Texas Rangers Move To Stop Shamrock Mob Action
Texas rangers head to Shamrock from Austin to curb mob threats after a Okla driven exodus of Negro residents. Sheriff McLemore and deputies dispersed mobs who warned homes be burned. Jesse Lee Washington jailed at Granite reformatory after being accused of slaying Mrs. Vaughan with an iron pipe. Oklahoma AG J Berry King to meet with Erick authorities to decide possible state action.
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Shamrock
Tex
Texas Rangers
Austin
Erick
Okla
Henry Vaughan
Slamrock
Pan Moody
W. K. McLemore
McLemore
Vaughan
Jesse Lee Washington
Movement Aims at Settlement of Indian Political Impasse
A 40 member Central Legislature meeting at Simla authorized M. J ayakar to pursue amicable settlement of India’s political troubles. He plans to meet the Viceroy and Mahatma Gandhi soon. Notable absentees included Jinnah and Sir Abdul Qayum.
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Simla
India
M. Jayakar
Jayakar
Mahatma Gandhi
M. Jinnah
Sir Abdul Quayum
Woman Burned to Death in Nashville Home
In Nashville Tennessee on July 14 Mrs. W T P Buchanan 74 died in a fire that destroyed their home. Her husband 78 led her to the front door but he is deaf and did not realize she returned to save belongings. He suffered minor burns and fainted when informed. Fire believed caused by an exploding oil lamp kept burning at night. The body was recovered from the ruins.
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Nashville Tenn
Wt. PD. Buchanan
Heat blamed for eleven deaths near Memphis
The heat wave around Memphis tied to eleven deaths over Sunday and Monday, with 103 degree highs. Among the dead were Robert Hines 27 and Dr. Thomas Hines 31 in a Ripley crash linked to heat and rule violation. Others include Jacob Feingold 64 Nick Lee 57 Mrs Julia De Veto 60 Mrs Victoria Hughes 87 Nick Giannini 33 John C Williamson 84 Sanford Bond 59 and William Kyles 59. Ten prostrations were reported as a cooler spell was forecast.
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Memphis
Tenn
Robert M. Hines
Ripley
Miss
Curtiss-Wright Flying Service Base
Thomas Hines
Aberdeen
Robert Hines
Hines
Howard Stovall
Curtiss-Wright
University of Minnesota
Calvin E. Britt
Lake Village
Ark
Jacob Feingold
Nick Lee
Julia de Veto
Victoria J. Hughes
Nick Giannini
John C. Williamson
Sanford H. Bond
Fayetteville
Senate Debates Naval Treaty Second Week At Washington
Senator Robinson argues for ratification while allies push for quorum to speed action. The piece lists six reasons favoring the pact including limits on all classes of warships and reductions in capital ships for the United States Britain and Japan, plus restrictions on Japanese submarines and improved naval balance.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Hoover
Watson
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Kean
New Jersey
Gould
Maine
Swanson
White House
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Relief From the Heat Wave Reported in San Francisco
San Francisco weather notes on July 14 indicate relief from the ongoing heat wave with cooler conditions and lower temperatures forecast locally making a welcome break for residents and visitors alike.
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San Francisco
Weather Fair and Cooler Tennessee and Virginia Forecast
Tennessee forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Tuesday with cooler air moving in. Virginia expects generally fair and cooler conditions with local thundershowers in extreme southeast this afternoon, then Tuesday turns fair and cooler with moderate to fresh SW winds shifting to NW. Yesterday's highs reached 97 with a low of 68, and rainfall was .22 inches. Readings taken at 6 30 p m by C L Bunn U S W O.
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Tennessee
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
New Oil Refining Process May Be Factor in Prices
The Standard Oil of New Jersey announced creation of Hydro Patents Company to license a new refining method developed with IG Farben. The group of 16 refiners, holding 2,363,700 barrels daily, will pay royalties for use of the process which could double output and influence crude production and prices.
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New York
Sandard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Hydro Patents Company
United States
Standard Oil of
I. G. Farbenindustrie
Standard of New Jersey
Atlantic Refining Company
Barnsdall Corporation
Cities Service Company
Continental Oil Company
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Pure Oil Company
Shell Union Oil Company
Sinclair Refining Company
the Standard Companies of
California
Indiana
Ohio
Texas Company
Union Oil Company of
Vacuum Oil Company
Detectives raid lakeside cottage for Burke in massacre case
Grand Rapids dispatch reports Chicago detectives raided a lakeside cottage as part of the pursuit of Fred Burke, sought for the St. Valentine’s Day massacre case.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Chicago
Lakeside Cottage
Fred Burke
Rain Douses Heat Wave and Replenishes Drought Areas
Rain and cooler air returned to the region after a two hour downpour that ended a scorching 101 degree day. Jupiter Pluvius brought relief again this morning with another two hour shower as farmers report green fields turning yellow and needing deep moisture to reach roots.
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Jupiter Pluvius
Old Sol
Spirit message accepted by widow of great novelist
The widow of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said a spirit message from her late husband comforted her after his death. A medium, Mrs Estelle Roberts, claimed the message came at a public memorial in London with 10 000 present, despite notable heckling and a long organ-drenched interruption.
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London
Arthur Conan Doyle
Estelle Roberts
Albert Hall
Lady Doyle
Sir Arthur
Doyle
Windlesham
Sussex
Mary
Great Smoky Mountain Park Lands Transition to National Authority
Nashville July 14 The national park service will assume administration and protection of lands donated by Tennessee and North Carolina within days. Funds come from the second deficiency act of 1930. Attorney general approved titles and secretary Wilbur accepts on behalf of the government. Chapman pledges Tennessee acreage acquisition.
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Nashville
National Park Service
United States
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Department of Interior
Horton
Wilbur
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Tennessee
North Carolina
David C. Chapman
Tennessee Great Smoky Mountain Park Commission
Warship Anzac Rescues Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife
Melbourne reports the Australian warship Anzac braved a tornado to reach Florence Broderick the lighthouse keeper’s wife on Gabo Island. Bluejackets ferried a surgeon through surf to the rocky shore where he stayed by her side through the night. By morning the danger had passed and she was out of danger. Gabo Island lies off Australia’s eastern coast guarding treacherous shoals and ancient shipwrecks.
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Melbourne
Australia
Anzac
Florence Broderick
Gabo Island
Bluejackets
Admiral Byrd to seek rest after round of fetes
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd plans a retreat to Dublin New Hampshire with his wife and children until late September after a series of public dinners lunches and receptions. He will begin a lecture tour across the United States starting September 30 and remaining on tour throughout the winter.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
Dublin
N. H
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Antarctica
Washington
Richmond
Albany
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
National Geographic Society
Chambers of Commerce
Indiana
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Charles Rieker dies in Columbus at 49
Charles Rieker news director of the Columbus Evening Dispatch died at 49 from complications after an operation. He had served with the Dispatch for 26 years in Columbus Ohio.
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Charles Rieker
Columbus
Columbus Evening Dispatch
Rieker
Dispatch
Runaway Mary McClenny Restored To Anxious Parents
Mary Frances McClenny, 20, returned to Richmond with her alleged companion Harry Dickinson, two weeks after the pair vanished. Dickinson surrendered to police on charges of abducting and concealing, bailed at 1000 dollars, with accessories also due in Henrico court. McClenny said she left with Dickinson knowing he was married and not divorced, fleeing parental objections.
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Richmond
Mary Frances McClenny
Hampton Gardens
Harry Dickinson
D. C. MecClenny
A. Russell Bowles
Dickinson
Henrico
Miss McClenny
A. N. H. Dickinson
Johnnie Leadbetter
Waynesboro
Baltimore Witness Recants Testimony in Mooney Billings Case
John McDonald, jailed in Baltimore, says his 1916 testimony helping send T. J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings to life for the San Francisco Preparedness Day parade bombing was false. He charges coaching and paid expenses, seeks to inform Governor Young to aid a potential pardon and undo the past actions.
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Baltimore
John McDonald
California
C. C. Young
T. J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Mooney
Billings
San Francisco
M.donald
Searchers Hope To Find Aviator Hook In Burmese Jungle
Erick Hook, a British airman, was left dying by fellow traveler Jimmie Mathews after a crash on a Burma to Australia flight. Mathews reached Prome 160 miles north of Rangoon with the tale as he pressed on to seek help for Hook, who was too weak to survive.
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Rangoon
Burma
Erick Hook
Jimmie Mathews
Mathews
England
Australia
Hook
Prome
Irawadi
Akyab
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Rsa
Mdonald
Erick, Okla
Mrs. Vaughan
Oklahoma Reformatory
Huston
Simcon
Fess
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Metropolis
London Pact
Norris
Standard Oil Company of
The
Great Smoky Mountain Park
Park Service
U. S
Admiral Byrd
Star
Sveles Laye
Lonnie Hale
Gire
M’donald
Gov. Young
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