Victors Named In Non Stop Transcontinental Air Derby
The non stop transcontinental air derby at the national air race meet in Los Angeles crowned winners and awarded 22,500 to the first four finishers. Gebel set the west to east record from Los Angeles to New York in 18 hours 1 minute, while New Mexico pilot Art held a top eastward pace. The field began at Roosevelt Field with pilots facing rough conditions, and a single accident marred the event as John Morris’s Lockheed skidded after a broken tail shroud.
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Dole Air
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Hawaii
Mines Field
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Liennis Oakley G. Kelley
John Macready
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Newak
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New York
George Haldeman
Holder
Aluerque
N. M
John P. Morris
William Thaw
Bake Sales and Weather Notes Set for Saturday
Weather darkens tonight with showers on Saturday and warmer temps in the northwest. St Pauls church hosts a bake sale at Valley Drug Co store starting 11 o clock Saturday. Empire Meat Market hosts a bake sale on September 15 at 10 am with missionary group sale items.
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Valley Drug Co
Empire
Satay
Perkins and Jones Lead at Braeburn Semifinals
At Braeburn Country Club Newton Mass September 24 Bobby Jones, defending national amateur champion, led 16 up after the first eighteen holes in a semi final against Harvard sophomore Vinlay. British titleholder Phil Perkins was one up on George Voigt of New York after a bold move at Malay mark. Jones, in his second round in as many days, surged to five up at the turn aided by his famed putting while Vinlay struggled with the rough and greens feeding the thunderous arc of Jones.
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Braeburn Country Club
Newton Mass
Bobby Jones
Phillips Inlay
Harvard
Phil Perkins
George Voigt
New York
Vinlay
Wood alcohol feared in Elk River water supply
Charleston dispatch reports state health officials probing Sutton's claim that wood alcohol from a chemical plant fire seeped into the Elk River. Dr. W T Henshaw noted residents are taking precautions. water would be unpalatable and unsafe if present, and chlorine could intensify the taste. He said no formal action could be taken by the department at this stage.
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Charleston
State Health Department
Sutton
Elk River
W.T. Henshaw
Daring Robber Shot Down After Killing Cleveland Policeman
Paul Jaworski, 27, admitted involvement in a $14,000 Delr News payroll robbery and confessed to gun battles in Cleveland. A patrolman was killed and another was wounded as Jaworski fought police before being captured. Officials sought Vasbinder and prepared murder indictments as Jaworski clung to life in hospital.
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Paul Jaworski
Delr
Hil Ziegler
Jaworski
Newspapermien Unt
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Frank Story
Wittschurgh
Ove
Jawor
Sam Jaworski
Pittsburgh
Wusbinder
Vasbinder
Cuyahoga County
Anthony Wieczorek
Alle
Hoover Plans Dozen Stops in New Jersey Tour
Herbert Hoover extends his New Jersey visit routing through Princeton Trenton and Newark area towns. He will travel by private train from Elizabeth to Trenton, then to Jersey City Hoboken and other Hudson Bergen cities, staying with Thomas Edison in East Orange before departing for Washington Tuesday night.
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James L. West
Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
New Jersey
Princeton
Trenton
Newark
Elizabeth
Brunswick
Hoover
Robert Treat
Republican Standard
East Orange
Thomas A. Edison
Jersey City
Hoboken
Weehawken
Hudson
Bergen
Oranges
Curtis
Kansas
Mi 1
Two Million Loss From San Juan Hurricane Damage
A tropical hurricane wrecked San Juan causing up to 2,000,000 dollars in damage. One vessel ran aground, homes roofless, and streets blocked as winds near 150 mph with gusts over 132 mph felled palm trees and damaged the palace hotel and governor's palace. Communication failed island wide and recovery would take days. Nearby Haiti warned of a strike as the storm moved northwest toward the Bahama Islands and Cuban lanes with ships including the Pacific liner Oreoma bearing Sir Austen Chamberlain toward Havana.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Weather Bureau
Helen
Palace
Union Club
Governor's Palace
San Juan Aistrict
Haiti
New York
Cape Halden
Bahaman I Islands
Austen Chamberlain
Havana
Panama
Flying Cadets Crash Near San Antonio in Midair Collision
Cadet Gaynor Tostegin died when his pursuit plane collided with Cadet Sheldon C. Yoder’s aircraft at 8000 feet twenty miles west of San Antonio. Yoder parachuted to safety. Tostegin, from Racine Wisconsin, died instantly. Yoder, from Almont Michigan, survived.
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San Antonio
Texas
Gaynor Tostegin
Sheldon C. Yoder
Advanced Flying School
Kelly Field
Tosteela
de Haviland
Yoder
Tostegin
Racine
Wis
W. J. Tostegin
Almont
Mich
Storms Leave Nebraska Towns in Ruins. Eleven Dead
Eleven people are dead as two northeastern storms hit Nebraska and South Dakota causing widespread destruction. Davis, Nebraska, a 250 resident town, suffered heavy wreckage and 100 plus injuries. Schools collapsed, rail depot wrecked, and livestock losses reported. A baby was found dead in a hay stack near Winnebago. Continued reports from Yankton and other areas describe extensive damage and disrupted communications.
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Chirag
Nebraska
South Dakota
Davis
Bancroft
Iowa
Sioux City
Mineapolis
Omaha
Dakota City
Neb
Walthill
Edward Kunzee
Winnebago
Yankton
Smith Ready For His Trip To Rochester Convention
Governor Smith, days from departure for the west, tells state leaders to shield political fences at home. He aims to keep the Democratic party in power in New York State as he heads toward the Rochester conventions. Spokesmen say the leaders left without a declared gubernatorial preference, planning further organization in Utica.
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Rochester
New York
Executive Mansion
Utica
Smith
Waiter Confesses He Killed Three Over Job Loss
New York Sept 14 a waiter named Joseph Lattuca age 52 confessed to ambush killings of three men, saying one was blamed for his firing. He identified Frank Centori 32 of the Bronx as an accomplice. John Polzella and his nephews Joseph and Michael Polzella were shot early Tuesday. Lattuca cited a grievance over dismissal for business woes at a restaurant. Mrs Tharp of Princeton Indiana is visiting on West Boyd Street.
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Josiph
Litiuen
Frank Centori
Bronx
John Polzella
Joseph
Michael Polzella
Lattuca
Ryan
Lattucs
John
Michael Polzellet
Pallon
Be a Real Sport Buy Football Season Tickets On Sale
Promotion offers four dollars worth of games for 2.50 with tickets at Grafton Drug and Chemical Co West Side Fruit Store Union Drug Company Red Cross Pharmacy Chrislip's Drug Store Hudson's Billiard Hall and other listed outlets.
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Grafton Drug and Chemical Co
West Side Fruit Store
Union Drug Company
Red Cross Pharmacy
Chrislip’s Drug Store
Hudson's Billiard Hall
Missing Baptist official trails deepen mystery in Atlanta
Fresh but puzzling clues emerge in the Clinton Carnes disappearance case. A prominent Atlanta physician is sought by a grand jury after Miss Lord Griffin, a film protege, named him in Los Angeles. Solicitor General John A. Boykin issued the subpoena to question the unidentified physician as part of the nationwide investigation into a $1,000,000 church account shortage.
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Atlanta
Clinton
Carnes
Southern Baptist Home Mission Board
Los Angeles
Lord Griffin
Qarnes
John A. Boykins
Los Angeles Dispatches
Ten year old girl student in high school at Grafton
Grafton High School reports two unusual students this year and one more who is fighting to gain an education. Principal B M Tomlinson notes among 500 students Virginia Miller, 10, from Knottsville, taking regular freshman work and apparently doing well. Miller is a Taylor County pupil, daughter of George L Miller of Armour and Company. Another freshman, Eugene Turley Sommer, is also highlighted.
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Grafton High School
B. M. Tomlinson
Virginia
Miller
Knottsville
Taylor County
George L. Miller
Armour and Company Were
Eugene Turley Sommer
Police hunt missing boy in Chicago kidnapping case
Chicago police pursue a kidnap case involving a ten year old boy believed to be Billy Ranters. The unconscious child was found at a busy west side intersection and taken to a juvenile home for examination amid a week long search.
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Chicago
Billy Ranters
Murderer of Doctor Dapper Held by Officers
Pittsburgh report details John F. Meckley 24 confessing to the murder of Dr. Have ry Dapper after a drug and liquor theft dispute. Ralph Maratta 24, a boxer, and others allegedly joined to steal eight cases of whisky and drugs, with Dapper refusing payment. The elder Dapper, Henry, and the doctor were driven away, leading to a fatal shooting on a quiet road. Meckley claimed the car was driven to a western jelly where it was sold for 250 dollars, with proceeds shared. The case followed weeks of mystery as detectives sought motives and the car.
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Havery Dapper
Carrick
John F. Meckley
Elty
Meckley
Dapper
Mqnor
Arte
Dr.Dapper
Eckley
Here
Ralph Maratta
Boxer
Maratta
Enid
Dr. Dapper
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