Renewed Push for Allied Accord on Dawes Plan Financing
London July 26 The Associated Press reports renewed efforts to bridge the French delegates stance at the inter allied conference with international financiers over guarantees for a 46 660 000 pound loan to Germany. Key issues remain reconciling bankers methods for Dawes Plan violations Ruhr railroad control and German representation while optimism persists.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Ruhr
Labor Board Hears Rail Dispute While Also Acting in Court
Chicago July 26 The United States railroad labor board will hear the dispute between western railroads and engine brotherhoods and will proceed with contempt proceedings in district court against workers who refuse to testify.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Western Railroads
Engine Brotherhoods
United States District Court
Texas Democrats Vote in Gubernatorial Primary
Dallas July 26 The Texas Democratic primary centers on Miriam A Ferguson and the Klan. Candidates include Ferguson Robertson Davidson Parkett Barton Colline Pope Dixon and Morris Sheppard seeking renomination with Maddox and Davis challenging.
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Associated Plans
Dallas
Texas
Ku Klux Klan
Miriam A. Ferguson
Temble
James M. Ferguson
Felix Robertson
Dalles
Lynch Davidson
Houston
Mre
Hiram Ferguson
T. W. Davidson
Marshall
Joe Parkett
Eastland
Thomas PD. Barton
Austin
W. A. Colline
W. E. Pope
Corpus Christ
George W. Dixon
Morris Sheppard
United States
John F. Maddox
Frea W. Davia
Myrtle Macon Named Clerk at Graham Store
Myrtle Macon begins work as a new clerk at the Graham store adding to the local retail staff. Her hiring signals storewide routine staffing and customer service changes in the town’s shopping district.
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Myrtle Macon
Graham
Hi-Jackers terrorize Bay Area in new crime wave
A new criminal type called hi-jackers is blamed for murder attempt and assaults near San Francisco. H J Ferris, a San Francisco merchant and suspected bootlegger, is wounded after a confrontation near Half Moon Bay. An elderly winery owner Mrs Mary Grabu aged 80 and Christine Jung aged 18 were attacked at Crum ranch winery Livermore but escaped after the assailants fled.
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SA Ancisco
Calif
Fely
San Francisco Bay
H. J. Ferris
San Prancisco
Half Moon Bay
Here
Ferris
Mary Grabu
Crum Ranch
Livermore
Christine Jung
Gas accident in Cedar Rapids tunnel claims foreman life
July 26 Cedar Rapids Frank Tenley foreman Cedar Rapids Gas Co. was overcome by gas in a tunnel under First Avenue. He was dragged out unconscious by his son and workers, revived after taking air and overexposure. Tenley entered the trench to make a connection. a rapid gas flow overwhelmed him in minutes. His son acted quickly to save him.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Tenley
Cedar Rapide Gas Company
First Avenue
Tenley
Wheat tops 1.50 at Winnipeg in early North American rise
Wheat jumped above 1.50 a bushel at Winnipeg as the first North American market to do so. Chicago followed with a record season high and a 6 1 8 cent advance. Unfavorable Canadian crop notes aided the rise, but market authorities cite a strong world situation and a Liverpool upturn for immediate wheat delivery.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Canadian Northwest
Liverpool
Judge Letts Claims He Is Eligible for Congress
Juda F. D. Letts of Davenport, the Republican nominee for Iowa's Second District in the primary, denied reports he is ineligible under the state constitution. He argues Congress decides member qualifications and that eligibility concerns the time of taking office, not election. He notes three Iowa congressmen previously served while district judges.
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Davenport
Juda F. D. Letts
Iowa
Supreme Court
Letts
Congress
Woman Garners Tar and Feather Attack in Maryland
At the Frederick hearing Dorothy Grandon, 20, of Martinsburg West Virginia, said a woman helped apply tar and feathers Thursday night. Mrs Lloyd Shank admitted participation along with eight men who faced assault and battery charges. all men were bailed at $2000 each while Mrs Shank remained jailed for lack of bond.
Darrow Strikes Back for Defense
Clarence Darrow, defending Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb, challenged the state's testimony on the so called friendly judge remark. Cross examining Detective Sergeant James Gortland, Darrow pressed the details of Leopold's statements and notes while two alienists joined the defense, signaling a tougher trial ahead.
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Jacob Franke
Nathan F. Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
John MR. Caverty
Robert
Promst
Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Clarence
Darrow
Leopold
Che
Robert Franks
Robert F. Crowe
James G. Cortland
Mr. Darrow
Nathan
Cortland
Franks
James Gortland
Clarence Darrow
Gortland
John R. Caverly
Criminal Court
Conservation
Benjamin Bachrach
Weinstein
William J. Wealy
Booton
Benjamin Glueck
New York
Nathan Leopold Jr
Kidnspers
Healy
Baker Foundation of
Boston
Dr. Glueck
Sing Sing
Bank Messenger Held Up in Moscow as Robbers Escape
Five armed men held up a State bank messenger in central Moscow yesterday, stripping him of $2,000. The bandits then seized a car from the finance commissariat and fled after a high speed chase through crowded streets.
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Moscow
Assistate Pree
State Bank
Commissariat of Finance
Presbyterian group plans gift ship to Germany for Christmas
The Presbyterian general assembly announces a ship to Germany with gifts for impoverished citizens. Items include clothing unbleached muslin sheets layettes milk and cod liver oil. Ship arrives December 1. goods must arrive by November 10. A committee of American church women will accompany the ship and meet a German women's church committee.
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Vhiladel
Germany
Jaden Christemas Gifte
Presbyterian General Assembly
Demand to protect U S citizens in Persia after Imbrie case
State department officials prepared to ask the Persian government to take immediate measures to shield American citizens in Teheran after insults and attacks linked to the killing of Major Robert Imbrie. Joseph Kornfeld reported Mrs. Imbrie assaulted by a Persian youth who grabbed her veil as a policeman watched.
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Washington
State Department
Robert Imbrie
Teheran
Department
Joseph S.S. Kornfeld
Imbrie
Ten Miners Die In Wrecked Gates Mine Explosion
Gates mine in Scottdale area of Pennsylvania sees ten dead after an explosion at 7 30 pm leaves four missing. Seventy five workers present, sixty five escape to surface, state inspectors and the coroner launch an investigation into the local blast. The mine shaft chamber where the men worked is two miles from the entrance.
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Associated Press
Gates
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Frick Company
Scottdale Oar
Bulgaria Declares Martial Law to Fight Communists
Sofia July 2 The Bulgarian government declares martial law following Romania’s lead as a measure against communists. The interior ministry offers rewards to civilians for killing bandits.
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Bulgaria
Associated Free
Sofia
Ministry of the Interior
Panama Limited Derails Near Orion injuring three
A Panama Limited passenger train on the Illinois Central derailed near Orion Tennessee injuring three slightly as seven cars left the rails and a tender buckled under a trestle over the Obion river. Crews cleared debris and halted traffic for hours.
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Orion
Tenn
Illinois Central Railroad
Obion River
Showers Forecast for Week Across Two Valleys
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday calls for showers in the Upper Mississippi Valley and lower Missouri Valley. Cooler temperatures expected in the northern portion as the week progresses.
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Washington
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Lower
Missouri Valley
Senate resumes Mellon inquiry with leadership shakeup
Washington July 26 The senate select committee investigating the internal revenue bureau accepted the resignation of Senator Watson Indiana Republican as chairman. Senator Couzens Michigan Republican was named to replace him and the inquiry was set to resume on September 2.
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Washington
Senate Select Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Watson
Indiana
Couzens
Michigan
Tinley Nominated to Command 34th Division
Brig General Matt Tinley of Council Bluffs is nominated to command the 34th Division of Infantry, a national guard unit with Des Moines HQ. The promotion awaits War Department ratification after governors approve. The division includes Iowa Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota guard units.
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Des Moines
Matt Tinley
Council Bluffs
34Th diVision of Infantry
War Department
Lasher
Iowa
Minnesota
Neeth
South Dakota
Tinley
Coolidge Abandons Weekend Trip for Washington Work
President Coolidge cut short his planned weekend trip aboard the Mayflower due to cooler weather. He will stay in Washington to hold conferences and work on his notification address.
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Washington
Coolidge
Iowa Senate Still Balks at Kendall Budget Director Pick
Des Moines July 26 The Iowa senate again rejected Governor Kendall’s choice for budget director Glenn C. Haynes state auditor and earlier rival Maytag of Newton. The deadlock deepened as Clarke withdrew from consideration and calls grew for a revision of the budget law to permit a simple majority confirmation.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Kendall
Herbert I. Foskett
Shenandoah
Foskett
Clarence M. Young
Senate
Glenn C. Haynes
Fred Maytag
Newton
Appropriations Committee
Iowa
State Senate
Haynes
Fred L. Maytag
George W. Clarke
Clarke
House of Representatives
Leon Ainsworth
Henry Allen
George Foskett
Ainsworth
House
Allen
Iowa Senate Today
Prad J. Maytag
Ml i
W. P. Dawson
Aurelia
Maytag
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Yale
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Minneapolis
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