Bendix air race reports dash to Los Angeles and near miss drama
William Warner and crew landed in Albuquerque after a Bendix entry refueled for the leg to Los Angeles. Joe Jacobson bailed out of a Northrup Gamma near Stafford Kansas during the New York to Kansas City segment at high speed. Amelia Earhart Putnam contended with a flapping emergency door on her leg toward Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
William
Buster) Warner
Los Angeles
New York
Kansas City
Joe Jacobson
Northrup
Stafford
Isas
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Americans land at Croydon after close shave takeoff
Broadway baritone Harry Richman and pilot Dick Merrit conclude a round trip from South Wales in the Lady Peace. They narrowly avoided a moving van during takeoff and arrived in heavy rain to a small Croydon reception after a tense dash from New York.
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Broadway
Merrill
Croydon
South Wales
New York
Bristol
Richman
Ensilage gas kills mother and two girls in Md silo
In Poplar Springs Maryland a silent, suffocating ensilage gas from fermenting cattle feed claimed the lives of Anna Richards age 9 and her foster sister Mary Line age 15 and the mother Elia Malinda Richards age 37. Two men escaped as neighbors aided in the rescue effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar
Springs
Anna Richards
Elia Malinda Richards
Beverly
Purvis Applies To Practice Law In California
Melvin Purvis formerly head of the Chicago DOJ office has filed to practice law in California. The State Bar reports four written exams taken this week and results will be announced in regular order with other applicants.
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San Francisco
Melvin Purvis
Chicago
Department of Justice
California
Office of
The
State Bar Association
Purvis
Head of Local Labor Council Thanks Supporters for Labor Edition
J L Conditt president of the Monroe Central Trades and Labor council expresses gratitude to Monroe and West Monroe merchants and The News-Star World for cooperation in issuing the second annual Labor edition. Proceeds fund the Labor day event at Bernstein place and advertisers receive fair return. He invites all workers to attend the Labor day celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Conditt
Monroe
Bernstein Place
Ouachita Parish School announces new staff and departments
Ouachita Parish School Superintendent T. O. Brown released the upcoming year’s list. Six new teachers added to meet state education rules and Southern Association standards. New departments include physical education speech and band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
T. O. Brown
State Department of Education
Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
Department of Physical Education
Department of Speech
Ouachita Parish High School
Jack Hayes
Ola Mae Pennington
Sallie Humble
Henry Littlepage
Neal W. McHenry
Neil Buie
Roy D. Ary
J. W. Mussel4white
Roy W. Nichols
Betty W. Stover
Eloise Gill
Mabel Lann
Gladys Latham
Geo. Riser
Zelda Moss
Elizabeth
Carrie Dee Drew
F. M. Durham
Woodrow Turner
Mildred Sherrow
Chloe Steel
George Riser
Edne
Victim of firing squad still lives in Spain
Claudio Casado a refugee from Palencia province fled to Santander after a firing squad sentence. He says fascists left his body among the dead and he revived with facial and shoulder wounds and little food after crossing mountains to seek medical aid. He was denounced by a woman for reading a Socialist newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Claudio Casado
Palencia
Santander
Casado
Landon Talks With President on Drought Conference
Governor Alf Landon of Kansas met with President Roosevelt at a drought conference in Des Moines to exchange views on water policy. Landon said he left a report but did not disclose its contents, highlighting a past 1934 letter urging a coordinated Mississippi River water conservation plan with upstream reservoirs and dams.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Drouth
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
Lower
Mississippi
Upper Mississippi
Great Plains
Big Labor Day Program Planned in Monroe
The Monroe Central Trades and Labor council announces the largest Labor Day program here since 1929. Thousands are expected for a parade from the new Ouachita river bridge, a downtown procession, a Bayou DeSiard barbecue, a Casino Park baseball game, and an evening dance at the Missouri Pacific Booster club hall. Speakers will include F. H. Williams and other state labor leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Twin Cities
Monroe Central Trades and Labor Council
West Monroe
Bernstein Place
Bayou de Sjiard
Casino Park
Missouri Pacific Booster Club Hall
Ouachita River
DeSiard Street
F. H. Williams
Former Official of Ship Firm Dies
New Orleans Sept 4 William H Briefe Sr 75 former assistant superintendent of the International Mercantile Marine Steamship company died last night. He is survived by his widow three daughters Mrs H C Keith Mrs T K Shephard of New Orleans and Mrs C E McLean of Hattiesburg Miss and one son W H Briefe Jr
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New Orleans
William H. Briefe
International Mercantile Marine Steamship Company
H. C. Keith
T. K. Shephard
C. E. McLean
Hattiesburg
Miss
W. H. Briefe
Soviet Warns Japan Over Manchoukuo Border Tensions
Moscow delivered a solemn note to Tokyo warning the ongoing border frictions with Manchukuo are intolerable. It urged an immediate Soviet Japanese Manchoukuan commission to investigate incidents and blamed Tokyo for delays in forming it.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Japan
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Shichi Sakoh
B. I. Kozloffsky
Second Eastern Department
Soviet Foreign Office
Jap-Manchoukuan
Russia
Manchukuo
Kozloffsky
Paquet Faces New Embezzlement Charge in New Orleans
A new embezzlement charge against real estate agent Mrs C Paquet increases alleged mishandled funds to 3820 dollars. A Riccoboro says the agent neither secured title for 520 dollars nor returned it. Previously Mrs Lenora Sweeney accused Paquet of embezzling 3300 in homestead stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
C. ©. Paquet
A. Riccoboro
Lenora Sweeney
Paquet
Englishwoman Beryl Markham Begins Solo Atlantic Flight
Mrs Beryl Markham the 33 year old English society woman started a solo westward crossing from Abingdon England in a green Messenger monoplane at 6 PM British summer time. Her flight aims to be the first solo westward Atlantic crossing by a woman. The aircraft named The Messenger has a 150 mph cruising speed and about 4000 mile range. Richman and Merrill reached South Wales yesterday and plan to start their round trip to America soon.
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Abingdon
America
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
South Wales
New York
Richman
Jesse Greer Reunites With Family After 13 Year Escapade
Jesse Greer, who left home in 1960 and married a childhood sweetheart, was arrested by Louisville police in Kentucky after forging checks for his father W. C. Greer. He returned to his family in Hernando Mississippi where his wife Mary Bledsoe and his in laws welcomed him as his father forgave the youthful episode.
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Hernando
Miss
Jesse Greer
Greer
Mary Bledsoe
Louisville
W. C. Greer
J. T. Bledsoe
Sid Campbell
Spain names Caballero premier as Giral resigns
Premier Jose Giral Pereira resigns in Madrid and a new war government is named with Francisco Large Caballero as prime minister and minister of war. Rebels press advances across the border as Behovia falls and France contemplates relations amid a smoking frontier.
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Madrid
Jose Giral Pereira
Spain
Francisco Large Caballero
France
Behovia
Behovie
Belighie
Behobia
Bidussoa
Radio Session Planned for Monroe Amateur Radio Club Event
Monroe Amateur Radio club hosts the Delta division ARRL at Hotel Virginia Saturday and Sunday. Officers include J. G. Elliott president C. McCoy vice president Mrs. Jewel Caraway secretary and A. W. Pickens Jr. treasurer. Registration opens 8 am Saturday with sessions at 1 pm 3 pm and 5 pm in the cameo room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
M. W. Pickens, Jr
Virginia
William Rodriguez
Bishop hopeful Brown marks 81st birthday in frail health
William Montgomery Brown, weakened by a heart ailment, marked his 81st birthday while signaling determination to pursue reinstatement as an Episcopal bishop. In Mississippi, the Bar Association debated a resolution on electing state court justices by the governor. In Tennessee, Mrs. W. K. Powell sought a piano thief who stole her instrument while she was away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galion
Episcopal Church
William Montgomery Brown
Greenville
Miss
Mississippi Bar Association
Memphis
Tenn
W. K. Powell
Gas almost costs life of aviator
In Nashville Franklin Knapp, veteran pilot for the United States weather bureau, nearly died nine months ago when a plane crashed after he fainted at sky high altitude. Recently recovered and flying again, he nearly collapsed at seventeen thousand feet before a search found a disconnected heater pipe feeding carbon monoxide into the cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Franklin Knapp
United States Weather Bureau
Sky Harbor
Here
Earth
Knapp
Vermont nurses vanish during night off abduction search widens
In Montpelier police expanded a cross state search from Boston to the Canadian border for two 21 year old student nurses Leila Dinefie of St Albans and Lorena Hills of Williamsport who disappeared Wednesday night near Heaton Hospital after leaving on a night off with two men.
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Montpelier
UPI
Boston
Vermont
George Connor
Leila Dinefie
St. Albans
Lorena Hills
Williamstown
Heaton Hospital
Knox predicts Maine win by 60 to 80 thousand votes
On his campaign train through Maine Frank Knox forecast a Republican victory in the September 14 election, estimating a margin of 60 000 to 80 000 votes.
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Knox
Col
Frank Knox
Maine
Death of Dr. Benjamin Littell in Opelousas
Dr. Benjamin A. Littell died at his Opelousas home today. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opelousas
Benjamin A. Littell
Labor unions to be suspended on insurrection charge
Washington date reports Pi Ten international labor unions tied to John L. Lewis affiliate committee facing suspension from the American Federation of Labor for insurrection. In Trenton Missouri workers at Missouri Public Service plant derailed power by pulling switches and barricading themselves, protesting a move to a municipal plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pi- Ten International
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Trenton
Missouri Public Service Company
Warrant Forwarded for Forgery Indictment in Providence
Police announce a warrant charging Edwin Herder, former Providence broker, will be mailed to Memphis authorities after a grand jury issued an indictment for forgery. The case ties to providence police and regional judicial proceedings.
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Providence
R. I
Memphis
Tenn
Edwin Herder
Theater in Tampa Faces Prize Suit
Tampa theater faced a jury claim over a $1 550 bank night prize paid to W A Rice who was tardy in claiming. Rice 60, five feet one inch tall, said he rushed forward but was denied the prize. The theater claimed bank night was gratuitous. Judge Sandler ruled it a contract with the public and ordered a trial on the merits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
W. A. Rice
Toonpan
Rice
Bank
Harry M. Sandler
Transatlantic flight delayed by heavy rain and fog
Dick Merritt and Harry Richman lifted their plane from a Welch pasture on the final lap of a New York to London flight. The big ship rose into low clouds and headed toward Croydon airdrome London, but heavy rain and fog delayed the departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Llangadock
Carmarthe South Wales
Dick Merritt
Harry Richman
Welch Pasture
New York
London
Croydon Airdrome
Memorial Span Dedicated by President in Hannibal Missouri
President Roosevelt dedicates the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi at Hannibal praising federal, state, and municipal cooperation. He notes Hannibal's growth from Huck Finn era cabins to modern schools and plants as he heads to Springfield for drought talks with Gov. Horner. Governor Park assists at the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Roosevelt
Twait
Mississsppi
Drouth
United States
Springfield
Henry Horner
Guy B. Park
Missouri
Sam Clemens
Mark Twain
Ole Miss
Huck Finn
Tor Laws
Tom Sawyer
Domestic trouble blames shooting of Franklin couple
In Franklin, Tennessee, 46 year old Clarence Tomlin killed his wife in their kitchen then shot himself. Sheriff Charles Fox said the couple, recently reunited after months apart, lived on a farm near town. One son Leslie was present. three daughters are married.
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Franklin
Tenn
Charles Fox
Clarence Tomlin
Fox
Leslie
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