Food stock sales urged for Army surplus goods
July 25 report from the House War Investigating Committee calls for an immediate sale of the War Department surplus foodstuffs worth 120 million dollars to ensure public access. Republicans criticize government inaction while Democrats withhold decision. plan to sell to municipalities faces legal and fiscal hurdles and arguments of spoilage in prior sales.
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Washington
War Department
United States
House War Investigating Committee
Baker
Secretary of War
Reavis
Nebraska
MacGregor
New York
Graham
House
Gorda
Goodyear To Assume Damages In City Air Crash
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co says it will assume full financial responsibility for damages from a dirigible crash that damaged the Sinois Trust and Savings Bank, injuring 28 and killing 13. An inquest resumes Friday with calls for stricter air regulations and pilot licensing to prevent repeats.
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Chicago
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Sinois Trust and Savings Bank
Senator Fall Calls Mexican Dispatches Lies
Senator Fall of New Mexico denounces a Mexican letter offered to Villa as unauthorised. He says the letter was written to Villa by Colonel Charles F. Hunt without his consent and, upon learning of it, he forwarded copies to the state department for action.
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Washington
Fall
New Mexico
Mexico City
Francisco Villa
Villa
Charles F. Hunt
State Department
Cardiff coal exports halted by government order
July 24 Cardiff remained the focal point as a government order suspended coal exports from the Cardiff region. Officials cited strategic concerns while trade channels reassessed supply lines and port activities.
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Tondon
Cardiff
Mystery of Kansas City Killing Stirs No Deputy Link
In Kansas City Missouri on Tuesday night Fitzroy K Simpson a former lieutenant in the Turtieth Field Artillery was murdered. Miss Evelyn Hall the only known witness described the assailant and deputy Harry Houston identified a possible suspect. Police consider a possible feud or farmer soldier motive as investigations continue.
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Kansas City
Fitzroy K. Simpson
Turtieth Field Artillery
Johnson County
Kan
Evelyn Hall
Walnut Street
Lieut. J. J. Dawson
Harry Houston
Houston
Anay
Flrmer
Simpson
Camp Funston
Hall
Mission Hills
Miss Hall
Bonar Law vows full protection for public amid strikes
London July 24 Andrew Bonar Law told the House of Commons the government will exert its full force to shield the public from undue pressure amid dock workers and miners strikes. He warned a minority seeks to undermine the social and political order while noting profiteering fuels discontent and pledging action before the committee reports.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
Horse of Commons
Bonar Law
Predict Cotton Rise In Year To 75 Cents
Chicago July 25 predictions at the fourth business builders conference under the Dry Goods Reporter's auspices suggested cotton could rise to 75 cents per pound within a year. Southern merchants blamed manufacturers for high finished goods prices. Speakers cited prewar cotton lows and later jumps, with no definite forecast offered. Names mentioned include Jean H Wowild Minneapolis and Genevieve Puffereld Chicago.
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Chicago
Business Builders
Dry Goods Reporter
Jean H. Wowild
Minneapolis
Genevieve Puffereld
Minnie E. Johnston
Negro Hanged by Mob in Gilmer Texas Courtyard
In Gilmer Texas on July 25 a mob of about five hundred men dragged a Negro man from the jail and hanged him in the courthouse square after arrest on an assault charge. The crowd dispersed after the hangings. The woman assaulted remains in critical condition. Also reported, Berry Washington, a 72 year old Negro, was lynched near Milan Georgia on May 26 for killing a white man in defense of a Negro woman. officials sought to keep the news quiet to aid arrests, but none were made.
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Gilmer
Texas
Chilton Jennings
Ball
Homer S. Cummins
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
Cummins
Democratic Committee
Frear Committee
Northwest
Frear
Smcb
Court Horse
Jennings
Georgia
Atlanta
Berry Washington
Milan
Atlanta Constitution
Ster
Pontifical Choir of Sixty Singers Coming Delayed
Cincinnati July 25 The Pontifical Choir of sixty singers from Rome will arrive a few days late due to transportation conditions. The choir, drawn from the Siginins choir and the three patriarchal basilica choirs, was expected around August 9.
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Cincinnati
Catholic Telegraph
Rome
Pontifical Choir
Sigtins
Mail Pilots Strike Threat Over Reinstatement
Twenty aerial mail pilots at Belmont field announce they will refuse to fly today unless two brothers discharged for not flying in fog are reinstated. They accuse unsafe aircraft and bad weather, and warn the Chicago Cleveland and Bellefontaine routes will be affected if demands are not met.
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Elmont Park
N. Y
Praeger
Washington
Belmont Field
Chicago
Cleveland
Bellefontaine
Belmont Park
Posse Searched For Bank Yeggs In Donnellson Illinois
Donnellson Illinois July 25 a county posse hunted a trio of robbers who blew the safety deposit vault of the state bank at Donnellson early Wednesday morning taking 110000 in securities including 20000 in Liberty bonds. A $1000 reward was offered for their capture. Officials believe the men in an automobile fled toward St Louis about fifty miles away. Most securities could not be negotiated without forged indorsements. The robbers did not try to force the bank’s cash reserves.
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Donnellson
Ill
State Bank of Donnells
St. Louis
Plans Completed For Memorial In France
New York July 25 The completion of plans for raising a 25 million dollar memorial fund by popular subscription for an American memorial in France is announced by John Buell Tiffany secretary of the USA Chateau Thierry Memorial association France recently offered a site near Chateau Thierry where American troops halted the German drive on Paris in 1915 officials say.
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New York
France
America
John Buell Tiffany
U. S. A-Chateau Thierry
United States
Chateau Thierry
Paris
Possible trial of former Kaiser may not be held in London
In the House of Lords Earl Curzon signaled it may be unlikely the former German emperor will be tried in London. Viscount Bryce urged against a London trial citing legal and procedural concerns. Baron Buckmaster cited grave reasons against pursuing the project and questioned the appropriateness of English judges on such a court. Curzon noted the Kaiser’s exile complicates martyrdom and warned of political risk if the trial becomes a spectacle. No final decision reached. location could shift.
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Associated Press
London
William
House of Lords
Earl Curzon of
Kedleston
Viscount Bryce
Washington
Baron Buckmaster
Norway
Earl Curzon
Charles I
Napoleon
National Life
Britain
Red
Bela Kun
Budapest
Copenhagen
Vienna
Ford Trial Delayed As Key Witness Skips Defense
In Mount Clemens Michigan on July 25 the Ford libel suit stretched on as a material witness failed to appear for the defense. P W Williams testified Frank Klingensmith said Ford would not hold jobs for guardsmen who served in 1916, while James A Connors testified to contrary assurances. Other witnesses included E C Clemet F Edward Spooner John Dunnewind and Rex F Glasson detailing wartime vigilance at Ford plants and past financial remarks by Edsel Ford.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Chicago Daily Tribune
Henrys Ford
Tribune
Ford
Detroit
P. W. Williams
Frank L. Klingensmith
Connor
E. C. Clemet
F. Edward Spooner
John Dunnewind
Rex F. Glasson
Clemet
Ellitt G. Stevenson
American Protective League
Spooner
Henry
Edsel Ford
Dunnewind
the Tribune
Klingensmith
Williams
Slayer's Wife Tells Him He Did All Right In Shooting
In Carrollton Missouri on July 25 1926 Fielding Rawlins a wealthy farmer killed Conrad Deterding owner of a large garage after accusing him of corrupting Rawlins wife Goldie Rawlins aged 22 and mother of a 5 year old son said she had followed Deterding and that Rawlins shot him in Deterding's neck. Rawlins surrendered and awaits bond while his wife defended him saying he did right.
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Slayer
Troducer
Carrollton
Conrad Deterding
Fielding Rawlins
Rawlins
Jefferson City
J. A. Winfrey
Deterding
Goldie
Winfrey
Mr. Rawlins
Army Plane Hops On 8,000 Mile Rim Flight
An army bombing plane and crew of five, led by Lieutenant-Colonel R. S. Hartz, left Washington on an 8,000 mile round the rim flight. The first leg targets Augusta Maine as the initial stop about 5660 miles from the start with Mineola arrival noted en route.
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U. S
Washington
R. 5. Hartz
Augusta
Mineola
N.Y
R. S. Hartz
Maine
Hartz
Austrian Delegate Disapproves Terms
Dr. Carl Renner head of the Austrian peace delegation, in Zurich en route to Vienna, said he totally disapproved of the terms from St Germain. He objected to amputation of Austrian territory and the financial conditions, noting Austria could not meet them even with the best intentions. He was bitter about Italy's demand for Tyrol.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Carl Renner
Zurich
Vienna
St. Germain
Austria
Renner
Italy
Grain belt hit by railroad car shortage in Illinois
CHICAGO July 24 The grain belt suffers from a car shortage as country elevators in central Illinois and neighboring states shut down. Homer Price of Delavan, head of the transportation department of the Illinois Farmers' Grain Dealers' association, says railroads claim no cars yet and that about 50,000 new box cars lie idle in terminal yards.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Homer Price of
Delavan
Hinois
Senate Fray Over Taft Plan on League Ratification
Washington July 25 The Senate scene centered on Former President Taft's six interpretation proposals for League of Nations ratification as Republicans and Democrats clash over simultaneous presentation with the German treaty. Lodge Brandegee press resolution, Robinson blocks, while Taft's plan draws cloakroom talk and White House consultations.
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Washington
Reublican
Taft
League of Nations
Wilson
France
Senate
Germany
Paris
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Brandegee
Connecticut
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Williams
Mississippi
Robinson
Democrat
Arkansas
Mr. Taft
McCumber
North Dakota
McNary
Oregon
Shantung
Japan
Shantung Peninsula
Fletcher
Florida
League
Lenroot
Wisconsin
White House
Hin
Hays
Will H. Hays
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Goodyear Company
Europe
United States Geological Survey
Washington Information Bureau
Savings Division
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
Quincy Whig Information Bureau
Frederic J. Huskin
Hungary
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