Navy searches vast Pacific for missing Ha waiian flight planes
The Navy Department marshals 39 ships to hunt for the missing Miss Doran and Golden Eagle along a 2400 mile flight path. Destroyers, submarines, tenders, Langley carrier and Aroostook tender deploy, aided by airplanes and commercial craft, to locate the five flyers alive.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy Department
San Francisco
Honolulu
Seattle
Pearl Harbor
Langley
Aroostook
Two Planes Land in Honolulu in Dole Prize Race
The Woolaroc and Aloha captained by Arthur Goebel and Paul Schluter won the Dole air derby prizes at Wheeler Field after a 2400 mile flight from Oakland. Miss Mildred Doran remains missing with two other flyers as destroyers, steamers and planes scour the ocean route.
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Honolulu
Associated Press
Mildred Doran
Hawaii
Woolaroc
Aloha
Oakland
Miss Doran
William P. Erwin
Dallas Spirit
Oahu
Arthur C. Goebel
Hollywood
Liutenant
W. V. Davis
San Diego
Martin Jensen
Paul Schluter
San Francisco
Wheeler Field
Great and Humble Pay Final Tribute to Elbert H. Gary
The ceremony honors Elbert H. Gary with a memorial service conducted at Memorial Church. Honorary pallbearers drawn from prominent business leaders worldwide participate as athletes are selected to carry the heavy casket.
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Elbert H. Gary
Gary
Frederick D. Leet
Indianapolis
James T. Ladd
Elgin
Ernest Tittle
Evans Ton
A. M. Pennewell
Gary Memorial Church
Brownell resigns as president of city school board
Kingsport Tenn August 18 1927 mayor announces the resignation of Frank J Brownell as president of the Kingsport Board of Education effective immediately In his brief letter Brownell states resignation as board member and a successor will be appointed within days The board members and officials express regret over the action and the forthcoming leadership change remain undecided
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Brownell
Kingsport Board of Education
Charles F. Lingar
Brownell
Charles Lingar
Kingsport
Tenn
Lingdr
A. D. Brockman
S. C. Minnich
Frank Wright
J. W. Hodge
Ernest C. Cross
Believe Foul Play Involved In Minnich Death
Investigation into the death of Mrs. Clint W. Minnich near Kingsport raises foul play questions. A pencil note claims Alice Vinson caused her to kill herself, while the entrance wound location prompts officers to doubt self-inflicted harm. deputies Thompson Milhorn and colleagues questioned both Mrs. Vinson and Minnich, with funeral services held and burial at Click Cemetery.
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Clint W. Minnich
Kingsport
Alice Vinson
Lou
Sherif Paul L. Thompson
Minnich
Thompson
T. L. Thompson
G. W. Milhorn
L. C. Vinson
Plane race ends as Woolaroc wins top prize in Honolulu finish
In a cross Pacific contest from Oakland to Honolulu, the Woolaroc captained by Art Goebel finished first in 26 hours 17 minutes, earning 25 thousand dollars. Aloha took second for ten thousand dollars, while missing planes Golden Eagle and Miss Doran remained lost after more than 34 hours aloft.
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San Francisco
Calif
Golden Eagle
Art.Goebel
Alpha
Goebel
Jensen
Mildred Doran
Michigan
J. A. Pedlar
W. R. Knope
Jack Frost
New York
Gordon Scott
Santa Monica
Oakland
John Robinsons Circus Sets Daily Schedule In City
Circus officials announce arrival between 5 and 6 a m via Clinchfield railroad unloading at Cherokee Street crossing. Showings at 2 p m and 8 p m at Old League Park Maurice Market and Clay Streets. Menagerie doors open one hour early. Tickets on sale at Clinchfield Drug 9 a m to 6 p m tomorrow. Prices match at the show grounds. No street parade.
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John Robinson
Clinchfield
Cherokee Street
Old League Park
Market
Clay Streets
Clinchfield Drug
Airman Erwin to resume search for missing Dole planes
Captain William P. Erwin of Dallas plans a Hawaii to Hongkong radio aided flight on a zigzag route to locate missing planes Miss Doran and Golden Eagle. The mission follows a telegram from Colonel Easterwood offering a 25 thousand dollar purse if he continues toward Hongkong. If sighted, he will broadcast by radio and then resume his course. Plane damage noted to Dallas Spirit during attempted takeoff.
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San Francisco
Calif
William P. Erwin
Dallas
Texas
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Erwin
William EK. Easterwood
Hongkong
China
Cole
Miss Doran
Chicago Officers Raid Newport Bowling Club Gambling Den
A raid on the Newport Bowling club on Chicago's Gold Coast found a well kept gambling resort for roulette and cards. Police seized roulette wheels and other devices worth thousands amid a security guarded entry. The chase followed a Daily News exposé linking the venue to Big Tim Murphy and Nicky Arnstein, former federal prisoners.
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Chicago
North Shore
Gold Coast
Newport
Daily News
Tim” Murphy
Nicky” Arnstein
New York
Leavenworth
Ten Year Flood Control Plan Proposed by Mississippi Valley Association
The Mississippi Valley Association released a ten year program with an annual $100,000,000 budget for flood control, waterways development, hydroelectric power, irrigation basins, reservoirs, spillways, and reforestation. The plan aims to improve navigable rivers, harbors, and wetlands, with broad economic benefits across the valley. It argues completion in ten years and urges broader waterway legislation beyond flood control.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi Valley Association
Congress
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Georgian man found guilty in Soperton flogging case
Raymond Lee, Treutlen county resident, was convicted in superior court of assault with intent to murder for the February 25 flogging of H. M. Flanders, editor of the Soperton News. Jury deliberated two hours. sentence awaited by Judge Sscol Graham who listed pending trials for three co defendants.
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Soperton
Raymond Lee
Treutlen
Sscol Graham
H. M. Flanders
Flanders
Soperton News
Lee
Lonely Road
Here
Graham
W. L. Thigpen
Henry McLendon
Joe Lee
Registration Books Close Tonight in Kingsport Voting
With five hours left to register, fewer than 800 Kingsport citizens had qualified to vote in the August 1928 general election. Registration books close at nine o'clock this evening and a final appeal is made to citizens to register in the remaining hours.
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Kingsport
Bertaud Ready 10 Fly Toward Rome
Rain turned the runway to a spongy swamp at Roosevelt Field New York on August 18 delaying the Old Glory non stop flight to Rome. Pilots Lloyd Bertaud and James D. Hill said a faulty landing gear bearing prevented a start today though a test flight might be possible if weather clears.
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New York
Lloyd B. Bertaud
Rome
Earth
Bertaud
James D. Hill
Atlantic
New Foundland
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Old Glory
Lloyd Bertaud
Air Mail
Defense tightens in Sacco Vanzetti case before execution
Boston reports increased activity by Sacco and Vanzetti defense committees ahead of their murder execution next Tuesday. A Boston meeting is planned, and committees press for U S government to share their case review publicly. A writ of certiorari may go to the U S Supreme Court if the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denies petitions.
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Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Sacco-Vanzetti
United States
Argentina
Boston Common
Kellogg
Saceco-Vanzetti
Massac
Etts
Massachusetts
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Michael Angelo Musmanno
Pittsburgh
Weather summary for Virginia and Tennessee
Cloudy tonight and Friday with light rain tonight. cooler in central and east portions. Tennessee sees partly cloudy skies and slightly cooler conditions with showers in the east tonight. Readings from the U.S. weather station at 6 p.m. show yesterday's high 89, last year's 98, and rainfall 0.5 inches in the last 24 hours.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U.S
C. L. Bunn
Pems OP
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Charles G. Dawes
Charles M. Schwab
Nathan Miller
Charles F Lingar
Etomologists
Winchester
Maine
Cumberland- Shenandoah
Gettysburg
Virginia Experiment Station
Canada
Clint Minnich Brough
John M. Oliver
William Erwin
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