Mitchell Denounces Army and Navy as Outdated
Col William Mitchell told the aircraft board Great Britain could base a thousand planes at the St Lawrence mouth in ten days and strike the United States. He condemned both branches as worn out and lacking an air force, urging a real air force, submarines, and a coastal defense line. If war arose tomorrow, he warned, United States would be unprepared.
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Linitod Press Dispatch
Washington
Great Britain
St. Lawrence River
United States
William Mitchell
Aircraft Board
Mitchell
Col. Mitchell
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Gol. Mitchell
Navy
Army
Mrs Lansdowne To Testify At Navy Inquiry
Mrs Zachary Lansdown widow of Commander Lansdown killed in the Shenandoah wreck notified the navy court of inquiry that she desires to testify. It is presumed she will discuss her husband’s attitude toward the flight that ended in the disaster.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Zachary Lansdown
Navy Court of Inquiry
Chicago Wail Scandal Deepens With Possible Officials Ties
Federal authorities hint that more county officers may be pulled into Chicago jail scandal as contempt actions proceed. Sheriff Hoffmann named in bribe charges tied to guards and jail leaves after testim ony by ex jail warden aide Foerst.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
Peter M. Hoffman
Henry Foerst
Wesley Westbrook
Hoffmann
Frankie Lake
Terry Druggan
Wilkerson
Drugean
Lake
Westbrook
Foerst
Public figures and rising professionals spotlighted
Dr. Anna V Hochfelder of New York city and her son Julian both in the same public speaking class at New York University. William T Russell of Washington named minister to Siam. Anne H Moughton of New York rises to a top executive post at a major New York bank.
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Anna V. Hochfelder
New York City
Julian
New ‘York ‘University
William T. Russell
Washington, D. C
Siam
Anne H. Moughton
New York
Pitt Coal Company Proves Nonunion Plan a Costly Failure
John L. Lewis reports that the Pittsburg Coal Co has failed to operate its 35 western Pennsylvania mines nonunion. Only two mines, Banning Nos 1 and 2, are allegedly active with strikebreakers. Output is tiny and costly, following repudiation of the wage agreement and a new five year proposal.
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Pittsburg
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg Coal Company
Simly
America
Lewis
Jacksonville
J. A. Donaldson
Union Chief Blasts Pittsburgh Chamber in Labor Clash
A union leader denounces certain Pittsburg chamber of commerce members for backing Pittsburg Coal company and opposing collective bargaining. He calls the conduct destructive to confidence and a malicious blow to collective bargaining principles.
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Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburg Coal Company
Wise Child Custody Decree Ends Divorce Case
United Press reports from Columbus Indiana show Samuel Lewellen withdraws custody claim in his divorce against Edna Lewellen after Edna signs a statement denying the child as the plaintiff's. The judge grants a decree of divorce.
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Columbus
Ind
Samuel Lewellen
Edna Lewellen
Dempsey Wills Bout Near as Benton Confirms
Chicago Sept 29 Floyd Fitzsimons led Dempsey and Wills toward a title fight with a preliminary agreement already in place. Benton says signatures would come today in South Bend or Benton Harbor with July 4 1926 as a possible date. Michigan City Indiana or Michigan could host if Indiana law blocks contracts.
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Chicago
Floyd Fitzsimons
South Bend
Ind
Rainbow
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
B. R
Reb Roy” Benton
Dempsey
Michigan City
Mnd
Benton
Benton Harbor
Mich
Michigan
Indiana
Clifford B Cook Held For Perjury In Vinton Mystery
Clifford B Cook husband of Benton county temperance worker Myrtle Underwood Cook was freed on $10 000 bond after being charged with perjury in Vinton Iowa. He allegedly lied about being in Sioux City on September 6 the night his wife was shot. He had said he was with church and alone in his room while state officials say he visited with Mrs Hester Seiling whom authorities say is tied to the murder inquiry. Seiling is held for questioning. Police note the pair shared a rooming house and were frequently together. The murder probe continues with uncertainty about possible motives or accomplices.
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United Press Dispatch
Vinton
Clfford B. Cook
Benton County
Mrytle Underwood Cook
Liberty
Whitefield Ruhl
Cook
Sioux City
Hester Seiling
Estate of Edward Rector Major Bond and Stock Holdings Revealed
Inventory shows the late attorney Edward Rector left a 3 million dollar estate mainly in stocks and bonds. The will directs nearly 2 million to DePauw University with the remainder to his widow. Key holdings include Burroughs Adding Machine stock 265,700. Kellogg Switchboard 367,500. Chicago & Northwestern 100,000. First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank 50,000.
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Chicago
Edward Rector
DePauw University
Rector, Hibben, Davis & McCauley
Rector
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago
Forty Two In Movie Company Poisoned at Texas Ranch
Forty two members of a film group led by Richard Dix and Esther Ralston were poisoned by ptomaine yesterday at the Bassett Blakely ranch forty miles from Houston Texas. Ambulances and cars were sent to the scene to rush victims to Houston hospitals.
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Houston
Tex
Richard Dix
Esther Ralston
Bassett Blakely Ranch
Wisconsin voters choose U S senator amid LaFollette intrigue
Wisconsin voters hit the polls to select a successor to the late Senator Robert M LaFollette with candidates pledging victory. Dithmar Work and LaFollette Jr spoke in campaigns as polls open amid predictions of a lighter turnout than the primary.
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Diepatuhi
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Robert M. LaFollette
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Waukesha
Edward BP. Dithmar
Baraboo
John M
Dithmar
Lak’oellette
Work
William George Bruce
George Bauman
LaFollette
Young Bob
Two Dead in Lincoln Neb Prison Escape Attempt
An investigation opened at the state penitentiary after a convic t and a guard were killed during a desperate escape attempt. Fred Brown, noted kidnapper, led the assault. Clarence E Morse, a prison guard, also died.
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T. A. Kilger
Brown
Lincoln
Neb
United Press Dispatch
State Penitentiary
Fred Brown
Clarence E. Morse
Washington apple crop tops thirty million boxes
Spokane report states the Washington commercial apple harvest this year is pinned at 26,604,000 boxes, one of the state’s largest crops. National forecast: U S apple production at 161,000,000 bushels, down 18,000,000 from 1924 due to losses in barren districts, with gains anticipated in the northwest.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
United States
Northwest
Pittsburg Favorite In New York Betting
United Press dispatch from New York reports Pittsburg remains the favorite to win the World Series against Washington starting next week. Bettors in New York view the Pirates as even money with Washington, while some odds-on bets against the Senators reflect cautious sentiment about short series outcomes.
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United Press Dispatch
New York
Pittsburg
Washington
Pirates
Senators
John McGraw
Giants
Jack Bentley
Bill Barry
Bucky Harris
Walter Johnson
Roger Peckinpaugh
Body of Engineman Gibson First Recovered From S 51
NEW LONDON Conn Sept 29 The first body recovered from the sunken submarine S 51 is engineman first class John L Gibson of Portland Oregon found in the battery room. The second body William Teschemacher 18 Indianapolis was later recovered and his twin brother Frederick Jr and family were en route to Brooklyn for funeral arrangements.
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United Press Dispatch
New London
Conn
William Teschemacher
Indianapolis
Gibson
Teschemacher
Frederick Teschemacher, Jr
Brooklyn
Wirs
Frederick. Teschemachsr
New
United Press
Diya
U.S
City
Rome
Portland
Oregon
Hureher
H. H. Christy
U. S. S. Camden
Navy
Battery Room
John L. Gibson
Admiral Christy
Century
Monarch
Newport
Boston
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Clifford B. Cook
W. C
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Movie Company III
Ptomaine
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Block Island
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Camden
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