World Air Speed Records Dominated by British Pilots
In Isle of Wight the Schneider Cup race ended with Great Britain defending the trophy. H R D Waghorn set a new world speed record for a lap at 329 mph while Atcherley briefly held the fastest single lap at 332.49 mph before disqualification.
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Ryde
Isle of Wight
R. L. R. Atcherley
Great Britain
Solent
H. R. D. Waghorn
Giovanni Monti
Waghorn
Lieut
Webster
Italy
Atcherley
Beal Gave Command Testsimony in Gastonia Strike Trial
In Gastonia court a police officer testified that Fred Beal urged pickets to drag workers from the Loray mill and to shoot to kill if obstructed. Other witnesses described Beal directing actions and a gunfire outbreak at the union grounds as the murder trial of sixteen strikers continued.
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Charlotte
Fred Erwin Beal
Lawrence
Mass
Loray
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
J. C. Jackson
Beal
Grace Duffie
Union
M. W. Barnhill
I. M. Allen
Cleveland County
Desolate regions search for City of San Francisco airliner expands
Reports from two distant zones, southern California and northern Mexico, draw attention to the missing City of San Francisco. A tri motor plane flashing lights was seen over the Providence mountains near Bagdad at 6 p.m. last Tuesday, appearing to lose altitude. Newspaper men head toward Columbus near the border after tip of a strange aircraft south of the line at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
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Winslow
Ariz
California
Old Mexico
San Francisco
Providence Mountains
Bagdad
Santa Fe Railroad
James L. Shooks
Shooks
Columbus
N. M
Chihuahua
San
Severe early snow forecast grips Rocky Mountains
Snow grips Denver and surrounding areas with temperatures from 4 to 39 degrees marking the coldest for this time of year in four decades. Havre and Kalispell report 24 and 28 degrees while Yellowstone Park is 30 and Helena 34. Frost warnings and continued cold, with snow in some regions, are forecast by weather bureaus.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Havre
Mont
Kalispell
Yellowstone Park
Helena
Watchman Dies Rescuing Autoist in Canal
J P Southern age 45 night watchman at Morehead Mills drowned while trying to save J Henry Shropshire 35 whose car plunged into a canal at Spray North Carolina Both bodies were recovered Shropshire likely suffered a heart attack causing loss of control Rescuers included Co C Poindexter head athletics coach and Ernest Wilson Wake Forest student who aided the recovery.
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Co. C. Poindexter
University of North Carolina
Ernest Wilson
Wake Forest
Further Trouble in Palestine Sees Prolonged Unrest
Reporters in Jerusalem say the British government has the situation in Palestine under control but expects a long period of unrest requiring large troop deployments. Despite brief calm, minor clashes persist between British forces, Arabs, and Jews. Bedouins attacked in Esdralton Valley, with ten killed during looting of the Rear Tabor colony. Near Gaza rumors of fights with Bedouins persist. In Kastinia, 60 Arabs and two sheiks were arrested over destruction of the colony.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Esdralton
Tabor
Gaza
Kastinia
England To Indian Mail Plane Crashes
SIMLA India Sept 7 The England to India mail plane crashed today at Jask Persia killing three persons and injuring two The burned aircraft passengers bodies and mail were incinerated The dead include Captain A E Woodbridge pilot Mr Bell of London passenger and an assistant mechanic named Court The injured are wireless operator Bourne and mechanic Amor both expected to recover
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Simla
India
Jask
Persia
A. E. Woodbridge
Bell
London
Court
Bourne
Amor
Hoover Rules Shipbuilders Not To Check Disarmament
President Hoover seeks to bar shipbuilding interests from obstructing naval disarmament talks. He asks Attorney General Mitchell to review options and demands explanations from Bethlehem Shipbuilding, American Brown Boveri Electric, and Newport News Shipbuilding in a $308,885 suit by naval expert William Shearer. Newport News denies charges. Bethlehem Steel calls the suit meritless. Shearer vows to testify before Congress if invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Mitchell
William Shearer
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Shearer
New York Supreme Court
Homer L. Ferguson
E. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Hoover Plans Oct Visit, Will Leave Capital Briefly
President Hoover will depart Washington toward the end of October for an extended trip to undisclosed cities. The exact destinations and duration remain to be set as officials finalize travel plans.
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Hoover
Washington
Mystery Surrounds Slaying of Robert G. Smith
Greensboro North Carolina September 7 mystery surrounds the shooting death of 55 year old Robert G Smith whose body with a back wound was found in a lonely farm house ten miles south of Greensboro County officers said no motive and no definite clues a coroner jury returned a verdict that death was at the hands of unknown person or persons funeral set for Sunday at 3 PM
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Greensboro
N. C
Robert G. Smith
Captain Woodbridge and Bar on Richt hofen claim
London dispatch notes Captain Woodbridge as a famed British air ace, with some papers crediting him for shooting down Baron von Richtofen in June 1917 during World War I.
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London
Woodbridge
Germany
Baron von Richthofen
Protest Storm Over 1929 Miss America Crown
Baltimore faced a protest after Miss Lillian Andrus of Buckeye Lake Ohio won the Miss America title. Sponsors charged she was a professional contestant from an amusement park and vowed to stage their own contest in a Baltimore hotel. Earl Carroll pulled as judge. 22 of 47 entrants reportedly back a new pageant. Edith Devan Miss Ohio was runner up. Julia Bradham Miss North Carolina placed next.
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Baltimore
Lillian Andrus
Buckeye Lake
Ohio
Balti
Earl Carroll
New York
Atlantic City
Edith Devan
Julia Bradham
North Carolina
National Dems Report Unpaid Obligations Decline
The national democratic committee reported to the House clerk that its unpaid obligations on August 31 totaled 416,937 dollars, down from 557,775 dollars on May 31, reflecting a reduced liability over the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Democratic Committee
House
Doukhobors Run Battle in Nelson Street Clash
A Doukhobor encampment near Nelson, British Columbia, sent 250 people into the town where a clash with police and citizens followed a barricade stand. A woman was injured and many others hurt as officers drove the crowd from the city. Separately, 63 of the Son s of Freedom group were found guilty of indecent exposure with many more awaiting trial.
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Nelson
B. C
Sons of Freedom
Transatlantic blimps to head south for new terminal
Dr. Hugo Eckener announced plans to establish a German airship terminal south of Baltimore, likely in Washington or Richmond, as weather conditions favor southern landing sites for regular transatlantic service. He noted the Graf Zeppelin likely will not land again at Lakehurst N J to avoid overuse of the naval welcome.
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New York
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin
Germany
Eckener
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Chapman Funeral Held This Morning
Funeral services for Col. William Henry Chapman 89 Confederate veteran and Greensboro notable were held at St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Ministers included Rev. C. E. Buxton Rev. J. H. Chapman Rev. J. J. Chapman and Rev. W. H. K. Pendleton burial followed at Green Hill Cemetery. Chapman served on the staff of Col. John Moshby during the Civil War.
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Greensboro
N C
William Henry Chapman
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
C. E. Buxton
St. Andrews
J. H. Chapman
Greenwich
Dr. Robert W. Smith Dies At Hertford
Dr. Robert W. Smith, 61, a renowned physician in northeastern North Carolina, died in Hertford today of apoplexy after being unconscious 24 hours. Funeral services are set for Sunday, and he is survived by his widow and one daughter.
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Hertford
N. C
Robert W. Smith
North Carolina
Finnish Steamer Juru Sinks. Eight Drown In Storm
Night passengers, mostly schoolchildren, lost their lives when the Finnish steamer Juru sank in a heavy storm on its Tampere to Kuru route. Of about two hundred passengers, one hundred twenty were saved.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Juru
Tampere
Kuru
Willing Leads Johnston After Nine Holes In Amateur Final
Dr. Oscar F. Willing of Portland Oregon holds a two up lead over Harrison R Johnston of St Paul after the first nine holes of the 36 hole final for the national amateur golf championship at Pebble Beach California.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Oscar F. Willing
Portland
Oregon
Harrison R
Jimmy) Johnston
St. Paul
Wire Thief Escapes Gastonia Jail By Tunneling Out
Georges Beck, jailed on copper wire theft charges, escaped Gastonia county jail by boring through three walls and using knotted blankets as a rope to reach the roof. Beck had been held with George Ramsey and Roy Jones after a Duke Power wire raid near Mt. Holly. Ramsey and Beck could not post bond while Jones was released on 500 dollars. The jailer found the escape at breakfast.
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Gastonia
N. C
Georges Beck
Gastonia County
Beck
Asheville
George Ramsey
Roy Jones
Duke Power Company
Mt. Holly
Jones
Ramsey
Tom Hanna
Buffalo Junior Champs Are Happy
Fourteen Burke brothers of Buffalo New York rushed home with a silver cup after defeating New Orleans eleven to four in the third game to win the American Legion junior world series here. The Buffalo team will ride a special car with the world series players to attend the big league world series games this fall. They had previously won a newspaper prize in the Buffalo city series and hoped for another prize.
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Louisville
Burke Brothers
Buffalo
N. Y
New Orleans
American Legion
Greensboro Delegation Protests NC Central Office Plan
Postmaster General Brown met a Greensboro delegation critical of unifying the department's general accounting offices in North Carolina into a single central office at Charlotte. The current offices are in Wilmington and Greensboro and the group included E. B. Jeffress R. C. Chandley Robert Douglas Mrs Katherine McCormick and Chas M Ketchum.
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Washington
Brown
Greensboro
North Carolina
Charlotte
Wilmington
E. B. Jeffress
Greensboro Daily News
R. C. Chandley
Robert Douglas
Katherine McCormick
Stedman
Chas. M. Ketchum
Anxiety Over Poincare Health After Minor Operation
Paris reports growing anxiety over former French president Raymond Poincare as doctors describe his condition as stationary after a month since a minor operation. A congested lung spot and weakening state raise fears for the statesman’s health.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
France
Priest Freed After 42 Hours in Collapse Shaft
Wilkins Priest was released at 6 07 am after 42 hours trapped in a collapsed 35 foot well at Well Ottumwa Iowa. He cried for water as rescuers pulled him to the surface on a cot and doctors evaluated his injuries. Allan Hoover to Harvard Business School on September 19 is announced in Washington.
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Ottumwa
Wilkins Priest
Priest
D. L. Rater
Allan Hoover
Harvard Washington
Harvard School of Business
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Raed
Western Air Express
Albuquerque
ST. Louis
Transcontinental Air Transport
Mount Taylor
New Mexico
Los Angeles
George Rice
NEA
SBS
Peter Pie
H. R. D. Wahhorn
Rocky Mountains
Watchman
England
Congressional Investigation Committee
Smith
Doukhobors
Nelson, B. C
Police
Chapman
Dr. Willing
Johnson
Poincare
Wilkins
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