Postal deficit hits United States 1929 outlook and reform calls
The 1929 post office deficit is estimated at 187 million dollars, with a treasury surplus about 50 million more than the deficit. Projections show deficits of roughly 85 million annually for five years unless rates and costs are aligned. Officials debate reducing service versus raising rates, arguing mail costs should be recovered from all classes. A deputy sheriff and wife face public embarrassment as their son, jailed for a holdup, escapes briefly and is recaptured, highlighting the burdens of law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Post Office Department
Treasury Department
Postal Department
Post Office Department
Business Department
Cogeeeup
Jackson
Ann Arbor
Tragic Realism Traps Audience In Festival Fire
A dramatic midsummer festival in Gillingham England ends in tragedy as a simulated wedding scene collapses. A 5000 strong audience watches a four story dummy house burn with twelve presumed dead, while firemen fail to sound an alarm and become part of the audience’s laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillingham
Kent
England
Che Itirenen
Russians and Chinese at risk of war as ultimatum looms
Moscow and Berlin report rising tensions over Harbin and the Chinese Eastern railway dispute. Soviet leaders call for defense of the proletariat yet seek to avoid open conflict while Nanking faces a three day ultimatum and possible counter proposals.
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Moscow
U.P
Russia
Republic of China
Soviet Union
Harbin
Nanking
Karkhan
Nankin
Berlin
U.R
China
East Manchurian
Far East
Janan
Two Boys Drown At Greenville
A family vacation trip ended in tragedy at Baldwin Lake when Albert Herrick and Steve Pazicky both of Chicago drowned after their canoe overturned. George Adams jumped in to help Pazicky but both Herrick and Pazicky were unable to reach shore. Herrick’s body was not recovered. Divers and drag hooks were used. The incident followed a stop at Greenville tourist camp where two Chicago friends were paddling.
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Greenville
Michigan
Baldwin Lake
Albert Herrick
Steve Pazicky
Chicago
Victor Bergman
Russel Newburg
Herrick
Pazicky
George Adams
Untin Bowler Destroyed by Ice Flow Near Ungava Bay
The Untin Bowler, a Chicago to Berlin plane, was wrecked by pack ice in Ungava Bay after a five day effort to save it. A northwest gale broke the moorings, sending the ship out to sea where it sank despite local efforts. The crew planned to return to Chicago after the disaster.
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Burwell
Ungavia
Labrador
U.P
Chicago
Berlin
Windy City
Ungava Bay
Final draft on cigarette tax in Michigan near completion
Lansing July 15 The final draft of an opinion likely to decide if Michigan smokers pay a two cent per pack tax after August 29 is being completed by Attorney General Wilber M. Brucker. The opinion may be released tomorrow and could rule the referendum valid or not. Governor Green wants the legal merits settled and if favorable to petitioners the state will not seek Supreme Court review.
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Lansing
Michigan
Wilber M. Brucker
Brucker
Howver
Fred W. Green
Supreme Court
Religious War in Mexico Ends with Ceasefire Order
A government ceasefire order was issued to the National League of Religious Decease members in Mexico City. The league admits it sponsored the three year rebellion, backing the Catholic church, and states an agreement has been reached to lay down arms and restore church rights. Jose Telle signs the league statement as secretary.
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Mexico City
U.P
National League of Religious Decease
League
Hag
Free Chest Clinic Held in IshWella County
The fourth free chest clinic this season will be on Thursday July 18 at Weidman in Dr Gillette's office. Dr Van der Slice of Lansing will be in charge.
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IshWella County
Weidman
Rome Flyers Receive Gold Medals From King and Pope
American trans Atlantic aviators Roger Q. Williams and Louis A. Yancey to be decorated with gold medals by King Victor Emmanuel. They met Pope Pius XI who praised their efforts and gave silver jubilee commemorative medals, after delivering letters from Cardinal O'Connell and the Old Orchard, Maine priest.
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Rome
U.A
Roger Q. Williams
Louis A. _Yancey
United States
Europe
Victor Emmanuel
Pius, XI
Monsignor Burke
North American. College
Williams
Cardinal O’connell
Old Orchard
Henry Ford Faces Possible Jail for Two Cent Check
Detroit reports Henry Ford could face a 500 dollar fine or six months in jail for issuing a two cent check to J F Quinlan to repay a loan. Federal officials cite a 2d year old statute making checks under one dollar a punishable offense. The Detroit Free Press criticized the law as absurd and asked if Ford will go to jail.
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Detroit
U.P
Henry Ford
J. F. Quinlan
Atlantic City
N. J
Ord
Detroit Free Press
Ford
Congress
Central State To Stage Summer Plays By Stratford Players
Central State Teachers College announces three summer performances on July 17 and 18 featuring the Stratford Players. The Shakespearian tragedies Julius Caesar and Macbeth headline, with May 18 offering the commencement play New Brooms. cast changes include Mary Ann Piechowiak for Marjorie Moyer and Mrs Roy Robinson for Alice Crawford.
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Central State Teacher's College
Stratford Players
Julity Gaesar
I.A. Beddow
Stratford
Eng
Marjorie Moyer
Mary Ann Piechowiak
Alice Crawford
Roy Robinson
Bay City Kiwanis Invite Hoover To Tree Planting
Bay City Michigan Kiwanis clubs invite President Hoover to attend their second 5000 acre tree planting in the Huron forest on August 81. Acceptances have been received from James J. Davis Secretary of Labor and J J Sherman associate United States forester.
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Bay City
Hoover
Michigan Kiwanis Clubs
Huron Forest
James J. Davis
J- J. Sherman
United States Forester
King George V Undergoes Third Operation This Year
In London on July 15 British doctors reported King George V endured a third operation of the year. Surgeons Dr. Hugh M. Rigby and Dr. Wilfred Trotter removed portions of two ribs to drain abscesses below the surgically treated chest. The monarch withstood the procedure and his condition was described as remarkably well.
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London
British ‘Empire
George V
Wilfred Trotter
Polish flyer dies in crash during trans Atlantic attempt
French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte, who turned back over the Atlantic, congratulate Polish pilot Marshal Pilsudski after his plane crashed in the Azores killing navigator Louis Idvk owski and injuring Casimir Kuba la. The long flight faced motor troubles and heavy seas forcing a return to Paris with 3 350 miles covered.
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Paris
U.P
Althe
Marchal Pilsudski
Dieudonne Costes
Maurice ‘Bellonte
Strill
Azores
Marshal Pilsudski
Mai
Costes
United Press
Bollonté
Local Boy Impostor Lives as Girl for Nineteen Years
In Sunbury Pennsylvania a doctor's slip mis dated announcing a daughter's birth led Marion Bodner to live as a girl for nineteen years. Marion sought admission to Allentown Proprietary School for boys and the secret emerged. Beilner, Sunbury official and merchant, avoided embarrassment by posing Marion as a girl with his wife through years of disguise.
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Sunbury
Gus A.bodner
Marion Bodner
Marion
Allentown
Beilner
Selinggrove
Flower Exhibit Promises Beauty and Instruction at Central State Teachers College
The annual flower and landscape exhibit at Central State Teachers College will run Wednesday and Thursday July 17 and 18. C H Huber of St Louis will enter over 100 varieties of sweet peas from his gardens. The landscape gardening class will show ground improvement features and nearby towns are invited to exhibit. Citizens are urged to contribute plants and bouquets with entries arranged by exhibitors on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. praise and privileges will be awarded.
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Central State Teacher’s College
C. H. Huber
St. Louis
Mylland
Ailma
Shepherd
Mt. Pleadant
Dus
Federal Farm Board Opens First Meeting in Washington
Washington July 15 The federal farm board begins its task after a White House session with President Hoover. Chairman Alexander Legge says no first agenda yet as board convenes in a downtown hotel to implement the 500 million dollar farm relief bill aimed at steadying agriculture and restoring equality with other industries. Hoover calls it a new day for farming.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
White House
Alexander Legiie
Federal -Farm Board
Hover
Congress
Benny Evangelist Feared Death In Patient Theory
Detroit July 15. A theory that Benny Evangelist feared death from a patient was investigated after a large set of telegrams arrived from Lansing Michigan to Sheriff Ira Wilson. The messages were read but no final conclusion announced.
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Evangelist
Detroit
Benny Evangelist
Tex
Sherif Ira Wilson
Lansing
Mich
Lakeview Well Drilling Halts at 3700 Feet
The John Baleen well south of Lakeview halted at 3700 feet Sunday after drilling through Dupdes with no oil indication. Crews are filling to 3525 feet where oil first showed, and plan to shoot again Thursday in hopes of reaching a dome or pool.
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John Baleen
Lakeview
Dupdes
Newaygo Oil Wells Planned After Agreement
Newaygo announces a new oil development program after Premier Oil & Gas Co and Universal Oil Corp of Detroit formalize an agreement. Orville E. Atwood facilitated the deal with plans to drill high wells within weeks across Ashland Brooks Dayton Garfield Grant and Sheridan townships. Premier holds about 83000 acres now operated by Universal, the merged Premier enterprise tracing to Newaygo Oil Development and Fremont Oil & Gas.
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Newaygo
Premier Oil & Gas Co
Universal Oil Corporation of Detroit
Newaygo County
Orville E. Atwood
Premier,Oil & Gas Co
Ashland
Brooks
Dayton
Garfield
Grant
Sheridan
Alynogt
New Orleans Rail Service Resumed Amid Federal Security
New Orleans streetcar service. Resumed today under federal protection as hundreds of U S deputy marshals guard strikebreakers and a public service deadline. Rioting damaged tracks and a long stalemate between striking carmen and the New Orleans Public Service continues with no immediate settlement.
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New Orleans
United States
St. Charles Avenue
U.P
By. Com
Soany
Citizens’ Committee
Public Service
Gold Bricks Spotlight in Knoxville Garage Tale
In Knoxville Tennessee on July 15 the Prior Brown Garage debuts a new building featuring gold bricks once sold for 3750 dollars in a famed swindle. Henry Davenport bought the bricks years ago after a stranger claimed they belonged to an Indian and permitted Davenport to view them from a distance.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Henry Davenport
Eeightias
Davenport
Itiake
Brown
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Casimir Kubal
Serionj
Ludd
Ce Bal
Pope Pius XI
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