Graf Zeppelin completes Tokio to Los Angeles leg in record time
The Graf Zeppelin landed at Mines Field Los Angeles after a 79 hour 22 minute flight from Tokyo. Dr Hugo Eckener announced the final leg to Lakehurst would depart around 11 p.m. with refueling underway and officials including Mayor Porter and Gov Young welcoming the crew.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Tokio
Eckener
Cal
Graf Zeppelin
Hamburg - Amerika Lines
Graf
Nippon Chamber of Commerce
Nashiro Fuuiyoshi
Graf Zeppelin completes two world flight stages to Los Angeles
Log shows departure from Lakehurst on Aug 10 for Friedrichshafen then Tokyo and finally arrival at Mines Field Los Angeles on Aug 7 after 11,000 miles in 157 hours twelve minutes across three legs. The airship crossed the Pacific via Tokyo and California reaching Mines Field to complete the Tokio to Los Angeles leg.
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Mines Field
Los Angeles
UPI
Tokio
Graf Zeppelin
Earth
Kasumigaura Air Base
Japan
Graf
Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Casgalia
San Luis Obispo
Pacific Ocean
Santa Barbara
Pacific Coast
NEA
Tokyo
Lake Merced
Battle in Jerusalem erupts as riots claim many lives
Reuters dispatched report from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv details a violent breakdown of order after intense Jewish Arab fighting across Palestine. Martial law, closed gates, and troop deployments accompany reports of 100 to 150 dead with dozens more injured including Americans and English nationals.
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Jerusalem
Fichtine
Palestine
Hebron
Edward Best
Baitragan
Oxford University
Motza
Tel-Aviv
Jaffa
Egypt
Galilee
U.P
Gastonia Strike Trial Attracts Labor Observation
In Gastonia North Carolina a jury of 13 men and three women hear charges of murder against textile strikers for the death of Police Chief O F Aderholt during a riot at Loray mill headquarters. Special attorney A J Bulwinkie says prosecutors will claim a riot call from strikers created a conspiracy. The trial, potentially lasting over three weeks, is set as a major courtroom battle with labor and mill owners involved.
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Charlotte
WN. C
U.P
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Aderholt
National Textile Workers’ Union
Loray
Death Takes J Brenner in Youngstown Home
Judson Brenner a former DeKalb Fence and Union Fence general manager died at his Youngstown home after paralytic strokes. He leaves a wife four children and was active in DeKalb schools and local business. His career included roles with DeKalb Fence and the Commercial Trust bank. He was a prominent Masonic figure.
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Judson Brenner
DeKalb Fence Company
Union Fence Company
DeKalb
Youngstown
Brenner
Pittsburgh
Beaver Falls
Penn
E. F. Shellaberger
Commercial Trust & Savings Bank of
DeKalb Lodge
Sycamore
van Rensselaer Lodge of Perfection
Brenter
le Floy
Ralph Abbott
Collis Howard
Beari Woodlock
Mabel Fisk
Mabel
Clifford
Canton
Frank
Morrison
John Gsell
Stevens
Round Grove
Ballous Spend Two Weeks at Lake Lac du Flambeau
Mr and Mrs Wil Ballou and family travel 370 miles by motor from DeKalb to Lac du Flambeau Wis spending two weeks at the Broughton cottage with daughters Jeanette Elea and Margaret and sons William James and Bob. They rest and let the children enjoy Lake Pokagama. Mrs C B Broughton and son Charles return from Lac du Flambeau after weeks at their cottage.
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Lake Region
Wil Ballou
Jeanette
Eleanor
William
James
Bob
DeKalb
Lac du Flambeau
Wis
Broughton Cottage
Margaret
Lake Pokagama
C. B. Broughton
Charles
Bus Crash Leaves Dozens Hurt Near Emsworth
Twenty four people were injured when a Cleveland to Pittsburgh Greyhound bus left the highway at Emsworth and crashed into three telephone poles. Fourteen were hospitalized.
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Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Greyhound
Emsworth Ough
Iene Ee
China to draft boys over seventeen for defence
Peiping reports military command orders draft of all youths over seventeen as Soviet forces threaten Manchuria. Russians outnumber Chinese defenders three to one on frontier with new units arriving daily. Soviets raid Manchurian territory and attack railway property while China asserts countermeasures. Harbin Mukden volunteers form to resist invasion as spies are detected and executed near Hailar. Delbank funds seized by Russians after Sino Soviet rupture.
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Peiping
U.P
China
Red Army
Manchur
Manchurian
Muling
Suifenho
Harbin
Mukden
Hailar
Delbank
Decapitation In Auto Wreck Shocks East St Louis
Bernard Hoffman a 14 year old East St Louis youth was decapitated when the truck he rode on was sideswiped by a passing auto. Vernon Koblitz of Caseyville and Freeman Ramsey of East St Louis were held for a coroner's inquest to be held today. the truck was borrowed from Harry Kelsey of Caseyville.
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East St. Louis
R. —Bernard Hoffman
Vernon Koblitz
Caseyville
Freeman Ramsey
Harry Kelsey
St Louis Raises Street Car Fares to Ten Cents
St Louis riders must pay ten cents for a single street car ride effective at 3 am today. A new commutation ticket offers 12 rides for 90 cents usable for one week. The former straight fare was eight cents.
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St. Louis
St. Lotie
Illinois Weather Outlook With Showers South
Mostly fair conditions in the north of Illinois. Showers or thunderstorms likely in the southern portion tonight and Tuesday. Cooler tonight in the north and central and northeast areas Tuesday.
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Llinois
Finally Take John Doe After a Record Wait
At Mt. Carmel Illinois on August 26 an intoxicated man identified as John Doe was arrested at the Wabush fair. He escaped before his hearing and was later located in Albion with alias William Liegins. He was fined five dollars on the prior charge after returning from Albion fair.
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Mt. Carmel
U.R
John Doe
William Kelley
Albion
William Liegins
Confab Likely To End Without Accord In Reparations Talks
London and The Hague report Britain may reject a four power plan on reparations as inadequate. Snowden studied a proposed 60 percent of Britain’s demands for increased annuities amid expectations the conference may adjourn without an agreement.
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Hague
Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Japan
The
U.P
Philip Snowden
Snowden
Anm
M. Adatch
Gustave Stresemann
Parley
DeKalb Veterans Convene Regional Meet
Major H. B. Goodison and Captain T. S. Murray led DeKalb veterans at a four county gathering in Naverville. The social and business session drew over a hundred attendees with representatives from DeKalb Kendall Kane and Boone counties. Thirty candidates joined the group in the afternoon, and DeKalb figures Otto Babcock Wat erman A. K. Stiles and Guy Morgan of Sycamore were among those present.
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DeKalb
H. B. Goodison
T. S. Murray
Yenterday
Naverville
Kendall
Kane
Boone
DeKalb County
Otto Babcock
Waterman
A. K. Stiles
Guy Morgan
Sycamore
Scouts View Paris On First Day Of European Tour
Nine boy scouts and three leaders from this community began a two day Paris sightseeing visit this morning before continuing to England and the continent. Local arrival in DeKalb is awaited with plans to return by September 10 with stories from the International Jamboree.
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Paris
DeKalb
England
Continent
Elk Barn And Lot Secured By DeKalb Firm
P. S. Corey & Sons announce lease of the Elks garage and the large lot including the back 40 tract near the Lincoln Highway bridge. They plan to use the site as a tire service and greasing station in addition to their filling station. Expansion aims to relieve cramped space, with moves pending after Rept. 1 as plans form and moving preparations proceed.
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P. S. Corey & Sons
Elks Garage
Lincoln Highway
State Police Enforce Stop Sign Rule Across Illinois
Illinois state troopers issued instructions to enforce stop sign regulations. Violators will be arrested and fined. Authorities cite multiple accidents and deaths caused by motorists ignoring stop signs on highways.
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Ate
Springfield
U PR
Notorists
Prohibition Violator Appeals His Sentence
Ike McCurrie, convicted for violating state prohibition law, appeals the Mansac court decision through the Metropolis circuit court clerk to the state supreme court. The filing seeks relief from the sentence imposed.
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Springfield
N.h
Ike McCurrie
Metropolis
Mansac Corty
State Supreme Court
Insane man Hussey dies after shootout in Goodwins Mills
In Goodwins Mills Maine Harry M Hussey aged 69 shot at police from a parlor window after playing They Hang Bad Men to a Tree for All Bad Men to See. A three hour standoff ended when deputies killed Hussey. He had wounded his father and two officers before dying. Authorities deem him insane.
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Goodwin's Mills
Reone
Harry M
National
Hussey
Herbert Hussey
Roberge
Company Q
103Rd Infantry
National Guard
Henry C. Carter
Ernest L. Jones
Oscar G. Parent
Biddeford
Roland D. Parsons
President Hoover Returns From Rapidan Fishing Trip
President Hoover returned to the White House shortly after 1000 a m. today from a week end at his Rapidan fishing camp in Washington.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Rapidan
Fatal Crash Near Rochelle Claims Rochester Driver
A. L. King of Rochester was killed when his car collided head on with an Iowa trucking firm’s tractor trailer west of Rochelle on the Lincoln Highway. Passenger A. Anderson was severely injured but survived. inquest planned as fog and limited visibility contributed to the crash.
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A. L. King
Rochester
N. Y
Dixon
Farge
Iowa
Rochelle
Lincoln Highway
Mr. Anderson
A. W. Smith
George Holland
Cortland
Oregon
Mr. Ring
Ring
H. G. Butrick
Springfield
Sycamore
Accom
Henry Poppenger
Mr. Folk
Tuereg
Studebaker Sterven
Butrick
Spring Valley
da. Kalb
Kohler Dis & Speciality
Oscar Larson
Aleck Nelson
Malta
Segard Hegrermes
Elmer Stahle
Chicago
Nelson
Glidden Hospital
New Hook Up To Give Service To Many Towns
Chicago announces a new air and rail network linking North Shore Milwaukee railroad with Universal Air Lines. The system serves western Lake Michigan towns with North Shore limited trains to the loop and buses to Municipal Aire port for tri motor Fokker planes. Each flight seats fourteen passengers and times Milwaukee to Cleveland five hours forty five minutes St Louis five hours forty minutes and Kansas City seven hours fifty minutes.
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Chicago
Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad
Universal Air Lines
North Shore
Cleveland
St. Louis
Kansas City
Lake Michigan
Fokker
Rucketeers Declare War on Racketeers in New Chicago
Detectives disclose a new form of racketeering as the Rucketeers fight back against gangster tortionists tied to bucket shop operators. Charles Greene, NY gunman, admits acting as a protector for crooked brokers posing as deputies to deter police during blackmail schemes.
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New
Chicago
WUP
Charles Greene
New York
Green
Brookers
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Mayfield Township
David
Robert
Julia Mace Wilkinson
Hattie Hennegan
Wilkinson
Laura Carpenter
Mary Parker
Calif
George Johnson
Julia Wilkinson
Aurora
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World
Russia
York City
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