Airman Orlebar Sets World Speed Record at 368.8 mph
Squadron Leader A H Orlebar in a blue and silver seaplane on Southampton Water broke world speed records with four runs averaging 355.825 mph, surpassing Atcherley and Stainforth. Poor visibility hampered both flights, with a potential 375 mph capability noted under better conditions.
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Nger. Cup
A. H. Orlebar
Orlebar
Southampton
R. L. R. Atcherley
G.H. Stainforth
Atcherley
Lieut. Stainforth
Stainforth
War continues in China front with heavy Soviet bombardment
Reports from Pogranitohnaya describe artillery and air attacks destroying the railroad station telegraph and wireless stations and causing extensive damage to nearby buildings. Chinese casualties include forty soldiers and thirty railroad workers as raids and robberies unsettled the region amid ongoing fighting.
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George FE
Sokolsky
New York World News Service
Shanghai
Pogranitohnaya
Buidings
Moscow
Berlin
Geneva
Pogranitohhnaya
Sungar
Amur
N. Y
So Few Hairs! Kenny Haircut Sparks London Visa Fuss
New York millionaire contractor William F. Kenny faces barriers as British officials require an official permit for his London barber. Newspapers mock his sparse hair while Louis Arico sails toward London aboard the Leviathan to seek landing as barber or tourist amid the delay.
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London
William F. Kenny
New York
England
Louis Arico
Arson Charges Against Eight Glen Cove Firemen
Eight volunteer Glen Cove firemen were charged with second and third degree arson in a Nassau County case tied to fires dating back to 1924. Held without bail, the group includes Edward Baker, Harry Francis, Thomas Moore, Adam Stern, Lawrence Kreyer, Raymond Sprague, Fred Boxey, and Norman Lang. The charges reference a July 14, 1925 blaze that destroyed John Pratt’s Glen Cove house, then occupied by Henry Folger.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
Fire Department
Nassau County Grand Jury
Edward Baker
Harry Francis
Thomas Moore
Adam Stern
Lawrence Kreyer
Raymond Sprague
Fred Boxey
Norman Lang
John Pratt
New York
Henry Folger
Standard Oil Company of
Pope Pius Likely to Name American Head of Dominicans
Rome reports Pope Pius may back Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas of Cincinnati as General of the Dominican Order. Balloting begins tomorrow amid secrecy, with rivals English Father Evers and Italian Padre Marco Sales. The move would honor American church expansion and respond to Philippines and China influence.
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Commercial Tribune
Rome
Pope Pius
John Timothy McNicholas
Cincinnati
McNicholas
Philippines
China
Vatican
Padre Garcia
Paredas
Father Evers
Padre Marco Sales
The
Chicago Tribune
Town Gets Fire Engine But No Place To Put It
Hegewisch received a new fire engine yesterday though the fire house is too small for the machine. Officials must decide how to fit the oversized engine into the inadequate facility, a problem the article notes is burdensome for local authorities.
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Chicago
Hegewisch
Nelson
Hiegewisch
Ramsay MacDonald to visit United States for disarmament talks
New York World News Service reports Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald will travel to the United States on October 4 to confer with President Hoover on disarmament and to outline plans for the Disarmament Conference in London. Sir Robert Vansittart handles arrangements. MacDonald’s daughter Ishbel will accompany him.
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New York World News Service
New York
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
United States
Hoover
London
Robert Vansittart
Ishbel MacDonald
Prince of Wales
Berengaria
Washington
Congress
Lord Balfour
Sir Robert Vansittart
Mauretania
White House
Robert
Discovering Tiny Atoms and Hydrogen Split Proof
Dr K F Bohnhoeffer demonstrated the splitting of hydrogen gas into two substances before the American Chemical Society in Minneapolis. Dr Hugh S Taylor praised the event as the greatest scientific discovery of 1929, marking a new kind of molecule and a revolution in physical chemistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
American Chemical Society
Hugh S. Taylor
Princeton University
K. F. Bohnhoeffer
University of Minnesota
Taylor
Bomb explodes near U S Tug prompts Navy alarms
A large firecracker tossed from the Manhattan Bridge splashed into the East River near the U S tug Rocio 37. Navy and Marine police were alerted as sailors feared a bomb. detectives later confirmed it was a mermaid pageant salute with a participant dropping the device into the river.
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New York
East River
Manhattan Bridge
United States Navy
Marine Police
U. S
Louis de Steigner
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Queer Country This Judge Refuses Mike Bottie Lost in Raid
Chicago report says Mike Skuye freed of liquor violation and sought return of confiscated whisky. Judge Immenhausen ordered discharge and refused the bottle, noting the liquor had been destroyed. Skaye departed in a foul mood.
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Mike Bottie
Chicago
Mike Skuye
Skuye
Immenhausen
Skuve
Paralyzed Woman Paints Textiles With Teeth at City Hospital
Mary Fallon a 40 year old patient at City Hospital, paralyzed from feet to shoulders, has become a textile artist using a brush held in her teeth. Over the past year she has designed scarves and handkerchiefs, with much of the work sold through the hospital's occupational department. She was admitted fifteen years ago with arthritis deformans.
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New York
Mary Fallon
City Hospital
Voodoo Cult Sought Baby Life Blood To Cure
Havana authorities foil a voodoo plot to abduct a white infant girl for sacrifice in Regla. Fourteen cult members are jailed and a two year old child is saved. The King and Jamaican brujo followers planned to use the child’s blood to cure a sick woman, with police alerted by a departmental agent.
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Havana
Regla
There's crooks in pen Porter loses overalls
Joe Nardo, a prisoner at Ohio Penitentiary, complains to Warden Thomas' secretary Walter Rohberger that his laundry was returned with faded overalls. He estimates about fifteen years of porter work remain and suspects internal theft. He assures guards he will locate the missing garments.
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Columbus
Joe Nardo
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Walter Rohberger
P. E. Thomas
Joe
Porter
Rohberger
Two Women Perish or Burn as Farson Hotel Fire Rages
A hotel fire at the Farson Hotel in Farson Wyoming started by a gasoline explosion late today. Proprietor Mrs Andrew Arnott was not expected to live and her daughter Betty Arnott was in serious condition. The hotel was razed in the blaze.
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Farson
Wryo
Andrew Arnott
Betty Arnott
Insurgents Join With Democrats On Taxation Data Tariff Probe
A group of 21 insurgents aligns with 30 percent of Democrats to push taxation data under tariff probe scrutiny. The statement reflects a coalition shift as lawmakers seek clarity on fiscal measures and trade effects.
New York Real Estate Financier Lends Jewish College Gift
Frederick W. Brown and his wife donate $100,000 toward Hebrew Union College's $5,000,000 endowment, payable in ten yearly installments. The gift announced by Adolph S. Ochs raises the total to $4,304,347.32, leaving $695,652.68 to reach the goal. Brown's real estate ventures include Park Avenue blocks and the 42 Broadway purchase sold for $9,000,000, with other major philanthropy to Jewish and educational causes in New York. He also backed the Federation of Jewish Charities and contributed lands and funds for university projects.
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Frederick W. Brown
New York City
Hebrew Union College
Adolphs. Ochs
Ochs
Julian Morganstern
Brown
New Yok
Park Avenue
Majestic
Hippodrome
Financial District
Broadway
New York
New York University
Federation of Vish Charities of
Federation
Business Men’s Council
Rembrandt
Ya Young
Senate Backs Simmons Tariff Data Resolution
In a near two to one vote the Senate adopted the Simmons resolution directing the Finance Committee to obtain from the Treasury data from income and capital stock tax returns. The roll call showed a sharp GOP split on publicity with 21 Republicans and 30 Democrats for the measure and 27 Republicans against. The data would cover profits losses wages officers salaries and production costs of domestic manufacturers and importers to justify tariff changes.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Simmons
Finance Committee
Treasury
North Carolina
Oregon Fires Prompt Massive Forest Closures
Portland Sept 10 Federal District Forester orders closing every national forest in Oregon and eight in Washington to curb fires as more than 2,000 firefighters tackle 200 plus blazes across the state. Coos Curry and Lane counties report major outbreaks, with crews exhausted and settlers urged to unite against spreading flames. Triangle Lake and Deadwood Creek areas face urgent containment efforts as timber, mills, and homes face danger.
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Portland
Oregon
Federal District Forester
Washington
Coos
Curry
Lane County
Eugene
Crow Stage
Wolf Creek
Alma
Triangle Lake
Siuslaw National Forest
R. S. Shelley
Siuslaw Forest
Deadwood Creek
Count Sichofsky seeks writ to leave Ellis Island and claim $200000
Count Albert Sichofsky the Polish adventurer obtained a writ of habeas corpus to leave Ellis Island for deportation and return to California to pursue more than 200000 in alleged losses. He accuses Los Angeles officials and jailers of corruption and says he was moved from Folsom Prison to San Francisco and then Ellis Island under guard.
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California
New York
Albert Sichofsky
Ellis Island
Los Angeles
Gannon
Folsom Prison
Folsom
Count Sichofsky
Emanuel
Sacramento
San Francisco
Labor bloc defeats federal arbitration bill in Australia
In Canberra Labor loses by one vote during arbitration abolition bill committee stage. An amendment postponing the measure to a public referendum passes 35 to 34, prompting Premier Bruce to seek guidance as dissolution of Parliament looms. Nationalist members break with government. coalition governs.
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Canberra
Australia
S. .M. Bruce
Bruce
Nationalist Party
Senator Burton Veteran Solon of Ohio Stricken at Capital
Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio, a veteran legislator, was confined to his Washington home with a summer grippe. Doctors prescribed several days of rest, per his Capitol office statement.
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Washington
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Baby Catherine Wandersmith Drowns in Cincinnati Pool
In Cincinnati at 340 Resor avenue Clifton a wading pool near a garden becomes the scene of a tragedy. Thirteen month old Catherine Wandersmith, daughter of Phillip Wandersmith, assistant general manager of Cincinnati Union Gas and Electric, toppled from a carriage when a strong wind knocked it near the pool. The child appears to have drowned in the pool.
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Catherine Wandersmith
Gas and Electric
Augustus Palm
Cincinnati
Resor Avenue
Clifton
Phillip G. Wandersmith
Cincinnati Union Gas and Electric Company
Bethlehem Chief Tells President of Severed Propaganda Ties
Bethlehem Steel executive Eugene Grace testified that William B. Shearer, a self styled naval expert, was severed from the company after it learned he acted as an active propagandist influencing naval policy. Grace said Shearer was paid as an observer for 25000 dollars with Bethlehem covering part of the cost.
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Bethlehem
Eugene Grace
Washington
Hoover
Senate Naval Committee
White House
Borah
Senate
William B. Shearer
Geneva
E. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Shearer
Grace
Bethlehem Company
Charles M. Schwab
S.W. Wakeman
Wakeman
Religious Ideas and Gambling Spark Divorce Suit
Jessie Barnes Siegmann filed for divorce from Carl Siegmann in Domestic Relations Court citing gambling away income cruelty and his extreme religious ideas. She lived separately since 1923 and seeks restoration to her maiden name Barnes.
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Carl Siegmann
Elkton Place
Jessie Barnes Siegmann
Dunlap Street
Siegmann
Frank Woodward
Barnes
Senate showdown on Ware seat stalls tariff bill action
Senate Republicans push to postpone consideration of the Norris resolution denying William S. Ware a seat, hoping to defer until December. Democratic leader Robinson opposes delaying the Vare contest, while talks reportedly aim to delay the Vare case to let the Elections Committee weigh William B. Wilson’s challenge.
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Senate
Democrats
Ware
Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington
William S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Watson
Indiana
Norris
Rep
Neb
Robinson
Arkansas
Elections Committee
Vare
William B. Wilson
Shearer Linked to Early London Night Club Scene
The Evening News profiles William B. Shearer a London born propagandist noting his pre war career in London clubs. It says he ran small West End venues in 1911 and opened the Lotus Club near the Garrick Club on November 26 1913 with Gustave Seggelke, the former Savoy manager.
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New York World News Service
London
William B. Shearer
Shearer
West End
Lotus Club
Garrick Club
Gustave Seggelke
Savoy Hotel
U K Traffic Lights Planned for Victory Parkway
City manager Col Sherrill announced the installation of traffic lights at the intersections of Madison and Wood burn avenues Chapel and Victory Parkway Lincoln and Victory Parkway McMillan and Victory Parkway and Locust and Victory Parkway within the next few days. A survey found lights would be practically useless on intermediate intersections due to light side street traffic.
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Woodburn Avenues
Chapel and Victory Parkway
Lincoln and Victory Parkway
McMillan and Victory Parkway
Locust and Victory Parkway
Col. Sherrill
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