Hague Conference Opens With 12 Nations Represented
The Hague conference on implementing the Young plan began with formalities as 12 nations attend. Belgiums Henri Jaspar presided at the opening session with 158 delegates and observers including Ed win C Wilson for the United States. Leaders from Britain France and Germany voiced resolve to tackle postwar issues and end international misunderstanding.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Poland
Greece
Jugoslavia
Rumania
Czecho-Slovakia
Portugal
Edwin C. Wilson
Paris
United States
Bellaarts van Blekland
Briand
Stresemann
Snowden
Elevator Fall Injures Twenty One In New York
Twenty one persons were injured when an elevator fell from the seventh floor to the basement in New York today. Five were women, two in serious condition, as the car gained momentum on descent. Operator Jack Swan, at top level, had no warning. Police and ambulances assisted and extracted the injured. many suffered broken bones.
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Deputy Caught with Opossum Takes $20 Rap
West Union August 6 officers woke residents with noises at Bank corner. Deputy Sheriff Tom Hyatt paid a $20 fine after he and Hall Maxwell captured an opossum from a sleeping area near the First National Bank building. The animal was released after the fine.
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Shadow of Bloodiest Tong War Cast Over City
A tense atmosphere grips the eastern metropolis as warnings rise from U S authorities amid fear of renewed gang violence in the wake of one of the bloodiest tong wars in years.
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Tong War Bloodshed Reaches Five Dead In Two Days
In New York and Boston violence flares as six or more shot dead and several wounded escalate the Tong War. U S Attorney Charles H. Tuttle and Chinese Consul General Samuel Sung Young warn leaders of no tolerance while peace talks proceed. Chicago and Newark report tense quiet as deaths begin in Sunday clashes. The cause remains mystery with theories citing rice liquor or opium trade. Wholesale deportations threatened if fighting continues.
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Samuel Sung Young
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Newark
N. J
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Re election plans loom for Senate hunters and missing officer
Washington authorities map next year s senatorial contests as 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats face reelection. Moses heads the Republican committee with Tydings leading the Democrats. Key targets include Massachusetts West Virginia Delaware Rhode Island Oklahoma and Kentucky while Republicans target New Mexico Tennessee and Virginia. In Detroit the missing federal agent Sandilands is believed connected to a river seizure as his wife Maxine Heath and attorney Saflinds pursue further questions from customs officials.
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New Hampshire
Tydings
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Rhode Island
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Virginia
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M. M. Neely
Escaped Dope Fiends Spark Los Angeles Search
Dozens of deputy sheriffs and other peace officers hunted 11 narcotic addicts who escaped from a state hospital at Spadra. Rioting inmates spread through the facility during a Sunday fight over narcotics. Three remained in county jail, one with his father, another near the hospital. Earl E. Jensen cited court backlogs as a contributing factor.
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License Mill exposed in Chicago diploma scam tale
Chicago August 6 The side story of a diploma and license mill printed spurious certificates and state seals was told last night by a man who admitted to making photostatic copies for counterfeit plates investigators said The story by Patrick Roche chief Investigator would lead to new arrests and indictments Jacob Crane formerly a printer of Springfield Illinois was seized on information from one of seven men indicted The mill was thorough enough that applicants without college education could purchase diplomas and state licenses to practice in Illinois and elsewhere More than 1000 fake licenses were sold for approx
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Patrick Roche
Jacob Crane
Springfield
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U S Navy Airship to Have Gas Capacity 6 500 000 Cubic Feet
York August 6 plans for the ZRS-4 to be built for the United States Navy list a gas capacity of 6 500 000 cubic feet, nearly double the Graf Zeppelin. The article also cites dimensions for the four largest airships in service or under instruction, including Los Angeles and Graf Zeppelin, with capacities, lengths, and diameters.
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York
Ainsi
United States Navy
Los Angeles
Possible Cause Of Fish Destruction In Cheat River
Kingwood reports point to two possible sources for the death and destruction of millions of fish along the Cheat River between Parsons and Seven Islands. Attorney James T. Dally says investigations show acid as the pollutant, possibly released near Parsons from a mill or tannery, or from a wrecked car with acid cars passing through last week.
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Seven Islands
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St. George
China Russia talks deadlocked over railway seizure
Nanking Aug 6 The nationalist foreign office said a deadlock blocks talks with Russia over the seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria. Nationalist authorities refuse reinstatement of Russian associate managers before formal negotiations. The foreign office sent word to Washington on Kellogg Pact discussions.
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Huston Emerges as Likely New GOP Chairman
Washington observers point to Claudius Huston of Chattanooga Tennessee as the leading candidate to chair the Republican National Committee meeting set for September 9. White House hints keep Ralph Williams and George Woodruff in the mix. resignation of Mrs Al jvin Hert as second vice chair prompts changes in party leadership with Mrs Worthington Scranton urged to lead Republican women.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
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Oregon
George Woodruff
Chicago
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Aljvin T. Hert
Kentucky
Worthington Scranton
Scranton
National Committee
Pennsylvania
Bus Fleet Meets Liner At Mersey For Welsh Pilgrims
Liverpool Aug 6 A fleet of busses and taxis greeted the Cunard liner Laconia as she sailed up the Mersey bearing more than 500 Welsh pilgrims from America to the Eisteddfod festival. The pilgrims were taken to the festival headquarters and welcomed by the executive committee.
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Tressler Held on Statutory Offense Charge
S B Tressler a 45 year old Brownton coal operator was arraigned before Magistrate John L Wittman on a statutory offense charge alleged to involve his 17 year old office girl The charge was filed by the girl s father He was released on 3000 bond for a preliminary hearing Friday at 2 pm He claimed the assault was premeditated by his daughter in Clarksburg Sunday night He said she and a friend had spent the weekend with him and he took them for a ride in his car
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John L. Wittman
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Clarksburg
Graf Zeppelin Prepares for Long Globe-Trotting Voyage
Refueling at Lakehurst prepares Graf Zeppelin for a midnight departure on a 22 000 mile globe circling journey with stops in Tokyo Los Angeles and back to Germany. Dr Hugo Eckener commands the airship which carries 18 passengers freight and mail destined for Friedrichshafen and the world tour.
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Los Angeles
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William Weber
New York
Morris Shumofsky
Bridgeport
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Gloucester
Albert Buschke
Eckener
Damage suit filed over Vestris sinking tragedy
In New York on August 6, Frank V. Kelley as administrator of Iris Johnsons estate filed a $75,000 damage suit in supreme court seeking compensation for the death of Johnson a mother of four and wife of the late Iris Johnson from the Vestris disaster off Cape Hatteras on November 1. The action targets Lamport Holt Letd Liverpool Brazil and River Plate Steam Navigation Company alleging negligence.
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Supreme Court
Iris Johnson
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Cape Hatteras
Frank V. Kelley
Johnson
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Liverpool, Brazil and River Plate Steam Navigation Company
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Pan It Chargs
State rests case against Dr Snook in coed murder trial
In Columbus Ohio the state rests its degree murder case against Dr James H Snook former Ohio State University professor, detailing a confession to beating and slitting the throat of Theora His a coed. Defense testimony opens with witnesses portraying him as quiet and reputable as the trial moves toward possible electrocution.
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Ohio State
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Ohi O State University
Reo Eam
Theora
James 8. Fusco
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Snook
Max Seffert
Democrats of Va Vote for State Leader
Richmond Va Aug 6 Virginia's embattled Democrats chose a champion to lead the party against Republicans. Gubernatorial nominees listed include John Garland Pollard William and Mary professor G Walter Mapp former state senator and Rosewell Page brother of the late Thomas Nelson Page. The anti Smith Democrats were among the factions noted.
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Virginia
Potomac
John Garland Pollard
William and Mary
G. Walter Mapp
Rosewell Page
Thomas Nelson Page
Wreck Victims in Kanawha River Crossing Crash
Two produce men Oscar Clendenin and Alonso Harper were killed when their truck was struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train at a Kanawha River crossing near West Charleston South Charleston. Watchman J J Nuckles reported signaling with a lamp and whistle as the vehicle failed to stop, stepping clear as the truck veered and was hit.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Kanawha River
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South Charleston
Oscar Clendenin
Alonso Harper
J. J. Nuckles
Nuckles
Three Held For Blast In Drug Store In Kansas City
Kansas City police say five men believed responsible for yesterday’s explosion at a local drug store killed three firemen and injured 11 others. Durwood M. Dailey, the store operator, named four men he says are under arrest and one believed to be the plot leader. Other details were unclear due to incomplete information in the report.
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