Airmen Aim to Fly 200 Hours or More
Fort Worth Texas May 25 AP Within hours of surpassing the world endurance flight record of the army monoplane Question Mark R L Robbins and James Kelly announced they were resolved to remain aloft 200 hours or more The Fort Worth had eight hours to go to tie the record of 140 hours 40 minutes 40 seconds The plane had been airborne since last Sunday The motor was functioning perfectly and service crews prepared to sustain the flight for another sixty hours Robbins said the motor looked good for 200 hours at least and possibly 300
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Fort Worth
Tex
R. L. Robbins
James Kelly
Rebbins
Robbins
Desertion as Divorce Ground Debated by Presbyterian Assembly
The 141st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted down eliminating wilful desertion as a divorce ground, while calling for study on divorce and remarriage. The assembly also approved studying seminary consolidation, elder participation, and aid for missions, and backed commissions toward organic union with other churches.
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ST. Paul, Minn
141St General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Dubuque
Presbytery
Milwaukee
Wis
Seek to keep lad from jail term in Kentucky case
Attorneys for 6 year old Carl Newton Mahan seek a writ of prohibition from a higher court to halt a 15 year sentence for manslaughter after a jury verdict. They contend county judge procedures were irregular to try a juvenile as delinquent with a jury rather than by normal reform school process. A motion for a new trial was also filed as Carl remains with his father, taxi driver John Mahan.
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Paintsvisile
Carl Newton Mahan
Cecil Vanhouse
J. F. Bailey
John W. Butcher
State Reform School
Kentucky
Carl
Butcher
John Mahan
Attacker Sought In Fort Bragg Six Year Old Murder
Fort Bragg California May 35 AP search for the attacker and killer of six year old Teresa Johnson a local schoolgirl expanded as a large posse and deputies trailed a dim route through rugged hills. Sheriff R R Byrnes said the girl's body was found near her home and that wages imply residence in the area. The suspect is believed to be a local resident. The area is densely wooded and road blocks were set to prevent escape. The search faced cross trails and heavy ground trampling as investigators work from a Thursday disappearance after a struggle.
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Fort Bragg
Cal
Teresa Johnson
R. R. Byrnes
Mendocino County
Mrs Gene Tunney Shows Improvement After Surgery
Brioni Italy May 25 Mrs Gene Tunney improved after a recent operation for an undiscovered appendix access. She will be re tested tomorrow by Prof Meyer a Berlin specialist who performed the first operation on April 30 and will be joined by an assistant from Berlin. Two specialists who examined her last night said her condition was much better.
Mrs Gene Tunney Improves After Illness In Italy
In Pola Italy May 25 doctors reported former boxing champion Gene Tunney wife Polly Lauder Tunney has improved after a relapse following an April 30 emergency appendix abscess operation. Surgeons Cadre and Roberto Christofoletti said her condition is not critical and continues toward betterment as they monitor her recovery.
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Pola
Italy
Gene Tunney
Polly Lauder
Tunney
Cadre
Naval Hospital
Voriano
Roberto Christofoletti
Trieste
Seaplanes tuned up for annual air race
At Anacostia naval air station 19 sea planes from the navy and marine corps were prepared in overcast weather for the capital’s only annual air race for the Curtiss Marine trophy. Entry included all five naval aeronautics types from training ships to torpedo, observation, amphibian and fighting planes. The fighters reach speeds of about 160 miles per hour.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Planes May Start for Europe Sunday
Old Orchard Beach Maine May 25. If crews’ hopes hold, the air plane Green Flash will start for Rome and the Yellow Bird for Paris at 8 a m tomorrow. Roger Q Williams and Lewis A Yancey of the Green Flash and Armano Lotti sponsor of the Paris hop say planes need only fueling to be ready. A transportation corporation built craft will pair with a coast guard amphibian to accompany the trans Atlantic flights during the first hour of flight. Camarche of the two crews has been in evidence. Yancey and Rene Le Fevre navigators checked their chronometers and later shot the sun with their sextants.
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Green Flash
Yellow Bird
Rome
Paris
Old Orchard Beach
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Armano Lotti
Parishop
The
Transportation Corporation
Williams
Coast Guard
Yancey
Rene le Fevre
Ohio Manufacturer's Daughter Weds Abroad in London
Miss Virginia Willys daughter of an Ohio automobile maker married Luis Marcenino De Aguirre of Buenos Ayres at Henrietta Street register office. A Savoy Chapel ceremony followed and the couple departed for Paris and Spain on their honeymoon.
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London
Virginia Willys
Luis Marcenino de Aguirre
Buenos Ayres
Henrietta Street
Savoy Chapel
Paris
Spain
Pilots Start Monoplane Endurance Flight Attempt
Owen S. Gaughland and Gene Shank launch the Miss Rangers from Wichita at 8 54 30 AM aiming to surpass the endurance record set by the Question Mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Owen S. Gaughland
Gene Shank
Miss Rangers
Schacht Faces Historic Decision On German Reparations
Paris May 25 Dr Hjalmar Schacht the German reparations spokesman faced a pivotal choice that could shape Germany and Europe's economic future for decades. After fifteen weeks of talks with German conferees and six creditor nations the final word rests with him today tomorrow or Monday. The creditor delegates offered annuities through 59 years totaling about 492 million dollars initially with additional 25 million marks to Belgium, conditions limiting commercialization and dropping some German reservations. The proposed annuities are 109 million dollars less yearly than the Dawes plan and would abandon Dawes protections, risking a future economic crisis if bonds are not honored.
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Germany
Europe
Dr. Schacht
Belgium
Ford Urges Strict Prohibition Enforcement at White House
Henry Ford said prohibition is here to stay and must be enforced with no modification. He spoke after a luncheon with President Hoover, contrasting gasoline engines as cleaner for autos with diesel engines not yet ready for airplanes and cars due to weight concerns.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Hoover
White House
Elizabethton Strikers Meet Over Plant Reemployment Policy
Elizabethton Tennessee May 25 A closed meeting of striking workers from American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff plants discussed a letter from Dr Arthur Mothwurf president of Textile mills. The letter says former employees will get preference at the employment office and warns against employing persons of undesirable character. It notes Bemberg payrolls nearly complete while Glanzstoff can reemploy on a slower basis. Union leaders and officials offered no clear view on impact. National Guardsmen continued investigating fires dynamite and anonymous threats to a textile worker.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Mothwurf
Bemberg
Glanzétoff
W. C. Boyd
Young Prince in Critical Condition After Self Inflicted Wound
Paris May 25 Youthful Prince De Sagan son of Anna Gould is near death in a private hospital eight days after shooting himself when his parents refused immediate marriage permission He was 19 and would not reach 20 until July 16 Doctors reported pleurisy and lung injury followed the self inflicted pistol shot His mother Duchess de Talleyrand said he loved a French girl and urged marriage now though he was under 21 His father and mother insisted on waiting until 21 before approving the match
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Paris
Prince de Sagan
Anna Gould
Duchess de Talleyrand
Jay Gould
France
Duke de Talleyrand
Youpg
Puccini
Martel
Count Boni de Castellane
Whitsuntide
de Sagan
Farm Girl Slays Grocer for Improper Advances
In Georgetown Tennessee Eva Cofer killed grocer Lee Atchley after he allegedly assaulted a farm girl who came to pay five cents for candy. The girl fled then returned and struck him with a wagon wheel spoke. Inquest ordered to determine cause of death amid questions over alcohol and skull injury. Georgetown, near Dayton, is a mountain village without electric service.
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Georgetown
Tenn
Lee Atchley
Eva Cofer
Atchley
J. T. Smith
Miss Cofer
Decatur
Meigs County
W. B. Campbell
Cleve
Sir Esme Howard Ready to Relinquish U S Liquor Privilege
Sir Esme Howard the British Ambassador said in New York he is willing to give up the long standing privilege of importing liquor into the United States if the United States wishes to cancel it. The embassy stressed it was his personal view and not a statement of the diplomatic corps.
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Esme Howard
Washington
United States
New York
Diplomatic Corps
Sir Esme
James T. Carter
Lynchburg
Virginia
Lumberman
Esme
Mr. Carter
Washington Post
Carter
Hoover
AP Extends Trunk Service In South
The Associated Press opens its first real trunk circuit in the southwest at 4 pm Sunday May 26 operating 24 hours daily with six circuits during the week and seven on Saturdays. Main lines use high speed printers for 68 words a minute and Morse parallel circuits with financial and baseball score circuits. connects from New York to Baltimore Washington and south to Richmond Charlotte Atlanta Birmingham Montgomery Mobile Memphis Nashville Knoxville Chattanooga and New Orleans. The re punch perforator enables independent operation despite wire trouble.
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Charlotte
Southwest
Press Association
Associated Press
New York
Baltimore
Washington
South
Richmond
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Memphis
Nashville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Tilden and Hunter Lose to Borotra and Lacoste
In Paris on May 25 1929 the American duo Bill Tilden and Frank Hunter fell to Jean Borotra and Rene Lacoste in four sets in the French doubles championships semi final. The French pair won 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 to set up an all French final with Cochet and Brugnon defeating Gregory and Collins earlier in straight sets. Tilden and Hunter claimed the third set before the French veterans surged to victory.
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Paris
Bill Tilden
Frank Hunter
Jean Borotra
Rene Lacoste
America
Henri Cochet
Jacques Brugnon
J. C. Gregory
J. G. Collins
Tilden
Hunter
Wrong Number Saves Brooklyn Family From Gas Death
A Brooklyn family of eight was saved from gas poisoning when a wrong number call woke William Banks. He found the house filled with gas after a heater was left on. the family of eight were treated at home and the mother remained in hospital but expected to recover.
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New York
William Banks
Brooklyn
Gardner to address NC Press meeting in Elizabeth City
Governor Oliver Max Gardner will address the North Carolina Press Association at its summer gathering in Elizabeth City on June 13 if plans by the executive committee hold. The committee met here and outlined trips to the coast guard cutter Pamlico fish fries and golf at the local course.
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Charlotte
Oliver Max Gardner
North Carolina Press Association
Elizabeth City
Coast Guard
Pamlico
Fort Worth Airplane Near Endurance Record Break
The Fort Worth neared the endurance mark of 150 hours 46 minutes 15 seconds as refueling progressed with 110 gallons of gasoline and 4.5 gallons of oil transferred from the supporting ship. With under 12 hours remaining observers awaited whether another refueling would be requested and a landing after the record is broken.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Fahy Attempts Record Solo Endurance Flight from Los Angeles
Herbert J. Fahy launched from Los Angeles at 5 15 this morning in a Lockheed Vegas monoplane carrying 435 gallons of gasoline nine gallons of oil and other supplies for a 49 hour endurance test He aimed to surpass the official 84 hours 50 minutes record set by Royal Thomas and the unofficial mark from New York by Martin Jensen His provisions included sandwiches water coffee and a rabbit’s foot for luck the same charm flown with Frank Hawks on a prior transcontinental flight
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Metropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
Herbert J. Fahy
Pacific Coast
Fahy
Royal Thomas
New York
Martin Jensen
Frank Hawks
Lukeman To Resume Stone Mountain Work
Augustus Lukeman will resume carving the Confederate leaders Lee Jackson and Davis in Stone Mountain within 30 days. G F Willis of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association announced after a directors meeting that the central group should be finished within two years. S H Venable was elected to the executive committee amid donor association changes.
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Atlanta
Lee
Jackson
Davis
Stone Mountain
Augustus Lukeman
G. F. Willis
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