Endurance Plane Minnesota Falls in Fatal Crash
The Miss Minnesota endurance plane crashed at 5:25 a.m. after 154 hours 45 minutes aloft, killing Capt. Preston L. Crichton and injuring pilot Owen Haugland who died later at Veterans Hospital Ft. Snelling. The craft side slipped from 200 feet, the undercarriage wrecked, wings intact, motor sound praised by ground crew.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Owen Haugland
Minnesota
Preston L. Crichton
Crichton
Haugland
Veterans’ Hospital
Ft. Snelling
Ace High
Thorwald
Thunder
Endurance Flight Passes 400 Hours As St Louis Robin Stays Aloft
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine on the St Louis Robin near 400 hours in a record endurance flight. They had surpassed the Angelene by over six days and earned about 17 816 dollars at 116 dollars per hour. They sent condolences to the Crichton and Haughland families after a Minneapolis crash killed Crichton and fatally injured Haughland.
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ST. Louis
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forest O’brine
Minneapolis
P. L. Crichton
Owen Haughland
Crichton
Haughland
Billon-Dollar City
Cobb Attacks Prohibition as Noble Experiment in Open Letter
Irvin S. Cobb, chairing the Authors and Artists Committee of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, argues repeal or reinterpretation is needed. He claims millions violate the Volstead act and cites corruption, graft, beer wars and lawlessness as by products of prohibition, urging Congress to act.
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Washington
Irvin S. Cobb
Authors and Artists
San Francisco
Galveston
Uptown store offered with immediate possession
Want ad notes an uptown retail space available for lease with immediate possession. Counters and fixtures are included in the sensible rent.
Oak Street efficiency apartment for rent in Walnut Hills
An efficiency apartment on Oak Street Walnut Hills is available for rent with complete equipment including electric refrigeration a dishwasher a breakfast set steam heat and a gas range.
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Oak Street
Walnut Hills
Village Home Purchase Feasible With Small Down Payment
A small down payment and manageable monthly rent can make the purchase of a village home possible. The plan combines affordable initial investment with steady payments to secure ownership.
Local Music House Clears Small Goods Department
Band and orchestra instruments of every kind are sold at half price as the local music house closes out its small goods department.
Want Ad Page Teases Quick Results by Phone
Quick and sure results advertised for Want Ad placements at The Commercial Tribune with telephone line Canal 6300. The notice emphasizes calling in for speedy ad service and placement.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Canal 6300
Funeral for Dr Finis Farr Lane educator dies near Galva
Dr Finis King Farr 59 a noted educator church worker and Lane Seminary professor died after a train accident near Galva Illinois yesterday. He was returning from a Los Angeles convention where he presented a book The History of the Fraternity to the Kappa Sigma chapter. He leaves his widow Ethel and two children Finis and Rosemary. Services likely Wednesday at Lane Seminary chapel.
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Finis King Farr
Lane Seminary
Galva
Ill
Charleveix
Mich
Cincinnati
Farr
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Lane Theological Seminary
Mound
Cumberland University
Tennessee
Chicago University
Presbyterian
Fire in Tabernacle Claims Two Women
WARSAW Ind July 29 Two women were suffocated and a third seriously burned when the Gospel Tabernacle housing them burned in an early morning fire. Mrs Sarah Clark 75 of Winona Lake Miss Eva Clark 40 her daughter are dead and Miss Lera Carper 51 Tippecanoe Ind is critically injured. The loss is about 3000 and the origin is unknown. The women were sleeping on the second floor.
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Warsaw
Ind
Gospel Tabernacle
Sarah Clark
Winona Lake
Eva Clark
Lera Carper
Tippecanoe
Heavens Pour Relief On Parched England
London reports a welcome spell of rain ending the longest drought, easing anxiety for agriculturists and water authorities across many towns. The downpour, begun yesterday, is expected to continue and spare reduced city water supplies and emergency imports from distant points.
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London
England
Big Muddy River Threatens Corning Town
The Missouri River cuts its west bank and advances on Corning Missouri a town of 300 residents. Eight houses moved for safety as the main highway sits less than forty feet from the river. No federal aid has been secured as chunks of soil fall into the river near the German Lutheran Church and the Corning school.
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Corning
German Lutheran Church
Corning School
Freedom Due Friday But He Couldn't Wait
Merrill Marchsault, 20, of Cuyahoga County, escaped from the honor camp at the State Reformatory in Mansfield Ohio. He was slated for parole on August 2, and his escape will add a year to his service before eligibility. He has not been recaptured.
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Andrews
Kansu
International Famine Relief
Dangar
Chinghai
Treasure Trove Recovered After 27 Years In Slocan Lake
Base bullion valued around 65000 dollars including gold silver and lead lost twenty seven years ago when a railway car plunged from Slocan City's wharf. Fred Madison diver located the car at 120 feet depth, 300 feet from the wharf, with one set of trucks clinging to a rocky edge. The treasure is being returned to the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company's plant at Tadanac.
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Nelson
B. C
Slocan Lake
Slocan City
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Tadanac
Fred Madison
Forgotten War Gas Triggers Tepid Berlin Alarm
In Wilmersdorf a worker smashing a tear gas bottle with his pick triggers a mass evacuation as scores suffer sore eyes and nausea. Firemen recover the bottle, one of 100000 stock believed forgotten from earlier conflict.
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Berlin
Wilmersdorf
Cautious Constable Checks Calvin's Car
Spencer Mass July 29 Calvin Coolidge stopped near Sibley Farms by Constable Charles H Meloche during a one day license and registration check. The chauffeur produced registration and license and the car’s safety equipment was inspected before the oil sticker was posted and the car allowed to proceed to Northampton.
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Spencer
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
L’arker
United States
Sibley Farms
Charles H. Meloche
Coolidge
Northampton
Soviet Claim To Czar Wealth Faces Two Rivals In Court
In New York on July 29 a Soviet delegation hired Charles Recht to pursue claims that investments traced to Czar Nicholas II are state property. Rival claimants include Grand Duchess Anastasia and Romanoff heirs led by Mme Tschaikowsky, with Edward H. Fallows handling her European interests. F. Dudley Kohler acts for Public Administrator on the Romanoff side.
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New York
Nicholas II
Charles Recht
Anastasia
Czar
Romanoff
Mme. Tschaikowsky
Edward H. Fallows
Europe
F. Dudley Kohler
City planners clash over parkway approach to Union Station
At City Hall the Planning Commission backs Col. Sherrill Laurel street plan for the Union Terminal, arguing cheaper cost and traffic gains. Parkway Association leaders led by Coleman Avery push for Gest street alignment, claiming adherence to the 1925 official plan and stronger skyline views.
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Union
City Planning Commission
Council Chamber
City Hall
Planning Commission
Union Terminal Company
Henry M. Waite
Central Parkway Association
Col. Sherrill
Laurel Street
Parkway Association
Coleman Avery
Avery
Central Parkway
Plum Street
Scores
Mr. Avery
Lincoln Park
Terminal Plaza
Col. Shsfrrill
Music Hall
Frank H. Freerichs
Cincinnati
Messrs
Freerichs
City Swelters In Heat Wave Drowns Yet Again
Heat wave pushes Cincinnati area to 91 and 87 degree highs as a nine year old drowns in the Ohio River at Dayton Kentucky and another child is critically injured on a crowded beach. Water Works report rising demand and pumps near capacity as lemons spike in price. Covington arrests occur for vagrancy as cooled air promises relief today.
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Ohio River
Dayton
Cincinnati
Covington
Newport
Commission
United Fruit Market
Auburn Prison Riot Restored Order After 1700 Convicts Revolt
Auburn New York officials say 1700 inmates revolted destroying 500000 in property and leaving two dead and four wounded. Governor Roosevelt demanded clear accountability for the Auburn and Clinton prison disturbances as guards search for escaped convicts and missing rifles.
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Auburn
N. Y
Auburn State Prison
State Department of Correction
Edgar S. Jennings
George Small
Gov. Roosevelt
Raymond F. C. Kiel
State Commissioner of Correction
Auburn Prison
Clinton Prison
Dannemorra
Jennings
Rhinelander Father Answers Alienation Suit
Philip Rhinelander filed his answer to a $500,000 alienation of affections suit brought by his daughter in law Alice Jones Rhinelander. The case stems from Leonard Kip Rhinelander marriage to a West Indian cab driver's daughter. Young Rhinelander resides in the West preparing for divorce. his annulment suit failed over alleged wife color deception.
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White Plains
N. Y
Philip Rhinelander
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Young Rhinelander
West
Sing Sing Fortress Guard Against Attack
Sing Sing prison near Ossining New York transformed into a fortress as guards reinforced the perimeter. The facility, New York’s largest prison, prepared for potential threats while maintaining security operations inside.
Strike Paralyzes Lancashire Cotton Mills
Manchester July 29. Lancashire's cotton industry curbed by a 12 percent wage cut leading to a widespread stoppage affecting about 500000 workers across 1500 mills. Wages lost amount to roughly 5 million dollars as unions and employers clash over terms and morale remains unsettled.
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Manchester
Lanccashire
Jury Panel Remains Incomplete After Adjournment
Original venire of 75 talesmen exhausted. Eight new jurors used, but one woman remains on the jury by the defense. The panel is still incomplete at adjournment as the Sanity Test case proceeds in court.
Dr. Snook's Murder Trial Proceeds Amid Fatigue
Dr. James H. Snook, accused of slaying Theora Hix, endured a taxing day in Franklin County Court as juror selection crawled forward. A spinal fluid test and heat aggravated his condition, but Judge Henry L. Scarlett ordered stimulants to continue the trial with a reduced female juror count, amid lingering doubt on panel size by Tuesday night.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Franklin County
Snook
Henry L. Scarlett
Scarlett
UPEH Highway Plan Urged on Governor Cincinnati Toledo Route
The Miami and Erie Super-Highway Association pushed for a Toledo to Cincinnati super highway on canal land. Governor Cooper and Highway Director Waid discussed funding timelines, with two early sections planned Cincinnati to Dayton and Toledo to Defiance. The group seeks a new survey and legislative funds plus repeal of the Stevens Law to use the canal bed. Wayne G. Lee said Waid called the route feasible on paper and near sea level with few railroad crossings.
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Columbus, CO
Toledo
Cincinnati
Miami and Erie Canal
Miami and Erie Super-Highway Association
Cooper
Robert N. Waid
Waid
Ward
Dayton
Defiance
Ohio
Middletown
Wayne G. Lee
Lee
Nationalist government aims peaceful Manchurian dispute settlement
Nanking reports the Nationalist government will seek a peaceful settlement of the Manchurian dispute. If Russia refuses to negotiate, China will appeal to the League of Nations. A twenty mile neutral zone is set along the Northwestern Manchurian frontier to bar White Russian irregulars from using Chinese territory.
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Nanking
League
Russia
China
League of Nations
Manchur
Manchurian
Britain and Russia Open Talks on Restoring Ties
London officials announce preliminary discussions between Great Britain and Soviet Russia to resume trade and diplomatic relations. Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson and Ambassador Dovgalevsky led talks in London after his Paris arrival. The Russian diplomat declined to reveal details, saying further conversations would continue.
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Great Britain
Russia
London
Soviet Russia
Arthur Henderson
Dovgalevsky
Paris
Foreign Office
M. Dovgalevsky
Henderson
Palatial Yacht of Capitalist Seized Over Rum
Assistant Secretary Lowman announced customs found twenty or thirty cases of liquor on the $500,000 yacht Margo chartered by capitalist Lewis Mendelsohn. The seizure occurred at Detroit on Saturday with liquor hidden in the bathroom and a compartment under a corridor carpet. The case was turned over to the U.S. Attorney for action against the yacht and Mendelsohn.
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Washington
Jay
Lowman
Lewis Mendelsohn
Detroit
United States
Mendelsohn
Customs boarding of yacht Margo at Detroit Club
In Detroit on Saturday night customs officers boarded the yacht Margo moored near the Detroit Yacht Club. Scores watched as officers drew up clearance papers, one staying aboard while the other left in a patrol boat. Crew members then came ashore with baggage amid reports discharged crew had tipped off authorities about liquor aboard.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Yacht Club
Detroit River
Yacht Club
Pottsville Bearer of Beer Push Buried in Potter's Field
The body of Charles Guettling, famed for wheeling a keg of beer from Pottsville to the Chicago World's Fair in twenty six days, was buried in potter's field here today. His three children were unable to assist.
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Pottsville
Charles Guettling
Potter's Field
Unionists arraigned in Gastonia murder case
Sixteen members and officials of the National Textile Workers' Union were brought into Gastonia Superior Court for arraignment on a charge of murdering and conspiring to murder O F Aderholt, chief of police of Gastonia.
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Gastonia
N. C
National Textile Workers’ Union
Gastonia Superior Court
O. F. Aderhot
Abscess Found as Cause of Dayton Boy Illness
Bernard Koop Jr., son of Bernard Koop Sr. of Dayton Kentucky, was diagnosed via X ray with a sulphrenic abdominal abscess. Dr. William Fortmeyer moved him to Spears Hospital and drained about a gallon of foreign matter from the stomach. Recovery hinges on the boy’s strength and nourishment, with his heart reported in fair condition after surgery.
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Dayton
Bernard Koop, Jr
Bernard Koop
Fifth Avenue
William A. Fortmeyer
Fairfield Avenue
Bellevue
Fortmeyer
Spears Hospital
Foertmeyer
George Herrmann
Tragic attempted suicide ends in death at Hamilton home
Mrs Mary Oberrecht 31 of 362 Ross Avenue drank carbolic acid at home after telling her husband Albert she would end her life. She collapsed in his arms and died an hour later at WV Hospital. Two children survive along with the husband.
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Tamilton
Mary Oberrecht
Ross Avenue
Albert Oberrecht
Wv Hospital
Train kills Canton man near Holmesville
Robert L. Bock, 25, of Canton, was killed instantly by a fast Pennsylvania Railroad train near Holmesville while loading lumber. He walked onto the track and did not see the approaching locomotive.
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Millersburg
Robert L. Bock
Canton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Holmesville
Bock
Cater Estate Appraised At 1.64 Million For Inheritance Tax
The estate of Charles H. Cater, a former livestock broker, was valued at 1 637 693.89 for inheritance tax purposes in Probate Court. The home at 4221 Hamilton Avenue was noted and real estate totaled 6 611.07 while personal property dominated. The largest asset was 2 500 shares of Procter and Gamble stock valued at 1 026 200 based on current market price.
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Charles H. Cater
Hamilton Avenue
William H. Lueders
Yester
Procter & Gamble Company
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Capt. Crichton
Irvin Cobb
Music House
Want
Fini Farr
Lane Otinary Profesour
Calvin
Parkway
Col. Waite
Terminal Project
Roy
N.Y
Rhinelander
Lancashire
Onouk Ouffergorum
Kenneth Hopping
Associated Press
UPEH
Auoola Dens
Moscow
Tass
Krestinsky
Dangar City
Prac
Peiping
Findley Andrews
China Inland Mission
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