Transatlantic flyers delayed by weather and logistics
Across the Atlantic mission updates show planes halted by fog, fuel delays, and weather. The Glory waits at Old Orchard Maine for government approval while Royal Windsor stalls in Portland mud. Flight crews press on toward Old Orchard and Allahabad with mixed fortunes.
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Rome
Old Orchard
Maine
William Randolph Hearst
Washburn
Cours Harbor Grace
N. F
London
Sir John Carling
Royal Windsor
Windsor
Gnt
England
Portland
Courtney
Azores
Corunna
Spain
le Bourget
Charles A. Levine
Cranwell
America
Pride of
Detroit
Karachi
British India
Bunder Abbas
Allahabad
Xenia
R. H. MacIntosh
Philades
Dublin
Irish Free State
Bristol
Round the World Flyers Reach Karachi in Pride of Detroit
William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee in the Pride of Detroit landed at Karachi after flying 6,620 miles from Bunder Abbas. They planned to depart at dawn for Allahabad and pressed to make up lost time awaiting Turkish permission. The duo faced heat and a minor fuel-tank leak but remained eager to press on.
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Karachi
British India
William Ss. Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Detroit
Allahabad
Brock
Schlee
Royal Air Force
Constantinople
Chief of Marines in Shanghai Dies by His Own Hand
Col. Charles S. Hill commander of the Fourth Regiment of U S Marines in Shanghai died by suicide this morning. Officials attributed poor health as the likely motive and noted he was on duty in the international post.
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Shanghai
China
Charles S. Hill
United States Marines
Marine Corps Colonel Charles S Hill Dies in Shanghai
Col Charles S Hill 60 a 26 year Marine Corps veteran reportedly died by own action in Shanghai He rose to fourth rank in the corps after commissioning in 1899 and becoming a colonel in 1920 A native of New Hampshire he had been stationed at San Diego before China and graduated from the army and navy war colleges.
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Washington
Charles S. Hill
Shanghai
China
Marine Corps
New Hampshire
San Diego
Cal
Army
Navy War Colleges
Prison escape plot unfolds as guard is slain in Ohio
Officials probe source of smuggled guns used by inmates Patrick Riley and Fred Kellogg in a failed escape at the Ohio brick plant prison. Riley and Kellogg are charged with first degree murder. several suspects are held. Guard Weakley died after a dentist office dash for liberty. Kellogg remains in serious condition.
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New Lexington
Patrick Riley
Fred Kellogg
Ohio
Grant Weakley
Thomas
State Penitentiary
James Waters
Newark
Riley
Kellogg
Columbus
Weakley
New Bremen
Dugan
Jump Fatal to Air Pilot in Germany
Altenburg Germany Sept 4 The air pilot Triebner was killed today attempting a parachute jump from a plane The parachute failed to open and he fell 1500 feet
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Altenburg
Germany
Triebner
Three Killed by Autos Here in County Toll for Year
Hamilton County reports 85 automobile fatalities for the year after three more deaths yesterday. Ada Flynn 55 and Mrs Minnie Everbeck 65 died at General Hospital from injuries after being struck on Paddock road near Longview. guard Fred Todd fired on the fleeing car. John Sanders 22 and passenger Jack Worthy 14 suffered severe injuries when a Sixth street crash followed by a light-pole collision left Sanders dead at the General Hospital. Four others injured in a separate Reading road crash include Edward Eisenberg and Miss Mil dred Farmer and Miss Helen Wright.
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Hamilton County
Ada Flynn
Minnie Everbeck
Longview Hospital
Chapel
Paddock Road
General Hospital
Everbeck
John Sanders
Clark Street
Richmond
Baymiller Streets
Jack Worthy
Eighth and
Carr Streets
Sanders
Robert Stone
Spring Grove Avenue
George Brown
Reading Road
Ward Avenue
Edward Eisenberg
East Thirteenth Street
Mildred Farmer
Lockland, O
Helen Wright
U.S. Consular Aid Wounded in Dresden Shooting
Emil Steger, secretary at the U S Consulate in Dresden, was seriously wounded by a pistol shot during an assassination attempt. He was taken to a sanatorium and was unconscious. the shooter fled.
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U.S
Dresden
Germany
Mayor Walker Visits Venice Feeds Pigeons at St Mark's
Mayor James J. Walker of New York and his party toured Venice crossing the lagoon and attending mass at St Mark's Cathedral. Crowds gathered in St Mark's Square as photographers filmed the mayor feeding pigeons, with about 60 in the dense crowd and limited success for the filming.
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Venice
Italy
James J. Walker
New York
Venetian Lagoon
St. Mark’s
St. Mark’s Square
Spain to Censor News of Political Character
In San Sebastian on Sept 4 Premier Primo de Rivera announced Spain will suppress all news of a political nature aimed at disturbing the unwary. The measure follows a government statement criticizing recent stories as indulging in personal and petty politics of a pernicious nature.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Primo de Rivera
Convicts Escape Wall at Eastern State Penitentiary
Two trusted inmates, William Lynch and William Wishie, climbed the wall at Eastern State Penitentiary by an improvised rope after beating guard Floyd Reynolds, 28, leaving him with a fractured skull and a broken leg. The pair fled on foot after attempting to steal a car, while Reynolds’s shotgun fire alerted guards. Wishie faced murder sentence. Lynch had two years remaining on a ten to twenty year term.
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Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
Floyd Reynolds
William Lynch
William P. Wishie
Reynolds
Wishie
Lynch
Grade Crossing Crashes Toll of 10 Lives
Special Dispatch reports a series of highway crashes and a train collision near Hamilton, Ohio, resulting in multiple fatalities. Victims include W. D. Henderson, 51, and J. B. Collins, 50, along with Arthur Moore, 37. A second wreck on Seven Mile Pike at Busenbark killed a Black man driving to pass another car. The Cincinnati-Chicago Pennsylvania train, led by engineer M. Bosplate, and conductor O. D. Weaver were involved, with injuries described for the road victims.
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W. D. Henderson
Middletown
J. B. Collins
Centerville
Indiana
Arthur Moore
Henderson
Collins
Chicago
Seven Mile Pike
Williamsdale
Here
M. Bosplate
Logansport
Ind
O. D. Weaver
Spiedmond
Busenbark
Robber Breaks Prison With Two Companions On Roof Escape
Arthur Thompson, serving four years for a silk robbery, escaped Montgomery County Jail by using a rope ladder and a taxi to flee to Philadelphia. Two accompanying prisoners were captured on the roof, both armed, as the trio’s cells were opened from outside.
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Norristown
Arthur
Thompson
Montgomery County
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Wholesale Jail Delivery Frustrated in Camden
Camden New Jersey September 4 guards thwarted a wholesale jail delivery at Camden County Jail as inmates attempted a mass escape. Police report no injuries and ongoing investigations into accomplices.
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Liberty
Camden
N. J
Camden County
Four Die When Auto Is Struck by Pennsylvania Train Near Xenia
A Dayton family party returning from church was killed or injured when their car was struck by the All American Flyer train of the Pennsylvania Railroad at a crossing one half mile east of Xenia Ohio. Frank J. Snider Mrs Anna Newton Miss Margaret Snider and Adolph Holler were involved. The car was hurled 30 feet into a telephone pole. Holler was seriously injured and expected to recover.
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Xenia
Xenia, O
Pennsylvania Railroad
Four Die as Train Strikes Car Near Meadow Lands
Four persons were killed and a fifth seriously injured when their car was hit by a Washington to Pittsburgh passenger train on the Chartiers Branch near Meadow Lands. Victims include Mike Kolandar 45 and his children Anna 12 John 14 and Walter Zurensky a boarder. Wanda Kolandar 47 was hospitalized in serious condition but may recover.
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Washington, Pa
Washington
Pittsburgh
Chartiers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Meadow Lands
Mike Kolandar
Renton
Anna
John
Walter Zurensky
Wanda Kolandar
Akron speedway tragedy ends race with deaths and injuries
At the Akron-Cleveland speedway a 25 mile event for negro drivers ended in tragedy as Jo Stewart of Columbus died when his car vaulted the track on lap 18. Charles Warfield of Akron suffered cuts and bruises after a rollover and James Williams of Cleveland survived a high impact crash while clinging to his steering wheel to stop the machine.
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Akron
Akron-Cleveland Speedway
Here
Jo Stewart
Columbus
Charles Warfield
James Williams
Cleveland
Boy Locked in Vault at State Street School
Albert Atwater aged 13 became trapped inside a vault at Hackensack's State Street School after companion Arnold Brucker 11 shut the door by mistake. Firemen used torches and cutting tools while authorities prepared to flood the space with oxygen until G. G. Sanford, Clerk of the Board of Education, freed him with the vault combination. He was unharmed.
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New State Street
Arnold Brupacker
Hackensack
Board of Education
Arnold
Alberto
G. G. Sanford
Sanford
The
Bandits Loot St. Adalbert's School Collecting Box
Two armed men robbed the Blessed Virgin of Tucnov Society at St. Adalbert's School in Chicago as a collection was taken. They forced twenty students to line up and escaped with a box containing 191 dollars and 33 cents.
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Chicago
Blessed Virgin of Tucnov Society
Family tragedy colors extradition case in Seattle
Harry Hill, 22, sought in Illinois for murder of his mother Eliza Hill, was arrested in Seattle after detectives traced a Minnesota license and Illinois plates found in his hotel room. Hill maintains innocence and requests counsel before extradition decisions, claiming he was visiting his mother in Streator when the crime occurred on August 13.
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Harry Hill
Mother
Seattle
Streator
Hill
Illinois
Eliza Hill
Minnesota
H. Jackson
Jackson
Chicago
H. C. Hill
Ends H Life In Despair Over Marital Affairs
Rudolph Weglage, 68, of 4282 Hillside Avenue, was found drowned in the Ohio River at Andersons Ferry. Coroner's verdict: death by own action. A son testified Weglage had quarrelled with his estranged wife, Elizabeth Grote Weglage, and was despondent over reconciliation. The body was recovered by John Hampling of Coenstance, Kentucky, after being seen floating. Identification came from personal effects.
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Hillside Avenue
Ohio
Anderson’s Ferry
Elizabeth Grote Weglage
Swing
William Weglage
Weglage
John Hampling
Coenstance
Sor
Supreme Court Building Bombed No Lives Lost
A powerful explosion shattered windows in the Brooklyn Supreme Court Building and the Hall of Records, attributed by police to one or more bombs. The devices were hidden in an alley between the two buildings but caused no injuries.
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Supreme Court
New York
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Hall of Recons
Actor Arthur Deagon Dies on Colonial Theater Stage
Arthur Deagon, 56, comedian with the Merry Ma lones Company, collapsed during a Colonial Theater dress rehearsal in Boston and was pronounced dead on arrival at City Hospital. Heart disease appears to have caused the fatal collapse.
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Boston
Ept
Arthur Deagon
Merry Malones Company
Colonial Theater
City Hospital
Deagon
Aviator Killed in 1500-Foot Parachute Plunge
Sioux City Iowa Sept 4 A 23 year old C C Williams of Sioux Falls South Dakota was killed during an attempted parachute drop when he jumped from an airplane instead of being strapped to the parachute and hung by one hand as the parachute failed to open.
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Sioux City
C. C. Williams
Sioux Falls
S. D
Soviet Youth Day Parade Marks International Youth Day
In Moscow and across the Soviet Union two and a half million youths joined torchlight processions under the Defense of the Socialist Fatherland banner. Red Scouts marched in military order with banners urging unity around the Leninist party to resist imperialist war preparations.
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Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Leninist Party
Shadow of Bismarck Stands Between Austro German Ties
Berlin reports the shadow of Bismarck shapes German policy on Austria annexation. Prussian Nationalists argue against uniting with Austria to preserve Catholic and Socialist voting blocs and potential monarchical restoration. The Vatican and Republicans foresee a Catholic central European balance within a united Austria.
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Bismarck
New York World News Service
Berlin
Germany
Austria
Reich
Prussia
Wayne Wheeler Shows Good Gain
Wayne B. Wheeler general counsel for the Anti Saloon League and notable prohibition leader shows improved condition after kidney ailment at Battle Creek Michigan. Doctors report a comfortable day and cautious optimism for possible operation if no relapse within three days.
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Mich
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Floyd E. Verity
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