World Flyers Prep Planes for Lands Across Nation
World flyers renewed their cross continental flight with wheels on three planes awaiting a noon takeoff from Boston for New York. Lt Lowell Smith said they expect to reach Seattle within ten days and will stop at Dayton Chicago St Joseph Omaha en route before finishing at Seattle. An army mess aside they resumed work and were praised by crowds after yesterday’s welcome.
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Boston
Army
New York
Lowell H. Smith
Seattle
A. Stuart MacLaren
Smith
Mitchel Field
Providence
R. I
New London
New Haven
Bridgeport
Long Island Sound
Long Island
Mason M. Patrick
Air Service
Washington
Dayton
Chicago
St. Joseph
Omaha
North Platte
Neb
Cheyenne
Wyo
Los Angeles
San Diego
Army Air Service
Smithsonian Institution
New Orleans
Iceland
Pictou
N. S
R. J.*‘Brown
World Flight Committee
Navy
Jack Harding
Wqargue
Air circus raises funds for world flyers at Maywood Field
A fundraising air circus was held at Maywood Field to entertain the round the world flyers when they arrive here on Wednesday or Thursday, with the event collecting contributions for their reception.
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Hicago
Maywood Field
Dewey Predicted John Harding's Rise From Boy to Flyer
Nashville aunt recalls Admiral Dewey meeting a 3 year old John Harding on Andrew Jackson's old home grounds. The future lieutenant's mother, now in Los Angeles, reflects on his early mechanical talent and a sewing machine world’s fair. He later earned distinction as a Liberty motor expert at Langley Field Virginia.
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Associated Press
Nashville Tenn
John Harding
Boston
W. B. Shelton
Nashville
Harding
Admiral Dewey
Andrew Jackson
Here
Robert Chase Harding
Los Angeles
America
Shelton
Young John
Liberty Motors
Langley Field
Prince of Wales Travels With American Party on Long Island
SYOSSET N Y Sept 7 The Prince of Wales will accompany Sir Esme Howard to Mitchel Field to meet round the world flyers officials said at the Burden home The royal heir will not extend his visit to watch polo matches and plans to depart next Sunday for New London Conn Montreal and Calgary The event included meetings at the Burden estate a meal at Piping Rock Club and a Roslyn party with dancing and orchestras under tight guard to prevent gate crashes.
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A. F. Lascelles
Long Island
New London
Conn
Montreal
Calgary
Alberta
Meadowbrook Hunt Club
Burden Estate
Burden Home
Esme Howard
Charles Dana Gibson
L. E. Stoddard
Betty
F. Ambrose Clark
Prince
C. A. Coffin
General Electric Company
Esme
War Weeks
Agriculture
Wallace
J. Butler Wright
General Pershing
Piping Rock Clu
Locust Valley
Clarence H. Mackay
Roslyn
Ellen Mackay
Duchess of Westminster
August Belmont
Kenneth O’brien
P. Russell
London
Mackay
Coolidge Confers With Lowden Dawes Plans Intensive Campaign
President Coolidge meets with Frank Lowden to discuss a personnel commission on agriculture. Dawes schedules Milwaukee talk and talks with GOP managers to craft an extended campaign itinerary while Dawes prepares for a broad Midwest speaking tour. Davis crosses toward Denver with a westward push highlighting conservation irrigation and reclamation.
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Coolidge
Lowden
Dawes
Wheeler
New York
Republican Campaign Organization
Augusta
Maine
Milledgeville Mayor Nye Combs Dies in Auto Tragedy
Nye Combs, 23, mayor of Milledgeville near Washington C H, Ohio, was found dead early today after his car turned over into a ditch. A musician, he had played at a dance last night and left home with a week-old baby and widow.
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Washington C. H
Nye Combs
Milledgeville
Combs
Auto crash injures three in Youngstown collision
In Youngstown Ohio three people were injured late last night when two cars collided. George Burton driver for the M J Horton Company sustained a fractured skull and may die.
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Youngstown
George Burton
M. J. Horton Company
Labor Leaders to Kick Off La Follette Campaign Conferences
A set of labor leader conferences will open in Washington tomorrow and are viewed as influential to Senator La Follette and his independent presidential bid. The events, continuing on the second page, are expected to shape campaign strategy and labor support.
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la Follette
Associated Press
Washington
Devilish reform comments tied to Leopold Loeb case
Chicago dispatch reports a schoolmate recounting Rich ard Loeb saying reformers made him feel stupid and devilish and mysterious before his murder trial. Judges and defendants anticipate sentencing next week as Loeb and Leopold await possible appeals or transfer to Joliet.
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Loeb
Chicago
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Dickie
Edison backs Coolidge Dawes in 1924 bid
Thomas Edison answered a Republican questionnaire praising President Coolidge and his running mate Charles Dawes. He recalled a maple sap bucket given to Ford, noting Coolidge could distinguish between Ford and himself as an antiques collector. Edison protested that he received nothing, reinforcing his support for Coolidge.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
President Coolidge
Charles G. Dawes
Republican National
Edison
Coolidge
Mr. Ford
Vermont
Snow Falls in New York in September First in 25 Years
Snow fell near Cassadaga Lake and Day ton this morning marking the first September snow in that area in twenty-five years. The event occurred in Dunkirk and surrounding pockets as a cold front moved through New York state with temperatures dropping to 50 degrees.
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New York
Dunkirk
N. Y
Cassadaga Lake
Dayton
Coldest September 7 on record in New York history
New York reports the coldest September 7 in Weather Bureau history with a 50 degree reading at 7 am. A 48 degree low for September 5 was noted Friday. The unseasonable chill is blamed on a storm system moving from the Great Lakes to the St Lawrence Valley.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Valley
Soviet Forces Admit Defeat In Georgia Uprising
The Rosta agency reports the independence committee for Georgia has confessed its counterrevolution failed and urges followers to surrender arms. The declaration, signed by M. Andronicoff and others, dissolves the committee. A Georgian dispatch said 24 leaders were condemned to death and shot by the Georgian Cheka, with Prince Andronikoff among the believed executed.
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Moscow
Rosta
Committee For the Independence of
Georgia
M. Andronicoff
Tiflis
Prince Andronikoff
Georgia seeks independence and peace talks with Russia
Georgian Republic representatives in Geneva report sending a message to Alexis I. Rykoff urging an end to the conflict and a treaty granting Russia economic privileges in exchange for Georgia independence. Reports say Batum suffers street fighting and a Soviet warship arrived while Kutais remains in insurgent hands. Dispatches allege executions of women and children by Communists.
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Geneva
Alexis I. Rykoff
Council of Commissars
Russia
Georgia
Batum
Kutais
Evictions Threaten 90000 Viennese Divorced Women
Fifty thousand Viennese divorced women living in their ex husbands quarters face eviction after a Court of Appeals ruling. Justice Hellmer suspended the judgment to re examine records amid protests and expected serious consequences due to housing shortages.
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Vienna
Hellmer
Court of Appeals
Herriot Calls for Security Tied to Disarmament in France
Meaux France Sept 7 Premier Herriot declared there can be no disarmament without security and urged national fraternity at a Gallieni monument ceremony in Trilbardou marking ten years since the Marne battle. He praised allied unity and urged Americans and others to reiterate commitment to the fight that led to victory. Marshal Joffre attended and General Nollet spoke at the dedication.
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France
Herriot
Marshal Gallieni
Trilbardou
the Marne
M. Herriot
Belgium
Germany
United States
Marshal Joffre
Gallieni
General Nollet
Paris
Marne
Geneva
Brazil
League of Nations Assembly
Alfranio Mello Franco
England
Assembly
MacDonald
Plan to Convert Ark Landing Place Into Tourist Camp
ERIVAN Armenia Sept 6 Efforts are under way by Armenians led by Leon Pashalian to attract American investors to transform Mt Ararat into a tourist resort. The plan includes building a railway up the slopes to the 17055 foot summit, offering ascent fees and panoramic views of the Caucasus. Ararat, now outside Armenian territory, is sacred to locals who still revere the dormant volcano.
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Erivan
Armenia
Leon Pashalian
Armenian National Council
Geneva
Mt. Arrarat
Noah’s Ark
Arrarat
Turkey
Persia
Pike’s Peak
Caucasus
Manchurian Chief Declares War and Peking Backing
The article reports Manchurian forces receiving backing from Peking and a Manchurian chief declaring war on the Chinese government amid broader international talks in Geneva. It notes Brazil’s push toward compulsory arbitration and mixed views among nations as they seek to base international law on arbitration.
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Peking
Kiangsu
Brazil
Geneva
Two Drivers Killed in Logansport Auto Race Crash
In Logansport Indiana Ray Butcher 27 of Indianapolis died when his car left the dirt track and crashed into a nearby machine during a 25 mile race. Onlooker Ray Sampson was also killed. Injuries to G R Bowyer and his 11 year old son Earl Bowyer were serious.
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Associated Press
Logansport
Ind
Ray Butcher
Indianapolis
Ray Sampson
Near Here
Butcher
G. R. Bowyer
Bunker Hill
Earl Bowyer
War Flares as Chang Tso Lin Attacks Peking Regime
General Chang Tso Lin declares war on the Peking government with fighting reported across Chekiang and Kiangsu front lines. Eyewitness accounts describe heavy shelling near Liuho and Taihu Lake with Chekiang forces under Defense Commissioner Ho Feng Ling directing actions.
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Shanghai
Chang Tso-Lin
Peking
Wu Pei-Fu
Chi-Li
Changhing
Chekiang Province
Huchachen
Kiangsu
Taihu Lake
Liuho
Ho Feng-Ling
Lu Yung-Hsien
Chekiang
Lungwha
Sungkiang-Hangshaw
Shanghai Settlement
Woosung
Tsao Kun
Sun Yat-Sen
Canton
Tsingpu
Sungkiang
Akron police hunt horse thief for first time in years
Akron Ohio September 7 police are seeking a horse thief after a horse hitched to a garbage wagon in the driveway of James Thomas was stolen police were told in the first such hunt in years.
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Akron
James Thomas
Mystery veils death on train
William Ryan of Denver died on the Lake Shore Limited en route to a Bricklayers Union convention in Saratoga Springs. A skull fracture was listed as the cause. robbery or accident remain unresolved as investigators review conflicting statements and jurisdiction questions.
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Syracuse
William Ryan
Denver
Col
Lake Shore
Ryan
Bricklayers’ Union
Saratoga Springs
West Cleveland
Ohio
Cheyenne
Wyo
Death of William Ryan Attributed to Window Fall
Officials of the International Bricklayers Union said they understood William Ryan died after a fall through a smoking compartment window. They attributed the accident to the Denver man's poor health prior to the incident.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
International Bricklayers’ Union
William Ryan
Denver
Mayor Hylan Proclaims Air Welcome Day for Flyers
New York City mayor Hylan designates tomorrow as Air Welcome Day to honor the round-the-world flyers who will circle over the city before proceeding to Mitchel Field.
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New York
Hylan
Mitchel Field
Local racer killed in dirt track race at San Luis Obispo
Horace Wallace died when his car rolled over on the third lap of a fifteen mile dirt track race at San Luis Obispo. Ralph De Palma set a new track record for the mile in 0 3-5 seconds and won the five and twenty mile races in 3 38 4-5 and 15 03 respectively.
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San Luis Obispo
Cal
Horace Wallace
Ralph de Palma
Rail Wreck Near Frankfort Kills Two Firemen
Two firemen died and two engineers were seriously injured when a Chesapeake and Ohio freight crashed head on into an L and N work train three miles west of Frankfort Kentucky. Officials cited a crew order mistake as the cause. Dead include H C Shirley of Harrodsburg and H C Wong of Louisville. Freight engineers Stuart Muir of Lexington and J G Kamenish of Louisville were hurt. Both locomotives were wrecked and derailed.
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Frankfort
Chesapeake & Ohio
Here
H. C. Shirley
Harrodsburg
H. C. Wong
Stuart Muir
Lexington
J. G Kamenish
Louisville
Groom ZR-3 for Flight Across the Atlantic
In Friedrichshafen Germany the ZR-3 built for the United States Navy awaits further gasoline tanks to enable its Atlantic crossing to Lakehurst New Jersey. Installation of four to five more tanks will take about four or five days as experts note safer use of water ballast and insurance considerations limited full tanking during trials.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Works
United States Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Ernest A. Lehman
Zeppelin
France
Africa
Chinese president backs Chi offensives against Lu
President Tsng Kun issued a punitive mandate after a cabinet meeting removing Lu Yung-Hsien governor of Chekiang and Ho Feng-Ling defense commissioner of Shanghai from official ranks. Chi Shieh-Yuan, Kiangsu governor, is ordered to lead an expedition to enforce submission to the central government and protect foreign lives and property.
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Chi
Associated Press
Peking
Tsng Kun
Lu Yung-Hsien
Chekiang Province
Ho Feng-Ling
Shanghai
Chi Shieh- Yuan
Kiangsu
Dismissal of WV Police Over Boone County Whipping Case
Two state police officers were discharged for guilty knowledge tied to the August 22 hooded mob whipping of Hershel Barker in Boone County. The men were released September 1 after Governor Organ directed action. no charges were filed. Barker reported being seized from his brother’s home and severely whipped.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Hershel Barker
Boone County
Jackson Arnold
Arnold
Organ
Barker
Authoritie
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