Round the World Flyers Reach Munich on Second Lap
Edward F. Schlee and William S. Brock completed the second leg of their round the world flight in the Pride of Detroit arriving at Munich from Croydon field. Officials, consul, and a cheering crowd welcomed them as the monoplane landed at the Munich airdrome. Brock and Schlee received large steins of beer as they deplaned.
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Munich
Ger
Edward F. Schlee
William
Brock
Pride of Detroit
Croydon Field
Eng
Schlee
Leper John Early Pleads To Stay Amid Hills Of Tryon
In Tryon on August 29, John Early a Spanish American War veteran and leper pleaded to remain in the mountains he loves rather than return to the leprosarium in Louisiana. Federal officers, led by U S Marshal Brownlow Jackson, finally escorted him away after his stubborn bid to stay. His brother Matt offered to accompany him if they paid his way.
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Tryon
John Early
Louisiana
Court and Health Service
Spain
Matt
United States
Brownlow Jackson
G. C. Balantine
J. E. Wintse
United States Public Health Service
Early
John
Levine Lands Columbia In Difficulty At Sea Return
Paris August 29 Charles A Levine departed Le Bourget at 1 PM toward the United States in the Columbia Maurice Drouhin was not aboard nor informed of plans The Columbia did not carry a full fuel load
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Paris
Charles A. Levine
le Bourget Field
Maurice Drouhin
Levine
United States
Missing pilot Redfern overdue on Brazil flight
Paul R. Redfern, missing on a non stop Brunswick to Rio de Janeiro flight, is more than 48 hours overdue. Local officials request state department help to involve South American governments and the navy and coast guard to search from Brunswick to the Bahamas and along the coast of South America.
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Navy Department
South America
Brunswise
Department of State
Paul R. Redfern
Paul J. Warner
Redfern
Brunswick
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Warner
Bahama Blands
Thh
Coast Guard Service
Bahamas
Mr. Varner
Pride of Detroit Sighted Over English Channel en Route Munich
The Pride of Detroit was seen south of Dover at 9:15 AM heading to Munich. It flew at about 1,000 feet and 90 mph amid misty weather over the English Channel.
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Dover
Eng
Detroit
Munich
English Channel
Detroit Airmen Start London Leg in Carling Prize Flight
In misty dawn, pilots Terry Tully and James Medcalf launched the Stinston-Detroit monoplane Sir John Carling from Croydon toward London with a 3742 mile goal and a $25000 prize. The Pride of Detroit crew Edward Schlee and William Brock then began the Croydon to Harbor Grace leg, starting at 8:32 am, aiming to complete the globe circling route begun from Harbor Grace to Croydon.
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Dover
Eng
Detroit
Munich
English Channel
Gaptan
Terry Tully
Ct Terrant
James Medcalf
Sir John Carling
London
Croydon
Germany
Edward F. Schlee
William S. Brock
Harbor Grace
New Foundland
Brock
Four-Year Chase Ends In Capture
Winston-Salem reports Deputy Sheriff F L Kreeger arrested Eugene Kiser in Asheboro with Randolph county help. Kiser, held on a storebreaking charge for a 1923 Bethania garage theft valued at about 115 dollars, was found with a still, beer, and a furnace nearby. Kiser awaits a magistrate hearing in Forsyth county.
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Winston-Salem
Eugene Kiser
F. L. Kreeger
Asheboro
Randolph County
Kiser
Forsyth County
J. C. Hunter
Bethania
Rebblery
Kreeger
Pastor Whitener Heads to Bear Creek For Series Of Meetings
Rev Milton Whitener pastor of the First Reformed church left today to conduct a series of meetings at the Bear Creek Reformed church near Albemarle in Stanley county He will return Saturday for services in his church Sunday.
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Milton Whitener
First Reformed Church
Bear Creek Reformed Church
Albemarle
Stanley County
League Meets at YMCA With President Corey Presiding
The Men's Christian league held its weekly meeting yesterday afternoon at 3 30 in the YMCA lobby. President W Q O Corey presided over the session with members in attendance.
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Men’s Christian League
Corey
American Flag Torn During Trafalgar Square Demo
In London a Sacco Vanzetti protest at the Nelson Memorial in Trafalgar Square led to an American flag being torn to shreds. A man attempted to burn the flag after unrolling it on the Nelson Column Plinth, but officials of the class war prisoners aid organization intervened, and others seized the banner as it was ripped apart.
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London
Nelson Memorial
Trafalgar Square
Class War Prisoners Aid Organization
Harriett Cotton Mills Rebuffs Strike Wage Offer
Henderson August 29 A mill directors committee rejected a compromise wage proposal from strikers totaling 13.42 percent sought by 800 workers. The directors stated they could not comply with the request.
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Henderson
Harriett Cotton Mills
Henderson strike at Harriett Mills escalates with dynamite
Police report no disturbances among 800 Harriett Cotton Mills workers as a four week strike continues. Dynamite acts have damaged a porch and a power line pole, with two charges lit and fuses spent. Governor McLean returns. mediation on 12 percent wage rise awaited. Strikers present a written settlement proposal to directors seeking time lost reimbursement and return to work under conditions. They urge a fair adjustment without reopening mill interests and call for overseer conduct investigation.
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Henderson
Harriett
Carolina Power and Light Company
F. W. Dacke
McLean
Wisconsin
Long
Willis Case To Take Up All Of Week
In Greenville Mississippi Aug 29 AP testimony in the murder trial of Mrs Ethel Willis and Henry Townsend showed they were often together after Sheriff Sam Willis was killed Grace Williams a department store employee and lodger described seeing the defendant in Mrs Willis bedroom after the tragedy She also testified Mrs Willis said Sam may have been shot and pointed out Sam's car and body to her hours after the shooting
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Greenville
US. C
Ethel Willis
Henry S&s. Townsend
Sam D. Willis
Grace Williams
Willis
Sam
Sheriff Willis Slaying Trial Highlights Possible Motives
In Greenville South Carolina Aug 29 AP Sheriff Sam D Willis on trial for his slaying appeared cool toward Townsend his former deputy Townsend and Willis had been friends for years Rev J A Davis testified he was deputy during the last two weeks of Willis life Townsend told Davis he owned a .32 calibre automatic J H Payne a Piedmont mill deputy testified he found three .32 calibre shells at the shooting scene.
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Greenville
9. C
Sam D. Willis
Henry
Townsend
J. A. Davis
Willis
Mr. Davis
J. H. Payne
Piedmont
Death Toll Rising From Newfoundland Hurricane
ST. JOHN'S N F Aug 20 The death toll from last Thursday hurricane was rising and believed to exceed 50 in one of the colony s worst storms.
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ST. John’s N. F
Four Injured In Harbor Explosion In Sydney Nova Scotia
Four people were hospitalized with burns after the Greenfell Mission supply ship Marvelle exploded in Sydney harbor. Injured include Miss Hoteling of Chicago Miss Pierre of Boston mission workers and the ship’s steward and second engineer.
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Sydney
N. S
Greenfell
Marvelle
Hoteling
Chicago
Pierre
Boston
Chicago Exhibitors threaten closing movie theaters at 6 pm
Aug 29 Chicago. The Chicago Exhibitors Association issued an ultimatum demanding that all motion picture and vaudeville theaters shut by 6 p m unless the movie operators union drops its plan to increase the number of machine men in specified theatres.
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Chicago
Chicago Exhibitors Association
Movie Operators’ Union
Army Officers Reported Captured by Mexican Bandits
Friends in San Antonio say Captain C H Reynolds and Staff Sergeant Gus Newland of Fort Sam Houston may be prisoners of Mexican bandits after their plane forced down returning from Phoenix. Telegrams from Marfa claim capture at Dadopiedra near Ruizgosa with efforts underway to secure release through authorities in Ojinaga.
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San Antonio
Tex
C. H. Reynolds
Gus Newland
Fort Sam Houston
Phoenix
Ariz
Alfred C. Menard
Reynolds
Marfa
Texas
Dadopiedra
Ruizgosa
Babcock
Ojinaga
Charles Douglas
Henry Williams
Menard
Ojinaca
Texas City
J. C. McArthur
Fires in Boston and Cambridge tied to Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers
A spree of eight incendiary fires across Cambridge and Boston, near busier firehouses and chemical plants, prompted police to dispatch patrols to stations and heighten vigilance. Officials suspected a coordinated attack likely by Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers as crews fought multiple blazes in quick succession.
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Boston
Sacco-Vanzetti
Cambridge
Boston and Main Railroad
New Orleans Cotton Opens Mixed as Prices Slip then Rally
The New Orleans cotton market opened with losses of 7 to 21 points after worse Liverpool cables. October rose to 2223 and December to 2252 as New York ignored Liverpool tone, but prices eased by end of first bout, closing 11 to 12 points below Saturday's close amid reaction to rapid gains and favorable weather.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
New York
Patrolman Dan Graham Charged in Paymaster Slaying
New York August 29 AP Dan Graham 25 an on duty patrolman stands charged with killing Judson H Pratt paymaster for J E Rhoades Co at East 52nd Street and with spending part of $4700 from the payroll in a Coney Island night club He was arrested at his home after a night of liquor and a waterfront party where he handed out twenty dollar bills to entertainers.
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New York
Dan Graham
Coney Island
Judson H. Pratt
J. E. Rhoades Company
East 52Nd Street
Bronx
Ham
Graham
Gaston Man Killed in Wreck Near Cherryville
Herman Beam age 28, married plasterer, was killed when his car overturned striking a tree on the Cherryville Lincoln-ton highway three miles from Gastonia. Fay Beatty, injured with a broken collar bone, transferred to a local hospital. Beam's widow resided in Burlington. Witnesses say Beam was drinking and speeding.
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Gastonia
Herman Beam
Fay Beatty
Beam
Cherryville
Lincolnton
Beatty
Burlington
Bobby Jones Returns to Atlanta to Raucous Ovations
Bobby Jones arrived home in Atlanta holding the giant golden cup that symbolizes victory in the amateur tourney while fans cheered, praising the young golf genius for his latest triumph.
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Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Links
Cars Damage In Chestnut Tipton Collision
Two automobiles collided yesterday afternoon around 2 o'clock at the Chestnut and Tipton streets corner. Both cars were damaged but no occupants were hurt.
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Chestnut and
Tipton Streets
Levine lands at Croydon in Columbia after tight landing
Charles A. Levine arrived at Croydon Airfield in the Columbia at 4 05 PM after four circling attempts. The plane touched down with a loud bump and Levine, appearing nervous, offered no remarks as airfield watchers congratulated him on the narrow escape from disaster.
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London
Charles A. Levine
Croydon
Columbia
Levine
Flying
Wreck on Penny Takes Two Lives
The Broadway Limited passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad derailed near Gallitzin tunnel west of Altoona. Two engineers died, two crew members injured, and three Pullman cars derailed. cause unknown and hospitals treated the wounded.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gallitzin Tunnel
Altoona
C. L. Garrett
Pitcairn
R. C. Spangler
Derry
E. F. Hartman
Conemaugh
G. R. Hunter
Altoona Hospital
J. W. Simpson
Manor
E. C. Sutton
Cotton Gains Five Dollars Per Bale On Market Rally
New York August 29 Active buying spurred by expected government boll weevil reports and ongoing showers pushed cotton futures to fresh highs. All options traded above 23 cents per pound with a roughly five dollar per bale gain from earlier declines. Mills joined the rally after previously sitting out. December contracts closed around 23.45 cents per pound versus 17.18 cents on August 3.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
Pastor Lloyd T. Wilson Returns From Ridgecrest Vacation
Dr. Lloyd T. Wilson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, has returned to the city after a vacation at Ridgecrest.
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Lloyd T. Wilson
First Baptist Church
City
Ridgecrest
Missing Skies Argonaut Paul Redfern
Brunswick Ga August 29 AP reports another airman joins the missing in the Skies as Paul Redfern’s fate remains unresolved after his disappearance. Continued from Page 7.
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Brunswick
Paul Redfern
Prominent Banker NES Here Today
EE. B. Moss cashier of the bank of Biscoe died at a local hospital after a twelve week illness. He was well known across the state and his death brings keen regret. Funeral plans await arrival of brothers from Virginia and eastern Carolina. He survived by his wife and his parents.
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E. B. Moss
Bank of Biscoe
EE. B. Moss
Moss
Virginia
Carolina
Dare-Devil West to Exhibit Stunts for Boy Scouts
Billy West a Norfolk Virginia dare devil will perform an exhibition on Sheraton avenue under High Point Boy Scouts at 5 tomorrow afternoon announced by Clyde Hunt and Bunn Hackney. West known for stunts across the nation has done moving pictures and plans to return to California. The program includes a tug of war with two autos and a second with sixteen men plus other hair-raising feats.
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Billy West
Norfolk
Sheraton Avenue
High Point Boy Scouts
Clyde Hunt
Bunn Hackney
West
United States
California
Editor Irwin Kirkwood Dies in United States Untellene
Saratoga Springs reports the death of Irwin Kirkwood editor of the Kansas City Star at the United States Untellene early today.
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Saratoga Springs
M. Y
Irwin Kirkwood
The
Kansas City Star
United States
Untellene
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