French Debt Settlement Faces Quick U S Action
Washington and Paris move toward ratification of the Mellon Berenger war debt agreement. U S congress plans to add ratification to the fall agenda while delaying the August 1 maturity of the war supplies debt. Paris Senate has approved the U S accord by a close vote and awaits final passage.
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U. S
Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
France
United States
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
French Senate
Paris
America
Estrangement From Wife Blamed For Death by Suicide
Hubert B. Welch, 22, shot himself at his boarding house on East Russell Street morning. He died three hours later at Guilford General Hospital. Divorce from Mrs Stella Welch last Tuesday cited with domestic troubles. Welch had warned of self harm and left a note asking forgiveness. Survived by a three year old daughter, two sisters, and cousin Hubert Whittington. Funeral plans pending relatives arrival. body to Wake County likely for burial. Police Patrolmen Terry Wall and W. J. Stout investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert B. Welch
Harrington and Richardson
East Russell Street
Guilford General Hospital
Stella Welch
Williams and Smith
Young Welch
Eliza Lanier
Billy
Hubert Whittington
Mr. Welch
High Point
Stehli Silk Mills
Wake County
John
Minnie Whittington Welch
Terry Wall
W. J. Stout
Gardner Urges Cuts in State Institutions Budget
Raleigh July 22 AP Governor O Max Gardner urged heads of North Carolina state institutions and the advisory budget commission to cooperate in cutting expenditures to avert mandatory cuts. He cited a near two million dollar deficit with appropriations exceeding revenue and carried surpluses, and urged responsible pruning rather than automatic 10 percent cuts.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Advisory Budget Commission
Gardner
General Assembly
Five Killed By Autos In State Sunday
Rainy Sunday traffic caused several crashes on North Carolina highways. Five people died and about a score were injured. The Johnston car collided head on with a car driven by Mumford F. Ritchie Jr. of Concord. Ritchie and his party escaped injury. he was arrested then released on bond.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Clarence Johnston
Cabarrus County
Mumford F. Ritchie, Jr
Concord
Concord-Davidson
Mary Johnston
George Hipp
Lois Hipp
Johnston
Ritchie
Durham
Bynum
George Staley
Haw River
Staley
Albert Chandler
Philadelphia
Carlton Chandler
Spencer
Cates
Greensboro
Robert
Edwin Chandler
Arthur Cornwall
Chester
S. C
Raido Singer
Fort Lawn
Bascomville
W. Paul Stroud
Stroud
J. L. Cuthbertson
Reynolds Faces Manslaughter Charge Over Wreck Death
Richard Joshua Reynolds, 23, an American living in London, appeared at Old Bailey on a manslaughter charge linked to Arthur Graham’s death after a Bath road crash on May 14. Reynolds pleaded not guilty as the prosecution contends injuries came from his conduct. witness Bargate, meanwhile, offers hazy recollections of the events.
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England
London
Richard Joshua Reynolds
Old Bailey
Arthur Graham
Windsor
Bath Road
Reynolds
Norman Birkett
King’s
Graham
Henry Madoock
Director of Public Prosecutions
Bargate
Chiswick
Bargare
Manchuria Tensions Persist Beyond First Week
In Nanking July 22 the nationalist foreign minister warned China may seek League of Nations help if Russia violates Kellogg pact. The Russo-Chinese standoff enters its second week with border clashes and moves to deter hostilities. Reported Russian forces nearby and White Russian defense crews along the border raise alert as Soviet planes are said to be fired upon near Pagranychaya.
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Nanking
China
T. Want
League of Nations
Associated Press
Manchurian
Manchuria
Russia
U. S
Peking
United States
International Arbitration Commission
Manchuk
Pagranchnaya
Endurance Planes Continue Aloft Over St Louis
In a record bid from Lambert Field, Dale Red Jackson and Forest O Brine kept their St Louis Robin aloft to reach 110% hours while sister ship Missouri Robin under Joe Hammer and W Gentry Shelton also circled. KWKH pilots Van Lear Leary and William Currey Sanders logged 110% hours in Shreveport as the Billion Dollar City monoplane neared halfway toward the endurance record.
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ST. Louis
Dale “Red” Jackson
Forest O’brine
Joe Hammer
W. Gentry Shelton
Jackson
O’brine
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Hammer
Shelton
Shreveport
O. K
van Lear Leary
William Currey Sanders
Houston
Tex
City
Glenn L. Loomis
Joe Glass
Loomis
Glass
Currey Sanders
Mueller remains gravely ill after gall bladder operation
Heidelberg Germany July 22 Chancellor Mueller passed a satisfactory night but his condition today is very grave and unchanged after the operation on his gall bladder yesterday. He remains in grave condition under careful medical supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg
Germany
Mueller
Fifteen Drown in Budapest Heat Wave Tragedy
In Budapest on July 21 fifteen people drowned in and around the city as residents sought relief from extreme heat by swimming in the Danube. Among the victims was Ottoszelky, a heavyweight wrestler.
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Budapest
Ottoszelky
Danube
Expansion plan announced for Pensacola Naval Air Station
Washington July 22 Announcement from Senator Fletcher office that the bureau of aeronautics Navy Department has formulated a program for expansion of the Pensacola Florida naval air station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fletcher
Democrat
Florida
Bureau of Aeronautics
The
Navy Department
Large Chicago to High Point furniture truck arrives
A massive motor truck from Chicago brought 24 living room furniture suites to High Point, one of the largest ever seen. The load, belonging to Capital City Chair Co of Atlanta, arrived after an overnight journey and will be shown at the Furniture Exposition building during the current show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Chicago
Capital City Chair Company
Attlaunta
Furniture Exposition
Atlanta
Church interprets Wickersham note in temperance case
The Methodist Board of Temperance issues a clip sheet interpreting George W. Wickersham’s reference to modification of prohibition laws. It argues the term does not legalize whiskey and cautions against implying state laws would modify to effectively legalize alcohol content.
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Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Governors
Roosevelt
New York
Wieckersham
Methodist Board
Bremen Completes Fastest Transatlantic Voyage to New York
The German liner Bremen reached Ambrose light at 3:02 p m signaling the end of a maiden voyage from Cherbourg in four days 18 hours 17 minutes and breaking the Mauretania speed record by 8 hours 17 minutes. Captain Leopold Ziegenbrein reported 28.25 knots at peak with an average 25.2 knots.
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New York
Bremen
Ambrose Light
New York Harbor
Sherbourg
Lloyd Line
Leopold Ziegenbrein
Ambrose
Cherbourg
Mauretania
Savannah
Liverpool
Acadia
City of Paris
Open safety pin and cloth removed from woman's esophagus
Springfield, Mo. July 22. Doctors Cheek and Silsby removed an open safety pin and a piece of pongee cloth from the esophagus of Mrs. Mary Blaish, 30. The pin lodged in the esophageal wall with the cloth wedged above it. Relatives could not explain how she swallowed the items after Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mary Blaish
W. C. Cheek
Jay Silsby
King George Improves In Buckingham Palace Update
King George's progress continued satisfactory today as doctors paid their regular morning call at Buckingham Palace. Official wording notes no change in his condition and maintains the monarch's improvement trajectory.
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King George
London
Buckingham Palace
Cox Narrowly Escapes Injury In Greensboro Car Crash
Greensboro July 22 J Elwood Cox fifth district highway commissioner and High Point banker escaped serious injury when his car collided with a Negro driver’s vehicle. Cox’s vehicle ran down an embankment and struck a porch post of a small house after the crash.
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Greensboro
J. Elwood Cox
High Point
Blue Laws Targeted in North Carolina Tour
Prof Henry Flury head of the National Association Opposed a Blue Laws will push a campaign in North Carolina. C P Barringer of Salisbury is instructed to begin the drive after finishing in New Jersey. Flury plans visits to High Point Raleigh Asheville Greensboro Durham Charlotte Wilmington and Winston-Salem.
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Washington
C. P. Barringer
Salisbury
N. C
Henry Flury
National Association
New Jersey
Tar
National
Flury
High Point
Raleigh
Asheville
Greensboro
Durham
Charlotte
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Pennsylvania
Bayonne
Four Die in Midwest Plane Crashes Near Chicago and North Platte
Two separate crashes claim four lives. In Chicago area Jens Jensen 28 and Hilda Schaufelberg 21 died when Jensen’s unlicensed plane stalled and spun near Akers airport. Pauline Taylor 28 was critically injured. In North Platte Nebraska Henry Oldham and Mike Ryan died as their aircraft crashed during approach near the municipal airport. both men lived in Norcy Piatig.
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Chicago
Middlewest
North Platte
Neb
Jens Jensen
Hilda Schaufelberg
Pauline Taylor
Jensen
Akers
Henry Oldham
Midwest Aviation Corporation
Mike Ryan
Ryan
Oldham
Norcy Piatig
Prison Riot Quelled at Clinton Prison in New York
After five hours nearly 1,000 convicts rioted at Clinton prison in Dannemora New York. Two inmates were killed and many injured by rifle fire as guards and troops restored control. Fire from the carpenter shop sparked extensive damage while guards and reinforcements including state troopers border patrolmen and 26th Infantry restored order.
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Dannemora
N. Y
Clinton
Phillip Murphy
E. C. Bressete
Bressette
Peter Dane
Malone Barracks
Champlain
26Th United States Infantry
Plattsburg Barracks
John F. Madden
Washington
War Department
Prohibition Bureau Plans Reopening of Medicinal Whiskey
Washington reports five or six distilleries will resume whiskey production for medicinal use. Commissioner Doran says stock has dwindled since 18th Amendment enforcement. Current supply covers five years with 9,549,071 gallons. about 1.5 million gallons withdrawn yearly. Next year 2.9 million gallons will be produced to meet four year aging, with storage for 1934 after accounting for evaporation.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
United States
Doran
Wheat Prices Jump Eight Cents as Drought Pressures Grain
Chicago broadcast reports wheat surged up to eight cents a bushel as the drought in the Northwest persisted. July futures closed at 1.41, September around 1.445, December near 1.521 with the week ending on higher gains.
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Chicago
Thousand Dead in Anatolia Quake Strikes Constantinople
Northern Anatolia has many dead and tens of thousands homeless after a major quake and landslides. Turkish Red Crescent rushes aid as the Constantinople Press appeals to the International Red Cross for help amid continuing shocks and floods. Surmene and Rizeh were devastated by recent inundations.
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Constantinople
Anatolia
Turkish Red Crescent Society
International Red Cross
Surmene
Rizeh
Border Patrol Sees Push to Allow Fire on Suspected Rum Runners
The El Paso border region faces a shift as officials mull expanding the border patrol and lifting prohibitions on federal officers firing at night on suspected rum runners. Inspector Scotten, injured by a band years ago, may steer a department report urging stronger enforcement and deadly force allowances amid ongoing deadly clashes.
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EL Paso
Tex
Fedral
Ivan E. Scotten
Border Patrol
H. C. Horseley
Department of Labor
Scotten
Texas
Lieved
No Word At Tokyo On Stimson Briand Information
The foreign office stated it was still without information that Secretary of State Stimson and French Foreign Minister Briand had any official word as of Tokyo date.
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Tokyo
Foreign Office
Stimson
Briand
France
Flight to Nome Ends in Alberta Crash
Captain Ross G. Hoyt attempting a New York to Nome round trip crashed near Valemount British Columbia on the third leg from White Horse Yukon. The Army flier escaped injury. his Curtiss Hawk was wrecked after a journey covering about 6000 miles amid wind rain and fatigue.
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Edmonton
Alta
Ross G. Hoyt
New York
Nome
Alaska
Valemount
B. C
White Horse
Yukon
United States Army
Hoyt
Mitchel Field
N. Y
Fairbanks
Minneapolis
Missouri Robin lands after 117 hours aloft at Lambert
The Missouri Robin, second sister endurance plane, landed at 7:51 p m after 117 hours 20 minutes aloft at Lambert St Louis field due to a leaky oil line repairs impossible. Pilot Joe Hammer and W Gentry Shelton steered it down while the St Louis Robin continued its flight entering its tenth day and 218th hour at 9:17 a m CST.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
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Hubert Welch
Self
Ghangell
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Wickersham
Methodist Temperance Board
Army
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