Lady Birds Winging Way to Fort Worth
The 17 women aviation contestants from Santa Monica to Cleveland left Santa Monica for Pecos as the first Texas control point on a 600 mile leg to Fort Worth. Amelia Earhart led the field at two minute intervals with Ruth Elder among the heavy fliers, while Miss Earhart was the first to land at Fort Worth route.
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el Paso
Tex
Santa Monica
Cal
Cleveland
Pecos
Fort Worth
Amelia Earhart
oBston
Ruth Elder
Los Angeles
van Horn
Midland
FI Paso
Texas
Plane
Davis
Guadalupe
Amelia Eahart
Boston
Douglas
Ariz
Dieudonne Coste Plans Long Distance Flight to Tokyo or New York
Le Bourget France Aug Captain Dieudonne Coste France's premier aviator announced he would depart on a long distance journey to Tokyo to race the Zeppelin across the Pacific or to New York as soon as weather allows. He tested the Question Mark today and said the wireless apparatus, which failed yesterday, was not performing at its best.
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le Bourget
France
Dieudonne Coste
Tokyo
Pacific
New York
Across the U S by Zeppelin souvenir mail offers
Envelopes addressed and mailed aboard the Zeppelin from Los Angeles to Lakehurst for 75 cents with special cancelation. Leave orders with Don Garber at Sentinel office tomorrow.
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U. S
Angeles
Lakehurst
Don Garber
Sentinel Office
Henpecked Hollow Gossip Quilt Sale at M E Church
Presented by the Ladies of the M E Church South, the event features a Friendship Quilt sale on Friday evening August 23. Admission is 25e. proceeds support church causes.
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The
M. E. Chnech
South
Pilots Plan Flight After Five Minutes Unconscious
Annapolis Md Aug 22 The navy air speed ace Lieutenant Alford Williams battled dizziness during a nearly 100 mph attempt in a tiny mercury racer. He passed out for five minutes before aborting the flight. A device to force oxygen into the cockpit will be installed before today s attempt.
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Annapolis
Alford Willams
Williams
Navy
John Poppen
Governor Refers Affidavits On Cheat River Pollution
Governor William G. Conley filed hundreds of affidavits with the Water Power Commission regarding the Cheat River pollution that killed countless game fish along sixteen miles from Parsons to Seven Islands and urged fair treatment in the investigation.
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Cheat River
William G. Conley
Water Power Commission
Parsons
Tomato giant on display at Turner's News Stand
The Sentinel displays the season's largest home grown tomato from Mrs. Nathan Shroyer of Millersville. The beefsteak variety tomato weighs three pounds five and a half ounces and is showcased in the Turner's news stand show windows.
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Sentinel Office
Nathan Shroyer
Millersville
Turner
Gang broken up by arrest of four men
Charleston, Aug. 22. State police said four men charged with blackmail and extortion have broken up a gang of blackhanders operating in the Cabin Creek district for years. They allegedly tried to extort 4000 dollars from Eskdale merchant L. D. Trapano. Continued on page six.
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Charleston
Cabin Creek
L. D. Trapano
Eskdale
Trapano
Bandit Falls Asleep During Hold Up
A tired bandit entered an eating place with two pistols and ordered 85 customers to raise their hands. He yawned, sat on a cushioned bench, and fell asleep with guns still pointed. Police arrived, woke him, and arrested him. the suspect later identified as Chester Kopiski.
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Chicago
Chester Kopiski
Fliers Kaeser and Luescher S:
Naval and merchant crews searched the north Atlantic for Oscar Kaeser and Kurt Luescher after their westward trans Atlantic flight attempt failed. From Roosevelt Field, city officials and aviators clung to faint hope that the Jungschweitzerland monoplane might reappear as the two young Swiss pilots, aged 21 and 19, were reported missing.
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New York
Oscar Kaeser
Kurt Luescher
North Atlantic
Roosevelt Field
Jungschweiterland
Arrest in attack on Massachusetts teacher in London
London reports Rolail Bateman, sought by Scotland Yard for an attack on Philip Eaton, a St. Marks' school teacher in Southboro Mass. on August 13, has been arrested. Eaton lay severely beaten in his flat last week, telling a garbled tale of two assailants, one sitting on him and slashing him with a razor. James Moore, Bateman associate, was remanded August 16 on stealing and receiving Eaton's clothing. Eaton shows progress toward recovery.
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London
Rolail Bateman
Scotland Yard
Philip Eaton
St. Marks’ School
Southboro
Mass
Eaton
Cofice
James Moore
Bateman
Zepp Flight Delayed For Another Day
Graf Zeppelin departure for trans Pacific flight postponed to night due to unfavorable winds. Crowd waited despite postponement while 19 passengers and 42 crew aboard the air liner, including Japanese officials and a newsman, joined after substitutions from Friedrichshafen.
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Kasumigaura
Japan
America
Graf
Lakehurst
General Staff
Army
Karkian
Friedrichshafen
Ryunosuke Kusaka
Dotu Shirai
Chinese Troops Move to Block Soviet Westward Move
Chinese authorities rush heavy troop concentrations toward Manchurian frontier to stop Soviet forces advancing from Vladivostok region. Reports from Mukden and Harbin indicate tens of thousands of Russian troops moving west, with Chinese units departing Kirin City and Harbin under General Chang Tso Heiang amid alarm among Japanese residents.
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Peiping
China
Inchuria
Kirin City
Nort
Pogranichnays
Mukden
Feng-Tien
Teonan
Manchuk
Harbin
Chang Tso-Heiang
Manshhuria
Chang Haweh
Liang
Manchuria
Hull
Tokyo
Renga
Iman
Vladivostok
Habrovsk
Mishan
Lake Hanka
Mother of Eight Children Doomed to Hang Friday
Montreal report states Mrs. Mary Viau a 43 year old mother of eight will be hanged Friday in Hull Quebec for the murder of her husband after collapsing during transfer to the jail. Partner Philibert Lefebvre, convicted with her, is also sentenced to death.
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Montreal
Mary Viau
Hull
Que
Philibert Lefebvre
Senate to study revised measure by finance committee
The Senate will study the House revised tariff measure for two weeks before the September 4 tariff debate. The Finance Committee, after minor administrative provisions, completed its rewrite and prepared to move into the long struggle ahead.
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Solons
Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Mean
Board of Trade Considers Many Promising Projects
A Taylor County Board of Trade meeting at the First National Bank building focused on proposals from the county court to urge local contractors to bid on grading and draining two miles of state road along the Northwestern Pike north of the city. The session drew a large attendance of directors and invited members to discuss this and other topics, including a possible Diamond Ice Cream Company creamery and milk handling station in Fairmont.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Flrst National Bank
State Road
Pike
Diamond Ice Cream Company of
Fairmont
Teachers Institute Will Aid Fight Illiteracy in Taylor County
Taylor county institute adopts resolution to socialize residents through schooling and wipe out illiteracy. Education plan aims to educate 865 men and women who have never learned the three R's, with Lloyd Illiteracy Superintendent Shriver announcing statewide support and plans for expansion.
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Teachers Institute
Taylor County
Taylor County Institute
Shriver
Taylor
State of West Virand
Actor's death investigated in Paris stage farce case
San Francisco August 22 police investigated the death connected with the racy French farce Easy For Zee Zee in a Latin quarter theatre. The breath of mystery surrounding the production's opening a year ago drew attention as officers probed the circumstances of the actor's death.
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San Francisco
Zee Zee
Latin Quarter
Schloss Bros display at local store for fall and winter
A special representative from Schloss Bros. of Baltimore will be in town this Thursday through Saturday to present cloth lengths and samples of fall and winter colors and styles. Prices reduced for this showing only. Ladies invited to view the display.
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Schloss Bros.& Co
Baltimore
Derby flier shows Mrs Barnes entering women’s event
An Associated Press photo caption from San Marino California identifies Mrs Florence L Barnes of Santa Monica California as entered in the women’s derby from Santa Monica to Cleveland. The entry highlights a marathon style charity or exhibition dash and marks the rising profile of female competitors in regional racing opportunities.
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Associated Press
Florence L. Barnes
San Marino
Cal
Santa Monica
Gal
Cleveland
Fire in Florence mine controlled after blaze at Yough coal plant
Martin's Ferry officials said a fire in the Florence mine of the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company was under control today. Flames still raged in parts of the mine and officials expected it to take until night to extinguish. Damage anticipated to be slight.
Hague Talks Pivot to State Conversations in Reparations
News reports that delegates at The Hague shifted to state conversations after committee talks stalled. Belgian Premier Jaspar urged adjournment of the main conference and proposed resuming work via direct discussions, aiming to align on annuity distribution and a final Rhineland liberation date.
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The
Hague
Jaspar
Belgium
Rhineland
Authorities Seek Information To Permanently Padlock Crow's Nest
Harrison county officers and federal agents pressed for evidence to close the Crow's Nest in Clarksburg as they questioned Carl Ma W Grimm and others. The probe centers on the alleged murders of Burl In cooperation with authorities, efforts focus on securing the site and identifying additional witnesses.
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Crow’s Nest
Nest
Louis Lorenzo
Michael Maner
Clarksburg
Niz
Burl
Buzzy” Lambert
Harrison County
Harrison
Cray County
Carl Ma W. B. Grimm
Son
Lambert
Datta
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Council
Moser
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Council
Paul S. Armstrong
Fruit
J. J. Knight
Zepp
Herndon
Bandit
Nanking
Dan J. Sultan
Army Engineering Corps
Nicaragua
Board of Trade
F. Friedman & Son Clothiers and Furnishers
Grafton
W. Va
Derby Flier
Martins Ferry
Ohio
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