France Ratifies War Debt Payments to United States
Paris reports France's chamber of deputies authorized ratification of the Mellon-Berenger war debt settlement with the United States, the vote 300 to 292. Premier Poincare was absent, but the government secured a major victory for unconditional ratification amid long parliamentary struggle.
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Poincare
Mellon-Berenger
Paris
France
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Senate
Washington
Great Britain
Ambadeador Berenger
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
England
Aristide Briand
Kellogg Pact Seen As Hope To Avert War
Washington reports intensive White House planning for the proclamation ceremony making the Kellogg nonaggression pact effective. Secretary Stimson briefed Moscow and Paris on obligations while Briand relayed hope of adherence from Nanking and Moscow. Officials see the pact as test amid tension though the United States declines to offer good offices.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Russia
China
Stimson
Virginia
State Department
Claudel
Paris
Moscow
Briand
Nanking
Foscow
United States
Border Patrolman Slain In Rio Grande Gun Battle
A border patrol party near El Paso was ambushed by Mexican rum runners on the Rio Grande. Inspector Ivan E. Scotten, 25, was killed as the six officers repelled attackers in a dawn clash on San Elizario Island. Several smugglers were wounded. the firefight extended across both sides of the river.
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Rio Grande
EL Paso
Texas
Here
Ivan E. Scotten
San Elizario Island
Teo
Scotten
H. J. Horsley
United States
Juarez
Uncle Sam
Washington
Customs Border Patrol
Treasury
Customs Bureau
Nations pledge Kellogg pact amid Manchurian tension
Russia and China officials reaffirmed commitment to the Kellogg anti war pact and warn against warlike acts. Moscow reports mass Red Army recruitment while China reinforces frontier defences. Britain and France promise cooperation with the United States. Japanese move troops and Harbin dispatches note border actions as Harbin reports conflict.
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Russia
China
Wang
Manchuria
Shanghai
Harbin
Asahi
Moscow
Manchenli Manchuria
China-Severs
Nanking
Soviet Union
Red Army
Washington
John V. A. MacMurray
Peking
Great Britain
France
United States
Florida bank failures rise as Hawthorne shuts down
Tallahassee July 29. The state bank of Hawthorne in Alachua county suspended business after heavy withdrawals. It was the 26th Florida closure since July Fourth. Meanwhile Sarasota opens a new bank with $100,000 in surplus, and St Augustine banks consolidate to form a stronger unit under Palmer National and a combined First National chain. Resources total about $4,000,090.
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Tallahassee
Fla
State Bank of
Hawthorne
Alabula County
Ernest Amos
Hawthorne Bank
Florida
Sarasota
St. Augustine
Palmer National
First National
People’s Bank
Bankers Trust Company
Endurance Plane Surpasses Eighty Hours Flight
Shreveport Louisiana July 20 The endurance plane mono plane Kwka piloted by W. Curry Sanders and Van Lear Leary has logged eighty hours in the air at 6 30 tonight The aviators report the motor functioning smoothly since takeoff Wednesday morning at 10 30.
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Shreveport
Kwka
W. Curry Sanders
van Lear Leary
Youth exonerated for slaying man near golf club
Royden Mackilligan, 22, of Detroit, admitted shooting Walter Balko, 35, landscape architect, near the Birmingham golf club on June 24 but was released and cleared. He said he acted after Balko flashed a light and ordered his car key, with Miss Ray Williams as his companion.
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Pontiac, Mich
Royden Mackilligan
Detroit
Norman C. Orr
Walter Balko
Birmingham Golf Club
Mackilligan
Pontiac
Ray Williams
Birmingham
Balko
Miss Williams
Bromley Delays Tokyo Flight To Next Tuesday
Lieutenant Harold Bromley announced he will not depart for Japan before Tuesday morning. Three aviation experts from Los Angeles will inspect his monoplane in Tacoma before the 4,700 mile non-stop flight to Tokyo, following a 1,000 mile test run from Los Angeles to Tacoma in 8 hours 27 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Harold Bromley
Tokyo
Japan
Los Angeles
Bromley
St Louis Robin Inched Past 180 Hours In Air
The St Louis Robin endurance plane passed its 186th hour aloft at 7 17 pm CST and exceeded all previous sustained flight records except the Angeleno’s 246 hours 53 minutes 32 seconds. Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine planned to push to a world record by 2 01 pm next Tuesday if aloft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Loren Mendel
Roland Reinhardt
Culver City
Cali
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forrest O’brine
Curtiss-Robertson Manufacturing Company
One Dead As Old Engine Turns Over On Mt Washington
Daniel P. Rossiter a Boston newspaperman was killed and three other men injured when the old engine Old Peppersass ran away and exploded at Mt Washington N H after a rededication ceremony. A party of about 200 including several governors and their families was stranded. Injured were Edward C Frost W S Newsham and W H Cote.
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MT. Washington
N. H
Daniel P. Rossiter
Boston
Edward C
Jack’’ Frost
Concord
W. S. Newsham
W. H. Cote
Swampscott
Mass
Missing speedboat carrying heirs located after search
S Maurice Heckscher son of August Heckscher and three friends were found aboard a disabled 30 foot speedboat Lola near Rye after a nightlong search. The group included Cyril Hatche, Elliot White Springs, and Art Fowler who had departed Bayside, Long Island, for Watch Hill and New London before failing to return. Authorities broadcast descriptions from WOR and led a Connecticut police search.
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New York
Long Island Sound
S. Maurice Heckscher
August Heckscher
Rye
Hecksher
Cyril Hatche
Barbara C. Rutherford
William K. Vanderbilt
Elliot White Springs
Art Fowler
Bayside
Long Island
Lola
Hill
R. L
New London
Conn
WOR
Connecticut
Hoover Engineers Build Swimming Pool at Rapidan Preserve
President Hoover used his engineering skills to help build a creek swimming pool at his Rapidan headwaters fishing preserve. Guests, including Alan Hoover and staff, hauled rocks, dammed the creek, and formed a pool. A horse shoe contest followed with Alan Hoover winning.
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Washington
Hoover
Rapidan River
Blue Ridge Mountains
White House
Pary
Alan
Lawrence Rickey
Mrs. Hoover
Herweil Hoover
Huntley Spalding
New Hampshire
Spaulding
Edgar Rickard
New York
Ethel
Stimson
Cotton
Richey
Joel T. Boone
Army plane circles Nome on Nome to New York flight
The U S army airplane flying from New York to Nome Alaska landed at White Horse Yukon at 8 am and planned to circle Nome before returning to New York. Captain Ross G Hoyt reported he would not stop in Nome but circle the city and refuel before continuing to Fairbanks and then Nome on the return leg.
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White Horse
Y. T
United States Army
New York
Nome
Alaska
Vanderhoff
B. C
Fairbanks
H. J. Adamson
Trubee F. Davidson
Ross G. Hoyt
Hoyt
English Heat Wave Sudden Break After Storm
London July 20 dramatic electrical storm ends drought and heat in southern England. Three killed ten injured hundreds drenched. A 20 foot sea front wave at Hastings and Folkestone floods, with a man drowned and two women and two children injured. Another man killed by lightning in Essex.
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London
England
Hastings
Folkestone
Folkstone
Essex
Acton
Prima donna Edith Mason Polacco granted divorce
Edith Mason Polacco, the prima donna of the Chicago Civic Opera Company, was granted a divorce from Giorgio Polacco, the company’s director. Judge Hugo Friend ordered custody of their four year old daughter Grace Edith, with no alimony or property settlement. Giorgio Polacco did not appear, though represented by counsel. the suit was not contested.
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Chicago
Edith Mason Polacco
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Giorgio Polacco
Hugo Friend
Miss Mason
Grace Edith
Polacco
Veteran Jurist Sinnott Dies at Chevy Chase
Nicholas J. Sinnott, longtime Court of Claims judge and former congressman from Oregon's second district, died suddenly today at his home in Chevy Chase Maryland.
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Washington
Nicholas J. Sinnott
Court of Claims
Congress
Oregon
Chevy Chase
Maryland
Optimistic Note in Gilbert's Report on German Reparations
The interim report by S Parker Gilbert, agent general for reparations, covers nine months of the fifth annuity year to June 1929. It shows optimism about Germany's future and says the Young plan provides a basis for peaceful reconstruction. It notes Germany paid 1.8009 billion gold marks, with amounts due to France, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium, the United States, and others.
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Berlin
S. Parker Gilbert
Germany
Reich
New York
France
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
United States
Atlantic Beach Resort Wiped Out by Fire Plan Rebuild
Morehead City July 20. Atlantic Beach near here was destroyed by a fire early today with an estimated loss of 75060. All structures and concessions on the resort site were wiped out except the Ferris wheel. The blaze started in the pagoda central building. several employees slept inside but escaped. Owners plan to rebuild as soon as possible.
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Morehead City
Atlantic Beach
Ocean Side
Pagoda Central
Rafe King Transferred to South Carolina State Prison
Rafe F. King, sentenced to death for the murder of his wife Faye E. Wilson King, was moved to the South Carolina State Prison in Columbia. Chester officials had requested the transfer after reporting jail safety concerns. The governor signed the order, and King's appeal remains before the state supreme court.
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Columbia
S. C
Rafe F. King
Faye E. Wilson King
Chester
Richards
King
Supreme Court
Tragedy as Plane Crash Kills Three Near Perrysburg
Three men from Youngstown James Detchon 59 his son Carl 25 and Charles Jones were killed when their plane crashed onto the Carter farm five miles south of Perrysburg Ohio The younger Detchon was believed pilot. the craft left Youngstown for Pontiac Mich to fish The crash followed a struggle over dual controls causing the plane to dive and ignite The Carters Glenn and Clyde saw the sputtering engine and hedge hop before the fatal impact with instant flames
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Toledo
Ohio
James Detchon
Carl
Charles Jones
Youngstown
Carter Farm
Perrysburg
Detchon
Pontiac
Mich
Ing
G. van Buren
Glenn
Clyde Carter
Carters
Howell Welcomes Political Fight In Georgia
Atlanta July 20 Clark Howell editor of the Atlanta Constitution told the young men's democratic league of Georgia that a close contest between Democrats and Republicans in Georgia would be desirable. He blamed religious intolerance for desertion of the party and argued voters fear would not be settled by religion at the White House. He defended Democratic chairman Raskob and urged national issue discussion.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Young Men’s
Democratic League of Georgia
Howell
Democratic National Executive Committee
White House
Hoover
Raskob
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Budenny
Peres
Rudzutak
C. T. Wang
Rengo
Savelov
St. Augustine Banks
Hoover Engineers
TON. Y
Chicago Opera Company
Gilbert
Rafe King
5. C. State Prison
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