Severe storms in New England claim nine lives
A weekend storm path from Ohio to Maine produced nine deaths and about 250000 dollars in damage. Four New England fatalities were by lightning, others by falling trees or drowning. crops suffered wind and hail damage across Maine and New Hampshire.
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New England
New York
Ohio
Maine
Sandy Hook
N. J
Marie Ange Dubois
Adams
Mass
Alfred
Leo McCaughey
Hampton Beach
N. O
Edward L. Snow
Hermon
Fred Felch
Salisbury
Naval Atsenal
Lake Dennmark
Sears
Borekton
Maes
Fatway Park
Boston Red Sox
Asbury Methodist Church
Springfield
New Hampshire
Hoover Urges Uniform Vehicle Code For Traffic Safety
Secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover told the International Convention of Chiefs of Police that drivers should prove their ability, face punishment for reckless driving, and that states adopt a uniform vehicle code. He contrasted public road danger with rail travel, citing high costs from accidents and urging traffic courts and officials nationwide.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
International Convention of Chiefs of Police
Officials Seek Clothing Stores Tied to McPherson Case
Los Angeles reporters say investigators hunt for stores where Aimee Semple McPherson bought clothes during her disappearance to place her location days before she resurfaced in Agua Prieta Mexico. District attorney aims to tie the corset purchase to timing as the grand jury reconvenes. Meanwhile Kenneth Ormiston remains at large, believed in North Carolina, to testify about accompanying McPherson to coast cities after her vanishing. Crowds fill Angelus Temple revival services.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Morrow
Nominee for Governor Dies in Wisconsin
Judge Martin L. Lueck of Beaver Dam dies at Fond du Lac after brief illness. He was Wisconsin Democratic national committeeman and party nominee for governor. With eight days to file, John M. Callahan calls a meeting in Milwaukee next Monday to select a successor and consider candidates for the governorship.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Martin L. Lueck
Beaver Ram
Wisconsin
Judge Lueck
Fond du Lac
Povernor
John J Blaine
John M. Callahan
Democratic State Central Committee
Lueck
Hindu Riots Continue Near Calcutta. Police Fire On Mob
A serious Hindu Muslim riot broke out a suburb six miles from Calcutta. Police fired on rioters wounding several. Rioting continued into the afternoon.
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Calcutta
British India
Arrangements for Trial of National Guard Officers
Norfolk Virginia July 19 arrangements were under way at Camp Byrd Virginia Beach to begin the trial tomorrow of nine National Guard junior officers charged with signing a young robin asking Major Frank H Bondurant to resign. Defense counsel said the accused would elect to be tried together, a hearing likely to last one day. Peace terms were discussed in National Guard circles but no indication of withdrawal at noon, the dispute apparently too far along to settle without trial.
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Norfolk
Camp Byrd
Virginia Beach
Guard
Frank H. Bondurant
Straw shopping bags debut on Fifth Avenue in new silk raspberry weave
With summer morning coolness as the keynote, Miss Fifth Avenue models open mesh straw shopping bags for fashion. The bags, about 19 inches wide, come in silk raspberry weave to match summer hats and feature white ivory or celluloid accents, reflecting shops' latest style.
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New York
Miss Fifth Avenue
Norris faces murder charge as grand jury deadline nears
The Rev J Frank Norris Baptist leader defended himself in a church study claim of self defense in the shooting of Chipps. He posted bond and urged faith as he awaits grand jury action while eye witnesses described the incident.
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J. Frank Norris
Fort Worth
Texas
D.be
Chipps
Weathly Lmnyberman
Grand Jury
Christ Jesus
Norris
First Baptist Church
H. C. Meacham
L. HK. Nutt
R. K. Hanger
Redlight
John Renc Straton
New York
Borah Endorses Prohibition Enforcement Stance to Large Audience
Senator Borah of Idaho told a Augusta audience that positive enforcement of the eighteenth amendment is essential, warning that referendums undermine the constitution and urging a new party loyal to law and order. He linked prohibition to global autocracy and praised constitutional supremacy over the Volstead Act. William H. Fleming introduced Borah, joking the Democratic donkey might wander if a Wet candidate is nominated.
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Augusta
Europe
Borah
Idaho
First Presbyterian Church
Woodrow Wilson
Russia
Italy
Poland
United States
New York State
William H. Fleming
Tenth
Canadian schooner Ota Maid No 2 trapped in Arctic ice
U S Coast Guard reports the Canadian schooner Ota Maid No 2 is caught in an ice pack twenty miles north of Point Barrow Alaska. The vessel drifts eastward about one and a half miles per hour with its crew aboard. The American schooner Patterson could not aid and proceeded to Barrow.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Bear
St. Paula
Alaska
Redio
Charles Brower
Patterson
Point Barrow
Barrow
Lady Astor Attacks Men in House of Commons Speech
London reports Lady Astor told teachers at Mamhead near Exeter that “the most reactionary men” in parliament know the most about learning and mocked a member who groans at progressive ideas. She quipped about a colleague’s gaze and attire.
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London
House of Commons
Lady Astor
Devon Association of Teachers
Mamhead
Exeter
Herriot Moves To Form New French Cabinet In Paris
Paris July 19 Edouard Herriot radical leader seeks to form a cabinet to replace Briand s fallen ministry. He has secured socialist support and faces Republican Union opposition led by Louis Marin. Possible radicals include Rene Renal Finsnee Anatole de Monzie Daladier Quequille Chautemps and Durafour with deliberations on Poincare’s finance role amid a volatile political scene.
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Paris
Herriot
M. Briand
M. Herriot
Doumergue
Edouard Herriot
Rene Renal Finsnee
Anatole de Monzie
Navy
Jacques Dumesnil
Paul Painleve
Edouard Deladier
Louis Loucheur
Camille Chautemps
George Jourdain
Correze Quequille
M. le Trocquer
Antoine Durafour
Andre Hesse
Aristide Briand
Louis Marin
Republican Union
National Bloc
Marin
Mr. Herriot
Pooineare
Poincara
M. Poincare
Mire
Istry
Shot by hold up men in Newark payroll theft
Geo H Condit a 70 year old Reid Ice Cream Company employee was shot to death by three holdup men who wounded another employee and escaped with a 15000 dollar payroll in Newark New Jersey on July 29.
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Newark
N. J
Geo. H. Condit
Reid Ice Cream Company
French Aviator Breaks Nonstop Warsaw Paris Flight
Lieutenant Thoret piloted a twenty foot wing span, forty horsepower plane from Warsaw to Paris at an average speed of ninety miles per hour. He departed Warsaw at 5:10 a.m. and landed at LeBudget Airdrome at 3:20 p.m.
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Paris
Thoret
Warsaw
LeBudget
Britain US negotiations questioned in Commons
In July 14 proceedings Grant Morden pressed the House of Commons for word on any talks between Britain and the United States over the importation of Mayor and overseas searches. Under-secretary Locker-Lampson refused to answer, noting no advance notice to the Foreign Office.
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Tendon
Lincoln C. Andrews
House of Commons
Grant Morden
Morden
Locker-Lampson
United States
Foreign Office
Hong Kong Flood Drenches City After Severe Storm
Heavy rain and thunderstorms swamped low lying streets in Hong Kong on July 19. Flooding and landslides caused deaths and major property damage in Kowloon and the island, with tramway service suspended in parts but no damage to the harbor or incoming liners.
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Hong Kong
Kong Kong
Kowloon
Coolidge Visits Executive Office
President Coolidge traveled from White Pine camp to the executive offices to sign documents and dictate letters on routine government matters. He then returned to the camp and was expected to travel to Plymouth, Vermont, though no plans were announced.
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Paul Smith
N. J
Coolidge
White Pine Camp
Plymouth
Vermont
Captain Injured as TNT Explodes at Camp
Samp Devens Mass July 19 Captain Lewis R Edmonds was wounded seriously when a box of TNT charges used to simulate enemy shells exploded at the National Guard camp. Edmonds lost his right leg above the knee and three fingers from his left hand. Six enlisted men also suffered injuries.
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Samp Devens
Mass
Lewis R. Edmonds
National Guard
Edmond
Bankers Trust Records To Be Shown To Grand Jury
Records of the Bankers Trust Company will be viewed by the grand jury in Atlanta Georgia in July as part of bankruptcy proceedings that last week led to the closure of more than 0 small Georgia and Florida banks. Receivers for the bank and state bank officials said the inquiry follows the Bank of Umatilla Florida petition for receivership that triggered suspensions and a court restraining order barring changes to the banks’ status.
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Atlanta
Bankers Trust Company
Georgia
Florida
Grand
Bank of Umatilla
Morida
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