Reparations Talks Extend as Conference Delays End
The Hague Aug 2 3 The five creditor powers including Britain France Germany and Belgium prolong negotiations as a possible Young Plan compromise looms. Jaspar travels to meet Snowden for a second talk while sessions on Rhineland occupation end without firm results.
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The
Hague
Great Britain
Briand
France
Henderson
Stresemann
Germany
Jaspar
Belgium
Phil Snowden
Snowden
Premer Jaspar
Rhineland
Tariff Bill Fight To Get Spotlight
Washington dispatch reports Democrats plan a tough Senate battle over the tariff measure after Republicans redrafted it in the committee. Senator Borah criticizes the scope as too broad, while Sen. McKellar notes the bill as a general tariff revision. Democrats vow vigorous opposition and data on agricultural impact.
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McKellar and
Borah
Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
McKellar
Tennessee
Idaho
Finance
Committee
Improved Weather Conditions Hasten Hop
The Graf Zeppelin radioed from 600 miles east of Kasumigaura naval base indicating faster travel as favorable weather aided the voyage. A separate U S weather report warned of developing unfavorable conditions along the great circle route as Eckener’s airship departed Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Kasumigaura Navel
San Francisco
Great Circle
Graf Zeppelin
Hugo Eckener
United States
Christianity Faces Greatest Crisis in Modern Era
In Hyannis Massachusetts Professor A Eustace Haydon of the University of Chicago warned at an institute meeting that Christianity stands at its greatest crisis. He cited a widening gap between civilization’s factors and religious ideals and dismissed superficial revisions of church creeds as futile.
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Hyannis
Mass
A. Eustace Haydon
University of Chicago
Institute of World Unity
Martha Norelius Leads Early In Lake Ontario Marathon
Martha Norelius, former world amateur champion, moved into the lead as 45 women distance slammers started the annual ten mile marathon on Lake Ontario at 12 15 p m. Ethel Hertle, defending champion, chased closely seeking the 15000 prize money.
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Toronto
Martha Morelius
Lake Ontario
Ethel Hertle
Disarmament With Public Dawes Praises MacDonald
Ambassador Charles G Dawes in Elgin Scotland lauded public sentiment as pivotal to naval disarmament talks and thanked Lord Provost while presenting Premier MacDonald with freedom of the city. He cited ongoing discussions under Hoover direction and noted mixed American press reactions to MacDonalds statements of progress.
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Elgin
Scotland
Charles G. Dawes
United States
MacDonald
Dawes
Hoover
Great Britain
America
Baird and Duckwall Reach Asheville Finals
Wilburn Baird of Asheville and Bill Duckwall of Bradenton Fla won places in the Asheville country club finals in the men’s invitational. Baird beat Clyde Perry 2 up while Duckwall defeated Alan Smith 5 and 4 to set up a 36 hole final. Duckwall’s win ousted medalist Dean Smith after a playoff.
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Asheville
Wilburn Baird
Bill Duckwall
Bradentown
Fla
Asheville Country Club
Baird
Clyde Perry
Duckwall
Alan Smith
Smith
Dean Smith
Savannah
Perry
Soviet Deny Invasion Of Manchuria
AP report from Moscow and London describes tense Sino Soviet front activity on the Manchurian border. Chinese sources warn of a planned Russian advance with Harbin to be taken, amid troop movements and a high military council in Mukden.
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Moscow
Manchuria
London
China
Pogranichnaya
Harbin
Sungari
Vassili Blucher
Army of the
Budenny
Nanking
Chang Hsueh Liang
Negro Dies For Murder of Hines
Lester Bouyer, a black man, died in Kilby prison's electric chair after midnight for the murder of Jack Hines, a young Eufaula mechanic. He entered at 12 12 a m and died at 12 2 a m after a lengthy statement denying attacked with Hines' female companion. Convicted by a Barbour county jury soon after capture following Beatrice Clark's report in Eufaula.
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Montgomery
Lester Bouyer
Kilby
Jack Hines
Eufaula
Ala
Bouyer
Hines
Barbour County
Beatrice Clark
Steel Leads Bull Rampage In Mart
Steel shares led a bull rampage on the New York Stock Exchange with United States Steel rising over $10 to a record $260. Other steel issues reached unprecedented levels as investors chased gains.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
United States Steel Common
Wilmington Feasting Pirate Pageant Upsets Local Officials
At Wilmington the Feast of the Pirates festival turned riotous as six participants were fined for unseemly behavior after Judge Harriss warned that painted disguises did not grant license. The event included aquatic contests at Wrightsville Beach and a window display prize in the daytime, with a grand treasure chest reveal and Elizabeth Hoggard crowned queen at city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
George Harriss
City Recorder
Harriss
Black-beard
Blue-beard
Captain Kidd
Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville
Elizabeth Hoggard
Women’s Aerial Derby Nears Its Final Laps in Texas
Entrants in the national women’s aerial derby were cut to 16 as Florence Lowe Barnes withdrew after inspection showed her plane cannot be repaired in time. Mary Elizabeth Von Mack led the field at takeoff, with a 360 mile leg to Wichita, Kansas, after a 600 mile Texas run. Big Lap prize of $1,000 awaited the fastest time on yesterday’s leg, with Amelia Earhart and Louise Thaden among top contenders.
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Pecos
Texas
Florence Lowe Barnes
San Marino
Calif
Fort Worth
Tex
Santa Monica
Cleveland
Wichita
Kane
Tulsa
Okla
Mary Elizabeth von Mack
Detroit
Cleve
Married Lovers Duel Ends Fatal Shootout in Clover Georgia
In Clover Georgia two men died after a shotgun duel witnessed by townspeople. Pate Huddleston the father of five and Marcus Brown father of eight clashed over Brown’s pursuit of Huddleston’s daughter a 25 year old divorcee. Brown had served time on a chain gang for an elopement with Huddleston's daughter.
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Clover
Tryst
Pate Hudderston
Marcus Brown
Brown
Huddleston
Huddelston
Indian Villages Flooded After Dam Break on Indus River
Reports from Karachi say the Indus River, swollen by 36 hours of rain after a dam break upstream, inundates many villages along its banks. Dead villagers, cattle, and wild animals are carried downstream. Kotri evacuated. Manjihand residents wait for trains as floods threaten the area. The Sind division military commissioner requests aid to meet the emergency.
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Bombay
India
Karachi
Indus
Kotri
Manjihand
Aonger
Sind
Anne Makes Her First Solo Flight
Mrs Charles A Lindbergh piloted a light open cockpit plane solo from Aviation Country Club field at Hicksville New York with Charles A Lindbergh watching calmly. Anne Morrow Lindbergh had been taking piloting lessons from the colonel during their stay.
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Hicksville
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Aviation Country Club
Lindberghs
Anne Morrow
Marion Strike Remains Unsettled After Talks
MARION N C Aug 23 The first conference between Clinchfield Cotton mills officials and striking workers, arranged by Governor Gardner and led by ex counselor N A Townsend, failed to resolve the labor dispute. Three representatives from each side met in executive session but no announcement was made.
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Marion
N. C
Clinchfield
Gardner
N. A. Townsend
Former Judge Threatens Speakeasy to Save Son
Henry M. Walker, ex municipal judge, armed with a pistol, menaces to destroy a Broadway speakeasy to protect his 23 year old son, claiming to have spent $100000 on his education. He went to the town hall police station after intercepting a message from the Blind Pig owner for his son, but found no proprietor.
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Chicago
Henry M. Walker
Town Hall
Broadway
Patrick O’connor
Brother In Law of Ex Kaiser a Waiter
A Brusesis dispatch says Alexander Subkoff the Russian dancer who married Princess Victoria sister of the Kaiser now works as a waiter in a Luxemberg restaurant. He serves visitors at the trade fair and wears the number 13 in his button hole while delivering trays with polish and speed.
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George K. Morrow
United Cigar Stores Co
W Ith
Canada
United States
Kaiser
London
The
Daily Mail Today
Alexander Subkoff
Victoria
Luxemburg
Subkoff
Aviation Race Meet Opens in Cleveland With Global Pilots
Cleveland prepares for ten days of air carnival as the national air races and aero nautical exposition open. Civil and military pilots from the United States and abroad compete in nine long distance derbies and 35 closed course races, with the navy and army sending pursuit ships and a Los Angeles dirigible. An opening parade features relics of travel including a yoke of oxen and a prairie schooner.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Los Angeles
Air Congress
California
Portland
Ore
Rockwell Field
Calif
Wright Field
Dayton
Italy asks delay of Schneider Cup races in England
Rome August 23 Italy officially asked England to postpone the Schneider Cup races set for September 6-7 in England due to the death of Captain Giuseppe Motta member of the Italian cup team and vice commander of the Desenzano high velocity school.
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Rome
Italy
England
Giuseppe Motta
School of High Velocity
Desenzano
Scientist challenges belief that death is not inevitable
Boston August 23 Eusebio A Hernandez of the College of France urged a world wide scientific body to study means to prevent death. He cited demonstrations keeping organs alive after death and noted a dog’s respiration and a heart kept alive under various conditions as evidence opposing fatalist views.
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Boston
Eusebio A. Hernandez
College of France
Paris
Dr. Hernandez
J. P. Hermans
Russia
A. Koubliabko
Hernandez
Prof
Fugliese
Milan
Heymanns
Graf Zeppelin Launches Pacific Flight From Kasumigaura
The Graf Zeppelin left Kasumigaura at 3 13 p m for Los Angeles after delays from a north wind. A crew of 41 and 19 passengers aboard, with Karl Beuerle as new chief engineer, joined 16 others from Friedrichshafen bound for Lakehurst. Lieutenant Com- joined as a new passenger.
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Kasumigaura
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
Hugo Eckener
Pacific
Karl Beuerle
Germany
Friedrichshafen
Lakehurst
Boyhood quarrel ends in a fatal shooting in Portland
In Portland Oregon a quarrel between two youths over teased girls led to the death of Leo Sis 19 when Donald Wills 10 fired a rifle he believed was unloaded. Wills said he tried once and the second pumping discharged a shell hitting Leo in the right eye.
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Portland
Ore
Leo Sis
Donald Wills
Donald
Leo
Quebec executes couple for husband’s murder
In Hull Quebec on Aug 23 Philip Lefebvre a 32 year old trapper and Marie Viau 42 mother of eight were hanged for killing Zephyr Viau six months earlier. Rain fell as the two condemned faced the scaffold the man first then Mrs Viau sixteen minutes apart.
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Hull
Quebec
Philip Lefebvre
Gratineau Hills
Marie Viau
Zephyr Viau
Tilden Reaches Newport Final in Invitation Tennis
Big Bill Tilden defeated his pupil W F Coen Jr in straight sets 7 5 6 3 6 4 to reach the final round of the 13th Newport Casino invitation singles tournament. George M Lott Jr beat Johnny Van Ryn in an extra set 6 4 6 2 1 6 6 4 to join him, a rematch of last year’s final.
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Philip Snowden
Wey
S.dak
Dr. Eckener
Savant
Martha Norelius
Henri Jasper
Duckwell
Negro
Steel
Kas
Barel
Anne
Speakeasy
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