Italian Stand Is Put Before Teague Today
Geneva July 31 Italy’s premier Mussolini representative Baron Aloisi told the League Council that Italy will discuss only arbitration in its dispute with Ethiopia and cannot participate in other matters. The session was private and adjourned until tomorrow for a public meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph EF. Sharkey
Associated Presa Foreign Staff
Asociated
Presa
Geneva
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
Mussolini
League of Nations
League Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Council
Great Britain
France
Stresa
Britain
England
Women Face Indictments In Swamp Murder Case
Chicago July 91 two women Blanche Dunkes and Evelyn Smith indicted on true bills for the swamp murder of Ervin Lang whose body legs hacked off at the hips was found wedged in a Hammond Indiana swamp. Assistant states attorney Dougherty announced the indictments as witnesses testified and Dunkes showed composure after a prior collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Blanche Dunkes
Evelyn Smith
Ervin Lang
Dunkes
Lang
Hammond
Indiana
Charles S. Dougherty
Missing Hopson Ties Senate Probe To Gas and Electric Case
Washington July 31 missing master mind H C Hopson of the Associated Gas and Electric system is the focus of a Senate lobby committee push. Officials say Hopson may emerge from his security soon or be located by agencies aiding the inquiry. If he fails to appear a nationwide search would be started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
HH. C. Hopson
Senate Lobby Committee
New York
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover Administration
Associated Gas and Electric Company
House Rules Committee
Patton
Democrat
Texas
Congress
Senate
Hopson
H. C. Hopson
Associated Gas & Electric
Swift action foreseen for tax measure
Washington on July 31 a cautious forecast from the Ways and Means committee estimated the new tax bill would raise about 270 million dollars annually. Democrats said after a year of operation revenue would come from higher individual surtaxes, a graduated corporation tax, excess profits tax, inheritance and gift taxes, plus a new principle on corporate tax. Republicans called the bill a political gesture and doubted its adequacy to run government for two weeks. Chairman Doughton planned to bring the measure to the House floor and seek passage before adjournment Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Weather outlook across states shows fair and warmer trends
The forecast covers Tennessee Virginia North Carolina and Kentucky. It calls for generally fair skies and continued warmth tonight and Thursday with slight warming in western portions. Isolated thundershowers are possible Thursday afternoon in western and northern parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
West
Kentucky
Tobacco Market Opens Across Georgia Belt in 1925 Outlook
Atlanta July 38 4 Better times appeared in prospect for the Southern tobacco producers on the eve of opening the first 1925 markets in the Georgia belt. Auctions begin in 15 South Georgia cities at 9 am tomorrow and continue about three weeks. Georgia crop estimates place output well above last year’s 33 623 474 pounds with improved returns. South Carolina markets open next week. North Carolina predicts 625 to 650 million pounds versus 377 million in 1934, with July rains affecting leaf quality. Virginia expects yields to exceed 1934 by 5 million pounds as sun cured and flue cured prospects look good. fire cured starts strong. Kentucky reports similar favorable prospects for burley and cash returns. (Continued on page eth)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia Belt
South Georgia
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
Commissioner of Agriculture
Bue
Gene Flowers of
Kentucky
Death Penalty Sought in Gerald Thompson Case
Prosecutor B V Champion urged a Peoria jury to sentence Gerald Thompson to death for the June 17 murder of Mildred Hallmark. He described Thompson's alleged attack, choking and body disposal in Springdale cemetery, based on a 2,500 word confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thomas
Peoria
Gerald Thompson
Mildred Hallmark
Itseles
B. V. Champion
Thompson
Springdale Cemetery
Champion
Mildred
Gillett Dies Former Massachusetts Senator Remembered
Frederick H. Gillett, longtime Massachusetts senator for 38 years, died today in a Springfield hospital. Since retirement he had been writing his memoirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Frederick H. Gillett
Springfield
Former Senator Gillett Dies at 83 in Springfield
Frederick H. Gillett, former U S senator from Massachusetts and six years speaker of the house, died at Springfield hospital at 83. A Republican, he served in Congress 38 years and as speaker from 1919 to 1925. He retired in 1931, dividing time among Westfield, Santa Barbara, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Frederick H. Gillett
U. S
Massachusetts
National House
Springfield Hospital
Old Guard
Congress
James A. Seaman
Santa Barbara
Calif
Senate
West Ld
California
Washington
Champ Clark
David J. Walsh
Gillett
Amherst College
Harvard Law School
Fire kills horses and mules in Kansas City stockyards
A blaze at the Kansas City stockyards destroyed a barn housing horses and mules, with about 120 animals released and stampeded through the area. Fifteen fire companies fought the fire for an hour before control, with most losses among unbroken western stock. Insurance covered the loss. barn valued around 325,000 and 7 to 10 animals died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Michael Mahoney
Thieres Froth Serbittins
Kansas
Fred Owen
Grand Island
Ken
German purge slows groups outline plans
Berlin reports growing public discontent over price hikes threatening Nazi unity. factions within the regime maneuver over policy toward political Catholicism veterans and other enemies as costs climb. Official data claim small price rises while farm prices surge and meat consumption falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin HK. Whiteleather
Berlin
Institute For Business Research
Nazi Economic Press Service
Building Permits Rise in Southeast in June
In Atlanta on July 31 the Sixth District Federal Reserve reports a sharp June surge in building permits across 20 southern cities totaling 4.4 million dollars, 81.5 percent above June last year and the largest June total since 1929, alongside mixed gains in coal mining and declines in several sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Federal Reserve Bank
Commodity Credit Connersmcn
Iran
Alabama
Tennessee
Prisoners in Michigan Must Buy Their Meals
Michigan will charge inmates for their daily meals as Auditor General John O Hara pursues claims against inmate estates. He filed a $464 claim against Balfe McDonald in Flint and seeks guardianship to recover board for prisoners from outside wealth. The move targets prisoners with outside funds and pensions while incarcerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
John O'Hara
Flint
Balfe McDonald
Dias
Grace B. McDonald
O'Rara
Young McDonald
O'Hara
Writers' trip sparked clash with Alabama governor over publicity
A group of traveling writers led by Bruce Crawford and Jack Conroy claimed their car was fired on ten miles south of Clanton Alabama. Governor Bibb Graves called the incident a frame up for publicity and denied a police escort to the Tennessee line. The writers planned stops in Georgia and Alabama to probe alleged civil rights infringements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Bibb Graves
Bruce Crawford
Norton
Shirley Hopkins
Truro
Manass
Alfred Hirsch
New York
Emmett Gowan
Lavergne
Tenn
Jack Conroy
Moberly
Clanton
Alabama
Gov. Graves
Tennessee
Georgia
Doctor abducted and slain after knife operation in Chicago
Dr Walter J Bauer, a three week groom, was abducted in Ann Arbor and brought to a wooded Chicago South Side spot for surgery with a penknife. He died five hours later at Jackson Park Hospital after dictating a telegram to his bride. Police said a jealous man, unknown to Bauer, was the suspect. Detectives describe the abduction and death as linked to threats and a planned return to Chicago. The case centers on a hospital nurse bride and a physician recent graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Side
Walter J. Bauer
Jackson Park Hospital
Ann Arbor
Mich
Howard Doyle
Dr. Bauer
Bauer
Doyle
Laughlin School of Osteopathy
Kirksville
University of Michigan
Jennings House
Kipling Criticizes Script For His Movie Story
Hollywood July 31. Rudyard Kipling critiques the script for The Light That Failed noting anachronisms and word choices. He marks up margins like a professor, suggesting substitutions such as private for personal and questioning terms like pawingly lovely. Producer Arthur Hornblow Jr. may donate Kipling’s annotated script to Britain’s archives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Rudyard Kipling
British Museum
Kipling
Arthur Hornblow, Jr
England
Gary Cooper
Torpenbow
Maisie
Senator Todd Refuses to Quit Old Age Pension Bill Debated in Senate
Nashville July 31 An attack by Sen. Joan R. Todd Sullivan on bringing up the old age pension bill failed as senators debated funding. Morgan accused Todd of breaking faith with supporters, saying the bill would require more than 6 million dollars yearly and was unworkable. Other members urged action or a revenue plan, with calls to inform the people of their stance before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Joan R. Todd
Ite
Sullivan
Senate
John Sprouse
Robertson
Todd
Leighton Ewell
Coffee
Fletcher R. Morgan
Hamilton
Sprousa
Morgan
Tennessee
Morigan
Toda
Flor Davies
Davidson
J. Arthur Atchley Minox
A. J. Graves
Kox
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General League
Prothers
Hurley
Minority Report
Tobacco Market
Lassocated Press
Republican Old Guard
Reserve Bank
Toledo
Herman Sadler
L. G. Price
Sadler
Price
Woodland
American National Bank
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