Earthquakes Hit Italian towns and Portugal felt tremors
Reports describe a new quake at Melfi and Rio Nero around 12:10 PM causing panic and city hall damage at Rio Nero. Other tremors struck Porto da Lima and New York seismographs logged two shocks near 12 midnight and seven minutes later, likely from Central American region.
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Gironald
Italias
Potenza
Italy
Melfi
Rio Nero
Giornale D’italia
Apenine Hills
Portugal
Porto da Lima
Naples
Roma
New York
Nobile Giacomo de Martino
Washington
United States
Fordham University
Central America
Freight Wrecked in Nebraska Three Bodies Searched
Workmen cleared debris from a freight wreck near Nebraska after a loose wheel derailed 23 cars tearing 1,800 feet of track. Three men, believed to be vagrants, were buried under wreckage as a CB&Q train traveling about 31 miles per hour collided with the rail cars.
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Homes
Neb
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Ted Lundgren Begins World Flight From Los Angeles
Hollywood aviator Ted Lundgren started a round the world flight from United airport at 8 31 a m heading first to Kansas City then to Roosevelt field New York as the journey commenced.
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Los Angeles
Ted Lundgren
Hollywood
United
Mencken Wiser to Wed in Quiet Ceremony
Baltimore reports H L Mencken engaged to Sara Powell Haardt a writer for magazines The future nuptials he described as very indefinite and very quiet with a refined approach and only close friends present.
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Baltimore
H. L. Mencken
Benedict
Sara Powell Haardt
Mencken
Tragic Ohio River Boat Capsizes Killing Six
At a fishing camp near Louisville a flat bottom boat with nine children and three adults capsized in a strong current. Five children and the father among the dead were recovered hours later. Pilot Leo Guenthner aided three other children while Lawrence Shacklette helped one survivor.
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Louisville
Ohio River
Here
Joseph Guenthner
Matilda
Mildred
Mary Lee Guenthner
William Guenthner, Jr
Mary Louise He
Start Third Week in Quest of New Endurance Mark
Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson continued a bid to regain the endurance record in flight from Chicago’s Hunter brothers. After two weeks aloft they aim to reach 200 hours from the Hunter mark, now at about 554 hours, with their Greater St Louis plane also equipped with a radio transmitter to communicate with ground crews.
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St. Louis
Forest O'Brine
Dale Jackson
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Greater St. Louis
Heat Drives Man to Suicide in Cedar Rapids
Rudolph Lindhauer, 30, shot himself after suffering from extreme heat while out of work for three weeks. He told his landlord the heat overwhelmed him. Coroner R A Vorphal said no inquest will be held.
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Cedar Rapids
Rudolph Lindhauer
R. A. Vorphal
Lindhauer
Slayers Linked as Zuta Murder Ties to Lingle Case
A glove found in a cottage near Delafield Wisconsin is linked to the Moran Aiello gang killings and to the slaying of Jack Zuta. Police pursue Sam Hunt amid ties to the Lingle assassination and the earlier Chicago caddy bag case. Three women are in custody in Milwaukee as the probe expands.
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Delafield
Wis
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Chicago
Jack Zuta
Sam Hunt
Zuta
Leo Mongoven
Coakley
Tribune
Lake Resort
North Side
Moran-Aiello Gang
Lingle
Pat Roche
Wisconsin
Laura Nelson
Milwaukee
Nelson
Derailment Claims Two Dead in Texas Passenger Train
Two men died and thirteen were injured when a Fort Worth and Denver passenger train derailed at an underpass near Vernon Texas. Engineer F. P. Robinson, 65, of Wichita Falls, and fireman A. A. Vance, 40, Amarillo, were fatally hurt as a loaded truck failed to clear the trestle and struck the tracks. Driver Arthur Cummings warned the train, but it could not stop in time.
Perseid Meteor Shower Forecast For Aug 11
Annual Perseid display dubbed Pluto's playmates is due Monday night August 11 with an expected 40 to 150 meteors per hour. Observers are asked to report hourly counts to Dr. Charles P. Olivier of the American Meteor Society and Flower Observatory.
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Philadelphia
Pluto
Charles P. Olivier
American Meteor Society
Flower Observatory
University of Pegpayivenis
U.S. to Scrap Three Battleships Under London Pact
The United States orders three battleships Wyoming Utah and Florida scrapped this fall, with disposal required within 12 to 18 months after ratifications. The move saves nearly 4 million dollars and reallocates crews across a weakened fleet as Hoover calls for broader departmental cuts.
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Washington
United States
Wyoming
Utah
Florida
Hoover
Great Britain
Japan
London
Work Resumed at Detroit Plants After Shutdowns
Detroit August 4 AP Several major plants including Ford Motor company restarted operations today after short shutdowns for simultaneous vacations and inventories. Estimates of returning workers ranged from 100000 to nearly 200000, as plants resumed production in the Detroit area.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Weather Outlook With Regional Variability Tonight
The forecast calls for a slightly cloudy and cool night with thunderstorms in the southern portion. Tuesday should be generally fair and cooler, with Illinois noting mostly cloudy skies and possible thunder showers in the north and light showers in the south. Readings show Dubuque 2.6 fall 0.1, Davenport 2.3 fall 0.1, Muscatine 3.0 fall 0.2, Keokuk 0.3 rise 0.1, and St Leyla 26 at Rand.
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Illinois
North Portion
South
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Leyla
Rand
Death claims noted prel ate
Monsignor Sebastian Messmer archbishop of Milwaukee died in Goldach Switzerland at age 83 after a long illness. Born in Goldach he became bishop of Green Bay in 1892 and archbishop of Milwaukee in 1903. Dying at 1:30 and interment planned for Goldach on Thursday.
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St. Gall
Switzerland
Sebastian Messmer
Milwaukee
Wis
Goldach
Sebastian G. Messmer
America
Sternherd Traudt
Breig
Messmer
Chincuba
Green Bay
E. C. Matzer
Bomb blast hits Milwaukee Automobile Club porch
A black powder bomb exploded at 5 a.m. on the porch of the Automobile Club of Wisconsin in Milwaukee injuring three people in the building. Caretaker Claude Heinan, his wife Dora, and their son Carl along with Elizabeth were awakened by the blast as city clubs were blamed for the attack.
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Milwaukee
Automobile Club of Wisconsin
Claude Heinan
Dora
Carl
Elizabeth
Heat on rails blamed for fatal accident
County authorities say heat caused rails to spread leading to the fatal accident reported late yesterday in Kas.
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Kas
County Authodities
Chinese Reds March Behind Human Screen
The Chinese nationalist government urges Americans in Kanchow to leave as forces prepare to withdraw. Reports from Hankow describe communists using bound peasants as a shield in Changsha, allowing them to overwhelm provincial troops and unleash murder, robbery, and arson. Evacuation of Kuling in Kiangsi accelerates amid the rising threat while U S naval patrols on the Yangtse are to be strengthened.
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Washington
China
Peiping
Kanchow
Foochow
Ninking
State Department
Legation
Hankow
Changsha
Hunan
Kuling
Kiangsi
United States
Yangtse
Primary Campaign in Kansas Ends as Voters Prepare Tuesday
A Republican gubernatorial primary in Kansas closes after a clash of personalities. Gov Clyde M Reed seeks a second term amid opposition to a federal wheat reduction program. Haucke labels the governor unfit while party leaders back him. Races also set for two U S Senate seats and state offices amid contested and unopposed primaries.
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Topeka
Kas
Clyde M. Reed
Federal Farm Board
Kansas
Frank
Haucke
American Legion
David W. Mulvane
Republican National
James F. Getty
State Senate
W. H. Sproul
Arthur Capper
Jonathan M. Davis
Weather and war talk from Santa Monica letter
A 1930 Santa Monica note discusses U S entry into China conflicts and the reliance on gunboats, noting public assumptions of intervention. The writer laments delayed action as gunboats struggled to join the line of fire and cites political excuses and uncertainty.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Hoover
China
Hoover considers recess power for new tariff commission
President Hoover returns to the White House from his mountain camp as the Mitchell opinion on recess appointments to the new power commission remains unrevealed. He aims to name six members to the reorganized tariff body, with Claude Draper, Ralph Williamson, and Marcel Garland among likely appointees and Edgar B. Brossard possibly kept as chair.
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Washington
Hoover
Alfred F. Dawson
Ernest Lee Paceele
Mitchell
Power Commission
Senate
Reorganized Tariff Commission
Rapidan
Claude L. Draper
Wyoming
Ralph B. Williamson
Yakima
Wash
Marcel Garland
New Orleans
Mr. Hoover
New Tariff Commission
Edgar B. Brossard
Tariff Commission
Alfred P. Dennis
Probing Slaying At Paving Camp
An investigation was planned into the death of Roy Davis a paving worker who died from wounds received during an argument at the paving crew camp. One man was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Edgeley of Avoca and brought to the Council Bluffs jail. Name withheld by officers.
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Council Bluffs, In
Roy Davis
Edgeley
Avoca
Council Bluffs
Democrats Press Revision of Smoot Hawley Tariff Law
The Democrats assailed the Smoot Hawley tariff, urging revision as harmful and unfair. They argued retaliation by 17 nations showed the bill’s ill effects and warned the Canadian political shift could threaten U S trade, even drawing Britain toward protectionism.
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Swanson
Canada
Great Britain
Heat Wave Persists as Thunder Showers Offer Momentary Relief
Washington and Midwest towns report no lasting relief from a continuing heat wave. Forecasters warn cooler weather may come, but no permanent relief is seen for at least a week. Farmers face potential losses in corn crops and pasturage as drought intensifies.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Toan
Lincoln
Ned
And
St. Paul
Mears Flight Off Plane Wrecked at Harbor Grace
Mears at Roosevelt Field N Y planned to break the 21 day globe circumnavigation record held by the Graf Zeppelin. The crash occurred as the flight continued toward Harbor Grace.
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Mears
Harbor Grace
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
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