Wreck search leads to desert distress signal report
Lieut. D W Tomlinson, former navy ace and Maddux pilot, reports four men waving shirts in the Waspi desert near Winslow Ariz a possible sign of survivors from the missing air liner City of Francisco. Rescue parties move to the area with supplies as hopes rise for survivors.
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Associated Prose
Winslow
Ariz
D. W. Tomlinson
Navy
Maddux Air Lines
Ner
Waspi
Tomlinson
Soviets Accuse United States of Backing China Over Rail Dispute
Soviet officials question the sincerity of China’s Eastern railway proposals as Pravda and Investia denounce Chinese officials and accuse the United States of imperialist backing. The papers cite alleged false documents and highlight border raids in Manchuria by Chinese troops.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Pravda
Investia
Communist Party
C. C. Wu
Geneva
J. J. Mantell
Mukden
Dr. Wu
Mr. Mantell
United States
Uncle Sam
Javestia
Manchuria
Boiler Explosion at Jackson Casket Works Kills Andrew Dunn
Andrew J. Dunn, 45, died from injuries after a boiler exploded at the Jackson Casket Works in Jackson Mississippi. He was cleaning a mud valve when a fragment struck his head. he died about an hour later at a hospital.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
Andrew J. Dunn
Jackson Casket Works
Dunn
Lindy Joins Search Flight For Missing Transcontinental Plane
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field at 3 05 p m to aid in locating the missing Transcontinental Air Transport craft. He flew with his wife in a fast plane lent by Frank Hawks, the coast to coast record holder, and the aircraft bears Hawks fuel tanks from his latest nonstop runs.
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Aasuriated
Roosevelt Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hawks
Missing Aircraft Believed To Fly Over Fort Defiance Arizona
Report says Tuesday sightings place the missing plane near Old Fort Defiance Arizona as seven men and one woman aboard may have landed in the desert. Tomlinson notes the party was 25 miles north of Walpi with possible emergency stand on a high mesa but rescue teams would need horses to reach the scene.
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Old Fort Defiance
Ariz
Arizona Desert
Walpi
Tomlinson
Bees Crush Firemen Until Chemicals Save the Day
In Trenton New Jersey a blaze in a tree trunk behind the state capitol drew six injuries to firemen from en gine company No 8 as a hive of bees repelled their efforts until chemical agents were used to rout the aggressive swarm. Initially the crew suspected electric wires caused the pain before identifying the bees.
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Trenton
N. J
State Capitol
Memphis Plane Crash Kills Two Teens and Pilot
Miss Ruth Greer eighteen from Woodward Oklahoma and Ernest Douglass seventeen of Memphis were killed instantly when Hays airplane crashed over Parkfield at 10:15 am. Aviator Frank Hays was believed fatally injured. Greer was en route to Birmingham Southern College and visiting the Douglass family.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Ruth Greer
Woodward
Okla
Ernest Douglass
Frank Hays
Hays
Miss Greer
Douglass
Attempted Attack on Left Chief in Germany Rumored
Report from Kovno describes the arrest of Colonel Pletskaitis and five companions on German oil yesterday. They were rumored to plan an assault on the train carrying Premier Waldemaras from the Geneva League of Nations meeting. President Smetona returned to Kovno this morning. Waldemaras remains in Geneva awaiting word.
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Germany
Associated Press
Kovnqo
Lithuania
Pletskaitis
Waldemaras
League of Nations
Geneva
Antanas Smetona
Youth Tries to Join Army Arrested in Murder Case
Leal er Duncan, 22, Alabama, attempted enlistment in Tupelo Mississippi, is jailed on murder charges in the death of Marvin Warren, 35, near Detroit Alabama. Duncan allegedly confessed to shooting Warren and fled home before arrest. Warren died in Amory hospital.
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ARMY
Associated Press
Tupelo
Miss
Lealer Duncan
Alabama
Sheriff Trapp
Marvin Warren
Detroit
Ala
Ducan
R. B. Williams
Trapp
Duncan
Warren
Amory
Complete Large Gasser Thursday in Richland Area
Feazel's McCoy No. 2 in section 33-16-6 Richland parish was completed late yesterday with a daily open flow of 61,800,000 cu ft. The 2450 foot well sits about three miles south of Alto, marking the second successful test on the 50 acre tract. McCoy No. 1 had produced 35 million cu ft daily. Feazel calls the completion highly satisfactory for the Richland field.
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Feazel
McCoy
Richland Field
Saint to Rule on League Request Tomorrow
New Orleans attorney general Percy Saint is slated to return to issue an opinion on George K. Perrault’s request for judicial action to halt salaries of legislators holding other state jobs. He says the league will pursue suits to recover past pay.
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New Orleans
Percy Saint
George K. Perrault
The
Constituional League of Louisiana
Perrault
Iowan Held Prisoner on Quicksands in Deep Well
Wilkins Priest, 55, a well cleaner, is trapped for over 24 hours in a caved in well near Ottumwa. Rescue teams sink a new shaft opposite him and drive an entry tunnel as they battle ongoing cave-ins to reach him. Two men injured by falling debris.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Wilkins Priest
Friest
Morre! Packing Company
Priest
Ed Kirkland
Nervous Officer Advised to Drink Coffee Not Liquor
Policemen urged by Police Superintendent Ray to drink coffee to stay alert and avoid liquor. He announced 20 days loss of pay for Mounted Policeman James Esnault for drunkenness.
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New Orleans
Ray
James Esnault
Arabs Chiffs To Appeal Case In League Council
Palestinian unrest grows as Bedouin bands from Sinai clash with British forces near Gaza and Beersheba. Reinforcements are rushed to the front as skirmishes continue along widely separated fronts.
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TQ League Council
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestine
Sinai Peninsula
Gaza
Beersheba
Senators Call Farm Board Members In For Hearing
The Senate agricultural committee voted to summon Federal Farm Board members for open hearings to assess their qualifications. Northwest senators oppose Legge policy requiring farmers to exhaust other credit sources before loans. Critics argue for releasing the $500 million fund at 4 percent without forcing maximum borrowing elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Federal Farm Board
McNary
Northwest
Legge
Senate
Congres
Square Dealers Nominate Enright in New York City Race
The new Square Deal party announced it will run former police commissioner Richard Enright for city office in New York elections. They seek him as mayor though he has not yet accepted. he pledged to take a place on the ticket. The platform also calls for a seat for every subway passenger.
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New York
Square
Brand New
Father Knickerbocker
Richard Enright
New Party
Lindsay Named Boxing Commissioner to Succeed Randolph
J K Lindsay a local furniture dealer and former boxing promoter is appointed deputy boxing commissioner for East Baton Rouge by Richard T Burke secretary of the state boxing commission Lindsay succeeds W G Randolph who resigned earlier this week citing politics as the reason for his removal
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Baton Rouge
J. K. Lindsay
East Baton Rouge
Richard T. Burke
New Orleans
State Boxing Commission
Lindsay
W. G. Randolph
Bogus Divinity Degree Mill in Dallas Probed
Federal agents probe a Dallas institution over allegedly selling fake B D and D D degrees through mail advertisements. Parchments were offered for 50 and 100 dollars respectively, with the listed address a private residence in a select Dallas neighborhood.
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Bogus Divinity Degree Mill
Dallas
Recognized in New Pact Ends Streetcar Strike Soon
New York reports a union Public Service agreement that should end the two month street car strike in New Orleans as cars resume normal service. Police revert to eight hour shifts after riots. two men were fatally shot and a street car burned during the initial non union operation.
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New Orleans
New York
Public Service Corporation
Carmen's
Theodore Ray
Public Service
Naval plane missing in storm over West
A U S Navy air squadron from Kansas City to Denver was scattered by storms. Thirteen planes were grounded as the 20th plane remained missing. Nine pursuit ships reached Colorado Springs led by Lieut. Commander H. C. Wick. Six planes landed at Pueblo after forced down near Deer Trail. Two amphibians located at Doodland Kansas. one amphibian unaccounted for.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Kansas City
U.S. Navy Air Force
H. C. Wick
Colorado Springs
Alexander Airport
Palmer Lake
Deer Trail
Here
Pueblo
Doodland
Kas
Boy, 2, killed in New Orleans playground accident
In New Orleans on September 6 Raymond Courtault, two years old, was struck by another child's swinging feet in a public playground. He was thrown onto a paved sidewalk and died later at Charity Hospital from injuries.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Raymond Courtault
Charity Hospital
Senator Fletcher Seeks Mediterranean Fruit Fly Quarantine Change
After talks with Assistant Secretary Dunlap Senator Fletcher announces the Agriculture Department is considering his request to modify the Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine and expects a favorable decision within a few days.
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Washington
Dunlap
Fletcher
Department of Agriculture
Regional conference of vocational agriculture teachers meets here
The third regional conference for northeast Louisiana vocational agriculture teachers convenes at the new parish high school with P. L. Guilbeau in charge. Claude Hebert of Lafayette attends, along with J. W. Bateman and J. G. Lea. Ruston was named the annual site for regional judging contests, replacing Alexandria.
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New Parish
P. L. Guilbeau
Baton Rouge
Florida
Lafayette
Natchitoches
Claude Hebert
Republic of
Haiti
J. W. Bateman
J. G. Lea
Louisiana State University
Ruston
Alexandria
Tragic Gas Tank Rescue Ends in Death at Shreveport Plant
O R McFarland 30, a Reserve Natural Gas plant worker, died trying to rescue E O Stewart overcome by fumes in a bottom tank. Stewart and eight others were overcome. all expected to recover, with city firemen among the injured. Stewart warned of the danger before descending.
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Shreveport
O. R. McFarland
Reserve Natural Gas Company
E. 0
Stewart
McFarland
Stewart Aret
Albert R. Mitchell
C.C. Huffman
R. C. Buswell
Toie Munn
E. P. Farmer
Tom Pressley
Emanuel Jones
Huffman
Mitchell
Five Men Kidnap Cab Driver at Gun Point
In Chicago on September 6 a 26 year old cab driver Peter Prutis was kidnapped from his rooming house at gun point by five men wearing smoked glasses. They drove him away in a waiting car, with the fate believed to be death.
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Chicago
Peter Prutis
Prutis
Young Heflin Forfeits Bond on Wet Charges
Phenix City and Ala. report that J. Tom Heflin Jr and C. B. Haines failed to appear in recorders court on drunkenness and prohibition violations. Bond forfeited. Arrests followed after officers traced Heflin’s car driven by Haines of Standing Rock.
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Associated Press
Phenix City
Ala
Tom Heflin, Jr
C. B. Haines
Recorders Court
Heflin
Haines
Standing Rock
Parish School Teachers Announced For New Session
The Ouachita parish high school announces nine new teachers for the coming session. Fall term begins Monday September 16. New staff include Ola Mae Pennington history and nine others led by principal Jack Hayes.
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Ouachita Parish
Kate Perkins
State Normal
Natchitoches
Ola Mae Pennington
University of Missouri
Carr- Burdette College
Sherman
Texas
Jack Hayes
Peabody College
Roy Nichols
B. S. Murray State Teachers College
Louise Miller
Mississippi State College
Agnes Reams
Vanderbilt University
Mareguerite Hays
Louisiana State University
Virginia Taylor
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