Ford blamed by Coughlin for spreading communism
Rev. Charles Coughlin testified before a congressional committee that Henry Ford unintentionally aided communism. He cited Ford's 30 000 new workers statement drawing men from southern states to Detroit, where many found no jobs. Coughlin added Ford's funds support the Soviet Union via a 13 000 000 contract.
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Congressional Committee
United States
Henry Ford
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
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Ford
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Texas
Europe
Russia
State Starts Suit to Protect Water
Idaho Attorney General seeks a writ of mandate to compel Idaho Improvement Co to repair its plant and deliver more water to Mackay. Custer County suit follows Idaho Public Utilities Commission finding two thirds of water lost before reaching city after ordered repairs.
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Boise
Attorney General
Idaho Improvement Company
Mackay
Custer
Public Utilities Commission
Commission
Tree-sitting ban and parental penalties raise alarms in Chicago
The AP reports that existing laws yield no direct tree-sitting ban but expose parents to $100 fines and up to three months in jail for permitting their children to risk injury. Police were ordered to remove climbers by nightfall as 19 year old Steve Makowski, with an attorney, challenges juvenile limits. A Utah forecast notes unsettled conditions, cooler temps east portion Saturday.
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Chicago
Steve Makowski
Four Die As Krug Park Coaster Crashes In Omaha
Four people died and 19 were injured when four cars of a roller coaster train toppled from a 35 foot incline at Krug Park Omaha. Victims include Gladys Lundgren 29 of Des Moines Ruth Farrell 14 and C H Stout 50 of Omaha Tony Politika 22 who died later. Police battled crowds for 45 minutes to reach the injured and arrange ambulances.
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Neb
Krug Park
Gladys Lundgren
Des Moines
C. H. Stout
Ruth Farrell
Tony Politika
Missionaries Rescued From Chinese War Zone Near Min River
Forty American and British missionaries stranded in a Chinese conflict area were reached by rescuers 100 miles up the Min river. American and British consuls led the party and confirmed the rescue via official advices from Peiping. The group, including 36 Americans, had been marooned under rebel General Lung Singpang and promised safe conduct by both sides though battles raged nearby.
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Min River
Peiping
China
John J. Muccio
Aot
United States
Foochow
Legation
Yen-Ping-Fu
Lung Singpang
Rates Cut on Wheat and Grain Freight by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered substantial reductions in freight rates for wheat and other grains moving through the western territory. The cuts take effect October 1.
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Washington
Western Territory
Interstate Commerce Commission
Smoot defends tariff law against foreign protests
Senator Smoot argues most foreign objections to the new tariff law are unfounded. He notes the United States buys 156.166 million dollars of French products and spends 300 million in tourist funds in France while exports to France total 160 million, leaving a 290 million surplus to France. He says French tariffs differ and discriminate against American goods, harming U.S. exports, with no malevolence involved.
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Washington
Smoot
France
United States
Three Bank Robbers Hanged for 1928 City Bank Heist
In Kansas City, Tony Mangiaracina Carl Nasello and John Messino were executed for the Home Trust robbery and the murder of Traffic Patrolman James H. Smith. The June 14 1928 incident involved a machine gun assault, a tear gas escape attempt and a fatal shootout. Witnesses included the slain officer’s father.
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Kansas City
James H. “Happy” Smith
Tony
Mangiaracina
Carl Nasello
John Messino
Home Trust Company
Nasello
Messino
Darrell Capshaw
Maurice Nagle
Planes Clash. Four Are Dead in Mexico City
In Mexico City on July 25, two army airplanes collided and crashed onto a handball court and a field near Valbona air port. Five people died including four military aviators Captain Paul Mujica and Lieutenants Humberto Enrique Salcedos Napoleon Fernandez Rojo and Pablo Caso Lopez and a civilian. One parachute failed to open resulting in another fatality.
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Mexico City
Carranza Athletic Field
Valbana
Paul Mujica
Humberto
Enrique Salcedos
Napoleon Fernandez Rojo
Pablo Caso Lopez
Baseball scores and golf lead Beverly Country Club match
National and American league results show St Louis Boston Brooklyn Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia and Washington games with varied innings and scorings. The report also notes Johnny Lehman of Chicago leading T Philip Perkins and Ira Couch leading Bob McCrary at the halfway point in the western amateur golf championship.
Italy Hit By New Earthquake Amid Ruin and Flooded Relief
In Ariano, Italy a fresh earthquake struck a ruined area while a hurricane spread terror through northern Italy. Citizens ignored Mussolini edicts and donated over a million lire to relief efforts, aiding hospitals and hundreds of orphans. Rescue teams labored amid mass homelessness and missing persons as King Victor Emmanuel III prepared to visit Naples.
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Rome
Ariano
Italy
Mussolini
Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Seven Held in Slaying of Radio Commentator Buckley
About 20 000 people waited in line to pay tribute to Gerald E. Buckley WMBC announcer shot to death during a recall drive against Mayor Charles Bowles. Police held seven suspects including Jack Klein seen with Buckley in the hotel lobby.
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Underworld
Detroit
Gerald E
Jerry) Buckley
WMBC
Charles Bowles
Buckley
Middlewest
Pasadena Avenue
Jerry Buckley
Jack Klein
la Salle
Klein
Frank Connizero
Rosario Acosta
Alfio Castiglone
Natural Gas Plans For Idaho Towns
Boise reports plans to supply eight southern Idaho cities with liquid natural gas. The project by Thebo Starr and Anderton aims to obtain certificates of convenience and necessity after Idaho incorporation, with gas flowing in several cities before winter. The setup costs about 1.5 million dollars, sourcing LNG from Wyoming and California fields and distributing from Idaho city plants. Similar Northwest projects are under way, mainly by Standard Oil.
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Boise
Idaho
Herbert N. Witt
Thebo, Starr and Anderton
San Francisco
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
Burley
Twin Falls
Nampa
Caldwell
Payette
Weiser
Witt
Wyoming
California
Northwest
Standard Oil Company
Democrats Plan Intensive Campaign to Gain House Control
Democratic leaders vote to raise funds for a congressional drive in 72 districts across border and northern states aimed at recapturing seats and winning a bare majority. Burns to lead the national campaign from Washington after late August, backed by Shouse and Raskob.
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New York
Democratic National Committee
Representative Burns
Tennessee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Jouett Shouse
Democratic Executive Committee
John J. Raskob
Burns
Nashville
Babies Switched? Chicago Parents End Mixup Claim
A morning conference concluded the Bamberger and Watkins babies were never swapped. Doctors supported that the infants’ head shapes explain the confusion, and both families, agreeing, took their babies home though one parent initially resisted.
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Bamberger-Watkins
Charles Bamberger
Watkins
Englewood Hospital
Arnold Kegel
Bambergers
Bamberger
Keystone Hospital
Kegel
Old Volunteers Parade In Salt Lake City
About two hundred Spanish war veterans gathered in Salt Lake City for their annual convention and celebration. They marched down Main Street in a colorful parade, many with faltering steps yet standing firm under the heat and long trek.
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Salt Lake City
Veterans of Warfare
Main Street
Ancient Mastodons Found Near Mongolian Border By Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews reports discovery of 25 to 30 shovel toothed mastodons with six foot jaws in a mud trap along a dried inland sea near Mongolia. Additional pits hold ten to fifteen infant mastodons and hundreds of ribs, suggesting three million years of past life. explorers aim to uncover primitive human remains and a large haeludaterium skeleton in 1928 sites.
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Peiping
China
Roy Chapman Andrews
Sr Andrews
Mongolia
Andrews
Gobi
Germany’s Woman Flyer Injured in Berlin Plane Crash
Thea Rasche Germanys flying Fraulein was injured when her plane crashed after takeoff from Tempelhof. The craft fell about 120 feet and wrecked. Observers said a sudden gust may have caused the loss of balance. Injuries described as slight.
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Berlin
Thea Rasche
Huston resigns as RNC chair amid lobby fund controversy
Washington July 25 AP Huston ends stormy tenure as Republican National Committee chairman after telling President Hoover he will resign and that the executive committee will meet August 7. Senator Fess of Ohio named to succeed him with Robert Lucas set to run campaign work. White House approves new organization to start early next month. Huston had testified before the Senate lobby committee about funds raised for the Tennessee River improvement association.
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Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Huston
Hoover
National Committee
Fess
Ohio
Republican High Command
Robert Lucas
Kentucky
Internal Revenue
James Francis Burke
White House
Senate
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Gillespie resigns from Detroit Public Works post
John Gillespie, longtime public works commissioner and storm center of Detroit politics, resigns amid recall proceedings against Mayor Charles Bowles. His departure ends his influence in Bowles administration as the recall campaign against Bowles continues to push for reelection confrontations.
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Detroit
John Gillespie
Storm Center
Charles Bowles
Public Works
Bowles
Gillespie
Department of Public Works
Harold Emmons
Commons Backs Naval Treaty With Lords Debate Likely
London July 25 AP The naval treaty bill passed the house of commons on the final reading and was read in the house of lords. Earl Beatty and Lord Jellicoe will lead the Lords debate. The measure passed largely without division aside from clause 2 overriding article 4 of the 1922 Washington treaty. A V Alexander stated article 22 covers the submarine issue. The government won the clause 2 division 190 to 58.
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House of Commons
House of Lords
Commons
Earl Beatty
Lord Jellicoe
Great Britain
A. R. J. Southby
A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Busy duties crown Indiana officer as chief, firefighter, and driver
In Schereville Indiana on July 25 AP describes Peter Reader who serves as police chief, motorcycle officer, fire department chief and truck driver. A hit and run chase followed by a fire response showed his multitasking as he repaired streets and met with the town board.
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Schereville
Ind
Board of Safety
Peter Reader
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