Mexico Settles Religious Question With Church Accord
Mexico and the Roman Catholic Church reach an agreement to restore church services and hierarchy, ending a stalemate since 1926. President Portes Gil and Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores announce the accord, aiming for prompt resumption of services by June 29.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Portes Gil
Chapultepec
Leopoldo Ruiz Y Flores
Michoacan
Pascual Diaz
Tavasco
Vatican
Episcopate
Gibson To Tell Dawes Of Status On Naval Reduction
Ambassador Gibson will travel from Brussels to London to brief Dawes on the naval strength formula and the status of Anglo American disarmament talks. President Hoover authorized the briefing to aid Dawes during months of negotiations. A naval disarmament conference remains unlikely in the near term.
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England
Ambassador Dawes
Gibson
Brussels
Geneva
League of Nations
Mr. Dawes
Commission
Dawes
MacDonald
Hoover
United States
Great Britain
Hoover hints at hidden assets from unredeemed currency
President Hoover told reporters that the treasury could estimate the amount of outstanding currency not redeemable for the new smaller bills. He cited $5,065,402,493 in circulation and recalled $13,090,000 of $59,000,000 after the Civil War that went unredeemed, noting assets rise but future redemptions are years away.
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Washington
Hoover
Treasury
Plan Three Hops Across Atlantic
Major General J H MacBrien announces Canada to Europe air flight plans covering three routes in two months. A New York pilot aims for Scotland via Ottawa Labrador Greenland and Iceland in July. Lieut Ben Eielson and two others will fly Chicago to Greenland Iceland Faroe Islands Bergen Copenhagen Berlin Paris London Scotland, then return. Hert Hassen also proposes a northern Chicago to Copenhagen flight.
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Canada
Europe
J. H MacBrien
Aviation League of Canada
Dearborn
Mich
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Scotland
Ottawa
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
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Mexican Socialists Clash with Communists in Labor Riot
A dispatch from Atlixco Puebla reports socialist workers from Metepec and El Leon attacked communist workers in Corolima and El Volcan. Four killed and twenty injured in the clash over labor rules. Twenty eight arrests noted.
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Mexico City
el Universal Today
Atlixco
Puebla
Metepec
el Leon
Corolima
el Volcan
First successful transfusion from a deceased donor reported in Claj
In Claj Romania a medical team performed a historic blood transfusion from a deceased donor to a near death patient, Rosa Janeu. The recipient, George Morar, had lost most of his blood after a stab wound and is now believed to be recovering.
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Claj
Romania
Rosa Janeu
George Morar
Morar
Day Ann Sinclair Ordered to Jail
Harry F Sinclair and Henry Mason Day were ordered jailed by the District of Columbia supreme court for contempt of court due to jury shadowing in the Fall Sinclair trial. Sinclair is already in Washington jail serving three months for refusing to answer questions before a Senate investigating committee.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Henry Mason Day
Sinclair
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Senate
Morrow Threatened After Mexican Religious Settlement
Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, ill in bed in Mexico City, received threatening letters linked to his role in clinching a settlement of the Mexican religious controversy. He dismissed the threats as crank mail, conferred with President Portes Gil by phone, and planned to rest at Cuernavaca after a weekend.
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Portes Gil
Mexico City
Dwight W. Morrow
Morrow
Cuernavaca
Lee Schoenhair Seeks Nonstop Transcontinental Flight Record
Los Angeles police seek arrest on bad check charges against Lee Schoenhair, a nonstop flight record seeker, after he departed LA for New York. Chief Walker of Freeno California requested action, noting the checks were described as fairly large. Schoenhair aims to beat the 18 hours 21 minutes 59 seconds record in a Lockheed Vega monoplane.
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W. G. Walker
Freeno Calif
Lee Schoenhair
New
Walker
Schoenhair
New York
Calif
Frank Hawks
Three summoned in slaying of Gordon
Ogdensburg New York June 22 subpoenas served on two principal witnesses and their superior officer for a hearing into the shooting of Arthur Gordon last week. The men are John C. Tulloch customs collector and border patrolmen Weldon J. Cheatham and F L Coveney. Cheatham says Gordon was fatally wounded while trying to escape after being trapped with beer and that the shooting was accidental.
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N. Y
Arthur Gordon
John C. Tulloch
Border
Weldon J. Cheatham
F. L. Coveney
Cheatham
Tulloch
Gordon
Davidson County Peach Crop Report Forecasts Bumper Yield
The Davidson county peach crop is reported larger than last year with fine prospects for home orchards. Northern Davidson county small commercial peach orchards are also producing very good crops this year.
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Davidson County
Davidson Schools to Receive State Aid for Six Months
Davidson county will get about 37 percent of running expenses for public schools from the state equalization fund for the 1929-39 term. LeRoy Martin, secretary of the state board, confirms the allocation.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Leroy Martin
State Board of Canalization
Twenty five year timber suit settled in Wake County
In Raleigh North Carolina on June 22 a 25 year court row over timber proceeds from 1904 involving 49 persons was settled in Wake Superior Court though none resided there. Plaintiffs won $5,000 with six percent interest for 25 years totaling $12,500. suit originally sought $20,000. Case moved from Rockingham County.
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Raleigh
N. C
Wake Superior Court
Rockingham County
Hospital Disaster at Canton Denied After London Reports
Reports from London yesterday claimed a hospital disaster in the Compound East bound hospital at Canton. Officials say there was no hospital disaster. the blast injured workers and forced evacuation of about one hundred patients due to electrical disruption from a nearby ammunition dump explosion.
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Hong Kong
London
Canton
Pilot killed when plane crashes into tree near Texarkana
Oscar Nash the Texarkana pilot was killed and Howard Webb a passenger was injured when their plane hit a tree during takeoff at a temporary landing field near Texarkana while bound for Dallas. Miss Gladys Fisher who brought them to hospital aided in the rescue.
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Ark
Oscar Nash
Howard Webb
Here
Dallas
Gladys Fisher
Minors Must File Notice of Intent to Wed Five Days Early
North Carolina sets new rules for marriage licenses effective July 1. Minors under 21 must file with the register of deeds five days before issuance, unless the marriage is publicly announced five days prior. Clerks may grant exceptions to bypass the waiting period under certain conditions.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Secretary of State
Superior Court
Tilden and Hunter Share London Men’s Championship
Big Bill Tilden and Francis T. Hunter, veterans of the Davis cup squad, won the doubles final over John Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison 9-11 6-2 7-5 in the London men's championship. Weather led them to request joint title attribution and inscribe their names on the singles cup.
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Bill Tilden
Francis T. Hunter
John van Ryn
Wilmer Allison
Tilden
Hunter
Mack Men Win at Yankee Stadium in First Game
The Athletics defeated the Yankees 7 to 3 in the first game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. Rube Walberg pitched strong ball against Fred Heimach and Roy Sherid as Mule Haas and Gordon Cochrane hit home runs. A crowd of 70,000 witnessed the win. Byrd and Lary homered for New York in the ninth to avoid a shutout.
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Fred Heimach
Roy Sherid
Mule Haas
Gordon Cochrane
Waiberg
Byrd
Lary
Philadelphia
Griffin pleads guilty to murder of 13 year old girl
In Asheville on June 22 Glenn Figgin Griffin pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree for the killing of 13 year old Madge Smith. Judge Thomas L. Johnson sentenced him to 28 to 30 years in state prison after the plea ended the trial. The state had sought a first degree verdict.
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Ohio
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Snook
John J. Chester, Jr
Chester
Asheville
N. C
Glenn Figgin Griffin
Madge Smith
Thomas L. Johnson
Briny Deep Seen by 81 Year Old Near Ocean
Aaron M. Watson, age 81, who lived within 40 miles of the coast for 65 years and never saw the ocean, finally gazed upon the sea in Morehead City, brought by friends determined to grant the wish. He had recently moved to South Carolina, 28 miles from the shore, but still had not seen the water until this trip.
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Kinston
N.C
Aaron M. Watson
Morehead City
Watson
South Carolina
Army Band Plans Fall Tour of 18 States
The United States Army Band, returning from Seville Spain, will tour 18 states in the fall with performances likely in Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky Indiana Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Texas New Mexico Louisiana Mississippi Georgia Alabama Tennessee North and South Carolina and Virginia.
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United States Army Band
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Kansas
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Seminole chief Josie Billie acquitted of murder restores to council
In a secret Everglades ceremony during the green corn dance, Josie Billie, 41, Seminole chieftain, was acquitted of murdering the widowed squaw Nuf-Che. Relatives testified, and the tribal council ruled in Billie’s favor, restoring his privileges. A second murder case involving Philip Billie was also dismissed.
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Squaw Nuf-Che
Everglades Swamp
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Blood donors and donors offer for dying boy in New York
In New York City on June 22 more than 190 men and women offered blood and money to save 14 year old George Mosher dying of kala azar at Seaside hospital Staten Island. Transfusions cost 50 weekly, funds and blood from volunteers pour in including a school fundraiser and offers to cover all treatments. His mother is dead and his father unable to work from an accident.
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George Mosher
Seaside Hospital
Staten Island
George
Coast Guard Seeks Motor Surf Boat at Moore’s Inlet
Senator Simmons of North Carolina appeals to Admiral Bullard of the Coast Guard for a motor surf boat at Moore’s Inlet Wrightsville Beach to address danger from shifting shoals facing fishing and pleasure boats. John H. Foard of Wilmington supported the move, citing risks to mariners.
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Coast Guard
Moore's Inlet
Wrightsville Beach
WN. C
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Admiral Bullard
John H. Foard
Wilmington
N. C
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