Rail Seizure Sparks China Russia Crisis
Washington observers fear that the abrupt end of Russian management of the Chinese eastern railroad may widen anti communist tensions. The line linked Harbin to Mukden and Dairen, connecting with the trans Siberian railway and the Japanese Sea, with Japan’s stake via the South Manchuria railway.
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United Prev
Washington
China
Japan
South Manchuria
Harbin
Mukden
Dairen
Manchuria
Vledivostok
Japanese Sea
Eacn
Russia
Chinese leaders flee Peking amid Manchuria railway crisis
United Press dispatches from Manchester report Chiang Kai-Shek Marshal Yen Hsi-Shan and Chang Hsueh-Liang leaving for their capitals as tension rises over China’s seizure of the Chinese Eastern railway. The move follows talks in Peking on future policy amid arrests of communists in Manchuria and fears of broader Sino Soviet conflict over control of the key line linking Harbin, Changchun and Manchurian rail assets.
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United Cross
Manchester
England
Peping
Manchester Guardian
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Chang Hsueh- Liang
Manchuria
Peking
Chinese Eastern Railway
Russia
Siberian
Manchuk
Harbin
Changchun
Asia
China
Japan
China Seizes Harbin Railway After Soviet Raid
China asserted control of the Chinese Eastern railway at Harbin following evidence from a raid on the Soviet consulate. Nationalist foreign minister C. T. Wang stated the action targets spread of communist propaganda and was prompted by Soviet use of the railway to disseminate doctrine.
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China
Harbin
C. T. Wang
Dr. Wang
Snook Trial Postponement Denied in Ohio Court
A motion to postpone the trial of Dr. James H. Snook, who confessed to slaying Theora Hix, an Ohio State University co ed, was denied by the Columbus common pleas court. The case moves forward from July 22 to a new date.
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United Preas Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Ohio State University
Common Pleas Court
Fliers Hope to Keep on Till Sunday
Culver City California July 12. Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart report they are well and will stay aloft for days more in their Angeleno. They reached 240 hours in air in the endurance flight and made 37 refuelings piloted by Paul Whittier.
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Culver City
Cal
Loren Mendell
R. B
Pete) Reinhart
Indianapolis
Paul Whittier
Rains Damage State's Crops Across Indiana
Farmers lament ongoing rains that delay corn plowing and harvest as weather stations report unsettled conditions through Saturday. Total precipitation in Indianapolis neared 5.11 inches after Thursday night’s downpour, with July rainfall 2.51 inches above normal and wheat in shocks suffering damage.
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Weather Bureau
Woman Kills Self After Two Poison Attempts
Esther R. Meckel 28 wife of Dr. C B Meckel dentist 901 North Gray Street killed herself in city hospital after taking poison tablets at her husband's office 3120 East Michigan Street Police say earlier she threatened suicide and he substituted water for poison in a vial The couple's divorce suit for cruelty filed in March was dismissed June 10 Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Esther R. Meckel
C. B. Meckel
North Gray Street
City Hospital
East Michigan Street
Meckel
Dr. Meckel
Tetanus Victim Boy Fights For Life After Toy Cap Pistol Blast
Harold Coble, 11, of 325 North Bright Street, remains critically ill with tetanus from a toy cap pistol explosion on July 2. Doctors say his condition unchanged and little hope for recovery persists as city hospital staff report.
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Harold Coble
North Bright Street
City Hospital
Tragedy at Festival Fire Kills Twelve in Mock Wedding
In Gillingham England a two day midsummer festival ends in disaster as a four story dummy house bursts into real flames during The Fireman's Wedding. Twelve people die and three more later succumb to injuries as onlookers laugh and cheer unaware the stunt has turned real. The bridegroom Tabrett, deputy mace bearer, is among the wounded. fire crews fail to hear an alarm.
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Bay United Press
Gillingham
Kent
England
F. Worral
Ral
Gillingham Mortuary
Tabrett
Light City Scouts Embark for World Jamboree in England
Indianapolis Boy Scouts depart for New York to board the Roosevelt on July 17 for England. Sixty thousand scouts from forty two nations will camp at Arrows Park, England, for the jamboree August 13. Led by H L Howie, the party includes George Torrence and John Ragsdale among others. Eagle Scout Latham Breunig, age 18, is the only Eagle in the group. They plan a pioneer play on Daniel Boone and expect to return aboard the Leviathan on September 5.
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LGHT
Indianapolis
New York
U. S. S. Roosevelt
England
Boy Scout Organization
Chamber of Commerce
Arrows Park
Lord Birkenhead
H. L. Howie
George Torrence
John Ragsdale
Jack Appel
Robert Rhoads
Robert Failey
Anrde Rhoads
Homer Lathrop
Latham Breunig
Harvey Tribes
Jack Moore
Paul Scheuring
Donald Clopp
Richmond
J. A. McCowen
Chicago
Montreal
L. C. Breunig
North Talbott Street
Shortridge High School
Daniel Boone
United States
Driver Freed On 11 Charges In Municipal Court
Paul Gray 32 of Graceland avenue was cleared of eleven traffic charges after prosecutors split the case number and chose a single alleged offense. Judge Cameron ordered selection of a single violation for trial. An officer testified Gray turned around in the court street alley July 12, but the defense noted the alley was in fact a street corner.
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Court Street
Paul Gray
Graceland Avenue
Gray
Herbert Spencer
Cliffton R. Cameron
Spencer
Pennsylvania Street
Washington and
Market Streets
Dan Brown
Dawes Smokes Pipe During Conference Says No Smoking Sign Veto
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, in London, lit his underslung pipe at a weekly news conference. When asked by a reporter if he might smoke, he granted permission and said he would remove a long standing no smoking sign in the waiting room that he had not noticed.
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United Press
London
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Kansas Cities Flooded Across Central and Southern Kansas
Floods swept central and southern Kansas with heavy property losses and one death. Cities affected include Hutchinson Emporia Salina Sterling and McPherson with Sterling and Hutchinson hit hardest.
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United Press
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Hutchinson
Emporia
Salina
Sterling
McPherson
Thaw Estate Valued At Over Three Million Dollars
The personal estate of the late Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, was valued at 3,127,722.18 dollars in an inventory filed in Pittsburgh. More than half the estate consisted of oil stock. cash on hand was 558,044.27 dollars.
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Bu United Press
Pittsburgh
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Sheriff Winks at Snowflake as Dogs Dominate July
Sheriff George L Winkler receives a flood of fan mail while tackling dog racing issues and a $100,000 Snowflake trick huskie. Three postal cards show dog heads with quips about boarding dogs, going to the dogs, and hot dogs.
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Heriff
George L. Winkler
Huskie
George
Turkish floods claim 100 dead near Trebizond
Unconfirmed dispatch from Constantinople reports 100 people drowned east of Trebizond as coastal floods followed forty hours of cloudbursts. Many villages were demolished.
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United Press
Berlin
Constantinople
Voerwartz
Trebizond
Jones Resting Well After Kidney Operation
Senator Wesley Jones of Washington was operated on for a kidney ailment Wednesday and is listed in fair condition. Hospital attaches say he will remain hospitalized for at least three weeks.
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United Press
Washington
Wesley Jones
Rep
Wash
Jones
State board elects officers. Brown reappointed secretary
Dr Frank R Brown was reelected secretary of the state live stock sanitary board Thursday with Forrest Knepper Etna Green a legislature member chosen president R F Dean North Salem named vice president Brown keeps the state veterinarian post. La Porte Ind July 12 Joseph Witak 50 father of eight died in a hospital today from injuries after an automobile struck him Olson La Porte held pending inquest.
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Frank R. Brown
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Forrest Knepper
Etna Green
R. F. Dean
North Salem
Brown
United Press
LA Porte
Ind
Joseph Witak
E. Olson
Olson
Witak
Talkies Change The Image Of Women In Hollywood
Miss Marjorie Williams of the Hollywood Studio Club says talking pictures debunk old libels about women as talkative. She notes fewer girls from small towns come to Hollywood, with the industry becoming more specialized and the public more educated about glitter versus reality. Indiana casting offices report a decline in Hoosier entrants as talkies take hold.
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Marjorie Williams
Hollywood
Cal
America
Miss Williams
Optimist Club
The
Claypool
Indiana
Hoosier State
Three Bandits Rob Gas City State Bank of $20000
Three unmasked bandits robbed the Gas City State Bank of $20,000 in currency this afternoon and fled in a blue sedan. Cashier J. W. Ball and assistant Lucille Nesbit were forced against a wall as the payroll for the Illinois Glass Company was taken. Sheriff Jacob Campbell organized a posse and neighboring police were alerted.
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GAS City State Bank
Illinois Gas Company
United Press
Gas City
Ind
J. W. Ball
Lucille Nesbit
Illinois
Bell
Miss Nesbit
Bernard Griggs
G. Hamilton
Utes
Glass Company
Jacob Campbell
Grant County
Towser the Jungle King Dog Returns After Lion Hunt
Towser, a large mixed breed owned by James Corrigan of Cortland, roamed near Binghamton for four days to the excitement of 120000 people. State troopers and locals hunted him, fearing he was a lion, but he finally returned home with cocklebars in his fur after July 4 noise and fireworks scared him into the woods.
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United Press
Binghamton
N. Y
Towser
Shumaker Operation Delayed Until Fall
The Rev. E. S. Shumaker, secretary of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, remains away for rest in Battle Creek Michigan and is not expected to return for two more weeks. His gall bladder operation has been postponed until fall.
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E. S. Shumaker
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Battle Creek
Mich
SPEAKS MINUS SHIRT AT ROTARY CLUB SPEECH
Dr. Thomas Darlington former health commissioner spoke to the Rotary Club on summer attire for men. He urged dressing cooler and noted women’s dress now uses lighter fabrics, saying it used to take four sheep to clothe a woman and now it takes a silkworm.
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United Presse
New York
Rotary Club
Thomas Darlington
Boys Bury $55 Loot After Theft Confession
Police questioned two 13 year olds after theft of 55 dollars from Mrs. Esther Long. The youths led officers to the buried loot hidden in a garage floor near the Long residence at 415 North Denny Street. The boys were taken to the detention home.
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Esther Long
North
Denny Street
Long Home
Wife of middleweight champion files for separation
Mrs. Margaret Kelly Walker, wife of boxing world middleweight champion Mickey Walker, files suit in Trenton for separate maintenance and custody of their 5 year old son Michael. She describes alleged domestic troubles, threats, and infidelity while detailing earnings and past moves, including a June 28 incident at their Rumson New Jersey home and a subsequent move to Brooklyn.
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United
Trenton
N. J
Margaret Kelly Walker
Mickey
Michael
Ednmibienanie
Jack Britton
Pete Latzo
Pennsylvania
Walker
Broadway
Jack Kearns
Lafayette Street
Rumson
Round Table Knights Elect New Officers
O. D. Brundige of Dallas was elected president at the sixth annual convention closing session at the Lincoln. Four vice presidents were named Everett Ellison in Washington D C N J Eschenbrener in New York City William S Akins in Indianapolis and Dr W H Speer in Wilmington Del all chosen for the next term.
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Knights of the Round Table
Lincoln
Everett Ellison
Washington, D. C
N. J. Eschenbrener
New York City
William S. Akins
Indianapolis
W. H. Speer
Wilmington
Del
Bank teller charged with embezzling $104000 in five years
George W. Bennett, 25, a former office boy who became a teller at Farmers and Merchants Bank in Georgetown, was arrested on charges of embezzling $104,000. Police say he admitted spending all but $5,000, which was recovered.
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United Preas
Washington
George W. Bennett
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Georgetown
Bennett
Road signs torn down as Terre Haute feud heats up
In Terre Haute Indiana city officials pulled down highway signs placed by the state highway commission and re erected them on a different street. The clash follows a previous removal of the route from the business district seen by residents as causing several accidents. Officials argue the commission chosen street is not a through thoroughfare.
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United Press
Terre Haute
Ind
State Highway Commission
Commise«Sion
Widening Cost Argued Before City Board
Remonstrators contest Capitol avenue widening from Washington to New York. Owners urge city pay three fourths of the assessment since resurfacing extended five feet beyond the widening line. Theodore H. Dammeyer says resurfacing filled holes and prevented rot in widened sections.
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Capitol Avenue
Washington Street
New York Street
Board of Works
Theodore H. Dammeyer
Marguerite Motes Suffers Leg Fracture After Porch Fall
Mrs. Marguerite Motes aged 37 of 553 Highland avenue fractured her right leg above the ankle when she fell from a porch at 1222 Standard street Thursday night.
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Marguerite Motes
Highland Avenue
Standard Street
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