Bonus Army Evicted as Washington Faces Riots
President Hoover ordered federal troops to clear the Anacostia camp, as cavalry and infantry moved in with tear gas. Veterans resisted, fires spread, and clashes injured dozens while Waters and leaders faced mounting pressure and city officials sought order.
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Tover
Ryer Bank
Yost
National Guard
Bond
District of Columbia
Walter W. Waters
Johnstown
Washington
The Prophet of Fascism Sees World Fight For Power
July 29 report analyzes Mussolini’s view that fascism is universal and its march across Europe. It notes parallels with Hitler and other movements, Mussolini’s claim fascism is a religion and thought system, and his discipline of followers and parliament.
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Mary
Germany
Austria
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Denmi
Belgium
Holland
Japan
Australia
Duce
Europe
Hitler
Mussolini
Musolini
Italy
Rome
Hoover Orders Troops Fire Housing Burned During Bonus Army Clearing
President Hoover called federal troops after a clash near the Capitol where a veteran was shot by police. Troops used tear gas and then torched shanties in three sites, sending veterans to dark streets as fires raged in the Anacostia camp.
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Army
Hoover
Anacostia
Washington
Welze
Texas
Glassford
Rockies
Cav
Capitol
Third
Pennsylvania Avenue
Waters
Walter W. Waters
Bonus Army
White House
Cochet Holds Davis Cup Shadow Over American Hope
New York July 29 Henri Cochet the famed French star again stands in the path of the American challenge for the Davis Cup at Paris. He will play two singles and doubles in the Challenge Round with America in an effort to keep the cup in France. cochet’s prior records and the French team’s strength loom large as the match approaches with Ellsworth Vines and Frank Shields set to face him in singles and in doubles with Brugnon Lacoste Brugnon and Boussus forming the strong French lineup.
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New York
Henri Cochet
Cochet
America
Paris
France
Lyons
Tricolor
Wilemer Allison
John van Ryn
Ellsworth
Vines
Frank Shields
Allison
van Ryn
Shields
Wimbleedon
Cocheb
Henri
Stade Roland Garros
Brugnon
Tilden
Jean Borota
Three Musketeers
Tenaillitis
Rene Lacoste
Jacques Brugnon
Christian Boussus
Roland Garros
Thly
Miss Metta Sinclair Returns From Elkins Visit
Miss Metta Sinclair returns to her Pruntytown home after an extended visit with relatives and friends in Elkins West Virginia. She is accompanied home by her sister Mrs Allie N Cochran who will remain indefinitely.
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Metta Sinclair
Pruntytown
Elkins
Wva
Allie N. Cochran
Mussolini’s shift toward fascism in church and state
The piece notes Mussolini settling the church and state quarrel, paying homage to the pope, and adopting reverent conduct toward the church. It argues he strengthens fascism at home and expected a fascist Europe, viewing fascism as the century’s solution to state individual and group relations, with state supervised corporatism.
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Mage
Vari
Mussolini
Europe
Auditors Probe Missing Water Department Records
Steubenville auditors struggle to audit six years of city affairs due to missing water department cash books. The probe touched five former officials, with sworn testimony taken. Witness Fred Coe was subpoenaed from East Liverpool.
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Steubenville
They Water Department
Fred Coe
East Liverpool
Trial of four dam officials delayed in Marmet case
Trial of four Dravo Construction Company officials charged with manslaughter in a Marmet dam slide was continued to November 21 on defense counsel motion. Defendants include Edward Weir superintendent Dave Rouse foreman William H Sturgeon foreman and George Parker contractor. State seeks Bland M Parker engineer in place of George Parker.
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Charleston
Dravo Construction Company
Pittsburgh
Marmet
Montion
Defense
Edward Weir
Dave Rouse
William H. Sturgeon
George Parker
Bland M. Parker
Revision of Debts Favored by Glassl
Washington July 29 Senator Glass voiced support for debt revision claiming it could aid national interests while discussing Senator Borah’s world conference proposal on postwar debts. He said in informal talks with reporters that he had stated in the Senate his dissent from no readjustment of foreign indebtedness.
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Washington
Glass
Borah
Ida
The
Treasur
Senate
Swiss Miss Tourists See Hotel Earnings Drop
The federal tourist department reports Swiss hotels earned 50 to 60 percent less than in 1930. A pronounced decline in English visitors follows Britain’s spend-your-holidays-at-home campaign, hitting tourist revenue hard.
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Zurich
Federal
Great Britain
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