Brownsville to Chicago Air Derby Opens Tuesday Night
The Brownsville to Chicago National air derby closes entry today as a field signs in for the race which starts at 9 01 p m Tuesday. Noted participants from last year include Los Angeles to New York winner and Karl Roland 1928 class A winner. Dick Allen and Russell Putnam discuss race details as pilots prepare for the route via Corpus Christi Houston and San Antonio the first day. The second day runs from Waco to Fort Worth with four days total for the event.
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Ownsville
Tex
Lst
Brownsville
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Karl Roland
Dick Allen
Russell Putnam
Corpus Christi
Houston
San Antonio
Waco
Fort Worth
Texas Solon Commissioned on Samoa Trip
Congressman Guvin Williams was named to a commission to visit Samoa to study economic and political conditions and draft an enabling act for the islands. Other members include Senators Hiram Bingham of Maine and Joe Robinson of Arkansas and Congressman Beedy of Maine. The group sails from San Francisco on September 11 and returns November 11.
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United Press
Decatur
Guvin Williams
Samoa
Hiram Bingham
Maine
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
L Beedy
San Francis
Air Officers To Attend Dalilas School At Hensley Field
Twenty one reserve air officers are set to arrive at Hensley Field Dallas for a two week training course. Fifteen attack and observation planes will be used under Lieutenant Harry Weddington. The class ends September 1 with cross country trips to nearby towns.
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United Press
Dallas
Hensley Field
Harry Weddington
Former Judge Faces Charge in Embezzlement Case
Associated Press reports former Gillespie county judge Max Blum, 60, charged with forgery and embezzlement. He faced arraignment amid details of alleged financial misconduct. Also mentioned are Balthasar Blum and J. W. Wall.
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Associated Press
Fredericksburg
Tex
Max Blum
Balthasar Blum
Man Found Dead Ends Life in San Antonio Rooming House
Justice H. H. Gold of Converse ruled Walter Rauch’s death a gunshot wound inquest findings. A rifle lay near the body in the San Antonio bathroom where Rauch was found, with the deceased’s burial planned near New Braunfels.
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United Press
San Antonio
H. H. Gold
Converse
Walter Rauch
Rauch
New Braunfels
Policeman Kills Wife Then Kills Self in Pittsburgh Home
After a quarrel during a midnight lunch in their East Pittsburgh home, 32 year old officer Michael Korvath shot his wife to death and then killed himself. He was reported in critical condition.
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Pittsburgh
Michael Korvath
Rubber snakes guard Wisconsin crops in clever scare tactic
BELOIT Wis Aug 18 Frank Cheney a beet horticulturist says artificial rubber snakes kept birds from his garden orchard berry patch and vineyard. He made a colorful rubber hose snake herd and planted it in the fields to deter pests.
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Beloit
Wis
Frank Cheney
Beast
Cheney
Hollywood housewarming hints at a poolside tour
Anne visits a party with guests wandering upstairs and near the pool as Collins jokes about a post dinner swim. He speculates guests will cool off before the night ends, adding a light note to the ongoing housewarming. Miss Nellie Holdridge sails to Alabama for the summer with Elliott-Greer Company duties.
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Anne
Collins
Nellie Holdridge
Elliott-Greer Company
Alabama
Marshall Field II Weds London Woman
A religious ceremony in London united Marshall Field II, grandson of Chicago merchant, with Mrs. Dudley Coats, a London society woman. The wedding connected American and British high society in a notable social event.
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Rshall
London
Associated Press
Marshall Field MI
Chicago
Dudley Coats
London Society
Ethelburge the Virgin Wed in England After Registry Ceremony
Field arrived in England from New York with his fiancée Mia Everlyn Marshall Meld III. The couple planned an aerial wedding trip if weather allowed. Meld had obtained a Reno divorce from Field on August 4 after filing hours earlier. they had married February 6, 1915 and had three children: Marshall Jr Barbara and Bernice.
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Ted
St. Ethelburge the Virgin
Field
England
New York
Mia
Everlyn Marshall Meld III
Charles H. Marshall
London
Reno
Marshall, Jr
Barbara
Bernice
Miss Do Leaves 8001 Work in Cepted To Il
Miss Do leaves work accepted to Illinois and will be having just tillo High.
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Miss Do
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