Farm Board Moves Deliberately in Organizing Agriculture
Washington July 19. The federal farm board plans a broad education campaign to mobilize farmers into cooperative marketing associations. Alexander Legge chairs the effort with Vice Chairman Stone, while Chris L. Christensen serves as secretary amid a small staff and many job seekers at the agency. Carl Williams acts as intermediary with the press, clarifying headline variances from different newspapers.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Chicago
Legge
Stone
Congress
Board Room
cChris L. Christensen
Department of Agriculture
Christensen
Pauline Puhr
Dakota
Departmentaf Agriculture
Carl Williams
Oklahoma
Botton
Williams
Farm Board
Soviet Acting Head Denies War On China Over Manchurian Crisis
Moscow reports Jan Rudzutak, acting head of the Soviet government, told American journalists that Russia does not intend to declare war on China over Manchuria. He cited the Kellogg Pact as more precious than losses from seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway and suspension of trade with China. European dispatches warn of rising border tensions and troop concentrations on the Chinese Eastern frontier, with the risk of clashes that could draw Russia and China into a broader conflict.
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Russia
China
Moscow
Soviet
Jan Rudzutak
Alexei Rykoff
Rudzutak
Council of Commissars
London
Asia
Manchuria
Nine Bodies Recovered From Rock Island Train Wreck
The Cape Porpoise wreck near Stratton Colorado left nine dead and many injured as flood weakened bridge collapsed under a Rock Island train. Rescue teams found a porter downstream while crews searched through nightlighted wreckage for more victims.
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Stratton
Colo
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Cape Porpoise
Rocky Mountains
M. W. Ryan
Colorado Springs
Rock Island
Americans Down Germans In Davis Cup Interzone Final
Americans win both opening singles in Berlin as Frank Hunter defeats Daniel Prenn 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-3 and Bill Tilden beats Hans Moldenhauer in straight sets to take the interzone final lead.
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Berlin
America
Germany
Frank Hunter
Daniel Prenn
Bill Tilden
Hans Moldenhauer
Florida Fruit Fly Committee Holds Session Without Report
Plant specialists in Florida met in session but did not issue a public statement on their deliberations. Dr C L Marlatt, head of plant quarantine, said the board neared completion of its work.
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Washington
Florida
C. L. Marlatt
Department of Agriculture
Premier Poincare Suffering Fatigue
Paris reports Premier Raymond Poincare is fatigued and not in his usual health. Doctors advised another day of rest before he returns to the parliamentary debates on debt accords.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Plane wreck ends in minor injuries at takeoff
Injured SLOCOMB Ala July 19 Lieutenant P Ross and Staff Sergeant F Messer of the Pensacola naval air station were slightly hurt when their plane wrecked during an attempted take-off from plowed ground. The aircraft struck a fence and a tree and was badly damaged.
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Slocomb
Ala
P. Ross
F. Messer
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Hoyt Aims Nome Alaska Round Trip From New York
Capt. Ross G. Hoyt flies from Mitchel Field New York toward Nome Alaska in a 8460 mile test with return. He stops in Minneapolis Chamberlain Edmonton White Horse Fairbanks Nome and back, aiming for 75 hours 40 minutes elapse time and 61 hours 40 minutes actual flying time. The flight tests fuel capacity and horsepower for distant army planes.
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New York
Curtiss Flying Service
Telegraph
Ross G. Hoyt
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Nome
Edmonton
Alberta
Whitehorse
Yukon
Minneapolis
Alaska
Hoyt
Chamberlain Field
Alto
White Horse
Fairbanks
Army
Royal Minstrel Wins Eclipse Stake Renewal at Sandown
Royal Minstrel owned by G. H. Whitney won the 42nd renewal of the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park. The American trainer and former owner Capt. J. P. Gough had previously owned the horse. Royal Minstrel started at 9 to 2 and finished four lengths ahead of the field with six lengths separating second and third.
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Sandown Park
Eng
Capt
J. P. Gough
G. H. Whitney
Berger report shows steady improvement after street car injury
Victor L. Berger, 69, former socialist congressman, remained under medical care in Milwaukee after a skull fracture from a street car strike. Doctors said he was steadily improving and expected to recover barring complications.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Victor L. Berger
Prohibition Endorsed by Plebiscite in Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown reports a decisive plebiscite backing the prohibition act with about 17 000 ballots cast. Voters favored prohibition in Kings Queens and Prince counties though turnout was low and women led many votes. A separate plebiscite question asked about government control of liquor sales.
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Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
J. D. Stewart
Nova Scotia
Calles to leave Mexico City amid murder arrest threats
Reports from Mexico City say General Plutarco Elias Calles will depart by train to New York, then aboard the Ile de France July 26 for months of rest and relief from a lingering illness, accompanied by two aides amid local concern over a murder warrant.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
New York
Texas
John A. Wallis
Laredo
Former Yale grid star killed in Georgia car crash
The body of John S. Acosta, ex Yale football player, is to be brought from Brunswick Georgia to his home in Jacksonville Fla for burial. Four others were injured when the automobile accident occurred near Brunswick. Colonel R C Turck, injured most severely, and Mrs Turck, W G Kennedy and Mrs Franklin G Russell were treated at a local hospital.
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Jacksonvlle
Fla
John S. Acosta
Yale
Brunswick
Georgia City
R. C. Turck
124Th Infantry
Florida National Guard
State Board of Health
Franklin G. Russell
Acosta
Ferry Explosion Kills Seven at Logan's Ferry Works
Seven dead and nine injured in a blast at Logan's Ferry works of United States Aluminum in New Kensington Pennsylvania. Coroner says a clogged belt caused friction spark igniting dust in the plant.
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New Kensington
Logan’s Ferry Works
United States Aluminum Company
The
Aluminum Company of America
W. J. McGregor
Wets And Drys Challenge Wickersham Statement
Washington July 19 The prohibition debate continued as Chairman Wickersham faced reactions from wet and dry factions and from Senator Caraway who urged his resignation. Senator Watson defended Wickersham while backing a plan to split enforcement between federal and state authorities and to adjust laws for feasibility. The issue remains tied to national and state enforcement and political pressures.
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Washington
Wickersham
New London
Conn
Caraway
Arkansas
Watson
Indiana
T. J. Finch Dying At Country Home Near Thomasville
News of the death of T. J. Finch, prominent capitalist and civic leader, was expected as he lay critically ill at his Randolph county country home four miles from Thomasville. Family members gathered, including his eldest son Austin Finch returning from Chicago, while other relatives remained at his bedside. Finch, frail for years, had been moved from Winston-Salem to his home two weeks earlier after a Johns Hopkins operation.
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T. J. Finch
Randolph County
Thomasville
Finch
Austin Finch
Chicago
Winston-Salem Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Joint conference on cotton dispute falls to pieces
Manchester July 19 The conference organized by Miss Margaret Bondfield to resolve the cotton dispute has collapsed. Workers demand withdrawal of lockout notices as a negotiation condition while employers refuse.
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Manchester
Margaret Bondfield
John Jones Dies in Wilmington Train Incident
John Jones, 30, of Chapankoke North Carolina, died in a Wilmington hospital from injuries after trying to board a Baltimore and Ohio freight train. Before losing consciousness he said he was unmarried and out of work.
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John Jones
Wilmington
Del
Chapanoke
N. C
Kellogg Pact Told To Guide Far East Settlement
Secretary Stimson pressed both Soviet and Chinese governments to honor the Kellogg anti war treaty amid a China Russia dispute over the Chinese eastern railway. He worked with France Britain and Japan to urge restraint and to seek a peaceful resolution without war.
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State Department
China
Russia
Chinese Eastern Railway
Stimson
Far East
Japan
Great Britain
France
Claudel
Debuchi
Washington
Communists Reported Demonstrating at New York Consulate
Police reserves were rushed to the Chinese consulate in Astor Place after a report that communists were staging a demonstration in front of the building in New York on July 19.
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New York
Astor Place
Arkansas Prohibition Agent Says 75 Percent Bootlegging By Women
Texarkana Ark July 19 Deputy prohibition administrator for the western section 8S M Curlet says 75 percent of Arkansas bootlegging is by women and already has arrested 14 women. He warns the drive will continue with hundreds facing federal judges. The fourteen women include seven white and seven negroes and six men. Raids began Wednesday mostly in Texarkana and most arrestees were released on bond.
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Texarkana
Ark
Arkansas
M. Curlet
Prohibition
South
Atlanta
Leavenworth
Alderson
W. Va
Hoover prepares for tariff fight as commission reports sought
The Washington Post quoted President Hoover directing the tariff commission to provide him a list of Democratic House and Senate members who requested action. White House denied the directive while Sen. Harrison said Democrats would not be budged in tariff revision. The report, if true, aims to arm Hoover for the tariff struggle.
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Washington
Washington Post
Hoover
Tariff Commission
House
White House
Congress
Harrisson
Mississippi
One Vote for Genius in Fort Myers Election
July 19 Fort Myers Filia reports a neck and neck mayoral race between Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, each receiving one vote in their precinct. William J. Wood defeated Josiah H. Fitch for city manager after the city switched from commission to alderman rule.
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Fort Myers
Filia
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
William J. Wood
Lebanon, Ind
Josiah H. Fitch
Bronx
New York City
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