Atlantic Hop Opens Round World Flight From Harbor Grace
Aerial globe trotter John Henry Mears and pilot Henry J. Brown launched from Harbor Grace Newfoundland in the City of New York plane bound for a 17,775 mile journey toward a world record. They plan stops in Ireland Berlin Moscow and across Siberia before crossing the Atlantic. The mission aims to surpass the Graf Zeppelin's 1929 circuit time.
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United Press Roosively Field
John Henry Mears
Aerial Globe Trotter
Henry J. Brown
Air Mail
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Meara
Atlantic
Tomorrawy
Menra
Andre Jaeger-Schmidt
Howard Evans
Linton Wells
Mears
B.D. Collyer
Graf Zepeplin
Méars
Brown
Los Angeles
New York
City of New York
Harbor Grove
Ireland
Baldonnel Airdrome
Dublin
Berlin
Moscow
Russia
Siberia
Nova Sibirak
Chita
Khabarovsk
Petropavrovsk
Chignik
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Spokane
Rockies
North American
Chicago
Pilot Hutchinson to attempt non stop flight to Paris
George H. Hutchinson of Virginia prepares at Los Angeles International Airport for a 1 p m SST takeoff in a twin wing Lockheed monoplane built for ocean flight. The flight aims for New York first as a preliminary step toward a transatlantic hop to Paris.
Today’s Five Best Radio Entertainments
Radio listings for 1930 show schedules across networks including United Press, CBS and NBC. Entries include Husing’s sports, Salon singers, Goldenan band concert, Hawke Simmons show, with times from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on WABC WHAP WJZ WEAF.
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United Presa
WABC
CBS
Husing
NBC
WJZ
Goldenan
Hawke Simmons
WEAF
Crime Update From Cleveland Gang War Casts Shadow
Authorities identify the gunshot victim near Berea as Mrs Chris Una Colletto 21 niece of Cleveland gangster Charles Golletto by wedding ring initials Her sister Mary Rambaldo reports the girl left home shortly before the night of the shooting amid ongoing gang warfare linked to the Porello family Inquiries connect the case to a series of killings including the July 5 double murder of Joe Porello and his bodyguard Sam Tiloveo with uncle Charles Colatto questioned in related investigations
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United Frese Cleveland
Berea
Chris Una Colletto
Charles Golletto
Cleveland
Mary Rambaldo
Christina Pit
Elster
Fns
Lves
Porella
When
Charles Collatto
Joe Porello
Sam
Tiloveo
Chicago gang leader slain as crowds watch
A man shot dead at the Lakeview resort hotel near Delafield Wisconsin is tentatively identified as Jack Zuta a Chicago North Side gang lieutenant. Police seek ties to the Lingle murder and Al Capone return amid renewed underworld warfare. Witnesses say Zuta had been missing since June and was connected to earlier gangland battles. The slain man registered as J H Goodman of Aurora Illinois.
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Jack Zuta
Chicago
Wisconsin Resort
Capone
United Press
Lste
Lakeview
Delafield
Wis
Jack Zute
North Side
Leutenant
Meslain
Phil Herbrand
Wau- Kesha
Zuta
Lingle
Hen
Ab Delafield
J. H. Goodman
Aurora
Dismissals Tied to Political Struggle In Pittsburgh
Six state employees in Pittsburgh were dismissed amid the Davis Grundy contest for the Pennsylvania senatorial nomination. David Davis brother of the labor secretary and five others lost their posts, including a Braddock official and a tax department investigator, amid political alignments surrounding Auditor General Waters and Grundy’s defeat.
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New York City
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
St Louis
Kansas City
Amarillo
Texas
Sh Louis
Tse
Eitha
Albuquerque
Los Angeles
David ©. Davis
Davis
Davis- Grundy
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
Board of Mercantile Appraisers
C A. Waters
Chamisaal
Joseph R
Grundy
Labor Sec
Janes
HL Roce
Burgess of
Braddock
Inheritance Tax Department
C. D. Little
Damé Départment
Guardsmen Return From Camp With Track Meet Honors
After two weeks of drills and a busy schedule of baseball and other games, Company 4 of the Pennsylvania National Guard returned to Mount Gretna at 7 40 this morning. The regiment excelled in the track carnival with the 112th Engineers sweeping most honors scoring 687 points to lead the field. Norman Mountain Orrin Long and Lawrence Getzler won several events as the unit celebrated a successful camp and looked forward to funeral plans for a local casualty noted in letters home.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Mount Gretna
Theelly
Corry
United Press
Mead
Bailey
Trene
Henry
Orne
Charles Burkhardt
W. G Price
F. D. Beary
111Th
112Th
Company A
Norman Mountain
Orrin Long
Lawrence Getzler
Pennsyyvania
Contagious Disease Flareup Reported In City
Health Officer John Ruppersburg notes a mild flareup with one pneumonia, one measles, and four whooping cough cases. He says none appear gravely ill and quarantine remains in force to prevent further spread.
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John Ruppersburg
Ruppersburg
Bossy Gillis Declares Candidacy for U S Senate
In Fitchburg Massachusetts on August 2 uuhdrew J Bossy Gillis mayor of Sewburyport announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate. He pitched himself as a moderate compromise candidate aiming to avoid the extremes favored by William St Butler Eben Draper and others.
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Bossy
Gillis
U.S
Fitchburg
Mass
Uuhdrew J
Bossy" Gillis
Sewburyport
United States
Traclf
Wm. St. Butler
Eben Draper
Brush Fire Threatens Union Street Properties
A fast moving brush fire on Bosrtansburg road endangered Union Street properties around 8 PM. The Second Ward truck and four squads responded to the call. The blaze spread behind Leonard Pranz and Frans properties across a wide tract toward the highway and other homes, with Belerman stating it could be checked before reaching farm buildings.
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Union Street
Bosrtansburg
Second Ward
Imen
Leonard Pranz
Bellerman
Rum Runner Fined $100 On Arrest Here
A Jamestown man identified as Rastivo was arrested by Patrolmen Plannigan and Brown after being caught delivering liquor to a West Main street bootleg joint. He faced a disorderly conduct charge, arraigned before Police Magistrate Porter, and paid a $100 fine plus costs for discharge.
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West Main Street
John Rastive
Second Street
Jamestown
Plannigan and Brown
Rastive
CG. B. Porter
Rastivo
Ward
Corry
Endurance Planes Aloft Near Record Time At St Louis
Louis Reichers and Robert Black logged 206 hours in an endurance flight from Roosevelt Field aided by new spark plugs after windshield damage. Forest O Bri te and Dale Jackson neared the halfway mark toward the 553 hour record in their monoplane Greater St Louis at six eleven a.m. CGS.
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Roosevelt Field
L. 1
Louis Reichers
Robert Black
Reichers
ST. Louis
Forest O'Brite
Dale Jackson
Hunter Brothers
Sparta, II
Greater St. Louis
Canada Welcomes R 100 Crew In Montreal Reception
Canada began a warm welcome for 44 British aviators aboard the R 100 after their perilous North Atlantic and St Lawrence valley flight. Montreal officials plan an 8 p.m. ceremony to honor the crew and express admiration for their endurance, noting a repair by GB Long and L A Moncriff to a damaged fin during their mooring.
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Gilbert Draper
United Press
Montreal
Canada
North Atlantic
St. Lawrence Valley
Dominion
Montréal
London
St. Hubert
Long
L. A. Moncriff
Human cannonball Harvey Powers dies after stunt fall
Harvey Powers, 47, famed as a human cannonball, was fatally injured when his parachute failed during a high risk aerial act in Atlantic City. He was launched from a cannon atop an airplane, hit the water hard, and died about an hour after admission to hospital.
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United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Harvey Powers
Dare Devil
Powers
Prohibition Bureau Assigns Officer to Probe Assault Case
A.W. Woodcock, National Director of Prohibition, personally assumes charge of an investigation into the alleged assault on Earl Brown during recent liquor raids in the city. The bureau vows no tolerance for misconduct and will dismiss guilty agents after a full inquiry, with measures to prevent further complaints.
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A.W. W. Woodcock
Washington
Prohibiton
Earl Brown
Wquor
Brown
Woodcock
Prohibition
Prohibition Bureau
Dty
Brown Jorlay
Cass
Despondent baker slays wife and son then ends his life
Charles A Boyer, 55, a Freemont baker, killed his wife Alice 59 and son Roy 18 with a knife then slashed his own throat. Police believe loss of work and money distress led to the family tragedy before an expected income.
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United Press Freemont
Charles A, Boyer
Baker
Chaves A
Boyer
Aliee Boyer
Roy Boyer
July car fatalities in Pittsburgh report
Thirty six people were killed by cars in Pittsburgh in July according to city coroner figures. The report lists twenty three drownings, one broken neck from diving, one prostration death, and other natural causes totaling over a hundred fatalities. Falls and work accidents also contributed, with several alcohol related deaths noted.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Sicily
Coroners Monthly
Chinese Bandit Fury Forces Refugee Exodus In Below Shanghai
Refugees flood into Hankow and surrounding hubs as bands of Chinese Communists loot and execute officials and merchants. British and Japanese destroyers race up the Yangtze toward Hankow and Kukiang to curb the upheaval.
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United Press
Alanila
P. L
Pecos
Shanghai
Kiuang Province
China
Peiping
Changsha
Runkow
London
Yangtze River
Hankow
Kukiang
London Daily Express
Bankow
Hupeh
Hunah
Kui Giane
Jiangsi
London Daily Mall
Northerm
Chiang Kai-Shek
South
Ching
Chiang
Forming Flying Club in Corry Seeks Local Airport
Arthur L. Campbell of Erie yesterday visited Corry to promote the McCray Flying Club and a local airport. He noted aviation clubs already exist in Warren Franklin Youngsville Ol City Erie and Titusville and aims to organize a tech in Corry after meetings with local business leaders.
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Arthur Campbell
City
Aviation Club
Arthur L. Campbell
Erie
Corry
McCray College
Warren
Franklin
Youngsville
Ol City
Titusville
Gampbell
Campbell
Unclear transfer deal links York Central to Baltimore and Gillia
Unconfirmed reports say the New York Central Railroad will transfer holdings to the Resale Company and then to the Baltimore and Gillia Railroad in exchange for stated traceage liens.
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United Press
NEW York
Mey York Central Railroad
Hts
Baltimore and Gilla Railroad
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United Pres
Post Office Department
Atlanta
DRY Head
Manslays
Philippines
Flying Club
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