Big Air Liner Dives In River With Five Aboard
Earl Rowland of Wichita arrives Rockwell Field at 8:35 a.m. in a Cessna mono plane from Yuma. Rankin leads the New York Los Angeles air derby at Yuma in a Waco biplane en route to San Diego. Bullough of Chicago lands at Fort Worth in a Laird biplane with Dickenson. others follow in Waco and Travelair planes as the race progresses toward Midland.
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Rowland
Wichita Flyer
San Diego
Bellough
Cal
Earl Rowland
Wichita
Kan
Rockwell Field
Yuma
Arizona
Ariz
Piya
Tex Rankin
Portland
Ore
Rankin
Los Angeles
Fort Worth
Texas
E. E. Bullough
Chicago
Municipal
Charles Dickenson
Oklahoma City
John R. Wood
Wausau
Wis
Waco
Fred Cole
Troy
Ohio
T. A. Wells
Kas
C. W. Sheppard
New York
Ballough
Midland
United States
Navy
Otterbein
Ind
Darwin Leighty
Robert Burns
Joseph C. Soper
Selfridgefield
Mich
Lake Erie
Camp Perry
O. Charles Gilhausen
Essen
Germany
Des Moines
Iowa
Jack McElve
Carl W. Cates
Kansas City
Cates
R. B. Sour
Lieut
G. H. Hasselman
U. S. 8S
Langley
Maine Election Sparks Drumbeat for National Victory
Maine voters headed to the polls as Republicans and Democrats hope the outcome signals national momentum. Governor hopeful William Tudor Gardiner leads Republicans with Moran as his rival. Holmes challenges Senator Hale in a statewide contest.
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Portland
Maine
Hoover
Smith
William Tudor Gardiner
Edward C. Moran, Jr
Gardiner
Houston
Herbert E. Holmes
Frederick Hale Republican
Washington
Holmes
al’’ Smith
Kellogg Sees War Pact Not a Party Issue
Secretary of State Kellogg returned from Paris aboard the Leviathan and stated the peace pact should not be made a party issue. He said it is an international matter of world wide importance and supported by fifteen nations with more joining. He dismissed any link to a secret naval treaty and explained his Ireland visit as returning a prior invitation from President Cosgrave.
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New York
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
Leviathan
Paris
Kellogg
Pennsylvania
Washington
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
England
France
Mr. Kellogg
Ireland
Dublin
Cosgrave
Union activists clash as Pittsburgh riot interrupts convention
Pittsburgh police barred the Save the Union meeting of United Mine Workers dissenters led by John J. Watt. A riot left six injured and 121 jailed, with Anthony Calamari among the injured and Phillip Murray citing peaceful picketing under UMWA policy. Additional arrests followed at area hotels as disturbances flared throughout the day.
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Pittsburgh
Save the Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Peter P. Walsh
Save
Union
John J. Watt
Labor
Lewis and Watt
Milan Race Track Wreck Kills 21 at European Championship
An auto race tragedy at Milan on September 9 leaves 21 dead as a driver loses control at 10 miles an hour and crashes into the grandstand. Among the victims are 18 spectators and Dorothy Donetto of Boston, with two more dying later. The race continued, won by freshman Chiron in a Burgatti at 160 mph average.
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Milan
Italy
Europe
Dorothy Donetto
Boston
Chiron
Burgatti
Johnston In Lead In Play Of Amateurs
Harrison R. Johnson led the national amateur golf championship qualifying test at Brae Burn Country Club in Newton Massachusetts after a spectacular round under par on the 6643 yard course. He held a three stroke edge over Don Moe and six over Bobby Jones with a 69 on the new layout, a fresh championship mark.
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Braeburn Country Club
Newton
Mass
Harrison R
Jimmy) Johnson
Minneapolis
Johnston
Don Moe
Portland
Ore
Bobby Jones
Minnesota
Braeburn Coffiree
R. R. Gordon
Johnson
Cotton Drops Five Dollars Per Bale on Selloff
New Orleans trading opened with cotton prices plunging about five dollars per bale as selling orders accumulated from the weekend. October futures slipped to around 17.52 cents a pound, with December at 17.61 and January 17.64, about 92 to 96 points below the prior close. Early rally faded as the market remained weak after the first half hour.
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New Orleans
Golf balls injure three on Asheville courses
Asheville Sept 10 Flying golf balls struck three persons on local courses over the weekend. Scott Cooper 14 caddie at Malvern Hills country club suffered a blow Sunday afternoon left temporarily blind in one eye. John H Tipton 17 another Malvern Hills caddie was hurt two hours later with a lacerated scalp. Dr R A White Asheville physician was hit in the eye at Asheville Country club breaking his glasses.
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Asheville
Scott Cooper
Horney Heights
Malvern Hills Country Club
French Broad Hospital
John H. Tipton
Malvern Hills
Sand Hill Road
Cooper
R. A. White
Mission Hospital
Asheville Country Club
Florence Trumbull Says Christmas White House Wedding Not Likely
Miss Florence Trumbull, daughter of Connecticut's governor, says her engagement to John Coolidge is not planned before Christmas. She notes he must work to earn money and may take a freight clerk job with the New York New Haven and Hartford railway, paying up to 30 a week, as she collects bets from friends.
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New York
Florence Trumbull
Europe
John Coolidge
Connecticut
United States
Harvey
Lapland
Trumbull
White House
John
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway
Hoover Says Wisconsin Safe For Him In Seek of 1932 Vote
Hoover told Wisconsin is safe for him as Kohler nomination for governor helps Hoover victory there in November. Delegates report Massachusetts drive by Democrats discussed with Liggett Prescott Richardson. After Newark speech Hoover plans a Chesapeake Bay fishing trip, then down the Potomac for a fishing ground retreat.
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Washington
Gates
Herbert Hoover
General Headquarters
Newark
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Kohler
Badger
Hoover
Massachusetts
Louis K. Liggett
Francis Prescott
John Richardson
Bay State
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac
Bay
Wheat Prices Fall to Season's Lowest Level
Chicago on September 10 reported wheat prices dropping to the season's lowest level for September December and March deliveries. Heavy spring wheat receipts north and south of the Canadian border added selling pressure, with export demand from North America only fair and the upcoming US crop report expected to confirm liberal yields. Prices closed unsettled with small declines across grains and slight moves in provisions.
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Chicago
North America
United States
Appeal Set for Ben Bass Case Before Full Supreme Court
The Ben Bass appeal from Judge Townsend's order will be heard by the full South Carolina Supreme Court on October 8. Associate Justice T. P. Cothran, summoned to Columbia for that date, said today in Greenville.
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Greenville
Ben Bass
Townsend
Supreme Court
T. P. Cothran
Columbia
Bootleggers Blue Book Names 10 Philly Probers
Philadelphia officials reveal a bootleggers blue book allegedly listing bootleggers their wives and lawyers and including city hall detectives with phone numbers The discovery fuels District Attorney John Monaghan drive against bootleggers hijackers and gangsters in the fourth week of the probe. Witnesses subpoenaed to bolster charges of police bribery. Some names come from New York Pennsylvania and other states. The book was found during recent raids.
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Philadelphia
John Monaghan
Monaghan
New York
Pennsylvania
Briand Affirms Open Franco British Naval Pact
Briand told the League of Nations assembly that no secret clauses exist in the Franco British naval accord and that its aim is to ease armament reduction. Delegates of 50 nations applauded as he stressed peaceful purposes. China was denied a new non permanent council seat, awaiting a three year wait for another candidacy after a 27 to 3 vote.
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Geneva
Aristide Briand
France
Assembly of the
League of Nations
M. Briand
China
Briand
Work Says Whisperers On Both Sides
Chairman Work of the Republican committee denies personal attacks carried the party’s sanction. He says the whispering campaigns against both presidential candidates are harmful to both sides and against public morals, while charging some material is directed by opponents under the seal of confidence to start whispers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Work
Republican Committee
Alfred E. Smith
Unfilled U S Steel Orders Rise in August
New York reports United States Steel unfilled orders at 3,624,043 tons on August 31, up 53,116 tons from July. The July figure was 66,082 tons lower than June, indicating a rebound in August.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Henderson Young Man Struck and Killed by Train
Ollie Boyd Cawthorne aged 22 was killed by a Seaboard Air Line train between Saturday night and Sunday near his home four miles north of Henderson North Carolina A coroner jury found he was last seen walking the tracks after an afternoon visit to Henderson He worked as a crane operator at Greystone Record shows a fatal railroad accident with precise location and occupation.
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Henderson
N. C
Ollie Boyd Cawthorne
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Here
Cawthorne
Greystone
Bold Louisiana convicts seize launch in deadly prison escape
In Louisiana a band of 13 convicts attempted liberty from the state penitentiary. A gun battle left at least three dead and eight wounded, as escapees commandeered a river launch and fled toward the Mississippi. Cleve land Owen New Orleans desperado led the assault. Jon S. Brown, Archie Walter, Capt John Singleton, and Capt C C Higgenbotham were among those injured or slain.
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Baton Rouge
Liberty
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Cleveland Owen
New Orleans
Jon S. Brown
Archie Walter
John Singleton
C. C. Higgenbotham
The
Trust
Owen
Arthur
Kinchen
Stanley Proctor
S. J. Beck
Two More Die In Chicago Gang War
Chicago dispatch reports two more killings tied to the Lombardo faction as authorities investigate ties to Sicilian power. Joe Ferraro and Tony Lombardo died from gunshot wounds amid Friday traffic chaos on Madison Street. Cobb Eskelson was found dead on Lakarrabee Street with a star badge indicating a false prosecutor role suspected in extortion schemes linked to Lombardo's influence.
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Chicago
Joe Ferraro
Madison Street
Tony Lombardo
Lombardo
Ferraro
Ferrara
Cobb Eskelson
Larrabee Street
Eskelson
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J. H. Livington
Monmouth, Ills
M. B. Allen
NEA Service
Enterprise
Packard Electric Company
Miss Packard
Rock River
Rockford
M. E. Headley
Warren, O
Packard Electric Co
Warren, C
Bert Hassell
Greater Rockford
Greenland
GOP
Associates Press
Union Folk
Minneapolis Star
Philly Probers
Lousiana
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