Parachute Jumper Forgets Speech
United Press reports H G Bushmeyer, a parachute jumper, failed a live NBC broadcast promise. He planned a 10 000 foot ascent and 10 000 foot descent with a radio chat but balked at altitude, lost his manuscript, and fumbled his spoken moments during the jump over Roosevelt Field. The broadcast deteriorated as stage fright struck him midair.
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Harry Ferguson
United Press
New York
W.P
H. G. Bushmeyer
Jmper
National Broadcasting Company
Mr. Bushmeyer
Bushmeyer
Mr. Busmeyer
Roosevelt Field
National Broadcasting
Pantages Hearing Opens as Accuser Testifies
Eunice Pringle, 17, testified for three hours about an alleged assault by Alexander Pantages in his private office. The preliminary hearing was adjourned to Thursday as defense questioned her chastity and sought to implicate others, including promoter Nick Dunaze, amid defense claims of a frameup.
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Los Angeles
Eunice Pringle
Alexander Pantages
Miss Pringle
Baron Fitts
Fitts
Gilbert
Dunaze
Horses In Detroit Left To Suffer In Heat Wave
Detroit officials confronted 17,000 horses still in service during a heat wave and found only 40 watering troughs remain. The rise of automobiles has left horses to toil with scant relief as streets modernize and troughs are discarded. Councilman William P. Bradley led the discussion on funding and placement of remaining troughs.
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Detroit
U.P
William P. Bradley
Kip Rhinelander Seeks Divorce in Nevada Court
Leonard Kip Rhinelander files for divorce from Alice Jones Rhinelander in Clark County Nevada. The complaint notes no children or community property, cites alleged domination by the defendant, resulting humiliation and mental distress, and separation since a prior marital estrangement. The case records a New Rochelle marriage on October 14, 1924 and requests dissolution of the bonds of matrimony with general relief.
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City of
New Rochelle
County of Westchester
State of New York
Paintiff
Adn
City Fire Fight Over Watering Horses Sparks Debate
City council urged the fire department to water horses at all stations with buckets, but Charles F. Clippert of the fire commission objected. He said firemen handle about 12,000 fires yearly, lack buckets, and every man must man apparatus. He warned horses could be injured and stations would clutter with horses and wagons.
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Charles F. Clippert
City Fire Commission
Clippett
Psychology aided in catching Rum Smugglers at Peace Bridge
Buffalo dispatch reports customs officials credit psychology with identifying liquor smugglers among high weekend traffic at the International Peace Bridge. Observing driver behavior and tells like nervous chewing of gum or a Havana cigar helps agents select cars for inspection. Penalties for petty smuggling run five dollars per bottle of whiskey or gin and two dollars for wine or beer.
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Buffalo
Canada
United States
International Peace Bridge
Havana
Coney Island Through Its 235 Year Evolution to Today
The piece traces Coney Island from Hendrick Hudson sea voyage anchor site to a modern New York City neighborhood. It highlights the Pavilion’s 1844 naming, its shift from island to borough fringe, and a 100,000 resident community with a Jewish majority. It covers Steeplechase Luna Park and Dreamland, gambling era with Gravesend and Sheepshead bay races, Feltman’s garden, Gov Hughes era racing ban, and the war era bringing a new, restless decade.
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New York
Hendrik Hudson
New York Harbor
Coney Island
Coney
Brooklyn
Long Island
New York City
Times Square
Luna
George C. Tilyou, Sr
Bridgeport
Feltman
Charles Evans Hughes
Man Faces Prosecution Over Liquor Law Violation
A man is facing legal action after his car was confiscated in a liquor law violation case. Authorities report the incident as part of ongoing enforcement.
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