Endurance fliers land after 246 hour Atlantic flight
In Culver City California L W Mendell and R B Reinhart end a 246 hour 438 minute 32 second endurance flight in the Angeleno to set a new record. The second hand Wright engine held up though a tail flutter forced a landing. Both pilots and engine in good condition despite some deafness and fatigue.
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Culver City
Cal
L. W. Mendell
R. B. Reinhart
Byron K. Newcomb
Royal L. Mitchell
Cleveland
City
Mendell
Buhl Air
Mendel
Frederick Rhodes
Reinhart
French Airmen Bring Filmed Takeoff to United States
Le Bourget, July 13 AP Dieudonne Coste and Jacques Briellante flew to the United States with a motion picture of their departure. During the flight they carried films of their rivals and their own launch. M Doret later retrieved the private film from Tours after a 50 minute chase using a corded box and a special device to hoist aboard the first motion picture filmed mid air.
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LE Bourget
France
Dieudonne Coste
Jacques Briellante
United States
Polish plane and French rival begin trans Atlantic race
The Polish plane Marshal Pilsudski and its French rival the Question Mark started from Paris toward New York in a great trans Atlantic race. The Question Mark was reported by a British steamer off Cape Finisterre at 7 08 this morning EST and had covered about 750 miles at about 100 mph. A plane matching the Marshal Pilsudski crossed the vessel 250 miles off the French coast at 3 20 EST, after more than 40 hours aloft and about 500 miles flown, indicating similar performance to the French machine.
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Pilsudski
Question Mark
Paris
New York
Cape Finisterre
Spain
Marshal Pilsudski
France
Cara
Associated Press
London
Marshall Pilsudski
Vesel
Tokyo
North Atlantic
Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Hennefeld
Hermann Koehl
James C. Fitzmaurice
Bremen
Baldonnel Air Field
Irish Free State
Greenery Island
Labrador
Coste
Mellon Tour Through Western Carolina
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon toured western North Carolina en route north after inspecting Aluminum Company of America plants and power dams in East Tennessee. His party included A A Hunt, J W Rickey, and A B Davis. brief Asheville stop planned before continuing to Badin. Rickey called the trip a vacation to see mountain scenery.
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Asheville
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
North Carolina
Aluminum Company of America
East Tennessee
Badin
R. A. Hunt
The
Maryville
Tenn
J. W. Rickey
A. B. Davis
Calderwood
Cheoah Dam
Bryson City
Rickey
Alcoa
Mellon
Ricke
McMahon Denounces Richards Over Ware Shoals Telegram
Thomas F. McMahon of the United Textile Workers of America branded Governor John G. Richards statement calling for protection requests for labor organizers impertinent and an incitement to lynch law. McMahon urged South Carolina authorities to protect organizers amid armed mob pressure and warned of state failure to safeguard workers.
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United Textile Workers
South Carolina
New York
Thomas F. McMahon
United Textile Workers of America
John G. Richards
McMahon
Ware Shoals
American Federation of Labor
Kellogg Briand Pact to be Studied by Geneva Group
The Kellogg Briand peace pact will be analyzed in August by a study led by the American group of the inter parliamentarian union council at Geneva. It will examine violation consequences and state responsibilities, with about 50 nations' representatives in attendance. Other topics include codification of international law and arms reduction.
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Washington
Inter-Parliamentary Union Council
Geneva
Butler Promoted by Hoover to Major General
President Hoover approves Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler to major general in the United States Marine Corps. The July announcement confirms the high command elevation within the armed forces.
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Washington
Smedley D. Butler
United States Marine Corps
Hoover
King Albert Loses Valuables After Seaside Swim
The Ostend dispatch reports King Albert enjoyed a sea swim at Mariakerke yesterday but found his royal cabin emptied on return. A gold watch a pocketbook with 500 francs and a gold pen knife were missing.
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King Albert
London
The
Exchange Telegraph Company
Ostend
Belgium
Albert
Mariakerke
Conference on Census of Unemployment Set for Next Week
Secretary Lamont will convene a meeting with representatives from labor finance agriculture education and business to discuss the forthcoming census of unemployment to be conducted next year. Attendees include George E. Roberts Daniel Willard Quay Silver and Royal Meeker among others. Estimates of unemployment vary from 1.5 million to 8 million.
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Lamont
Washington
Agriculture
Department
George E. Roberts
National City Bank
New York
Brewers lose 12 per cent malt tonics under prohibition order
Milwaukee brewers were ordered by the U S prohibition commissioner James M Doran to stop producing 12 per cent malt tonics immediately. The mandate requires tonics to contain at least 18 per cent malt solids and no more than two per cent alcohol by volume. Bottled product is to be sold under existing restrictions while older stock may be marketed.
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Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee
James M. Doran
U. S
E. C. Yellowley
Chicago
Settlement Of Sino Russian Row Sought In Manchuria
Tokyo reports say L B Serebreakov traveling from Moscow to Manchuria to settle the Sino Russian crisis. Chinese officials seized the Chinese eastern railway and 40 Soviet railway workers were arrested. Manchurian troops, including armed white guards, faced frontier positions as talks possibly move to Nanking with Dr C T Wang.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Harbin
L. B. Serebreakov
Moscow
Manchuria
M. Serebrenkovy
Transportation
Nanking
C. T. Wang
Renga
Siberian
Tass
Lui Chun Chan
Emshanov
Chinese Eastern Railway
Harbin tension rises as mediators seek Sino Russian peace
Tokyo reports meditors work on Sino Russian crisis after seizure of the Chinese eastern railway. Soviet plenipotentiary L. B. Serebriakov heads to Manchuria to push a settlement as Harbin tightens security and Chinese officials enforce harsh penalties.
Marvelous control saves plane from wreck in Goldsboro
Goldsboro North Carolina July 13 Marvelous control of his air plane prevented a serious accident when Pilot Pennington after takeoff at the airport was forced to land in a cornfield. With a Miss Boy ette as a passenger he had reached about 290 feet when his throttle broke yet he glided down safely avoiding wires. Neither passenger nor ship was injured.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Pennington
Mills Mill to Reopen July 18 After Walkout
South Carolina Mills mill in Greenville says operations will resume July 18 under the same conditions as when workers walked out on May 30. The plant will be conditioned on July 15 and workers may return after arranging with department overseers. Only H F Smoke Thompson, legal representative of the governor, will handle talks.
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Greenville
8. C
Mills Mill
H. A. Ligon
Spartanburg
H. F
Smoke) Thompson
South Carolina
Banks in Florida Failures Tie Up Deposits
About 9 million dollars in depositors' funds were locked as state and federal banking authorities moved to reorganize or liquidate six Florida banks that failed in eight days. The newest closures were Merchants Bank and Trust and Atlantic Bank and Trust in Daytona Beach, while Deland's two banks and Miami's Colonial Bank failed to reopen. John L. Fouts, president of four other closed banks, prepared for a preliminary hearing on charges of violating state banking laws.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Daytona Beach
Merchants Bank and Trust Company
Atlantic Bank and Trust Company
Deland
Volusia County Bank and Trust Company
First National Bank
Colonial Bank and Trust Company of Miami
People’s Bank of Jacksonville
Banking Department
John L. Fouts
Central Florida
Hoover's son Alan Hoover to join parents at White House
Alan Hoover, younger son of the president, was en route to Washington to join his parents. He will spend most of the summer at the White House, then plans to enter Harvard for postgraduate work.
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Alan Hoover
Stanford University
Cal
Washington
White House
Harvard
Majors Idzikowski Kubala Flight Captured Le Bourget to New York
Majors Ludwig Idzikowski and Casimir Kubala departed Le Bourget for New York Friday at 10 47 p m local time. Captain Dieudonne Coste and Jacques Bellonte followed at 11 32 p m. They reported from Tours Cherbourg Havre and Bay of Biscay by 2 25 a m. Santander overflown by 3 30 a m.
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Ludwig Idzikowski
Casimir Kubala
le Bourget
New York
Dieudonne Coste
Jacques Bellonte
Tours
Cherbourg
Havre
Bay of Biscay
Santander
Spain
Agreement on Mark Question Reaches Settlement in Brussels
Negotiations between German and Belgian representatives concluded with a signed agreement. Belgium’s acceptance of the Young Plan linked to a definite settlement of the German marks left in Belgium. Germany will pay 37 annuities starting March 31, 1930, totaling several million francs.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paris
Germany
Goldberg Mill Workers Return Ten% Pay Dispute
In Gastonia on July 13 AP says Goldberg mill workers returned to work after a 5:30 pm walkout yesterday protesting rent hikes they said cut salaries by about ten percent. George R. Spencer, mill general manager, announced full operation today while Goldberg brothers are expected to return to settle the issue.
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Washington
Senate
House
Republican Independent
Edge
New Jersey
Gastonia
Goldberg
George R. Spencer
Bessemer City
Spencer
Captain Berry Dies at 63 in Seattle
Captain John G. Berry 63, commander of the Northern division of the United States coast guard, died in Seattle yesterday. He was well known among American shipping men.
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Berry
Seattle
Wash
John G. Berry
United States Coast Guard
Mystery furnace death puzzles Chicago police
The body of Theodore Hammel a 50 year old man was found in a furnace in a vacant Chicago building wrapped in burlap soaked with kerosene and bound with telephone wire. Police suspect self immolation amid financial distress. Hammel had warned the building could be his death.
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Chicago
Theodore Hammel
Hammel
Carmen Hammel
James Cregg
Cregg
Miss Hammel
Transatlantic air race opens with two giant monoplanes
In Le Bourget France two single motor planes race toward New York in the first Paris to New York transoceanic event. Maj Ludwik Idzikowski and Maj Casimir Kubala fly the marshaled Amiot Biplane named Marshahl Pilsudski at 4 47 am. Captain Dieudonne Coste and Jacques Bellonte follow in a Breguet Sesquiplane destined for New York despite initial Tokyo misdirection.
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Lebourget
France
North Atlantic
Paris
New York
Ludwick Idzikowski
Casimir Kubala
Marshhal Pilsudski
Dieudonne Coste
South Atlantic
Joseph Lebrix
Coste
Jacques Bellonte
Magruder to Resume Active Duty August 1
Rear Admiral Thomas P Magruder to take command of the fleet base force on the Pacific coast starting August 1. He had been removed from command in 1927 after criticizing Navy management and will resume duty as Secretary Adams ends the punishment.
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Washington
Thomas P. Magruder
Navy
Adams
Capitol
Pacific Coast
E. W. Kittelle
Mock fire disaster toll reaches fifteen in Kent
Gillingham Kent July 13 The mock fire incident last night here raises the death toll to fifteen with the death of Ronald Mitchell a fireman who died in a hospital from injuries suffered during rescue efforts
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Gillingham
Kent
England
Ronald Mitchell
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Serebreakov
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