Transportation Bill Is Passed By House Amid ICC Debate
The House approved a transportation bill extending ICC regulation to water carriers and aiding railroads. It allows railroad consolidations with ICC approval and enables the RFC to buy railroad obligations to lower financing costs. A bid to strip water carriers from ICC oversight failed 144 to 167.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Congress
Rep
Wadsworth
ICC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Waterway Bloc
Representative South
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Unfriendly move shocks Japan after Washington cut
News from Washington says the United States terminated a treaty, catching Japan by surprise and prompting calls that the action was a moral loss for Tokyo. Markets dipped briefly, then steadied as analysts debated face-saving effects and Britain’s rights-of-way. In Rye, Reginald Prescott Walden, 71, veteran executive and Spanish American War gun captain, died.
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Rye
Reginald Prescott Walden
Corn Products Refining Company
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John Paul Jones
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Lewis Spessard Wins Derby Then Heads to Akron
Lewis Spessard wins the city soap box derby final in front of about 5000 spectators at the YMCA, with Bobby Krause congratulating his cousin. Spessard later plans to improve speed for Akron competition on August 15, with finals and multiple heat results listed for Class A and B divisions.
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Lewis Spessard
Bobby Krause
Spessard
Jack Phillips
Hagerstown
Herald-Mail
Akron
Ohio
James E. Ray
Derby
Lewis
Jurist Cuts In On His Profits
Cleveland, July 27 Ar r ested for speeding 64 miles an hour while demonstrating a car to a prospect Allen Beck 29 year old salesman appeared before Judge Joseph A Arti Wednesday. "Did you sell the car" asked the judge. "Yes sir" Beck replied. "We'll cut in on the profit" replied the jurist. "Five dollars and casts."
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Cleveland
Allen Beck
Joseph A. Arti
Judge Arti
Beck
Lending Bill Modified Amid Party Caucus Fight
The lending bill faces a major Democratic rift as Barkley's amendment aims to win Public Roads Bureau approval and reduce Senate opposition while a 51-member party caucus tomorrow may shape policy. Antiadministration Democrats from the south discuss boycotting to limit attendance and influence the outcome. Interesting merchandise and prices appear in the classifieds.
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Public Roads Bureau
Barkley
Senate
South
British Anger at Fatal Bombs Roils London Stations
A deadly blast at Kings Cross killed Edinburgh University lecturer Donald Campbell on his Paris honeymoon, injuring his wife and 13 others. A second explosion at Victoria injured five. Police questioned five suspects in London and Liverpool. crowds demanded action against Irish nationalists as police moved to protect bystanders.
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Liverpool
Kings Cross Station
Donald Campbell
Edinburgh University
Paris
Victoria
Ireland
Mythical air raid success in Berlin test
Berliners participated in a simulated air raid as anti aircraft batteries fired into the night. High flying enemy warplanes dropped make believe bombs while streets emptied and volunteers aided by police and fire departments carried out tasks. Households must keep lights off for four nights as tests continue.
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Berlin
Fie
Three Liverpool Bombings Strike Utilities and Mail
No injuries were reported after three bombings in Liverpool. One explosion wrecked a swing bridge over a canal, stopping barge traffic to Leeds. A second blast damaged a district post office front, and a third hit a mailbox.
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Liverpool
Leeds
Goldner Tried to Reform Captors in Abduction Case
JERUSALEM July 27 Rev Gerould R Goldner of Mogadore Ohio was freed after a week held by Arab kidnapers. He said he tried to reform his abductors prompting the band leader to confess he was fed up and released him.
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Jerusalem
Gerould R. Goldner
Mogadore
Ohio
Young preacher touts America escape during captivity
The captive preacher Goldner, in a statement to United States Consul General George Wadsworth, urged his captors to abandon wrongdoing and reproached them as too good for kidnapping. He lectured on their errors and cited fear of harm if they did not concede.
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America
United States
George Wadsworth
Goldner
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