DuPont Buys U.S. Steel Shares Amid Rumored Steel Conspiracy
Wilmington stock news reports E I duPont de Nemours buys about 114000 shares of United States Steel for roughly 14 million dollars while DuPont also holds 1 906 million GM shares. Speculation ties Pierre du Pont to future U S Steel leadership as Elbert Gary nears replacement. No director changes announced. Separate item: New Orleans wife, 70, seeks divorce after 43 years of marriage to florist husband, 72.
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E. I. duPont de Nemaura & Co
General Motors Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
duPont Company
Steel Corporation
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Gary
Pierre du Font
Europe
Elbert H. Gary
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Walter P. Chrysler
New Orleans
Charles W. Eichting
Storm Greets Lindbergh Reaching Albany
Albany July 27 crowds brave rain hail and thunder as Charles A Lindbergh arrives triggering the citys first Lindbergh day reception. Mayor Thatcher leads officials while thousands gather at Lincoln Park for a hurried address before a sea of children.
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St Louis
Lindbergh
Thatcher
Lincoln Park
Coolidges Enjoy Old Days Gold Pageant Incident
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge attended the gold discovery days pageant at a hillside site near here. A team of runaway horses charged the crowd prompting a protective cow to intervene, and a heavy rainstorm followed as the president viewed historic miner scenes and a sluice box setup marking 53 years since a miner found gold at French Creek.
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Custer
Coolidge
Mrs. Coolidge
General Custer
French Creek
Heat Wave Forecast As City Sees 91 Degree High
Chicago records a 91 degree high with the heat index near 90 in midafternoon. Officials report three heat related deaths and advise cooling showers expected Thursday to ease the hot spell.
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Chicago
Mother of Murder Victim Breaks Down in Court
In Franklin Louisiana on July 27, the mother of James J. Le Boeuf, the murder victim, collapsed during the trial of his alleged killer. Mrs. Willie Husband sobbed for an hour and a half on her first visit to the court room as the case against Ada Bonner Le Boeuf Dr Thomas Dre Beadie proceeded. The emotional disruption halted proceedings briefly as the proceedings were recessed.
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Franklin
James J. LeBoeuf
Willie Husband
Courtroo
Ada Bonner le Boeuf
Thomas E. Dreher
James Beadie
LeBoeuf
Abe Lincoln's Office Boy Dies in Kansas at 83
Leavenworth Kansas July 27 A. C. McIntosh 83 a former Lincoln office boy died at the old soldiers home Funeral services were held today with friends in attendance The surviving sons are A H McIntosh of Springfield and W W McIntosh of Los Angeles
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Kansas
Leavenworth
Kas
Old Soldiers
W. McIntosh
Abraham Lincoln
A. H. McIntosh
Fred Eagle
Springfield
Jil
Los Angeles
Dick Confesses Murder of Agent Stotler
Hagerstown Md July 27 Walton R E Walters a prohibition agent confessed to killing Hunter R Stotler chief of agents for the county while driving near Reansboro last night after a five and a half hour grilling by the state attorney and police Walters said he shot Stotler over attention to his wife Walters who lived with him in the city said he warned Stotler of his intent moments before the shooting.
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R. E. Walters
Hunter R. Stotler
Walters
Reansboro
Harper Ballentine
Stotler
Keyser
W. Va
West
Beer bill dies in Wisconsin Assembly
Madison July 27. The Duncan beer bill legalizing 2.75 percent alcohol content beer in Wisconsin was definitively killed when the assembly sustained the governor's veto after a long debate. The vote stood 33 to 12.
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Beer Bill
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Nadine Aa OE
British 10. Offer New Navy Plan
The Westminster Gazette reports Sir Austen Chamberlain suggests Britain would accept a temporary compromise with the United States lasting to 1931 or 1936 to fix a ratio and figure for 10,000-ton cruisers based on national defense needs. This could avert conference failure by guiding the three governments toward a permanent international disarmament accord.
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London
Westminster Gazette
Tany
Austen Chamberlain
Great Britain
United States
Senators Stand With Wets Says New Jersey Democrat
Washington July 27 An unnamed New Jersey Democrat Senator stated at least 30 senators were prepared to vote for any wise constitutional modification of the Volstead Act. He also condemned the murder of a lieutenant of the Washington police department by a rum runner fleeing police, comparing it to wartime abuses among law enforcement officers.
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Washington
Lalwards
New Jersey
Lelegs Man Climbs To Top Of Big Butte
Missoula July 24. A legless climber completed a round trip from the Missoula tourist park to Mount Jambo and back in three and a quarter hours. He announced the ascent for exercise and used gloved hands to propel himself up the mountain in a crutchlike motion, drawing astonishment from the park crowd.
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Missoula
Mount Jambo
Sterling Installed in Dublin Ministry
Frederic A. Sterling was formally installed as the first American minister to the Irish Free State. He presented his credentials to the governor general and praised the strong relations between the two countries in a brief address.
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Dublin
Frederic A. Sterling
Irish Free State
Sterling
Sandino's Rear Guard Blown Up
Managua reports Major Floyd's Marines and constabulary pursuing Sandino's retreating forces. Airplanes bombed rear guard, scoring direct hits and wounding several. Sandino's main body eluded observation. Ambush attempts against Floyd's column failed as US forces press the pursuit into rough country.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Floyd
Sandino
Ambuch
Sanding
Colontt
United States
Bomb Placed in New York Subway Sparks Narrow Escape
A cracked percussion cap bomb placed in an East River subway tunnel near Manhattan posed a grave danger but failed to detonate as trains passed. Police and investigators described the device as improvised and faulty wiring could have caused catastrophic flooding if it exploded.
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New York
Lsne Henge
Manhattan
East River
Pnhee Hehevnpgest
Bureau of Mines
Record of Champion Sets Low Altitude Mark
Washington July 27 reports Lt C Champion failed to set a new altitude record as his balloon path reached 38 559 feet, below the 40 820 feet mark held by Callizo of France. In New York a will reveals forgiveness for an elopement 11 years ago involving Mrs Frances Bowie and her son.
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Washington
C. Champion
Callizo
France
New York
Jordan E. Matt
Frances Hewitt Bowie
Drop Probe Into Death of Girl at Gin Party
Seattle officials prepared to close the second inquiry into the death of Miss Violet Maude Payne. The coroner's jury ruled she drowned after a liquor party aboard the yacht of T Creigh Nelson, a 35-year-old broker and wealthy club man. Nelson remains free on $20,000 bail as investigators weigh whether all the facts were revealed.
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Seattle
Violet Maude Payne
T. Creigh Nelson
Miss Payne
Mabelle Fielder
Nelson
Trayne
Mberty
Ead
Aimée and Ma at War Break Forth With Accusations
The Angelus temple rift widens as Mrs. Mintie Kennedy accuses evangelist daughter Aimee Semple McPherson of lying and stirring revolt among branch churches. Kennedy says finances were mishandled and routed to lawyers. McPherson denies the charges and says she will deal with the matter in court through her lawyer.
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Los Angeles
Angelus Temple
Tts
Minttie Kennedy
Temple
Ajiice Semple McPherson
Sister
Deserted Husband in New York Critics Clash at Temple
Jon Angeles July 27. AP report on the Angeles temple committer linked to Aimee Semple McPherson in a dispute over temple control involving her mother Mrs Minnie Kennedy. Details continue on Page Six.
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New York
Jon Angeles
Angeles Temple
Almes Semple McPherson
Hersey
Minnie Kennedy
Temple
Confession Tells of Desolate Factory Death
Quik confesses to frightful chime in Winsted Connecticut as Paladella, paroled, admits she kept a 12 year old girl in a deserted factory for more than two days. The girl died from injuries after being bound and assaulted with a potato sack and heavy beard.
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Conn
Lol Paladella
Ted AD MN
June Mathis Dies Suddenly in Broadway Theater
New York reports the death of June Mathis a noted screenwriter from the American film era. She suffered a heart attack while attending a performance in a Broadway theater.
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June Mathis
New York
Thousand Die as Indian Dam Burst in Baroda State
An unconfirmed report from Ahmedabad says a reservoir burst in Baroda native state, flooding surrounding villages and causing about a thousand deaths. Communication between Bombay and Baroda was cut off as officials await verification.
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London
Baroda
Bombay
Ahmedabad
Bombay Presidency
British India
Governors confer round table at Mackinac Island meeting
The nineteenth annual conference of governors wrapped up at Mackinac Island with an executive session naming a new governing committee. Members including Ralph Brewster Maine John Hammill Iowa Adam McMullen Nebraska John N Martin Florida and George Dern Utah contributed remarks urging government action to promote agricultural equality and a representative farmer labor finance and industry conference.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Annual Conference of Governors
Ralph. Brewster
Maine
John Hammill
Iowa
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
John N. Martin
Flora
George H. Dern
Utah
Huge Field Day Demonstration Draws Over 1000 Attendees
A major field day drew more than a thousand farmers and townspeople to a Spokane ranch near Fast Velden where over 200 automobiles lined the grounds. Engineers and mechanics from leading tractor and implement firms demonstrated tractors combines threshers weeders and plows from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The full program showcased more than 40 implement types across five tractor makes, drawing wide interest from the rural community.
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Engineers Ant Mechanics
Spokane
Fast Velen
Rule of Ku Klux in Indiana Bared
Indianapolis July 27 The Marion county grand jury directed its probe of political corruption toward the 1925 general assembly, the last before D C Stephenson began life in prison for murder. Testimony at Stephenson's trial described him as Indiana's dominant figure and his offices frequented by legislators. Grand jury material was turned over by Prosecutor William H Remy and assistants, who said it may show officials in Indiana engaged in deals with him over the past five to six years.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Grand Jury
Indiana
General Assembly
D. C
Stephenson
Willam Hi. Remy
Artist-Designer of Camouflage Dies in London
Solomon Joseph Solomon, 67, British artist famed for championing camouflage in modern warfare and for initiating its use in the British army at the outbreak of World War I, died in London. His works include decorations in the Royal Exchanges and the House of Parliament.
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London
Solomon Joseph Solomon
Royal Exchanges
House of Parliamiso
Plenty Owl Left in United States
Gallup New Mexico July 27. Statements to President Coolidge at his summer White House in the Black Hills by Ralph Arnold geologist on July 28, asserting the nations oil supply will be exhausted in several years are ruled erroneous and illogical by Dr Herman E Peterson geologist of New Mexico Colorado Texas Wyoming and Utah. In west Texas from Brewster county to the northwest panhandle counties, great undeveloped potential of pools exist the doctor adds.
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N. M
aPj
President Coolidge
White House
Black Holl
Ralph Arnold
Bevan
Herman E. Peterson
New Mexico
Colorado
Texas
Wyoming
Utah
West
Brewster County
Northwest
Panhandle
Peter
Girls Still Deny Tales of Sin in Church House
In St. Joseph Michigan on July 27 a dissolution suit against the House of David cult heard testimony from Emma Rowe the missionary sent in 1906 by Benjamin Pur act. Witnesses denied instructions to convert Joseph Corey English church members and asserted Pur explains deeds amid internal disputes as other members defended Parewell against charges of immorality.
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Mich
Benjamin Puract
House of David
Emma Rowe
Joseph Corey
Andreas
Gen
Parewell
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