I Y teacher battles way to near win in channel swim
Clara Belle Barrett of New Rochelle swam the English Channel for 24 hours and 35 minutes before fatigue forced her to quit near Cape Gris Nez. Fog and currents hindered navigation as Dr. George Brewster of London also began and abandoned his attempt five hours later.
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Dover
A. P
Clara Belle Barrett
New Rochelle
New York
Oday
Cape Griser
Barrett
Iss Bartt
Iss Barrett
Miss Barrett
George Brewster
London
Two Earthquakes Recorded Near Fordham University
New York reports two distant quakes detected on the Fordham university seismograph late night and evening. The first quake was logged from 11:55 p m to 12:57 a m. The second from 6:55 p m to 7:38 p m. Tokyo also reports a severe quake at 6:25 p m with no damage or injuries yet documented.
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New York
A. P
Fordham University
River Stage Report for Mississippi and Ouachita Basins
River levels update with Memphis at 4.4 feet up 0.1, Vicksburg 8.8 down 0.3, New Orleans 1.9 unchanged. Red River towns Shreveport 19.9 down 1.3, Alexandria 21.4 down 0.5, Ouachita sites Camden 4.5 unchanged, Monroe 14.3 unchanged.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Mex SITUATION AT K of C MEET
Philadelphia Aug 3 The Knights of Columbus opened its annual supreme convention with resolutions ready to press the U S government to declare its position on Mexico's religious situation The delegates also discussed revision of the insurance system and expanding the orders work among boys The convention runs through Thursday
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Philadelphia
A. P
United States
Mexico
Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus
James A. Flaherty
U S Marshal J M S Whittington Dies in Shreveport
J M S Whittington, 45, U S marshal for the western district of Louisiana, died after a few hours of illness at a Shreveport hospital. Born in Alexandria on March 25, 1879, he served three years in the post and his body will be sent to Alexandria for burial. Funeral plans pending relatives’ arrival.
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Shreveport
A. P
J. M. S. Whittington
Louisiana
Alexandria
Mr. Whittington
W. W
Emily
Pressure Rise Over States in Gulf Area
Weather service reports moderately high pressure over the Southeast and North Central states with a trough of low pressure stretching from British Columbia to Arizona. The anti cyclone extends westward lifting pressure over the southern Atlantic and Gulf states. Showers occurred across the rockies, Ohio Valley, Tennessee and East and West Gulf regions with little temperature change in the east and south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
U. S. Weather Bureau
British Columbia
Arizona
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Middle Rock Mountain States
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
East Gulf States
West Gulf Coast
Coolidge Begins Fourth Year With Radio Plans
President Calvin Coolidge marks four years in office while at White Pine camp in the Adirondacks. He receives guests Harvey Firestone and Brig. Gen. Frank Parker and prepares a radio address for Florida statehood day. elaborate wire links to Denver and other cities ensure broadcast reach despite weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
U.S
Paul Smiths
N. Y
Calvin Coolidge
United States
White Pine Camp
Adirondack
Lhouse
Plymouth
Vermont
Osgood Lake
Lafternoon
Harvey S. Firestone
Akron, C
Frank Parker
Madison Barracks
New York
Cation
Florida
Denver
Colorado Capitol
Kansas City
Chicago
New Orleans
Missing Evidence in Hall Mills Murder Case Surfaces
In Somerville New Jersey Aug 3 missing transcripts from the Hall Mills murder inquiry have vanished from the Somerset county jail safe. State Senator Simpson the new special prosecutor says he still believes he can indict a woman and at least two men for the killings of Rev Edward W Hall and Mrs Eleanor R Mills. Dr Hall's spectacles with washed off fingerprints were saved. The warden referred questions to the county prosecutor and Bergen declined to comment.
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Somerville
N. J
A.P
Hall-Mills
Somerset County
Simpson
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor R. Mills
Hall
Burton
Bergen
Campaigns End With Primaries In Six States
A party wide primary day sees voters in Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Montana West Virginia and Virginia choose nominees for U S Senate or House seats. Incumbents George H Williams John M Harfield and Charles Curtiss seek renomination in their states as other races fill with state and national posts.
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Kansas City
A. P
Ku Klux Klan
World Court
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kan
United States
George H. Williams
John M. Harfield
Charles Curtiss
Kansas
Montana
House of Representatives
West Virginia
Virginia
Brigadier General Evans Dies in Italy
Brigadier General Robert A. Evans of the U S Army retired has died at Camaldoli near Florence Italy. Born in Jackson Mississippi on November 18 1852 he graduated from West Point in 1885 and served in the Nez Perce and Bannock campaigns the Spanish American War in Cuba and the Philippines He held posts including assistant to the chief of staff in 1911 12 and commands in the Gulf and East departments and on the Mexican border
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Florence
Italy
Robert A. Evans
Camaldoli
Rome
General Evans
Jackson
Miss
West Point
Netz Nez Perce
Cuba
Department of the Gulf
Atlanta
Department of the East
Coast Attorney Promises to Burst Bubbles in McPherson Case
Los Angeles grand jury reopens the Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance inquiry as District Attorney Asa Keys says the case is closed for him. He will present evidence and issue a public statement to clarify and expose alleged doubts. Witnesses include fifteen sworn statements about Carmel Ocean resort sightings with Kenneth Ormiston denying Mrs. McPherson’s presence.
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Los Angeles
A. P
Grand Jury
Aimee Semple McPherson
Asa Keys
Keys
Carmel
Here
Ormiston
Chicago
Trio Found Dead at Missouri Farm Home in Apparent Murder Suicide
Bodies of John Bogar Agnes Bogar and five year old Amelia were found at the farm home near Blissfield Missouri. Bogar hung himself while Agnes and the child lay in a bedroom both poisoned and the woman beaten. Neighbors said Bogar opposed a engagement between Agnes and John Smitka. Police investigate possible suicide pact and poisoning.
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Blissfild
A. P
John Bogar
Agnes
Amelia
Here
Bogar
John Smitka
Smitka
Dual Murder Victim Otin Metzger, Suspect Commits Suicide
In Cincinnati area on August 3, Raymond Ross 25, a Felicity farmer, killed himself with a single pistol shot as deputies closed in to arrest him for the midnight killings of Otto Otin 19 and Mamie King Metzger 35. The weapon was found loaded in the pistol.
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Cincinnati
A. P
Otto Otin
Mamie King Metzger
Raymond Ross
Felicity
Ohio
Ross
Army Private Killed in Escape Attempt at Fort Sam Houston
Private Jesse B. Crowe of the sev enth signal company was killed at Fort Sam Houston when a guard, Private Homer Puckett, fired as Crowe allegedly tried to flee. Crowe and another prisoner were being taken to headquarters for questioning when Crowe vanished into bushes and was shot at point blank range.
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Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
A. P
Jesse B. Crowe
Seventh Signal Company
Homer Puckett
Crowe
Puckett
First steps to extend Harrison Street to Jackson
Work to push Harrison Street from Sixth Street to Jackson Street will create a new downtown business thoroughfare. A paying petition by street property owners has been filed with Monroe authorities, and the street will run through the Myer property and the Texas Hotel site. Donated parcels include 46 feet on the Myer property and the Texas Hotel plot valued at $32,250 plus. Abe Avent and T. E. Flournoy spearheaded the project, donating nearly $100,000 in property. The street will be 46 feet wide and paved with asphalt or asphaltic concrete, relieving traffic congestion and spurring rapid commercial development. Signers include T. E. Flournoy, A. F. Investment Corp, C. Bell, D. Y. Smith, E. J. Deas, J. J. Hamiter, and C. H. McHenry.
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Harrison Street
Sixth Street
Jackson Street
City of
Monroe
Texas Hotel
Myer
Catalpa Street
Abe Avent
T. E B
Flournoy
Ouachita National Bank
Arent
Mr. Flournoy
T. E. Flournoy
A. & F. Investment Corporation
Two Shot During First Hymn at Morgantown Church
In Morgantown Kentucky a preacher Rev. Mr Moss and Mrs. Jerome Robinson were killed during the opening hymn of revival services. Clifford Wilson was arrested after a 14 year old girl saw him fire the shots. Bloodhounds and continued manhunt follow the scene.
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Morgantown
A. P
Moss
Jerome Robinson
Butler County
Robinson
Clifford Wilson
Four Edenborn heirs sue for St Louis estate rights
In St Louis, four nephews and nieces file in federal court to claim title to Edenborn real estate valued around sixty thousand dollars. They seek to block Mrs Sophie Meier from pursuing a daughter’s share claim and to bar action in circuit court until the federal suit resolves. Plaintiffs include August Mann of Donora, Lena Wigton of Wheaton, Otto Mann and Emma Longan of Shreveport.
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ST. Louis
A. P
William Edenborn
Shreveport
Edenborn
Sophie L. Meier
Gumbo
St. Louis County
Sarah Drain Edenborn
Asheville Water Supply Holds Off Famine Threat
Asheville officials report a bountiful water supply this summer with new municipal units in place since 1925 boosting capacity. Daily use runs about 6 million gallons, with reserves at Bee Tree Reservoir and French Broad plant, easing fears of a drought. rainfall shortfalls partly offset by recent city watershed rains.
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Asheville
N. C
A. P
Bee Tree
Swannanoa
French Broad
Park Square
Weather Bureau
Wilmington
Atlantic Ocean
F. L. Conder
Still Explodes Killing Youths in Los Angeles Incident
An explosive still at a private Los Angeles residence killed two youths Sam Manchillas aged 19 and Joe Leonza 18. A woman Mrs Carmella Manchillas 45 and her children Louis and Angelia 4 were injured as they escaped. Police held Mrs Manchillas on suspicion of manslaughter pending inquiry.
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Los Angeles
A. P
Sam Manchillas
Joe Leonza
Carmella Manchillas
Sam
Louis
Angelia
Railroads plan protests over six cent grain rate cut
Eastern rail lines east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio will oppose the six cent grain rate reduction to the eastern seaboard. The decision came at a meeting of rate representatives of the carriers.
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Chicago
A. P
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Seaboard
Minneapolis and
Hearing on Ponzi Plea Delayed in Houston
In Houston on August 3 a habeas corpus hearing for Charles Ponzi, sought by Massachusetts to begin a seven to nine year sentence, was postponed to tomorrow after Governor Ferguson ordered Ponzi extradition. Ponzi’s lawyers asked for time to revise their pleas.
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Houston
Tex
A. P
Charles Ponzi
Massachusetts
Ferguson
Ponzi
Boston
Craft Pilot Crashes Plane Near Power Line in Morehouse Parish
Victor Smoot of Joplin Missouri an aviator for Huff Daland Dusting corporation was severely injured when his plane crashed during a rainstorm near the Louisiana Power Company high tension line to Crosset Morehouse Parish about five miles north of Sterlington and a mile and a half from Bayou Bartholee Henry Curtis a Pennsylvania mechanic escaped with minor injuries The flight originated from Monroe Aviation field at 6 16 am to locate wire trouble along the Crosset line The plane swooped to near ground level then faded away witnesses heard the crash.
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Victor Smoot
Joplin
Huff- Daland Dusting Corporation
Morehouse Parish
Louisiana Power Company
Crosset
Sterlington
Henry Curtis
H. H. Nolan
Sterlington Road
J. BR. Brasher
Slim Chambers
C. Noland
Mr. Goss
Ouachita City
Ouachita River
Noland
Flys
Flashes of Life in scattered AP items
A collage of brief AP blurbs notes life riffs from diverse locales. Poughkeepsie discusses temperaments learned, Atlantic City hints at Valentino-Negri nuptials and Pola, Camden describes a wartime convoy system aiding truck farmers through weekend jams with state troop escorts.
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Camden
N. J
Men Pay More For Beauty Parlors Says Specialists
Chicago Aug. 3 The American Cosmetic Society delegates say men spend eight million dollars on hair dye and beauty aids last year while visiting female operators after hours. They call male pursuit of female beauty parlors a sign of modern vanity and note rising demand for cosmetics and grooming products among men.
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Chicago
A. P
American Cosmetic Society
Nellie B. Cooper
Cooper
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Tokio
K. OF C
West Louisiana
J. M.S. Whittington
Gulf Area
Warden
Evans
Mrs. McPherson
Kenneth G. Armiston
the Evangelist's Church
Harrison St
Kentucky
Associated Press
Poughkeepsie, N
Smiley Blanton
Atlantic City
Ask Pola
Rudolph
Mons Cellini
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