Naval conference at Geneva limps through storm session
Geneva July 7 Japan backs tonnage limits while Britain and the United States seek cruiser figures. Japanese demand 70 000 tons submarines and 450 000 ton combined surface craft. British push for about 600 000 tons total challenges Japan's position as talks resume after a day of intense debate.
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Geneva
Tripartite Naval Conference
Great Britain
Japan
Toe
United States
Washington
Saito
Fail to Find Body of Gallant Aviator
Honolulu July 7 AP Search for the body of Lieut Charles E Williams army aviator who died in an aerial farewell demonstration off Fort DeRussy continues. Williams was linked as the fi ance of Mrs Horace E Dodge, former Detroit socialite. Dodge denied the claim as ridiculous in Beverly Hills remarks.
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Honolulu
Charles E. Williams
Albert Hegenberger
Lester J. Maitland
Pacific Myers
Williams
Star-Bulletin
Horace E. Dodge
Fort de Russey
Beverly Hills
Calif
API
Horace Dodge
Detroit
Charles L Williams
Byrd Confers With French Flyer in Paris Flight Plans
Commander Richard Byrd meets Lieutenant Eric Brix in Paris to discuss the Paris to New York flight plan. Byrd offers guidance and wires advice while urging a low altitude route to navigate atmospheric conditions. He returns to New York next week but hopes to be first to greet the French party on landing.
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Paris
Richard E. Byrd
France
Brix
New York
Maurice Drouhin
Eric
Azores
Byrd
L’auto
Hurd
International League of Aviators
Legion of Honor
Cigar Factory Workers Stage Sacco Vanzetti Demonstration
In Tampa 3000 workers walk out for 24 hours to protest the Sacco and Vanzetti execution. Demonstration planned at Labor Temple with multilingual speeches and resolutions urging Massachusetts Governor Fuller to grant clemency. Most plants back by Friday, while some clerical staff stay to inventory.
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Sacco Vanzetti
Tampa
Fla
Nicola Sacco
Bartholomeo Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Alvan Fuller
Former Klan Chief Anxious To Spill All
Indiana political leaders may be drawn into an affair as Stephenson, a former Indiana Klan chief, signals he will reveal all evidence he possesses. In a statement through his attorney he said he has not yet “blown the lid off” though he has given prosecutor William H. Remy access to the information. Remy declined to discuss specifics, noting the interview produced startling and new revelations including campaign contributions and Stephenson’s role in Indianapolis city politics. Duvall, Indianapolis mayor, is charged with conspiracy and perjury in affidavits.
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Michigan City
Ind
David
Stephenson
Remy
Tatar
Hunts
Black Box
Indianapolis
Southbend
Indh
Indianapong
John L. Duvall
Duvall
Imc
Sheffield Visits Coolidge to Talk Mexico Issues
Rapid City July 7 AP James R Sheffield ambassador to Mexico met President Coolidge at the summer White House. He declined to discuss rumors of resignation but voiced pleasure at a possible trip to Europe. He said no change in U.S. policy toward Mexico and would not comment on oil and land law tensions with the Republic of Mexico until consulting Coolidge. He hinted at future remarks and travel plans, stressing he was awaiting developments before speaking.
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Rapid City
James R. Sheffield
Mexico
White House
Coolidge
Europe
United States
Republic of the South
Goolidge
Uep
New York
Air Parade Across Atlantic Looms as Early Possibility
New York rumors place an Atlantic air parade in planning with four non stop flights from New York to European ports. Plans include Lindbergh inspired craft and a steam driven bi plane by Sikorsky with a 4000 mile range. Tests in August are anticipated by Sikorsky officials.
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Atlantic
New York
Europe
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Byrd
Paris
Rome
St. Louis
America
Rene Fenck
Lloyd W- Bertaud
Air Mail
Charles A. Leving
Columbia
Gladys Roy
Gotthard Strohsehein
Jersey City
Chisago
Fonck
College Point
Igor Sikorsky
Sikorsky
Fonek
Sikorsky Company
Black man Joe Smith found dead after alleged assault
In Yazoo City Mississippi and Yazoo City Michigan July 7 officers seek the whereabouts of Joe Smith a Black man accused of attempting an incident with a young white girl. The body was found hanging near a tree about 17 miles from the Yazoo City site. Reports say he was attacked and likely lynched with his body burned or hidden after capture by a mob.
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Zazoo City
Mich
Joe Smith
Here
Yazoo City
Miss
W. T. Shurley
Smith
Shurley
Dana
Geneva Reverses Affects Kellogg at Tripartite Talks
Washington July 7 AP The Geneva naval conference shift spurred a hastily arranged meeting in New England between Secretary Kellogg and British Ambassador Sir Esme Howard. Officials refused to disclose the meeting’s purpose though it concerned Geneva. Howard came at Kellogg’s request, then returned to Manchester, Mass. Japan’s stance on cruiser tonnage, tied to its economic situation, remains uncertain. In Georgia a flogging case goes to trial as defense rests. Witnesses tie Acree to the attack on Mrs. Bowers and her son Linzy, with robed figures seen at local meetings.
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Washington
Geneva
Kellowe
Esme Howard
State Department
Tre
Kellogg
New England
Manchester
Mass
Japan
Soccoa
W. G. Acree
Doctoring & Sick Co
Jesse Jourdan
Mose Jordan
Bart Lowry
Toveoa
Acree
Lloyd Bowers
Jordan
Aeree
Toccoa
French Pilot Begins Training In Giant American Airplane
Paris July 7 AP Clarence Chamberlain will fly the Bellanca monoplane Columbia to London tomorrow with a French trainee who will attempt a return flight across the Atlantic with Charles Levine. He will show the new pilot the controls and everything he needs to.
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Clarence Chamberlin
Paris
London
Columbia
Levine
Clarence Chamberlain
Atlantic
Charles Levine
Associated Press
Weather synopsis for Virginia and Tennessee forecast
Thundershowers thin this afternoon or tonight with cooler interior tonight. Friday mostly fair and cooler with fresh winds shifting from southwest to northwest. In Tennessee local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight, cooler tonight in west and north portions, Friday fair and cooler. Data compiled at 11 p.m. by C. L. Bunn with past readings and rainfall figures.
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Tennessee
0. S
C. L. Bunn
Expert Engineers to Survey Local Water Conditions
Kingsport faces a critical water supply issue as heavy industrial use strains a 10 inch Bays Mountain line. City Manager F L Cloud senes 17 top US firms to survey needs and financing options, aiming for an early month report and possible bond measures.
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Howard Long
Kingsport
F. L. Cloud
Birgest
United States
Watauga Street
Ci Yy
Bays Mountain
Georgia W. C. T. U. Stands Against Wet Presidential Nominees
The Georgia Women s Christian Temperance Union in Atlanta adopted a finding opposing the presidential nominees Governor Alfred E. Smith Senator James A. Reed Governor Albert C. Ritchie and Franklin D. Roosevelt for being opposed to prohibition. It urged support for a dry candidate with full poll representation and condemned liquor advertising and the home manufacture of intoxicants. Prohibition was urged as the best method to handle liquor, with warnings of law enforcement failures tied to politics.
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Atlanta
Georgia Women's Christian Temperance Union
Oaday
Alfred JB. Smith
New York
James A. Reed
Missouri
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wc. T. Us
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D. C. Stephenson
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Young Bowers
Georgia
Howard
Ansley Bowers
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