Safety rules to prevent further air race accidents
The National Air Races adopted safety measures after a crash killed two people. Bleachers near the pylon will be torn down or left empty, racers must finish in normal positions, no low altitude flights over crowds, and stunt fliers must stay over the landing field. The tragedy occurred when a Navy plane crashed near spectators, injuring seven with debris and burning fuel.
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J. P. de Shaza
Lows Weiner
Race
Navy
Lieut
de Shazo
Ne Shazo
Art Goege
Wis
Houise Thaden
Pittsburgh
Meet
CGO
Charles A. Lindbergh
Indianapolis
Hunt Tourist Kills Sheriff Near Sulphur Okla
Deputy Sheriff John Cantwell is killed by a motorist after a traffic stop west of Sulphur Oklahoma. Deputy W L Tuck fired in pursuit, the suspect fled on foot leaving a woman companion and a car. Blood found in the vehicle. the killer fled. Cantwell was married with several children.
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Okla
Here
John Cantwell
W. L. Tuck
Cantwell
Tuck
Maree
Elephants to Drink Deep as Ringling Circus Arrives
A delegation led by Old John arrives in Jefferson City with seven herds of elephants from Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey. Three water wagons will water the huge animals as 43 elephants on one day drink more than a typical lifetime for a person. The show also features 26 camels and the largest zebra herd yet, part of a menagerie exceeding 1000 animals.
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Jefferson City
John
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Circus Statisticny
Ringing Bros
Barnara & Bailey
Ground Hog Day politics boost Judge Dan Hall in Macon County
In Macon MO on Aug 28 AP reports Judge Dan Hall rode a Ground Hog Day trivia issue to political victory. His 1910 campaign featured the 14th as Ground Hog Day, aligning with local tradition. Hall later set February 14 as the official Ground Hog Day in county minutes.
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Magon
Dan Hall
Democratic County Committee
Hal
Hall
Macon County
Grand Jury to hear shooting case in Missouri town
Frank Curtain a 61 year old peddler is held for the grand jury on homicide charges after a fight in a stable during which Benjamin Lingo, 50, a claim agent, was killed. Curtain is seriously wounded in three bullet wounds and did not appear. eyewitness testimony and a prior memorandum were presented. An unrelated note announced a 30 story hospital planned for Chicago.
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ST. Louis
Frank Curtain
Benjamin Linigo
Curtain
Sity
Linga
Peirce
Lingo
Woman Held For Shooting Husband In Double Tragedy
New York report notes Frances Kirkwood Van Clief, 84, acquitted two years earlier for a second husband's slaying, was shot by her third husband Eugene Van Clief who then killed himself. A suicide note addressed to the daughter hints at a joint motive. police found a pistol with four shots and bodies in a Brooklyn boarding house.
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New York
Frances Kirkwood van Clief
Eugene van Clief
Brankly
Ig van Clief
Eugene
van Clief
Kirkwood
Hoover backs credits plan for drought relief nationwide
At a White House breakfast President Hoover endorsed extending credit to drought stricken farmers. Banking reps and bankers from committees plan local bank led aid. No special congressional session planned as 2800 counties face hardship with feed shipments and cattle relocation underway.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Watson
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Joseph R. Nutt
Cleveland
Republican National Committee
Watton
Congress
Red Cross
ENTERPRIGE MUST DEFEND Tit GAP NEWPORT YACHT RACE
Enterprise, smallest of four sloops built this spring as prospective defenders of the America's Cup, was selected by the New York Yacht Club America's Cup committee to challenge Shemrock V skippered by Sir Thomas Lipton's crew. Harold S. Van derbilt will command the vessel, preserving Columbia's hold over Britain's yachtsmen dating from 1851 when the America Cup began.
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Newport
Columbia
Britain
America
England
Isle of Wight
New York Yacht Club
Enterprice
Harold 5
Vanderbilt
Shemrock V
Thomas Lipton
Harold Duncan Takes Up Sisters Battle
Hollywood Aug 28 AP Harold Duncan brother of Vivian Duncan fought Rex Lease in a hotel cafe after learning of Lease beating Vivian. Witnesses say Leases eye nose and face were damaged, Duncan also injured though less severely. The melee spilled from the cafe into the hotel lobby before attendants separated them.
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Hollywood
Cal
Harold Duncan
Vivian Duncan
Rex Lease
Leases
Duncan
Lease
S. H. Duncan
Malibu
Man Sought for 35 Years in Oklahoma Jail Escape
El Reno Oklahoma Aug 28 AP Joseph R Adkins likely the John R Atchison who escaped Canadian County Jail in 1897 and fled to California to avoid life imprisonment for murder may be returned to Oklahoma to serve his term. Arrested in Los Angeles he denied being Atchison. The case ties to rancher August Coontz’s 1897 killing during a cattle range dispute.
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EL Reno
Okla
Joseph R. Adkins
John R. Atchison
California
Adkins
Los Angeles
Atchison
Oklahoma
August Coontz
Atry Atchison
John M. Atchison
Coontz
Custer County
Two Women Steal Taxi After Drinking Spree
In St Louis on August 28 two women Christine Albertson 26 and Jean Boksch 28 allegedly stole a taxi at knife point from cabbie Edward Bell then drove about for an hour before abandoning it. They later tried to enter another car driven by Joseph Kenney prompting police intervention. A theft warrant was planned.
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ST. Louis
Christine Albertson
Jean Boksch
Edward Bell
Joseph Kenney
St. Louis County
Boksch
Healy Indicted Over 1927 Tax Returns and Loan
Federal grand jury charges Tammany figure George Healy with failing to file a 1927 income tax return and not disclosing income. Indictment tied to a $10,000 loan from Bertha Ewald, allegedly linked to influence over a 1927 city magistrate appointment. Healy pleads not guilty and posts $2,000 bail.
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New York
Martin J. Healy
Tammany
Healy
Bertha Ewald
George F. Ewald
Ewald
Woman in Newkirk to Face First Degree Murder Charge
Mrs. Nina Miles, 25, jailed after fatally shooting her husband R G Miles near Ponca City Oklahoma. District attorney Bruce Potter said charges of first degree murder will be filed. Miles, operator of a hotel in Oklahoma City, was at Glenn Wilson’s farm home seeking reconciliation when killed. Mrs Miles says he mistreated her and she did not want to return to Oklahoma City.
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Newkirk
Okla
Nina Miles
R. G. “Mutt” Miles
Oklahoma City
Ponca City
Bruce Potter
Miles
Glenn Wilson
Ponce City
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