Firing School Opens Today at Camp Perry
Camp Perry’s large firing school opens under Captain Weaver Layman with eight directors and ninety instructors from Ft. Benning. About 1,500 students including police marksmen and regular army officers will receive intensive instruction in rifle and pistol marksmanship before matches begin August 30.
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Camp Perry
America
Weaver R. Layman
Infantry School of Arms
Ft. Benning
Alan W. Jones
Infantry
Lewis C. Beebe
John T. Zellars
Paul Steele
Sidney H. Negrette
James F. Strain
Faye Smith
War Department
Army
Brothers Reunited After Thirty Years Far Apart
Two brothers, separated in 1897, are reunited in Danville. William Schulan left for Saskatchewan where he held a 320 acre homestead and later managed a telephone company in Herbert. He returned home after his brother believed him dead.
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Danville
William Scharlan
William
Saskatchewan
Canada
Herbert
Giant ape Atwas dies after refusing to eat in Rochester
Atwas a six foot giant ape captured in the Dutch East Indies and billed as the only of its kind in captivity died in Rochester. The 400 pound creature refused meals after a period of illness and required ten men to administer medicine. Owner Meyer Aaron valued the animal at 20000 dollars.
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United Press
Rochester
N. Y
Atwas
Dutch East Indies
Meyer Aaron
Azwas
Health winners chosen for Rush county contest
Rushville Indiana August 26 19 year old Low ell Browning Noble township and 14 year old Thelma Schoeke Jackson township were named health contest winners to represent Rush county in the state competition. Greencastle Indiana August 26 Gilbert Pettit 20 suff ers cement splashing injury at Lone Star Cement Company plant in the line of work.
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Ba Times
Rushville
Ind
Lowell Browning
Noble Township
Thelma Schoeke
Jackson Township
Rush County
Greencastle
Gilbert Pettit
Lone Star Cement Company
Four Feathers Triumphs In Adventure Drama Film
Walter D. Hickman praises The Four Feathers for its bold drama set in Africa. Richard Arlen Fay Wray and others star as a disgraced officer redemption tale with grand photography and memorable wildlife scenes. A second review criticizes Lucky Star as weak compared to Seventh Heaven and dismisses Our Modern Maidens as distractingly modern in style. The Greene Murder Case receives high marks for its strong cast and sharp mystery.
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Chang
Africa
A. E. W. Mason
Beau
Arlen
Fay Wray
William Powell
Clive Brook
Nash Peery
Vance
Jean Arthur
Florence Eldridge
Don Barclay
Indiana
Observer
Hoover weighs new chief of army engineers post
President Hoover plans a major reshuffle as Major General Jadwin retires. The Ohio river project, Mississippi and Missouri river improvements, and the Great Lakes waterway system are tied to the appointment. Hoover considers nineteen candidates including four brigadiers and fifteen colonels for the vacancy.
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Scimona-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Washington
United States
Hoover
Jadwin
Army Engineers
Beauty slays mate facing bigamy trial
Maria Teresa De Landa Miss Mexico of 1928 shot and killed her husband General Moises after his bigamy case drew loud scrutiny. Police say she warned Vidal before firing six shots at him at her parents’ home. she was arrested after the confrontation.
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United Press
Mexico City
Maria Teresa de Landa
Mexico
Galveston
Moises
Vidal
Oil to Bring Woman Riches
Houston, Aug 26 Mrs J C Baldwin of this city staked 50000 in an oil well fourteen months ago. Friends warned disaster but the well swabbed and promises riches. Her late husband was an oil man. she studied geology at Columbia and drilled as sole superintendent near Cypress twenty five miles away. She claims to be the only woman to drill an oil well without aid. William Allen White to Write Book
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United Press
Houston
Tex
J. C. Baldwin
Columbia University
New York
Cypress
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