Planes Speed Westward in N Y Spokane Air Derby
Planes speed westward from Roosevelt Field New York toward Spokane Washington in the Spokane air derby first class B race. Twenty five starters with Cr W Meyers leading early, several ships forced to stops by engine trouble fog or weather as others continue to Bryan Bellefonte and beyond. Total prizes amount to 9750 with first five places earning 5000 3000 1000 500 and 250.
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United Press
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Spokane
Cr. W. Meyers
Berry Brothers
Detroit
Bellefonte
A. M. Banks
Meyers
Bryan
Ohio
Tamaqua
R. E. Dake
Highbridge
N. J
R. E. Cantwell
Roosevelield
New York
Curtiss Field
Cleveland
St. Paul
Fargo
Bismark
N. C
Billings
Missoula
Mont
Washington City
Eagle Rock
Charles
Richmond
Hess Bluebird
E. W. Fleet
Hartford
Conn
Pitcairn Fleetwing
A. M. Bates
Philadelphia
Waco-10
Bradford
Travel-Air
K. R. Hunger
Madison
M. H. McMeehan
Yakima
Wash
R. W. Cantwell
Oklahoma City
Okla
Swallow
J. B. Sidowsky
Coffeyville
Waco
Pittsburgh
American Eagle
S. Darius
Chicago
E. W. Knapp
Mich
Jack Ashcroft
Awanda
Laird Commercial
N. Black
United Presse Bellefonte
Waco 10
C. W. Meyers
L. Miller
Planes Reach and Leave for New York Spokane Derby
The New York Spokane air derby moved through Cleveland and Bellefonte with several planes arriving and departing. One pilot was forced down near the Pennsylvania Ohio line, while others passed over Lorain en route to Bryan.
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United Pléas
Cleveland
Ohio
Derby
W. L. Roberts
Pennsylvania
C. W. Meyers
Detroit
Lorain
Bryan
Dry Boss To Fight Gilliam In Supreme Court Motion
Attorney General Gil liam filed a motion in the Supreme Court on Saturday to support a possible new trial for Rev E S Shumaker Indiana Anti Saloon League head. The bid seeks summons for Senators Watson and Robinson and other figures amid claims of political pressure on the court.
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Arthur L. Gilliam
Supreme Court
Boyd Gurley
Indianapolis Times
Shumaker
Watson
Rochester
Minn
Wilson
Washington
Gurley
Robinson
Lake Maxinkuckee
Inheritance tax gains shown in state collections
Inheritance tax receipts for the year amount to 1,108,947.18 dollars, per State Auditor Bowman. The 1926 total reached 1,047,238.19 dollars for the year, with all collections now deposited into the general fund. The average annual collection over fourteen years stands at 625,511.10 dollars.
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Bowman
General Fund
CURB ALCOHOL MAKERS
Federal Prohibition Director Doran announced new rules to quantitatively limit industrial alcohol production starting January 1 to curb surplus going to bootleg channels. The measure aims to close the lawless fringe by setting caps on output.
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United Press
Washington
Doran
Time Change Affects Radio Fight Broadcast Schedule
New York reports the Scripps-Howard party will air a one hour earlier billing from Soldiers Field in Chicago time. Merlin H Aylesworth president of the National Broadcasting Company confirms the shift to 9 pm. If Tunney Dempsey bout proceeds under clear skies listeners will hear blow by blow descriptions of preludes before the main event.
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New York
Scripps-Howard
Soldiers’ Field
Chicago
Merlin H. Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Company, S
Times
Scripps- Howard
National Broadcasting Company
Patrolman O Connor Shot by Robbers in Tacoma
Patrolman Martin O Connor age 43 of Tacoma Avenue Tacoma Ward 25 is near death in city hospital after being shot three times and losing his weapon during an attempted arrest. Police hold six men and one woman on high bonds as suspects tied to the robbery and shooting at a Stand ard Oil station corner of Mont Avenue and Michigan Street.
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Martin O’connor
Tacoma Ave
City
O'Connor
Atmont Ave
Michigan St
Standard Oil
O Connor
Lloyd Thompson
Nordyke Ave
Leonard Forsythe
Richter
Barge
Frank Hart
Connor
Sergt
Patrick O'Connor
Statehouse Repair Costs Near Two Million
Statehouse repairs cost 9847.91 this year paid by State Auditor L. Bowman. Work included painting stone and wood, interior decoration, roofing and window repairs, plumbing and elevator fixes. Building completed Oct 2, 1888 with original cost 1,980,969 and basements improvements bring total near 2,000,000. Appraisal a year ago stood at 6,513,000.
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Statehouse
Bowman
Death Claims Editor Rudolph Kauffman of Washington Star
Rudolph Kauffman 74 longtime managing editor of the Washington Star died at his daughter Mrs. Lewis N. Murray’s home in Dunkirk after a long illness. He was killed by no one. the report notes heart failure as the cause of death. He served as a key figure in the Washington newspaper.
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Rudolph Kauffman
Washington Star
United Prose
Dunkirk
N. Y
Washington
D. C
Lewis N. Murray
Veterans of Ref Parade in Paris Recalled War Dead
In Paris on September 19, American Legion veterans led a peace time army parade past the Arc de Triomphe and city landmarks. General Pershing, Marshal Foch, and Howard P. Savage rode in an auto as thousands of Legionnaires honored fallen comrades from St Mihiel to Verdun.
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A. L. Bradford
United Press
Paris
Seaboard
Mountains
United States
American Legion
Place Diena
Calvacade
Republican Guard
Legion
Alan Seezer
Place de Letoile
Arc de Triomphe
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Uhlans
France
Solder
Sacred Arch
St. Mihiel
Meuse
Argonne
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Yser
Verdun
Place de la Concorde
Rue Royale
Madeleine Church
Opera
Avenue de l'Opera
Rue Rivoli
Hotel de Ville
City Hall
Church of Notre Dame
General Pershing
Marshal Foch
Howard P. Savage
24Th Infantry
Legionnaires
Ruth Elder Aims to Fly Trans Atlantic Nonstop
Ruth Elder, pursuing a historic nonstop trans Atlantic flight, will take off at Curtiss Field on September 19 with Commerce Department observers watching to obtain her license. She and her advisers are closely monitoring the weather as the test proceeds.
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United Press
Curtiss Field
L. I
Ruth Elder
Department of Commerce
Levine faces possible halt to transatlantic flight
Cranwell England Sept 19 Captain Walter Hinchcliffe says Charles A. Levine may have to abandon the planned Eastward flight if his private affairs cannot be settled by midweek. Levine had returned to London and left again for Paris after a weekend.
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United Press
Cranwell
England
Charles A. Levine
Flight East
Walter Hinchcliffe
Irish Votes Tighten Fight As Final Returns Counted
Dublin Sept 19 Final returns from last week’s general election show Fianna Fail winning the bulk of opposition support. Cosgrave's government holds 63 seats in the Dail with Independents and Farmers totaling 63 as the opposition totals 63, split among Fail, Labor, National League and Communists.
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United Press Dublin
William T. Cosgrave
Eamon de Valera
Fianna Fail
Cosgrave
Fail
Labor
National League
Communists
Goodrich Company Treasurer Lorenzen Brown Dies En Route
Lorenzen Brown vice president and treasurer of the B. F. Goodrich Company Akron Ohio died suddenly of heart disease last night while traveling to New York according to word received today.
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Goodrich Company
United Preas York
Lorenzen Brown
B. F. Goodrich Company
Akron
Ohio
New York
Alligator Big Tom Dies After Rock Incident
In Newcastle Indiana Memorial Park an alligator nicknamed Big Tom was struck by a rock dropped by children while he sunbathed. The reptile survived two weeks after the injury before dying.
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Times
Newcastle
Ind
Big Tom
Memorial Park
State tax rate set to 23 cents after board meeting
Balance in the State treasury will aid the administration in keeping the 1928 State tax rate at 23 cents when final decision is made Tuesday at a conference of the State tax board with State Auditor L B Bowman and Governor Jackson. The governor indicated a decrease from 23 cents would be impossible due to a .95 cent special levy for corn borers and forestry and large expenditures without a special levy. The only additional appropriation was for the new State School for the Blind.
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State Tax Board
Bowman
Jackson
State School For the Blind
Confer on Charge Man Burned Body of Baby
Washington reports police attorneys conferred today over a possible charge against Clarence E. Tippett for burning the body of an unlwarnted baby. Tippett, who confessed to being the father of a girl born Aug 27 to Mrs. Clara Butterworth, is linked to the missing body. Police say without corpus delicti the sole charge may be violation of health regulations.
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United Press
Washington
Clarence E. Tippett
Tippett
Clara Butterworth
Fragmentary Schedule Snippet With Times
A partial OCR shows several times including 6 a m 48 10 a m 60 7 a 8 a m and noon with unclear context. No identifiable names or events are readable.
Jury Hearing Evidence In Duvall Trial Sets Quiet Sunday
Jurors in Mayor John L. Duvall’s trial observed a peaceful Sunday with morning services at Zion Evangelical Church and a theater outing to the Indiana. They dined at Ryker's restaurant on N. Illinois St and played checkers and cards at Hotel Washington between services, as Bailiff Clarence Clegg reported.
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John L. Duvall
Zion Evangelical Church
Indiana Theater
Ace Berry
Ryker
N. Illinois St
Washington
Clarence Clegg
Militant Day Drive Aims to Bolster Prohibition
Francis Scott McBride, acting counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, outlines a militant program for the city organization. He vows to oppose any candidate who cannot uphold the Constitution and pledges cooperation with lawyers and officials to enforce prohibition and report enforcement conditions across states.
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United Press
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Francis Scott McBride
McBride
Wheeler
Congress
Flirting with M Adoo Denied by Meredith
William G McAdoo and Edwin T Meredith both denied political significance to their New York visit. Meredith, of Iowa, and McAdoo, considered a potential successor figure, claimed they did not know each other were in the city. The coincidence sparked political chatter but neither would comment on any joint relevance.
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New York
United Press
William G. McAdoo
Edwin T. Meredith
Iowa
McAdoo
Isadora Duncan Body To Be Cremated In Paris
Isadora Duncan’s corpse will be moved to Pere Lachaise cemetery for cremation with ashes placed beside her children. Her body rested in her brother Raymond’s studio, now a Greek mortuary chapel guarded by four attendants. The coffin bore the purple robe she wore in Chopin’s funeral march, amid wreaths including one reading Russia mourns Isadora’s death.
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United Press
Paris
Isadora Duncan
Pere Lachaise
Raymond
Isadora
Chopin
Russia
Heat wave ends as temperatures fall across city
Temperatures drop 24 degrees from Sunday and 11 below normal marking the end of a heat wave that began Aug 29. Today's 1 pm reading was 65 degrees, 13 below yesterday’s 78 and 25 below Saturdays 90. Northwest winds bring a cooling trend through today and Tuesday per J H Armington, head of the Weather Bureau.
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J. H. ,Armington
United States Weather Bureau
Mayor Denies Campaign Bribe and Armitage Plot
In a detailed courtroom denial Mayor John L. Duvall disputes State accusations of a $14 500 campaign donation from William H. Armitage and any promised patronage. He says the money was kept in three deposits and returned after the election. He asserts Armitage pressurized him, while Armitage and Buser counter with conflicting testimony.
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John L. Duvall
William C. Buser
William H. Armitage
Duvall
Armitage
Board of Works
Cody
Shank
Frank Sipe
Sipe
Buser
Tazewell
Pekin
Ill
Uvall
Illinois
Coolidge Invited to Speak at Maryland Odd Fellows Meet
President Coolidge was invited to address the Maryland Odd Fellows convention in Baltimore on November 23. He took the invitation under advisement.
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United Pross
Scripps Howard holds exclusive rights to big fight radio
Scripps-Howard newspapers with National Broadcasting Company will radio the Dempsey Tunney bout nationwide from Soldiers Field. The Indianapolis Times among the papers will offer exclusive broadcast rights and blow by blow coverage for fans at home while Graham McNamee narrates ringside.
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Scripps-Howard Papers
Scripps-Howard
Indianapolis Times
Graham McNamee
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Meredith
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