Sun God Haunts Flight Jinx on Coast-to-Coast Refuel Flight
The Sun God plane resumes its eastward leg from Rock Springs after a night aloft awaiting daylight for refueling. Lieutenant Mamer and Art Walker battled headwinds and a broken fuel line, refueling 165 gallons by flashlight, then 300 more at San Francisco, aiming for Cleveland next with legs through Minneapolis, St. Paul, Fargo, Bismark, Miles City, Butte, and Missoula.
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United Preas
Mamer
Cleveland
San Francisco
Cheynne
Wyo
Rock Springs
Cheyennne
Cheyenne
New York
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Fargo
Bismarck
Miles City
Butte
Missouua
Spokane
Field
San Francisco Bay
Spoane
Porkers Stronger Today at Yards Report
Hog prices showed strength at the Union stockyards with steady to 10 cent gains. Bulk 140 to 280 pounds sold $10.50 to $11.90 while receipts reached 1,500 with 1,775 holdovers. Cattle scarce. weaners steady at $16. Sheep and lambs steady with high grade lambs $12.50 to $14. Fat ewes $4.50 to $36.50. Chicago hog receipts 5,500 with bids steady to 10 cents lower. $11.75 to $11.85 on 160 to 200 pound loads. Cattle receipts 300, sheep 4,000.
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Chicago
Police badge in hand to clash banditry in Attica
Rob Cop of Gun Attica Indiana helped form a rare unity of law and order when the police force used only his badge to reach the criminal. Chief Joseph Jolliet told Indianapolis police his .45 caliber revolver was stolen from his arena and found parked at 723 Capitol Avenue after Thursday night.
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Attica
Ind
Joseph Jolliet
Indianapolis
Capitol Avenue
Manchuria Invasion Report By Red Army
Russia’s red army has invaded Manchuria with a large force and occupied two towns west of Manchuria as it advances to isolate the Manchurian railway junction. General Chang Hsueh-Liang orders resistance while border clashes persist with Chinese patrols nearby.
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Preas Mukden
Manchuria
Red
Manchuri
Manchurian
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Manchurian warlord calls conference after border clash
General Chang Hsueh-Liang, ruler of Manchuria, orders a military meeting as Chinese troops mass on the borders following Friday’s clash with Russian forces. Dispatches report 400 shots fired at Dalan and casualties on both sides, with Russians occupying a hill near Dailamar and Chinese posts returning fire. Japanese consular agents witnessed a three hour engagement with noted casualties.
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United Press
Manchusi
Manchuria
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chang
Wang Fu-Lin
Taitsihsi
Dalan
Dailamar
China prepares for possible Manchuria winter campaign
The war department in Shanghai announced preparations for a potential winter campaign against the Soviet Union. China notified Kellogg pact signatories that it would defend its territory and resist infringements while heavy purchases of blankets, khaki uniforms, and war supplies appeared in Shanghai markets.
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United Presse
Shanghai
China
War Department
Soviet Union
Nanking
Manchuria
Minneapolitan Girl Dorothy Anne Murdered and Funeral Held
Thousands view the victim, Dorothy Anne, a 12 year old abducted and strangled. Police watch crowds and suspects, including Albert Mollenauer, as funeral arrangements and pallbearers from her Sunday school class proceed at Hillside cemetery.
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United Preas
Minneapolis
Minn
Dorothy Anne
Hillside
Dorothy
Albert Mollenauer
Auné Home
Mollenauer
Aune
Quarrel Over Three Dollars Ends in Death at Indiana Harbor
A dispute over $3 led to a fatal shooting and serious injuries in Indiana Harbor. Mary Covello was arrested after she shot Jeanette Marcelos to death during a struggle in which Covello was cut.
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United Press
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Mary Covello
Jeanette Marcelos
Opening Markets By United Press Oil Stocks Lead Slow Week Start
York Aug 17 price moves were narrow as the weekend session began. Oils led active trading with heavy volume in a quiet overall market. Consolidated Gas rose to a new high at 180 while utilities held firm and mail order shares plus electrical equipment advanced. Standard Oil of New Jersey and other majors showed mixed moves.
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United Press
York
Stock Exchange
Consolidated Gas
Standard of New Jersey
Atlantic Refining
Pan American Petroleum B
Texas Corporation
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
New York
Allied
Amer Super
Amer - “Alge Assoc Ark Gas
Curtiss Wright
de Porest Nee Durant
Ford of Canada
Glans
Fox Thea
General
A ‘Electric
England
Hudson
Humble Aeee
Ohio
Standard Oil
Uni L and P
United Gas and Imp - Vacuum
Chicago
James T. Hamill & Co
Asssee ‘Warner
Weather report for field at 9 30 a m
Conditions show a southwest wind of six mph 76 degree temperature and 30.19 in Hg. Ceiling and visibility are unlimited and field conditions are good.
Graf Zeppelin Far Ahead of Schedule on World Flight
The Graf Zeppelin pushes toward Tokyo on the second leg of its round the world journey, now over Siberia 1800 miles north-east of Moscow and well ahead of schedule. Weather forecasts show favorable conditions toward the Ob valley but fog and west winds may affect leg to Lake Baikal and Irkutsk.
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Eugene Lyons
United Press
Moscow
Siberia
Graf Zeppelin
Tokio
Europe
Russia
Urals
Lake Baikal
Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
Central Weather Bureau
Vitniséisk
Dr. Eckener
Siberian
Irkutsk
Manchuria
Vladivostok
Guns Restored to Lakes Patrol Boats
Washington Aug. 17 District Commander Rasmussen of the coast guard ordered machine guns and rifles removed from Great Lakes patrol boats but has now ordered them restored because of recent instances of firing on the lake. The move reflects rising concerns over security and enforcement on patrols amid ongoing tensions and hazards on Great Lakes waterways.
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United Press
Washington
Rasmussen
Coast Guard
Great Lakes
Speedy Justice Planned in Theater Magnate Case
District attorney moves quickly to arraign and try Alexander Pantages on assault charges involving Eunice Pringle. Witness W C Hale described dramatic pursuit through the Pantages theater and testified about finding Pantages and a companion in his private office.
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Eunice Pringle
Alexander Pantages
Los Angeles
Ongeles
Leonard Wilson
Pantages Theater
W. C. Hale
Miss Pringle
Hale
Miss . Pringle
Pantages
R. L. Courtney
Courtney
Police hunt hit and run driver after Friday collisions
Police search for a hit-and-run motorist after a car driven by Ralph A. Wisehart collided with another car at Thirty-eighth Street and Pendleton Pike injuring Mrs Wisehart. Witnesses say the driver hid eight quarts of beer and fled.
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Ralph A. Wisehart
Ashland Avenue
Thirty-eighth Street
Pendleton Pike
Washington
California
Raymond Petrie
East Twenty-sixth Street
Maude Burris
Drexel Gardens
Division Street
Ex Senator Cyrus Locher Dies After Operation
Former United States senator Cyrus Locher died at 4 30 this morning in Cleveland following a gallstone operation. He was 51 years old and had seemed to recover until Friday when a relapse required another blood transfusion.
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United Press
Cleveland
Cyrus Locher
United States
Child Dies in Vault Near Anderson
Lloyd Carson Milburn, 18 months old, son of Mr and Mrs Cyrus Milburn, was found dead in a vault under an outhouse at the family home five miles east of Anderson Indiana. The mother discovered the body after last seeing the child playing nearby.
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Times Special
Anderson
Ind
Lloyd Carson Milburn
Cyrus Milburn
Here
Federal case may replace state charges in Port Richmond shooting
Deputy U S marshal Carl C Collins allegedly wounded storekeeper Peter Miller during an attempted liquor arrest in Port Richmond. The case may go to federal court for a charge of attempted murder, with petition filed to transfer from King William county. Miller, 33, remained hospitalized with two stomach bullet wounds as witnesses, including a midwife, were named.
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United Press
Richmond
Carl C.collins
United States
Port Richmond
King William County
Callum B. Jones
Peter Miller
Memorial Hospital
Miller
Collins
S. H. Easter
Boat Crash Kills 3 in St Lawrence. Lipe Family Missing
Three people die after a speed boat crashed into an excursion steamer on the St. Lawrence. Charles Lipe of Syracuse and his wife are missing, feared drowned along with Ford Dodge. The disaster halted by the nearby Maximine ITI rescue boat that saved many Thousand Island passengers.
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United Press Bay
N. Y
Charles Lipe
Syracuse
Ford Dodge
St. Lawrence
Lipe
Federal Judge Hangs Alderman With Seaplane Execution
James Horace Alderman, known as a liquor pirate and slayer of two coast guardsmen, was executed in a seaplane hangar at 6 04 am after secrecy orders by Federal Judge Halsted Ritter. The hanging occurred on government property with a small group present including a deputy marshal and local sheriff. The case followed a Aug 7 rum runner incident off Florida coast leading to multiple deaths including Robert E Weech and Webster. Hoover declined clemency, sealing Alderman's fate.
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ET Lauderdale
Flay
James Horace Ald
Erman
Coast
Alderman
Halsted Ritter
Ritter
High
Cacton
Robert E. Weech
Robert E. Webster
Secret Service
Atlantic
Webster
Sidney C. Sanderlin
Victor A. Lamby
Jodie Hollingsworth
Weech
Alderman Quickly
Atlanta
Hoover
Federal execution unique in coast guard murder case
J H Alderman, a rum runner convicted of killing two coast guardsmen, was hanged at Ft Lauderdale on federal territory after Broward county authorities refused to permit use of the county jail. Officials note federal executions are rare and not normally held in county facilities.
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United Press
Washington
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
J. H. Alderman
Dewas Guard
Broward County
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