California's ruins give way to new city plans after Santa Barbara quake
From wrecked streets to new foundations planners and architects map a rebuilt California city. In the Old Mission Father Augustine blesses survivors and urges restoration as wealth and poverty mingle amid damaged walls and scattered debris. The scene contrasts broken mansions with braces of brick and mortar while the city rethinks streets and grounds.
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Grace Christie Triumphs From Disability To Dance Fame
Grace Christie defeats double curvature of the spine heart trouble and poverty to become a leading dancer in New York London Paris and on the continent. She leaves a piano career behind to create a new form of movement and gains recognition after dancing to her own music at a tryout. Her health improves with exercise and she rises from poverty to international acclaim.
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SpanishGeneral Primo de Rivera Back From Morocco
General Primo de Rivera returned to Madrid from Morocco and was greeted by army officials. He is to review plans for operations against the Rif tribes and will discuss them at the conference between French and Spanish government representatives.
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Primo de Rivera
Morocco
Naptha Explosion at Philadelphia Plant Kills Two
A leaking naptha fundës exploded at the A F Bron Brothers Company cleaners and dyers plant in Philadelphia killing two men and injuring eleven including three women. The naptha building was destroyed and fire added to the damage. The dead are James J. Carville Sr vice president of the company and George Spencer. The blast occurred after most employees went to lunch.
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Board to Open Bids on 200 U S Ships
The Shipping Board through the Emergency Fleet Corp will open bids for scrapping 200 vessels. Henry Ford is among bidders seeking ships for scrap and materials for manufacturing. Some ships may be sold for use in commerce, but scrapping yields far less than original cost. Buyers have 18 months to decide scrap or convert under the sale terms.
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Pilot from Kelly Field Drowns in Trinity Bay
Houston report says Lieut J W Fletcher a Houston area student flyer from Kelly Field San Antonio died when his plane crashed into Trinity Bay during shadow target practice. Lieut Fletcher attempted to straighten the craft but the landing gear struck water tipping the ship and it sank in about eight feet. Lieut H G Davidson survived with injuries. Fletcher's home was in Middlebury, Conn.
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Auto death rate shows big gain
The commerce department reports a rise in road fatality rates. In 57 cities with 26,821,000 people, 417 deaths occurred in four weeks ending June 20, up from 362 preceeding weeks. For 1925 year to date, 2,093 deaths vs 2,016 in the same period in 1923.
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Washington
A.P
Commerce Department
United States Seeks Joint Reply on China From Major Powers
The United States favors a united, courteous reply from Great Britain Japan France and other powers to China’s note demanding treaty revisions. No official action has been taken. Secretary Kellogg would consider joining a conference on Chinese affairs but requires assurance the Peking government can carry out any agreements.
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Mrs Dodge Weds With Little Fuss in Detroit
Formal ceremony marked the wedding today of Mrs Ideaf Dodge widow of John F Dodge to Alfred G Wilson at the Dodge home in Detroit said to be the world’s richest woman. They left almost immediately for New York after the ceremony.
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