One Dead In Oil Tanker Explosion
A Bayonne New Jersey oil tanker explosion killed one man and injured eleven aboard the Standard Oil vessel William Rockefeller. The ship, carrying 125000 barrels of crude oil, was towed to Red Hook Flats with flames still visible as crews searched for the missing and treated the injured in nearby hospitals.
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New York
Standard Oil
William Rockefeller
Bayonne
N. J
Lower Bay
New York Harbor
Staten Island
Lower Manhattan
New Jersey
New Jersey Company
Chester Smith
Staten Island Hospital
Gremellon
John
Baton Rouge
Herbert
Leo
St. Gabriel
Kennedy, van
Baton Rouge la
Brooklyn
Red Hook Flats
G. H. Walton
Blimp Graf Zeppelin Nearing Home Port After Atlantic Crossing
The Graf Zeppelin, on the first leg of its world girdling flight, was over the Atlantic and expected to reach Friedrichshafen late Saturday night or Sunday morning. Commander Hugo Eckener regretted not flying over Berlin but hoped to arrive as planned. Messages showed a northwest and westward course, with a later update saying the airship neared the English coast as preparations began for the Tokyo leg within three days.
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Atlantic
Friedrichshafen
Hugo Eckener
Berlin
Ministry of Communications
Graf
Dr. Eckener
Tokyo
Trans Ocean Flight Series Seen Beyond Graf Zeppelin
From Omsk five Soviet fliers launched the Land of the Soviets on a 12 290 mile Moscow to New York leg via the Aleutians. They averaged 100 mph over 1 368 miles. Coste and a Swiss trio prepared for Europe to New York hops from Paris. Their French aircraft could stay aloft 50 hours at about 100 mph, aiming for a 40 hour crossing.
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New York
Omsk
Siberia
Moscow
Alieutian Islands
Dieudonne Coste
Europe
Coste
Paris
Atlantic
Kaefer
Teeshopp
Luscher
le Bourget Field
Heath Held For Questioning In Sandland's Death
John M. Heath, aboard whose cruiser Richard J. Sandilands, a federal prohibition agent, was believed to have fought before his death in the Detroit River, was arrested at Michigan Central Station by special customs agents as he stepped from a Chicago train. Heath was taken to the district attorney's office for questioning.
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Detroit
John M. Heath
Richard J. Sandilands
Prohibition
Detroit River
Michigan Central Station
Chicago
Heath
District Attorney's Office
Cross-Examination Details Theora Hix Killing
Dr. James H. Snook endures a fierce cross examination in his first degree murder trial. He recounts his final night with Theora Hix while prosecutors press questions about a confession and alleged premeditation as defense challenges its legality.
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Court Room
Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
John J. Chester
Ohio State
Chester
Snook
Dr. Snook
Federal plan stalls as Alderman hangs in doubt
Horace Alderman, condemned for killing three government officials in a 1927 sea fight, is set to die August 17. A jail rooftop hanging was blocked by a bonded roof. a courthouse yard scaffold was rejected. County officials also object to execution on county property near the Coast Guard base and an Indian reservation.
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Miami
Fla
Broward County
Horace Alderman
Florida
Halstead L. Ritter
Court House
Coast Guard
Duce Clamps Down on Italian Soldier Duels
Rome reports fascist regime curbs on military dueling. War Navy and Aviation ministries issue a circular requiring arbitration for disputes among officers. If a jury of honor refuses to intervene, contestants are responsible under military and penal laws.
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Rome
Aviation
Benito Mussolini
Nun Sacrifices Life to Save Convent Inmates
Sister Celestine acting mother superior at St. Patrick's convent on Hayling Island directed evacuations as fire broke out. She returned to the flames and died, while 60 sick children and seven nuns were rescued. The convent served as a convalescent home for London's poor children.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Sistr Celestine
St. Patrick’s Convent
Hayling Island
Celestine
London
Hoover Birthday Observance Marks Birth Home Site
In West Branch Iowa on August 9 1938 the Iowa City DAR dedicates a granite boulder over one and a half tons beside the small frame house where President Herbert Hoover was born a bronze plate will identify the house as the birth site marking his fifty fifth birthday observance planned for the next day by the DAR group.
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West Branch
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Iowa City
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Winston May Get On Airmail Line
Cincinnati leaders discuss linking Charleston and way points to New York Chicago and coastal cities via airmail route through Winston Salem Roanoke connecting with St Louis to speed mail delivery to 24 36 hours. Roanoke city official W P Hunter and automibile club president met Cincinnati officials C O Sherrill and Arthur L Behymer to pursue the plan.
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Cincinnati
Charleston
D. C
Winston-Salem
N. C
Roanoke
St. Louis
New York City
New York
Chicago
Atlantic
W. P. Hunter
E. R. Johnson
Roanoke Automobile Club
C. O. Sherill
Arthur L. Behymer
Charlotte to Centralize North Carolina Postal Accounting
Charlotte will house all North Carolina postal accounting from October 1. Charles A. Jones announced a letter from Postmaster General Walter F. Brown confirming consolidation of Wilmington and Greensboro offices into Charlotte. An order will name Charlotte a regular airmail stop once the airport is night operation ready.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Charles A. Jones
Jones
Walter F. Brown
Wilmington
Greensboro
Second Child Victim of Mysterious Disease in Georgia
In Macon Georgia Edyth Tallent a 14 year old daughter of Augustus V Tallent died last night the second victim in the family within ten days of a mysterious illness A 15 month old baby died last week and a third child is ill Tallent Came here from Gastonia N C to become superintendent of a cotton mill Previously he had lived in Burlington N C
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Macon
Edyth
Augustus V. Tallent
Tallent
Gastonia
N. UC
Burlington
N. C
Lindberghs Fly to Capital for Hoover Birthday
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh departed Roosevelt Field at 9 30 a m for Washington to attend President Hoover's 55th birthday celebration tomorrow.
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Lindy
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Grave diggers clash kills striker at Queens cemetery
In New York a fatal clash occurred when striking grave diggers attacked a bus of strike breakers near Calvary Cemetery in Queens. Stanley Zasadzdinski, 25, of Brooklyn, was shot by cemetery foreman Philip Nunziato during the confrontation. Police plan further investigation with no charges yet filed. The strike, already a week old, involves 600 to 700 workers seeking union recognition and about a $2 daily raise.
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New York
Calvary Cemetery
Queens
Stanley Zasadzdinski
Brooklyn
Philip Nunziato
Nunziato
Nunzilato
Newtown
Zasadzdinski
Funeral Drivers Union
Charlotte Seeks 83 New Street Names To End Duplicates
Charlotte city officials report multiple duplicates of street names across districts prompting the council to consider renaming 83 streets to prevent mail mix ups and confusion for deliveries and visitors.
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Charlotte
New Notaries Public Commissioned in North Carolina
Gladys Allen of Greensboro Luke Blackmer of Salisbury W H Hick man of Whiteville J T Stover of Morganton and Miss Chlora Wood of Burlington are newly commissioned notaries public in the latest Raleigh rotation.
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Raleigh
New Notaries Public
Gladys Allen
Greensboro
Luke Blackmer
Salisbury
W. H. Hickman
Whiteville
J. T. Stover
Morganton
Stocks Collapse With Rediscount Rate Boost
New York August 9 AP reports one of the sharpest stock market reactions in recent history on the NYSE. Prices rallied briefly then fell again as heavy selling pushed key industrials to day lows. U S Steel American Can and Westinghouse Manufacturing led declines after the rediscount rate rose from 5 to 6 percent.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
U. S. Steel
American Can
Westinghouse Manufacturing
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Westinghouse
South Gets First Farm Board Alp
Agriculturists of the south receive the first share of the federal farm board's 500 million revolving fund with a loan to the Florida United Growers and the Florida Citrus Growers Exchange. Funds will equip heating and pre cooling plants to meet government fruit treatment rules for the Mediterranean fruit fly. The board delays other Florida cooperative aid and considers requests from cotton groups.
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Washington
South
Federal Farm Board
Florida United Growers
Florida Citrus Growers Exchange
Florida Marketing Associations
Mills cut weekly hours no wage loss in Gaston county
Gastonia Gazette reports a voluntary move by Gaston county combed yarn mills to cut weekly hours from 60 to 55 with no wage reduction. Most mills now run 50 hours weekly, nine percent more pay for 55 hours, and workers chose five eleven hour days with Saturday off.
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Gaston Yarn Mills
Gastonia
Gaston County
United States
Wind shifts save Rennie from forest fires in Manitoba
A long battle to defend Rennie Manitoba ended when a late shift in wind direction sent the forest flames away from the town. Firefighters had been driven back toward the outskirts while residents, including women and children, prepared to flee on a special train after a forest ranger warning.
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Man
Rennie
Forest Rangers
Three Die In Plane Crash At Casper Wyoming
An airplane burst into flames and fell hundreds of feet in Casper killing pilot Major D. P. Wardwell age 33 and passengers Earl Holtz 39 and George Cameron. Wardwell served in World War I with the Lafayette Escadrille and later with the U S air forces abroad. He organized Wyoming Airways Inc and died leaving a widow and four children.
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Casper
Wyo
D. P. Wardwell
Earl Holtz
George Cameron
Worland
Wardwell
Lafayette Escadrille
United States Air Forces
Upchurch Explains Worthless Check Charge
Greensboro reports that Rev. C. A. Upchurch refused evidence of violation and says he was charged under a law not proven in court. He notes he pleaded not guilty by Judge Barl Rives after earlier stories claimed a guilty plea.
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Greensboro
C. A. Upchurch
North Carolina
Anti-Saloon League
Greensboro Daily Record
Upchurch
Barl Rives
Graf Zeppelin may shift course toward northeast
May turn northeast as Zeppelins officials expect Graf Zeppelin under command of Dr. Hugo Eckener to divert from a southerly path. Winds between the Azores and Spain hinder the westward return via Gibraltar and the Rhone valley. Reported possibilities include flying over northeastern France and possibly Paris, with arrival in Friedrichshafen expected late Saturday night.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin
Hneo Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
France
Gibraltar
Rhone Valley
Azores
Spain
Graf
London
Paris
Dr. Eckener
Loire
Nantes
Orleane
Breedlove Held in Slaying of Father Near Wilson
Thurston Breedlove, 30, was arrested in Wilson on a charge of killing his father E. L. Breedlove, 65, a Johnston County tobacco farmer. He admitted to police he was the suspect but made no statement about the shooting. He fled officers along a dirt road toward Rocky Mount, discarded a shotgun near Pine Level, and asked to be taken to Raleigh.
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Smithfield
Rocky Mount
J. R. Garris
Pine Level
Raleigh
Boy Scouts Aid Blood Transfusion for Youth in Fletcher
In Asheville on August 9 Owen Coleman III of Baltimore received a critical blood transfusion after an appendectomy left him ill. Fletcher Scout troop members had offered blood, but doctors chose the father’s blood. The boy and his parents were visiting relatives in Fletcher.
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Asheville
Owen Coleman
Iiir
Baltimore
Fletcher
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