Derby Flyers Reach Chicago In Four Hops From New York
A New York Spokane air derby update shows Leslie Miller of Des Moines leading after the fourth lap in a SEagle rock plane. Meyers of Detroit trails by about a minute, with J. S. Charles of Richmond and other entrants following as stops are made at Bellefonte and Chicago. Miller describes the leg through fog and rain as the most dangerous hop yet, with a engine hiccup near Bellefonte.
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Derby Flyers
Chicago
New York
Leslie Miller
Des Moines
Roosevelt Field
Municipal
Miller
C. W. Meyers
Detroit
Meyers
Spokane
Thomas B. Colby
J. S. Charles
Richmond
Eaglerock
Bryan
Bellefonte
Associated Press
Four Held in Plot to Seize Mexican Border Towns
Police and federal officers raided a meeting place of Mexicans plotting to capture Tijuana and Mexicali among other Lower California towns. Four leaders were held on suspicion of conspiring against a friendly nation while sixteen Mexican suspects were detained before most were released.
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Los Angeles
Tijuana
Mexicali
California
Mexico
War Council
United States
Will Provides For Future Of Seed Business
J Charles McCullough founder of the seed firm left his stock and club holdings to son H Trimble McCullough and set up a trust for the seed company with Central Trust Company as trustee. He directed his grandson attainments in 1953 and provided for beneficiaries including relatives and charities. The will allows a possible merger and keeps management with his son unless five years of mismanagement trigger sale to heirs. McCullough died September 11 and his will was drafted January 17.
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J. Charles McCullough
J. Charles
Edith M. Strong
Allen C. Drake
John A. Shrenker, Jr
Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church
Vassar College
McCullough
First Preferred
Central Trust Company
Blanche P. McCullough
Cypress Avenue
H. T. McCullough
Ethel McCullough
Ohio Senator Pushes Cincinnati Revenue Chief Pick
Senator Fess urges President Coolidge to appoint Louis J. Howe of Cincinnati as Internal Revenue Collector in Cincinnati. Treasury weighing consolidation of Columbus and Cincinnati offices into two bureaus to save costs, a plan opposed by Senator Willis but backed by Fess as election year nears.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Treasury Department
Columbus
Cincinnati
Senator Fess
Ohio
Coolidge
Louis J. Howe
Fess
Mellon
David H. Blair
Internal Revenue
Charles R. Nash
Treasury
Hamilton County Republic
Willis
Howe
Allis
President Coolidge Likely To Be Renominated
Washington report says Senator Fess predicted Coolidge will be renominated by the Republican party unless the president makes a new statement on plans. Fess adds Ohio Republicans may swing to Coolidge by the third or fourth ballot, with Dawes Willis and Longworth possible presidency choices.
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Washington
Coolidge
Fess
Dawes
Wills
Longworth
Ohio
New Boston Agent Resigns Over Transfer Refusal
Ray Brown a federal prohibition agent for the Southern Ohio district from New Boston has resigned. He refused to accept a transfer to the Cincinnati district.
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Portsmouth
Ray Brown
New Boston
Ohio
Cincinnati
Tragedy at Hardelot as yacht Seawolf sinks. three missing
A small yacht from Portsmouth named Seawolf was overwhelmed by a storm near Boulogne sur Mer. Mrs Goodyear and her daughter were swept overboard. the husband and a man who tried to save them disappeared. The husband and daughter are still missing, while the man’s body washed ashore.
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Boulogne-Sur-Mer
France
Hardelot
Mr. Goodyear
Portsmouth
Snow Flakes Cover Fergus Falls in Early Snowfall
Snow fell across Fergus Falls Minnesota today accompanied by light rain as a weather front moved through the region. Officials urged residents to drive cautiously as the season begins to change and early snowfall was reported.
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Minnesota
Fergus Falls
Minn
Reed Attacks Tariffs and McNary Haugen Plan at Fair
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri spoken at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, denouncing tariffs and the McNary Haugen bill as paternalistic and dangerous. He outlined a plan for European grain and cotton trade with no tariff imports, criticized a Washington board’s power to levy fees, and warned against government control of farmers. He called Kansas an experimental station for government ideas.
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Hutchinson
Kan
James A. Reed
Missouri
Kansas State Fair
Europe
United States
Reed
Washington
Congress
Governing Board
Kansas
Universal Government Experiment Station
Duvall Denies Sale of Offices for Patronage in Trial
Indianapolis Mayors testifies in corruption case denies promised favors for political backing. He admits indorsing a $1,000 note for George Elliott and Harvey Bedford who vanished after grand jury probes. He says he did not know they would leave town and rejects Klan influence claims.
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Indianapolis
John L. Duvall
George S. Elliott
Harvey Bedford
Marion County Grand
Indiana
William H. Armitage
Duvall
Fawn Gray Alleges Quick Rush Into Marriage
In Baltimore Miss Gladys M Crown known as Fawn Gray a stage dancer filed a court action alleging Hamilton Smith a Hollywood director rushed her into a marriage in Baltimore. She seeks to annul the ceremony and says she did not realize what happened until afterward.
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Baltimore
Gladys M. Crown
Fawn Gray
Hamilton Smith
Hollywood
Cal
Smith
Leaps Three Stories After Quarrel With Sweetheart
Miss Lillian Winkle aged 24 of 2134 Gilbert avenue was injured fatally after leaping from a third floor porch to the sidewalk at midnight. She was taken to General Hospital with a fractured skull as police sought a Norwood man said to be her sweetheart for questioning.
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Lillian Winkle
Gilbert Avenue
General Hospital
Bach Concerto Is Dirge At Miss Duncan's Rites
Isa Dora Duncan’s funeral in Pere Lachaise Cemetery followed a simple cremation after her death in Nice. Hundreds of mourners gathered as a Bach concerto played in accordance with her wish, many walking bareheaded from her home to the cemetery.
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Bach
Paris
Isadora Duncan
Nice
Pere Lachaise
Paris clash as Reds disrupt American Legion march
Paris on September 19 saw anti American demonstrations in Clichy with tearing down of flags, gunfire, and clashes with police. Four ringleaders jailed after minor riots as Communist groups held counter meetings and large patriotic Legion events proceeded elsewhere.
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Paris
anti-American Legion
Clichy
American Legion
Sacco-Vanzetti
Vaillant-Couturier
Legion
France
Legion Day
St. Etienne
Concealed Pipes in Beach Lead to Subterranean Rum Cache
Detectives Killen Grause and Schroedinger with Lieut Webking and State Officers Stroup Riley and O Shaughnessy raided 1339 Wendleton Street, locating a hidden rum cache via concealed pipes in the beach area. Joseph Schroer, 36, occupied the place.
Kent Normal Head Retained
David Allen Anderson was retained as president of Kent State Normal School after a board session. The trustees announced no personnel changes for now, noting administrative dif ferences have been adjusted and many complaints were trivial or gossip. Schroer is held on liquor charges after detectives found hidden kegs and moonshine in a garage.
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Cleveland
David Allen Anderson
Kent State Normal School
Anderson
Schroer
Blood Tests Not Proved to Determine Baby Parentage
In Cleveland on Sept 19 doctors concluded blood tests cannot conclusively prove a mother is the parent of a baby girl cared for by Mrs. Sam Smith. They warned results would be flimsy and that physical resemblance offers no definite proof, with tests to continue alongside examinations.
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Solomon
Cleveland
Sam Smith
Carl V. Weygandt
Common Pleas
John G. Spenzer
Clyde O. Cummer
Herbert L. Koeckert
Garry C. Myers
Koeckert
Cummer
Spenzer
Smith
Du Pont Heiress to Wed Norfolk Lawyer
Miss Constance Simons duPont, daughter of Mr and Mrs Irenee duPont of Granogue Delaware, to marry Colgate W Darden Jr a young Norfolk attorney. The announcement came from a Wilmington area party and telegram from the bride's parents. The couple met in Norfolk while she visited Virginia McCullough. Darden, son of Colgate W Darden of Franklin Virginia, has practiced law in Norfolk for years. He is connected to local Virginia families.
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New York World News Service
Norfolk
Constance Simons duPont
Irenee duPont
Granogue
Del
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Pierre S. duPont
Wilmington
Mr. Darden
Virginia McCullough
Miss duPont
Darden
Delaware
Colgate W. Darden
Franklin
Harvey Lindsay
Ores Pretlow
John D. Abbitt
Virginia
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Eugene Dettmer
Tarrytown
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E.-G. Knapp
Ypsilanti
Mich
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Missoula
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Erie
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Ferdinand
KENT
Ruth Meyer
Mrs. Smith
Philip Vollmer
Miss Meyer
Palais du Trocadero
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Julian M. Thomas
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