Germany Denies War Guilt In Hindenberg Remarks At Memorial
Berlin dispatch reports President Von Hindenberg as challenging war guilt and asserting Germany acted in self defense. He vowed to prove innocence before impartial judges, urging moral rehabilitation while Ludendorff attended a function. The move aligns with nationalist shifts and Allied reactions as veterans visit Paris.
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Berlin
Germany
von Hindenberg
Tannenberg Battle
Reich
Ludendorff
Paris
Marx-Stresemann
Ruth Elder passes air physical test
Ruth Elder the American Girl aviatrix passed a rigid air physical examination in New York. Doctors judged her physically fit to pursue her planned Stinson-Detroiter monoplane Atlantic flight though she denied aims of a trans oceanic voyage and cigar advertising plans. Her husband Lyle Wormack arrived in the city but details of his stay remained undisclosed.
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New York
Ruth Elder
Dixie Aviatrix
Paris
New Foundland
Miss Elder
Luther H. Rice
Hubby
Aviatrix
Lyle Wormack
Lakeland
Florida
George Haldeman
Mysterious Letter Linked to New Jersey Doctor Slaying
In Hammonton New Jersey authorities probe a letter found near the scene of Dr A William Lilliendahl s slaying. The missive addressed to his widow Mrs Margaret Lilliendahl notes financial troubles and bears an alias. Prosecutor Louis Repetto says she will be held as a material witness as the case awaits grand jury action.
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William Lilliendahl
Hammondton
N. J
A. William Lilliendahl
Margaret Lilliendahl
Louis Repetto
Atlantic County
Frank Harrold
Tennessee August unemployment report shows surplus of labor
The U S Employment Service data for Tennessee in August indicates unemployment not large overall, with persistent labor surplus in major centers. Basic industries stayed steady, coal mines added jobs though many on part time schedules, textile mills and lumber mills ran part time with excess workers, while furniture chemical tobacco and related plants maintained activity and slightly lower production in iron steel and other sectors.
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Iron
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
United States Employment Service
Roanoke Heat Unabated as Warm Week Persists
Roanoke Virginia records a 92 degree high after days at 95 and 96 as heat waves continue. Citizens adapt by shedding furs for lighter clothing and revealing attire amid persistent high temperatures.
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Roanoke
Virginia Physicians to Meet in Bristol
Roanoke doctors lead the Southwestern Virginia Medical Society autumn meeting in Bristol on Wednesday and Thursday with six Roanoke physicians and one from Salem on the speaking program. Dr Hunter Peak of Louisville will discuss the Caesarean section.
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Roanoke
Southwestern Virginia Medical Society
Bristol
Salem
Hunter Peak
Louisville
Dapper Bandit Sentenced to Die in Beggs Bank Robbery
Mathew Kimes, a young Oklahoma outlaw, was sentenced to death by an Okmulgee County district court jury for murder tied to a double bank robbery at Beggs in which Police Chief W. J. McConnally was killed. The jury initially deadlocked 11 to 1 on punishment but reconvened after judge’s instruction and returned a verdict shortly after.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Mathew Kimes
Oklahoma
Okmulgee County
Beggs
W. J. McConnally
Kimes
James Hayes
Air Derby field readies for Roosevelt to Spokane flights
Forty two planes race from Roosevelt Field New York to Felt Field Spokane with Class B legs stopping at Bellefonte Cleveland Bryan St. Paul Fargo Bismarck Billings Missoula and overnight at Chicago Glendive while Class A moves to Cleveland Chicago Aberdeen Miles City Butte with a 2275 mile course. Prizes total 27250 across classes with 14 planes entered in one class and 26 in the other.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Felt Field
Spokane
Bellefonte
Cleveland
Bryan
Ohio
St. Paul
Fargo
N. D
Bismarck
Billings
Missoula
Montana
Chicago
Glendive Mont
Aberdeen
Miles City
Mont
Butte
Detroit pilot wins in national air derby at Cleveland
PC W Myers of Detroit was the first to depart from Bellfonte Penn a in the national air derby and landed at Cleveland Airport at 12 19 entering as number 36 in a Waco aircraft.
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Cleveland
PC. W. Myers
Detroit
Bellfonte
Penna
Compass Trouble Grounds Derby Entrant in Meadow Landing
Verne L. Roberts of Fargo North Dakota, a contestant in the National Air Derby, was forced to land in a meadow near the Newfoundland New Jersey rail station due to poor visibility and compass trouble. He resumed the race after a two hour delay.
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Newfoundland
N. J
Verne L. Roberts
Fargo
N. D
Damage Suit Filed Over 1 Million Dollars in Chicago
Former Senator J Hamilton Lewis files suit in U S District Court seeking 1 0 million dollars in damages and 100 000 in attorney fees for the Baltimore Batterine Company naming as defendants Armour and Company Swift and Company Wilson and Company and other concerns nationwide
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Chicago
United States District Court
J. Hamilton Lewis
Baltimore Batterine Company
Armour and Company
Swift and Company
Wilson and Company
Roanoke Aims to Halt Ard ent Spirits Trade
Roanoke Virginia. September 19. Assistant US Attorney T X Parsons says he will seek a temporary writ of injunction from Federal Judge Henry C McDowell in Lynchburg to restrain at six Roanoke dwellings and business locations the manufacturing storing and selling of ardent spirits. The move targets bootlegging and concerns about fifteen people including owners and tenants named in the petition.
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Roanoke
T. X. Parsons
United States
Western Virginia
Henry C. McDowell
Lynchburg
Weather report for Virginia and Tennessee
Weather Virginia Mostly cloudy with possible showers in the southeast tonight Tuesday fair and cooler on the coast Winds mostly southwest shifting to northwest Tennessee Fair tonight and Tuesday cooler tonight Data from U S weather station here by IL Bunn Readings daily at 6 p m High yesterday 93 Same date last year 88 Low yesterday 62 Same date last year Rainfall last 24 hours ending 6 p m yesterday indiesmetes a naevable
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Virginia
Tennessee
U.S
IL. Bunn
Ninth Convention Opens Amid Applause For War Generals
The ninth American Legion convention opened at the Trocadero Palace Paris with 4000 delegates cheering President Doumergue Marshal Foch Pershing and National Commander Salvage. Ceremonial music featured Dixies and Star Spangled Banner. A Coolidge message was read to hearty approval.
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American Legion
Paris
Doumergue
Marshal Foch
Pershing
Howard P. Salvage
Trocadero Palace
French Republic
France
General Pershing
Savage
America
Tracero
Legion
Kentucky
Dixie
la Madelon
United States
Coolidge
Legionnaires
Plane With Movie Lion Thought Lost
The Martin Jensen monoplane carrying Leo the lion on a San Diego to New York flight was unaccounted for in September. Jensen was last seen near noon Friday, with five planes from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer searching the planned route from San Diego to New York. Authorities said he had food and water for about three days if forced down.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Martin Jensen
Dole Flight Fame
Leo
San Diego
New York
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Motion Picture Company
Jensen
Jacumba
San Bernardio Mountains
Dixie Land
California
Colorado Desert
Arizona
Airplanes Start on Country Flight Cross Country Derby
Philadelphia pilot A M Banks led the Pitcairn fleet completing the first leg of the cross country aerial derby arriving at Bellefonte at 9 27. Waco 10 piloted by C W Meyers landed at 9 28 and later led en route. Other pilots followed with varying bearings and landings as the field progressed toward New Foundland and Roosevelt Field.
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Bellefonte
Pitcairn Fleet Wing
A. M. Banks
Philadelphia
Waco. 10
C. W. Meyers
Meyers
Banks
W. L. Roberts
New Foundland
N. J
Leslie Miller
Eagle Rock
Roosevelt Field
Eugene Detmer
Charles
Richmond
Virginia
E. G. Knapp
Roosevelt
Vets Parade Honors Unknown Soldier in Paris
Fourteen thousand American Legion veterans and accompanying spouses marched under the Arc de Triomphe to lay flowers on the Unknown Soldier’s tomb. The procession, reviewed by Marshals Foch and Joffre and General Pershing, drew immense Paris crowds despite rain. Delegations from many states, vibrant cafes, and praise for American women accompanied the solemn event.
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Palais DU Trocadero
Paris
France
Place d‘Iena
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysees
Place de la Concorde
Marshals Foch
Joffree
America
John Pershing
Florida
Legionnaires
Louisiana
Legionnairres
Union
Place d’Iena
Wilson
Arkansas
Michigan
Alaska
Virginia
South Carolina
Maryland
Iowa
New Mexico
Utah
Missouri
Colorado
Massachusetts
James D. Crain
National Legion Convention in Paris Bids Fair to the Record For History
PARIS September 19 The 1927 National American Legion convention opened with France’s warm welcome and a display of Franco American friendship. Premier Poincare praised veterans who crossed the sea to fight with allies. About 26,000 Legionnaires arrived, with Pershing and Commander Savage among leaders making official calls on the French premier.
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National Legion Convention
Paris
American Legion
Legionnaires
Poincare
Cherbourg
Havree
Antwerp
Pershing
Savage
Legion
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Nassawadox
Charles Clark
Cape Charles
H. C. Clarks
H. C. James
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Air Derby
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Isadora Duncan
Roosevelt Field, N. Y
Washington
Veterans’ Marching Order
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