Preliminary Naval Limitation Conference Hinted
Washington July 26 A preliminary effort toward a world powers naval limitation conference may occur before next spring. Signs cited include Hoover and MacDonald statements and Hoover's postponement of three cruisers under the 15 cruiser law as evidence an international agreement is possible. A commission to reduce army expenditures is also noted as a sign of groundwork.
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Washington
Hoover
MacDonald
Senate Finance Panel Pursues Independent Tariff Revisions
Washington July 26 chairman Smoot says Republicans on the senate finance committee are rewriting the house tariff bill independent of the White House. Hoover pursues a hands off policy, with the general tariff revision formula from his special session message guiding a limited Fordney McCumber update aimed at greater agricultural protection and other commodities.
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Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Hoover
Congress
Fordney-McCumber
Gorilla, Which Held Populace In Terror Reappears As Monkey
In Freeport Illinois the reported gorilla scare deflated as the beast turned out to be a monkey. Police said the tale began from intoxicated misperception during a carnival vial of moonshine. Local farmfolk and families were briefly alarmed before the confusion eased.
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Freeport
Elizabeth
Mystery Blast Destroys Home In New Orleans
A blast at the residence of Charles J Justice in New Orleans yesterday imperiled three lives. Mrs Justice escaped with a lacerated knee, son Charles Jr., and mother Mrs Mary Haekton of Greensboro Ala survived. Roof and walls damaged. investigators probe carbon bi sulphide fumes as possible cause.
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New Orleans
Charles J. Justice
Justice
Charles, Jr
Mary Haekton
Greensboro
Ala
Justice Home
Pope May Visit Italian Soil Amid Heat in Rome
New York reports suggest Pope Pius may leave Vatican walls to set foot on Italian soil soon after emerging from the Vatican. The Rome ceremony at St Peter's courtya rd was strenuous due to heat.
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Rome
St. Peter's
Violence Fears After Dog Track Closures in Chicago
Pat Roche, chief investigator for the state's attorney, predicts retaliation by gang members tied to dog track interests. He warned that hoodlums controlled by dog tracks may strike Chicago with bombings and robberies to protest the shutdowns, asserting the tracks fund large portions of Chicago gangs. He alleged Al Capone family profits from the tracks, estimating half a million dollars yearly to Capone, now jailed in Philadelphia.
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Chicago
Pat Roche
Roche
Capone
al Capone
Philadelphia
World Faces Spreading Drought Across Continents
Abnormal crops and heat waves drive drought across Europe, England, Southern China, Australia, Argentina, Western Canada, and U.S. regions. Officials warn conditions may extend to more areas, but expect local relief from upcoming thundershowers.
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Washington
Europe
England
China
Australia
Argentina
Canada
Central
New England
Victor Berger In Critical Condition After Street Car Incident
Milwaukee July 26. Grave concern persisted for Victor L. Berger 69 former Socialist member of the national house of representatives who suffered a basal skull fracture after being struck by a street car ten days ago. A. J. Patek said the fever is low and disquieting but no major changes in his condition and general resistance remain satisfactory.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
National House of Representatives
Texas Fli ers Fear Flight May Be Ended
Houston pilots Glenn Loomis and Joe Glass race to set a refueling endurance record in the monoplane Billion Dollar City. Just as the craft neared its 203rd hour, a barograph failure threatened the attempt, with Wash officials monitoring the technical snag.
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Houston
Tex
Glenn L. Loomis
Joe E. Glass
City
Endurance Plane Seeks 500-Hour Mark In Flight
The St Louis Robin endurance plane began its fourteenth day over Lambert Field as Dale Jackson and Forest O Dunne maintain the record flight. The crew announced a morning greeting as ground observers tracked progress, passing 315 hours aloft at 10 17 a m CET with a 60 gallon fuel refuel indicating two more stops before night.
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St. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Dunne
Bremen to Aim for Eastward Atlantic Record
New York reports the North German Lloyd liner Bremen will attempt a second mark on her return voyage to Europe. The ship set a westward crossing record of four days, seventeen hours, forty-two minutes, and aims to beat the Mauretania’s four days, nineteen hours, fifty-five minutes on the eastward trip aided by the Gulf Stream.
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New York
Bremen
Plymouth
Volcano Again Active After Brief Slumber
Volcano activity resumes at Hawaii's Kilauea crater with Pele, goddess of Halemaumau, described as awakening from February slumber. The initial eruption sent lava fountains to 150 feet, building to 400 feet as the day progressed with numerous smaller fountains.
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Volcano House
Island of Hawaii
Pele, Goddes
Halemaumau
Kilauea
Prospect for China Russia reapproachment wanes
London reports say prospects for a Nationalist China Soviet Russia rapprochement and war avoidance fade as border incidents intensify. Moscow conveys grave apprehension that Chinese atrocities in Manchuria may push Russia to send an expeditionary force to rescue Soviet citizens amid the railway crisis.
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Moscow
London
China
Russia
Manchuria
Nine Cent Tax Increase Tied to City Bond Issue
City commissioners approve a nine cent tax rise to begin August 13 to cover $8,830 accrued interest and principal on the filtration plant bond. Mayor Charles O King cites $140,000 in extra costs and Dayton-Dowd Company contract needs. Total city tax reaches 71 cents with thirteen cents already fixed. detail continues on page four.
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State Sinking Fund Commission
Omanterpad
Charles 0. King
Dayton-Dowd Company
Dayton
Parliament adjourns until October for policy debates
London July 26 parliamentary adjournment followed an animated session in which the new labor government withstood a conservative attack over Anglo Egyptian relations and reparations policy. The two houses adjourned until October 29 after addressing Egyptian policy and the forthcoming reparations policy conference.
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London
House of Commons
Labor
Poincare Rumors Of Possible Operation Surface In Paris
Rumors spread in Paris political circles that Premier Raymond Poincare may be in declining health requiring operation, with officials noting exhaustion could mask a more serious condition. Reports also mention ongoing concerns shared by physicians regarding his condition. A secondary item references a bake sale at Empire Market hosted by Andrews M. E. Church Ladies' Aid Society on July 27.
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Paris
Raymond Pointare
Empire Market
Ladies’ Aid Society
Andrews M. E. Church
Sunstroke Fatal to Two in Italy
A hot day across Italy left two dead and three dying from sunstroke in Milan with more deaths due to heat prostration in Venice Genoa and Bologna. Florence reached 103 Turin 98.8 Trento 97 Perugia and Rome 95 while Naples hit 93. The heat during the ceremony in St Peter's yesterday caused a cabman to die.
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Italy
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Venice
Genoa
Bologna
Florence
Turin
Trento
Perugia
Naples
St. Peter's Court
Reorganizing the Foreign Diplomatic Corps
President Hoover advances a major reorganization of the foreign service. The Paris post gains Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey to fill Herrick’s vacancy. Henry P. Fletcher, recently ambassador to Italy, is chosen as successor but kept unnamed until Rome approves. Edge stays in Washington through Congress’s special session to handle tariff issues.
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Hoover
Stimson
Paris
Myron
Ohio
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Henry P. Fletcher
Italy
Rome
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Six Marines Killed in Malta Gun Turret Explosion
In Valetta Malta on July 26 six royal marines were killed when a gun turret on the British cruiser Devonshire exploded in the eastern Mediterranean. Nineteen sailors were injured some seriously as the turret and gun were blown away believed caused by a blown six inch gun. The dead included a captain two sergeants a corporal and two privates with three more in critical condition.
Jury composition in Snook murder case narrows
Columbus July 26 AP twelve jurors tentatively chosen for the Dr James H Snook murder trial include eight men and three women with a second panel possible. Defense challenges reduce potential jurors while prosecutors seek a biased male jury and probe narcotics involvement in Theora Hix slaying.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
J. H. Snook
Théora Hix
Ohio State
Nice
Nema
James H
John F. Seidel
Ators’ Ney
Mine wage cut to take effect August first
Bellaire Ohio July 26 2 The Rail and River Coal Co posted notices at three mines stating a 10 percent general wage cut will go into effect August 1 Eight hundred men will be affected.
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Bellaire
Rail and River Coal Com
Canadian Says Liquor Smuggling Largely By Americans
Ottawa July 26 W D Euler minister of national revenue says liquor smuggling from Canada into the United States rests with the American government He asserts virtually 100 of smuggling is by United States citizens and recommends clearance regulations for all boats leaving the United States as the most effective solution The Canadian government would then consider further steps Continued on Page
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Ont
Canada
United States
W. D. Euler
National Revenue
United State
Canadtan
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