MacNider denies resignation as assistant secretary of war
Washington reports Hanford MacNider denies a claim to resign as assistant secretary of war as rumored in the Army and Navy Journal. He says he has not resigned and notes there is no Senate vacancy for four years, while in New York his secretary releases the denial. He cites dissatisfaction with Budget Bureau treatment of war department estimates as a possible motive in the journal item.
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Washington
Hanford MacNider
Army and Navy Journal
MacNider
Senate
MeeNider
New York
Budget Bureau
War Department
Davis
Iowa
Europe
Philadelphia
New England
Davison
MacNider denies resignation rumor from Washington
New York dispatch reports Hanford MacNider may resign as assistant secretary of war effective December 1. MacNider says the rumor is false, stating no intent to resign or seek public office and noting prior false reports. Budget friction cited as possible cause, but no confirmation.
Wheeling Man Is Dead Alleged Slayer Held
Beaumont Texas September 2 A Wheeling West Virginia man W T Moore 38 was dead in a double shooting at the Tolivar farm six miles north of Beaumont Arthur L Anlin 30 was seriously wounded Tolivar surrendered and was released on $1000 bond awaiting a hearing next Thursday Moore's widow lives in Rockland Texas
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Beaumont
Tex
Moore
Wheeling
W. Va
C. R. Tolivar
Arthur L Anelin
Tolivar
Honolulu Aviator Burned to Death in Crash
Captain John W. Signer an Army aviator was burned to death when his airplane struck high power wires near Schofield Barracks Hawaii. Private Riley who flew with Signer was slightly injured as the plane plunged 150 yards before crashing and catching fire.
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Honolulu
John W. Signer
Wesl
Schofield Barracks
Riley
Signer
Confessed Bandits Quickly Sentenced in Clearfield
Three confessed bandits were captured fifteen hours after a gasoline station hold up that netted $150. They were arraigned and sent to western penitentiary in Pittsburgh seven minutes after appearing before Judge A Roy Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Western Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
A. Roy Chase
President Coolidge plans study of special Senate session
President Coolidge will discuss a fall special Senate session to hear contested election cases, including seats held by Senators Smith of Illinois and Vare of Pennsylvania. He may move the hearings before the December regular session and plans to review the matter with Senate leaders upon return to Washington. The story notes bankers’ tariff manifesto and Coolidge’s stance as reflected in a Saturday Evening Post editorial. The president approves navy requests to send Lieut. Al Williams to Venice races aboard a cruiser due to merchant ships’ transit limits. Col. Lindbergh’s flight over City during a Congregational Sunday School photo event is also observed.
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Rapid City
S. D
Senate
Coolidge
Washington
Smith
Illinois
Vare
Pennsylvania
Now
Reed
Missouri
Bankers’ Manifesto
The
Congregational Church
Family flogging tale ties to Tyler case at court
J R Richardson, a cotton picker, testified in district court about masked men entering his Texas home on June 8, dragging his wife and daughter in law to a wood where they were whipped with a rope. He identified Cain Anderson and Dewitt Osborne as participants awaiting trial under an anti masking law. The family was told to leave the country.
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Tyler
Tex
Woode
J. R. Richardson
Cain Anderson
Richardson
W. A. Straps
Dewitt Osborne
Osborne
Henry
Feneral
Anderson
Courtney Starts for 0 3 Despite Other Failures
Captain F J Courtney began a non stop flight from Plymouth to New York at 6 26 this morning aboard the Whale. Weather was favorable at departure, and the plane carried food and gasoline for the crossing as fogs and rough conditions were reported elsewhere.
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Courtney
Plymouth
England
F. J. Courtney
New York
F. T. Courtney
The
Azores
Atlantic
Proxy marriage called in failed U S entry case
New York officials refused to recognize a proxy wedding that would have made Flora Sariego the wife of Max Muniz of Martins Ferry Ohio. A special board of inquiry ruled against the proxy union, delaying Muniz’s homecoming and their Martins Ferry home.
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New York
United States
Max Muniz
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Overdo
Spain
Muniz
Secretary of Labor
Nota
Board of
Rough Hay Field Delays Aviator Flight to Windsor
Clarence Duke Schiller and Phil Wood attempt a trans Atlantic flight in the Royal Windsor but a rough hay field near St Gregoire Quebec delays takeoff. The monoplane, damaged in a forced landing after nine hours aloft, is being prepared for a dawn departure pending runway smoothing and fuel sufficiency.
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St. Johns
Que
Royal
England
Schiller
Wood
Royal Windsor
Pride of Detroit Lands in Bagdad
The Pride of Detroit airship arrived in Bagdad from Constantinople after a delay for Turkish airspace clearance. Pilots William B. Brock and Edward F. Schree completed the 1 075 mile flight without incident.
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Pride OF Detroit
Bagdad
Pride of
Detroit
Constantinople
Turkey
Brock
Edward F. Schree
French Trans Atlantic Flight Tests Continue Amid Delays
French aviation week unfolds with Lebourget delaying Saturday flights as Bluebird, Tango Bird, and Breg plane teams work through fog and stabilization issues. Pilots Givon Corbu Tarascon and crew await weather clearance for resumption Sunday as mechanics adjust load lifting gear and wings.
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Lebourget
France
Bois de Boulogne
Bluebird
Farman Brothers
Leon Givon
Pierre Corbu
America
Dieudonne Costes
Villacowblay
Bordeaux
Paul Tarascon
German mood shifts as transoceanic flight hopes wane
Berlin reports a revulsion in Germany toward further Atlantic attempts after the Bremen Europa and other runs fail or stall. Professor Junkers warns late-year uncertainty, and Tageblatt likens a no-stop land-machine east to west flight to a gambler’s hazard amid strong winds.
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Berlin
Sir John Darling
Royal Windsor
Bremen
Europa
Germany
Hugo Junkers
The
Tageblatt
Schice
Brock
Old Glory’s Flight to Rome Postponed by Wind
Roosevelt Field New York September 2 The flight of Old Glory to Rome was postponed again today due to a lack of west wind. Other atmospheric conditions were favorable.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Old Glory
Rome
Federal Troops Guard Americans in Mexico Mines
The United States embassy reports that federal troops arrived at three Amparo mines in Jalisco to protect American and British lives and property during a miners strike. The move follows consular confirmation after earlier embassy statements.
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Mexico City
United States
Guadalajara
Amparo
Jalisco
Imines
American Bar Association Urges Flight Regulation Legislation
At the American Bar Association's fiftieth annual convention a resolution backed extending Commerce Department powers to regulate trans oceanic flights was adopted. Chester W. Cuthell led the move. William P. McCracken Jr. supported federal action. Silas H. Strawn was elected ABA president.
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Buffalo
N. Y
American Bar Association
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Chester W. Cuthell
New York
Association
Air Law Committee
National Air Transport Company
Curtise Aeroplane Company
William P. McCracken, Jr
Bar Association
Aeronautical Bureau
Department of Commerce
Silas H. Strawn
Chicago
Charles 8. Whitman
Redfern 3 Still Alive Says Friends
Brunewick Georgia reports friends of Paul Redfern, the missing Bras Brazils flyer, insist he remains safe and will soon emerge from a remote South American area. They cite his planned emergency gear and a timely return with an unrivalled tale.
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Brunewick
British Guiana
Venezuela
Brazil
Paul Redfern
Brunawick
Filer
Cénetain
Redfern
South America
Seaplane Search for Missing American Aviator Fails
Georgetown British Guiana September 2. A seaplane dispatched by the local governor failed to locate the missing American aviator Paul Redfern during today’s search.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Paul Redfern
West Indies ships report no news of Paul Redfern
Bermuda dispatch notes two ships from the West Indies with no word on Paul Redfern the Pan American flyer who departed Branewick Georgia August 26 for a nonstop flight to Brazil and remains missing.
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Bermuda
West Indies
Points South
Paul Redfern
Branewick
Brazil
Paralysis Epidemic Spreads Across West Virginia Counties
Infantile paralysis has reached eleven counties in West Virginia with 18 cases in Ohio County and 14 in Cabell County. Other counties reporting cases include Marion Kanawha Harrison Gilmer Roane Jackson Hancock Brooke and Marshall. Officials warn on isolation and avoiding public gatherings as the two week incubation suggests more cases may appear.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Health Department
Ohio
Cabell
Ohio County
Cabell County
Marion
Kanawha
Harrison, Gilmer
Roane
Jackson
Hancock
Brooke
Marshall
Gilmer
David Littlejohn
Brureau
Infantile paralysis reported in Butler
In Butler Pennsylvania on September 2 a case of infantile paralysis was found in Ruth Ritts daughter of Elias Ritts a local banker. The Ritts family had recently returned from a motor trip through Ohio.
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Butler
Ruth Ritts
Elias Ritts
Ritts
Ohio
State Troopers Hunt for Home Dynamiters
State troopers aided by other officers searched roadhouses across northeastern Pennsylvania to locate dynamiters who blew up the home of T. McKelvey in Hazelton. McKelvey his wife and two children were awakened by the blast but escaped injury. The attack is linked to underworld revenge for prosecutions of roadhouse gangs in the region.
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Hazelton
T. McKelvey
McKelvey
Plane sighting report linked to St Raphael en route to Ottawa
Halifax dispatch reports a white light seen at sea about 400 miles east south of New York possibly from the St Raphael monoplane carrying Princess Lowenstein Wertheim and two pilots. The light's origin remains uncertain with no further details.
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Halifax
N. S
St. Raphael
Air ministry reports sighting of missing plane over mid Atlantic
The Standar d Oil steamer Josiah Macy reports at 9 44 p m Greenwich mean time on August 31 an airplane passed at latitude 53 15 longitude 29 45. The ship saw the aircraft in mid Atlantic Wednesday night. Avia Union experts identify the plane as the St Raphael but provide no further details on the fate or any subsequent news.
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London
Air Ministry
Josiah Marcy
M. Greenwish
Josiah Macy
Atlantic
North Scotland
Avia Uon
St. Raphael
Josiah Macy Shipping Timeline From Houston to Kiel
The Josiah Macy left Houston on August 15 bound for Nyborg Denmark and Kiel Germany. By August 31 it was about 1 000 miles west of the Irish coast and was expected to reach Kiel Monday following a normal transatlantic route.
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New York
Josiah Macy
Houston
Teas
Nyborg
Denmark
Kiel
Germany
Irish
Search efforts slowed by missing St Raphael plane
Washington reports lack of information on the fliers’ whereabouts makes a navy search impractical. British aviator Captain Frederick Giles offers to aid with a 1100 mile Atlantic flight from St Johns if accepted. Canada’s Beothic patrol ship nears the search area to assist the St Raphael case.
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Washington
St. Raphael
Warner
Navy
Nungeseer
Coli
Redfern
Oorrens
Detroit
Frederick A. Giles
New Zealand
San Francisco
Mra
Leslie Hamilton
Ottawa
Canada
Hamilton
Raphael
Giles
St. Johns
N. F
Atlantic
Beothic
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Ehin
Voyoge
Sydney
Belgians Reject Plan for War Guilt Probe
Brussels reports the Belgian cabinet unanimously rejected Germanys proposal for a neutral mixed commission to study events at the start of the war in Belgium. The proposal had argued Belgian civilians engaged in guerrilla warfare leading to German reprisals.
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Brussels
Germany
Belgium
Law to Prevent Mounting Death Toll Weighs in Three Nations
In New York and London reports strong aversion to long distance ocean hops. US officials seek laws to curb rising fatalities as Stinson Aircraft refuses solo oceanic orders. Dutch sighting offers slim hope for St Raphael while two planes are grounded by fog in Canada and Maine. The Pride of Detroit continues its world flight with 5 025 miles logged.
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New York
St. Raphael's
Buffalo
N. Y
Committee On All Laws
American Bar Asociation
Stinson Aircraft Corporation
Detroit
Washington
Navy
St. Raphael
London
Weather Bureau
F. T. Courtney
Plymouth
England
Whale
Hamilton
Minchin
Blijdendijk
Sir John Darling
Ont
Royal Windsor
Windsor
Montreal
Caribou
Maine
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Cranwell Field
Hinchcliffe
Pride of
Constantinople
Bagdad
British plane to fly nonstop from Bristol to Philadelphia
Capt R H Macintosh plans a dawn Sunday takeoff from Baldonnel in a Fokker named Princess Xenia bound for Philadelphia with Capt Anthony Wreford and Capt A J Barnes aboard. The Free State demolishes a well at Baldonnel to widen the runway for the heavy load. They expect 32 to 35 hours aloft, intend to circle New York on arrival, then proceed to Philadelphia. Barnes to stay in New York. Wreford and Macintosh continue homeward.
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Bristol
R. H. Macintosh
Beldonnel
Philadelphia
Fokker
Anthony Wreford
Air Force
A J. Barnes
London
Seven Seas Yachting Club
Wreford
Barnes
Free State
Baldon
Xenia
William B. Leeds
New York
Lindy Lands in Wyoming After Flight Over Cheyenne
Cheyenne Wyoming September 2 after circling Cheyenne and Fr Rueeel several times Col Charles A lindy landed safely at the airport following a trip from Pierre.
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Lindy
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
D . Rueeel
Charles A
Landal Eafely
Pierre
Five Held After Guard Slain in Break for Liberty
Two women and three men were arrested in New Lexington accused of aiding in the breakout that killed Grant Weakley, a guard at Ohio penitentiary in Columbus. Patrick Riley confessed to the shooting and implicated Fred Kellogg, with others alleged to have planted guns at the scene and given directions from Newark.
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New Lexington
Patrick Riley
Ohio
Grant Weakley
Riley
Columbus
Thomas
Fred Kellogg
Irwin Pward
Kellogg
James Waters
Newark
Beaumont Sowers
Cincinnati
George Vennes
Detroit
Weakley
A. M. Kishler
Junction City
Gar Wood Dives After Speedboat Accident at St. Clair River
Gar Wood, famed speedboat pilot and Harmsworth trophy holder, reportedly lost his outboard craft King in the St. Clair River near Algonac while testing a boat. He escaped with minor injuries and planned to race in Detroit next week.
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Algonac
Mich
Gar Wood
St. Clair River
Feen
Wood
Detroit
Des Cuteres
Rose Gar Wood
Phil Wood
Royal Windsor
Sleuths Guard Kirk From Blackmailers
Walter R. Kirk, a millionaire soap manufacturer, was guarded at his Lake Forest home after a blackmail note demanded ten thousand dollars. He handed the letter to postal authorities and hired a private detective agency, convinced the threat was from a crank.
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Chicago
Walter R. Kirk
Lake Forest
Kirk
Waukegan Road
Former moderator John Fleming Carson dies in Brooklyn
Dr. John Fleming Carson longtime pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn and former moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly died in Stony Brook on September 2 today.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
John Fleming Carson
Central Preeby Church
Brooklyn
Preshr
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Ware and Smith
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Littlejohn
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