Graf Zeppelin clears refueling for world flight leg
At Lakehurst New Jersey the Graf Zeppelin prepares to depart for Friedrichshafen Germany with 18 passengers and freight for the world tour. Mails close as Eckener plans the first leg via Tokyo Los Angeles Lakehurst and back totaling 22 000 miles.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Graf Zeppelin
World
Hamburg-American Line
New York
Zeppelin
Joachim Rickard
Brockton
Mass
Bridgeport
Conn
Drummond Hay
Lisser Kiep
Berlin
Walter H. Spiess
Post Office Department
Cleveland
Escaped Narcotic Addicts Trigger Hospital Riots Near Spadra
Deputy sheriffs and peace officers hunted 11 of 16 escapees from a state hospital at Spadra after inmates overwhelmed guards, climbed a ten foot fence and fled during a Sunday night outbreak tied to narcotic cravings. Three captives remained in jail or custody, one found near the hospital, as authorities blamed internal unrest and addiction urges.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Spadra
J. G. Knox
Light vote seen in Virginia Democratic primary
Early returns from across Virginia showed a light turnout in the Democratic primary with several large cities reporting normal voting strength driven by local office candidates as the incentive.
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Virginia
Richmond
Prospect Of Bloody Tong War Spreads To New York And Boston
In New York and Boston, reports say the Tong war risk worsens with fresh killings. Police fear a bloodier New England conflict amid violence after warnings from officials and tensions over illicit trades.
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New York
Boston
U.S
Charles H. Tuttle
Samuel Song Young
Harlem
New England
Chicago
Newark
N. J
Mauretania Seeks To Recapture Ocean Speed Honors
The Cunard liner Mauretania, still boasting her original Scottish boilers, leaves Cherbourg for New York at 27.48 knots. From noon Sunday to noon today she covered 687 miles at 27.48 knots, aiming to reclaim the speed record last held by Bremen. Captain S G McNeil reports plans to reach quarantine about 10 am tomorrow.
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New York
Mauretania
Cherbourg
Bremen
S. G. 5. McNeil
Cunard
McNeil
Dawes and MacDonald Hold Anglo American Talks
London August 6 Ambassador Charles Gates Dawes and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald met at No 10 Downing Street in further Anglo American naval disarmament talks.
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London
Charles Gates Dawes
MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
Escaped Convicts Held After Injured Auto Crash
Five men injured in an automobile crash near Huntingdon Tennessee were held awaiting word from an Alabama prison farm from which they reportedly escaped last week after overpowering a guard and seizing his pistol. One man William Cooper 39 was critically wounded and guarded in a hotel. four others were jailed in Carroll County.
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Huntingdon, Tenn
Alabama
William Cooper
Huntingdon
Carroll County
Chicago Home Bomb At Union Leader’s House
A bomb exploded in front of John Sheridan’s home in Chicago, the secretary and treasurer of the Chicago Teamsters Chauffeurs and Helpers union. Damage was slight and no injuries were reported. Police cited internal union strife as a likely cause.
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Chicago
John Sheridan
Chicago Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Helpers
Leviathans Boy Scout Stowaway Returns Home From Jamboree Trip
Oscar Hobbs, New York boy scout, sailed aboard the Leviathan to Arrowe Park England for the international jamboree but left without attending. He stowed away in a lifeboat, was found dancing with first class passengers, and repeatedly escaped custody before finally returning home aboard the liner.
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Leviathan
London
Oscar Hobbs
New York
Arrowe Park
England
Southampton
Oscar
Master At Arms
State rests case against Dr. Snook in murder trial
In Columbus Ohio the state completed its case against Dr James H Snook former Ohio State University professor for the murder of Theora Hix a 24 year old medical student. Detective Howard Lavely described the questioning leading to Snook s confession and details of their three year affair and the rifle range killing. The state said two emotional stimulants were found in Hix s stomach and that Snook killed her after she refused further intimacy.
Mitten Plans Arbitration Visit For Street Car Strike
Thomas E. Mitten manager of Philadelphia Rapid Transit and author of the Mitten Plan offered to go to New Orleans to settle the street car workers strike. Secretary Davis would act as arbitrator if the company accepts the plan a joint employee employer committee would have final say. The plan has been used in Buffalo and Philadelphia.
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Washington
Thomas E. Mitten
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
New Orleans
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Miners Clash in Lupeny Coal District Kills 98
Romania reports 98 killed and hundreds wounded after a clash today in Lupeny coal district between striking miners and military forces. Authorities say the violence involved miners and troops during an industrial dispute in Bucharest region.
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Bucharest
Romania
Lupeny
Diploma and License Mill Exposed in Chicago
Chicago investigators disclosed a case of a diploma and license mill that printed counterfeit certificates and state seals. A man named Jacob Crane admitted producing photostatic copies for fake licenses sold for about $2,000 each, with several Chicago engraving firms involved and more than 1,000 fakes believed circulated.
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Chicago
Jacob Crane
Springfield
Ill
Albert Carr Barron
Crane
Patrick Roche
Rush Medical College
Northwestern University Medical School
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Cook County
Illinois
Roche
Harry Goldstein
Senator Browski
Terre Haute
Ind
Barron
Mrs Britten in Less Favorable Condition After Leviathan Operation
Mrs. Fred A. Britten wife of the naval affairs committee chairman was in a private nursing home after an operation on the liner Leviathan off mid Atlantic last week. Initial reports showed slight improvement yesterday but conditions were not as favorable today as yesterday.
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Southampton
Fred A. Britten
House of Representatives Naval Affairs Committee
mid-Atlantic
Marietta
Hugo Don
W. G. Bailey
Hugo
Don
Laverne
Bailey
Editor Honored by Italian Crown Knight Commander Honor
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas V. Shannon, pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle and editor of the New World, was named a knight commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy. Formal presentation will be made Thursday noon at the parish house.
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Chicago
Thomas V., Shannon
St. Thomas the Apostle
The
New World
Italy
Chicago Broker Sought On Embezzlement Charge
Chicago stock and bond broker J. B Greenfield is sought in Detroit on a warrant accusing embezzlement. The arrest warrant followed seizures of J. B. Greenfield and Company offices after authorities investigated customer losses totaling more than 599,900 dollars. The complaint was sworn by Anna Horner, niece of Judge Henry Horner, who identified herself as a victim.
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Chicago
J. B Greenfield
Detroit
J. B. Greenfield and Company
Arthur Carlsten
Anna Horner
Henry Horner
Carey Says Schmeling Sharkey Bout Is Off
William F. Carey head of Madison Square Garden announces no heavyweight bout between Max Schmeling and Jack Sharkey. The Sept. 19 Detroit date is cancelled as per New York State Athletic Commission dictates.
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New York
New York State Athletic Commission
William F. Carey
Madison Square Garden
Max Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
Detroit
Southern labor practice attacked at Virginia round table
Bruce Crawford denounced southern labor practices as archaic and unjust at a University of Virginia session on the south’s economic progress. He defended organized labor’s right to bargain, likening open shops to tariffs, and argued government protection favors capital over workers.
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Bureau of Applied Economics
South
Crawford
Engineered tragedy on yacht Vivian ends in fatal blast
E C Pitt of Suffolk, Va., engineer of the 60 foot yacht Vivian, died in a Washington hospital after an explosion and fire destroyed the vessel at Belhaven while en route to Ocracoke on a fishing trip. Injuries also reported for B W Godwin and others. investigator cites match igniting bilge gases as cause.
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Washington, N. C
E. C. Pitt
Vivian
Suffolk
Belhaven
B. W. Godwin
Chuckatuck
W. F. Fairlamb
Norfolk
A. D. Addison
M. T. Elliott
Ocracoke
Farrand Named Farm Board General Counsel
George E. Farrand of Los Angeles was chosen as general counsel for the federal farm board. The Farm Board announced his selection and noted his extensive legal experience in cooperative marketing matters.
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Farm Board
Washington
George E. Farrand
Los Angeles
Federal Farm Board
Put Teeth Into Kellogg Pact Draws Fire
Willis J. Abbott at the Institute of Political Limitation table proposed a binding policy to withhold arms exports and loans to any belligerent, arguing the Kellogg pact needs teeth. Rear Admiral William J. Rogers countered, urging caution about enforcing the agreement. Abbott stressed moral obligation to refrain from aiding war and to bar support for nations at war.
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Williamstown
Mass
Institute of Political Limitation Or
Abbott
United States
Congress
Nations clash as Young plan conference opens in The Hague
Eleven nations gathered around the conference table with the United States observing as discordant views emerge on reparations policy. Gustav Stresemann leads Germany in opposition while Britain and France show widening rifts over Rhineland evacuation and demilitarization with an invisible control commission debated for a Geneva meeting.
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Hague
Netherlands
Phillip Snowden
Great Britain
France
Italy
The
America
Tedius
Assembly of the League of Nations
Geneva
Philips Snowden
Arthur Henderson
Rhineland
Aristide Briand
Telegraphs break between Irea Mongolia and Kalgan
Shanghai dispatches report telegraphic links among Irea Mongolia and Kalgan broken today causing concern in China over possible invasion by outer Mongolian tribes. Russian influence is strong in outer Mongolia.
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Britain
John M. Heath
Maxine Heath
Chard D. Sandlands
Heath
Detroit River
Maxine
Walter S. Petty
Sandlands
Milton Larsen
Customs Office
Max H. Finkelton
Finkelstai
Sandilands
Finkeleton
Larsen
Mrs
NEA
Naval Air Station
Graf
Greensboro
Henderson
Daily Dispatch
C. L. Shuping
United States Senate
F. M. Simmons
Dispatch
Senator Simmons
Simmons
Dawes and
DR. Snook
Pretty
Mitten
Carey
Schmelingsharkey
Slayer
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