Countess For A Dirt Polish Girl Sees Her Dream Face
The Polish consulate general recognized Victoria August Ynowice a 23 year old stenographer as a claimed descendant of a Polish titled family but said no nobility exists as Poland is now a republic. She had claimed a title and claims to wealth including eleven barrels of gold and jewels in a bid to claim Lemberg now in a republic.
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Associated Press
New York
Lemberg
Poland
Victoria August Ynowice
Use of Los Angeles to be Decided by Navy and Commerce
President Coolidge will be guided by Navy and Commerce Department opinions on the request to use the Los Angeles airship in commercial aviation. The decision will consider aiding legitimate business, following a request made last week for use of the airship and its crew.
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Navy and Commerce Department
Coolidge
Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
Communists Ejected From Reichstag Over Tariff Debate
Berlin Aug. 11 Twenty security police had to remove a handful of disruptive Communists from a Reichstag session as they tried to block discussion of the government's tariff bill. Vice President Graef expelled five of the loudest protesters for eight days to three weeks, after forcing the police to reclaim order.
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Graef
Herr Graef
Typhoon Leaves Borculo in Ruins with Four Dead
Four people killed and about three hundred injured when a powerful typhoon struck Borculo in Eastern Holland near the German border. The village lies in ruins with churches demolished and no house spared. The storm lasted several minutes and was described as Holland's most violent disaster.
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Borculo
Holland
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Briand and Chamberlain Discuss Security Pact Talks Begin
London Aug. 11 The foreign ministers England and France Austen Chamberlain and Aristide Briand opened talks today on a proposed security pact for Germany. They started with a general outline of the draft reply to Germany’s note to the Allies dated July 20.
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Chamberlain
London
England
France
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Aristide Briand
Germany
Doctor Uses Airplane To Aid Sick Child In Quebec
Three Rivers Quebec Aug 11 Dr David C Bull who left Mineola New York yesterday by airplane for Grand Anse Quebec responded to a telegram asking medical aid for Alexander Stillman 14 son of James A Stillman. He flew about 650 miles arriving at the Stillman lodge yesterday afternoon. The trip followed Communist attempts to block tariff measures and add to the chamber disturbance with threats of ejecting the Reichstag delegation.
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New York
Three Rivers
Quebec
Alexander Stillman
James A. Stillman
David C. Bull
Mineola
New—York
Grand Anse
Stillman Lodge
Graef
Five Shot After Klan Meeting Riot in Framingham
In Framingham Massachusetts Aug 11 a mass arrest followed a Ku Klux Klan meeting that ended in a shooting riot. Five men were wounded Alonzo Foley Thomas S Lingy Francis Maguire all of Saxonville and William Bradley Edward Purchell of Framingham. Foley in critical condition.
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KU Klux Klan
Associated Press
Framingham
Mass
New England
Libbey Farm
Alonzo Foley
Thomas S. Lingy
Francis Maguire
Saxonville
William Bradley
Edward Purchell
Number of Farms Declines Nationwide
A department of agriculture survey shows farms in the United States fell by 30,000 last year, or half a percent, while crop lands dropped 1.2 million acres or one third of a percent. Idle acreage excluding summer fallow is estimated at 23 million acres.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
United States
Soviet cotton orders ease Lancashire mills
Manchester Aug 11 The Soviet government placed contracts for cotton cloth worth 300000 pounds with Lancashire firms. The orders will keep looms busy for weeks but do not relieve the cattle in the cotton industry which is described as worse than ever.
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Lancashire
Manchester
Eng
Seizure of $35,000 Worth of Liquor in Bay St. Louis
New Orleans August 11. Seizure of 35000 dollars worth of liquor in a warehouse at Bay St. Louis Mississippi marked the first result of a simultaneous prohibition enforcement drive along the Mississippi and Gulf coast. Three hundred dry agents concentrated in New Orleans conducted the operation over the last two weeks.
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Bay St. Louis
Miss
Associated Press
New Orleans
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Missing Society Girl Returns From Short Absence
Evelyn Jacqueline Hobbs eighteen year old society girl who vanished from her home in hiking clothes is back after two days. She says she left Saturday morning to escape being confined with a nurse and sought a few moments of freedom. Her father Eldon S Hobbs a lawyer and Iron and Steel Board of Trade president organized a wide search. She spent the weekend with a friend near the Hobbs home.
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Eldon S. Hobbs
Iron and Steel Board of Trade
Hobbs
National Monument for Bryan Selected in Clewiston Florida
Clewiston Florida was chosen as the site for a national monument to William Jennings Bryan. The monument will be built on the southwest shore of Lake Okeechobee with a donation from a Bryan friend and several thousand dollars in contributions already received.
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William Jennings
Lake Okeechobee
Associated Press
New York
Weather for Georgia Mostly fair tonight and Wednesday
The forecast shows generally fair conditions across Georgia with clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and likely through Wednesday. No precipitation is expected and temperatures will remain mild to warm with light winds.
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Georgia
Latin American Labor to Be Unionized Soon
Washington announces plans for an intensive campaign to organize wage earners throughout Latin America. Santiago Iglesias, Spanish language secretary of the Pan American Federation, says the federation will use every proper effort to rapidly organize the vast masses of workers in the Latin American republics.
Adoption of Mary Louisa Spas Annulled in New York
New York August 11 Mary Louis Spas adoption by Edward W Browning millionaire real estate operator was annulled by the Surrogate. The court ruled the girl misrepresented her age. Browning Mary and both families agreed to the annulment with a clause that she cannot claim heir rights and relatives will not pursue action against Browning or heirs.
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Edward W. Browning
Associated Press
New York
Mary Louis Spas
Noble
Qevens County
Browning
Mary
DePauw Receives Most of Edward Rector Estate
Chicago's announcement states Edward Rector patent attorney left 2.3 million dollars mainly to DePauw University at Greencastle Indiana. The bequest includes annual scholarships for every Indiana high school. Rector never attended DePauw.
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DE Pauw University
Edward Rector
Indiana
Planes To Track Bootleggers On Canadian Border
Federal agents in Milwaukee say planes may be used to track liquor bootleggers crossing from Canada into the United States. They note it is hard to stop planes bringing liquor into Illinois as most flights do not land in Wisconsin and instead skim into fields near Chicago.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Canada
United States
Wisconsin
Chicago
Inquest Planned Over Body of Schwartz in California
Oakland inquest for Charles Henry Schwartz chemist and murderer who died by self harm as police stormed his hiding place. Coroner Grant D Miller will oversee the proceedings with Mrs Schwartz to be summoned for questioning about knowledge of the crime.
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Oakland
Cal
Charles Henry Schwartz
Tinning
Schwartz
Gilbert Warren Barbe
California
Barstow
C. W. Hayward
Hayward
Drive on Narcotic Traffic in Chicago
Federal authorities move from the top down to curb narcotic trade in Chicago. Will Gray Beach, longtime narcotic division head, and three others are arrested on conspiracy charges for trading confiscated narcotics for loot of highwaymen and thieves.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Will Gray Beach
Lone Bandit Cash Grab In Cumberland Heist
A lone bandit robbed two ticket agents at the Baltimore and Ohio office in Cumberland Maryland shortly after midnight stealing 4502 dollars before escaping.
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Bandit
Baltimore and Ohio
New Cable Between New York and Chicago Completed
Chicago officials report completion of a new overland cable between New York and Chicago, claimed to be the world's longest. The system carries 258 circuits for telegraph and telephone use, with most lines overhead and 144 miles underground.
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New York
Chicago
Prizs
Montana Cowboy Electrocuted for Old Murder
Walter B. Simmons a former Montana cow boy and deputy sheriff was electrocuted at the state prison in Lincoln Nebraska today for the three year old slaying of Frank Hahl Spencer a Nebraska garage man. The case included a lengthy legal fight with many temporary reprieves granted over the period.
Tornado Ravages Rockwood Imperial Valley California
Damage from a Sunday tornado in Rockwood California is estimated at 125000 to 175000 dollars. Five people were injured as the community lost most of its roughly twenty buildings, with irrigation ditches saving lives.
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Associated
Preas
Rockwood
Cal
Imperial Valley
Forest Fires Continue Across Pacific Northwest Scene
Forest fires in Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana burn over thirty thousand acres despite 1500 firefighters efforts. A fire near Scappoose Oregon has consumed over fifteen thousand acres as conditions remain active across the region.
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Pacific Northwest
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Scappoose
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Jews Urged to Leave Palestine or Face Massacre
Williamstown mass meeting hears Dr. William F. Rappard of Geneva warn Arab leaders in Palestine foresee Jews abandoning Zionist aims or facing a general massacre. He spoke at the institute of politics on August 11.
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Institute of Politics
Wilam F. Rappard
Geneva
League of Nations
Permanent Commission On Mandates
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