Celebration of July 4th Toll and Wrecks Across Nation
A lengthy Associated Press report details July 4 death tolls across the U S including drownings auto crashes and fireworks related injuries. It notes 156th birthday celebrations caused nearly 1 900 heat deaths with regional tallies and a separate hockey game postponement due to a highway crash in Buffalo.
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Pair to Take Off on Non-Stop Flight to Tokyo
Seattle reports July 4 dispatch that Teepe L Robbins and Jones of Texas plan a non-stop Seattle to Tokyo flight in the Fort Worth, refueled over Fairbanks en route. Mattern and Greener, also Texas, prepare their refueling support from Edmonton to Fairbanks for the Alaska leg. The Alaska and Siberian coast route includes Fairbanks Prince George Hazelton Whitehorse Dawson and Bering Strait hop to Siberia with an estimated 55 hour total duration. Weather in Alaska and Siberia is reported good.
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Papal Nuncio Withdrawal Discussed Amid Vatican Rift
Diplomatic observers in Rome weighed the possibility of the Papal Nuncio's withdrawal as tensions rise between church and state after Pope Pius XI's encyclical condemning fascism. Government silent yet expressing resentment over the document's manner, while Mussolini and Grandi view further talks as unlikely. Vatican waiting on Rome's next move as clubs remain closed.
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Swanson Sails for China Probe
NEW YORK July 4 AP Senator Claude A Swanson of Virginia a member of the foreign relations committee sails today on the Leviathan to inspect United States embassies and legations abroad and study sites for additional buildings. He is accompanied by Robert Phillips assistant chief of the foreign building office. Senator Pittman and Senator Shipstead are also on the silver sub committee with Shipstead already in Europe. they plan to meet in Paris.
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Jahncke Attacks Sovietism at Altoona July Fourth
Assistant Secretary Jahnecke denounces anti progressive policy and Sovietism at Independence Day event in Altoona Pennsylvania. He hails Hoover as the nation’s best path to economic recovery and recalls Governor Pinchot’s Roosevelt era regulatory stance as a potential Republican ally in Hoover’s bid for the nomination.
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Post Catches Up With Lost Sleep On World Flight
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty rested after a long leg of their round the world dash aboard Winnie Mac. They slept late at Schenoeosett Country Club and then spent time ashore at a New York party circuit before planning a return to New York City with guests including Florence C. Hall and former Governor Alfred E. Smith.
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Pershing Hoover Honored As Paris Celebrates July 4
Paris July 4 AP General Pershing and President Hoover received separate honors at a Paris city hall reception closing the week of American nations. Francois Latour announced a Paris street will be named for Pershing while Edouard Renard praised Hoover as the wartime revictualler of the allies. Belgian officials attended, noting Hoover's role in organizing supplies. The celebration ended with a reception at Mount Vernon on the exposition grounds.
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Weather Rain and Cooler in Virginia Showers Sunday
Virginia shows generally fair weather with scattered thundershowers in the southern portion. Sunday and Monday expect local thundershowers with slightly warmer conditions in the north on Sunday. Forecast notes highs and lows for Friday and references to past readings.
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U S Shipping Rapidly Growing In wartime to world reach
The Shipping Board reports a marked expansion of the American merchant marine over the last dozen years. A new trade route map shows American flag lines now operate from 16 Atlantic coast ports, 18 Gulf ports, and 20 Pacific ports, serving nearly every major foreign port. From New York, 42 lines run 76 services, with Atlantic ports Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Boston, Newport News, Savannah, and others all contributing multiple American flag lines.
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Labor Freed of Foreign Menace Sec Doak Says
Washington July 4 American labor and economic stability was said tonight by Secretary Doak to have been freed of menaces from immigration. Doak discussed the labor department's work in a radio address arranged by the Evening Star. Under an order of President Hoover fewer immigrants are admitted than at any time during the last hundred years. For May 1931 only 8 799 were admitted compared with 19 424 in May 1930.
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Beer not oil found in freight car in Oak Point yards
A railroad inspector declared the oil card on a freight car read beer. Police found 300 half barrels of beer leaking from the car en route from West New York New Jersey to Bridgeport Connecticut.
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Caldwell's Fate Rests With Jury After Long Trial
Nashville dispatch reports Rogers Caldwell former investment banker faces four charges after three weeks of testimony. Two counts were dropped leaving fraudulent breach of trust grand larceny and accessory before the fact. Possible penalties range from one to ten years for some counts and three to ten for others. Jury reports no verdict as of late tonight with further proceedings Monday morning.
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Prayers for Rain Spread Through Bladen County North Carolina
Daily sunrise prayer meetings continue in Bladen county and nearby areas as six weeks of heat and drought threaten crops. A light sprinkle Friday did little to ease dust and dryness, prompting ongoing public prayers for rain to relieve agricultural stress.
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Legion chief rails at pacifists in Fourth of July speech
Ralph T. ONeal, national commander of the American Legion, urged Legionnaires from North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee to curb pacifist effort to weaken defences and back up the London treaty naval buildup. He warned independence day crowds to renew their pledge to protect the country. A separate report from Port Richmond, Virginia, notes Edward W. Richardson and Robert Alexander were killed in a cabin monoplane crash near the airport.
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Graham, Oldest Congress Member, Dies in Islip
George Scott Graham, longtime chairman of the judiciary committee and the oldest member of Congress, died at his Islip summer home after a period of paralysis and coma. Born in Philadelphia, he served 18 years as Philadelphia district attorney, taught criminal law at the University of Pennsylvania, and served nine terms in the House starting in 1913. He was anti prohibition and presided over prohibition hearings. his resignation from the Republican Campaign Committee was not accepted. The funeral is at St. Thomas Church New York City and burial at Woodlawn.
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Accord on German debt moratorium text sent to Washington
Paris dispatch reports French and American leaders near agreement on Hoover plan debt relief for Germany. Text of accord basis approved by French cabinet and to be telegraphed to Washington with changes. US to decide Monday if accord aligns with Hoover principles. France argues for payments in kind, including contracts with Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, while a single remaining issue concerns interpretation of reparation payments abroad.
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