United States to study limits on ship construction
Officials predict a huge rise in naval output within years as Washington weighs a defense oriented navy. Wilbur and Coolidge plan review at Rapid City and Congress may set policy before the new session. Experts say capital ships destroyers and submarines will need replacement and total costs will rise far beyond pre Geneva levels.
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Great Britain
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Geneva
Kellogg
Congress
Wilbur
Rapid City
Japan
Prisoner Admits Altering Bills In Tennessee Penitentiary
John Jordan formerly of St. Louis serving a bank robbery sentence in Shelby is named as taking responsibility for changing a dozen one dollar bills into denominations of five ten and twenty within the state penitentiary walls. In other news the Knights of Columbus national convention at Portland adopts resolutions denouncing the Mexican government. Four Pueblo priests are arrested and taken to Mexico City charged with sedition for secret masses in private homes.
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Tenn
John Jordan
St. Louis
Shelby
National Convention of Knights of Columbus
Portland
Ore
Pueblo
Mexico City
Unrequited Love Blamed for Double Fatal Shooting
In Hollywood a police report links unrequited love to the deaths of Hamilton W. Mannon, 26, a movie studio official, and Betty M. Gottlieb, 25, who shot herself after Mannon was killed. Mannon’s associate Albert D'Agnostino said Mannon had tried to end their friendship.
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Betty M. Gottlieb
Hamilton W. Mannon
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Miss Gottlieb
Friends Rally To Aid Sacco And Vanzetti In Boston
In Boston on August 5 AP reports supporters of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti redoubling efforts to save the condemned pair from execution as Warden Hendry prepares for a triple hanging at Charlestown prison Celestino Madeiros the third condemned man awaits possible retrial confession deemed unreliable by the supreme court Governor Fuller. Sacco and Vanzetti continue hunger strike and intermittent eating while Madeiros attacks the death house menu with gusto.
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Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
William Hendry
Charlestown
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Vanzetti
Celestino Madeiros
Supreme Court
Fuller
Madeiros
Gutso
Sacco and Vanzetti appeal to US Supreme Court urged
Boston August 5 The Sacco Vanzetti defense committee today indicated an appeal to the United States supreme court will be pursued soon though no formal announcement was made. Committee members conferred with counsel Arthur D Hill as William Thompson and Herbert Ehrman retired. Gardner Jackson said the appeal will go directly to federal courts. Sacco and Vanzetti are scheduled for execution next Thursday.
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United States Supreme Court
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Arthur D. Hill
William Thompson
Herbert Ehrman
Gardner Jackson
Sacco
Vanzetti
World Reacts to Fuller Decision on Sacco Vanzetti
Global response to Governor Fuller’s Sacco Vanzetti ruling spans Berlin London Moscow Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Montevideo and Tokyo with protests strikes and embassy guards. Demonstrations and planned actions accompany guard measures as citizens and officials react around the world.
Radical unrest as Argentina unions plan mass action
In Buenos Aires August 5 radical elements call general strikes and mass meetings after Governor Fuller refuses clemency for Sacco and Vanzetti. Rosario reports U S firms seek police protection amid disorders. 45 hour strike by Syndical Union begins today. rail and municipal workers weigh boycotts. socialists rally for Sunday meetings.
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Vanzetti
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Fail After Feud Over Water Issue
Banks in Bishop California closed voluntarily after a four year Owens Valley water rights dispute with Los Angeles. Five banks posted notices to depositors, reporting about 2.5 million dollars in total deposits and stating the failures were caused by unresolved sales and loans. Los Angeles officials denied responsibility for the closures.
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Los Angeles
Owens Valley
W. W. Watterson
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National Institution
M. Q. Watterson
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Body of Man Found Under Car in Virginia
The body of William Hurt, 45, missing since Saturday, was found last night about two miles east of Mattoux and one mile from the highway. Finley Williams, who left Farmville with Hurt Saturday, is held in jail pending investigation. Hurt’s coat was in a wrecked car in Appomattox County where Williams was found. Hurt to be taken to Appomattox for further inquiry into his death.
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William Hurt
Mattoux
Finley Williams
Farmville
Hurt
Williams
Appomattox
Appomattox County
Romania guards borders to block Carol entry
Budapest dispatches report Premier Bratianu ordering double guards at all border points to prevent former Crown Prince Carol from entering. Opposition parties allegedly favor a dynastic change to avert Bratianu rule while Bucharest seeks early recognition of King Michael and regency from foreign governments, none of whom have presented credentials yet.
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Hungary
Bratiano
Carol
Bucharest
Roumania
Bratianu
Michael
Virginia Postmaster is Burned to Death
Burke Virginia August burial scene details a burned to death postmaster Rev John J Sangster a former Methodist circuit rider who rushed into a fire to save mail at the J G Dunn general store housing the post office and was found near the post office safe with charred mail after the blaze.
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John J. Sangster
J. G. Dunn
Sangster
Dunn
Virginia congressman John R. Brown dies at 86
John Robert Brown, 86, last Republican congressman from Virginia’s fifth district (1888 1890), died at his Martinsville home after a long illness. Funeral services set for Saturday. A longtime tobacco manufacturer, he led civic and church life in Henry County and is survived by five Martinsville daughters and one daughter in Harrisonburg.
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Martinsville
John Robert Brown
Brown
Henry County
L. C. Claybrook
Harrisonburg
Weather snapshot for Virginia and Tennessee regions
Readings from the U.S. weather station by C. L. Bunn show fair conditions tonight and Saturday in Virginia with rising temperatures in the west and north areas and moderate west winds. Tennessee forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday with increasing cloudiness and little temperature change. 6 p.m. daily readings compare high yesterday at 80, last year 91. low yesterday 65, last year unknown. Rainfall for the last 24 hours ending 6 p.m. yesterday recorded as .97 inches, with last year unavailable.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U.S
C. L. Bunn
Flight endurance record broken at Dessau Germany
Cornelius Edzard and Johann Risticr landed in their Junkers W-33 at 10:13 A.M. after a world endurance flight of 52 hours 23 minutes, eclipsing the 51 hours 11 minutes 25 seconds record set by Clarence D. Chamberlin and Bert Acosta. They began the flight at 5:50 A.M. Wednesday, shuttling between Dessau and Leipzig, as cheering crowds celebrated the achievement.
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Germany
Cornelius Edzard
Johann Ristiz
Earth
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Bert Acosta
Edzard
Risticr
Leipsic
Peay Seeks Carter County Highway Financing
Governor Austin Peay of Tennessee, returning from vacation, pressed Carter County officials and local chambers to arrange funding for the county's share of the John son City to Banzstoff plant highway. He met with Glanzstaff officials and the Elizabethton Chamber to review the route and address the financing issue.
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Tenn
Austin Peay
Tennessee
Carter County
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Glanzstaff
Chamber of Commerce
Elizabethton Chamber
Miners Leave Silent Proof of Struggle After Kentucky Explosion
In Clay Kentucky rescue workers recovered two miners West Carter and Green Russell who died trying to seal off poisonous air after a West Kentucky Coal Company explosion. Their bodies were found 900 feet from the blast in entry number 10 with torn clothing stuffed into cracks as proof of their desperate bid for life. Fifteen other miners had already died and were brought to the surface. no additional missing persons were reported as officials opened an investigation into the disaster.
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Bro Coal Company
Clay
West Carter
Green Russell
West Kentucky Coal Company
Mean
Chattanooga Negroes in Gun Fight With Officers
In Chattanooga Tennessee police halted a roundup of members of a “back to Africa” group after a last night gun battle. About forty armed men exchanged more than 150 shots with officers, two negroes wounded probably fatally and a policeman shot in the thigh.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Negro Union Improvement Association
Africa
Bryan
Trial of Trio Nears Climax in Le Bouef Murder Case
Franklin La Aug 5 AP Events sped toward closure as Mrs Ada Bonner Le Bouef Dr Thomas E Dreher and James Beadle faced a pivotal moment in the murder trial of James J Le Bouef The doctor and the widow told similar accounts of the shooting and Beadle the lone defendant still to present final arguments A civil engineer placed the crime near the St Martin parish line as Mrs Le Bouef wept during testimony by her alleged lover.
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Franklin
Ada Bonner le Bouef
Thomas E. Dreher
James Beadle
James J. le Bouef
Dr. Dreher
Morgan City
le Bouef
St. Mary and
St. Martin Push
St. Martin
Miss Gubernatorial Election in Deadlock
In Mississippi, unofficial results from the Democratic primary show a runoff likely between Theodore Bilbo and Governor Dennis Murphree. Bilbo leads with 128,636 votes to Murphree's 70,050. other candidates include Connor 59,255 and Anderson 21,993. Lieutenant Governor race has M P Lowery Love ahead, State Auditor White leads over Dinkins.
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M. P. Lowery Love
Love
Adam
Smith
White
Dinkins
Amends to Constitution of Virginia Discussed
Norfolk an Aug 5 A Virginia Bar Association session featured committee reports and an address by C H Morrissett state tax commissioner Morrissett detailed proposed constitutional amendments The Bar asked the general assembly to permit it to organize as a self governing body Breckenridge Long of Missouri spoke on the constitution origin About 350 lawyers attend the convention which began 38 years ago in Virginia with twenty charter members
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C. H. Morrissett
Virginia Bar Association
Virginia Beach
Morrissett
Virginia
State Bar
General Assembly
Breckenridge Long
Missouri
Clarence D Chamberlin Commissioned Major in New Jersey Guards
Clarence D. Chamberlin was commissioned as a major in the New Jersey National Guard during ceremonies on governor's day at Seagirt Camp. Governor and officials attended, marking a formal promotion in state service.
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Clarence D. Chamberlin
New Jersey National Guards
Seagirt Camp
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