Navy Reconsiders Shenandoah Replacement Budget Debate
Secretary Wilbur stated replacing the Shenandoah is a budget matter with finance guiding the decision. He said heavier than air craft receive priority for funds, while the Los Angeles remains in limited civil-military use and Lakehurst funding hinges on Congress and appropriations amid helium shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Shenandoah
Wilbur
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Budget Bureau
Department
Navy
Los Angeles
Germany
Congress
Hawaii
Complaint Against Mr. Goff Dismissed
A federal judge dismissed the complaint against Guy D. Goff former assistant United States attorney general. The suit by Fr Paul Vaselli a former assistant United States attorney claimed Goff sought his indictment in 1920. Vaselli was tried and acquitted over aiding the sale of the steamship Liberty Lang by the Italian Star Line. Senator Goff defended that officials assistant United States attorneys are immune from civil actions in their official functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Guy D. Goff
United States
Paul Vaselli
United States Attorney
Goff
Goddard
Vaselli
Liberty Lang
Italian Star Line
Got
West Virginia
Some Relief From Drought Is Promised
A cooler air mass from the Canadian Northwest is forecast to move across the United States, expected to reach the Lower Lake region and parts of the Ohio Valley and Tennessee by Sunday. It should continue eastward to the Middle Atlantic region barring accidents. Some relief is also anticipated for the dry western Ohio Valley following a late night disturbance over South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Canadian Northwest
Weather Bureau
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic
South Dakota
Miners Warned Against Soft Coal Fields Amid Strike Talks
The United Mine Workers reject separate company settlements as Traders Coal Company offers miners’ demands at Ridgewood Luzerne County. Sub District No 7 warns members against seeking work in soft coal fields, citing uncertain employment and low wages. Van A Bitner returns from Philadelphia amid rumors of a September strike in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United Mine Workers
Rinaldo Cappellini
Miners’ Union
Scranton
Traders Coal Company
Ridgewood
Luzerne County
Cappellini
Samente On
Gitton
Soft Coalields
Thomas Gallagher
Panther Creek
Fairmont
W. Va
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
John J. Lewis
United Miners
Bittner
No Cabinet Position For Senator Butler
Swampscott Massachusetts September 4 President Coolidge rejected a New England cabinet bid saying New England is well represented by Secretary Weeks and Attorney General Sargent He will not offer Senator Butler a cabinet post and would seek a replacement elsewhere if Weeks resigns The remarks followed stories about offering Butler the war secretary post.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
New England
Weeks
Sargent
Butler
Massachusetts
Senator Butler
Wireless lighthouse aids navigators by radio flash
London September 4. On the yacht Electra William Mar con demonstrated a new radio adaption, the wireless lighthouse, erected on south Foreland in Kent. The device flashes wireless warnings to navigators instead of traditional light signals.
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London
Electra
William Marcon
South Foreland
Kent
Coolidge Seeks Voluntary Rail Mergers with Possible Legislation
President Coolidge outlined a plan to encourage voluntary railroad consolidation over the next few years to avoid forced mergers and adjust freight rates. He said Congress should pass needed legislation to aid mergers, with a fallback to enforce consolidation if voluntary results fail. He also noted expectations the Navy might favor replacing the Shenandoah with another dirigible and mentioned an extended stay here before returning to Washington.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
White Court
Watson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
President Coolidge
Navy Department
Washington
Three men held on bail after waiter swung from ninth floor window
In New York on September 4 three men, vaudeville actor Joseph Pauline and others, faced $50,000 bail in supreme court for allegedly objecting to a bill and swinging waiter Sol Trencher from a ninth floor window while singing a chant. Trencher was seriously injured with a fractured skull and multiple broken limbs.
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New York
Supreme Court
Sol Trencher
Joseph Pauline
Jack Phillips
Harry Case
Skelly Oil Reports Record July Net Income
Skelly Oil Company posts net income after depletion of 466 360 in July at an annual rate of 7.22 dollars per share on common stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Skelly Oil Company
Sobbing Rains Only Remedy Water Failure
Zachary Lansdowne was killed in a storm while in command of the Shenandoah wreck near Cambridge Ohio. The incident followed a season of heavy rain and rising waters challenging navigation and safety.
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Zachary Lansdowne
Cambridge
Public interests hit by kidnap hoax and water crisis
Reports claim Mayor Charles Raymond Pierce was found dead in a Cedar Grove culvert with a head wound, the autopsy showing death hours before the alleged kidnapping of Mary Daly. Separately Bluefield faces worsening water shortages with meters to be read, leaks blamed, and rationing considered as Norfolk and Western supply falters.
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Raymond Pierce
Hone
Cedar Grove
Pierce
Mary Daly
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Bluefield
Warrick
Ada
East River Mountain
Beaver Pond
Norfolk and Western
Health Department
Summer Missed August Exit Cue in Heat Wave
In a broadcast from Chicago dated September 4, drought and heat grip the Midwest and South. Temperatures exceed 100 in several cities while Kentucky and South Carolina suffer with water shortages and a day of fasting for rain is proclaimed by Governor McLeod. Fatal heat-related deaths rise in St. Louis as drought damages crops across the corn belt.
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South Carolina
Chicago
Summer
South
Middle West
Middlewest
Harrisburg
Ills
St. Louis
Mercury
Sheldon
Iowa
Papla Bluffs
Indiana
Kentucky
McLeod
Corn
Kansas City
Pana
State of Illinois
Gold Rush Reported on Slate Creek Idaho
Lewiston Idaho Sept 4 A gold rush sprang up on Slate Creek near Grangeville after George Thompson an experienced miner announced croppings of quartz gold on a nearby hillside. Over 100 men staked claims within five miles of Thompson's claim today.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Slate Creek
Grangeville
George Thompson
Thompson
Ruth's Reinstatement Hopes Dangling for Yankees
New York on September 4 reports Babe Ruth’s chance of reinstatement today by Miller Huggins for the Yankees series with the Athletics starting tomorrow. Ruth telephoned Huggins to ask if he should report, but Huggins refused to speak and said he would call when ready.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Miller Huggins
Yankees
Athletics
Huggins
Winding Gulf Breaks All Production Records
The Winding Gulf district produced 201 000 net tons of coal for the week ending August 29 with twelve mines idle. Labor shortages hinder output though more workers are entering as operators report steady business. production is shifting west with rising tonnage via the Mateaka gateway as cars head west at 125 to 10 per day.
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Winding Gulf
Mateaka
Fading Hopes Revived in Search for PN-9 No. 1 Crew
News of eighteen more destroyers speeding to Hawaii rekindles hope in the PN-9 No. 1 seaplane search. A reported flare sighting by Whippoorwill spurs weary crews as radio operators relay positions and instructions, while officials doubt the Litchfield sighting.
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Honolulu
PN-9
Whippoorwill
Pn-9 No. 1
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Samoa
Navy
Wallace K. Farrington
William A. Moffett
Navy Bureau
Areonautica
John Rodgers
Rodgers
Meyer, Corry
McCauley
William Jones
Alman
Litchfield
Dirigible wreck aftermath and salvage prospects at Caldwell
Debris from the Lakehurst airship crash lies across Caldwell as authorities salvage for useful pieces. Commander J H Klein leads an inquiry focusing on a barograph and any salvageable aluminum framework for lessons to prevent repeats. Families of victims travel to Arlington and Belle Valley as morgues finalize arrangements.
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Caldwell
Ohio
Lakehurst
N. J
J. H. Klein
Naval Air Station
Board of Action
Jacob Klein
A. G. Fulton
8. Kraus
Wiliam Nelson
C. P. Burgens
R. G. Mayer
Sharon Hill
Mayer
Belle Valley
Zachary Lansdowne
Arlington Cemetery
E. W. Sheppard
Washington
J. B. Lawrence
St. Paul
Ates
Elizabeth O'Sullivan
Lowell
Mass
W. A. Spratten
Maggie Spratley
Venice
Rockefeller Gift for Megiddo Research Unveiled
Vice President James H. Tufts announced at the University of Chicago’s 28th convocation a gift of 215,900 pounds from John D. Rockefeller Jr. for studies among the ruins of Megiddo the ancient Armageddon site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Megiddo
James H. Tufts
University of Chicago
Funeral services announced for Reginald Vanderbilt in Portsmouth
Reginald C. Vanderbilt died at his Sandy Point home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Monday at St Peter's church near Oakland farm. Vanderbilt, born 1880 in New York, was son of Cornelius and Alice Vanderbilt and known for racing cars and polo. He had marriages to Cathleen Neilson and later Gloria Morgan, with descendants and a prominent role in horse shows and related associations.
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Portsmouth
R. 1
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Sandy Point
St. Peter's Church
Oakland Farm
William H. Vanderbilt
New York
Reggie” Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Reggie Vanderbilt
New Haven
Conn
Cornelius
Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt
Yale
Cathleen Neilson
American Horse Shows, Inc
American Hackney Horse Society
National Horse Show Association
Newrt
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Shenandom
Tanders Coal CO
International Union
Gallagher
Urges Rail
Waiter
Hylan
Smith
Albany
Charles
Ida
Ruth
Quavenia
Dirigible
C. P. Mazzuce
Murray Hill
August Mazzuce
George C. Schnitzer
Tuckerton
Althea Schnitzer
Marietta
C. J. McCarthy
Raymond Cole
Klein
Coer Kraus
Ava
Farm
Rockefeller
William Travers Jerome
Canfield
Young Vanderbilt
Jerome
Mr. Vanderbilt
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