US Interstate Commerce Commission approves NY Central control deal
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the New York Central to acquire six short line railroads in connection with leasing the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis system and the Michigan Central. The ruling preserves the right to reopen the case and issue supplemental orders if needed. The approval expands NY Central control to include the Big Four and related lines within the Michigan Central system.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Central Railroad Company
Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
Michigan Central
New York Central
Chicago
St. Louis
Big Four
Okehed
Boyne City
Gaylord and Alpena Railroad Co
Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad Company
Federal Valley Railroad Company
Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad Company
Owaggs River Railway
Alst&p and Delaware
Iso
Dean
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company
Evansville, Indianapolis and
Terre Haute Railroad Company
Peoria and Eastern Railway Company
Kantakee and Seneca Railway Company
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railway Company
Safe and Sane Fourth Planned For Capital
Washington plans a restrained Independence Day with high officials at the White House. President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover will host their son Herbert Hoover Jr as a holiday guest. A formal celebration is set for tomorrow night at the Sylvan Theatre near the Washington Monument grounds with Senator Harrison of Mississippi as principal speaker followed by a fireworks display.
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White House
Eleven Killed in Storm in Bosnia
A Belgrade dispatch reports that eleven people were killed in a storm in Bosnia. Floods caused extensive damage and disrupted communications across the area.
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Havas
Belgrade
Jugo- Slavia
Bosnia
Chicago Tribune Amphibian Bowler Heads to Europe
The Chicago Tribune amphibian Bowler sails from Lake Michigan at 8 48 am heading for Berlin. Pilots Robert H Gast Parker Cramer and aviation editor Robert Wood join the voyage with a mail bag of letters to foreign leaders. The east bound trip, via Great Whale Rupert House Greenland Iceland and Reykjavik, aims for Berlin in about five days.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Antin Bowler
Lake Michigan
Berlin
Milwaukee
Europe
Robert H. Gast
Kentucky
Parker Cramer
Clarion
Robert Wood
The
Tribune
Lake Front
Grant Park
Hudson Bay Country
Rupert House
Arthur D. Lueder
Great Whale
Cape Chidley
Mt. Evans
Greenland
Reyjavik
Angmasalik
Strike vote urged in the West
Locomotive engineers of six western railroads consider a strike to gain recognition of an individual grievance agreement with their international union. Missouri Pacific, Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, and Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific have voted. others are at impasse. Earthquake shocks felt in Santa Barbara, light with no damage.
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Chicago
Western
International Brotherhood
R. E. Eddington
Brotherhood
Missouri Pacific
Terminal Railroad Association of
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Edrington
Santa Barbara
Cal
Royal Couple Becomes Nuns After Priest Husband
In Biscari Sicily a prince and princess entered cloister life. Father Ignatius ordained two days earlier and then solemnly gave his wife Sister Maria of Jesus the veil at Restocco chapel. The Mother Superior unveiled the new nun briefly before the veil was drawn.
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Milan
Italy
Biscari
Sicily
Paterno Castello
Father Ignatius
Donna Angela Auteri
Sister Maria of Jesus
Ignatius
Restocco
Ignatus
Stevens Named to Compile West Virginia Soldier Roster
J Stanley Stevens of Putnam county was chosen by Adjutant General Carleton Pierce as editor and compiler of the roster of West Virginia soldiers in the Spanish American War and World War I. The roster, covering about 60000 wartime West Virginia soldiers, was authorized by the last legislative session in which Stevens served in the House of Delegates.
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Charleston
J. Stanley Stevens
Putnam County
Carleton €. Pierce
West Virginia
Stevens
House of Delegates
West Virginia to Aid Crippled Children via State Council
Elyria Ohio July 3 Special The West Virginia Society for Crippled Children reports six years of organizing culminates in state wide care. President F Allen of the International Society for Crippled Children says the state now bears responsibility. The 1925 law created the State Council for Crippled Children and the 1929 legislature appropriated 80 000 for the council for the coming biennium. Continue on Page Two.
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Elyria
West Virginia Society For Crippled Children
West Virginia
F. Allen
The
International
Ciety
State Council For Crippled Children
Union
Quiet Fourth of July Here with Picnic at Grafton Park
A peaceful observance is planned in Grafton and Taylor County with no official programs announced. The Grafton Quota Club will host an all day picnic at Grafton Park with games and refreshments to raise funds for charitable groups. The Grafton Drum and Bugle Corps will travel to Davis for a separate celebration. Loop Park in Fairmont hosts an all day picnic by the Jolly Silent club with about 150 members invited. representatives from West Virginia and several states are expected.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Quota Club
Grafton Park
All Grafton
Grafton Drum and Bugle Corps
American Legion
Davis
Jolly Silent’ Club
Loop Park
Fairmont
West Virginia
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
North Carolina
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Dawes Granted Freedom of Sudbury Borough
London July 3 The British envoy Dawes received notification from Sudbury Suffolk that the town council had voted to confer the freedom of the borough on him. An ancestor of Dawes left Sudbury as a Pilgrim Father for America.
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London
Dawes
Sudbury
Suffolk
America
Fugazy Aids Quest For Night Club Killers
Boxing promoter Humbert J. Fugazy told Police Commissioner Whalen he saw Frank Marlow answer a phone call shortly before his death in Flushing. Fugazy named Johnny Wilson and other dinner companions who were questioned. witnesses held on $50,000 bail each. Police seek the caller and associates amid ongoing investigations.
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New York
Humbert J. Fugazy
Police Today
Frank Marlow
Fugazy
Whalen
Marlow
Flushing
Queens
Johnny Wilson
Wilson
Anthony
Daniel Grosso
Nicholls McDermott
Grosso
Cudahy Heir Plans Marriage To Actress Muriel Evans
Michael J. P. Cudahy son of John P. Cudahy and descendant of the Cudahy Packing founder announced his intention to marry actress Muriel Adel Evanson known as Muriel Evans. The pair filed notice of intent to wed in Riverside California with his mother blessing and plans to reside in Los Angeles. Evanson aged 18 from Minneapolis has resided in Hollywood eight years and may continue film work. Their romance follows a five month courtship and recalls a prior elopement with Marie Astaire ended by his mother.
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Los Angeles
Michael J. P. Cudahy
John P. Cudahy
The
Cudahy Packing Company
Muriel Adel Evanson
Muriel Evans
Riverside
Cal
Miss Evanson
Cudahy
Minneapolis
Hollywood
Marie Astaire
One Child Killed In Fourth Of July Fireworks
New York July 3 A chaotic Independence Eve left one child dead and four seriously injured by premature explosions and a blank cartridge pistol wound. Anna Voight 10 died from a wound near the heart while a boy fired the weapon. Two boys and two girls suffered severe burns from premature fireworks. Miss Isabelle Kimmel of Charleston visiting here for several days.
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New York
Anna Voight
White House denies split over taxes
Washington July 3 Existence of a difference of opinion between President Hoover and Secretary Mellon upon the possibility of a reduction in federal taxes was denied today at the White House. It was stated the president and the secretary of the treasury are in complete agreement upon this subject.
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Washington
Hoover
Mellon
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Cashier Confesses Theft of County Funds
Edward Melhart county cashier surrendered to Deputy Sheriff John O'Dell and confessed stealing 21000 dollars from the county treasury. He said he fled to San Francisco to raise funds to repay the money, claiming losses from bets on football games and prize fights.
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Bellingham
Wash
Edward Melhart
John O'Dell
Melhart
San Francisco
Rigid Classroom Ethics Proposed for Educators
Atlanta July 3 A code of ethics for classroom manners of school teachers may be laid before the profession. The National Education Association in Atlanta will discuss it during the June 28 to July 4 meeting. A five year committee prepared the code from teachers' input, with public details to follow after acceptance or rejection.
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Atlanta
Natonal Education Association
Mill Valley Fire Ravages Homes Across Mount Tamalpais
A massive blaze near Mill Valley, across San Francisco Bay, destroyed about 200 homes and many art treasures. Firefighters, soldiers, and volunteers battled flames aided by a stiff breeze, with losses estimated between 500000 and 1000000 dollars and relief provided by the Red Cross. One worker remains unaccounted for amid ongoing containment efforts on Mount Tamalpais slopes.
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San Francisco
Mill Valley
Bay
Mount Tamalpais
Los
James
Cascade Canyon
Red Cross
Swenvader
William Thomas
Muir Wood Railroad
Mount Tamal+ pass
Blythedale Canyon
Majer Adolph Eberhart
Presidio of
Francisco Fire Department
Lindbergh’s Wedding Flight After Plane Crash in Mexico City
Col Charles A Lindbergh paid Central Air Lines of Wichita for the monoplane he used to reach Mexico City after a crash landing following a quarrel with fiancee Miss Ane Morrow, now his bride. He flew from Kansas City in the borrowed aircraft when motor trouble struck.
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Arte Yeeee
Wayaduas Oin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Central Airlines of
Wichita
Ane Morrow
Mexico City
Kansas City
West Side Bakery Ad Promotes Fresh Buns and Pastries
A brief bakery notice highlighting daily buns baked morning of the Fourth and delivered. It promotes doughnuts pies biscuits cinnamon rolls raisin bread and coffee cake, with a contact phone listed as 134M.
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West Side Bakery
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