Warships Sent to Egyptian Trouble Zone by England
British government ordered battleships Queen Elizabeth and Ramillies to Alexander, Egypt to protect foreign lives and property amid riots. Prime Minister MacDonald said Sidky Pasha and Nahas Pasha would be held responsible. Thirteen natives and one Italian killed, many injured in clashes between Egyptian forces and strikers.
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London
Alexander
Egypt
MacDonald
House of Commons
Sidky Pasha
Nahas Pasha
British Prime Minister Sends Warships to Egypt
London reports Prime Minister MacDonald announced in Parliament that two warships have been ordered to Alexandria after rioting yesterday caused thirteen deaths among natives and one Italian. Sir Percy Lorraine, the British high commissioner, was told to warn Egypt’s prime minister to protect foreign lives and property.
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London
Trime
MacDonald
House of Commons
Egypt
Alexander
Percy Lorraine
Riots in Alexandria Claim Fourteen Lives
Alexandria Egypt July 15 AP reports indicate fourteen people were killed in rioting that erupted yesterday. Details and further developments continue on page six.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Reprieve denied in Lamar bank bandit case
Howard L Royston and George J Abshier condemned in Lamar as execution looms. Colorado Governor Adams said no new information justifies intervention. Father Regis Barrett claims Royston and Abshier told him their evidence shows they killed no one. The case revolves around the Parrish family and W W Winninger slaying, with Ralph Fleagle suspected leader and Jake Fleagle at large.
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Canon, City
Colo
Howard L. Royston
George J. Abshier
Lamar
Colorado
Adams
Regis Barrett Prion
Royston
Abshier
A. N
J. F. Parrish
E. A. Kessinger
W. W. Winninger
Dighton
Kas
Ashier
Shortage shown thru audit of U. Tennessee books
University of Tennessee at Knoxville reports a $12,088.10 shortage after the death of treasurer Thomas D. Morris. Morris had been bonded for $10,000 and the bond was paid by the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland. The audit says Morris borrowed from university funds in small sums and repaid part over time. Morris had served since 1914. he died in March. James J. Walker elected acting treasurer and Stanley Johnson named secretary to the board.
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Knoxville
University of Tennessee
Thomas D. Morris
University
Stanley Johnson
Labor Threatens War Against the Peers in England
British labor circles, angered by the House of Lords’ repeated rejection of the coal mines bill, consider anti Lords action and frame the dispute as a battle between the people and the peers. The Lords’ third rejection of a 71 2 hour day prompts a possible miners’ federation response as cabinet meets.
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London
House of Lords
Lloyd George
Dairy Herald
Laborite
Lords
Miners’ Federation
War veteran offers eye to fund wife care in bold gamble
Bridgeport July 16 A unemployed World War veteran Chester Taylor 35 offers his eye as a subject for a trachoma experiment to raise money for his wife Ruth Bromley Taylor. He believes the risk is worth it if it helps provide for his family though his wife opposes the plan. Trachoma is a highly infectious eye disease often causing blindness.
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Bridgeport
Chester Taylor
Woo Dak Sen
New Mexico
Taylor
Ruth Bromley Taylor
Weather Fair and Warmer Across Regions
Tennessee forecasts show generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with slightly warmer temperatures especially in the west portion tonight. Virginia expects partly cloudy skies with a gentle northeast wind shifting to southeast and warmer readings for tonight and Thursday. Yesterday’s high reached 80, low 60, with no rainfall reported. readings taken at 6:30 p.m. by L. Bunn of the U. S. Weather Office.
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Tennessee
Virginia
L. Bunn
Stratton Named Sole Receiver In Saunders Stores
Memphis July 16 AP Leslie M Stratton of Memphis was named sole receiver for the Clarence Saunders Stores Inc operating unit of 150 Mid South and Southwest stores by federal court order after creditors petitions. Joe Fly was named to assist but declined service. Sprung from bankruptcy, the unit faces the New York bankers notes of about 500000.
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Memphis
Lovick P. Miles
Clarence Saunders
Chain Groceries
Clarence Saunders Stores, Inc
Myrtle, Rawls and Donaldson
New York
Memphis, Tenn
Clarence Sanders Stores, Inc
Mid-South
Leslie M. Stratton
Stratton
Federal District Court
Harry B. Anderson
Anderson
Joe Fly
Would-Be Suicide In Nashville Saved By Note And Neighbor
M C Tharp 56 was saved from hanging when a neighbor delivered his suicide note to grocer D Slaigh who rushed to the home, cut the cord, and had Tharp taken to a hospital. Despondency from idleness and a small debt driven motive cited. condition serious.
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Nashville
M. C. Tharp
Tharp
D. Slaigh
Slaigh
Flight to Brazil ends in crash at Bostwick
A monoplane from New Haven crashed near Bostwick Georgia after taking off from Roosevelt Field New York en route to Havana and then South America. The three crew members including pilots Randy Enslow Garland Peed and James Garrigan escaped using parachutes and were taken to a hotel. They planned further refueling stops at Havana and in South America.
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Bostwick
New Haven
South America
Jimmy Garrigan
New York
Roosevelt Field
Buenos Aires
Atlanta
Garrigan
Garland Reed
Randy Enslow
Seaboard
Havana
South Carolina
Georgia
Buenos
Panama
Lima
Mendoza
N. Y
Cuba
Garland P. Peed
James Garrigan
Divine Withdraws From Short Term Senate Race
Nashville July 16 The Republican primary on August 7 offers only one statewide contest the governor’s race between C Arthur Bruce and Harry T Burn Paul E Divine of Johnson City withdrew from the short term race yesterday clearing the way for Fr Todd Meacham of Chattanooga as the likely nominee Divine cited party harmony J W Taylor said Divine acted with party interests Meacham 30 born Tallapoosa Ga is youngest senatorial nominee He will run against the Democratic short term winner in November and Divine will be a candidate for the long term nomination opposing Hull Neal Dodson and Todd
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Nashville
Tenn
C. Arthur Bruce
Memphis
Harry T. Burn
Sweetwater
Paul E. Divine
Johnson City
Todd Meacham
Chattanooga
Divine
J. Will Taylor
Taylor
Knoxville
J. W. Stone
Rockwood
House of Representatives
Carroll Reece
Sam R. Price
Judd Acuff
Young
Mr. Meacham
United States
Tallapoosa
Chattanooga Law School
William E. Brock
John R. Neal
Benton McMillin
Secret plane to fly Foster from Los Angeles to Chicago
Los Angeles July 16 AP reports detectives plan a secret airplane extradition of Frankie Foster to Chicago where he stands indicted for the slaying of reporter Alfred Lingle. Foster lost his bid against extradition after hotel staff testified he was seen in Chicago June 11, two days after the crime. Details of departure remain undisclosed.
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Los Angeles
Frankie Foster
Chicago
Alfred Lingle
Foster
St. Clair
Lingle
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Monoplane K Starts Nonstop refueling to Buenos Aires
Roosevelt Field reports Monoplane K from New Haven begins nonstop refueling voyage toward Buenos Aires. In Washington, Theodore Wozniak, Germany's star witness in a $40,000,000 war damages claim, located at Tupper Lake with attorney.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
New Haven
Buenos Aires
Washington
Theodore Wozniak
Germany
Locating Witness Ends Long Search in Explosion Case
The Kingsland New Jersey ammunition plant disaster case moves forward as Theodore Wozniak, a missing witness, is located in Tupper Lake New York with German officials. Wozniak had been questioned after the blast but vanished during postwar claims adjudication. He reportedly admitted the fire started at his workbench but denied involvement in sabotage.
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Washington
Kingsland
New Jersey
Theodore Wozniak
Germany
America
Black Tom
Lehigh Valley
Mixed Claims Commission
Tupper Lake
New York
Wozniak
Imperial Germany
Tupper’s Lake
Insect Plague Strikes Western Agriculturists
Washington July 16 An expanding army of grasshoppers and other pests threatens western farmers. Entomologists report outbreaks across several states including North and South Dakota Michigan Nebraska Idaho and Colorado with caterpillars gathering in Northern New Mexico. A beet leaf hopper menace may outpace last year as researchers pursue chemical controls.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
W. H. Larrimer
New Mexico
Egypt
Palestine
United States
North
South Dakota
Michigan
Neraska
Idaho
Colorado
Montana
Larrimer
Opposed Senators Attack Naval Treaty Opened With 64 Present
Senator McKellar charged secrecy and jealousy tied to the London naval pact saying it is not a real peace treaty. He cited Franco Italian tensions and questioned records of the London conference while opponents contended the State Department volume favors its own view. Senate leaders held informal conferences to set a voting time.
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Washington
McKellar
Senate
France
Italy
Tennessee Democrat
London
Geneva
Reed
State Department
Johnson
No evidence of mistreatment in convict death
Memphis July 16 Dr J A McIntosh, Memphis physician, reported his examination of the body of a negro convict at the Brinkley Brothers farm in Arkansas found no outward signs of mistreatment. He said heart dilation and after effects of pneumonia caused death, a coroner's inquest agreed, as citizens pressed for an inquiry into the leasing farm and the death. County officials plan a taxpayers association meeting to probe conditions at the farm.
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Memphis
J. A. McIntosh
Mississippi County
Arkansas
Walter Cox
Osceola
Ark
Cox
Brinkley Brothers
Arkansas Supreme Court
Mclintosh
McIntosh
W. G. Barham
Justice of the Peace
The
Taxpayers Association
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