Giant ZR-3 Airship Plans Altered Direct Lakehurst Landing
The ZR-3 airship now heads direct from the Azores to Lakehurst New Jersey with Captain Steele in command. It is expected to reach the Lakehurst mooring mast between six and eleven tomorrow morning. The craft reports a sixty knot first leg to the Azores and minor gas-cell issues ironed out.
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Washington
Bermuda
Azores Islands
Lake Hurst
N. J
Friederichshafen
Germany
Furst
Navy
Ertmer T
George W. Steele
Azores
Department
Tomorn
Steele
Detroit
Atlantic
Navy Rd
Boston
Annapolis
Arlington
New York
Chatham
Mass
Radio Corporation of America
Hamburg
Milwaukee
Boston Navy Yard
Rires
Ameri
Islands
Arriving Zionist Leader Heads East on U S Tour
M. W. Wischniak, president of the Zionist movement in Berlin, is pictured arriving in New York to begin a tour of the United States and survey Jewish community needs.
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M. W. Wischniak
Zionist Movement
Berlin
New York
United States
Prince Wales Leaves Chicago After Big Day
Edward Albert Prince of Wales ends a two month pace of events in Chicago after a lengthy Saddle and Cycle Club dinner party. He departs on a Detroit bound special train at 3 15 PM amid friendly crowds and high society hosts.
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Chicago
A. P
Score Society
Saddle and Cycle Club
Edward Albert
Prince of Wales
Detroit
Henry Thornton
Grand Trunk
Howard Lynn
Wolcott Blair
Georgia Governor Admits Address to Ku Klux Klan
Governor Clifford Walker of Georgia acknowledges addressing the Ku Klux Klan in Kansas City on September 23 and says he joined the Klan in its early days. He and colleagues J. J. Brown and Peter Twitty accompanied him, all denying public office motives. Walker says he urged religious tolerance and would honor free speech if invited to repeat the speech.
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Atlanta
Clifford Walker
Georgia
Kansas City
Atlanta Constitution
Walker
Constitution
J. J. Brown
Peter 8. Twitty
Brown
Nathan Bedword Forrest
Forrest
The
Quake Felt In Scotland Last Night
An earthquake shock lasting two seconds was felt in Inverness and nearby districts yesterday evening. The tremor shook houses but caused no damage of consequence.
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Ft, William
Inverness
Scotland
Penguin Yacht Destroyed by Fire in Local Dock Incident
The Penguin motor yacht owned by Thomas W Whittmer suffered a near total loss after a blaze in its engine room The fire damaged the vessel along with the riverfront area and caused injuries to three men including Magnus Hansen Ed Stevens and Captain H A Galand The incident also triggered two other separate alarms and a street accident involving Fire Engine No 8 during response
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Magnus Hansen
St. Francis Sanitarium
Ed Stevens
Monrot
Alex Hagland
Hansen
Thomas W. Whittmer
Pittsburgh
Calypso
South Grand
A. P. Parker
H. A. Galand
Wilson Drive
St. John and Wood
No. 1
Ord
Cora Tidwell
No. 8
W. J. Bryan
Parker
Lennon
Tom Dupree
G. B. Cooley
Whittmer
Ouachita
Cooley Dock
Robert to Begin Duties as State Engineer
Baton Rouge October 14 Walter B Robert of Opelousas named by the Louisiana Highway Commission to succeed James M Fourmy as state engineer who resigned will assume new duties tomorrow He has worked in highway railroad and drainage construction since 1901.
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Baton Rouge
Walter B. Robert
Opelousas
Louisiana Highway Commission
James M. Fourmy
Robert
Ford's Withdrawal From Muscle Shoals Bids Sparks Debate
Washington officials weighed the impact of Henry Ford withdrawing from the Muscle Shoals bid. Ford urged an impartial commission to study the issue and supported letting Army engineers continue work unimpeded. Congress may seek new affiliations as the December calendar approaches.
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Washington
Washington Today
Collier's Weekly
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Congress
White House
Department
Congressional
Ford
Ehe
Army Engineers
Senate
Louisiana September building contracts total over five million
September construction in Louisiana reached 5 653 700 dollars, down 88 percent from August but up 64 percent from September 1923. Residential work led with 1 914 100 dollars, educational projects 1 232 700, and public works 739 400. Nine month totals rose to 78 016 900 dollars, 82 percent higher than 1923. New Orleans alone reported 73 016 900 dollars for the period, up 66 percent.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
F. W. Dodge Corporation
New Merger in Movies Rumored in the West
Rumors of a film merger gain support as Douglas Fairbanks confirms United Artists has been negotiating with producer Joseph Schenck about a possible combine including United Artists Schenck and others. Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin are named as part of United Artists.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Fairbanks
United Artists
Mary Pickford
Charlie Chaplin
Joseph Schenck
Schenck
Prohi Offender Don Chafin Sentenced to Two Years Time
Huntington dispatch reports Don Chafin sheriff of Logan county West Virginia was convicted of violating the Volstead act. Judge G W Mc Clintic sentenced him to two years in the federal prison at Atlanta and fined $10 000.
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Huntington
W. Va
Don Chafin
Logan County
West Virginia
G. W. McClintic
Atlanta
Bloodshed in Tuxtla Chiapas as factions clash
Reports from Mexico City say a Sunday confrontation in Tuxtla Gutierrez left over a hundred killed or wounded. Federal troops moved in after gunfire at the railway station erupted between Vidal supporters and Ramirez Crozo followers, with deaths including two aides to General Vidal.
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Mexico City
A. P
Tuxtula
Guttierrez
Mexican War Department
Carlos Vidal
Chiapas
Vidal
Ramierez Crozo
Gubernor
Ramierez
Leper Escapes From Carville and Heads to Capital
Willard Centilever, an escaped inmate from the Carville federal colony in Louisiana, arrived in Washington claiming to be on a mission from 180 fellow inmates to protest colony conditions. He traveled via several cities and declined to identify them or explain his escape details.
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Washington
Willard Centilever
Carrville
Centilever
Train wreck near Sweetwater claims two crew dead
The Sunshine Special on the Texas and Pacific railroad derailed today near Sweetwater, Abilene area. The engineer and fireman were killed, with no passengers injured.
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Abilene, Tex
Texas and ‘Ccific
Sweetwater
Sale of Bonds For German Reconstruction Loan Amid Market Talks
New York October reports sale of America’s share of the $200,000,000 German reconstruction loan at 110 this morning with simultaneous offering in Britain and other markets. Mayor Hylan urges President Coolidge to disclose banker assurances on ultimate funds collection. A new American continental corporation with $10,000,000 initial capital aims to funnel American capital into European industry under International Acceptance Bank Kuhn Loeb Dillon Reed group.
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New York
America
Great Britain
Morgan Syndicate
Hylan
Coolidge
American and Continental Corporation
Europe
International Acceptance Bank, Inc
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Dillon, Reed and Company and Associates
Germany
No Open Trouble in China as Rule Changes Begin
Shanghai reports a new Chinese administration in control under Peking rule after a Chekiang defeat. Officials say foreign authorities help prevent unrest during the local government shift. Tokio confirms General Lu Yung Hsiang leaving Shanghai for Japan with his family and former defense commissioner.
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China
Shanghai
A. P
Peking
Tokio
Lu Yung Hsiang
Japan
Bennett Murder Trial Set For Late November In Chattanooga
Preliminary to the trial of W H Bennett and his wife on the murder charge of Miss Augusta Hoffman of Rome Ga a team of anatomists began a rigid examination of skeletal remains found buried under the Bennetts former home in Chattanooga Tenn The court announced the Bennetts are to be tried in the latter part of November.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
W. H. Bennett
Augusta Hoffman
Rome
Bennetts
Hundred-man posse hunts Perry county killer in swamps
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on October 14 a posse of about 100 men scour the Perry county swamps near Benmore for John Dixon alias George Mackie a Summit murderer and double killer who escaped a sheriffs brigade and volunteers. Bloodhounds followed Dixon’s trail from Bob Graham’s home but led nowhere as the fugitive remains at large amid wary residents and ongoing search efforts.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Perry County
Benmore
John Dixon
George Mackie
Summit Mankiller
Liberty
Dixon
Pike County
Beaumont
Poplarville
Bob Graham
Bill Bester
Davis Tours Illinois Campaign Swing
Democratic candidate John W. Davis extended his presidential tour into southern Illinois en route to Springfield. He urged equal rights for all and touted labor gains under Wilson from 1913 to 1921, while Dawes urged Kentucky voters to avoid a middle ground in the La Follette court dispute during his drive through Kentucky towns.
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Davis
Springfield
Ills
Jno
W. Davis
Indiana
Illinois
Wabash
Terrehaute
Woodrow Wilson
Dawes
Kentucky
Louisville
Charles G. Dawes
la Follette
Mr. Dawes
Shelbyville
Frankford
Lexington
Covington
Registrar of U S Land Office Ends Life in Mississippi
William F. Cummins aged 59 registrar of the United States land office for Mississippi during Wilson's two terms and a longtime political figure, committed suicide at his family home 942 North Bt by shooting himself in the brain shortly before eleven o'clock today.
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Jackson, Miss
William F. Cummins
United States Land Office
Mississippi
Wilson
North Bt
Brandegee Death Shocks Washington In Gas Suicid
Senator Frank Brandegee of Connecticut was found dead in his Washington home with a rubber gas tube in his hand. The coroner ruled death by self-inflicted gas inhalation. A farewell note on Senate stationery mentioned plans and money for Emma and Rufus Kenney and George Jones the chauffeur.
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Washington
Frank Brandegee
Connecticut
Congress
Circamc States
Brandegee
Senate Judiciary Committee
League of Nationsight
Senate
George
Emma
Rufus
127Th Street
Lundy
Frank B. Brandegee
Rufus Kenney
Mr. Brandegee
George Jones
Senator Brandegee
Rhode Island Avenue
K. Street
Z. Lundy
Lunday
Delegates Robbed at Chicago Poultry Convention
Thirty five delegates at the national Poultry, Butter and Egg Men's Association convention on the ninth floor of a downtown Chicago hotel were robbed by three armed men who escaped after binding them. Cash and jewelry valued at about $10,000 were taken.
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Chicago
National
Poulty, Butter and Egg Men’s Association Convvention
Confederate Veteran and State Official Dies in Plaindealing
A Plains Dealing, Louisiana message reports the death of W. J. Lingon aged 80 a Confederate veteran and adjutant general of the state organization of Confederate Veterans he was elected to the post last spring in Plaindealing Louisiana
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Shreveport
Plain Dealing
W. J. Lingon
State
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