Clashes at Jerusalem Wailing Wall Trigger Martial Law
Martial law and censorship were proclaimed in Jerusalem after Arab Jewish clashes over worship rights at the Wailing Wall. Reports cite 11 Jews and 18 Arabs fatally or gravely wounded, with widespread unrest as British ships were sent to Palestine and guards patrolled streets amid the Sabbath.
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Centaritt
Cee
Jerusalem
Wailing Wall
London
Barham
Sussex
Admiralty
Malta
Palestine
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Wolfgang von Weisel
Berlin
Vossiche Zeitung
Air Race Week Opens at Cleveland with Long and Short Derbies
The ninth annual national air races and aeronautical exposition began in Cleveland with nine long distance derbies, 35 closed course races, and many aircraft displays. The event runs through September 2 with participants from U S aerospace branches and Allied Industries. A women's derby from Wichita to Cleveland and a Miami Beach start complete this week’s schedule, highlighted by a parade and exhibits including dirigibles and historic travel items.
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Cleveland
United States Aeronautical Services
Allied Industries
Wichita
Kansas
Santa Monica
Calif
Spokane
Wash
Portland
Oregon
Miami- Miami Beach
Air Liner Graf Zeppelin Speeds Northward From Tokyo
A radio intercept from San Francisco reports the Graf Zeppelin at 12 00 GMT positioned at 43 50 N 174 10 E about 1800 miles from Tokyo. The air liner is moving faster than the prior two hours and continuing to veer northward.
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San Francisco
Graf Zeppelin
Tokyo
British position on Young plan faces schism at Hague
August 24 report from The Hague notes Philip Snowden sends a long letter to Belgian premier Henri Jaspar outlining British demand for a larger German payment share and possible changes to an international bank scheme. Briand Henderson Hy mans Wirth discuss Rhineland evacuation as stalemate persists.
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the Hague
Henri Jaspar
Philip Snowden
Aristide Briand
Arthur Henderson
Paul Hymans
K. Joseph Wirth
Rhineland
Forest fire in Half Moon spreads beyond control in Montana
MISSOULA Mont Aug 24 Fanned by high winds the Half Moon forest fire already burning over 75000 acres of timberland was spreading beyond control of hundreds of fighters The Lewis Hotel at the head of Lake McDonald was evacuated last night and feared to be destroyed by the blaze It is the most disastrous fire of the season in the state
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Missoula
Mont
Lewis Hotel
Lake McDonald
Two Men Shot in Marion Mill Strike Disturbances
In Marion North Carolina on August 24 two men Wiley Minish and Will Webb were shot during disturbances linked to the Clinch field cotton mill strike. Union leader W L Hogan says he was shot at four times. windows were broken at Boyce Sprinkle’s home and the mill store. dynamite exploded through the village as troops standby under Judge Townsend.
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Marion
N. C
Clinchfield
Wiley Minish
Will Webb
W. L. Hogan
Boyce Sprinkle
N. A. Townsend
Chicago We Will endurance flight seeks world record
The airplane Chicago We Will that took off at 11 31 a m yesterday to chase the world endurance record now held by the St Louis Robin was over Chicago Sky Harbor early today with pilots C E Steele and Russell Mossman reporting good conditions A third refueling was planned for today after two contacts yesterday Wilson Herrin who joined the earlier flights stayed on the ground after losing a coin flip for the trip.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Sky Harbor
C. E. Steele
Russell Mossman
Wilson Herrin
None of Eight Children Claim Body of Mother
Hull Quebec August 24 unclaimed by any of her eight children the body of Magic Viau lay in Hull jail awaiting burial in a nearby potter s field The 43 year old woman hanged with Philbert Lefebvre for poisoning her husband Zephyr Viau spent the hours before she mounted the gallows writing last messages to each of her children to her mother and other relatives All her letters remained unanswered.
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Que
Magic Viau
Potter’s Field
Philbert Lefebvre
Zephyr Viau
Burlington Man Killed In Wreck
GREENSBORO August 24. P J Hogreffe of Burlington traveling salesman was fatally injured when his car overturned on a sharp curve on the Altamahaw Reidsville highway. He was found by two farmers some time after the accident and died on the way to a Burlington hospital. Hogreffe was alone in the vehicle.
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Greensboro
P J. H. Hogreffe
Burlington
Altamahaw
Altomahan- Reidsville
Hogreffe
Lumpkin Departs Georgia Tech for Golden Tornado
Roy Lumpkin, a standout fullback last season, has left Georgia Tech and is expected to join the Golden Tornado football team this season. The move was learned today in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Roy
Lumpkin
Georgia Tech
Golden Tornado
Noyes Leads Lady Birds From Wichita To Kansas City
Blanche W. Noyes of Cleveland leads the 15 remaining contestants in the Santa Monica to Cleveland women’s air derby from Wichita to Kansas City as 9 a.m. takeoffs begin. May Haizlip and Mary Von Mack follow in early departures, with other rivals staggered by minutes. The field then heads to East St. Louis, Illinois, while Rasche, Barnes, and Thaden hold notable class standings amid ongoing repairs and licensing questions.
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Wichita
Eas
Blanche W. Noyes
Cleveland
Santa Monica
Kansas City
East St. Louis
Ill
el Paso
Fort Worth
Ilinois
Kas
Cal
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Hul
Theo Rasche
Department of Ecommerce
Derby
Florence Lowe Barnes
San Marino
Pecos
Tex
Louise McPherridge Thaden
Pittsburgh
Phoebe Omlie
Memphis
Tenn
Tariff factions push for decision before December session
Senate factions from Democrats and Republican independents signal willingness to settle the tariff bill before the regular session in December. The administration seeks action during the extra session, with Borah indicating no delay and ready to vote if the bill were rewritten in ten days.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Hoover
Congress
Borah
Idaho
Bitter crew of Quimistan berates owners over voyage
Twenty six weather beaten sailors return to New York after 62 hours in lifeboats when the banana ship Quimistan sprang a leak off the Virginia Capes en route to Genoa with 350 tons of scrap iron. They accuse owners of sending a likely unseaworthy vessel. Captain Pietsch and the crew describe the ship's rupture and failure. The President Harrison rescued them and brought them ashore.
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New York
Virginia Capes
Genoa
Italy
Harrison
George Pietsch
Kentucky Moonshiner Sends Son to Jail for Teach Him Lesson
Louisville August 24 AP A 20 year old is jailed after his father James Moore longtime moonshiner led federal officers to the sons still and asked arrest. The father says he did it to teach him a lesson while the son blames the crime on the father and bitterly protests. The still was located about 20 miles from Louisville.
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Louisville
James Moore
William Arthur Moore
Moore
Date for parity will be settled in naval talks
Washington reports British American naval discussions have reached a stage to seek a specific time for achieving parity in sea power. A target year between 1934 and 1940 is favored, covering battleships cruisers and other vessels to equal strength per age speed armor and tonnage according to the arms limitation framework.
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Washington
Naral
MacDonald
Dawes
London
Great Britain
Cudahy son fined for driving while intoxicated
Michael J. P. Cudahy aged 21 son of the late Jack Cudahy was found guilty of driving an automobile while intoxicated. A jury recommended a $5,000 fine and sentence is set for next Tuesday after three hours of deliberation.
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Los Angeles
Michael J. P. Cudahy
Jack Cudahy
Ruth Elder in Derby Reveals Engagement to Walter Camp Jr
Ruth Elder the Atlantic flyer and actress, while competing in the women’s air derby from Santa Monica to Cleveland, confirms engagement to Walter Camp Jr son of Yale football mentor. She says reports were false but this engagement is real and will be finalized after Cleveland.
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Ruth Elder
Walter Camp
New York
Atlantic
Wichita
Kas
Walter Camp, Jr
Yale
Death of Senator Lawrence Tyson of Tennessee
United States Senator Lawrence D. Tyson a Democrat from Tennessee and World War I veteran died in Stafford near Philadelphia at 68 after a relapse. He won the Distinguished Service Medal for service at Ypres and the Somme and served five years in the Senate. His wife and daughter were at his bedside.
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Philadelphia
United States
Lawrence D. Tyson
Tennessee
Manresa Manor
Stafford
Here
Tyson
Kenneth Gilpin
Senate
Jefferson Hospital
Knoxville
Tenn
George F. Phelps
Francis X. Dergum
Wilson
Ypres
Somme
China Considers Quitting Harbin Amid Far East Tensions
A Peiping dispatch reported the diplomatic corps weighing evacuation of all nationals from Harbin as Soviet Far Eastern forces threaten the Manchurian rail hub. Tokyo’s stance remains hopeful but war risk persists. Chiang Kai-shek’s unity efforts appear to falter with frontrier arsenals reported.
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London
Aa Peiping
Daily Mail
Harbin
Manchurian
London Times
Tokyo
Japan
Yen Hsi Shan
Shansi
Tia Yuan Fu
Feng You Hsiang
Chiang Kao Shek
Judge Denies Injunction Over Street Car Strike
In New Orleans today Judge Mark M. Boatner denied a request by street car workers to stop city officials from interfering with their plan. The ruling addresses a civil dispute amid the ongoing strike and related operations.
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New Orleans
Mark M. Boatner
Civil District Court
Jimmey
Graf Zeppelin Near Halfway Point on Tokyo to United States Flight
The Graf Zeppelin ploughs through fog over the North Pacific, forging toward the halfway mark on its Tokyo to United States voyage. It maintains radio contact with stations on both shores, speeds over 62 miles per hour, and eyeing favorable tail winds to reach Seattle first.
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San Francisco
North Pacific
Tokyo
United States
Pacific
Seattle
Lumber Plant Fire Devastates Spokane Area
A large blaze destroyed the McGoldrick Lumber Company yard and nearby structures in Spokane. The fire, whipped by gale winds, consumed a dozen houses an apartment building a sanitarium and warehouse and storage facilities injuring three firefighters and prompting mass evacuations including Payne Sanitarium patients and nearby orphanage children were moved to safety. Fire crews from Spokane and Cour DAlene battled the flames for six hours as industrial properties worth millions faced threat.
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Spokane
Wash
McGoldrick Lumber Company
Cour D’alene
Idaho
Payne Sanitarium
Turner Aims for East West Transcontinental Flight Record
Captain Roscos Turner with four passengers began from Roosevelt Field New York at 6:31 a.m. today in an attempt to break the east to west transcontinental flight record, seeking to set a new mark.
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