French Airmen Plan Easy Return Flight to New York
Dallas witnesses Captain Dieudonnet Coste and Maurice Bellonte conclude their Paris to New York leg with a one stop Paris Dallas flight. They tour the United States in a goodwill mission after their ocean crossing. The scarlet aircraft Question Mark completed the Dallas stop in 11 hours 34 minutes, drawing cheering crowds and police guards.
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New York
Dallas
Texas
Dieudonnet Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Air Voyageurs
LesBourget
Paris
Ward Louis
Presti Hoover
Love Field
Coste
Bellonte
Easterwood
Voyageurs of the Air
Cullen F. Thomas
Dan Moody
Easterwood to pay Coste Bellonte $25,000 prize
Colonel William Easterwood says he will deliver the prize money to Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte for their Paris to New York to Dallas flight. He plans to travel to Paris to contact the air ministry and meet the aviators in New York if they remain in the United States. He calls it the world’s greatest flight.
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Rene Racover
Fliers
United States
France
America
Lindbergh
New York
Dallas
William E. Easterwood
London
William Easterwood
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Paris
Air Ministry
Coste
Bellonte
States
Louisville Prepares Impromptu Welcome for French Flyers
Louisville rushed plans to greet Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte after their Dallas to New York flight with an overnight stop. Mayor William B. Harrison and the aviation committee of the Louisville Board of Trade coordinated the welcome, amid surprise at the announcement.
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Louisville
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Dallas
New York
William B. Harrison
Louisville Board of Trade
Per Capita Federal Prohibition Costs Details
The prohibition bureau released a financial summary showing a six cent per person national cost for enforcement. Districts vary from eleven cents in a combined Washington to Alaska area, to five cents in several New England and southern states, with state figures not disclosed for individuals. The twelve districts have a budget of 7,555,347 dollars for the year.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Alaska
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
New York
Porto Rico
California
Nevada
Hawaii
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Kansas
Oklahoma
Milnosouri
Arkansas
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
North and
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Feminine angle in Illinois election stirs national interest
Chicago reports a historic three way race for U S senate with Mrs Lottie Holman O Neill challenging Ruth Hanna McCormick and James Hamilton Lewis. O Neill argues for prohibition repeal while McCormick defends the wet dry referendum and law enforcement. Lewis plans to campaign for repeal of prohibition laws.
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McCormick
Lewis
Chicago
Illinois
Lottie Holman O’neill
United States Senate
Ruth Hanna McCormick
James Hamilton Lewis
O’neill
Springfield
O'Neill
United States
Persuader Arrested Over Union Membership Talk
John Lopiano was arrested in New York on accusations that his sales talk for an automobile washers' union included threats to force reluctant workers into joining by saying they would be "taken for a ride" if they did not sign up and pay.
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New York
John Lopiano
Lithuanian Dairy Industry Enjoys Favorable 1929 Year
The Lithuanian dairy sector reported a strong 1929 with steady production, rising sales, and improved export prospects. Key producers and cooperative groups benefited from stable prices and supportive policies.
Millionaire backs society to conserve game and birds
Jo seph P. Knapp announces formation of a national wildlife conservation group endowed with 10000 dollars. Senator Harry B Hawes of Missouri will head the effort and withdraw from politics after his term ends in 1938. The plan includes bird and game refuges and regulatory cooperation with federal and state governments. Hawes, an avid hunter and fisherman, is to serve without pay until 1938.
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New York
Harry B. Hawes
Missouri
Joseph P. Knapp
Hawes
Knapp
Crowell Publishing
St. Louis
Conservation Organization
United States
Weather outlook for Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee parts expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with scattered thunderstorms and higher temperatures in the west. Virginia sees mostly cloudy conditions with local showers tonight or Saturday, warmer in the south, cooler in the north Saturday afternoon, and winds shifting from east to south and southwest.
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West Portion
Virginia
South Portion
North
Riot at New Orleans rally pits state and city police
State highway police sergeant Lionel Escude and eight others were jailed after a traffic dispute at a Huey P. Long rally on Canal Street. A riot squad broke up the fight as officers from both forces clashed, with all nine fined and appealing bonds. Governor Long criticized city police traffic handling during the platform event.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
James Tripps
Canal Street
Claiborne Avenue
Lionel Escude
State Highway Police
Cripps
Escude
George Reyer
Alfred Escude
Charles Hammer
Long
Millicent Sunday Dies After Surgery for Appendicitis
Millicent Sunday, first wife of W A Billy Sunday Jr and former Mrs Olive Day defendant in a 50 000 suit for alienation of affections, died yesterday in Los Angeles from peritonitis after an appendectomy.
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Los Angeles
Millicent Sunday
Billy” Sunday
Olive Day
George Day
Slayer of Erwin Girl Said Insane
Detroit AP reports Van R Ring, assistant county prosecutor, recommends a murder warrant for Ellis P Hudson 29 accused of strangling Miss Lillian Ferguson formerly of Erwin Tenn Fiancé. Ring plans to seek commitment to the state hospital for the criminally insane at Ionia when the case is called Hudson since arrest under observation in the psych ward. Ferguson's body found July 22 in Hudsons car on a residential street she had been strangled with a handkerchief.
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Detroit
van R. Ring
Ellis P. Hudson
Lillian Ferguson
Erwin
Tenn
Ring
Hudson
Ionia
Miss Ferguson
First Execution in Kansas Since 1870
Carl Panzran, serving a sixth prison term, was hanged at the federal Leavenworth prison for the murder of R. G. Warnke, a laundry foreman. President Hoover denied clemency as Kansas marked its first legal execution since 1870, with Panzran boasting of twenty two killings and identifying one victim, George Henry Momahon of Salem, Mass.
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Carl Panzran
Leavenworth Federal Prison
R. G. Warnke
Pen Employe
Federal
Panzran
District of Columbia
Hoover
Pangran
Kansas
Wichita
Pantran
Topeka
Kas
Panzian
Sanitay
George Henry Momahon
Salem
Mass
Preston Quillen Dies After Feud Shooting in Virginia
Scott county records the week’s second murder as Preston Quillen, about 45, dies in Coeburn Virginia hospital from pistol wounds suffered near Fort Blackmore. Scott sheriff says Quillen and Horton Brickey had a long rivalry over a property line. Brickey fled but surrendered to a justice of the peace and awaits a preliminary hearing.
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Scott County
Preston Quillen
Coeburn
Ft. Blackmore
Horton Brickey
Qillen
Brickey
H. W. Culbertson
Gate City
Quillen
Culbertson
Harve M. Carter
Hill Station
Worley Taylor
Calvin Taylor
Henry Snavely
Kaiser Wins Libel Suit Against Editor Mendel
Former Kaiser Wilhelm defeats Ewald Mendel in libel case. Mendel sentenced to pay 1500 marks or face three months in jail in Berlin court.
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Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm
Ewald Mendel
Morgenpost Today
Mendel
Havana Belew Observatory Says Florida Safe From Storm
Officials at Havana Belew Observatory report Florida remains safe from the storm threatening the region. No evacuations or major impacts expected as radar and satellite data indicate limited storm activity near the peninsula.
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Havana
Belew Observatory
Florida
West Indies hurricane appears to pass Cuba shore
The Belen observatory reported the hurricane has apparently moved beyond Cuba with barometer readings normal. Forecaster Father Gutierrez Lanza predicted fair weather for the next 24 hours and diminished fears for the Florida Straits area as the storm winds subside.
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Havana
West Indies
Belen Observatory
Cuba
Father Gutierrez Lanza
Florida Straits
Hurricane shifts northward easing Cuba Florida threat
The hurricane veered north of Santo Domingo, easing danger to Cuba and Florida. Observatories in Belén report reduced force in Haiti mountains with no signs of disturbance in Santiago de Cuba or Baracoa. Still, the Bahamas may face heavy impact as the storm moves away from Oriente province. Officials report up to 800 dead in Santo Domingo and widespread homelessness.
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Havana
Santo Domingo
Belen Observatory
Florida
Cuba
Mariano Gutierrez Lanza
Observatory
Haiti
Santiago de Cuba
Baracoa
Oriente
Bahamas
West Indies
Porto Rico
Theodore Roosevelt
Red Cross
Dallas Prize Backing for Paris to Dallas Flight
Col W E Easterwood of Dallas donor of a 25000 prize for the first Paris to Dallas flight with New York as intermediate stopping point Capt Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte met with his representatives upon landing in New York in preparation for the Dallas leg of the voyage
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Col
W. E. Easterwood
Dallas
Texas
Paris
New York
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Andree Expedition Story Reaches White Island Theories
Tromsoe dispatch notes the Andree balloon expedition diary may reveal its fate after September 5 1897. Dr Gunnar Horn proposes Swedish search teams visit White Island next summer seeking evidence and possibly Frankels body buried in ice.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Andree
Ing
White Island
Disagger
North Pole
Gunnar Horn
Frankel
Veron to Inspect Question Mark Motor in America
Paris report states Louis Veron the Coste mechanic travels to the United States to examine Question Mark's engine. Buenos Aires reports two killed and thirty wounded as police disperse a student demonstration.
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Paris
Louis Veron
Coste
America
Question Mark
Buenos Aires
Argentine students declare general strike in protest
Argentinian students in La Plata announced a general strike to protest police conduct during Buenos Aires disorders. Two people were killed and 30 wounded in rioting as police broke up demonstrations against President Yrigoyen. The cabinet faced resignations pressure while the president resisted.
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LA Plata
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Yrigoyen
Avenida de Mayo
Great
de la Campa
la Nacion
1000 Dead in Santo Domingo Hurricane Devastation
Widespread destruction leaves 400 buildings standing of 10 000 as Santo Domingo endures a Caribbean storm. Estimates place 1 000 dead and 5 000 injured with mass burials adopted to control sanitation. Trujillo granted emergency powers as aid and food controls are organized.
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Associated Press
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
National Congress
Trujillo
Caribbean hurricane devastates Santo Domingo City crowds
Captain Antonio Silva of the Red Cross reports Caribbean hurricane casualties in Santo Domingo City with 1,000 killed, 2,500 injured, 4,700 homes destroyed, 200 homes damaged, and 29,000 homeless. Governors seek aid as Roosevelt dispatches medical personnel and supplies. weather bureau hedges on Florida impact.
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Washington
Antonio Silva
Red Cross
Santo Domingo
Porto Rico
Republic
Roosevelt
Fernos
Silva
Florida
Payne
The
Weather Bureau
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Presiden Hoover
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Oslo
Gilbert Hawley
St. Paul’s School
Concord
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Andree Polar
Nils Strindberg
Stockholm University
Anna Charlier
Hawley
Northwest
Lewis Wet
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Kaiser
Havana Observatory
Indies
Lesser Antilles
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