Aimee McPherson Kidnapping Inquiry Focuses On Border Sightings
Los Angeles officials pursue corroboration of the widely reported kidnapping tale of Aimee Semple McPherson. The grand jury hears a Mexican border lead claiming a blue closed car near the Nigger Head mountains on June 22, a day before her arrival in Agua Prieta. Witnesses report vehicles matching that description in multiple border areas and H. C. Swift is to be summoned for testimony about a May 18 Ocean Park abduction claim.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Agua Prieta
Nigger Head
Persis
McPherson
Keyes
Douglas, Ariz
Kennedy
Ague Prieta
Douglas
Merinbah Shinn
Arthur Keetch
Hall of Justice
Grand Jury
Keetch
Evangelist
Crowds at Elkwater Knit Busy Holiday Week-end
At Elkwater July 11 crowds gathered at cottages for a holiday weekend. Noted visitors included Mesers C H Niles Pratt Elliott MacDonald James McCallum and P B J Harding plus W H Williams Roger Harding Nat Butter and others. The event featured camp site planning for two forty-person Boy Scout troops and a bustling bathing beach noted for ideal water temperature.
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Elkwater
Mesers
C. H. Niles
Chas, Pratt
Elliott MacDonald
James McCallum
A. P. Burns
Terrill
Burns
P. B. J. Harding
W. H. Williams
Roger Harding
Nat Butter
Boy Scouts
John H Weeks War Secretary Dies in Mount Prospect Return
John H Weeks died at his Mount Prospect summer home at three o clock this morning. The former War Secretary under Harding and Coolidge aged death due to angina pectoris and long illness. Lancaster, July 12.
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Lancaster
John H. Weeks
Harding
Coolidge
Mount Prospect
Chicago Gang Slays Three for Car Possession
In Chicago on a July 12 incident on the west side a gang shot and killed a taxi driver and two young residents after demanding their car. Ludwig Rose died in hospital. victims were Fred H. Kline 25 and Milas Marie Blanca 23. Police arrested Thomas McWain 24 amid a statement implicating another man known as Curly.
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Chicago
Ill
West Side
Ma Jy
Ludwig Rose
Fred H. Kline
Milas Marie Blanca
W. M. McSwiggin
Thos. McWain
McWain
Curly
East Indians Mutiny on Newcastle Deserts Ship
In Philadelphia on July 12, 29 members of the British steamer Newcastle from New York deserted after religious clashes with the cook a Mohammedan East Indian crew refusing Buddhist cook provided tainted meals. The captain will hire a new crew and likely repatriate the mutineers to England to face charges.
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Philadelphia
Newcastle
New York
England
France and Britain Agree On Settlement Terms
Nice July 12 The local Chapter of the National Federation of Republican Combatants the strongest veterans organization of the Right following yesterday’s demonstration placarded the city with a motion for the annulment of all war debts The veterans threaten another larger demonstration on Wednesday Bastille Day unless all groups subscribe to the motion
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Nice
France
National Federation of Republican Combatants
Rigleru
Robert Scott Pleads Guilty in Murder Case
Chicago July 12 Robert Scott pleaded guilty to the murder of Joseph Manrer a drug clerk. The brother Russell Scott had been sentenced to be hanged on October 15 for the same crime.
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Chicago
Robert Scott
Joseph Manrer
Russell Scott
Archbishop Rouleau Named Archbishop of Quebec
Rome July 12 Pope Pius appoints Bishop Raymond Marie Rouleau of Valleyfield Quebec as Archbishop of Quebec to succeed the late Archbishop Langlois. Langlois becomes auxiliary bishop of Quebec and then bishop of Valleyfield.
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Rome
Pope Pius
Raymond Marie Rouleau
Valleyfield
Que
Quebec
Rleht
J. Alfred Langlois
Auxliary
Lightning Strikes Denmark Lake Ammunition Depot (trimmed to fit)
Dover New Jersey July 12 Explosion at Denmark Lake naval ammunition depot killed sixteen to date and left thirty three listed as missing. Fire and blasts after a lightning strike destroyed thousands of buildings and halted rescue operations with about two hundred injured. Officials say entry is too dangerous as shells continue to explode.
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Dover
N.J
Denmark Lake
Naval Operations
Washington
Wm. Sailes
Navy
Lake Denmark
N. J
Jersey City
Army
TNT
Mount Hippe
Wibhernia
Rockaway
Denmark
Buchanan
Dan
Western Front
H. A. Dram
Picatinny Peak
French Finance Chief Caillaux Seeks London Debt Talks
French Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux arrived in London to confer with Chancellor Winston Churchill on funding the French war debt to Britain. Weather: warm with possible thunder storms. Temperature 963 56.
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London
Joseph Caillaux
Paris
Winston Churchill
Ottawa campaign gears up with settlement date expected
Ottawa reports indicate this week will activate government and opposition campaigns. Cabinet formation for the Conservative government is expected and speculation centers on September 4 as the election date with Meighen and King planning coast-to-coast tours ahead of polling day in autumn.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Meighen
King
Ontario
Prince Carol Renunciation Revealed by King Ferdinand
In Bucharest July 12 King Ferdinand disclosed to an Associated Press correspondent that he asked Prince Carol to renounce the Roumanian throne due to repeated moral delinquencies. He said he urged renunciation and spared details of the circumstances.
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Bucharest
Carol
Roumania
Ferdinand
Associated Press
Caral
Vagrant sentence for Lafromboise and theft for Stanford
In police court Josephine Lafromboise received ninety days in jail on a vagrancy charge and Charles Stanford was fined and jailed fifteen days for stealing a ride on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Josephine Lafromboise
Charles Stanford
Canadian Pacific Railway
Native Sons Elect Canada Grand Officers
Charley Frederick Jamieson of Lethbridge was elected grand president of the Native Sons of Canada in Vancouver. New officers include F. L. Cummings South Vancouver grand first vice president Col J T Mitchell Winnipeg second grand vice president and R D McLachlan Victoria grand secretary. A C Pike Victoria grand treasurer James E McDonnell Vancouver sergeant at arms. A resolution urged Canada’s status as a colony needing steps to clarify its national status.
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Vancouver
Charley Frederick Jamieson
Lethbridge
Native Song of Canada
F. L. Cummings
South Vancouver
Col. J. T. Mitchell
Winnipeg
R. D. Mclachlan
Victoria
A. C. Pike
James E. McDonnell
J. Currie
Medicine Hat
L. M. Gordon
Stewart
B.C
W. R. Moore
W. L. Denton
Canada
Native Sons of Canada
Hilda Youth In Hospital After Suspected Horse Accident
Emil Ernest Krause, a youth from the Hilda district, was admitted to the General hospital with a compound skull fracture. He was thought to have been thrown or kicked by a horse. The report notes 1,009,203 telephones exist in Canada, about one per eight residents.
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Emil Ernest Krause
Hilda District
Canada
Baron Byngs Term Prolonged in Canada to September
Ottawa reports that His Excellency Lord Byng will remain in Canada until mid to late September as his term nears expiry. The exact departure date depends on arrangements with his successor, with meeting plans in Quebec for the outgoing and incoming governors general. The five year term is not an absolute rule for timing.
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Baron Byng
Ottawa
Ont
Lord Byng
Canada
Feneral
Lord Willingdon
England
China
Lord
Wheat Market Is Quiet In Winnipeg Trade
The Winnipeg grain market showed no special features with light trading. Wheat closed lower across futures with July at 1.5478, October 1.3534, and December 1.3312, while flax remained firm and cash wheat offerings were scarce. Coarse grains opened firm but eased, oats down 0.25 to 0.375 cent, barley 0.75 to 0.375 cent, rye 0.5 cent. The Liverpool market was steady and export business over the weekend light.
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Winnipeg
Liverpool
Seaboard
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Poe P. D. Stone
Nat Connor
Mr. Harris
R. B. Davidson
Milwater
Percy Ortner
Henry Delmas
Mitchell
Mrs. Nichols
Becker
William Otter
Dean
Toronto
Prof
W. P. NM. Kennedy
University of Toronto
Great Britain
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Canada Steamship Lines
Quebec City
Cabinet Council
Prince Carol
Gov.general
Willingdon
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