Global tremors shake Europe and aviation disaster follows
The earth tremor in Southern Italy kills over two thousand and injures many as cities like Méfi and Lacedonia are leveled. Mussolini directs relief with Red Cross aid while Rome and Naples suffer tremors. A Venice tornado follows, then an American aviation tragedy near Gravesend claims six lives among prominent passengers.
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Edward W. Pickard
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Messina
Puglie
Campania
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Abruzzi
Molise
Mussolini
Red Cross
Pope Pius
Vatican
Venice
Hoover Signs London Naval Treaty With Gold Pen
The U S Senate ratified the London naval pact by 58 to 9 and President Hoover signed it with the gold pen used by American delegates. The document was sent to London for Parliament’s formal approval as observers expect broad support across political lines.
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London
Senate
Hoover
Inter- Tt
Detroit Town Aims to Clean Up Vice Scandals After Recall
Detroit ousts Mayor Charles Bowles by recall with 80 956 votes amid vice reform claims. Public works chief Joseph Gillespie and Police Commissioner Harold Emmons face shuttered vice havens. A radio host Gerald Buckley was killed in a hotel lobby as gang murders surge across the city. Governor Green orders state police investigation and potential troop deployment.
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Etroit
Charles Bowles
Bowles
Joseph Gillespie
Detroit
Harold Emmons
Emmons
Gerald Buckley
Green
Buckley
Jake Lingle
Huston to Resign RNC Chair August 7
Laudius Huston announced after conferring with President Hoover that he will resign as chairman of the Republican National Committee on August 7. The move relieves party leaders who had pressed for his retirement due to revelations before the Senate lobby committee.
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Hoover
Republican National Committee
Mr. Huston
Senate
Democrats Endorse Questioning Prohibition Definition At Convention
Iowa Democrats adopted a plank seeking a reasonable definition of intoxicating liquor and a nationwide referendum on prohibition. The resolution cites a national scandal from dry law enforcement and echoes the Republican convention's stance on modifying the prohibition law.
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Iowa
Republian
Strife in Egypt as Wafd Renewed in Cairo and Port Said
Egyptian Wafd forces renewed clashes with police and troops in Cairo and Port Said with several deaths reported. British intervention had not occurred. Miram Pasha, finance minister, told a London inter parliamentary congress that a struggle between brutal autocracy and democracy is causing innocent bloodshed, noting parliament suspensions and growing public unrest.
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Miram Pasha
London
Egypt
Curtiss Pioneer of aviation dies at 52
LENNN H. CURTISS a distinguished aviation pioneer dies in a Buffalo hospital after surgery for appendicitis at age fifty two. He ranked beside the Wright brothers and later served as a director in companies bearing his name. Also in the obituary list are James Radsow the millionaire hobo who spent his fortune aiding hoboes and Harry B Black longtime NY Realty figure who killed himself at his Lloyd Harbor home.
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Lenn H. Curtiss
Buffalo
Mr. Curtiss
Wright Brothers
James Radsow
Hobo
Staunton
Harry 8. Black
United States Realty and Improvement Corporation
New York City
Lloyd Harbor
Long Island
Western Newspaper Union
Ford Motor Company Mission and Advances for Public Benefit
The Ford Motor Company aims to provide affordable automobiles meeting the needs of millions. It highlights continual innovation in design and production, citing cost savings from new methods, electric welding, and a four mile endless chain conveyor at its Rouge plant to enhance efficiency and benefit the public.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Rouge
Babylonian Temple Unearthed at Ur by Woolley Expedition
Archaeologists led by Leonard Woolley report a Nebuchadnezzar era temple at Ur of the Chaldees, dating to about 600 B.C. The structure, added to and restored by Nabonidus, remains the best preserved Babylonian temple in Mesopotamia with walls nearly 20 feet high and whitewash in good condition.
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Nebuchadnezzar
Leonard Woolley
University of Pennsylvania
British Museum
Mesopotamia
Nabonidus
Woolley
Iraq
Hi Ho Speech on Averages Anger and Listening
The Sage of Chinatown Hi Ho quotes on the law of averages saying angerful speech compels humility and listening as a lesson from Washington Star.
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Hi Ho
Chinatown
Washington Star
Railroad Men Watches Requirement for Time Inspections
Railroads enforce time inspection standards requiring watches to run within 80 seconds variation per week. The rule ensures synchronized schedules and safe operation across networks.
Hungarian Cowboys Dress: Lace Embroidery and Bright Feathers
The Hungarian cowboy showcases an appearance unlike American cowboys with lace and embroidery. A skirt richly decorated, bright feather in the hat, flowing lace sleeves, and a coat with lively embroidery coexist with sturdy trousers and shoes. This traditional attire marks a proud holiday dress adapted for daily use.
Muzuzahs and their Jewish doorway tradition
The Jewish word muzuzah means door-post. A parchment inscribed with Deuteronomy is rolled and placed in a case on the right doorpost. The pious Jew touches and kisses it as he passes, and the term is sometimes slang for kiss per a Detroit News reader.
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Detroit News
Fourth of July Oration Quote by Artemus Ward
A public figure remarks on the habit of powerful men to pause and overthink. Browne tauntingly notes a flaw in leadership with a sharp, reflective line from his 19th century oration.
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Charles Farrar Browne
Artemus Ward
Origins of Scotland Market Crosses and Civic Symbolism
The market cross began under William the Lion and served as the center of civic life in Scottish towns. Crosses signified that market activities reflected broader social ideals, though many crosses disappeared after the Reformation in 1560. Some crosses survive only as restored elements or later structures, per the Montreal Family Herald.
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Scotland
William the Lion
Montreal
Happiness and Sorrow Surveyed Across the World
A quotable reflection notes that happiness remains largely unmapped while sorrow has been thoroughly surveyed and known in every region, attributed to Elbert Hubbard.
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Elbert Hubbard
Do Goodness as Duty Inspires Great Minds
An aphorism quotes Rowe praising virtue as duty and noting that heaven approves charitable acts despite ungrateful recipients. The line highlights enduring moral motivation beyond gratitude.
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Heaven
Rowe
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