Marvel Crosson Woman Aviator Falls to Death in Arizona
Miss Marvel Crosson a 25 year old San Diego aviator and holder of a women altitude record was found dead near her wrecked plane six miles north of Wellton Arizona after an air derby crash from Santa Monica to Cleveland. She disappeared en route to Phoenix and apparently leaped to try to save her life. Crosson began flying in 1928 with her brother Joe and soon joined commercial aviation, setting a record altitude of 23 996 feet over Los Angeles on June 28 last year.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Miss Marvel Crosson
San Diego
Santa Monica
Cal
Cleveland
Wellton
Miss Crosson
San Bernardino
Gila River
Cloverfield
Miss.Crosson
Joe
Alaska
J . Miss
Crosson
Los Angeles
Warsaw
Ind
Loran County
Colorado
Sabotage Is Charged As Cause of Failures
In Santa Monica a telegram halted the Santa Monica to Cleveland air derby to await complete aircraft inspections. Fifteen entrants began the Arizona leg toward Douglas with one death reported and several competitors pulled from the race amid sabotage and equipment troubles including claims of weakened wires and dirty fuel.
Miss Marvel Crosson Motor Trouble Before Air Derby Death
Miss Marvel Crosson reported motor trouble in her Travel Air speedwing Chaparral biplane while en route to enter the coast race near Wellton Arizona. Walter Beech of Travel Air said a new Whirlwind engine was shipped to Santa Monica and arrived in time, though not installed. Beech claimed he warned Crosson before departure to guard against sabotage and did not reveal what prompted the warning.
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Wichita
Kan
Marvel Crosson
Wamen
Wellton
Ariz
Walter H. Beech
Travel Air Company
Santa Monica
Beech
Miss. Crosson
Air Derby Crash Victim Had Overhauled Plane Engine
The plane driven by Miss Crosson was rebuilt before the air derby. Travel Air President Beech said engine trouble on the way to the coast prompted a replacement, but Wright officials stated worn parts were substituted in the old engine, which passed tests before the derby.
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Gine
Mar‘vel Crosson
Walter Beech
Travelair Company
Wichita
Miss Crosson
Wright
Mrs Thaden and Phoebe Omlie Lead in the Derby
In the Santa Monica to Cleveland women’s air derby eight of fifteen flyers have landed in Douglas Arizona after takeoff from Phoenix on the third lap. Mrs Louise Thaden of Pittsburgh and Phoebe Omlie of Memphis lead the two classes as the field begins to slow for inspections. A telegram from Santa Monica suggested halting the flight until ships pass a rigid check. Publisher Robert P Holliday urged safeguards after the death of Miss Marvel Crosson near Wellton Arizona, citing hazardous night-control conditions at San Bernardino inspections as evidence.
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Douglas
Ariz
Phoenix
Santa Monica
Cliff Henderson
Cleveland
Robert P. Holliday
Holliday
San Bernardino
Former Kansan Crosson Dies in Arizona Air Derby
Marvel Crosson, long tied to Kansas life from Minneapolis to Salina, was killed in an Arizona air derby. The Kansas connections include a child’s hometown, and a visit to Minneapolis, while May Haizlip of Kansas City competed in the Santa Monica to Cleveland race near Phoenix. Norris to face Williams in Nebraska primary bid announced from Centralia Washington.
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Marvel Crosson
Minneapolis
Salina
Kan
Fairmont
Norris Lincoln
Neb
George W. Norris
Nebraska
United States
George Williams
Centralia
Wash
Kansas Weather Forecast and Road Conditions
Kansas forecast mostly fair tonight and Wednesday cooler tonight in central and west portions and in east portion Wednesday. Morning weather and roads show good except Arkansas City Hutchinson cloudy Topeka partly cloudy roads good except Topeka Arkansas City Douglas county roads good temperatures noon today maximum yesterday minimum today.
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Kansas
Arkansas City
Hutchinson
Cofferile
Pittsburg
Topeka
Premier MacDonald signals advance in Washington talks
Lossiemouth Scotland Aug 20 AP The Press Association quotes Premier MacDonald saying he is studying a message from Washington regarding disarmament talks. He notes General Dawes discussed views with him and predicts a wide conference, possibly resuming the Washington naval talks before a forthcoming date.
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Lossiemouth
Scotland
Association Today
MacDonald
Washington
Ambassador Dawes
Dawes
Washington Naval Conference
Graf Zeppelin Preened Ahead of World Cruise Third Lap Planned
The Graf Zeppelin is checked in Kasima guara hangar as crews test fabric and restart motors ahead of Thursday dawn start on the third lap of its world voyage from Tayo to Los Angeles. The expedition continues across the Pacific north of Hawaii then down the U S coast to Lakehurst New Jersey completing the global circuit. The same crew will fly again from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen with four passengers leaving the craft at that point. Passengers and crew enjoy Osaka Tokyo hospitality after a long voyage.
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Teyo
Tihe Graf Zeppelin
Lat Kasimaguara
Eurasia
Ta‘yo
Los Angeles
Pacific
American
Seattle
Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lake Constance
Tokyo
America
Europe
Hugo Eckener
Dai Nippon
Sino Red Border Wars Reported Increasing
London reports from Chinese and Soviet sources of rising border clashes along the Manchurian frontier. Battles near Tungninsien spill across village lines as 3,000 Soviet cavalry clash with Chinese defenders, while Chinese troops fire on Soviet monitors on the Amur river and strike near Lake Honka. The Moscow note to Mukden and Nanking urges disarming White bands and halting further incursions.
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London
Manchurian
Mukden
Manchuria
Nikolsk
Tungninsien
Pogranichnaya
Blagoveschensk
Siberia
Amur
Here
Lake Honka
Grodenko
Poltavsk
Moscow
Nanking
Back From Alaskan Trip Dr Lyle Powell and Wife Return
Dr and Mrs Lyle Powell have returned from a five week trip visiting national parks in Alaska including Yellowstone and Glacier. They traveled via Vancouver Inside Passage Skagway Whitehorse Lake Atlin Wrangell Narrows and Canadian Rockies Jasper finishing home through Winnipeg. Spokane Sun God arrives in Spokane completing first transcontinental nonstop roundtrip.
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Lyle
S. Powell
Alaska
Yellowstone
Glacier National ‘Parks
P Owell
Vancouver
Skagway
White Horse
Lake Aan
Akon
Wrangells Island
Narrows
Canadian Rockies
Jasper Park
Winnipeg
Sun God
Spokane
Wash
Senate Tariff Changes Released By Finance Committee
Washington reports Smoot estimates total tariff revenue at 605 million dollars under Senate committee plans, down from 646 million under existing law. The Republicans outline 481 changes with 177 raises and 254 cuts, mostly cuts in chemicals and oils, increases in agriculture, while Democrats denounce the plan and plan to push amendments to focus mainly on agricultural products.
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Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
House
Senate
Senate Committee
King
Utah
Thomas
Oklahoma
Borah
Idaho
Want-Project Records for Fair by Aug 29
Records of the project to be shown at the Kansas Free Fair at Topeka must be completed and in the Farm Bureau office by Aug ust 29 to be eligible. Each detail including the health record, amounts of work, costs, and financial statements showing profit or loss must be included. Two records should be made one to send in and one to keep. Records should be inked neat and attractive for judging. Members should have their secretaries copy records into the secretary's book before submission.
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Topeka
Farm Bureau
Big Springs
Schmeling Heads Home Amid Controversy
Max Schmeling the German heavyweight sails for Germany aboard the liner Albert Ballin, returning from an American tour clouded by ongoing controversies with officials. The Aug. 20 New York AP report notes his journey as he leaves for home Saturday.
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Schmeling
New-York
Max Schmeling
America
Albert Ballin
Germany
Army Prisons Relieved to Ease Federal Overcrowding
A plan agreed by President Hoover Secretary Good and Attorney General Mitchell transfers underused military prisons to the Justice Department. Leavenworth will hold 1600 prisoners, with Governor's Island and Alcatraz ready to take more to ease overcrowded Atlanta and Leavenworth pen Americas.
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Washington
Hoover
War Good
Mitchell
Justice Department of Military Prisons
Leavenworth
Kan
Governor's Island
Alcatraz
Leavenworth Military Prison
Department of Justice
Atlanta
Post Office Temporary Site Bids Bid in Lawrence
J M Blonzh the postal inspector completed an inspection of buildings offered for a temporary post office in Lawrence and sent recommendations to Washington D C F M Springer said today five bid sites include Chamber of Commerce Eighth and Vermont Turner Hall Ninth and Rhode Island Dennis Lawrence property 623 624 Massachusetts street Orpheum Theatre 1000 block Massachusetts street Lawrence Buick Company property on New Hampshire street Bids for the addition construction to be opened tomorrow in Washington D C F M Hosford postmaster is away on vacation
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J. M. Blonzh
Lawrence
Washington, D. C
F. M. Springer
Springer
Chamber of Commerce
Eighth
Vermont
Turner Hall
Ninth
Rhode Island
Dennis Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Orpheum Theatre
Lawrence Buick Company
New Hampshire Street
Washington
D. C
F. M. Hosford
Baseball scores across the National League and American League
Cincinnati beat Boston 6 to 2 as Lucas and Gooch led the mound effort. Philadelphia defeated Pittsburgh 8 to 6 with Waner homering for the Pirates. New York Giants won 4 to 1 over the Cubs in game one of a doubleheader, then the Cubs took game two. Brooklyn shut out St Louis 4 to 0 in the second game after St Louis won the first 3 to 2. In the American League, Boston beat Detroit, Washington beat Cleveland, and St Louis beat Philadelphia in the other posted results. An ear nose and throat clinic will be held tomorrow from 2 to 4 at City Hall.
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Boston
Chicago Cubs
Guy Bush
Freddy Fitzsimmons
Cubs
Chicago
New York
Bush
Cvengros
Taylor
Gonazles
Fitzsimmons
Hogan
O'Farrell
Carlson
Taylor Hubbell
Scott
Brooklyn
Ray Moss
Robin
St. Louis
Moss
Brederich
Sherdel
Smith
Vance
Deberry
Johnson
Johnson and Wilson
Zachakey
Faber and Berg
Detroit
Ruffing
Heving
Graham
Prudhomme
Ide
Hargrave
Washington
Cleveland
Burke
Thomas & Spencer
Shofner
Holloway
L- Sewell
Philadelphia
W. C. Nelson
Lindley Returns from Abroad After Seven Weeks
Chancellor Lindley of the University of Kansas returns to Lawrence after seven weeks in Europe and England. He recounts meetings with leaders in Paris London and Paris, including Prime Minister MacDonald and Sir Horace Plunkett, and notes English unrest but French hospitality. The trip featured scholarly visits, a pen gifted in memory of Henry Schott, and return by the George Washington.
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Paris
E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Europe
England
Lindley
Clark H. Minor
International Electric Company
Owen D. Young
Minor
Henry Schott
Sas City Star
George V
Owen ID. Young
St. Lawrence University
London
Ramsey MacDonald
Malcolm
Ernest Lindley
Oxford
Malcolm MacDonald
House of Commons
Sir Horace Plunkett
Plunkett
America
Ernest K. Lindley
American Trade Commission
Russia
New York
Exeter College
R. A. Eusden
Lutheran Church
Clyde Miller
Topeka
Edwin Pinkham
Kansas City Star
K. U
Constance Ines
Russellarnes
Sally
Sheffield Ingalls
Atchison
Chateau Thierry
Wood
Rheims
Compei
von Hindenburg
New York City
President Wilson
France
Seaplane Delivers Mail From Bremen to Brooklyn Pier
The New York seaplane New York, launched from the Bremen 200 miles offshore at 6 a m, carried five sacks of mail to the Brooklyn pier by 7 50 a m. This reduced delivery time for about 2 000 letters and post cards by roughly six hours compared with the Bremen’s voyage from Cherbourg. The Bremen, after passing Ambrose light at the harbor entrance around 11 a m, was expected to take about two more hours than its record crossing of four days 17 hours 22 minutes.
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New York
Bremen
Brooklyn
Ambrose
New York Harbor
Cherbourg
Governor Reed reports highway progress in Kansas
Eskridge Kan Aug 20 A P Governor Reed outlined Kansas highway progress since April 1 under the state highway plan. He cited 700 miles of grading and culverts costing 3 million dollars and 700 miles of sand gravel and chat surfacing plus 70 miles of high type aging. Bridges valued at 1.4 million were authorized, with total road work authorized at 7.8 million. Since April 1 343 miles of surfacing 93 bridges and 190 miles of grading completed. Kansas now has 1000 miles of high type paving and 2000 miles of sand gravel and chat surfacing.
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Ighway Commission
Kansas
P T A Leaders to Speak at Lawrence Memorial High
Mrs Howard Henry of Big Springs will speak on PTA work to teachers at the Normal Institute in Lawrence Memorial High School at 3 o'clock Wednesday. The extension committee will staff a PTA table in the high school lobby Wednesday through Friday offering literature and answering questions.
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Howard Henry
Big Springs
Douglas Parent-Teachers’ Association
Teachers of the Normal Institute
Lawrence Membrial High School
P.T. A
J. S. Cox
M. Purcell
Institute
Clinton
Pleasant Valley
Greenwood Valley
Deer] Creek
Asa Colman
iTeader
Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
C. B. Holmes
William Roe
Eudora
George Lowman
Hortense Young
Mary Young
Dorothy Enlow
Harold Willey Dies Contacting 22000 Volt Line
Harold Y Willey 23 was killed at Post Oak Missouri while repairing a substation switch tower for Missouri Public Service. A KU engineering senior and husband of Evelyn Nelson, he supervised substation work near Warrensburg and died after contacting a 22 000 volt power line. He is survived by his wife, parents, twin brothers, and a Lawrence aunt. Burial at Eureka.
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Harold Y. Willey
University of Kansas
Post Oak
Missouri Public Service Company
Willey
Missouri Company
Warrensburg
Evelyn Nelson
Martin
Rumsey
C. A. Puls
Eureka
Finance Campaign Opens Tomorrow For Lawrence Jubilee
The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary celebration of Lawrence will begin tomorrow with Walter Varnant in charge of finances and a committee including Hovey Hanna Karl Klooz John Bunn and Wayne McCoy. The scope will depend on financial support as the three day program unfolds with events led by C. C. Carl and other chairmen across Thursday and Saturday featuring civil commemorations, parades and a proposed airport dedication with a tri motor plane from Standard Oil and potential blimp appearances.
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Law‘rence
Walter Varnant
Varnum
Hovey Hanna
Down Town
Karl Klooz
University
John Bunn
Wayne McCoy
Brceer
Eldridge ‘Hotel
J. T. Skinner
Fritz Meyn
Lyle Powell
University Vs. College of Emporia
Standard Oil Company
Wichita
Army
Goodyear
Lawrence
Willebrandt
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Wellton, Ariz
Claire Fahy
Calexico
Herbert Fahy
Rasche
Holtville
Travel Air’ ‘Company
Fiials
Wright Aeronautical “Corporation
Arizona
Mrs. Thaden
Phoebe Omlie
Pittsburgh
Memphis
Kansas City
Donald Tas
Zep
Mrs. Lyle
Banna
Want-Project
Thea Rasche
Pree Rasche
Brooklyn Pier
Reed
County Teachers Institute
Reading
Harold Willey
Mack
Newton
J. C. Mack
Bae Ewer
Halstead
Budget Bureau
Graham Paige
C. C. Carl
Frank McDonald
Haskells Institute
D. F. Smith
K. Fearing
W. W. Curfman
Bob Rutherford
Fred Jaedicke
W. B. Dalton
0. K. Fearing
I. C. Stevenson
van Bruner
Dolph C. Si
Charles H. Tucker
Tiver
R. B. Lackey
Charles B. Holmes
Donald M. Swarthout
W. C. Simons
Haskell Institute
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Current
Gus C. Ni Nations
Nations
A Nations
New Orleans
Vivian JG
Baton Rouge
Mississippi
J. Gianelloni, Jr
E. E. Spencer
Pee
Merill E. Otis
Esre
Std
Vt. Sta
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