Navy officers cling to hope for PN-9 Seaplane crew
Honolulu reports persistent optimism as search continues for Commander John Rodgers and five sailors after PN-9 No. 1 vanished off Maui during a nonstop San Francisco to Pearl Harbor flight. Navy vessels, planes, and submarines widen the hunt while crowds seek late news at information centers.
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John Rodgers
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Navy Register
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John A. Rodgers
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Naval Academy
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Cuba
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Naval Air Station
Hawaii
San Francisco-Honolulu
Bald Bald Eagle
George Loses Monopoly on the Dining Car Field
Philadelphia Sept 2 George loses sole claim to dining car waiters as Rudolph Ethelbert Maximilian and Alexander join the list. Railroad authorities say waiter names will be printed on menus to help patrons feel at home across the system.
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Philadelphia
George
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rudolph
Ethelbert
Maximilian
Alexander
Reopen of Trunk Line Merger Talks Prompted by ICC Hearing
Eastern railroad leaders from New York Central Baltimore and Ohio Nickel Plate and relatives plan to reopen consolidation issues ahead of the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on the Nickel Plate merger. Van Sweringen interests and L F Le ree oppose the plan awaiting a fifth trunk line around the Delaware and Hudson. Le ree is expected to join conferences later this week.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nickel Plate
Theew York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Great Eastern
van Sweringen Mercer
L. F. Leree
Delaware and Hudson
Mr. Leree
Kellogg pushes for China treaty revision and extra territoriality talks
Secretary of state Kellogg told the American Bar Association in Detroit that the United States will scrupulously fulfill obligations to China from the Washington arms conference while urging China to protect foreign lives and property. He named Silas H. Strawn as American special commissioner for a commission on extraterritoriality and treaty issues ahead of the Peking tariff conference.
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Detroit
China
United States
Washington
Chicago
Mr. Strawn
John van A. Macmurray
Peking
United States On the Extra Territorial Commission
Kellogg
Provisional Government of
J Ellwood Jones State's Largest Income Taxpayer
James Ellwood Jones of Switchback McDowell County was the state’s top income taxpayer for 1924, paying $96,160.33. The list, compiled by the Parkersburg News from Internal Revenue records, shows about 37 taxpayers above $10,000 and Wheeling leading with thirteen such filers.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
James Ellwood Jones
Switchback
McDowell County
West Virginia
Internal Revenue Office
Jones
Carl W. Ogiebay
Wheeling
Bramwell
Huntington
Fairmont
Charleston and
Clarksburg
Lowe
Mercer County
Edwin M. Knowles
Newell
J. J. Halloway
Jesse A. Bloch
Joseph W. Crotty
W. E. Wweies
J. H. Long
S&s Bloch
Bertha Bloch
John Cooper
Charlies W. Freeman
Anna C. Thomas
Henry B. Davenport
Charleston
B. W. Patterson
Evel James Ellwood Jones
Wiliam McKell
Glenn Jean
Louis Horkheimer
Wheels
Alice Mann
Oglebay
B. Curtin
William T. Mann
Isaac T. Mann
Edward W. Stifel
Lena Schwertfeger
M. l. Hutchinson
C. E. Hutchinson
Eliza Handlan
Sagats D. On ‘Ing
Ze Bowers
Mannington
Sprice D. Camden
Frank M. Baldwin
Henrietta Lowe Patterson
James L. Hawley
Nelson E. Perin
Berkeley Springs
H. Ky Wylie
T. C. Statts
Millionaire Oil Man Elias Barnes Claimed by Death
Elias Barnes sixty two millionaire who lived with his ninety one year old mother died in a hospital in Enid Oklahoma. Barnes oil field in Garfield County bears his name and his farm has five producing wells. He refused offers to lease surrounding land to protect farming. Five brothers will inherit the land and are said to favor continued oil development. Barnes bought a small car in 1918 and drove it until illness.
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Enid
Okla
Elias Barnes
Barnes
Garfield County
Greb Open to Match Opponents for Polo Grounds Fight
New York Sept 2 Harry Greb world middleweight champion arrived to discuss a benefit boxing show at the Polo Grounds on Sept 25. He is willing to meet Jimmy Slattery or any middleweight light heavyweight or heavyweight from Mickey Walker to Jack Dempsey. He will avoid a card opposite the world series. Greb showed little ill effect from a recent Pittsburgh car crash.
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New York
Harry Greb
Jimmy Slattery
Buffalo
N. Y
Polo Grounds
Greb
Slattery
Mickey Walker
Jack Dempsey
Pittsburg
Giant Navy PN-9 flight photo from San Francisco to Hawaii
A telegraphed image from San Francisco shows PN-9 No. 1 taking off from San Francisco Bay for a historic flight to the Hawaiian Islands. Commander John Rogers leads the mission aboard the giant Navy craft PN-9 No. 1.
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New York
NBA
Bluefield
San Francisco
Navy Plant
PN-9
John Rogers
Cal
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco Bay
Secretary Wilbur Sees Hope for PN-9 No. 1 Rescue
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur stated he did not view the missing PN-9 No. 1 as in grave danger and believed it still might be rescued. Commander H. C. Richardson, with aviation expertise, discussed drift and landing chances, noting the plane could sail or be beached with favorable winds and an empty fuel load aiding flotation.
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Washington
Wilbur
San Francisco
Honolulu
Azores
H. C. Richardson
Navy Department
Hwaiian
Richardson
Bowdoin reports fastest voyage leg toward Greenland
The Bowdoin flagship of the MacMillan Arctic expedition reached M Holstensborg Greenland and waited for Peary behind by 300 miles. The 715 miles from near Cape York to Holstensborg took eighty four hours with sails hoisted until anchoring last night. Crowds gathered ashore awaiting a motion picture show and news from last year’s film.
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Washington
Bowdoin
National Geographic Society
M Holstensborg
Greenland
Peary
Cape York
Holstensborg
Battle Harbor
Macmillan
Three Squirrels Cost Lamp a Jail Sentence
In Salem West Virginia on September 2 three squirrels killed out of season led to Aries Lamp of Wolf Summit receiving a $45 fine and three months in Harrison county jail after arraignment before Magistrate John B Halmick William Lamp was also arraigned and fined $20 though he did not have any squirrels
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Salem
W. Va
Death of University Leader in Africa Exploration
President W. H. Cutler of the University of Manitoba, who led a scientific expedition in Africa in search of bones of prehistoric reptiles, died of malaria. The report arrived from Winnipeg on September 2.
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Winnipeg
W. H. Cutler
University of Manitoba
Africa
Cutler
Projected PB-1 Flight Postponed Due to Weather
Captain Stanford E B Moses announced the PB-1 flight from Honolulu scheduled for tomorrow at 2 PM is delayed because of weather conditions. Moses said postponement does not rule out a later non stop attempt.
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San Francisco
Stanford EB. Moses
Pt Honolulu
Dan Moses
Czcecho Slovakia debt mission sails for United States
Prague Czecho Slovakia September 2 debt mission plans to sail for the United States at the end of September aiming to discuss repayment terms with American lenders and seek support for restructuring.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Czzecho-Slovakia
United States
Goolidge Backed for Voluntary Railroad Consolidations
After talks with Senator Watson Indiana, President Coolidge steers railroad policy toward voluntary consolidations and the Van Sweringen scheme. If needed, Watson will push compulsory consolidation after six to seven years under an Esch-Cummins update.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Watson
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Committee
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Railroad Labor Board
Remus Denies False Repudiation After Release
George Remus says his prior repudiation of Senate Daugherty investigation testimony was made under duress and promises. He was rearrested after leaving the Atlanta penitentiary and plans habeas corpus action in Dayton to contest a concurrent sentence. He also sought immigration evidence to support citizenship claims amid wife Imogene Remus divorce suit and emotional distress.
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Atlanta
George Remus
Cincinnati
Senate Daugherty Investigation Committee
Remus
Dayton
Ohio
Daugherty
United States Immigration Bureau
Imogene Remus
Seamen Strike Spreads to Cross Channel Boats at Southampton
London reports the British seamen strike spreading to crews on cross channel boats from Southampton as all four routes' vessels stay tied at the docks late tonight.
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London
Southampton
Governor Pinchot Dons Overalls to Explore Mine
Governor Pinchot toured a Pennsylvania mine during a state visit. He donned miner's gear and descended 100 feet to observe the workings, including a cutting machine and a coal shot. He rode a mine car along headings, met mine officials, and was greeted by Charles M. Schwab at Barnesboro.
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Johnstown
Pinchot
Euwence
Barnshbore
Uated
Charles M. Schwab
Barnesbeoro
Rate experts and lawyers arrive for Bluefield case
A large group of rate experts and lawyers arrive to present Bluefield's case before an Interstate Commerce Commission examiner in a federal court room. The dispute centers on through rates into the Matoaka field via the Virginian Railroad and argues against rate stacking that favors Huntington.
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Federal Court Room
Interstate Commerce Commission
Traffic Bureau
Virginian
Norfolk and Western
Road Traffic Bureau
Matoaka
Chesapeake and Ohio
Huntington
Frank Pick
Ashland
Bluefield Wholesalers
C. EB. Hierick
Michigan
Bluefield
D. Lynch Younger
Washington
Norfolk and Western Railroad
W. A. Huse
Roanoke
N. Adsit
Norfolk
W. H. T. Logan
West Virginian
G. F. Butler
H. G. Cummings
Matz
Pick
Interstate Commrece Commission
Princeton
Charleston
Cummins
Omeye
Personnel of the Missing Naval Seaplane PN 9 No 1
The roster lists Commander John Rodgers as flight unit commander with a long naval lineage and aviation career. Also named are Lieutenant Bryson J Connell, Chief Machinist Mate Skiles R Pope, Chief Radio Operator Otis Gilbert Grantz, and Aviation Machinists Mate First Class William M Bowlin with brief bios and service highlights.
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Otis Gilbert Grantz
Coal City
Indiana
Navy
Naval Aviation Service
William M. Bowlin
Roachdale
Ind
Great Lakes Val Station
Pensacola
Fla
Leaders claim Hammond stirs coal crisis ahead of congress
Philadelphia reports John L. Lewis accuses John Haye Hammond of pressing Republicans toward semi regulation of the anthracite industry to force federal action. He says congress must treat anthracite and bituminous coal alike and criticizes shared profits of major coal firms.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
Miners’ International
John Haye Hammond
White Court
Hammond
Coal Commission
Congress
Lewis
Republican Party
United Mine Workers of America
Federal
Pittsburg Coal Company
Consolation Coal Company
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittebure
William the Absolute
Belgium
Steels
Veterans Parade in Tulsa Celebrates War Heroes
More than 3500 members from Veterans of Foreign Wars and allied groups paraded two and a half miles through Tulsa business district. Army pursuit planes flew overhead while General John H. Dunn and Mrs. Effie King reviewed the march with national officers. Sergeant Samuel Woodfill, hailed by General Pershing as the war’s greatest hero, occupied a prominent reviewing stand position.
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Tulsa
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Military Order of Cooties
John H. Dunn
Boston
Veterans
Effie King
Samuel Woodfill
Kentucky
Pershing
Appraisers Report on Carnegie Trust Co
Assets of the closed Carnegie Trust Company total 4.821 million with an estimated value of 1.235 million, according to Major E Lowry Humes. The inventory fixes liabilities at 5.137 million. if full appraisal is realized, about 10,000 depositors would receive roughly 31 cents on the dollar as cash conversion begins tomorrow under receiver W Jackson.
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Pittsburg
dAssets
Carnegie Trust Company
John A. Bell
E Lowry Humes
W. Jackson
Editor Carl Magee Postponed Trial Over Injury
East Las Vegas New Mexico September 2 The postponement of the preliminary hearing for Albuquerque editor Carl C Magee on the murder charge in the Lasseter shooting August 21 was agreed by his counsel and District Attorney Cheater Hunker until the editor can appear in court due to his injured condition.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Carl C. Magee
Albuquerque
John B. Lasseter
Cheater Hunker
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