Naval power talks stall as Geneva disarms talks drift
At Geneva the prepcom debates conscription, war material cuts, and naval disarmament amid clashes between France Italy Germany and Soviet Russia. China and Soviet Russia urge reductions while France and Italy resist large stock cuts. France cites steel dubes for cannons to argue private stores.
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Geneva
America
China
Europe
France
Italy
Japan
Preparatory Commission
Germany
Soviet
Russia
League
Americans Escape From Rebel Shootings Near Guadalajara
Two American Sugar operators escaping a Cristero attack described a 47 minute firefight aboard a train near Villanueva Michoacan. Emil King was wounded in the hand, a minor bullet wound, as passengers hid on the floor while troops defended the car. King and B F Johnston of New York were bound for Los Mochis sugar plantation in Sinaloa.
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Mexico City
Guadalajara
Emil King
King
B. F. Johnston
New York
Los Mochis
Sinaloa
Villanueva
Michoacan
Six Aviators Plan Nonstop World Flight From New York
The Washington Post reports six famed aviators will launch a nonstop world flight from New York on the first clear September day. Names disclosed include Lt. Albert D. Hulse Capt. Harry W. Lyon Jr and Lt. L T O Connell with a veteran commander over 5,000 flight hours.
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Washington
Washington Post
New York
Albert D. Hulse
Army
Air Mail
Harry W. Lyon, Jr
Southern Cross
L. T. O’connell
Lakehurst
Boston
Nova Scotia
Glasgow
Siberia
Nome
Alaska
United States
Post
Three Die In N Y Subway Train Crash
A rear end collision on the elevated tracks near 167th street in New York killed three people including motorman J Cullen and a 17 year old student William J Schultz and injured around twenty with many fracturing bones. Panic followed as hundreds sought news at Highbridge station.
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New York
Yankee Stadium
167Th Street
J. Cullen
William J. Schultz
Highbridge
Cotton Prices Fall on Liquidity and Weather Signals
Cotton prices dropped about 2.50 a bale as liquidation spread across the market. In New Orleans July, Oct and Dec contracts slid to 18.28 18.31 and 18.41 respectively, down 46 points from Saturday's close, while New York saw a 2 to 2.25 a bale drop for the day and a total fall of 5 to 9 since April 1.
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New Orleans
New York
Florida Crusader Beaten and Keyed for Leaving City
James F. Bickers, anti dog racing advocate in St. Petersburg, was abducted by five men at gunpoint from his home, robbed of 32000, whipped, and forced to leave town. He was dumped near a highway and taken to a hospital after a large police search. Sheriff Beattie pledged to pursue the assailants.
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Calvin Coolidge
Ladies’ Home Journal
ST. Peterburg
Fla
James F. Bickers
St. Petersburg
Bickers
Memphis
Tenn
Gladstone Beattie
Beattie
Havana
United States
Alfonso Fors
Sydney Hoffman
Hoffman
Washington
Prohibition
Thomas Walsh
Florida
Calles Declares Sonora Revolt Ended and Rebel Armies Crushed
General Plutarco Elias Calles announced to President Portes Gil that the Sonora rebellion has ended with the surrender of about 1,000 rebels and widespread retreat halted by federal troops. Guerilla fighting may continue. Yaqui contingents pledged to support the central government. A second challenge remains the Cristero revolt in Guanajuato and Jalisco led by Saturnino Cedillo.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Sonora
Portes Gil
Calles
Guanajuato
Jalisco
Saturnino Cedillo
Alberta Wineskie to Wed Spencer Wise in Streigs Hotel
Miss Alberta Wineskie 20, daughter of A. Frank and Effie Shaw Wineskie of High Point, plans to marry Spencer L. Wise 28, of Washington DC, tomorrow in Stre gis Hotel. The couple obtained a marriage license in the municipal building this afternoon. Wise is described as a dairy man.
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New York
Alberta Wineskie
A. Frank
Effie Shaw Wineskie
North Main Street
High Point
Spencer L. Wise
Connecticut Avenue
Washington, D. C
Stregis Hotel
Gipprich
Wineskie
Mr. Wise
Edith Ward Wise
George A. Wise
Chevychase
House Plans For Other Legislation On Farm Relief
Senate leaders pressed for final action on the farm relief bill as House Agriculture Committee members outlined emergency measures for the special session. The Summers bill for perishable dealers licensing and unfair practice bans is among several proposals under review, with Haugen and Mapes bills reexamined to set standards and definitions for oleomargarine and canned goods.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Committee
Hoover
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Haugen
Department
Congress
State loses suit against Southern Railway in receiver case
North Carolina lost a bid for Supreme Court review of lower court rulings denying intervention in a suit by the Southern Railway seeking the appointment of a receiver for the Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad operating between Mount Airy and Sanford. The railroad claims it is owed about 771,900 dollars for advances.
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Washington
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Southern Railway
Atlantic & Yadkin Rairoad
Mount Airy
Sanford
Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad
Scoggins Arrested on Check Flashing Charges
G G Scoggins wanted in High Point and Greensboro on check flashing was arrested near Wilson North Carolina and held on 2000 bond in the city jail. He was moved to High Point last night to face trial there sometime this week.
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Wilson
N. C
G. E. Scoggins
High Point
Greensboro
Simmons Opposes Textile Conditions Probe
Senator Wheeler introduces a resolution for a senate inquiry into working conditions in North and South Carolina and Tennessee textile mills. The probe would assess wages, hours, child labor, corporate dividends, tariff effects, and whether workers survive on starvation wages amid high tariff protection.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Senate Committee On Manufactures
United States
Railroads Denied In Junction Over Frig Cars Reforms
A special statutory court in Richmond Virginia denied six trunk line railroads’ petition to stop the Interstate Commerce Commission from forcing them to adopt reduced refrigerator cargoes for fruits vegetables and other perishables.
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Richmond
Trunk Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
Three Young Men Die In California Aerial Crash
In California near Culver City a morning joy ride ended in flames as three young men died after their plane crashed in an oat field. Unlicensed pilot William H. Oviatt Jr., 22, and passengers Ray Scott, 25, and Mack Fluker, 25, were identified by charred cards and a car linked to Scott's father.
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Los Angeles
Culver City
William H. Oviatt, Jr
Ray Scott
Mack Fluker
Oviatt
Falmouth
Mass
Scott
Youths Tragic Family Murder Trial Hears From Defendant
Jacob Vanderburg the 17 year old defendant in a five member family murder case testifies calmly denying guilt. He describes escaping the burning home and spotting a lights off vehicle with a man on the running board heading toward Gastonia. He adds details of prior break in attempts and keeps a shotgun under his bed. He disputes earlier testimony and recalls pulling a tooth the night of December 27.
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Gastonia
Jacob Vanderburg
J. M. Hoyle
Lower Mississippi Dukes Threatened
The Mississippi waters shift from Quincy area to from St. Louis to Cairo with a two foot drop below the lowest dike between Chester and Cairo. A South Grand Tower levee break covers 24 square miles. Grand Tower gauge hits 33.9 feet, rising four feet in 24 hours as officials note an unusual bulge and expect a rapid fall beginning tomorrow.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
Quincy, Il
Cairo
Chester
Missouri Pacific
South Grand Tower
Grand Tower
Jackson County
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Printing Commission Hears Printers On State Contract Specs
The North Carolina state printing commission met with printers in Raleigh at Governor Gardner's office to discuss changes in state printing specifications ahead of $300000 in contracts. Arrangements for the hearing were set at a previous commission meeting.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Printing Commission
Gardner
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Sons of Confederate Veterans
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Wiles
N.Y
Elizabeth Munroe
Flora Macdonald College
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Takamatsu
Gil
McNary
Southern
Scoggins
Edna Aselin
Food and Household Show
Simmons
California
Printing Commission
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