Planes Crash in Air Kill Two Aboard Near Maywood
Two United States Army planes piloted by Camp Grant prize winners collided 600 feet above the government field at Maywood. Lieut. T. P. Smith and passenger William L. Heptig were killed after failing to deploy parachutes in the crash near Edward Hines Memorial hospital. Co-pilot Robert W. Douglas managed to land his craft safely despite a broken propeller. Heptig, a grain broker and head of William L. Heptig & Co, was president of the National Aeronautical Society Detroit chapter and a reserve corps captain.
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Chicago
United States Army
Camp Grant
Eld
Maywood
T. P. Smith
William L. Heptig
Board of Trade
Edward Hines Memorial Hospital
Heptig
Tinoit
Naatiopal Aeronautical Society
Oram
William L. Heptig & Co
Smith
United States Flying Corps
Chanuteeld
Havroul
I. Lleur
Robert W. Douglas
Selfridge Field
Mount Clemens
Mich
Five Charged in $1,600,000 Florida Land Fraud
Federal warrants in Chicago name Jacob Factor Henry Heinsius Maurice Drucker H J Hammelstein Newton Feldmar and Nathan Factor in a Florida Land Company scheme. Charges allege use of the mail to defraud under criminal code article 215. The case centers on alleged wildcat promotions harming legitimate Southern real estate transactions.
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U. S
Chicago
Wildcat
Florida Land Company
Burnham
Inter
Leo Koretz
H. C. Beltler
Jacob Factor
Henry Heinsius
Maurice E. Drucker
H. J. Hammelstein
Newton Feldmar
Nathan Factor
William F. Waugh
Col Mitchell Claims U S Holds Back Superplane Tests
Col William Mitchell, former head of the army air service, says an American super airplane, capable of nonstop flights from the United States to Paris with a ton of explosive, exists but cannot be tested due to government permission delays. He denounces so called old fogey ideas and predicts planes able to fly 113 miles an hour for 60 hours, with tests blocked by army and navy heads.
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Col
Mitchell
Chicago
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
United States
Paris
Peking
Nome
Alaskan
Army
Navy
Ambassador Bancroft Laid to Rest Beside His Wife
Edgar A. Bancroft, late United States ambassador to Japan, was buried beside his wife and parents in Galesburg after a funeral marked by citywide closures, half masted flags, and Knox College traditions honoring the prominent alum. The service moved through the elm shade campus to Hope Cemetery as Bancroft, class of 1878, was remembered as a distinguished alumnus.
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Ambassador Bancroft
Galesburg
T.—Smplicity
Edgar A. Bancroft
United States
Japan
Mureen
Knox-gallege
Hope Cemetery
Bancroft
Knox
Two Bootleggers Slain in Plot to Steal U S Plane
Police and Aero Club officials investigated a violent plot tied to bootleggers in Irving and Chicago aiming to steal an army air plane. The murder of two armed guards was linked to Barry Berman and Sehlig, with a suspected conspiracy unfolding around the Aero Club of Minolg and locations on Ashburn and Eighty-Third Streets.
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U. S
Chicago
Guarda
Irving
Sehlig
Barry Berman
Westside
Buch Ig
Acro Club of
Minolg
Palrdge
Aero Club
Ashburn’ 4
Eighty-third “Street
Ywenug
Sag
France to Offer 70 Million Yearly to Settle U S Debt
Washington report says French Finance Minister Caillaux will propose to Secretary Mellon a 70 million dollar annual settlement for France's 4.211 billion dollar war debt. The plan includes 20 million already paid on surplus stock and aims to fund about half the American debt as in a prior Anglo American agreement. Paris expects to handle negotiations largely in person.
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Washington
Cailllaux
Treasury
Mellon
France
United States
French Debt Commission
Caillaux
London
M. Chillaux
Atlantic
Britain Plans to Renew Mexico Diplomatic Ties
Britain and Mexico will resume diplomatic relations severed when the British charge was expelled by Mexico in June 1824 and recalled by Premier MacDonald. Full ties have not existed for over a decade amid Mexico’s historic governments and recent disputes centered on a British subject, Mia Rosalie Evang, on a Mexican ranch.
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Britain
Mexico
London
Great Britain
MacDonald
Carranza
Obregon
Mia Rosalie Evang
Mexican Railways Return to U S Owners Planned
Ex celerior reports National Railways of Mexico will be returned to original American owners within the month. President Caltes intends to take the lines from the communications department and turn them over to a committee preparing the government's readjustment plan to enable old shareholders to operate them.
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U.S
Mexico City
Excelior
National Railways of
Mexico
Caltes
Department of Communications
Mrs Morgan's Estate Bequeaths to Four Children in New York
The will of Jane Norton Morgan wife of Anundler J By Morgan filed for probate in Mineola New York leaves the bulk of the estate to her four children and the remainder to her husband. The value of the estate and the exact distributions are not fully stated in the report. Mrs Morgan died August 14 from an illness. All personal property and $160000 are noted as bequests to the children.
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Mrs. Morgan
New -York
Jane Norton Morgan
Anundler
Morgan
Mineola
N. Y
Hard Goal Strike Ordered by Lewis
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, ordered a strike after failed wage talks. The walkout, involving about 188 001 miners, would disrupt 272 coal mines and 226 companies if no settlement is reached before August US contract expiration.
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Lewis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of Atverien
Adute
endroWineg
Altogetter
Calileries
Lawson Leaves $2.505 Million to Charities in Will
Victor F. Lawson's will, filed in Chicago, directs the trustee to manage the estate with broad powers. Major bequests totalling 4.775 million support Chicago Christian missions, seminary work, and a Young Men's Christian association, with one quarter of the residuary estate left to E. N. Taiween.
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Lawson
Chicago
Victor F. Lawson
Lawson Caule
Nels Merchiante’ Trust Company
Theologies Seminary
Mirter
Loiver N. Taiween
Deutier
Thi Tile
French Advance After Fierce Fight With Rebels
French forces pushed forward against rebel lines backed by KI Bruvos regulars in a stubborn engagement near Van. Despite intense artillery and air bombardment, the attackers sought to gain every inch as armored units secured key objectives along a fifteen mile front.
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Rome
Linnie Trilia Perth
Van
KI Bruvos
Itmmua
Ain
Ted Coy Weds Actress in Stamford Ceremony
Former Yale football star Theodore Coy, known as Ted Coy, married Miss Jeanne Hagels in a Stamford Connecticut home ceremony. The bride, a Boston native, is twenty seven. Coy’s prior divorce from Sophia Meldrim Coy was finalized last December.
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Ted” Coy
Yale Grid
New York
Jeanne Hagels
Etreds
Edward Uurrig Coy
Ted" Coy
Yule Foot
Reginald Venable
Stamford
Stoeford
Coy
Dentist Accused of Slaying Wife Ends Life in Cell
Los Angeles authorities report Dr. Thomas W. Young, 47, the dentist charged with murdering his wife Genes Grogan Young by gas and disposing of her body in a Beverly Hills cottage cistern, strangled himself with a wire in his jail cell, abruptly ending the sensational trial.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas W. Young
Heath
Hhngelt
Genes Grogan Young
Baker to Aid in Campaign on Crime
Newton D. Baker joins the National Crime Commission campaign, responding to a call from Cleveland after a lengthy inquiry. The commission plans to pursue policy on crime reduction, with Prentiss as organizer and several key figures named.
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Newton D. Baker
New York
Newton D. Wilar
Gsecruary
Wir
Crima Comuisaian
Bart Q O. Prentiss
Orginkyer
Emmasion
Batter
Cleveland
Buleor Ihyea
Two Years for Auto Death Washington Trial
A Washington judge sentenced the driver Alexandra Bowle to two years for a fatal automobile collision. The case against Kouurlek of the Clicaxa Orhins was closely watched as authorities examined responsibility and contributed to sentencing debates in the region.
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Auto Death
Washington
Walsh in Audience With Pope
An unclear report describes an audience involving Walsh with the Pope, mentioning Tan Thomas J. Wale and United Hinted KONULON, with garbled place and date details suggesting a distant Vatican meeting or similar high level encounter. Further readable names imply a formal diplomatic or religious context.
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Walsh
Pope Tan
Thomas J. Wale
United
Konulon
Manta
la Yattdyan
Pope
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