Parachute Safely Recovers Plane After Motor Shutdown
Detroit tests a large parachute system to save aircraft in engine failure or bad weather. Pilot Vance Breeze flew 2,500 feet, cut the motor, and descended with a two-stage chute attached to the fuselage and wings. The craft drifted to a tree due to light breeze. Breeze, with minor bruises, reported no sensation of falling as the chute opened.
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Buy
United Preas
Detroit
Vance Breeze
Detroit Aircraft Corporation
Breeze
Grosse Isle
Hungarian fliers start first leg toward Budapest from Burbank
Captain George Andres and Captain Alexander Magyar began from Burbank airport on the initial leg of a planned flight to Budapest following the Chicago nonstop air derby. They aim to approximate the derby route and reach Chicago in one jump.
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Los Angeles
George Andres
Alexander Magyar
United States
Burbank
Budapest
Chicago
Navy Pilots Fly More Hours Than Army and Commercial Rated
Government surveys show Navy pilots average 216 flight hours in 1929, versus 175 hours for Army pilots. Commercial pilots are estimated to average about 500 hours annually, far above both military branches.
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Scripps-Howerd
Washington
Navy
Army
Brigadier General Everson Returns to Washington
Brigadier General William G. Everson, head of the militia bureau, flew back to Washington on Monday in a national guard plane piloted by Lieutenant Matt Carpenter of the Indiana National Guard.
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William G. Everson
United States Militia
Washington
National Guard
Matt G. Carpenter
Indiana National Guard
Night School Praised by Local Trade Groups
The Y M C A night school received endorsements from the Electric League of Indianapolis radio dealers division and the Indianapolis Association of Credit Men. They approved the courses in credits and collections and the radio department respectively, noting graduates gain the same rights as state high school graduates.
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Radio Dealers
Electric League of Indianapolis
Indianapolis Association of Credit Men
Women Only Block Tabs Boston Housing Trend
Boston reports a new housing feature with a women only block called The Grosslynne on Hemenway Street Back Bay. The policy bars male tenants across fifty two suites reflecting a gender specific living arrangement.
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United Press Boston
Boston
Grosslynne
Hemenway Street
Back Bay
Byrd Trip Scout Plans Return to College
Paul Siple, Sea Scout and Byrd expedition member, visits after two years away. The Alleghany College freshman aims to resume studies in biology, hoping to finish three years of work in two. He recalls polar experiences and notes nature study as his major interest.
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Byrd
South Pole
Boydom
Paul Siple
Siple
Alleghany College
Meadville
New York Harbor
Written Help Plea Regarded as Hoax
A note pleading for help found by John H. Fuller at 5735 Broadway was deemed a joke by police after investigation. The note claimed Ruby Lee Morris of 705 West Thirty-third Street was a prisoner in a car with three Negroes and included a license number. Authorities traced the plate to a car not reported stolen and found no Ruby Lee Morris listed in the city directory. The note appeared Monday in front of Fuller’s home.
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John H. Fuller
Broadway
Ruby Lee Morris
West Thirty-third Street
Crown Hill Cemetery
Fuller
Two Held In Attack And Robbing Of Girl
Police arrested a man and a woman and sought a second man after Miss Annabelle Snider, 18, said she was beaten and robbed of $2.50 in an alley behind 1123 East Pratt Street Monday. Suspects are Mrs Bernie Langford and Lou Chowning. Ward Langford is being sought.
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Annabelle Snider
Hawthorne Lane
East Pratt Street
Bernie Langford
Stillwell Street
Lou Chowning
Ward Langford
Langford
Snider
Indiana Publicity Bureau Opens In Chamber Building
The Indiana publicity bureau announces new offices in the Chamber of Commerce building. Led by director Milton G. Harris the agency will promote industrial agricultural and recreational advantages of Indiana modeled on similar organizations in twenty seven other states.
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Chamber of Commerce
Indiana Publicity Bureau
Milton G. Harris
Indiana
Bonifield Named Republican Chief in Ninth Ward
Frederick R. Bonifield, attorney, is appointed head of the Ninth ward Republican organization. He succeeds Albert Melton who resigned last week. Clyde Robinson, county chairman, announced the change.
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Fred R. Bonifield
Ninth
Ninth Ward
Frederick R. Bonifield
Clyde Robinson
Bonifield
Albert Middleton
Peddicord Rites Set by G A R at Royster & Askin Funeral Home
John H. Peddicord 1524 Central Ave died Monday night at home in Indianapolis. Burial planned for Crown Hill Cemetery with Chapman Post G A R and Woman's Relief Corps attending funeral services at the Royster and Askin funeral home 1902 North Meridian Street on Wednesday afternoon. John Minger 86 longtime president of Farmers National Bank died after surgery in Cincinnati. He earlier served eight years as Ripley County auditor.
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Chapman Post
Woman's Relief Corps
John H. Peddicord
Royster & Askin
North
Meridian Street
Mr. Peddicord
Ohio
Central Avenue
Crown Hill Cemetery
Times Special Sunm. Ind
John Minger
Farmers National Bank
Cincinnati
Ripley County
Defense appeals to save Irene Schroeder from death sentence
Defense counsel filed an appeal with the West Virginia Supreme Court from a ruling denying a retrial. The move seeks a stay of execution for Irene Schroeder and Glenn Dague, convicted in a Brady Paul shooting case, with oral argument scheduled for October 6 in Pittsburgh.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Irene Schroeder
Wheeling
W. Va
Supreme Court
Glenn Dague
Schroeder
Brady Paul
High Court
Invitation to Britain for German maneuvers urged
Berlin reports an official invitation to the British government to send a representative to Germany's maneuvers next month. The move, dispatched with President Hindenburg's consent, marks a postwar development as Britain becomes the first of the Rhineland occupiers to be asked to witness the maneuvers. France and Belgium will not receive invitations.
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United Press
Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Rhineland
France
Belgium
Hoover Held Up As Issue In Congress Vote
Senator Simeon Fess of Ohio, new Republican committee chair, says President Hoover leads the party's case in the congressional election. He cites farm relief and tariff laws and Hoover’s leadership in drought measures, enforcement of prohibition, and economic warnings from the Federal Reserve as key factors shaping the campaign.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Simeon Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Congress
Fess
Rapidan Camp
Federal Reserve Board
Flowers Worth 100 Dollars Aimees Peace Move
Mrs Minnie A Kennedy, surrounded by $100 of flowers from evangelist daughter Aimee Semple McPherson, says the family quarrel is resolved except for one detail. She vows to sue if necessary to force sister to pay for her two nasal operations after an alleged nose injury in a clash with Aimee.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Minnie A. Kennedy
Aimee Semple McPherson
FIRES AT BANDIT CAR IN SHOOTING STANDOFF
Charles E Guptill a 51 year old attendant at a Shelby street filling station fired three shots at three armed thieves in a stolen auto at Shelby and Calhoun streets Monday night. One bandit reportedly slumped in the car and police said the vehicle had been stolen from Albert A Wolf at 617 North Illinois.
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Charles E. Guptill
Shelby Street
Shelby
Calhoun Streets
Guptill
Albert A. Wolf
North
Illinois Street
Jackson Place
Death rites for Mrs Helen Ditmars Ensley pioneer Indianapolis
Last rites for Helen Ditmars Ensley 90 longtime Indianapolis resident who died Monday at 1622 North Meridian street will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at the home. Widow of Captain Nicholas Ensley a pension agent appointed by President Harrison in 1890 she helped found the Women’s Relief Corps and the Literary Club of Auburn. Surviving are two sons Oscar J. and Marion E. Ensley and a daughter Amber L. Ensley all of Indianapolis.
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Helen Ditmars Ensley
Indianapolis
North
Meridian Street
Ensley
Nicholas Ensley
Captain Ensley
United States Pension Agent
Harrison
Oscar J
Marion E. Ensley
Amber L. Ensley
Senators to Speak at G. O. P. Outing in Illinois
Senator James E. Watson and Arthur R. Robinson will headline the Republican barbeCue in Linton Illinois with Governor Harry G. Leslie. Elza O. Rogers state chairman arranged the event. Mrs. C. W. Boucher Valparaiso will speak at the women’s session. All state candidates will attend.
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James E. Watson
Arthur R. Robinson
Harry G. Leslie
Linton, Ill
Elza O. Rogers
C. W. Boucher
Valparaiso
Census Shows Drift From Farm to City
Final 1930 census figures reveal 42 percent of the 3,072 U S counties lost population from 1920 to 1930 while the nation overall grew 16.1 percent. The shift toward urban areas was strongest in rural counties, illustrating a nationwide farm to city movement.
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United Press
Washington
Wellman divorce ends romance over harsh language
Hollywood director William A. Wellman and former Follies beauty Margery E. Wellman have separated in divorce court citing his use of terrible language as the reason.
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United Press
Los Angeles
William A. Wellman
Margery E. Wellman
Follies Beauty
Council reviews ten parks budget to trim levy below $1.10
City councilmen begin a week long budget review of the park board. Parks superintendent A C Sallee will present items while the Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League plans to protest cutting funds for a smoke inspector. Elder slices preliminary budget. council can refer items to the mayor.
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Park Board
A. C. Sallee
Parks Superitendent
Indianapolis
William L. Elder
Reginald H. Sullivan
Elder
Barnes seeks divorce after five months of marriage
WABASH Ind Aug 26 After five months of married life Harry Barnes seeks a divorce from Dora Barnes alleging cruelty in a local court filing.
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Wabash, Ind
Harry Barnes
Dora Barnes
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