Woman flier lands plane after blaze near Pecos
Mrs Blanche Noyes of Cleveland Ohio forced a landing ten miles west of Pecos Texas after a fire erupted in her craft during the national women's aerial derby. She suffered slight burns when she extinguished the flames and damaged the landing gear but reached this refueling point in sixth place. Ruth Nichols led the aviatrices at the Texas stop.
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Pecos
Texas
Blanche Noyes
Cleveland
Ohio
Noyes
Women air derby leaders land in Midland for stopover
Ruth Nichols of Rye, Phoebe Omle of Memphis, Amelia Earhart of Boston, and Gladys ODonnell of Long Beach led the field into Midland today. Nichols and Omblie arrived first, with Earhart and O'Donnell next, all visiting the Midland Rotary luncheon before planned 2 pm departure. Opal Kunz from New York also touched down at 11:16 am.
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Midland
Tex
Ruth Nichols
Rye
N. Y
Phoebe Omle
Memphis
Amelia Earhart
Boston
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Calif
Miss Nichols
Pecos
Mrs. Omblie
Miss Earhart
O'Donnell
Midland Rotary Club
Opal Kunz
New York
San Marino pilot crashes in Pecos Aerial Derby incident
Mrs. Florence Lowe Barnes of San Marino Calif crashed her plane into an automobile during landing at Pecos airport ending her run in the Women's Aerial Derby. Both wings were crushed but she escaped injury despite the crash reporting she would likely be out of the race.
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Pecos
Texas
Florence Lowe Barnes
San Marino
Calif
el Paso
Barnes
Police Chief Kills Two During Liquor Search in City
WEST FRANKFORT Tl Aug 22 Police Chief LeRoy Fisk and Patrolman George Nipper halted a car in the downtown district to search for liquor. Karl Kreber and Albert McDonald were shot dead about 10 30 last night. McDonald's wife, separated, had killed herself in Gary Ind a few days earlier and was buried here yesterday. A coroner's jury exonerated Fisk. whiskey was found in the car.
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Associated Press
West Frankfort
Karl Kreber
Albert McDonald
LeRoy Fisk
George Nipper
McDonald
Gary
Ind
Sisk
Pajama Censors Direct Traffic At Little Rock Dance
In Little Rock on August 22 a pajama dance drew 2,500 attendees yet only 25 couples wore pajamas. Deputy sheriffs monitored traffic at the casino under an injunction limiting Sheriff Cook and were tasked with decency standards. The crowd caused snarled traffic while the pajama parade proceeded with limited participants.
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Little Rock
Ark
Cook
One Killed Two Hurt In Lake Charles Scaffold Mishap
A scaffold rope broke during painting of Moss Bluff Bridge over the Calcasieu River north of Lake Charles. Lawrence Sullivan, 82, of Lake Charles, fell 39 feet to the driveway and died. Rufus Falk, 25, of Crowley, suffered a crushed hip and arm injuries with internal damage. his condition was serious. Harry Burnett, 28, of Lake Charles, was hospitalized with injuries not as grave. Frank Parker and Fred White, both of Lake Charles, escaped by catching the ropes.
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Lake Charles
Moss Bluff
Calcasieu River
Lawrence Sullivan
Rufus Falk
Crowley
Harry Burnett
Frank Parker
Fred White
Mysterious Death of Crescent City Youth Baffles Police
In Crescent City Raymond Winjune aged 23 died from a gunshot in an automobile driven by Ben Windle 24 after a ride with three girls. Dr. George Hauser, assistant coroner, ruled death by own action though police remain puzzled. Windle said a small pistol sound preceded the shooting and found Winjune slumped in the car with a pistol nearby.
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Associated Proas
New Orleans
Raymond Winjune
Ben Windle
George Hauser
Windle
Winjune
Fire forces crew of Quiminstan to abandon ship
The 26 crew members aboard the old New Orleans fruit steamer Quiminstan deserted after a fire broke out in the mid Atlantic yesterday. They were rescued by the American liner President Harrison in a telegram to the Cuyamel Fruit company from New Orleans on August 22.
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New Orleans
Quimistan
mid-Atlantic
Harrison
Cuyamel Fruit Company
Hoover Seeks Young Man To Replace Edgar Jadwin
President Hoover seeks a younger Army Engineer to replace Edgar Jadwin as chief of the corps. Jadwin, now a Lieutenant General by post retirement promotion, may not receive the rank’s pay, with a decision expected from the Comptroller General.
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Hoover
Edgar Jadwin
Associated Press
Washington
Army Engineers
Roderick L. Carmichael
Army Finance
Jadwin
McCarl
Panama Canal
Maniac Kills Officer in Montgomery Slaying of Policeman near boat ramp
In Montgomery Alabama early today a maniac attacked two patrol officers after they exited their car. Rex Wright 38 was killed and William Smith 48 seriously wounded as they confronted a maniac who later surrendered claiming he did it. Joseph Dodson Choate 26 was arrested at the scene. Choate’s father said his son had mental problems since a Georgia Tech breakdown years earlier. City Detective L E Curtis filed first degree murder charges.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rex C. Wright
William W. Smith
Wright
Smith
Joseph Dodson Choate
Charles E. Choate
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Young Choate
Young Mechanic Sticks With Hope of Flier Rescue
In Lisbon Aug 22 the young Swiss mechanic Tchopp who accompanied Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher to Lisbon remains hopeful they survive an Atlantic flight. He stays near wireless stations and believes the fliers are stranded on a northern American coast island awaiting word of their fate.
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Lisbon
Atlantic
Oscar Kaesar
Kurt Luescher
Tchopp
Zurich
Jane Island
Kaesar
Luescher
Army Planes On Way to Races Stop at Tallulah
Eighteen attack planes and one transport from Fort Crockett Texas stopped at Tallulah for refueling en route to Cleveland for the national air races and aeronautical exposition. Major Joan H. Jouett commanded the flight with twenty airmen. next stops include Memphis Louisville and Cleveland.
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Tallulah
Fighteen
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Texas
Cleveland
Tallulah Chamber of Commerce
Memphis
Tennessee City
Louisville
Joan H. Jouett
California
Portland
Army
Navy
U. S. Navy
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
Ground broken for theatre on Grand Street
Ground was broken this morning for the new theatre James Villani at the corner of Grand Street and Forrest Avenue. The $22,000 project includes four adjacent stores, art brick construction, an ornate foyer, and a 475 seating capacity suitable for vaudeville. The Frank Masling contract targets sixty working days to completion. Entrances face Grand Street with exits on Forrest Avenue. The structure spans 40 by 100 feet. Continues on page ten.
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James Villani
Grand Street
Forrest Avenue
Frank Masling
Hambones Meditations by J. P. Alley
Fragmented text shows dialectal lines and names, with unclear context or event. The piece references J. P. Alley and odd phrases including deacons and enemies, suggesting a sermon or satirical monologue style. The readable content is limited and lacks a clear narrative or date.
Guardian Will Bless Newlyweds In St Louis
Hubert P. Warden guardian of Louise Agnes Strother 17 heiress and her husband Felix Bunch 20 eloped from Richland parish Louisiana. Warden arrives in St Louis to seek them and will take no steps to annul the union if they return to Louisiana. Louise inherited half of a 5 million estate from foster father O D Strother.
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Assoriated Press
ST. Louis
Hubert P. Warden
Louise Agnes Strother
Richland Parish
Felix Bunch
Warden
Louisiana
Louise
O. D. Strother
Oklahoma
Sutton Tullos Funeral Set After Accidental Death Verdict
Sutton Tullos 25, former University of Alabama student, was found dead by a bullet to the heart at his father G W Tullos's home in Magee Mississippi. A coroner's jury ruled the shooting an accident after an investigation conducted Wednesday afternoon. He was well regarded locally.
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Associated Press
Magee
Miss
Sutton Tullos
University of Alabama
G. W. Tullos
Young Tullos
Explosion injures passenger as rail bursts through tram car
In New Orleans last night an 18 inch steel rail blew through the floor and roof of a street car wounding one rider and stunning ten others. Police call it the worst blast since the carmen strike began. Cinderella Denton, 22, found unconscious on North Claiborne, aided at hospital.
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New Orleans
Cinderella Denton
North Claiborne
Iberville
Bienville
Mystery surrounds Paris actor death in French play
In San Francisco the lead actor Robert Chapman 28 of Piedmont California died after a fall or assault from a sixth story window at the home of playwright Allen Hoffman. Police report two masked men rang Hoffman's door after a party and Hoffman described a beating of himself before discovering Chapman's crushed body in the light well. A nearby resident heard two men enter, a scuffle, then silence and a scream.
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San Francisco
Zee Zee
Latin Quarter
Robert Chapman
Chapman
Piedmont
Cal
Allen Hoffman
Hoffman
Fall Style Edition for Monroe Women and Men Ad Preview
An upcoming Fall Style Edition of the Morning Post will showcase new fall wear for men and women. Merchants are urged to submit copy early to ensure the edition becomes the best Style Edition yet published in Monroe.
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Monroe
Narcotic Agent Wounded in New Orleans Shootout
Federal narcotic agent Clarence A. P. Moore was gravely wounded in Bourbon Street when gunmen resisted arrest. Accompanied by Agent Piper, Moore had helped seize 114 ounces of morphine in a prior case involving Salvadore Fiella. Another case cited is the murder of Angelo Pavone near the industrial canal.
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New Orleans
Clarence A. P. Moore
Piper
Moore
Bourbon Street
Esplanade Avenue
Salvadore Fiella
Algelo Pavone
Army Engineers Consider Redirecting Floodway Funds
Secretary Good said suspending work on the Atchafalaya and Rouef floodways due to pending property compensation lawsuits. He noted opposition from senators but said congress authorized the projects as the best flood protection. The $2.5 million appropriated this year could be redirected to strengthen Mississippi river levees in the area.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army Engineers
Atchafalaya
Rouef
Arkansas
Louisiana
Good
Congress
Decision Today On Jitney Right In New Orleans
Civil district court hears jitney drivers suit seeking injunction to halt police arrests amid Street car strike. Judge Mark M Boatner to rule on legality of city ordinance and arrest orders as testimony continues with Acting Mayor T Semley among witnesses.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Mark M. Boatner
Mark M. B.aer
Civil District Court
T. Semley
Soviet 10 Use Arms Without Declaration
Tokyo cables claiming based on Japanese information report Soviet troops mobilizing on the Manchurian frontier and poised to march on Harbin in a punitive expedition without a formal war declaration. The rumor notes Chinese defenses may delay the advance while Japan readies forces if its interests are threatened.
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Associated Press
London
Tokyo
Daily Mail Today
Manchurian
Harbin
Percival Phillips
Soviet Union
China
Japan
Manchuria
Peiping
South Manchurian
French Flier Delays Mystery Transatlantic Flight
Captain Dieudonne Coste, famed French ace, postponed the planned long distance flight toward New York. The radio on his Question Mark airplane reportedly failed tests, prompting a recheck before takeoff as speculation continued about the voyage path and destination.
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Associated Press
LE Bourget
France
Dieudonne Coste
Atlantic
New York
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Hambones Meditations
By J. P. Alley
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