Communists Seize Changsha in China Amid Riots
Changsha, capital of Hunan, faced widespread burning and looting as Communist forces moved through the city. Foreign gunboats withdrew after river levels fell, leaving millions in property at risk. Four missionaries remained trapped, with 50 foreigners rescued by naval authorities as the city fell under rebel control.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Hunan Province
Siang River
W. H. Lingie
American Presbyterian Mission
New York
Allen Cameron
Faith Mission
Denver
Gertrude Rugg
China Inland Mission
Lingie
Cameron
Changshu
Tungting Lake
Wild Gasser Goes Up in Flames Near Refugio
Refugio Texas July 29 Tex Thornton nitro glycerin expert and jouster extraordinary with burning oil wells has been summoned to tame a wild gasser that has shot a hundred foot flame column since Saturday. He arrived with his crew from Amarillo and prepared to approach the blaze as guards were erected and a water pit built near the crater. Several hundred residents evacuated after three buildings were destroyed while derricks and equipment were moved away and nearby houses torn down.
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Refugio
Tex
Tex" Thornton
Thornton
Amerillo
Baraby Held On Kidnap Charge In Twin Falls
William Baraby 42 held on $1000 bond in Twin Falls on charges of kidnapping a 58 year old girl. Preliminary hearing in probate court after arrest as he returned with Loreta Cable six and Lorelda four. He supposedly induced the girls to ride to the Snake River canyon rim.
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Twin Falls
William Baraby
Baraby
Twinks
Loreta Cable
Lorelda
Snake River Canyon
Barnby
Eeyie
Loreta
E. V. Larson
H. J
Stone boat George J Whalen sinks on Lake Erie
The Stone boat George J Whalen foundered in Lake Erie with 15 crew aboard. Six saved. Names of presumed dead include Captain T J Waage and others from Cleveland Sandusky Bay City and Huron. The Amasa Stone and Donnelly rescued survivors and searched at dawn for more.
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T. J. Waage
Cleveland
Mattenline
Arthur Willets
Carl Beechele
Sandusky
Ohio
Ralph Weiss
Ned DE Mar
Bay City
Mich
A. P. Longnecker
Huron
Arthur Zeck
Thomas Pierce
Joseph Slalley
Charles
Amasa
Buffalo
Erie
Parade Streets
McNeill
George J. Whalen
Kelly's Island
Tonawanda
N. Y
Lange
Captain McNeill
Amasa Stone
Cudahy Recovers From Paralyzing Moonshine Incident
Michael Cudahy heir to the Chicago packing fortune is recovering from paralysis of the lower ribs caused by drinking poisonous moonshine. Hollywood Hospital doctors report rapid improvement and a possible home discharge by week’s end. He had been paralyzed from the waist down and previously faced a drunken driving arrest after a collision.
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Los Angeles
Michael Cudahy
Chicago
J. P. Cudahy
Cudahy
Hollywood Hospital
Lquor
National League Baseball Results and Scores
Baseball scores from games in Philadelphia New York Brooklyn Boston St Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago New York Philadelphia Chicago Chicago St Louis Detroit Cleveland with various pitchers batters and run totals across tenures. Multiple games concluded with differing innings and lineups including Johnson Dickey Ma haffey Cochrane and Perkins among others.
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New York
Philadelphia
Johnson
Dickey
Quinn
Mahaffey
C. Perkins
Cochrane
R. Perkins
Two Civilian Flyers Die in Madison Plane Crash
Two civilian flyers G A Morgan of Glenview Illinois and C E Anderton of unknown address were killed when their biplane crashed into a marsh near Madison after taking off for La Crosse. The craft burst into flames and burned after the crew attempted to escape. both bodies were badly charred.
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Madison
Wis
G. A. Morgan
Glenview
Ill
C. E. Anderton
la Crosse
Chicago
Savings Rise in Idaho State Banks in Year End
Idaho state banks report a 200000 dollar rise in savings through June 30, plus 120000 from two new banks joining the system. Savings accounts total 40256 while overall deposits inch to 8.946 million. Real estate loans drop to 3.334 million. total loans 24.338 million. United States bonds lead investments at 5.486 million. Checking falls to 19.035 million.
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Boise
Idaho
United States
Duke of Gloucester Urged as Northern Ireland Governor General
A Belfast dispatch reports King George's third son the Duke of Gloucester is mooted as governor-general of Northern Ireland when the Abercorn term ends. The 30 year old prince has been visiting in Northern Ireland since Saturday hosted by Lord Londonderry at Mount Stuart.
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London
The
Daily Express
Belfast
George
Duke of Gloucester
Northern Ireland
Duke of Abercorn
Lord Londonderry
Mount Stuart
British clean up on pirates Chinese waters
Gun men for duty on the high seas as a precaution against piracy are in demand in Far Eastern ports after Britain withdraws soldier guards from ships in South China waters. White Russians with military experience are recruited in Singapore Hong Kong and Shanghai to replace soldiers under British command of anti pirate brigades.
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Singapore
High Seas
Far Eastern
South China Waters
Hongana
Shanghai
China
Bins Bay
Hong Kong
Baltimore waiter testifies he lied in bombing case
John MacDonald a 58-year-old waiter from Baltimore testified before the California supreme court that he gave false testimony in the Mooney Billings bombing case of 1916. He said he was induced by Charles Fickert then district attorney and admitted five differing stories about what he saw at the Preparedness Day parade.
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San Francisco
John MacDonald
Baltimore
California Supreme Court
Mooney- Billings
Charles Fickert
Preston
MacDonald
Whitburn Sees Arizona Efforts to Halt Boulder Dam Fail
Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Whitburn said Arizona’s legal moves to stop Boulder Canyon Dam construction would fail. He announced this to reporters before addressing a chambers of commerce luncheon in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Ray Lyman Whitbur
Interior
Arizona
Boulder Canyon Dam
Chamber of Commerce
Contention of Student Nurses Heard by Board and Doctors
Infant case filed for lost identity damages against Ebmemd hospital staff. Grace Dibrell, acting for the Watkins family, hires Barratt O’Hara to pursue whether the baby is Charles Evans Watkins or George Edward Bamberger. An additional $100,000 suit for mental anguish was expected to follow.
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Chicago
William Watkins
John Doe
Grace Dibrell
Barratt O'Hara
Watkins
Ebmevmd
Charles Bamberger
Charles Evans Watkins
George Edward Bamberger
Bambergers
O'Hara
General Hospital Meeting Debates Nurse Walkout Causes
A Monday General Hospital meeting attended by hospital board members local physicians Mayor C Ben Ross County Commissioner George Gittins and others discussed nurse walkout protests over alleged mistreatment by Superintendent Sahol. The incident followed twenty two nurses resigning on Friday and a student nurse statement outlining grievances.
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C. Ben Ross
George Gittins
E. P. Sahol
George W. Hunt
B. of R. T
General Hospital
Sahol
the Tribune
Heat Wave Hits Midwest with 114 Degree Peak
Severe heat swept the Midwest with readings up to 114 in Salem and 112 to 111 in Illinois towns. Kentucky reported 113 at Bowling Green, while Louisville and St. Louis saw 107 and 108 as relief began with a late drop prompted by a advancing Alaskan cool wave.
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Chicago
Salem
Kentucky
Bowling Green
Louisville
St. Louis
Weather Bureau
Sweet Potatoes Aimed As Textile Starch Source
New United States Bureau of Standards research will test sweet potato starch for textile use and to boost southern pine as a paper source. Projected cooperation with Alabama Polytechnic Institute and the University of Alabama. studies will compare starch sources and adapt properties for specific textile and paper applications. Initiatives funded at the request of Governor Bibb Graves.
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United States Bureau of Standard
Theodore Swann
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Industrial Development Board
Alabama Polytechnic Institute For Textiles
University of Alabama
Bureau of Standards
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Conservatives Take Lead In Canadian Election Victory
Ottawa July 29 AP Conservatives lead in Canadian general election ending 12 years of Liberal rule. Richard Bennett heads a 132 member coalition with 128 Conservatives, 77 Liberals, 9 United Farmers of Alberta, 2 Progressive, 2 Liberal Progressive, 2 Labor, 2 Independent. Bennett set to become prime minister after MacKenzie King resigns. Quebec yielded a notable Liberal loss with 25 seats for Conservatives.
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Ottawa
Ont
Liberalian
W. L. MacKenazie
Conservative Party
Richard Bedford Bennett
House of Commons
Conservative
Liberal
United Farmers of Alberta
Progressive
Liberal-Progressive
Labor
Independent
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Maniteolis
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
MacKenzie King
Bennett
Calgary
Nova Scotia
Milady’s Duds for the Season in Paris Shows
Paris observers note 1931 fashion trends with elegant yet subtle styles. Milady’s frocks emphasize mysterious peplums, tiers and tunics as silhouettes shift toward a feminized figure, with skirts slightly longer for day wear and waistlines closely fitted. Rich Van Dyke browns greens reds purples blacks and whites lead color choices as major houses have yet to reveal final lines.
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Paris
Milady
van Dyke
Priest River Bridge Inspected and Dedicated in Idaho
Boise July 29 The new Priest River bridge has been inspected and dedicated and the Coeur d Alene river bridge at Harrison is well under way State bridge engineer Charles Kyle reported after a tour A large celebration marked the Priest River completion while Harrison bridge piers sit under several feet of water and mile long approaches progress smoothly An agreement on location and funding for replacement further north near Sandpoint is also advancing
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Boise
Priest River
Coeur d'Alene
Harrison
Charles Kyle
Harrison Bridge
Be Bottom
Pende Jake
Sandpoint
Two Mile
World’s largest airship R-100 sails toward Montreal
The R-100 giant dirigible, 3,385 miles from its starting point, lifts from Cardington bound for Montreal. With 44 aboard and 7 passengers including Major G H Scott and Sir C Deninistoun Burney, it surpasses Graf Zeppelin in lift capacity and speed.
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G. H. Scott
C. Deninistoun Burney
R. B. B. Colmore
Air Ministry
Mies
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Arthur Stamm
Donnelly
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Malone
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