Cerro Junta in Saddle in Peru
Peru forms a new military government led by Lieut. Col. Luis M. Sanchez Cerro. A new Junta is sworn in displacing Leguia and the Ponce faction. Cerro arrives from Arequipa to an ovation and pledges a new cabinet while Leguia seeks to rally support from aboard ship.
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Lima
Peru
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Arequipa
Sanchez Cerro
Augusto B. Leguia
Manuel Maria Ponce
Cerro
Leguia
Arica
Chile
Sancho Cerro
Alejandro Barco
Ernesto Montague
Las Palmas
Ancon
Panama
Protection of ex president urged by scholar
Professor Jesse S. Reeves of the University of Michigan proposed that the U S act to protect Augusto B Leguia former president of Peru, as a humanitarian gesture praising his eleven years in office. Admiral Hepburn urged joining the League of Nations to stabilize world peace.
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Williamstown
Mass
Augusto B. Leguia
Peru
Jesse S. Reeves
University of Michigan
Round Table
Institute of Politics
Arthur J. Hepburn
United States
Extortionist Caught in Chicago Over Widow of Senator Joyce
Lydell S. Taylor was arrested after allegedly demanding 2000 from Mrs. Mary Joyce widow of State Senator John T. Joyce. A letter bearing Taylor's name threatened the husband, though police suspect he never knew Joyce. Joyce's death is under investigation with grand jury testimony on vote frauds and possible poisoning.
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Chicago
Lydell S. Taylor
Mary Joyce
John T. Joyce
Joyce
Slayings Near Ensenada Remain Mystery
The Ensenada beach murder of Lois M. Kentle and Francis Conlon remains unsolved. Masatomi Miyashiro was reportedly arrested by Southern California authorities after being found armed and wandering nearby, but officials cite no clear motive.
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San Diego
Cal
Lois M. Kentle
Los Angeles
University of California
Francis Conlon
Monrovia
Ensenada
Mexico
Masatomi Miyashiro
California
Mencken Marries Sara Powell Hardt in Baltimore
In Baltimore the wedding of H. L. Mencken and Miss Sara Powell Hardt is reported as a formal ceremony attended by family and friends with public notices of the union.
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Baltimore
H. L. Mencken
Sara Powell Hardt
Bolt Strikes Twice in McMahon House During Storm
Lightning hit a tree in McMahon yard in Lynchburg Virginia traveled through a radio aerial into the house. It ripped a lightning arrester and burned a $200 radio set. Moments later a second bolt struck the house from the opposite side melting wires in a telephone and tearing plaster. The McMahon family escaped injury.
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Lynchburg
M. P. McMahon
McMahon
Stunt Fliers Banned From Low Overcrowded View Stands
At Curtiss-Reynolds Airport Chicago new safety rules limit racing planes to finish normal paths over the field and require stunt fliers to stay over the landing area. After yesterday's fatal Navy crash two lives lost, seven injured by debris as gas tank exploded.
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Chicago
Curtiss - Reynolds
Herman Bundesen
J. P. Deshazo
Louis Weiner
Navy
Lieut
Deshazo
Beamed Beacon Lights Chicago Night Sky
President Hoover ignited the nation’s strongest air beacon in Chicago. The two billion candle power beam from Sperry’s invention sweeps 250 miles, with a second 1.1 billion candlepower beam fixed on the municipal airport to guide aviators. Notables including Col. Charles A. Lindbergh attended the unveiling at the national air races.
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Chicago
White House
Hoover
Elmer A. Sperry
Charles A. Lindbergh
Sperry
New York
Dancers Brother Beats Actor Who Beat Her
Hollywood August 28 Harold Duncan brother of Vivian Duncan beat motion picture actor Rex Lease in a hotel cafe after learning of Lease’s alleged assault on Vivian. Eyewitnesses said Lease had a black eye and facial cuts. Duncan also bore minor injuries. No police complaint was filed as of early today. cafe manager Charles Eaton described a brief fight. Lease had been jailed in July on Vivian Duncan’s complaint and paid a $50 fine.
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Hollywood
Cal
Harold Duncan
Vivian Duncan
Rex Lease
Lease
Duncan
S. H. Duncan
Malibu
Battlers
Charles Eaton
Miss Duncan
Tennessee and Virginia Weather Update
Tennessee mostly fair tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Virginia mostly fair tonight and Friday with slightly warmer conditions in the extreme west and moderate west winds.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Weather Summary for Yesterday at 6 30 PM
Readings by C. L. Bunn of U. S. Weather Office record a high of 88 and a low of 55 degrees with no rainfall noted yesterday. Measurements taken at 6 30 p m for the prior 24 hours reflect these conditions.
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C. L. Bunn
Democrats Ready Start Campaign in Tennessee
Tennessee Democrats move into the general election phase after the state board rejected Dr. John R. Neal's contest and certified incumbents and nominees for the short Senate term and other offices. The board chair declared Horton renominated and Brock and Hull certified for the new and old terms, with Beasley and Sparkman also approved in local contests. Bruce appoints Shofner as state campaign manager after dismissing Burn’s contest against Pruce for governor.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
State Board of Democratic
John R. Neal
Knoxville
William E. Brock
Chattanooga
United Statees Senate
Neal
Henry H. Horton
L. E. Gwinn
Memphis
Cordell Hull
United States
New Tern
Andrew L. Todd
Harri H. Hannah
Railroad and Public Utilities
Bruce
Howard B. Shofner
State Executive Committee
J. Will Taylor
Burn
Clairborne County
Brace
W. E. Michael
Sweetwater
Indian civil disobedience talks shift after peacemakers depart
Aug 28 1930 Simla Ef forts to settle the civil disobedience campaign take a new turn as Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and M. Jayakar leave for Allahabad. They return to contact Gandhi and Lord Irwin but give no stated aim. The move is interpreted as signaling major changes in the situation.
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Simla
India
Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
M. Jayakar
Allahabad
Mahatma Gandhi
Irwin
Died Crank Warned by London Doctor at Meeting
Dr Robert Hutchison of London called the die fadist the most malignant crank at the 98th annual British Medical Association gathering in Winnipeg. He urged moderation and a simple diet, saying to follow nature rather than obsess about food. He advised listening to likes and dislikes as guidance for what to eat.
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Winnipeg
Man
Robert Hutchison
London
British Medical Association
Mayor Rolph Earns Medals and Campaign Miles
San Francisco August 28 AP mayor James Sunny Jim Rolph Jr Republican governor nominee is famed for medals from foreign dignitaries and spontaneous acts of kindness. He mingles with workers and patients, and during the campaign he flew twenty thousand miles visiting all fifty eight counties.
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San Francisco
James
Sunny Jim) Rolph, Jr
Haroun al Rashid
Rolph
Argentina fears revolt planned in Buenos Aires
August 28 report from La Prensa describes machine gun armed roof duties at President Yrigoyen's house and orders to mobilize trains for troop transport. Police and garrison chiefs met with Governor Crovetto to address suspected unrest amid warnings about potential uprising. Yrigoyen, a two term Radical leader famed as the powerful man of the people, remains in his modest residence after inauguration.
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Buenos Aires
la Prensa
Yrigoyen
la Plata
la Presna
Crovetto
Hipolito Yriogoyen
Argentina
Radical Party
Farmers urged to rely on local banks for drought relief
Washington reports bankers directing drought relief funds to be channeled through local banks and credit organizations first. A 15 state panel recommends expanding agricultural credit groups and credit available via intermediate banks, with Cooperative bodies and credit corporations to step in where needed.
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Melvin A. Traylor
First National Bank of Chicago
Dawes Follows Trail of Cave Man to Madrid Museums
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes toured Madrid's prehistory and natural history museums seeing fine archaeological exhibits. He visited the Prado galleries with Velasquez and Murillo works and private collections, noting the contrast between ancient cave art and modern Spanish masters. Local archaeologists in Bilbao report a fifteenth cave with Stone Age carvings nearby.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Charles G. Dawes
Spain
Prado
Velasquez
Goyas
Murillos
Mr. Dawes
Promenad
Dawes
Bilbao
Santander
Dr. T. B. Yancey Named to State Medical Board
Dr. T B Yancey received appointment to the State Board of Medical Examiners for a four year term. The board, chaired by Dr H W Qualls of Memphis, oversees licensing and examinations for physicians. Yancey, longtime Kingsport physician and leader of East Tennessee medical societies, will continue his private practice with Dr W B Fayne.
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H. W. Qualls
Memphis
State Board of Medical Examiners
T. B. Yancey
Henry H. Horton
Yancey
Sullivan County
East Tennessee
East Tennessee Medical Society
Sullivan County Medical Society
Association of
Hiorton
W. B. Fayne
Pugilist Jose Silverman Dies After Brooklyn Shootout
Joseph Silverman known as Jose Silver in boxing and as a slot machine racketeer died from wounds suffered Tuesday night in Brooklyn gangland shootings. He named his shooter before death. Four men were wounded in the Tuesday night attack. two other victims also died.
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New York
Joseph Silverman
Jose Silver
Brooklyn
Silverman
Ship's Captain Drowns After New York Harbor Collision
In New York harbor a freighter Neches and a scow tow collided near Staten Island. Captain Eber Estee of the Neches was trapped and drowned while Chief Engineer E Carey from Hillside, N J, perished after being thrown into the water as the ship capsized. Twenty four crew members were rescued by Coast Guard boats and police launches.
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New York
New York Harbor
Neches
Narrows
Taten Island
Coast Guard
Eber Estee
E. Carey
Hillside
N. J
Lindy and Mrs Lindbergh Begin Flight to Chicago Race
Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh left Port Columbus at 11 13 a m en route to the Chicago air races with a planned stop in Indianapolis before continuing to Chicago.
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Lindy
Columbus
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chicago
Port Columbus
Indianapolis
Foreman escapes blast as quarry dynamite explosion injures none
Newport Tennessee August 28 Judson Holt a state highway department foreman believed killed when 12 dynamite cases exploded at a Quarry near Newport later found safe with only minor injuries. Two tractors an air compressor and the dynamite building housing were destroyed.
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Newport
Tenn
Judson Holt
State Highway Department
Here
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