Army bombing squadron begins Atlantic reconnaissance mission
Twenty one army bombing and observation planes flying in squadron formation departed Langley Field Virginia at 6 0 MM Eastern Standard Time. The group maneuvered up the Atlantic coast toward Bangor Maine as wireless messages relayed to the commander at Mitchell Field New York. Meanwhile a Pensacola Florida seaplane crash killed five passengers near Camp Walton Indiana as rescuers recovered bodies from the wreckage.
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Associated Press
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Langley Field
Hampton
Atlantic
Bangor
Maine
Pensacola
Fla
Ata Rosa Sound
Camp Walton
Inda
Hubert H. Harper
Bbhout
Birmingham Age-Herald
Birmingham
Alabama
Albert J. Whitted
St. Petneburg
Florida
Fraizier Patterson
Pensadola
Hugh D. Brown
Sylacauga
Shelby D. Castleman
W. E. King
King
Whitted
Rs. Harper
Legion
France
Owsley
England
William Mitchell
Air Service
York Harbor
Chesapeake Bay
Reynolds
Ambrose Channel
Mexican emissaries of peace report on Mexico talks
Washington August 20 Charles B Warren and John Barton Payne American commissioners report to Secretary Hughes on negotiations with Mexico to resume diplomatic relations The two noted they spent six months on the matter and virtually agreed on a basis acceptable to the Mexican government and likely to be accepted by the United States and President Coolidge
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles B. Warren
John Barton Payne
Mexico
Hughes
Coolidge
Warren
United States
Huughes
Thousand Missing After Korean Storm Strikes West Provinces
Reports from Seoul say 346 people are dead and more than a thousand missing after a severe tidal wave and storm battered Korea’s four western provinces. The Yalu River coast endured the heaviest damage and earlier notes cited 25,000 houses submerged along the river.
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Tokio
Seoul
Korea
Yalu
Coal Conferences Resume in Eastern Territory
Atlantic City Aug 20 coal operators and United Mine Workers representatives met to resume wage talks aimed at averting a September 1 mining suspension. Samuel Warriner led operators and Jnc L. Lewis led the miners under U S coal commission oversight. Proposals include a 20 percent wage rise, union recognition with check off, and an eight hour day with longer shifts abolished. arbitration to settle disputes. Miners refused arbitration and said they would not stay at work after September 1 if no deal is reached.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel Warriner
Polity Committee
Jnc
United States Coal Commission
Associated Presa
Macon
I. R. Hudson
C. F. Hudson
J. C. Hudson
East
Emory Roberts
Roberts
Hudson Brothers
C. H. Cox
Clifford Walker
Atlanta
German mark hits new low in foreign exchange
The German mark fell to an all time low of 12 cents per million, down from 17 ents per million two weeks earlier. In Pittsburgh the eight hour day in the steel Industry draws workers new to the field, with mill managers and employment agents predicting the labor shortage will ease only after plants return to full three shift operation.
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Associated Press
New York
Pittsburgh
Cnts
Airplane building limitations urged by veterans
The American Legion proposes a world conference to limit airplane construction for war. A national referendum will seek opinions from Congress members governors editors college presidents and others before asking President Coolidge to call an international conference. The report notes France leads in air armament and cites England spending 27.5 million to expand air power.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Legion
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Mellon Will Remain In Cabinet After Conference
Secretary Mellon announced after a meeting with President Coolidge that he would stay in the cabinet. The confirmation comes amid White House discussions about leadership and future policy directions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mellon
The
Treasury
Coolidge
Urania No. 1 Oil Well Opens New Field in LaSalle Parish
Urania No. 1 well near Urania Louisiana, drilled by James A. Noe for Urania Petroleum Ltd, reports a daily flow of about ten barrels of geo gravity oil with increasing salt water. The 1,556 feet depth suggests a shallow field akin to Homer. Local observers and scouts deem it a new field with plans to drill a 200 yard offset.
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J. W. Osenbeck
Urania No. 1
James A. Noe
Urania Petroleum Company, Ltd
LaSalle Parish
Homer
Urania
Urania Labor Company
el Dorado
Wildcat
Smackover
Texas
Urania Petroleum Company Ltd
W. R. Julian
W. E. Hall
Labor Secretary to Address Birmingham on Labor Day
Secretary Davis of the labor department will speak to Birmingham citizens on Labor Day about ending the 12 hour day in the steel industry. He recalls his youth in a local steel mill that became the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company and notes he has often worked 11 or 12 hour shifts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Davis
Labor Department
Birmingham
Alabama
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Faithful Dog Guides Search Party to Tragic Find in Louisiana
A half starved dog guarding his master for three days led a search party to a woods clearing in Marksville where 19 year old Steven Harris lay dead from a gunshot. Harris’s father, Sidney Harris, had been hunting moss when his son joined him for lunch and vanished, prompting neighbors to search and follow the dog into the woods.
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Marksville
Steven Harris
Sidney Harris
Moss
Harris
Dakotan Freight Steamer Ashore Off Mexican Coast
A freight steamship named Dakotan ran ashore near San Lazaro on the west coast of Mexico about 500 miles south of San Pedro. The Henderson and the oil tanker Charles Pratt were speeding to assist, with no injuries reported. The Dakotan had departed Los Angeles for New York days earlier.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Pacific
Mexico
San Pedro
California
Radio Corporation of America
Henderson
Charles Pratt
Los Angeles Harbor
New York
Sy Associated Press
Los Angeles
Dakotan
San Lazaro
Federal Telegraph Company
Bank Resources Plummet Noted By June Report
Washington reports 8,241 national banks held total resources of 21.511 billion dollars as of June 30 down 100.9 million from April 3 but still 805.8 million higher than June 30, 1922. Loans and discounts rose 149.7 million in the period despite the slight resource decline.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Dawes
Masked Men Nab Florida Prisoner and Florida Man Returns
In Eau Gallie Florida five masked robed men abducted G A Davis from the county jail gaining keys after overpowering a deputy. Davis returned uninjured claiming no beating and offering no statement. Davis is a barber from Miami who moved to the area six months ago and married locally.
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Associated Press
Eau Gallie
Fla
G. A. Davis
Davis
Davie
Miami
Apple Trees Grow Grapefruit Not Real Apples Near El Dorado
Mrs. H. C. Rosamond of Union County near El Dorado reports an apple variety that grows grapefruit sized fruit weighing nearly a pound. Ten years ago locals warned against planting apples due to their large size and pretended dangers, yet the plant persisted and now yields this oversized fruit described as apple grape fruit in size weight color and taste.
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Louisiana-Arkansas
H. C. Rosamond
Union County
el Dorado
President Coolidge Meets Business Leaders in Capital
In Washington a conference involving President Coolidge and top U S businessmen from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States focused on national business conditions and the government's role in business affairs.
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Uy Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Klux Klan Parade Forbidden by Steubenville Chief
Steubenville chief of police Blane Carter declares the planned Klux Klan parade and county conclave will not be held state authorities consider an emergency ordinance to ban processions or assemblies that could cause disaster. Also report from Paris: six Americans killed and 13 injured when a car fell into the Var near Guillaumes.
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Associated Prose
Steubenville
Ohio
The
Klux Klan
Blane Carter
Paris
Var
Guillaumes
Meredith Sues Brookhart Over Recent Charges
Iowa senator Brookhart accused E T Meredith former secretary of agriculture of stoking a Wall Street driven farm price panic. Meredith says the libel suit seeks thirty cents as damages to expose Brookhart under oath. He notes agriculture price data show farmers were better off Aug 1 compared with a year and two years prior.
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Associated Prew
Des Moines
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
E. T. Meredith
Secretary of Agriculture
Wall Street
Agriculture
Meredith
Associated Press Today
Senator Brookhart
Radcliffe
Brookhart
Mr. Brookhart
Mr. Meredith
Department of Agriculture
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Coolidge Conference
Solon
Genasco
American Legion Convention Committee
Ivey A. Faulk
Monroe Auto Wrecking CO
Jackson and Lee
G. O. Blevins
Monroe
Consolidated Carbon Corporation
Ouachita National Bank
Golf
Macgregor Line
NEW South Drug Store, Ltd
R. L. McHenry
Mgr
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Mattress Factory
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