Mollison couple crash ends trans Atlantic flight record bid
Captain James Mollison and his wife Amy survived a crash near Bridgeport after crossing the North Atlantic from Pendine Wales. They and their pilot Ralph Whickford remained in good spirits, expect to resume travel to New York in a borrowed amphibian plane, with doctors noting flight injuries and shock but no serious harm.
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Bridgeport
Conn
James A. Mollison
New York
Stratfid
Floyd Bennett Field
Mollison
Ralph Whickford
Boston
Mollisons
Isaac L. Harshberger
James
Amy Mollison
Europe
Britain
Vernon Stuart
New York City
Air Adventurers
North Atlantic
Pendine
Wales
Balbo postpones return trip for better weather
New York July 24 General Italo Balbo postponed until tomorrow the take off of his 24 plane armada on its return journey to Italy due to unfavorable weather conditions.
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New York
Italo Balbo
Italy
Woman Found Strangled in Nashville Boiler Room
Golden Keith, 23, an elevator operator in a Nashville apartment house, was found dead in the basement with a sash cord around her neck and canvass over the body. Police say superintendent William Eugene Altenberry confessed to the strangling after an affair with Keith.
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Nashville
Tenn
William Eugene Altenberry
Golden Keith
Rittenberry
Keith
Fluctuation in Grain Limited to Five Cents
Washington reports Sec Ena Wallace said representatives of the Chicago Board of Trade informed him that grain trading fluctuations would be limited to five cents from last Thursday's closing prices. He noted the board had announced eight cents as the limit.
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Washington
Secena Wallace
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Board
Gunmen Seize 44000 Loot At Chicago Country Club
Eighty two guests and eleven employees at the Olympic Golf and Country club in Wheeling were robbed at 3 30 am by five masked gunmen who held the club for forty minutes. They forced victims to the dance floor and took 2100 from a safe after assaulting manager J C Thompson and confiscating cash wallets and jewelry valued at 44000. Several women fainted and the robbers refreshed themselves with water before continuing.
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Chicago
Olympic Golf and Country Club
Wheeling
J. C. Thompson
Thompson
National recovery administration to spur reemployment drive
Washington reports the national recovery administration preparing for a midweek launch to re-employ six million workers. Administrator Hugh S. Johnson and aides push hearings on codes of fair competition. Local chambers of commerce will form committees and advertise nationwide to raise wages and shorten hours while Roosevelt plans a national address at 9 30 p m EST aboard the Sequoia.
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Washington
National Recovery ‘Administration
Hugh 8. Johnson
Chambers of Commerce
Roosevelt
Potomac
Locked boy left alone all day in Washington home
Washington Pa July 24 Mrs Ethel Briggs 36 is jailed for cruelly treating her five year old stepson David Briggs by locking him in the house without food all day. Police say he had no food or company except a coon dog. She is to be arraigned tonight before Justice J P Holmes of South Travin township
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Washington, Pa
Ethel Briggs
David Briggs
Justice of the Peace
J. P. Holmes
South Travain Township
Child 15 Months Drowns In Tub At Home
Effie Crampton, 15 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs J Bryan Crampton of Antiteam near Hagerstown, drowned in a tub with a few inches of water after climbing onto a chair while the mother was in a adjoining room. The incident was reported July 24.
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Hagerstown
Effie’ Crampton
J. ‘Bryan Crampton
Antiteam
Here
Oklahoma Flyers Share Cheers After World Flight
New York report details Wiley Post and Italian Air Force General Balbo exchanging congratulations after Post’s record flight of over 15,000 miles in 186 hours 491 minutes. Balbo praises Post’s courage while Post jokes about beating the mark again in five days. Post rests after landing and plans next steps as the scene shifts to hotel.
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New York
Wiley Post
Ttalo Balbo
Royal Italian Air Force
Barbo
Post
Balbo
America
Harold Gatty
Lane
Hull Views Conference as Success
London July 24 The world economic conference may endure as the steering committee votes to stay in permanent session while the gathering recesses. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald backs the move with full support from Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Hull envisions the London meeting as the first in a series of conferences with the original steering committee members expected to attend. Cox will remain in London for several weeks after recess as the United States representative.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Cordell Hull
Hull
London Party
James M. Cox
United States
Philadelphia real estate operator dies after kidnap attempt
Frank A. McClatchy of Philadelphia died from chest wounds after resisting an abduction at his office. The attackers fled following the shooting, ending a determined struggle depicted in an Associated Press photograph.
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Frank A. McClatchy
Philadelphia
McClatchy
Associated Press
A G Waddell Dies After Long Illness at 52
A G Waddell of Philippi, 52, prominent coal operator, died 7 p m Saturday at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital after a six week liver ailment. He came from Pittsburgh in 1916 with his brother George forming Waddell Coal and Fuel Company Philippi Waddell George Creek Coal Mt Savage Md and Waddell Brothers Oil Philippi. He was active in local enterprises and held memberships in Fairfax Lodge A F and A M Davis and Tygarts Valley Chapter No 1.
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Phlippi
A. G. Waddell
Philippi
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland
Waddell
Cleveland Hospital
Pittsburgh
George’ Waddell
Waddell’ Coal Company
Waddell Fuel Company
Waddell George Creek Coal Company
Mt. Savage, Md
Waddell Brothers Oil Company
Fairfaxe Lodge
Prisoner Dies After Barber Shop Stabbing at Sing Sing
Ossining New York July 24 Anthony Napeli 28 of New York died in Sing Sing prison hospital from a stab wound inflicted in the barber shop Napeli refused to name his attacker He was serving a 10 year term for robbery The article notes Michigan beer and wine tax revenue nearing one million dollars from the first month of collection.
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Ossining
N. Y
Anthony Napeli
New York
A Sing Sing
Napeli
Film actress Dorothy DeVore seeks divorce from A Wiley Mather
Los Angeles July 24 Dor othy Devore film actress has filed suit for divorce from A Wiley Mather wealthy Honolulu businessman charging he could romance with her no longer and that he maintained an apartment to entertain other women They were married December 18 1925 and separated June 10 The complaint bears Miss DeVores legal name Ann Inez Mather
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Devore
A. Wiley Ma~ther
Honolulu
Miss Devore
Ann Inez Mather
Bandit Suspect Captured After Iowa Gun Battle
Dexter Iowa July 24 bandit suspect Marion Barrow and his wife were captured today in a four hour battle with county officers. Deets critically wounded. He is not expected to live, a physician said.
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Dexter
Marion Barrow
Urschel Abducted From Oklahoma City Home
Charles F Urschel oil operator was kidnapped from his Oklahoma City home during a bridge game. No trace found. Family awaits word and ransom talks proceed. In Philadelphia, real estate man Frank A McClatchy was shot and killed after kidnapping. John J O Connell of Albany, a National Guard lieutenant, remains missing with negotiations ongoing.
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Associated Press
Lst
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
Frank A. McClatchy
McClatchy
John J. O'Connell
Albany
O'Connell
National Guard
Body Found in Blazing Truck Trunk Near Wheat Stack
Gary Indiana police and Indiana authorities investigated a burned transporter carrying a man’s body nearly five miles south of Cook. Deputy coroner Franklin Petrie identified the victim as about 23 years old, killed by a bullet or head impact, amid a furnace of flames and oil saturation.
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Gary
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
Frank Kohlscheen
Cook
Lowell
Franklin Petrie
Firemen's School Opens at Morgantown Today
Morgantown on July 24 nine firemen from West Virginia joined the third annual four day Fire Service Exposition. The program runs on the old University athletic field under the auspices of the university the state firemen and the West Virginia inspection bureau.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Old ‘University
Exto School
University
State Frems
West Virflinia Inspection Bureau
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Amy
Page
Girlis
Stepmother
University of Missouri
Parley
A.G. Waddell
Barkiour
Cleveland, C
Clinic Hospital
Michigan
Iowa
Chas. Urschel
Okla
Frank A. M’clatchy
Philadeli Es
J. J. O’connell
Urschels
Putin
Firemen’s
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