Pilot duo launch Atlantic dash from Dublin in daring flight
Captain Robert H. MacIntosh and Commander James C. Fitzmaurice, veterans of World War I, left Baldonnel Field for New York in a Fokker monoplane named Princess Xenia. Crowds cheered as the plane, fueled with 720 gallons, rose and headed west amid favorable weather and hopeful odds against the Nungesser and Coli record.
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Dublin
Robert H. MacIntosh
James C. Fitzmaurice
New York
Nungesser and
Coli
St. Raphael
Lowenstein- Wertheim
Hamilton
Minchin
MacIntosh
Mitzmaurice
Mac
Fitzmaurice
Xenia
Baldonnel Field
Fokker
Irish Flyers Are Both Veterans Of World Conflict
New York report profiles Captain Robert H. MacIntosh a 32 year old World War ace and British Imperial Airways pilot who left Dublin to fly solo Atlantic in the Princess Xenia a Fokker 7 A with 510 horsepower. He has logged over 6 500 hours as a commercial pilot and 300 in bombing missions. Backed by William B. Leeds he sought passengers to finance the trip and aims for New York then Philadelphia to claim a $25 000 prize later withdrawn by the Evening Bulletin. Co pilot James C. Fitzmaurice a veteran of British forces joins as weather and route prospects unfold.
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New York
Robert H. MacIntosh
Dublin
British Imperial Airways
Xenia
Russia
Leeds
Te MacIntosh
Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin
MacIntosh
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Levine
Berlin
India
Atlantic
Government stir over season's cotton price report
Washington sept 16 officials warned the us department of agriculture bureau of economics may issue its last report on farm price trends after a volatile cotton market reaction to yesterday's release southern senators pledged to seek an explanation from the bureau secretary jardine faced protests from southern cotton producers and promised a cabinet statement. senator caraway condemned the move saying it depresses prices and sows distrust among growers
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Department of Agriculture
Jardine
Washington
Bureau of Economics
Bureau
White House
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Caraway
Arkansas
Exhumation planned in alleged poison deaths case
Blakeley Virginia September report details Harris Hayes and wife denied responsibility for deaths of Amos and James Hayes. Bodies of Amos and James ordered disinterred for viscera tests to check poisoning link. Detroit connection through Amos Hayes assessed. Mary Hulbert alerted authorities. The couple remain jailed with bail denied while exhumation proceeds.
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Blakeley
Amos Hayes
Detroit
Harris Hayes
James
Amos
Sid Howell
Hayes
Mary C. Hulbert
Detroit Girls Protective League
J. F. Standifer
James Hayes
Randolph County
Mr. Hayes
Short Life of Heat Wave in the East Predicted
Heat wave that caused deaths and prostrations in the East was predicted to be brief by weather officials. New York reached 102 degrees as Philadelphia and Washington also sweltered, while five deaths occurred in Baltimore and one in Harrisburg.
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New York
East
Middlewest
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Penna
Chicago
Manhattan
New England
Middle Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Grid Star of Sewanee Dies of Injuries
George Rice Sewanee quarterback and end dies at 3:30 am after neck fracture in tackling pit Wednesday. Father Ben S. Rice of Houston, Texas, to arrive this afternoon. Rice was a leading Sewanee football figure potential star in the Southern Conference this coming season.
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Nashville
Tenn
George Rice
University of the South At
Sewanee
Ben S. Rice
Houston
Texas
Rice
Sewane
Rankin accuses Ag Department of betraying cotton farmers
Tupelo Miss Sept 16 Representative John E Rankin charges the department of agriculture with betraying cotton growers. He says Congress will investigate the unfriendly attitude toward cotton farmers and protests a forecast of lower prices that sent markets tumbling.
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Tupelo
Miss
Department of Agriculture
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
Congress
Rankin
Jardine
Confessed Killer Parents Indicted In Roanoke
Roanoke Va Sept 16 William Thomas Collins 17 who allegedly confessed to police that he shot his father and stepmother was indicted by a special grand jury on first degree murder charges. Crowds blocked traffic near the undertaking chapel where funeral services for the victims were held as the youth sat in his cell not attending the rites. A lunacy commission named yesterday to examine his sanity was expected to begin today.
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Roanoke
William Thomas Colins
Young Collins
Weather summary for Virginia and Tennessee regions
Readings from U S weather station compiled by C L Bunn show fair and cooler conditions in Virginia with northeast winds and cooler tonight into Saturday while Tennessee reports fair and continued warm weather. Data for yesterday include high 94 and low 65 in Virginia with last year 89 and 64 respectively, rainfall 0.00 inches. Tennessee figures shown against previous year.
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Virginia
Tennessee
U. S
C. L. Bunn
Kidnap Charge Loaded Against Deposed Methodist Pastor
Columbus Ga Sept 16 authorities intensified the search for Rev William T Jordan missing since Wednesday night as two men reportedly discussed church matters with him. Meanwhile the former pastor Rev A V Noble was held by police on a kidnapping charge after a court issued a dispossessory warrant over his refusal to vacate the parsonage. Noble denied knowing the minister’s whereabouts.
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Columbus
William T. Jordan
Methodist Episcopal Church
North
A. V. Noble
Jordan
Netherland
Noble
Heat wave grips the South as 104 degree records fall
The nation endures an unprecedented September heat wave with temperatures reaching the century mark in cities like Columbus and Birmingham. Rain is scarce south of the Ohio, five to fifteen inches below normal in many areas, while Kentucky and Louisiana see some relief. Cotton farming benefits from the hot dry spell as rainfall remains limited nationwide.
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Atlanta
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Mercury
Columbus
Birmingham
Ohio River
Florida
New Orleans
Kentucky
Louisiana
Tennessee
Further Arrests Due in Floggings Show Bribery Ties
Birmingham dispatch reports further arrests anticipated on 15 to 18 indictments tied to flogging cases. Attorney Lewis C. Albright, W. J. Worthington's personal lawyer, jailed on kidnapping charges related to the flogging of Arthur Hitt. Grand jury decries witnesses intimidated and citizens removed from homes. Julius Lumpkin rearrested on bribery and perjury charges. Judge McCoy fines witness L. D. Elwell for contempt. Grand jury critique targets oath bound secrecy and fraternal misuse threatening justice.
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John P. McCoy
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Lewis C. Albright
Arthur Hitt
Albright
W. J. Worthington
Hitt
Julius Lumpkin
Jersuy
McCoy
L. D. Elwell
Grand Jury Room
Court of Justice
Government air committee votes against ban on pioneering flights
A Washington based air coordination committee votes against a specific prohibition on pioneering flights. The decision leaves room for experimental aviation under existing regulatory oversight and signals cautious openness to new flight tests. The move aligns with broader push for aviation innovation while ensuring safety standards.
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Government Air Coordination Committee
Washington
Missionary is robbed in China and other foreign attacks
Washington reports from the state department detail attacks on American nationals abroad. A Philadelphia chief clerk, David L. Fisher, was shot by a Mexican émłage, and other incidents include a murder in Santo Domingo of Rene R. Dumarest and robbery of Marion Duncan’s missionary party near Tsalei Pass in China. Marines killed bandits near Sanoto in Nicaragua.
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Washington
Mexico
Santo Domingo
China
State Department
David L. Fisher
Philadelphia
Southern Pacific of Mexico
Guadalajara
Mazata
Amparo
Javier Diaz
Arthur Brewer
Harvard
Rene R. Dumarest
New York City
Rubin Saso
Saso
Marion Duncan
Tsalei Pass
Yumanfu
McLeod
Department
Managua
Sanoto
Lindbergh Resumes Tour In Spirit of St Louis
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh resumed his tour and departed Swan Island Airport in the Spirit of St Louis this morning. He is scheduled to reach San Francisco by 2 p m today.
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Portland
Ore
Charles A. Lindbergh
Swan Island
San Francisco
Pershing Leads Second Expeditionary Force Into Paris
General John J. Pershing and about 1,500 U S troops entered Paris from Cherbourg this afternoon. The party was greeted by Paris officials and the military governor General Gouraud as crowds cheered Dieppe and Champs Elysees. Pershing and Howard P Savage visited the Arc de Triomphe and placed the wreaths on the tombs of unknown soldiers.
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Paris
John J. Pershing
the Invalides
American Legion
Cherbourg
Vive l’Amerique
General Pershing
Howard P. Savage
The
Legion
Dessol
Gouraud
Pershing
Savage
Arc de Triomphe
France
Arlington
United States
Champs Elysees
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Jas. C. Fitzmaurice
Galway Bay
Anthony Wreford
MaclIntosh
Leinster Regiment
James and
Middle West
Wh. T. Jordan
Brunswick, Ga
Santa Domingo
Alabama
Ala
Nicaraguan
Lindy
Frisco
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