Graf Zeppelin escape from hefty attachment ends in navy shelter
Lakehurst New Jersey August 30 United States navy shelters fuels and replaces the Graf Zeppelin to depart for Friedrichshafen. An undersheriff sought to attach the dirigible for $25,000 to cover Otto Hilligs canceled round trip. The navy asked Washington and got no. If seized, $50,000 would have needed posting. Captain Ernest von Schiller noted the crew may laugh. The plaintiff seeks $100,000 for humiliation in Toms River filing. The flight aims midnight Saturday with Friedrichshafen arrival September 3, speed records.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Maurice Pierce
Holman
Navy Department
Washington
Ernest von Schiller
Zeppelin
United Press
Tom's River
Otto Hillig
Hamburg-American Steamship Line
Graf
Germany
Friedrichshafen
China Restores Manchuria Railway as Peace Step
MOSCOW August 30 Chinese government agrees to restore the Chinese Eastern railroad in Manchuria to status quo as a preliminary to negotiations for settling the Soviet Chinese conflict in Manchuria.
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China
Moscow
U.P
Manchuria
Sir Hubert Wilkins Marries Actress in Cleveland Ceremony
Sir George Hubert Wilkins, famed aviator and Arctic explorer, wed Australian actress Suzanne Bennett, 28, in Cleveland per Justice of the Peace Myron J. Penty after arriving from the Graf Zeppelin. Wilkins and Bennett traveled from New York to Cleveland following yesterday's globe circling flight.
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Cleveland
U.P
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Suzanne Bennett
Myron J. Penty
Wilkins
Bennett
New York
Fight Fans Set For Three Hot Bouts Tonight
Promoter Earle Buck Harris previews a season opener headlined by Sammy Kasper in an eight rounder with Mission Bolo at 145 pounds. Local Ross Sly meets Jesse Vasquez in a six round bout, with Kid Duff facing K O Kelly in a four round prelim and two more bouts to excite fans.
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Earle
Buck” Harris
Sammy Kasper
Mission Bolo
Los Angeles
Buck
Sammy
Las Vegas
Ross Sly
Jesse Vasquez
Sly
Sly Los Vegan
Bobby Garcia
Kid" Duff
K. O. Kelly
Phoenix
Tisn
Kelly
Parents Sink With Ship on Way to See Exiled Girl
In 1921 Irene Grandsted known as Greta was banished after a church social shooting incident. Her parents Theodore and Mrs Grandsted boarded the San Juan at San Francisco bound for Hollywood to reunite with her and are now feared dead after the ship sank.
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San Francisco
O.R
Irene Grandstedt
Greta Grandstedt
San Juan
Theodore Grandstedt
Mountain View
Greta
Hollywood
Irene Grandsted
Harrold Galloway
Irene
Harold
Galloway
Los Angeles
U.A
Pacific
West Coast
Coast Guard
Adolph Astlund
Ey Aero
S. C. T. Dodd
Pigeon Point
Here
Shawnee
Labor Day Parade Opens Festivities in Las Vegas
Labor Day events begin with a 10 am parade routes along Main Fremont Fifth Carson to First. Many stores and offices will close for the day or part of it per a Vegas Credit Bureau survey. The White Cross Drug and Las Vegas Pharmacy stay closed 1 to 6 pm.
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Main
Fremont
Carson
Vegas Credit Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
A. C. Delkin
Skaggs Safeway
Adcock
Ronnow
Will Beckley
Thomas Quality Shop
J. C. Penney Co
Friedman's Toggery
All Union Barber Shops
Allom Hardware
Las Vegas Hardware
Garehime’s
Music House
Hollywood Shoppe
Las Vegas Loan and Jewelry Shop
Las Vegas
Mesquite Grocery
Boggs Bros
Tower Market
Joplin's
Second Street Grocery
Bozarth
West Side
Ward's Cash and Carry
White Cross Drug
Labor Day
W. J. Flowers
Credit Bueau
Woman Tells Doings of Torso Murder Suspect
Edna Maudlin testifies in Dr. Frank Westlake trial about selling stock certificates endorsed with Mrs. Sutton’s name after the alleged killing. She also recounts automobile rides and theater outings with Westlake. Bank teller L F Slater says he refused a loan using Mrs. Sutton’s stock as security after discovering forged signatures.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Edna Maudlin
Frank P. Westlake
Laura B. Suttton
Westlake
Dr. Westlake
L. F. Slater
Electric Storm Wrecks Bard and Hits Yuma Area
A cyclonic wind and electrical storm struck Yuma area causing thousands of dollars in damage. Bard California reported nearly every building wrecked and hundreds of acres of farmland laid waste. Three people injured. Bard communications interrupted. A local department store was set ablaze by lightning.
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Yuma
Ariz
Bard
California
Engineers pick trio to route Colorado River aqueduct
The Metropolitan Water board of directors selected A J Wiley R R Lyman and Thaddeus Merriman to choose the aqueduct route from Boulder Dam to Southern California. The $150 million project survey will cover over 50 000 square miles from north of the Grand Canyon to the Mexican boundary and from central Arizona to the Pacific Coast. The final route will be decided by January 1 with engineers from outside California Arizona and Nevada chosen to avoid bias.
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Los Angeles
Metropolitan Water Board of Directors
Colorado River Aqueduct
Boulder Dam
California
J. Wiley
Boise
Idaho
R. R. Lyman
Salt Lake City
Thaddeus Merriman
New York
Frank E. Wey
Mouth
Metropolitan Water District
Grand Canyon
Mexican
Arizona
Pacific Coast
Nevada
Bids Soon For Boulder Test Plant Work
Government testing plant for Boulder Dam materials will start operations in a month. Remodeling of the Old Fort at the Old Ranch will begin immediately, with bids called for. O G Patch arrives to direct the project, aiming to preserve the fort’s historic form while installing cement floors that drain toward doors.
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Boulder Dam
Old Ranch
O. G. Patch
Las Vegas
Great Dam
Denver
Bureau of Reclamation
F. Foremaster
Las Vegas Land and Water Company
Patch
Kittitas Valley Project
Washington
Walker Young
A. ©. Grant
Ford Agency
Mrs. Rinelander Plans to Fight in Divorce Case
In response to an AP inquiry from Los Angeles, attorney Harley A. Harmon for Kip Rinelander says Mrs. Rinelander will contest the divorce. The summons was served August 19 and the answer must be filed by October 2. Unofficially, New York attorneys indicate opposition to the suit.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Harley A. Harmon
Kip Rinelander
Reid California Aviator Breaks Solo Flight Record
Downey California aviator Thomas G Reid eclipsed Lieut Herbert Fahys solo endurance record by more than two hours at 12 30 a m Eastern standard time. Reid began the flight Thursday and planned to extend the mark further. Fahy previously held 36 hours 25 minutes 34 seconds. A separate notice reports a divorce action filing in New York.
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Cleveland
U.R
Thomas G. Reid
Downey
Calif
Herbert Fahy
Los Angeles
Reid
Lieut
Fahy
U S Students Surrounded by Hostile Arabs
Fourteen American art students from Haifa and 15 peers of other nationalities were reportedly surrounded by unfriendly Arabs on a Palestine Syria border bicycle tour. The American consulate asked British forces to help transport them to safety as riots erupt and troops rush to Safad where Jews are killed and wounded in clashes sparked by Arab Jewish unrest. A Jewish quarter beating of an Arab by a Jewish crowd in Cairo follows the Palestine turmoil.
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Jacob Simon
United Press
Jerusalem
Upi
Haifa
Syria
U.A
Harfa
Safad
Cairo
Egypt
Palestine
Comedian to Work On Chain Gang Til Alimony Paid
Comedian Al John must raise 1642 dollars to pay alimony to his former wife Lillian St John. Superior Judge Charles Burnell ordered road work until the amount is paid, citing recent unemployment due to a strike and support for three families.
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Los Angeles
U.P
al John
Comen
Charles Burnell
Lillian St. John
St. John
Burnell
Equity
Keating Wins Wrigley Swim For $25,000 Prize
Edward Keating of New York won the Wrigley fifteen mile swim in a record time of 5 hours 25 minutes to capture $25,000 from a $335,000 prize. Norman Ross of Chicago and Ernest Vierkoetter of Germany trailed as Keating surged in the final laps before an estimated 150,000 spectators in Toronto.
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Norman Ross
Ernest Vierkoetter
Toronto
Ont
U.P
Edward Keating
New York
Keating
Jeaders
Chicago
Germany
New Building Finished in Las Vegas by Carl Ray
Hollywood builder Carl Ray reports the new Professional Building at 425 Fremont near completion, costing about 100000, with plans for a second major project a deluxe hotel. The seven story complex houses offices, stores, a stenographic bureau and medical suites, featuring plate glass, walnut interiors, a $500 water softener and a $3000 terra cotta front design.
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Fremont
Carl Ray
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Ray
C. E. Pembroke
Boulder Realty Corporation
Pembroke
Llewellyn Andrews
O. K. Plumbing Co
Boulder Lumber & Supply Co
Lady Heath Fights for Life at National Air Show
At Municipal Airport Cleveland on August 30 United Press reports Lady Mary Heath remains in critical condition after a crash during the National Air Show on a day marked by continued performances. The event proceeded despite the accident with crowds and bands, while other aircraft incidents occurred involving a tri motor plane and navy craft, and a kiss exchange moments after landing.
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Merton Takers
United Press
Municipal
Cleveland
Lady Mary Heath
Accours Heath
Hey
R ‘Gerousness
Eline Lindbergh
Flyer
Ed. Mags
Navy
Ave
Thelec
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
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Mrs. Rinelander
Harmon
Sapiro & Brandeis
U.S
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Mission
Seattle
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Portland
S. F
Carl Ray May
Unices
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James A. Fleming
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