Death of officer's wife under unknown cause
San Francisco August 20 report from Associated Press states Mrs Daisy Price 26 wife of Lieut Commodore George D Price died after falling from a fourth story window. Coroner's jury called death unknown. Inquiry to be held aboard the carrier Lexington. police say no further investigations unless new evidence. Witnesses cite an argument between Mrs Price and Mrs Spencer at a party prior to the tragedy.
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Associated Press
San Fra
Calif
Contr Gate
Daisy Price
George D. Price
L. H. C. Johnson
Lexington
Price
Allen McGinn
San Francisco
R. D. Downer
Notes Paid by Cannon In Virginia Bank In 1928 Campaign
Senate campaign funds panel examines bank records showing $5,000 in notes paid off by Bishop James Cannon Jr. during the 1928 anti Smith effort. The probe seeks clarity on over $65,000 provided by E C Jameson and compliance with reporting laws.
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Associated Press
Washington
Virginia
James Cannon, Jr
anti-Smith Committee
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
E. C. Jameson
New York
John A. Booker
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Blackstone
Southern Methodist
Nye
Booker
Cannon
Senator Dill
Young Motorists Hurt In South Washington Street Overturn
Three Winchester youths Joe Carson Douglas DuShane and Henry Jennings were recovering from surface injuries after a roadster overturned while turning a corner on South Washington Street. Carson suffered cuts to his arm hand and face while DuShane had a head contusion and scraped arms and Jennings hurt his leg.
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Winchester
Joe Carson
Douglas DuShane
Henry Jennings
South Washington Street
Highly Respected Millwood Man Dies At 83
Thomas H. Potter longtime Clarke county resident and master stone mason died at age 83. native of Loudoun county he lived in Clarke for sixty years and left a widow Belle B. Potter and six children in Millwood and Asbury Park. Funeral at Gilfield Baptist Church Millwood with Rev Ford officiating tomorrow at 1 PM followed by interment in nearby cemetery.
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Thomas H. Potter
Millwood
Clarke County
Loudoun County
Belle B. Potter
Lena Olton
Sadie M. Banks
Asbury Park
N. J
James Potter
Thomas J. Potter
Philadelphia
McKinley Potter
Kentucky
Richard Potter
Gilfield Baptist Church
Ford
Front Royal
Woman’s Council Protests Dry Law Ruling
The Business and Professional Women’s Council of Maryland protests Prohibition Commissioner Amos W. Woodcock’s order barring women from aiding evidence gathering in raids. The council cites discriminatory action that affects enforcement and notes women still receive pay envelopes in the prohibition picture.
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Woman’s Council
Associated Press
Baltimore
Prohibition
Amos W. Woodcock
Business and Professional Women’s Council of Maryland
M. LeClare Peachs
Great Airship Takes First Open Air Walkout
The Akron, largest dirigible in the world, left the hangar for a dress rehearsal walk with 250 ground crew. Lieut.-Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl, its captain, along with Lieut.-Comdr. H. V. Wiley and Lieut. Wilfred Bushnell ordered the maneuvers.
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Associated Press
Akron
Charles E. Rosendahl
H. V. Wiley
Wilfred Bushnell
Woodstock Girl Dies In Hospital
Mary Line a 13 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Sine of Woodstock Shenandoah county died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital from sudden complications after illness. Funeral rites and interment will take place in Woodstock. The article notes the S P C A seeks a home for a police puppy and that the U S government spends 59000 annually to maintain a White House guard.
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Mary Line
Ernest Sine
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Frank Harris Dies At Nice At Age Seventy Five
Frank Harris noted author died here today from an asthma attack at 75. He had lived in France since 1922 after selling his interest in Pearson's Magazine, where he served as editor. His Life of Oscar Wilde is among his best known works, and My Life and Love drew attention and bans in several countries.
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Associated Press
Nice
Frank Harris
Harris
France
Pearson's
Oscar Wilde
My Life
United States
Yuko Hamighi Former Premier of Japan Dies at 61
Tokyo August 26 Former Japanese prime minister Yuko Hamighi who championed the London naval treaty under strong opposition from government officials and militarists died in Tokyo at age 61. He had been wounded by Tomo Sayoya on November 14, 1930 after ratification of the naval treaty.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yuko Hamighi
Hamichi
Tomo Sayoya
Gandhi to Attend Second Round Table Conference
Mahatma Gandhi agreed to take part in the second round table conference and will sail for England next Saturday. The decision followed a morning talk with Viceroy Willingdon described as highly satisfactory, with Gandhi insisting an impartial arbitration board be appointed to hear charges of duress in revenue tax collection.
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Associated Press
Simla
India
Mahatma Gandhi
England
Willingdon
Mahatma
Enormous Loss Of Life In China Floods Reported
Shanghai Aug. 26. Unofficial figures place flood deaths in Hupeh province alone from 25 000 to 200 000 as authorities provide no official tally. The Associated Press reports grim losses in central China amid rising flood devastation.
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China
Associated Press
Shanghai
Hupeh Province
Flying Brokers Start 1184 Mile Nonstop Flight to New Orleans
James Goodwin Hall and Andre de Coppet left Floyd Bennett Airport Brooklyn at 401 a m on a nonstop 1184 mile flight to New Orleans. They expect to cover the distance in under seven hours and plan an immediate return to New York.
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Associated Press
New York
James Goodwin Hall
Andre de Coppet
Floyd Bennett Airport
Brooklyn
New Orleans
Hall
Question about tribal leadership naming and clocks
Reader asks if a tribe chief can have a daughter titled Miss and references Mary Vaughan at Indian Mound Tena. The note also wonders why grandfather clocks lack whiskers on their faces.
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Mary Vaughan
Indian Mound
Tena
Simple life praised in brief editorial note
A terse Arkansas Gazette line describes atrocities in the Belgian Congo where natives allegedly captured killed cooked and ate a tax collector in a stark colonial brief sentence.
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Arkansas Gazette
Barrymore Costello to Visit New York for Premieres
John Barrymore and Dolores Costello plan a West Coast to New York visit by yacht In fanta via the Panama Canal with their daughter, ac company them for premieres of The Mad Genius and Expensive Women, their first New York appearance since marriage.
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New York
John Barrymore
Dolores Costello
Infanta
Panama Canal
Dolores Ethel Mae Barrymore
Mr. Barrymore
Miss Costello
Warner Bros
Barrymores
Settlement Seen to Reopen Italy Catholic Action Clubs
Premier Mussolini and Pope Pius reportedly agreed on general terms to reopen the 15 000 Catholic Action Clubs of Italy. No specifics were released but the Vatican expected acceptance within days.
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Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Pope Pius
Italy
Vatican
Nixoderm Promises Quick Heal for Toe Itch Disease
A Baker's Drug Store advertisement touts Dr. Nixon's Nixoderm as a fast remedy for toe and foot skin diseases including itching cracking and ringworm. It claims London hospital formulas, a guarantee to stop itching, and a refund offer if not cured.
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Dr. Nixon
London
Nixon
Vacation notices and social visits in Middletown area
Miss Hannah Walter spends vacation in Washington on Brunswick with relatives. Miss Martha Reely and Miss Louise Rhodes visit Witham Va guests of Miss Blanche Smith then plan time at Pocomoke Md summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Richards Manor. Several townsfolk visit relatives in Baltimore Bedford Pa Shenandoah and Monterey while others return from trips and family gatherings.
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Middletown
Hannah Walter
Washington
Brunswick
Martha Reely
Louise Rhodes
Witham
Blanche Smith
Richards Manor
Pocomoke
Manor
Katharine Rhodes
Miss Knight
Berryville
Philip Kline
Ernest Alger
Millwood
Esther Miner
Altoona
Claude Carper
L. H. Lamphear
Fort Humphreys
Lamphear
Renton
Wash
Frank Weirich
Walter McCauley
Russell
Harry
I. N. Conner
Baltimore
Archie Conner
W. J. Colfelt
Julia Margaret Colfelt
C. D. Brode
Bedford
Jennie Pennington
M. L. Larrick
Church Street
Anna Neil Hammack
Bernice Burdett
R. A
Agnes Conner
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