Wall of Water Drowns Family After Creek Flood near Moselle
A five foot wall of water from a cloudburst swept away a car southwest of Moselle, killing Marie Beckman 23 and her four children, plus her mother and brother. Desoto sees a separate fatal lightning strike during a ball game. Coroner Shaffer organized searches. three bodies recovered. William Beckman survived after fetching aid.
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Moselle
Marie Beckman
Pinoak Creek
Hhe
Desoto
Nile
Walnut Park
St. Louis County
Mary Tigges
Mr Beckman
Lawrence Tigges
Beckman
Virgil Beckman
Ireien Beckman
Bernice Beckman
Clarence Stahl
William PF. Beckman
Thomas P Shaffer
Union
Mails Rifled Aboard Laurentic Liner
Scotland Yard aided post office authorities in probing a registered mail heist aboard the White Star liner Laurentic arriving Liverpool from Montreal. Missing 80 Montreal air mail pieces triggered inquiries linking to a prior Leviathan mail robbery. three arrests were reported, two crew members among them.
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London
Scotland Yard
Post Office
Liverpool
Montreal
New York
Laurentic
Leviathan
Uileyes
Utah Power and Light Withdraws Preston Franchise Application
Boise July 15 Utah Power and Light company asks to withdraw its application for a Preston power franchise after a recent city election where residents voted not to sell the municipal plant to the company.
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Boise
Utah Power and Light Company
Preston
Walker Faces Opposition in Campaign Attacks
In New York on July 15 AP reports two challenges to Mayor James J Walker. William H Allen urges Roosevelt to remove Walker, listing 26 charges of misconduct and over taxation. August Heckscher leads a 662 member committee proposing Walker run again. former Gov Alfred E Smith is on the committee.
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New York
James J. Walker
Uxlay
August Heckscher
Pianis
Wil Mam Bullock
We City Affairs Bureau
Republican County Committee
Heckacher
Alfred E. Smith
Manwill Surrenders to Provo Sheriff
Gilee Mannt 35, married miner, sought after disappearing from Payson on May 14 with Ethel Hancock 17, turned himself in to the Utah sheriff in Provo. Hancock girl was visiting her father from Butte Montana. General Utah weather forecasts generally fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the southwest.
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Provo
Utah
Gilee Mannt
Pays
Ethel Hancock
Hancock
Butte
Mont
Siren Imitator Arrested After Copying Police Siren
George Bohlin spent 13 months perfecting a police siren impression. While driving through Chicago he used the imitation to clear traffic but his voice cracked to soprano, drawing attention and leading to his arrest.
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Chicago
George Bohlin
George
Judge Bans Evidence in Rosy-Hue Volstead Case
Federal Judge John R. Hazel dismissed the indictment and vacated evidence after Batavia troopers stopped Walter Trazak of Lime Lake on suspicion of Volstead Act violation due to a flushed face. They found alcohol in his car though. The ruling brands the stop as a shocking outrage.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John R. Hazel
Batavia Barracks
Walter Trazak
Lime Lake
Trazak
Hazel
Giant Airship Do-X Soars in Eight-Motor Test Flight
In Altenrhein Switzerland the Dornier Do-X flying boat rose on a test with eight of twelve motors. The craft carried 25 aboard and weighed about 37 tons aloft, lifting from the water in 28 seconds and reaching over 100 feet. Dornier piloted the first flight with spectators numerous and planes circling above. Captain Von Schiller of Graf Zeppelin greeted him.
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Altenrhein
Switzerland
Dornier Company
Herr Dornier
von Schiller
Two Miners Die In Utah Accidents At Mines
In Provo on July 14 George Mailey 30 of Nephi died after a dynamite blast inside the Rowland mine caused injuries. Earlier, John Thomas Dennis of Provo died from a four hour cave in at Mammoth mine with his helper escaping unharmed. Both men were married with families.
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Provo
Utah
George Mailey
Nephi
Rowland
John Thomas Dennis
Mammoth
Director John Griffith Wray Dies After Appendicitis Operation
Hollywood reports director John Griffith Wray age 33 died following an appendicitis operation. Wray, born in Minneapolis and a graduate of the American Academy of Arts in New York, was a prominent motion picture director.
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Hollywood
Cal
John Griffith Wray
Wray
Minnepolis
Minn
American Academy of Arts
New York
Minister W T Francis Dies in Monrovia
United States minister to Liberia W T Francis died today in Monrovia Liberia as reported by a cablegram to Dr L T William president of the National Baptist convention. The death marks an end of a diplomatic posting with Liberia.
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Chicago
W T Francis
United States
Liberia
Monrovia
L. T. William
National Baptist Convention
First Meeting of Farm Board Convened at White House
President Hoover opens the Federal Farm Board in Washington declaring its aim to determine facts and craft lasting farm marketing institutions. He stresses the task will take time and cooperation, with board members drawn from farmer organizations and cooperatives. The eight of nine members gathered at the White House for photos before a formal session.
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Washington
Hoover
Farm Board
Congress
Federal Farm Board
Organized Agriculture
White House
Cab
Chinese Not Disturbed At The Attitude Moscow
Reports from July 15 indicate China prepared to meet Soviet demands over the Manchurian Eastern Railway seizure within three days or face further Soviet action. Despite threats, Chinese leaders in Nanking remained calm while Russia pressed for a conference and warned of possible steps to defend USSR rights. Meanwhile Japanese and Russian moves along the Siberian border heightened tensions across Harbin Vladivostok and Manchuria.
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Soviet Union
Russia
Nankink
China
Nationalists
Manchuria
Tokyo
Manchu
Chinese Eastern Railway
Siberia
Karimskaya
Chita
Manchik
Rengo
Harbin
Vladivostok
Pogranichnaya
Renge
Siberian
Nanking
Mukden
American Scores Review From Morning to Night
A rundown of five scheduled American games highlighting Philadelphia Cleveland New York Detroit Washington and Boston results. Notable performances from Ehmks Vertes Cochrane Ferrell Sewell Hartley MacFayden Berry Stewart Perret and others accompany game-by-game score lines and key pitching pairings across teams including Philadelphia Cleveland New York Detroit Washington and Brooklyn.
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Cleveland
Vertes
Cochrane
Perkins
Ferrell
L. Sewell
Hartley
Earnshaw
Milius
Ll. Sewe
Boston
St Louis
Ooo MacFaycen
Berry Stewart
Perret
New York
Detroit
Sherid and
Dickey
Carroll and Phill- Lips
Opium Found in Trunks of San Francisco Official Wife
Customs officers uncovered nearly a million dollars worth of opium hidden in the trunks of Ying Kao wife of the Chinese ice consul at San Francisco.
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Irs
Ying Kao
San Francisco
Two Montgomery buildings collapse trapping many
In Montgomery on Dexter avenue two three story buildings housing Bullock Shoe and Pizitz department store collapsed at noon. Police and fire crews worked to rescue workers and shoppers as ambulances lined the scene. By 1 45 p m two Black men had been recovered from the wreckage with efforts continuing for others.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Mercantile
City Fire and Police Department
Bullock Shoe Company
Pizitz
Dexter Avenue
Ceremony in Honor Poets Against War at White House
President Hoover authorizes a ceremony for the proclamation of the general pact for renunciation of war at the White House on July 24. Ambassadors and ministers in Washington who signed or adhered to the pact are invited, with Frank Kellogg and Senators Borah Swanson to attend. Secretary Stimson says French Ambassador Claudel will represent the Soviet government.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Frank B. Kellogg
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Swanson
Virginia
Stimson
Claudel
Pilsudski rescue report from Azores burns and survival
A Polish committee in New York received a coded message from Major Kubala at Santa Cruz Azores confirming Major Idzikowski survived a crash of the Marshall Pilsudski but was severely burned and not expected to live. The note, dated 7:45 am Greenwich time, was the latest update after earlier reports of death.
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New York
Casimir, Kubala
Santa Cruz
Kubala
Marshall Pilsudssi
Idzikowski
Horta
Graciosa
Edward Weishach
Amercan
Azores
Idzitkowski
Weis
Woman's Body Hurled From Auto in Hatboro
The death of 28 year old Mrs Ethel Scott near a Hatboro garage remains a mystery. Investigators debate whether she was slain before being hurled from the car or jumped to escape attention from a man in the vehicle. Physicians say a blunt instrument caused death with likely unconsciousness at impact. Her body was found near the garage as the car sped away. Relatives identify her in Rising Sun Maryland and authorities seek her husband.
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Hatboro
Ethel Scott
Abington Hospital
Darcy Smith
Scott
Harry and
Lena Fox
Rising Sun
Lady Alexander Robbed of Jewels in Chelsea Home
Police report Lady Alexander widow of Sir George Alexander was gagged and bound at her Chelsea residence. Burglars forced open a safe and stole jewelry while two masked men secured her in bed and two others rifled wardrobes. She remained shocked but described the assailants to detectives.
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London
Lady Alexander
Sir George Alexander
Chelsea
Alexander
Chicago murder charge in car collision case
Three Chicago youths were indicted for assault to murder after a collision involving Kasper G Schmidt son of the city comptroller and John J Corcoran son of a wealthy contractor. Schmidt said he and a companion were beaten and left in the road. Arrests followed secret indictments naming Corcoran Ray Stenberg and Jack Watson.
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Chicago
Corcoran
Young Schmidt
Schmidt
Ray Stenberg
Jack Watson
Automobile Geasers
Aaseukt
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