Graf Zeppelin Nearing Atlantic Return for Around World Trip
The Graf Zeppelin rests at Lakehurst after a westward crossing, repairs underway for a Wednesday night departure. Passengers include a chimpanzee, a gorilla, a stowaway, a grand piano and 600 canaries as the crew and crowd tally reach into the tens of thousands. Dr Eckener says the voyage proves the airship can handle any weather, though some guests wished to return immediately.
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Stowaway Is Sent Home From Zeppelin Adventure
Albert Buschkia, 17, a baker's apprentice from Duesseldorf, Germany, arrived under guard at Gloucester N J after stowing away on the Graf Zeppelin. An immigration board declared him an undesirable alien and ordered immediate deportation. He will be sent to New York and then aboard a Hamburg American liner to return to Germany. He has no funds or relatives in the U S and asked to be paid to permit his picture. He remarked through an interpreter that he wanted one ride and is now satisfied.
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Five Hundred Dollar Gas Station Robbery in Kokomo
A bandit held up Leslie Neher at a Kokomo filling station Sunday night at about 10 o'clock, forcing him to stay still for five minutes while escaping with the day’s receipts estimated at $500. Neher was taking a lunch break when the robbery occurred.
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Ambiguous Time Marks From OCR Segment
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Freckles Sequel in Work by Porter Heir
Jeanette Porter Meehan, daughter of Jean Stratton Porter, prepares Freckles Comes Home a posthumous continuation of Freckles and the Limberlost saga. She recounts bonding with her mother during writing walks near the Wabash River and explains the planned tale would follow Freckles back to the woods people and the Limeberlost. The original Freckles drew about ten million readers, making it one of the era’s most beloved works.
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Aviation tops gambling bust near Dublin Indiana
In Dublin Indiana on August 3, deputies led by Deputy Sheriff Jesse Revilee used aircraft to locate a circle of outdoor craps players a mile east of town. Fifteen men from Cambridge City and Dublin were arrested on gambling charges after a ground raid in which an attempt to flee by air ended when officers fired in the air.
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Cambridge City
Wheat Takes Dive as Winter Crop Flood Offsets News
Chicago Aug 5 The winter wheat flood from southwestern farms pushed prices sharply lower on the Board of Trade as 17 000 000 bushels of invisible supplies offset spring crop bullishness. Cash wheat offered at new low discounts at all gulf ports. futures closed 2.5 to 3 cents lower with September at 1.38 and March at 1.51.
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Trio Get City Funds In Topeka Robbery
In Topeka Kansas on August 5 a man, a woman, and a second man held up a messenger carrying city funds to a bank and robbed him of nine thousand dollars.
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Bandits in Chicago Hotel Hold Up Clerks for 4600
Five men entered the Del Prado hotel on the south side today, held up two clerks, and fled with 4600 in cash. Police investigate the daytime robbery at the exclusive residence hotel. No injuries reported as detectives seek leads and security footage.
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Masked Men Threaten Dana Mine Engineer
James M. Ogden says he may urge Governor Leslie to declare martial law to protect Bono mine workers in Dana Indiana after masked men threatened the hoisting engineer who had been asked to quit. The state plans possible militia action while guards train at Camp Knox as prosecutions proceed against 58 United Mine Workers members.
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Prizes Replace Dog Betting At Indiana Kennel Club
Promoters of the Indiana Kennel Club announce cash prizes from admission receipts will be awarded nightly to bettors who select the most winning dogs in eight races. The plan, approved after a conference, starts Tuesday with gate increases to 99 cents. Tonight’s program uses the old admission charge. Circuit Judge Van Duyn denied a restraining order to halt investment booths, ending hopes to keep the plan. Twenty five percent of nightly receipts go to three cash prizes. top prize goes to the best predictor. Frank E. Young named race track operator for club creditors, with A. C. Baxter and R. D. Lanius remaining track managers.
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Southern Track Opens in Jeffersonville Dog Racing Amid Bet Debate
In Jeffersonville Indiana on August 5 authorities paused betting at a dog racing plant run by the American Legion. Officials said a new betting system would resume racing tonight and operate entirely within the law. Joe H Adams, president of the racing club, announced the plan without disclosing system specifics.
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Day Agent Missing in Detroit River Probe
Local federal prohibition units search for George Sand land prohibition agent who vanished after seizing a speed boat on the Detroit river last Friday. Acting customs collector Walter S. Petty suggests he may have drowned or faced violence from rum runners or bootleggers.
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US citizen accused of 62 marriages to smuggle brides
A United States citizen named Morris Baskin is under arrest in Warsaw after allegedly marrying 62 women in the past two years to help smuggle them into the United States. The women were to meet Polish youths they were betrothed to.
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Duress Charged in Snook Case Study
In Columbus Ohio authorities pressed third degree methods used to obtain the confession of Dr. James Howard Snook in Theora Hix murder. Major W C Howells of the Cleveland Plain Dealer testified. Defense counsel E O Ricketts argued the interview was coerced and part of the confession under duress.
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Boys 13 and 9 to be arraigned for fatal shooting in Woburn
Romulus Lucontoli and Attilio Tassi, aged 13 and 9, will face Woburn district court on a charge they shot their playmate Arthur Gentile, 11, fatally wounded him, then attempted to bury the body. After the shooting they washed blood from the boy’s face and dragged him 200 yards to a hillside before being caught. Gentile died at Choate Memorial Hospital. Bail set at $1,000 each.
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Choaté Memorial Hospital
Reptile Boy Bitten by Carnival Rattlers
Wes ley Barry known as Ko Ko Mo half boy half reptile was bitten by a diamond back rattler during a carnival performance in Burntown Pennsylvania. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment after the Saturday afternoon incident involving a dare from a carnival patron.
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Plane Explodes Over Mojave Killing Aviator
Virgil Cline of San Jose California was killed when his airplane exploded in mid air over the Mojave Desert near San Bernardino California on Sunday officials said the aircraft burst into flame and fell to the desert below
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Prohibition Crusader Mabel Willebrandt Defends Viewpoints
In her first of twenty four articles The Truth About Prohibition Mabel Willebrandt former U S assistant attorney general reveals the inside story of her stance on the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act She recalls her background religious and political influences and addresses criticism that she is a fanatic and religious bigot she also discusses her resignation and the political pressures she faced in the anti prohibition era
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Babe Ruth All American team contest opens for fans
The Times launches the Babe Ruth All American baseball team contest running from today to August 31. Nine prizes include cash, an autographed bat, baseball items, and a Babe Ruth book, with the top prize $25 for matching Babe Ruth’s picks and batting order. Participants must submit selections plus a letter of reasons, choosing ten players from the majors excluding Ruth.
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