Film Industry Faces Censorship Peril Warns De Mille
Hollywood producer Cecil B. De Mille warns film industry danger from church led censorship and Will Hayes Breen scrutiny. He says reform movements may overreach, innocent suffer, art cannot be censored, while Cantor blames story selection and styling decisions by producers and studios.
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Hollywood
Calif
Cecil B. de Mille
Filmland
Will Hayes
Joseph I. Breen
de Mille
Eddie Cantor
Screen Actors’ Guild
Soviet police loses power in new Kremlin decrees
The O G P U functions are abolished and merged into the interior ministry. Cases will be tried in supreme courts of the republics and the secret police is replaced, ending its role as judge jury and executioner once feared across the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Union
Peoples’ Commissariat of
Proletaria Republic
Cheka
Extraordinary Commission
Idaho Counties Added for Relief in Washington
The Farm Credit Administration adds 128 drought counties nationwide to the emergency loan fund list. Idaho counties Fremont and Teton are among those eligible for secondary aid with loans up to 400 dollars for livestock feed or summer fallowing, secured by first liens on the livestock and crops financed. July 11 report notes Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri included.
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Washington
Farm Credit Administration
Texas
Oklahoma
Idaho
Missouri
Fremont
Teton
Utah Weather Pale Tonight and Thursday
Pale conditions persist tonight and Thursday across Utah with minimal precipitation. Winds remain light and skies mostly clear, allowing for cool evenings and mild daytime highs across counties and cities.
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Utah
Witness Tells Of Fatal Night In Hickman Murder Trial
San Francisco testimony details parties, yacht rides, drinks, and girls linked to Millard Hickman on trial for Louise Jeppesen's death in Golden Gate Park. Witness Tommy Dee describes friendship with Hickman, dinner with Miss Jeppesen, Miss Blanche McKay, and a party night leading to the slaying.
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San Francisco
Millard Hickman
Louise Jeppesen
Utah
Golden Gate Park
Tommy” Dee
Hickman
Miss Jeppesen
Dee
Miss McKay
Giant Airship Los Angeles Condemned as Unsafe
Secretary Swanson announced the airship Los Angeles has been condemned and will remain in its hangar at Lakehurst New Jersey for experimental use. Built in 1922 the ship deteriorated with age and will not be recommissioned for flight, leaving the navy with only the Macon. The navy considered moving it to Akron Ohio for experiments but tow was impossible.
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Washington
Swanson
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
National Research Council
Akron
Ohio
Navy
Macon
Government to Survey Snake River Improvements
The War Department announced a $77,000 allotment for examinations and surveys of proposed river improvements on the Snake in Oregon Washington and Idaho. Studies will prepare estimates for open channel work and for a mix of slack water dam and lock plus open channel improvement configurations.
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Washington
War Department
Snake River
Oregon
Idaho
Nazi Threaten Expel Newsmen Over Second Revolution
Berlin reports say Germany warned foreign correspondents they may be expelled if their coverage inflames nations during the so called second revolution. Adolf Hitler's paper Volkische Beobachter highlighted a warning from Propaganda Minister Goebbels amid criticism of reporting from French Russian English media. The attack did not name the American press.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Volkische Beobachter
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Death of Good Is Under Probe
Norman Oklahoma July 11 Belief that Marian Mills a 20 year old University of Oklahoma campus beauty queen died as the result of an attempt to prevent motherhood is voiced by County Attorney Paul Updegraff pending a post mortem. He cites Mrs Hazel Browns account in which Mills body was found and NeaI Myers a pharmacy student who summoned a physician disappeared. The theory hinges on overdoses of a medicine. Myers mother says he and Mills had been secretly married.
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Norman
Okla
Marian Mills
University of Oklahoma
Paul Updegraff
Hazel Brown
Delta Upsilon
Neal Myers
Merger May Crown New Steel King in Cleveland
July 11 report on the Corrigan-McKinney Steel merger into Republic Steel worth about 33 million dollars. Observers name Tom M. Girdler as the leading contender for the industry throne, with Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel as a principal rival.
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Cleveland
Charles M. Schwab
Elbert H. Gary
Corrigan-McKinney Steel Company
Republic Steel Corporation
Tom M. Girdler
Republic
Bethlehem Steel
Eugene Grace
Gary
Schwab
Three Convicts Escape Oklahoma Prison Kidnap Boy
Three gunmen claiming to be escaped prisoners abducted 16 year old Bill West Jr the son of the county agent in Durant Oklahoma. The trio forced him to ride through north Texas and back to Oklahoma releasing him unharmed near Aylesworth later today. The boy was robbed of his car and 15 cents. Undersheriff Lewis Martin said two of the men may be Paris Texas jail fugitives and the third likely from McAlester state prison.
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Durant
Okla
Bill West
Texas
Oklahoma
Aylesworth
Young West
Lewis Martin
Paris
Tex
McAlester
Disarmament Leaders Hope for New Spirit at Geneva
London dispatch reports revived optimism among disarmament advocates as regional pacts gain favor. French Foreign Minister Barthou promotes a European system of mutual assistance paving the way for Germany’s League reentry and possible Soviet admission, with Britain cautious yet not blocking the Soviet move.
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Harold P. Braman
Assocated Press
London
Geneva
Louis Barthou
Barthou
France
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Arthur Henderson
Lupe Velez Sues Weissmuller for Divorce in Los Angeles
Lupe Velez files divorce suit in superior court charging Johnny Weissmuller with cruelty. She says he cursed swore and threatened her at home and damaged furnishings causing cuts and nerves strain. They wed in Las Vegas on October 8 1933.
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Los Angeles
Lupe Velez
Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzen
Lupe
Johnny
Las Vegas
Nev
Tornado Hits Illinois Cityollows Jacksonville Circus
A tornado struck Jacksonville Illinois injuring at least seven people, with one seriously hurt, as 12 buildings were unroofed and 2 homes toppled. The Sam B Dill circus lost 30 to 40 thousand dollars in damages as a wind path damaged lights and tents. Edward Perry of Imlay City Michigan, a circus employee, was injured by a falling pole but expected to recover.
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Jacksonville
Trl
Here
Edward Perry
Imlay City
Mich
Sam B. Dill
Perry
Three Members Of Family Die In Hyde Park Tragedy
In Boston Hyde Park a family is slain as John J. Gidney 55, shot his daughter Margaret Borgeson 19, her husband Ernest 20, and their six month old child Estelle through the head then killed himself. The infant is critically wounded. Police say domestic troubles sparked the double murder suicide.
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Boston
Hyde Park
John J. Gidney
Margaret Borgeson
Ernest
Estelle
Roosevelt and Dern inspect canal aboard Houston
President Roosevelt aboard the U S S Houston with War Secretary Dern docks at Cristobal to inspect the Panama Canal. Dern calls the canal vital to defense and a premier non military activity as the ship proceeds through Gatun locks amid crowds and guard detail. The Houston plans a Pacific voyage toward Hawaii with a convoy replacement to follow.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Cristobal
C. Z
Roosevelt
U. S
Houston
George H. Dern
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Gatun
Cartagena
Americas
Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
Hawaii
New Orleans
Gilmer
Williamson
Baseball Scores From Today In Major Leagues
Cincinnati and Brooklyn played a high scoring doubleheader with Cincinnati winning 294 to 511. Pittsburgh defeated New York by 260 to 37 in a separate game. St Louis tied Philadelphia 2 to 5 after a late rally. Chicago split a pair with Boston losing 19 to 3 in the first game and winning 131 to 2 in the second. Washington and Detroit had a rain affected contest with Detroit taking a win while New York beat Cleveland 2 to 0. Only games listed.
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Brooklyn
St Johnson
Lombardi
O'Farrell
Benge
Sukeforth
Pittsburgh
New York
Hoyt
Swift
Padden
Grace
Schumacher
Mancuso
St. Louis
Philadelpia
Carleton
Haines
W. Davis
P. Collins
Wilson
R. H. E. Chicago
Boston
Bush
Hartnett
Rhein
Betts
Spohrer
Rut
B. Chicago
Malone
Brandt
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune From Muleshoe Texas
Will Rogers reports from Muleshoe about calf branding at Ewing Hassell’s as five thousand calves are branded amid drought. He notes government aid and jokes about rain and Congress while praising cow business and referencing the X I T ranch and an English syndicate planning a state capitol in Austin.
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Texas
Ewing Hassell
X.I. T. Ranch
Austin
Austria clamps down as Dollfuss floods power
Vienna July 11 AP Engelbert Dollfuss the chancellor announces a major drive against Nazis and vows the death penalty for possessing explosives as he consolidates military and police power. A cabinet reshuffle follows with a new list to President Miklas including Dollfuss as premier and several ministers in key posts. All military and police power in Austria will be concentrated.
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Wade Werber
Associated Press
Vienna
Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
Dollfuss
Wilhelm Miklas
Miklas
Defense
Prince Ernst Reutinger von Starhemberg
Emil Fey
Kurt Schuschnigg
Odo Neustradeter - Steurmer
Karl Buresch
Fritz Stockinger
Egon Berger Waldewege
Karl Karwinsky
Stefan Tauschitz
Moore Admits Paying Bribe in Reno Case
Noble John Moore testified before a federal jury that he and associates regularly paid William J. Graham 15 percent of their proceeds for police protection and “no‑question” banking services in Reno Nevada. He described four instances of handing money to Graham to hold until victims were moved out of town and then split the remainder, with Graham keeping 15 percent.
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Morris Watson
New York
Noble John Moore
William J. Graham
Banco
Reno
Nevada
Moore
Graham
David Diamond
Los Angeles
Liberty
N. Y
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Rice
Diamond
James C. McKay
McKay and
Modern Fort Under Attack
AP reports Bolivia and Paraguay clash over Fort Ballivián in the Chaaco jungle. The Bolivian fortress becomes the focal point of a prolonged struggle with heavy artillery planes and thousands involved. Paraguayan claims of surrounding the fort contrast Bolivia’s counter assertions of progress.
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Associated Press
Ballivian
Bolivia
Chaco
Paraguay
Pilcomayo
Gypsy fortune teller swindles Brooklyn woman for 14000
Miss Emily Churchward said a palm reader promised to double her fortune, took $14,000 and allegedly sent it back wrapped in a handkerchief worn at the waist. Police seek the gypsy suspect after a three month delay in discovery.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Emily Churchward
Waterfront Employers Pledge Cooperation in Roosevelt Labor Board Talks
In San Francisco on July 11, waterfront employers pledged full cooperation with President Roosevelt’s labor disputes board to settle the maritime strike and avert a wider walkout. Violence erupted along the Portland waterfront as the board urged a settlement, four men wounded, and national guard fired on prowlers. Thomas G. Plant spoke for employers across Pacific coast ports and steamship firms, stressing willingness to let the board supervise hiring halls. The dispute centers on control of employment agencies after a May 9 strike.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Labor Disputes Board
Portland
National Guard
Pacific Coast
Thomas G. Plant
International Longshoremen's Association
Plant
Edward J. Hanna
Edward McGrady
O. K. Cushing
Mississippi Stays Dry After Referendum Vote
Mississippi voters approved prohibition by about two to one in unofficial returns from 658 of 1596 precincts. The wets conceded defeat 47275 to 25246. Governor Connor campaigned for dry passage and pledged enforcement against bootlegging.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
W. B. Roberts
Rosedale
Sennett Connors
Connor
Seminary
Great Salt Lake Near Historic Low As Drought Persists
Salt Lake City reports the Great Salt Lake nearing its lowest level on record with forecasts it could drop below the 1905 low if drought continues. Water stands 0.6 feet below zero at Saltair with salinity near 28 percent as crystals float. highest level was 14.5 feet above zero in 1877.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Saltair
J. Cecil Alter
Albany Woman Wins 3rd Stay
In Albany New York on July 11 1930 the Court of Appeals and Governor Lehman extended a stay for Anna Antonio and two accomplices in a murder for insurance case. The stay until August 9 allows the state's court to consider a new trial petition after a prior denial by County Judge Earl H Callup. The trio had faced a mandatory death sentence after a jury found them guilty of removing Antonio to collect insurance. The 28 year old mother expressed relief upon learning the clemency grant.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Anna Antonio
Lehman
Slayer
Earl H. Callup
Antonio
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Bing
Idaho borrows millions in federal loans two year total
The RFC and HOLC poured 9.61 million plus 2.38 million into Idaho in two years for banks irrigation districts and homeowners. Total Idaho loan activity reached 12.07 million with 124 million in on file drainage and irrigation requests. Senator Pope predicts irrigation aid will nearly double with a 125 million act.
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Idaho
RFC
Pope
British subsidy planned for cattle industry in Commons
The government announced a 15 million dollar subsidy to British cattle farmers in the House of Commons. Minister Walter Elliot said the aid aims to help the industry compete with dominions and Argentina.
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London
Dominions
Walter Elliot
House of Commons
Escape in the Raw Lexington Chase
Davis, hunted on charges of highway robbery, fled from officers diving through a window in his underwear with a pistol. He vanished into the woods as officers pursued, jumping two garden fences before disappearing into the brush.
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Lexington
N. C
Davis
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