R-100 Repairs Seen At Canadian Airfield
British dirigible R-100 work continues at St Hubert Quebec with options to stay for repairs or move to Lakehurst New Jersey. A torn fabric patch 15 by six feet was removed from the port fin as 16 riggers braved perilous conditions.
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ST. Hubert Airport
Que
Cardington
Brig
St. Hubert
United States Naval
Lakehurst
N. J
Montreal
Canada
England
Death Account Against Jack Zuta Paid in Full
Chicago August 2 The death squad has finished paying off Jack Zuta in Delafield Wisconsin where a summer crowd danced. Zuta fed nickels into a piano as a leader shot him and a volley of bullets followed. The killing linked to the Moran Aiello gang and the Lingle murder case. Zuta used the alias J H Goodman in Aurora Illinois.
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Jack Zuta
Chicago
Death Squad
Delafield
Wis
Zuta
Lake View
Moran-Aiello
J. H. Goodman
Aurora
Ill
Wisconsin
Jake Lingle
Tribune
al Capone
Mears and Brown Fly City of New York for World Record
John Henry Mears and Henry J. Brown launched from Roosevelt Field at 3 50 am bound for Harbor Grace Newfoundland as part of a bid to reclaim the world circumnavigation record in their plane The City of New York Their route includes Dublin Berlin Moscow and Seattle with an ambitious goal of under 20 days possibly 15. Brown’s family and Miss Mears’s daughter Elizabeth witnessed the departure.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
New York City
Dublin
Berlin
Moscow
Seattle
John Henry Mears
Henry J. Brown
New York
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Mears
Brown
Death Gully
Fonck
Atlantic
Baldonnel
Mary
Chicago
Mr. Mears
Elizabeth
Miss Mears
Berea
Ohio
Henry James, Jr
Harriet Virginia
Harriet
Tail Wind II
Mary Pickford
Tail Wind I
Mr. Nears
C. B. D. Collyer
Kentucky Primary Results Delayed Until Monday
Voters in eastern Kentucky cast ballots for congressional nominees in six districts but final results will not be known until Monday due to a new election machine requiring at least a one day delay before counting. Ballot boxes will be padlocked and escorted to the county clerk’s office under guard until counting starts Monday morning.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Two Dead in Georgia Moonshining Battle
In Macon Georgia a prohibition informer and a negro were killed and A L Patterson 56, a planter, jailed after two gun battles during a liquor raid in a swamp near Macon Warr a liquor trial witness and Sam Knight were slain by officers on the raid Patterson denied involvement and was held on a murder charge Officers found 40 gallons of liquor in the swamp during the exchange Warr had been previously involved in a Jacksonville cafe shooting deemed justifiable homicide Knight was killed on a road during the second raid and the wagon driver escaped The raid began with a party including Henderson Warr and the spotter News of the raid notes Warr was shot after a prior Jacksonville incident and exonerated by a jury
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Macon
A. L. Patterson
Here
Sam Knight
Warr
Patterson
Prohibition
Knight
Hennderson
Henderson
J. B. Saunders
Jacksonville
Fla
Roosevelt Steamship gains control of International Mercantile Marine
New York August 2 reports say the Roosevelt Steamship company led by Kermit Roosevelt has acquired control of the International Mercantile Marine company. The merger creates the largest single unit of shipping under the American flag with fleets including some vessels now under foreign registry.
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New York
Roosevelt Steamship Company
Kermit Roosevelt
International Mercantile Marine Company
Firefighters Die in Truck Crash Near Holstein
Four Holstein, Iowa, firemen were killed when their truck overturned en route to a farm fire last night. The crew was responding to a blaze on a local dairy farm when the accident occurred. Authorities investigated the crash and mourn the loss of the firefighters.
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Hehilled Holstein
Holstein Fire Department
Here
Josie the Dog Testifies in Court Over Barking Disturbance
In Evanston Illinois Josie a spotted terrier at J A Woodburns house appears in Magistrate Porters court to answer disturbance charges neighbors claim the dog woke them with howls. Woodburn says she will not bark even when asked and the judge asks for neighbors who can testify.
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Evanston
Ill
Josie
J. A. Woodburn
Porter
Mr. Woodburn
Woodburn
Mooney Case With Cal Pardons Board
Governor Young and his advisory board met in Sacramento to weigh a pardon plea for Thomas Mooney, convicted in the Preparedness Day bombing. John Macdonald recanted testimony identifying Mooney and Warren K. Billings as bombers, while cross examination of Miss Sstelle Smith continued on new affidavits and offers to testify.
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San Francisco
Young
Thomas Mooney
Sacramento
John Macdonald
Macdonald
Supreme Court
Warren K. Billings
Mooney
Billings
Sstelle Smith
Edwin V. McKenzie
Miss Smith
Embargo on Russian Pulpwood Reversed by Treasury
Washington Aug. 2 The Treasury reversal allows 4 500 000 worth of Russian pulpwood into the United States. Assistant Secretary Lowman said the previously cited evidence of convict labor was conflicting and inconclusive. Six shiploads were in American ports ready to unload, with more en route or contracted and under charter.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Lowman
Archangel
Martial Law Declared In Amoy Area Amid Advancing Forces
Amoy reports martial law as communists threaten vengeance on officials after opposition to red activities. In Hankow and Wuchang, millions face advancing armies and looting, with Nanking under military rule. Foreign evacuations underway as Kiukiang and Kuling evacuations accelerate.
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Amoy
Red
Shanghat
Yangtse River
Hankow
Wuchang
China
Kuling
Triple Slaying Enacted at Kinston This Morning
In Kinston, Charles K Bailey 58 shot dead his wife Irene 40 and his foster son Henry Clay 8 then killed himself in an apartment near City Hall. The coroner cited a pistol, motive tied to financial distress after a clerkship loss and shortages. Police scenes show Bailey shot his wife at breakfast then his son and finally himself. Letters indicated weeks of planning and funeral instructions. Mayor J C Gail noted Bailey owed the city funds over shortages. The couple had cared for the infant left on their steps.
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Kinston
Charles K. Bailey
Irene
Henry Clay
Kinston City Hall
Bailey
Tobacco Co-Ops Urged By Poe
Dr Clarence Poe editor of the Progressive Farmer urges North Carolina tobacco growers to form a cooperative marketing association to improve government grading attract buyers and enable borrowing from the federal farm board. Dean Schaub cautions timing and limits of such an organization noting it cannot restore wartime prices.
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Raleigh
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
Southern Farm Journal
North Carolina
Georgia
Doctor Poe
Dean I. O. Schaub
North Carolina State College
Federal Farm Board
Dean Schaub
Cave-In Kills 16 Moroccans in Spanish Morocco
A cave-in at Benibuidar in the Ten saman region of Spanish Morocco collapsed today, killing sixteen natives including fifteen women. Rescue teams worked at the site as authorities began inquiries into the disaster.
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Mililia
Spanish Morocco
Benibuidar
Tensaman
Communist Meeting In Charlotte Dismantled By Noisy Motorcycles
Police in Charlotte disrupted a communist gathering on the courthouse square using motorcycles with cutouts to create a loud din. Two speakers and a small crowd dispersed. burnings of white placards exposing communism followed the hurried retreat.
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Charlotte
N. C
Court House Square
Daredevil's Latest Thriller Ends in Fatal Fall
Atlantic City witnesses a fatal stunt as Harry Powers a 47 year old parachute daredevil dies after his chute fails to open from a 1,500 foot drop from a cannon carried by airplane. He dies about 30 minutes later.
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Atlantic
City
N. J
Ans
Harry Powers
America's Brighest Boy Returns To Bank To Work
Arthur G. Williams the 17 year old East Providence youth dubbed Americas brightest boy returns to his messenger job at Rhode Island Hospital Trust company in Providence after a day in New York as he kept his quiet dignity. He arrived back for an 8 30 shift four hours after arriving home and said he needed rest but had worked four days straight. John C. Peel says the bank is proud of him and he planned to take a few days off for Edison contest exams but returned on time.
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Providence
R. I
Thomas A. Edison
Arthur G. Williams
New York
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
East Providence
Bank
Department
America
Williams
John C. Peel
Arthur
Mr. Peel
West Orange
New Congressman for State Likely to Be Elected At Large
The Charlotte Observer reports North Carolina will likely elect its 11th congressman at large rather than add a district. The seat results from state population gains in the latest census and apportionment, with decision expected by the next legislature meeting in Raleigh early January.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Raleigh
German Fliers Turn Toward Greenland Next
Reykjavik reports two young German airmen, Wolfham Hirth and Oscar Weller, who departed Berlin for the United States, reached Iceland after a ten hour twenty minute leg from the Orkneys. With about one third of the over water route completed, they plan Greenland as their next target before continuing to Canada.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Berlin
United States
Greenland
Wolfham Hirth
Oscar Weller
Orkney Islands
Canada
Police Clash With Bombay Rioters at Fort Area
In Bombay on August 2 police and protesters clashed as volunteers and nationalists tried to reach a forbidden fort area. Police injured an estimated 50. nationalists claim 300 injuries. Vallabhai Patel and Pandit Malyav, along with four other leaders, were arrested for unlawful assembly. Tilak led the nationalist movement before Gandhi and coined Home rule is my birthright.
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Bombay
Forbidden Fort
Vallabhai Patel
all-India National Congress
Pandit Malyiva
Congress
Galgangadhar Tilak
Gandhi
Arrest of Vallaghai Patel Aids Civil Disobedience Pattern
Ahmedabad dispatch reports Vallaghai Patel was arrested in Bombay as Gandhi era protests spread. Indian Congress leaders estimate about 10,000 volunteers have been jailed across British India for salt law violations and anti tax agitation.
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Ahmadabad
India
Vallaghai Patel
Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
All-India Congress Committee
British India
Photographers Allowed to Take Shots at Hoover Camp
In the Virginia mountains at Hoover Lodge President Hoover enjoyed a holiday atmosphere with Mrs. Hoover and a few intimate friends. For the first time this year photographers were allowed to interrupt the camp routine and take pictures of the improved camp since last year, ending the ban on photography.
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Orange
Virginia
Hoover
Virginia Mountains
Presbyterians Open Mission Conference At Montreal
The Southern Presbyterian general mission conference opens in Montreal tomorrow and runs through August 13. Rev. Robert Gribble of Austin will lecture daily to missionaries. Other speakers include Rev. William Ray Dobyns of Birmingham and Rev. William J. Hutchins, president of Berea College.
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Montreat
N. C
General Mission Conference
Southern Presbyterian Church
Robert Gribble
Austin
Tex
William Ray Dobyns
Birmingham
Ala
William J. Hutchins
Berea College
Berea
City imposes water use ban amid 33 day drought
Frederick Maryland faces record low water supply after 33 days of drought. The city council approved an emergency ordinance restricting non household use as rainfall remains scarce and inches short of normal.
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Frederick, Md
Clynes Expected to Attend Royal Birth Heir Duty
In Glamís Scotland Aug 2 The mill boy turned home secretary J R Clynes will travel to attend the birth of the Duchess of York's baby as required by tradition. He will witness the birth behind a screen and report to the government as the heir birth is registered.
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Glamis
Scotland
Home Affairs
J. R. Clynes
Duchess of York
Clynes
Prince of
Wales
Lord Asquith
Asquith
Queen Mary
Princess of Wales
Queen Alexandria
Home Secretary
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