Treaty May Reach Vote Monday On Communist Plot Claims
Police inspector testifies before the special house Communist investigating committee about charges from Gregory Bessedovsky that Moscow planned to spend large sums to foment revolution in the United States. The article alleges Amtorg used as cover and funds for propaganda and that Soviet secret police operated undercover with agents in the country.
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New York
Gregory Bessedovsky
Paris
Tokyo
Moscow
United States
Special House
Communist Investigating Committee
John A. Lyons
Radical Bureau
Bessedovsky
Amtorg Trading Company
Soviet Union
Amtorg Company
American Community Party
Amtorg
Wagner
Neiman
Washington
Asa P. Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Girl Driving the Speed Boat Tragedy on Lake Michigan
Betty Ayers an 18 year old rides the speed boat Whoopee with a party when it collides with the yawl Scarab owned by George Pulver. The accident due to lack of proper lights left Ayers dead and others injured while Scarab proceeds to a Chicago Mackinac race.
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Chicago
Betty Ayers
George Pulver
Washington, D. C
Lake Michigan
Pulver
Belmont Harbor
Lincoln Park
Chicago Mackinac
Benjamin Marshall
Evanston
Marshall Chaffeur
Dorothy Marshall
Benjamin
Yan
Miss Ayres
Young Marshall
Two Suspects Arrested in Gas Station Break-In
Sheriff Charles Summerfield left Moscow Idaho for Council Idaho today where Paul Thompson and Ray Kink are under arrest on suspicion of breaking into a gasoline filling station in Moscow.
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Moscow
Idaho
Charles Summerfield
Council
Paul Thompson
Ray Kink
Torrid Heat Across East Of Rockies Sets July Records
Heat records fell across the east of the Rockies with New York at 96 and Baltimore at 99. Philadelphia 97 topped the summer, while St. Louis read 7 at noon and Chicago unofficially 103. Keedysville Maryland hit 105 as drought hit the Shenandoah valley. temps linger with no relief though scattered thundershowers possible.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Mason- Dixon Line
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
South
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Keedysville
Mercury
Dixie
Charlottesville
Bristol
Tenn
Shenandoah Valley
Hoover Sticks to Duties on a Hot Saturday in Washington
On one of the summer’s hottest days President Hoover remained at his desk in Washington. He briefly rode out late in the afternoon with Mrs Hoover and their younger son Allan. He had hoped to go to his Virginia lodge but the Senate’s special session kept him in the capital.
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Washington
Capital
Hoover
Allan
Virginia
Senate
Norris the Odd Candidate Sought by Committee
Broken Bow Neb July 19 A hearing by Senator Gerald P Nye chair of the Senate committee into the candidacy of W Norris a Broken Bow grocer opposed to Senator W Norris for the Republican senatorial nomination left his whereabouts unknown. Federal officers searched for Norris and his attorney William E Shuman of North Platte as Nye sought to uncover any campaign expenditures.
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Broken Bow
Neb
W. Norris
Gerald P. Nye
Senate
Cam
McCook
Charles A
State Supreme Court
Goss
Secretary of State
William E Shuman
North Platte
Nye
Hindenburg Receives Roaring Welcome in Speyer
President von Hindenburg drew overwhelming crowds in Speyer on the Rhineland visit. From dawn crowds filled the streets as his presidential car arrived and departed for Ludwigshafen Worms and Mainz, the city hall greeting drew shouts and a balcony wave to the cheering populace.
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Speyer
Germany
von Hindenburg
Rhineland
Republic
Ludwigshafen
Worms
Mayence
Claim mines valued at ten million in California dispute
Three women and laborers accuse Inyo county men led by the Clair faction of seizing Ballart Mining properties. Deputy Marshal Finn served an injunction for Inyo officials and local bank executives to appear July 28 to show cause why the order should not be permanent. The women say threats and forced labor halted assessment work jeopardizing title if not finished by July 31. Mines valued at ten million dollars and an offer of sixty eight dollars per share was reportedly refused.
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Los Angeles
Inyo County
Ballart Mining Corporation
United States
Martin Finn
Pleasant and
Panamint
Don Clair
W. D
John W Clair
Inyo County Bank
Debate Exhausts Both Sides Over London Naval Pact
Washington July 19 The London naval limitation treaty moves toward ratification as opposition ends speeches and the text is formally approved. Senator Johnson’s group fails to block the pact while Senate leaders set a vote for next week after completing reading of all 24 articles.
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Washington
Johnson
Republican
California
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Policy of Farm Board Criticized in Chicago
The American Bar Association committee on American citizenship may publish a report slamming the farm board chief bill as raising bread prices to benefit 10 percent at the expense of 90 percent. It cites $25 million already allotted and a $20 million loss, warns of a national pattern of dole-seeking industries and calls for reform, including a possible change to presidential inauguration timing.
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Chicago
Committee On American Citizenship of the American Bar Association
Farm Board
Congress
Treasury
a_ national
Jent
Girl Steps From Coffin and Is Buried Again
In Juan de Los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico on July 19 the funeral party for 15 year old Petrona Corada gathered around her coffin. A sudden knocking was heard from inside and the coffin was opened revealing the girl alive. She could not explain the apparent revival after being pronounced dead by two doctors.
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Juan de Los Lagos
Jalisco
Mexico
Petrona Corada
Lipton ill with lumbago aims for Shamrock V race
Ill with lumbago Sir Thomas Lipton, British sportsman, was reported ill but expects to start for America to follow his Shamrock V yacht for the race in September.
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Thomas Lipton
America
Sheriff and Criminal Killed In Gun Fight
In Dalhart Texas and Stillwater Minnesota, gun battles left a sheriff and a fugitive dead. Len Dillinger and Orrell Dillinger wounded. Arleta Boger injured. H D Foust and deputies reported the exchange. Sheriff George W. Alexander killed at the scene. Bert Dillinger jailed for kidnapping and assault in a separate case.
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George W. Alexander
Dallam County
Panhandle
Len Dillinger
Orrell Dillinger
Len
Arleta Booger
Here
Lon Dillinger
Wie House
Alexander
H. D. Foust
Earl Damron
Hartley County
Damion
Poust
Foust
Dillinger
Lon di Mnger
Arleta Boger
Bert Dillinger
Lon
Orrell
New Mexico State Line
Bootleg Basis For The Air New York Raids
Seven men arrested in the seizure of an outlaw radio station on Long Island were held on 87 500 bond each for hearing in August on Volstead Act violations and unlicensed radio operation charges. Suspects include Joseph H. Wickert Peter Wycoff Patrick Pittgerakd Alcove M. C dell Robert Blake E J Blake and Sam Schwarz. Treasury agents and deputies conducted raids on four homes. unlicensed stations were linked to bootlegging operations moving liquor from Scotland to the United States.
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New York
Lone Island
Joseph H. Wickert
Mat
Peter Wycoff
Mattatuck
Patrick Pittgerakd
Bronx
Heli
Inside Story of Foster in Lingle Killing Case
Chicago officials hinted Frank Foster, linked to the revolver used in Tribune reporter Jake Lingle’s death, provided information. Foster was returned to the city as detectives pursued details, while authorities kept what he said secret and reporters were kept off the trail.
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Chicago
Frank Foster
Jake Lingle
Tribune
Foster
Lingle Tteels
South Side
Lingle
Spe
California
Ti de Bottini
Abbott
Bing
Jack Zuta
Reput Capone
State Street
Abbottinit
Nez Perce approves Lewis-Clark highway contract
Nez Perce county commissioners signed a contract with the state to build a 20 mile extension of the Lewis Clark highway from Myrtle to the Clearwater county line. Total cost about 244,197 with the county paying 145,050.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Nez Perce
Stat
Myrtle
Clearwater
Hoover appoints five to Federal Power Commission and allies
President Hoover named Claude L. Draper Ralph B. Williamson Marcel Garlaud William M. Jardine and Frank T. Hines and Nicholas Roosevelt to key posts including the Federal Power Commission and Veterans Administration. The selections go to the Senate amid ongoing London treaty debate with committee referral expected.
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Washington
Federa Power Commission
Hoover
Senate
Claude L. Draper
Wyoming
Idaho Man Challenges Firecracker Ban in Hansen Suit
Tom Gailey of Hansen sues the village Hansen and officials over a June 13 firecracker ban claiming the ordinance is invalid and seeks 5064.50 in damages for alleged unlawful arrest and imprisonment after his July 4 fireworks incident. He says he served days in county jail and paid 14.50 in fines.
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Twin Falls
Kers
Hansen
Idaho
Tom Gailey
Justice of the Peace
Justice’s Bondsmen
J. H Barnes
Gailey Eeeps
Hansen Trustees
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Green Pond Mountain
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Brooks Hays
Littl Rock
John ©. Sheffield
Helena
Thornberry Gray
Batesville
Norris
Hindy
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Stillwater
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Charley Lockwood
Bull Run
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