Hoover Moratorium Aims Immediate Relief for Germany
London reports Britain will implement the Hoover moratorium at once and renounce the German annuity due July 5. The move, sent to the Bank for International Settlements, aims to suspend transfers while respecting Hague rights, with details to other signatories and the United States. Nome Alaska reports a non stop Seattle to Tokyo attempt ended near here, Robins and Jones plan a second try with a larger engine after refueling issues. A Newton murder trial opens as the state rests and the defense prepares no testimony, with witnesses recounting threats against Rona Gray.
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London
Bank For International Settlement
World Bank
Great Britain
Germany
Presient Hoover
United States
Nome
Alaska
Seattle
Tokyo
Reg L. Robbins
Harold 8. Jones
Texas Today
Robbins
Jones
Fay Webb Weds Rudy Vallee in Secret NJ Ceremony
Fay Webb, film actress and daughter of Santa Monica police chief, secretly married Rudy Vallee, the radio crooner, at West Farms New Jersey. The announcement confirms the new union captivating Vallee’s millions of fans.
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Rudy Vallee
Rudy
Fay Webb
Santa Monica
Calif
Vallee
West Farms
N. J
Prisoners Tied to Graft Ring at Atlanta Penitentiary
The justice department said federal agents disrupted a graft system at Atlanta penitentiary where inmates in key posts took money from fellow inmates to move transfers to road camps and other institutions.
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Washington
Justice Department
Atlanta
Prisoner transfers tied to improper scheme
The department cited minors involved, noting money changed hands and transfers to camps were accomplished by improper means. All prisoners moved back to their original institutions. Investigations are said to be underway at Leavenworth and Atlanta, with no evidence of payments to officers in Atlanta. If government employees are found involved they will be prosecuted.
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Sons
Leavenworth
Atlanta
Alanta
Grounded transatlantic liners reported near Nantucket Sound
The Coast Guard in New London reports the Dollar liner President Hayes aground at Hopeful Shoal near Monomoy Point, Nantucket Sound. In Boston a British steamer Crandon ran aground on Peaked Hill bar in fog, Mojave cutter ordered to assist, master hopeful for flotation at the next high tide.
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New London, Conn
Coast Guard
Dollar
President Hayes
Hopeful Shoal
Monomoy Point
Nantucket Sound
Steamship Grounds
Boston
Crandon
Peaked Hill Bar
Mojave
New York Dock Chief Keller Dies in Subway Tragedy
Traugott F. Keller chief engineer of the city dock department was killed by a subway train in New York today. He reportedly jumped to his death just before a scheduled appearance at the investigation headquarters to testify on graft payments tied to pier leases. The inquiry had anticipated further statements from him as he had named several contractors. Referee Seabury called Keller a key witness and valued his testimony, but his death dealt a setback to the probe.
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New York
Traugott F. Keller
Keller
Seabury
State Board of Equalization Finishes Teacher Allocation
Raleigh July 10 The State Board of Equalization was finishing the allotment of teachers to counties for the next school year under the new law. Officials said school organization work should wrap up today with transportation and other details resolved. The board expected to allot about the same number of teachers as last year, over 20,000, funded by state funds.
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Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
Sea Captain Accused of Back Seat Driving at Sea
Captain Townsend of the Malolo complains his wife radioed from San Francisco about docking advice while the ship was 300 miles at sea. She urged him to consider tidal flow as he planned to arrive early. He quips that this is back seat driving to swallow the compass.
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San Francisco
Andrew G. Townsend
Townsend
German Radicals Prepare Attack On Moratorium Policy
Berlin reports radical groups plan action against the Hoover moratorium aimed at Versailles treaty fulfillment. Hitler and Hugenberg steer debates while nationalist leaders push conditions. Hanover prince condemns the measure unless wartime decrees end and the Versailles settlement is renounced.
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Berlin
Germany
Bruening
Adolph Hitler
Alfred Hugenberg
Prince August Wilhelm
Kaiser
Hanover
Hitler
Hugenberg
Reich
Plans for future activities of Home Mortgage Co.
Hickory July 10 Plans for future activities of the Home Mortgage company which recently had a receivership order dissolved after a long federal court battle are to be formulated at a stockholders conference in Hickory Monday. The stockholders met yesterday to discuss affairs and adjourned with plans to meet again Monday.
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Hickory
Home Mortgage Company
Cooperative system urged to curb monopoly growth
Senator Smith W. Brookhart urged the United to promote cooperation as the best method to check monopoly growth. He called for cooperative banking laws and a cooperative code to foster cooperative stores and banks in a new program presented at the University of Virginia institute of public affairs.
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University
University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowan
Heflin Asks Senate Panel to Void Alabama Primary
Former Alabama senator J Thomas Heflin petitions the Senate elections committee to void Alabama's Democratic primary that nominated Senator-elect John H Bankhead. Horace C Wilkinson argues the state party barred Heflin for backing Alfred E Smith nullifying the result but senators doubt federal authority to rule on primaries.
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Heflin
Senate
Dem
Washington
Senate Elections Committee
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Horace C. Wilkinson
Bankhead
Wilkinson
Democratic State Central Committee
Alfred E. Smith
George
Georgia
Bank Holdup Ends in Killings at Friendship Tennessee
In Friendship Tennessee a bank holdup failed. Police had been warned of the attempt and waited in the Bank of Friendship. A bandit named Claude McCleish was killed after exchanging fire with officers and a second assailant Hughey Mullen was wounded and captured near a car. Both men were from Haywood County Tennessee.
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Friendship
Tenn
Bank of
Claude McCleish
Hughey Mullen
Haywood County
Actor Hatton Dies After Auto Collision
Los Angeles reports cowboy actor and film director Richard Hatton, 41, was fatally injured in an automobile collision last night.
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Los Angeles
Richard Hatton
War Ace Off Burbank Flight to New York
James Goodwin Hall, World War I ace, began a one stop flight from Burbank California to New York today and said he would not attempt a record.
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Burbank
Cal
James Goodwin Hall
New York
14 year old Wilbur Biggs claims J J Williams shot self
Wilbur Biggs 14 spending night at Jesse J Williams home June 26 says Williams staggered to bedroom door and cried I ve shot my self His account disputes Mary Penny story and notes Williams was Johnston county Democratic chairman who died of a pistol wound Coroner plans an inquest and may summon about a score of witnesses Jesse McCoy Williams 17 is son of the dead politician
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Johnston County
Williams
Raleigh
Raleigh Times
Clayton Today
Wilbur Biggs
Jesse J. Willams
Wendell
The
Times
Biggs
Jesse McCoy Williams
Jesse
Mary Penny
Jesse McCoy
Democratic Executive Committee
B. A. Hocutt
J. H. Kirkman
Clawson “Williams
Sanford
Kirkman
Farmier Dies in Electric Chair in South Carolina
Albert Floyd, 35, a Greenville farmer, was electrocuted at 10 40 pm at the state penitentiary in Columbia for the murder of Howard Bell a Clearwater mechanic. Floyd claimed the killing was not premeditated and prayed aloud as the first shock halted him mid sentence.
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Columbia
S. C
Albert Floyd
Greenville
State Penitentiary
Howard Bell
Clearwater
Bell
Floyd
Waltonians of N. C. Gathering at Chimney Rock
Delegates from about 60 Izaak Walton League of America chapters in North Carolina arrive for the semi annual Waltonian council session at Chimney Rock. Col J W Harrelson and C H England are scheduled to address the gathering during the afternoon programs.
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Chimney Rock
N. C
Waltonian Council of
North Carolina
Izaak -Walton League of America
Col. J. W. Harrelson
State Department of Conservation and Development
C. H. England
Kansas City Star Sued by Doherty for 12 Million
Henry L. Doherty head of Cities Service filed a civil libel suit in Kansas City seeking 12 million dollars in damages against the Kansas City Star and related defendants over coverage of gas rate reductions. The Star counters that the action aims to intimidate and distract from the issue of fair gas rates for domestic consumers.
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Cities Service Company
Kansas City Star
Kansas City
Henry L. Doherty
Today
The
Star
Harry Woodring
Kansas
Doherty Companies
Kansas City Star Company
George B. Logan
Roy A. Roberts
Fred C. Trigg
B. C. Davis
Gas Vice Company
Doherty
Missouri
Oklahoma
Suil
Chicago to greet visitors with official politeness plan
Chicago welcomes visitors with an official greeter named George Gaw who will train cab drivers bell boys and police to say polite phrases when greeting travelers in the railway terminal and city. A sample line from the plan has a hotel doorman offering a formal welcome to guests.
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Chicago
George Gaw
Gaw
Government regrets sent to Mexico over Chicago contempt ruling
The American government today moved to express regret to Mexico for the sentencing in Chicago of Adoifo Dominguez acting Mexican consul for contempt of court.
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Washington
Mexico
Chicago
Adoifo Dominguez
Bandit Robs Endicott Johnson Payroll in Johnson City
A lone bandit held up three Endicott Johnson clerks in Johnson City and escaped with about $10,000, the payroll for the cutting department at the pioneer factory.
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Endicott Johnson Company
Johnson City
Pioneer
Rioting erupts at General Fabrics mills in Central Falls
Rioting broke out in front of the General Fabrics corporation mills in Central Falls Illinois late today. State policemen used tear gas bombs to quell the disturbance involving mill strikers.
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Central Falls
R. IL
General Fabrics Corporation
Wiley Post and Gatty Welcome Home After World Flight
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty earned praise from Oklahoma fans after completing a world flight in just over eight days. They arrived in Chickasha and prepared for a reception in Oklahoma City after a month on the journey. Post's parents greeted him with emotion as Gatty stood nearby.
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Chickasha
Okla
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Oklahoma City
Post
W. F. Post
Wiley
Gatty
Siberia
Washington Woman Speaks At Club Breakfast
National officers of the Business and Professional Women's club were hosted at breakfast by the Carolina delegation at the Old Dominion convention in Richmond. Miss Isabelle Story of Washington gave an address on a Smoky Mountain national park. Breakfast arrangements were by Miss Rena Nichols of Asheville with Miss Navtie E. Brogden of Greensboro presiding.
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Richmond
Wee's Club
Carolina
Smoky Mountain National Park
Isabelle Story
Washington
Rena Nichols
Asheville
Navtie E. Brogden
Greensboro
North Carolina Federation
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