Hughes Plans World Flight Attempt in Giant Air Lab
Howard Hughes aims for a four hop world flight in his Douglas transport with two 1000 horsepower engines and 2200 gallon fuel tanks. The route allegedly includes New York to Moscow and Siberian points before returning to New York. Hughes denied rumors of a 20000 mile venture while tests and a global radio setup proceed.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Giant Air Laboratory
United Press
New York
Moscow
Siberia
Canada
Hughes
United States
Federal Radio Commission
Townsend Club In Florida Disbands In Protest Move
The Kis simmee Park Townsend club with 62 members unanimously renounced the national old age pension movement and disbanded. They denounced the movement as dictatorial undemocratic and autocratic. The action follows a resignation of Nathan J. Roberts as national director of Old Age Revolving Pensions Ltd in protest of Townsend's push to back Lemke in the forthcoming election.
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Kissimmee
Kissimmee Park
Townsend Club
Francis E. Townsend
Florida
Nathan J. Roberts
Jacksonville
Friday
Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd
Predicts 500 000 Republican Votes In Texas
Dallas report says the Republican national ticket will receive around five hundred thousand votes in Texas a Democratic state quoted by Republican National Committeeman R B Creager. He claims 200000 Texas Republicans plus 200000 to 300000 constitutional Democrats. Creager met with John W Philp and other leaders and will stay for John D Hamiltons speech.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
R. B. Creager
Creager
John W. Philp
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
New York Labor Leader Harry Koenig Shot Dead
New York labor leader Harry Koenig died from three bullet wounds to the head and back after being attacked by a two-gun assassin as he left a Rochester restaurant with three companions. Police say the slaying may stem from a labor dispute and a car used by the gunmen was found near the scene. Koenig chaired a major waiters union and was a key figure at the international bartenders convention meeting in Rochester.
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Rochester
N. Y
INS
Harry Koenig
New York
Koen
Koenig
Tractor Sparks Prairie Fire Damages Nebraska Hay
A prairie fire 22 miles northeast of O Neill caused more than 15000 in damage and destroyed 125 stacks of hay. Sparks from a tractor driven by Ethan Allen started the blaze which covered a one mile strip of grass. Two thousand spectators and volunteer firefighters watched as wind and 107 degree heat fueled the fire. The fire began south of Joe Noble farm and spread to Saukup and other farms, last burning an hour after starting at 2 p.m.
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O'Neill
Neb
O’neill
Joe Noble
Saukup
Ethan Allen
Lindbergh Returns to Silent Aviator Role in England
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh arrived at Lymne airfield in England unseen, resuming their private, unannounced travels. He refused to disclose destinations saying it doesn't matter where I'm going.
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London
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Copenhagen
England
Gay Sportster and Two-Piecer Fashions Promote New Patterns
The Cedar Rapids Gazette promotes Anne Adams sewing patterns 4153 and 2660 with options for sizes 14 through 42 and fabrics like crepe and wool. Each pattern costs 15 cents, with a combined price of 25 cents for both, and instructions included. Orders to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department in New York.
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Jersey
Anne Adams
Pattern
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
Actresses retract WPA Boston theater discrimination charges
Deputy Administrator Aubrey Williams said an impartial inquiry board will be formed in Boston to decide on potential discrimination in WPA theater project dismissals. Acting Massachusetts administrator Paul Edwards reported the complainants retracted their charges and admitted hotel room associations with non officials.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Boston
Aubrey Williams
Williams
Paul Edwards
Massachusetts
Edwards
Miss Colby
Leonard L. Gallagher
Theater
Carl Rogers
Lewin
Women Live Longer On Average Says Quiet Life Theory
A common claim attributes longer female lifespans to quieter lifestyles and fewer risks. The idea suggests behavioral differences account for gender longevity gaps across populations.
Woman Swindled Out Of Bonus Cash By Negro Swindler
Omaha police sought a Black man suspected of swindling Florence Nelson, wife of a disabled World War veteran, of 175 from her husband’s bonus money. She followed a man who claimed the bonds and cash were valuable and promised 500 back, but he vanished with the money.
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Omaha (Ap
Southside
Florence Nelson
Omaha
Maybauer Kraft Wedding Set For August 29
Mount Vernon detailed society notes report Ruth Maybauer of Cedar Rapids hosting and the date set for her wedding to Lowell Kraft of Bloomington Illinois on August 29 at 3 30 PM at the bride’s parents home.
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Mount Vernon
Ruth Maybauer
Lowell Kraft
Bloomington
Ill
Charles Maybauer
Maybauer
Ward Lentz
Cedar Rapids
Laurene Kepler
Walter Current
James Macaulay
Keith Lemon
R. P. Ink
Dana Wilcox
Bernadine Burge
Dorothy Smedley
E. C. Bergmann
Franklin O’neel
Ruth Yates
Walliam
George Schroeder
Cornell
Don Pringle
Pringle
Wisconsin
Chicago
E. C. Pratt
E. F. Reihman
New York
W. S. Ebersole
H. E. Wilcox
Tacoma
Wash
James Bovey
J. F. Barrett
C. H. Scobey
Ralph Klinefelter
Clifford Burr
Lucy Boyd
Geraldine Hughes
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Country Club
Rotary Club
Don Kreger
Garden City
N. Y
David Fouse
Denver
Frank Chambers
John Bryant
Walter Kohl
James Kohl
Ozarks
C. L. Rich
Clear Lake
Madeline Maybauer
Minneapolis
M. B. Waln
Maurice Kurtz
Martha Keyes
Georgene
Betty
American Legion Auxiliary
Davenport
Elizabeth Kimball
Charles Beach
Lloyd Snyder
Mae Mitchell
Maxine Turner
Youth Confesses Waterfront Murder After Pedaling to Station
A 19 year old, David Haynes, rode to San Francisco Central Station to confess to killing a man known as Jack over a $1.50 dispute. He claimed a waterfront fight on a pier near the ferry building ended with a fatal blow and disposal of the body by the water.
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San Francisco
David Haynes
Jack
Young Haynes
Central Station
Haynes
Williams Girl May Be Released From Hospital In Week
Alice Williams a 17 year old girl from Cedar Rapids Iowa is improving at the University of Kansas hospital in Kansas City and probably will be released after another week physicians said Saturday her skull was fractured by an unidentified motorist and she was found unconscious beside a road near Lawrence Kansas on July 14
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Kansas City
Kan
Alice Williams
Cedar Rapids
University of Kansas Hospital
Miss Williams
Lawrence
Knox Plans Revised Campaign Stops Across New England and Pa
Col. Frank Knox republican vice presidential nominee will speak in Pittsfield Massachusetts on the night of September 2. He will make several short talks from his train platform en route from Providence. The tour will also include Allentown Pennsylvania on September 5 before the state GOP campaign opening at Fogelsville that afternoon.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Pittsfield
Mass
Knox
Springfield
Providence
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Fogelsville
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Col. Knox
Bailey Boot Shop
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Rede
Pincus and Tobias
DR. Locke
Lowlast
Oxford
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