Fire stations may aid police radio system plan
Charles R. Myers safety board president notes installing WMDZ receivers in thirty two city fire stations could help police observation. Fire Chief Harry E. Voshell approved the plan, with an estimated cost of 3000 dollars. Franklin Strong, 22, died from a skull fracture after an automobile crash near Winamac Indiana.
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Charles R. Myers
Safety Board
Myers
Harry E. Voshell
Nations compete for tourist trade as travel booms
Washington reports a global push to attract visitors with advertising and incentives. In 1927 American tourism abroad reached about 729 million dollars, while Canada drew 16.35 million American visitors, reflecting the growing international tourist industry and official encouragement worldwide.
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United Press
Washington
Commerce Department
Canada
France
Germany
Balloon Race Set for Gordon Bennett Flight in Cleveland
Preparations near completion at Cleveland airport for the nineteenth Gordon Bennett international balloon race to begin Labor Day afternoon September 1. Six balloons representing the United States Germany Belgium and France will depart and drift with the wind. The winner is the balloon traveling farthest in a straight line from the start. speed is not a factor.
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United Press
Cleveland
United States
Germany
Belgium
France
Trans-Atlantic Flight Attempt In Question Mark Delayed
Dieudonn Coste and Maurice Bellonte flew from Lebourget to Villacoublay in the air plane Question Mark to test radio equipment en route. Coste said a successful trans Atlantic attempt before September is unlikely.
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United Press
Paris
Dieudonn Coste
Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Lebourget
Villacoublay
American aviator Bromley prepares trans-Pacific flight
Harold Bromley announced from KASUMIGURA AIRPORT that he will depart Sunday on a planned Tokio to Tacoma trans-Pacific flight. A final test flight and preparations are to be finished Saturday. He will pilot the City of Tacoma, the plane brought here by ship from America.
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United Press
Kasumigura
Tokio
Harold Bromley
Tacoma
Wash
Bromley
City of
America
Rich jeweler seeks old Chicago pal from boyhood days
Herman Klar, owner of seven jewelry stores in the Southwest, recalls meeting Charlie Davis in Chicago 36 years ago after a penny turned into a fortune. Klar plans to visit Chicago to locate Davis and perhaps find the old Dutch saloon keeper to repay a $5 coin that helped spark his rise.
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NEA
Dallas
Tex
Herman Klar
Southwest
Charlie Davis
Chicago
Klar
Chicago West
Rich
Charlie
Chamber urges continued work on city employment commission
The Chamber of Commerce led by Paul Q. Richey notes improving business and urges extending the city commission's employment stabilization efforts through winter to keep workers employed. Marmon Motor Company head G. M. Williams is general chairman with William H. Book as secretary.
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City Commission On the Stabilization
Paul Q. Richey
Chamber of Commerce
Reginald Sullivan
G. M. Williams
Marmon Motor Company
William H
Farm Hail of Helpers Harvests Heat Stricken Farmer
In CLOUD Minnesota on August 22 a farmer near Watkins Stearns county faced crop loss from extreme heat. A parish priest told the tale to churchgoers and that afternoon twelve binders plowed into the field and restored the crop by night with the entire harvest cut.
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United Press
CLOUD
Minn
Watkins
Stearns County
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