SLEMANS TRIAL ENTERS SECOND DAY OF HEARING
Leroy Clemans former legislative printing clerk faces a second day of testimony over alleged irregular items in the biennial appropriation bill. The indictment alleges forgery of six items totaling 81769.40 with five inserted after passage and a sixth raised. L V Reed testified the items were not in the bill when passed. The court sustained a prosecution objection on a questioned handwritten 1400 entry to Mathews Storage. Continued on Page Two.
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Charleston
W. Va
Leroy Clemans
Legislative
Clemans
L. V. Reed
House of Delegates
A. A. Lilly
Reed
Kustomns
Henry K. Black
Lilly
Mathews Storage Company
Major Franco Dismissed From Spanish Air Service
Madrid July 20 Major Ramon Franco Spain s premier aviator and trans Atlantic air hero has been dismissed from the Spanish air service for offenses derogatory to Spain air prestige The action stems from his recent trans ocean flight in an Italian built plane and reliance on French weather reports rather than Spanish observatory data The latest attempt to reach New York from the Azores ended with a forced landing near the Azores continued on page two
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Madrid
Ramon Franco
Spain
Spanish Air Service
Air
New York
Alcazores
Cartagena
Azores
Gigantic Sun Spot Powers Magnetic Storm Alarm
Pasadena July 30 Dr Seth B Nicholson of Mount Wilson Observatory reports a gigantic sunspot near the sun equator. It is 33 000 miles long 20 000 miles wide with 80 times the magnetic intensity of ordinary spots and 4 000 gausses. It could trigger magnetic storms on earth including another event on August 14.
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Pasadena
Cal
Seth B. Nicholson
Mount Wilson Observatory
Nicholson
Earth
Extra Session Prospects Dim for August Reopenings
Washington reports mounting uncertainty over a mid August senate quorum and reconvening. If the finance committee finishes revising the house tariff bill by then senators may attend. otherwise they likely will not. Smoot plans a one day August 7 hearing on a sliding scale sugar duty as a substitute for the house's flat increase.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Smoot
J E Moss Cleared After Grand Jury Findings
Wheeling July 30 report shows J E Moss former president of J E Moss Iron Company given a clean bill of health. County grand jury found fifty presentments accusing forgery falsification of accounts and embezzlement but did not return any indictments.
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Wheeling
J.E. Moss
J. E. Moss Iron Company
Destructive Volcanic Eruption Hits Niuafoou Island
Reports from the British consul at Tonga state a volcanic eruption on Niuafoou, east of Fiji, destroyed the village of Futu but caused no lives to be lost. The event was dated July 30 at Suva, Fiji Islands.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Tonga
Niuafu
Futu
Nation's Greatest Asset Is Its Children Plans Conference
President Hoover forms planning committee to prepare groundwork for a White House conference on child health and protection. The effort, funded by private sources with a $500,000 fund, is led by Secretary Wilbur and Edgar Rickard of New York. Members include Dr. E H Barnard and Secretary Davis of the Labor Department.
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Hoover
Brittens
White House
Washington
Wilbur
Edgar Rickard
New York
E. H. Barnard
Indianapolis
Davis
Labor Department
Tees
School Board Raises Staff as Discrepancies Ended
The Grafton school board announced that alleged discrepancies threatening personnel were resolved. At a special meeting last night the board resumed control, expanded the staff, and made new appointments including Lynn Faulkner as assistant in manual arts and general science, Elizabeth Hoffman for grade school, and Thelma Dawson for French journalism with course changes being contemplated.
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Grafton
Board of Education Today
Tefchers
Friedman
Lynn Faulkner
Huntington
Gay
Elizabeth Hoffman
Lindy Lindbergh Probes Maya Ruins on Tour
Santa Fe, July 30. Civilizations of Central and North America long before Charlemagne are highlighted as Lindbergh and his bride back the search for Maya ruins. The aviator aided by the bride has helped reveal a Mayan lost city in the Yucatan and advised Carnegie Institution on aerial survey methods during Pan American goodwill tours. Local photography and surveys planned in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Central
North America
Charlemagne
Europe
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Yucatan Jungle
Yucatan
J. €. Merriam
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Army Plans Full Study On Military Expenditures
President Hoover assigns the army primary duty to conduct a comprehensive review of military spending. After initial work by general staff officers, findings will be presented to a commission to be formed within the staff for further action.
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Washington
Hoover
Army
Physical Condition Of Snook Delays Jury Selection
In Columbus Ohio on July 30 Dr James H Snook faced renewed illness delaying jury selection in his murder trial of Theora Hix 24 coed He endured a spinal exam for sanity as the court extended a mid morning recess for medicine and rest Attorneys warned the process would continue slowly for about a week while ten men and one woman waited in the jury box.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Snook
John F. Seidel
Ohio State
Graf Zeppelin Plans Take-Off Thursday
Passengers for the Graf Zeppelin hurry to Friedrichshafen from across Europe by air train and car to be aboard the ship as it departs for Lakehurst New Jersey at dawn Thursday The blimp aims to cross the Atlantic and circumnavigate the globe with a Lakehurst start August 7 and finishes August 29 with stops at Friedrichshafen Tokyo and Los Angeles and a Lakehurst stay flagging continued coverage on page six.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
America
Europe
Lakehurst
N. J
Eckener
Himelf
Graf
Globe
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Three Victims Of Boat Crash Unrecovered At Lake Okoboji
Arnolds Park Iowa July 30 three persons remain missing after a speed boat crash that sank the rebuilt sub chaser Miss Thriller 90 feet beneath Lake Okoboji surface. Nine people aboard the Miss Thriller and the Zipper were killed and others accounted for as rescue teams plan to raise the submerged craft. Names of the missing were not released.
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Arnolds Park
Lake Okoboi
Ther
Pated
Henry Ford’s 66th Birthday Is Just Another Busy Day
Detroit reports Henry Ford turning 66 with a routine schedule. He plans inspections at Dearborn properties, Ford farms and experimental laboratories, and a visit to the Fordson automobile plant as part of a typical busy day.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Ford
Dearborn
Ford Farms and Experimental Laboratories
Fordson Automobile Plant
Injuries Fatal To Haugland And Co Pilot Crichton Die
Minneapolis July 30 two deaths end a sixth attempt to set a refueling endurance flight. Owen Haugland Buffalo co pilot died at hospital after the crash and Captain P L Crichton Minneapolis died instantly when the Minnesota monoplane fell at Wold Chamberlain airport. The cause remains undetermined after more than 154 hours aloft.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Owen Haugland
Buffalo
Minnesota
P. L. Crichton
Wold Chamberlain
Haugland
Crichton
Sovereignty of Turtle Islands May Be Decided
Washington reports that a treaty between the United States and Great Britain may settle sovereignty over Turtle Islands. The compact would set the southern Philippines boundary and reflect an unusual arrangement granting American sovereignty with British administration. The seven tiny islands near British Borneo host about 220 people and have been British-administered since 1885 under a Spanish German British protocol.
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Washington
Pacific
United States
Great Britain
Turtle Islands
Philippines
State Department
British Borneo
Philippine Archipelago
Spain
Grand Jury to Probe Miller License Mill in Chicago
Chicago reporters say a grand jury will hear evidence that W H H Miller former head of the state department of registration and education led a large license mill. The alleged syndicate sold counterfeit dental and medical licenses for about $2000 each. Two men Rudolph M Bolimeyer and Fielding Poe of St Louis would testify they bought licenses from Miller.
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Chicago
W. H. H. Miller
State Department of Registration and Education
Miller
Rudolph. M. Bolimeyer
Fielding Poe
St. Louis
Peace talks appear unlikely between China and Soviet Russia
London reports slim prospects for a peaceful solution as negotiations seem false. China seeks a settlement over seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway and accuses Russia of propaganda while Russia shows no sign of readiness to discuss. The frontier remains quiet with forces kept apart by a wide neutral zone.
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London
China
Russia
Curtailment of Arms Discussed in London Conference
London July 30 The British government reports progress toward a world naval accord after a Downing Street conference among Prime Minister MacDonald and the first lord of the admiralty with General Dawes and Mr Gibson. The talks lasted over an hour and may resume before Thursday as plans consider reducing battleships destroyers and submarines in addition to cruisers.
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London
Ie Ann
Suce
Downing Street
MacDonald
Admiralty
Dawes
Gibson
A. V. Alexander
Lossiemouth
New Air Mail Service Considered for Long-Ops
Assistant Postmaster General Glover said the department might soon consider carrying two cent or first class mails by air on long hops over passenger routes without mail contracts. Harry Friedman, local attorney, was in Philippi today attending to legal business matters.
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Washington
Glover
Post Office Department
Harry Friedman
Philippi
St Louis R Passes Endurance Flight In Enduring Reach
In St Louis the St Robin monoplane, piloted by Dale Jackson Jr and Forest O Brine, logged hours aloft at 12 17 p m as Major William B Robertson pressed them to land. The flight, sponsored by Curtiss Robertson, paid $120 per hour and had earned over 18000. A note from Robertson teased a landing but urged safety and self reliance while the plane continued to fly.
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St. Louis
St. Robin
Dale
Red) Jr
Forest O'Brine
William B. Robertson
Gurtiss-Robertson Airplane Manufacturing
Red) Jackson
Bo O'Brine
Louis
Cal
C. Ray Wassell
O'Brine Jackson
William B. Rob Aénd
Butson
Pacific Coast Riot Link Scramble Amid Torrid Heat Spell
Nationwide heat wave details spread from Baltimore to Oklahoma City with highs near 98 and 94 in several cities. Thunderstorms brought brief relief, yet drought worsened for farmers as eastern regions faced renewed heat. Partial Pacific coast exception noted, amid weather dispatches from New York dated July 30.
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New York
Pacific Coast
Baltimore
Oklahoma City
Washington
Helen Mont
Detroit
Portland
Met
Milwaukee
Kansan
Albany Riots Prompt Mandatory Life Sentences View
Albany officials blame Haumes laws for savage prison riots in Clinton and Auburn, held nearly a week apart. Governor Roosevelt and Raymond F. C. Kieb, corrections commissioner, argue the Baumes legislation fuels prisoner bitterness and boosts flare ups.
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Albany
Clinton
Auburn
Roosevelt
Raymond F. C. Kieb
Nam Delarrent
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Draths
Tdbson
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Clara
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