Border clash leaves U.S. ranger dead near El Pabo
El Pabo Texas July 20 AP A U S border patrolman Scotten was killed in a border gun battle with Mexican rum runners who allegedly planned a large smuggling run. The firefight began when a lone horseman approached the U S side and decoys drew patrolmen into an ambush.
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United States Watches China Rail Seizure Rift
Washington notes the Harbin seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway involves 1590 Americans in Harbin and affects Manchuria as a growing American goods market. The move touches Russia and Japan, threatening regional influence and prompting Russia to seek a peaceful settlement with warnings of other measures.
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Poincare Wins Out Debt Plan Victory in Paris
The Poincare government secured a decisive win in the debt ratification debate as the chamber of deputies approved by 301 to 25 a motion limiting reservations to ratification of the Mellon Berenger accord. The Prouty Deligne motion states France cannot fund the debt settlement except through regular Germany restitution and urges government vigilance on annuity payments under the Young plan.
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Hoyt reaches Nome on return flight to Fairbanks
Captain Ros G Hoyt arrived in Nome from New York at 5 pm local time on July 20 after a rest, and began a return flight to Fairbanks for an overnight stay. Rain and fog delayed travel, extending the leg by about 4 hours 30 minutes.
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Ros G. Hoyt
New York
Pairbanks
Hoyt
Three Civil War Veterans Meet at Last Mans Club Reunion
At St Paul on July 20 AP reports three aging Civil War veterans gathered for the Last Mans club reunion. John Goff of St Paul in a wheelchair, Peter Hall of Atwater Minn and Charlie Lockwood of Chamberlain share memories as age weighs on them during the annual gathering.
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Peter O. Hall
Atwater
Minn
Charlies Lockwood
Chamberlain
Veterans recall US Siberian Expedition ten years on
New York July 20 scattered Americans recall the Siberian occupation era as a military and political page from World War I. Ex-doughboys and Red Cross nurses remember Pogranichnaya Blagoveschensk Vladivostok and the Chinese Eastern Railway conditions that shaped the rivalries of China and Soviet Russia and the broader Asian conflict.
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United States
Asia
China
Soviet Russia
Pogranichnaya
Blagoveschensk Vladivostok
Red Cross
Siberian
AEF
Chinese Eastern Railway
Eastern
Japan
Siberia
Vladivostok
Five Days on the Desert Stranded Prohibition Agents
Two federal prohibition agents L E Hammond and Thomas Hendrick were stranded on the Great Salt Lake desert after their car broke down. With temperatures above 100 degrees they traveled by foot to a prospectors cabin and lived on goat milk until a rescue message reached a post office 35 miles away. Headquarters sent aid and the men began returning to town.
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Thomas Hendrick
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Hendrick
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Commune camp on coast triggers federal probe
United States district attorney said the justice department will investigate a camp near Healdsburg on the Russian River alleged to host 30 children of Finnish Russian and Polish parentage aged 8 to 17. The camp featured the flag of Russia and songs of Internationale while teaching communist principles. Local residents objected to the revolutionary hymn and march songs.
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United States District Attorney's Office
Department of Justice
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Sonoma County
American Legion
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Carl Barnard
Barnard
Asmel Russia
Old Peppersass Cog Engine Disaster on Mount Washington
A touring party including governors from Alabama Iowa Minnesota Missouri Utah Vermont West Virginia Oklahoma faced disaster on Mount Washington when the Old Peppersass cog engine overturned at the top of Jacob's ladder. One man was killed and four injured including E C Jack Prost of Concord.
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Vermont
Wm G. Conley
W. Va
C. S. Storms
Oklahoma
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Boston and Maine Railroad
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Concord
France ratifies war debt plan in slim victory
The French Chamber of Deputies narrowly approved the Washington war debt agreement by eight votes, 300 to 292, clearing a path to the Senate. Foreigner Minister Briand and Premier Poincaré led proceedings while the chamber adjourned after a long session. France had earlier owed the United States 82.85 million dollars on account with Mellon-Berenger terms setting total payments at about 4.025 billion dollars.
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Treasury
Andrew W Mellon
United States
Sugar tariff debate flares as Smoot plan gains attention
Washington reports renewed interest in a sugar tariff tied to Cuban sugar prices. The Smoot proposal sets a maximum 240 cent duty with gradual cuts as prices shift, aiming to keep wholesale sugar around six cents per pound. Hoover backs a tariff protecting both producers and consumers.
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Smoot
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Hoover
Finance Committee
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Oklahoma
Warlike acts charged as tensions flare between Russia and China
Soviet and Chinese spokesmen pledged loyalty to the Kellogg anti war pact while warning that any move to deploy troops in Manchuria would be deemed an act of war. Moscow reports a rush of red army recruits as Chinese reinforcements concentrate on the frontier and Chiang Kai Shek appeals for national unity. Great Britain and France vow cooperation with the United States to prevent war.
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Soviet Union
Red Army
Chiang Kai Shek
Anoce
Washington
John V. A. MacMurray
Peiping
Great Britain
France
United States
Young Communists Ridicule Scouts At New York Docks
In New York on July 20, about 50 Youth Pioneers of America demonstrated at the Cunard docks as 237 Boy Scouts prepared to sail on the Samaria to the world Jamboree in England. The protest delayed the ship 20 minutes and police clashed with protesting girls who seized banners and tossed them into the Hudson.
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Young Pioneers of America
Cunard
Samaria
England
Hudson
Young Pioneers
Scout Movement
Wheeler appeals Idaho statute to Supreme Court
E A Wheeler of Caldwell filed an appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court challenging a 1927 legislature statute that created an improvement district in Caldwell. The case stems from A O C Butten’s district bench ruling after his Payette county legislative service. The Supreme Court upheld the district court, deeming the constitutional attack too general.
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E. A. Wheeler
Caldwell
Supreme Court
A. O C. Butten
Payette County
Twin Falls Family Injured In Auto Pileup Near Hansen
Dr James L Barker a University of Utah Romance Languages instructor and three family members were injured four miles east of Hansen Idaho. Nancy Barker 20 driven car cut shoulder after wheel departure. Dr Barker head bruises and wrist cuts. Mrs Barker broken collarbone. Margaret Barker 7 bruised. Jimmie Barker 7 escaped unhurt. Car wreck occurred during trip to Eugene Oregon for lectures.
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James L. Barker
University of Utah
Hansen
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