Lindberghs Prepare for Northwest Passage Flight
Col Charles A Lindbergh and wife prepare for a trans Atlantic to Orient flight route via Canada Alaska Siberia and Japan News reports the couple arriving in Washington for last preflight checks including Canadian visas and Japan visa while Monoplane undergoes final instrument tests at the Potomac River base.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
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Northwest Passage
Atlantic
Orient
Lindberghs
Canada
Alaska
Siberia
Japan
China
Here
North Haven
Dwight Morrow
Lindbergh
State Department
Fuer
Potomac River
Naval Air Station
Lindberghs Dinner With Castle Before Vacation Flight
The Lindberghs dined with Acting Secretary Castle as state department specialists on eastern affairs joined the guests. Lindbergh expects to fly at around 105 mph, noting pontoons on the Lockheed plane reduce speed by about 10 mph. The craft will carry a normal 350 gallon fuel load with refueling prepared at each overnight stop.
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Lindberghs
Castle
State Department
Lindbergh
Lockheed
Public Utilities Commission Denies Truck Route Extension
The Public Utilities Commission refused a Cleveland truck line extension over a state highway citing heavy congestion and traffic hazards. It marks the first denial of this type due to traffic conditions.
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Tourmbus
The
Public Utilities Commission
Cleveland
Girl Bandit Shot In Newport Robbery Pursuit
A running gun fight through Newport Kentucky led to the capture and wounding of Doris Baldwin 21 daughter of St Louis steamboat owner and the roundup of two men and two other women accused of road robberies. Doris Baldwin was shot through the arm during the police chase of her alleged lover and confederate Otto Buchanan 24. Earlier the Baldwin girl and Vic Hatfield 24 admitted in court to luring men into wollup traps.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Newport
Doris Baldwin
Arthur Baldwin
St. Louis
Otto Buchanan
Baldwin
Vic Hatfield
Weather Summary and Regional Temperatures
Yesterday's highs were 110 in Phoenix 106 in Huron and 104 in Minneapolis. Overnight lows are 46 Medicine Hat 44 Calgary and 44 Edmonton. A shallow low pressure system over the Lake Region will bring unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday with a gradual warming tonight and increasing gustiness on Wednesday followed by thunder showers and cooler afternoons.
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Phoenix
Huron
Minneapolis
Edicine
Calgary
Edmonton
Theernoon
Hard Boiled Financiers Reluctant to Risk Their Money Abroad
The piece argues Americans eagerly donate funds via bonds but are cautious with their own money or institutions. It notes money pulled from Germany remains there, per the President's request, and predicts Europe will face borrowing difficulties in the near future.
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Germany
Europe
German Industrial Strife Deepens as Unemployment Mounts
Berlin faces rising unemployment with fears of millions out of work as France and Britain hold debts Germany owes. Despite kinship with Germany, foreign nations hesitate to aid amid wartime tensions while private creditors press for repayment. Continued on Page 4.
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Berlin
Bismarck
Germany
Highway bids opened on 26 projects across 24 counties
Columbus report states state highway director O. W. Merrell would open bids today on 26 highway construction projects in 24 counties with anticipated cost around 1.275 million dollars.
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Columbus
O. W. Merrell
Two Planes Leave New York for Europe in Quest of New Records
New York July 28 two long distance planes began a race to set new flight records for speed and range as crews worldwide aim to push beyond existing limits in transatlantic attempts. The two craft departed from New York bearing teams intent on breaking time marks and expanding the reach of air travel.
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Two Planes
New York
Europe
U.R
Graf Zeppelin Arrives at Hooker Island Station
The German airship Graf Zeppelin reached Hooker Island Station Franz Joseph Land at 8:45 p m and lit the water at 9:15 p m The Malygin ice breaker delivered eight mail bags and received sixteen including two for the United States General Umberto Nobile was the sole Malygin crew member to visit the Zeppelin besides postal officials during the mail transfer.
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North Polar Sea
Moscow
Hooker Island
Franz Joseph Land
Pacific Bay
United States
Umberto Nobile
Arctic aviation dash and polar voyages captivate skies and seas
Air and sea craft race across the globe as Pangborn Herndon aim to beat the Post Gatty record from New York to around the world while Boardman Polanda head to Istanbul. Lindberghs plan an Orient tour from Washington. Amy Johnson targets Moscow and Tokyo as Graf Zeppelin flies to Franz Josef Land under Hugo Eckener. Submarine Nautilus, under Sir Hubert Wilkins, departs Plymouth for Arctic under ice voyage via Bergen.
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New York
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon
Russell Boardman
John Polanda
Istanbul
Turkey
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Orient
Amy Johnson
Moscow
Tokio
Berlin
England
Australia
Franz Josef Land
Friedrischshafen
Hugo Eckener
Two Strikers Jailed In Brownsville Mine Disorder
In a Brownsville area mine turmoil at Vesta No. 6 near Brownsville police jailed a young woman and a youth amid a round up of striking miners. Authorities search for others linked to an assassination attempt on a United Mine Workers official. Fingerprints from Patrick Murphy were sent to Washington for ID confirmation.
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Pittsburgh
U.R
Vesta No. 6
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Brownsville
United Mine Workers
Patrick Murphy
Little River
Texas
Patrick Fagan
District No. 5
Fagan
Washington
Fire damages 35000 at large Columbus packing plant
Fire in Columbus causes extensive damage estimated at 35000 dollars. Eleven fire companies battled the blaze sending smoke across city blocks and alarming nearby property owners.
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Columbus
U.P
Navy Re-enlistment Of Dale Ward Wilson In Four Years
Dale Ward Wilson of this district re-enlists for four years in the United States Navy. He serves aboard the U S Pennsylvania in the harbor at New York City and plans to visit foreign ports. He says he will send letters about his trips.
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NAVY
Dale Ward Wilson
United States Navy
Wilson
U. S. Pennsylvania
New York City
Want To Buy a Farm Classified Ad Summary
A rural classified note offers an 108 acre farm two miles from Rutland on an improved road. A Stewart Ohio resident advertises well drilling, and a valve ground and motor tuned service priced at 5.25 dollars.
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By the Messenger
Rutland
Stewart
Ohio
Will Leaves $200,000 to Japanese Secretary Shima
Mrs. Mary F. Henderson of Washington bequeathed 200000 to her Japanese secretary Jesse Shima who came to the U S in 1924 and served six years. Shima plans to study law.
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Mary F. Henderson
Washington
Jesse
Shima
United States
Henderson
Judge Acquits 5 Indianapolis Officers in Prohibition Case
The U.S. circuit court of appeals acquitted five Indianapolis policemen Martin O'Brien Claude Ridenbaugh Ralph Lambert David J Curran and Thomas Gray of conspiring to violate the national prohibition act. The decision reversed a lower court conviction for protecting liquor selling after evidence showed agents used a decoy speakeasy run by Horace Lyle to trap them. Judge Evan A Evans noted the decoy method was improper and differed from legitimate crime detection.
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Chicago
U.P
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Indianapolis
Martin O’brien
Claude Ridenbaugh
Ralph Lambert
David J. Curran
Thomas Gray
Horace Lyle
Evan A. Evans
Prohibition
Fremont Bank Robbed by Five Bandits
Five men robed the Liberty Bank in Fremont Ohio and escaped in a motor car with an undetermined amount of cash. Deputies led by Sheriff Tom Pask pursued along a highway toward Port Clinton after the hold up. Cashier E C Young and bank patrons were held at gunpoint as the bandits rifled cash drawers.
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Fremont
U.P
Liberty Bank
Tom Pask
Port Clinton
E. C. Young
Farley Infant Dies in Detroit Hospital
Word came to Athens of the death of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Farley in Detroit Monday night. The baby died at Herman Kiefer Hospital after an operation. Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery Thursday morning after body is brought to Athens to Mrs. Mary Farley’s home at 32 South Congress Street.
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Peter A. Farley
Detroit
Herman Kiefer Hospital
Mary Farley
South
Congress Street
Bluebeard Accused of Bigamy and Murder in Northland Case
In Eagle River Wisconsin on July 28 George W El Jigga Perry faced a murder trial charged with killing Cora Belle Mackett Perry during a honeymoon on Lac du Flambeau Reservation after alleged a pattern of six bigamous marriages. District Attorney Edmund Draeger said jurors would be drawn quickly from resort owners farmers guides and business men. Perry claimed to be a wandering Romeo while prosecutors depicted a modern bluebeard who deserted wives and murdered one when he could not discard her.
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Eagle River
Wis
George W. EL
Perry
Northland
Cora Belle Mackett Perry
Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation
Drager
Milwaukee
Campaign Under Way In Ohio Democratic Women
Opening guns of the 1932 presidential and state campaigns fired as 22 women members of the Democratic State Control Committee met in Columbus to widen the party, plotting expansion into every Ohio county and precinct. Governors and national figures discussed for the upcoming convention.
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Columbus
U.P
Democratic State Control Committee
Ohio
George White
Newton D. Baker
No More Rodeos Alliance Forces Teens Off Stockyard Rodeo
Law descended on fourteen age boys staging a rodeo at Alliance Provision Co stockyard. Reluctant youths surrendered mounts as packers complained riders used up the fat on their Grade A butcher hogs.
Baby escapes injury in buggy crash shock
Six month old Jack Huston Jr. riding in a baby buggy was struck when an automobile hit the buggy. The carriage crashed into a building and the mother collapsed. Strangers rescued the infant who was unhurt and cooing.
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Tiffin
Jack Huston, Jr
Jack
Communism in America Highlights from House report
The Messenger reports on eight chapters from an official House committee investigation into Communist propaganda. It outlines aims and views, overthrow plans, church marriage rejection, labor influence, patriotism teachings to children, and loyalty to the red flag. Continued on Page T4.
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House of Representatives
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Carl G. Bachman
Edward E. Eslick
Robert S. Hall
House of Representatives Committee
Stars and Stripes
American Federation of Labor
America
Farmers Reap Grasshopper Harvest In Nebraska
GOTHENBURG NEB July 2 Huge homemade machines called bulkers rolled across fields as farmers harvested grasshoppers instead of grain. Farmers stored threshers and burned swarms in oil containers. Infestation, fueled by a mild winter, affects 98 counties and threatens food and income this winter.
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Gothenburg
Neb
Nebraska
Western fires threaten towns and forests across three states
Fires raged through thousands of acres in Montana Idaho and California defying several thousand firefighters amid high heat and low humidity. Red Dog and You Bet in California faced a massive blaze while Missoula Montana and Lassen National Park saw major destruction as prisoners aided firefighting efforts.
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Idaho
California
Denver
Colo
Red Dog
You Bet
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Mariposa
Birchville
Bear Creek
Missoula
Mont
Herda
Pond Oret
Oak River
Kootenai Forest
Mount Diablo
Contra Costa
Lassen National Park
Drytown
Rider
Ohio Governor Considers Pleas of Eastern Coal Miners
Governor White met with a delegation of striking miners from Jefferson Belmont and Morrison Counties to hear reports of poverty and official abuse. He expressed sympathy, pledged to use his powers to aid workers, and provided ten dollars to help the men return home.
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Columbus
White
Ohio
Jefferson
Belmont
Morrison
Friend’s kick leaves man blinded in one eye
In East Liverpool Ohio a friend’s playful kick struck Theodore Johannes 35 in the eye during a show. He will lose sight in his right eye as a result of the incident.
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East Liverpool
Theodore Johannes
Johannes
Panhandler incident ends with patient recovery claim
Three panhandlers confronted Walter Glover in Cleveland. They demanded cigarettes, Glover emptied his pockets and refused. Charity Hospital doctors say Glover will recover.
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Cleveland
U.P
Methodists to Gather at Sabina Training School
An Ohio leadership training school will be held by the Methodist Protestant Church in Sabina from August 10 to 16, drawing hundreds of young people in attendance.
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Sabina
U.P
Ohio
Methodist Protestant Church
Ohio reports healthiest week with 604 disease cases
Columbus July 23 Last week's mild weather was the health department’s basis for declaring the healthiest week in Ohio thus far. Only 604 cases of communicable diseases were reported.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Wek
State Health Department
Barbert on Police Probe Robbery of Court Office Safe
Barberton police investigated a robbery at the municipal court office safe. Burglars took about 200 dollars in cash from the safe above the police headquarters around noon Monday.
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Barberton
U.R
Dictators in World Having Great Time In New Revolutions
Beverly Hills report mocks a Chilean amateur dictator who boasted divine protection as bullets drew near. The piece parodies global revolutions and hints at anxieties about leadership and influence amid regional turmoil.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Chile
China Wen
Harry Carr
Show Goes On As Star Learns Colleague Died
Harry Richman performed at the Biegfeld Theater unaware that Helen Walsh a Florens Ziegfeld Glorified Girl had died earlier from severe burns sustained in a cabin cruiser explosion at Greenport Long Island. Richman rescued Walsh by throwing her into the water but suffered burns himself.
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New York
U.R
Biegfeld
Harry Richman
Helen Walsh
Florens Ziegfeld
Long Island Hospital
Richman
Greenport
L. 1
Coroner Completes Inquiry Into Five Fatalities
Stark County Coroner T. C. McQuate finished probing five deaths that occurred within 26 hours in Canton Ohio.
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Canton
U.P
Stark County
T. C. McQuate
Washington Denials Slow U S Steel Wage Talks
United Press reports officials warn against drastic wage cuts amid 1931 economic strain. Julius Klein notes morale must be protected while Lamont and Doak deny policy shifts. officials suggest temporary wage relief only as industry struggles.
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Washington
Hoover
Ugen
Julius Klein
United Press
U S Steel Ration Directors Meet Amid Dividend Debate
NEW YORK July 28 Di tora of the U S Steel ration were called to meet today a momentous session. Business leaders and government observers awaited decisions on common stock dividends likely to fall from 7 to 3 or 4 annually. Wage cuts favoring competitiveness were discussed as rumors spread that future pay scales would be trimmed after the dividend cut. The firm shows 33 percent capacity with a 1871 surplus capable of paying seven years of dividends if no new earnings arise.
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New York
Ditora
U. S
Big Bisk Neas
Wall
Wall Street
Crat
ME WHY By Everit B Terhune
The fragment questions whether merchandise volume results from high prices and hints at pricing influence. It notes a high rate of something and mentions copyright by United Publishers Bureau of F.
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