Tunney Slaughters Heeney In Eleventh Rounds Heavyweight Bout
At Yankee Stadium Gene Tunney, defending his title at home, battered Tom Heeney into a technical knockout in the eleventh round. The crowd of about 60,000 watched as Tunney boxed deftly, avoided Heeney’s wild rights, and landed punishing left hooks and rights to the face, delivering one of the harshest beatings in a heavyweight title match.
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Charles W. Duneley
Associated Press
Yankee Stadium
New York
Tom Heeney
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Heeney
Dart for Sweden to be tried again
Rockford Illinois July 26. Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer crew of the airplane Greater Rockford will attempt a flight to Stockholm Sweden as soon as the plane rebuilt after a forced landing wreck in a corn field shortly after takeoff. Both pilots uninjured.
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Rockford
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Stockholm
Sweden
Hassell
Cramer
Captain Courtney Still On Azores Flight Attempt
Horta Azores July 26 AP Captain Frank T Courtney British aviator again failed to take off in his plane for America.
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Horta
Island of Fayal
Azores
Frank T. Courtney
America
Eastern Star Cools Down After Row on Revision of Ritual
Delegates to the triennial convention of the Order of the Eastern Star elected officers and selected procedures today after a heated dispute over ritual revision. Denver and Cole report from the convention in progress on July 26.
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Denver
Cole
Order of the Eastern Star
4IR TOUR COVEY IN THE CITY OF BEER
Milwaukee Wis July 26 AP Leading the field of 22 planes in the National Reliability Tour L P Schoenhair brought his plane to earth here at 3 20 p m today completing a 160 mile jump from Wausau Wis he was followed three minutes later by John P Wood of Wausau leading the field for the best showing a city for their next meeting and then turned their attention to a program of two days of entertainment and sight seeing Dallas Tex was chosen for the next convention to be held in 1931 Mrs Mildred Schambeacher of Port Continued on Page Ten
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Milwaukee
Wis
L. P. Schoenhair
Wausau
John P. Wood
Dallas
Tex
Mildred Schambeacher
Port
Chicago Police Shakeup Under Mayor Thompson
July 26 AP reports a broad administrative shakeup in Mayor Thompson's city government. William Russell, longtime policeman and deputy commissioner, was named commissioner of police replacing Michael Hughes, who resigned yesterday. Rumors of further resignations followed, but were met with silence or denial.
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Chicago
Thompson
William Russell
Michael Hughes
Hughes
Spain to Join Kellogg Pact Signing in Paris
Paris July 24 AP The Kellogg pact outlawing war will be signed by 15 governments in Paris late next month. Spain has intimated she will join, potentially increasing the signatories to 16, to put war outside the pale of governmental policy.
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Paris
Spain
Naval Secretary Wilbur visits Montana on Pacific coast tour
Curtis D. Wilbur secretary of the Navy and his party passed through Butte Montana on a Pacific coast tour. He was greeted early morning as the train arrived at 7 18 and appeared alert enjoying the bracing air.
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Butte
Pacific Coast
Curtis D. Wilbur
Secretary of the Navy
Northwest Heat Wave Sparks Death at Fair Grounds
The Pacific Northwest endures record heat with Seattle at 98 degrees and Eastern Washington hitting 104. Meteorologist M. B. Summers predicts cooler air by tomorrow night. John R. Heeley of Everett collapses and dies from heat prostration at Multnomah County Fair Grounds while watching horse races.
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Seattle
Northwest
M. B. Summers
United States
Mabten
Washington
Portland
Tenderfoot Rescued by Rangers in Yellowstone Canyon
Francis Hacbrack a Milwaukee man aged 35 faced a 500 foot drop while descending a Yellowstone canyon wall with a dislocated knee. After four hours a four man ranger party led by Sam Woodring and Paul Wyle hauled him to the top where he fainted and was treated at the camp hospital.
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Yellowstone Park
Wya
Yellowstone Canyon
Francis Hacbrack
Milwaukee
Wis
Haebrack
Sam Woodring
Paul Wyle
Gerald Marsh
Putney
Italians Return From Italia Wreck at Narvik
Italian survivors from the Italia crash disembarked from the Citta Di Milano base ship at Narvik amid a quiet crowd. General Umberto Nobile showed fatigue while Natale Ceccioni bore a bandaged leg. Swedish relief travelers were greeted with cheers as they boarded toward Stockholm. A Spitzbergen search by the Citta Di Milano will resume for six missing crew. the Braganza ice breaker may head toward Franz Josef Land in the hunt for Amundsen and five others.
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Norway
Italia
Citta di Milano
Stockholm
Umberto Nobile
Natale Ceccioni
King's Bay
Spitzbergen
Braganza
Franz Josef Land
Roald Amundsen
Fftve
U S Missionaries in Asia Blamed by Jap For Difficulty There
Seattle July 25 AP Charges that American missionaries in the Orient alienated China and Japan, meddled in China’s internal politics, and misrepresented Oriental culture to American patrons were voiced by Motosachi Zumoto, editor of Herald of Asia, before a session of the Institute of International Relations. He said missionaries act from zeal and funding aims, calling two misfortunes the Sino American misunderstanding and overseas propaganda for a big navy, noting a naval dignitary’s Cold steel remark.
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Seattle
Orient
China
Japan
Motosachi Zumoto
Institute of International Relations
Zumoto
Herald of Asia
United States
Powder Magazine in Virginia Goes Up
A powder magazine at the St Julien naval ammunition depot near Portsmouth exploded shortly after midnight. Fifty nine marines and civilians were employed at the depot. none were injured. The magazine measured 200 by 90 feet and housed a large amount of smokeless powder. Spontaneous combustion is suspected.
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Norfolk
St Julien’s Naval Ammunition Depot
Portsmouth
Smith questions Owen bolt to Republicans over Prohibition
Gov Smith attacked former Senator Owen of Oklahoma for bolting the Democratic party and aligning with the Republicans. Owen, a three term senator and 1924 presidential hopeful, cited Smith's stance on prohibition and ties to Tammany Hall. Smith prepared a formal statement at his New Jersey press conference and called for copies of his forthcoming remarks.
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Albany
N. J
Owen
Oklahoma
Smith
United States Senate
New York
Tammany
Gov. Smith
Huston
Grain Fire Roars Through Eureka Flat District
Walla Walla Washington July 26 AP disaster rumor states a vast grain fire in the Eureka Flat district about 30 miles northwest of Walla Walla. Thousands of acres may be burned as flames sweep eastward driven by strong winds. Fire began near Attalia along the Northern Pacific tracks around eight o'clock tonight and spread rapidly. The latest reports say the blaze is sweeping toward Eureka with flames spreading in all directions from there.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Eureka Flat
Walla Walla
Northern Pacific
Attalia
Wash
Eureka
Missing Salt Lake financier puzzles city search
Salt Lake City Utah July 26 AP John C. Cutler 82 president of the Deseret National Bank and former Utah governor was the subject of a citywide search after disappearing at 9 30 this morning.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
John C. Cutler
Deseret National Bank of
Flu Epidemic Sweeps Northern Canada Indian Tribes
Regina Sask July 6 Many Indians are dead in an influenza epidemic sweeping northern Canada. Sergeant C T Vatghews reported on arrival from Fort Simpson that the disease began near the MacKenzie river in the Arctic and spread to northern Alberta. Ninety percent of Indians at Simpson were affected with 26 deaths noted, and at Resolution 30 deaths had been reported.
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Regina
Sask
Canada
C. T. Vatghews
Fort Simpson
MacKenzie River
Arctic
Alberta
Simpson
Resolution
Governor Sorlie Suffering Heart Attack Confined
Bismarck North Dakota July 26 API Governor A G Sorlie is confined to his bed today after a heart attack and will be kept there for several weeks.
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Bismarck
N. D
A.G. Sorlie
North Dakota
Monte Cervantes Safe After Bell Sound Collision
Oslo reports the 18,0000 passengers aboard the German motorship Monte Cervantes were relieved of fears after a collision in Bell Sound Spitzbergen. The ship was declared not in danger and expected to resume southward voyage by the weekend, with safety protocols in place.
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Oslo
Norway
Bellsound
Spitzbergen
Arctic Explorer Arrives in Frisco After Flight
Captain Sir George Wilkins, famed Arctic flyer, arrived at Vairfield in Frisco at 1:27 p.m. today following a flight from San Francisco, Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Sir George Wilkins
Vairfield
San Francisco
Hoover Drops Politics to Watch Heavyweight Fight
Herbert Hoover, amid campaign duty, listened to the Tunney Heeney bout from his San Juan Hill home in Stanford California. A new radio set carried the blow by blow description to him and a gathering of family and friends during dinner guests.
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