Zeppelin completes world flight setting new record
The Graf Zeppelin landed at Lakehurst after a 21 day 7 hour circumnavigation covering about 20 000 miles. Dr Hugo Eckener led the voyage praising safety speed and expert piloting amid Pacific and Atlantic crossings. The journey inspired speculation on postwar reparations and geopolitical tensions while observers noted incidents near Mines Field and Japan’s seppuku lore connected to the mission.
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Edward W. Pickard
Lakehurst
N. J
Graf Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Globe
Hugo Eckener
Pacific
California
San Francisco
Mines Field
Japan
Kasumigaura
Cleveland Hosts Air Show with Notable Flyers and Tragic Losses
The Cleveland aviation week features Mrs Louise McPherridge Thaden winning the Santa Monica women's derby with fifteen of nineteen starters finishing. Marvel Crosson is killed and Gladys O'Donnell takes second while Amelia Earhart places third. Lindbergh and wife attend. USA withdraws from Schneider Cup tests as Lieut Williams can not complete plane tests. Captain Motta, Italy's top flyer, is killed during a test flight.
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Leveland
Louise McPherridge Thaden
Pittsburgh
Santa Monica
Marvel Crosson
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Calif
Amelia ®Arhart
Transatlantic Flyer
Riots Across Palestine Escalate as Britain Deploys Troops
The revolt in Palestine widens with Arabs clashing with Jews from Jerusalem to Hebron as British forces rush warships marines and planes to restore order. American casualties reported among Jewish casualties in multiple towns.
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Michigan
Holland
Palestine
Gerrit J. Diekema
Jerusalem
Transjordania
Syria
Great Britain
Palestine Port i
Haifa
Hoover
Secretary Stimson
Stimson
Esme Howard
Beersheba
Holy Land
Slaboka Rabbinical College
Hebron
Senator Awrench Tyson Dies in Sanitarium Near Philadelphia
United States senator from Tennessee Awrench D Tyson died in a sanitarium near Philadelphia after weeks of treatment. He had just completed his first Senate term. Born in Greenville District of Columbia sixty seven years ago, Tyson graduated from West Point in 1883 and served as a colonel of volunteers in the Spanish American War before entering Tennessee politics. He later studied law at the University of Tennessee and practiced in Knoxville. During World War I he distinguished himself.
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Awrench D. Tyson
United States
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Senate
Tyson
Greenville
D. C
West Point
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Governors Conference Discusses Surface Rights Shift
Governors of public lands states met in Salt Lake City and heard President Hoover propose transferring surface rights of remaining unappropriated lands to the states. Western senators doubted the plan, citing federal mineral rights revenue and desert and mountain terrain unlikely to yield much. A separate note from Moscow reports Isvestia’s three shift plan for Russian industry, abolishing Sundays and family life, while enforcing a seven day week with socialized housing. In New York City, Police Commissioner Whalen refuses to enforce federal prohibition, urging Campbell to take responsibility and not shift duties to state agencies.
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Salt Lake City
Hoover
Washington
Borak
Oviet Peoples Commissars
Moscow Investia
Isvestia
New York City
Grover A. Whalen
Campbell
Mr. Whalen
State fair exhibits poised for record Montana displays
Helena Montana nine of fifty six counties will skip displays at the Montana State Fair opening September 23. Twenty seven counties ready for shipment and twenty more seek agricultural samples for a large exhibition. The fair uses district competition with eight districts and seven counties per district. Names of districts and counties listed.
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Helena
Montana
State Fair Board
Flathead
Lincoln
Lake, Mineral
Sanders
Missoula
Ravalli
Blaine
Chouteau
Glacier
Hill
Liberty
Pondera
Teton and Toole
Daniels
Phillips
Roosevelt
Sheridan
Valley
Deer Lodge
Granite
Powell
Silver Bow
Beaverhead
Madison
Gallatin
and Park
Broadwater
Cascade
Fergus
Golden Valley
Jefferson
Judith Basin
Lewis and Clark
Meagher
Petroleum
Wheatland
Musselshell
Dawson
Garfield
McCone
Prairie
Richland
Wibaux
Sweet Grass
Stillwater
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Carbon
Carter
Custer
Fallon
Powder River
Rosebud
Treasure
Roses and Roles in Love's Age Gap
A Bell Syndicate column lampoons older men pursuing younger women. It argues men over a certain age lack fit companionship for women who now work and date, comparing love to a game where age matters, and urging youthfulness in both soldiering and sweetness.
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Geezer
Nie
Sweet Patoode
Soldier
Sweetie
By the Bell Syndicate
The Hundred Days of Good Conduct and Advice
A reflective essay arguing that fiction pales beside fact, citing Napoleon as a compelling real figure. It notes his successes, irrational dog anecdote about a wife, and the paradox of conduct as social currency. The author critiques generic advice and laments the futility of some guidance.
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Troy
Napoleon
Michigan
Ady
Ant Fin
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