Aviators End World Flight Amid Public Opinion Pressures
Tokyo dispatch reports Edward F. Schlee and Walter S. Brock abandoned their round-the-world attempt aboard the Pride of Detroit after a flood of cables from home, pleas from the Schlee children, and authorities warnings. They will sail back to San Francisco, planning to resume later if possible.
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Walter S. Brock
Harbor Grace
N. F
Turkey
China
Burma
Siam
Japan
Kasumigaura
J. W. Walker
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Schlee
Brock
San Francisco
America
Midway
Honolulu
Relief From Heat Grips Midwest Major Cities
Chicago and the central states endure a fourth day of record heat with temperatures above 90. Illinois officials report daily crop gains of 3 million bushels as corn advances 90 percent this week. Thirteen heat related deaths in Chicago yesterday raise the three day total to 23 while schools close citywide and bells mute across many towns awaiting relief from the heat wave.
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Chicago
Middle-West
Central Plains
Missourio
Mississippi
Ohio
Central States
Illinois
Couple Held France Asks Reciprocity For Murder In Tariff Rates
In Blakely Georgia charges allege Mr and Mrs Harris Hayes poisoned their daughter in law Mrs Amos Hayes 16 and suspected of killing two sons James and Amos The coroner found traces of poison in Mrs Hayes viscera Authorities say life insurance linked the couple to the deaths and bonds and hearings are being arranged while the infant granddaughter is cared for by relatives
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Amos Hayes
Detroit
James
Amos
Harris Hayes
Hayes
James Hayes
Atlanta
Macon Officers to Face Preliminary Hearing in Assault Case
Three Macon county officers charged with assaulting Cecil Holt and others in a car ten miles south of Franklin with a pistol on September 10 will have a preliminary hearing September 26. The delay from last Monday was due to Holt being hospitalized.
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Macon County
Cecil Holt
Here
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Ruth Elder Married in Birmingham in 1925
Miss Ruth Elder of Lakeland Florida, later known as Mrs Kyle Womack, married in Birmingham in September 1925 to Kyle Womack, sister Mrs James Glass said. Elder and George Haldeman plan a trans Atlantic flight in the American Girl and await favorable weather in New York for the Paris attempt.
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Anniston
Ala
Ruth Elder
Lakeland
Fla
George Haldeman
Birmingham
Kyle Womack
Elder
James Glass
New York
Paris
Birth Control Debate Among Elite Circles
Dr. George C. Mosher told about 50 physicians in Asheville that birth control is too prevalent among the upper classes and promoted by unaware advocates. He questioned Malthusian theory, noting falling birth rates and rising infant survival, predicting lifespans rising from 58 in 1924 toward 61 by 1930 and 94 by 2100.
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George C. Mosher
Kansas City
American Association of Obstetrcians
Grove Park Inn
Cotton Falls on New York Rumor Supposed Supply Drop
The cotton market tumbled about 6.50 a bale after a New York report suggesting if supply materializes prices should decline. October eased to 21.02 and December to 21.35, down 125 to 127 points from the prior close, with later weakness seen as October slid to 21.21. Exports for the day reached 29,847.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
Fannie Bryce Granted Divorce From Jules Arnstein
Chicago report states actress Fannie Bryce won a divorce from Jules Arnstein after loyalty amid his prior imprisonment for a New York bond theft. The case notes Arnstein, a New York promoter, served time in Leavenworth.
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Fannie Bryce
Jules
Nicky
Longworth Opposes Special Session Plan
Speaker Longworth told President Coolidge he sees no need for a special session. He aligns with Curtis and Tilson that nothing constructive would come from convening early. House committees are ready to function and will prepare tax revision and appropriations bills for December regular session.
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Curtis
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Tilson
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House
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Memphis Club Buys Three Baseball Players For Spring
Thomas R. Watkins president of the Memphis club announces the purchase of pitcher W A Hunter and second baseman Thorpe Hamilton from Knoxville, and outfielder Mallonee from Richmond, Virginia League. They will report next spring.
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Tenn
Thomas R. Watkins
Memphis Club
Southern Association
W. A. Hunter
Thorpe Hamilton
Knoxville Club
South Atlantic Association
Mallonee
Richmond
Wall Street Opens Higher on Broad Stock Rally
Operations for the advance resumed at the opening of today’s stock market. Buoyant demand lifted a wide list of rails and industrials with early gains of a point or two for Baltimore & Ohio Dupont Goodrich Rubber Hudson Motors and Mullins Body. American Tobacco climbed to new highs as National Supply declined.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Dupont
Goodrich Rubber
Hudson Motors
Mullins
Miss Elder Heads For Paris In Atlantic Flight Attempt
A 23 year old flyer Miss Ruth Elder of Lakeland Florida prepares to fly solo to Paris with Capt George Haldeman from Roosevelt Field She plans a 3610 mile crossing Sunday stating she aims to be the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air Her Stinson Detroit aircraft carries about 500 gallons of gas and cruises near 100 mph as she confirms readiness and weather as the sole barrier.
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Paris
Atlantic
Ruth Elder
Lakeland
Fla
Roosevelt Field
George Haldeman
Wheeling
W. Va
Sea
O. K
Lindbergh
Haldeman
John Darling
Detroit
Royal Windsor
Miss Elder
Colonel Lindbergh
St. Louis
Europe
Caveman Hides His Sweetheart
In Asheville on September 15 Nancy Thomas, four, vanished after her first day of kindergarten as George Reynolds, her classmate, waited at recess and abducted her to a barn hiding spot. A search party including the mother found Nancy dangling from a second story window with Reynolds attempting to pull her through. the kidnapper was forgiven.
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Tot
George Reynolds
Nancy
Thomas
George
Temperature record falls in Charlotte on Sept 15
A two year temperature record was broken in Charlotte as the 2:30 p.m. reading reached 82 degrees, three tenths higher than the 50 year day record set in 1825.
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Charlotte Charlotte
Edwards Acquitted in Murder Trial at Robbinsville
Clyde Edwards was acquitted in superior court at Robbinsville of murder in the box party death of Joe Tipton at Stechoah school several months earlier. The trial concluded with Edwards cleared of the charges.
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Robbinsville
Clyde Edwards
Joe Tipton
Stechoah
Superior
Mexican authorities execute 37 bandits in crackdown
Bodies of 38 bandits, hanged from trees and telegraph poles along the southern Pacific railroad in Nayarit, Mexico, are reported as Guayamas dispatches describe travelers and train crews noting the grisly evidence of a government campaign against bandits.
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Ariz
Southern Pacific of Mexico
Nayarit
Guayamas
Sonora
North Carolina Governor Praises Patriotism at Bentonville Marker Unveil
Governor McLean spoke at the Bentonville marker dedication praising North Carolinians for patience and spiritual values. He lauded Gen Joseph E Johnston and the youths in battle and urged future memorials in marble for those who fought to defend the land. He thanked the United Daughters of the Confederacy for their inspiration and accepted the marker.
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North Carolina
McLean
Battle of Bentonville
Genet
Joseph E. Johnston
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the State
New Orleans Sent 1926 Leaf Tobacco Exports Lead Nation
New Orleans shipped about 109 million pounds of leaf tobacco in 1926, accounting for roughly 23 percent of all United States exports, according to AP dispatch from Washington.
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Washington
New Orleans
United States
Isadora Duncan Dies In Auto Accident In Nice
Isadora Duncan, famed dancer, dies after a scarf tangles in a car wheel on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. With her were French chauffeur and British journalist Mrs Mary's Perks. Duncan's death is reported instantaneous from a broken neck. funeral plans handled by Mrs Perks and Paris Singer.
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Isadora Duncan
Nice
France
Promenade Des Anglais
Mary Desto Perks
Perks
Fhee St. Roch’ Hospital
United States Won't Negotiate Treaty on Reciprocity Basis
A State Department authorized statement foreshadowed rejection of French proposals for a commercial treaty with the United States on a most favored nation basis. The government said it could not negotiate on that basis under existing law, ahead of any Paris embassy report on France's reply.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Paris
Foreign Office
France Plans Tariff Cut For American Goods Talks Continue
Paris reports that France would grant American commodities a fifty percent reduction from the current general tariff during negotiations for a France United States commercial treaty. The general tariff is four times the minimum rate, meaning American products would face double the German and other treaty-country duties.
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Paris
France
United States
Germany
France seeks reciprocity for tariff treaty with United States
Paris notes that only full reciprocity will justify negotiations on a tariff treaty. France will keep current high rates until the US signals readiness to discuss a new schedule. Once talks begin Paris would offer lower American-facing rates, but not matching those granted to Germany. The note, delivered to Sheldon Whitehouse, signals opening of extended negotiations expected to take three to four months.
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France
Germany
Ministry of Commerce
Washington
Sheldon Whitehouse
Foreign Office
Crows Decline to Fly to the Pacific Coast
New York reports Moran and Mack, the Two Black Crows, will not travel from the Pacific coast to attend the fourth annual radio industries banquet on September 21. Major J. Andrew White had proposed air travel but the comedians preferred terra firma, sending a playful reply emphasizing preference for solid ground.
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Pacific Coast
Radio Industries
Moran and
Mack
J. Andrew White
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