29 Jul 1929
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1929
Page
1
The monoplane City of Tacoma wrecked at Tacoma Field during Lieut. Harold Bromley non stop flight to Tokyo. Bromley uninjured, blamed blinded sight from gasoline tanks as plane swerved and struck soft soil, demolishing right wing and fuselage. Salvageable parts noted.
A blistering heat wave in Ohio claims six lives among residents in Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Zanesville Toledo and Gallia County. Record July temperatures surge to the 90s while several drownings occur in inland rivers and creeks as relief is forecast later this week.
The St Louis Robin crew Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine completed sixteen days aloft at 4000 feet over Lambert Field. At midnight CST they had flown 377 hours, surpassing the 247 hour previous mark and show no plan to land soon. A parade of spectators and Sunday visitors accompanied the effort as refueling occurred at 6:30 AM.
An unofficial American delegation arrives in Kazan after a Volga journey aboard the Akademik Tomiryazev and is welcomed by officials and locals. Delegates wear Tolstoyan linen and peasant dresses to combat heat while locals greet them as comrades. The party, representing over a hundred million dollars, is humorously noted as being 60 cents short on a wine bill prompting a new bookkeeping system aboard the steamer.
Bernard Koop, 11, Dayton Kentucky, showed no parasites in blood samples, Dr. Fred O Flaherty of the Medical College Cincinnati testified. He denied telling Dr. Spitzelberger he found parasites and said he notified by phone and letter of the test result. Spitzelberger, unavailable for comment, had earlier said the boy's condition improved with fever falling from 105 to 100.
Want ads mention a five room apartment with porch and garage for rent in Hyde Park, plus various notices. A two family eleven room house with double garage is for sale in Carthage or may exchange for Newtown property. Also six room bungalow with garage in Clifton Heights near St Monica's Church and furnished two room apartment in Madisonville. White peaches for sale at fruit farm. Dark brown pony named Babe lost.
Rome reports Premier Mussolini, who will be 46 tomorrow, spent his birthday away from public view. He landed at Rimini Friday night and is believed to be at his villa near Forlì with his family. He told Foreign Office colleagues he did not want any mark or observance of the day. He said there are already enough holidays on the Italian calendar.
New York sweltered with temperatures around 92 degrees as record heat persisted. Seven people drowned at beaches amid the heat, underscoring dangerous conditions along the shoreline.
The Minnesota aircraft piloted by Owen Haughland and Capt. P. L. Crichton logged 143 hours in the air at 5:40 p.m. after refueling in Buffalo, Minnesota. The flight began last Monday at 6:40 p.m. and the crew reported good condition and satisfaction with the plane’s performance.
At Roosevelt Field July 28 a message from 310 pilots mechanics newspaper men and officials led by Clarence Chamberlin and Capt Frank Hawks urged the St Louis Robin crew to ride the wings off that boat. The group wished luck and a greater record for the flight team.
Eleven year old Bernard Koop of Dayton lies pale and thin in his bed as he presides over daily hospitalities in his front room. Doctors suspect fruit fly illness or typhoid while Washington officials watch. the boy rules his household with a pistol and commands, while newspapers and relatives monitor his strange seven week illness.
Navy experts say guns and armor for 10,000-ton cruisers proceed at normal pace despite Hoover's postponement of keel laying for three vessels. They predict the first ten of fifteen cruisers will be built, arguing cuts won’t halt overall use and prestige of the ships.
In Manchester England the Lancashire cotton industry faces a large scale stoppage tomorrow as 250000 weavers and about as many spinners refuse to enter mills. They reject a 120 percent wage cut ultimatum from employers after three weeks of notices. The Ministry of Labor failed to broker a settlement despite joint meetings and proposed compromises. The spinning section offered to delay a wage cut for a week to allow another ballot while the weaving side refused any reduction. The dispute, marked by obdurate positions, continued.
Washington July 28. The Methodist Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals reportedly protested a possible condemnation of its headquarters near the Capitol as plans were discussed for the new Supreme Court building. Dr Clarence True Wilson emphasized the protest while denying lobbying charges amid site speculation and a debated street closure remains under consideration.
The National Association of Credit Men reports a Southeast trade and credit survey shows general improvement over last year despite a fruit fly quarantine, Florida bank failures, and strikes in various Southern states.
John Subiett aged 32 a porter at 634 West Seventh Street fell twelve feet from a ladder in the Andrews Building at Fifth and Race streets and suffered a possible skull fracture and scalp wounds. Frank Miller 29 of 1623 Dixmont avenue was bruised on the left hip and groin in a fall on a boat at the Cincinnati Boat Club East End and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital.
A Rural Community Playhouse will host square dancing the entire week of the State Fair in Columbus. Gov. Cooper may officiate at a program as Director Perry L. Green announces fiddler contests and livestock calling events along with aircraft exhibit space repurposed for the dance venue.
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment announced that Irvin S Cobb accepted the chairmanship of its Authors and Artists Committee. The panel totals 871 artists from 26 states, with 163 new members recently added.
New York July 28 The Auburn Prison disturbance marks the second major prison riot in the state in a week. At Dannemora earlier three prisoners were killed and several wounded as 1 300 inmates at Clinton Prison burned the tailor and dye shop and tried to escape through a smoke screen. Three convicts were killed by guards during attempts to scale the walls. Guards were beaten unconscious by prisoners and a fire destroyed the tailor and dye shop after cutting electric wires.
A criminal gang led by Trusty breaks through gates as others man machine guns in a tense clash with officers. The confrontation unfolds with gunfire and pursuit, leaving authorities to secure the scene and pursue suspects.
More than 1,700 inmates battled guards for hours at Auburn state prison using rifles pistols and fire. Two convicts died four guards shot one seriously four convicts believed to have escaped. Fire loss about 250000.
Miss Lucille Frisbie, 19, of Covington Kentucky, says Willard Herron, 27, wooed her with nightly pleas and married her in Covington on July 26 before disappearing with the license. Louisville police report he also married a first wife in 1921 and has two children. Covington police plan to return him for bigamy charges as Frisbie files.
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