Five missing fliers hunted as Pacific search widens
Reports from Pearl Harbor to Oakland describe a white floating object off Hawaii as a possible missing plane. Naval submarines are ordered to investigate. The Dallas Spirit and Woolaroc crews join the hunt with air and sea forces, while Miss Doran and Golden Eagle remain unaccounted for amid the long transpacific race.
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Pearl Harbor
Oahu Island
Cole
Sampan
Japan
Sampans Airways
Dole Air Race Prizes and Deadly Crashes in Oakland Start
At Oakland Municipal Airport sixteen entered the Dole Air Race. eight started, four finished. Art Goebel aboard Woolaroc won first place in 26 hours 77 minutes 33 seconds, Martin Jensen in Aloha took second in 28 hours 16 minutes 20 seconds. Three pilots killed, two planes crashed on the runway, and several competitors failed to reach the starting field.
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Midway
Hawaii
Navy
Erwin
Honolulu
Dole
Miss Doran
Golden Eagle
Oakland
Calif
Jnrous
Art Goebel
Lieut
W. ¥. Davis
Woolaroc
Martin Jensen
Paul Schluter
Alpha
Mildréd Doran
Flint Mich
San Francisco
Pacific
Arthur C. Goebel
Woolaroo
Aloha
James D. Dole
Mildred Doran
Pretty Flint
Mich
Bdit
J. A. Pedlar
Flint
W. R. Knope
San Diego
Associated Press
Cal
Municipal
Destinat Cn i Garland Ta Honrisi
Goebel
Jensen
Missing Hawaiian flight planes prompt vast naval search
Washington August 18 The navy marshals forty two ships to scour the Pacific for the missing Miss Doran and Golden Eagle with plans to drain tanks and ready seaplanes. Langley Aroostook and seven destroyers join twenty three submarines in a wide search from Hawaii to San Francisco aided by planes and commercial craft.
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Miss Doran
Pacific
Golden Eagle
San Diego
Langley
Aroostook
Honolulu
Washington
Navy Department
San Francisco
Seattle
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
R. H. Jackson
Battle Fleet
McDonough
Ridley McLean
Hawaiian
Island of
Kauai
Hull
Corry
Sumner
Farenholt
Lavellette
Meyer
Hazelwood
R. C. Parker
Thomas Washington
12Th Naval District
Navy
Guardian Gave Consent to Flight of Miss Doran
Insistent demands upon her guardian William Malloska wealthy Flint oil man and backer of the plane Miss Doran won her place in the cabin on the flight to Honolulu. Left motherless years ago Miss Doran kept house for her father and brother while attending Flint High School. After 1924 graduation she worked nights at a local telephone exchange to fund college. Graduation from Ypsilanti State Normal School and a po
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Flint, Mich
William Malloska
Flint
Miss Doran
Mildred Doran
Honolulu
Ypsilani State Normal School
Kansas Forecast Reflects Fair Skies and Regional Road Conditions
Kansas forecast predicts mostly fair conditions tonight and Friday with slight warming in the northwest. Roads vary from rough to waterlogged in Salina and nearby cities, while Coffeyville shows good conditions. Douglas County roads reported as good. Temperatures noted as yesterday afternoon and today’s noon readings, with no full data provided.
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Kansas
Salina
Arkansas City
Wichita
Hutchinson
Coffeyville
Dodge City
Pittsburg
Emporia
Douglas
Mt. Toda
Eldridge Hotel Work At Third Story In Progress
Work continued today on the third story of the old Eldridge hotel as it is wrecked prior to rebuilding. Architects review plans with W. G. Hutson, owner, noting the final height remains undecided. J. Mont Green serves as contractor in charge.
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Eldridge
W. G. Hutson
J. Mont Green
Fate of Scientist Hidden in Cave Near Chattanooga
In Shield Mound Tennessee Nick a Jack cave holds the fate of geologist L S Ashley who entered Monday on an exploring trip and promised to return Tuesday night. Friends traced chalk marks four miles inside the cave, where footprints and a fall are suspected near a sharp decline to an underground stream.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Shield Mound
L. S. Ashley
Ashley
Sacco and Vanzetti Justices Leave Court in Fate Bid
Three of four Massachusetts supreme court justices who considered Sacco and Vanzetti petitions left the Suffolk County courthouse in an apparent sign that their deliberations were complete. No decision time announced, with one justice staying at the building as speculation centered on a possible late today ruling.
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Boston
Supreme Court
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanvetti
Suffolk County Court House
Henry K. Braley
Court House
Nicola Sarco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Michael Angelo Musmanno
Pittsburgh
Jesola Sacco
Sacco
Vanzetti
Lindbergh Lands in Wichita During Nation Tour
Col Charles A Lindbergh landed at Wichita Municipal Airport at 1 59 PM aboard the Spirit of St Louis en route from Kansas City as part of a nationwide aviation development tour. He was greeted by Governor Ben S Paulen and named stops along the route including Pittsburg Girard Chanute and Wichita.
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Wichita
Kan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kansas City
Ben S. Paulen
Kansas
Lindbergh
Spirit of
St. Joseph
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Girard
Here
Scurthouse
Fair Grounds
Chanute
Octave Chanute
Three Killed Two Entered Car Crashes Through Bridge Rail
Three people were killed and two injured when a car crashed through a bridge railing and fell eighteen feet into a drainage ditch near Wamego Kansas. The dead include Mr and Mrs Joseph Reynolds of Greenville Illinois and Estella Watson of Greenville Delaware. Gene Watson and Josse Reynolds were injured. The party was en route to Colovada Springs.
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Wamego
Kan
Watoega
Nan
API
Joseph Reynolds
Greenville
Fistella Watson
Gene Watson
Estella Watson
Josse Reynolds
Colovada Springs
Kansas Cities Debate Gas Monopoly At Hutchinson Rally
Topeka Aug 18 A F E words by Walter F Jones former Hutchinson mayor and state legislator denounced the Doherty gas monopoly as unregulated and luxurious citing high overheads charged by Henry L Doherty Company and Henry J Doherty Company He urged condemnation appraisal of Hutchinson Gas and a voters' decision on a new distributing tank Stutz Quilines outlined league aims and the data driven approach of pipeline and distribution firms to set rates.
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Topeka
Doherty
Kansas
Walter F. Jones
Hutchinson
League of Kansas
Jones
Henry L. Doherty & Company
Henry J., Doherty & Company
Wichita
Newton
Kansas City
New York
Kanaas City
Hutchinson Gas Company
Doherty Distributing Company
Stutz
John G. Stutz
League of Musicipartides
Veterans Return to France for Paris Legion Convention Import
The American Expeditionary Forces began its return to France with President Harding leading half of the Legion transport to Paris for the Legion convention. War brides and families greeted veterans ashore in Cherbourg as songs echoed across the harbor amid mixed tears and joy.
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Cherbourg
France
Harding
American Legion
Paris
Southampton
England
Marseillaise
Tipperary
Air Express Service Set to Open September One
New York reports that a nationwide air express service will launch September 1 by the American Express Company. Routes now run by air mail plane contractors will carry express packages up to 200 pounds and valued at no more than 5,000 dollars. Livestock and explosives will not be carried. Initial routes include the Colonial Air Transport between New York and Boston, the National Air Transport between Chicago and San Francisco, and the Western Air Express between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, with additional routes to follow.
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New York
Europe
American Express Company
Robert E. M. Cowie
American Railway Express Company
Colonial Air Transport
Boston
National Air Tank
Chicago
San Francisco
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Kansas flood toll climbs with multi county damage
Widespread Kansas floods caused by two weeks of heavy rain have inflicted several million dollars in damage plus thousands of acres inundated. Barton, Salina, Fort Scott, and areas near Wichita, Emporia, and Dodge City report heavy losses to land, crops, homes, and livestock. Three deaths occur from electrocution and drowning as floodwaters recede and rescue efforts continue. Reported figures include Bar ton county losses over 2 million and Salina city blocks and homes submerged with extensive damage still unassessed.
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Kansas
Barton County
Wichita
Fort Scott
Emporia
Salina
Great Bend
Hoisington
Hiner
Memorial Hall
Smoky Hill
Dry Creek
Mill Creek
Cottonwood
Neosho
Chase County
Arkansas
Dodge City
Garden City
Herman Goucher
Glen Truex
Topeka
Kas
Aux
Nea
Solomon River
Delphos
Merle Schwertzinger
Lincoln
Floods Sweep Siberia Drowning Dozens In Maritime Province
In Vladivostok and surrounding areas a great flood follows an eighteen hour downpour. The Usuri river is out of its banks for miles while the Bikin tributary rises rapidly. Over 100 people are reported dead and tens of thousands lose shelter as rivers overflow. Weather continues to drop more rain today.
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Vladivostok
Siberia
Usuri
Bikin
Sudan
Bruner Not Billed by Grand Jury in Texas Bank Robbery Case
Former Kansas City lawyer Glen L. Bruner, arrested in Amarillo, Texas, over the Truscott bank robbery, was not billed by Knox County grand jurors due to lack of evidence. Grand jury reportedly voted to return a no bill as investigation closed. Separately, a historical note mentions five ex Presidents living in 1861.
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Amarillo
Tex
Glen L. Bruner
Kansas City
Truscott
Texas
Knox County
Freight line would cut city street wear and save taxpayers
John R. Dyer and Charles G. Bales, University of Kansas officials, endorse a rail freight link to haul coal and materials in car lots. They say it would reduce street damage, lower costs, and shift much freight from trucks to rail, with University paying up to 10,000 dollars and the interurban covering the rest.
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John R. Dyer
Charles G. Bales
University
Dyer
Board of Regents
State of
Kansas
City of
Lawrence
Mr. Dyer
Carl
Bales
Union Pacific motor car to stop at Camp Whitside
J H Robinson, local agent for Union Pacific, announced the motor car between Topeka and Junction City will stop at Camp Whitside on Sunday at 12 40 PM for visitors. A Lawrence to Topeka connection at 0 13 will link with the car, and an Ft Riley 4 35 PM stop may be added. Return is at 2 09 PM with an overnight option via a Fort Riley train at 7 11 AM next day.
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J. H. Robinson
Union Pacific
Topeka
Junction City
Camp Whitside
Ft. Riley
Lawrence
Kansas to give college credit for Reading Circle
Topeka Aug 18 AP Kansas grade school teachers will receive college credit this year for reading two of the three prescribed Reading Circle books. State Superintendent George Allen Jr said four of five state higher learning institutions agreed, with faculty approval, to offer extension courses based on the readings. Participants in the discussion were professors from Emporia, Pittsburg, Hays and Kansas State Agricultural College.
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Topeka
Kansas
George Allen, Jr
Public ‘Instruction
Tad
W. D. Ross
State Teachers College of Emporia
L.A. Guthridge
State Teachers’ College of
Pittsburg
Floyd R. Tae
State Teachers College of Hays
B. H. Fleenor
Kansas State Agricultural College
ST Ineaieen Ay
Warning to Americans on Return to China
The state department issued a warning that Americans should not return to inland China without consulting consular officers. It noted missionaries and American business staff in the U S plan to return to their posts in China in early autumn.
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Washington
China
State Department
United States
Building Plan Outlined for University Structures
State architect's program sets a $3,000,000 plus building plan for University facilities over two years. A nurses home wing and a ward wing at Rosedale medical school to start, with a Manhattan project likely before a new science building. Test holes at Rosedale gauge foundation feasibility as contracts for a $100,000 nurses wing near.
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CG. Bales
Rosedale Medical School
Manhattan
Bales
Rosedale
Srant
Rebuild Under Way After Bombed Home Explosion
Residents of Lewis Mehar dy city rallied to restore the home of Mehar dy a former Sacco Vanzetti juror whose house was wrecked by a Tuesday explosion believed to be a bomb. A committee of ten townspeople and five Milton American Legion members will oversee repairs and reimburse the family for losses.
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East Milton
Mags
Lewis Mehardy
McHardy
Milton
American Legion
Two Shoot Way Out of Pittsburgh Jail
Pittsburgh Aug 12 AP reports two convicts escaped Allegheny county jail after obtaining keys from a bookkeeper and wounding two guards. At large is Paul Jaworski linked to the Coverdale payroll holdup, and accomplice John Basbinder, a murderer from Metorsport. Guards Harry Rieger and John Hanlon were shot in the arm.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Paul Jaworski
Coverdale
Jaworski
John Basbinder
Metorsport
Harry Rieger
John Hanlon
Princess Marina in London at social season
London August 18 AP Princess Marina the elder daughter of Greek royals has been a popular guest of the American colony. In her early twenties she attends dances and social events while finishing her education in London. She lives with Princess Paul whose husband is an artist with a Chelsea studio.
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London
Princess Marina
Princess Nicholas
Greece
Incess Paul of
Servia
Marina
Princess Paul
Hushafid
Chelsea
Trade survey kicks off in Lawrence by Shannon team
R F Shannon of Eder and Shannon Washington Iowa arrived in Lawrence to begin a trade survey of the city and surrounding territory. He is aided by Melen Libington and Marion McLaughlin as they start house to house calls this afternoon and will work for several days. The Merchants Bureau of the chamber of commerce sanction the program.
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R. F. Shannon
Eder & Shannon
Washington
Iowa
Lawrence
Shannon
Melen Libingston
Marion McLaughlin
Merchants Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Flight Delayed at Roosevelt Field Monoplane to Rome
Rain turned the runway into a spongy swamp at Roosevelt Field this morning delaying the planned nonstop flight of the monoplane Old Glory to Rome. Air mail pilots Lloyd Berland and James D. Hill announced no takeoff today after runway inspection, hoping clearing weather allows a test flight later.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Yi
Old Glory
Rome
Lloyd Berland
James D. Hill
Air Mail
Rig of Workmen Topples in Kaw
A rig used by Topeka Bridge Co to build a new water intake toppled into the Kaw River during high water. The engine boiler and crane, mounted on a runway, sank with the sheet piling and other equipment still in the river. Crews had just removed eighteen tons of sheet piling when the accident occurred, delaying a project already behind schedule by a year.
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Topeka Bridge Company
Kaw
Altho
Varios
Nai Ed
Supreme court airs Wichita sand issue in river case
The Topeka bench reviews a dispute over removing sand from the Arkansas River near Wichita. The Kansas attorney general appeals a Shawnee county district court ruling that set aside the state executive council order restricting sand dredging, which the council had justified to protect Wichita's water supply. Consumers' Land Company was the district court plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Arkansas
Wichita
Suprone
Shawnee County
State Executive Council
The
Consumers’ Land Company
Death of Adolph Hellstrom Feeds Tragic Local Poisoning
Adolph Hellstrom aged 72 died last night after drinking carbolic acid at his home eleven miles south of Lawrence. He had suffered ill health for years and lived in the area for about twenty years. A Sweden-born immigrant who came to the United States sixty years ago, he will be buried at Clinton Cemetery after funeral services at the Teashsterian church in Clinton, with Ward in charge. The Douglas county coroner examined the body at Rumsey Funeral home.
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Adolph Hellstrom
Lawrence
Hellstrom
United States
Sweden
Clinton
Ward
Douglas County
Rumsey
Erie
Bank official commits suicide amid bank troubles in Rossville
W S Kennedy travels to Roseville to review the Rossville State Bank records after the banker and part owner Alters shot himself during a state department visit. Alters, former Rossville mayor, left a note blaming financial difficulties. The bank was ordered closed as examinations proceed.
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Rossville
State Banking Department
Hany
Alters
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