Aviators, crew rescued from Pacific drift after 10 days
A Honolulu PN-9 flight crew and five sailors were found by submarine R-4 miles east of Oahu after drifting about 200 miles. Lieutenant Osborne led the rescue, with the crew including Captain Rydaare and others identified by last names and hometowns.
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Edward W. Pickarden
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John Rodgers
Ai ickBon
Wiliam I
Aviation
S Ce
Richmond
Ind
Otis G. Stantz
Radio Nun
Terre Haute
Senussi revolt in Tripoli draws Italian reinforcements
The Senussi uprising against Italo-Turk rule in Tripoli intensifies as Mussolini dispatches 20,000 troops and 800 aircraft. Rome acknowledges Italian forces falling back to the coast with heavy losses while Turkey’s President Kemal supports the Senussi to pressure France.
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Itajan
Tripoli
Mussolini
Rome
Kema
Turkey
Mosul dispute strains League as Turks warn of war
Turkish officials in Geneva decry a British mandate over Mosul claiming Arabs are a minority in the district. Tev fik Rushdi Bey stays pacific, but Turks insist Mosul should remain Turkish. England cites Arab population figures while Turkey asserts Qur rights and faces League scrutiny.
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Mosul Vilayet
League of Nations
Tevfik Rushdi Bey
Turkey
Geneva
Mosul
England
Amundsen plans polar flight and European airline merger
Europe reports two aviation developments. Captain Roald Amundsen intends a polar flight from Spitzbergen to Alaska next year using an airship provided by the Italian government. Simultaneously sixteen European airlines consolidate under German leadership, signaling major reorganization in transcontinental air transport.
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Europe
Roald Amundsen
North Polar
Spitzbergen
Alaska
Qeirigible
Arlington lays to rest Shenandoah disaster victims
Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne and three others are being buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Colonel Mitchell presses attacks on army and navy air services, calling for court martial or other discipline. General Hines begins proceedings likely to grant his demand. Major General Heilmann directs an IG investigation and sends Colonel Nugent to Texas to question Colonel Mitchell.
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Hila
Lansdowne
Shenandoah
National Cemetery
Arlington
Mitchell
Army
Navy
Hines
Ei Ielmick
Nugent
Texas
Hearings on western freight rate increases progress in Chicago
Airman Aitchison leads Interstate Commerce Committee hearings on higher western railroad freight rates. Jed W Sargent commits that a rate rise could boost prosperity, while Mark W Potter proposes a 5 percent increase pooled across western roads. Charles Donnelly condemns the plan as unworkable. Charles Evans Wighes may back it in Washington. France loses Tene Viviant a former premier and moderate socialist who helped split church and state and who played roles in Joffre Washington and other key conferences.
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Aitchison
Interstate Commerce Committee
Chicago
Jed W. Sargent
Chicago and Northwestern
Mark W. Potter
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Charles Donnelly
Northern Pacific
Charles Evans Wighes
Potter
Washington
Frrance
Tene Viviant
Ihe
Joffre
United States
M. Piiand
M. Virbing
Commander Rodgers Own Story of Flight
Commander John Rodgers of the Navy seaplane PN 9 No 1 issued his first official statement on the attempt to span the Pacific in a non stop flight from San Francisco to the Hawaiian Islands. In an extemporaneous report dedicated to the American people he chronicled experiences and trials endured by himself and his four man crew since takeoff from San Francisco Bay on August 31.
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John Rodgers
Navy Seapline Pn-9, No. 1
Pacific
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Rodgers
San Francisco Bay
Navy
Nawiliwilt
Kahulus
Aroostook
Connell
Aroosook
Plwailan Islands
Honolulu
Oahu
Kanai
Nawiliwill
COOLIDGE GETS TAX CUT AND BUDGET DATA
Washington news notes the President’s focus on tax cuts and the 1926 1927 budget after a cabinet meeting. Treasury figures prepared for Secretary Mellon guide the national tax plan and potential reductions, including a major surtax reduction and possible changes to income and small business taxation.
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Coolidge
Washington
Treasury Department
Mellon
Congress
Treasury
Coolidge Signals Private U S Ship Sales Preference
President Coolidge indicates preference for rapidly selling United States vessels to private interests with the requirement they fly the American flag, as a solution to the marine problem.
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Coolidge
U. S
Washington
United States
Former Congressman Kelley Dies in Washington
Former Michigan congressman Patrick H. Kelley died in Washington after a long illness. He served five terms in Congress from 1913 to 1923.
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Washington
Patrick H. Kelley
Michigan
Congress
Commander Rodgers Seaplane PN-9 No. 1 Saved at Sea
Commander John Rodgers led the PN-9 No. 1 crew whose aircraft drifted eight days in the Pacific ten miles off Nawiliwili Tawa before being rescued by a submarine. The action highlights endurance and rescue at sea during wartime.
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John Rodgers
Navy
Nawiliwili
Tawa
Pacific
Ex-Convict Arrested as Bank Examiner Bandit
Bloomington Illinois Harry Funk, an ex convict, was arrested in Urbana and identified as the man who, posing as a bank examiner, robbed the Farmers bank at Chenoa of 184000 last January. It is said Funk has nearly 100000 safely deposited. Funk was identified by J Fr Keller, president of the bank, as the Mr Andrews examiner, who with his pal Inspected the bank s books and then robbed it.
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Bloomington
Harry Funk
Urbana
Farmers’ Bank
Chenoa
Funk
J. Fr. Kelle
Coolidges End Vacation Returns Home with Tanned, Healthy Look
Washington reports the president and Mrs Coolidge have finished an eleven week stay at Swampscott. He returned with a light tan and a springy gait, weighing 162 pounds. Mrs Coolidge was brown as a berry, appearing healthy and content.
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Washington
President Coolidge
Swampscott
Sweauipscott
Ford Bid for Ships Likely in Washington
Henry Ford is expected to submit a bid for the purchase of four Pan American Lines ships owned by the Shipping Board. The move follows a conference of officials discussing the potential sale and Ford involvement in the deal.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Pan-American Lines
Henry Ford
Memorial meeting plans Bryan monument at Washington
A conference on erecting a memorial to the late William Jennings Bryan was held by friends of the Commoner. Josephus Daniels attended as a participant and supporter of the effort.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Josephus Daniels
U S corn yield reports show sharp drop in latest month
Government figures indicate corn yield fell 65 bushels from last month to 2 885 000 000 acres and bushels across states. Iowa Ohio Nebraska Minnesota South Dakota see varied changes as autumn estimates rise overall. Wheat oats barley totals and values across regions reach 4 83 000 000 000 with winter wheat at 416 000 000 and total wheat 700 000 000 against last year’s 873 000 000. Washington report notes harvest breadth and fluctuations in the national crop outlook.
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South Dakota
Minnesota
Illnois
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
Chicago
Washington
Navy Chiefs Celebrate PN-9 Seaplane Crew Rescue
Washington officials led by Secretary Wilbur and Admiral Eberle hailed the rescue of the PN-9 No. 1 seaplane crew found alive in the Pacific. San Francisco Captain Stanford Moses, who prepared the San Francisco Pearl Harbor seaplane flight, was too moved to speak.
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Washington
Navys Department
Pacific
Wilbur
Eberle
San Francisco
Stanford Moses
President Coolidge Stricken by Hay Fever Illness
President Coolidge suffers a severe head cold described as hay fever by his doctors. He caught the illness after returning from Salem and has visited his physician twice since. During vacation his usual colds did not appear, likely due to salt air and no dust. If no improvement, he will remain aboard the Mayflower for the weekend.
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Washington
Coolidge
Salem
Racial unrest erupts in Detroit neighborhood
Civil unrest in a Detroit residential area led to multiple injuries after tensions rose when a Black resident moved into a white neighborhood. Leon Briener died, Erle Hor was seriously hurt, and white residents fired on Black demonstrators amid a crowd of several thousand gathered around the house.
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Detroit
Mich
Leon Briener
Erle Hor
More People but Less Money in United States
Treasury department estimate shows U.S. population on September 1 at 114,840,000, up from 112,822,000 a year earlier. Money held by the Treasury and Federal Reserve banks totals $4,784,024,000, rising $10,146,000 in forty months while currency in circulation per person falls to $41.84 from $42.28.
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Washington
Treasury
The
United
Treasus
Federal Reserve Banks
Ita
Cold Weather Prediction From Middleton Expert
Middleton New York expert Hi Dill predicts a harsh winter with heavy snowfall and severe cold, citing long range indicators. His close study of caterpillar activity and rabbit behavior supports a cold season ahead for the region.
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Middleton
N. Y
Hi Dill
Federal Employees elect Luther Steward president
In a convention held in Kansas City Missouri the National Federation of Federal Employees elected Luther Steward of Boston to lead the union over rival Howard D Ebey of Chicago.
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Boston
National Federal of Federal
Convent
Luther
Steward
Kansas City
Howard D Ebey
Chicago
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