Milan Mayor Belloni Removed in Major Italian Scandal
Rome reports a sweeping action by Premier Mussolini removing Ernesto Belloni, former Milan mayor, from all public duties after a committee accused him of using office to enrich himself. Farinacci criticized publicly while the Dillon Read loan was deemed regular. Belloni’s dealings with the firm were questioned.
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Rome
Italy
Ernesto Belloni
Milan
Versailles
Belloni
Mussolini
Farinacci
Grand Council
United Sates
Dillon, Read and Company
Sig. Belloni
Graf Zeppelin Near Norfolk on Sunday After Swap of Speed
The Graf Zeppelin now two and a half days out over the western Atlantic is about 425 miles southwest of the Azores at 4 am EST, with about 1,750 miles to Lakehurst. Commander Hugo Eckener expects to reach Lakehurst Sunday afternoon as the airship increases speed to about 70 miles per hour.
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Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic
Lakehurst
United States
Azores
Hugo Eckener
Bermuda
Gibraltar
Norfolk Va
Naval Communications
Washington
Chatham
Mass
Philadelphia
N. J
Los Angeles
Earth
Army
Eckener
Columbus Doctor Testifies In Hix Slaying Trial
Dr. C F Long Columbus city chemist testified in the Snook murder trial that two emotional excitants were found in Theora Hixs stomach with an undigested beef sandwich. He said the substances had not been in her stomach more than an hour.
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Long
John J. Chester, Jr
Dawes and MacDonald Continue Naval Disarmament Talks
London Aug 3 Anglo American negotiations on naval disarmament remain in progress through Premier MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes by conversations. Officials say no definite statement or timeline can be expected for some time as discussions continue.
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London
MacDonald
Dawes
Man and ex wife found slain in Atlanta home
T. J. Bagwell 49 and his estranged wife Anne Bagwell 48 were found shot to death in his Atlanta residence early today. Police believe Bagwell shot his wife and then killed himself with a 38 calibre revolver. Ill health after an accident a month ago cost him sight in one eye and his job as carpenter, a position he had held for 17 years.
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Atlanta
T. J. Bagwell
Anne Bagwell
Bagwell
Robbery attempt wounds Asheboro station manager
In Asheboro at Flynt Service Station manager Jim Flynt was struck over the head and shot in the forearm during a 2 am burglary attempt. He fired back. robbers fled. Bloodhounds trailed to a nearby station but could not continue. Police suspected two groups, left tools and a whiskey bottle at the scene for authorities. The station sits at Salisbury and North Fayetteville streets near highways 79 and 90.
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Jim Flynt
Would
Enterprise
Asheboro
Flynt
Mr. Flynt
Salisbury Street
Biscoe
Pinehurst
Winston-Salem
Salisbury and
North Fayetteville Streets
Liquor explosion injures deputy near Cleveland bridge
Deputy Sheriff Ewell L. Craige suffered severe burns when an alcohol blast at a liquor find near the Cleveland bridge set off blue flames and a subsequent explosion. State Constable Henderson and H N Austin assisted. Craige remained in serious condition at Greenville City Hospital. Other officers were unscathed.
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Greenville
S. C
Ewell L. Craige
Cleveland Bridge
Geer Highway
Craige
Henderson
H. N. Austin
R. N. Bolt
Middle Saluda River
Hosiital
Negroes Appointed Election Officials in Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee on August 3 the county election commission announced registrars for a precinct with a large Black vote. For the first time since Reconstruction two Black individuals, an undertaker and a school teacher, are named among the election officials. The rest of the list closely matches the previous commission’s selections.
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Memphis
Tenn
New County Election Commission
Ice Cream Truck Explosion Kills Child in New Jersey
In Trenton on August 3 a gasoline tank exploded on a wrecked ice cream truck luring children with free treats. Five year old John Muma died at Chambersburg hospital while thirteen others were hospitalized for burns, six in serious condition. Dozens were later released to go home after treatment.
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Trenton
N. J
John Muma
Chambersburg Hospital
Hoover Denies Clemency for Alderman Execution Set
President Hoover refused clemency for James Horace Alderman who is to be executed August 17 for the 1927 slayings of two coast guardsmen off the Florida coast.
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Hoover
James H. Alderman
Washington
James Horace Alderman
Florida
Churchill family sails for Canada and South America
Winston Churchill then chancellor of the exchequer with his son Randolph and his brother Major John Churchill left London for Southampton to sail on a three months holiday trip to Canada and South America.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Baldwin
Randolph
Major John Churchill
Southamptom
Canada
South America
Five Young Women Rescued After 12 Hours Lost on Mount Black Bear
Five young women from Inlet, New York, were found on Black Bear mountain after more than twelve hours stranded in dense woods. Marjorie Leary, Mabel Mitchell, Hazel La Brash, Nora Baker and Katherine Bishop had set out from the hotel with off hours and, unable to find the return path, huddled for warmth near a cliff while rescuers from state troopers and guides reached them at the summit.
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N. Y
Inlet
Marjorie Leary
Mabel Mitchell
Hazel la Brash
Nora Baker
Katherine Bishop
Hoover and aides flee from heat in summer exodus
President Hoover and eight cabinet members left Washington to seek cool relief at his Rapidan Virginia camp. Vice President Curtis and two others stayed behind along with details of sugar tariff plans and prison riot reports.
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Washington
Hoover
Curtis
Mont
Wilbur
Brown
Mitchell
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Bureau
Rapidan River
Virginia
Leavenworth
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Underground monks sentenced to die in Moscow
A Reuters dispatch from Moscow reports six inmates of the underground monastery at Vavilov Do have been sentenced to death after a trial for attacking young girls and murdering a monk who exposed them. Several other monks received prison terms ranging from one to eight years.
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London
Reuters
Moscow
Vavilov
Move for Mediation in Lancashire Strike
Mayors of ten Lancashire boroughs move toward mediation in a cotton industry stoppage affecting more than half a million workers. Negotiations followed talks in Blackburn as the region faces a major labor dispute in Manchester England.
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Manchester
Eng
Lancashire
Blackburn
Farmer Killed in Dry Agents Raid Near Potent
Tom Chandler, 43, was shot and killed on his Chandler farm near Potent in a liquor raid by federal prohibition agents led by Charles Stevens. Stevens and aides said Chandler seized a firearm and Bucked toward them, causing Stevens to fire accidentally, the fatal shot hitting Chandler in the heart.
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Potent
Texas
Tom Chandler
Charles Stevens
Chandler
Here
Stevens
F. H. Hertzel
Andy Aneson
Robert Lotte
Two Found Slain In Alabama
Anniston taxi driver W. Gallahair and Mrs Lucy Wilkerson were found slain in White's Gap near Anniston. Gallahair beaten with an axe. Wilkerson shot twice. Investigators said both murdered with about 24 hours since death. Suspects pending. Wilkerson survived by husband Lon Wilkerson. Gallahair left wife and several children. Wilkerson 39, Gallahair 56.
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Anniston
Ala
Gallaharr
Lucy Wilkerson
Jacksonville
White's Gap
Gallahair
W. E. Parker
H. M. Bryant
Calhoun County
Prince Hsien Kai dies from pistol wound in Beppu
Tokyo reports Prince Hsien Kai, 21, cousin of former Chinese boy emperor Pu Yi, died of wounds from a pistol fired in Chang Tsung Chang’s quarters in Beppu Japan. Chang claims accidental discharge. dispute over who held the weapon. No arrests. Chang under vigil as family gathers in Dairen.
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Tokyo
Hsien Kai
China
P’u- Yi
Chang Tsung Chang
Shantung
Chang
Beppu
Kinshin
L’su
Dairen
Liaotung Peninsular
Prince Hsien
Communists Fire Shots Near Belgian Royal Residence
Communists fired revolver shots near the Belgian royal hotel at Ostend where Prince Charles and Princess Marie Jose were staying. The Western Flanders governor opened an investigation into the incident.
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Brussels
Hhotel
Bernhard Barton Dies at 78 A British Tobacco Magnate
Brighton, Aug 2 Bernhard Barton British tobacco magnate died here last night at age 78. He gave hundreds of thousands to charity and said helping people was the greatest pleasure of his life.
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Blue Ridge
N. C
L. H. Alford
New York
Manufacturing
Alford
Hoover
United States
Brighton
Eng
Bernhard Barton
Baron
Carol Dempster to Wed Edwin S Larsen in New York
Motion picture actress Carol Dempster and New York banker Edwin S Larsen have taken out a marriage license. The ceremony is expected this month. Dempster, 27, and Larsen, 30, are the principals.
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Carol Dempster
New York
Edwin S. Larsen
Miss Dempster
Larsen
Edison’s Protege Wilbur Huston Wins Edison Scholarship
The 16 year old Wilbur B Huston, chosen from among 49 youths nationwide as Thomas A Edison’s protege, vows not to rival Edison yet wins a four year free MIT tuition and support. Huston, last to finish in the questionnaire, is from Olympia Washington and hobbies in biology. Four other scholars receive full tuition at MIT or Stanford.
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Thomas A. Edison
Wilbur Huston
Seattle
Wash
West Orange
N. J
Edison
Huston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edison Laboratory
Bishop
Aue.d
Wilbur B. Huston
Young Huston
S. Arthur Huston
Olympia
Maine
Lakeside School
S. W. Stratton
Charles H. Brunnssen
West Redding
Ivan A. Getting
Pittsburgh
New York City
Walker
Mr. Edison
Three Victims to Be Buried in Spartanburg Sunday
Three of the four victims of T Earl Robertson murdered in Spartanburg will be buried Sunday. R H Day will be buried tomorrow at Tullahoma Tennessee. Funerals for J W Bussey and Thad Sherbert were held this morning. M B Davis will be buried this afternoon at Laurens. Day's family left last night with his body for Tullahoma.
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Spartanburg
T. Earl Robertson
R. H. Day
Tullahoma
Tenn
J. W. Bussey
Thad Sherbert
Bussey
Sherbert
Pacolet Station
M. B. Davis
Laurens
Day
Am bros e Monell dies in Greenwich air crash
Am brose Monell son of a late New York metal magnate is identified by police as one of three killed when a Barrett Airways biplane flying from Armonk New York crashes at an estate in Greenwich. Also killed are Francis Grundy of Cleveland and pilot Joseph Cogmann of New York after the plane loses power at 2500 feet and spins nose down.
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Greenwich
Conn
Ambrose Monell
New York City
Monell
Francis B. Grundy
Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph L. Cogmann
New York
Grundy
Armonk
N. Y
Barrett Airways Corporation
Americans in Russia Wear Pajamas to Escape Heat
American men and women in a delegation touring Soviet Russia wore pajamas all day to beat the heat as Russians stared in astonishment. They rode the Volga on a special train in silk night garments and, during a rainstorm, found refuge in a sanatorium at Essentuki where they received dry shirts from surgeons.
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Russia
Kislovodsk
U. S
S. R
Seivet Russia
Volga
Alice de Lamar
Jane Breed
Mary van Renssalaer Cogswell
Annie Tonetti
Essentuki
Zep's Log From Mediterranean Flight
The message records a voyage starting from Friedrichshafen Germany. It traces passes over Lyons and Nimes in France, sighting by steamer Danny off Barcelona, Cape de Gata near Gibraltar, and sighting by Anthea east of Gibraltar before crossing Gibraltar. It notes a stop at Santa Maria Island Azores and San Miguel Island, with a position report about 500 miles west of the Azores.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lyons
France
Nimes
Mediterannean
Danny
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Cape de Gata
Gibraltar
Anthea
Iniail
Santa Maria Island
Azores
San Miguel Island
Pica Island
Zores
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