Thirteen Die in Two Auto Train Disasters
Terre Haute Indiana July 30 nine motorists were killed at Liggett Crossing when a Pennsylvania train smashed their auto. The second smash near Highland Illinois killed four more, all Garden City residents. Victims included Velda Bostwick and her five children May eighteen Richard sixteen Trila thirteen Etta three Frank one Ethel Slavens and infant Anna Leona Raymond Thomason.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Liggett Crossing
Pennsylvania
Highland
Ill
Liggett’s Crossing
Airs
Velda Bostwick
Danville
May
Richard
Trila
Etta
Frank
Ethel Slavens
Anna Leona
Raymond Thomason
G. G. Gillishie
Communist Uprisings in Germany Fizzle
In Berlin and other cities the planned Red Sunday protests by the Communists mostly fizzled. Five dead and over twenty injured marked the day, but the nationwide demonstrations failed to threaten the government as President Ebert and Chancellor Cuno announced reform measures to calm the population.
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Berlin
Germany
Suno
Frankfort
Dresden
Breslau
Munich
Ebert
Cuno
Doctors in Consultation Over President Harding
Brig. Gen. Charles Sawyer announced new symptoms from ptomaine poisoning affecting President Harding and called a physicians’ consultation. After the meeting, Sawyer said another statement would follow. A long trip to Washington likely would not occur for ten days to two weeks.
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San Francisco
Cal
Charles Sawyer
Harding
General Sawyer
Washington
Fluctuations in Grain Attributed to Speculators
Washington reports that frequent and temporary grain price swings are mainly due to speculation, while long term fluctuations stem from supply and demand. The federal trade commission urges the Chicago board to publish daily total futures volume and to ban brokers from speculating for their own account.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Chicago Board
Mussolini Urges Greater Airplane Supply
In Rome Premier Mussolini calls for expanding Italy's airplane production saying we must fly and have enough aircraft by next year to hide the sun.
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Mussolini
Rome
Harding in Canada says US has no annexation plans
President Warren G. Harding told Vancouver listeners the United States harbors no intention to annex Canada and suggested Canada should not seek to annex the United States. He praised North American peace, urged Europeans to heed the Canada US example, and noted the two nations share a long, amicable history under different flags.
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Vancouver
United States
Bugaboo
B. C
Warren G. Harding
Canada
Stanley Park
No P. O. Deficiency for First Time in Years
Washington July 27 The Post Office department now operates without a deficit for the first time in many years. A year ago the department carried a deficit of 12 million dollars and for the year ending June 30 the shortage was about 300 million dollars.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Debentures Placed to Fund Farm Credit Banks
Negotiations completed in Washington for sale of 10 million dollars in debentures of the new Intermediate Credit banks. Debentures carry 4 1/2 percent interest, mature in six months, with further issues planned to raise up to 60 million dollars to augment Congress appropriations for the farm credits system.
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Washington
Congress
Parachute Jumper Diavolo Dies at Frontier Days
Kenneth Keil twenty four of Denver known as Diavolo a parachute jumper with a flying circus was killed at Cheyenne Frontier Days when his parachute failed to open during a stunt. He left the plane head first and it is believed rope tangling caused the failure.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Kenneth Keil
Denver
Diavolo
Keil
Boycott of American Goods Spreads in Bulacan Province
In San Miguel Bulacan near Manila a boycott against American wares has begun amid strong sentiment against Governor General Leonard Wood and his policy.
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Wood
U. S
Manila
San Miguel
Bulacan
Leonard Wood
Seizure of Arms Bound for China Reported in Vancouver
A Vancouver police raid uncovered arms and ammunition believed destined for Chinese revolutionists and bandits. About 100 automatic pistols and 15 000 rounds of ammunition were seized in the operation conducted on July 30.
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China
Vancouver
B. C
Berlin on the Verge of a Red Uprising Amid Food Crisis
Berlin faces a possible armed communist uprising as thousands of shops close and markets run empty. Council members call on Chancellor Cuno for federal help while crowds gather, fearing looting and shortages as prices soar and marks lose value.
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Berlin
Cuno
British Knight Plans to Ease Arid Foreign Threats
London July 28 Lieut Col Sir Broderick Hartwell former British army officer has issued a circular inviting subscriptions of 12.50 or over for a whisky selling expedition on the high seas He plans to send 10 000 cases of whisky to a foreign port within a month A private ship sailing under sealed orders will carry the cargo He has already arranged for 5 000 cases and guarantees to return money plus 20 percent interest within sixty days
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London
Broderick Hartwell
High Seas
London Daily Express
Broderick
Great Danes Attack Boy At Park. Boy Dies Of Wound
In Floral Park North Bergen New Jersey two Great Danes guarding an amusement area attacked nine year old Joseph Ge natt Jr as he slipped inside to eat. He and his companions Albert Ge natt and John Siniont ten escaped injuries but the boy bled to death from a severed jugular vein after men beat the dogs with rocks and clubs.
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New York
Floral Park
North Bergen
N. J
Joseph Genatt, Jr
Albert
John Siniont
Baby Quits Crib Crawls to Rail and Is Run Over
Patrick Salisbury two years old crawled from his crib near the New York Central railroad tracks climbed an embankment and sat on a rail as a freight train passed over him. He was taken to a hospital with both legs amputated.
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Baby
Buffalo
N. Y
Patrick Salisbury
New York Central Railroad
America's Hope in Religion View of Ex President Wilson
Former President Woodrow Wilson, writing for the August Atlantic Monthly, warns that civilization cannot endure materially unless it is redeemed spiritually. He frames his argument under the caption The Road Away From Revolution and reflects on the nation's moral and spiritual state.
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America
Wilson
Boston
Woodrow Wilson
Atlantic Monthly
Could Not Rescue British Miners
Rescue parties at the Maltby colliery in Sheffield England halted efforts after an explosion entombed many miners. Officials count 27 dead in the disaster.
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Sheffield
Eng
Maltby
U S Market Report Week Ending July 27 Prices
Washington report shows live stock and grain prices with hogs at top 7.65 and bulk 6.50 to 7.60, beef steers 7.75 to 10.90, feeder steers 4.15 to 8.00, veal calves 9.25 to 10.50, lambs 11.00 to 13.25, fat ewes 3.50 to 7.00, hay prices across cities, grain bids for No 2 red winter and mixed corn, fruits and vegetables with Georgia peaches 2.00 to 3.00 per 6 basket, watermelons 380 to 510 per car, dairy butter 29.25c, Wisconsin cheese at 21.25 to 23.75c.
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Washington
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Prairie
Iowa
Kansas
Georgia
Elberta
Tom Watson
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Kentucky
Missouri
California
Arizona
Wisconsin
Young Americas
Aquare
Former Service Man Slays Surgeon in Battle Creek
Dr W W Shipp 47, president of the Calhoun County Medical Society, was shot seven times in his Post building office. Morris Werrin 27, ex service man, killed after leaping six stories to the street and dying 20 minutes later at Nichols hospital. Police seek motive.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Shipp
Calhoun County Medical Society
Morris Werrin
Nichols Hospital
Anthracite Strike Threatened in Wage Talks
Miners deliver an ultimatum at Atlantic City demanding a closed shop and check off across the anthracite industry with a strike set for September 1 if rejected. Operators refuse the demand in the joint wage negotiations conference.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pointblank
Wage gains for eighty thousand express clerks approved
Eighty thousand clerks on the payrolls of the American Railway Express and Southeastern express companies receive wage increases from the United States railroad labor board averaging 3 cents an hour. The move amounts to an approximate annual total of seven million dollars.
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Chicago
American Railway Express
Southeastern Express
United States Railroad Labor Board
Auto With Five Men Jumps Into Tree Top
Five men and an automobile became stuck in tree branches thirty feet above ground after Fred Reineke lost control on a highway bridge near Oelwein Iowa. They were rescued when a derrick arrived.
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Oelwein
Fred Reineke
Philadelphia Firemen Injured In Market Street Blaze
More than twenty five Philadelphia firemen were injured during a four hour battle with flames that wrecked a six story mercantile building on lower Market Street. Damage was pegged at five hundred thousand dollars.
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Philadelphia
Lower Market Street
Clean Up as You Go Movement Aims to Preserve Scenery
A national Motorists League for Countrywide Preservation promotes the pledge Clean up as you go to curb litter at campsites and roadside picnics. President Harding and figures like Luther Burbank and Secretary Wallace back the effort to conserve natural beauty and prevent overuse.
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Ashington
America
Motorists’ League For
United States
National Motorists” Association of Washington
Harding
League
Luther Burbank
Wallace
Substitutes for wood expand use in US timber sector
The United States forest service reports substitutes for wood are growing, estimated at 300 million cubic feet annually, half of which is firewood. Substitutes shift demand, spur new wood uses, and may eventually replace gasoline with alcohol in coming years.
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United States Forest Service
Forest Service
G O P Plans Associate Member Roles for Women
The Republican National Committee will appoint a woman in each state as an associate member to include female representation in party councils. The plan, endorsed by President Harding and leaders including Harriet Taylor Upton, aims to grant women advisory influence with broader authority expected next year at the national convention. During a Chicago conference Mrs Medill McCormick and others pledged full cooperation to push for women in party leadership.
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Republican National Committee
Adams
John T. Adams
National Committee
Harding
Harriet Taylor Upton
Republican National Executive Committee
Hamilton Kean
New Jersey
White House
Chicago
Medill McCormick
EL. O. Hocker
St. Louis
J. C. Pearson
Marshall, Okla
Ohio
Forests as Cornerstone of Industry in A T A President Letter
Charles Lathrop Pack urges timber sustainability to Julius H. Barnes noting a British forestry commission warning of a world timber famine. He highlights idle U.S. land ripe for reforestation, stresses forest products underpin industry, and cites vast annual timber use for poles and tunnels amid postwar recovery.
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Charles Lathrop Pack
American Tree Association
Julius H. Barnes
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
International Chamber of Commerce
Pack
British Forestry Commission
Lord Lovat
Canada
Great Britain
North America
France
Barnes
Mr. Barnes
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Garden City
John Fraz
John Fraz, Jr
Joseph Lengyle
George Donko
Iges
Miss Darden Moose
Little Rock
W. L. Moose
Arkansas
Boy
Baron DE Warzee
Cuba
Ambassador de Cartier de Marchienne
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
G. O. P. National Committee
The
British Commission
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