Hindenburg disaster shocks Washington and world
Reports from Lakehurst New Jersey say the German airship Hindenburg was struck by lightning during landing. Most aboard perished prompting swift investigations by the Bureau of Air Commerce and the Navy. A special naval board and inspectors were ordered to Lakehurst and Roosevelt Field. The incident renews calls for helium use in non military airships amid ongoing discussions on foreign helium sales.
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Death Toll Reported In Hindenburg Disaster at Lakehurst
The Lakehurst New Jersey bulletin cites at least seventy dead from the Hindenburg crash. Eyewitness accounts describe a hydrogen fire and a vast explosion as the airship plunged toward the ground crew below. Passengers and crew included Germans and Americans, with rescuers rushing from nearby towns and New York City amid chaotic scenes.
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United’ Press
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Germany
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George Watson
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New -Jersey
New York City
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Douglaston
Long Island
Linn County tops in administrative economy says Iowa Taxpayers
The Iowa Taxpayers Association rates Linn County highest for economical administration with the county board and departments earning praise. Appanoose Des Moines Jasper Scott and Woodbury follow in favorable records. The state compares ward care costs, noting Linn lags behind in care-ward collections and that private contracts may improve results.
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Woodbury
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Polk
One Man Hurt In Dyersville Wreck
A fast eastbound Illinois Central freight derailed 15 cars west of Dyersville. Two crews from Waterloo and Freeport cleaned up through the night. One casualty, George Levey of Berwyn Illinois, 24, suffered a fractured pelvis a broken leg and internal injuries while riding atop poles on flat cars.
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Illinois Central Lines
Waterloo
Freeport
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Berwyn
After Death and the Mind Mirror Theory Discussed
The piece explores a philosophy that existence depends on being perceived by a living mind and questions how a deceased son might influence his father. It notes Sir Oliver’s forays into spiritual topics spark cautious scientific interest, yet unresolved questions about post death knowledge persist.
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Lodge
Sir Oliver
Houdini
Mary Minter Diary Seizure Amid Taylor Case Probe
Los Angeles District Attorney Baron Fitts reopens the 1922 William Desmond Taylor murder inquiry at the request of Mary Miles Minter’s mother Mrs. Charlotte Shelby and summons Mary Miles Minter and Margaret Shelby Fillmore to testify before the grand jury. The renewed probe follows a civil action deposition about a $48,000 safety deposit box dispute and prior insanity complaint.
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Fiske Wittnaui
William Desmond Taylor
Filiy
Margaret Fillmore
Mary
Miles Minter
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Shelby
Mary Miles Minter
Baron Fitts
Clyde Murphy
Miss Minter
Margaret Shelby Fillmore
Hollywood
Taylor
Mrs. Fillmore
Mrs. Shelby
Baseball Scores National League Highlights
St Louis at Boston postponed by rain. Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn 9 to 5 in a rain shortened game. Chicago defeated Philadelphia 16 to 0 before rain halted play in the fifth. Cincinnati topped New York 6 to 4. Philadelphia shutout Chicago 3 to 1. Washton edged Cleveland 2 to 4. New York beat Detroit 12 to 2. Boston defeated St Louis 2 to 1.
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Boston
Producer Cort Dies at 44 in New York Home
Theastatic producer and writer Harry L. Cort, aged 44, died of a heart attack at his residence on East Seventy-fourth Street in New York City.
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New York (Ap
Harry L. Cort
East Seventy-fourth Street
Moral living by past and present in a 1937 reflection
A reflective piece cites Andrew Jackson and moral testing through history. It argues that true right action blends inner conviction with external results, warns against private codes, and urges upward experiment while preserving universal human laws. It invokes the past as a guide and cites Greek terms for self serving conduct.
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Asia
Andrew
Jackson
Kraschel Signs Tax Cut Bill In Iowa
Gov Kraschel signed a bill reducing Iowa income tax by raising exemptions for singles from 6 to 10 dollars married filers from 12 to 20 dollars and dependents from 2 to 5 dollars The changes apply to 1937 incomes paid in 1938 and follow nearly 100 other bills signed that session.
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Kraschel
Iowa
Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Blimp hailed as last word in air travel
The airship built in Friedrichshafen in 1936, praised by German experts, completed ten transatlantic crossings carrying 21 to 57 passengers. It set speed and duration records from Lakehurst to Frankfurt and Lakehurst to Los Angeles, with multiple record-breaking trips between May and July 1936.
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Friedrichshafen
Frankfort
Jersey
Los Angeles
Frankfurt
List of passengers aboard the Hindenburg near arrival
A partial list shows many named travelers aboard the airship including Nelson Morris of Chicago John Pannes passenger traffic manager Hamburg American and North German Lloyd New York Mrs Pannes J Grant London Charles Seymour Higgins London Ernst Rudolf Anders Dresden Herbert Anders Pierre Belin Washington Clifford Osbun Chicago Hermann Doehner Mexico D F Mrs Hermann Doehner and three children Edward Douglas New York Otto C Ernst Hamburg Mrs Ernst George Hirchfeld Bremen H Jackson Dusseldorf Erich Knoechner Zeulenroda Herbert James O Laughlin Otto Reichhold Vienna Hans Winholt James Young Carl Otto Clemens Bonn Moritz Feibusch Lincoln Neb.
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Chicago
John Pannes
North German Lloyd
Pannes
J. Grant
Lonon
Charles Seymour Higgins
Lowon
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Seelig and Hille
Dresden
Herbert Anders
Pierre Belin
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Clifford Osbun
Hermann Doehner
Mexico
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Otto C. Ernst
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Germany
Ernst
George W. Hirchfeld
Bremen
H Jackson
Dusseldorf
Erich Knoechner
Zeulenroda
Herbert James O’laughlin
Otto Reichhold
Vienna
Hans Winholt
James Young Carl Otto Clemens
Bonn
Moritz Feibusch
Lincoln
Neb
Hindenburg Blast Among Notable Dirigible Disasters
The Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst New Jersey is outlined among major airship catastrophes. It lists prior and subsequent incidents from 1912 to 1937 including the Akron L-1 L-2 LZ series and the R-101 Italia Shenandoah and ZR2, with fatalities and survivors noted.
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Heligoland
Johannesthal
Czechoslovakia
Eyewitness Describes Explosion Of Monster Blimp
Lawyer Robert J. Novins reports being about 250 feet from the dirigible Hindenburg as it burned and exploded near the mobile mooring mast. He describes a flame erupting near the rear, a second later a titanic explosion, and the flaming airship falling to the ground from about 75 feet.
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