Graf Zeppelin to Begin Return Flight Wednesday
Graf Zeppelin completes 95 hour 20 minute non stop flight from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst. Refueling to start today as crew battles gusty winds to secure the airship in hangar. Twenty four passengers plus a stowaway, a gorilla, two chimpanzees, a grand piano and 600 canaries aboard.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
U.P
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf
Hugo Eckner
Vincent Clark
Tanker Rams L A Dock in Landing
SAN PEDRO Calif Aug 5 UP the tanker Lake Miraflores bound for Sansisco with a full cargo of oil ran wild in the channel and rammed the naval landing dock at Los Angeles harbor. Master Captain Kit Gaard said steering gear broke causing loss of control and collision. The bow penetrated about 20 feet into the dock but damage totaled about 300 dollars with the ship unharmed. It will proceed once steering gear is repaired.
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San Pedro
Calif
Lake Miraflores
Sansisco
Naval Landing Dock
Los Angeles Harbor
Kit Gaard
Hoover to Speak at Welcome Celebration in Madison Va
President Hoover accepted an invitation to visit Madison Virginia near his Rapidan fishing preserve on August 17 for a community welcome. The vice president will respond to speeches by town and county officials expressing appreciation for selecting the Shenandoah National Park area as his vacation retreat.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Madison
Rapidan
White House
Shenandoah National Park
Alleged Communist Camp for Children Found in California
SAN BERNARDINO Calif Aug 5 U P With six women and one man held in jail six other persons were sought on warrants from an investigation of an alleged communistic camp for children near here About 40 children aged 6 to 18 were housed in the camp said to be conducted on a miniature Soviet republic model The children reportedly sang communistic songs and recited a pledge each morning Those jailed were Isadore Berowitz Belle Minz Yetta Stromberg Emma Schmeisterman Sarah Bertowitz Sarah Cutler and Esther Karpelis Warrants were issued for William Green Fred Firestone Catherine Haushack Anna Rosenfeld Rose Spector and Sarah Radisin Members of the group were charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors
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San Bernardino
Calif
U.P
Here
Isadore Berowitz
Belle Minz
Yetta Stromberg
Emma Schmeisterman
Sarah Bertowitz
Sarah Cutler
Esther Karpelis
William Green
Fred Firestone
Catherine Haushack
Anna Rosenfeld
Rose Spector
Sarah Radisin
Mino
Mauretania Aims To Break Bremen Record Across Ocean
New York reports Cunard liner Mauretania speeds from Cherbourg toward New York in a bid to lower the Bremen’s 4 days 17 hours 42 minutes. Captain S.G.S. McNeil confirms progress while the ship covers 680 nautical miles from Sunday noon to Monday noon. Cunard officials note the Mauretania previously logged a westward crossing in 4 days 18 hours 38 minutes.
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New York
Cunard
Cherbourg
Bremen
SG. S. McNeil
Friedrichshafen
Morris
Mauretania
This Man Caught With the Goods 25 Gallons of It
James R. Barton was jailed after being caught driving toward Las Vegas near Ladd’s on East Fremont in a Chevrolet coupe. Joe May, a night officer, arrested him as a second man and a woman rode with him. The liquor was placed in the city jail for safekeeping.
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Las Vegas
James R. Barton
Joe May
Ladd’s
East Fremont
Dope Farm Fugitives At Large After Riot Escape
Ten of thirteen prisoners who escaped in a midnight riot at the Dope Farm remain at large. Deputies report the inmates, believed to have a prearranged plan, smashed windows and doors and overpowered attendants during the break for freedom in Pomona.
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Pomona
U.P
Sheriff's Office
Oil Fire Ends in Loss for Major Local Oil Firms
Long Beach reports an oil well fire at the Los Cerritos field destroying two derricks and 4500 barrels of oil in three tanks. The McMiller Petroleum Corporation owned the derricks, the Delaney Oil Company owned the tanks. Damages pegged at about 100000 dollars while $10,000,000 in property was at risk.
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Long Beach
Los Cerritos Field
McMiller Petroleum Corporation
Delaney Oil Company
County files disclaimer in quiet title suit heard today
Clark County filed a disclaimer in the quiet title case brought by Benton V. Smith and Free man M. Smith against the county I. Crocker and others. The matter will be heard at 10 am today as Crocker has not yet answered the summons.
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Clark County
Benton V. Smith
Freeman M. Smith
I. Crockerd
Crocker
Murder Charge For Man Who Shot Whitmer
District Attorney A Harmon announced charges against a man named Williams for the slaying of Jessie Whitmer, shot early Sunday at a Las Vegas gambling hall on the Searchlight road. The suspect, nicknamed Shamrock, and another man known as Horsefly were involved in a liquor and gambling dispute that sparked the fatal shooting. Whitmer died later at Union Pacific Hospital after the bullet pierced a lung, as authorities described ongoing pursuit and surveillance of the suspects.
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Legger-Gamble
Jessie Whitmer
Oklahoma
Whitmer
Blue Heaven
Union Pacific
Horseff
Las Vegas
Nash
Oklahoma City
Tonopah Road
Tain Alleg
L A Detective Head Quits After 20 Years
Los Angeles August 9 Chief of Detectives Herman Cline retires after twenty years of continuous service. He gained nation wide publicity through Hickman Phillips and Taylor cases. Cline will receive a $200 monthly pension and retire to take an outside position. Police Inspector Joseph Taylor temporarily handles duties.
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Los Angeles
Herman Cline
Cline
William Edward Hickman
Clara Phillips
William Desmond Taylor
Joseph Taylor
Heroic Struggle Saves Boat on the Colorado River
Mur Emery a veteran river boatman battled a 55,000 second foot flood on the Colorado River to rescue two Denver tourists when a log jammed the boat propeller. He held a rope to shore despite flesh tearing away, guiding the vessel through a deadly whirlpool until passengers were ashore. Emery, severely injured, was later treated at Hewetson’s hospital in Las Vegas.
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Emery
Colorado River Navigation
Boulder Dam
Denver
Black Canyon
Little Bay
Tneh
Mneh
Murl
Stiller Water
Las Vegas
Frazier
Hewetson’s Hospital
Hughes to Deny Charge of Auto Theft Tomorrow
Charles E Hughes and partner J P Lee face grand theft charges with a preliminary hearing postponed to tomorrow at 10 am Judge Foley will hear two of Hughes sons as Leslie Hughes arrives from California and is held in Las Vegas custody The case centers on a vehicle owned by the Alkire Hughes partnership and issues surrounding a so called gun battle later described as officers firing without warning during a Long Beach labors scene
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Charles E. Hughes
Foley
Leslie Hughes
California
Las Vegas
R. G. McCabrey
J. P. Lee
Long Beach
W. H. Alkire
Hughes
Alkire
Mt. Charleston
Typhoon Separates French Cruiser Station Off China
Hai Fong reports a powerful typhoon severed the mooring of the French cruiser Station, causing it to drift offshore with more than twenty aboard including four French officials. Officials search for the vessel and any survivors or wreckage continue.
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Hong Kong
U.P
Hai Fong
China
Indo-China
Flyer Killed as Plane Explodes Over Desert
SAN BERNARDINO Calif Aug 5 U P Virgin Cline of San Jose Calif aviator was killed when his plane exploded mid air over the Mojave desert A miner heard the motor sputter then an explosion and the wreckage with Cline’s body was found three miles from the crash site Investigators suspect a leaking gasoline tank caused the blast A Chrysler car slid off a road into a yucca and was damaged but left at the scene
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San Bernardino
Calif
U.P
Virgin Cline
San Jose
Here
Mojave Desert
Sheriff's Office
Oliver Phillips
Osdick
Phillips
Cline
Chrysler
Littlefield Dam Break Triggers Runaway Virgin River Flood
A 16-foot dam on the Virgin River above Littlefield Arizona failed after heavy rainfall, sending a 1.53 hour flood downstream to Mesquite. The town of Littlefield faced extensive damage and silt burying farms and ranches while a vineyard crew guided to safety. No lives were lost.
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Virgin River
Littlefield
Arizona
Claude Curran
State Highway Department
Las Vegas
Litlefield
Joe Reber
Wirs. Reper
Virgin Valley
St. George
Cedar City
Utah
Virgin Oil and Land Company
Frank A. Gessell
Los Angeles
Mesquite
the Virgin
Two Killed When Car Takes Plunge
Los Angeles August 5 Two men were killed and a third severely injured when their car plunged from a highway embankment in San Francisquito canyon. L F Fleming and Dean Kacgy died at the scene while Joseph Russo is in critical condition and unable to explain the crash to deputies.
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Los Angeles
San Francisquito Canyon
L. F. Fleming
Dean Kacgy
Joseph Russo
Highway Damage From Washouts Repaired Soon
In Las Vegas and Clark County, washouts from Sunday flood damage close roads and delay travelers. State Highway Department engineers and crews describe rapid repair work from Las Vegas to Indian Springs, with detours in place and three work crews plus filling crews on the Tonopah and Salt Lake routes.
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Las Vegas
State Highway Department
C. C. Boyer
State Highway Division
Clark County
Arrowhead
Highway Department
Tonopah
Las Vegas Wash
Salt Lake Highway
Indian Springs
Jey
Dry Lake
Boyer
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Nevada
Littlefield Dam
Virgin Basin
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Shamrock
Dirigible
Tanker Rams
L. A. Dock
Aimee
Holy Land
Aimee Semple McPherson
S. S. Republic
Williams
Mrock
McCaskell
Harle
A. Harmon
L. A
Head
Colorado River
Mur
Paul Revere
Los Zeles
el Centro
Niland
Southern Pacific
Imperial Valley
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