Redfern Reports Sight of Plane Near Caribbean Coast
The Norwegian ship Christian Krohg sighted Paul R. Redfern August 26 within 165 miles of the Venezuelan coast. Redfern circled the vessel, dropped notes for directions, and headed west toward islands then the mainland, with weather described as favorable for flying.
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New Orleans
Christian Kroheg
Paul R. Redfern
Redfern
Port-au-Spain
Trinidad
Kingston
Jamaica
W. T. Notweet
Christian Krohg
Laii
Cayo Grande
Elroque
Venezuela
Lowman Attacks Apathy in Battle for Dry Law Support
Buffalo dispatch reports Assistant Secretary Lowman denouncing Gov. Smith and New York officials for lacking enforcement laws. He urged public help by reporting stills or breweries to Washington as temperance gains despite state gaps. He blamed Smith for repealing liquor laws and called for federal action and shared responsibility.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Alfred Emanuel Smith
New York State
Redfern Sighted Near Venezuela in Caribbean Reports
New York dispatch says two ships spotted a plane like Paul Redfern over Caribbean waters on August 26 and possibly over Venezuela on August 27 after a thunderstorm. No definite trace of Redfern or aircraft has been found despite searches.
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Redfern
Venezuela
New York
Paul
Flyer
Caribbean
Northern troops captured by Cantonese in Nanking action
Ten thousand Northern Chinese troops are reported captured by Nationalist forces at Nanking and likely to join the Nationalist army. Four Northern Generals are said to have been shot. General Sun Chan-Fang, who evacuated Pukow, concentrates forces at Tungchow.
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Shanghai
China
Nanking
Sun. Chan-Fang
Pukow
Tungchow
Marcus Loew dies at 57 in Glen Cove New York
World renowned producer Marcus Loew died of a heart attack at Pem broke estate in Glen Cove Long Island at 6 30 a m He was 57 and had just returned from Saratoga where he visited Nicholas M Schenck then VP of Metro Goldwyn Mayer The loss closes every Loew theater for Thursday and marks the end of an era in vaudeville and film
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Glen Cove
N. Y
Marcus Loew
Pembroke
Saratoga
Nicholas M. Schenck
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictu. 4 Corporation
Loew
Loew Company
Levine Prepares for Trans Atlantic Flight from Cranwell
Charles A. Levine, American flyer, arrived at Cranwell Airdrome at 5:30 AM with Captain Walter Hinchcliffe. The Columbia stood ready by 6 AM as they awaited clearer mist before takeoff.
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Cranwell
England
Charles A. Levine
Cranwell Airdrome
Columbia
Levine
Walter Hinchcliffe
Levine Plans Atlantic Flight with Miss Bell from London
Charles A. Levine prepared for a return Atlantic hop from London to America. He traveled to Cranwell with Miss Mabel Bell who stated she will accompany him and hopes to become the first woman to fly the Atlantic.
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London
Charles A. Levine
America
Cranwell
Mabel Bell
Levine
Royal Windsor To Hope Across Atlantic at Dawn
OLD ORCHARD ME left. A complete reversal of former plans was announced just before midnight by the pilots of the Royal. Continued on second page.
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Royal Windsor
Atlantic
Old Orchard
Royal
Former Cincinnatian Among Six Held in Brooklyn Bombing Plot
Police in New York hold six men including a Cincinnati resident after raids on a Brooklyn lodging house uncover two operable internal bombs, maps of transit systems, anarchist literature, and correspondence suggesting nationwide bomb plots. Suspects include Mexicans Mario Medreno Jesus Silva Victor Fern and Jose Roa Christozal and Porto Ricans Mariano Acerbero and Julian de Hoyos.
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Arthur N. Chamberlin
New York World News Service
New York
Brooklyn
Cities
Ierborough
B.M. T
Pennsylvania Station
Grand Central Terminal
Silva
Maderna
United States
Victor Fern
Jose Roa Christozal
Mariano Acerbero
Body of Retired Engineer Found in Montclair Stream
The body of Charles M Lundgren, 77, a retired lighting engineer and reputed gas mantle inventor, was found in Indian Brook near Buttermilk Falls, Meridham. He disappeared August 1 and no violence is suspected. State police consider heart disease or exposure likely.
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Morristown
N. J
Charles M. Lundgren
Meridham
Lundgren
Indian Brook
Buttermilk Falls
Martin O’keefe
California
Santa Barbara
Fernand
Lundgrens
Pet Dog Warns Family Of Fire
A dog belonging to Daniel Tucker of 1532 Denman Avenue alerted his family and two neighboring households to a fire that started outside the first floor. Firemen under Marshal William Hilsinger contained the blaze, causing an estimated loss of 1500 dollars.
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Daniel Tucker
Denman Avenue
Tucker
Charles Brand
Martin Ward
William Hilsinger
Covington Man Refuses To Name Gunman In Shooting
Covington police probed the shooting of Robert C. Miller, 26, a 319 Gard Street laundry worker, now in critical condition at Booth Memorial Hospital. Miller, who may not survive, gave conflicting accounts and refused to identify his assailant. He reportedly said the shooting involved an old grudge and claimed he was shot at his room door after a 4 am call, with bloodstains found in his room. He had recently been released from Atlanta Penitentiary for attempted robbery of a rural mail carrier.
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Covington
Robert C. Miller
Gard Street
Booth Memorial Hospital
Miller
Arthur Phillips
Garrard Street
Phillips
Bob
Doyle
Ricken
W. C. Webb
Ethel Miller
Glencoe
Howard Poole
West Third Street
Atlanta Penitentiary
Warsaw
Man kills seven family members in Youngstown killings
Tony DeCapua, a steelworker, remained under guard in a hospital as police planned to move him to jail to face murder charges for a Saturday night shooting that left his wife and three daughters dead and injuring a neighbor and Mrs. Gladys DeCapua. He cited unemployment and a dispute over furniture on installment plans as motivations.
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Youngstown
Tony DeCapua
Gladys DeCapua
Ferdinand Goodwinski
DeCapua
Elizabeth
Wayne Wheeler dies a defining battle for prohibition
Firemen rescue James Shay, 49, from Niagara rapids after he ignored police bans and swam above Niagara Falls. The Spanish War veteran clung to a rock for an hour before ropes and foamy currents carried him to safety. He had been jailed on a disorderly conduct charge and went toward Green Island from Green Island. The incident follows Wheeler's death and anti-saloon leader Daniel?
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
James Shay
Shay
Green Island
Wayne B Wheeler dies. longtime dry crusader of Prohibition
Wayne B Wheeler, 63, general counsel for the Anti Saloon League and longtime leader of the Prohibition fight, died suddenly at Battle Creek Sanitarium of heart disease after kidney treatment. He helped push the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act, led legal fights in Congress, and was mourned by friends and a grieving widow.
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Mich
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League of America
United States
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Wheeler
Little Point Sable
Howard Hyde Russell
League
Loyd E. Verity
Mr. Wheeler
Congress
Capitol
White House
Wes
Anti-Saloon League
Washington
Senate
House
Australian daredevil survives Niagara Falls parachute jump
Vincent Patrick Taylor, 58, leaped from the Falls View Bridge in a parachute and landed in the swift river. The parachute tangled and he briefly sank before being rescued by E. L. Grimm of the Maid of the Mist dock, who rowed him to the American shore. He called the stunt the biggest thrill he has had.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Vincent Patrick Taylor
Lower
Niagara
Falls View Bridge
Taylor
E. L. Grimm
Maid of the Mist
Hurricane Adds To Flood Horror In Eastern Europe
War saW dispatch reports worsened flood conditions in Turka on Czarny Czeremosz River with the Vistula rising to peak levels expected tomorrow. A hurricane near Tlump in Eastern Galicia leveled farms, destroying 50 year old houses and damaging 42 others. Cracow province floods affect 140 communes with losses of 1 509 000 zloty. Agriculture Minister Niezabitski says 1927 harvest will exceed 1926.
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Turka
Carpathian Mountains
Czarny-Czeremosz
Vistula
Stanislavov
Ladzki
Tlum
Galicia
Cracow
Niezabitowski
Vanderbilt Wedding in Paris After Recent Divorce
Paris report says Mrs. Rosamund Lancaster Warburton became Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt in a civil ceremony at the Mairie of the Sixteenth Arrondissement. Mayor Rene Block presided and quoted Poe as he noted no religious ceremony would follow. Vanderbilt’s divorce from Virginia Fair was official only yesterday. Warburton was divorced from Barclay H. Warburton Jr. last year.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Rosamund Lancaster Warburton
William K. Vanderbilt
France
Rene Block
Poe
Vanderbilt
Virginia Fair
French faker Callizo denounced as altitude hoax leader
Paris reports Jean Callizo, French aviator, admitting he faked a 13 000 meter altitude claim. The Aero Club withdraws his license and honors, and offers to strip him of the Legion of Honor cross. Lieut. C Champion now holds the record near 39 000 feet after verification.
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Paris
Jean Callizo
Aero Club of Franc@e
Callizo
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