United States invites major powers to disarmament conference
The United States formally invites Great Britain France Italy and Japan to a practical conference to reduce armaments and resolve international problems by common consent. China is asked to send a delegation to discuss Pacific and Far East issues as part of the talks. The note stresses naval arms and broader armaments while inviting wide international participation.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
China
WASHINGTON
Associated Press
United States
Pacific
far East
Department of State
assumpton
Yap
Shantung
Forecast for Indiana includes Friday thunder showers
Jim Grow reports the Spanish ship of state is far from peaceful waters. The forecast for Indiana for Friday and Saturday calls for partly cloudy conditions, likely local thunder showers in the southern portion on Friday, with little temperature change. Indianapolis area similar: Friday thunder showers, Saturday partly cloudy, minimal temperature variation.
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Jim Grow
Indiana
Indianapolis
Preacher Escapes Tar by Pledge to Leave Town
In Oskaloosa Iowa a mob of ex servicemen seized itinerant preacher Rev. W. L Wilfond at a tent meeting and tarred him then forced him into a car and carried him into the country to compel him to depart town He promised to leave and was released The police ordered tent meetings discontinued. In Augusta Georgia two county officers escaped an attempted lynching when they moved suspects C O Fox and Jesse Gappins from a county jail to Savannah to avert violence after the murder of William Brazell.
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OSKALOOSA
France
W. L Wilfond
AUGUSTA
C. O. Fox
Jesse Gappins
William Brazell
Columbia
S. C
Savannah
Clemency Plea Heard For Croatian Killer Dunjevich
William W. McMahon urged Indiana Board of Pardons to commute Nick Dunjevich of Gary from death penalty to life imprisonment. Dunjevich killed another Croatian in a quarrel. Supreme Court upheld conviction. Board decision to be reported after August season.
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INDIANA
STATE CAPITOL
Aus
Nick Dundevich
Gary
state
state board of pardons
William W. McMahon
Hammond
Ind
McMahon
Dunjevich
Supreme court
Dunievich
board of pardons
Five Die in Mississippi Grade Crossing Crash
Five men killed and ten injured when a car with a trailer was struck by a Yazoo Mississippi Valley passenger train near Anguilla Mississippi. Witnesses said the driver attempted to beat the train at the crossing. The workers were employed by a railroad construction company and were returning home.
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VICKSBURG
Miss
Anguilla
Man shot by alcohol bandits dies of wounds
Matthias Schuler a 27 year old Aurora Indiana chauffeur on a grain alcohol truck near Valley Junction died at Good Samaritan hospital from two back shots after a deadly gun battle between nine bandits and guards. Six bandits escaped and three already in custody face murder charges after the victim’s death.
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CINCINNATI
Matthias Schuler
Aurora
Ind
Good Samaritan hospital
Valley Junction
Schuler
Truant Balloon Returns Safely to Sea at Lakehurst
A captive balloon broke from its moorings at the naval air station Lakehurst New Jersey and drifted seaward on August 11. With no power, it rose to about 3000 feet, then wind shifts sent it inland toward the air station where three passengers landed unharmed one mile from the station. The crew opened the valve and guided the balloon down to an open field before anchoring it for retrieval.
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LAKEHURST
naval air station
Two Men Die as Mine Roof Collapses at Quincy Mine
In Houghton Michigan on August 11, two miners were killed and five injured when debris from a rock fall buried the No 6 shift at Quincy mine. The avalanche of rock was triggered by an air blast after ore formations gripped suddenly. The dead are Joseph Martin and Wilgon Yelland. Their bodies have not been recovered.
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HOUGHTON
Mid
Quincy
Joseph Martin
Wilgon Yelland
Landslide destroys village in Eisack valley Tyrol
In Austrian Tyrol Berne Switzerland auxiliary reports forty people killed and many buried in debris after a heavy rainstorm caused streams to overflow. The landslide devastated Kiausum village in the Eisack valley, destroying teen houses and damaging vintages.
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BERNE
Switzerland
Aux
Kiausum
Eisack
Tylor
Father of President Harding Marries Nurse in Michigan
Monroe Michigan August 11 Dr George T Harding father of President Warren G Harding wed Miss Alice Severns longtime nurse in his Marion Ohio office. The 76 year old physician and his 52 year old bride traveled by auto to Monroe obtained a license and met Rev Frank T Knowles at the Monroe Presbyterian church where the ceremony occurred before leaving for Toledo. Newsmen and county officials were briefed but Harding refused to discuss his paternity.
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MONROE
Mich
George T. Harding
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Misa Beryl Snyder
Knowles
Marion
Monroy long
George T Harding
Toledo
Alice Severns
Indicts Pair in Kennedy Death in Los Angeles
Mrs Madalynne Obenchain of Los Angeles and Arthur C Burch of Evanston Illinois were indicted for the murder of Belton Kennedy. The two Northwestern alumni were connected to the case as witnesses and suspects as the shotgun weapon remained unfound. Kennedy was shot on the Beverly Glen cottage steps. Obenchain said she saw two foreign accented men flee in a car.
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LOS ANGELES
Cal
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
Evanston, ILL
Northwestern university
Belton Kennedy
Obenchain
Kennedy
Burch
Las Vegas
New
Sidney Reeves
Superior court
grand jury
Hall of Records
uqual
Reeves
county
Ralph Obenchain
Madalynne
W.A. Burch
Northwestern
W.W. A. Quayle
St. Louia
Kansas City
Beverly Glen
Beverly Hills
Body of missing priest dug up near San Francisco
In San Francisco on August 11, authorities recovered the body of Father Patrick E Heslin of Holy Angels Colima from a beach twenty miles south of the city. Two bullets were found in the corpse and an unemployed baker named Hightower led investigators to the grave after delays and conflicting statements. The investigation centers on a ransom claim, an anonymous donor, and a woman named Dolly Mason as investigators pursue leads.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Cal
Patrick E. Heslin
Holy Angels Catholic Church
Colima
Pacific ocean
William A Hightower
Hightower
Dolly Mason
Salada Beach
Heslin Hightower
Hanna
Heslin
Colma
Industrial Indianapolis Under One Room
Charles W. Kern president of the Central Labor Union praises a display showing finished products. He says the exhibit will educate Indianapolis working men and reflect the largely labor-driven output of the city.
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Indianapolia
Indianapolis
Charles w. Kern
Central Labor Union
Strong urges canceling allied debt interest to aid U.S. export
Governor Strong of the New York Federal Reserve told a joint congressional commission that American exporters need relief from interest charges on foreign debts. He said foreign exchange influenced by German reparations complicates exports, and urged policy consideration to use Europe’s purchasing power for American goods. He favored broader credit facilities for farmers and land-bank leases, stressing foreign markets as vital.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Governor Strong
New York Federal Reserve bank
congressional commission
Strong
Europe
Congress
commission
Federal reserve system
reserve bank
New York
Federal farm loan board
Canadian agents predict big flow of booze to U S
Windsor Ontario reports say court ruling freeing export of intoxicants to foreign nations will trigger a surge in liquor crossing the border. Officials expect speedboats crossing Lake to carry shipments into the United States as breweries respond to new orders.
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U. S
WINDSOR
Ontario
United States
Detroit
Hquor
A. T. Montreuil
Mousseau
Toronto
Traffic Stuntman Clings to Third Floor Ledge
A man dubbed a human fly entertained a crowd from a narrow third floor hotel ledge at the Dentsor hotel yesterday. He sang while tottering and drew a street crowd that briefly blocked traffic before hotel attaches pulled him to safety.
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Ira
Dentsor
songater
Bandits Rob $6,500 Near Des Moines City Hall
Aug 11 William Koppock, a messenger for Capitol City State Bank, was held up within half a block of the city hall by four men. They grabbed his grip and escaped in an automobile after robbing him of $6,350.
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DES MOINES
William Koppock
Capitol city state bank
Crisis in Irish Parley Spurs British French Talks
Paris reports Millerand and Briand debated summoning Parliament as crisis deepens. The allied supreme council meeting fractured when Lloyd George withdrew, following Ireland peace proposals from London and the Irish reply arriving by air.
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PARIS
Silesia
supreme council
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
London
England
Ireland
Irish crisis swirls as De Valera reply lands in London
London reports a sudden shift as Eamon De Valera’s answer to Britain’s proposals reaches Chamberlain and is flown to Lloyd George in Paris. The move sparks a London cabinet session and raises questions about Irish negotiations, while Briand and Lloyd George clash over Upper Silesia and France Britain tensions edge higher. Ambassadors and Irish leaders react as the Continent watches a tense diplomatic moment unfold.
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LONDON
Associated Press
Eamon DeValera
Aunten Chamberlain
Paris
De Valera
Dall Eireann
Dublin
Lloyd George
Briand
Silegia
M. Briand
Mr. Lloyd George
George Harvey
Great Britain
Harvey
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