Graf Zeppelin Set for Round the World Flight Tonight
Dr Hugo Eckener announced the Graf Zeppelin will depart at midnight on a round the world voyage from Lakehurst New Jersey weather favorable. The crew and 18 passengers including American naval observers sail toward Friedrichshafen with stops and a month long expectation.
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Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
New York
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf
Mauretania Fails to Beat Bremen Record This Voyage
The Cunard liner Mauretania will not beat Bremen’s westward Atlantic crossing on the current voyage. Despite nearing New York with an expected arrival tomorrow, weather hampered progress and she trails Bremen by several hours. From Cherbourg she had covered 2,541 miles at 27 knots by noon today.
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New York
Cunard
Atlantic
Cherbourg
Bremen
Pollard Wins Virginia Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination
Dr John Garland Pollard swept the Virginia Democratic primary for governor amid a landslide win. With most precincts reporting he led G Walter Mapp and Roswell Page by wide margins as party leaders anticipate full party backing against anti Smith factions.
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Richmond
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Pollard
Alfred E. Smith
James Cannon, Jr
The
Old Dominion
College of William and Mary
G. Walter Mapp
Roswell Page
Mapp
Page
William Moseley Brown
Bishop Cannon
Suspected Fugitives Held After Car Crash
Five men held by county officers in Huntingdon Tennessee for Alabama authorities who say the fugitives escaped from Speigner prison farm. One man identified as William Cooper, 39, was seriously injured in a crash after allegedly overpowering a guard and stealing two cars in a statewide escape.
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Associated Press
Huntingdon
Tenn
Alabama
Speigner
William Cooper
Cooper
Tupelo
Miss
Two Convicts Dead As Result of Jail Break
A bold escape at the state penitentiary in Lansing Kansas left two long term prisoners dead and a third with a fractured skull. Deputy warden Hudspeth was wounded and guard Heslop shot in the leg. Four guards and four prisoners were used as shields during the breakout before the escapees were captured two hours later in the Lansing stockyards.
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Lansing
Kan
State Penitentiary
William Webb
Robert Collins
J. B. Knight
R. H. Hudspeth
L. L. Heslop
Hudspeth
Official Lent Document on Diploma Mill Leak
A Chicago investigation centers on Clarence E. Nelson an assistant state's attorney who disclosed secret case plans to George Kohn a friend turned suspect. Nelson admitted loaning a confidential statement from Albert Carl Barron to Kohn who used it to threaten Barron in a forged medical certificate scheme. Authorities seized a safety deposit and pursued the leak details as the probe widens.
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Chicago
Department of the States Attorney's Office
Clarence E. Nelson
George Kohn
Chum
Kohn
Patrick Roche
George Bellows
Nelson
Albert Carl Barron
Barron
Six Machine Gun Bandits Rob Riches at Ridgeland Farm Raid
A gang of six armed robbers with three machine guns struck the Ridgeland Farm roadhouse in Chicago's south shore district. They forced guests to the floor and took about $20,000 in cash and jewelry from patrons and the proprietor, plus $1,000 from the cash register. They also tied the parking attendant and used one member to direct cars before the heist.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ridgeland Farm
South Shore
Shreveport Firm Buys Million Feet of Timber
Savannah Ga Aug 7 An announcement today reports Teary Wilson Company of Shreveport La bought over one million feet of standing timber for 500000 dollars. The Shreveport firm took over holdings of Merchants National Bank and Virginia Trust Company both in Richmond Va and plans to open a branch office soon.
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Savannah
Teary Wilson Company
Shreveport
Merchants National Bank
Virginia Trust Company
Richmond
Plane forced landing in desert river bed injures crew
In Los Angeles a large tri motor transport plane made a forced landing in a dry river bed after the middle engine failed shortly after takeoff for San Diego. Two pilots and several passengers sustained cuts and bruises.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
Police lieutenant and woman found dead in Pittsburgh apartment
Belmont Pugh, 36, night police lieutenant from Wilkinsburg, and Miss Louise Stine, 28, were found shot in her Pittsburgh apartment. Both shots entered the right temple. Police could not yet determine if it was double murder or suicide. Pugh's revolver was in his hand with a fired cartridge. An empty shell lay nearby. Pugh was married and father of two.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Belmont Pugh
Wilkinsburg
Louise Stine
Pugh
Olice
General Jadwin Ends Storied Army Career at 64
Edgar Jadwin retires from the U S Army as the only lieutenant general on the retired or active list at age 64. His career includes the Jadwin plan for the Mississippi and leadership as chief of army engineers with honors from American, British, French and Polish governments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edgar Jadwin
Jadwin
Mississippi
Bach
Panama
Secretary Denies Record Submission by Board of Temperance
Washington August 7 Pickett executive secretary of the board of temperance prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church today denied the board failed to submit its records to the department of justice over charges by Representative Tinkham Massachusetts that the board’s expenditures in the last presidential campaign had not been reported He said Tinkham’s attack was publicized through the Associated Press and referenced Dr Clarence True Wilson the board’s general secretary and spokesman about the matter
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Washington
Pickett
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Department of Justice
Tinkham
Republican
Massachusetts
Associated Press
Clarence True Wilson
Bishop Cannon
Social Service Bord
South
Hambone's Meditations by J P Alley
A brief notice highlights J P Alley’s satirical column titled Hambone's Meditations. It references Ole Tom and a folksy, down home voice. The piece evokes a rural humor tradition with character studies and everyday reflections.
Chinese Tong Leaders Sign Peace Treaty
Hip Sing Man is shot at Chicago just as an armistice ends hostilities between Chinese factions. Police investigate the shooting amid celebrations and relief from looming violence. Authorities question witnesses and review security footage at the scene.
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Hip Sing Man
Chicago
Peace Treaty Ended Chinatown Tong Warfare After U S Threat
U S Attorney Charles H. Tuttle pressured On Leong and Hip Sing tongs to halt three days of fatal clashes that left five Chinese dead. A peace treaty was signed and telegraphed to leaders in Chicago Boston Philadelphia San Francisco and other Chinese settlements amid further shootings in Chicago injuring Hip Sing member Joe Wai and wounding associate George Mintzer.
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New York
United States
On Leong
Hip Sing Tongs
U. S
Charles H. Tuttle
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Joe Wai
George J. Mintzer
New De Siard Gin to Cost Twenty Five Thousand Dollars
J H Jordan of Collinston plans a new De Siard Gin Company three miles from town on the De Siard road near the Loop and Island roads. The $25,000 plant will be air blast Continental with late facilities and natural gas. Open for the September cotton season. Jordan already operates gins at Met Rouge Rayville Bastrop and Delhi and eyes Monroe creamery ventures.
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J. H. Jordan
Collinston
de Siard Gin Company
de Siard
Met Rouge
Rayville
Bastrop
Delhi
Mr. Jordan
Monroe
Bond Issue Raised to 350 000 for Sterlington Road and Detours
The police jury increased the Sterlington road paving bond from 250 000 to 350 000 with dates moved from August 20 to September 19. Funds will finance road rebuilding 300 000 and detour construction 50 000. A deed to right of way 60 feet wide from Coleman avenue south of Bancroft Bay factory is authorized. The road along the river bank below Frost property to Tony Bayou bridge may be abandoned. Louisiana Arkansas Pipe Line Co. may cross the Sterlington intersection.
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Sterlington Road
John Breard
Coleman
Montet Wins Third District Seat Over Norman in Louisiana
Numa Montet, a Democratic lawyer from Thibodaux, leads M. F. Norman in unofficial returns for the unexpired term of Whitmell P. Martin. Montet 11 498 votes to Norman 8 255, a majority of 3 213 with two precincts missing. Norman carries three parishes with a 1 000 margin in St Mary.
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New Orleans
Numa Montet
Thibodanux
M. FE. Norman
Morgan City
Whitmell P. Martin
Montet
Norman
St. Martin Parish
Theria Parish
Theria
Assumption
St. Mary
Montet Wins Louisiana Third District Special
In Louisiana a Democrat Numa Montet of Thibodaux won the special election to fill the late Whitmer P. Martin's term in the third district defeating Republican M. E. F. Norman of Morgan City. Initial unofficial returns show Montet with about a 2700 vote lead after results from 121 of 132 precincts.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Numa Montet
Thibodaux
Whitmer P. Martin
M. EF. Norman
Morgan City
Mr. Montet
Two Men Slain in Renewal of Gang Warfare
In Pittsburgh two men were killed in what police describe as mob killings tied to ongoing gang warfare. Steve Monastero, an alleged racketeer, was shot at a hospital doorway, while Tony Lill died later from stab wounds after being found unconscious in the east end street.
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Pittsburgh
East End
Steve Monastero
Tony Lill
Monastero
North Side
Sam
Lili
Cotton stalk six feet tall displayed in New Orleans
In New Orleans on August 7 T J Mire showcased a six foot tall cotton stalk bearing 132 well developed bolls grown from government pedigreed seed. He notes his sixty acre Edgelake field has many such stalks and a rich alluvial soil free of boll weevil. The stalk was sent to the Associated Press for display.
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New Orleans
T. J. Mire
Edgelake
Kapp Speaks at Farm Sessions in Louisiana Capital
Baton Rouge Aug 7 Harry F Kapp Baton Rouge secretary manager of Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation told the American Institute of Cooperation and delegates at the LSU Mariners and Homemakers short course that cooperative effort rests on intelligent production and distribution He noted progress of the movement endorsed by the Federal Farm Board and cited a Morning section address by Homer L Brinkley Lake Charles general manager of the American Rice Growers Association Brinkley said tenancy has delayed progress but farmers now better grasp cooperative value and principles Kapp described a Louisiana farm leaders conference arrangement
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Baton Rouge
Harry F. Kapp
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
American Institute of Co-operation
Anual
Louisiana State University Mariners
Louisiana
Federal Farm Board
Homer L. Brinkley
Lake Charles
American Rice Growers Association
Institute
Mr. Brinkley
South
Kapp
Doctor on trial describes three year love affair before murder
Dr. James H. Snook testified about a three year relationship with Theora Hix that led to her murder near an edge of the city. He spoke in a calm tone as his wife and mother testified to changes in him and his conduct after arrest.
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DR. Snook
Court Room
Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Ohio State
Snook
Helen M. Snook
Abner Snook
Miss Hix
Duelists’ Shot Referee Wounded. Officials Flee in Mexico
In Mexico City on August 7, Miguel Martinez agreed to referee a duel between two friends. Both duelists fired from 20 paces. both bullets pierced the referee's chest and Martinez lies dying. Both shooters escaped unharmed.
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Mexico City
Miguel Martinez
Martinez
Dry Agent's Body Found in Detroit River
The body of federal prohibition agent Richard Y. Sandilands was recovered from the Detroit River by treasury special inspectors after a search that began Monday night. An autopsy will determine if blows caused his death. Detroit mechanic and cruiser skipper Jack Veath is under federal and police scrutiny. Mrs. Maxine Heath testified about events aboard the cruiser where Sandilands reportedly disappeared after a confrontation over credentials.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Richard Y. Sandilands
Federal Prohibition
Detroit River
Treasury Department
Sandlands
Fred W. Frahm
Sandland
Jack Veath
Heath Yes
Sandilands
Milton Larsson
Customs Border Patrol
Larson
Heaths
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