Officials Begin Study to Slash Military Costs
Washington July 24 High army officials started a close study of President Hoover's plan to curtail United States military expenditures The task includes surveying which service branches offer best reductions Secretary Good and General Summerall would not discuss the proposal but support the plan Reductions are not expected to hit infantry or artillery significantly The announcement surprised lingering members of Congress Continued on Page Five
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Good
Charles P. Summerall
War Department
Congress
Three New Jersey Banks Close Doors in Passaic
In Passaic on July 24 the New Jersey Bankers' Securities company controlled banks the Hobart Trust Service Trust and Merchants' Bank were closed by the state banking department. Notices on doors announced the department had taken over property and affairs. Depositors, including many women, gathered outside awaiting explanations. The firm had been under legislative scrutiny last year leading to Harry Weinberger's forced resignation.
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Passaic
N. J
New Jersey Bankers’ Securities Company
New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance
Hobart Trust Company
The
Service Trust Company
Merchants’ Bank
Department
Harry Weinberger
Concern
Soviet Acting Head Affirms Kellogg Pact Stand
Jan Rudzutak, acting head of the Soviet government, declares that warring acts by the Chinese will be met with adherence to the Kellogg pact, signaling Moscow’s stance in the international crisis.
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Associated Press
Jan Rudzutak
Japan Feels Slighted By Action Taken In War Talks
Secretary Stimson has focused on getting something done to avert war between China and Russia with little regard for diplomatic traditions. Tokyo believes it was slighted due to lack of notification, though Stimson says no ground exists for that feeling. He notes Kellogg pact reminders were timely and disputes whether Briand acted for France or the United States, saying his aim is mobilizing world opinion to prevent war.
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Stimson
China
Russia
Japan
Tokyo
Europe
U. S
Hoover
United States
Aristide Briand
Kellogg
Coolidge
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Swanson
Virginia
Senate
Coolidge Visits Washington for Kellogg Pact Ceremony
President Calvin Coolidge arrived in Washington by train for his first capital visit since March 4. He was met with modest ceremony as part of events surrounding the promulgation of the Kellogg pact. Coolidge traveled alone and attended the formalities quietly.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Capital
Coolidge
Governor Stresses Economy In Address To Scribes
Harteston W Va July 24 Governor William G Conley told a conference of financial secretaries from state educational institutions to run finances like a private business urging economy and efficiency in state operations He noted government is increasingly a business venture and highlighted discussions on adopting standard methods for submitting bills to the board of control for payment by the state.
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Harteston
W. Va
William G. Conley
F. W. McGullough
Board of Control
Conley
W. C. Cook
Japanese Actions Slow Russian Troop Movements in Manchuria
London reports suggest China urged Japan to intervene with Soviet Russia to prevent hostilities. The Chinese minister Wang's Tokyo meeting with Foreign Minister Shidehara may have offered a path for such a request. Japanese closure of the Manchurian Southern Railroad to troop movements further hampers militant flows into Northern Manchuria amid tense exchanges.
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London
Russia
M. Wang
Baron Shidehara
Tokyo
Find Way
Reuters
Manchuria
Injuries May Be Fatal Walter Hall
Walter Hall of Shirlington, employed by Quality Bakery, 12 miles west of Grafton, sustained a broken neck and paralysis after a swimming accident near Benton's Ferry Monday evening. He remained critically ill at Fairmont hospital, with reports contrasting on his condition as of today.
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Benton's Ferry
Grafton
Walter Hall
Quality Bakery
Shirington
Fairmont Hospital
Hall
Fairmont
Firemen Injured As Truck Overturns In Chicago
Three firemen were injured perhaps fatally and two others less seriously when a fire truck rushing to a blaze overturned to avoid colliding with another unit. Lieut James Furlong, Robert Moeller, driver, and Louis Diana were seriously hurt. The fire swept a four story building, with damage estimated at 50 000 dollars.
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Chicago
James Furlong
Robert Moeller
Louis Diana
Measuring Social at West Main Street Church
The Ladies' Aid Society of West Main Street Church sponsors a Measuring Social at the church on Friday evening July 26 starting at 8 o'clock. A fine program has been arranged and refreshments will be served. The public is cordially invited.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of
West ‘Main St
Missouri Fliers Still Up After 269 Hours
A historic endurance flight continues as Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine remain aloft in the St Louis Robin above Lambert Field after 269 hours. Sponsors prize pilots with $100 per hour, plus local incentives from firms and the chamber of commerce. Separate tragedy in Salmon Falls, New Hampshire, reports Ernest Dupris killing his wife Mabel and mother in law Maude Dyer before shooting himself.
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Salmon Falls
N. H
Ernest Dupris
Mabel
Maude E. Dyer
Dyer
Dupris
St. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Laubert- Sst. Louis Field
Morehhan
Jackson
Forest
Curtiss-Robertson Company
Angeleno
Two Die in Berlin Oxygen Plant Explosion
Berlin July 24 Two workmen died and many more feared dead after a massive blast at United Oxygen Works in the Borsigwalde suburb. Four workers were rescued, two gravely burned, as a steel container ruptured during refilling releasing a 200 foot flame and triggering further detonations. Nearby plants including the American General Motor plant were evacuated amid flying debris and wall-collapse fears. Continued on Page Five.
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Berlin
United Oxygen Works
Oxygen Works
Borsigwalde
American General Motor Plant
Escaped Prisoners Caught in Pottsville Jail Break
Four inmates escaped from the county jail in Pottsville Pennsylvania today. Two were quickly recaptured after leaping from the wall and sustaining injuries.
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Pottsville
Traces of Poison Found By Chemists
Belair Maryland July 24 chemists report traces of poison in the viscera of Edward Stone husband of Mrs Hattie Stone held in jail charged with the murder of her son George 15 Presence of poison in Georges stomach led to the arrest of the mother and the exhuming of the bodies of Edgar and Edward Edgar was found clean but Georges death prompted the inquiry
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Belair
Baltimore
W. Worthington Hopkins
Hareford Coun
Edward ‘Stone
Hattie’ Stone
George
Edgar
Edward
Kiwanis Back County Welfare Board Plan
Prosecuting Attorney James C. Holt and Hon Norman F Kendall urged immediate formation of a county welfare board to work with the State Board of Children's Guardians. The act allows a county court to appoint six to twelve members plus a full time secretary, with the secretary potentially serving as juvenile court probation officer. Committees will be named to coordinate with state juvenile court efforts. action urged by local citizens.
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State Board of Children’s Guardians
James C. Holt
Norman F. Kendall
Kiwanis Club
Thornce
Snook goes on trial for murder in Columbus
In a Columbus court Dr. James H. Snook former Ohio State University professor faced first degree murder charges for the slaying of his co ed paramour Theora Hix. A special venire of 75 including 16 women was summoned as prosecutors seek a 13 member jury with alternates.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theor
Hix
Ohio
Snook
Miss Hix
Common Pleas Court
Theora Hix
Venice
John G. Chester, Jr
Bank of Tunnelton Closes Amid Frozen Assets
Bank of Tunnelton ceases operations after depleted cash reserves and frozen assets. West Virginia Department of Banking takes over the bank to protect creditors. Resources total 622,504.28 with deposits 410,879.06 and loans 532,484.72. Established 1902, capital 50,000, surplus 50,000, long history of deposits exceeding four million before the war.
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Bank of Tunnelton
C. 8. Summers
Summers
Department of Banking
State of
West Virginia
Kellogg Pact Proclaimed In Force By Hoover
Washington July 24. Hoover proclaims the Kellogg treaty for renunciation of war in force after Japan deposits its instrument of adhesion. The pact binds 46 nations with adherence, marking an international milestone in the pursuit of peaceful settlement and humane international policy. The ceremony in the White House East Room featured notable statesmen and diplomats, with Hoover praising Briand Kellogg and Coolidge for their roles.
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Japan
Washington
State Department
Ambase
Uader Debuchi
Stimson
Hoover
White House
Coolidge
Frank B. Kellogg
MacDonald Signals Slowing Naval Work and Talks
London July 24 Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald announced the slowing of naval construction and the cancellation of some shipbuilding contracts as part of a new push in disarmament. He outlined renewed talks with the United States and possibilities of a Washington visit in October to meet President Hoover.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Hoover
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George Charles Hanson
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Ohio State
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Tunnelton
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