Farm Board promises price cuts to aid consumers and producers
Washington reports the Farm Board says it saved consumers about 33 million dollars monthly in retail meat prices and may issue statements when conditions warrant price cuts. It cites beef price declines since June 26 and notes impacts on dairy and poultry pricing as well.
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Washington
Farm Board
Retail Meat Dealers Association
Kansas City
Washington, D. C
Denman
Hoover Refuses Senate Request For Secret Lendon Papers
President Hoover rejects the Senate’s demand for confidential Lendon treaty documents. He says negotiations included trusted statements and he will not breach trust. Senator Hale denounces the treaty as the message reaches the Senate.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Hale
Maine
Huston Keeps Senate Chair Amid Truce With Fees
Huston retains Senate chairmanship while promising a forthcoming statement on adjournment and addressing fee-related truce issues.
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Huston
Senate
Huston defies push to quit as Republican chair
Claudius Huston told national committee officers he will announce his status as chairman after the Senate adjourns. Earlier he refused to resign despite mounting pressure from GOP leaders and cabinet members.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Senate
National Committee
Huston
Joseph R. Nutt
James F. Burke
Senate Lobby Committee
Hyde
Brown
Capitol
Congress
Hoover
Senator Fess
Ohio
Heat Toll Rises As Central U S Suffers Record Heat
Chicago area remains cooler as central states endure the worst heat wave in a decade. Death toll climbs with two score reported, including five in St Louis and drownings in St Paul. Minneapolis golf crowd also overcome by heat.
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Chicago
Central States
Missouri
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Six States On Dragnet For Otto Wood Escape
Raleigh dispatch reports prison officials widening their search for Otto Wood after his escape from central prison yesterday. Investigators note daily letters from a High Point woman and possible complicity with an outside lookout, with six states alerted and Wood also sought by Indiana Virginia Tennessee and Ohio authorities. A $25 reward was listed for his capes.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
Otto Wood
Wood
O. Mae Gardner
Greensboro
High Point
United States
Indiana
Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
O. Max Gardner
Hagen Overtakes Leaders in Open
In Minneapolis July 11 Walter Hagen moved up in the national open halfway through the second round as Mac Smith, Tommy Armour, and Hagen tied at 107 after 27 holes. Bobby Jones, defending champion, delayed by pace, was not yet scheduled to start his second round. Shave of Cleveland matched par with 72 to reach 48 after 18 holes.
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Interlachen Club
Minneapolis
Walter Hagen
Mac Smith
Tommy Armour
Hagen Armour
Bobby Jones
Horton Smith
Jones
Bob Shave
Cleveland
Shave
Unemployed Gaffney Man Ends His Life
Gaffney South Carolina July 11 William Hafner 25 took his own life at his father Rev W W Hafners home. Friends said he was downhearted over unemployment and the problem was peculiarly his own. He died instantly from a gunshot wound.
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Gaffney
8. C
William Hafner
W.W. A. Hafner
Sixty Die? Six Tens Injured in Bombay Rioting
In Bombay on July 11, disorders broke out along the maiden Esplanade as sixty civil disobedience volunteers were injured when police broke up a demonstration in solidarity with soldiers jailed in Peshwar. The marchers, led by Modi of the Bombay Congress, faced staves and force, with many hospitalized.
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Bombay
India
Peshwar
Mr. Modi
Bombay Congress Committee
Gandhi
Esplanade
France Reports Satisfactory Progress in European Federation Talks
Paris July 11 France said responses from about half of 26 nations invited by Foreign Minister Briand to discuss a federation of European states are satisfactory. Briand expects replies by July 15 and plans a full report to the League of Nations at its September meeting. No insurmountable obstacles were cited.
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Paris
League of Nations
France
United States
Briand
M. Briand
Foreign Office
Glenn Curtiss Undergoing Appendix Operation
Glenn H. Curtiss, pioneer of aviation, spent a good night and rests quietly at the general hospital in Buffalo. An appendix operation was planned for today at the hospital.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Glenn H. Curtiss
General Hospital
Discourtesy Costs Charity 50000 for Poor Treatment
Sydney July 11 AP a secretary offended a charitable institution causing an estimated loss of 850000 Charles McNess a Western Australia millionaire and philanthropist visited and asked to see the governor on private business. after a curt reply he tore up a 50000 check and walked away leaving fragments as a rebuke to rude service.
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Sydney
Australia
Charles MecNess
Western Australia
McNess
Austin K Hanks Death by Own Action at Sedgefield Home
Greensboro July 11 The body of Austin K Hanks mid dle aged dealer in building materials was found at a house adjoining the groin home at Sedgefield by a golf course employee. County Coroner W W Harvey ruled death by own action from a poison dose in a note cited heavy financial reverses as a key factor. Survived by a widow and a 10 year old daughter.
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Austin’s
Greensboro
Austin K. Hanks
Gro Hn
Sedgefield
W. W. Harvey
Harvey
Three Women Escape From Goldsboro Jail
Three white women held on petty charges escaped Goldsboro jail by weaving a rope from bedclothes and tearing a hole on the second floor. They lowered themselves to the ground floor and walked out an unlocked door.
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Goldsboro
Senate Debates Naval Pact As Hale Denounces London Treaty
The Senate considered the London naval treaty amid Hoover and Stimson discussions on publishing papers. Maine Senator Hale, head of the naval committee, argued ratification would hurt US interests. Swan son contrasted Hale’s view, warning Britain would hamstring the United States. a bare quorum of 49 kept the session ongoing.
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White House
Senate
Hale
Maine
Naval Committee
United States
Swanson
Virginia
Indian Nationalists Seek Veil Lift for Women Support
Calcutta July 11. Indian nationalist leaders target veil ridden women to join the freedom movement. They hope purdah restrictions will be removed as in Turkey, expanding support for Mahatma Gandhi’s self government campaign.
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Calcutta
India
Turkey
Mahatma Gandhi
Madame Lupescu To Wed American
Vienna dispatch reports Madame Magda Lupescu, former companion of exiled Prince Carol and now king of Romania, is in Switzerland and has never returned to Romania. Her family says she is engaged to an American and will marry soon, despite rumors she dyed her hair black.
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Vienna
Magda Lupescu
Carol
Rumania
France
Switzerland
Cara
Europe
America
Madame Lupescu
Epee Ag
Curious Chased As Earl Carroll and Girls Go On Trial
Earl Carroll led eight show girls to Jefferson Market Court for a hearing on charges that his Vanities show is indecent. Police and spectators packed the street and courtroom as the judge ordered the crowd cleared, with hundreds removed and standing room scarce.
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Curious
Earl Carroll
New York
Jefferson Market Court
Carroll
Jimmy Savo
Vanities
Mine Death Toll Reaches 162 at Wenceslaus Mine
NEURODE Germany July 11 The explosion at the Wenceslaus coal mine trapped most of the crew underground. New calculations show 162 miners failed to return, while 92 bodies have been recovered.
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Neurode
Germany
Wenceslaus
English Defense Paints a Picture of Happy Married Life
In Kenansville North Carolina on July 11 defense witnesses described Stephen English as a loving husband while testifying in his murder trial. Neighbors Tommy Wood and Henry Cavanaugh recounted finding the wife’s body at the home and English breaking into tears and screams upon seeing the bloody scene. A surveyor F L Potter outlined the home’s location and plan for the jury.
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Kenansville
N. C
Stephen English
Tommy Wood
English
Henry Cavanaugh
F. L. Potter
Doyle’s Spiritual Reappearance At Sunday Memorial
London readers anticipate Sir Arthur Conan Doyle appearing spiritually at a memorial service Sunday in Albert Hall. His chair will be central for devotees with Lady Doyle at its left side, and clairvoyance demonstrations led by Frank Hawken as Mrs Estelle Roberts attends to identify the medium’s evidence amid skepticism.
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London
Arthur Conan Doyle
Albert Hall
Sherlock Holmes
Lady Doyle
Frank Hawken
Sir Arthur
Arthur
Estelle Roberts
Destructive Cloudbursts Bolt Utah. Floods and Mud Halt Rail
Salt Lake City reports one of Utahs most destructive rains flooding towns and farmland from the Idaho line to 150 miles south. Five cloudbursts washed out railroad tracks, including the Union Pacific main line at Devil's Gate Weber canyon. No lives lost though Ronald Olsen and his wife were trapped on a Farmington porch. Damage tallied near 1 million dollars.
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Salt Lake City
Wasatch Mountain
Utah
Union Pacific
Devil’s Gate
Weber Canyon
Davis Canyon
Farmington
Ronald Olsen
Five Kansas City Men Die in Texas Plane Crash
Five Kansas City business and professional men died when their plane plunged into salt flats on the Texas coast near Arkansass Pass. The victims were Murat Boyle president of the Missouri State Bar Association Raymond Watson son of I W Watson of Watson Gage and Ess Roy Delano a realtor Eugene Lynn and Gene Gabbert the aviator pilot of the plane.
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Arkansas Pass
Tex
Kansas City
Texas
Murat Boyle
Missouri State Bar Association
Raymond Watson
I. W. Watson
Watson, Gage and Ess
Roy Delano
Eugene Lynn
Gene Gabbert
Opera Star Resigns Leading Role Over Ardor On Stage
New York July 11 Mariel Kirkland, playing a demure southern heroine in Strictly Dishonorable, said her romance with offstage partner Tullio Carmnati became too ardent during performances. She has resigned from the play’s leading role in the long running Broadway comedy.
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New York
Mariel Kirkland
Tullio Carminati
Wrong Woman Held As Missing Girl
Washington police briefly concluded they had Mary Frances McClenny, a missing Richmond society girl, after a woman in a Virginia plated car was questioned. The woman identified herself as Mary Elizabeth Conner of Washington and stated she had never been in Richmond.
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Washington
Mary Frances McClenny
Richmond
Virginia
Mary Elizabeth Conner
Blair and Mills Knot At Halfway In Carolinas Tilt
In Linville North Carolina July 11 Alan Smith of Asheville and Keenan Smith of Raleigh were tied four up to finish as Tully Blair of Greensboro and Eugene Mills of Raleigh stood square at the 18th in their 36 hole semi final. Blair led the outward morning with a 34 at the turn and Mills matched him until Mills closed the gap to square the match on the final hole with a par four.
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Linville
N. C
Alan Smith
Asheville
Keenan Smith
Raleigh
Tully Blair
Greensboro
Eugene Mills
Blair
Mills
Tully
Millis
Smiths
Alan
Keenan
Monroe Cools After Torrid Heat Wave in Monroe North Carolina
In Monroe North Carolina after two days of temperatures reaching 103 degrees a cooler morning brought relief with possible rain ahead. Residents had endured an intense heat spell that prompted warnings and adjustments to daily routines.
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Monroe
N. C
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Canada
Marguerite Connable
Memphis
Sidney W. Genette, Jr
Lucia Tiller
Atlanta
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von Berngardi
Berlin
Friedrich von Bernhardi
von Bernhardi
Fiftieth Army Corps
General von Bernhardt
St. Petersburg
Legation
U. S
Friend
Hagen
Glenn Curtiss
Doyle
Utar Gloudburst
Blair and Mills Square
Ian Smith
Kens Nan Smith
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