Fierce Storm At Sea Fails To Halt Graf Zeppelin
News reports from Graf Zeppelin personnel say favorable winds boosted speed to 80 mph as it crosses the Pacific from Kasumigaura toward Los Angeles. By Sunday evening CST it was 2,135 miles west of Seattle and projected to sight the coast near Los Angeles by Monday.
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New York
New York American
Hearst
Pacific Coast
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kasumiyama
Japan
Radio Marine Corporation
Tokyo
Pacific
Kasumigaura
Weather forecast for Amarillo and western states
Partly cloudy in Amarillo and vicinity with fair conditions across West Texas and New Mexico. Observations were taken at 7 am with no significant temperature changes expected. regional maxima anticipated and listed locations include Abilene Boisé Chicago Cincinnati Sorpus Christi Des Moines Detroit Dodge City and others.
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Texas
New Mexico
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Boisé
Idaho
Chicago
Ill
Cincinnati
Ohio
Des Moines
Detroit
Michigan
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Kansas
Canada
Paso
Eureka
California
Galveston
Maine
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Helena
Huron
South Dakota
Jacksonville
Florida
Kamloops
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Cal
Minnedosa
Modena
Utah
Montgomery
Ala
Nashville
First All-Women Air Derby Begins From Santa Monica
The first all-women air derby starts across the nation from Santa Monica to Cleveland in connection with Cleveland air races. The field includes pilots like Bobbie Trout who suffered motor trouble near Algodones and spent the night in East St. Louis before pursuing the leaders. The sponsors Exchange Clubs place insignia on Trout’s fuselage as the race unfolds.
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Algodones
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Exchange Clubs
Miss Trout
East St. Louis
Dallas mayor apologizes for contempt in auto case
Dallas officials led by Mayor J Waddy Tate apologized in open court for contempt over a writ of sequestration on an impounded car. Judge McCallum rebuked them as T K Irwin recovered his vehicle without a pound fee but paid $18 in costs. suit dismissed at plaintiff's cost with hearings set for next Tuesday on further cases testing city impound authority.
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Dallas
Texas
J. Waddy Tate
McCallum
T. K. Irwin
Irwin
Wellington Baby Drowns in Farm Tank
Billie Bartlett, 17 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs O Z Bartlett, was found drowned in a farm water tank on the J L Gladney place near Wellington Texas. The child wandered away while the parents visited. efforts to resuscitate failed after she remained in the water only minutes.
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Wellington
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Billie Bartlett
O. Z. Bartlett
J. L. Gladney Farm
Lakeview Posts First Cotton Bale To Gin For Season
The first bale of cotton of the season was ginned in Lakeview today. Brought by P. H. Hawthorne, the 480 pound bale was processed and bought by Farmers' Co-operative Society No. 1. Hawthorne received a $40 premium from local business leaders.
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P. H. Hawthorne
Farmers’ Co-operative Society No. 1
Powder Puff Derby Girls Reach East St. Louis After Flight
Fifteen contestants in the National Women s Air Derby from Wichita to Cleveland landed at Parks airport near East St. Louis afternoon. One contestant was forced down two others had minor mishaps. May Hairlip of Kansas City did not arrive with the group but continued after修 repairs. Blanche Noyes of Cleveland was first to land, damaging her landing gear in the process.
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Senator Tyson Dies in Philadelphia Area
The death of Tennessee Senator Lawrence D. Tyson at a sanitarium near Philadelphia prompts tributes from Capitol colleagues. Senator McKellar coordinates with Tyson's family to set funeral services in Knoxville on Wednesday. Vice President Curtis and Senator Watson arrange senatorial ceremonies in his honor.
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Washington
Lawrence. D. Tyson
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Capitol
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Knoxville
Curtis
Watson
Indiana
Historic San Juan Fort Destroyed in Vera Cruz Fire
A tremendous explosion and raging fire nearly destroyed the fortress of San Juan de Ulua in Vera Cruz harbor. The blast shook the city on Friday afternoon and the fire finished the damage overnight with no casualties reported. The fortress had been Spain’s last holdout after Mexico's 1821 revolution.
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Mexico City
San Juan de Ulua
Vera Cruz Harbor
San Juan
Spain
Mexico
Ruth Elder Engaged to Walter Camp Jr in Romance
Ruth Elder the transatlantic flyer and actress confirms engagement to Walter Camp Jr of New York. She says they met in Hollywood two months ago and are en route to New York after the California Cleveland women’s air race. A wedding date is not given but expected soon.
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Wichita
Kan
Ruth Elder
Walter Camp, Jr
New York
Miss Elder
United Press
Camp
Hollywood
Aviation race standings and minor crash injures avoided
Neva Paris and another aviatrix touched down after a minor crash with planes nose to road. Both uninjured. Plane repairs planned before Terre Haute takeoff at 8 tomorrow. Official elapsed-time results show Louise Thaden leading. heavy-planes rankings include Thaden, O'Donnell, Nichols, Earhart, Noyes, Elder with times ranging from 16:27:57 to 21:36:06.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Louise M. Thaden
Louise MacPherridge Thaden
Pittsburgh
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Calif
Ruth Nichols
Rye
Amelia Earhart
Boston
Blanche Noyes
Cleveland
Ruth Elder
Hollywood
Fires Rage Across Idaho and Montana Threaten Widespread Disaster
Forestry officials report fires in Idaho and Montana worst in 19 years with 4700 firefighters battling strong gales. They fear disaster unless rain arrives as weather reports show no relief. The Missoula district forester notes flames driven by high winds across a wide arc.
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Idaho
Montana
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Father and son drown in Gulf during rescue
A strong current between Galveston Island and the Brazoria county mainland claimed the lives of Herman Girsch 62 manager of the Farmers Supply company of Giddings and his son Walter 23 manager of a large chain store in a Gulf rescue attempt near Galveston Texas The tragedy occurred this afternoon as rescuers fought treacherous waters and the men disappeared beneath the waves
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Galveston
Texas
Galveston Island
Brazoria County
Here
Herman Girsch
Farmers Supply Company of
Giddings
Walter
Mother flies cross country to stop elopers
A determined mother travels by air from St Louis to Los Angeles to intercept her daughter Dorothy Myers and her husband of three weeks, Robert Frank, who eloped from Missouri. She carries a possible annulment bid and plans to reach the couple by 5:52 p.m. local time, assuming they stay with friends and have only $35.
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ST. Louis
Los Angeles
Elopers
Dorothy Myers
Robert Frank
Warrenton
Harry Myers
Robert
Edwardsville
Ills
Frank
640 Acre Lake Park Planned North of Amarillo
City officials plan a 640 acre municipal park north of Amarillo to become a public playground. The project envisions planting 1000 trees at an estimated cost of about 100000 dollars.
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Amarillo
Multiple Air Crashes Reported Worldwide
Reports from Cairo and Eugene describe a British bomber crash near Heliopolis injuring four and killing three crew, while a U.S. Navy flyer dies in Oregon after a spin and crash at Eugene airport. Separate Prussia crash near Fulda kills a Louisville man. Berlin residents injured. Other notes include a New Orleans scare, a Texas girl’s fatal burns, and plans for a large city park with a dam and lake to control floods along the North Highway.
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Prussia
Joseph Gross
Louisville
Bauer
Rueckert
Fraulein Neubauer
Berlin
Frankfurten-Main
Erfurt
Plana
Wild Bozo Receives $200 Check Amid Language Shift
A reporter visits Bozo the tent performer who, after receiving a $200 check from Old Taek, begins speaking English though previously claimed to speak only African. The scene shows money prompting a linguistic change as Bozo waits for his manager.
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Old Taek
Tack
News-Globe
Lubbock farmer on $1000 bond after melon patch shooting
W A Wolfe a 74 year old farmer was released on $1000 bond in Lubbock Texas after shooting and seriously wounding 14 year old Oscar Cothren in his watermelon patch last night. Wolfe said he fired when he saw Cothren and three companions among his melons. This marked the second such shooting in the week.
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Associated Press
Lubbock
Texas
W. A. Wolfe
Liberty
Oscar Cothren
Cothren
Wolfe
Gulf Island Sold to San Antonio Firm
St Joseph's Island on the Gulf of Mexico in Arangas county was sold to Russell Hi and associates of San Antonio for use as a cattle ranch and hunting preserve. The price was not disclosed but believed near $200,000 including cattle on the island at the time of sale.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
St. Joseph's Island
Gulf of Mexico
Arangas County
Russell Hi and Associates of
Pistols Seized From Civilians Ahead of State Elections
SALTILLO Coahuila Aug 24 military authorities order confiscation of pistols and weapons from civilians as a safeguard before Sunday’s state elections. AUTO CRASH FATAL. GONZALES Tex Aug 24 A F Tacquard of Houston dies when his car collides with another three miles east of Waelder Racquard was alone in the vehicle.
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Saltillo
Coahuila
Mexico
Gonzales
Texas
A. F. Tacquard
Houston
Wss
Waelder
Dan
Racquard
Martial Law Declared as Palestine Clash Spreads
A state of emergency was proclaimed for Palestine and violence between Arabs and Jews spread from Jerusalem, with appeals to the U.S. consul for aid as authorities seek order.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
War unrest in PalestinePrompt troops and rail move amid riots
London reports severe race riots in Palestine. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald summoned the cabinet for a morning meeting and recalled the first lord from leave. A Cairo to Alexandria railway clearance aided troop transport as five warships headed from Malta to Palestine. Jewish deaths reach about 30 with dozens wounded. Arab losses earlier tallied 17. Fighting spread beyond the old city to Jewish suburbs Yemin Moshe and Sephardim.
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London
Palestine
Ramsay MacDonald
War Office
Cairo
Alexandria
Jerusalem
Old City
Yemin Moshe
Gdud Saul
Gdud Havoda
Patach Tikvah
Fire damages lumber yard and homes in Spokane
In Spokane Washington firefighters battled overnight to control a blaze that destroyed the McGoldrick Lumber company storage yards a sanitarium an apartment building and fourteen frame houses. Total losses reached about 350000 with the fire starting around 6 pm yesterday and its cause undetermined.
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McGoldrick Lumber Company
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