Fragmented Post Scriptes From a Turbulent Era
A garbled, era style column cites politicians and events. mentions Bob La Follette thanking Sam Gompers for labor votes, contrasts with Republican wheat and corn trends, notes Eight polo ponies for the Prince of Wales in New York, Maryland duck hunters find edible latua, and reports pacifist training camps, booster meetings in Portsmouth Virginia, and mixed labor union signals with Gompers.
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Prince of Wales
New York
Prince Anly
Jim
Berlin Delegation Arrives for Dawes Plan Talks in London
German opposition to the Dawes program focuses on Ruhr evacuation and delivery extensions beyond 1930, with two technical objections anticipated. Germany’s Stresemann could press these unless a Ruhr settlement is reached. German delegates arrive at 8 30 am and will meet Prime Minister Macdonald at No 10 Downing Street for a plenary session.
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London
Marx
Downing Street
Ruhr
Germany
Eral
Stresemann
Premier Macdonald
No 10 Downing Street
Macdonald
Herriot
France
Associated Press
M. Herriot
Europe
Two Children Drown In Bathtub In Chicago Suburb
Special to The Washington Post from Chicago reports Ruth Segel aged five and her brother Howard six drowned in a bathtub when their mother chatted nearby. The lake was too far so the mother filled the tub for play boats. Neighbors heard silence and found the children in the bath, likely the girl slipped and the boy tried to help.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Ruth Segel
Howard
Martha Haas
Rhode Island G O P Chairman Indicted
Providence Aug 4 William C Pelkey chairman of the Republican State central committee John T Toomey of Johnston and William Toots Murray of Boston were indicted by the grand jury on conspiracy charges tied to a gas bomb explosion near the Rhode Island Senate on June 19 Lieut Gov Felix A Toupio was targeted by the alleged plot Judge Jerome Hahn ordered capiases issued and set Friday for pleas to indictments
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Providence
R. I
William C Pelkey
Republican State Central Committee
John T. Toomey
Johnston
William Toots
Murray
Boston
Grand Jury
Rhode I Island
Senate
Felix A Toupio J
Jerome Hahn
Superior Court
Capiuser
Dr Cook Denied Freedom On Writ Of Habeas Corpus
Fort Worth Texas August 4 The plea of Dr Frederick A Cook noted explorer and former oil promoter for release on a writ of habeas corpus was denied by Federal Judge Wilson The judge cited lack of jurisdiction Cook faces a 14 year prison term and a $12060 fine He has appealed the sentence and sought bond release.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Frederick A. Cook
Wilson
Cook
Aerial Speed Record Awarded to Italian Aviator Passalova
The Aero club announces Leandro Passalova of Italy set a world speed record of 303 kilometers 370 meters per hour in a seaplane flight. During the night he reached a peak of 310 kilometers 342 meters per hour.
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Rome
The
Aero Club
Leandro Passalova
Passalova
Canadian Post Offer to Belcourt as Minister to Washington
London report says the Canadian government offered the newly created post of Canadian Minister to Washington to Senator Belcourt, who is in London for the conference. The bid signals heightened diplomacy as Canada broadens its representation in Washington.
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Belcourt
London
Washington
Canada
The
Chicago Tribune
Search begun for Mrs Evans slayers guided by Obregon
Mexico City reports President Obregon ordered a full inquiry into the ambush slaying of British subject Mrs Rosalie Evans near Texmelucan. Federal troops scour the area, while British and U S officials gather details. Authorities suspect robbery, not agrarian motive. The body heads to Mexico City for burial as investigations proceed.
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Mrs. Evans Slayers
Obregon
Mexico City
A. P
Mexico
Puebla
Rosalie Evans
Texmelucan
Departments of Foreign Relations
of the Interior
W. S. Hardaker
Con‘sul
Morgan King
United States
William C. Jenkins
Evans Hacienda
San Pedro Coxtocan
Evane
John Strauss
Roberto Cruz
Angi
Department of Foreign Relations
Evans
London
Luciano Rodriguez. Rodriguez
Prisoners Use Hidden Radios to Smuggle Drugs
Philadelphia August 4. Prison officials disclosed that inmates at Eastern State Penitentiary used compact radio sets to receive narcotics and transmit coded messages. Investigations revealed ingenious devices, including a Bible hollowed for a compact transmitter and bedsprings or pipes serving as grounds to defeat the ban on radios.
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Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
Alfred W. Fleisher
Board of Prison Trustees
Leopold and Loeb murder trial expert likens act to pie choice
In Chicago the defense’s expert Dr William Healy described Leopold and Loeb as sharing a childish, pathological compact. He said Leopold could kill with minimal conscience while Loeb fantasized about spectacular crime, their bond shaping the Franks murder. Judge Caverly restricted publication of the compact details.
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Chicago
John R Caverly
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Leopold
William Healy
Boston
Mass
Loeb
Walter Bachrach
William A. White
Washington, D. C
Healy
Dr. Healy
Robert E. Crowe
White
Euch
Fraud Charged In Sale Of Morosco Stock
A federal grand jury charged seven men with defrauding investors in Morosco Holding Company stock and using the mails to carry out the scheme. Oliver Morosco himself was said to be a victim, surrendering properties valued at about 5 million dollars for stock in the company, which had no treasury shares. The defendants include George R. Bentel, Benjamin Leven, George H. Pierce, George G. Hanson, Albert Dew Blum, William C. Amos, and George Derr, all tied to the Morosco theater and film interests. The allegations describe losses of over 2.5 million dollars to the public. The case references Morosco town and related theater properties and ventures in New York and California.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Morosco Holding Company
Oliver Morosco
George R. Bentel
Benjamin Leven
Morosco Sales Corporation
George H. Pierce
G. Harris Pierce
George G. Hanson
Leven
Albert Dew Blum
William C. Amos
George Derr
United States
McCoy
Morosco
Treasury
California
Los Angeles
Moroscotown
England
France
Germany
Moroscottown
De Fritsch Liquors Raid Member Dismissed
New York Aug 4 Federal prohibition agent Robert J Owens who led a raid on Hugo Gilbert de Fritsch home was dismissed from service on grounds he misrepresented facts to obtain a warrant and failed to inform the U S commissioner that the raided premises were a private residence Liquors were preprohibition in the strictest sense of the word The stock of liquors was returned to the house by other agents.
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New York
Robert J. Owens
Prohibition
Hugo Gilbert de Fritsch
Taft
Washington
Owens
de Fritsch
United States
Merrick
Butler Organizes Firemen as Soldiers in Army Plan
In Philadelphia on August 4, Director of Public Safety Butler announced an infantry regiment to be formed from two battalions, police and firemen, each with four companies of 100 men. The unit aims to boost public interest in police athletic games and to serve as emergency troops. Training will begin as rifles and bayonets arrive, using the Marine Corps manual. About 60 percent of the police and firemen are former service members.
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Philadelphia
Public Safety
Butler
Marine Corps
Forest Fire Destroys Wyoming Settlement
Forest fire in the War Bonnet district 60 miles southwest of Douglas destroys Cold Springs and nearby mine buildings. Two 60 man crews led by Sheriff Albert Peyton and Special Agent Kimbal battle the blaze as it threatens thousands of acres of government timber.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Cold Springs
Mina
War Bonnet District
Douglas
United States Land Office
Albert Peyton
Converse County
Kimbal
General Land Office
Corfu Plague Ridden Pathea Also Infected
The general health directory announces Corfu infected with plague and passengers and freight from there will face strict examination and disinfection. Pathea is also declared plague infected. Atlantic City hotels advertise moderate prices. Elheron and Iroquois mentioned.
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Corfu
Rome
General Health Directory
Atlantic City
Elheron
Iroquois
Adv
Postal Plane Burns Delivers Fire Loss of Mail
A San Francisco air mail flight ended in flames when a radiator exploded over Great Salt Lake. Pilot Scott landed the aircraft but could not save the mail or extinguish the fire, losing about 152 pounds of mail in the blaze. Officials said it was the first air mail loss by fire in several years.
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San Francisco
Scott
Great Salt Lake
Gas to Dust Bandits From Refuge in Mine
Grand Junction, Colo. Aug. 4 Preparations were made to force chlorine gas into the Palisade mine near Palisade California in the effort to drive out three men alleged to have robbed the Palisade post office last Saturday of more than 15000 in stamps and cash. Officials say the robbers took refuge in the mine late Saturday. One tried to escape Sunday night but was met by a volley of shots and retreated into the mine.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Palisade
Calif
St Igs
Washington Boy Dies From Auto Injuries
Louis Thomas, 20, of 119 M Street NW, died at St. Agnes hospital after a car he rode in swerved off the road into a telegraph pole near Laurel, Maryland. Coroner Dr. Horton said George Holt of 915 Sixth Street NW drove the car. Thomas and other occupants were injured but expected to recover.
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Louis Thomas
M Street
Washington
Laurel
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Baltimore
Thomas
Horton
George Holt
Sixth Street
American airmen ready for 300 mile Iceland flight start
Lieuts Lowell H Smith and Erik Nelson prepare to depart from Wade Seaside for a 300 mile flight around southern Ireland to Reykjavik as weather holds. Wade’s wrecked Boston may be repaired in Reykjavik with spare parts and pontoons. a Dubai-like depot exists in Iceland for the circumnavigation attempt.
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Hoefn
Reyhiavih
Ireland
Lreaut Leigh Wade
Richmond
Faroe Islands
Boston
Raleigh
Reykjavik
Lieut
Wade
War Department
Globe
Lieut Leigh Wade
Lieut Wade
Iceland
Lowell H Smith
Erik Nelson
Tcelandic
Anxires
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Bob la Follette
Sam Gompers
Katharine
Wolsey
Maryland
Charlie
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Brother Chase
Amaranth
Moly
W. G. Lee
Portsmouth
la Follette’s
Brotherhood of Railroad
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Rurr
Berlin
Mr. Hughes
Maria
Sam
Camp Devens
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la Follette
Commonwealth Avenue
Japan
Max Adeler
Leopold and
JoAn
Clark Griffith
Sherrill
Red Cross
Jack White
Ann Luther
Hollywood
Rhode Island
Dr. Cook
U. S
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Husband
Leopold and Loeb
Alienisit
DE Fritsch Liquors
MacLaren
Cordova
Alaska
Pie—Ma
Stuart MacLaren
Calshot
Todarf
Nikolski
Komendorski Islands
Siberia
Nikolai
Petropav Lovelry
Thiepval
Komandorsk Islands
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British Columbia
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