Catholics in Mexico face crisis over new religious laws
Mexico City July 30 Hundreds of Catholics offered devotions for the last time before government religious regulations take effect. Arch bishop Moray Del Rio ordered priests to withdraw from churches tomorrow, surrendering churches to lay committees to seek a compromise with municipal authorities. Mayors are reportedly instructed to use force if needed to maintain order during transfers. Church authorities urged continued worship and prayer for a satisfactory settlement.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Moray del Rio
Oretega
Senor Oretega
Republic
Vera Cruz
Bulgarian King Engaged to Italian Princess
London reports from Sofia that King Boris of Bulgaria is set to wed Princess Giovanna, third daughter of the Italian sovereigns, an engagement described as an accomplished fact. Premier Liaptcheff commented the king is free to decide and that the match reflects a natural desire to meet a mate.
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London
Reuter
Geneva
Sofia
Boris
Bulgaria
Giovanna
Europe
Liaptcheff
Denial of Town Lynching Over Priest Attack
Mexico City reports Governor of Akentinous denying a lynching of Mayor Carvantes of Nochistan after an attack on a Catholic priest. The telegraph to the interior department says there is no foundation for the lynching claim and no trouble in Nochistan.
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Mexico City
Akentinous
Carvantes
Novhistan
Department of Interior
Aguascalientes
Nochistan
Political duel ends in deaths in Mexico City salon
In Mexico City on July 30 a saloon duel between Galvan and Deputy Enrique Hernandez Alvarez erupted in gunfire. Senator Manuel Hernandez Calvan and Judge Jesus Salcedo were killed. Galvan fell to a gunshot while a stray bullet killed Judge Salcedo, a bystander. The feud stems from a longstanding political grudge. religious matters were not involved.
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Mexico City
Manuel Hernandez Calvan
Jesue Salcedo
Galvan
Enrique Hernandez Alvarez
Alvarez
Salcedo
Hall Murder Case Draws New Witnesses In Jersey
Somerville New Jersey July 30 A factory worker William Phillips joined Mrs Frances Stevens Hall in jail on five thousand bail as a material witness in the four year old murder of her clergyman husband and Eleanor Mills. State officials seek two more persons amid new evidence while secrecy surrounds details. Frances Hall faces possible continued jail time until a grand jury next April or September.
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Somerville
N. J
William Phillips
Edward Wheeler Hall
Elenore Mills
Phillips
New Jersey College For Seomen
Hall
Arthur S. Riehle
Louise Geist Riehle
Richie
Barbara Tough
Mr. Hall
Mills
Willie Stevens
Peter
Jane N. Gibson
Moore
Frances Stevens Hall
Eleanor Mills
Lergen
Somerset County
Gummer
Point Pleasant
Bergen
New York Leads in Exports in First Quarter 1926
New York topped outgoing shipments in value for the first quarter of 1926 at 195 510 071, regaining lead over Texas as state exports declined nearly 121 million. Total U S exports for the quarter were 1 098 839 243 with only four of the top ten states showing gains. Storm warnings issued for Atlantic region as tropical disturbances trend northwestward.
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Washington
New York
Texas
Commerce Department
Michigan
California
Ohio
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
New Jersey
Illinois
Mellett Slayer Believed Known in Canton
Canton Ohio July 30 a nationwide search begins for Patrick Eugene McDermott 8 of Cleveland sought as principal in the murder of Don R Mellett Canton publisher Pictures of McDermott to be broadcast to police stations detective agencies and news services The investigation believes the identity of the “the trig german” has been established and a nationwide search will begin shortly.
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Canton
Chis
Patrick Eugene McDermott
Cleveland
Don R. Mellett
McDermott
Cruce Canton, O
Don R. Meller
Canton Daily News
Smith campaign donor list released by manager
Allen F. Moore, Frank L. Smith’s campaign manager, disclosed contributors to Smith’s primary funds. Clement Studebaker of South Bend gave 20000, Iva C. Copley of Aurora 25000 in two installments, with other donors including Daniel Schuyler 2400 Eugene Pike 1000 Judge Strunsky 500 and Greek merchants' representative Nick Kachavois 1000. Studebaker attended Indiana dinner last winter and offered two 10000 gifts. Moore cited social and business reasons for some donors’ requests of confidentiality and said he would not bind Smith to any obligation.
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Chicago
Taly
Allen F. Moore
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
Senate Campaign Funds
Smith Political Fund
Moore
Clement Studebaker
South Bend
Indiana
Iva .C. Copley
Aurora
Ilinois
Daniel Schuyler
Eugene Pike
Judge Strunsky
Nick Kachavois
Studebaker
Smith
Congress Hotel
Ddumitter
Campaions
Consider Removing Arms Restrictions on Mex Shipments
Washington July 30 removal of the embargo on arms shipments to Mexico is under consideration. President Coolidge will be asked to decide whether to lift the ban, with no set decision time. The State Department refuses to reveal views, keeping the embargo in effect as tension in Mexico rises over religious issues and government churches. A decision is not expected until conditions in the republic show a clearer trend.
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Washington
Mexico
México
Weather update for Virginia and Tennessee
Partly cloudy with local thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight in northern Virginia and tonight or Saturday in the south. Cooler tonight in northeast and central Virginia and in southeast Virginia Saturday with southwest winds veering to north and northeast. Tennessee showers expected later and Saturday with milder tonight in the western portion.
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Virginia
South
Tennessee
West
Federal agents seize Niagara bootleggers in dawn drive
Federal agents target Niagara frontier in a daylong operation indicting 31 men linked to a major illicit liquor ring centered on Cataract Brewing. Authorities move to padlock Niagara Falls breweries amid extended probes into wood alcohol shipments tied to recent deaths.
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Bufaio
Niagra
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Detriot
Canada
Falls
Cataract Brewing Company
James Canavan
James, Jr
John H. Legget
Arthur J. Jopp
Nelson Carmen
A. 2. Hoolizli
Jopp Drug Company
New York
Frank J. Wale
Alcohol Control
James Voelker
Chicago Produce Butter and Egg Prices Steady in listing
Chicago July market notes show butter at 28 cents for extras 38 1-2, standards 35 to 35, firsts 35, with eggs remaining unchanged as buyers await wholesale guidance.
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Chicago
Floods in Niigita Province Cause Massive Losses in Japan
Tokyo reports devastating floods in Niigita Province with hundreds dead and many injured or missing. About 1,500 houses destroyed in Tochio, thousands submerged, and rice fields damaged. Property losses estimated at around 10 million yens as communications fail. Other floods in Akita and Yorizawa noted but smaller.
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Tokyo
Niigita
Tochio
Akita
Yorizawa
Japan
Hurricane Spends its Last Remnant in Rain
Hurricane passes through Georgia and Alabama after devastating Nassau and the Florida east coast. Tropical storm claims about 150 lives in Nassau and 54 at Sanoa after shipwrecks. Florida and Georgia report several deaths and millions in damage including 8 million in Nassau and 2.5 million in Palm Beach area.
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Atlanta
Bahama Islands
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Nassau
Sanoa
Miami
Palm Beach
Woman Evangelist Demands Grand Jury Showdown
Los Angeles July 30. Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson seeks a full inquiry into her 35 day disappearance. District Attorney Keyes says the grand jury will review new evidence and possible perjury by witnesses from the prior session. Authorities question timing and suspect involvement by Kenneth Ormiston and Carmel visits.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Sempie McPherson
Asa” Keyes
Starling
Angelus Temple
Minnie Kennedy
Ocean Beach
Mexico
Agua Prieta
Douglas
Arizona
Get” the Evangelist
Ormiston
Former Tammany Leader McManus Dies at 64
Thomas J. McManus known as The McManus former state senator and Tammany leader of the Fifth district died at his home on Vast 49th Street. He was 64 and regarded as a picturesque, humane politician. High blood pressure listed as the cause. The West Side mourns.
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New York
Thomas J. McManus
McManus
Fifth District
49Th Street
Tammany Hall
Westside
Vote frauds surge as grand jury returns True bills
Chicago July 29 special grand jury returns true bills naming 131 persons charged with vote frauds and irregularities in the April primary. Among the named are women. thirty eight judges clerks and three ward workers were charged with misconduct.
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Chicago
Bahama hurricane toll tops 150 and island isolation grows
Nassau Bahamas faces isolation as more than 150 missing in the hurricane disaster. Affected sponge fleet and harbor wreckage threaten weeks before official death and damage tolls can be confirmed. Many vessels were destroyed or driven ashore, including boats in Nassau harbor and at Gunkey.
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New Providence Island
Bahamas
Bahayaa Islands
Morida
Gunkey
Miami
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