Dawes Plan Bills Adopted as Herriot Wins Vote
Berlin Aug 21 AP The Reichsrat approved all Dawes plan related bills after Mecklenburg Schwerin opposed the London pact. The railways and Bank of Emission measures passed. Bavaria Württemberg and Thuringia abstained. In Paris Herriot secured a favorable chamber vote on London agreement, while Senate action loomed unfavorably.
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Thuringia
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
London
Senate
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Message From Mars Signals Baffle Vancouver Station
Mysterious signals last week at Point Grey wireless set culminated in four groups of four sounds, starting low and ending with a zip. Operators Dr. W Mellish and W T Burford say no known code or spark caused the phenomenon, hinting at possible alien communication.
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Mars
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W. T. Burford
Mr. Burford
Water in Her Heart Kills Follies Girl
New York on August 21 medical authorities ruled that Follies actress Mary Warnock Liberman, known as Julia Warnock, drowned after narcotic use. A toxicology report found water in the heart, suggesting temporary drug intoxication led to immersion and water entering the lungs and heart, causing the death.
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Mary Warnock Liberman
Julia Warnock
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Alexander Goettler
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Afghan Revolt Grows Fomented by Mullahs
London reports the Afghan revolt has entered a critical phase with rebel activity around Kabul and new outbreaks in the north near the Bokhara border. The movement against the Emir is led by mullahs angered by the ruler’s failure to implement reforms and curb religious interference. Moscow is said to supply money to destabilize the British Indian frontier.
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Boktara
Afghanistan
Moscow
Woman and Girl Shot In Gangster's Battle
Five persons were shot, including three women and an 11 year old girl, in a late day clash NY police say stems from an old feud between gangsters and counterfeiters. The attack left them seriously injured as twenty witnesses were taken into custody but could not identify the gunmen.
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New York
Flood Devastates 2000 Russian Villages
Riga reports by Soviet Telegraph Agency that the Amu-Darya river overflowed flooding 2000 villages across Russia with expected high loss of life. The notice appears in The Washington Post classifieds column offering free owner recovery ads.
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Russia
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Washington Post
Court Hearings Begin for Leopold and Loeb Defense
Special to The Washington Post Chicago August 21 Atty Walter Bachrach opens defense for Leopold and Loeb arguing youth and mental illness mitigate murder guilt while urging the judge to impose imprisonment as fitting punishment Darrow to speak next urging jurors to weigh insanity against culpability as crowd cries Hang. CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE
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Washington Post
Chicago
Joseph P Savage
John R Caverly
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Walter Bachrach
Bachrach
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Ben Bachrach
Robert E Crowe
Crowe
Savage
Illinois
Franks
Leopold
Blast wrecks Navy yard mine station two hurt
Two civilian mine department workers were seriously injured when an explosion wrecked part of an abandoned brick building at the navy yard used for experiments. The blast buried the men under brick debris. a mine shell was found nearby. Rescue teams, including sailors and police, worked quickly to pull them free and transport them to Providence.
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Navy Yard
Joseph E Roith
East Capitol Street
Walter L Schievel
Quackenbos Street
Fifth Precinct
Providence
Actress May Reopens Suit for $100,000 in Los Angeles
Indications that actress Ano(e) Luther would reopen her breach of contract case against mining man Jack F White emerged as Superior Judge J M York extended time for presenting a bill of exception to a recent decision that had dismissed her suit.
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Anoe Luther
Jack F White
J M York
Two Ships Lost In Arctic Ice Floes
A gasoline schooner Arctic is wrecked in Arctic ice near Nome on Wednesday August 20. The motorship Lady Kindersley has been abandoned by her crew, who remain at sea as the US 8 Boxer in the region reports the pair of losses amid ice floes.
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Nome
Lady Kindersley
Huge 200-Gallon Whisky Still Captured Near Floral Park Md
Revenue agents raided a large still near Floral Park Maryland, arresting two Pregrees operating the apparatus after a four hour ambush. Thirteen thousand gallons of mash, 1500 pounds of cornmeal, and 300 pounds of rye were destroyed. Eight Baltimore agents joined by an equal number from the city, led by Texas Tom Wheeler, pursued the operation from dawn to capture. The plant, valued at about 7000 dollars, involved a complex network of vats and pipes and required three hours to wreck. Prisoners were taken to Baltimore for charges of operating a still, believed to be run for a Prince Georges county owner who paid workers three dollars daily.
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Prince Georges County
Society Woman 90 Becomes a Bride
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports the marriage of a nearly 90 year old society widow, Mrs Charlotte Langworthy Turck, to Gen William F Reilly. Reilly claims the title but denies army service, while Turck’s late husband Solomon Turck was a major du Pont powder interests shareholder. A Labor Day excursion ad follows. a street accident injures a baby and grandfather when a car hits a stroller at Fifth and F Streets NW. driver John Richard Schulte is charged with drunken driving and related offenses.
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West Chester
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Turck
Solomon Turck
Reilly
Germany
Reill
du Pont Powder
John Richard
Fifth Street
Fifth
F Streets
George Richard
H Street
Childs
John Lewis Schulte
Third Street
Sixth Precinct
Richard Boy
Casualty Hospital
Passenger Train Lost In Wisconsin Storm
Omaha railroad officials declared tonight that passenger train No 272 on the Chicago Minneapolis St Paul and Omaha road operating on the Mondovi to Fairchild branch line is lost in the storm near Eau Claire Wisconsin with reports of disruption and concern for passengers and crew.
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San Salvador
Honduras
Gen Ferrera
Qcotepaque
Adolfo Marino
Choluteca
Gulf of Fonseca
Murder Trial Link Hidden in Weehawken Gang Feud
New York August 21 Police connect the killings of James and William Young in Weehawken to a plan to murder Mayor Leech of Weehawken. The Young brothers were to testify in Jersey City about gang leaders and bootlegging concessions near the waterfront. Authorities say the Youngs refused a ransom to kill Leech, fueling gang rivalries. The elder Young headed a rival gang and the killings appear tied to power struggles and a murder in Eighth Avenue.
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Charles Leech
James
William Young Brothers
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Youngs
Jersey City
Jobert
Johns
Young Brothers
Leech
Young
Williams
James Young
Americans in Turkey Lose Baggage in Hotel Fire
In Constantinople on August 21 several American travelers were left luggage-less after a major hotel burned. The group includes Prof John Dewey of Columbia University and Dewey David Moore Robinson of Johns Hopkins, plus Frederick T Wood of New York and members of the University of Michigan archaeological expedition.
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Angora
John Dewey
Columbia University
Dewey David Moore Robinson
Johns Hopkins
Frederick T Woodbridge
New York
Easton
Kelsey Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Archaeological Expedition
Army planes descend together in Greenland flight from Iceland
Halifax reports that Lowell H Smith and Lieut Erik Nelson reached Greenland after a coordinated takeoff from Reykjavik aboard American round the world fliers with Lieut Locatelli. The trio, led by Locatelli, traveled with weather favorable conditions, passing the Richmond cruiser en route.
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Nova Scotia
Lowell H Smith
Erik Nelson
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Iceland
Gieut Smith
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Lieut Locatelli
London
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Lieut Melson
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Erik H .Nelson
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Nelson
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Charlestown Navy Yard
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