Fearful crash feared in Lake Ontario during Derby flight
In Buffalo New York on August 27 Lieu tenant H E Slater pilot Sergeant Strickland observer and their De Haviland plane No 59 in the International Aviation Derby are missing authorities fear they went down in Lake Ontario this afternoon. Search boats from Toronto and Niagara on the Lake failed to locate them and radio lines cover surrounding areas.
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Buffalo
N. Y
H. E. Slater
Strickland
de Haviland
Lake Ontario
Slater
New York State
Toronto
Final Effort Underway to Locate Slater and Plane
We fear the worst, said D. L. Williams of the American Flying Club at Curtiss Field. Captain H. W. Cook arrived from Syracuse to assist in the final search before completing his Derby flight to Toronto this evening.
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D. L. Williams
American Flying Club
Curtiss Field
Slater
H. W. Cook
Syracuse
Toronto
Missing flyer Slater hunted as others report air sights
Slater remains missing after a scouting flight by Cook in a Fokker over Lake Erie failed to locate him. Bert Acosta and Roland Rohifs, returning from the Toronto Derby, sighted a DeHavilland plane near Port Dalhousie. Also, the Caproni, piloted by Melville, was forced down near Batavia for repairs, while Kilpatrick crashed on landing but escaped with no engine damage.
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Lake Ontario
DeHaviland
Acosta
Slater
de Haviland
Melville
Batavia
Curtiss Field
R. C. Kilpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Eleven finish flight in international air derby at Roosevelt Field
Eleven American entrants completed the 1000 mile Albany to Toronto round trip as darkness and storms halted further arrivals. Fliers including Lt. P. H. Logan and Capt. H. B. Chandler landed with others reporting heavy squalls and wind damage.
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Minfiola
N. Y
Toronto
Albany
Roosevelt Field
P. H. Logan
H. B. Chandler
J. N
G. C. Brandt
D. H
H. E. Hartley
Ben Adams
A. B. Gilkeson
Curtiss J. N
Robert H. Midkiff
A. B. Simonin
W. C. Brown
H. H. George
F. Honsigner
Farmingdale
Hartley
Cornell
Reynolds
Syracuse
Poestenkill
Troy
Marriage Intentions List Reveals Multiple Boston Couples
A compiled sheet shows dozens of couples from Boston and nearby towns planning marriages, listing names ages occupations and home addresses. The notices include pairs from Dorchester Roxbury Jamaica Plain Roslindale East Boston and Medford among others with varied trades such as clerks barbers nurses teachers and drivers.
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Albert W. Iredell
Price Clerk
St. Stephen St
Sadie H. Warschauer
Orchard Ave
Forest Hills
Frank E. Kane
Dover St
Marie E. Seeley
Tremont St
Charlestown
Peter Wilk
Emerald St
Mary Kostin
Ruggles St
Roxbury
George D. Bolton
Mott St
Julia Chander
Anthony M. Duquette
Brainard Rd
Allston
Marion W.W. Newbauer
Chester St
Wolf Stern
Elmo St
Dorchester
Reasie Cohen
Browning Ave
Mederic Bourdon
Hatfield
Mary C. Leary
Park Vale
Alliston
Samuel M. London
Ethel R. Shumway
Mil- Miner
Washington St
Warren L. Wile@s
Driller
Columbia Id
Julia A. Clougherty
Sudan &J
Deorchester
John
Great
Robert St
Roslindale
Columbus Ave
Claude Duval
Brooks St
Boston
Alice M. Dale
Cambridge
Murray
Frank D. Miley
Centre St
Jamaica Plain
Lucy Thimot
Somelit
Omar Williams
Boylston St
Blanche B. Campbell
Worcester Sq
Ralph A. Perry
Strathmore Rd
Medford
Blanche Marvin
How
Baker St
West Rexbury
Vinton St
Oston
Everett
Giuseppina
Mildred Lank
Gorin
Mary Pickford and Jim Parade as Navy Mascots
Miss Pickford titled Little Sister of the Navy sponsors the battleship Texas on a promenade. Admiral Beatty, noted for leading the British grand fleet in the war, presented the ship’s crew with a dog named Jim. Texas served in the war zone at the time.
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Mary Pickford
Jim
Texas
Miss Pickford
Navy
Admiral Beatty
Grand Fleet
Uncle Sam
The
Spon
Senators Clash Over Shantung in Heated Senate Debate
Republican senators clashed over Shantung amid disputes on a Japanese claim to the region. McCumber and Fall traded sharp rebukes while Nelson and others joined the exchanges as open hearings were set to begin.
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Shantung
Fall
McCumber
Japan
Foreign Relations Committee
China
Nelson
Minnesota
Senate
Ator Fall
White House
League of Nations
Germany
The
Equal Rights League
League of Darker Peoples of
Bay State Carmen to Stay for Present
Remain on job for present. Counsel for the union claim the award handed down is illegal through the War Labor Board’s neglect to consider the prevailing rate of wages in the dispute.
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Bay State
Joint Conference Board
William D. Mahon
International
Thomas F. Shine
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America
John H. Reardon
Detroit
Shine
Amalgamated Association
Mahon
War Labor Board
Boston
Carmen
Cambridge to have new postoffice
Postmaster William Cunningham announces Cambridge will vacate the Abbott building by September 1 when the lease ends. The post office will move temporarily to a Naval Radio building on Cambridge Common while a new dedicated post office is built in Brattle Square near Brattle Hall.
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William Cunningham
Harvard Square
Cambridge
Abbott
Naval
Quinn
Naval Radio
Cambridge Common
Brattle Square
Brattle Hall
Filene Powers Through Savings In Better Value Clothes
Shoppers marvel not just at styles but the deep cuts in price they find at Filene’s. The article highlights how savings on quality garments attract customers to the retailer’s better sort of clothes.
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Filene’s
Filene
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