Rorimer Gets Ziggy Youngs Favor for Tulsa Girl
Dan Rorimer in Hollywood receives a letter from Ziggy Young asking him to help Anne Winter, a Tulsa girl trying to break into films. The note pressures him to buy her dinner and secure her a job, while a Holly wood move looms as casting news shocks him.
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Chapier Oan
Rorimer
Hollywoo
Ziggy Young
New York
Ziggy
Kersld Tribune
East Forty-second Street
Hollywood
Continental Pictures
Paul Collier
the Roosevelt
Collier
Dan
Frederick Atwood
Orimer
P. S
Tulsa
Anne Winter
Anne
Clara Bok
Dolores del
Detroit Takes Spotlight Amid City Unrest and Scandal
Bruce Catton reports from Detroit as sensational revelations of vice crime and graft surface following Bowles recall and the murder of radio announcer Gerald Buckley, Bowles’ chief foe. A vivid series unfolds with a Page 6 installment and a forthcoming piece on prohibition.
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Chicago
Detroit
Bowles
Gerald Buckley
Bruce Catton
Times
NEA Service
Cooling Rains Bring Relief as Indiana Endures Heat Wave
Indiana crops gain relief from cooling rains as northern sections receive showers and the forecast promises lower temperatures tonight. Heat records topple across multiple towns with highs near 101.1 degrees in Indianapolis and double digits elsewhere. Water supply strains city systems and farmers desperate for livestock water receive county aid while roads and pavements buckle under the heat.
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Hoosierdam
Mercury
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Washington
Madison
Princeton
Columbus
Bedford
Bloomington
Jeffersonville
Evansville
Terre Haute
Martinsville
New Albany
Crawfordsville
Noblesville
Shelbyville
Indiana Lakes Region
Record Heat Persists Across States Through July
United Press reports government forecasters predict more moderate weather for August after a three week stretch of extreme heat. Over 30 stations from the Rockies to the Atlantic reported 100 degrees or more Monday as an Arctic cold front moved from Alaska across the Canadian border, dropping North Dakota readings 16 to 20 degrees. The cool air is expected to sweep the northern half of the country toward the Atlantic.
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United Press
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Arctic
Alaska
Canadian
North Dakota
United States
Atlantic
Lords Pass Treaty
The United Press reports from London that on July 29 the house of...
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United Prene London
The
House of
Indiana highway labor wages spark critic calls and funding move
Labor officials and opponents charge highway contractors on Indiana's mass paving program pay as little as 15 to 20 cents an hour, while contracts are let at 40 to 50 cents. Attorney General Ogden allows borrowing from the general fund to speed work, with funds to be repaid later. Governor Leslie supports the transfer to keep road building moving despite wage concerns.
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Indiana
James M. Ogden
State Highway Commission
General Fund
State Highway Department
Adolph J. Fritz
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Fritz
The
Times
John J. Brown
Highway Department
Indianapolis
West Washington Street
Greene County
State Finance Board
O. K
Harry G. Leslie
Department
William J. Titus
Congress
Ogden
Spencer County Reunion Tenth Annual in Garfield Park
Former residents to gather for the Spencer County tenth annual reunion at 11 a m Sunday in Garfield park. The De Hart family holds its fourth annual reunion at Garfield park on Sunday.
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Spencer County
Garfield
Garfield Park
de Hart
New British Air Liner Far Out Over Atlantic in Flight to U S
The R-100 airship sails from England toward Montreal in its first flight as a flying hotel for 100 passengers. It promises electric cooking and two daily meals, three gondolas with 600 HP engines, and a 71 mph speed with 3500 mile range, aiming to halve trans Atlantic transit time. Commander R B Booth leads, with Major H G Scott as second in command.
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Atlantic
U. S
England
Montreal
Canada
Casine
Cn Condor
Graf Zeppelin
Washington Monument
R. 8S
Booth
H. G. Scott
New York
Scotland
Son of Slain Detective Hangs Self in Jail
Hoke Smith aged 19, son of the late City Detective W D Smith who was slain with Watson Moultrope and Roland Lalone, hanged himself in the county jail in Jacksonville Florida. He was jailed on an alleged robbery charge and left a note to his wife. Moultrope and Lalone were noted Connecticut convicts.
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United Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Hoke Smith
W. D. Smith
Watson Moultrope
Roland Lalone
Young Smith
Moultrope
Lalone
Connecticut
Conservatives Triumph in Canada Vote Over U S Tariff Barrier
Montreal July 29 Conservatives led by R B Bennett score decisive gains over Liberal King in Canada election with 136 seats to 85 and more results pending. Several cabinet ministers including Charles A Dunning lose their ridings as Bennett vows high tariffs in retaliation against Hawley Smoot. King elected from Prince Albert but reduced majority. Bennett praised Sunday school ties and Eddy fortune backing.
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United Preas
Montreal
Quebec
R. B. Bennett
W. L. MacKenzie King
Commons
Liberals
United
Farmers
Progressives
Liberal-Progressives
Labor
House of Commons
United States
Dunning
King
Charles A. Dunning
Lucien Cannon
T. A. Creaver
Cyrus MacMillan
W. F. Kaye
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Canada
Bennett
Yukon
Methodist
R. B. Eddy
Eddy
Privy Council
Divorces in Reno Woman Granted Divorce Over Fits of Carcassm
In Reno on July 29 Esther Hopkins Pool was granted a divorce from Dr. Eugene Pool a prominent New York surgeon. The couple married in New York in 1904 and have two sons. A property settlement was made out of court.
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United Press
Reno
Nev
Esther Hopkins Pool
Eugene Pool
New York
Government to form commission on employment statistics
President Hoover announced a new government commission will be appointed to collect statistics on employment and to provide cooperation between government departments and business officials. The body aims to gather data on unemployment and aid policy making.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Palmer McCloskey Defies Weather With Tree-Top Endurance
Palmer McCloskey of 328 North Temple Avenue vows to continue his rock-a-bye pastime on a tree beyond two weeks to his tree-sidting endurance feat as heat waves showers and a blizzard pass. Other Indianapolis youths remain in tree tops undeterred by his persistence.
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Palmer McCloskey
North Temple Avenue
Indianapolis
Palmer
Sixteen Die As Lake Dredge Whalen Sinks In Lake Erie
Fifteen crew members and one woman drown when the sand dredge George J. Whalen capsizes after cargo shifts eighteen miles west of Dunkirk New York in Lake Erie. Six crew survive as Amassa Stone ferries them to Erie. Coast guards search for other bodies as survivors describe a night wind storm turning the vessel upside down.
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United Press
Erie
George J. Whalen
Dunkirk
N. Y
Lake Erie
Amassa
W. H. Neil
W. T. W. Wage
Marshall Emline
Arthur Walters
Jail Term Determination for Actress D Arcy
Actress Mary L D Arcy must serve ten days in jail for reckless driving after the appellate division of the supreme court affirmed her conviction. She had been found guilty in municipal court of driving while under the influence of liquor.
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United Preat
Los Angeles
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Mary L. D'Arcy
Miss D’arcy
Retail prices fall over ten percent from year ago
Washington July 29 Retail price levels nationwide are more than 10 percent lower than a year earlier based on federal reserve board reports. Indianapolis department stores reporting five outlets show a 14 percent drop in June sales versus June 1929 while overall volume appears stationary due to lower prices. Six months to June 30 show a 7 percent decrease in sales from 1929 though volumes rise with cheaper goods.
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Times
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
Indianapolis
R-100 Challenges German Claims to Dirigible Supremacy
London dispatch reports the airship R-100 beginning a transatlantic test flight from Cardington toward Ireland Greenland and Labrador under R. S Booth command with forty four aboard including seven passengers. The voyage aims to prove Britains capability against German dirigibles and could influence future air commerce.
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London
Britain
Canada
Atlantic Ocean
R. 8. Booth
Atlantic
North Channel
Scotland
Ireland
Cardington
Greenland
Labrador
St. Hubert
Quebec
Mississippi River Falls to Low Stage Halting River Traffic
Navigation on the Mississippi was threatened by the river's lowest stage in many years. Shippers reported difficulty moving river boats past shallower stretches between Cairo Illinois and Memphis Tennessee.
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United Press
ST. Louis
Mississippi
Cairo
Ill
Memphis, Tenn
Uncertain Times Display From Fragmented OCR Data
Fragmentary numbers and timestamps without clear context show an OCR snippet with multiple times and values. No identifiable persons, organizations, or events are discernible to form a concrete news item or summary.
Dog track suit quashed by court ruling
Superior Judge Joseph M Milner sustained a demurrer and dismissed the owner promoted dog track project at West Minnesota street and Holt road. The promoter Hugh Frye of Louisville failed to appear. ruling said the suit was an improper attempt to link courts to racing.
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Minnesota Street
Holt Road
Joseph M Milner
Hugh Frye
Louisville
Milner
Frye
Ira M. Holmes
Holmes
Defendent
Mooney Case Witness Recants Before California Court
John MacDonald, once a star witness against Warren K. Billings in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing and against Thomas J. Mooney, testifies anew to tell the truth as a fact finding panel of seven California Supreme Court justices hears the pardon bid. He repudiates prior testimony while questions on credibility arise from Judge Preston.
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San Francisco
Cal
John MacDonald
California Supreme Court
Warren K. Billings
Supreme Court
MacDonald
Waste
Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
John W. Preston
Mooney
Preston
Frank. P. Walsh
New York
C. C. Young
Young
Walsh
Hillary Gans
Charles Ruzicka
Baltimore
Charles M. Fickert
Fickert
McAllister Street
Civic Center
Mac Donald
the Thunderbolt
Folsom Prison
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Mary D’arcy
Keith Jones
United Press Star
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Empire
George D. Crissey
Justice Preston
Lafayette
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