Shenandoah disaster survivors recount gas bag tear in storm
Survivors describe the Shenandoah breaking its gas bag above power car No. 3 amid a western twister in a fatal crash. They clung to the frame, climbed down the hull, and jumped to safety as multiple cars dropped toward the ground. Officers urged rapid searches for the control car and numbered crew members were identified among the dead.
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Philadelphia
North Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lakehurst
Wilson
Shephard
Cullinan
Ngo
Cook
John Hahn
Ralph Jones
B. C. Hereth
Delaware River
Camden
Reginald C. Vanderbilt Dies at Sandy Point Farm
Reginald C. Vanderbilt died at Sandy Point farm in Rhode Island from internal hemorrhages. He led American horse circles as president of the National Horse Show Association and the American Hackney Horse Society, inheriting large fortunes and leaving a notable pedigree and marriages in Newport society.
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Portsmouth
R. I
A. P
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Sandy Point Farm
New York
Rhode Island
National Horse Show Association of America
American Hackney Horse Society
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Alfred
Lusitania
Mr. Vanderbilt
Laszlo Szechneyi
Harry P. Whitney
Reginald Vanderbilt
Cathleen Neilson
K. Nelson
Frederick Gebhard
Cathleen Vanderbilt
Harry C. Cushing
Vanderbilt
Tennessee highway chief rebukes Jardine over funds
Tennessee highway commissioner J G Creveling assailed Secretary of Agriculture Jardine for withholding Tennessee federal aid to finance the Harahan Viaduct in Arkansas. He called the move illogical and untenable and noted an upcoming U S conference on the issue. Creveling reiterated his position that sending Tennessee funds to another state is illegal unless a US attorney general opinion declares it legal.
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Nashville
Tenn
A. P
J. G. Creveling
Tennessee
Jardine
Harahan
Arkansas
Creveiing
United States
Creveling
French Armies Brace for Big Push on Rif Front
FEZ Morocco Sept 4 The French forces under Marshal Petain and Gen Naulin are massing for a major offensive against Abd-El-Krim. Warships bombard headquarters while reinforcements rush in. Air service doubles efforts with repeated bombing flights as two columns pursue the retreating enemy north of Fez El Bali across the Ouergha river, delivering artillery and armored car fire.
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Fez
French Morocco
A. P
Abd-El-Krim
Marshal Petain
Naulin
Uattery
Air Service
Aresgou
Fez-El-Bali
Ouergha
Coal Mine Blast Kills 150 in Korea Near Pingyang
Dispatches from Nippon News report an explosion at the Teihaku coal mine near Pingyang in Korea, killing about 150 workers. The incident was confirmed by Nippon News via Tokyo.
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Korea
Tokio
A .P
Teihaku
Pingyang
Nippo
Helium Sacrifice The Shenandoah Disaster Claim
Captain Anton Heinen, former German dirigible pilot, blamed the Shenandoah crash on removing eight of eighteen safety valves. He said the act caused the ship to rise too fast in the storm, expanding gas bags and rupturing the hull. Heinen cautioned against labeling it murder but faulted the valve cutdown.
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Toms River
N. J
Anton Heinen
Heinen
Giant seaplane PN-9 missing with Rodgers crew near Hawaii
Honolulu reports navy pilots fear PN-9 No. 1 vanished with Commander John Rodgers and four crew after departing San Francisco last Monday. Search efforts by Reno and Aroostook near Kauai Channel intensify as weather and fuel issues hinder radiating planes and ships.
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Honolulu
A. P
John Rodgers
Naval Aviation
San Francisco
Scratel
Reno
Aroostook
Kauai Channel
Wilbur van Auken
Aroostock
Rodgers
Maui
Kahuini
Kentucky pig litter sets up new world record
A Kentucky College of Agriculture report notes a litter of 12 Poland China pigs weighing 4,323 pounds at 180 days, owned by Sanders brothers near Lancaster, Ky. The 12 pig average at six months was 360 pounds, with one pig at 396 pounds. The prior state record was 4,291 pounds from a Texas breeder.
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Lexington
A. P
Kentucky College of Agriculture
Sanders Brothers
Lancaster
Texas
Poland
China
New Prohi Drive Opens Along Canadian Border
Treasury advances anti-smuggling push by authorizing Detroit customs chief to set up a unit patrolling about 100 miles of the northern border centered on Detroit to curb liquor smuggling from Canada.
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Canadian
Washington
A. P
The
Treasury
Canada
Ferguson
Detroi
Eahtrel
Detroit
Decision on Big Ow Suit and Awards in Red River Field
Government awards 18 claimants in Red River Texas Oklahoma oil field cases totaling 2 141 898 to satisfy meritorious claims while 46 applications for leases and permits are rejected. Leases awarded cover 730 acres of the 1261 acre area with 531 acres held for future disposal.
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Washington
A. P
Red River
Texas-Oklahoma
A. E. Pearson
Tom Testerman
Melish Consolidated Placer Oil Mining Association
Oklahoma
Cil
Mutual Placer Oil Mining Associal Mining Association
Oklahoma City, Company
Houston Texas
Buckeye Petroleum Company
Wichita Falls
Texas
Southwest Petroleum Company
Delta Oil Company
James M. Patterson, Et al
Federal Treasury
Mrs Chauncey Hackett Granted Divorce in Paris Court
Mrs Chauncey Hackett formerly Miss Katherine Hendon Jennings of Washington D C has been granted a divorce by Paris courts on grounds of abandonment. The couple wed in May 1914 and list Paris addresses for court records. Chauncey Hackett serves as general counsel for the assertion against the prohibition amendment and spoke at the sixth congress of International Prohibition organizations in Paris.
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Paris
A. P
Chauncey Hackett
Katherine Hendon Jennings
Washington, C
Washington
Chauncey Hacket
Assurtation
Spekers
River Stage Readings By River and City
River stage updates show MISSISSIPPI values for Memphis 2.1 with a 0.5 fall, Vicksburg 7.4 down 0.1, New Orleans 1.7 unchanged. RED readings list Shreveport 6.2 down 0.2 and Alexandria 2.9 down 0.3. OUACHITA reports Camden 3.0 unchanged and Monroe 12.0 minus 0.1. OHIO shows Cairo 8.3 down 0.2.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Shreveport
Alexandria
Ouachita
Camden
Monroe
Ohio
Cairo
Miss Alodi Blanks Seeks Grotto Circus Queen Title
Miss Alodi Blanks leads Monroe candidates in the Miss Monroe contest at the Grotto club rooms 116 1 2 South Grand Street. Ten judges tally ballots Monday evening with results announced around 9 o clock. The top three winners receive diamond ring prizes during circus week.
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Griffin
Alodi Blanks
Monroe
Grotto Circus
Miss Blanks
Miss Monroe
Grotto Club
South
Grand Street
Police Recover Seventh Stolen Car in Month
Police report the seventh recovered vehicle in the month tied to Greenwood Jones a jailed car thief. The Little Rock theft dated July 18 and Jones previously fled a Bastrop jail after stealing a Bastrop citizen’s car. Detec tive Tarver notes Jones’s pattern includes thefts in Dumas Monroe and selling stolen autos.
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Greenwood Jones
Shreveport
Little Rock
L. V. Tarver
Jones
Dumas
Ark
Bastrop
Monroe
United States
Shenandoah Disaster Reflections From Survivors and Officials
AAP report recounts the Shenandoah crash with Elizabeth Knox Lansdowne in Greenville, Ohio seeking her son’s fate, and survivors including Lieutenant J B Anderson and F E Masters. Officials note the wreck was inevitable, helium versus hydrogen, and praise guidance via wireless forecasts while noting the ship had flown 80,000 miles and cost about 2.9 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Elizabeth Knox Lansdowne
Greenville
Ohio
Lost PN-9 Seaplane Report With Mixed Signals
A St Augustine radio amateur claimed PN-9 No 1 was found with all aboard safe but no confirmation followed. Navy officials in San Francisco dismissed Australian reports and said no trace of the missing seaplane or crew had been confirmed.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
A. P
San Francisco
J—Navy
Australia
Navy
Navy to Dispatch 18 Destroyers for Missing PN9 Seaplane
The Navy orders Admiral Robison to deploy 18 destroyers from Samoa to Hawaii to join the search for the missing PNQ No 1 seaplane and its crew. A telegraph from the Whippoorwill indicated possible signals, with one white flare and two additional flares seen in the Kauai channel near Oahu as ships comb mid Pacific waters.
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San Francico
A. P
Navy Department
Robison
Samoa
Hawaii
PNQ No 1
Ths
Rodgers
Whippoorwill
Kauai Channel
Oahu
Honolulu
A. P.11
S. S. Whippoorwill
V S and P railroad wreck injures engineer in sanitarium
Shreveport La Sept 4 Henry Halstead engineer for the Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific railroad is in a local sanitarium with a broken leg and other injuries from a head on collision of freight trains No 62 to Monroe and No 55 to Shreveport at Grambling La last night B H Nutt brakeman is badly injured and a negro fireman is bruised.
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Shreveport
A. P
Henry Halstead
Vicksbug, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad
Monroe
Grambling
H. B. Nutt
Double Header Monday Not Ladies Day Official Announcement
Gate receipts must be split for the big double header between Monroe and Alexandria next Monday. Regular ladies day admittance is suspended and tickets are required for all, including the previously free list. The Labor Day, 2:30 start games could draw a large crowd and affect Monroe’s season position. A Drillers win would drop the Reds to the cellar of the league.
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Monroe
Alexandria
Drillers
Reds
Farmers Charge Admission At Shenandoah Wreck Grounds
Farmers around the Shenandoah wreckage scenes began charging admission this morning. The scale was 25 cents per person or one dollar for automobiles. Water sold at ten cents a glass.
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Caldwell, C
A. P
Shenandoah
Auto Salesmen Surprise In Cotton Race At Dixie Farm
Shreveport entrants from several north Louisiana towns join the cotton picking contest near Shreveport. Roy Wells quits after an hour due to heat while others, including E. I. Davis and Chas Petty, push ahead with 10 to 15 pounds of cotton. The tail ender will wheel a barrow down Shreveport’s main street bearing a punning placard.
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Shreveport
A. P
North Louisiana
Dixie
Here
Roy C. Wells
Brownlee- Wells Motor Company
Wells
E. I
Grits) Davis
Herndon and Davis Company
Chas, Petty
Webster Motor Company
Minden
8S. M. Wilton
George T. Bishop, Inc
Shreveport Journal
George T. Bishop
Bulgarian Minister Denies Poison Plot Against King
Bulgarian minister says report of an attempt to poison King Boris is baseless and cites multiple Sofia dispatches with no reference to any attack on the king.
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RSS
A. P
Boris
Sofia
Rotary District Meet at Alexandria Opens
The seventeenth Rotary district convention for Louisiana and Mississippi opened in Alexandria. District governor Richard G. Cox of Gulfport, Mississippi, arrived and met Alexandria club officers as presidents secretaries and directors from 38 clubs were urged to attend to discuss the year’s work.
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Alexandria
A. P
Seventeenth Rotary District
Louisiana
Mississippi
Richard G. Cox
Gulfport
Miss
Jail wardens face discipline over prison dances and escapes
Havana reports indicate officials are being disciplined after alleged indiscretions. Chief Warden Tallet of Pinar Del Rio was discharged for celebrating Valentin Martinez’s escape from the garrote by commutation to life imprisonment. Warden Clemente Del Rio of Naanzag faces dismissal for staging a jail dance with women convicts that ran into the early hours.
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Havana
A. P
Cheif
Tallet
Pinar del Rio
Valentin Martinez
Clemente del Rio
Naanzag
Instruments stolen from ship ruins
Valuable information for the Shenandoah inquiry is lost through looting of wreckage parts. Motors, a control wheel, switch boards and minor controls have disappeared or been seen far afield, hindering determinations of the airship’s age and the accident cause. The board of inquiry will question survivors and Caldwell locals as weeks pass.
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Caldwell
Cambridge
Klein
Board of Inquiry
Shenangoah
Bce
J. H. Klein
Sidney M. Krauss
Wm. Nelson
Lakehurst
Wat W. Minick
Pittsburgh
Minick
Bella Valley
Krauss and
Nelson
Sharon
Laketurss
Shenandoah
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R. I Farm
Cornelius
Tennessee Highway
Raps Jardine
Kentucky
George C. Schnitzer
J. B. Anderson
F. E. Masters
Akron
Anthony
House Army Appropriation Committee
North Pole
Wilbur
Henry Ford
C. P. Burgess
Los Angeles
Rosendahl
Hall
United States Army
Charles H. Broome
Ngny
Florida
Rotary
Mitchell
Will
Shenandoad
Lansdowne
Arlington Cemetery
Hykte
Megi
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