National Air Races Open With Nine Derbies At Cleveland
Nine major air derbies and many special contests highlighted the National Air Races in Cleveland staged Aug 24 to Sept 2 under the National Aeronautical Association. Entries include Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Doolittle, Frank Hawks, and other famed pilots with vast cash prizes over 100000 dollars.
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United Press
Cleveland
National Aeronautical Association
Arthur Goebel
Martin Jensen
George Haldeman
Frank Hawks
Speed Holman
Jimmy Doolittle
al Williams
Amelia Earhart
Elinor Smith
Lady Mary Heath
Thea Rasce
Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie
Santa Monica
Calif
Transatlantic Aviatrix
Reed G. Landis
America
Charles “Casey” Jones
Curtis Flying Service
Eddie Stinson
National Air Races mobilize 100000 spectators at airport
For women civilians and service planes teams hustle for two months as the airport becomes a packed venue. Hundreds of workers map out boxes grand stands and bleachers while parking and standing room fill. Traffic and policing are by the 145th Infantry 87th Division Ohio National Guard on 24 hour duty. Clifford Henderson is managing director of National Air Races of Cleveland Inc with Floyd J. Leen.
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145Th Infantry
87Th Division
Ohio National Guard
Clifford Henderson
National Air Races of Cleveland, Inc
Floyd J. Leen
Mexican convicts freed on independence pardon
Governor Leonidas Andreu Almazan signed a general pardon for several hundred inmates to be released September 16, the Mexican independence anniversary, at Puebla authorities announce through the Associated Press report.
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Puebla
Mexico
Leonidas Andreu Almazan
Air Race Committee Forms in Cleveland Hotel
The chairman of the Air Race Committee announces headquarters at a Cleveland hotel. Races will be sanctioned by the National Aeronautic Association and run under the Federation Aeronautique Internationale rules.
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Hotel
Cleveland
National Aeronautic Association
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Youth Dies After Fall At Farm Tank Near Big Spring
In Big Spring Texas Aug injuries from a fall into an empty farm storage tank proved fatal for 19 year old Robert Monroe Conger of Fort Worth. He was brought to a local hospital where he died and his body will be sent to Fort Worth for burial. He was climbing down from the tank when he lost his balance and fell.
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United Press
Big Spring
Texas
Robert Monroe Conger
Fort Worth
Robert
Man Held After Theft of Cigarettes From Greenville Firm
In Greenville Texas a man was detained for questioning over the theft of about eight thousand dollars in cigarettes from a local wholesale grocery company. The arrest came after deputies found several marked cigarette cartons in his possession.
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United Press
Greenville
Texas
L. L. Porter
Wallace Fowler
Prosecution-Preventing Action in Bank Holdup Case
Steps to stave off prosecution of Joe Schwartz for the August 14 bank messenger holdup involving 23 400 were taken Thursday afternoon. Schwartz’s father Paul Schwartz asked Dr. V. Tucker to examine his son’s sanity. A separate note reports M K H Birney escaping injury in a London motorcycle race after a crash helmet saved him.
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Guaranty State Bank
Paul Schwartz
V. Cc. Tucker
London
M. K. H. Birney
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