Officers of Air Service Take Stand
Six army air pilots, each a major, testified before the president's board in Washington on September 28 claiming an independent air corps in the army offers the best path to promote the nation's air defense and ease unrest among air personnel. They said the War Department condones advisory matters but denies muzzling officers from expressing views, supporting independence as the remedy.
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Washington
Army Air
Air Service
Air Corps
Army
War Department of Avalon
Department
Floods Submerge Vast China Area
Fifteen thousand square miles housing two million people flood after a break in the Yellow River dyke on the Shantung Chili border. The flood is feared to be the greatest since 1887 with further dyke breaks allowing water to threaten the Yangtse and Grand canal.
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Peking
Chili
Yangtse
Shenandoah Valve System Under Naval Court Inquiry
The naval court of inquiry opens its second week into the Shenandoah wreck with testimony about its valve system. Commander Lanwdowne allegedly overstepped orders to permit a mid western flight, drawing critique from Captain Heinen, former Zeppelin pilot, who will testify soon as the court weighs the destruction of the airship.
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Lakes
Zachary Lanwdowne
Naval Court of Inquiry
Anton Heinen
Gerttan Zeppelin
Heinen
Hilary P. Jones
Divers Brace Sub S S-51 Rescue Off New London
At United States Submarine Base New London connecticut heavy winds and high seas hindered efforts to lift the sunken S-51. Two divers went down to probe the interior and locate shut valves and hatchways. They aimed to force air into compartments and remove water to assess the submersible's condition and weight as surface crews prepared further attempts.
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United States Submarine Base
New London
Conn
Atlantic
Lock Island
Savannah Line
City
Rome
C. A. Flanagan
Cardinal Gasparri Likely Chicago Visit For Eucharistic Congress
The papal secretary of state Cardinal Gasparri is expected to visit Chicago soon as the pope's personal legate to the upcoming Eucharistic congress. The trip would be among his final official duties as he nears 78 and remains in fading health.
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Cardinal Gasparri
Chicago
Gasparri
British Aristocracy Plot to Run Rum on De Casares Ship
London dispatch reports that British aristocrats and financiers behind Vingland and western empires funded a plan to smuggle whiskey to the United States via Mme Gloria De Casares on the General Serratt. The vessel, never ported to Halifax with cargo, faced disputes, ship stores were broken into, and De Casares plans to sail to New York as legal battles over the ship continue.
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U.S
de Cesares
London
Vingland
America
Mme
Gloria de Casares
General Serrett
Sime, Casares
Serratt
Halifax
Social Register
Bond
Mme Casares
de Casares
New York
Jardine Approves Trade Board Plan For Chicago
Secretary Jardine endorsed proposed rules to curb price swings at the Chicago Board of Trade and set up a business conduct committee to curb speculation. He warned that without prompt action the board could be abolished, with membership vote on October 9. A central information framework would enable enforcement and monitoring of the plan.
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Washington
Chicago Board of Trade
Jardine
Chicago
Briaf
Gram Fixtures Administration
Board of Trade
Privilane
Cook Slew Spouse Arrest Report from Vinton
Prohibition worker Cook, husband of Mars Cook, was arrested in Vinton on charges of perjury after testimony to federal agents about his wife’s murder. He posted $10,000 bond furnished by his attorneys. Grand jury subpoenas linked him to the case as investigators sought details about Mrs. Cole’s death on September 6 near the Cook home.
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Vinton
Ford
Cook
Mars
Vytteie Cook
Prohibition
Iis
Sherif Whitfield
Monte
Sinus
Mas
Coole
Trek
Jenny
Das
Aeents
Das Mis Batlle
Theo
Grand Aure Litre
Tuid
Coles
Taght
Hart and Cowaly Charged in Umatilla Reservation Killing
Bill Hart and Cowaly were taken for killing on the Vinella Indian reservation. Fall Tart, 34, a rawboy, was arrested as the case moved to federal grand jury. Matthews Shineehips, 38, an Indian from the Umatilla Reservation, was allegedly killed in a death related incident near Pendleton Ore. Deputy Marshal Mforelard detained Tart in the hills twenty miles from Pendleton.
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Portland
Ore
Vinella
Fall
Pendietnn
United States
Mforelard
Matthews Shineehips
Umatilla
Great plan to fund forest fire prevention program
Washington reports a proposed $7,000,000 appropriation to back cooperative fire prevention work by federal, state, and private forces. The recommendation came to the president from George Pratt of New York, president of the American Porcdity association. The emphasis is on preventing fires through coordinated efforts for the coming fiscal year.
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Washington
Chae Aden
Googe Pratt
New York
American Porcdity Assasciation
Mayor Hylan Says He Will Not Enter Mayoral Race
New York report cites Mayor Hylan informing close allies that he positively will not join the mayoralty contest as an independent candidate. Officials foresee no formal announcement for several days.
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Hylan
New York
New Pore Sun
Curtis Would Curtain Some Loards In Senate Plan
Washington September 28 CAP Transfer of the Shipping Board to the jurisdiction of the Commerce Department and the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of Justice was allocated today by Senator Curtis Kanewe Republican Senate leader. Abolishment of the two independent agencies is believed not necessary. He thinks 30 or 40 similar agencies could be disposed of in a similar manner.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Commerce, Department
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Curt. Os Kanewe
Senate
Assassin Tries to Kill Witness Against Noted Bandit
In Meriden Connecticut a gunman shot at Louis Kubeck, a key state witness against bandit Gerald Chanman, during a discussion outside Kubeck’s barn. The assailant fled. bullet wounded Kubeck’s companion Jack Quinn, who ran a New England inn.
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Meriden
Conn
Louis Kubeck
Dierald Chanman
Hartford
Kubeck
Jack Quinn
French Debt Parley Still Futile in Washington Talks
Negotiators in Washington faced pessimism as talks on French debt remained unproductive. After a string of meetings two more settlement plans emerged, signaling tentative progress amid widespread doubt about reaching a liberal settlement.
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Washington
Millionaire dies of heart attack while attempted suicide
Santa Barbara Tenn Sept 28 AP Orrin Neal, landowner of Wantrerte, died of heart failure yesterday morning while hanging himself in a garage. Jury verdict says heart failure, not strangulation, caused death. Also in Tennessee, the supreme court continued indefinitely the appeal of John T Scopes, convicted under the state anti monition law.
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Santa Tarhara
Cahl
APQ
Orrin & Neal
Anotherare
Wantrerte
Neal
J. Cummings
There’s More Than One Way There’s More Than One Way Tut
Local classifieds tout fast results as Independent Classified Ads promise quick buyers. A resident advertised selling his home and a buyer appeared the next day with a down payment in his pocket. Buyers are waiting for an ad taker now at 491 or 492.
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Hia Porket
Cooler Weather Across Rockies Turns Snowy in West
Trenver Colorado reports cooler weather across the Rocky Mountain region with snow in western Montana and southern Alberta. The Weather Bureau notes showers in the last 24 hours along the North Pacific slope and from northern Nevada eastward to northern Minnesota.
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Trenver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Alberta
Canada
The
Weather Bureau
Norsh Pacific Slope
Nevada
Minnesota
Break at Nebraska Penitentiary Kills Two Inmate Escape
In Lincoln Nebraska September 28 AP reports Fred Brown of Omaha nicknamed chainman kidnaper and prison guard Charles E Morse are dead after a two man break at the state penitentiary. The plot involved blasting and is continued on page two.
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Lincoln, Neb
Fred Brown
Omaha
Charles E. Morse
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Honor System In Texas Reintroduced At Pat Neff Farm
The Texas Prison Commission abandoned the honor system at Pat Neff Honor Farm near Houston and reinstated strict discipline after many escapes. Sixty inmates with clean records were moved from Huntsville and other farms to the farm, but行 Sundays saw absences as some prisoners failed to return from permitted walks.
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Houston
Texas
State Prison Commission
Pat Neff
Pat M. Neff
Miriam A. Ferguson
Florida
Huntsville
Freedom
Movie Folk Suffer Ptomaine Poisoning at Ranch
Forty two members of a motion picture company led by Richard Dix and Esther Raulston were stricken by ptomaine poisoning at Bassett Blakely ranch forty miles from Houston. Twenty two were hospitalized in Houston with non fatal outlooks while the rest were treated at the ranch. Medical staff expect a several day hospital stay for all.
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Houston
Richard Dix
Esther Raulston
Arere
Bassett Blakely Ranch
Rench
Government's Teapot Dome appeal filed in Saint Louis
The government’s appeal in the Teapot Dome oil lease annulment suit was filed in Saint Louis on the Eighth Circuit. Special counsel Atlee Pomerene and J. Roberts prepared the brief for the United States against Mame Smoth Oil Co. The government claims 64 errors by Federal Judge Kennedy including denial of witnesses and rulings on Sinclair contracts. The filing may miss December term. a May term in St Paul is possible.
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St. Laws
Goveernment
Teapot Dome
Eighth Circuit Court For Appeals
Atlee Pomerene
J. Roberts
C. M. Watts
United States District
Cheene
St. Paul
Smoth Oil Company
T. Blake Kennedy
Cheyenne
Canada
Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
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Senator Curtis
Rubbeck
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Walter Shean
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