Two speedboat collision on Lake Michigan kills one
In Chicago near Navy Pier two speedboats collided head on killing one passenger and leaving another missing while 18 others were rescued or swam ashore. Joyce Hawley aided in rescues as survivors were treated for injuries and coroner's officers began inquiries.
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Lake Michigan
Navy Pier
Chicago
Headon
van Leo Suesskind
Yonkers
N. Y
David Cohen
Kiengo
Joyce Hawley
Earl Carroll
Hoover Plans Army Commission to Cut Costs
President Hoover announced a commission of army officers within the general staff to study reductions in military expenditures. The panel will identify obsolete programs due to scientific advances and consider spreading ongoing programs over longer periods while maintaining preparedness.
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Washington
Hoover
General Staff
Bank Formed in Chicago Via Bank Amalgamation
A $222000000 banking institution formed today through the amalgamation of the Foreman banks and the State Bank of Chicago. The new group becomes Chicago's third largest bank and marks the fifth major bank combination in a year.
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Chicago
Foreman Banks
State Bank of
Sixty two Chinese drown in steamship collision
Shanghai July 23 AP reports sixty two Chinese passengers aboard the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company steamer Hsin kong were drowned when the ship collided with the Japanese steamer Tatsuno Maru of Weikhaiwei in dense fog. The Hsin kong sank within twenty minutes after the crash.
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Shanghai
China Merchants Steam Navigation Company
Hsinkong
Tatsuno Maru
Weikhaiwei
Guard Slayer From Threat Of Violence In Eufaula
In Eufaula Alabama on July 23 a special train brought Lester Bouyer a black slayer and 150 national guardsmen summoned by Governor Bibb Graves to guard him from mob violence. The train was met by a crowd of 1000 to 1500 with no disorder. Bouyer was placed in a prison cage en route to court for murder and an attack on 18 year old Beatrice Clark after a July 10 motor trip. He confessed when arrested a week later. Guardsmen from Montgomery protected him as ordered by the governor to prevent inflamed public sentiment from turning violent.
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Eufaula
Ala
Lester Bouyer
Bibb Graves
Bowyera
Bouyer
Jack Hines
Beatrice Clark
Here
Montgomery
Graves
Ratification Push for War Treaty Nears Proclamation
State department officials expect several more instruments of ratification of the renunciation of war treaty to be deposited before it is proclaimed in force by President Hoover. Peru is likely to forward its ratification from Lima via Ambassador Alexander P. Moore who has arrived in New York.
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Washington
State Department
Hoover
Department
Lima
Alexander P. Moore
New York
Grafton Kiddies Enjoy Time Of Their Life At Playground
Chicago July 28 4 All hits ET years almost C ri Watson wanted a po He saved his pennies Two months ago he had enough His dream of a pony came On the entire south side there was no prouder happier boy than he But yesterday the pony threw him Caught beneath the pounding hots the boy was rampled to death Grafton's kiddies lives almost four hundred strong are now be ing filled with fun and frivolity which promises playmates and playdays galore as well as education Reports from the Inter-play ground movement inaugurated here recently under the supervis ion of Miss Eloise Kerr were made today and showed that four hundred or more children from Various sections of the city were now attending the-play-day school Enjoy Playdays The West Side children have their play on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and East End kiddies follow the daily-proces sion to Central School playground Continued on Page Three
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Chicago
Watson
Grafton
Eloise Kerr
West Side
East End
Central School Playground
Border Patrol Clashes With Rum Runners Near Grande
Two rum runners were killed and a third wounded in a battle with border patrol near the Grande River in El Paso Texas. Five band members were captured. authorities seized three motor cars two trucks and over 150 gallons of whiskey. A captured negro truck driver confessed involvement and named others including a ring leader.
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Paso
Texas
the Grande
Rio Grande
Ram Ranners
H. C. Horseley
Border Patrol
Buckhannon District names Prof Ralph C Brown leader
Professor Ralph C Brown of Buckhannon named temporary superintendent of the Buckhannon district in the Methodist Episcopal Conference by Bishop Herbert Welch. Brown, a Bible and Greek instructor at West Virginia Wesleyan College, will serve until after the annual conference in September in Grafton. Welch notified Brown from Terostoy Michigan and directed immediate duties. A conference with Bishop Welch is set for Thursday at Jackson's Mill to discuss duties.
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Ralph C. Brown
Buckhannon
R. M. Brown
City
Herbert Welch
G. D. Smith
Clarksburg
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Brown
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Grafton
Shop Welch
Professor Brown
Terostoy, Mich
Bishop Welch
Jackson's Mill
Air Chief Injured by Plane Propeller at Detroit Airport
Detroit July 23 Edward F. Schlee president of Schlee-Brock Aircraft Corp was struck by a plane propeller while removing blocks from a plane wheel at Detroit Wayne County Airport He and two companions planned a flight to Wausau Wis his skull fracture described as serious also mentions Prince of Wales brewing a special ale named Princes Brew at Burton on Rent Kings.
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Detroit
Mich
Edward F. Schlee
Schlee-Brock Aircraft Corporation
William
Brock
Tokyo
Schree
Wausau
Wis
Burton-On-rent
Kings
Prince of Wales
St Louis Robin Sets Endurance Flight Mark
The St Louis Robin circled Lambert Field as it approached the end of a long endurance attempt. Piloted by Dale Jackson and Forrest D Brine, the aircraft topped 24% hours and aimed to break the Angeleno record at Culver City, with 60 gallons aboard and clear weather aiding the final push.
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St. Louis
Robin
Missouri
C.S.T
Craft
Lambert-St. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
National Aeronautic Association
Lambert
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forrest
D’brine
Tax Records Indicate Taylor County Finances Strong
Tax assessments for 1929 show slight real estate and personal property gains despite 1928 decline. The county faces uncollected 1928 taxes of about 33,500, 14 percent of real estate, yet overall finances appear unusually good. Sheriff Mays awaits equalization board report as to potential assessment leveling. enforcement hesitations noted.
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Ed N. Lock
County
Taylor County
W. J. Mays
County Equalization Board
Luck
Taylor
Equalization Board
Charleston
Sheriff Mays
Sam Musgrove
Marines Withdrawn From Nicaragua By Hoover Order
Washington reports 1 200 U S Marines were ordered to withdraw from Nicaragua today with about 1 100 remaining in the Central American nation. President Hoover announced the action citing restored order and surplus troops. Military spending for 1933 is projected to rise with estimates of 808 000 000 for the year, including naval replacements and capital ships under treaty constraints.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Hoover
Republic
United Kingdom
France
Great Britain
Soviets Seize River Steamer Amid Russo-Chinese Tensions
The Associated Press reports easing Russo-Chinese friction as China and Russia pledge Kellogg pact adherence. Soviet troops reportedly capture a Chinese river steamer while border movements continue. observers see no overt act yet. Moscow insists the Chinese eastern railway status quo must be restored for any settlement. Foreign Minister Briand stays in Paris with the League council, and optimism runs through nationalist circles for an amicable resolution.
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Associated Press
China
Russia
Moscow
Briand
Paris
Adatehi
League of Nations Council
Shanghai
Chinese President Summons Officials Over Manchurian Crisis
Chinese President Chiang Kai-Shek summons government officials at Nanking to discuss the Russian Manchurian situation as Soviet troops patrol the Amur River and capture a river steamer along with the Talbot family. American consul reports capture near Tahel-ho across from Blagoveschensk. wife and child reportedly treated well. French mediation offer declined by Soviet government citing failure to restore status quo. Continued coverage on page two.
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Associated Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Peiping
Amur
Manchuria
Ray Talbot
Talbot
Tahel-ho
Dlagoveschensk
George C. Hanson
Harbin
Haicheng
Blacoveschenk
Anoasnel
Manchurian
France
Moscow
Framsco
China
Tariat
Aristiide
Communistiegime
Foreign Office
Communi
Ambas
M. Borgalesky
Paris
Herberts
M. Kharakan
U. S
Bogie Speedboat Struggles Up River Toward Record
The speedboat Bogie, aiming to beat the 1870 Robert E Lee record from New Orleans to St Louis, reached Rossdale Mississippi belatedly after striking a submerged log bending the drive shaft. The Martha Jane and Bogie began from New Orleans Sunday, with Martha Jane stalled by motor trouble at Natchez, while Bogie pushed toward Memphis, trailing the Lee’s 90 hour 31 minute mark.
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Helena
Avk
Robert E. Lee
Mississippi River
New Orleans
St Louis
Rossdale
Miss
Louis Leroy
Memphis Sportsman
Greenville
Rosedale
St. Louis
Martha Jane
Natchez
Lee
Memphis
Prohibit joint bathing decree hits Mallorca beaches
Palma Mallorca July 23 22 island government of these Spanish possessions issues a decree prohibiting joint bathing on Mallorca beaches of women and men claiming the practice endangers public morality.
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Palma
Mallorca
Balearic Isles
Belief on tariff bill scope grows from closed committee talks
Signals from the senate finance committee rooms hint at a broadly general tariff bill, while others expect modifications to proposed rate increases. Chairman Smoot asks the tariff commission for a list of imported commodities that enter American trade in small quantities, a point likely to shape discussions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Smoot
Tariff Commission
Mrs Mays Confined To Home By Illness
Mrs W J Mays wife of Taylor county sheriff remained restless at her West Main street home last night and today was reported resting She was admitted to City hospital for medical examination weeks ago and has been very much improved lately but will be confined at home for some time yet
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W. J. Mays
Taylor County
West Mainstreet
Homesick Youth Leaves City For Abode in Carolina
Claude Blackburn a wayward youth from Cliffside North Carolina was escorted from City Hospital by his father after the family received help from Grafton residents. He had hidden for over a year moving through West Virginia and parts of Ohio and had not contacted his parents. The rescue followed two prior separations from the outside world.
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City
Carolina
Hs Son
Claude Blackburn
City Hospital
Grafton
Wayfarer
West Virginia
Ohio
Cliffotde
North Carolina
Girl Leaves Home After Radio Announce Mentions Freedom
In Chicago on July 23, Stella Steping 15 from Specialville left home seeking freedom. She reached a railroad station but was stopped when a portable radio played. The broadcaster's tune and message interrupted her escape. Further details continued on page seven.
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Chicago
Stelle Steping
Stella
Specialville
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Coast
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Bishop
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Bulletin
Siberian
Martha
Park Pavilion
Parkview
Republican Finance Committee
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