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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1929
Page
1
United Press reports a large crowd greets airship Graf Zeppelin as it lands in Los Angeles. George H. Beale files the dispatch detailing cheers, parade atmosphere, and celebratory scenes across the city.
The Graf Zeppelin moored at Mines Field Los Angeles after a 75 hour journey from Tokio. Dr Hugo Eckener announced a 11 p m departure plan for the final leg, as crowds cheered and officials greeted the crew including Mayor John C Porter and Governor C C Young.
In Gastonia a jury trial of thirteen men and three women accused of murdering Police Chief Aderholt began. The defense won a procedural point as Judge Barnhill ordered the state to redraft a conspiracy section, potentially limiting related capital-labor dispute evidence. The court warned evidence must directly bear on the case, while the state threatened the electric chair for the thirteen men. the three women face second degree murder charges. The courtroom filled early as defendants were named among labor organizers and textile workers.
The fragment lists individuals including Robert Allen Heffner Russell Knight N F Gibson K Y Hendricks Delmar Hampton Clarence Miller Harry McLaughlin Vera Bush Amy Schachter and Sophie Melvin as part of a neighborhood roster.
Harry M. Mussey, 32, wounded three, was shot and killed in a four hour confrontation with National Guardsmen, police, and sheriffs at Goodwins Mills Maine. He fired from a home window after a chilling scene including a repeated playing of They hang bad men to a tree for all bad men to see.
In Minneapolis on August 26 the National Association of Letter Carriers opened its twenty seventh annual convention with about eight thousand mail men swapping uniforms for civilian dress to gather for the event.
The newly organized United Growers of America received endorsement from the federal farm board. The statement said the group will perform if operated along the lines it seeks, signaling government support for the organization’s aims.
Soldiers report a relieved pause behind the line with full rations of beef beans and double sausage, plus extra cigars and tobacco. The crew, led by Paul Baumer and comrades, describe hunger and fatigue giving way to a rare quiet sleep as they await coffee.
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and his wife Anne Mor row arrived at Cleveland airport before noon to attend the national air races. Lindbergh piloted their small guspy moth craft as spectators nearly failed to recognize them. The colonel handled the controls with his wife by his side, after flying part of the journey from New York.
President Hoover came back to the White House after a weekend at his Rapidan fishing camp, arriving about 10 a.m. today.
A mongrel dog fell into a five foot pond at the garden of Mrs. Frank Panden at 2173 North Meridian Street. Patrolman Joseph P. Gibbons used a garden hose to loop under the dog's shoulders and pulled it to safety.
Berlin reports a German team plans a spring speed push at Ormond Beach Florida to beat the world automobile record. Builders Sander and Volkhart will power a rocket car with sixty four rockets, up from twenty six on the current craft.
The prince of Wales spent the weekend in Le Touquet and joined friends in a nearby casino game. He played until 5:30 am Sunday and won 2400 dollars in Baccarat according to reports.
Ruth Nichols, Rye society figure, crashed during a test spin at Columbus municipal airport and was eliminated from the Santa Monica to Cleveland women’s air derby. She escaped injury as her plane struck a tractor and overturned. Amelia Earhart moved closer to challenge with Nichols third in elapsed time and Thaden leading toward the $25,000 prize.
The Portland to Cleveland men's air derby resumed at noon. Flying over the mail route, Charles Speed Holman of Chicago, winner of the 1927 derby, aimed to close the ten minute gap to elapsed time leader T A Wells of Wichita as entrants hopped for Milwaukee.
In Salt City on August 26 D C Warren piloting a Travelair headed east over the Wasatch Mountains guiding the Oakland-Cleveland air derby field on the Salt Lake to Cheyenne leg. The five contestants are J O Donaldson, Robert S Naegel, Joe Bowers, L W Mendell and Bob W King.
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A telegram of congratulations for renewed invitations to fly over Indianapolis has been sent to Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of Graf Zeppelin, by Postmaster Robert H. Bryson and the Chamber of Commerce aviation committee chairman. Eckener accepts Trans continental Air Transport invitation to use the weather bureau land radio facilities for the flight.
British actions in Palestine escalate after riots renew fighting between Jews and Arabs. J Ramsay MacDonald orders troops and police to restore order while warning Britain’s far flung empire may feel the tremors. In Jerusalem hundreds are killed or wounded and Hebron sees an attack on a rabbinical seminary.
Four year old Eleanor Eldridge died after sustaining severe burns in an apparent accident in South Bend Indiana. The incident occurred as she played near a heating source at a home, with neighbors and emergency workers responding quickly.
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