
Army General Staff
Citizens
National Guard
Reserve
Three Suffocated In Tabernacle Flames in Indiana
Three women died by suffocation when the Gospel Tabernacle burned in Warsaw Indiana. Victims were Mrs. Sarah Clark seventy five of Winona Lake, Eva Clark forty of Winona Lake, and Lera Carper fifty one of Tippecanoe. Origin of the blaze unknown, losses about one thousand three hundred.
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Warsaw
Ind
Gospel Tabernacle
Sarah Clark
Winona Lake
Eva Clark
Clark
Lera Carper
Tippecanoe
One Killed Four Injured In Crash Near Berkeley Springs
Berkeley Springs July 29 Henry Nelson Bobrer 44 a land worker was killed and his wife Nora 43 and three others injured when an automobile driven by Raymond Mason plunged over a 50 foot embankment on Cacapon mountain near here. None of the injured was in a serious condition. Bobrer left a widow and nine children. A coroner s jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
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Berkeley Springs
Henry Nelson Bobrer
Nora
Raymond Mason
Cacapon Mountain
Here
Bohrer
Mutiny at Auburn Prison After Fires and Shootings
Florida bank closed. Prison riot at Auburn state prison leads to deaths of two mutineers and four guards wounded. Convicts seize rifles and four machine guns, destroy workshops, and escape in a car. Reinforcements restore order as 1,772 inmates crowd 1,200 cells. Convicts killed include Cirrigone and Wright.
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Auburn
N. J
Auburn State Prison
George Small
Joseph Capric
Arthur Barry
Steve Pawlik
Con Linets
Merle Osborne
Trusty
Osborne
Milton Ryther
Ryther
Jacob Reese
Bertiltion
Edgar
Jennings
Oneida
Pulaski
New York National Guard
Joseph Cirrigone
George Wright
Clinton
Dannemora
Six Believed Drowned In Lake Okoboji Boat Collision
Arnolds Park Iowa July 29 Six persons are believed drowned after a collision of two launches on Lake Okoboji last night. Miss Esther Rulston of Alta Iowa was recovered. Five others are missing. The Thriller sunk after being rammed broadside by the Zipper which was damaged but afloat with passengers saved. Names of the missing include Henry Hente and Harris Cummins along with Dale Caleno and an unidentified woman.
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Arnolds Park
Okoboji
Esther Rulston
Alta
Ralston
Henry Hente
Harris Cummins
Dale Caleno
Milford
Berger Improves as Milwaukee Prison Outbreak Spreads
Two convicts escaped in Milwaukee on July 29. Guards fired on a mob as leaders tried to seize control. Victor Berger, longtime Socialist leader, remains in critical condition after injury. In Jacksonville Brevard County Bank and Trust Cocoa and Melbourne State Bank Melbourne fail and are placed in state receivership.
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Milwaukee
Jan Edelman
Victor L. Berger
England
Berger
Ing
Sever
Jacksonville
Pla
Brevard County Bank and Trust Company of Cocoa
Melbourne State Bank of
Melbourne
State Bank
Former Professor On Trial For Murder SHIP FINISHES FIRST PART OF WORLD CRUISE
Former professor on trial for murder sails into port aboard the non magnetic Carnegie Institute cruiser Cygne gic for repairs after a 25 day voyage from Yokohama. Seven scientists aboard report discoveries including a wobbling north magnetic pole and two submarine mountain ranges off South America.
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San Francisco
Carnegie Institute
Yokohama
Ca Hag
Rai Limes
Carnegie
Iceland
South Pacific
Sea
South America
Dar
J. P. Ault
North Pole
Girl Suffers Injuries In Car Accident Near Evansville
Miss Genevieve Sharp of Sand Ridge near Independence West Virginia was badly hurt when she was thrown from her parents car in Evansville. She sustained a fractured skull and remained unconscious. Dr. J A Kimble of Grafton attended her, with little hope for recovery after the Sunday accident.
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Genevieve Sharp
Frank Sharp
Sand Ridge
Independence
W. Va
Evansville
J. A. Kimble
Grafton
Miss Sharp
Herbert Hovatter
Twenty nine suffer from coffee cake poisoning in Chicago bakery
Twenty nine persons who ate coffee cake sold by a neighborhood bakery suffered food poisoning. Six victims were in serious condition. A policeman stood guard as the shop was closed pending health department inquiry. The remaining cakes from a batch of five hundred were taken for inspection. It follows a prior poisoning incident earlier in the week affecting five firefighters and a family, all of whom recovered.
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Chicago
Health Department
French aviatrix Bastie claims endurance record in France
Maryse Bastie, a French aviatrix, landed in Le Bourget on July 29 claiming a new endurance record of 26 hours 46 minutes, surpassing the previous mark by about 22 minutes. Weather noted as fog and rain aided a night landing. Mr. and Mrs. Smith Ringer of Winchester Indiana planned to visit Bastie’s home.
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Aviatrix
Endurance
de le Bourget
France
Maryse Bastie
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Soumerce
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Suddarth
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Luther Bolyard
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Auburn Prison
Iowa Lake
Berco
Frisco Harbor
Ault
Easter Island
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Franklin County
Columbus
Ohio
Theora Hix
John F. Seidel
EL C. Ricketts
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