Frisco Wreck Leaves At Least Six Dead In Train Derailment
A derailment near St Louis of the Texas special, the St Louis San Francisco line, killed at least six and injured several as investigators probe train wreckers suspected of placing rocks on the rails. Officials say eight bodies were recovered, with engineers and passengers among the dead.
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ST. Louis
San Francisco
Kirkwood
P. W. Conley
Tower Grove
John O'Connell
John A. Rutledge
J. E. Hutchison
Frisco
Springfield
Hutchison
Osage Hills Station
Here
Fort Worth
Dallas
San Antonio
Texas
Texas Ranger
C. E. Ray
Newbury
E. T. White
Maplewood
Charles Newton
Washington, D. C
Cleveland Newton
Newton
Robert A
Speediest Planes to Race at Thompson Trophy Event
Chicago September 1 The Thompson trophy race pits eleven pilots in the Century of Miles contest for ten thousand dollars. Entrants include Captain Frank M. Hawks Captain Arthur H Page Lee Schoenhair and James Hairlip with high speed Travelair and Curtiss Sea Hawk machines. Record pace expected around 220 mph as pylons must be turned sixty times. A Labor Day program includes a women’s free for all for the Mrs Robert R McCormick trophy with 2500 in prizes.
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Curtis-Reynolds
Chicago
Charles E. Thompson
Illinois
Hawks
Frank M. Hawks
Travelair
Arthur H. Page
Marine Corps
Navy
Curtis Seahawk
Lee Schoenhair
Laird
James Hairlip
England
Robert R. McCormick
Premier Balloonists of Four Nations Await Race Start
Six premier balloonists from four nations prepared for the Gordon Bennett race start in Cleveland. Americans Ward G. Van Orman R. J. Blair and Edward J. Hill face Belgium captain Ernest Demuyter France Albert Boitard and Germany Dr Hugo Kaulen Jr as winds forecast fair for a potential 900 to 1000 mile contest. The event opens with the City of Detroit lifting off followed by Belgica Barmen City of Cleveland Goodyear VIII and Pierre Fisbach in five minute staggered starts.
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Cleveland
Gordon Bennett
Aar
United States
Ernest Demuyter
Belgium
America
Ward G. van Orman
Akron
Ohio
R. J. Blair
van Ormans
Edward J. Hill
Albert Boitard
France
Hugo Kaulen, Jr
Germany
van Orman
C. G. Andrus
E.S.T
Detroit
Hill
Belgica
Demuyter
Barmen
Kraasen
City of Cleveland
Blair
Goodyear VIII
Pierre Fisbach
Boitard
Weather Forecast Fair and Warm Outlook Tennessee Virginia
Weather reports show generally fair skies and continued warmth tonight and Tuesday for Tennessee and Virginia. Virginia notes light to gentle southwest winds with the same warm trend. Temperature metrics include yesterday’s high 91 and low 66 with 0.09 inches of rain. August averages list highs 88.7, lows 60.0, and average 74.35 with 6.11 inches of rain for the month. Readings were taken at 6 30 p m daily for the preceding 24 hours by C L Bunn U S W O.
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Virginia
C. L. Bunn
Heflin Party Plans Independent Ticket Nominations
In Montgomery Alabama on September 1 the Heflin faction nominees for governor and lieutenant governor were chosen to face the regular Democratic ticket in November. Senator Heflin seeks reelection with Hugh A. Locke and Dempsey H. Powell as running mates, opposing Bankhead Miller Merrill. The convention will also set rules and consider a party name.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin
Hugh A. Locke
Birmingham
Dempsey H. Powell
Greenville
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
United States
B. M
Two New State Toll Bridges Dedicate in Tennessee
In Paris Landing and Dover, Tennessee, two new state toll bridges were dedicated with officials present. The Paris Landing span across the Tennessee River at Big Sandy mouth was named the Scott Fitzhugh bridge, honoring State Senator Scott P. Fitzhugh, while the Dover bridge was named for Sidney C. Lewis of Stewart County. Highway Commissioner R. H. Baker spoke on the bridges’ role in the state highway program and the Austin Peay memorial highway, praising Governor Peay and Governor Horton for their vision.
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Paris Landing
Tenn
Tennessee River
Big Sandy
Cumberland
Dover
Scott Fitzhugh
Scott P. Fitzhugh
Memphis
Sidney
Baker
Tennessee
Austin Peay Memorial Highway
Peay
Horton
Labor Rejoices Over High Wage Principles Amid Hard Times
In Washington a Labor Day editorial by William Green of the AFL argues that organized labor funds see no conflict with other groups, highlighting the stabilizing effect of high wage standards through a year of depression. It emphasizes cooperative labor management, equal opportunity, and shared prosperity as drivers of progress and productivity.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
American Federationist
Arctic explorers' bodies well preserved yet deteriorated
Dr. Gunnar Horn of the Norwegian expedition reports on the Bratvaag voyage returning to Tromsø with the Andree expedition bodies. He notes they were well preserved on the voyage but deteriorated since their long sleep in the ice, describing the bodies as bones in clothing and a few bones in a canvas boat.
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Associated Press- Aftenposten
Heimen
Skjner Island
Arctic
Associated Press
Gunnar Horn
White Island
Andree
Horn
Bratvaag
Union Workers and Firemen Take Possession of Capital
Washington observed Labor Day as union workers and firemen held a capital parade with 75 labor unions marching along Pennsylvania Avenue. Vice President Curtis planned to open a new hourly airline service to Philadelphia and New York, while President Hoover rested in Virginia. Maryland Governor Ritchie and Virginia Governor Pollard represented government at the labor exercises.
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Washington
National Capital
Pennsylvania Avenue
Curtis
Philadelphia
New York
Hoover
Ginia Mountain
Hyde
Davis
Pennsylvania
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Syracuse
Washington Cathedral
Ritchie
Maryland
Pollard
Virginia
Polar explorers vanish on Arctic pole crossing attempt
Salomon August Andree and his companions Knut Frænkel and Nils Strindberg started from Danes Island in July 1897 aiming to cross the Pole by balloon. Their bodies and camp were found by Dr. Horn’s expedition in August, after decades with no trace of their fate.
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Bratvaag
Solomon August Andree
Knut Fraenkel
Nils Strindberg
Tromsoe
Norway
White Island
Balloon House
Danes Island
North Pole
Horn
Andree
Salomon August Andree
Knut Frankel
Spitzbergen
Dr. Horn
First authorized statement on Andree expedition discovery
Dr. Gunnar Horn of the Norwegian expedition reports finding the last camp of the Andree expedition from 1897 on White Island Bridgjof Nansen Land. The claim is presented exclusively to the Associated Press and Oslo newspaper Tenposten as Horn’s first authorized remarks.
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Gunnar Horn
Salomon August Andree
Associated Press
Oslo
Aftenposten
Dr. Horn
Andree
White Island
Bridgjof Nansen Land
North
South
Bellonte Co Pilot Forecast 35 Hour Atlantic Flight
The Bellonte co pilot expects a 35 hour flight with a planned New York arrival at sundown Tuesday. The plane carries fuel for 50 hours and had a weather delay at the start. A wireless AP report from Ile de France notes a Transatlantic message from the Question Mark located Loop Head Ireland at 3 200 p m GMT.
Airmen Dieudonne Coste and Bellonte fly Shannon to New York
Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte flew from the Shannon area along the Kerry coast at midforenoon completing a rapid Atlantic crossing to New York.
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Shannon
Limerick
Irish Free State
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Kerry
Transatlantic Plane Seen Over Waterford by Irish Guards
Captain Dieudone in Costes airship the Question Mark was sighted near Passage Waterford at 3 05 p m local time by civic guards The craft was high and visibility was excellent and earlier guards in Wexford reported sighting the plane over Pislare at 2 45 p m traveling westward at about 1500 feet
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Ireland
Waterford
Irish Free State
Dieudone
Costes
Passage
Here
Civic Guards
Wexford
Pislare
Waterford Said to Lie on Southern Irish Coast
Waterford is a coastal city in Ireland, about 490 miles by air from Le Bourget field, and positioned on the northern circle route Coste planned to follow.
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Waterford
Ireland
le Bourget Field
Coste
French captain opens Atlantic flight aboard Question Mark
Le Bourget, Sept 1 Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte prepared to fly the Question Mark across the Atlantic to New York. The takeoff at 10:54 a m French time followed weather delays and wind veering. Coste’s long record attempt began under clear potential despite hazy conditions.
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LE Bourget
France
Dieudonne Coste
Atlantic
New York
Maurice Bellonte
Coste
M. Codes
Cherbourg
Coste Flight Log From Le Bourget To Ireland
The report details the Coste flight timing from Le Bourget Paris to Ireland with positions over Pointe De Barfleur, the western coast near Lim erick, and Loop Head as the Irish coast is crossed. Wireless transmission at 11:00 a m indicated the flight had crossed the Irish coast about 560 miles from Le Bourget.
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Coste
Associated Press
le Bourget
Pointe de Barfleur
France
Limerick
Ireland
Loop Head
Irish
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Clarence M. Young
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Heflin
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Tennessee Rivers
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Japan
Bellonte
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