Dawes Plan bills pass second reading in Berlin
Berlin August 27 reports say the Reichstag passed the second reading of the Dawes reparations bills by 248 to 174. The measure still faces a tight path to final approval, with a possible two-thirds majority needed on Friday and heavy nationalist opposition. Police entered the chamber amid rioting communists as deputies wer e ejected.
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Berlin
A. P
Reichstag
Reichatag
London
Wallraf
Morpiass
Wallraff
Dawes
Seized Alcohol Explodes Murder Fire Kills 2 in Cells
Detroit August 27 A blast and fire at the Vinewood avenue police station killed two black prisoners and injured eleven others seven severely as officers poured confiscated alcohol into drains. Police Commissioner Frank Kraal ordered an inquiry into the blast and failure to release prisoners before firefighters arrived. Authorities suspect a match or spark from metal on containers ignited fumes near cell bars.
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Detroit
Vinewood Avenue
Frank Kraal
Smith Will Not Run for Reelection Says Olvany Meeting
New York August 27 Gov Smith told George W Olvany leader of Tammany Hall he will not seek a reelection. The decision came at a conference where Olvany urged him to follow party requests. Smith cited a need to go into business to restore his fortunes.
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New York
Colored Photographs Transmitted by Wire
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company announced colored photographs were transmitted from Chicago to New York. A color image placed in a Chicago sender was reproduced here with restored colors, using color separation at sending and reassembly on receipt. Three test photographs were sent as black and white, then recolored on arrival.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Chicago
Ford Denies Praising Ku Klux In Interview
Detroit dispatch reports Henry Ford on his yacht refuting a Montreal Star quote that he praised the Ku Klux Klan. He said he gave no interview in Montreal and did not discuss the Klan, directing officers to issue a positive denial of the false statement.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Montreal
Montreal Star
Ford
Siege of Shanghai Reported Likely in Chinese Civil War
A Special Cable Dispatch from Peking notes rail cuts and censorship as Wu Pei Fu moves to oust the Chekiang governor. Shanghai reports warlike prep by Lu Yung Hsiang and Che Shu Yuan with troops mobilized near Seechow. Possible campaigns threaten Peking from the north, with Chang Tso-lin awaiting to strike. CONTINUES ON FOURTH PAGE.
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Shanghai
Peking
Shanghai-Nanking
Tientain
Wu Pat Fu
Chihli
Che- Klang
Chang Tso-lin
Wu Pei Fu
Yangtze
Lu Yung Hsiang
Chekiang
Che Shu Yuan
Kiangsu Province
Seechow
Che
Nanking
Pekiang
Storm delays U S World Flight from Greenland to Labrador
Ice fog and a northern storm prompt a one day postponement of the U S army world flight from Ivigtut Greenland to Indian Harbor Labrador. Rear Admiral Magruder ordered the delay while the Richmond and destroyers regroup at Ice Tickle. Lieutenant Smith reports engines progressing and the crew plans a Friday departure.
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U. S
Richmond
Ice Tickle
Labrador
A. P
Ivigtut
Greenland
Indian Harbor
Thomas P. Magruder
Naval Patrol
Andian Harbor
Lawrence
Charles Ausburne
McFarland
Davis Straits
Lee Mountain
Lowell H. Smith
The
World Flight
Magruder
Army
Lieut. Locatelli
Bank Fears Holdup Inaugurates Safety Before Business Policy
Millstadt Illinois officials of the Bank of Millstadt adopt a safety before business policy amid a wave of Southern Illinois robberies. Doors stay locked during business hours and patrons must rap for admission. A cashier checks identity and a guard with a riot gun guards the entrance.
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Millstadt
Lit
Bank of Millstadt
Illnois
Duchess alleges Duke ordered ousting at Berkley Square
London report says the Duchess sought an injunction to stop the Duke or agents from ejecting her from Bourdon House in Berkley Square while she was permitted to stay there with her possessions. The court ordered the maid to remain in custody of the duchess while the case awaits a ruling.
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London
Duchess of Westminster
America
Majestic
Bourbon House
Berkley Square
Grosvenor House
Berkley Square House
Father and Girl Killed At Same Spot in Hour
Detroit August 27 reports say a father Joseph Jacobich 37 and his 2 year old daughter Marte were killed within an hour at the Goddard avenue crossing of the Detroit and Toledo division of the Detroit United Railway in Ecorse a suburb. Jacobich a laborer was hauling dirt when his wagon was struck. While authorities investigated the first accident they learned of the second. The child had wandered onto the interurban tracks after her mother left home to identify the body of her husband.
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Detroit
Joseph Jacobich
Goddard Avenue
Toledo
Detroit United Railway
Ecorse
Hig
Marte
Jacobich
West Virginia Reaches 21.66 Knots in Tests
Rockland Me Aug 27 Speed of 21 6 knots and about 35000 horsepower were achieved in the first of three standardization trials of the battleship West Virginia The ship the last capital ship of the United States navy to be completed in ten years under the naval arms limitation treaty was tested at a displacement of 33500 tons with further tests planned for lean and maximum displacements.
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Rockland
West Virginia
United States Navy
Mail Burns in Street Guarded by Police in New York
A post office truck transporting registered mail caught fire tonight in New York. Six policemen guarded the charred pile of mail, with inspectors estimating losses could reach thousands of dollars. The cause of the blaze is not known.
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New York
Vipers Sweep French Regions Over Reduced Bounty
Special dispatch from Paris reports central France flooded with vipers after the bounty on serpent heads was halved from 50 to 25 centimes. Mountain guides and locals resort to catching vipers to collect rewards, while tourists complain and authorities seek national help to curb the nuisance.
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Paris
France
Crowe Read Letter Motive Reveals in Leopold-Loeb Case
Chicago August 27 State's Attorney Crowe argued for the death penalty citing the Hulbert Bowen report and letters from relatives showing money motive. He read passages from the youths own statements and defense alienists' opinions to challenge claims of heredity and emotional defect.
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Chicago
A. P
Robert E. Crowe
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
John R. Caverly
Tetimainal Court
Cook County
Mr. Crowe
Robert Franks
Loeb
Crowe
Ihaa
William J. Healy
M. Douglas Singer
Thomas Marshall
Healy
Benjamin Bachrach
Allan Loeb
Richard
Milton Smith
ZR-3 Makes First Flight Above Swiss Lake in Rain
The dirigible ZR-3 built for the United States conducted its first trial over Lake Constance in pouring rain. Dr Hugo Eckner led the flight with six Americans aboard including Capt George W. Steele. The craft reached about 1200 feet altitude and 60 mph, with one engine issue blamed on a broken crankshaft. officials said the problem could be fixed quickly for the transatlantic flight.
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Swiss Lake
Friedrichshafen
Germany
A. P
United States
Lake Constance
Hugo Eckner
Zeppelin Company
Eckner
George W. Steele
Lven
Capt. Steele
Garland Fulton
CAN'T DISARM ALONE MACDONALD ASSERTS
Fromres Scotland August 27 Ramsay Macdonald British prime minister spoke on the fleet review noting the line of the battle fleet seemed short and that Britain must uphold the Washington compact He said disarmament requires other nations to join and pledged to push the onward process from London to Geneva toward a successful beginning.
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Forres
Scotland
A. P
Ramsay Macdonald
Mr. Macdonald
Great Britain
Washington
Geneva
Macdonald
London
Two Priests Drown Attempting Rescue Near Marshfield
United States news reports two Roman Catholic priests drowning at Sunrise Beach Marshfield Mass after going to aid three fellow bathers. The men were William J. Chittick of Boston tied to a Framingham parish and Thomas F Kehane of Boston linked to St Elizabeths Hospital in Brighton.
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Marshfield
Mass
Sunrise Beach
Here
William J. Chittick
Boston
Framingham
Thomas F. Kehane
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Brighton
Double Tragedy Near Wymore Leaves Two Teens Dead
In Wymore Nebraska Beaste Nemo age 15 and Charles Clary age 18 were found shot to death in nearby woods. A revolver was found in Clary’s hand. Police believe a suicide pact born from a school romance caused the double slaying.
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Wymore
Beaste Nemo
Charles Clary
U. S. Vessel Ordered to Aid Stranded Schooner
The Boxer supply ship of the Bureau of Education has been ordered to assist the motor schooner Lady Kindersley, trapped in ice about 45 miles east of Point Barrow Alaska. Edward Fitzgerald of the Hudsons Bay Company urged relief as fifteen crew members faced a grave situation if not quickly relieved.
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Bureau of Education
Lady Kindersley
Point, Barrow
Alaska
Army
Navy
Edward Fitzgerald
Hudsons Bay Company
Point Barrow
Interior Department
May Use Marines In Nicaragua Election
San Juan Del Sur Nicaragua reports conservatives will petition the State Department in Washington seeking cooperation of American marines and experts for the forthcoming elections.
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Nicaragua
San Juan del Sur
State Department
Washington
French Senate Ratifies Lausanne Treaty Amid Narrow Vote
In Paria the French senate approved the Lausanne treaty with only 20 negative votes after a two hour debate. The ratification followed a Monday vote and confirms France's adherence to the pact signed July 24, 1923, restoring peace in the Near East. Britain Italy and Japan had already ratified.
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Paria
A. P
Lausanne
Near East
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Bee and Bug Cause Two Auto Crashes In Washington
Two accidents yesterday involved insects as the bee felled Polish attache Stephen Poradzski by causing eye pain and loss of control to crash into a tree. His wife Virginia Poradgeska was badly cut and later treated in Annapolis and Emergency Hospital. A second crash on Connecticut Avenue near Chevy Chase Circle was caused when a bug flew into Miss Marie Coldenstroth’s eye, sending her car up an embankment and overturning. she refused further hospital care. An excursion notice for Richmond trip appears at article end.
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Stephen Poradzski
Legation
Annapolis Pike
Poradzski
Poradyski
Virgina Poradgeska
Annapolis
R. Scott Lamb
Poradzakis
Webster
Poradzaki
Marie Coldenstroth
Gallatin Street
Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase Circle
Miss Coldenstroth
Ships Struck by Atlantic Hurricane Aboard Arabic
The Arabic and other White Star liners faced a deadly gale in the Atlantic hurting dozens aboard. Fifty-plus injured aboard the Arabic with one death and many more hurt on other ships as lifeboats, portholes, and decks were damaged in the storm. Ambulances waited at North River Pier for care.
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New York
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Homeric
White Star Line
Munson
Munargo
Nassau
Orizaba
Ward Line
Giuseppe Verdi
North River Pier
Hickson
White Star
Elisa Walker
Nordfarer
South America
J Madsen
Munsen
Mandelta
San Pedro
J F Smith
Hamburg
Halifax
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Marx
Wallrat
Nasmuch
Marx-Stresemann
Herriot
A&a
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Rpperal
Beon Fours
Smith
Olvany
Ku Klux
Chekiang Province
Storm
Zanni
Zeppelin
Britain
Premier
Glad
Boxer
Treaty of Lausanne
M. Coldenstroth
Lebor
Feay
Ady
Sowips
Giuseppi Verdi
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