Mollison Lands Solo Across North Atlantic at Pennfield Ridge
Captain Mollison completed a solo flight across the North Atlantic landing near Pennfield Ridge at 11 15 a m B S T tired but reporting the feat by long distance wire. He planned to rest overnight then fly to New York the next day while awaiting his wife Amy Mollison in London to confirm her safety and travel plans.
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Bulletin
St. John
Pennfield Ridge
Cale
Z Park
Bivekins Mollison
Antic
New York
North Atlantic
S.T
Andy
Capt. Mollison
Amy Johnson
Bay of Fundy
Mollison
Raymond Hawkins
Portmarnock
St John
Record Flight Ends In Bottleneck For Women Flyers
Mrs Louise Thaden and Mrs Frances Marsalis extended their refueling endurance flight at Curtiss Field New York to surpass the prior mark but needed another hour to complete a new standard under A A A rules. The pair had endured 123 hours in the air with minimal sleep amid rain and low ceilings as Casey Jones noted the pilots’ determination to keep flying.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
Louise Thaden
Frances Marsalis
American Aeronautical Association
Los Angeles
Evelyn
Bobby) Trout
Edna May Cooper
Aeronautical Association
Charles Sr
Casey) Jones
Big family mourns death of foster mother Tilea Okla
Nellie Roberts 64 widow of Robert R. Roberts, longtime Lynn Lane storekeeper, died after a six month illness. She had cared for 18 foster children over the years, plus her own daughters, and the couple later adopted seven more. Only one adopted daughter and the Roberts daughter remain at the home in Tilea, Oklahoma.
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Tilea
Okla
Nellie Roberts
Robert R. Roberts
Lynn Lane
Tulsa
Roberts
Nellie Dickey
Louisville
Strike actions halt coal mining near Taylorville Illinois
Ten thousand or more striking miners halted mining across the area. More than 2,000 protested a reduced wage scale at Peabody mines near Taylorville with pickets at No. 9 near Kincaid. Guards were held in readiness as deputies watched, with state police directing traffic on crowded routes. Miner leaders pledged nonviolence and planned further actions across southwestern Illinois, including Herrin, the site of past riots.
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Taylorville
APJ
Illinois
Peabody Coal Company
Iinvis
W. C. Argust
Peabody Mines
Kincaid
Peabody
Daniel McGill
Springfield
McGill
Herrin
Indicted Eagles official defends fund-raising plan
Conrad H. Mann, a Kansas City executive of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and head of the local Chamber of Commerce, voiced resentment over his New York indictment tied to alleged lotteries. He said the Eagles raised funds through dances and bazaars to aid unemployment relief, handling about 2.2 million dollars in merchandise, with 75 thousand possibly within anti lottery statutes.
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Kansas City
API
Conrad H. Mann
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Mann
Olympic decathlon champ Jim Bausch seen in Topeka radio event
Jim Bausch spoke briefly over the radio from Topeka during Curtis ceremony. The Kansas Olympic decathlon champion was recognized by the crowd and invited to say a few words. He chatted with friends in Topeka and noted Curtis opened the Olymp ics while Bausch closed them. In Washington, Ernest B Thomas of Rushville Indiana declined a recent Farm Board appointment from President Hoover.
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Jim Bausch
Topeka
Curtis
Kansas
Bausch
Washington, Aug
Hoover Roday
Ernest B. Thomas
Rushville
Ind
Federal Farm Board
Weather summary for Kansas with unsettled Saturday
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with slight warming. All points clear in the morning. dirt roads good except Salina with clouds. Douglas County reports temperatures from yesterday to today, including 7 p.m. yesterday and noon today, noting good readings overall. Dexter Washers-Cutters-Phone 149 advertises services.
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Kansas
Sa‘lina
Douglas County
Roosevelt refuses to dismiss Walker ouster charges
Albany Aug 19 Governor Roosevelt, after seven hours of argument, denied a motion to dismiss the ouster charges against Mayor James J. Walker and ordered witnesses summoned for next Monday. Curtin contended for dismissal, while Seabury's conclusions on Walker-Sherwood finances were summarized. Court actions pause until Monday as observers weigh Roosevelt executive power and the city’s removal process.
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Roosevelt
Curtin
Albany
John J. Curetin
Walker
Samuel Seabury
Russell T. Sherwood
Gary‘ernor Roosevelt
Columbus
Ohio
Seaburys
Seabury
Sherwood
Imayor
Central Hanover Trust Company
Trust Company
Mexico City
Martin Conboy
New York City
Hofstadter
Supreme Court
N. Y
Ellis Staley
Walker Court
Standard Oil of Indiana Buys Kansas Refinery Assets
Standard Oil of Indiana announced the purchase for 2.4 million dollars of physical properties of Standard Oil of Kansas at Neodesha including an oil refinery and pipeline system. Kansas will retain producing assets and other properties. Sale awaits Kansas stockholders’ ratification at a Sep. 29 meeting.
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Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Neodesha
Kan
Standard Oil Company’ of Kansas
Kansas Company
Edward G. Seubert
Standard of Indiana
Standard of Kansas
Seubert
Chicago
Geologic survey group to map rock formations in Midwest
A hundred prominent geologists will survey Kansas Nebraska and Missouri for Pennsylvanian Permian and other formations to aid oil gas coal mineral exploration. Led by Dr R C Moore in Kansas, the team includes state geologists from multiple states and federal scientists, gathering August 28 in Wichita and concluding September 3 in Lincoln.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
R. C. Moore
University of Kansas
Iowa
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Indiana
Illinois
Washington, D. C
Irom
Wichita
Lincoln
Neb
Kansas River
Lawrence
Topeka
New Federal Taxes Lift Federal Revenues in July
Washington August 19 AP report shows new taxes already contributing over 3 percent of federal income in July though full impact not yet realized. Old taxes, including income, cigarettes and brewer’s products, supplied major shares as the Treasury notes totals of 561,686,467 for the month.
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Washington
Treasury
Pennsylvania relief bills signed to fund 12 million program
Governor Pinchot signed three measures creating a 12 million state relief program for about 1.15 million unemployed. Enacted by a late eight week special session, the bills raise revenue and set up county distribution machinery. They include a one percent general sales tax for six months starting September 1 with exemptions for real estate, farm products, and farm direct sales.
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Hoover Back to Fishing After Short Vacation Break
President Hoover resumes vacation plans in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia after leaving a three day fishing trip on Chesapeake Bay. The trip took place last Wednesday with Mrs. Hoover traveling ahead with Mrs. Thomas A Edison and her daughter Mrs. John E Sloane.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Chesaspeake Bay
Thomas A. Edison
John. E. Sloane
Giants rout Pirates in six runs in first inning
National League action sees the Giants explode for six runs in the first inning off Meine and Chagnon, routing the Pirates 4 to 1. Carl Hubbell pitched effectively, limitin g Pittsburgh to 14 hits while contributing on offense with timely hits.
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Pittsburgh
Giants
Meine
Chaghan
Pirates
Carl Flubbel
New York
Hublell
Hogan
Chagnon
Spencer
Brame
Padden
Cincinnati
Brooklyn Dodgers
Reds
Tittsburch
van Munro
Brooklya
Gade Mungo
One Dead In Car Crash Near Leon Kansas
An Eldorado, Kansas report details a fatal crash six miles east of Leon last night. Donald Grigsby, 43, and his sister-in-law were killed or fatally injured when their car collided with a truck driven by T. L. Hickerson. Grigsby’s niece Florence Kingsley and Harry W. Young were severely hurt. The car swerved into the truck, tragically ending Grigsby’s life. The truck driver was not named in the report. The incident occurred near Leon, with medical responders on scene. The article notes survivors and the dire injuries sustained by the Grigsbys and Kingsley. Additional brief notices follow about the WCTU convention site and rental ads.
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Aneha
Aus
Athietics
Teal
Cleveland
Hudlin
Harder
Simmons Jn
Haas
Efi Hidelphin
Mullin
Sewel Melxeithan
Mahaffey
Cochrane
cSee
Enn
LE MT
Philadelphia
Brown
Pytlak
Freitrs
Heriik
Treit Tigers
Tin New
New York
T. Taptethe
Yankees
Jadi
Phelins
Uogsett
Raftfing
Palva
Tigers
Housett
Maanutels
Hayworth
Bugant Dickey
Tedagen
Wayworth
Gomez
Washington
Senators
Chierse
Tn Ae
Firpo Marberry
Faber and Grube
Marterry and Spencer
MOH
Nyt Chamberlain and
Berry
McAftee
Famerican Association Indiamapolis
Kansas
Chiy
Nignt Taine
Eldorado
Kan
Donald Grigsby
Medicine Lodge
K. R. Grigsby
Leon
Florence Kingsley
I Grigsby
Fort Scott
Harry W. Young
Leavenworth
Grigsby
T. L. Hickerson
Kansas seeks successor to track coach Brutus Hamilton
Dr. F C Allen Kansas athletics chief returned to Lawrence to oversee find a successor after Brutus Hamilton left for California. About fifteen applications already in, with more expected. Action will wait until fall after a guard meeting. Hamilton’s departure praised for his high standards and team work. Allen noted California’s long pursuit of Hamilton and his Olympic-period reputation.
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F.C. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Brutus Hamilton
K. U
University of California
California
Hamilton
Allen
J. H. Lindley
Athletic Board
Allen Sai
Mamilton
Doctor Allen
XX U
Sid Allen
Springfield College
Springfield
Mass
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Tex
Jane
Robbie
Eleanor
California U
Edwards Bowl
Stanford
Sioux City Hemmed In By Farm Strike Pickets
Sioux City Iowa August 1 AP marketing center of about eighty thousand faced a blockaded farm produce trade as National Farmers Holiday Association members blocked highways to keep milk livestock grain and other goods from markets. The strike spread to Monona county cutting road deliveries while rail shipments remained, stockyard truck receipts fell and some farmers faced economic hardship.
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Sioux City
National Farmers Holiday Association
Monona
Iowa
Biencoe
Monona County
Onawa
Plymouth County
Hidden Pistol Found in Harvey Bailey Cell
Fort Scott Kansas authorities reported locating a .45 caliber pistol and two clips of cartridges in the county jail cell used by Harvey Bailey before his conviction for a $32,000 Citizens National Bank robbery. The bank was searched after rumors of a failed escape plot. Bailey, tied to a $2,000,000 Lincoln Nebraska bank heist in 1930, is serving 10 to 50 years at Lansing State Penitentiary.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Harvey Bailey
Citizens National Bank
Bailey
Lincoln
National Bank and Trust Company
Lansing
Curtis Address Receives Widespread Telegram Support
Vice President Charles Curtis said he was greatly pleased by the reaction to his acceptance speech in which he opposed repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Telegrams have come from about 25 states, all positive, though he did not single out any section for comment and did not publish the messages. He read congratulatory messages and met callers in the Kansas Capitol before departing for Washington.
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Topeka
Aug. WI
Charles Curtis
Washington
Kansas
Jefferson County Old Settlers Reunion Opens at Oskaloosa
Jefferson County residents gathered in Oskaloosa for the 2nd annual Old Settlers Reunion opening today and running through tomorrow. A bicentennial program on Washington featured music, minuet dances, a one act play, and a Washington portrayal with Dr. RG Henry as Washington and Fred M. Thompson as Chancellor Livingston.
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Jefferson County
Wathering
Oskaloosa
Washington
New York City
Alf Landon
W. H. Lambertson
M. Hargett
Kansas City
Young People’s League Posts All Musical Program
The Young People’s League invites all to an all musical program Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in the Christian Church auditorium. Miss Regina Heatherington leads devotionals. Ethel Fenstemaker opens with a vocal solo followed by a cornet solo by Irene Moll. Leroy Smith and Glen Kiefer sing a duet. Mil dred Reuter plays organ, Josephine Edmonds sings, Kathleen Eustace plays piano, and Herbert Huffman accompanies the hymn singing for the remaining time.
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Young People’s League
The
Christian Church
Regina Heatherington
Ethel Fenstemaker
Irene Moll
Leroy Smith
Glen Kiefer
Mildred Reuter
Recovery reported for Lloyd Miller after Erie auto crash
Lloyd Miller formerly of Eudora injured in a motor car accident near Erie Monday night is improving at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Pittsburg. Parents Albert and Mrs Miller of Eudora report no amputation and note the arm injuries are serious but stabilizing.
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Lloyd Miller
Fudora
Erie Mondey
Mt. Carmel
Pittsburg
Wichita
Albert Miller
Eudora
Buin
Death in a Train Wreck in East Cleveland
A Nickel Plate railroad porter was killed and the engineer seriously injured when train No. 6 derailed in East Cleveland after a spike driven in the rail gap acted as a derailment device. Fireman Charles Harrison and engineer Jacob Stape were trapped, while passengers were unharmed. Also noted is the serious condition of Mrs Hilda Clemens after a suicide attempt earlier in the week.
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Cleveland
Ireman
Railroad Massenger
Charles Harrison
Jacob Stape
Hilda Clemens
Massachusetts Street
Memorial Hospital
Assault on S M Purcell in Lawrence Garage Attacked
S M Purcell was assaulted while sleeping in his car in the garage near Lawrence. He fought back, sustaining a severe scalp wound, a deep gash above the eye, and facial injuries requiring twelve stitches. Two men fled. a $250 reward was posted for information leading to arrests. Local sheriffs and county attorney opened a full investigation.
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S. M. Purcell
Lawrence
Percell
Mr. Parcell
Rai
Potice
Dude Anderson
Fred Vogler
Floyd Hunter
Lilburn Dowers
Tom McCalh
George Eaton
Kansas City
Nnl
Purcell
Carrie
Stevens
Purcel
Rebhod
Four Children Die As Car Burns After Collision
Midland Michigan August 19 four Messer children Edward 12 Forest 10 Stella 6 Ruth 4 were killed when their car struck by a second vehicle spraying gasoline from two five gallon cans on its running board ignited. George Messer 43 Harry Crane 30ish were seriously burned and survived.
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Midland
Mich
Edward Messer
Forest Messer
Stella Messer
Ruth Messer
George Messer
Thompsonville
Messer
Harry Crane
Bear Lake
Mercy Hospital
George Patrick
Patrick
Edward
Stella
Ruth
Forest
Mercy
Hilz Sets New Women Altitude Record In France
Maryse Hilz claimed a new female altitude record in Villa Coublay France with a barograph reading of 10200 meters. The record surpasses Ruth Nichols 8761 meter mark set in 1981, with instruments handed to authorities for verification.
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Villa Coublay
France
Maryse Hilz
Ruth Nichols
Roosevelt Speech Hook-Up Broadcast by 23 Stations
Twenty three radio stations will hook up to broadcast Governor Roosevelt’s opening campaign address tomorrow at 4 p m EST. The network includes WRON in Lawrence Kansas and Columbus Georgia. The dispatch also notes the death of Mary Ann Blackman a 101 year old Columbus resident once named oldest married woman in America. Her husband died two years ago.
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Columbus, Ga
Mary Ann Blackman
The
Kansas City Star
America
Mud Creek
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Dahley
Kansas, Nebraska
Professor Moore
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A. 2. Dahlby
Broadway Baptist Church
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Sanary
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Edwin F. Price
First Methodist Episcopal Church
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Herbert L. Huffman
Roy Parker
Pinchot
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Seattle
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Reece Miller
Miller
Mickle Plate
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