Farm Bureau Not Political, Legge Says
Legge, chairman of the Farm Board, declares opposition to the board’s wheat policy is a political bank of the same kind that worsened farmer conditions. He says he will report to President Hoover on acreage reduction progress and seeks cooperation from winter wheat belt farmers, calling Democratic critiques politically motivated.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
Hoover
Democratic National Committee
Reed
Kansas
Union Pacific Reports June Net Operating Income
The Union Pacific railroad announced June net operating income of 1,479,521 dollars, down from 2,741,099 last June. For the first half of the year, net operating income totaled 9,308,093 dollars versus 16,200,796 in the prior year.
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New York
Union Pacific Railroad Today
Paddy Harmon Dies After Auto Crash In Chicago
Patrick J. Harmon builder of the Chicago stadium and longtime sports promoter was killed when his car left the road near Crystal, Illinois. His wife May Harmon and Dr. E J Brand suffered serious injuries. Brand later died. Harmon helped develop bicycle racing and promoted six day events.
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Chicago
Patrick J
Paddy) Harmon
Crystal
Harmon
E. J. Brand
Harmons
May Harmon
Dr. Brand
John C. Chapman
New York
Chicago Stadium
Armon
Young Robbers Loot National Bank in Hartford Wisconsin
Three young men robbed the First National Bank in Hartford shortly before noon stealing about 100000 dollars. They slugged cashier R W Bailey and forced assistant cashier H L Radke to open the safe. The trio gathered 15000 in currency and 85000 in negotiable securities before fleeing.
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Hartford
Wis
First National Bank
R. W. Bailey
H. L. Radke
Interstate Commerce Commission Won't Alter Railroad Plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission will not alter or reconsider last December’s plan to consolidate U.S. railroads into 21 trunk line systems. Trade groups including in Philadelphia, the Moffat Tunnel League in Colorado, and the Waco Beaumont Trinity and Saine railroad in Texas had urged a reevaluation, while the Baltimore and Ohio and others asked dismissal. The commission announced it would not revisit the subject and dismissed the petitions.
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Washington
Inerstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Moffat Tunnel League
Colorado
Waco, Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine Railroad
Texas
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Copper price reduced to 11.30 cents a pound
Copper Exporters Inc cut export copper price by one fourth of a cent to 11.30 cents per pound in New York. The move aligns export value with the domestic level of 11 cents a pound, as custom smelters and producers had been offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Copper Exporters, Inc
Basketball accident ends life of Chicago student
Arthur Gorski, a Chicago high school student who suffered a brain concussion in a July 3 practice basketball game, died last night. The incident prompted officials to review safety measures at school athletic activities.
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Chicago
Arthur Gorski
Pilot Killed As Air Mail Plane Crashes Near Huron
William Federick Martin 26 of Bay City Mich flying for Thompson Aero nautical corp on Cleveland to Pontiac air mail route crashes two miles west of Huron Ohio about 430 am. Plane lands in George Beatty farm field crushed cockpit no blaze no gasoline odor parachute still in pack. Fog and rain blamed for the accident as manager Jack Parker and coroner visit scene.
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Huron
William Federick Martin
Bay City
Mich
Cleveland
Pontiac
Thompson Aeronautical Corporation
Pitcairn
Here
George Beatty
Jack Parker
Parker Air Field
Sandusky
A. Grierson
Naughty Sonny Used Bad Word Chapter in Portland Home
Police answered a call from neighbors to the home of J Brousard Sr 96 who chastised his son J Brousard Jr 57 for using a forbidden word not allowed in the home for 70 years The officers found no crime in the paternal discipline and left.
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Portland
Ore
J. Brousard, Sr
J. Bousard, Jr
Brousard
Brousard Fils
Brousard Pere
Airmen Extend Endurance Flight From St Louis
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine pursue a new refueling endurance record in their monoplane Greater St Louis. By 7 11 a m they had logged 24 hours aloft with five refueling contacts and planned to fly about 30 days to surpass the Hunter brothers record of 554 hours.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brine
Greater St. Louis
Hunter Brothers
Chicago
Railway Strike Deferred For Day In Southern Ireland
Dublin July 22 The general strike by railway workers in southern Ireland, planned to begin last midnight, is postponed for 24 hours after intervention by the government. The move affects about 12 000 Great Southern Railway employees and 400 Irish Omnibus Company workers as union leaders agree to talks urged by P J McGilligan.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Southern Ireland
Free State
Great Southern Railway
Irish Omnibus Company
P. J. McGilligan
Industry and Commerce
Ash Can Pete Shot Dead In Chicago Saloon
Peter Inserio known as Ash Can Pete, 40, was shot multiple times at his North Elizabeth street saloon once renamed Idle Hour Club. Police suspect Moran-Aillo gang enemies. no witnesses. A brief cash register search found nickels, no alcohol.
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Chicago
Peter
Ash Can Pete
Inserio
North Elizabeth Street
Tacoma Planes Set for Tokyo Flight Test
Tacoma based flights to Tokyo advance as City of Tacoma passes gas test. Lt Harold Bromley tests speed and fuel use on Portland run and awaits exhaust ring installation. Backers consider Alaska refuel stops with navigator Harold Gatty aboard. second plane May attempt non stop refuel flight over Alaska with co pilot Edward L Brown.
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Harold Bromley
Tacoma
Wash
Harold Gatty
Pacific Ocean
Tokyo
Japan
Here
Bromley
Portland
John Buffelen
Alaska
Name
Solomon Spit
Robert Wark
Seattle
Wark
Edward L. Brown
June Baby Record Shows Surge in Births in Boise
The bureau of vital statistics reports 1048 births in June in Boise, higher than all but January this year, with a slight tilt toward male births at 568. June saw 14 sets of twins among total births, following January’s 1101.
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Boise
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Settlement Reaches End to Great Southern Railway Dispute
A settlement in the Great Southern Railway dispute prevents the general strike planned for midnight tonight. No halt in rail service will occur as previously threatened.
Hijackers Stole Rum From Libby Warehouse
Thieves raided Libby, McNeill and Libby in Chicago Union Stockyards stealing forty barrels of rum used for mince meat production. The bootleg value is estimated at 80 thousand dollars. Police call it the boldest hijacking raid against legitimate industry in the city.
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Chicago
Libby, McNeill and Libby
Union
Heat Wave Claims Thirty Lives In Eastern Cities
Heat plagued the eastern seaboard with New York Philadelphia Baltimore and suburbs reporting at least 30 deaths and many prostrations. Rain cooled the midwest and storms caused hurricane force winds in parts of New England and New York state.
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New York
Seaboard
Midwest
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Middlewest
New England
New York State
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Arkansas
Washington
Baseball scores and rain delays across early games
National League action shows St. Louis and Brooklyn with a 15 to 2 result in Brooklyn, Cincinnati wrapping up a rain delay with Boston, and Chicago splitting games in New York. American games feature New York at Cleveland, Philadelphia vs Detroit, and Washington vs St. Louis with varied outcomes amid rain suspensions.
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National St. Louis
Brooklyn
Hallahan
Mancuso
Thurston
Lopez
Four Society Leaders Die in Plane Crash Near Meopham
In Meopham Kent four society leaders died when a nearly new Junkers air taxi plummeted into pieces after takeoff from Croydon. Victims include Viscountess Ednam Mrs Henrik Lesler the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava Sir Edward Ward and Lieut. Col. George L P Henderson pilot. Mrs Henderson, a newlywed, collapsed upon learning of her husband’s death.
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Henderson
George L. P. Henderson
Croydon
Les Tourquet
France
London
Colonel Henderson
Viscountess
Ednam
Henrik Lesler
Marquis of Dufferin and
Ava
Sir Edward Ward
Charles Shearing
Engineers to Study Water Division by Four States
Denver July 22. Engineers from Colorado Utah Wyoming and New Mexico will study the Upper Colorado River division. They will report August 22 in Denver and meet August 25 with a US Reclamation official. A Boulder Dam act provision allocates 150000 for the study guiding a 1500000 acre foot allocation.
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Denver
Colorado River
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
New Mexico
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Interstate River Commissioners
Elwood Mead
Federal Reclamation Service
Fleet on Second Leg Plane Race Heads to Cincinnati
A fleet of 16 planes started the second leg of the All American air derby from Roosevelt Field New York heading for Cincinnati to contest 36500 in prizes for a 5500 mile race around the United States. Lee Gehlbach led the field by 23 minutes and won the Buffalo stop while Herman Hamer and L R Bayles followed. The route includes Cincinnati Little Rock Houston San Angelo Texas Douglas Arizona Ogden Utah Lincoln Nebraska Chicago and Detroit.
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Herman Hamer
L. R. Bayles
Springfield
Mass
Cincinnati
Little Rock
Houston
San Angelo
Texas
Douglas
Arizona
Ogden
Utah
Lincoln
Neb
Chicago
Detroit
Woman seeks state certificate to practice embalming
Mases L. Davis of American Falls 22 began taking the examination for a state embalming certificate in Boise on July 22 with three men also taking the test. Davis’s father is an embalmer in American Falls.
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Boise
Mases L. Davis
American Falls
London naval treaty signed by Hoover aids hope for pact
President Hoover signed the London naval treaty in the White House East Room with top officials and lawmakers witnessing. The Senate approved ratification 58 to 9, and adjourned sine die as the body plans a December reassembly for the short session ending March 4, 1931.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Stimson
Adams
Reed
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Arkansas
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Curtis
Borah
Foreign Relations
Swanson
Great Britain
Japan
Johnson
California
Utah Valuation for 1939 Tax Purposes Sees Increase
The Utah state board of equalization reports total valuation for 1930 at 726,592,000 with counties listing 453,862,525 in assessable property excluding mines and utilities. Increases reflect bank compaction and general value shifts, with notable changes in livestock, machinery, and merchandize values across 28 counties.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
State Board of Equalization
Mchinery
Sultan Buys an American Car in Abyssinia Roads Under Construction
In Jimma province Abyssinia the rich Sultan Jifar selects a red American car after comparing options in Addis Ababa. He paid 3600 dollars plus 624 dollars to a taxi driver to deliver the vehicle, and he plans to build roads to serve the car’s use. The report notes extensive spending on the project.
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Sultan
Washington
Jimma
Abyssinia
Addis Ababa
Sultan Jifar
Sultan Pende
State Department
Krafts
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Paddy Harmon
South Dakota
National Bank
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Flyer
Sonny
Ash
Pete
Gally
War
Brown
Boston
Pittsburgh
Hemsley
Collins
Bensa
Root
Hartnett
Donahue
Hogan
Teachout
Bush
J. Taylor
Walker
O'Farrell
Pipgras
Dickey
Hudlin
Myatt
Ruffin
Hargrave
Shores
Cochrane
Sorrell and Hayworth
Jones and Spencer
Coffman and Ferrell
Gaston
Durham
Heving
Berry
Henry
Lyons and
Tate
Baker
Herman Hi. Barrere
Montreal
Mary Baker
Washington, D. C
Col. Henderson
Metal
Meopham
Kent
England
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