Passenger steamer Ansaldo San Giorgio adrift in Florida gale
A tropical hurricane battered Florida’s east coast, leaving the passenger steamer Ansaldo San Giorgio helpless off Miami with a broken rudder. The Ward liner Orizaba could not aid due to high seas, as communications dwindled and repairs were hampered by fierce winds. Several small vessels and fishermen were reported missing or drowned amid wreckage along Palm Beach and Ocean Boulevard.
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Atlanta
Florida
Ansaldo San Giorgio
Miami
Tropical Radio Corporation
Ansaldo
Orizaba
Galveston
London
Brunswick
Bahamas
M. L. Burn
F. Fred Ellis
Palm Beach
Western Union
Keywest
Seaboard Airline Railway
Tampa
Sebring
Lake Jackson
West Palm Beach
Mia
Caribbean Sea
San Giorgio Secondo
Breakers
Ocean Boulevard
McKinley Senate Campaign Funds Probe Seeks Donations Details
Senate campaign committee pressed for more information on William B McKinleys expenditures in Illinois primary. Willoughby, secretary to McKinley, testified donations were made to churches schools and colleges but denied tying funds to pre election preaching. He named Tuskegee Institute as a recipient and said he did not know amounts or other details.
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Chicago
William B. McKinley
Ilinois
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Sena‘tor
Chester A. Willoughby
Frank L. Smith
Willoughby
Reed
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Lincoln University
Nations Agree on Rum Running Lock
London reports an Anglo American agreement to curb rum running. Washington will start setting up machinery to administer the recommendations. Brigadier General Lincol Andrews, American prohibition enforcement chief, voiced satisfaction with the conference outcome.
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London
United States
Washington
Lincol Andrews
New clue seen to crack McPherson kidnap case
San Francisco July 27 deputy district attorney Joe Ryan says Carmel and Monterey clues may solve the Aimee Semple McPherson kidnapping case. He cites arrival of Mrs McPherson and radio operator Kenneth Ormiston at Carmel May 19 and four witnesses who can identify photos. Ormiston disappeared after questioning. a letter claimed to be his was shown to a grand jury. Prosecution agents report the evangelist denied Carmel involvement and insists she was abducted and later reappeared near Agua Prieta Mexico. Attorneys for McPherson oppose taking her fingerprints or handwriting samples for comparison.
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San Francisco
Calif
Carmel
Monterey
Here
Joe Ryan
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Ryan
Asg Keyes
McPherson
Angelus Temple
Agua Prieta
Mexico
Arizona
Kenneth Ormiston
PRESIDENT WARNINGS VISITORS IN EUROPE
President Coolidge urges Americans abroad to show restraint and avoid unwarranted criticism or recrimination. He urges sympathy for locals facing difficulties, notes some tourists are bumptious, and suggests better behavior may preserve friendly foreign relations. If abroad proves unsatisfactory, Americans can spend money at home.
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Paul Smith
S, N
Coolidge
France
Europe
United States
Dodge Will Filed Probate for $20 Million Estate
The will of Cleveland H. Dodge, financier and philanthropist, who died June 24, was filed for probate today. The estate is reported at about $20,000,000.
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New Xorg, Umy ci. Vey
Cleveland H. Dodge
Tinancier
Florida hurricane claims another victim at noon
Florida headlines report a second death as radio advisories confirm the Danish tanker Wilhelm A Reidmann in distress off Hilborough light between Miami and Jupiter inlet. A lineman, F A Lancaster, 35, was electrocuted atop a Miami Beach pole while repairing a live wire. The storm, with winds up to 80 mph, continues to sweep West Palm Beach area though no further injuries were announced.
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Miami Beach
Miami Coast
Miami
Fla
Florida
Wilhelm A. Reidmann
Hilborough Light
Jupiter Inlet
Reichmann
Rotterdam
Houston
Texas
F. A. Lancaster
Associated Press
New York
West Palm Beach
Dwyer Found Guilty in Prohibition Conspiracy Case
William V. Dwyer race track owner and head of a syndicate tied to 18 steamships and liquor smuggling was found guilty of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law and sentenced to the maximum. Cohran also convicted. six co defendants acquitted. Dwyer given two years and $10,000 fine. Cohran two years and $5,000. Appeal planned.
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New York
William V. Dwyer
United States
E. C. Cohran
Dwyer
Arch M. Eversole
George Clyce
Walter Wieder
James J. McCambridge
Edward Gallagher
William B. Maloney
Julian W. Mack
Cohran
Weather shows scattered showers in Virginia and Tennessee
Virginia and Tennessee forecasts call for showers tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. In Virginia showers mainly tonight into Wednesday. winds shift to northeast and east. Tennessee varies by region from fair in the extreme west to showers in the east and central portions, with generally fair conditions Wednesday except eastern showers and light temperature change.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Moody Virtually Assured of Ascendancy in Texas Governor Bid
New York July 27 Patrick Doheny 25 sought vengeance for marital troubles. He killed his brother in law Harry Pollack, wounded another, and shot Frank Pollack five times after visiting his wife’s home and later a sand company where two other brothers worked. He fled after the spree.
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New York
Patrick Doheny
Doheny
Harry Pollack
Eugene
Frank Pollack
Kingsport Prepares Bigger Dollar Day Sale Next Tuesday
Local merchants announce a larger Dollar Day on Tuesday August 3 promising one dollar values on up to date merchandise. Aimed at drawing in out of town shoppers Kingsport seeks to position itself as a shopping hub with specials designed to attract repeat customers.
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Kingsport
Times
Winess Prevents 12 Round Bout in N Y
New York July 27. Illness of Babe Herman forces postponement of tonight's 12 round featherweight bout at Queensboro Stadium between California boxer and Red Chapman of Boston.
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New York
Babe Herman
Queensboro Stadium
California
Red
Chapman
Boston
Moody forces Ferguson foe into spotlight in Texas phase
Austin July 27 Moody youthfully titian haired attorney general gains momentum in Democratic race as Ferguson signals resignation by November 1 Moody leads Ferguson by over 110000 votes with primary returns nearly complete and Davidson’s anti Ferguson effort weakens Mrs Ferguson’s campaign forcing her to consider stepping down in early next year
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Austin
Texas
Dan Moody
Ferguson
Lynch Davidson
Moody
Poincare’s government wins confidence vote on finance bill
Premier Poincare’s new government secures a 358 to 131 confidence vote in the chamber. The finance bill was referred to the finance committee after an extraordinary procedure approval, with a second victory 418 to 0 on the bill’s passage. The declaration pledges indirect tax increases and direct taxes on wealth to fund national defense bonds amid calls for patriotic sacrifice and swift action to calm the monetary crisis.
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National Defense
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Finance Committee
Chamber
M. Poincare
Vramne
France
Republic
Colonel Green Indicted in Seizure Liquor Case
In San Francisco on July 27 Col Ned M Green a former prohibition administrator was formally indicted in a true bill of eleven counts alleging felonious embezzlement and conversion of seized government liquor. The swift grand jury action followed a wide-ranging probe into his public and private conduct with bail set at 5000. An August 6 arraignment before Judge Kerrigan was scheduled.
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San Francisco
Ned M. Green
Federal
Green
United States
Kerrigan
Col. Green
Kruell
Judevigan
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
United States ‘Attorney General
Large share of train controls installed on 45 railroads
Washington reports about 98 percent of the train control devices ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission have been completed or are under construction. W. J. Harahan, president of Chesapeake and Ohio and chair of the railway executives committee, said 7,503 miles of track were active or under construction of 7,770 total. Thirty four roads, covering 5,841 miles, are finished except for a few locomotives, affecting about 3,700 locomotives in the order.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
W.J. Harahan
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
General Committee
Association of Railways Executive
Harahan
Divorce Granted in Philadelphia Courts to Virginia Blair Thornton
Philadelphia courts granted a divorce on July 6 to Virginia Blair Thornton, wife of Sir Henry W. Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railways, disclosed in Philadelphia on July 27.
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Philadelphia
Virginia
Blair Thornton
Henry W. Thornton
Canadian National Railways
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