Five Million in Cash Sent Into Florida
Five million dollars in cash arrived from the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank to boost Florida bank confidence after 23 banks closed in two weeks. The money was sent to the First National Bank of Tampa to meet demand, with two one million dollar currency depots planned in Tampa and Miami to aid depositors. Federal officials indicated support to stabilize the banking system.
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Miami
First National Bank of
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Cars Spoil Gunning For Game In Africa
New York July 18 Mrs Delia Akeley a big game hunter says automobiles are spoiling hunting in Africa. Hunters drive to locations and shoot defenseless animals from a seated position, avoiding fieldwork in the hunt.
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New York
Delia Akeley
Africa
Jack And Georges To Make Talkie
New York July 1g Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier signed up negotiations are under way for them to make a talkie together. Belgrade July 18 two Croatian lawyers charged with conspiring with Macedonian revolutionists against Yugoslavia face death sentences. The Williamsport Community Band will give a concert in the Community Park tomorrow evening at o'clock under director Edward C Partridge featuring popular numbers concluding with a Hawaiian potpourri.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Williamsport
Edwin C. Partridge
Lawyer Speaks To Kiwanians at Cumberland Club Meeting
George Henderson prominent Cumberland attorney addresses Kiwanians at the regular meeting in Hotel Alexander Myr His topic Observations of the Law. Arrangements are under way for the orphan's annual picnic on Thursday August 1 Rev Dr F Berry Plummer chairs the convention committee meeting at 8 P M today at Hotel Alexander.
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George Henderson
Cumberland
Hotel Alexander
Myr
Henderson
F. Berry Piummer
Convention Committee
CAR PLUNGES INTO STREAM AND BRIDGE WASHED AWAY
Train derails as four cars, including the locomotive and baggage car, plunge into a creek after a 75 foot wooden bridge gives way on a straight track amid heavy summer tourist traffic. Water runs 100 yards wide. cries of women and children reported. Also notes a real estate sale closed for an oil station project costing about 10 000 to 12 000 dollars. Two movie people die in a plane crash near Los Angeles. Editors in Cleveland receive a stay of jail sentence pending appeal.
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Lee Street
Summit’ Avenue
Lighthouse Corporation
Warren
John B. Kieffer
Charles F. Strole
Deaths and funerals in Waynesboro and Cumberland area
Death notices list Mrs. Eliza Emmert and John Perry Long among the deceased, with details of survivors and funeral arrangements in Waynesboro and Brownsville. Also noted are Mrs. Robert A. Helms and J Bannister G Roberts, plus a card of thanks from the Adatls for support after a baby’s death.
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Joseph B. Emmert
Frank Miller
Harrisburg
Jesse Emmert
India
Harvey Emmert
U. B. Church
Waynesboro
Green Hill Cemetery
John Perry Long
Joseph Potter
Brownsville
U. B
Potter
John Bowlus
Shirley
John H._Adalt
Adv
Keeping Eye on Situation in Manchuria Continued
The article reports on the Manchurian crisis as Chinese officials seize the Russian owned Chinese Eastern Railway and Russia demands 24 hours for transmission and translation of an ultimatum. Observers look to the Kellogg pact and League of Nations to avert war with China a League member and Russia not. Troop movements in the troubled area are noted though war seems not imminent.
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London
League of Nations
China
Russia
League
Hesson Blames Stouffer in Bank Hold Up Tale
Hesson, in a continued account, claims responsibility for the crime and describes past actions including carrying a weapon, earning from aluminum sales, and fleeing to Iowa City after the Pittsburgh incident. He shows contrition during parental visits and says he bears some blame alongside Stouffer. A separate note reports a Mt Moriah Lutheran picnic set for Aug 3 at Fox and Son's Grove in Ady Foxville Md.
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Mt. Moriah Lutheran S.8
Foxville
T. C. Fox and Son
Ady
Crime wave blamed on dry law and Volstead era
The speaker argues the crime wave is a product of federal prohibition under the Volstead act, not overall criminality. Citing Baltimore data, arrests and convictions rose or stayed high while murders remained steady, suggesting enforcement focus on major crimes. The record urges keeping police and courts free to pursue crime without large new mandates, and criticizes expanding Volstead enforcement. France produced 392,410,000 gallons of wine in 1926.
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Maryland
Baltimore City
France
Valentino Eyes Sheik Roles In Hollywood Comeback
Valentino's legacy lingers as Jean Gugliemo, Rudolph Valentino's 14 year old nephew, arrives in New York from Italy seeking film work. He plans to pursue Taurels and hopes to secure Sheik type roles in Hollywood, signaling a possible revival of Valentino era appeal.
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Jean Gugliemo
Rudolph Valentino
New York
Italy
Hollywood Pictures
Market prices for wheat and corn from July to December
Markets furnished by W. Spielman & Co show wheat with July highs at 146% and lows near 143, with Dec at 157 and 152. Corn figures list July around 102 and 100, with Sept near 105 and Dec around 98 to 100, reflecting closing values and daily shifts.
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Wareham
West
Washington St
Owen
Griffith in serious condition after appendectomy
Chicago July 18 Clark Griffith president of the Washington Club of the American League was in serious condition after an emergency appendectomy. The operation followed Tuesday night illness with a dangerously infected appendix removed yesterday afternoon. Recovery pace depends on drainage and prior health. Griffith is 59 and in poor health for months.
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Clark Griffith
Washington Club
Griffith
Charles F. Sawyer
Bomb Found in Gas Box During New Orleans Strike
A bomb with twelve sticks of dynamite was found today in a valve box on a 22 inch natural gas main. The Public Service Company employee who discovered it supervised operations as armed deputy marshals aided strike breakers. Street car service ran under guard with routes from five car barns, amid arrests for federal court violations. Labor leaders awaited word on possible arbitration from Washington. The same day in Detroit, inventor Melvin E Dare and pilot were killed in a plane crash.
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New Orleans
Public Service Company
Washington
Davis
W. D. Mahon
Carmen's
Nine millionaires fail to tip in Soviet Russia
Moscow reports that a group of nine American businessmen from the Berlin backed American business party traveled by a De Luke train and were unable to tip waiters for caviar or vodka. Gratuities are forbidden in Russia, deemed degrading to workers.
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Berlin
Russia
Census plan to count working housewives in employment data
Washington July 13. Miss Mary Anderson head of the Women’s Bureau proposes including wives who work outside the home in the next federal census of employment. She notes married women work for pin money and their earnings support the family budget.
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Washington
Mary Anderson
Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Dock Fire at Seattle Docks Causes $1 Million Loss
A fire at the Union Pacific dock in Seattle yesterday caused about 1 million dollars in damage. Five firemen and a dock worker were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Officials blame a discarded cigarette blamed on an employee for starting the blaze beneath the flooring at the bay end.
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Seattle
Union Pacific
Festival At Beard's Lutheran Church Near Chewsville
Festival at Beard's Lutheran Church near Chewsville is planned for the evening of Saturday July 20 with advance ads promoting the event.
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Beard’s Lutheran Church
Chewsville
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