Train Wreck Kills One Man and Injures Dozens in New Haven
In New Haven a head on collision between the Merchants Limited and train No 86 near the station left Fred J. Russ 70 of Shreveport La fatally injured. Over 60 people were injured with more than 40 sent to hospitals and many passengers burned as wooden cars telescoped a locomotive tender and caught fire.
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New Haven, Conn
Fred J. Russ
Shreveport la
New Haven Railroad
New Haven
Merchants Limited
New York
Boston
Springfield
Mass
Russ
Conn
Merchants’ Limited
Limited
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Shreveport
Margaret
Doumer Attends American Independence Day Ceremony in Paris
French President Doumer attended an Independence Day ceremony at the monument to American volunteers in the Place des Etats Unis. It marked the first time the head of the government personally participated in the American celebration. Ambassador Walter E. Edge led the American participants.
Barkley proposes a one year tax relief for Americans
Madisonville Kentucky July 4 United States Senator Albert W Barkley of Kentucky urged relief for American taxpayers for a year or longer. He criticized Hoover administration policies and tariff farm relief, supported a one year suspension of intergovernmental debts and questioned delaying war debt payments to Europe.
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Madisonville
United States
Albent W.barkley
Kentucky
Ruby Laffoon
Hoover
Barkley
Europe
Lamont Guard Shoots Self at New York Bank
Omar L. Hooper 47, described as a bodyguard for Thomas W. Lamont of J P Morgan and Co, killed himself with a gun yesterday in New York. He was divorced recently, and fellow guards say he had brooded since.
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New York
Omar L. Hooper
Thomas W. Lamont
J.P. Morgan and Co
Morgan
Simpson
Texas
No Change Seen in Debt Moratorium Plans Today
Washington July 4 Acting Secretary Castle said there was no change overnight in negotiations between France and the United States on Hoover's war debt holiday proposal. A two hour conference in the President's office with Mills and Mellon followed by a trans Atlantic call from Paris.
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Washington
Castle
State Department
France
United States
Hoover
Mills
The
Treasury
Mellon
Paris
Rapidan
White House
Virginia
French cabinet works on Hoover war debt plan talks
Paris July 4 The cabinet began deliberations this afternoon on questions not yet agreed upon by Premier Laval and the American negotiators regarding the Hoover war debt plan.
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Paris
Laval
Bank Official Given Sentence in Prison
Little Rock Arkansas July 4 A B Banks president of the closed American Exchange Trust Company was convicted of accepting a deposit in an insolvent bank. The jury set his sentence at one year in prison. The bank's failure followed by the collapse of related banks and insurance companies.
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Little Rock
Ark
A. B. Banks
American Exchange Trust Company
American Exchange
Banks
Lott and Van Ryn Win Wimbledon Doubles Championship
Lott Jr and John Van Ryn of the United States defeated Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon in a five set final to claim the Wimbledon doubles title. The score sequence read 6-2 10-8 11-9 3-6 6-3, with the Americans praised as likely title holders following their victory.
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Wimbledon
Eng
the Lott, Jr
John van
United States
Henri Cochet
Jacques Brugnon
van Ryn
Wilmer Allison
Austin
Texas
Non-Stop Refueling Flight 10 Tokyo Prep Begins
In Seattle and Alaska authorities plan a non-stop mid air refueling flight from Seattle to Tokyo. Reg L Robbins and H S Jones await their refueling ship, which leaves Edmonton for the 1600 mile leg to Fairbanks. Pilots J J Mattern and Nick Greener fly a tri motor plane as ideal weather is reported across Alaska toward Siberia.
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Seattle
Wash
Here
Tokyo
Reg L.robbins
H. S. Jones
Alaska
Edmonton
Alta
Fairbanks
J. J. Mattern
Nick Greener
Siberia
Woodrow Wilson Polish Memorial Unveiled in Poznan
In Poznan on July 4 the Woodrow Wilson memorial designed by Gutzon Borglum and presented by Ignace Paderewski was unveiled at a ceremony attended by Wilson's widow and Poland's top officials. A message from President Hoover praised Polish contributions to the United States.
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Poznan
Poland
Woodrow Wilson
Gutzon Borglum
Ignace Paderewski
Hoover
United States
Wilson
Kosciuszko
Pulaski
Washington
Paderewski
Switzerland
Ratajski
Herbert Hoover
Rubio advises sons to study in Canada instead of Kansas
Mexican President Pascual Ortiz Rubio reportedly told his two sons Fernando and Guigermo to sever ties with an American college in Kansas and continue their education in Canada next fall. The boys had studied at St Benedicts College in Atchison and were classmates of Mexican students killed by a deputy sheriff’s bullets in Ardmore, Oklahoma last month.
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Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Kansas
Canada
Fernando
Guiggermo
United States
Dominion
St. Benedicts College
Atchison, Kans
Alabama Politician L B Musgrove Dies at 74
Jasper Alabama July 4 L B Musgrove 74 prominent politician mining operator and newspaper publisher was found dead in bed this morning cause heart attack He twice ran for US Senate against Oscar W Underwood in 1920 and Hugo Black and John Bankhead in 1926 Democratic primary He owned a large coal and iron company and published the Mountain Eagle weekly.
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Jasper
Ala
L. B. Musgrove
Alabama
Musgrove
United States Senate
Oscar W. Underwood
Hugo Black
John Bankhead
Mountain Eagle
Schmeling Stribling Heavyweight Fight Receipts Reported
Cleveland reports gross receipts of 273710.91 for the Schmeling versus Stribling heavyweight title bout. Attendance reached 30930 with purses to Schmeling 106198.36 and Stribling 33168.24. Government amusement tax taken 75704.50. manager Dick Dunn says the Garden will incur a small loss.
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Cleveland
Schmeling-Stribling
Dick Dunn
Madison Square Corporation of
Ohio
Max Schmeling
Young Stribling
Dunn
Independence Day Observances Across United States and Abroad
Patriotic programs and holidays mark Independence Day with radio broadcasts speeches and music. Americans travel to beaches camps and rural retreats while abroad Mrs Woodrow Wilson speaks at Poznan Poland monument unveiling honoring Woodrow Wilson. In Charlottesville Virginia University marks the 100th anniversary of James Monroe's death.
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Associated Press
Hoover
Rapidan
Paris
Hurley
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Poznan
Poland
Woodrow Wilson
Gutzon Borglum
Wilson
Ignace Paderewski
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
James Monroe
Carlton brands statements false concerning debts
Wauchula Florida July 4 Governor Doyle E Carlton called a Tampa meeting claim that Florida has 4 million dollars in debt and that officials borrowed from bankers behind closed doors in Georgia as "totally false" and challenged Rep S P Robineau to prove it He cited economies since his inauguration and defended the road department amid cuts urged by Robineau and Rep John Mathews He asserted debt to banks was reduced and accused Robineau of fabrication and urged public records verification.
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Wauchula
Fla
Doyle E. Carlton
S. P. Robineau
Dade County
Tampa
Florida
Georgia
Robineau
State Road Department
John Mathews
Duval
Soprano Celia Thursby Dies at 74
New York notes the death of Celia Thursby a renowned soprano of half a century who toured widely and declined an operatic career due to religious scruples. She was 74.
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New York
Celia Thursby
Von Elm Extends Open Lead With 73 At Inverness
George Von Elm shot a 73 in round three to widen his national open lead to two strokes over Billy Burke of Greenwich. Guy Paulsen and MacDonald Smith each sit within reach as the field tightens at the Inverness Club in Toledo.
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Inverness Club
Toledo
George von Elm
Billy Burke
Greenwich
Conn
Guy Paulsen
Fort Wayne
Ind
Donald Smith
New York
Walter Hagen
Detroit
Vom Kim
Burke
Eddie Williams
Cleveland
von Elm
Charlie Guest
Deal
Ni J
Hermann Barron
Fort Chester
N. Y
Williams
Mac Smith
Germans mobilize aid to save eight in Scottsboro case
Berlin reports a German committee formed to support Dreiser's effort to save eight Negroes scheduled for execution in Scottsboro Alabama. Professor Alfonse Goldschmidt leads the drive and has won backing from Albert Einstein Thomas Mann Lion Feuchtwanger George Ledebour and other prominent scientists and public figures.
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Berlin
Dreiser
Scottsboro
Alabama
Alfonse Goldschmidt
Albert Einstein
Thomas Mann
Leon, Feuchtwanger
George Ledebour
Two fliers killed in Peru stunt plane crash
A pilot Milo Poss 28 and student Raymond Cunningham 18 both of Peru were killed when their stunt plane broke a wing and dived from 3000 feet. The aircraft crashed into trees in a field three and a half miles from Peru. Poss owned Circus City Airport.
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Peru
Ind
Milo Poss
Raymond Cunningham
Poss
Circus City
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic States Next Week
Partly cloudy with local showers early and late in the week. Temperatures run above normal early and near normal later. unsettled periods may affect outdoor plans in the region.
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South Atlantic States
Weather forecast for South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama
Local thundershowers tonight and Sunday with gentle to variable winds. Florida mostly fair tonight and Sunday with scattered afternoon thundershowers and light variable winds. extreme south Florida sees light winds. Alabama partly cloudy with local thundershowers tonight or Sunday. Northwest Florida partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered thunder showers and light winds.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Farmers Paying Drought Loans To Government
Farmers repaying drought relief loans as they plant new cotton corn and potato fields. Checks from 70 cents to nearly 500 dollars arrive at the agriculture department with repayments from drought states including Texas Florida Georgia North Carolina and Virginia. Inspectors will monitor loan security as visits extend to West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Montana
North Dakota
Congress
G. J. Hoitman
Seed Loan Office
Texas
Florida
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsyvania
Ohio
Air Tour Started From Ford Airport On 6500 Mile Flight
Detroit July 4 C H Sugg leads 15 planes in the 1931 national air tour from Ford airport at 10 04 a m astern standard time on a 16 mile cross river jump to Walkerville Ont the first stop on a 6500 mile flight through eastern central and southwestern states Stops will be made in 33 cities route runs from New York state through Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Texas Then back to Detroit landing at Ford airport July 25
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Detroit
C. H. Sugg
Ford
Walkerville
Ont
New York State
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Middle Western
Ford Airport
Stimson Arrives in Gibraltar On Way to Naples
Henry L. Stimson secretary of state arrives in Gibraltar from New York aboard Conte Grande. He visits Governor Godley and American Consul Sprague, attends a reception at the consulate with officials and other consuls, then plans to proceed to Naples.
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Gibraltar
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Stimson
Governor Godley
Sprague
Naples
Post and Gatty Golf Start After New London Visit
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, the world flying pair, left the yacht Saelmo at the Thames river New London and traveled to Shenecossett country club for a round of golf with their wives. Florence C. Hall backs their flight and they stay as guests of shipbuilder William B. Todd during a weekend cruise. They planned to depart in the mid afternoon for Montauk Point to meet Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York.
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New London
Barber shoots self after shooting wife in Columbus home
Police say 55 year old barber B W Thornhill fired three times at his wife during breakfast in Columbus Georgia then shot himself. Thornhill had lived in Columbus about 12 years coming from South Carolina and is survived by his widow a step daughter three brothers and a sister.
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Columbus
B. W. Thornhill
Educators hail Russell address at inaugural
Officials in Georgia report a telegram from M. L. Duggan superintendent of schools joining a National Education Association resolution praising Governor Richard B. Russell. The NEA board congratulates Georgia on his leadership and liberal education funding stance as stated in the inaugural message.
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Atlanta
State Department of Education
M. L. Duggan
National Education Association
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Duggan
Association
Los Angeles
Russell
German Editors Praise Maxie for His Fight
Berlin reports Max Schmeling's victory abroad boosts his standing at home with praise from major papers. Editors praise his real championship win and the referee's role while noting lingering hostility from some outlets and renewed national pride alongside Wimbledon triumphs by Fraulein Cilli Aussem.
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Maxie
Berlin
Max Schmeling
Schmeling
Fraulein Cilli Aussem
Jack Sharkey
Zweelf Urkblatt
Mittag Zeitung
George Blake
Stribling
Scalanzeiger
Atlanta Woman Killed in Auto Crash Near Hogansville
Miss Mary Cayce, president of the Atlanta unit of the Legion Auxiliary, died when their car overturned near Hogansville after returning from a convention in La Grange. Three companions, L. J. Bombardier, Mrs. Bombardier, and Mrs. M. A. Clay of Atlanta, were injured. Cayce was pinned under the rumble seat. Funeral services are set for Monday in Atlanta with interment in West View cemetery.
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Hogainsville
Atlanta
American “ Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
la Grange
Mary Caydle
The
Legion Auxiliary
Here
L. J. Bombardier
Bombardier
M. A. Clay
Tucker Pledges Support To The Economy Program
Nashville Georgia July 4 Speaker Arlie Tucker of the Georgia House pledged renewed support for Governor Richard B Russell’s economy program at a barbecue in his honor. The event was hosted by Berrien county friends with John Baker and Sheriff N N Hughes arranging details. Tucker thanked local voters for returning him to the legislature and expressed a goal of leading a working Georgia House during the current session.
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Nashville
Arlie Tucker
State House of Representatives
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Berrien County
John Baker
N. N. Hughes
Hughes
John Wilson
Tucker
South Georgia
Georgia
Postoffice Clerks Meet in Columbus Convention
The Georgia Federation of Postoffice Clerks held its annual convention in Columbus with remarks from Congressman W. C. Wright and Leo E. George president of the National Federation of Postoffice Clerks. Clye Lawrence of Columbus opened the meeting and Mayor J. Homer Ae welcomed attendees. Ernest K. Moore of Macon spoke as state district representative and Mrs. William H. Blair delivered remarks for the women's auxiliary.
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Columbus
Georgia Federation of Postoffice Clerks
W. C. Wright
Leo E. George
National Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Clye Lawrence
J. Homer
Ernest K. Moore
Macon
Federation
William H. Blair
Woman’s A
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Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
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Gatty
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Rubio
Carlton
Gibralter
Post and Gatty Golf
House
Postoffice
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