Mother's Love Led Widow and 3 Children to Deaths
Chicago report says Park Ridge widow Asta Buick Eicher and her three children died after financial hardship and a hopeful marriage prospect. Mayor McKee and Police Chief Johnson supported a theory that the killer used poverty as motive, while Harry Powers was in Clarksburg awaiting questions.
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Chicago
William A. McKee
Park Ridge
Asta Buick Eicher
McKee
Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Cornelius C. Pierson
Mary Powers
Aus
Lindberghs Eye Siberia as Possible Route Home
In Tokyo Lindbergh and his wife voiced interest in Siberia for a sightseeing leg, asked about lakes and waterways for possible pontoons, and noted Siberia’s cold climate might rule it out as a vacation flight. They visited the Soviet embassy unaccompanied amid strained diplomacy.
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Tokyo
Charles A. Lindbergh
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Siberia
Karagin Island
Petropaviovek
United States
Lindbergh
Moscow
Lindberghs
Legation
China
Seoul
Korea
Mukden
Peiping
German air woman reaches Tokyo on Berlin flight
Fraulein Marga Von Etzdorf, a German air woman, landed at Haneda Air drome this morning to complete a solo flight from Berlin in 12 days. She traveled across Europe and Asia in a remarkable 12 day journey, marking a historic long distance solo flight.
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Tokyo
Berlin
Fraulein Marga von Etzdorf
Haneda
Young Henderson on American court procedure visit
Arthur Henderson Jr. a British MP notes faster English capital cases. He compares six to eight weeks in Britain with longer American delays, after observing Winston-Salem municipal court. He cites fiction shaped impressions and mentions his father’s Labor Party leadership.
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Winston-Salem
America
Arthur Henderson, Jr
Father of H O Gale Dies After Public Collapse
The father of H Owens Gale of High Point Harry Owens Gale aged 75 collapsed in a public room at the Southern Hotel Baltimore and died en route to Mercy hospital. Funeral services were held today. Survived by widow Annie Shannon Gale two daughters Mrs Robert I Reus Lansdowne Pa and Mrs Margaret G Smith Washington and his High Point son.
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Enterprise
Baltimore
H. Owens Gale
High Point
Harry Owens Gale
Southern Hotel
Mercy Hospital
Gale
Annie Shannon Gale
Robert I. Reus
Lansdowne
Margaret G. Smith
Washington
British government cuts salaries of 300000 workers
Bolstered by a 400 million dollar credit from U S and French bankers the British government began a budget repair program. Salaries of 300000 civil service workers were cut to save about 4 million dollars annually as committees prepare reports for the cabinet. The move signals broad party lines with Conservatives and most Liberals backing the measure while Labour opposition narrows.
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London
United States
France
MacDonald
Scotland
Royal Investigating Commission
MacDonald expelled from Hampstead Labour Party
Ramsay MacDonald has been expelled from the Hampstead Labour Party for joining an anti socialist government aimed at forcing through parliament anti working class legislation. The expulsion was decreed by a party resolution passed last night, noting his Hampstead residence and longtime membership.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Hampstead
Labor Party
MacDonald
Seven Prisoners Escape in Anson County Jail
Seven Anson county jail prisoners escaped using a spoon-handle key at dawn. Nine others could have fled when the door opened but stayed. Escaped included Odell Sturdivant who faced a killing charge, plus Bert Smith Alfred Griffin Press Biggs and two black inmates Stokes Clark and James Robinson.
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Wadesboro
N. C
Anson County
Sid Perry
W. C. Mangum
Odell Sturdivant
Perry
Bert Smith
Alfred Griffin
Press Biggs
Stokes Clark
James Robinson
Stradivant
Dennis U S Tarriff Commission Vice-Chairman Dies by Suicide
Alfred P. Dennis 62, vice chairman of the United States Tariff Commission, drowned himself in Casco Bay near Bailey's Island Maine. Found by relatives as tide receded, he had been despondent over ill health. Dennis had been appointed to the tariff commission by President Coolidge in 1925 and served as vice chairman since 1925. He taught at several colleges and served in various government roles including commercial attaché at Rome and Hoover administration special representative.
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Bailey’s Island
Maine
Alfred P. Dennis
United States Tariff Commission
Casco Bay
Gilbert M. Elliott
Dennis
Tariff Commission
Coolidge
Princeton
Wesleyan
Smith
Rome
Department of Commerce
Hoover
Central
Europe
Federal officers seek extortioner who murdered Fujimura
New York reporters say federal authorities seek two men in a case tied to the disappearance of Hisashi Fujimura aboard the Bergenland during a Halifax cruise. Officials allege extortion motives and note a widow may hold clues. Fujimura was reported tossed overboard after the ship returned August 11.
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New York
Hisashi Fujimura
Bergenland
Halifax
N. S&s
Aronow
Lumbard
Fujimura
He Killed Himself 2 Hours Too Early
George H. Farrand, 58, California representative of the United States Chamber of Commerce, despondent after his sales territory was reduced to Los Angeles. He inhaled an anesthetic in a downtown hotel and died, two hours before a telegram restored his full territory and wished him luck.
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Los Angeles
George H. Farrand
California
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Washington
Walter Schultz
The
National Chamber
Farrand
Ginger the mascot cat on London Maid of Orleans steamer
London Maid of Orleans carries a landless mascot named Ginger a cat that has sailed as a passenger for more than fifty thousand miles across the Channel and back.
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London
Ginger
Draft Single Idle Men for Road Work in New Zealand
Wellington, Aug 29 AP plans to draft all single unemployed men for highway and land development projects with nominal pay. Draftees would receive food shelter and pocket money yet to be determined.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Lost Provinces opened by Boone Trail ceremonies
Dan iel Boone trail North Carolina highway No 60 was formally opened with the Wade H Harris bridge dedication at Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone. Governor Gardner and state officials from four states attended as rain threats kept the crowd indoors. The trunk line runs from Wilmington to the Tennessee border, linking with Virginia and Tennessee highways.
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Boone
North Carolina
Wade H. Harris
Lewis Fork Creek
Goveror
C. Gardner
Appalachian State
Gardner
R. T. Fountain
E. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Will Neal
Marion
N. C
R. L. Doughton
Walter Lambeth
R. A. Doughton
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Tom C. Bowie
Appalachian State Teachers College
Wade Harris
Tennessee State Line
Wilmington
Atlantic Seacoast
Virginia
Tennessee
Son says mother plotted family murder in jury test
Robert Jones testified that his mother Jeston Allen Jones urged him to kill his father J Will Jones. He identified a letter from Virginia Tech denying his prior statements and said his mother forced him to write it. The case ties a farm hand named Richard Les to the plot and notes his ongoing twenty year sentence for the murder.
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Amelia Courthouse
Robert Jones
Jeston Allen Jones
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Robert
Commonwealth
George Taylor
Taylor
Jones
J. Will Jones
Richard Les
Lee
Gandhi Sails for England in Loin Cloth and Shawl
Mahatma Gandhi, barefoot in a loin cloth and shawl, accompanied by two goats, sailed from Bombay for England to plead India's cause before the British government.
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Gandhi
Bombay
India
Mahatma
M. K. Gandhi
England
Farm Board Seeks Smith Plan On Cotton Purchase
Washington Aug 29 Arrangements were made for a second conference of southern senators with farm board members on the cotton problem as the Egyptian proposal for international discussion arrived. Senator Smith of South Carolina requested a conference this afternoon as talks continued with Senator George of Georgia and others. Gandhi prepares for London trip to seek Indian self government.
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Washington
Farm Board
State Department
Smith
South Carolina
George
Georgia
Red Flag Union
S. S. Rajputana
London
Round Table
Humanity
India
Lynching of Two Negroes After Bond Release in Florida
In Blountstown Florida two turpentine workers Richard and Charley Smoke were lynched by a masked mob after being released on bond for an attack on Frazier Williams a forest ranger. Williams beaten last Tuesday. he is hospitalized in Panama City.
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Florida
Blountstown
Fla
Here
Frazier Williams
Richard
Charley Smoke
Williams
Turpentine
Panama City
Smokes
R. J. Flanders
Defense Demands From Church Leader In Anti Smith Drive
Senate campaign funds committee recessed after three days of hearings on alleged Republican financing of Bishop James Cannon Jr. for the 1928 anti Smith campaign. Chairman Nye said sworn explanations are needed from Cannon and two associates who refused to testify. Evidence shows a $5,000 check charged to Claudius Huston’s account financed anti Smith actions in North Carolina with records from Conrad Probst of the International Germania Trust Co. detailing October 1928 activity.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Nye
Rega
Tie
Bishop Cannon
Ada L. Burroughs
J. Sidney Peters
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
North Carolina
Conrad Probst
International Germanica Trust Company of
New York
Graf Zeppelin 1 Set for Long Hop to South America
Graf Zeppelin readies for a non stop 5000 mile flight to Pernambuco Brazil with 45 passengers paying 1000 dollars each. Dr Hugo Eckener to pilot at 11 o clock weather permitting. The voyage includes experimental weather studies by Dr Ludwig Weickmann and a large freight mail load. The ship is insured for about 425000 dollars for the trip.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
South America
Hugo Eckener
Pernambuco
Brazil
France
Spain
Canary Islands
South Atlantic
Graf
Ludwig Weickmann
Geophysical Institute of Leipsie
Fifty Arrested as Berlin Police Seize Hidden Arms
Berlin police raided near Buelow Platz early today in a search for concealed weapons. Fifty persons were arrested and sixty weapons including pistols and daggers were seized amid ongoing rioting in the area.
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Berlin
Buelow Platz
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Slayer
Arthur Henderson
Young Henderson
Winston-Salem Court
U. S
Sedgefield
Guilford County
H. O. Gale
Anson
U. S. Tarriff Commission
Mrs
Mary Rassner
Justice Agents
Boone Trail
Harris Bridge
Port State
Piedmont
Eatern Sea Coast
Imperial Bar
Mahatma Gandhi
Imperial Round Table
Smiths
Senate
Tee Committee
Graf Zeppelin
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