Pathfinder Over Sea on Hop to Rome
A radio message from Gloucester reports the Pathfinder monoplane 75 miles off Portland lightship and "going strong" en route to Rome. At Old Orchard Beach the 3-ton craft lifted from sands at 8:18 a.m. with Pilot Roger Williams and navigator Lewis Yancey aiming to set a longer distance record for heavier-than-air flight and reach Rome by Wednesday morning.
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Gloucester
Mass
Coast Guard
Portland
Frank Murphy
United Press
Old Orchard
Rome
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Williams
Torch Murder Confession From Farmer Girl of 21
Laura Weaver a 21 year old farmer's daughter confessed to killing her lover Wilmer Kitselman 52 after a quarrel over drinking. She strangled him at his home June 30 wrapped the body in a quilt and burned it in a car ride to 50 miles away. The body was found the next day and identified from quilt fragments.
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United Press
Toulon
Wilmer T. Kitselman
Stark Ce
Laura Weaver
Kitselman
Miss Weaver
Repaving Market Av S From 2d to 3d S Underway
The east side of Market Avenue South between 2d and 3d Street is to be repaved next week by the street department under Service Director Gerald E. Mudge. The 40 year old section is out of alignment and broken from utility work. A new foundation and brick will replace the old, with costs charged to the gasoline tax fund. The four day job depends on weather.
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Market Av 8
Gerald E. Mudge
Traction Company
Rooseveltainthe running for president in 1932
A letter from Will Rogers discusses Franklin D Roosevelt as a potential Democratic candidate and opinions on the party's strong men. The writer argues Roosevelt’s quality as a man contrasts with the label of being “right but never president” and questions the likelihood of political change within three years.
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Los Angeles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Move to Settle Strike of Gar Co Employes
New Orleans July 8 A definite move to settle the worst street car strike in New Orleans history was under way as the labor department mediator W A Rogers prepared to begin negotiations between strikers and the New Orleans Public Service Inc Union carmen and Public Service Company officials while a legal skirmish over an injunction loomed. The union planned to answer the injunction next day restricting riotous violence after last week’s deadly clash. A single disturbance occurred at 10:45 p m when a powder bomb was thrown by men.
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New Orleans
W. A. Rogers
St. Louis
Department of Labor
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Union Carmen
Public Service Company
Vessel sinks after blast off Suffolk coast
A wireless message from a Danish steamer reported sighting a vessel sink after an explosion off the Suffolk coast. The position was five miles west by south of Smith's Knoll Lightship, about 20 miles northeast of Yarmouth. No survivors were found as H. M. S. Selkirk and others aided in the search.
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London
Suffolk
Northforeland
Smith's Knoll
Yarmouth
H. M. S. Selkirk
Peru chancery palace banquet open for first time in years
Lima reports the chancery palace will host a banquet tomorrow night with Foreign Minister P. J. Raday Gamio and the government entertaining United States Ambassador Alexander P. Moore. Also note the opening of new offices by Dr. Dougherty Slater and McConkey at 204 6th St NW on July 1, 1929, with telephone numbers 5317 and 5318.
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Lima
Peru
Peruvian
J . Dougherty
R. L. Slater
W. A. McConkey
6Th St
Rain Squalls Drench City In Sudden Storms
A series of violent rainstorms Sunday drenched Starkee city, adding 0.90 inch of moisture to several inches that fell last week. Intermittent sun and more rain kept Cantonians indoors or outdoors with indecision as the day heated to 85 and cooled to 66 by Monday morning, with a rising barometer signaling the end of the rainy spell.
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Starkee
Carl Meyer
South Sea
Public Links Players Invited To Golf Meet
Rumblings over how the Ohio Golf Association operates were eased when eight public links players attending the Ohio tourney were invited at the last moment to take part. Similar complaints arose in Youngstown last year but nothing materialized. Sentiment has grown and an effort to change the existing arrangement may occur soon.
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Ohio Golf Association
Youngstown
Rockefeller Aims for 100 as He Turns 90 Today
Tarrytown N Y July 8 Rockefeller celebrated his 90th birthday within a decade of the prophesied age. Once deemed invalid at 60 he planned a full morning of activity including breakfast, a game of numerica with numbered disks, and an hour of work with his secretary reviewing personal mail and daily papers. continued on page 3 col 1
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Rockefeller
Dr. Bigger
Californians Near Sustained Flight Record Attempt
Loren Mendell and R. B. Pete Reinhart continued their southern California airborne cruise toward the world sustained refueling flight record. At 7:30 a.m. coast time they reached 144 hours in the air and must stay aloft until 2:30 p.m. tomorrow to aim past the 174 hours 59 seconds mark set last Saturday in Cleveland.
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Culver City
Cal
Loren Mendell
R. B
Pete
Reinhart
California
Mendell
President Hoover Returns to Washington After Blue Ridge Visit
President and Mrs Hoover with Herbert Hoover Jr return to the capital following a weekend at the fishing preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The party's return marks the end of a private retreat with no public events announced.
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Washington
Hoover
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Blue Ridge Mountains
249 Saved From Sea After Collision Off Boston
Coast guard log recounts the rescue of 249 passengers from the coastal steamer Prince George after a collision 50 miles off Cape Ann. The Agassiz, a 125 foot patrol boat, aided by the Mojave, ferried passengers to safety as the Prince George limped to East Boston. Investigations underway by owners and Coast Guard officials.
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United States Coast Guard
Passegers
Prince George
Cape Ann
Coast Guard
Agassiz
Prince George Baeston
Yarmouth N
Mojave
West Hika
Silver Maple
East Boston
Canton Chief Fires Four Cops Over Hall Disturbance
Police chief Earl W. Hexamer dismissed four Canton patrolmen Joe Little Twig W E Miller O H Swallen and Eric Mallett for conduct unbecoming an officer after an alleged disturbance at Hollywood Gardens dance hall. The men reportedly demanded liquor, drew guns, and forced entry into a clubhouse, prompting their removal with hearings possible before the Safety Director and civil service avenues for three. Swallen lacks civil service protection as a cadet officer among 10 apprentices.
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Little Twig
Miller
Swallen
Mallet
Canton
Earl W. Hexamer
Joe Little Twig
W. E. Miller
0. H. Swallen
Eric Mallett
Hollywood Gardens
Harry M. Kimbel
Civil Service Commission
The
Storms Hamper Final Day Of Legion Air Show
Storms forced a delayed finish at the Harrisburg road airport Legion Air Show. Lt. Billy Leonard flew the Alliance Argo in stunts as crowds grew to about 1000. Hap Roundtree won the dead stick landing in an American Eagle biplane. Parachute jumps by Red Miller and Daredevil Dunnigan occurred between showers. Balloon bursting and stunting opened the day by Lieut. Leon D. Sherrick. Passengers rode in various aircraft.
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American Legion Air
Billy Leonard
Alliance Argo
Lieut. Leonard
Alliance
Leon D. Sherrick
Stout Air Lines
Travelair
Ohio golf meet at Brookside opens with 144 entries
One hundred forty four Buckeye amateurs will compete in the 26th annual Ohio Golf Association championship at Brookside Country Club starting Tuesday at 8 30 am. Officials trimmed 60 public links players from 184 entries while 30 teams enter the pro amateur best ball with 18 holes starting Monday at 12 30 pm.
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Guy G. Waltz
Oho
Brookside Country Club
William Deuschle
Artington Club
Columbus
Youngstown
H. L. Lewis
Youngstown Country Club
Frank Greer
Tippecanoe Country Club
A. H. Williams
Jack Thompson
Tippecanoe
Thompson
Harold Weber
Inverness Country Club
Toledo
Ohio
Dayton
Cincinnati
Weber
Jules Blanton
Heatherdowns Country Club
Frank Boli
Sleepy Hollow Club
Cleveland
L. C. Boles
Wooster College
Boli
Harry Lewis
Sleepy Hollow
Norman Hall
Fremont Country Club
Fremont
Parker Campbell
Zevo
Squaw Creek Country Club
Dr. J
Buckeye
Ohio Golf Association
Association
Brookside
W. C. Anderson
Lakeside Shrine Country Club
Orchard Hills Country Club
Canton
Alliance Country Club
Ohio Amateur Association
Dayton Woman Leads Golfers in State Tourney
Akron July 4 Mrs L S Nelson playing for the Miami Valley Club of Dayton led the women’s state well tournament after nine holes at Portage Country Club with a 34 first nine, one under par. She played alongside Miss Louise Fordyce of Youngstown and Miss Eleanor Sanders of Columbus Scioto, Sanders the tourney’s youngest at 16 with a 44.
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Akron
L. S. Nelson
Miami Valley Club
Dayton
Portage Country Club
Nelson
Louise Fordyce
Youngstown
Fordyce
Elenor Sanders
Columbus Scioto
Two Pittsburgh Children Die From July Fireworks
Two Pittsburgh children died today from burns suffered while playing with Independence Day fireworks. Veronica Conroy, aged 3, and Dolores Coughlan, aged ?, are listed as the victims.
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Pittsburgh
Veronica Conroy
Dolores Coughlan
Longworth to play on links during vacation
Speaker Longworth has left for Cincinnati for golf and will spend much of his vacation at a Massachusetts summer home near Pride's Crossing. He departs as the house finishes its work and expects the tariff bill to wait for Senate action until late October after a productive conference with President Hoover.
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New York Times
Washington
Speaker Longworth
Cincinnati
House
Massachusetts
Pride's Crossing
Senate
Longworth
Hoover
Hunts Owner of Carrier Pigeon Found
Waco garage proprietor F C Carpenter reports locating a carrier pigeon that flew to his garage from an unknown origin. The bird wears identification bands on its right leg A-27-X 6956 and left leg M 703. The tame bird seems comfortable at Carpenter's shop as he seeks its owner.
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F. C. Carpenter
Waco
Carpenter
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H. F. Bigger
John J. Rockefeller
Etty Toited Press
Boston
Hall Row
Legion Air Show
Leonard
Alliance Plane
By Riley P. Miner
By Frank Knight
Longsworth
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