Coste Completes Non-Stop Flight Across Atlantic
Coste and Bellonte complete first nonstop Paris to New York flight in 37 hours 18 minutes 30 seconds. Codos to fly the return leg from New York to Paris after Coste and partner finish planned flights to Callas Texas and Washington.
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Coste
Two Continents
Paris
New York
Bellonte
Paul Codos
Callas
Texas
Washington
Codos
France
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Charles A. Lindbergh
le Bourget
Lindbergh
Roosvelt Field
America
Curtiss Field
Valley Stream
Wilson admits bribery shadowing Nye case public scandal
Public accountant Lloyd E Bemis testified that a Ruth Hanna McCormick detective used an assumed name and tried to sell information that Nye was being watched. The detective Kenneth Wiis was identified by Bemis and questioned further by Ison in the senate campaign expenditures inquiry.
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Chicago
Lloyd E. Bemis
Senate Campaign Expenditures Investigating Committee
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Gerald P. Nye
Bemis
Kenneth Wiis
Ison
Graves Seeks Jackson Sumpter Sheriff Nomination
Montgomery Ala Sept 3 AP Solicitor George O Miller met with Gov Bibb Graves to discuss appointing Jackson Sumpter sheriff to fill the unexpired term of Will T Scales. Jackson was nominated in the August 12 Democratic primary to replace Scales and the appointment is to be made amid an ongoing county grand jury investigation into the Emelle disturbances. The same grand jury will also probe the Tom McKinstry slaying at Coatops with two suspects in custody.
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Sumter County
Emelle
Miller
Kimbrough
Tom McKinstry
Coatops
Tom May
Spencer Bates
Bates
May
Storm warning issued for tropical disturbance near Caribbean
The weather bureau issued an advisory at 10 30 am EST noting a tropical disturbance of hurricane intensity central over the Caribbean about 100 miles south of Santo Domingo moving west northwest at 12 miles an hour. It warns vessels near its path and notes hurricane intensity.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Santo Demings
Growers Protest Tobacco Prices in Eastern North Carolina
In Edgecombe county a mass meeting of tobacco growers and merchants launched a boycott against manufactured tobacco products to press for fair prices. The pledge calls for boycotting tobacco products until livable prices are paid and plans to cut tobacco acreage by 25 percent for 1951. Auction prices opened five to seven cents below last year with most sales at 7 to 9 cents per pound, cited as under production costs.
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Tarboro
N. Cc
New
Bright Belt Tobacco
North Carolina
Edgecombe County
Bright Belt
Miller in Jail After Pole Climbing Gun Attempt
John Miller, described as liking strong drinks, was jailed after climbing a telephone pole with a revolver and firing at the Lindbergh beacon light beam in Chicago. The daring act occurred last night and left Miller restrained this morning.
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Chicago
John Miller
Miller
Lindburgh
Democrats Begin Attack On Ticket Fusion Opponents
In Birmingham Alabama Jerome Fuller Democratic campaign chairman opened the party’s campaign with a keynote speech charging Independents Heflin Locke Powell and Merrill with Republican alignment. He urged Democrats to back the party nominees for U S Senate Governor and Lieutenant Governor to keep Democratic control at federal and state levels. He noted the Independent ticket challenges Democrats for the first time in over 50 years.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jerome Fuller
Centerville
Democratic Campaign Committee
Alabama
United States Senate
Fuller
J. Thomas Heflin
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Hinzh Locke
Dempsey Powell
Greenville
B. M. Miller
Camden
Hugh D. Merrill
Anniaton
State Democratic Executive Committee
Heflin
Locke
Powll
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Diary Found Reveals Andree's Final Moments
Tromsoe Norway September 2 AP Salomon August Andree the polar balloon pioneer died guarding his diaries and navigation log.Two notebooks wrapped in an undershirt were found frozen to his chest as bears prowled the camp. Experts Hedren and Lithberg report only skeletons remain intact and note books survived.
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Associated Press
North
South America
Japan
Tromsoe
Norway
Salomon August Andree
North Pole
Tromsce
Andree
Hedren
Lithberg
Strinaberg
United States Seeks Record in Gordon Bennett Balloon Race
Ward T. Van Orman of Akron Ohio drove Goodyear VIII to a probable victory in the Gordon Bennett Cup race after flying about 550 miles from Cleveland to the Boston area. Belgica led by Capt Ernest DeMuyter was second with 435 miles. other entrants ranged from 400 to 350 miles with several obstacles en route.
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Cleveland
United States
Ward T. van Orman
Akron
America
Boston
Ernest DeMuyter
Belgium
Belgica
Capt. DeMuyter
Leon Coeckelbaerg
Adams
Mass
Barmen
Germany
Hugo Kaulen, Jr
Carl Goetz, Jr
Pittsfield
N. Y
City of Detroit
Edmund J. Hill
Arthur G. Schlosser
Coeyman
City of
Roland J. Blair
F. A. Trotter
Aide
Copenhagen
M. Y
Pierre Fisbach
France
Albert Boillard
Jean Herbe
Beamsville
Ont
van Orman
Confessed forger leads to murder discovery in Baltimore
In Baltimore a former employee admitted forging H G Wetterms name triggering discovery of Wetterms body in a barrel at his chemist shop. Wetterms throat was cut and death likely two weeks earlier. Kennard Thompson 16 confessed to forging a 597 dollar check to buy an automobile in Wetterms name and two smaller checks. He also allegedly stole 143 dollars from the safe and sold the strongbox to a junk man. Four other youths aged 15 to 19 were arrested and questioned about their ties to Thompson and Wetterms.
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Baltimore
H. G. Wetterms
Wetter
Kennard Thompson
Wetters
Thompson
Three Die in Auto Plunge Near Rhinebeck
A car carrying four travelers returning from Canada crashed into the rear of a truck on Astor Flats near Rhinebeck New York. Cassius Law Jr six from LaGrangeville died along with two others aged 85 and 38 Arlen Page and Mr Laween. One passenger was gravely injured.
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Rhinebeck
N. Y
Canada
Astor Flats
Cassius M. Lawson
LaGrangeville
Mr. Laween
Arlen Page
Lakewary
Ohio
Meridian
Mias
Lisenby
Mr. Jones
Four men arraigned in two Shelby county murders
Four men charged with murder in connection with two Shelby county slayings were arraigned in criminal court in Columbiana, Alabama. Pleas of not guilty entered. trials set for September 15. Names include Cecil Bell and Jim and Clarence Turner tied to Henderson killing. C. C. White charged in Roper death.
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Columbiana
Ala
Shelby County
Cecil Bell
Jim
Clarence Turner
J. H
Boss) Henderson
A. W. Bell
Woodlawn Saving Bank
Cecil Hell
Dr. Bell
Henderson
C. C. White
G. C. Roper
Boothton
Roper
White
Nitroglycerine Used In Wrecking Highway Bridge In Arkansas
Three blasts of nitroglycerin damaged the middle span of a new 500000 dollar state highway bridge over the Red River at Garland City Arkansas. The explosion shattered windows up to 25 miles away. no injuries were reported. The middle span collapsed into the river. two charges were set on the Miller County end and one on the Lafayette County side.
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Garland City
Ark
Red River
Lafayette County
Miller County
Natural Gas Line Nears Mobile Transfer Progress
The Southern Natural Gas corp announced gas has been turned into the Mobile line at Yazoo City Mississippi and is nearing Mobile Alabama. The 2092 mile transmission system from Yazoo City to Mobile is nearing completion with only a slight gain in the line south of Hattiesburg Mississippi remaining.
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Atlanta
Southern Natural Gas Corporation
Yazoo City
Mise
Mobile
Hattiesburg
Moss
Yarna City
Mekite Ce
Council weighs truck licensing for cotton haulers
At a Monday city council meeting auditor J. L. Vaughn was tasked with consulting the city attorney O. B. Lewis to determine if the city may legally collect privilege licenses from trucks hauling cotton into Dothan. He will also study how other cities handle such licenses amid ongoing controversy over truck operators paying for business in the city.
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J. L. Vaughn
City of Dothan
O. B. Lewis
Missing farmer found held on suspicion after double disappearance
Pilot Charles Sutton of Toronto dies when a seaplane crashes into Lake Ontario during the Canadian National Exhibition air race in Toronto. Mechanic Claude Mills, 20, injured. Separately M. Lisenby of Geneva County, long suspected in the Jones disappearance, returns home and is jailed on a suspicion warrant as authorities seek the missing man.
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Toronto
Racine
Lake Ontario
Charles Sutton
Pathc
Claude Mills
Sutton
Page
M. Lisenby
Geneva County
E.C. Jones
Jones
Grover Hughes
Gen’eva County
Wisenby
Meridiat
Hughes
Jone
Lisenby
Geneva
Hughe
Slocomb
Meridian
Ther
Birmingham Man Shoots Wife and Son Then Himself
In Birmingham Alabama George E. B. Iouke aged 33 shot and seriously wounded his wife and 14 year old son before fatally wounding himself. Neighbors heard screams and later found Mrs Duke and the boy wounded and Mr Iouke dead. Police cited no motive. The article also notes a drop in the Philippine cigar export market for 1929.
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Birmingham
Als
George EB. Iouke
Mra. Duke
Duke
Marquard Reflects On Pro Baseball Struggles In Interview
Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Marquard sits down with The Eagle to discuss the tough path to the majors and changing attitudes in college and professional baseball. He contrasts current players with old time grit, recalling Ty Cobb and the harsher play of earlier eras. Turn to page B4 for full dialogue.
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Eamart
Hfe
Tig
Ty Cobb
Cobb
Michigan primary hinges on prohibition and party lines
In Lansing on September 3 Michigan’s GOP Senate race centers on the prohibition issue and regularity. Chase Osborn opposes Senator Couzens in the September 9 primary with the Anti-Saloon League backing Osborn as a dry ally. Couzens defends independence while pushing industrial relief and farm measures. Grant M. Hudson runs in the Sixth District with three opponents. Groebeck seeks a return to governor against Mrucker and J s Fires. Democratic contenders also face opposition with Thomas E. Wee dock and William A. as candidates for Senate and governor respectively.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
United States
Chase
Osborn
Senserior
Jeme! Courens
Michigan Anti-Saloon League
Dry Organ
Prohibition
Couzen
Couzens
Edward J. Js
Fires
Detroit
Salate
Thomas EA. Weedock
United
William A
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Jackson Sumpter
University of Florida
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Jerome T. Fuller
Goodyear
Marshall Field 3d
London
Marshall Field
Dudley Coats
Marylebone Registry Office
Registry Office
Farmer
Shelby
Fayetteville
Tenn
Wesley Stevenson
Ah Norman
George Patty
Lincoln County
Stevenson
Robert Stevenson
Hia
Arkansas
Texarkana
Eldorads
Vicksturé
Mir
Council
E. C. Jones
Rube Marquard
Eagle
Ke Oathiste
Rate Lierquard
Yeremanax
Tema Taonteare
Jarkeon
Eagie
Ceppere & Son
Eytire
Moraln
Chas. S. Osborn
Michigan Asti Saloon League
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