Maine votes Democratic in first time since 1914
Maine elects Louis J. Brann as governor in a Democratic upset linking the result to national mood. Democrats gain two of three congressmen while Republicans retain one seat as Hoover allies issue cautions and plan renewed efforts in November.
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Reat
Maine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Louis J. Brann
Lewiston
Burleigh Martin
Edward ©. Moran, Jr
Rockland
John G. Utterback
Reform
Bangor
Carroll L. Beedy
Everett Sanders
Curtis
Marley
Disarmament talks stall as Germany withdraws
France rejects Germany’s demand for armament equality while inviting allied assent. Von Papen says German delegates will skip further disarmament sessions. Stalin allegedly loses influence as Kaganovich may rival Voroshilov for party leadership amid five year plan woes. Japan’s Anzhoukou gains full nation status. Tokyo rejoices while Chinese cities resent. Chilean crisis rises as Col Arturo Benitez’s faction threatens Davila with palace attack prompting resignation.
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France
United States
von Papen
Ki Riga
Josef Stalin
Soviet
Russia
Communist Party
M. L Kaganovich
Klem EE. Voroshilov
Voroshilov
Stalin
Moscow
America
Japan
Siberia
Farmers consider federal aid plan with tariff and loan proposals
A Sioux City meeting outlined a broad federal aid program for farmers including tariff revisions, currency expansion, Reconstruction Finance loans, a mortgage foreclosure moratorium, and crop surplus laws. Farmers, while on strike, showed cautious approval as picketing declined in several Iowa cities.
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Sioux City
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Iowa
Rockefeller Fund Restores Williamsburg Raleigh Tavern
John D. Rockefeller Jr began restoring colonial Williamsburg with a $5 million pledge. The Raleigh tavern, rebuilt on its original site and furnished in period style, opened to the public after costing over $200000. Nearby the Colonial Capitol building also nears completion as part of the plan.
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John D. Rockefeleler, Jr
Williamsburg
Raleigh Tavern
Rockefeller
Duke of Gloucester Street
Western Newspaper Union
Blame Flapper Era for Women’s Tuberculosis Deaths
In Fort Worth Texas a national survey links rising tuberculosis deaths among young women to the flapper era. Frederick D Hopkins of New York National Tuberculosis Association cites drinking smoking pursuit of slender figures and insufficient rest as key factors for girls aged fifteen to twenty five.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Frederick D. Hopkins
New York
National Tuberculosis Association
End of Gangster Rule in Catskills Signals Decline of Empire
Albany N Y police and the state crackdown appear to end the Catskills Nassau gang alliance led by Jack Legs Diamond Vincent Coll and Edwards Fats McCarthy with Diamond killed last December Coll later arrested and McCarthy killed in a New York police pursuit near Albany The Harlem shooting earlier linked to McCarthy and Coll’s notoriety highlighted the gang violence of the period and the collapse of their regional influence.
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Albany
N. Y
Edwards
Fats
Harlem
McCarthy
New York
Coll
New York City
Diamond
Legs
Catskill Mountain
Catskills
Attorney General’s
Catskill
Albany-Schenectady Road
Flees After Auto Crash Breaks Leg Scaling Fence
Reinhold Lange, a chef, fled the scene after his car struck Bert Illingworth’s vehicle injuring three occupants. He crashed a second car, fled on foot, scaled a high fence, fell and broke his leg. Police captured him and charged him with hit and run.
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San Francisco
Reinhold Lange
Bert Flingworth
Illingworth
Lost Girl Found After Hay Search Near Carlisle
Orpha Jane Warner aged four is found asleep in a hay mow on the Warner farm near Oakville after eight hours of searching by district and state police and volunteers. A statewide broadcast helped mobilize the search.
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Carlisle
Orpha Jane Warner
Oakville
Warner
Orpha
Woman sails long voyage by outboard boat to Black Sea
Miss Anna Ceder blom of Stockholm piloted a small outboard motorboat from Sweden to the Black Sea arriving in Constanza Turkey after a route through the Baltic North and Atlantic and rivers to Central Europe She plans to continue to Istanbul and visit major European and African ports around the Mediterranean
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Stockholm
Sweden
Black Sea
Anna Ceder
Constanza
Turkey
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Europe
Istanbul
Mediterranean
Recluse F M Davis Dies in Oregon Garden
Aged recluse F M Davis of Wallowa Oregon died while hoeing his garden. Police found cash and securities totaling $50,000 among his meager effects, indicating apparent poverty despite hidden wealth.
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Wallowa
Ore
F. M. Davis
Children Crying Force Judge to Return Children to Father
In Chicago a nine year old girl and five year old boy disrupted Superior Judge Ross C. Hall's court refusing custody and causing chaos in the county building. The judge postponed ruling and finally let the children go with their father after the children clung to him amid tears.
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Chicago
Ross C. Hall
Margaret Smrt
Hileen
Rudolph, Jr
County
Widow Granted Share in Estate of Unseen Portuguese Husband
In New Haven probate court, widow Mary Miguel Lopes, who never met her late husband Louis Lopes, is allotted a share of his estate. Lopes, a Portuguese citizen, wed by proxy on April 28, 1931, to Mary Lopes of Fogo, Portugal. He died April 1, 1932, before reuniting with his bride. Judge John L. Gilson ruled the proxy marriage valid under Portuguese law and ordered the estate divided between Mrs Lopes and two sons from a prior marriage, John and Joseph Lopes of Port Chester, New York.
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New Haven
Conn
Louis Lopes
Lopes
Mary Miguel Lopes
Fogo
Portugal
Wareham
Mass
John L. Gilson
John and
Joseph Lopes
Port Chester
N. Y
Crazed Farmer Ends Life With Dynamite
Richmond officials investigate sale of six sticks of dynamite to George Duibak a distressed farmer who blew himself up after slashing his horses and cattle. His family watched as a second explosion destroyed the barn and killed the livestock.
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Richmond
Caroline County
George Duibak
Duibak
Numbered Phone Poles Guide Surry Maine Residents
In Surry Maine residents use aluminum numbered telephone poles as house identifiers. Tourists ask for Farmer Brown and are directed to pole No. 187, as each pole bears a number for guiding linemen and locals.
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Maine
Surry
Farmer Brown
Fisherman Reels In 100 Pound Anchor Off Lawrence
Lawrence area fisherman Samuel Rudkip struggled for over an hour before his line went taut. He hauled up a nearly 100 pound anchor, a surprising catch during a deep sea trip.
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Lawrence
Mass
Samuel Rudkip
Fish Story Prompts Verification in Osceola
H H Beisler appeared before a notary in Osceola Missouri with a 40 pound catfish he caught and witnesses signed their names to the record for friends who might doubt the tale.
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Osceola
H. H. Beisler
If This Be Treason- Henry Arrested in Brooklyn Park
Patrick Henry was arrested in a Brooklyn park while giving a speech. He was deprived of liberty for one day and charged with intoxication.
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New York
Patrick Henry
Brooklyn Park
Henry
California Fig Syrup Helps Child in Newspaper Testimony
A Los Angeles mother profiles her son Leroy Young at 1116 Georgia St who recovered from chronic constipation and biliousness after using California Fig Syrup. The ad touts the product as a trusted, vegetable remedy approved by physicians and sold with the California label for authenticity.
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Leroy Young
Georgia St
Los Angeles
Leroy
California
Porky Causes Auto Shutdown After Porcupine Incident
Merle Ellison of Titusville Pennsylvania parked near a porcupine. The animal’s quills pierced a tire a third of its circumference and penetrated the inner tube, disabling the car.
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Porky
Merle Ellison
Titusville
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