Croydon Flier Flight Sets Speed Record Then Forced Landing
American fliers Merrill and Richman safely forced landed at Llwynce lyn in Carmarthenshire South Wales after a Transatlantic flight from New York to the Irish coast. They reported the Lady Peace landed in a field unhurt and undamaged after a record 15 hours 40 minutes from Floyd Bennett Field.
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Croydon Airdrome
England
Croydon
Merrill and Richman
Llwyncelyn
Carmarthenshire
South Wales
Merrill
New York
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Dingle Bay
Ireland
Dick Merrill
Harry Richman
Great Britain
Cole files vote recount petition in Box 23 race
Hubert Cole petitions the county Democratic executive committee for a recount of Box 23 votes at Sam Houston School after a three vote discrepancy in canvassed totals. The petition follows a run-off where Cole trailed W. E. Blackburn by one vote.
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Sam Houston
Democratic Executive Committee
Hubert Cole
W. E
Ted” Blackburn
Cole
Six Miners Trapped Behind Slate Wall in Macbeth Mine
Rescue workers recovered two more bodies, raising deaths to four and leaving four miners still trapped behind a 400-foot slate wall. The blast and fumes killed two earlier, eight miles south of Logan, as crews dig toward the shaft and muck-filled passages. Elisha Watts, 32, is named among the dead.
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Logan
W. Va
Macbeth
Tipple
The
Hutchinson Coal Company
Elisha Watts
Six Killed in Plane Crash on Kenai Peninsula
Alaska dispatch reports pilot Steve Mills and five passengers perished when Mills wrecked his plane on a Kenai Peninsula lake. Five bodies recovered, rescue team then moved four helpers to assist at the crash site.
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Alaska
Anchorage
Steve Mills
Kenai Peninsula
Here
Seward
al Horning
Horning
Soviet Charge Tokyo Pushes Out Soviet Consuls in Manchukuo
Moscow reports that Japanese dominated Manchukuo is trying to drive Soviet consuls from the region. Tass cites arrests of a Soviet consulate employee in Tsitsihar and a boycott of the Soviet agency, with Chinese merchants forbidden to sell to the consulate.
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Norman Deuel
Moscow
U.P
Soviet Russia
Japan
Manchukuo
Tsitsihar
Tass
Khabarovovsk
Russian Center of Information
Far East
Koncharsky
Muir Slaying Case Puzzles La Jolla Mystery
Detectives probe the Ruth Muir case with a new twist a woman may be involved. Hair found in her hand tested as female may hint at a female assailant and not a male attacker. Autopsy surgeon records a criminal attack but authorities seek clearer proof.
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LA Jolla
Cal
U.P
Ruth Muir
San Antonio
Texas
FP. E. Toomey
Money Will Last It Takes Strange Forms
Arthur Brisbane argues money endures despite odd forms and urges an editor’s appeal amid England’s gold market shifts and price pressures.
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England
France Saved editor warns of Soviet domination
The editor of La France Sauvee, a conservative publication, fears France will be controlled by Stalin and urges the rich to fund circulation. He warns money will soon lose value and appeals for donations to inform the public.
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la France Sauvee
France
Stalin
Rebels surround Irun as gunfire rages in Spain crisis
Rebels drive armored cars and machine gun fire toward Irun in a seventh week civil war siege. Anarchists seize command in the besieged town while Socialist leaders are ousted by the defending militia. Rebels seek Irun to access oil stores and a Bay of Biscay port and to shield Madrid from rear attack.
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Associated Press
Trun
Fuenterrabia
Spain
Iran
France
Bay of Biscay
Emilio’s Mola
Madrid
Huesca
Toledo
Burgos
Don Carlos
Weather bulletin on tropical disturbance moving toward Atlantic
The weather bureau warned of a tropical disturbance centered about 1200 miles east of Cape Hatteras and 700 miles east northeast of Bermuda moving northeast at about 25 miles an hour with hurricane force winds. Caution was advised for vessels in the storm's path.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Bermuda
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
Forecast calls for showers this afternoon tonight and Friday with mostly cloudy skies in West Texas. New Mexico sees unsettled conditions tonight and Friday with probable showers in the northwest portion and little temperature change. Amarillo temperatures range from a high 79 to a low 67 through today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rain Forecast Expands Across Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico
After heavy rain on the South Plains, a general rain condition spread over the Panhandle today with showers reported in Friona Bovina and Farwell. The system moved northward lifting rainfall to Am arillo area and reaching Channing with an inch or more in Hale Swisher Briscoe and Floyd Counties by Wednesday night.
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South Plains
Panhandle
New Mexico
Amarillo
Big Spring
Albuquerque
Friona
Bovina
Farwell
Palmer County
Tascosa
Hale, Swisher, Briscoe
Floyd Counties
Lamb, Castro
U S To Help Battle Brown Tooth Stain
The Texas Dental Society won backing from the U S Public Health Service in a fight against brown tooth stain in children. Water with mottled enamel was found in 338 areas nationwide, 94 in Texas, with Taylor Belton Plano Amarillo and Lubbock cited as key regions. Ed Taylor said a new state bureau would help locate affected water. Dr Walter T McFall urged better diets and brushing after meals for home care.
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Lubbock
Ed Taylor
State Bureau of Dental Health
Walter T. McFall
Nashville
Treasury Secretary Seeks 400 Million Dollar New Loan in September
Washington reports Secretary Morgenthau plans a 400 million dollar borrowing as part of the fall financing to be issued on September 15. He aims to keep a roughly one billion dollar working balance amid abroad conditions, calling it the safest insurance for the American people. Roosevelt’s budget summary anticipates net borrowing of 750 million for the year.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Tri-State Fair Exhibitors Rush for Space
Exhibitors from all departments and commercial firms are scrambling for booths at the Tri-State Fair grounds for the September 21 to 26 event. O. L. Ted Taylor, secretary manager, says only two booths remain unreserved and urges signing contracts now to avoid loss. The merchants and manufacturers building will host only commercial displays this year.
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O. L
Ted” Taylor
The
Fair Association
Merchants
Roosevelt arrives in Des Moines for drouth conference
President Roosevelt reached Des Moines for a drought conference with Gov. Alf Landon and Midwestern officials. A crowd of about 10,000 cheered as he appeared on the train platform. Gov. Landon planned to join later after a drive from Topeka via Leon.
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Des Moines
Alf M. Landon
State House
Roosevelt
Highway Patrol
John Hattery
Landon
Leon
Topeka
Statehouse
Clyde L. Herring
Joe Allen
Roosevelt tours Iowa amid political clash on boondoggling
President Roosevelt arrived in Des Moines after a 5000 mile rail tour and met rival Alf Landon in what observers see as a pivotal political moment. He framed a long term land use program with federal state local cooperation while critics warned of New Deal excesses and boondoggling accusations. The trip included praise for flood control projects and a Nebraska bridge program as crowds gathered in the capital city.
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Frederick A. Storm
U.P
Iowa
Alf M. Landon
Des Moines
Roosevelt
North Platte
Vermont
Nebraska
Hannibal
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Atlantic Ocean
Maynard Lor. Co
Muir
Long-Bell Lor, Co
Arthur Brisbane
America
Irun
Guns OF Loyalists
Peggy Ryan
Eleanor Powell
Channing
U. S
Tri-State
Mid-Western States
President
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