Graf Zeppelin Speeding Atlantic On Second U S Voyage
Graf Zeppelin presses across the Atlantic toward Lakehurst on its second U S trip. at 7 30 a m EST the airship was 600 miles west of Gibraltar heading toward the Azores with good weather reports and expected to reach Lakehurst in about eighty five hours.
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Associated Preast
New York
Atlantic
United States
Casablanta
Mooroce
Gibraltar
Azores
Graf
France
Mediterranean
Hugo Eckener
Bishop's Son Wilbur Huston Wins Edison Scholarship
Wilbur B Huston a 16 year old from Port Madison Washington won the Thomas A Edison competition for a protege after a day of examinations. He will study chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with four years of expenses paid. Four other top contestants receive four year technical scholarships. Huston is the son of Bishop S A Huston of the Olympia diocese and the youngest of nine finalists.
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West Orange
N. J
Wilbur B. Huston
Port Madison
Wash
Thomas A. Edison
District of Columbia
Edison
Llewelyn Park
S. W. Stratton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stratton
Dr. Stratton
Huston
Seattle
Charles A. Brounissen
West Redding
Charles Edison
Seattle, Wash
Wilbur Huston
S. A. Huston
Olympia
N. D. Showalter
Superintendent of Public Instruction
World Commission to Regulate Tariff Advocated by Expert
Williamstown, Mass. expert Thomas W. Page proposed an international tariff regulation commission. He suggested it operate under the world court to foster permanent amicable trade relations worldwide during an address to the trade associations round table at the Institute of Politics.
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Williamstown
Mass
Thomas W. Page
Institute of Politics
Page
United States Tariff Commission
Council
The
Institute of Economics
Washington, D. C
World Court
Man Drowns After Rejecting Life Preserver at River
Milwaukee report says Bridgetenders at Helton street viaduct tossed a life preserver to Fred W. Rayewske a 38 year old man who leaped into the river yesterday and drowned. His body was recovered and identified after he left a goodbye note to his mother and sister in law prior to the incident.
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Milwaukee
Bridgetenders
Helton Street
Fred W. Rayewske
Prison riot at Leavenworth linked to overcrowding and lack of work
Washington reports from Warden Thomas B. White attribute the Leavenworth riot to overcrowded conditions and no work for inmates. disturbances began at noon over rice, continued at the shoe factory, and escalated as guards fired to protect staff. several inmates were wounded and one killed, with multiple injuries reported.
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Washington
DD. C
Department of Justice
Thomas B. White
Leavenworth
White
Mike Martinez
Harold T. McLaughlin
John of Jones
Fred Conners
Russia Proposes Three Demands to Resolve Rail Clash
Moscow outlines a settlement formula for the Chinese Eastern railway dispute with China. It calls for freeing Soviet workers, appointing railroad management by Soviets, and a conference to fix post seizure status under the 1924 Peking Mukden framework. Moscow labels Manchurian stance imperialistic as Izvestia and Pravda react.
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Soviet Union
China
Eastern
Moscow
Manchuria
Russia
Peking and Mukden
Foreign Office
B. N. Meinikov
Harbin
Tsai Yun Sheng
Chang Hsurh Liane
Povyer
Hot
L. M. Karakhan
Chinese Eastern Railway
M Karakhan
Tsai
Melnikay
M. Karakhan
Peking Mukden
Chang Hsueh Liang
Peking-Mukden
Izvestia
Pravda
Dawes and MacDonald Reach A Naval Disarm Formula
London reports Prime Minister McDonald and Ambassador Dawes have tentatively agreed on a naval disarmament formula. The Evening Standard notes the accord aims at limiting battleship tonnage and creating new international controls.
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Dawes
M’donald
London
The
Evening Standard
McDonald
Otis Accepts Beloit City Manager Post
Beloit Wisconsin began duties as Beloit city manager Harrison Gray Otis formerly of Rocky Mount North Carolina. He was appointed by the city council at a salary of 7500 dollars yearly and resigns a prior southern city post to take the Beloit job. Otis was president of the International Association of City Managers in 1925 and 1926.
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Beloit
Wis
Harrison Gray Otis
Rocky Mount
N. C
Otis
International Association of City Managers
British Ships Junked Is Preferable
Senator Borah urged Britain scrap ships to achieve naval parity rather than Britain or the United States build more. He spoke after a White House luncheon with President Hoover and amid talk of parity at London talks led by MacDonald and Da vies. Hoover cautioned that parity is complex and urged reduction and limitation of armament, while Borah warned parity without scrapping could threaten security. Britain reportedly has 59 cruisers either built or under construction versus the United States 18 in the same status.
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Washington, D
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Washington
White House
Hoover
London
Mace Donald
Daaves
Idaho
Mr. Hoover
Paul V. McNutt
Navy Department
Former securities head faces charge over $400,009
Indictments returned by the Passaic county grand jury accuse Harry H. Weinberger former president of New Jersey bankers securities company and Hobart Trust Passaic with fraudulent appropriation of $400000 and conspiracy while a trust company officer Also charged are Weinberger brother Joseph J Passaic city counsel and Frank Campbell former vice president of the United Bank of New York.
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Patterson
N. J
UPI
Harry H. Weinberger
New Jersey Bankers Securities Company
Hobart Trust Company
Passaic
Passaic County
Grand Jury
Weinberger
Joseph J
Frank Campbell
Foremer
United Bank of New York
Burned Rum Runner Off Edgewater Fire Mystery
A Lake Erie rum runner named the Red Boy was burned to the water’s edge four miles off Edgewater today. A $9,000 cargo of Canadian cargo was destroyed by the fire and a series of gasoline explosions. The fate of the crew remains unknown.
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Cleveland
Edgewater
Sliding scale sugar tariff proposed by Smoot in Senate
Washington reports a sliding scale sugar tariff substitute to the 3 cent flat rate. Senator Smoot says hearings will be held next week to reconsider the plan, which lowers duties as New York prices fall and raises them as prices rise, with Cuba retaining a 20 percent preference. Opposition from western and southern sugar producers is noted.
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Washington, D. C
a/P
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
New York
Cuba
Inc
Sheng
Pla
Smpant
Inquire Into Use Of Farm Lands
The board studies land use, irrigation, and reforestation to resolve agriculture problems. Officials expect gradual changes, balancing soil suitability with crop specialization and fair treatment of farmers. Reclamation, wood use, and population trends may shape policy over years.
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Agriculture Department
United States
Ant Congress
Eleven Year Old Drowns After Hole Opens in Lake
Erna Bvenich, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bvenich of Milwaukee, drowned at Buena Jake Camp near Tichigan Lake when she stepped into a deep hole while swimming with a friend. The body was recovered today as her mother stayed nearby at the camp.
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Racine
Wis
Erna
John Bvenich
Milwaukee
Buena Jake
Camp of Friends
Tichigan Lake
Lumber tram weight collapse kills man in Wausau
A twelve foot tramway of the Jacob Mortenson Lumber Co. collapsed at Wausau Wisconsin, fatally injuring 69 year old John F E Olson as he gathered lumber beneath the falling structure. The tramway was manned at the time.
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Wausau
Wis
Jacob Mortenson Lumber Company
John FE Olson
Bolne Cilgs
Olson
Attendant Accident Kills Ward and Self in Tennessee
Elizabethton Tennessee a 27 year old attorney Joh Burnette accidentally shot his 27 year old ward Virginia Amaral last midnight wounding her seriously then killed himself after calling a physician Mrs Burnette said he was teaching her how to load a pistol when the weapon discharged physicians said Amaral was in critical condition
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Joh Burnette
Virginia Amaral
Waushara Courthouse To Be Dedicated Next Wednesday
Waushara county plans a red letter dedication for the new Waushara County Courthouse on August 7. A morning concert and programs feature the Waushara and Coloma Hancock bands, with remarks by county and state officials, followed by an afternoon parade and a main dedication at 2 pm led by judges and Lt. Gov. Henry A. Huber.
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Speetnl
Wautoma
Wis
Waushara
Waushara County
Woodward
W. Et. Jones
T. M. Finnerty
B. ©. Storm
FE. S. Hamilton
Wauloma and
Coloma-Hancock Union
WJ. Nurenberg
Wild Rose
3. P. Cullen
E. A. Stubenrauch
L. T. Woodward
E. S. Mamilton
J. W. Drew
Gad Jones
Nufbery
Plainfield
Coloma-Hancock
Wauloma
Redgranite
Cy Wild Rose American Legion
A. E. Tink
George BP
Sorensar
Myron B. Park
Henry A. Huber
Walter C. Qwen
The
Supreme Court
Suspect Confesses Names Robber Accomplices in Milwaukee
Henry Nelson 22 confessed in Chicago to robbing the Oriental Theater twice and named accomplices Edward Jacobson 26 now serving in Minnesota Reformatory. The two early robberies yielded over 2500 dollars. A separate incident describes a car theft charge and an armed gas station robbery where $90 was taken and $60 and $25 left behind.
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Milwaukee
Iy Ute Manger
Oriental Theater
Henry Nelson
Nelson
Chicago
Edward Jacobson
Minnois State Reformatory
Rudolph Leipz
Paris Premier Poincare Recovers After Pelvic Operation
Former Premier M Poincare shows good progress after pelvic operation. Doctors report his condition as normal with an excellent night. He will be moved to his home in a few days.
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Paris
Totes
M. Poincare
Wisconsin Senate Passes Children's Code Measure in Wake of Revisions
The Wisconsin Senate approved the children’s code bill with three dissenters, moving it to the governor after assembly revisions. The measure raises delinquency age to 18 for boys, bans confinement of under 12 in industrial schools and under 16 in county jails, and broadens licensing for child care institutions. The same session authorized $25,000 yearly for Calumet County High Cite State Park acquisition. Governor Kohler also signed the Goodland bill increasing indemnities under bovine TB eradication, plus a substantial Board of Control appropriation for state institutions and capital projects.
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Madison
Senate
Hall
A. Miller
Schuman
Assembly
Wisconsin Conference of Social Work
High Cite State Park
Calumet County
Kohler
Board of Control
Wisconsin
Anduly
Agnes Anderson Death Case Leaves Officials Split
In Eau Claire Wisconsin authorities debate whether 19 year old Agnes Anderson was murdered or died by suicide. Assistant district attorney Victor Trensdal argues suicide citing her recent job loss and despondency. Police pursue a clue involving a married man and a basement window removal noted by Mr Onstad.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Agnes Anderson
Our
Onstad
Lightning Sparks New Fires Across Minnesota Wisconsin
An army of 1500 firefighters battled lightning caused blazes in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Fires near Brule lake and Gordon lake grew rapidly, with 1000 more recruits joining the effort. Brush fires around Brainerd were controlled by 100 men. The Ocanto county fire burned across a two and a half mile front, destroying several thousand acres of slashings. Officials weighed possible arson versus wind driven spread.
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Sy Associated Press
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Superior National Forest
Brule Lake
Gordon Lake
Temperance River Road
Brainerd
Ocanto County
Carter
Townsend
Oconle County
Lakswond
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