Four Die As Airplane Crashes Into Power Line In Jersey City
A Canadian Colonial Airways transport flying from Albany to Newark struck a 132000 volt power line near a Public Service Electric plant and burst into flames. Four died instantly likely from electric shock. the pilot John Salway and three passengers were identified as Henry De La Vaulx 60 Paris. Mary E Williams 27 Providence RI. Arthur V Conklin Huntington NY. and John Salway Albany NY. The plane descended through fog to Jersey City’s Journal Square then to Hackensack meadows before the crash. crowds watched as the craft skimmed roofs about 100 feet high. Rescue efforts were hindered by heat. authorities confirmed the high tension line failure cut power to much of Hudson County. Weather updates warned of low ceilings and poor visibility prior to departure.
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Jersey City
N. J
Wvnien
Canadian Colonial Airways
Henry de la Vaulx
Paris
Aego’ Club of
Newark
N.g
Montreal
Journal Square
Albaby
Weather Bureau
Hackensack River
Public Service Gas and Electric Company
Henry ‘Lehman
Stdes Towers
Garryig
Salway
Canadian Colonial Airways Company
John Underwood
Hudson County
Louis Landy
New Said
Albany
Unty
de la Vanx
North
South America
Bass confesses to Pearman murder in Boone County
Dr. Bass, 85, in Benton County jail confession details a planned insurance fraud murder of Bill Pearman. He says gunmen helped transport the body to Gravette Arkansas and back to Columbia, with police alerted only after a body was found and a forged Folta insurance scheme uncovered. He wept and apologized to a stenographer as he described the night’s events and his own role in the crime.
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Post-Dispatch
Bass
Pearman
St. Louis
Columbia
Bill Pearman
Rocheport
Bill
Jon
Joplin
Gravelle
Ark
Gravette
Jacobs
Ashland
Ashlang
Arkansas
Red
Dr. Bass
Johnson
Texarkana
Kansas City
Ohnson
Shaw
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Folta
William Folta
Farninan
Martinsburg
Boyle G. Clark
Missouri
Kaiser
Isurrance
Five Damage Suits Filed in Circuit Court Here
Five damage suits totaling thousands were filed in Circuit Court by the firm Irwin and Bushman and others. Otto Lisenhardt seeks 4500 on a note. Cole County School District No 25 sues Kretschmar for 100 plus 25 monthly rent. Creedon claims 2300 under a Leslie contract. Harold Llord sues the Union Automobile Indemnity for 600 plus fees. Mrs. Schwartz seeks 20000 for injuries from a Missouri Power and Light Company electric shock.
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Irwin and Bushman
Charling H. E. Robertson
T. Weiler
Otto Lisenhardt
School District No. 25
Cole County
Robert Kretschmar
E.W. Creedon
Creedon
Byron Leslie
Leslie
Columbia
Jefferson City
Oldsmobile
Union Automobile Indemnity Association
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd's Cleaners
Association
Lloyd
Missouri Power and Light Company
Emalyne Schwartz
Madison and
McCarty Streets
Blair
Quimby
Schwartz
Arrest Two as Auaopted in Clerk's Death
Julien Gallagher and Marvin Sisson of Warsaw Virginia were held by police in Arlington National Cemetery area on murder of Miss Afary Baker a government employee aged 20 Sisson faced murder assault charges while offering an alibi and undergoing verification Gallagher arrested in Richmond based on information from Sisson Commonwealth Attorney William Gloth led interrogation and chase knowledge of the case.
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Washington
Julien Gallagher
Marvin Sisson
Warsaw
Virginia
Afary Baker
Arlington National Cemetery
Sisson
Richmond
Bloth
Rioters kill six at Chittagong armory attack near Calcutta
In Calcutta area unrest spread as about 100 Indian nationalists attacked the police and railway armories near Chittagong across the estuary. One Sergeant Major, one Anglo-Indian and four Indians were reported slain. trains derailed and lines cut as authorities tightened security citywide.
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Bengal
India
Chittagong
Micghna
Here
Eastern Frontier
Dallas Smith
all-India, National Congress Committee
Bengal Provincial Congress Committee
Sla
South Calcutta Congress Committee
Pay Robbery at Eads Bridge Strikes Payroll Load
Three assailants robbed a $2,000 Mississippi Service payroll at the east approach of Eads Bridge in St. Louis while officers were transporting funds to Easb h St. Louis for laborers. Victims were George Cutterer and Edward Fogarty. Suspects fled. several relatives mentioned in the report.
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Marjory Hamlin
Palmayey
Stephens
Air
W. Cooper
George Huckstep
Baby
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Veterans’ Hospital
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Rhey Cooper
Musick’s Ferry
John J. Leslie End
Patrica Ann
J. G. Leslie End
Athere
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Boone County
Brezito Evangelical
Berlekamp
Alfred Neiderhetman
Sudres
Curtain
Good Power Co
THE
Leslies
Insurance Co
Bucharest
Rumania
Church of Choesti
Chiesti
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Shiesti
Auopegto
Clerk
Austalia
Ice Box
Rhode Island
Central Farms
Ozark Farms
Westphalia
Central Hotel
Bauer
Eads Bridge
Andrew Schwerdtfeger
J. G. Morgan
Senator Morgan
Unionsville
Charles Bauer
Virginia Underwood
Veteran's Hospital
Abhways Fresh
Mrs. Stovers
the Flower Basket
East High St
Pope Drug Store
First National
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