Persian city of Tabriz hit by cloudburst floods
At least 875 people killed and many villages wiped out in floods around Tabriz Persia. 2000 houses collapsed and crops suffered as roads were destroyed. Tabriz, near Tehran, with about 180000 residents, sits at 4500 feet above sea level near Mt Sahand. The city has endured earthquakes and historic trade shifts.
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Tabriz
India
Cassian Sea
Ommierce
Night club gun duel leaves two dead in Broadway attack
In the Hotsy Totsy at Broadway and 54th Street a quarrel over slow service sparked a free for all pistol battle. Walker, 35, an ex convict, and William Cassidy, 36, were killed while Peter Cassidy, Dewey Hennigan and others were injured or detained as gunmen fled.
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New York
Broadway
54Th Street
Simon Waudt
William Cassidy
Peter Cassidy
Williams
Whalen
Walker
Sing Sing
Cassidy
Dewey Hennigan
Hutchinson Flood Wreaks Havoc Amid Cresting Waterways
Severe floods flood Hutchinson Kansas business and residential areas as Cow Creek overflows from heavy upstream rains. Salina reports northwestern district water depths from inches to over a foot. main street floodwaters move at 15 miles per hour toward the Arkansas River. Merchants had warned and moved goods. two feet of water flood north residential area.
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Associated Press
Hutchinson
Kaz
Salina
Kas
Cow Creek
Main Street
Arkansas River
Nine Million Dollars In Depositors Money Tied Up
Approximately nine million dollars of depositors funds were tied up as state and federal banking authorities moved toward liquidating six central Florida banks that failed within eight days. Daytona Beach banks Merchants Bank and Post Company and Atlantic Bank and Trust closed. Deland banks Volusia County Bank and Trust and First National Bank closed. Colonial Bank and Trust of Miami failed to open. Peoples Bank of Jacksonville had closed earlier. John L. Fouts, president of four banks, faced preliminary charges for alleged self loans and altered meeting minutes.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Pride
Ince
Dayina Beach
Merchants Bank and Post Company
Atlantic Bank B4 Trust Company
Lolding
Atate Bank
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Peoples Bank of
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Auburndale
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Endurance record ends as Angeleno lands after tail flutter
L W Mendell and R B Reinhart set a new endurance mark of 248 hours 43 minutes 2 seconds in the Angeleno biplane before a tail flutter forced an emergency landing near Culver City California The flight exceeded the prior record by Byron Newcomb and Roy Mitchell in the City of Cleveland The crew and engine remained undamaged though debris on the stabilizer and a torn cabin cover contributed to the mishap The plane touched down at 2 13 02 p m after taking off at 1 29 30 p m
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Culver City
Cal
L. W. Mendell
R. B. Reinhart
Byron K. Newcomb
Roy T., Mitchell
Cleveland
Mendell
Buhl Air
Daly
Quarter Breed Indian Slays Three White People
In Mount Vernon Washington on July 13 quarter breed Indian Joe Dailey killed Mose Henry and George Stump and Virginia Ray with an axe and a shotgun after warning Miss Ray to leave a farm house. May Hoffman survived after escaping through a window and a neighbor aid. Dailey remains under guard in the county jail.
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Mount Vernon
Wash
Joe Dailey
Mose Henry
Skagit County
George Stump
Verett
Virginia Ray
Bellingham
May Hoffman
Here
Dailey
Stump
Henry Farm
Miss Ray
Hoffman
Henry
Militia Units Here Entrain For Camp Sunday
National Guard units from the city will march to Missouri Pacific station for a 9 AM departure to Camp Beauregard on a three Pullman coach train. About 140 men leave, with Company G led by Captain Roleigh and others in the 156th Infantry Band and medical staff.
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North Third Street
Missouri Pacific
Camp Beauregard
Company F
Ruston
L. F. Roelleigh
Armory
Ddofelo
J. B. Thornhill
George W. Trousdale
A. Trousdale, Jr
Nettles
156Th Infantry
E. Lowry Jefferson
George W. Wright
D.T. Milan
W. L. Bendel
Governor Huey P. Long Stops in Monroe En Route to West Carroll
Governor Huey P. Long and state highway chairman O. K. Allen arrived in Monroe at 3 a.m. and spent the night at Hotel Virginia. They planned a morning talk in Epps and other engagements across West Carroll, including Forest and Oak Grove, as part of a lecture tour to promote their program.
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O. K. Allen
State Highway Commission
Monroe
Virginia
Auto
West Carroll
Epps
Pioneer
TP Alm
Kilbourne
Forest
Oak Grove
Burned body found in furnace in Chicago
Theodore Hammel fifty was found dead in a furnace with wrists tied by telephone wire and burlap soaked in kerosene The police could not determine if murder or self harm caused the death Hammel had financial troubles and owned a vacant mortgaged building police suspect he set himself afire after binding his wrists and wrapping in kerosene soaked burlap The body was discovered by his niece Carmen Hammel and James Cregg who were questioned and released
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Chicago
Theodore Hammel
Hammel
Carmen Hammel
James Cregg
Cregg
Miss Hammel
Police capture Moszczewski tied to two major bank and armored car robberies
John Moszczewski of Cleveland confessed membership in the Pittsburgh flathead gang that held up an armored pay car at Coverdale Pennsylvania in 1927. He also linked to Paul Jaworski’s gang that robbed Central City bank in June. He described how $100000 from the pay car was divided with $10000 to him and $19000 to each of others.
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Buffalo
N. J
John Moszczewski
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Coverdale
Paul Jaworski
Central City
Moszczewski
Motion for new trial in breach of Promise suit
A judge ruled the motion for a new trial in the $250,009 breach of promise case filed by Ann Livingston against Franklin Hardinge. Lawyers for Hardinge were given 0 days to file an appeal. The ruling came in Chicago.
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Chicago
Ann Livingston
Franklin Hardinge
League to Study Louisiana Highway Finances
Representatives of the Constitutional League of Louisiana will begin a study of the financial condition of the Louisiana highway commission on Monday. Public accountant Archie M. Smith, retained by the league, obtained access to the commission records yesterday.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
the Constitutional League of Louisiana
Louisiana Highway Commission
Archie M. Smith
Commission
Men burn copy of injunction in New Orleans strike
Three men were seen at the Gentilly car barn pouring inflammable liquid on a wall bearing a federal injunction protecting Public Service property and then set it afire. The fire department arrived and the old car storage building was saved. The city’s advisory committee, seeking to bring 1500 striking workers and the company to negotiations, planned another meeting with the car company directors.
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Cmleans
Gentilly
Public Service
Fire Department
Citizens Advisory Committee
Log of Fliers Attempting to Span Atlantic
Major Ludwik Idzikowski and Casimir Kubala depart Le Bourget for New York at 10:47 p.m. Friday. Marshal Pilsudski reports 250 miles off French coast at 3:20 a.m. Saturday. Dieudonne Costes and Jacques Bellonte record 11332 p.m. takeoff and trace routes via Tours and Havre. They are sighted near Bay of Biscay, pass Santander and Gijon, and are heard near Cape Finisterre as the voyage unfolds.
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New York
Marshal Pilsudski
French
Dieudonne Costes
Jacques Bellonte
the Bourget
Tours
Wirelesscdherbourg
Harve All Weil
Bay of Biscay
Santander
Spain
Gijon
Cape Finisterre
Milwaukee faces halt on 12 percent malt tonic production
Milwaukee prohibition commissioner orders immediate stop to 12 percent malt tonics in all breweries. Effective now the tonic must contain at least 12 percent solids from malt and no more than 2 percent alcohol by volume. Brews made before July 11 may be sold. manufacture must cease. Industry experts fear losses of millions and possible closure of the local malt tonic sector.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
James M. Doran
Milwaukee Brewers
F.C. Yelowley
Prohibition
Chicato
Faust Decinnines
French Polish planes race toward New York from Paris
French and Polish airmail contenders Marshal Pilsudski and Question Mark push Atlantic crossing from Paris toward New York. Reports say both craft are out to sea, with steamships tracking progress and wireless contact established, as observers note distance and speed milestones.
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New York
Stahkes
Marshal Pilsudski
Chesapeake
Davenport
September 19 Set as Date for St. Charles Election
Baton Rouge July 11 3 September 10 has been set for governor Hoey Po Long as date for election in St. Charles parish to name a successor to Felix Delaune who recently resigned from the house of representatives.
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Baton. Rouge
Hoey Po Long
St. Charles Parsh
Felix Delaune
House of Representatives
Rear Admiral Magruder to Resume Active Duty Aug.1
Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder, held from command since 1927 after criticising navy management, is to resume active duty August 1. He will command the fleet base force on the Pacific coast, succeeding Rear Admiral E. W. Kittelle, with a long career including the Distinguished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor.
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Thomas P. Magruder
Com
Magruder
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Wilbur
Navy
Navy Department
Coolidge
Pearl Harbor
Wawali
Peceyen
San Pedro
California
Annapolis Naval Academy
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