Disorder in Spain Under Martial Law Sparks Cabinet Resignations
In Seville martial law was declared after deadly clashes as civil guards and troops killed four in a mob attempt to free three truckloads of prisoners. The death toll rose to 22 in syndicalist disorders. Madrid reports predicted cabinet resignations and a probable shift of power as Alcala Zamora nears presidency and Azana or Derroux as premier. Residents were urged to stay off streets as armed forces were empowered to fire.
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Seville
Spain
Plaza Espana
Madrid
Alcala Zamora
Manuel Azana
Alejandro Derroux
Miguel Maura
Chinese Finance Minister Soong Escapes Assassins in Shanghai
In Shanghai two bombs and gunfire aimed at T. V. Soong missed their mark but Soong’s secretary Tang Yu-Loh was killed. A Cantonese student was arrested. Soong, 37, Harvard and Yale trained, is a key Nationalist financier and relative of Sun Yat Sen and Kai-Shek.
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Shanghai
T. V. Soong
Soong
Tang Yu-Loh
Pik Vlr
Vuainese
Nanking
Harvard
Yale
Tang
Harvard University
China
Mme
Sun Yat-Sen
the Kai-Shek
Columbia University
New York
French Debt Pact Backed by World Court Hearings
At The Hague on July 23 Dr. Erich Kaufmann said ratification of the Mellon Berenguer debt accord violated French constitutional provisions. He argued the Austro German customs union could rely on the debt agreement to support that some clauses in the customs pact had authority though not without international precedent.
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Hague
Holland
France
United States
Erich Kaufmann
World Court Today
Kaufmann
Seven Power Conference Ends As Berlin Talks Loom
London report says the seven power conference on relief to Germany closed in the early hours. Secretary of State Stimson announced he would head to Berlin after German delegates depart, while Treasury Secretary Mellon will not attend.
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London
Germany
Henry L. Stimson
Berlin
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
New York Lady Pilot Plans Rome Flight in Liberty
Mrs. Geraldine Grey Loffredo, Buffalo, will pilot the plane Liberty to Rome bought for $23,000 to promote friendship between Italy and the United States. She began paragliding in 1913 and earned Buffalo’s first parachute license, later becoming the first woman licensed pilot in the city and 11th in the U.S. to do so. She flew a tri motor over Niagara Falls in 1927 and earned a pilot license in 1927 after training at the Rochester flying school.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Geraldine Grey Loffredo
Rome
Liberty
Otto Hillig
Denmark
Italy
Rochester Flying School
United States
Niagara Falls
U S Golf Association Names Champs Winner
The United States Golf Association announced the 1932 national amateur championship will be held at the five farms course of the Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore Maryland and the 1932 national open at Fresh Meadow County in Flushing Long Island New York. Dates to be announced next spring.
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New York
The
United States Golf Association Today
Five Farms
Baltimore Country Club
Baltimore
Fresh Meadow
Flushing
Long Island
Bank Robbery Trail Leads To Charlotte Where Four Are Lodged In Jail
Four Charlotte men R B Hayes John Gregory C M Sherrill and Cecil Godfrey are jailed after detectives tie them to a Dallas bank robbery and other safe break ins The inquiry spans Durham Statesville and Wilmington with a Charlotte suspect identified as involved while three Spartanburg detainees are released
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Charlotte
Bank of Dallas
R. B. Hayes
John Gregory
C. M. Sherrill
Cecil Godfrey
Frank N. Littlejohn
Detective Bureau
Durham
Statesville
Wilmington
Littlejohn
Dal
Las
Gastonia
Hayes
Gregory
Spartanburg
Dallas
A. J. Mauney
Mauney
Carolina Farmers Seek Delay On North Carolina License Tax
Judge E Yates Webb signed a federal injunction to temporarily stop North Carolina from collecting a $50 license tax on farmers who sell produce without a permanent North Carolina business. The hearing was set for 1 p m after consent from Attorney General Dennis G Brummitt to proceed without the state's return. The case began with farmers seeking to block the tax and awaited confirmation by wire before the hearing could start.
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Yates Webb
Asheville
E. Yates Webb
North Carolina
Dennis G. Brummitt
Air Transport Needs More Intelligent Service Says Senator Bingham
Senator Bingham of Connecticut told the National Aeronautic Association that future aviation depends on intelligent service. He outlined four requirements: coordinated rail connections, passenger comfort, reasonable rates, and better ground airport service. He urged downtown air ports for business travelers as air travel nears one million annual passengers.
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Washington
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
Bingham
National Aeronautic Association
America
New York
I. C. C. Hearing Dates Advanced To August
The Interstate Commerce Commission moved up the continuing hearings on the fifteen percent rate increase proposal to August 10 from August 31. Carriers sought earlier completion, prompting the date change.
Confederate Hardtack From 1864 Found In Tennessee
A piece of Confederate hardtack dated December 13, 1864 was found by Union veteran Joseph Morrison of Cadiz, Ohio, who obtained it during a raid on Fort McAllister near Savannah. The discovery was reported in Knoxville, Tennessee, on July 23.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Joseph Morrison
Cadiz
Fort McAllister
Savannah
Goa
Convicted Banker Testifies in Clarke Case at Asheville
In Asheville the state neared completing its case in the Clarke trial, with Jesse F Roach the bank cashier now jailed testifying that Clarke made false entries under Roach's direction. Roach admitted during cross examination he had claimed responsibility after the bank closed.
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Clarke
Asheville
Wilmington
M. Douglas Clark
Home Savings Bank
Jesse F. Roach
Csahier
Roache
North Carolina Dairymen Open Annual Convention
North Carolina dairymen gathered in Winston Salem for their annual convention. Opening session speakers included Thurmond Chatham R H Ruffner and David J Lybrook. After a farm tour this afternoon they will hear Dean I O Schaub at State College tonight.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Thurmond Chatham
The
State Association
R. H. Ruffner
N. C. State College
David J. Lybrook
Advance
Dean I. O. Schaub
Hawks Breaches Speed Record on New York to Havana Flight
Captain Frank Hawks lands in Havana from New York then returns to New York, shaving 27 minutes from James Goodwin Hall's non stop record. He makes brief stops in Wilmington and Miami, with a total elapsed time around eight hours.
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Miami
Fla
Frank Hawks
Ceee
Havana
New York
Curtiss Airport
Roosevelt Field
James Goodwin Hall
New York-Havana
Hawks
Wilmington
N. C
Hall
Amateur Astronomer Discovers New Comet
An apologetic telegram from Japanese amateur astronomer M. Nagata at Brawley California reveals the discovery of a new comet. Dr. Seth B K Nicholson of Mt Wilson observatory confirmed the discovery after Nagata asked if his small telescope could have found the comet.
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Pasadena
Cal
Brawley
Mt. Wilson Observatory
M. Nagata
Mt. Wilson
Seth BK. Nicholson
Witnesses Summoned In Williams Inquest Inquest Resumes
Coroner J H Kirkman issued subpoenas for about a score of witnesses as the Williams inquest is set to resume tomorrow night in Smithfield. Testimony last Friday suggested Jesse J Williams, a Johnston County political leader, shot himself in the breast on June 26, with no powder burns found on clothing or body prompting further investigation.
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Smithfield
J. H. Kirkman
Jesse J. Williams
Johnston County
Williams
Minnie Kennedy Case Involves Bigamy Annulment
In Longview Washington a bigamy warrant against Guy Edward Hudson for marrying Minnie Kennedy was sent to Los Angeles. Kennedy obtained an annulment but it does not end the bigamy charge. In Los Angeles the court ordered annulment of Kennedy and Hudson marriage on grounds Hudson had not divorced Newton Hudson.
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Longview
Wash
Guy Edward Hudson
Minnie Ma Kennedy
Aimee Semple McPherson
L. Margaret Newton-Hudson
Los Angeles
Cecil C. Hallin
Cowlitz County
Kennedy
Margaret Newton Hudson
Superior Court
American Missionary Tucker Surrendered in China
An authoritative dispatch from Peiping reports Chinese authorities at Tsinanfu surrendered Dr. Francis F. Tucker, an American missionary held for fatally shooting a Chinese employee of a mission hospital.
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Shanghai
Peiping
Tsinanfu
Francis F. Tucker
Treasury receipts and expenditures for July 21
Treasury receipts on July 21 totaled 4.921 million dollars with expenditures of 4.999 million and a balance of 327.99 million. Customs receipts for the month ending July 21 reached 22.491 million dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Interstate Commerce Commission Sets New Hearing Date
The Interstate Commerce Commission advanced the date for continuing hearings on the fifteen percent rate increase proposal. The original August 31 schedule was shortened by carriers seeking earlier completion.
Wheat Prices Take Big Drop
Wheat prices averaged lower amid minimal speculative activity in Chicago. A late steadying note cited a statement from the federal farm board chairman that foreign agents sought to buy some of its wheat holdings and that disposal in foreign markets could occur with reasonable credit.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Federal Farm Board
Stone
Broadway Goes Co op to Fight Hard Times in Theater
Broadway adopts a cooperative model to sustain productions and pay actors. The new weekly Newsdom tabloid debuts with unemployed New York journalists running the operation, no advertising, tickets priced at 25 cents, profits shared among staff, and guest writers and cartoonists featured.
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Dale Harrison
New York
Broadway
Heywood Broun
Newsdom
Edward A. Roth
The
World
Evening World
Jack Hyatt
Idwal Jones
the American
Windsor McCay
American
Reichstag Council Defeats Motion to Reconvene
In Berlin on July 23 the Reichstag council of elders rejected a motion to reconvene the Reichstag. The motion, put forward by Communists Nationalists and National Socialists, would have forced a meeting to press for final assistance for distressed Germany. The vote grants Chancellor Bruening a brief breathing space to negotiate aid.
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Berlin
Reichstag Council of Elders
Reichstag
Bruening
Germany
Hoover hails London conference foundations for German stability
President Hoover said the London conference laid sound foundations for stability in Germany and that the program supplements the suspension of intergovernmental debts. He added the combined effect could help the German people restore credit and overcome temporary difficulties as he sent telegrams of congratulations to Secretaries Stimson and others.
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Washington
Hoover
London
Germany
Stimson
Explosion wrecks garage injuring six sleeping miners
In Pittsburgh a blast at the Wildwood mine dormitory injured six non union miners, one likely seriously, inside a garage. Authorities suspect a bomb as the cause amid ongoing miner unrest linked to earlier riots and shootings. In West Virginia panics as miners flee McKinleyville pit and guards exchange fire near Ward and Cedar Grove mines.
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Pittsburgh
Wildwood
Butler Consolidated Coal Company
Standard Mining Company
McKinleyville
W. Va
Brooke County
West Virginia
Ward
Kelly’s Creek
Saeon
Cedar Grove
Carnegie Coal Company
Washington
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Roxboro
Ing
North Carolina Press Association
E. B. Jeffress
Greensboro Daily News
State Highway Commission
State Department
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Commonwealth
Carolina
Mr. Brummitt
Raleigh
Conn
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Dairymien Hear
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Farm Board
N. C. Dairymen’s Association
Hawkes
Minnie Kennedy
John P. Boughan
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