Graf Zeppelin completes world circumnavigation at Lakehurst
The Graf Zeppelin lands at Lakehurst New Jersey after a record circumnavigation with stops in Friedrichshafen Tokyo and Los Angeles. The voyage took less than 12 days of actual flying time and broke the previous 23 day 15 hour record. Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl led the crew circling the globe and waved from the cabin with a gray scarf as the ship berthed in the hangar.
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Rosendahl
Graf
Bein
Charles E. Rosendahl
United States Navy
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Tokyo
Japan
Los Angeles
Cal
John Henry Mears
C. B. D. Collyer
Atlantic and
Pacific
Arab group declares independence in Europe voyage note
At Naval Air Station Lakehurst on August 29 Commander Hugo Eckener announced he would not return to Friedrichshafen aboard the Graf Zeppelin after the world flight. The Graf will sail Saturday with Captain Ernst Lehmann. Eckener will spend about 12 days in the United States visiting Washington and Akron before resuming duties in Germany. The commander denied retirement reports and noted only minor damage to the Graf Zeppelin during the Tokyo stop.
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Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Ernst Lehmann
Eckener
United States
Germany
Washington
Akron
Graf Zeppelin
Nein
Tokyo
Arabs declare Palestine independence raise Turkish flag
reports from Jerusalem describe Arabs in Nables central Palestine city declaring independence from Britain and raising the Turkish flag amid six days of fighting with Jews over the Wailing Wall. British forces maintain control as Bedouin threats are checked and vital communications remain intact.
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Jerusalem
Nables
Palestine
England
trans-Jordania
Cairo
London
British Colonial Office
Weizmann
Zionist Executive
Lord Passfield
Dr. Weizmann
Dr. Weismann
Bebron
Hebrew
Shuttle forced to land at Cleveland during refueling
Transcontinental mail plane Shuttle diverted to Cleveland after a 5 gallon oil can struck its top wing during refueling on a New York to Cleveland flight. Pilot Captain Ira K. Baker and co pilot Lieut Bernard Thompson were uninjured. The wing spar was damaged but the aircraft was not seriously harmed. A second flight is planned pending approval.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New York
Ira K. Baker
Eaker
Lieut
Bernard Thompson
Newton Longfellow
Kakar
High Lights of Zeps World Tour
The first aircraft to circumnavigate the globe covered 20 000 miles across three continents and two oceans in 21 days plus setting a new world record for around the world travel. The flight started at Lakehurst New Jersey on August 7 with 21 passengers and ended August 29 at Lakehurst with 16 aboard.
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Collyer and Mears
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Tokyo
Japan
Los Angeles
Finish
Pacific Ocean
Prohibition Raid Arrests In Greenville County
Eight white men and two women in Greenville County were arrested by federal prohibition agents with state and county constables for selling whiskey to undercover operatives. Six men and one woman remained jailed this morning. others posted bond. Cases to be presented to the grand jury at the November term.
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Greenwood
S. C
United States District Court
Smithfield Named Federal Tobacco Grading Market
Smithfield North Carolina will host the federal state tobacco grading service when the market opens September 3 marking the first North Carolina site for the service. Lake City South Carolina also began the service this year with growing popularity among planters and major tobacco buyers.
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Washington
Smithfield
North Carolina
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Lake City
South Carolina
Bureau
Crowd Witnessed Inflight Passenger Swap From Blimp To Plane
At Cleveland airport the Los Angeles dirigible and a Navy plane performed the first public midair passenger transfer. Lieut. A W Gorton attached a hawser to a ladder from the blimp to the plane during a display before about 100,000 spectators at the national air races.
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Cleveland
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
A. W. Gorton
Navy
Army
Atlantic Sea
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ruther Elder and Walter Camp Wed
In New York on August 29, Ruth Elder, flyer and actress, and Walter Camp Jr., president of Inspiration Pictures, Inc., wed in the municipal chapel with City Clerk Michael J. Cruise officiating. Witnesses included a clerk and a stenographer. Elder refused to talk to reporters. Camp declined to discuss honeymoon plans. Elder listed a Panama divorce from June 1928 from Lyle Womack in their marriage license application.
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New York
Walter Camp, Jr
Inspiration Pictures, Inc
Ruth Elder
Michael J. Cruise
Miss Elder
Camp
Panama
Lyle Womack
Senate Eyes Broad Probe of Power and Communications
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee may launch a wide inquiry into power transmission and all forms of communication. Chairman Couzens plans hearings next month and will consider legislation for a federal communications commission.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Couzens
Federal Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Capitol
Federal Communications Commission
Lady Heath Injured in Cleveland Plane Crash
British aviatrix Lady Mary Heath and passenger Irwin Kirk were injured when their plane crashed near Cleveland on the eastern edge of the city. Heath, a participant in the 1929 air races, was rushed to hospital, reportedly unconscious, with Kirk suffering a fractured ankle and other injuries.
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Cleveland
Lady Mary Heath
Lady Heath
Irwin Kirk
Kirk
Santa Monica
Calif
Classification of a Girl by Cuticle and Skin Type
The National Association of Cosmetics was told that a tough cuticle on a girl’s hand marks independence while plain and thin skin labels her as a clinging vine type. The remark reflects dated, judgmental views on female appearance.
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Ghicago
National Association of Cosmetics
Chain Stores Challenge North Carolina Revenue Act
Chain store operators including The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co and J C Penney filed suit in Wake County Superior Court seeking $32 000 in protest payments under the state revenue act targeting firms with two or more outlets The plaintiffs name 17 store chains and oppose the act as unconstitutional with A J Maxwell as revenue commissioner named as defendant.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Wake County Superior Court
State Revenue Department
A. J. Maxwell
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Pender Stores
Roses Stores, Inc
F. W. Woolworth
J. C. Penney Company
G. R. Kinney Company
W. T. Grant and Company
Melville Shoe Company
Montgomery Ward and Company
Carolina Stores
Milner Stores
Merit Shoe Company
National Bellas Hess
McClellan Stores, Inc
M. Samuels and Company
L. B. Price Mercantile Company
Acorn Store, Inc
Undercover Man Wins Confidence of Bomb Trust
Chicago prosecutors announce six grand jury indictments against leaders of a bomb trust. James Blecasto Angelo Lucci Mike Caselli Stephen Fricke Vito Fricke Gus Liocca are named for unlawful possession and sale of explosives. Convictions carry 5 to 25 years.
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Chicago
Chicago ‘Bomb Trust
John A. Swanson
Trust
Sullivan
James Blecasto
Octavus Granady
Angelo Lucci
Mike Caselli
Stephen Fricke
Vito
Gus Liocca
Rhineland Evacuation Planned by June Next Year
The political committee of the reparations conference set the end of next June for ending the Rhineland occupation. Belgians and British will withdraw after the Young plan adoption, with Mainz bridgehead cleared by 1930 end. French begin second-zone evacuation in step with others, after ratification, as talks continue.
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Hague
Briand
France
Stresemann
Germany
Rhineland
Golf Ball Hills Caddy Dies After Ball Strike
Chicago august 29 a 12 year old golf caddy John Dale Leach at Calumet Country club died after being struck by a golf ball driven by fellow caddy Henry Johnson Leach suffered a fractured skull in the incident reported yesterday authorities investigate the accident as a fatal golf course mishap.
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Chicago
John Dale Leach
Calumet Country Club
Henry Johnson
Leach
Mentally Deranged Man Is Captured After Shootings
Clarence Tate, 49, was arrested after two of his children Mildred eight and Marjorie six were shot with a small caliber pistol. Mildred suffered a head wound with eye loss and hand injuries. Marjorie sustained a hand wound. Tate held officers at bay for 30 minutes. Little hope is held for Mildred's recovery.
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Spinqale
Clarence Tate
Mildred
Marjorie
Hertford Banker in despondent act after bank closure
Hertford N C August 29 J L Tucker cashier of the Hertford branch of the Carolina Banking and Trust company which suspended two weeks ago was taken to Elizabeth City with bullet wounds believed self inflicted No irregularities found in bank accounts officials attributed the closure to frozen loans Tucker had visited Raleigh yesterday seeking a new position with the corporation commission He had served as cashier for three years
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Charlotte
National Textile Workers Union
O. F. Aderholt
Thaddeus Adams
Gastonia
Carpenter
Amery W. Johnson
Campbell
Barnhill
Hertford
N. C
J. L. Tucker
Carolina Banking and Trust Company
Elizabeth City
Tucker
Raleigh
The
Corporation Commission
Dynamite Threats Mark Marion Strike At Clinchfield Mill
The Marion Clinchfield mill strike showed no change as arbitration talks stalled with mill officials withdrawing after accusing union official Alfred Hoffman of domination. Authorities reported four sticks of dynamite on the switch track near the mill and a dynamite blast aimed at the home of Methodist minister J N Wise, though it did not explode.
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Marion
Clinchfield Mill
Nat A. Townsend
Alfred Hoffman
National Union
Clinchfield
J. N. Wise
Agreement Reached on Young Plan at The Hague
At The Hague conference this afternoon the creditor powers and Germany reached a consensus on the Young reparations plan outlining postwar debt settlements and framework for payments.
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Germany
Young Plan
Hague
Aug
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