Assault on trade policy renews Senate clash
In Washington on July 93 Senator McCarran pressed to require Senate approval of all trade pacts including the Russia deal. Senate Democratic Leader Robinson defended the treaty program as the country’s best path, while McCarran warned that the Russia accord would close American factories and harm farmers. The debate touched edits to AAA contracts and duties and sought to curb import quotas.
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Washington
Senate
Russia
McCarran
D-Ney
AAA
Agriculture
Robinson
Vandenberg
Rmich
Vanderberg
Cuba
America
Bonds Decline and Stocks Rise on Italian Market
Rome reports a sharp fall in government bonds while common stocks advance as a royal decree lowers the gold coverage limit for currency sight obligations. The lira stays firm on the domestic market, with consolidated bonds dropping to 66 from 86 at the start of the Palo-Ethiopian dispute.
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Rome
Stock Exchange
Bitter Rift Over Impeachment Splits House Leaders
Rep Fish argues impeachment hinges on constitutional overreach by the White House and Congress. He accuses Reed Cannon Clark and Longworth of letting the House surrender legislative powers to the President, recalling Jackson’s failed impeachment as warning.
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Fish
House
State Department
Congress
Reed
Cannon
Clark
Longworth
Gandhi
Andrew Jackson
Karpis Linked to New Kidnap Plot in Fairbury Shootout
In Fairbury Nebraska on July 23 Alvin Karpis alleged to lead a trio in a running gun battle with two officers. A shotgun blast disabled their car forcing the gang to flee on foot as officers pursued for ammunition. A separate report says W E Grogzyman a Kansas City salesman abducted near Marysville Kansas was released unharmed nearby.
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Fairbury
Neb
Alvin Karpis
Foster Helvy
Helvy
Joeper
Helvey
Emil Ackman
Ackman
Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
W. E. Grogzyman
Kansas City
Marysville
Kas
Blue Rapids
Grogeman
Blue Pre Fo
Fears Of Fresh Outbreaks In Ireland Heighten Tensions
In Belfast and across Ireland, fears rise of a pro Irish Free State program. Houses display the slogan Remember Belfast as religious strife flares after Orangemen celebration. Anti Catholic and anti Protestant demonstrations spread between Ulster and the south. Nationalist MPs plan a London meeting with Prime Minister Baldwin.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Free State
Comeath
Battle of the Boyne
Ulster
Catholc Free State
London
Stanley Baldwin
Other Boulder Dam Workers Seek $1.00 Hour Wage
Striking workers on the Boulder Dam project swell the walkout to join steel carpenters and other trades pushing for 1.00 dollar an hour for skilled labor and 0.75 for unskilled. Payrolls show 830 still at work while 800 are on strike. average wage at the dam is 71 cents per hour.
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Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
Crete Origin of Naval Power Traced to King Minos
The third largest Mediterranean island, Crete, is presented as the birthplace of naval power. King Minos of Cnossus is credited as its founder and first ruler to dominate the sea, with civilization on Crete dating to about 3400 B C.
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Crete
Mediterranean
Minos
Cnossus
Lie detector prompts confession in Marian Cozzo case
Mills Redmond admitted killing 17 year old Marian Cozzo in Chicago after lie detector results showed undue emotion. He initially claimed he was not in Niles, Michigan at the time, and police say he assaulted her and dumped the body into a catch basin. Workmen found the decomposed remains last December.
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Mills Redmond
Niles
Mich
Marian Cozzo
Chicago
Northwestern University
Redmond
Germans Ban Catholic Veterans Order Separates Faithful Units
Berlin reports General Goering dissolved the Reichsbund Catholic war veterans for dividing the people. An education ministry decree makes attendance at religious services optional in higher schools, fueling interpretations about curbing parochial schools and advancing a Germanic religion agenda.
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Berlin
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Reichsbund
National Association
Catholic Front
Unit of the People
Vollgemeinschaft
Federations of Veterans
Education Ministry
Pecora May Do Phone Probing For U S Senate
Washington July 23 Ferdinand Pecora who led the stock market inquiry last year is in New York Supreme Court justice the White House spoke with him Monday about a possible role as counsel for the Senate investigation into the American Telephone and Telegraph Company Pecora is mentioned as a candidate for the $750000 probe which is about to begin.
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Washington
Ferdinand Pecore
Senate
Congress
Pecora
New York Supreme Court
White House
Teephone
Teegraph Company
Federal Funds For State Memorials Designated for Virginia
Virginia was allotted 91000 of 9585820 in Works Progress Administration funds for National Park Service projects. Improvements are planned at Colonial National Monument Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Battlefield Memorial and George Washington Birthplace National Monument.
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Washington
Virginia
Works Relief Administration
National Park Service
Colonial National Monument
Fredericksburg and
Spottsylvania Battlefield Memorial
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Wounded Federal Detective Dead in Fla Liquor Raid
W. R. Braden federal alcohol agent died from a bullet wound sustained during a still raid in Blountstown Florida. Braden and two other officers confronted three operators who resisted surrender. an unidentified Negro was killed in the confrontation.
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Blountstown
Fla
W. R. Braden
Branden
Chrysler Resigns Firm's Presidency
Walter P. Chrysler has relinquished the presidency of Chrysler Corporation he founded in 1925. The board appointed K. T. Keller to fill the vacancy while Chrysler remains chairman.
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Chrysler
Firm
New York
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
K. T. Keller
Kidnapped Man Released After Mistaken Identity
A Columbus man named Robert Byers was abducted by a masked trio who mistook him for his wealthy brother and demanded a $10 000 ransom. Realizing the error the kidnappers let Byers go in Medina Ohio and he returned home unharmed.
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Robert Byers
Columbus
Byers
Medina
General Strike Halts Business in Terre Haute
Terre Haute Indiana endures a two day general strike as 1500 to 2000 National Guardsmen seal a city of 68000. tear gas used to disperse 1000 sympathizers near Columbian Enameling and Stamping, with 5 arrests. conciliators from the US Labor Department began talks with strikers and company officials.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Eugene Harvey
Rabinaville
National
Columbian Enameling and Stamping Company
Charles L. Richardson
Washington
Harry E. Sheck
Chicago
United States Department of Labor
Public Service Company of
Smith
German Catholics Await Leaders Action Amid Nazi Pressure
German Catholics worshiped under tight Nazi surveillance as priests faced political accusations and possible arrest. Cardinals Bertram Breslau Faulhaber Munich and Schulte Cologne were expected to meet to set policy under new decrees while Sunday services remained orderly.
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Bertram
Breslau
Faulhaber
Munich
Cardinal Schulte
Cologne
Margaret Waley Heads to Federal Prison in Milan
Margaret Waley 19 was convicted of kidnapping nine year old George Weyehaeuser and sent to 20 years in the Milan Michigan federal women’s prison. She left Tacoma aboard the Great Northern Empire Builder with U S Marshal Chitty and Mrs. Chitty and said she would be glad to start her term.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Weyehaeuser
Federal Women’s Prison
Milan
Mich
Margaret Thulin Waley
United States
Chitty
Great Northern Empire Builder
Mrs. Waley
Harmon Metz Waley
Alcatraz
Grain price quotations from Chicago and Baltimore markets
Closing grain prices list futures and cash quotations for wheat corn oats rye and barley with July September and December contract values. Baltimore No 2 red winter wheat spot and Winchester market prices are also provided with per bushel and per barrel figures based on mill deliveries.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Juy
Winchester
Blast Wrecks A Big Distillery In City Fire
A large distillery at the southern edge of the city was wrecked by a blast. Two workers are missing. The plant, erected about a year ago for around 4 million dollars, is billed as the world’s largest whiskey distillery. Building loss near 500 thousand with liquor stock valued at 2 million destroyed.
Italian diplomat stays away from birthday fete
The article reports on Italian diplomats missing a birthday fete and notes warnings from British missionary societies about dangers around Addis Ababa. French sources discuss a planned treaty giving Italy economic dominance over Ethiopia in exchange for recognizing Ethiopia's nominal independence and emperor sovereignty. Premier Leval and the British ambassador discussed taking the Italo-Ethiopian dispute to the League of Nations.
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Addis Ababa
British Missionary Societies of London
France
Paris
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Haile Selassie
League
Great Britain
Pierre Leval
George Russell Clerk
League of Nations
Breathing in Fishes and Fiji Grief Explains Sickness
The article notes how gills move water through fish and outlines grief in Fiji Islanders, with Anne Chadell reporting savagery and fatal cases of love sickness called dongal among natives separated from sweethearts.
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Fiji
Livestock And Produce Markets Report Philadelphia July 23
Philadelphia markets show mixed livestock results with bulls at 3.75 to 7.00 and calves around 75, hogs trading 140 to 200 per 100 pounds, packing sows 7.00 to 9.35, and sheep and lambs at 8.00 top for trucks. Eggs totaled 5,438 with barely steady butter and unchanged prices across grades.
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Philadelphia
Wesern
Market in stocks closes mixed as hogs reach six year high
New York July 23 Numerous new highs for the year were recorded as trading began strong but the market pulled back with leadership rotating between groups. Hogs in Chicago rose to a six year top while grains and cotton showed mixed moves. Selected closing prices included Allied Chemical 159 1 2, American Can 142 1 2, General Electric 28, General Motors 37 1 2, U S Steel 41 1 8, Woolworth 61 1 2.
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New York
Chicago
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol. Gas of
N. Y
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand. Oil of N. J
Union Pacific
U.S. Steel
Woolworth
Local Markets and Retail Grain Prices Listed
The Star lists local wholesale and retail market prices for flour and byproducts. Prices include patent brand flour in various bag weights, cracked corn at 1.95 per unit, and egg mash. dairy fats and butters are posted with regional ranges. Retail lines show bagged flour, corn meal, middlings, mixed feed, and eggs with price points for 98, 48, 24, and 12 pound bags.
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The
Star
Kasco
Ater
Komsam
Vaswea
Dancing Before Civilization
A historical note asserts that dancing predates civilization with references to courting, war, and religious dances among early peoples.
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