Two Continents Await News of Redfern’s Flight
Brunswick Ga August 27 Anxiety rose as two continents waited for word on Paul Redfern who flew the Port of Brunswick monoplane from Glynn Isle Beach toward Brazil promising to reach Rio de Janeiro. Reports said no sighting yet with a radio message only saying the craft was seen 300 miles east of the Bahamas as radio stations and three seaplanes were readied to search the Caribbean for the missing aviator’s route.
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Brunswick
Paul Redfern
Brazil
Redfern
Rio de Janeiro
Glynn Isle Beach
Georgia flyer Paul Redfern missing in Brazil press release
Rio de Janeiro reports no word by ten minutes past midnight on Sunday about Paul Redfern the Georgia long distance flyer. National Telegraphs, Brazil’s telegraph and wireless operator, issued the notice.
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Rio Janeiro
Paul Redfern
Georgia
National Telegraphs
Brazlian Telegraph and Wireless
Search for Paul Redfern Plane Continues in Bahamas
Massau Bahamas August 27 The colonial government canvassed all outlying settlements without finding sight of the plane piloted by Paul Redfern Georgia aviator Stations in the group have orders to maintain watch in case he forced down in this vicinity early in the flight.
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Massau
Bahamas
Paul Redfern
Georgia
Three Adventures of Air Watched by the Nation
The week ends with three major aviation stories from the Pacific and Atlantic theaters. Redfern is presumed down in the vast South American coast while Schlee and Brock near Britain on a world tour. Dole flyers report no news and the search for the seven missing Pacific flyers continues as anxiety grows for Redfern’s fate.
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Associated Press
Paul Redfern
Georgia Argonaut
Flyer Believed Off Course to Brazil During Storm
Miami dispatch reports a severe tropical storm near Great Abacos during Paul Redfern’s Brunswick Brazil flight. Seaplane pilot Robert Moore says the flyer may have been forced down or blown off course toward mid ocean. In Rio de Janeiro authorities and telegraph stations remain on alert for Redfern with searchlights guiding expected arrival, while coastal villages are urged to assist and watch for any sign.
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Miami
Fla
Great Abacos
Bahamas
Paul Redfern
Robert Moore
Fear Paul Redfern may be blown off course
Brunswick Ga August 27. Fear that Paul Redfern who hopped off here Thursday for Brazil in a Stinson-Detroiter monoplane has been blown off his course and forced down on the northern coast of South America or some islands near Trinidad was expressed late today by Paul J Varner chairman of the flight committee.
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Brunswick
Paul Redfern
Brazil
South America
Trinidad
Paul J. Varner
Aviator Missing After 54 Hours From Brunswick Flight
Rio de Janeiro August 27. Fifty four hours have passed since Redfern left Brunswick Georgia for Rio Janeiro and no word has been received. Aviation experts here believe his gasoline must now be exhausted.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Redfern
Brunswick
Rio Janeiro
One Admits Killing Man to Get Money
Newport News Virginia August 27. Arthur Peterson 18 confesses to fatally beating feed dealer S A Rudd 61 to obtain funds with Connelly Donaldson 19 an accessory. Police found a packed suitcase in Donaldson’s father’s car to suggest a getaway plan. A knife with blood was found in Donaldson’s home. Peterson’s clothes were found in a garage. Trial set for Tuesday. they are held separately in Hampton jail. Continued in page five.
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Newport News
Arthur Peterson
S. A. Rudd
Connelly Donaldson
Donaldson
Peterson
Rudd
Hampton
August Turns Out Unusual Weather
New York reports a strange August with heavy rains, a violent windstorm, and unusually cool conditions. Temperatures fell five degrees below normal, with snow reported in York Pennsylvania and 51 degrees in Rochester New York, threatening crops and causing road damage across the north Atlantic states.
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New York
North Atlantic
York
Rochester
N. Y
More Names Added to Gamblers' War Casualty Register
DETROIT Aug 27 Two more names were added to the gamblers war casualty list as police identified the bodies of Lester A McCall and his wife Clara found last night in a car. Both had been shot in the head in what police say was revenge for a fight last Tuesday involving another gambler and a bystander. Enmity traced to a wire tapping conspiracy two years ago left a Danish baron $55000 lost in Cuba.
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Detroit
Lester A. McCall
Clara
McCall
Gamler
Cuba
Fail to Identify Decapitated Body
In New York on August 27 AP reports fingerprints ruined the identification of a nude decapitated body found in a Flushing thicket. Initial ID by Mrs. Helen Marmaro as James Marmaro, 26, Ozone Park, Queens, proved false after fingerprints in police records did not match. Marmaro had been reported missing Monday. Detectives widened their search to determine the victim’s identity and cause of death.
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New York
Flushing
James Marmaro
Ozone Park
Queens
Helen Marmaro
Marmaro
Mar
Tennessee Bonds By Federal Hold Ups Hit Aid
Tennessee officials report 333000 dollars of old Tennessee bonds held by the federal government unpaid have halted a 6000 dollar federal contribution to maternity and child welfare. The bonds date from 1832 to 1852 and governors fear road, school and health funds may be affected as Tennessee continues about two million dollars annually in federal aid. An adjustment of the situation is expected.
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Nashville
Tennessee
United States Treasury
Retired minister J A Hudlow Killed at East Lake Crossing
In Chattanooga on August 27 J A Hudlow 74 a retired minister was killed when his truck stalled at a Central of Georgia railroad crossing near East Lake His son Cecil escaped injury by leaping clear from the vehicle.
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Chattanooga
J. A. Hudlow
Tony
Central of Georgia
East Lake
Hudlow
Cecil
Weather Summary for Virginia and Tennessee
Readings from 0. S. weather station by C. L. Bunn show cloudy conditions in Virginia Sunday and Monday with showers in the west Monday and a slight temperature drop. Tennessee expected increasing cloudiness and showers in the west Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. High yesterday 74, low 52. Rainfall 1.37 inches yesterday. No rainfall on the other listed date.
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Virginia
West Portion
Tennessee
Detective Quizzed In Carolina Murder Case
In Greenville on August 27 detective W W Rogers testified amid cross examination over the midnight slaying of Sheriff Sam D Willis. He said clues pointed to widow Mrs Ethel Willis and deputy Henry Townsend, who were on trial for murder. The trial revealed he did not possess the pistols used, and tests showed the pistols belonged to Robert Lee Goins.
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Greenville
W. W. Rogers
Sam D. Willis
Ethel Willis
Henry Townsend
James H. Price
Rogers
Robert Lee Goines
Greenville Electrician
Blanket quarrel ends in tragedy at poor house
Bluefield West Virginia August 27 a quarrel between two aged inmates of the Tazewell county poor house over a bed led to the stabbing death of Charles McClare 73 Gus Whitt 60 is jailed charged with the fatal attack Whitt slashed McClare after stabbing him in the heart The accused and his wife had entered the institution only days before the fight The woman witness declined to speak.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Tazewell
Gus Whitt
West Virginia
Charles McClare
Whitt
McClare
First World Flight Attempt Gets Underway From Harbor Grace
The Pride of Detroit, a Stinson-Detroiter monoplane, left Harbor Grace N F at 5 14 AM EST to attempt a 28 day 14 hour world girdling flight. Weather varied with fog and gale warnings but west to northwest winds favored the Atlantic leg toward London and a potential three country derby was not pursued.
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New York
Pride of
Edward
Evans
Lipton Wells
New Foundland
Weather Bureau
Midd Ocean
Trish
France
Schlee
Broek
Curtiss Field
Foundry and Manufacturing to Break Ground Monday
Ground will be broken Monday morning for the Foundry and Manufacturing Corporation’s new plant. Jones and Wexler won the construction contract for three buildings on a 4.5 acre site between Sullivan and Main Streets. Total cost is about 35000 dollars and completion is due within 40 days from the start.
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Kingsport
Jones and Wexler
Sport Foundry
Manufacturing Corporation
W. T. King
J. L. Bunts
Kingsport Improvement Company
J. G. Vaughn
Consert
Sullivan and
Main Streets
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Sam Wills
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