Germany Faces Financial Crisis as France Demands Conditions
Berlin reports Reichsbank head Dr. Hans Luther failed to obtain French aid and Germany rejects French terms. Bank run on foreign currencies hits 100 million marks, sparking cabinet talks on possibly placing foreign trade under government control and restricting the Reichsbank to domestic use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hans Luther
Reichsbank
Paris
Russia
France
Bruening
Luther
Germany
Locarno
State tobacco markets set to open July 28 in Georgia
Georgia officials prepare for July 28 tobacco markets opening. Weather reduced leaf quality but total quantity likely unchanged from last year. 24 markets are expected with fewer warehouses due to consolidation. Cotton acreage down 12 percent from last year. tobacco estimate due early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
State Department of Agriculture
Tom Linder
Department of Agriculture
Department
Georgia
Ellenton Woman Held for Fatal Shooting of Man
Mrs Lorena Williams of Ellenton S C is held on murder charges after Frank Gunter died of a shotgun wound at a filling station she operated. Sheriff J P Howard says Williams claimed Gunter led a disturbance at the station and a shotgun blast discharged into his body.
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Aiken
S.C
Lorena Williams
Ellenton
Frank Gunter
Gunter
Ellington
German leaders may resign over French loan terms
Berlin reports say Chancellor Bruening and President von Hindenburg may quit rather than accept French demands tied to a $400,000,000 loan. The public backs them as panic and currency hoarding grow while hopes for a France-led recovery fade amid a nationalist opposition push and talk of a credit crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hans Luther
Paris
Associated Press
Bruening
von Hindenburg
Germany
Reichsbank
Reich
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Alfred Hugenberg
France
Hitler
Hugenberg
Racketeer Behind Graft in Atlanta Prison
Federal officials disclosed a racketeer used strong arm methods on prisoners at the Atlanta penitentiary to run a bribery scheme moving wealthy inmates to prison camps. Five men who paid bribes to transfer from Atlanta were en route back to Georgia. names include Paul Rabkin Solomon Rubman and Joseph Y. Pearlman. Authorities unnamed the racketeer and two other prisoners.
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Washington
Atlanta
James V. Bennett
New York
Fort Wadsworth
Bennett
New York City
Rikers Island
Blackwell Island
Governors Island
Bradstreet Half-Year Survey Buoys Optimism For 1931
Bradstreet mid-year business survey released in New York notes factors supporting optimism for the second half of 1931. It cites a continued commodity price decline but rising indices in April and July and more frequent monthly advances, suggesting a balance between favorable and unfavorable conditions despite uncertainty.
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Bradstreet
New York
Bradstreet’s
Explosions Kill Two in Birmingham Milk Plant Attack
Two people die and twenty are injured as bombs explode in Birmingham in an attack tied to price wars on milk and cuts. A milk plant is wrecked, a barber shop razed, and other shops damaged. one bomb targets the Pure Milk Company, killing a white youth and a black boy. Authorities suspect an extortion racket linked to milk price cuts and say outsiders may be involved.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pure Milk Company
Ned van Mercanstein
Richard Richardson
Mercanstein
T. H. Hansen
J. D. Ammonds
Milton E. McDuff
Police Department
MacDonald Issues Stark Peace Plea At London Meet
Prime Minister MacDonald warned at Albert Hall of a future war ending not in victory but exhaustion. He spoke on arms and the people alongside David Lloyd George and Stanley Baldwin, with the event rebroadcast internationally.
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London
MacDonald
Albert Hall
David Lloyd George
Stanley Baldwin
United
Weather Outlook for South Atlantic Week Beginning Monday
Partly cloudy conditions with local afternoon thundershowers across the South Atlantic states. Temperatures expected to run near normal for the period.
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South Atlantic States
Weather Snapshot for Southeast States Tonight Through Sunday
The report notes general fair conditions in South Carolina and Georgia with gentle northeast winds, plus possible thunderstorms Sunday afternoon in extreme south Georgia. Florida shows fair weather with showers Sunday afternoon and light easterly winds. Alabama is partly cloudy with possible local showers in the north and south tonight into Sunday. Northwest Florida remains unsettled with occasional showers tonight or Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
South
Central Falls Rioting Forces Mill to Close Indefinitely
Riotous disorder grips Central Falls as 3,000 march, stones General Fabrics mill, 1,200 workers affected. Police use tear gas after clashes. one girl hospitalized, arrests for incitement and rioting. Mill to remain closed while authorities seek calm.
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Central Falls
R. 1
General Fabrics Corporation
George Manton
Governor Russell Attends Barnesville Court House Ceremonies
Governor Richard B. Russell Jr. traveled to Barnesville Lamar County to participate in the cornerstone laying and dedicatory events for a new county courthouse. He was hosted by Representative Harvey Kennedy and his wife for the ceremonies.
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Atlanta
Richard B. Russell Jr
Barnesville
Lamar County
Harvey Kennedy
Fall Denied Suspension in Jail Term for Doheny Bribe Case
Washington July 11 Albert B Fall was denied a suspension of his one year jail term while Justice Bailey in the District of Columbia supreme court did not order immediate incarceration. Bailey said no material change in Fall since 1929 and suggested defense motion to modify sentence. Fall’s health risks from imprisonment noted due to tuberculosis arthritis and heart trouble. possible transfer to El Paso climate discussed.
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Washington
Albert B. Fall
Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Fall
el Paso
District of Columbia
Hogan
Justice Bailey
Edward L. Doheny
Naval Oil Reserve
Doheny Oil Company
Frank Hogan
Albert B. Fall Given Year Jail Sentence in El Paso
Albert B. Fall was sentenced to one year in jail in El Paso Texas in a family proceeding. The former secretary of the interior woke early today, defying his usual habit of sleeping until noon.
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el Paso
Fil
Texas
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Wife of Aerial Speed King Keeps Him Posted on Weather
Captain Frank Hawks relies on wife Edith for weather updates from their penthouse lab dubbed the Hawks Nest She monitors wind direction and reports from stations like Bellefonte and Cleveland While serving breakfast she notes Pittsburgh as the indicated route and the couple’s day proceeds with aviation routines and radio weather briefings.
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Aerial Speed King
W. W. Chaplin
New York
Frank Hawks
Weather Bureau
Edith Hawks
Speed Flier
Queensborough
Hellgate
Hast River
Long Island
Frank
Pittsburgh
Hawks
Hawks Nest
W. S. 8S
Trans-Atlantic airmen reach Cherbourg to join liner voyage
Otto Hillig and Holger Hollins arrived in Cherbourg on July 11 after noon aboard a plane from Le Bourget. They reached the Mauretania after the liner’s passengers were embarked and had to hire a tug to reach the ship that will take them back to the United States.
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Cherbourg
France
Otto Hillig
Holger Hollins
le Bourget
Mauretania
United States
Willis A Sutton Elected President of NSPD Inc
In New York on July 11 Professor Willis Anderson Sutton of Atlanta was unanimously elected president of the National Society for Prevention of Disease Inc at a directors meeting.
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New York
Willis Anderson Sutton
Atlanta
National Society For Prevention of Disease, Inc
Hoover Calls for End to Short Selling of Wheat
President Hoover condemned short selling as a cause of depressed wheat prices as crop movement expands. He urged a cessation by speculators until markets revive, noting the move does not target legitimate traders. Farm leaders press for price relief while the Farm Board agrees to cap annual wheat sales.
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Washington
Hoover
Farm Board
Curtis
Capper
Kansas
Watson
Indiana
Carl Williams
Wil Teen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Danzig
Danzig Corridor
S. C
William Bruening
Julian Curtius
Associated
Presa
J. Theodore Marriner
Racketeer
Wsa
Mdonald
Associated Prege
U. S
Wickersham Commission
Miriam van Waters
Harvard Law School
Governor Russell
Jouett Elliott
Elliott
C. C. Chase
Big Fall
Supt. Sutton
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