Peace treaty promulgated by President Hoover at White House
President Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg renunciation of war treaty in a White House ceremony, praising worldwide cooperation and urging actions to enforce the pact. Former President Coolidge, ex-Secretary Kellogg, and diplomats attended as Stimson sent felicitation to France signaling the treaty’s force.
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White House
Washington
Hoover
Coolidge
Frank B. Kellogg
U. S
Aristide Briand
Kellogg
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Swanson
Virginia
Senate
Stimson
Harvey Couch Negotiating Plans for Monroe Plant
Harvey Couch travels to New York to push plans for a $20 million American IG Chemical plant near Monroe Louisiana. The deal involves leaders from National City Bank Ford Motor Standard Oil and others and would use new gasoline extraction methods. Governor Long opposes occupational taxes that might affect the project.
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New York
I. G. Chemical Corporation
German Dye Trust
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Monroe
Louisiana
Harvey Couch
Mr. Couch
American
J. G
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Walter Teagle
Paul M. Warburg
International Acceptance Bank
Inter
Jitneys Demand Dismissal From City Board In Strike
Several hundred union men pressed the New Orleans city council to end the street car strike by forcing Public Service to arbitrate repeal the jitney ban and remove J F Butler Rudolph Hecht and J D O Keefe from the city board of liquidation as they also serve on Public Service Inc board. The council said arbitrate was refused by the car company and that dismissal was not possible without new appointments, but it pledged to help break the strike and issue operation permits if requirements were met.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
City Commission Council
Public Service
J. F. Butler
Rudolph Hecht
J. D. O'Keefe
Public Service, Inc
Suspect Held In Daring Hold-Up At Dairy Plant
D. H. Cannon was arrested this morning by the police and held as a suspect in the hold-up at the Dairy Products plant the night before. Foreman A. M. Brown was ordered into a vault by a white unmasked bandit who, with confederates, lifted $200 from the office safe into a dairy truck and fled. Sheriff's and police officials planned further inquiry, with Cannon held at the parish prison.
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D. H. Cannon
A. M. Brown
Dairy Products Company, Inc
South Grand «Tret
Milton Coverdale
H. D. Apgar
Cannon
Mr. Brown
Brown
Lady Astor Called Dirty Liar in Commons Debate
In London on July 24 Lady Astor faced heated exchanges in the house of commons over removal of guardians boards. Jack Jones accused her, calling her a dirty liar, then withdrew the remark amid interruptions and warnings to keep quiet.
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London
Lady Astor
Virginia
Sutton Division
Plymouth
House of Commons
Commons
Astor
Westham
Jack Jones
Silverton
Dunnico
Jones
Labor
Northeastern China protests Russian hostilities in Manchuria
The Manchurian provincial governments declare Russian actions on the Amur frontier amount to a breach of the Kellogg pact. They cite seizure of six Chinese ships and a large barge and the seizure of freight cars as provocations amid tensions with Moscow.
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Mukden
Manchuria
China
Soviet Russia
Liaoning Kirin
Hein-Lung-Kisng
Nanking
Manchurian
Moscow
Monchow
Political Council
Lisoning
Kirin
Hei-Iiang-Kiane
Harbin
Amur
Police Seek Tall Negro as Woman's Killer in Bronx
New York police sought a tall Negro suspect after Mrs. Catherine Kirschoff, 55, was found strangled in her Bronx bathtub. Robbery believed motive. two watches and two rings reported missing. Husband found the fully clothed body with rope around her neck. medical examiner says suicide unlikely.
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New York
Catherine Kirschoff
Bronx
Kirschoff
Mitchell Rules President Cannot Alter Flood Plans
Attorney General Mitchell ruled that President Hoover could not change the Mississippi river flood control plan linked to compensation for landowners in the Bird's Point New Madrid floodway. The decision supported Army engineers' plan to acquire flowage rights and to obtain land outright via negotiation or condemnation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mitchell
Hoover
Bird's Point
New Madrid
Missouri
War Department
Good
Army Engineers
Snook Goes to Trial for Murder in Columbus
Dr James H Snook former Ohio State University faculty member goes on trial in Columbus on murder charges for the death of co ed mourner Miss Theora Hix The courtroom is crowded with women spectators as the case begins with first degree murder allegations and related proceedings continued on page six
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
Hambones Meditations by J. P. Alley
Fragmentary verse cadence appears in a humorous burlesque titled Hambones Meditations with scattered dialect lines. Readers glimpse playful language about a funeral and a named character, though many words are garbled.
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Hambones Meditations
J. P. Alley
Three Hobart Trust Service Merchants Banks Closed in New Jersey
In Passaic New Jersey three banks controlled by the New Jersey Bankers Securities company were shut by the state banking department. Hobart Trust Service Trust and Merchants Bank had notices posted saying the banks property and affairs were taken over. Depositors gathered outside as a prior inquiry forced resignations and a reorganization with Edward S Edwards named president. Former president Harry Weinberg had led the holding company. Willard H Elliott, Hobart vice president and treasurer, was kidnapped six days and held by two men described as Chicago gunmen.
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Associated Press
Passaic
N. J
New Jersey Bankers’ Securities Company
New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance
Hobart Trust Company
Service Trust Company
Merchants Bank
State Department
Department of Banking and Insurance
Harry Weinberg
U. S
Edward S. Edwards
Weinberg
Willard H. Elliott
Chicago
Executive league meets in New Orleans to discuss policy
The general executive committee of the constitutional league met in New Orleans to consider a policy in response to Gov Huey P Long's televised pledge to restore political peace in Louisiana. A preliminary injunction restraining state officials from pursuing recall elections against opposing legislators was granted yesterday on petition by 63 citizens.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
The
Constitutional League
League
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans Street Car Strike Standoff Reaches Day 23
After weeks of failed compromise, New Orleans Public Service Inc and the International Carmen's Union enter a drawn out endurance contest. Arbitors have largely withdrawn as city officials see no negotiation path amid union open shop refusals and company rigidity. Strikers have received funds to sustain action.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
International Carmen's Union
Georgia Congressman Leslie Steele Dies in Washington
Representative Leslie J. Steele of Georgia died early today at Garfield Memorial Hospital after gallstone treatment and a lengthy operation. A Decatur native born November 21 1868 he served in Congress since 1927 and left eight children and his wife Ruby Berry to mourn.
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Washington
Leslie J. Steele
Georgia
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Decatur
Congress
Steele
William Jy. Upshaw
House of Representatives
Upshaw
Toth
DeKalb County
Emory College
Oxford
University of Georgia
Ruby Berry
Terrific blast wrecks Berlin oxygen factory
July 24 Berlin two workers fatally injured many feared dead after a huge explosion at United Oxygen works in Horsipavale suburb. A steel container exploded during refilling causing flames and blasts. four rescued, firemen struggled to reach the site as walls risked collapse and smoke enveloped Borsigwalde air cut telephone lines.
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Associated Press
Berlin
United Oxygen Works
Horsipavalde
American General Motors
Borsigwalde
Paine
Two Marines Dead in Quantico Car Crash
Two Marines were killed and a third seriously injured in a car crash near Quantico. The dead were John Manning of Milwaukee Wisconsin and Arthur Thomas Smith of Salem Ohio. Kenneth Albert Cover of Youngstown Ohio was critically injured.
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Quantico, Vai
Quantico Barracks
Here
John Manning
Milwaukee
Wis
Arthur Thomas Smith
Salem
Ohio
Kenneth Albert Cover
Youngstown
Record Flight by St Louis Robin Aims for Endurance Crown
Pilots Dale Red Jackson and Forest O Brine, on the St Louis Robin, pushed beyond 246 hours as they approach a 24 hour extension. They order 7 1/2 gallons gasoline and oil while noting engine hiccups. Crowd of 50 000 in St Louis cheers as sponsors boost pay and prizes, with more live coverage promised.
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Louis
St. Louis
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forest O’brine
Pets Louis Field
Oritac Moc
Sithough Jackson
Uni
St Louis
Red* Jackson
Initial Action to Halt Louisiana Recall Elections
A district court was asked to halt all recall elections against Louisiana legislators. Judge W Carruth Jones ordered the secretary of state the state auditor and treasurer to show cause on August 1 why the injunction should not be made permanent. The petition backed by 63 citizens from 17 parishes argues recall act 121 of 1921 does not apply to legislators and would waste state and parish funds.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
W. Carruth Jones
Secretary of State
George K. Perragit
St. Landry
Constitutional League of
Louisana
Huey FP. Long
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O’ Keefe
Pact
Jan Rudzutak
Howr
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Memphis
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natchez En An
Saparate
Atchafalaya
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Wil
Cairo
Arkansas
Virginian
Russia
Northeast
Boeuf Basin
Snook
Columbus, C
Fergit Kuns
Bob
Funeal
Beil Syndicate, Inc
New Jersey
Orleans
Rep
James S. Abrams
Edward H. Alshott
Roanoke
Oxygen Factory
Assoctated Press
High Finance
Angeleno
Mr. Perrault
Howard B. Warren
Ruston
George Seth Geion
Napoleonville
Rene A. Viesen
Ricearhard P. Deutsch
Warren Doyle
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