New Outburst Quieted After Dynamite Explosions
In Providence a coal mining town rattled by an airplane bombing endured three dynamite blasts in open fields near the city edge. No damage reported as authorities investigated. In Youngstown Ohio the merger case between Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Bethlehem Steel rests its plaintiffs’ case after nine weeks, with defense presenting auditing witnesses to defend terms.
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Providence
Youngstown, O
Youngstown Sheet
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Kansas City Milk Strike Ends After Violent Protests
The second milk strike in ten months in Kansas City concluded today after clashes, milk dumping, property destruction, and related violence.
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Kansas City
Wool market steady as demand quiet in 30STON
A fair volume of wool business continues by a few houses but overall demand is quiet. Prices remain steady and firm across the market amid light trading activity in 30STON today.
Europe Endures Heat Wave as Death Toll Rises
London reports a continued European heat wave causing multiple prostrations and eight deaths in Great Britain. The scorching conditions extend across western and central Europe with unseasonably high temperatures for late August.
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London
Europe
Great
Bittala
British Isles
Body found of Charles T. Vail near Ogilby Arizona
Sheriff's deputies located the body of Charles T. Vail a 72 year old from Yuma Arizona near the Colorado River about fifty miles north of Ogilby after a desert search. He reportedly stopped at the RS ranch for food while traveling through the district last week.
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KL. Centno
Cal
Charles T. Vail
Yuma
Ariz
Colorado River
New Government Set Up In Peru
Lima reports a new military government led by Lieutenant Colonel Luis M. Sanchez Cerro takes control. A new junta, also led by Sanchez Cerro, is sworn in and ousts the eleven year Leguia dictatorship and the Ponce junta that forced the president to resign. Sanchez Cerro arrives from Arequipa to cheers from crowds.
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Lima
Peru
Luis M. Sanchez Cerro
Arequipa
Sanchez Cerro
Auguste B. Leguia
Manuel Maria Ponce
Lon Chaney Honored as Film World Mourns
Los Angeles August 28 AP The great Lon Chaney is laid to rest with simple services and burial beside his father at Forest Lawn Glendale Hundreds of citizens file by the silver bronze casket to pay respects as honorary pallbearers from filmland attend. The entire motion picture industry will suspend work at 3 pm for the funeral cortege.
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Los
Angeles
Lon Chaney
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Glendale
Iim’ Famie
J. Michael Mullins
Filmland
Louis B. Mayer
Nicholas Schenck
Irving G. Thalberg
Hunt Stromberg
Paul Bern
Tod Browning
Chaney
Harry Carey
Lionel Barrymore
Ramon Novarro
William Haines
Lawrence Tibbett
Lew Cody
Cliff Edwards
Harry Rapt
Fred Niblo
Benny Rubin
Wallace Beery
George Hill
South Carolina to Hold 2nd Democratic Primary
In Columbia, SC, Senator Cole L. Blease leads James F. Barnes and Leon W. Harris in the first primary, with Blease at 95,812 votes from 1,246 precincts, Byrnes trailing at 81,272 and Harris with 34,311 votes, setting up a second primary to decide the Senate nomination.
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South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
South ‘Carolina
Cole L. _Blease
James F.barnes
United States’ Senate
Blease
Byrnes
Bynes
Leon W. Harris
Harris
Andree Burial Sought in German Cemetery
Pittsburgh Aug 28 AP Burial of Solomon August Andree beside his father in the German Lutheran cemetery is sought by Mrs H W Andree of Pittsburgh sister in law of the explorer whose body was found 33 years after he attempted to reach the North Pole in a balloon.
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Pittsburgh
Solomon
Andree
H. W. Andree
North Pole
Hawks Race Practice Flight Hits 275 MPH in Trophy Test
Captain Frank Hawks piloted the Travelair monoplane through drizzle at the national air races in Chicago. He clocked unofficial speeds between 270 and 275 mph during a practice flight for the Thompson trophy race, with the event offering 5000 to 2000 prizes. The army air corps introduced radio-directed bomber maneuvers observed by crowds.
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Chicago
Frank M. Hawks
United States
Captain Hawks
Army Air Corps
Arthur Innes
Columbia
Art Goebel
Hawaii
Mexican Consul From Los Angeles To Nogales Post
F Alfonso Pesquiera the Mexican consul in Los Angeles will report to Nogales Arizona next week to assume the consulate there He said he received notice of the transfer made after his request Rafael de la Colina the Mexican consul at New Orleans will succeed him in Los Angeles before Pesquiera leaves
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Los
Angeles
F. Alfonso Pesquiera
Nogales
Ariz
Pesquiera
Rafael de la Colina
New Orleans
All Is Well With Oregon Endurancers
Portland aviators Tex and Dick Rankin report their On To Oregon monoplane remains in good condition as they pursue a new sustained flight record. After 49 hours aloft and 14 refueling contacts since Tuesday morning, the mission continues with no incident.
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Portland
Ore
Tex
Dick Rankin
Pacific Coast
Oregon
MacNider Arrives in Ottawa to Present Credentials
Han ford MacNider arrived in Ottawa by air from Washington to present his credentials as United States Minister to Canada to Governor General Viscount Willingdon. He traveled with his wife and was greeted at his hotel by Sir George Perley, acting prime minister.
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Hanford MacNider
Washington
Viscount Willingdon
United States
Canada
MacNider
Ira C. Baker
Ceorge Perley
Imprisoned Street Workers Rescued After Cave-In
In Scranton Pennsylvania two men Ralph Massankiel 25 and William Williams 52 were rescued at midnight after being trapped for nine hours when a street over a mine caved in. They were repairing the street following earlier subsidence that caused property damage and injuries.
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Scranton
Ralph Massankiel
William Williams
Arizona cattleman dies after dynamite cap blast
W B Stamps, 55, of northern Arizona, was fatally injured when a box of dynamite caps exploded on a ranch 250 miles east of St Johns. His 13 year old companion also suffered serious eye injuries and was taken to Phoenix for treatment. Both were blinded and unable to escape as they wandered along a fence until found at five o'clock.
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Daily Mail
Holbrook
W. B. Stamps
Arizona
St. Johns
W. L. Platt
Stamps
Phoenix
Platt
Officials Get Sentence For Part In Scandal
B B Jermyn a former Scranton mayor and scion of a wealthy family received one year in county jail and a $500 fine for conspiracy in the slot machine scandal. Harry J Friend and Vincent A Brennan, allies of Jermyn, drew one year jail and $500 fines. James J Hobbs, Carbondale police chief, was fined $200 and jailed three months.
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Scranton
B. B. Jermyn
Harry J. Friend
Civil Service
Jermyn
Vincent A. Brennan
James J. Hobbs
Carbondale
Suspect Held In Ensenada Murder Case
In Ensenada Mexico police reportedly hold Masatomi Miyashiro after a dazed man with a knife near Ensenada matched the murder weapon in the double slaying of Lois M. Kentle and Francis Conlen. The Los Angeles co-ed and Monrovia paint store manager were found stabbed to death.
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Cali
Lois M. Kentle
Los Angeles
Francis Conlen
Monrovia
Cal
Ensenada
Mexico
California
Masatomi Miyashiro
Ensenanda
Archbishop of Mexico Fined for Prison Confirmation Ceremony
Mexico City August 28 AP Riva Palacio announces a 3100 fine against Monsenor Pascual Diaz Archbishop of Mexico for violating religious laws by conducting a confirmation ceremony in Belen prison for children of prisoners.
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Mexico City
Riva Palacio
Interior
Monsenor Pascual Diaz
Mexico
Belen
Grant Spears Found Dead in Chanute Racehorse Owner
Grant Spears aged 58 a veteran race horse owner and driver who had disappeared after buying poison was found dead in Chanute Kansas today police said his death is being investigated as a possible suicide or foul play two other riders at the track reported the buy poisoning incident earlier yesterday
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Chanute
Kas
Grant Spears
Duncan Brother Fights Rex Lease In Hollywood Cafe
Harold Duncan brother of Vivian Duncan fought Rex Lease in a hotel cafe in Hollywood after meeting at the McHuron Grill. Witnesses said Lease had a black eye and a cut face with a bleeding nose when onlookers halted the clash. Duncan was also marked though less severely.
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Hollywood
Cal
Harold Duncan
Vivian Duncan
Rex Lease
Lease
Duncan
McHuron Grill
Motion Picture World
S.H. Duncan
Paving Begins on 76-Block Project in Winslow
Work on the 76 block paving project in Winslow started yesterday at the west end of Third Street. Officials from the Southern California Roads Co. said paving would continue through Third Street and extend to adjacent side streets as work progresses eastward. Curbs on all streets should be completed within a week and grading will precede paving. overall completion is expected in under 90 days with no delays.
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Winslow
Third Street
Southern
Galisfornia Roads Co
Tiger Kills Boy at Luna Park Zoo in Coast City
Los Angeles dispatch reports 12 year old Alfred Hill killed by a tiger at Luna Park zoo after a boyish excursion. The tiger mauled his arm and scalp. keeper Melvin Koontz shot the animal as it crouched over the victim.
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Los Angeles
Luna Park Zoo
Alfred Hill
Alfred
Melvin Koontz
Captain Perishes As Ship Goes Down In New York Harbor
In New York Harbor last night a captain drowned when his ship Neches collided with a scow in the Narrows off Staten Island. The Clyde Mallory freighter Neches tangled with a tow, and 24 crew members were rescued by Coast Guard boats and police launches. Captain Aber Estee was trapped behind a load of pipe on the after deck.
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Harbor
Neches
Narrows
Staten Island
Coast Guard
Aber Estee
Aged Coloradoan Heads The G. A. R.
James E. Jewell of Fort Morgan elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the 64th encampment in Cincinnati. He succeeds Edwin J. Foster of Worcester, Massachusetts, who led the Union veterans of the Civil War at the encampment closing today.
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Cincinnati
James E. Jewell
Fort Morgan
Grand Army of the Republic
Jewell
Edwin J. Foster
Worcester
Mass
Number Of Appointments To Be Made Soon By President Hoover
President Hoover pursues a restrained recess appointment policy deferring five members to the Federal Power Commission and delaying vacant federal court appointments. He is reviewing applicants and is expected to finalize tariff commission personnel by September 17 with Henry F. Fletcher named chairman and Thomas W. Page among the slated appointees.
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Washington
Hoover
Independent Federal Power Commission
Tariff Commission
Henry F. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Italy
Thomas W. Page
Virginia
Tariff Commission Probes Duties on Seven Goods
The Tariff Commission issued public notices of investigations into seven dutiable goods including wood furniture bells laces hides and skins sugar candy confectionery and chocolate matches and refined sugar. Earlier this week twenty seven notices were also issued.
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Washington
Argentine Telephone Workers Call Strike
The federation of employees and workmen of the Union Telephone company called a 24 hour strike starting at six this morning in Buenos Aires to protest company regulations they deem harmful to workers.
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Buenos Aires
Federation of Employees and Workmen
Union Telephone Company
Mexican Governor Sworn Into Office
General Arturo Bernal was sworn in as governor of the northern district of Lower California by the secretary of interior at the interior building. He will depart for Mexicali to begin his duties.
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API
Arturo Bernal
Lower
California
Secretary of Interior
Interior
Mexicali
Mencken and Bride Begin Honeymoon After Marriage
Baltimore August 25. St Louis Mencken editor and critic and his bride Miss Sara Powell Haardt of Montgomery Alabama started an automobile honeymoon trip today. The marriage occurred yesterday in an Episcopal Church announced for September 3 previously.
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Baltimore
L. Mencken
Sara Powell Haardt
Montgomery
Mencken
Gang War Victim Reveals Enemies
New York August 28 Jose Silverman known as Jose Silver and a Brooklyn slot machine racketeer died of wounds from yesterday gang shooting. Before dying he named his shooter and the three men who stood by. Silverman was one of four men wounded Tuesday. two others died.
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New York
Joseph Silverman
Jose Silver
Brooklyn
Silverman
Judge William Masterson Ends Life in Houston
Former Civil District Judge William Masterson, 64, who shot himself yesterday, died today after a period of ill health in Houston. The case closes a tragic sequence as authorities note his declining health contributed to the act.
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Houston
Tex
William Masterson
Inspector Gets Leg Amputat
Seventeen passengers and two railroad employees were injured in a rear end collision between the Lark and Padre Southern Pacific passenger trains at San Luis Obispo. Peter Leon, car inspector, had a leg amputated at the knee. J. H. Faler, brakeman, suffered a broken nose. Other injuries included neck and back injuries among travelers from San Francisco to Chicago with multiple names and addresses listed.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
San Luis Obispo
Peter Leon
J. H. Faler
Race for Governor Conceded to Rolph
San Francisco Aug 28 James Rolph Jr mayor of San Francisco won the Republican nomination for California governor in final tabulation with 364,695 votes. Carl Young 339,910 and Baron Fitts 383,880 conceded. Merriam appears nominee for lieutenant governor. All eleven California congressmen were renominated with limited opposition.
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San Francisco
James Rolph, Jr
California
Rolph
Carl, Young
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles
Young
Fitts
Frank Merriam
Long Beach
H.L. Carnahan
Tallant Tubbs
Bar Silver Holds At New York Market Level
Bar Silver stayed at 35 1/2 cents per ounce in New York trading as market activity remained steady and prices held after early gains.
Arizona Game Commission Stays Neutral on Elk Reductions
Arizona state game commission chairman T. B. McCullough said the panel is neutral on elk and antelope reductions until authentic data on animal conditions is obtained. The stance came amid Elks Lodge opposition to possible U S Forest Service slaughter plans in Arizona. A Winslow meeting with state officials and a forest service official is planned to decide elk herd actions south of Winslow.
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T. BE. McCullough
Arizona State Game Commission
Mr. McCullough
Miami Lodge of Elks
Game Supervision Department
United States Forest Service
Arizona
Paul Hl. Roberts
Sitgreaves National Forest
Tective Association
Forest Service
State Game Commission
Winslow
M. E. Musgrave
Albuquerque
Winslow Lodge of Elks
State Game Department
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