Fliers Reach 250 Hour Endurance Flight at Culver City
At Culver City California Loren Mendell and R B Reinhart neared the 250 hour mark in their Angeleno biplane endurance flight despite motor noise and a fuel pump issue. Crowd watches as the team touts 100 more hours. pilots joke about privacy during a near nonstop ascent with refueling planes overhead.
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Calif
Culver City Airport
Loren Mendell
R. B
Pete” Reinhart
Pacific Coast
Lato
Mendell
Reinhart
Ang&eno
Filer
Columbus Woman Wins Portage Country Club Title
Akron July 12 Mrs Curtin Soht of Columbus won the women's state golf championship in a tight match against Miss Louise Fordyce of Youngstown by two and one.
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Columbus
Portage Country Club
Akron
Curtin Soht
Louise Fordyce
Youngstown
Omier
Boys Work Hard At Meigs County Home
POMEROY Ohio. Duty day in the hayfield finds ten to a dozen of the able bodied boys collecting blackberries. On Wednesday they brought in 28 gallons, with daily picks earlier in the week. Superintendent Harvey Eastman reports about 28 tons of hay harvested this season plus other duties on the home premises.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Hayfeld
Harvey Eastman
Fire tragedy at English midsummer festival dummy house
At Gillingham England during a two day festival crowds watched a staged wedding scene. A fire spread through a four story dummy house killing twelve people and wounding others as spectators cheered and laughed.
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Gillingham
Kent
England
U.P
F. Worral
Jac Tabrett
Mace Hearer
Gillinghour
Ham Town Council
Ecus
GiHingham Mortuary
Tebrett
Two Aviators Plan August Record Flights
Two former army aviators Ward Nelson and Stoy Ammitte will attempt three new flying records in August. They aim for a nonstop refueling flight from Chicago to San Francisco to New York and back to Chicago, seeking transcontinental distance and time records and the refueling flight record. They expect about 7000 miles in 72 hours.
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Chicago
Army
San Francisco
New York
Chicago Air Capital Committee
Ward Nelson
Stoy L. Ammelt
Society Girl Dorothy Wilson Improves After Car Crash
Evanston Illinois July 12 Encouraging reports say Dorothy Wilson twenty a Pasadena and Chicago society girl improved after a collision between her car and one driven by Helen Hertz nineteen daughter of John Hertz retired taxi magnate. Blood transfusion aided her recovery and another may be needed. Hertz to be arraigned July 20 on assault with a deadly weapon and stopping a car.
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Ill
W.P
Dorothy Wilson
Pasadena
Calif
Chicago
Helen Hertz
John Hertz
Wilson
Marcus H. Hobart
Milton Wilson
William Cummings
Evanston Hospital
Hobart
Miss Wilson
Miss Hertz
J. P. Russ
Sheriff Recaptures Two Prisoners After Jail Escape
Logan July 12 two youths Gilbert Hoy and Noble Donson were rearrested in North Canton after escaping Hocking County Jail last Sunday. Sheriff W R Lloyd and deputy George W Bolden retrieved the pair for return to the county jail for arraignment and possible grand jury action on auto theft charges.
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County
Union Furnace
Robert Kern
Kern
Cambridge
North Canton
Lloyd
George W. Bolden
Canton
Street Repair Work Progressing Rapidly
POMEROY July 12 Staff Special Work on the improvement of Main Street is going forward rapidly Many men are working on the Middleport section and a second gang is tearing the street and building retaining walls on the Kerrs Run end A third crew will soon be put to work in the middle to rush the contract to completion at the earliest moment.
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Pomeroy
Main Street
Middleport
Kerr
Forty Million Tax Warrants Spark Chicago School Funding Fight
The Chicago School Board proceeds with selling forty million dollars in tax anticipation warrants, defying City Council. With an indebtedness of forty five million dollars and funds running low, the move risks extending summer vacation for about six hundred thousand students if the council does not approve. The council has criticized the banking syndicate backing the warrants.
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Chicago
Chicago School’ Board
Passengers Hurt In Truck Crash In New Orleans
Two commercial trucks carrying passengers collided during a street car strike in New Orleans today. Several workers witnessed the crash as cars were damaged and bystanders moved injured riders to hospitals. Rescue crews reported multiple injuries and cars tossed into the street amid the crash debris.
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New Orleans
U.P
Addres
Simmons Holds Line Against Tariff and Party Control
Senator Simmons of North Carolina disclosed to the Democratic National Committee that he opposes the Republican tariff bill and has not reconciled with the party’s national leadership led by John J. Raskob. He reiterated his stance against Tammany influence and said he remains an independent voice on tariffs.
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Duty
Simmons
N. c
Taraif
John J. ‘Raskob
Democrat National Committee
House
Senate Finance Committee
Smith
North Carolina
Democratic
le Ig
Prosa
Democratic Party
Basket
The
Ruakeh
Tammany Hall
Refused To Take New Fangled Bill
Mrs. Edith Mittag drove to the Panama Mail Steamship Line offices and offered a $20 bill the driver rejected as new. The driver noted coupons are not accepted, while Pickrel of Dayton was elected president of the Ohio State War Association at the annual session, succeeding John A. Etden.
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New York
Edith Mittag
Panama Mail Steamship Line
Cedar Point
Ohio
Mittag
John A. Etden
Cleveland
Tragic Drowning of 6-Year-Old Elmer Weed at Haydenville River
Nelsonville dispatch reports Elmer We ed known as Buster Weed six year old son of Mr and Mrs William Weed Haydenville drowned in the Hocking River near Haydenville last night around 730 pm. Divers spent two hours in the effort to recover the body as doctors and a pulmotor were called to assist the victim. The tragedy occurred as bathers swam with older youths in a crowded area. The family, headed by a fireproofing plant foreman, hails from Haydenville and is described as large. The incident is the latest in a string of drownings reported in the region.
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Elmer “Buster” Weed
William Weed
Haydenville
Hocking River
Waas
Wes
Cuere
Sonvills
Elmer Weed
National Fireproofing Company
Br. C.F. Behonk
Loxan
vaa'Haydenvilte
Trial Delay for Dr Snook Murder Case Denied in Franklin County
In Franklin County today Judge Scarlett denied delays for the murder trial of Dr James H Snook charged in the death of Miss Hix. Defense sought postponement citing defense readiness and attorney illness while the court kept the September term on schedule and ruled they could inspect only Dr Snooks personal belongings not official reports. Snook a married instructor with a child was arrested after Miss Hix was killed June 15 and initially confessed, later recanting.
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Columais
Scarlett
Dre Jvaud Reage
James H. Snook
Theorn Hix
Ohio
Sear
Scarlett Tete
Refusel
Hix
Jude Beannett
Sneak
Miss Hix
Snook
Over Tariff Rates on Cars
Washington July 12. Reduction of the tariff on passage for automobiles to 10 percent and retention of the 25 percent duty on motor trucks was generally predicted today by members of the Senate Finance Committee. Democratic members showed little inclination to push below the 16 percent rate proposed by Halvan Macauley and Alfred T. Sloan Jr. Republican members largely supported the motor magnates' recommendations.
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Washington
Memnhers
Senate Finance Committee
Automave
Ford Motor Company
Adsel Ford
Henry Ford
Untin Bowler to Resume Berlin Flight After Ice Jam
Chicago dispatches report the Untin Bowler amphibian, with crew Robert Wood, Robert Gast, and Parker Cramer, continuing its flight toward Berlin after ice floes damaged the hull near Ungava Bay. Favorable weather was forecast for the next leg from Port Burwell to Mowat Evans Greenland.
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Ungava Bay
Chicago Tribune
Berlin
The
Tribune Today
Robert Wood
Robert Gast
Parker Cramer
Wood
Port Burwell
Mowat Evans
Greenland
Ts Aa
Dope affair delays Chinatown arrest in San Francisco
Prominent Chinatown residents waited as U S officials sought guidance on handling a failed opium smuggling attempt valued at 660 000 dollars. The trunks allegedly belonged to Mrs Ying Kao wife of the Chinese vice consul and federal authorities awaited State Department instructions after a telegram sent 4 hours earlier.
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San Francisco
United States
Ying Kao
State Department
Washington
China
Chinatown
Soviets Reported to Close Trade Bodies in Manchuria
A State Department briefing says Chinese authorities in northern Manchuria are closing Soviet trade organizations. American Minister MacMurray in Peking forwarded the Harbin consul report detailing actions against the Baek jaan directors of the Chinese Eastern Railroad. The note covers Communist measures and transit delays from Harbin to Washington.
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State Department
MacMurray
Peking
Hartin
Bae|jaan
Earen
Simty
Washington
Chiness
Qvarnl
Soups Booklet Promises Healthful Easy Dishes
The Athens Messenger highlights a new booklet titled Soups Salads and Sandwiches from Washington Information Bureau offering varied soup recipes. The message promotes healthful economical meals and urges readers to request the handy kitchen reference via coupon.
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Washington
Rexu
Iankees Feted In Rome For Eternal City Welcome
United Press reports Roger Williams and Lewin Yancey are celebrated hosts in Rome. A public rally invites Romans to honor the American fliers with Mussolini expected to speak. The pair visit Littorio Airdrome and meet Italian aviation officials ahead of a Sunday dinner hosted by Mussolini.
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Williams and Yancey
Atlantic Fliers
Rome
Thomas Morgan
United Press
Maff
Lewin A. Yancey
Youmacara
Nero
Catguin
Benito Mussolini
Yancey
William
Ratbo
Francesco de Pinede
Italy
Air Herons
America
Musactini
Car Crashes Into Paes Train at Crossing
A roadster driven by Lawrence Henry of Athens collided with a freight train at Grosvel Crossing around 10 o clock Thursday night. Three lights and a flagman were not present. Harold Murphy, riding with Henry, was scratched and his right hand bruised. Henry was unhurt.
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Athens
Grosvel Crossing
Henry
Harold Murphy
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