Niobe Tragedy Casts Shadow Over German Navy Tragedy
Kiel Germany July 27 A windjammer training ship Niobe sank in a squall trapping 69 cadets below decks. Only six saved prior to the vessel going down thirty seven rescued including the captain and lieutenant. The Therese Russ plucked survivors as the Do X passed overhead and a black squall struck the ship. Captain Mueller reported the rescue and 37 men saved. Others had perished in earlier disasters.
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Kiel
Germany
Kiel Bay
Leutenant
Therese Russ
Niobe
Count Felix von Luckner
Holland
Malta
Mueller
Cook
Hoover names Democrat to head Reconstruction Finance Corp
President Hoover shocks with a major party shift giving Democrats four of seven board seats at the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Atlee Pomerene named chairman, with Jesse Jones Wilson McCarthy Harvey C. Couch as others, reshaping control of unemployment relief and business stimulation. Republicans hail the move as strategic, while Democrats remain cautious.
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Washington
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Reconstruction Corporation
John N. Garner
Henry T. Rainey
House
Jesse Jones
Texas
Wilson McCarthy
Utah
Harvey C. Couch
Arkansas
Hosiery Mills to Reopen Under Police Protection
High Point hosiery mills closed since July 18 due to wage cuts will reopen Thursday morning under police protection. Brace of offers failed to satisfy 6000 idle workers as the strikers’ committee meets to press manufacturers to meet halfway. The move follows a day with no new developments toward ending the deadlock between owners and workers.
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High Point
Garment Workers of Gotham Stage Stoppage Action
In New York 1,450 garment shops quieted as 27,000 workers obeyed ILGWU orders to gather in eight Manhattan halls to register. Union president David Dubinsky and officials said no strike was declared, describing the move as a stoppage to organize shops and including employers associations parties to a recent agreement.
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New York
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Manhattan
David Dubinsky
College Youth Admits Guilt In Murder Plot Fatal To Aunt
George Douglas Templeton Jr. a UC student confessed in Oakland to stabbing his aunt Mrs. Walter Buckish in her home and attempting to murder his uncle William R. Babcock head of the Philippine delegation to the Olympic games. Babcock remained in critical condition in a Palo Alto hospital.
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San Jose
Calif
Manila
George Douglas Templeton, Jr
University of California
Oakland
Lillian Babcock
William R. Babcock
Templeton
Lalo Alto
Young Templeton
Walter Buckish
Philippine Islands
Buckish
Babcock
A. R. Fitzpatrick
William J. Emig
Manila Dispatches
Babcock and Templeton Company
Veterans Occupy Shacks on Pennsylvania Avenue
Three thousand veterans sit in makeshift camps along Pennsylvania Avenue while a wrecking crane stands by to demolish structures. Police and Treasury observers await orders as workers await relocation options amid looming eviction.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Perlham
D. Glassford
Walter Waters
Treasury
Glassford
Stomach Trouble Traced to Old Pin In Stomach
Mrs. Jennie I. Smith suffered years of stomach trouble until a hospital operation uncovered a bent pin in her stomach. She recalled swallowing pins over 60 years ago and believed all had been removed by a doctor long ago.
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Yakima, Wash
Jennie I. Smith
Poison Death Probe At Burlington Will Be Resumed Monday
Burlington North Carolina July 27 Circumstances surrounding the poison death of Duncan Stewart on May 22 will be clarified when a coroner s inquest resumes Monday George McBee a former roomer and Stewart s bride to be are jailed without bond as investigators pursue leads Police sent viscera for analysis confirming poisoning and autopsy findings After the body was moved from the casket burial was not completed
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Burlington
N. C
Duncan Stewart
Stewart
George McBee
Oversubscribed loans and costly election costs
Will Rogers notes that Congress approved a large two billion dollar loan plan seen as oversubscribed and predicts they may loan more. He mocks the loaning appetite of the current Congress and notes the coming election has already cost taxpayers billions.
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HE Enterprise
Beverly Hills
Calif
Congress
Police Nab Red Who Spread Propaganda To Close Banks
Detroit authorities raid hotel room of George Rowland after arrest orders cite his role as Detroit agent of a radical group. Letters and telegrams show plans to circulate rumors against banks across Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan and target First National Bank Detroit.
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Pontiac
Mich
George Rowland
Detroit
Rowland
Ira H. Marmon
Roland
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
First National Bank
Marmon
Big Five
Chicago
First National
Continental
Union Trust
Cleveland Trust
Cleveland
Detroit Bankers Co
High Point Hosiery Mills to Open as Strike Persists
Strike leaders urge manufacturers to meet wage demands and rights for workers as mills in High Point prepare to reopen. The letter from D V Bradley and the committee argues concessions have been exhausted and calls for a return to work with protected pay and conditions amid ongoing negotiations.
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High Point
Strike Meeting Called For Seamless Hosiery Workers
A mass meeting for all seamless hosiery workers in High Point is set for seven oclock tonight at the Junior High. The full fashioned workers will meet separately at the Senior High School at the same time. Chairman D V Bradley urges decisive discussion shaping the strike route.
Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers Meet At Adams-Millis Plant
A closed meeting of Adams-Millis Full-Fashioned workers is called at the senior school for 7 o clock tonight. Attendance is required for all employees, with admission limited to full-fashioned workers. Signed Full-Fashioned Committee.
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Adams-Millis Corporation
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Pomerene
Meyer
First Water
White House
David Budd
John Pace
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Executive Mansion
Bonuseers
Garment Workers of Gotham
Seal
March
Waters
Edward Keyes
Treasury Department
Metropolitan Police
Asheville
Luke Lea
Nashville
Imke, Jr
Wallace Davis
Wiley Snyder, Jr
Haywood County
Leas
Davis
Young Snyder
Rogers
D. V. Bradley
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