FRENCH MACHINE IS FASTEST FLIER TO NEW YORK
Paris to New York trans oceanic race opens with two planes in flight. Polish pilots Ludwik Idzikowski and Sagimir Kubala depart in the Marshal Pilsudski while Captain Diggione Coste in the Question Mark flies toward New York. Coste plans deception over Malory restrictions. both planes aim for best route with wireless links. Debates on speeds 126 vs 110 mph and possible 29 hour flight windows.
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Paris
New York
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Sagimir Kubala
Marshal Pilsudski
Diggionne Coste
South Atlantic
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Coste
Jacques *Lonte
Tokyo
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Herman Koehl
James C. Fitzmaurice
Bremen
Baldonnel Air Field
Irish Free State
Greenley Island
Labrador
Cherbourg
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Tours
Azores
Associated Press
Long Island
Port Burwell
Hudson Straits
Chicago
Berlin
Teeland
Albin Ahrenberg
Ivigtut
Greenland
Magruder Returned to Active Duty by Sec Adams
Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder, removed in 1927 after criticizing Navy administration, will resume active duty on August 1. He takes command of the fleet base force on the Pacific coast, replacing Rear Admiral S. Be. W. Kittelle. Magruder, with over 40 years in service, earned the Distinguished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor.
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Washington
Thomas P. Magruder
Adams
Capitol
Fleet
Pacific Coast
S. BE. W. Kittelle
Saturday Evening Post
Magruder
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Wilbur
Alan Hoover to Join Parents at White House This Summer
Alan Hoover, younger son of the president, was en route to Washington today to join his parents. He will spend most of the summer at the White House, after which he plans to enter Harvard for post graduate work.
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Stanford University
Cal
Alan Hoover
Washington
White House
Harvard
Floods Kill Hundreds in Far Away Persia
At least 275 people died and several villages were wiped out near Tabriz after floods triggered by a cloudburst Thursday. The disaster struck Deheran and surrounding areas in Persia, drawing relief efforts for the affected residents.
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Persia
Deheran
Tabriz
China Troops Massed Along Siberian Line
Moscow reports say Manchurian troops advanced to the frontier of eastern Siberia and Manchuria with Russian white guards. Seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway management prompted Chinese officials to install their appointees while Soviet and Harbin dispatches hint at mobilization on the frontier and ongoing crisis negotiations.
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Tass
Siberia
Manchuria
Harbin
Rengo
Siberian
Lui Chun Chan
Emsanoy
Chinese Eastern Railway
Emshanov
Tokyo
L. D. Serebreakov
Serebreakoy
Transportation Commissariat
Nanking
C.T. Wang
Rotarians Hear Doubly Stirring Action Talks
Rev Harold Metzfer spoke to the Rotarians on the subject If I Were A Business Man urging faith in fellowmen and noting defense mechanisms shaping self image. He outlined three attributes to develop faith and hinted at further discussion on Page Three.
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Rev. Metznr
Polish and French planes vie in trans Atlantic race
The Polish Pilsudski and the French Question Mark led a dual trans Atlantic crossing from Paris toward New York. The Question Mark reported near Cape Finisterre at 7 08 a m EST after about 750 miles at about 100 mph, while the Polish plane was sighted later by the steamship Cara and by 9 20 a m EST had covered roughly 500 miles off the French coast.
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Paris
New York
Cape Finisterre
Spain
France
Cara
Associated Press
London
Hutchinson Floods Hit Hutchinson Kansas July 13
Flood waters inundated Hutchinson from two directions causing damage estimated at 250000 dollars. The 130th national guard battalion was ordered into action to protect lives and property. No loss of life reported. A washout on the Missouri Pacific main line cut off railroad service.
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Kan
130Th
Artillery
Kansas National Guard
Missouri Pacific
Belgians and Germans Sign Marks Accord
Brussels reports King Albert was robbed during a sea swim at Mariakerke of a gold watch a pocketbook with 500 francs and a gold pen knife. He returned to Brussels while Ostend officials apologized for poor supervision at the resort. Police suspect a local thief. Vice President Curtis left Topeka for Washington after a 10 day vacation with his sister Mia Rome Colvin.
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Albert
Mariakerke
Belgium
Ostend
Topeka
Kan
Charles E. Curtis
Washington
Mia
Rome Colvin
Two Die in Gun Battle on Broadway
New York July 13. Two men were killed and another wounded today in a gun fight at the Hotsy Totsy Club on Broadway. An unidentified man with three bullet wounds lay on the bar-room floor. Police traced a wounded man to a hospital and learned of a third person in custody. William Cassidy, 26, of New York, is identified as a victim. The shooter’s motive and identities remain undisclosed.
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Broadway
William Cassidy
Cassidy
Queen Helen Too Busy To Come Home
London reports tennis queen Helen Wills, after defending her Wimbledon crown, remains in the city another week due to pleasure and business. She planned to sail today but postponed her return home at the last minute.
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London
Helen Wills
Wimbledon
MENDELL AND REINHART END FLIGHT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Manila July 12 32 purchasers of tickets as steerage passengers denied passage aboard the new President Taft due to meningitis rules. Six were meningitis carriers, five cholera suspects and 21 fever cases. Culver City Calif July 13 Moell and Reinhart ended a record endurance flight in Angelena over 246 hours 48 minutes 32 seconds. Plane landed after 21 refueling tries, crew cited engine as key, military-style endurance marred by debris and weather.
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Taft
U. S. Public Health Service
Culver City
Cal
L. W. Moell
R. B. Reinhart
Angeleno
Marko
Byron K. Newcomb
Roy L. Mitchell
Cleveland
Buhl Air
Mendell
Reinhart Rega
Angelena
Reinhart
Pate
Senate study of milder tariff rise gains backing
Washington reports indicate administration forces in the Senate favor a middle course in tariff revision. Edge of New Jersey argues to cut the house bill and some schedules, while supporters seek small increases only on farm goods. Foreign protests, especially Canada over shingles lumber and feeder cattle, influence the debate as Tapioca interests warn higher duties would raise prices for farmers and consumers.
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Senate
House
Edge
New Jersey
Canada
United States
Stimson
Massey
Arthur L. Strasser
New York
Taylor County Four-H Club program planned
Unusual interest in continuing Four-H Club work in Taylor County has grown this week. Superintendent Lloyd L. Shriver says a general meeting will be held at the county courthouse Monday evening to review possibilities for a more elaborate program. State department speakers are expected, including district supervisor R. H. Gist, to outline an official plan. A program has already begun in the county.
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Taylor County
Lloyd L. Shriver
County Court House
State Department
R. H. Gist
Coming Back From Hell Lecture By J B Williams
J B Williams of Edmont Canada will speak Sunday at 72 p m in Stelaenfel's Hall Grafton 80 Lincoln Street on Coming Back From Hell. The lecture is presented as ungestarian logical scriptural and interesting with free seats and no collection.
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J. B. Williams
Edmont Canada
Stelaenfel’s Hall
Lincoln Street
Grafton
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