Freak Airplane Crash at Chicago National Air Races
A homemade plane piloted by George Ferrie, from Staten Island, crashed into a parked craft, killing Fernic a Romanian pilot. Aviatrix Miss Martie Bowman of Hempstead narrowly escaped death as debris struck her plane. The accident marked the second major crash of the meet, with Ferrie and a Navy pilot J. P. Deshazo among the victims in related incidents.
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Chicago
George Ferrie
St. George
Staten Island
N. Y
Fernic
Martie Bowman
Hempstead
L. L
Ferric
Romania
Roosevelt Field
Fenric
J. P. Deshazo
Montevallo
Ala
Louis Weiner
Deshazo
Howard Young
Wilmington
Del
James Haizlip
St. Louis
Haizlip
Stewart Chadwick
Gladys O’donnell
Long Beach
Calif
William Ong
Kansas City
Phoebe Omlie
Memphis
Tenn
Bowman
Ferrie
Art Chester
Moline
Mildred Morgan
Beverly Hills
Cal
Designs Strange Ship Near Mariner's Harbor
In a ramshackle Staten Island workshop at Mariner's Harbor, George Fernic toils over plans for an unusual vessel. The report notes a striking, experimental ship design emerging from the New York area.
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New York
Mariner's Harbor
Staten Island
George Fernic
Another Murder Bears Earmarks of Gangland
Chicago records another gangland style slaying as John Kruspe, 38, was shot five times in the head after answering a knock at his door. House keeper Sue Gardner testified she heard the exchange Is Jack in and We’ve got you this time before the gunfire. Police probe links Kruspe to beer running for Loop speakeasies. Gardner says he was a salesman.
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Chicago
John Kruspe
Sue Gardener
Kruspe
Jack
Bromley Fails to Take Off on Pacific Wing Flight Attempt
Harold Bromley and Harold Gatty failed to launch their 4500 mile Pacific crossing from Asumigaura Japan due to the planes 1100 gallons of fuel overpowering takeoff weight. The mmonoplane tested a 1900 meter dirt runway at 530 am as Japanese sailors and thousands watched. The start was postponed amid weather delays and disappointed crews.
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Asumigaura
Japan
Harold Bromley
Harold Gatty
Pacific
Tacoma
Washington
Naval Base
Bromley
Gatty
Lindbergh and Hawks Meet at Air Races
The two aviators Charles A. Lindbergh and Frank Hawks shook hands in Chicago as Hawks praised his transcontinental record and Lindbergh prepared a new 600 horsepower Wright Cyclone engine. Hawks denied rivalry and outlined a 250 mph target for future record attempts. The Lindberghs left for Detroit after a reception and flight over the event.
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Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
Frank Hawks
Frank
Hawks
Pacific
Atlantic
Lindbergh
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Suspected in Major Heist
Philadelphia officials suspect Ali Baba and his forty thieves in a large overnight theft from a sewer job in Drexel Hill. A 40 foot steam shovel beam weighing ten tons, a steel bucket of 0.75 ton, and about 1000 pounds of cable were stolen, worth roughly $2500. James M. Kohler of the construction firm reported the loss, noting the feat would need many men and a trailer to move.
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Philadelphia
Ali Baba
Drexel Hill
James M. Kohler
Kohler
Terrified Chinese flee as Reds approach Changsha
Shanghai reports describe 10000 Red troops ten miles from Changsha walls as 8000 provincial troops fearfully plan to flee. Fear of vengeance for 1500 Communist executions grows amid looting and murder. Americans seek refuge aboard the gunboat Paris as Hankow foreign ships observe developments.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Wuchang
United States
Paris
Ho- Chien
Hankow
President Hoover plans expedited public building program
President Hoover weighs speeding up the ten year federal public buildings program at Rapidan Lodge with Secretary Hyde and officials to find relief similar to waterway projects without exceeding a balanced budget. Unemployment figures and drought context drive the talks as a large party of officials and friends join the Hoover visit through Labor Day.
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Orange
Hoover
Rapidan Lodge
Lower Mississippi
Ferry K. Heath
Hyde
Washington
J. W. W. Reynders
New York
Reynders
Henry Robinson
Los Angeles
Lawrence Richey
Dave Stark McMullin
Palo Alto
Herbert Hoover Jr
Delano Large
Bryans Double Seclusion Sought After Cundiff Burial
The burial of William L. Cundiff, Bryan’s associate and double, ends years of obscurity for the man who helped nominate Bryan at the Denver Democratic convention. A West Virginia native, 62, Cundiff served in the state department beside Bryan and lived on a Potomac houseboat before dying after a failed operation.
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Washington
William L. Cundiff
William Jennings Bryan
Cundiff
Bryan
Denver
Wilson
State Department
Judge Cundiff
Charley Dawes
Omaha
Potomac River
West Virginia
Four Rum Runners Kill Deputy in Altus Gun Fight
Four rum runners tonight killed Deputy Sheriff BE L. Carter, 32, and wounded Altus police chief Poe Whitt during a gun fight in Altus Oklahoma. The assailants escaped after the confrontation.
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Altus
Okla
BE. L. Carter
Poe Whitt
Civil War Veterans Visit Birthplace of General Grant
Union veterans march to the log cabin birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant in Ohio. At Point Pleasant, Ohio the 64th Grand Army encampment ends as Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant III and Governor Myers Y. Cooper speak. About 3,000 G. A. R. members attend.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Grant
Grand Army of the Republic
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Ohio River
Cincinnnati
United States Marine Band
James E. Jewel
Grant
U. S. Grant III
Myers Y. Cooper
Columbus
Heat wave grips Europe and US politics shift
London endures a blistering heat wave with 94 degree highs and 50 heat related deaths reported in the area. Pools stay open overnight as storms sweep Scotland and North. In Illinois, the Anti Saloon League backs dry candidates for the Senate while upholding the prohibition referendum as mostly symbolic.
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London
Europe
Mercury
Scotland
Abroath
Glamis
Duchess of York
Glamis Castle
Duke of York
Balmoral Castle
Glasgow
Dead recluse identified as escaped murderer in 1892 case
A Nebraska farmer who died in 1927 near Superior is identified as Columbus Hayes, an escaped killer from St Joseph, who fled in 1892 after murdering his brother in law over a woman. Attorney R E Culver linked Johnson of Los Angeles to Hayes after a niece claimed he was the killer.
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St. Joseph
Nebraska
Columbus Hayes
R. E. Culver
Frank Johnson
Superior
Nebr
Johnson
Hayes
Alice Parish
Los Angeles
Columbus
Kansas
Caddie Dies After Fall From Freight Car
Chapman Brown, 16, a Charleston area caddy, died at a South Charleston hospital from injuries after he fell under a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train near Spring Hill earlier today. Witnesses say he lost footing while trying to board the car.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chapman Brown
South Charleston
Spring Hill
Brown
Federal attorney to scrutinize accounts
New York August 29 federal authorities will audit the accounts of about a dozen politicians and judges to probe whether bench appointments were bought and income taxes evaded. The case centers on George F. Ewald and a $10,000 payment from Mrs. Ewald to Martin J. Healy, denied as a loan by all parties.
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New York
George F. Ewald
Martin J. Healy
Tammany
Attorney General's Office
Roosevelt
Healy
Ewald
Miners Held in Bombing Released on Bond
Benton Illinois August 29 Ed V Hecelbeck and Ray Edmondson coal miners who surrendered to Jackson county officials to face federal charges in the Providence Kentucky mine bombing of August 11 were released on ten thousand dollar bonds each. U S Commissioner Jones said they would be brought before the federal court in Danville next month to answer charges of conspiracy to destroy mine properties in Kentucky.
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Benton, Ill
Ed V. Hecelbeck
Ray Edmondson
Seigler
Jackson County
Providence
U. S
Jones
Danville
Kentucky
Tick Juice Vaccine Fends Off Deadly Fever Doctor Says Tick Vaccine Balks Deadly Spotted Fever
Dr R R Spencer of the U S Public Health Service credits a vaccine made from ground up ticks with saving about 6000 people from Rocky Mountain spotted fever and winning the American Medical Association gold medal. He explains the vaccine relies on tick hibernation and virus behavior and notes the federal program provides vaccine materials free of charge to help impoverished patients.
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Washington
R. R. Spencer
United States Public Health Service
American Medical Association
Spencer
Richmond
University of Richmond
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Public Health Service
Mather Revealed as Onlooker in Merger Contest
William G. Mather, Cleveland steel magnate, testified as a passive observer in the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Bethlehem Steel merger case. He urged slower pace in completing the deal and said he did not inform Eaton until March 7 due to a tacit understanding with Dalton.
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Youngstown
William G. Mather
Cleveland Steel and Ore
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Steel
David Jenkins
Mather
Cyrus 8
Faton
Cleveland
Eaton
Cliffs Corporation
Henry G. Dalton
Dalton
Jenkins
Sheet and Tube
General Fechet To Attend West Virginia Kiwanis Convention
General James E. B. Fechet chief of the United States Army Air Service will be an honor guest at the West Virginia Kiwanis convention in Bluefield September 29 and 30. He is expected to fly from Washington and speak at the September 29 banquet alongside international leaders Raymond Crossman and Albert Snedaker.
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Chicago
George BD. Safford
Illnois Anti-Saloon League
United States Senate
Anti-Saloon League
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Charles S. Deneen
Safford
McCormick
W. Jirka
United States Air Service
West Virginia
James EB. Fechet
United States Army Air Service
Kiwanis
Bluefield
Fechet
Washington
Raymond Crossman
Omaha
Neb
Kiwanis International
Albert Snedaker
Wheeling
International
General Fechet
W. E. Koepler
Pocahontas Air Transport Company
Tree-Sitter Escapes After 33day Sit in Storm
In Manchester New Hampshire a severe lightning storm and heavy rain ended Alfred Marcottes 33 day 14 hour tree sit. He fell to the ground but escaped serious injury as a bolt struck the tree where he sheltered during the long vigil.
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Manchester
N. H
Alfred Marcotte
Peruvian Rebels Order U.S. Naval Officer To Trial
Peruvian rebels threaten a U.S. naval officer with trial amid tensions. The report details the standoff and the authorities' stance as the case unfolds, noting courtroom proceedings and remarks from Judge Lyle.
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U.S
Fog banks hinder hunt for sealer Bratvaag
Tromsoe Norway August 29 fog banks descend on the polar region hindering the search for the motor driven steamer Bratvaag carrying the tale of Salomon August Andree and two companions who vanished while attempting a North Pole balloon flight. Norwegian naval authorities broadcast to direct the sealers to a position and plan to rendezvous at Tromsoe with physicians to treat possible bodies. The Bratvaag has radio gear but no tending equipment and cannot reply.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Bratvaag
Salomon August Andree
North Pole
Nanean Land
Arctic
Iceland
Norwegian expert speculates Andree party survived two years
Dr. Adolf Hoel of Oslo’s research office suggested the 1897 balloon expeditionists led by Salomon August Andrée and two companions may have lived up to two years on White Island before the disaster. He noted limited drift ice at launch and said walrus and birds could have sustained them, citing past Arctic rescues by Norwegians.
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Oslo
Norway
Adolf Hoel
Spitzbergen
Salomon August Andree
White Island
North Pole
Andree
D. Hoel
Arctic
Walter Wellman
Americas unrest rumors threaten region
Reports from the American theater indicate acting chief of Leguia's air forces warns of possible unrest spreading through Latin America. Argentina faces threats while Uruguay and southern Brazil show signs of disturbance amid regional tensions.
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Leguia
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Latin American unrest stirs governments across the region
Reports depict heightened alert in Argentina with heavy police and naval deployments in Buenos Aires while Uruguay investigates a suspected Brazil revolts. Cuba faces alleged nationalist plots in Santa Clara and Matanzas province teeters on martial law amid Conservative Liberal clashes. Peru’s insurgents consolidate power under Lieut. Col. Sanchez Cerro and threaten civil transition. An American officer faces court martial risk by the junta.
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Peru
Yrigoyen
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Stratetic
Uuguay
Brazil
Cuba
Santa Clara
Matanzas
Col
Sanchez Cerro
Harold B. Grow
Leguia
Peru Junta Chief Says Grow to Face Court Martial
Lima Aug 29 Lieutenant Colonel Luis Sanchez Cerro head of the military junta said Harold B Grow American naval reserve officer and head of Peru s air corps would be court martialed after arrest in Arequipa Grow accused of planning to bomb Arequipa under orders of the deposed dictator He is held in prison and the American embassy is negotiating for his release. The junta vows strict action against Leguia era finances and commits to civilian rule once stability returns.
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Lima
Peru
Luis Sanchez Cerro
Associated Press
Harold B. Grow
Flys Corps
Grow
Arequipa
Sanchez Cerro
Leguia
United States
Augusto B. Leguia
Sunte
Slaver slay hunt narrows to vague clues in South Bend
In South Bend on August 29 police made little headway in finding Marverline Appel's killer. A barn linked to the attack was found and the body discovered in an alley. a suspect in Elkhart, Frank B. Shuey, 34, of Greensburg, Pa., was cleared as unlikely. Neighbors organized a hunt armed and patrolling near rail yards after playmates described a man who tried to lure the girl into a car before her disappearance on Wednesday.
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South Bend
Marverline Appel
Elkhart
Frank B. Shuey
Greensburg
Marveline
Argentine Capital Braces as Troops Guard President Yrigoyen
Buenos Aires reports three destroyers in the harbor and troops confined to barracks as authorities guard President Hipolito Yrigoyen. Two senior army officers were arrested without stated reasons. A loyalty demonstration by Yrigoyen supporters circulated amid an ominous calm.
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Buenos Aires
Hipolito Yrigoyen
Yrigoyen
Rumors of Unrest in Rio Grande do Sul Under Investigation
Brazilian government probes foreign rumors of revolutionary activity in Rio Grande do Sul after reports traced to Montevideo. Discrepancies in details and location point to uncertain sources as soldiers were discussed in connection with the unrest.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande Do Sul
Monetevideo
Uruguay
Rio Do Sul
Ape Polenta
Ancisco de USA
Tre
U 5
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Ruth Hannah McCormick
Illinois Anti- Saloon League
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Rocky Mountain
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Judge Lyle
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