Rioting students clash with troops over bobbed hair rights in Mexico City
In Mexico City 4000 students, 50 Yaqui troops and mounted police battled near a university and medical school as seniors protected bobbed hair girls. Demands for expulsion of four anti bobbed hair leaders and biology class suspensions were granted before troops dispersed the crowd. Classes halted until Monday.
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Mexico City
Hescheol
Urey
Har
Coe City
Minister of Education
Fatal Fall From Milwaukee Bridge Leaves Man Dead
Mike Carules of 413 South College Street died after a fall from a Milwaukee railroad bridge on Westcott Avenue Friday night. He suffered a dislocated vertebra and died at a hospital. Jerules, also known as Garr, was found in critical condition by Officer Christensen at 8:30 pm. His death follows initial reports of minor injuries. He is survived by a widow and several children, with funeral arrangements pending at Kidd's undertaking.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Westcott Avenue
Mike Carules
South College Street
Jerules
I Garr
Chrisen
Maryne
Vick
Frank
Anna Judy
Kidd
Prohibition Probe Planned by Congressional Unit
July 26 report states a lone congressional investigation into city prohibition enforcement will proceed. The inquiry is led by a Michigan senator known for beer and light wine stance, aiming to start city enforcement hearings on September 2 with an open mind on conditions and findings.
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Ciry
Internal Revenue Buch
Michigan
Detroit
Iuy
Couzens
Congress
Floods Drown People and Inundate Homes in India
Serious floods sweep southern India as rivers rise drowning numerous people and flooding more than ten thousand homes across multiple districts. Rescue efforts continue as authorities assess damage and coordinate relief.
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India
Dines Denies Marriage to Screen Star
Denver oil magnate Courtland S. Dines and film star Edna Purviance deny wedding rumors after a Denver hotel incident. They say Purviance is simply vacationing and plans a hunting trip, with Purviance heading to Salt Lake City while Dines stays in Denver briefly.
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Dines
Denver
Colo
Courtland S. Dines
Edna Purviance
Brown Palace
Edna
Brown Palace Hotel
Miss Vurviance
Miss Packard
Miss Purviance
Los Angeles
Faina
Colorado
Salt Lake City
Ednard
Despair for Art Ends in Suicide at Sioux City Home
J I Schneider 89 a musician long ill at 219 Bluff St Sioux City died after shooting himself Saturday night. Neighbors heard a shot after his wife left. Downstairs neighbor J K Lane found him. a smoking 88 caliber revolver lay on the bureau. He died en route to the scene before the coroner arrived. He had lived in Sioux City 15 years. Survived by widow parents and siblings. Body at Westcott’s funeral home.
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J. I. Schneider
Bluff Street
Schneider
Rose
J. K. Lane
J. H. Robbins
Sioux City
J. E. Sehneider
Bowman
N. D
Westcott
Rear Admiral Vogelgesang Seeks Brazil Mission Discharge
Rear Admiral Carl T Vogelgesang head of the American naval mission to Brazil has asked the navy department to relieve him after the mission's second year. The request is not related to Brazil's revolt. His service is viewed as highly successful by the administration.
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Washington, D. C
Carl T. Vogelzesang
Brazil
Navy Department
Vogelgesang
Hylan Leaves California After Southern Visit
Mayor and Mrs. John F. Hylan of New York completed their southern California tour and departed for home, ending their July trip in Los Angeles.
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Hylan
California
Los Angeles
Cal
John F. Hylan
New York
Interallied talks seek Franco British German loan terms
London reports delegates at a conference on German reparations plan weekend meetings to harmonize French and Anglo American views. PM MacDonald may raise evacuation of Franco Belgian troops from the Ruhr. Morgan’s involvement looms as decisive in securing a 260 million dollar loan. Morgan sails to London aboard the Minnewaska. no formal session held today.
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London
MacDonald
Stuhr
Thomas Lamont
Germany
J. I. Morgan
New York
Morgan
Berlin Confidence Supports Marx Government for London Talks
The reichstag, three to one against a folkist motion, showed confidence in the Marx government. A defeat of the lack of confidence resolution 172 to 62 with 79 abstentions followed, while Communist deputies joined folkists and nationalists abstained. Chancellor Marx, Foreign Minister Stresemann and 30 to 40 officials will attend the London reparations conference to negotiate the Dawes plan under parliamentary mandate. Hetzsch suggested coalition hopes and the debate adjourned sine die.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Couttry
Marx
London
Folkists
Stresemann
Versailles
Hetzsch
Man Severely Hurt in Upset of Auto
Frank Watkins, 54, proprietor of a soft drink place at 1605 East Fourth Street, is critically injured in a late night auto crash near James Iowa. Found semi conscious by Charles Bates, Watkins says a defective steering gear caused the accident.
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Frank Watkins
East Fourth Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
James, Ia
Watkins
Charles Bates
Central Avenue
Leeds
Steamer Bergensfjord Beached After Engine Room Blast
The Norwegian steamer Bergensfjord carrying 400 passengers from Christiania to New York was beached after a fire broke out following an engine room explosion. The crew and passengers were landed in small boats after the fire was extinguished. damage to the vessel is not known.
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London
Bergensfjord
Christiania
New York
Copenhagen
Iowa to hear stump speeches by Bryan and Davis
Two Democratic presidential hopefuls John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan will campaign in Iowa as part of their midwestern swing. Bryan plans extensive travel on his special train while Davis will speak in Des Moines and possibly Cedar Rapids Sioux City Davenport and Dubuque.
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Iowa
Bryan, Davis
D Register
Washington, D. C
John W. Davis
Charles W. Bryan
Middle Western
Nebraska
Middle West
Davis
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Davenport
Dubuque
Gov. Bryan
Bryan
Hawkeye
la Follette
Brookhart
Rebels Hold 10 Positions In Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires reports the Brazilian civil war persisting with rebels in full control of Sao Paulo city entrances. Government forces claim advances, air raids on rebel positions, and dozens of prisoners. Refugees suffer cold, hunger, and pneumonia as Loyalist and rebel lines clash.
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Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Santos
Equator
Morro Dos Inglezas
Morro Santa Ana
Rio de Janeiro
Porto Feliz
Bernardes
Remorseful Wife in Tar Attack Case Stirs Maryland
In Frederick county jail Mary Shank claims she was a victim and shielded by mob pressure after taking part in tar and feathering Dorothy Grandon. She and Grandon are jailed with bonds while 17 mob participants are free on bond as they await grand jury action.
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Frederick
Maude
Frederick County
Mary Shank
Dorothy Grandon
Maryland
Dorothy
Lloyd
Inlaw
Mrs. Shank
Harry Leatherman
Dale Morgan
Haupt
Leatherman
Walter Shank
James Whipp
Poison Milk Death Plunge Ends In Tragedy At Geneseo
Geneseo Kansas July 26 a couple and their infant faced a fatal poisoning scene. Mrs Qacar Champion died after a milk potion swallowed by Champion who then drank some himself as the baby cried Neighbors found the infant beside its dead mother and dying father.
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Geneseo
Kan
Qacar Champion
Champion
Tights Bother Beach Censor But I Worry Says Flapper
A 200 pound flapper in a scanty bathing costume angered Beach Censor Louis Defeo at Atlantic City. The censor warned tights were too high but the flapper refused to back down claiming the regulations were unreasonable. Friends noted she could not find tights large enough to comply. Defeo let the issue go.
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Beach
Flapper
Louis Defeo
Defeo
Atlantic City
N.J
Heavy Death Toll Mounts Through Day
A string of fatal and near fatal incidents reported across several towns. In Cape May Court House New Jersey four killed when auto struck by a Pennsylvania railroad locomotive. At Osage River ferry disaster left three dead and three rescued. A Milwaukee spread rail wreck injured engineer George Marshall and killed several cattle. In Uniontown fourteen miners injured in slate and coal fall at Lemont mine, following last night’s Frick Coal and Coke explosion that killed ten.
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Cape May Court House
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Julius Myers
Bertha
John
Jennie Elliott
South Millville
Bagnell, Mo
Osage River
Henry Winyard
James Vinyard
Henry Vinyard
Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Road
George Marshall
Uniontown
Lemont Mine
Here
Lemont
Gates
Frick Coal and Coke Company
World League Grapples With Mutual Defense Plan
Geneva reports a return to pre war defensive alliances as a disarmament framework falters. Germany rejects the league draft of a treaty of mutual guarantee, joining the United States and Britain in rejection while France accepts. The system already exists in treaties with Belgium Poland Czecho Slovakia and the Italo Serb Slovakian group, leaving disarmament stalled.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Germany
League
United States
Britain
France
Belgium
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Robert Cecil
Defense to Abandon Insanity Defense in Leopold Loeb Case
Chicago July 24 defense to drop insanity plea for Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb in the murder of Robert Franks. Clarence Darrow argues for limited responsibility and life imprisonment to segregate them while state prosecutors push to show full accountability. Darrow challenges officer Gortland testimony about a friendly judge and questions the defendants credibility as the trial intensifies.
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Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Sebol Boy
Clarence Darrow
Caverly
Ami
Dem
Darrow
Robert F. Crowe
Crowe
Leopold
Bobby Franks
United Press
Loeb
Sergt
James J. Gortland
Gortland
Eac
Leo
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Bobby Cruickshank
Minneapolis
Catette
Rua Catette
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Marshall
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