Obregon Assassination Shocks Mexico and US Ties
Edward W. Pickard reports the murder of Gen. Alvaro Obregon at a San Angel banquet shocks Mexico and imperils relations with the United States. Authorities arrest the assassin Jose de Leon Teral and promise areas of clerical implication will be investigated. President Calles vows constitutional governance and calm amid political strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayrormgele
Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
United States
Dwight Morrow
Obregon
San Angel
Mexico City
Jose de Leon Teral
Alberto Cruz
Zertuche
Calles
Catholic Church
Obrégon
Americans honor Mexican flyer Carranza in funeral train
Americans sent home Capt Emilio Carranza with full honors after his plane crashed in New Jersey during a storm. His body lay in state in New York before a special funeral train carried him toward burial in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaxaca
Wrangell Island
G. Allen Hancock
Emilio Carranza
New York
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
General Obre
Sonora
New Jersey
Lana
Kellogg Pact Gains Steam in Allied Ranks
The anti war treaty moves toward victory as Britain Canada Australia New Zealand Union of South Africa Ireland Free State and India accept in principle. Washington receives approvals from Belgium Poland and Czechoslovakia. Germany France Italy and others had already approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Irish Free State
India
Washington
Belgium
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
France
Italy
Tangier Accord Grants Spain Gendarmerie Control in International Zone
The nations of France England Spain and Italy inked a Tangier agreement granting Spain full command of the gendarmerie in the international zone. A special commission will monitor intrigues against the protectorate, while Italy gains greater legislative representation and seats on courts. Also reported is the verified death of Belgian financier Captain Alfred Loewenstein whose body was found near Cape Gris Nez after his disappearance over the English Channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nce
France
England
Spain
Italy
Tangier
Alfred Loewenstein
English Channel
Cape Griz- Nez
United Mine Workers Abandon Wage Scale Policy in Bituminous Fields
The UMWA policy committee ends the Jacksonville scale as a wage basis and lets districts settle with operators on mutually satisfactory terms. District actions must be ratified by district miners, and districts may hire all needed workers temporarily while a new agreement is reached. The move aims to lift spirits in the hard coal industry. The week also saw deaths of Giovanni Giolitti, D C Davies, Henry St. Rathbone, and William B. Harmon who funded unrecognized heroes and authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yan
Texas
Hoover
Smith
Asheville
Cannon
Methodist Church
South
Buncombe County
North Carolina
Arthur J. Barton
Corn Belt
Des Moines
Iowa
Curtis
Kansas City
al Smith
President Coolidge
White House
California
Jacksonville
United Mine Workers of America
Aone
Giovanni Giolitti
Mussolini
D. C. Davies
Field Museum
Chicago
Henry St. Rathbone
Illinois
William B. Harmon
New York
Jedediah Tingle
Prohibition Officials Apologize to Britain Over Bahama Seizure
Secretary Kellogg announced that the United States apologized to Britain for the Bahama Islands incident last September. Coast Guard Commander Larry Christiansen seized two boats, towed them to a Bahama port, and removed liquor and prisoners to Miami. The boats and liquor will be returned and Christiansen reassigned. Prohibition leaders met with Commissioner Doran in Washington to discuss enforcement, including greater use of airplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Bahama Islands
Larry Christiansen
Coast Guard
Bahama
Miami
Christiansen
Doran
Treasury Department
Washington
Dog Given Life Sentence for Hen Theft in Texas
Old Ring a bird dog turned thief after aging, is serving life in the state penitentiary for stealing poultry. Judge J. R. Camp, who presided, set the sentence despite Texas law allowing a maximum of five years for chicken stealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Tex
Old Ring
J. R. Camp
Old King
Texas
Man in Boat Sees Shark Fight Whale Near Pender Harbor
Horace Williamson, a British Columbia rancher, witnessed a dramatic clash between a massive 40 foot fox shark and a whale off Garrow Point near Pender Harbor. The two fought for several minutes with the shark slashing at the whale from four and a half feet above the water and then disappearing from sight. Williamson described the event as extraordinary and unlikely to be repeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Pender Harbor
B. C
Horace Williamson
Williamson
Garrow Point
British Columbia
Wife Denounces Jail For Mate In Domestic Dispute
In Detroit Recorder's court Walter Rokosz faced assault charges from wife Agnes Rokosz who showed two black eyes. The dispute began over unpaid pay and breakfast duties leading to a fight. Judge Stein initially imposed 80 dollars fine or 60 days, then suspended the sentence to six months probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Christopher B. Stein
Walter Rokosz
Recorder’s Court
Agnes Rokosz
Dog Hangs Self in Hyde Park Police Cell
A police report describes Boze the Maltese terrier hanging himself in a Hyde Park station cell after escaping from a dog pen. Boze had been escorted to the cell with three other dogs and leaped to a window sill, the leash entangling and causing fatal strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boze
Hyde Park
Spitz
Silk Stocking
Dead Man Returns Seeks Estate From Heirs
Denver Colorado Will McCarty, long presumed dead after vanishing from his Nebraska home 11 years ago, files in county court to remove his brother Henry as administrator and revert the estate to his own control. The estate includes parcels of land destined for three sons of Will McCarty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Will McCarty
Nebraska
Henry McCarty
Leading Radio Programs on Red Network July 29
A Sunday schedule lists Western Union time slots for N B C Red Network programs including Summer Radio Church at 1:00 p.m. EST and various shows across the day such as Sixty Musical Minutes Stetson Parade Capitol Theater Kent Hour The Friendly Hour Cooks Radio Tour Anglo Persians Colliers Hour and Slumber Music with time adjustments for other zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summer Radio
Stetson
Capitol Theater
Kent
Cook
Collier
Evening schedule headline from July listings
The page lists a July 30 lineup with performances including O Cedar Shining Hour at 7 00 p m A and P Gypsies at 7 30 p m General Motors Party at 8 30 p m Fisk Boys at 9 30 p m Bossert Orchestra at 5 05 p m Roxy s Gang at 6 30 p m and Riverside Hour at 8 00 p m.
Evening Radio Schedule for Tuesday July 31
Program details include Voters' Service at 6 30 p m with Soconyland Sketches Seiberling Singers Eveready Hour and Clicquot Club Eskimos on the NBC Blue Network Happiness Restaurant Orchestra 5 05 p m Constitutional High Spots 6 30 p m Stromberg Carlson Hour 7 00 p m Lewisohn Stadium Concerts 7 30 p m Slumber Music at 10 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voters’ Service
Soconyland
Seiberling Singers
Eveready Hour
Clicquot Club Eskimos
Happiness
Orch
Constitutional
Stromberg Carlson Hour
Lewisohn Stadium
Slumber Music
Waldorf Astoria
Evening Music Lineup Announces Local Stage Schedule
On Wednesday August 1 fans can hear Geo Olsen and His Music at 6:00 pm followed by Sylvania Forresters at 7:30 pm Spaca Troubadours perform 8:00 pm Goodrich Silvertown Orch at 8:30 pm National Grand Opera at 9:30 pm and Philco Hour at 8:00 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spaca Troubadours
Goodrich Silvertown Orch
National Grand Opera
Geo, Olsen & His Music
Sylvania Forresters
Philco Hour
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights
A public bulletin lists Thursday programs with time slots for Coward Comfort Hour at 6:30 p. m. Hoover Sentinels at 7:30 p. m. Halsey Stuart Hour at 9:00 p. m. Maxwell House Hour at 8:00 p. m. The Flit Soldiers at 9:30 p. m. Michelin Hour at 10:00 p. m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coward Comfort
Hoover Sentinels
Halsey Stuart
Maxwell House
the Flit Soldiers
Michelin
Evening Program Schedule List
Friday August 3 offers The Wonder Hour at 6 00 p m Cities Service Hour at 7 00 p m Boumpis Inc at 8 00 p m La France Orchestra at 8 30 p m Dixies Circus at 6 80 p m Gold Spot Pals at 7 00 p m White Rock Concert at 7 30 p m across local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boumpis, Inc
la France Orchestra
Dixies Circus
Slumber
Radio Networks, Stations List For August 4 Programs
A listing of NBC Red and Blue Network stations carrying August 4 programs. Includes WEAF New York WEEI Boston WTIOC Hartford WJAR Providence WTAG Worcester WCSH Portland WLIT Philadelphia WRO Washington WGY Schenectady WGR Buffalo WCAB Pittsburgh and many others across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Broadcasting Company
Red Network
WEAF
New York
WEEI
Boston
WTIOC
Hartford
WJAR
Providence
WTAG
Worcester
WCSH
Portland
WLIT
WFI
Philadelphia
WRO
Washington
WGY
Schenectady
WGR
Buffalo
WCAB
Pittsburgh
Wiam and Wear
Cleveland
WWJ
Detroit
WSAI
Cincinnati
WGN
WLIB
Chicago
KSD
Austria Claims Progress in Radio Listening Growth
Austria states it is the most progressive in broadcasting with 800000 registered radio listeners out of a population of 6500000. Radio manufacturing is developing rapidly as the industry expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
The Girl Behind the Mask Romance in a Scientific Lab
Corinth West works as a stenographer in a top floor lab at Stonington foundation with Doctor Pollard. She wears a mask and proves chemistry capable, sparking a romance when he invites her to China and asks her to accompany him as his wife. The evolving relationship unfolds amid laboratory secrecy and masked identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinth West
Stonington Research Laboratory
Corinth
Pollard
Stonington Foundation
Fisher
West
Miss West
Doctor Pollard
China
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward W. Pickard
Coolidge
Dawes
Teller
Congress
Permanent Commission of Congress
Overnor Smith
Albany
Byrne
Tennessee
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Japan
Lithuania
Valdemaras
Russia
League of Nations
Assembly
Council of
League
Austen Chamberlain
World Court of Arbitration At
Geneva
Charles Evans Hughes
John Bassett Moore
Walter Simons
Mr. Hughes
Dog
N. B. C. Blue Network
N. B
Blue Network
Bossert Orchestra
Roxy’s Gang
Riverside Hour
N. B. C. Red Network
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