Four Bandits Rob Asbury Park Bank Messengers
Four bandits armed with shotguns robbed two bank messengers of 108000 dollars in front of the Asbury Park post office. They fled through traffic in a dark Oldsmobile sedan with Pennsylvania plates, as spectators watched. The money, consigned from the Asbury Park National Bank to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was insured.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Oldsmobile
Pennsylvania
James Forsythe
Asbury Park National Bank & Trust’ Company
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Forsythe
Far East fears top London talks on danger to Britain
London debates intensified air raids and possible German invasion as Parliament presses for an open session on foreign affairs. Reports tie German Nazi blame to the crisis while Britain probes espionage arrests in Japan and the conduct of British envoy Sir Robert Craigie amid tensions.
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London
Germany
Britain
House of Commons
Nasis
Japan
Melville James Cox
Robert Leslé Craigie
Mrs Harrison Attends Local Film Presentations Tonight
Mrs. W. D. Harrison of 215 High Street plans to attend showings at the Strand and Dixie theatres. “20 Mule Team” with Wallade is at the Strand, while “All Came True” from Louis Bromfield’s Rovel is at the Dixie.
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W. D. Harrison
High Street
Wallade
Strand Theatre
Louis Bromfield
Dixie Theatre
Cult Case Witness Set to Be Star Witness in L A Trial
Col. E. P. Bailey testified in Los Angeles that he was condemned to suffer through twelve reincarnations and threatened with destruction by lightning when he disputed the I Am cult leaders on immortality, marking him as a potential key witness.
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I Am
Los Angeles
Col
E. P. Bailey
Roosevelt in Virginia trip tests defenses around Norfolk
President Roosevelt sailed up the Potomac to inspect defense installations near Norfolk Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay mouth. He told reporters Washington could feel safer a year from now based on his study of coastal defense operations. He compared a potential attack on the capital to the 1812 invasion and noted timing and attackers matter. The president spent seven hours in Virginia under a scorching sun visiting defense sites along the water route to Washington.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Potomac River
Norfolk
Capitol
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
New Mechanism Cuts Airmail Pickup Time
Nashville officials report All American Aviation previews a new mechanism to speed airmail pickup on five lines next week serving nearly 60 towns. The system uses a metal tail pole and ground bamboo poles with a rope loop ten feet high. Previously a grappling hook on a cable was used during an experimental year.
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Nashville
Tenn
All American Aviation Company
West Virginia
Stewart C. Plummer
All American Aviation
More Foreigners Rounded Up In Japan
The Japanese army reports several unnamed foreigners arrested in Korea as part of a campaign against alleged espionage. A previous batch of 13 Britons had been seized in Japan proper. A brief communique from Seoul said the prisoners were undergoing examination.
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Tokyo
Korea
Japan
Seoul
Argentina Reserves on Hemisphere Policy Shatters Front
Havana delegates at a Pan American conference reach near unanimity on defense and economic aims but Argentina at the final plenary reserved the right to pass on European possessions in the hemisphere. The action, though described as academic by Argentines, tempered enthusiasm among some delegates for a solid continental front.
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Havana
New World
Argentina
Anl
Pdsgessi
Mass Slayer Enters Guilty Plea and Mercy Request
LOS ANGELES July 30 Deputy District Attorney Arthur Veitch says no motive worthy of serious consideration exists in the May 6 mass slaying of five South Pasadena school officials and teachers. Verlin Spencer 37 former junior high principal confessed and is allowed to seek mercy from the court as Judge Thomas L Ambrose will read coroner inquest testimony and consider state alienist reports to fix the penalty.
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Los Angeles
Arthur Veitch
South Pasadena
Sie
Verlin Spencer
Spencer
Veitch
Thomas L. Ambrose
Nazi Air Raids Sink British Ships on Dover Run
German high command reports heavy RAF losses and major damage from yesterday’s Dover raid. A 10,000 ton British cruiser and a merchant ship were sunk, with four more vessels totaling 32,000 tons severely damaged. Germans claim only three planes lost, contradicting British claims of twenty.
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Berlin
High Command
Britain
Lof
Dover
Germany
Senator Sheppard Backs Burke-Wadsworth Draft Bill
Senator Sheppard of Texas said he had a definite impression from conversations with President Roosevelt that the president favored enacting the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory military training bill in its present form. He spoke after a three day tour of Norfolk defense works conducted with Roosevelt. He noted the president’s comments were entirely favorable.
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Washington
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Roosevelt
Norfolk
Defense Works
Senate Military Committee
Byrnes Seeks Modification of Draft Act
Washington July 30 A movement to modify the Burke Wadsworth conscription bill gained strength through compromise proposals offered by Senator Byrnes and House Military Committee Chairman May Byrnes an administration lieutenant said the measure was too far reaching but he had not discussed it with President Roosevelt Cost Fixed At 100 Million The bill would call for registration of men 18 to 64 with those 21 to 45 subject to selective draft and training Byrnes favored limiting registration mainly to those who might be called for immediate Army duty
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Washington
Byrnes
May
D.-Ky
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Clues To Torso Murder Located In Freight Car
Pieces of men's clothing shoes and a bible were found in a box car in Pittsburgh area yards where three torso murder victims were located last May. The box car, among 37 shipped from Youngstown, bore a Youngstown woman's name in the Bible with red underlines. A verse from St John appeared in the lines. Torso bodies had been moved from Struthers near Youngstown.
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Pittsburgh
Lake Erie
Stowe Township
Youngstown
St. John
Struthers
Two Perish Five Hurt In San Francisco Hotel Fire
A San Francisco dawn blaze at the Argonne hotel killed two men and wounded five. Acting Fire Chief Sullivan placed damage at 25000 dollars. The dead were unnamed. The fire started in a light wall between the hotel and adjacent building and raced up four story timber walls, trapping occupants on the top floor.
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San Francisco
Argonne Hotel
Albert J. Sullivan
Heat wave toll climbs as 765 dead in nation wide
Thundershowers offer relief in parts of the parched United States but heat deaths rise to 765 for the season. The tally includes 383 heat prostrations and 382 drownings with Chicago and Ohio bearing heavy losses. Michigan Pennsylvania and Wisconsin report notable counts as a cool air mass moves southeast. Showers bring some relief in the lake region and parts of the Atlantic states.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Miinais
Chicago
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Washington
Dakota
Mina
Dlinois
Indiana
Lake
Atlantic
Widow Is Acquitted By Jury In Slaying Case
LEWISBURG July 30 A circuit court jury acquitted Mrs Ruth Dillon of slaying her husband Harold Dillon Chesapeake and Ohio special railway officer after 30 minutes of deliberation. Mrs Dillon testified Dillon was shot in a struggle for possession of his gun following a party at their White Sulphur Springs home last October 14.
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Lewisburg
Ruth Dillon
Harold Dillon
Chesapeake and Ohio
Lewis to speak at UAW convention in St Louis
In St Louis on July 30 CIO chief Jonn L Lewis opposed Roosevelt third term and was set to address the United Automobile Workers convention as its executive board backed Roosevelt. Lewis had warned of a Roosevelt defeat at a Townsend event and R J Thomas denied reports of discord while praising Lewis as the greatest labor leader.
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ST. Louis
CIO Cheif
R. J. Thomas
Auto Workers
Lewis
Thomas
Heat solutions through history spark modern cooling ideas
Washington July 30. The patent office reveals Americans have long pursued weather control. Fans spurred invention since patent grants began, including an 1865 dogpowered cooling concept and an 1881 air cooled bed idea, showing persistent efforts to beat heat.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Mark Twain
Patent Office
Amooth
Dudley Reed Resigns As Road Commission Officer
Charleston July 30 The road commission announced the resignation of Dudley Reed of Elkins as superintendent of the eighth district At the commission offices it was said Reed intended to enter the flying business
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Charleston
Dudley Rey
Elkins
Reed
Mind illness blamed for many patient pains
Dr. Walter Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic told Virginia and West Virginia Medical associations that many patients chronic complaints stem from mental state. He described the "patient who is always complaining" as suffering a common but underrecognized disease, noting costly, repeated exams and often fruitless operations as doctors misattribute symptoms to physical illness.
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Springs
Walter Alvarez
Mayo Clinc
Virginia
West Virginia Medical Associations
Alvarez
World Surplus: Dalton Seeks Anglo U S Cooperation
London July 30 Hugh Dalton minister of economic warfare told the House of Commons Britain has intimated to the United States her great interest in world surplus and is ready to cooperate in studying possible solutions. He said the United States would be asked to help find markets for American surpluses and noted dispatching an agent this weekend to assess situations.
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London
House of Commons
Hugh Dalton
Britain
United States
Jim Dalton
Ford Hopeful About Future
Detroit July 30 Henry Ford turned 77 today in good health and high spirits. He said he was never more confident the future will bring happiness and prosperity to the people. He planned no formal celebration beyond a visit to his birthplace and will continue his routine as he finalizes plans for ongoing work.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
Henry Ford
Dearborn
British Ships Damaged By Italian Air Attack Reported
Rome reported that several British ships were seriously damaged in an air attack on a convoy in the eastern Mediterranean. One ship was set afire and one British aircraft carrier plane was shot down while another Italian plane is missing. A separate dispatch claimed the capture of a British supply column at Kurmuk in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
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Rome
High Command
Mediterranean
Kurmuk
Sudan
Workers Toil To Clear Landslide Blocking Rail Line
Workers labored to remove a storm loosened earth slide that washed out about 100 feet of Chesapeake and Ohio track near Thurdmond. Passenger trains ran hours late on a detour after an avalanche estimated at 50,000 tons blocked main line traffic expected to resume later.
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Thurmond
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Coast towns attacked by Nazi planes
Nazi warplanes struck Britain’s coast causing civilian casualties and extensive damage. Heaviest hits were towns along the east coast near the Thames estuary and a southeast town saw a bomb kill an infant and injure several others. A second raid near the London coast damaged ash channel harbor and raised German losses to 25 according to the British.
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London
Britain
Thames
Nib
Ministry’ of Security
Naif
Vessels Lost and Nazi Raids Cast Shadow Over Britain
Berlin reports wartime air and sea raids in July 1930 with substantial British losses. The Boreain newspaper notes ongoing harassing strikes but argues they pale beside Nazi Germany's full power. The piece hints at continued German aggression and signals a broader conflict on the horizon.
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Berlin
Nazi Girling
Boreain
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