Fourth attempt to span Pacific ends in failure
Harold Bromley and co pilot Harold Gatty failed to complete the 4500 mile trip from Japan to Tacoma Washington. After 24 hours 52 minutes aloft the Vermilion monoplane City of Tacoma turned back due to fog rain and headwinds near Cape Lopatka and the Aleutians.
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Pacific
Harold Bromley
Harold Gatty
Japan
Tokyo
Pacific Ocean
America
Bromley
Tacoma
Shitsukari
Cape Shiriya
Aomori Perfecture
Gatty
Wash
Cape Lopatka
Aleutians
Samishiro Beach
Sambongi
Kurtle Island
Uriburu Seeks Friendly Ties with Western Hemisphere
Buenos Aires reports President General Jose Francisco Uriburu pledging to amicably settle intra American disputes and to hand power to legally elected authorities at the earliest moment except for the faction led by ousted Hipolito Yrigoyen. He spoke from the government palace via radio.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Francisco Uriburu
United States
Hipolito Trogoyen
New York
W. K. Repp
International Telegraph and Telephone Company
Weather Rain and Cooler in Tennessee Virginia
Tennessee mainly cloudy with local thundershowers this afternoon and tonight, cooler in west and central portions tonight. Virginia local thunder showers tonight and Tuesday, somewhat cooler with winds shifting west or northwest Tuesday. Readings show 64 for yesterday's high, rainfall yesterday and 6:30 p m readings by C L Bunn U S W O.
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West Portion
East Portion
Virginia
C. L. Bunn
City Covers As Another Girl Is Killed By Fiend
AP reported two brutal murders on Sept 15 with South Bend adding another senseless killing. Alice Woltman 17 was slain in her bed throat cut by a razor. Two young suitors Pietrzak 18 and Kluszczynsci 23 questioned without clues as crowds gathered outside the Woltman home looking for motive and arrests.
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South Bend
Ind
Alice Woltman
South Bond
Alex Pietrzak
Alice
Pietrzak
Woltman
Barney Kluszczynsci
Parachute Jump Fatal for 16-Year-Old in Binghamton
A 16 year old girl, Clara Lechner, died in Binghamton New York after her first parachute jump failed to open. She fell 2500 feet and struck a wire on a roof as she died.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Clara Lechner
Advance in Cure for Bone Cancer Reports Surgeons
Baltimore September 15 Surgeons and physicians from many parts of the country at an advanced cancer study were told of a large rise in bone cancer cures since 1913 Dr Bloodgood said only four percent were cured by amputation in 1921. By 1930 cures ranged from 11 to 41 percent with two non amputation methods.
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Baltimore
Joseph Colt Bloodgood
Johns Hopkin’s Hospital
Bloodgood
Naval officer believed to die by self-inflicted wound
Lieutenant Woodward Phelps of the United States Navy was found dead aboard the USS Northampton in dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with a bullet wound to the temple. Officials say no motive is known but it is believed he shot himself. he was 29, a 1924 Annapolis graduate, married, and son of Rear Admiral William Woodward Phelps.
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New York
Woodward Phelps
United States Navy
William Woodward Phelps
U.S. S. Northampton
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Vernon
Phelps
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maryland
Northampton
Navy
United States Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. J
Naval War College
Navy’s General Board
Fleet Base Force
Constance
Southwick
Protest Report From Nashville on Aerial Squadron
William C. Boyd state adjutant general and Charles G. Blackard commander of the 105th Aerial Squadron will drive to Atlanta at noon to protest a field inspection report pronouncing the squadron unsatisfactory A hearing on the report will be requested General McCoy commanding general of the fourth corps area will hear the protest Blackard cites a recent letter from McCoy claiming the squadron was satisfactory Boyd protests the report cites lack of policy by the adjutant general No new prospects of moving the squadron to Memphis are discussed
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Nashville
Tenn
William C. Boyd
Charles G. Blackard
105Th Aerial Squadron
Py Automobile
Atlanta
McCoy
Fourth Corps
Blackard
Boyd
Memphis
Washington Methodists urge wets on liquor control plan
Washington Methodists challenge wets to present a practical liquor control program and call for a national convention to solve the problem.
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Washington Methodists
Fifteen Year Old Twins Start Dover Channel Attempt
Berenice Zitttenfield and Phyilix Zitttenfield, 15 year old New York twins, began their attempt to swim the English Channel from South Foreland at 6 55 am. Their mother expressed confidence they would complete the challenge, noting they trained for two years and rely on a beefed up diet to endure the cold and strain of the crossing.
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Dover
Eng
Berenice
Phyilix Zittenfield
New York
English Channel
South Foreland
Heisins
Solution Looms in Culvert Case
Memphis detectives and sheriffs deputies pursue leads in a culvert death case. Investigations span Hattiesburg and Houston connections to Mrs Josie Bachman, mother of four, with affidavits tied to her property and teeth matching a corpse found weeks ago. Authorities trace Bachman's movements and seek letters in two suitcases left with a former Memphis rooming-house operator now in Houston.
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Memphis
Here
Hattiesburg
Miss
Morgan Grassell
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Josie Machwan
Bachman
Houston
Texas
W. J. Bacon
A. E. Schmidt
Hurley Ends His Survey of River
Secretary Hurley completes the Mississippi River inspection aboard the U S S Mississippi from St Louis to New Orleans. He plans to fly over Bonnet Carre spillways and lower Atchafalaya floodway and then survey Pacific coast projects including the Sacramento and Columbia rivers.
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U. S. S. Mississippi
Mississippi River
New Orleans
U .S. S. Mississippi
St. Louis
Hurley
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Bonnet Carre
Atchafalaya
Boeuf
Pacific Coast
Sacramento
Columbia Rivers
Battle To Save U S Europe Plan At League Assembly
Jugoslav Foreign Minister Marinkovitch challenged a political commission referral of Briand’s United States for Europe concept at the League of Nations assembly. He urged a special European committee draft the federation plan, arguing Europe must bear responsibility and that delay harms potential union. Britain, Briand, and Henderson favored gradual study within the league structure.
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Geneva
Marinkovitch
Jugoslavia
League of Nations’ Assembly
Briand
United States
Europe
M. Marinkovitch
Assembly
M. Briand
Arthur Henderson
League
Great Britain
Britain
League Council
Political Commission
Robert Borden
M. Voislaw Marinkvetich
Jugoslav
Five States Vote in Final Primaries for Senate and Governor
Five states hold final primaries and nominating conventions ahead of the November election. Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Connecticut stage gubernatorial contests while New York conducts house races. Delaware and Massachusetts also factor in senate races with prohibition as a key issue in Massachusetts.
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Washington
New York
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Delaware
Senate
New York State
House
Senator Gillet
William M. Butler
National Committee
A Dry
Eben S. Draper
Andrew J. (Bossy) Gillis
Newburyport
Marcus A. Coolidge
Fitchburg
Eugene N. Foss
Ciry
Peter J. Joycezn
Thomas C. O’brien
Joseph F. O’connell
Floating Distillery Boat Illinois Destroyed in Fire
The stern wheeler Illinois, long used as a floating distillery, burned after being towed away from Alton. Federal probes into its illicit operations followed sightings of whisky mash and distilling gear aboard. Officials suspect arson to cover ownership and evade license checks amid prohibition enforcement.
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ST. Louis
Illinois
Mississippi River
Alton
Ill
Mississippi
Federal Customs and Prohibition
Hurricane toll set at 2000 dead in Santo Domingo report
Commander L W Johnson of the US Navy, head of the Red Cross relief committee, announced 2000 dead and 6000 injured from the Santo Domingo hurricane. He noted the figure may be revised as records were not kept and 2500 of the injured require hospitalization. He denied leaving due to a dispute with President Trujillo and praised official support.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
L. W. Johnson
United States Navy
Committee On Red Cross
Johnson
Haiti
Trujillo
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Tennessee
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Reichstag
Berlin
Adolf
Bruening
Socialist Party
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Farmers League
Christian Socialists
Peasants Party
Landbund
Alice Waltman
APPEL
Chemical Foundation
Francis P. Garvin
Coste
Bellonte
San Francisco
PASO
Oklahoma
Hiermmonp
Maurice Bellonts
Atlantic
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Lieut. Woodward Phelps
By C. P. Williamson
Associated Press
U. S. Europe
Lafollette
Wis
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