R-100 begins return flight and Moran linked killings shake city
United Press reports three gangsters slain near St Paul as Moran gang ties surface. Major General Rinow discovers a bullet riddled car near White Bear Lake with Coleman and Myers dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Stein was found later, shot in the back as he fled. Moran himself believed to be in Brainerd camp.
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United Press
ST. Pal
Minn
Inch
George
Bugs" Moran
Chicago
Twin Cities
Gus
Moran
Brainerd
White Bear Lake
Moran Gang
Sammy Stein
Heckel
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Rank M. Coleman
Sole Weisman
Butch Myers
St. Paul
W. F. Rinow
Minnesota
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Rhihow
Wildwood
Coleman
Myers
Stein
Wnderbriiah
Road crash at Smith and Center streets prompts light plan
At the Smith and Center street intersection another car collision occurred as Rev. Charles A. Fuller from Centerville and Mrs. J W Bentz of Kane collided after Bentz halted for a through street. Both drivers escaped injury and a Bord sedan suffered more damage. City officials, defying state hesitation, proceed with plans to install a traffic light. Myrtle Jordan of Pittsburgh visits East Frederick Street with family.
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Smith
Center Streets
Toray
Charles A. Puller
Centerville
J.W. Bentz
Kane
Fuller
Center Street
Smith Street
Bentz
Myrtle Jordan
Pittsburgh
East Frederick Street
T. A. Shafer
Theft and murder near Tolndo potato patch
An unemployed father Elmer Tilton and his son Las were shot and killed by potato patch owner Lester Coy 23 in Tolndo Ohio as they attempted to steal potatoes for a hungry six child family. Coy is held for investigation as raids on the patch are linked by May statements. Mrs Tilton says husband and son had been out of work for months.
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United Press
Tolndo
Elmer Tilton
Las
Lester Coy
May
Hawks Sets New Transcontinental Air Speed Record
Capt. Jane M Hawks repeated a transcontinental record, flying from Los Angeles to New York in 12 hours 25 minutes, clocking 220 mph on a 2,510 mile route. She set the record at Roosevelt Field after arriving at 6 41 30 p m EDT, noting potential improvement in favorable fall weather. Her Travelair monoplane already held westward records and previously lowered the Atlantic to Pacific mark by Gol Roscoe Turner.
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United Press
New York
Jane M. Hawks
Pacific
Ahantle
Los Angeles
Big Country
Hawks
Gol
Charles A. Lindbergh
Tom Nim
Curtiss Field Valley Stream
Travelair
Roscoe Turner
Roosevelt Field
Kidnapped Girl Allegedly Held by Three Black Men
Milton Rogers of Angier reported in Raleigh that Viola Edwards of Elizabeth was dragged from his car by three Black men and kidnapped just before 1 am. A posse formed to search the area as deputies hunted woods near Garner, where the abduction occurred, with Rogers claiming he planned to return her home.
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W Uniter
Raleigh
N. C
Milton Rogers
Angier
Viola Edwards
Elizabeth
Rogers
Rayleigh
Sheri Clyde Whitaker
Garner
N.C
Britain Unharmed Over Kurdish Revolt Bulletin Update
United Press dispatches report Britain unharmed as Kurdish revolt developments widen. Navy seaplane PN-1 reported missing with two officers and a crew of three, later anchored safely in Wynham Bay, D. C., after 24 hours adrift. Fire displaced thirty families as pigeons burned in New York. Washington figures urged rest. a congressional medal for Lindbergh to be pinned by Hoover. Frontier tensions over Turkish revolt send ripples near Iran, with Persia’s potential appeal to the League discussed.
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United Press
Norfolk
Wynham Bay
D. C
Harmarville
Hoben
Yreus Kelly
Templeton
London
Great Britain
Lawrence Hanna
Franklin
Hoover plans drought relief group with governors
President Hoover prepares a voluntary drought relief organization to be set up with 12 state drought commissioners. Governors or their representatives will appoint commissioners to work with the federal government Red Cross railroads and affected areas. The plan mirrors the Mississippi flood relief setup and aims to begin work early next week with action at a White House conference.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Hoover
White House
Red Cross
Wherr
Str
Agriculture Department
Tan Eat Te ‘Willasso
Harvey Parnell
Arkansas
Flem D. Sampson
Kentucky
Parnell
H. T. Harrison
Little Rock
T. Roy Heid
University of Arkansas
Sarovson
Sen. Robinson
Taull utilities to be combined branded rubbish by In Gall
Reports from New York say Taull utility interests would be combined and branded by Samuel In gall as absolute rubbish. In Hong Kong a party of American Catholic missionaries completed an eleven day march through Kiangsi mountains amid bandit activity.
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Chicago
New York
Samuel Ingall
Hong Konk
Kiangsi
Kanchow
Western Pennsylvania Rains End Drought Across Region
Western Pennsylvania farmers rejoiced as rain spread from Uniontown to Altoona and beyond, soaking ground and crops long parched by drought. Overcast skies and intermittent showers continued through the day, with forecasts promising more rain to ease the drought and forest fires.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
United Press
Uniontown
Towg
Altoona
Two Lads Die In Fire Near Johnstown
Aug 14 Johnstown two 1 year old boys burned to death when a small camping cabin burned after a stove overturned. Firemen recovered the bodies believed they were overcome by smoke before the building ignited. The dead were John Brookhart and Aunt Hitka Edge who had been picking berries nearby and slept in the cabin.
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United Press
Johnstown
John Brookhart
Esthervilly
Hitka
Edge
Good
Brookhart
Two St Louis Flyers Extend Endurance Flight Record
Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine extended the world endurance flight record in the Greater St. Louis monoplane to 578 hours 20 minutes, beating the prior 53 hour mark set in Chicago. An oil sponsor paid 100 dollars per hour, aid with funding and weather challenges, while a large crowd and fans followed the overnight flight.
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Paul H. King
United Press
Lambert
Joha
Kenneth Hunter
Chicago
Myers
Chinese ship Tongan sinks after collision off Shanty
London Aug 4 United Press reports the sinking of the Chinese steamship Tongan after a collision off Shanty. The dispatch from Tsing Sapo says seven passengers and seven crew members are missing.
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United Prem London
Shantimy
Lloyds tod@y in & diepatel
Tsingsap
West End disturbance ends with arrests and hearings
One negro held on an open charge after four fracas at the Christopher home on West Main street. Dave Nelson, from South Berd Indiana, is held on an open charge after allegedly striking Frank Dawson with a chair. Dawson, who suffered scalp wounds, was treated at Corry hospital and later left. Nelson was found hiding in a Woodard home with two women and another man. Mrs Margaret Haines of Erie was ordered from town. Nelson faces a hearing at 7:30 tonight before Alderman Porter.
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Christopher Home
West Main Street
Dawson, Willoughby
Dave Nelson
South Berd
Ind
Nelson
Dawson
Christosopher
Corry ‘Hospital
Ruppersburg
Plannigan
Woodard
West Washington Street
Margaret Haines
West 15Th Street
Erie
C. B. Porter
Twenty Die in Japanese Typhoon on Kiushin Island
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tokyo reports twenty killed as a typhoon struck Kiushin Island Tuesday. The deaths occurred among laborers reinforcing a dyke amid widespread damage across the southernmost major Japanese island.
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United Press London
Tokio
Kiushin
Minga Sushi
Dirigible R-100 Leaves Canada For Atlantic Return Flight
At St Hubert Quebec and Montreal observers track the R-100 as it heads toward the Strait of Belle Isle. Despite a crippled motor, the airship gains speed in a 45 mph gale and aims for Cardington England, with forecasts of a 70 hour crossing aided by strong ascent.
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United Press
ST. Hubert
Que
Labrador
Strait of Belle Isle
Newfoundland
Gilbert Draper
Montreal
St. Lawrence Valley
Atlantic Ocean
Cardington
Eng
Falnet Point
St. Fluert
Atlantic
R. B. B. Colmore
Cape Breton
Three Rivers
R, B, B. Colmore
Sir Dennatown Humey
Lakehurst
Priedtichshafen
3000 Dead in Floods Near Shanhaiwan China
Relayed reports from northern China say 3000 people dead and 23 towns inundated in Chihui Province as torrential rains isolated large districts near Shanhaiwan. The Tientsin Mukden railroad area was hit hard with about 12 miles of track destroyed and relief work slowed by renewed rain.
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United Press
Peiping
China
Chihui Province
Adgyises
Shanhatiwan
Shanhuikwan
Tientsin- Mukden
Publishers Merge Oldest American Firm With Minton Balch
New York Aug 44 G P Put haay s Son the oldest publishing firm in America under continuous ownership and management has merged with the house of Minton Balch and Company It was learned today
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New York
G. P. Puthaay
America
House of Minton, Balch
jCompany
Raids Seize Beer and Liquor Totals in Erie County
Federal prohibition agents with local constables raided homes and farms in the city and vicinity. Arrests included Aviaur Deschamp with a two gallon still and 19 gallons of mash along with wine, Gray Sheldon with 125 beer bottles and four pints of liquor, and Thomas McGuire with 168 beer bottles. Searches at two nearby farms found no arrests. Deschamp held on $1500 bail to face county court. Franz and Gilpin disputed the raids and claimed innocence.
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Yinke
O'Rourie
Erie
Nelson
Union City
Alexander
Wesleyville
Hhose
Aviaur Deachamp
Journal
al Nuliting
Fund
Nho
Franz
Gilpin
Franm
Alitercees Witt
Protition Bureau
Eile
Franz Place
Gilpin Place
Deschamp
Evie
White mcGuire
Sheldon
Jin
Justice of the Peace Morrison
Fugitives hunted after jail break in Greenbrier and beyond
Pursuit spans several states as posses scour hills around Lewisburg West Virginia seeking eight inmates including a condemned murderer Roosevelt Darnell and Joe Myre who evaded capture after escaping Greenbrier County jail. In Greenville Ohio seven escapees from the Main County Jail remained at large as police pressed the search.
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Anges
Lewisburg
W. Va
Greenbrier
Roosevelt Darnell
Clarence Holbrook
Joe Myre
Wid
Balkan wreck claims ten lives in express collision
Ten persons were killed and many injured when two express trains collided on the Bucharest to Constanza route. Bravely, crews and passengers aided the wounded amid the chaos as emergency services responded to the scene.
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Balkan
Nyeo
Bucharest
Hmimania
Angs
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BIG Dirigible
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