Art Goebel set transcontinental nonstop flight record
Curtiss Field New York August 20 Art Goebel landed at 11 26 a m after a non stop flight from California breaking the existing record by almost six hours He flew the Yankee Doodle from Mines Field averaging 150 miles an hour with 90 gallons left from 450 displayed to the Aero Digest editor and his backer Harry Tucker declared the time 18 58 and hungry not tired He reported altitude 8000 to 10000 feet and noted favorable winds The flight traced Albuquerque Wichita St Louis and Columbus before dawn and his arrival was greeted by editor Frank Tichner as he wired his mother in Los Angeles
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
Art Goebel
California
Goebel
Lieut
John A. Macready
Oakley Kelly
Harry Tucker
Santa Monica
Cal
Albuquerque
Wichita
Kaw
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
Frank
Cgoebel
Frank RK. Tichner
Aero Digest
Mines Field
Emma Goebel
Los Angeles
Officer shoots man mistaken for slayer in Mississippi
In Gulfport Mississippi Patrolman William A Turner shot Frank Lewis a black man from Hattiesburg who he thought resembled Silas Richardson the slayer of John Cambrino. Lewis died instantly after the man walked away and Turner fired when his hand went to his chest. Authorities recovered a whiskey bottle in Lewis shirt as Bay St Louis officers pursue Richardson aided by bloodhounds in St Tammany parish Louisiana.
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Gulfport
Miss
Frank Lewis
Hattiesburg
William A. Turner
Lewis
Silas Richardson
John Cambrino
Bay St. Louis
Turner
Richardson
St. Tammany Parish
Wainwright Takes Poison After Goodbyes
In Shreveport on August 20 Henry W. Wainwright awoke his wife and seven children before saying he was going away. He then declared he had taken poison and immediately collapsed dead. Officials cited ill health and unemployment as possible causes.
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Shreveport
Henry W. Wainwright
Robinson Carries Glad Tidings of South to Al
Joe T. Robinson arrives in New York from Arkansas with an optimistic Democratic view of the South. He cites Governor Smith's rising popularity and an awakening among southern Democrats to offset Republican influence and potential bolting. Robinson travels in a private car with his wife and aides and plans to stay in the city through tomorrow night.
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Robinson
New York
South
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Smith
Dem
Little Rock
Grady Miller
No Word From Two Fliers on Greenland Flight
No word has come from Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer since they left Cochrane Ontario on a goodwill flight to Mt. Evans Greenland aboard the Greater Rockford. The last message read the letter R in Morse code, indicating the plane was about 75 miles off Cape Chidley over Davis Strait, roughly three quarters of the 1600 mile journey completed.
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Chicago
Arctic
Greenland
Bert Hassell
Cochrane
Ont
Mt. Evans
Greater Rockford
Hassel
Parker Cramer
Rockford
Stockholm
Sweden
Madison
Wis
Cape Chidley
Davis Straits
Expedition Dox Mix
Opera
Fire destroys Baer's store in Boston business district
A blaze at 12:24 a m Sunday broke out in Baer's Boston store at 417 De Siard Street causing major damage to the store and light damage to adjacent Pollack company and Monroe Clothing stock. The fire was contained with three alarm responses and American Legion light truck aid. Building loss and stock damage are around 5000 dollars insured. a firefighter sustained a back gash but resumed duty later.
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Baer
Boston
DeSiard
Pollack Company
Monroe Clothing
Frank J. Roddy
Monroe Fire Department
Legion
Emmett Derteh
Company No. 1
Outbreak of Mass Fish Die Off on Ouachita River
Thousands of dead fish of many species piled along the Ouachita near the locks and dams after a chemical discharge from the Brown Paper Mill. Bayou Tony feeds the river from the mill area, and cleanup efforts were underway as authorities investigated negligence claims.
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Ouachita
Marine flier to take plane to Nicaragua for Marines
Lieutenant C Frank Schilt a Marine corps aviator began a flight from the naval air station in a tri motored transport toward Nicaragua He planned refueling stops at Fort Bragg Fayetteville North Carolina and a lay over at Miami Florida Weather conditions would determine whether he continued to Managua or paused at Tela Honduras before resuming the mission
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Associated
Cas
Washington
Frank Schilt
Marine Corps
Naval Air Station
Nicaragua
Fort Bragg
Fayetteville
N. C
Miami
Fla
Managua
Tela
Honduras
C. Frank Schilt
Governor appoints Dr. O'Hara president of Louisiana board
Judge Cage grants petition to restrain Dr. Joseph A. O’Hara from taking over the Louisiana state board of health. Gov. Long’s appointment of O’Hara to lead the board is disputed by Dr. Oscar Dowling who claims his term continues. A hearing is set for August 23 with a temporary restraining order in place.
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New Orleans
Joseph A. O'Hara
Louisiana Board of Health
Long
Civil District Court
Dowling
Gage
O'Hara
Baton Rouge
Orleans Parish
State Board of Health
Oscar Dowling
Plans to issue free textbooks for all schools this fall
The Louisiana state board of education will distribute state owned textbooks to all students when classes begin this fall unless halted. Judge Favrot threw out the first lawsuit challenging the law, a second case awaits Friday ruling, with final dispositions months away.
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Associated Press
Baton ‘Rouge
State Board of Education
T. H. Harris
George K. Favrot
Supreme Court
Miner Slays Brother-In-Law Before Watching Family
MADISONVILLE Ky Aug 20 Henry Brooks shot and killed Asbury Fowler his brother in law at the Brooks home near Earlington last night. Brooks surrendered to Sheriff C Bennett and is held for preliminary hearing. He said family trouble led to the shooting. Fowler survived by a widow and six children. Both men were miners.
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Madisonville
Henry Brooks
Asbury Fowler
Brooks
Earlington
C. Bennett
Fowler
Paper Mill Plans Immediate Action To Curb Chemicals
George Holmes manager of the Brown paper mill Weat Monroe vowed to start work immediately on Bayou Tony to halt chemical flow into the Ouachita river where thousands of fish have died since Saturday night. The move followed a warning from James N. McConnell engineer and director of the oyster division that an injunction would close the mill if not done.
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Ouachita
Tony Bayou
Bayou Tony
George Holmes
Brown Paper
Weat Monroe
Ouachita River
Department of Conservation
James N. McConnell
Oyster
Mel Connell
Rarsom
Mr. Holmes
Conservation Department
McConnell
Percy Viosca
Fish and Oyster Division
American Engineer Slain in Old Mexico
Henry Schmidt, an American mining engineer, was murdered at the Travadore mine in Trinida, Durango, by two assailants. Consul Jackson at Torreon reported the murder and said General Escobar promised cooperation to apprehend the slavers. Schmidt's wife is believed to be in Alameda, California.
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Washington
Henry
Schmidt
Travadore
Trinida
Durango
State Department
Jackson
Torreon
Mexico
Alameda
Cal
Escober
Escobar
Declares Human Animal of Today a Mongrel
Professor R. D. McKenzie of Washington University says the human animal today is a mongrel, the result of mixed racial types. He notes sex impulse and miscegenation cross rigid lines, with historical examples of concubines and moved men forming unions across regions.
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Williamstown
Mass
R. D. McKenzie
Washington University
St. Louis
Institute of Politics
Indianapolis Man Slain in Machine Gun Firing
Edward J. Channon of Indianapolis was killed in Clinton Indiana when several men sped by in a car and sprayed his body with machine gun bullets. He was on a friend’s porch and investigators believe the shooting arose from a liquor ring.
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Associated Press
Clinton
Ind
Edward J. Channon
Indianapolis
Channon
Louis Rolando
Erie Scout Chosen to Aid Byrd Polar Expedition
Paul A. Sipple, 19, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was selected as the Boy Scout to serve as special assistant and orderly to Commander Richard E. Byrd on his Antarctic expedition. The announcement came from James E. West, chief Scout executive.
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New York
Paul A. Sipple
Erie
Richard E. Byrd
James FE. West
Wise Crack Triggers Fight Over Tom Mix in Hollywood Party
At a Hollywood housewarming, comedian Tull Morrissey and his wife were taken to Venice police after a Friday night dispute over a talkies future involving Tom Mix. Morrissey blamed a jab at Mix’s future for the altercation while Mix denied kicking or striking anyone. Dozens of film actors witnessed the scene and Morrissey sought medical aid for injuries.
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Hollywood
Tom Mix
Tull Morrissey
Morrissey
Midgie Miller
Venice
George Beban
Tom
Deny
Mix
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Arthur C. Goebel
Louisiana
Associated Prose
Will Dily
Webb
Irion
Whitepecks
Hambone
I. P. Alley
Outen DE
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Marine
North Carolina
Judge Cage
Ohara
Paper Mill
Old Mexico
John Ransom
Department of Conservation Office
Stanley Arthur
David Garrett
McConnmell
Garrett
Paper Company
Erie, Pa
Funny Man
Mizad
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