Planes and radios to thrill Kansas City crowds this week
Fairfax Airport hosts the International Air Circus while Convention Hall showcases the Kansas City Radio and Electric Show. The two events run sequentially with aviation on display from 11 AM to 9:30 PM and radio from 7 PM onward. Eighty radio dealers and foreign aircraft join the exhibits. adult admission is 50 cents, children 25 cents.
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Kansas City
Fairfax Airport
International Air Circus
Convention Hall
Radio and Electric
Fairfax
Radio Pony Express
City of Mexico-Kansas City air derby reaches finish
Fairfax Airport prepares for the final leg of the 1500 mile air derby. Don Walker of Beacon Airways departs for Mexico City while Col. Arthur C. Goebel flies a special racing biplane toward Mexico City with a briefing ceremony. Goebel receives a red flying helmet from the Flying Fifty group. Additional entries from Dale Jackson, Florence Low Barnes, and a Wichita entrant arrive at air circus headquarters.
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Fairfax Airport
Goebel
Goebel Flying
Leo Baldwin
Iowa City
Flying Fifty
Air Circus
Dale Jackson
St. Louis
City of Mexico
Florence Low Barnes
Los Angeles
Wichita
International Air Circus offers nine free travel chances
Airlines and individuals sponsor trips for attendees of the International Air Circus and Pilots Reunion. At least nine winners receive airfare or transport to regular destinations or agreed points with a 6 cent meet admission. Prizes include a Cross Lockheed flight to Omaha, a Tulsa round trip, Wichita in a Stinson monoplane, a 10 hour ground school, and a Chicago trip.
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Air Line
Walter M. Cross
Omaha
Tulsa
Southwest Air Fast Express
Wichita
Paneon
Chicago
Radio Show and Air Circus Opening Tomorrow at Fairfax
The Air Circus opens at 11 o clock tomorrow at Fairfax Airport featuring races stunts and aircraft displays with orange signs guiding entry. Admittance is 50 cents. grandstand adds 50 cents. standing room is free.
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Fairfax Airport
Intercity
Aviation Services Offerings This Week
Trimotor flight by Universal Aviation Corporation rounds out the week. United States Airways lists a round trip to Denver on Thursday. Friday B M Tuxhorn Flying School advertises a five hour flying course. Saturday Yellow Cab Airlines runs a rotund flight to Des Moines. Sunday Art C Goebel Flying School offers a five hour or ten hour course option for transport training.
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Universal Aviation Corporation
United States Airways
Denver
B. M. Tuxhorn Flying School
Des Moines
Yellow Cab Airlines
Art C. Goebel Flying School
A Disconcerted Rooster Visits Police HQ
James Scapati and his trained rooster Dick visit police headquarters on West Missouri avenue after a week of neglect. Dick, valued at 100, crows three times at uniforms, causing police to leave. The bird shows signs of nervous strain amid the uniforms and attention.
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James Scapati
Missouri Avenue
Scapati
Police
West
Doctor Petty Named New Pastor With $10500 Salary
Dr. A Ray Petty is named the new pastor of First Baptist Church Kansas City with a salary of 10500 the largest for any minister in the Baptist denomination and perhaps in Kansas City. He will begin duties October 1 succeeding Dr David J Evans moving from Temple Baptist Philadelphia where his past salary was 10000. earlier he warned a lower figure would be reasonable for a younger pastor.
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A. Ray Petty
First Baptist Church
Kansas City
Petty
David J. Evans
Temple Baptist Church of
Philadelphia
New York
Honest Thief Returns Farm Fraternity Stolen Money
A Beta Theta Pi member at Kansas State Agricultural College reports a prowler stole $40 years ago. The thief sent a Chicago bank draft for $40 to the chapter with a note apologizing for the theft and claiming hardship in earning funds to repay the loss.
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Manhattan
Kas
Beta Theta Pi
Kansas State Agricultural College
Chicago
Fourteenth Bride For Ingerslew Seeks Pastoral Life
The Rev John P Ingerslew a newly appointed Methodist pastor at Grant City Missouri married Miss Lissa Madsen aged 23 who had cared for his children since 1926. The couple wed after obtaining a license at the courthouse with Justice George F Roach officiating. Ingerslew had lived in a tent with his children after moving here without a pastorate and faced church disciplinary actions linked to Bishop Anton Bast of Denmark.
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John P. Ingerslew
Grant City
Lissa Madsen
Ingerslew
George F. Roach
Anton Bast
Denmark
Methodist Church
Bast
Trial set for Governor in Kentucky text book case
In Frankfort Kentucky Governor Flem D Sampson faces trial on a charge of accepting gifts from textbook publishers seeking adoption of their books for state use The circuit judge Ben G Williams set the trial date for October 2 as announced today
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Franxfort
Flem D. Sampson
Ben G. Williams
Krakatoa Erupts Again Shaking Sundra Strait
Batavia reports Krakatoa in Sundra Strait near Java and Sumatra is active with earthquakes yesterday followed by eruptions. Flames and smoke rose 500 feet from the crater.
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Batavia
Java
Krakatao
Sundra Strait
Sumatra
Gann Rejects Social Rank Clash During MacDonald Visit
Mrs Dolly Curtis Gann says it is undignified to revive social precedence rows during Ramsay MacDonald's planned Washington visit. She plans a Topeka trip with luncheons and talks and may cancel Washington dinners if conflicts arise.
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Washington
Kansas City Star
ALBEE
Star
Sept
Dolly Curtis Gann
Ramsay, MacDonald
Great Britain
Curtis
Mrs. Gann
Topeka
MacDonald
Hoover
White House
Gann
Weather Forecast for Kansas City and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with possible showers. Warmer on Saturday. Light winds, humidity steady. Overnight lows near 40s, highs around 50s. Grain market page notes precipitation estimates and forecast details.
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Kansas City
Lindbergh's Caribbean Tour Continues With Seven Passengers
Col Charles A Lindbergh departed Havana for Camaguey at 12 15 pm local time heading toward South America. The party included Mrs Lindbergh and a crew of four with 135 pounds of special mail. Pan American's Juan Trippe joins Mrs Trippe to discuss Latin American traffic and postal contracts as they seek larger faster ships.
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Havana
Caa
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kansas City
Camaguey
Cuba
South America
Dutch Guiana
West Indies
Central America
Juan T. Trippe
Pan- American Airways
Colonel Lindbergh
Latin America
Divorce Granted to Mrs Clara A Coerver in Ind ependence Court
Mrs Clara A Coerver of 3816 Hyde Park avenue was granted a divorce from Henry J Coerver formerly cashier of the Commonwealth National Bank and now in Phoenix Arizona. Judge Willard P Hall awarded alimony of 250 dollars monthly while remarriage is barred and 100 dollars monthly each for daughter Marjorie A Coerver and son William A Coerver.
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Clara A. Coerver
Hyde Park Avenue
Henry J. Coerver
Commonwealth , National Bank
Phoenix
Ariz
Willard P. Hall
Independence Division
Circuit Court
Coerver
Phoenix National Bank
A. L. Cooper
Coervers
Messenger Vanishes With 512000 Securities
R V Hiscoe & Co. reports Milton Alter, 18, disappeared with securities valued at 512000 after being sent to the bank to obtain them. He left with one check and was to be escorted back to the office. only one security was negotiable. Police confirm the broker’s loss and that Alter had worked there since August 26.
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New York
R. V. Hiscoe & Co
Broadway
Milton Alter
Alter
German youth stowaway freed after jail time served
Albert Buschke, the German youth who stowed away on the Graf Zeppelin’s last U S flight, was sentenced to three weeks in prison but released because he had already served the time pending his hearing. The incident occurred in Friedrichshafen on September 20.
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Associated Press
Friedrichshafen
Albert Buschke
United States
Local Boy Recovers From Broken Neck In Hospital Stay
Wallace Crist an 11 year old Hamilton Missouri schoolboy who was thrown from a horse on a local farm two weeks ago suffered a fractured third cervical vertebra and is now recovering in a St Joseph hospital where he can receive visitors and expects to leave in several weeks.
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Associated Press
Sr. Josefh
Wallace Crist
Hamilton
St. Joseph Hospital
Die Amid Tinsel Seventeen Detroit Merrymakers Killed
A night club fire in Detroit takes the lives of seventeen revelers and injures nearly one hundred as festive decorations and crowds mingle with dangerous flames. Police and fire authorities probe the cause and tally victims, with survivors recounting chaotic exits and smoke-filled rooms.
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Detroit
Lyle Bisco
John Duvall Dodge
Dodge Motor Missions
Dodge
Tom Pendleton
Jack Carney
Study Club
Beatrice Heath
Notorious Road House Proprietor Held After Probe
Protective measures to hide revelry blamed as windows are boarded up and no fire escapes found. Proprietor of the road house is ordered held after an investigation into illegal activities and public safety violations.
Border Patrol Fends Off Mexican Rum Run On Cordova Island
More than 300 rounds fired in two battles with a band of Mexican rum runners on Cordova Island near El Paso. Three Mexicans were arrested, including two 15-year-old spotters, while over fifty gallons of liquor were seized and two smugglers were seen crawling into brush on the Mexican side.
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Paso
Tex
United States
Cordova Island
KU Freshman Rogers Gets Radio Sales Job
Lawrence Kansas September 20 BK Rogers a newly enrolled KU freshman has a job selling radios for a Lawrence music store. His famous brother Buddy wanted him to work through college and Buddy funded his own schooling by playing in an orchestra for earlier funds.
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Lawrence, Kas
BK Rogers
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Buddy
K. U
A Flare Up in Holy Land Between Jews and Arabs
Dispatches from Cairo and Jerusalem report renewed bitter tensions after reports that two Arabs were killed by Jews near Bethlehem. Authorities in Jerusalem say order has been restored but hostilities persist.
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Holy Land
London
Palestine
Near East
Cairo
Bethlehem
Daily Mail
Jerusalem
Fireman and passerby seek 810000 for blast injuries
Two additional damage suits filed today name D. L. Piggott Arch Glover and June Carey plus Clarence I Spellman executor of D. M. Carey Sr estate. Each suit seeks 10000. Plaintiffs are George M Wyatt city fireman injured at the drug store blast and Phil W Hahn passer-by injured by the blast at 6844 Prospect Avenue August 15.
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D. L. Piggott
Arch Glover
June Carey
Prospect Avncue
Clarence I. Spellman
D. M. Carey, Sr
George M. Wyatt
Charlotte Street
Phil W. Hahn
Montgall Avenue
Waggoner Gives Up Fight in Extradition Waiver
Cheyenne Wyoming report says C D Waggoner a Telluride Colorado banker signed a waiver of the hearing on removal to New York to face charges of defrauding six New York banks of 44 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Jury Still Uncertain in Texas Girl Bank Bandit Case
The Rogers case in New Braunfels Texas shows the Rebecca Bradley Rogers jury undecided late this day. In Springfield Missouri the city council fixed October 11 for a special election on recall of Mayor Thomas H. Gideon. The item notes science expanding human progress beyond mere survival and ends with an ad line for Pickwick Coffee.
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Texas Girl Bank
Associated Press
New Braunrels
Tex
Rebecca Bradley Rogers
Gideon
Sprinerreto
A. P
Springfield
Thomas H. Gideon
PLAN NO AERIAL HONEYMOON FOR FLORENCE AND JOHN
Florence Trumbull and John Coolidge will marry Monday but will not take an aerial honeymoon. Mrs. Trumbull, Florence’s mother, denied rumors of a plane getaway and said John has never flown.
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Harntrorp
Conn
Florence Trumbull
John Coolidge
Plainville
John H. Trumbull
Blue River boulevard moves forward in Scenic Highway plan
Jackson County court approved Blue River boulevard plans from Swope Park to near Martin City as part of a 60 million dollar road program. Leo E Koehler county surveyor submitted the project and bids will be advertised once plans are accepted. If bids satisfy the court a fall contract award is possible. The boulevard will run along the Blue River hillside with a 100 foot right of way and an initial 18 foot concrete slab.
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Jackson County
Swope Park
Martin City
Leo E. Koehler
Col. E. M. Stayton
Koehler
Colonel Slayton
N. T. Veatch, Jr
Judge Van Valkenburghs Return From Abroad
United States Court of Appeals Judge Arba S. Van Valkenburgh and Mrs. Van Valkenburgh arrived in Kansas City after a Montgomery to Montreal travel abroad that began last June. The party included several Kansas City residents and paused in the East before returning home. He says a better feeling toward America in France was the main takeaway and that final settlement of war debt terms likely explains it.
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Arba S. van Valkenburgh
United States Court of Appeals
van Valkenburgh
Kansas City
Montreal
East
America
France
Favor 5 Day Week for Railway Carmen
The Brotherhood of Railway Carm en of America endorses a constitutional amendment for an eight hour five day work week totaling forty hours with adequate compensation. Editor W J Adames announced the committee report and said it will go to members for ratification. Adequate compensation equals current forty four hour weekly pay.
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The
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
W. J. Adames
Two Austrian Climbers Die In Dolomite Rope Tragedy
In the Dolomites a pair of Austrian youths were found dead after being tied together by a long rope. One slipped and pulled the other, leaving them suspended over a crevasse for a full day until the rope broke and they fell to their deaths.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Latemar Range
Dolomites
Alfred D. Rider To Go Home From Hospital
Alfred D. Rider vice-president of Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company will leave Research hospital after weeks of illness and return to 2524 Forest avenue tomorrow.
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Alfred D. Rider
Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company
Forest Avenue
Panic in Death Trap at Study Club Night Club Fire
Seventeen people died and nearly one hundred injured when a blaze at the Study Club near Detroit trapped patrons and staff after doors and windows were blocked. Investigators charged owner Marty Cohen and master of ceremonies Robert Jackson with criminal negligence while fire marshal Goldwater called the blaze accidental.
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Detroit
Study
Here
Marty Cohen
Robert Jackson
Unidentified Detroit Profiles Include Local Residents
A list of Detroit residents aged 22 to 47 and two unidentified persons includes Mrs. Florence Parker 42 and Mrs. Bertha Kelley 27 along with John J. Kaufman 25 Lawrence Luther 40 waiter and others. The document names multiple Detroit natives and two Grand Rapids linked individuals with assorted occupations.
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Florence Parker
Detroit
John J. Kaufman
Lawrence Luther
Derricks
Brown
Walter Krieger
Grand Rapids
Morrison Manning
Harold B. Smith
E. D. Tedford
Waverly J. Green
Bertha Kelley
Ruby Emery
Gussie Rosenbloom
Marjorie Jane Ward
Phyllis Wiese
Detroit Study Club Disaster Claims Seventeen
Panic and chaos swept the Study Club in Detroit as a fire destroyed the venue killing seventeen merrymakers. Survivors recounted terrified escapes from smoke filled stairways and blazing hallways while cab drivers and bystanders rescued dozens from the blaze.
Navy Firm Says It Fell Short on Armaments Inquiry
A Senate committee was told that the shipbuilder did not pursue armaments work and faced a reward of 25 000 dollars. A witness stated the navy instructor was told to report on Geneva proceedings.
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Shearer
Geneva
Senate
Confident Geneva Mission Tied to Shipbuilders Observer Role
Clinton L. Bardo testifies before a senate committee that three American shipbuilders arranged to send naval propagandist William B. Shearer to the 1927 Geneva conference as an observer and reporter. He says no formal contract existed and payments totaled 25,000 dollars, with secrecy requested.
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Associated Press
Wasa Hington
Senate
Clinton L. Bardo
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
William B. Shearer
Bardo
New York
Shearer
Geneva
Hunter
F. P. Palen
Newport News Shipbuilding Corporation
W. Wakeman
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Shearer and Hunter
Robinson
Henry C. Hunter
Allen
Kansas
Plane Missing After Wreckage Found Near Larache
A mail and passenger plane en route from Toulouse to Casablanca is presumed lost after wreckage was found on a beach near Larache Morocco. The aircraft carried a pilot a mechanic and four passengers. The report comes as authorities confirm the disappearance after several days.
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Casa Blanca
Morocco
Larache
Toulouse
Casablanca
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Fred
Harrison
Rogers
Waggoner
Telluride
Pickwick
Os LA
John
Florence
Pssociatea Press
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van Valkenburghs
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Cohen
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Woodward Avenue
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Fier
New York Shipbuilding Company
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Burlington
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Lyle
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