Auburn Prison Riot Sees 1700 Inmates Capture Arsenal
At Auburn New York on July 29 inmates at the state prison rallied to seize the arsenal with about 50 rifles and four machine guns. Four guards were shot, two mutineers killed, and four convicts escaped as rail and shop damage mounted to around 500000. Guards and state troopers later quieted the revolt and restored order.
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Auburn
N. Y
Auburn State Prison
Clinton Prison
Dannemorn
Two More Banks Fail in Florida
In Jacksonville on a July day, the Brevard County Bank Trust of Cocoa and the Melbourne State Bank of Melbourne closed to protect depositors. Affected deposits near 1.9 million at Brevard, with steady withdrawals cited. Melbourne had 50 thousand capital. Brevard’s closing leaves Titusville as the county’s sole remaining bank.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Brevard County Bank Trust Company of
Creva
Melbourne State Bank of
Melbourne
State Banking Department
Cucua
Brevard County
Bank of Titusville
Albert L. McGlain
Breva
Merchants State Bank
Caran Bank
Weather Rain and Cooler in Tennessee and Virginia
Local thunder showers are possible in Tennessee this afternoon or tonight with a warm spell easing in northwest areas. In Virginia, partly cloudy conditions with local thundershowers interior this afternoon or tonight and on the coast tonight or Tuesday. Winds shift from gentle to moderate southwest to northwest with cooler temperatures to follow.
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Tennessee
North
Tennessee Eastern Refuses Rehearing On Power Certificate
Special to The Times Nashville Tennessee July 29 The state railroad and public utilities commission declines to grant a rehearing to the Tennessee Eastern Power Company on its certificate of convenience and necessity for Holston river dam development The commission holds no new basis for relief and urges no further delay in Holston river development as per the June 17 1929 opinion The Tennessee Eastern Electric Company challenged the commission jurisdiction in its July 16 1929 petition Continued on page six.
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The
Times
Nashville
State Railroad and Publi Utilities Commission
Tennessee Astern Power Company
Holston River
Tennessee Hastern Electric Company
Holston River Power Company
Tennessee Easter Power Company
Neutral Zone Formed on Manchurian Border
Press dispatches report Russia and China withdrawing to establish a neutral zone to avoid clashes. Chinese troops retreat toward Khailar, a small cavalry remains at the border amid fears of a Mongol invasion. London circles note Mongolian involvement as tensions persist over the Chinese Eastern railway dispute.
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Russia
China
Manchurian
Tokyo
Manchuria
Rengo
Manchuk
Khailar
London
Mongolia
Nanking
Heat Wave Grips Nation Across Cities and Provinces
A sweeping July heat wave chills the United States and Canada with widespread temperatures near 100 degrees. Cities from Albany to New York report highs around 92 to 98 F, while drought worsens crop loss and forest fire risk in Canada. Water restrictions begin in New Jersey towns as farmers divert scarce supplies. Twenty people drown in Michigan and Ontario seeking relief at lakes and rivers.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Baltimore
Phoenix
Ariz
St. Louis
Washington
Mercury
Montreal
Boston
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Portland
Ore
San Antonio
Texas
Canada
Atlantic Seaboard States
Northport
Long Island
Mountain Lakes
N. J
New Jersey
Detroit
Michigan
Pointe
Ontario
Aviator Crichton Killed In Minnesota Endurance Flight
The endurance monoplane Minnesota crashed at Wold Chamberlain field near Minneapolis at 5 25 a m killing Captain P J Crichton and fatally injuring co pilot Owen Haughland after 154 hours 46 minutes aloft They had refueled 18 times and covered over 1000 miles Crichton died on impact while Haughland suffered a skull fracture and possible internal injuries Both men pursued a new endurance record and Haughland had financed the effort with property mortgaged to buy two cabin planes
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Loren Mendell
Pete Reinhardt
Culver City
Jeanor Merry
Los Angeles
Mendell
Wold Chamberlain Field
Chichton
Qwen Haughland
Minneapolis
CAP
The
Minnesota
Wold Chamberlain
P. J. Crichton
Owen Haughland
Crichton
Pitot Haughland
Houghland
Ft. Knelling
Haughland
Haugland
Massive Cotton Strike Halts Lancashire Mills
In Lancashire a vast stoppage began with about half a million workers idle and estimated to rise to 1.0 million in allied trades. Some 15,000 mills faced wage cuts, with only a few operating effectively. Government mediation failed and Ramsay MacDonald may intervene. Sir Horace Wilson blamed employers for the lockout.
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Manchester
England
Lancashire
Ministry of Labor
Lock
Ramsay MacDonald
Sir Horace Wilson
Horace
Most Of Cruiser Program Likely To Remain Intact
Washington reports indicate naval experts expect two thirds of the fifteen cruiser program to stay, with at least ten 10,000 ton vessels likely to be built under any U S Britain agreement. The aim is balanced fighting strength and protection of trade lanes amid London talks on parity. Hugh S Gibson, leading the U S commission, returned to London to help shape a yardstick for naval power.
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Washington
London
United States
Great Britain
Hugh S. Gibson
Belgium
MacDonald
Dawes
Flood menace court meets elimination at Atlastonia
Army engineers say lower Mississippi flood risk reduced by levees and floodways. Major General Edgar Jadwin outlines progress and $64 million spent of $326 million flood control appropriation amid 1927 flood contrast. New works include raising and widening main river levees and beginning general project under 1928 act.
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Washington
Lower
Mississippi
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Army General Staff to Join Expenditure Survey
Washington July 29 AP Back from a weekend with President Hoover at his Virginia retreat Secretary Good said the entire army general staff would devote its energies to surveying military expenditures to find possible economies. He noted difficulties in reducing appropriations and said the open approach would seek eliminations and consolidations without undermining defense.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia
Good
Army General Staff
Natonal Guard
St Louis Robin Nears 400 Hour Endurance Flight
Endurance pilots Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson on the St Louis Robin push toward a 400 hour mark over Lambert Field. By 9 17 am they had 386 hours with 3820 gallons of fuel used. word of a Minnesota crash reached them via wives with notes in breakfast containers.
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ST. Louis
Forest O'Brine
Dale
Red) Jackson
Shorty
Chaffee
Minnesota Endurance Flers
Forest O‘brine
Lambert-St. Louis Field
William B. Robertson
Curtiss-Robertson Company
Cleveland
Bromley Plans New Nonstop Tokyo Flight Attempt
Lieut Harald Bromley plans another try within 60 days after his monoplane crashed on takeoff in Tacoma. He blamed himself for the ground loop caused by gasoline spray from full tanks. Backers met and decided to rebuild the craft, shipping it to Burbank for repairs. the 425 horsepower meters were undamaged.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harald Bromley
Tokyo
Bromiey
Burbank
Calif
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Auburn Prison
Florida
Tenn
Utilities Commission
Holston
Sues Coast Flyer
Minnesota Falls
Gastonia
Thomas P. Jimison
Charlotte
N. C
C. F. Aderholt
John Randolph Neal
Dayton
Atlastonia
Mississippi Valley
National Textile Workers Union
National Textile Union
Laroy Mills
Gaston County
Berlin
Zcentral Vorstand Rote Hilfe’ Deutschland
Forest O
Jackson
Angelena
Bromley
Toyoka
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