Death of former senator and war secretary Weeks
Lancaster New Hampshire July 12 former senator and secretary of war John W Weeks died after a long illness and coma He resigned from the cabinet in 1925 and died at his home in Lancaster Survived by Mrs Weeks son Sinclair Weeks and daughter Mrs John Washington Davyidge Funeral plans set for West Newton Massachusetts Arlington National Cemetery burial Coolidge sent condolences noting Weeks long service in Congress and as secretary of war.
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New Hampshire
Arlington Cemetery
Lancaster
N. H
John W. Weeks
Coolidge
Weeks
Sinclair Weeks
John Washington Davyidge
Washington
West Newton
Mass
Arlington National Cemetery
War Department
N. N
Arlington
William Jennings Bryan
Paul Smith
Congress
House
Senate
Ram Sale at Salt Lake Sees 3000 Rams in 11th Annual Event
Lead breeders from eight states plus Utah and Idaho will consign about 3000 rams to the eleventh annual ram sale at Salt Lake City from August 30 to September 1. Rambouillet and Hampshire entries rise over 1925, with prices expected high if wool trends hold. States represented include California Utah Idaho Montana Wyoming Washington Oregon Arizona and Illinois.
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Salt Lake City
Middlewest
Salt Lake
National Wool Growers’ Association
Utah
Idaho
Rambouillets
Hampshires
California
Montana
Wyoming
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
Iinois
Aimee McPherson Kidnaping Case In San Francisco
The Examiner reports a private detective says a double of Aimee Semple McPherson, the Los Angeles evangelist, is in San Francisco. The woman, once known as Mrs. K. McDonald in San Leandro, closely resembles the evangelist and may have been mistaken for her during the missing period. Sergeant A B Murchison, chief of detectives, left Douglas, Arizona for Los Angeles to testify before the grand jury.
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San Francisco
Aimey Semple McPhergon
Angelus Temple
Los Angeles
San Leandro
Tucson
Ariz
A. B. Murchison
Douglas
Aimee Semlo McPherson
Murchison
Bomb explodes under car hood injuring six in Clifton
In Clifton New Jersey a bomb placed beneath a car hood exploded injuring six people, including real estate man Barney Singer and another rider, with police suspecting a bootlegger feud. Others injured were pedestrians as authorities noted Singer’s prior arrests for illegal liquor.
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Clifton
N. J
Barney Singer
Singer
Carl
Boughlin
Three Killed by Gangsters in Cicero Shootings
In Cicero, a taxicab driver Ludwig Rose died after being mortally wounded. A man and a woman, Fred Hein aged 25 and Miss Marie Blang aged 23, were shot dead when attackers demanded the car in front of the woman's home. Police arrested Lou MacSwain, 23, with a confession implicating McSwain and an unnamed man known as Curley.
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Chicago
Cicero
West Side
Ludwig Rose
Fred Hein
Marie Blang
William McSwiggen
United States
Lou MacSwain
McSwain
Curley
Missionary Accused of Branding Boy in Korea
Reports from Seoul indicate an American missionary branded a Korean boy with acid on both cheeks after the boy stole apples. The incident, dated September last year, led to ridicule for the boy and a public apology from the missionary who paid the boy and his mother 620 yen. Korean courts threaten charges against Dr Haysmer, whose family is from St Paul Minnesota.
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Tokyo
Ransford
Miller
Seoul
Korea
OWS
A. Haysmer
Minnesota
Pingyang
Haysmier
Haysmer
St. Paul
A. J. Haysmer
King
Navy reports Lake Denmark casualties add to wounded list
Washington July 12 AP A navy department recap of the Lake Denmark losses adds to the wounded Don ald Sanborn Prescott pharmacist s mate North Reading Mass and marine corps Privates Libbie N Kirks rt McGregor Texas and Delbert L rundige Wichita Kansas The department list shows Navy dead 4 wounded 4 missing 5 Marine corps dead 6 wounded 39 missing 11 Fate of four civilian employees on the reservation unknown Navy records list Charles Franklin Beamer chief pharmacist mate as the unaccounted navy man.
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Washington
Navy Department
Lake Denmark
Donald Sanborn Prescott
North Reading
Mass
Marine Corps
Libbie N. Kirks
McGregor
Texas
Delbert L Rundige
Wichita
Kansas
Navy
Charles Franklin Beamer
Postponed Ten Round Bout In Cleveland Tonight
The ten round bout between Danny Kramer of Philadelphia and Jimmy Mende of Cleveland is postponed to Wednesday night. Mende substitutes for Johnny Datto who injured his hand in a bout with Char ital Chicago in Toledo Friday.
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Cleveland
Danny Kramer
Philadelphia
Jimmy Mende
Mende
Johnny Datto
Charital Chicago
Toledo
Coolidge Bid Farewell Before Summer Vacation in New York
President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge waved to crowds at Union Station Washington as they departed for summer in New York state. The president and first lady greeted well wishers before heading to their vacation retreat.
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Calvin Coolidge
Aztecs Face Ancient Liquor Question in Early Days
Chicago report on Manuel Gamio’s Harris Foundation lecture notes ancient Aztec liquor laws, punishments, and social impact. He cites four hundred gods and Spanish conquest shaping a hybrid religion, with Catholicism grafted into native beliefs after invasion.
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Chicago
Mexico
Manuel Gamio
Harris Foundation
University of Chicago
Senor Gamio
Manna
Firemen Hurt During Practice in Salt Lake City
One fireman suffered a broken leg and serious injuries when a belt they wore snapped and toppled four members into a life net from forty feet. Roy Sears aged 34 sprained an ankle and Hugh Latimer incurred minor bruises while practicing duties with the life saving squad.
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Salt Lake City
Jack Wirthlis
Roy Sears
Hugh Latimer
Uniform Law on Uniform State Laws Conference
Denver july 12 uniform public utilities act aims for consistency in heat light power gas oil water telegraph telephone and transport law at the 36th annual conference of commissioners on uniform state laws. the six day meeting to end tonight with recommendations to the american bar association. four uniform acts approved including tax lien extradition firearms and chattel mortgage.
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Denver
Java
American Bar Association
Sugar Equalization Board Dissolved by Executive Order
The sugar equalization board created during the war to supervise U S sugar marketing was directed to dissolve by President Coolidge in an executive order published today.
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Paul Smith
Sugar Equalization Board
United States
Coolidge
Le Tourist Captain Aims to Break World Flight Record
Captain Linton Welleamb and an eight year old aim to complete a fast circumnavigation from Victoria to Seattle and then New York by July 10 aboard an air mail sea plane. They started July in Victoria B C and plan to finish in New York.
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Victoria
B.C
Linton Welleamb
Rvais
Seattle
New York
Subway Strikes End as Workers Replaced on payroll
New York reports subway strikers who did not return to work were removed from the Interborough Rapid Transit payroll at noon and replaced by new operators who ran trains during the six and a half day walkout. Strike leaders dispute defeat while some workers seek other jobs. Reports of disturbances, including shots fired at motormen and track torpedoes, were denied by strike headquarters.
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New York
Subway
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Harlem
Church Split Over Four-Square Gospel Teachings
Sixty five members of the First Baptist Church in Santa Cruz California resigned in protest over the four gospel doctrine taught by Rev J N Hoover. Hoover had resigned earlier and the Loyal group led by Rev J C Collyer asserted orthodoxy while Hoover planned evangelical work and disputed that orthodoxy entered the dispute.
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Santa Crag
Calif
First Baptist Church
Aimee Semple
J. N. Hoover
Hoover
J. C. Collyer
Collyer
Witness sought in Aimee's case in renewed grand jury effort
Three grand jury subpoenas for Kenneth G. Ormiston, a former radio operator at Angelus Temple, remained unserved as authorities renew the search. He is a key witness in the Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance case, with reports locating him in Riverside and San Diego areas and then losing trace. The inquiry resumes with the grand jury slated to reconvene.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Aimee Semple McPherson
Ormiston
Angelis Temple
McPherson
Mrs. McPherson
San Francisco
Iowa Senate Race Heats Up In 1930 Campaign
Des Moines Iowa July 12 AP Democrats and Republicans gear for a tight senatorial contest in Iowa with Clyde Porter Des Moines attorney running against Smith W Brookhart insurgent Republican Porter vows tariff reform and fair price for farmers while party factions ponder impact of past Brookhart Cummins splits on the race.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hawkeye
Senate
Daniel F. Steck
Ottumwa
Clyde R. Porter
Smith W. Brookhart
A. B. Cummins
Brookhart
Steck
Cummins
Brookhart-Porter
Dan W. Turner
Turner
Porter
Canada wheat and barley yields by region June reports
Ottawa reports Dominion Bureau of Statistics crop estimates show wheat yield at 948,626,000 bushels for Canada and 327,226,000 for the prairie provinces, with 21,400,000 for the rest. Oats total rises to 459,840,000 bushels and barley forecast at 100,624,000 for the dominion.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Naval magazine explosion at Lake Denmark depot
News reports a naval magazine exploded this afternoon at the Lake Denmark ammunition depot. A wooden gust of diesel-related flame, triggered by prior blasts, roared through the area. Tear Admiral Plumkett warned fourteen more magazines in the vicinity were at risk of ignition.
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New York
Lake Denmark
Plumkett
Robbers Remove Gold Teeth From Man At Viaduct
Two bandits robbed A. L. Smoot of Lordeburg New Mexico of $75 then held him at a viaduct railing and forcibly extracted eight gold teeth with pliers. Smoot, an electrical worker, was 60 years old.
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Kansas City
A. L. Smoot
Lordeburg
N. M
Smoot
Scott's Neck Is Saved Again in Chicago Murder Case
Russell Scott, once sentenced to hang for the murder of Joseph Maurer during a Chicago drug clerk robbery, faces possible escape after his brother Robert pleads guilty to the same killing. A hoax telegram saved Russell last year, then a sanity hearing delayed execution. now a sane finding keeps him on death row for October 15.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Robert Scott
Joseph Maurer
Russell
Detroit
Small
Robert
Chester Asylum
Chester
San Quentin Penitentiary
California
William Gemmil
Aviators With World Flight Reach Pasco By Train
Linton Wells and Evans arrived in Pasco at 11:35 am after 26 days 16 hours from New York as part of a world flight. They left for Boise in an air mail plane and then proceed by night train to Cheyenne to meet a plane with Lieutenant Berry. Wells expects to reach New York by 1 30 am Wednesday.
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Pasco
Wash
Linton Wells
Evans
New York
Boise
Idaho
Wells
Sandpoint Field
Seattle
Swan Cuddiback
Cheyenne
Berry
Baseball score summaries from today's games across leagues
A compilation of multiple game results with team line scores and pitchers across venues including Cleveland New York Detroit Philadelphia Washington St. Louis Chicago Brooklyn and others. Key performances feature Uhle Sewell Shawkey Beall Collins Lyons Edwards Blankenship Cochrane Ulrich Willoughby and Beagon among others.
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Cleveland
New York
Uhle
L. Sewell
Shawkey
Beall and
Collins
President Coolidge Netted Six Pound Pike from Canoe
President Coolidge caught a six pound pike from a canoe on Lake Osgood today, confirming a surprising fishing feat for the day.
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Paul Smith
President Coolidge
Lake Osgood
Navy Largest Ammunition Depot Explodes in New Jersey
Dover New Jersey July 12 AP fire and shells hinder recovery as the navy s Lake Denmark depot near Lake Denmark exploded Saturday. Three bodies recovered seven more seen in debris. Thirty three missing mostly marines. Damage pegged at 100 million. The 500 acre depot housed 183 buildings and fed ammunition to other posts. No man s land hampered relief as 400 500 refugees were moved. Names include Lt George I Potts Lt Cmdr Edward Allen Brown Captain Burwell Heyeeg Clarks among the missing and Lt Merman Conra Schrader Chief Gunner Joseph Gatley identified dead. Roads to the area guarded refugees moved out to danger zones.
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Army
Navy
Lightnin
George I
Potts
Richmond
Harry Brown
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Mia
Francis Feeny
Brooklyn
Edward Alelen Brown
Massachuessetts
Burwell Heyeeg Clarks
Little Ark
Merman Conra Schrader
New York
Joseph Gatley
Mount Hope
Denmark
President Coolidge Enjoys Vacation at White Pine Camp
President Coolidge remains at his summer retreat with plans for visitors from New York Governor Smith, Canadian Premier Meighen, and Mayor Walker of New York. Possible calls also include Senator Wadsworth. He last left the camp for a press conference and a service at First Presbyterian Church in Saranac Lake.
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Paul Smith
New York
Coolidge
Membe
White Pine Camp
Governor Smith
Arthur Meighat
Canada
Wilfred McDougald
Montreal
White House
McDougald
Mr. Meighen
Mayor Walker
Saranac Inn
Mr. Coolidge
Senator Wadsworth
President Coolidge
Mrs Coolidge
Deaf Mutes Sing Nation's Anthem at Opening Ceremony
Thirty deaf mutes perform a synchronized rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at the opening of an education center for the adult deaf welfare society. The group, directed by Mrs. William Hoyt, receives the audience's enthusiastic applause.
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Cihannatl
Adult Deaf Welfare Society
Alngora
The
Wrecsion
Robbed Jewelry Salesman Reports Loss in Chicago Hotel
Wilbur A. Brown a New York jewelry salesman living at 70 Broadway said he was held up at the Congress hotel on Michigan Avenue Chicago and robbed of 75 dollars in diamonds and jewelry.
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Chicago
Wilbur A. Brown
Broadway
New York
Congrésa
Michigan Yard
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