New York Air Races End With Tragedy and Record Speeds
At Curtiss Reynold Airport Chicago the 1930 national air races ended with four dead and 60 000 spectators. Arthur Page Jr a leading flier died after a crash while leading the Thompson trophy race. Charles Speed Holman won the speed classic with 201.91 mph on the 100 mile triangular course setting a record pace. Page was a 1917 Naval Academy graduate and recent Curtiss marine trophy winner.
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Curtiss-Reynolds
Chicago
Arthur Page, Jr
Washington, D. C
Marine Flier
Page
Charles
Holman
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Naval Academy
Washington
Omaha
Navy Field
Balloon Race Leaders Over New York State in Gordon Bennett Flight
Two veterans dominate the Gordon Bennett trophy race as balloons drift across New York. Captain Ernest De Muyter of Belgium, in a large silken bag, was reported over Earleville at 6 30 am EST, about 325 miles from the start. Edmund J. Hill of Detroit, aboard City of Detroit, seen at Syracuse at 7 30 am, while Ward T. Van Orman of Akron reported over Penn Yan, advancing toward the air line distance.
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Cleveland
New York State
Ernest de Muyter
Belgium
Earleville
New York
Detroit
Edmund J. Hill
Syracuse
Hill
Ward T. van Orman
Akron
America
Penn Yan
de Muyter
President Hoover Reviews Veterans Parade in Baltimore
President Hoover and his party arrived in Baltimore to review the Veterans of Foreign Wars parade after a luncheon at the Maryland Club. He traveled with aides and security as officials planned the 2 p.m. review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hoover
Washington
Maryland Club
Maryland
Herbert Hoover, Jr
George Akerson
Walter H. Newton
Joel T. Boone
White House
Campbell B. Hodges
Army
R. L. Montague
Marine Corps
Captain and Crew perished when Orient sank in fog collision
Ten members of the halibut schooner Orient were killed when the 50 ton vessel sank after striking the freighter Admiral Nurton in dense fog off Sisters Island between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland. Captain Ledolph H. Rudd and nine others died. only three crew members survived after being thrown clear.
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Seattle
Orient
Strait of Georgia
Here
Pacific Steamship Company
Admiral Nurton
Ledolph H. Rudd
H. Polson
Tony Anderson
Chris Peterson
Harry Smith
Bob Perry
Martin Burns
Torrain
the Cook
Andrew Lokae
Don Huseby
Vashon Island
Sisters’ Island
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Riot in Budapest Injures 300 and Kills One
In Budapest yesterday a riot over food and work among the unemployed left 300 injured and one dead. The unrest, blamed on communist agitation, saw four seriously injured policemen among the victims.
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Budapest
Hungary
Song of My Heart stars McCormack at Broadhurst
John McCormack in Song of My Heart comes to the silver screen with Alice Joyce Maureen O Sullivan and Farrell MacDonald. The picture shows at the Broadhurst on Wednesday and Thursday. The note highlights the value of classified ads for buying efficiency.
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John McCormack
Alice Joyce
Maureen
O'Sullivan
Farrell
Hearst Ordered to Leave France
William Randolph Hearst, the American publisher, arrived in London after France ordered him to depart. He said officials called him an enemy of France and a danger, while noting his papers published an Anglo French treaty. He chose to leave rather than risk the republic, adding America had saved France before and would again. The expulsion was officially issued by the Surête Generale in Paris.
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William Randolph Hearst
France
London
Hearst
Thea Afternoon
Republic
America
Paris
Surete Generale
Scotland Yard
Gas bags bid to win 19th Gordon race in Cleveland
In Cleveland on September 2, six enormous gas bags carried bids from four nations to capture victory in the 19th Gordon race. The spectacle drew international entries and anticipation as teams prepared for the famed contest.
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Cleveland
Gordon
Milk Prices Rise in Asheville Amid Drought
In Asheville on September 2, the wholesale and retail milk producers association announced price hikes due to severe dry weather. Raw milk rose from 17 to 18 cents per quart as pastures suffered and milk production declined.
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Asheville
Ashevile
Wholesale and Retail Milk Producers Association
Lindberghs Take Off For New York
Col. Charles Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh departed Bellefonte airport at 8 45 A M for New York amid reports of moderate fog and poor visibility along the route Weather was clearing locally and the couple had halted here overnight after being diverted from Detroit by fog
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Bellefonte
Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Bellefonte Airport
New York
Lindberghs
Detroit
Man Charged With Stealing Own Auto
Woodrow Hardee is charged in two counties with larceny of his own automobile. Pender authorities issued a warrant accusing him of reclaiming the car after police had seized it for use in hauling whiskey.
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Wilmington
Woodrow Hardee
Pender
Hardee
Heflin Opens Independent Senate Campaign In Liberty Bell Emblem
In Montgomery Alabama Senator J Thomas Heflin launches an independent bid for re election at a convention with a liberty bell emblem bearing the slogans White control and down with the 27 The 27 referred to 27 members of the state democratic executive committee who backed a ruling barring Heflin and other independents from the primary Heflin emphasized prohibition reorganization of the democratic party and complained of padded primary returns claiming 40 000 to 60 000 extra votes amid a total of about 164 000 for senator versus 216 000 in 1926
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Montgomery
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin
Democratic Executive Committee
Heflin
Hugh A. Locke
Dempsey Powell
Alabama
J. B. Wadsworth
Bodies Of Long Lost Explorers Are Landed On Native Soil Today
Justice of the Peace J C Madison dismissed conspiracy to assassinate Gov Doyle Carlton charges against Fred O Eberhardt Frank Ralls and Henry Halseman due to insufficient evidence. The solicitor objected while three principal witnesses testified, but the court ordered dismissal as the state failed to make a strong case for binding over to criminal court.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Justice of the Peace
J. C. Madison
Doyle E. Carlton
Fred O. Eberhardt
Tallahassee
Frank Ralls
Henry Halseman
Justice of Peace
L. D. Howell
Clem Dowling
Howell
Madison
Dowling
Vincent
C. Giblin
August Krieger
Judere Madison
Andree polar expedition evidence flown to Norway
Dr. Gunnar Horn surrendered documents in Tromsoe proving the fate of Salomon August Andree and his two companions from the 1897 North Pole balloon attempt. The exhibits were examined by Norwegian and Swedish experts before a solemn procession to an infirmary for authentication.
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Major Andree
Arctic
North Pole
Andree
Knut Frankel
Nils Strindberg
Tromsoe
Norway
Gunnar Horn
White Island
Bratvaag
Government of
Hedren
Scientific Commission
North
South America
Japan
Associated Press
Skjaer Island
Salomon August Andree
Prices Low On Opening Of Markets
The auctioneer’s hammer stood poised as eastern Carolina’s bright leaf tobacco belts opened across 64 warehouses in 18 markets. Planters, forewarned by market chatter, faced a day of cautious optimism amid opening price signals.
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Associated Press
Carolina
New Bright Leaf
Bandit Steals $5,700 From Orpheum Theater Casualty
A masked armed man held up three theatrical employees early today in Sioux City and escaped with the week end receipts totaling $5,700 at the Orpheum theater.
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Sioux City
Orpheum
Woman Held For Shooting Another In North Carolina
Rocky Mount news in which Mrs. Eula Super Henry age 30 is held without bond after shooting Mrs. Emma Simmons age 28. Henry claims Simmons cursed her son. Simmons is reported to have been shot in the lung and there are no bond conditions until recovery prospects clarify.
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Rocky Mount
Eula Super Henry
Emma Simmons
Henry
Count Morner Engaged To New York Writer Geraldine Fitch
Count Gosta Morner of Sweden, former husband of Peggy Hopins Joyce, becomes engaged to Geraldine IL Fitch, a New York newspaper writer. No wedding date announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gosta Morner
Sweden
Peggy Hopins Joyce
Geraldine IL. Fitch
Mrs McCormick Says She Probing Nye Committee Now What About It
Ruth Hanna McCormick, under scrutiny for campaign funds, reveals she hired private detectives to probe Nye and his committee. She says the shadowing followed the Chicago hearings and that she cooperated with the Nye inquiry, detailing threats to her offices and personal files. McCormick disclosed $250,000 personal expenditure and $67,000 by others.
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Chicago
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Gerald P. Nye
Nye
Byron, Ill
Senate
McCormick
Woman dies as deputies fire on car near Mobile
Thelma Wooten, 24, died from gunshot wounds after Deputies T H Sullivan and C C Lane shot into a passing automobile. They were charged with murder and jailed without bail. Authorities say the car was suspected of carrying liquor. others in the car say two men appeared and fired without warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Thelma Wooten
T. H. Sullivan
C. C. Lane
Sullivan
Lane
Plane Washes Ashore as Harbold body Found
The body of Lieutenant William A. Harbold was recovered today after his army plane ditched near Sandy Hook. The plane washed ashore this morning, and Edwin Roseback, a former Highland Beach lifeguard, located the body.
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Long Leach
N. J
William A. Harbold
Sandy Hook
Edwin Roseback
Highland Beach
One Is Shot and Another Beaten
In New Orleans on September 2 Hayes Penton, 29, was shot twice and Hubert Serignet, 23, his riding companion, was kidnapped and badly beaten with blackjacks as police termed it reprisals against liquor informers. The attack mirrors last week’s fatal wounding of Joseph Alofaro and the shooting of John Barboretto by two unidentified gunmen in a liquor dispute.
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New Orleans
Hayes Penton
Hubert Serignet
Joseph Alofaro
John Barboretto
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Gor
Peewee
Bie
City Today
Canada
Maritime
New England
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Canso
Madame Dieudonne Coste
Atlantic Ocean
Nova Scotia
Man
Trio
Finder of
Bandit
Count Morner
Harbold
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