Peru Army Takeover as Sanchez Cerro Assumes Power
Lieutenant Colonel Luis M. Sanchez Cerro leads a new military government in Peru after revolts in Arequipa and Lima. He forms a junta with Major Alejandro Barco and Colonel Ernesto Montague, swears in ministers, and addresses supporters from the government house balcony amid tensions with deposed President Leguia.
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Lima
Peru
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Arequipa
Sanchez Cerro
Augusto RB. Leguia
Manuel Maria Ponce
Government House
Leguia
Seguia
Arica
Chile
Alejandro Barco
Ernesto Montague
Las Palmas
Ancon
Panama
Almirante Gray
Liquor Loot Floats Ashore as Coast Guard Guards Beach
Belmont Beach in Newport sees hundreds salvage cases of liquor dumped by rum runners. Coast guard boatsmen with armed guards and police patrols prevent further theft as 200 to 500 cases wash in, with residents lingering all night and salvage attempts ongoing along the shore.
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Newport. . L
Belmont Beach
Ellsworth Latham
Coast Guards
Breton Reef
Price’s Neck
New Safety Rules Planned For National Air Races
National air races adopt new safety rules after yesterday’s tragedy at Curtiss Reynolds Airport Chicago. Bleachers near the pylon to be torn down or left empty, planes must finish in normal positions, no low altitude flights over crowds, stunt fliers to stay over the landing field. The crash killed Lieut Deshazo and Louis Weiner. seven injured by wreckage. Lindberghs observed at the event as officials pursue safer race proceedings and continuing programs. Art Goebel placed second in the transcontinental derby with 4,500 dollars. Wiley Post won 7,500 dollars with 9 hours 9 minutes 4 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss-Reynolds
Chicago
Terman Bundesen
Navy
J. P. Deshazo
Louis Weiner
Lieut
Deshazo
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Columbus
Hasbrook Heights
N. J
Art Goebel
Hawaii
Los Angeles
Wiley Post
Oklahoma City
Senator Overman vows to back repeal if NC seeks change
In Asheville Senator Lee S. Overman, though a committed prohibitionist, says he would support repealing or amending the 18th Amendment if North Carolina voters or the state legislature determine the policy. He predicts prohibition will be a major issue in the 1932 presidential election and notes growing demand for modification nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Lee S. Overman
North Carolina
Senator Overman
Salisbury
Captain Is Lost as Crew Is Saved in Harbor Collision
A freighter Neches capsized after a collision with a scow in New York harbor. Captain Eber Estee remained trapped beneath pipes and died, while 24 crew members were rescued. Chief Engineer E Carey, washed overboard during the turn, survived. The Neches, 4500 tons, was headed for Key West and Mobile with a mixed cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Harbor
Neches
Narrows
Staten Island
Coast Guard
Eber Estee
E. Carey
Hillside
N. J
Carey
Key West
Mobile
Florence man seeks permit for 1310 kilocycles station
F L Smith of Florence South Carolina acting for Florence Broadcasting applied to the radio commission for authority to erect a broadcasting station using 1310 kilocycles and 100 watt power on unlimited time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. L. Smith
Florence
S. C
Florence Broadcasting Company
The
Radio Commission
Lon Chaney Honored In Hollywood Funeral Day
In Los Angeles Aug 28 hundreds of mourners file past Lon Chaneys casket to pay respects before his burial beside his father at Forest Lawn Glendale. MGM offices halt work for two minutes as the funeral cortege heads to the cemetery. The Marine Reserve lowers a flag and fires taps. deaf mute fans attend reflecting his parents deafness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Glendale
Mabel Normand
Rudolph Valentino
Chaney
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer
M-G-M
United States Marine Corps Reserve
Diet Faddist Declared Malignant Crank By Doctor
Dr. Robert Hutchison of London told the British Medical association that diet should reflect likes and dislikes. He called the diet faddist the most malignant crank at the 98th annual meeting in Winnipeg. The advised rule is to eat moderately a ordinary mixed diet and not worry over diet trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Robert Hutchison
London
British Medical Association
Raleigh police arrest gamblers in clearing house pool case
Raleigh police served warrants on six people charging operation of a clearing house pool a lottery style game Tickets sold for one penny to a dollar each contained three numbers matching the New York clearing house figures Winners claimed when numbers matched A group of African American players nearly won 1100 before tips to police led to arrests and bonds set for four others pending city court hearings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Richard Coke
Alex McBride
B. F. Cumbo
Sol Dozier
Alex Gray
Red” Roper
Game of Chance
New York Clearing House Daily
Clearing House
California Nominee Is Friendly Man
San Francisco reports Mayor James Rolph Jr. republican candidate for governor is famed for gracious hosting of foreign dignitaries and locals alike. He greets, cheers, and visits hospitals and rides workers downtown, traveling 20,000 miles to campaign across all fifty eight counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
James
Sunny Jim} Rolph, Jr
Haroun al Rashid
Rolph
Trouble Brews in Buenos Aires as Gun-Topped Palace
La Prensa reports fear and military mobilization in Buenos Aires as Governor Crovetto orders troops on standby. The president's residence roof hosts machine guns, and police leaders hold major briefings while the La Plata garrison prepares regimental support. A presidential escort details ten soldiers guarding the machine gun battery atop the palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
la Presna
Yrigoyen
la Plata
Crovetto
Special Term of Court May Try Dennis Murder Case
A special term of Berkeley county court at Moncks Corner on September 22 was ordered by Chief Justice R C Watts on petition of Solicitor A J Hydrick. The order does not state the purpose but it is expected to open trial of six men held in connection with the murder of State Senator E J Dennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Berkeley County
Moncks Corner
R C. Watts
State Supreme Court
A. J. Hydrick
Orangeburg
E. J. Dennis
Mencken and wife on automobile honeymoon
Baltimore reports H L Mencken and his bride Miss Sara Powell Haardt left for a honeymoon trip by car. The marriage occurred yesterday at an Episcopal church with limited attendance and scarce public notice. Canada was eyed as a likely first destination.
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Mrs. Mencken
Canada
Baltimore
H. L. Mencken
Sara Powell Haardt
Montgomery
Ala
Mencken
George Jean Nathan
New York
Herbert L. Parrish
New Brunswick
N. J
Lightning Strikes Same Place Twice in Lynchburg Home
A thunderstorm yesterday sent lightning from a tree in M. P. McMahon’s yard into his house. The bolt traveled along a radio aerial, smashed a lightning arrester, and burned a $200 radio. Seconds later another bolt struck the house, melting telephone wires and tearing plaster, but the McMahon family was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
M. P. McMahon
McMahon
Former Scranton Mayor Sentenced in Slot Machine Case
E. B. Jermyn former mayor of Scranton was sentenced to one year in Lackawanna county jail and fined $500 plus costs after conviction for conspiracy in a slot machine scandal. He comes from a wealthy local family and was a longtime public figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
E. B. Jermyn
Lackawanna County
Third Husband Kills Wife and Self in New York
Frances Kirkwood Van Clief, 34, who had been acquitted two years earlier of her second husband’s slaying, was shot and killed by her third husband Eugene Van Clief in a Brooklyn rooming house. He then died by suicide leaving a note to their daughter. The incident ties to a prior Queens killing of Dr. Glenn Kirkwood, the veteranarian husband of Mrs. Kirkwood.
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New York
Frances Kirkwood van Clief
Eugene van Clief
Brooklyn
Ida van Clief
Eugene
van Clief
Kirkwood
Glenn Kirkwood
Queens
John A. McAvoy
Four Killed In Train Collision At San Luis Obispo
Four persons were injured when the Southern Pacific passenger trains Lark and Padre collided rear end near San Luis Obispo California early today.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Lark
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Kuester Weighs Run For Congress In North Carolina
Charlotte business leader Clarence Kuester, chamber of commerce manager, said he would probably seek the congressman-at-large seat in North Carolina if the 11th district plan is elected after the 1980 census. He has not made a final decision.
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Charlotte
Clarence
Kuester
Hoffman to face court September 8 in Marion
Alfred Hoffman United Textile Workers organizer and three local union members convicted of rioting in last fall’s strike disorders will appear when McDowell superior court opens September 8. D F Giles attorney for the four said. Hoff man is in state Hogan and Lewis in Marion Fowler awaiting murder trial in Madison county. Each defendant bound at 2000 dollars.
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Marion
N. C
Alfred Hoffman
United Textile Workers
McDowell Superior Court
D. F. Giles
Hoffman
del Lewis
Lawrence Hogan
Wes Fowler
North Carolina Supreme Court
Hogan
Lewis
Fowler
Madison County
Giles
Supreme Court
J. L. Laughridge
Holly Grove Woman Died Yesterday
Grace Fritts Conrad, wife of J. B. Conrad of the Holly Grove community, died yesterday morning between five and six o clock in Lexington. Funeral services will be held at Mt. Tabor at 4:00 PM Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Roy J L. Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Grace Fritts Conrad
J. B. Conrad
Holly Grove
Mt. Tabor
Roy J L. Fisher
Hit and Run Driver Kills Man in Columbia
Ralph Gordon from Goldsboro North Carolina was fatally injured by a hit and run driver on the Columbia Orangeburg highway near Columbia. The incident occurred as Gordon traveled on the highway and authorities pursued leads to identify the responsible motorist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Ralph Gordon
Goldsboro
N. C
Columbia-Orangeburg
Goose decoy heals with a kiss in Belhaven
In Belhaven North Carolina on August 2 a decoy goose escaped her pen. She was attacked by a dog breaking a wing. She swam to the water and, despite injury, found Dr. M B Marriner in his yard and kissed him. The tale ends with the doctor hailed as her savior.
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Belhaven
N. C
M. B. Marriner
Our Men Plead in Second Degree Murder
Four Columbus county men Woodell Millican Buford Floyd Sam Lineberry and Sam Thompson plead guilty to second degree murder in the killing of Deputy Sheriff Hoke B. Smith. Judge F A Daniels sentenced each to 20 to 25 years in state prison. Smith died May 12 after being shot December 31, 1929 following a raid on a whiskey still.
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Whiteville
Woodell Millican
Bufort Floyd
Sam Lineberry
Sam Thompson
Columbus County
Hoke B. Smith
F. A. Daniels
Goldsboro
Smith
Lumberton
Gaffney Man Held After Filling Station Battle
Coroner B F Moore ordered Jim Cromer held for the slaying of Lester Lane in a gun battle at a Gaffney filling station. Grady Spencer faces an assault with intent to kill charge while Walter Cole’s wounds are serious and may prove fatal.
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Gaffney
8. C
B. F. Moore
Jim Cromer
Lester Lane
Grady Spencer
Walter Cole
Cole
Train Wreck injures two near Orangeburg
Orangeburg South Carolina August 23 Southern Railway train number 12 on the Charleston line struck a crane bucket swinging over the tracks tearing off the engine cab. Engineer Fred Moorer of Charleston and fireman Ed Mathews were injured Moorer severely scalded and Mathews reported as having slight injuries.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Southern Railway
Columbia
Charleston
Fred Moorer
Ed Mathews
Moorer
Mathews
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Jesse S. Reeves
University of Michigan
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Institute of Politics Today
Arthur J. Hepburn
United States
League of Nations
Yusuke Tsurumi
Imperial Diet
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Japan
Augusto B. Leguia
Movie World
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Lon Chaney
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