Endurance Flier Crichton Dies In Minnesota Crash
Minneapolis reports Captain P. J. Crichton died when the endurance monoplane The Minnesota crashed at Wold-Chamberlain airport during an attempt to set a new record. Co pilot Owen Vaugland was critically injured as the craft side-slipped and collapsed onto the airport surface during refueling attempts.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Wold- Chamberlain
P. J. Crichton
Owen Vaugland
Crichton
Haughland
Cap
Crichtony
Ft. Snelling
Haugland
Gene Shank
Thorwald
Thunder” Johnson
Ace
Wale Bullock
Thes
Botters
Five Missing After Lake Okoboji Speed Boat Crash
Amphis Park Iowa July 29 Six persons are believed to have drowned when two launches collided on Lake Okoboji The Thriller sank after being rammed by the Zipper Esther Ralston of Alta Iowa has been recovered Five others including Henry Hentz Harris Arnold Stanke Dale Galena and an unidentified semar were listed among passengers The Thriller carried eighteen aboard seven were saved by other boats
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Amphis Park
Iowa
Lake Okoboji
Esther Ralston
Alta
Relston
Yammeti
Cran v
Berio
Henry Hentz
Harris
Arnold
Stanke
Spencer
Harid Cummins
Arnolds
Park
Dale Galena
Milford
Semar
Weather forecast for area shows fair pattern tonight and Tuesday
Generally fair weather continues with little change overnight into Tuesday. Skies stay partly cloudy with a light breeze and no significant precipitation expected.
Heatwave Drives City Dwellers to Cool Retreats
New York and other cities battled a heatwave on July 29 with temperatures near 98 degrees in some areas. NYC emptied as beaches filled and roads clogged while several deaths were reported in Michigan and Ontario. Apricot crops in Northport Long Island suffered losses as farmers hired teamsters for water carts.
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New York
Albany
Baltimore
Phoenix
Ariz
St. Louis
Washington
Montreal
Boston
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroit
Philadelphia
Portland
Ore
San Antonio
Tex
New York City
Canada
Dominion
Northport
Island
Aleady
Detroit Aly
Michigan
Ontario
Endurance Flight Records Amid China Manchuria Tensions
St Louis fliers Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine pushed 290 hours aloft at Lambert Field, nearing a 400 hour target as observers watched the endurance flight. Across the globe, Manchurian border withdrawals by Russian and Chinese troops created a 12 mile no man’s land while China prepared to resume direct talks with Moscow over the Chinese Eastern railway.
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St. Louis
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forest O’brine
Dale “Red” Jackson
William B. Robertson
Curtiss Robertson Company
Cleveland
Art Goebel
Alifornia
Hawaii
Kindestrene Jackson
O’brine
Minneapolis
Tokyo
Manchuria
Renga
Manchuk
Khailar
Asahihimbun
S . Harbin
Pogranichnaya
Oscow
Asahi
Peiping
Chu Shao-Yang
Finland
China
Russia
Nanking
Moscow
Sun-Fo
Mukden
Harbin
London
Mongolia
Siberia
Bromley Plane Wrecked in Attempted Takeoff
In Tacoma Washington Lieut Harold Beys monoplane wrecked as he tried for a ton Tokyo flight Heavily loaded the craft sped down a ramp and whirled into a round loop after gasoline spray blinded him Half the right wing crumpled yet Bromley escaped unharmed Backers ordered immediate rebuild though the 425 horsepower engine sustained little damage.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harold Bey
Tokyo
Bromley
Waneflier
Zeppelin Prepares for Second American Trip
Feverish activity filled Friedrichshafen today as the Graf Zeppelin nears its second transatlantic flight to America. Dr. Hugo Eckener postponed the departure to Wednesday after a successful test of the new motors, following a motors failure that thwarted the May attempt.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin Company
Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic
America
Hugo Eckener
Train Crossing Accident Injures Biggs Family near Havana
In Independence Kansas on July 2 a raise crossing collision seriously injured Frank Biggs 28 and his daughter Helen May. A 19 month old and Biggs’ wife sustained serious injuries. The party was reportedly en route home from Cameron Missouri when the crash demolished their auto.
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Independence
Kan
Frank Biggs
Helen
Langdon
Havana
Biggs
Cameron
Oxia
Attorney General to Speak at Eudora Picnic
Gov Clyde Reed had agreed to speak at the Eudora picnic on August 15 but learned his office mixed dates. He had also accepted an invitation to speak at the Garden City courthouse corner stone laying on the same day. C H Tucker had invited him for the Eudora event and Topeka, inviting Attorney General William A Smith to speak.
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Clyde M. Reed
New Court House
Garden City
Topeka
William A. Smith
Eudora
Invita
Back From Conference Good Seeks Military Economy Plan
Secretary Good after a weekend with President Hoover at the Virginia fishing retreat said the entire army general staff would study military expenditures to create a safe economical national defense program. The aim is to effect economies while maintaining sound defense policy.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginis
Good
Army General Staff
National I
Topeka Gas Rate Hearing Moves Through Docket
In Topeka a state public utilities commission continued a general investigation into gas rates, charges, and practices across approximately 61 utility companies. Attorneys for the companies sought separate city hearings, but the panel urged consolidation and indicated future actions would use separate proceedings if adjustments were found necessary. A 60 day extension was granted for report submissions by the utilities.
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Topeka
Idivisions
Dsnsog
Robert D. Garver
Tangas City
Departy
Procca
Garver
Charles D. "Shukers
Gos
Walter
Rol D. Garver
Kansas City
Doherty
Western Distributing Company
Charles D. Shuker
Hey Ale Yes
Aprication
Kansas stockyards set new high stocker record
A fragmented AP brief from Kansas City on July 29 reports a new high stockyard record with estimates of steers and heifers reaching unprecedented levels. The item notes activity at the stockyards and indicates strong market demand.
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Kansas City
Fort Riley School Meal Plan Cited at Fifty Cents Per Day
A fragment notes a Haney or dukeshare fed on a ration allowance of fifty cents a day, aligning with the regular army. The garbled text references Fort Riley and school meals within a military supply context.
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Gurty
Fort Riley
Holmes to be posted secretary of legation at Tirana Albania
Julius Holmes, son of Mr and Mrs J R Holmes of Lawrence, has been transferred from Smyrna to the diplomatic service and will be stationed as secretary of the legation in Tirana Albania. The United States is completing a new embassy at Tirana and Holmes will report at once, likely foregoing a Lawrence trip. He attended the University of Kansas and previously served in Marseilles before Smyrna.
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Smyrna
Turkey
Tirana
Albania
J. R. Holmes
Herrs
Ghiales’. Ee Coolidge
Julius
Holmes
Rae
United States
Lawrence
K. U
Marseilles
France
Passengers Escape Death in Plane Collapse at Takeoff
An all metal passenger plane piloted by H. G. Sweet cracked under load at Curtiss field, bounced, and skidded a distance. all aboard, including Kansas City residents and Hoisington mayor Mr Wilkinson, escaped serious injuries. Sweet shut off ignition to prevent a worse crash.
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The
Air Lines
P Blatha
Tient Senver
Kansas City
H. G. Sweet
Dunangas
Goodlald
Kan
Fia
Wilkingon
Hoisington
Gilbert Smith
Elina
Wilkinson
Smith
Kansas City Journal-Post
Sweet
O 5
New York and St Louis Baseball Natl League Clash
In a National League baseball note, New York and St Louis teams faced a scoring tally with players Deleney Jones Cantwell Spohrer Petty Swetonic Meine Hargreaves listed among participants. Bridge over Missouri at St Joseph May daily details appear, but exact outcomes and scores are unreadable.
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New York
St. Louis
Palais
Deleney
Jones
Cantwell
Spohrer
Petty
Swetonic
Meine
Firemer
Hargreaves
HemsleYer
Free
Missouri ‘St Joseph
May Daly
Summer session enrollment trends at University of Kan
The summer session shows fewer Flunkers and more serious students pursuing business. Graduate work counts 562, with 526 in the college, 414 in Education, 108 in Fine Arts, plus smaller enrollments in Engineering Law Medicine and Business. State aid is urged as tuition fees fund many projects. A new speaker, former Junction City schools superintendent, joins from Rotary. Chanaler reports a dormitory fire.
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University of Kanht
Pu Ee
Fred Chandan Tee
School of Education
School of Fine Arts
Junction City
Rotary International
Chanaler
Keeper at island house confesses arson in dormitory fire
New York July 29 AP John K Robinson keeper at Randall's Island house of refuge admitted setting two fires in the main dormitory of the first offender and boys penitentiary. He used the name William Newton and had worked at Morris Plains asylum and Newport hospital. Seven prisoners escaped after the fires were put out but authorities found no link between the blazes and the escape.
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New York
John K
Robinson
House of Refuge
Randall's Island
William “Newton
State Asylum
Morris Plains
N. J
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Plane crash kills two men near Black Jack St. Louis
Killed in a biplane crash near Black Jack Missouri were George Lea Lambert 23 vice president of Von Hoffman Aircraft and Harold C Jones 18 a Gil Von Hoffman student. Lambert was fatally injured and Jones died en route to a St Louis hospital. News item notes wheat market movements follows.
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St. Louis
George Lea Lambert
von Hoffman Aircraft Pany
Maidr Albert" Fond Mbert
Robin Endurance
Harold C. Jones
New York
Gil von Hoffman
Black Jack
Weather and Market Briefs From Kansas City
Weather notes and market updates from Kansas City include September wheat prices advancing with heat. Corn futures rose about two cents to $1.05 a bushel as the season continues to heat up.
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Heighs
Kuzma Held by Police in Kansas City Incident
Police detain Kuzma amid a confusing 1 to 35 dollar bill incident in Kansas City Missouri. Fragmentary OCR text references a July date and a chained suspect, with unclear details about charges or actions taken.
Projected Affairs Mentioned Amid Loose Fragments
A damaged OCR fragment references numerous other affairs and projects, hinting at broader matters under discussion. The readable text lists several names and topics without complete details, leaving the exact scope and participants unclear.
One Suit Filed Over Auto Collision Injuries
In district court Miriam Spicer of 413 West Fourteenth filed a suit against Auto Transit Company United States Fidelity and other corporations for 10400 alleging personal injuries from a December 14, 1928 collision near Victory J Union. Two more suits were filed in district court today including L.V. Garnett seeking 3200 damages and M.R. Sheaffer vs CB C Allder Baldwin for 720 due.
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of Garnett
M R
Sheaffer
Tennessee Street
Smith
Ut. Ptrack
CB C. Allder Baldwin
Pliff
Massacre of 20,000 Chinese men and boys reported in China
AP dispatch from Peiping describes a mission report of a Moslem assault in Difangsat Dangar, Kansu province. The raid killed about 20,000 able bodied men aged 17 to 70 in under two hours, with few women slain. The town housed starving refugees and the attack is linked to ongoing Mohammedan uprisings across the region.
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Peiping
China
Difans Gat
Andrews
Misrionary -Egt
Dangar
Kansu
Jis
Tiberian
Sining-Fu
Lake Kokonor
Shanghai
Court inquiry into will of Princess Hatefeldt in London
In London the American court began probate inquiries into the will of Princess Hatefeldt, who died last December leaving a fortune estimated at 5 million dollars. Edwin Whitman Prentice of San Francisco, her nephew, seeks to overturn the will on grounds of fraud and undue influence.
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London
Halateld
Halateldt
Edwin Whitman Prentice
San Francisco
Prentice
Hatefeldt
Clara
Préntice
Sacramento
California
Collis Huntington
Anil
Three Injured In Unclear Incident Involving Surbaugh Family
Three people were injured in a unclear incident involving Mrs. Sarah Surbaugh's daughter Dorenie Sonbaighy who remains unconscious from a head injury. A gator les, broken arm noted. details scarce, attendance unclear.
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Dorenie Sonbaighy
Sarah Surbaugh
Brown man disappears after note hints at self harm
William C Brown, 48, owner of a cleaning and pressing shop in Brown, Kansas, vanished from 828 Vermont St. A note left by Brown suggested he planned self harm. He was seen near Kaw river bridge at 4 15 am by Willis Aller in a car with two others. Police and relatives fear he jumped into the river. search efforts covered area above and below the dam. Brown had financial worries tied to lodge funds and had recently moved his shop. He was a Tuskegee graduate active in civic and church groups.
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William
CG Brown
Vermont Street
Brown
Lawrence
Masonic
Knights of Pythias
Willis
Buddy) Aller
Sid
Kaw River
Alien x
Charles
Kimball
Eudora
Albert L. Mason
Richard ‘Cratchfield
All'j
West Ninth Street
Savoy Hotel
Tuskegee Industrial Institute
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Sloan 116 Year Old Guthrie Citizen Dies
Guthrie Okla July 29 AP Sloan Thomas Sloan a lifelong Guthrie resident, aged 116, died in a peaceful cemetery. Born when Washington Irving had not yet toured the unknown west, Sloan left Ireland in 1826 and sailed the seas for six years before settling in America. He became a cobbler in Springfield and Boston, making shoes for Union soldiers during the Civil War. He would have turned 117 at Christmas.
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Guthrie
Okla
Thomas Sloan
Washington Irving
West
Tommy Sloan
England
Shore
Ty Downs
Ireland
America
United States
Springfield
Abraham ‘Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln
Sloan
Boston
Reunited With Mother After Years Apart
Seven year old corge Bears was found in Wichita Kansas and reunited with his mother Mrs Everett Cross of Blackwell Oklahoma. Judge J D Dickerson ordered the boy released to his mother while Sears his father 37 faces trial on beating accusations and possible kidnapping contempt charges may follow.
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Wichita
Kan
Corgée Bears
Ise
W. M. Sears
J. D. Dickerson
Sears
Joes
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Graham-Prige
Kansas
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University of Kansas
Chandler
Ieland
House of
Refuge
Robin
Aviation Sudent
Mripsine Price
KUZMA
Police Caretar
Fok
Amd
Ottawa
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