Germany’s Von Schleicher defies world in Reichstag drive
Gen Kurt von Schleich er warned in a radio address that Germany would seek security by reorganizing its armed forces unless post war treaties are revised. He opposed a military dictatorship and said reductions by others are unlikely. Analysts doubt a Reichstag majority for Von Papen allies or Bruening coalition in Sunday vote.
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Berlin
Kurt von Schleicher
von Papen
Germany
Reichstag
Titler
Henrich Bruening
Kansas Widow Calls For Dismantling Farm Board
Ida Watkins of Sublette testifies before Shannon house committee accusing government interference of harming farmers. She challenges officials to remove the farm board, saying the only help for Kansas farmers is to kick the devil out of the farm board.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Shannon House Committee
Farm Board
Ida Watkins
Sublette
M. W. Borders
President Hoover Jr Attends Cheyenne Aviation Meeting
Herbert Hoover Jr., communications engineer for the Transcontinental and Western Air, represented his companies at a National Aeronautical Conference session in Cheyenne Wyoming. He departed by plane for Kansas City after the meeting.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Herbert Hoover, Jr
National Aeronautical
Humber of Commerce
Preside
Trans- Continental
Western Air Express Lines
Kansas City
Cemetery Singer Draws Crowd In Joliet Graveyard
In Joliet Illinois crowds gather at the penitentiary graveyard to hear a high pitched Latin chant by a mysterious singer. Prison officials probe to see if a phonograph or hoax is involved while locals debate superstition and murderers buried there.
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Joliet
Ill
Potters’ Field
Illinois State Penitentiary
Brigham City Cannery Manager Pierce Found Dead
John L. Pierce, 56, manager of the Brigham Canning company, was found dead with two bullet holes in the Brigham City casing plant. A pistol lay nearby and a cartridge on the floor. illness and worries over business were noted. Pierce, former Utah Canners' association president, had run the plant for about several years and was unmarried. He is survived by his father and a sister in Florida.
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Brigham City
Utah
John L. Pierce
Brigham C . Canning Company
Pierce
Utah Canners’ Association
Preliminary hearing continues in Fretag case at American Falls
Harold Fretag of Blackfoot faces involuntary manslaughter charges after a head on crash near American Falls that killed John Sattler of Herndon Kansas. Passenger Andrew Unger remains in serious condition with head injuries and paralysis. Four others in the Kansas car were uninjured.
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American Falls
Pocatello Tribune
Harold Fretag
Blackfoot
John Sattler
Herndon
Kansas
Frank Hooke
Sattler
Fretag
Andrew Unger
American ‘Alls Hospital
Unsettled Weather Tonight in Utah
Utah faces unsettled conditions tonight with cooler air likely. A northern and central focus for cooler temperatures persists, while southern portions may feel milder before Thursday.
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Utah
Charge Denial From Engineers Amid Employment Claim
Cleveland July 27 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers defended its president against claims that engineers work overtime and push firemen and enginemen from jobs. Alvanley Johnston said the charge is exaggerated admitting some job losses but denying a 60 days a month workload. The dispute stems from seniority ranking forcing engineers to fire engines when not in their regular role, ousting regular firemen.
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Cleveland
Brotherhod of
Locomotive Engineers
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Alvanley Johnston
Johnston
Robertson
Hopper Poison Mixes With Meal Tragedy in Texas
In Waco Texas two boys, Earl Norman fourteen and Jack Norman nine, died after eating corn bread tainted with grasshopper poison. Seven relatives including Mrs Norman, a baby, and a 71 year old man were critically ill. Investigators suspect accidental contamination from a sack of grasshopper poison stored near the corn meal.
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Waco
Tex
Earl Norman
Jack Norman
D. L. Norman
Axtell
Oiling Program To Start Next Week In Pocatello
Pocatello city council approved changes to local ordinances in a special meeting. The Morrison-Knudson company of Boise will sign the contract Friday and begin street oiling next week. About 20 miles of streets will be treated under the adjusted contract after Quinn-Robbins exited the job.
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Pocatello
Morrison-Knudson Contracting Company
Boise
T. C. Coffin
Quinn-Robbins Company
Quinn-Robbins
Youths seek revenge and kills aunt in California tale
A 20 year old UC Berkeley student George Douglas Templeton Jr confessed to killing his aunt Mrs Lillian Babcock and wounding her husband, Manila trade head William R Babcock, in a revenge plot tied to a five year litigation with Templetons father's firm. Authorities recount planning details and the motive to recover funds.
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San Jose
Cal
George Douglas Templeton, Jr
University of California
Oakland
Lillian Babcock
William R. Babcock
Philippine
Templeton
Palo Alto
Babcock
Manila
Young Templeton
Temperton
Babcocks
Los Altos
Here
Father Held for Slaying His Son
In Los Angeles on July 27 John Roberts 72 a real estate dealer is held after his son Earle Lee Roberts 45 head of a finance firm is shot dead in a downtown office. An inquest is set for tomorrow and no murder complaint will be filed until after the hearing. Police say hatred stemming from tangled money matters triggered the shooting.
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Los Angeles
Earle Lee Roberts
Finance Corporation
John Roberts
San Diego
Growns
Roberts
Accused Lawyer Shoots Self to End Embezzlement Charges
Arthur Sellers a 57 year old Philadelphia lawyer and Republican congressional candidate died of a self inflicted gunshot wound as he faced a hearing on embezzlement charges involving a $50 000 trust fund he managed as executor. Police guarded his home to prevent escape as magistrates court filled with observers. The case spanned over 100 charges alleging embezzlement and inflated funeral expenses and pauper burials.
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Philadelphia
Arthur Sellers
Congress
Sellers
Menace of Forest Fires Is Reduced
Salt Lake City reports cooperation of the public and favorable weather have cut the forest fire menace this summer. Regional forester R H Rutledge notes last year thousands were spent and acres burned, while this year only a few small blazes occur. Public education on carelessness and ideal weather aided prevention.
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Salt Lake City
R. H. Rutledge
Ogden
Mr. Rutledge
Connecticut chamber notes June gains in seven key sectors
The Connecticut chamber of commerce reports in June survey of the state's 16 largest cities improvements in postal receipts, bank debits, electricity use, cotton consumed, autos sold, and life insurance sales. Telegraphic billings show a decline.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut Chamber of Commerce
Jury rules for plaintiff in $5000 damages case
The jury found for James Burns against R. L Getty, awarding $990 after a two day trial in Judge J. L Downing's district court. The decision came this afternoon following the morning jury action.
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James Burns
R. L Getty
J. L Downing
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Beverly Hills July 27 Will Rogers comments on war time Liberty bond over subscription. He notes Congress claimed the issue was over subscribed before sundown and jokes that they could have lent even more, praising the loaning and appropriation bent of Congress and the large sums involved.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Congress
Thomas praises past session as constructive in Boise visit
Senator John Thomas, visiting Gooding, called the prior session the most constructive in Congress. He cited the reconstruction finance corp, agricultural credit corp, reclamation moratorium, a 1.5 billion loan fund for counties and public works, and 300 million for unemployment relief. He credited these measures with recent farm price upticks and expected further gains. He said he would open Boise headquarters with Senator Borah.
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Boise
Congress
John Thomas
Gooding
Thomas
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Federal Reserve Credit
Bonus Army Battles Eviction Move Delayed in DC
Washington July 27 AP The District of Columbia commissioners and treasury officials failed to agree on eviction plans for the bonus army camp on lower Pennsylvania Avenue. Pelham D Glassford said there will be no legal use of the metropolitan police and no definite course yet. The treasury had planned evacuation at 7:30 this morning but nothing happened.
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Washington
Bonus Army
Pennsylvania Avenue
District of Columbia
Treasury
Pelham D. Glassford
Metropolitan Police Department
Glassford
Mellon Returns to Washington for Talks After Vacation
Andrew W. Mellon ambassador to Great Britain arrives in Washington for a vacation and immediately starts meetings with former cabinet colleagues. He visits the Treasury Department to confer with successor Ogden Mills and then goes to the State Department to see Secretary Stimson.
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Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Great Britain
Treasury Department
Ogden L. Mills
State Department
Stimson
Senator Thomas urges opening Snake River to navigation
Senator John Thomas backs navigation on the upper Columbia and Snake rivers. A senate sub committee will gather more evidence in Portland on September 5 and 6 and in Lewiston Idaho on September 7 and 8 to study the proposal.
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Senator Thomas
Snake River
Boise
Columbia River
Senate
Portland
Lewiston
Idaho
John Thomas
Salt Lake City
Hoover Dam
Colorado
San Joaquin
Sacramento
California
Columbia
Snake Rivers
Committee of Nine
Elwood Mead
United States Commissioner of Reclamation
Idaho Falls
Senate Irrigation and Reclamation Committee
Thomas
Neary
Oregon
Jones
Washington
Walsh
Montana
Kendrick
Wyoming
Boulder Dam
Salt Lake
Upper Columbia and
Snake
Indian Dance to Commence at Sundown
A Bannock and Shoshone Sundance at Fort Hall opens at sundown with 25 to 75 participants. The two grounds lie near Pocatello and the Fort Hall agency. Sunrise ceremony honors the Great Spirit with prayers as the sun rises.
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Fort Hall Reservation
Pocatello
Oregon Trail
Oregon Country
Fort Hall Indian Agency
Fort Hall
Scores and lineups from today’s baseball games
Box scores show Philadelphia, Detroit, New York, Cleveland, Washington and other teams with multiple innings totals. Players Earnshaw Heving Walberg Cochrane Marrow Hayworth MacFayden Phillips Hildebrand Sewell Jorgens Myatt, Kline Tate Daglia Greg ory Wise Grube Mungo Phelps Quinn Lopez Benton Lombardi Henson Collins Davis Root Tinning Hemsley Spohrer Brown Spohrer Bush Hartnett Frankhouse Pruett Hargrave Kramer Harris Spencer Padden Walker Gibson Schumacher Hogan Swift Grace Hoyt O Farrell today’s results and lineup notes
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Chicago
Boston
Bush and
Hartnett
Frankhouse
Pruett and Hargrave
Pittsburgh
New York
Kramer
Harris
Spencer
Padden
Walker
Gibson Schumacher
Hogan
Swift and
Grace
Hoyt and
O'Farrell
Cholera Epidemic Sweeps China Reported in Manila
Dr. R. W. Hart of the American Oriental Quarantine Service described a cholera epidemic in China with thousands dying daily. He noted that one-fifth of those afflicted succumb to the disease.
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Manila
China
R. W. Hart
American Oriental Quarantine Service
Hart
Three Drink Deaths Shake San Francisco Scene
Police linked three deaths to poison in a lemon punch mixture from a bottle in Louis Jacobson’s office. Victims were Louis Jacobson theater office manager and two traffic policemen Richard R. Smith and Joseph C. Lorenz. An analysis showed the bottle could kill over 100 people, fueling murder plot suspicions against a possible brain of a maniac.
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San Francisco
Louis Jacobson
Richard R. Smith
Joseph C. Lorenz
Jacobson
Assassin Guilty in Paris. Death Penalty Imposed
Dr Paul Gorguloff was found guilty of the premeditated assassination of President Paul Doumer at a May charity event. The court sentenced him to death by the guillotine, despite a defense claiming general irresponsibility. Doumer died after hours of suffering.
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Paris
Paul Gorguloff
Paul Doumer
Gorgulc
Doumer
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Greece
Cartel VU
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Miss Kalep
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Jincle
Father
Pontiac
Mich
Midwest
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Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Rowland
Marmon
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New England
White House
Wolfgang von Gronau
Bon
Mitchell
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Imperial Trade Conference Committee
Will Rogers
Tribune
Texas
John Nance Garner
Mullon
Idahoan
City
Phila
Detroit
Earnshaw
Heving
Whitehill
Goldstein
Wyatt and
Ruel
Walberg
Cochrane
Marrow and
Hayworth
MacFayden and
Phillips
Hildebrand and Sewell
Allen, Brown and
Jorgens
Harder, Russell and
Myatt
Wash
St. Louis
Weaver
Berg
Hadley and Ferrell
Kline
Tate
Daglia
Gregory
Wise
Grube
Sullivan
Brooklyn
Derring, Stout
Dean and
Wilson
Mungo, Phelps, Quinn and
Lopez
Cincinnati
Philo
O Benton
Lombardi
Henson
Collins and Davis
Brown and
Spohrer
Maniac
France
Reno Ritsi
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