Notables Join Historic Atlanta to Los Angeles Air Route Opening
Washington reports a first coast to coast flight under the McNary-Watres Air Mail Act with postoffice officials civic leaders and three women flyers Ruth Elder Ruth Nichols and Elinor Smith on the eastbound leg. The fleet will leave Bolling Field October 14 for Atlanta then Fort Worth with exhibitions and radio updates guiding the nation toward first direct New York to Los Angeles passenger service via Eastern Air Transport.
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Washington
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Moe PaGilillicTlit
Postoffice Department
Fort Worth
Texas
Brown
W. Irving Glover
Clarence M. Young
Aeronautics
Aviation Corporation
Will Rogers
Erle Halliburton
Southern Air Fast Express
Cocontractors
Bolling Field
Amon G. Carter
Publiher
New York
Republicans to Use Radio Speakers Across Nation
The Republicans plan nationwide radio hookups with Secretary Davis of labor and other nominees to campaign across the country. Secretary Hurley Emory Buckover and James Francis Burke will handle the radio work while the parties also mobilize top leaders in the field.
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Davis
Labor Department
Pennsylvania
Hurley
Emory Buckover
New York
James Francis Burke
Republican National Committee
Curtis
Watson
Indiana
Gardner says Mrs Hoover too nice to be a Republican
Governor Gardner recalls a Kings Mountain visit where Mrs Hoover invited eight year old Max Gardner Jr to the White House grounds. The boy doubts a Republican Mrs Hoover can be as kind as she seems, asking if she truly is a Republican.
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Max Gardner, Jr
Raleigh
N. C
Shelby
Republicans May Lose House Power in November
The piece notes Fess and others from the Republican National Committee touring as James A. Reed and Senator Robinson prepare to mobilize for Democratic action. It warns insurgent forces could regain influence similar to 1922, with Democrats predicted to win the House and gain heavy ground in November.
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Fess
Republican National Committee
James A. Reed
Missouri
Senator Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Wisconsin
House
Tydings
East
Joseph R. Nutt
Senator Moses
New Hampshire
Fefair Venable
Chicago
Lucas
Committee Misses Meeting Due to Speaking Engagements
The committee could not attend the scheduled session because members had prior speaking engagements.
Bailey Moves into Watauga County
Josiah W. Bailey, Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, campaigns in Watauga County criticizing the Hoover administration. He blames the Hawley Smoot tariff and the farm board act for reduced export trade, saying millions of bales of cotton and bushels of wheat go abroad, hurting farmers. He calls the farm board Hoover’s pet idea and notes the tariff lowers exports by about one million dollars monthly.
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Boone, N. C
Watauga County
Josiah W. Bailey
United States
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
London
America
Farm Board
Bailey
Fifteen Injured By Premature Explosion In Making of Film
Fifteen people were seriously hurt and two perhaps fatally in a premature explosion of black powder and dynamite on a motion picture location in Dinosaur canyon, 70 miles northwest of Flagstaff. Del Wolf and Walter Hoffman were seriously injured. Bert ikroy suffered a sprained leg and scalp wounds. principals were absent.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Dinosaur Canyon
Here
del Wolf
Walter Hoffman
Bertikroy
No Ommission YOUNG WIFE Cake Apology
A playful exchange centers on a cake mishap as the young wife apologizes for an missing ingredient. The husband teases that nothing she forgot could improve the taste and hints the cake needs a crucial addition.
Tractors Shipped to Russia in Europe Valued at 21.65 Million
In the first quarter this year American tractors sent to Russia and Europe were valued at 21 million plus dollars. The report notes substantial shipment activity to European markets and highlights the rising trade in agricultural equipment between the United States and European regions.
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Russia
Europe
Transcontinental fliers delayed by snow and rain race
Robert Buck and Laura Ingalls, young cross country aviators, halted in Albuquerque by foul weather. Ingalls, 25, holds 714 barrel rolls and a 330 hour 27 minute east-west women’s record. Buck, 16, from Elizabeth New Jersey, claims the junior east-west record. They plan to resume with a friendly staggered takeoff to race home.
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Albuquerque
N. Mex
Robert Buck
Laura Ingalls
United States
Miss Ingalls
Glendale
Calif
Buck
St. Louis
Elizabeth
N. J
Emory and Henry Defeats Elon 26 to 6 in Virginia
Emory and Henry crushed Elon 26 to 6 at Emory and Henry College in Virginia. Peters scored the first touchdown and a 50 yard run for the final score. Staggers intercepted a pass for a second Elon score, while Diggs added a 15 yard rush.
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EMORY
Emory and Henry
Elon
Emory and
Henry
Peters
Staggers
Diggs
Rollins
Williams
King Boris Expected to Wed at Italian Royal Villa
In Pisa Italy on October 11 1920 armed guards sealed roads around San Rossore the summer home of Italy's royal family as observers speculate the Bulgarian king Boris may marry his bride to be on October 25. The ceremony would be private and without a nuptial mass as Boris is not Catholic.
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Pisa
Italy
Boris
Bulgaria
Europe
San Rossore
Marvel Dies Suddenly at 64 in Delaware's Greenville
Josiah Marvel president of the American Bar Association and Democratic national committeeman from Delaware died of a heart attack at his Greenville home. He was 64, a late candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate lost to Thomas F Bayard, and had just been elected ABA president amid his campaign.
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Wilmington
Del
Josiah Marvel
American Bar Association
Delaware
Greenville
Marvel
United States Senate
Thomas F. Bayard
The
Wake county farmer gored by pet deer
Raleigh Oct 11 G C Dove a Wake county farmer was gored in the leg today by a pet deer as he went to feed it. He could not explain the deer's action.
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Raleigh
G. C. Dove
Wake County
Was He Violent About Marriage in Stratford?
In Stratford at the Beacon, a man recounts that a father reacted violently when told of plans to marry his daughter, nearly shaking the suitor’s hand off.
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Tom
Sam
Stratford, Eng
Beacon
Speakeasy Map of Washington Draws Liquor Charges
The Crusaders released a map alleging a concentration of speakeasies near the U S Capitol after raids from 1929 to 1930. The statement claims liquor outlets operated on two government properties and on lands owned by charities banks and a university near the White House.
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Washington
The
Crusaders
United States
United States Capitol
Prohibition Bureau
White House
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