Brightest Boy Named by Edison
West Orange New Jersey August 1 Arthur O Williams Jr topped forty nine boys in a Edison contest. The desert question asked which two people to save in a desert scenario and which to die. Donald Ogden Stewart offered a noted answer about choosing between friends and a scientist's wife and child.
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United Press
West Orange
N. J
Arthur O. Williams Jr
York
Thomas Edison
Donald Ogden Stewart
Eelation
Buffalo scientist weighs desert problem guiding doubt
Dr. Karlos E. Cummings of the Buffalo Museum says in reply to Edison desert problem only one guide could be saved, but more information is needed to determine which two expedition members could best carry on the work, stressing the expedition's primary duty to accomplish its mission.
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United Press
Offalo
N. Y
Karlos E. Cummings
Buffalo Museum
Edison desert problem dismissed as useless test query
MIT professor Robert Rogers denounced Thomas Edison's desert problem as a purely hypothetical question with no place in any intelligence test. He refused to answer but offered his view that no elimination answer could have validity.
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United Press
Desert Guide Decision by Dr Sherwood on Lost Party
Dr George A H Sherwood director of the American Museum of Natural History proposes a plan for a lost desert party. He favors choosing a young man as leader for stamina and keeping the leader in the desert, while selecting a young scientist and a fiancée as companion, arguing the scientist’s future impact and his own engagement.
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United Press
York
George A H. Sherwood
American Museum of Natural History
Edison scholarship questions reveal teen curiosity in Ford value
In Orange New Jersey on August 1 Edison fielded queries from forty nine competing boys seeking his scholarship. The questions touched on practical desires such as what one would pay for a second hand Ford coupe, among other topics.
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United Press
Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Woman Holds Stage in San Francisco Bomb Case
The California supreme court rejects summoning Warren K. Billings from Folsom prison to resolve conflicting evidence in the July 22, 1916 bombing case. Estelle Smith testifies of a claimed Billings confession crediting him with out squirting acid on cars, while McKenzie and Walsh clash over witness status and Mooney’s pardon.
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San Francisco
California Supreme Court
Warren K. Billings
Folsom
Billings
Edwin V. McKenzie
Estelle Smith
William H. Waste
McKenzie
Frank P. Walsh
New York
Mooney
Coard
Walsh
C. C. Young
San Quentin
Miss Smith
Fremont
Fickert
John MacDonald
Martin Swanson
Frank Oxman
Tom Mooney
Wages Slashed on Route 50 Firestaging Labor Study
Laborers on United States Road 50 near Seymour and North Vernon Ind faced wage cuts from 40–45 cents to 20–30 cents an hour with some at 25 cents. About 200 workers, long hours, and out of state firms drew protests, while officials denounced the practice and planned action. The McCarthy Construction Company held the contract for paving and general work, awarded Sept. 18 1929 for 281 595 75 dollars.
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Herbert L. Cecil
United States
McCarthy Improvement Company
Davenport
Dunlap & Co
North Vernon
Ind
McCarthy Company
Dunlap Company
James Dawson
Hayden
Indiana
Seymour
Eee
Jess Murdén
Rep
Peru
State Highway Commission
Commission
John J. Brown
McCarthy Construction Company
Duncan Construction Company
Chicago
Duncan Company
Highway Department
Bribe Hinted in Norris Campaign Interference
Senate campaign investigating committee says it expects to show transfer of money connected with the Norris Nebr. candidacy. Nye reveals investigations opened in Massachusetts and Tennessee amid charges of lavish spending and election law violations.
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Ashington
Senate
George W. Norris
Bow
Grocer
Nye
Washington
Norris
Massachusetts
Tennessee
C. W. Crooker
Liberal Civic League of
Crooker
William M. Butler
Man Executed at San Quentin for Murder of 7 Year Old
Thomas Lehew of Fort Bragg Mendocino County was hanged at San Quentin Prison for the murder of 7 year old The resa Johnson. The trap was sprung at 10 02 and he was pronounced dead at 10 15 by Dr L L Stanley.
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United Preo
San Quentin Prison
Cal
Thomas Lehew
Ft. Bragg
Mendocino County
Theresa Johnson
Lehew
L. L. Stanley
Murder by temporary insanity ends in Cedar Lake wife slain
In Gary Indiana on August 1 Anton Gettke 56 of Cedar Lake shot his wife Ida 53 to death at their Lakeside cottage. Officials say temporary insanity was the motive Gettke who is crippled with locomotor ataxia confessed at the cottage but offered no explanation. Neighbors woke to the gunfire and Gettke was jailed in Lake County Crown Point.
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Lake
United Press
Gary
Ind
Anton Gettke
Cedar Lake
Ida
Gettke
Lake County
Crown Point
Fire Department Promotes Three After Vacancy
Lieutenant Frank Kissel is promoted to fire captain by the safety board to fill a vacancy from a death. Clarence Amos becomes lieutenant and John L. Sullivan of 128 South Hancock Street is appointed as fireman.
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Frank Kissel
The
Safety Board
Clarence Amos
John L. Sullivan
South Hancock Street
Miami Drops Vagrancy Charge Against Scarface Al
Miami officials dismissed the vagrancy action against Al Capone. The case had been filed but no further information would be pursued.
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Miami
Scarface
United Press
Fla
Forecast promises more heat with weekend rise
The weather bureau forecast a second warm weekend after a week of near heat wave conditions. Temperatures are expected to climb again as moderate heat gives way to uncomfortable heat levels.
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United States Weather Bureau
Renew Air Licenses for 608 U.S. Stations
The Federal Radio Commission renewed the licenses of 608 broadcasting stations for ninety days. Only WRK in Hamilton, Ohio failed to apply, and its license was declared expired.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Radio Commission Today
United States
WRK
Hamilton
Giant Airship Reaches Montreal After Atlantic Crossing
The R-100 dirigible landed at St Hubert Quebec near Montreal after an 80 hour 51 minute Atlantic crossing from Cardington England. Officials from the United States and Canada greeted the crew and passengers as customs and medical examinations proceeded.
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United Press
ST. Hubert
Quebec
Canada
Cardington
England
United States
R. B. B. Colmore
British
Air Ministry
Colmore
Death of Walter Johnson's Wife Shocks Washington
Washington mourns as Hazel Johnson dies at Georgetown Hospital after a brief illness tied to heat exhaustion. Johnson 35, trapping a double header in New York as the Senators pause pennant pursuit to honor his wife.
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United Press
Washington
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Georgetown Hospital
Walter Jr
New York
Yankees
Clark Griffith
Senators
Hazel Roberts
Edwin Roberts
Reno
Nev
Congress
Nevada
New School Head Receives Reception After Car Theft
Paul C. Stetson, new Indianapolis school superintendent, arrived from Black Lake and found his car stolen from a Fall Creek Boulevard garage. He said Indianapolis is a mighty nice town and favors gradual improvement, with D. T. Weir as assistant supervisor and praise for the current school board. Stetson is a native Hoosier born in Logansport and has worked in Michigan and Ohio.
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Paul C. Stetson
Indianapolis
Stetson
Dayton
Black Lake
Mich
Fall Creek Boulevard
D. T. Weir
Logansport
Ind
Michigan
Ohio
Primo Carnera Seen as Benefactor in Fight to Stay in U S
The heavyweight Primo Carnera was praised as a benefactor of humanity during a US immigration hearing. His manager and lawyer touted charitable acts and potential for a title bout against Max Schmeling, while advocates from the Italo American community urged favorable action and cited Carnera’s hopes to remain in the United States.
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Primo
U. S
United Press
Ashington
Primo Camera
Eg Board of Review
Renee Oe Rae
Leon Lee
Carnera
Max Schmeling
Indiana Governor Returns From Vacation At Dunes
Governor Harry G. Leslie resumes duties after vacationing at the Indiana Dunes State Park. Reports say he plans a lake trip to Canada for an international touch to his leisure. His winter retreat was in Florida, and he attended the Governors’ pavilion at Salt Lake City before this summer getaway with the Leslie family at the governor’s dunes cottage.
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Harry G. Leslie
Indiana Dunes State Park
Statehouse
Canada
Florida
Salt Lake City
National Park
Leslie
The
Dunes
Germans Begin Hop Kirkwall Flight to Chicago
German aviators Wolfram Hirth and Oscar Weller launched a three stop trans Atlantic hop from Swanbister to Iceland at 9 40 a m today heading next to Greenland and Labrador before the dash to Chicago. They fly a 40 horsepower light plane delayed by winds that threatened fuel limits.
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United Press
Kirkwall
Scotland
Wolfram Hirth
Oscar Weller
Chicago
Swanbister Shore
Iceland
Greenland
Labrador
World Flight Launch From Roosevelt Field
John Mears and Henry Brown plan a round the world flight starting from Roosevelt Field at 4 Saturday morning. They aim to set a new globe encirclement record, with Harbor Grace as the first stop before hopping to the British Isles.
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United Press
New York
John
Henry Mears
Henry Brown
Roosevelt Field
Globe
Harbor Grace
N. F
British Isles
Marion Denied Reimbursement For Bombing Investigation Costs
State tax commissioners refused Marion city authorities' request to reimburse $1,180 paid from the city budget. Edwin R. Thomas led the bombing investigation in the city after winter and spring bombings that killed five people. no suspects were charged.
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Marion
Edwin R. Thomas
Hoover Invites Talkies to Film President’s Camp Trip
Sound photographers are invited to Hoover’s camp to record the President and guests on Saturday. The President and Hoover were to depart the White House for a three day stay after the visit.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Open Session Sparks Backlash At Indiana Wheat Meeting
Farmers criticize Alexander Legge and federal farm officials after a closed conference on wheat acreage reductions at Claypool. Extension directors and reporters were barred, while farm leaders lament secrecy and demand access to discussions, with Legge delaying remarks and preparing a Chicago trip.
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Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Washington
Claypool
Legge
Farm Papers
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indiana
G. E. Farrell
Department of Agriculture
North Central States
John H. Morgan
Marco
Key~ Hole
E. L. Zeis
Oxford
Benton County Farm Bureau
John T. Barnett
Hendricks County
John Brown
Farm Bureau
George Weymouth
Farmers’ Guide
John Lacey
Prairer Farmer
Chicago
Skinner
Miners Injured in Blast at Red Bird Mine
Twelve miners were hurt at the Red Bird mine of Warner Collieries in Tiltonville Ohio as twenty men worked to clear a rock slide when a powder blast went off. Two were reported killed in the incident.
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United Press
Tiltonville, O
Red Bird
Warner Colleries Company
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Adrian Bonnelly
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Sonnelly
Fred A. Hartley Jr
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