Nationwide strike feared as soft coal output shifts
United Press Dispatch reports that government observers fear a general coal strike as union mine output falls 40 percent from 1923 peak while non union production rises. West Virginia mines increasingly switch to non union labor amid shrinking union tonnage across major states. Total daily production remains about 200000 tons below the 1923 high.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
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Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Alabama
Tennessee
Baton Outlook Shows Growing Threat As Time Nears
Authorities warn of increasing disturbances as the Baton outlook grows ominous while preparations accelerate and security measures tighten ahead of the impending event.
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Batton
Williams Urges Thorough Audit of State Highway Records
Indianapolis July 29 John D Williams director of the state highway commission calls for a thorough investigation of commission records by the state board of accounts. He says examiners should inspect all books and payroll and expense accounts amid ongoing scrutiny and the ousting of chief engineer Chesleigh Gray. London July 29 Baldwin seeks talks with coal mine owners and miners amid a threatened July 31 lockout. Violent disturbances in Wales follow as miners stage strikes with reports of explosives and shots. Baldwin hopes temporary subsidies may avert full conflict.
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Indianapolis
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Accounts Board
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Highway Commission
Chesleigh Gray
London
Baldwin
Coal Miners’ Union
Record Coal Loadings Hit New High in Northern West Virginia
United Press dispatch from Morganton West Virginia reports a new daily coal loading record in northern West Virginia. Non union mines produced 1 747 cars, while union mines loaded 217 cars, totaling 1 691 cars.
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Morganton
W. Va
West Virginia
Union
President Watches Events as Labor Strife Grows
President Coolidge faces mounting labor tensions in two key sectors as anthracite coal tensions deepen and New England textile mills cut wages. AFL opposes textile manufacturers amid a fragile economy, risking party standing and Senator Butler’s Massachusetts bid. The president resists wide government intervention, urging intra industry settlement while noting fierce competition hurts New England mills.
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Republican Party
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Massachusetts
Senate
Dayton Mourns Bryan as Arlington Farewell Begins
Dayton Tennians gather to honor Williams Jennings Bryan with a funeral train to Washington. The civic tribute follows his death last Sunday, with interment planned at Arlington Cemetery Friday. Citizens recall his Scopes trial interventions and his role as a fundamentalist champion.
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Washington
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Ruth Owen
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Clarence Darrow
Day By Day In Every Way Women Are Getting Nakeder
A foreign observer recounts cultural shock returning to New York from the Belgian Congo noting women wear paint powder and suggestion rather than clothing. Cardinal Gasquet criticizes current styles as more revealing than nudity and a vicar warns the fair sex grows nakeder day by day in sermons about morality.
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New York
Arthur L. Piper
Belgian Congo
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Masumbaland
Africa
London
Cardinal Gasquet
Vatican
Richard Free
Alienists chart prison life of Russell Scott
Three alienists study Russell Scott in Chicago to prove prison madness. Examinations focus on his mental state as he faces possible insanity ruling to avoid hanging for the murder of Joseph Maurer. Next Monday a jury will hear testimony relating to his sanity.
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Russell Scott
United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Scott
H. S. Hubert
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William O. Krohn
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Joseph Maurer
Swift trial for Oberholtzer murder set in Indiana court
Immediate trial of D C Stephenson Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry for the Madge Oberholtzer murder was made possible by Judge Hines who overruled a bail rehearing motion and signaled readiness to call a special term at any time. He said the court is willing to take its time up to October to try the cases.
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United Press Dispatch
Noblesville
Ind
D. C. Stephenson
Earl Klenck
Earl Gentry
Madge Oberholtzer
Hines
Hamilton
Judge Limits Testimony On Defendant Mental State
Judge Joseph B. David restricts defense and state to mental condition evidence only. He warns no extraneous testimony will be heard to avoid a mercy appeal akin to Clarence Darrow in the Leopard Leeb case.
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Scott
Joseph B. David
David
Clarence Darrow
Arrests for liquor law violations in Indianapolis grow
Indianapolis notes a surge in liquor law arrests despite the Wright bene dry prohibition act. Over the past weekend thirty nine men and four women face intoxication charges, twenty one men and four women charged with operating blind tigers, and eight men arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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Indianapolis
Farm outlook 1925 shows bright colors and rising prices
Washington reports the 1925 farm picture is painted in bright colors with good business conditions. Livestock prices rise as hogs near peak of the cycle and hog raisers plan for 1926. Truck crops such as potatoes, onions, cabbage, melons and peaches are selling at elevated levels amid expected recovery.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Farm Crop Prospects and Prices Outlook
Last year's prices show a brisk fall market ahead. Rains aided hay and late oat crops while corn harvests improve and spring wheat looks fair despite heat and rust in the Red River valley. Winter wheat underperformed but yielded near expected. fruit is scarcer in the east though Pacific coast crops alleviate deficits. western cotton suffers drought but crop prospects remain sizable. The farm purchasing power index stays at 90 versus a prewar baseline of 100.
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Red River Valley
Pacific Coast
Gaither oil well in Daviess County figures 200 bbl daily
In Washington Indiana on July 29 the Gaither well is reported to deliver about 200 barrels of oil per day The owners describe the oil as good quality and suitable for refining The well adds to Daviess County oil activity with promising production figures
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Washington
Ind
Gaither
Chicago alarmed over possible case like Bobby Franks
Dwight Tracy seven year old vanished after leaving on a scooter toward Jackson park. police search intensified with lake dragged at multiple spots as neighbors report sightings. Tracy home lies near Franks Loeb Leopold residences in a wealthy Chicago district.
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Chicago
Bobby Franks
Bobby” Franks
Dwight Tracy
Jackson Park
Dwight
Tracy
Loebs
McClure Promises to Abstain in Court
In Indianapolis on July 29 S C McClure of Dayton Ohio vowed never to drink liquor again before Judge Pike in criminal court. The judge suspended his thirty day jail sentence.
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Indianapolis
S. C. McClure
Dayton
Ohio
Pike
Indiana Attorneys General Dry Enforcement Steps Expanded
Indiana will intensify prohibition enforcement with county prosecutors receiving aid from four appointed special deputy prosecutors in Marion County and potential further deputies statewide. Attorney General Gilliam, interpreting the Wright law, aims to supply investigators to gather evidence for bootlegger prosecutions upon prosecutors requests.
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Art’y General
United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Attorney General
Gilliam
William Remy
Marion County
Ciry
Sheriiff
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