Great Airship Shenandoah Wreck Slams Through Storm
Fourteen crew members died as the Shenandoah giant rigid airship broke apart in a severe Ohio storm during a western cruise from Lakehurst New Jersey. Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne perished, with several officers and enlisted men sustaining serious injuries. A rescue board of inquiry will determine the cause while survivors recount heroic efforts to stabilize the airship before it crashed near Ava and Belle Valley.
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Caldwell
Ohio
Shenandoah
United States Navy
Lakehuret
N. J
Zachary Lansdowne
Sharon
Ava
C. E. Rosendahl
J. B. Anderson
Belle Valley
J. H. Klein
Lakehurst Station
Lakehurst
Ohio River
Cambridge
Eyesville
Here
Raymond Cole
Col
G. C. Hall
United States Army
Liet
A. B. Anderson
R. G. Mayer
Anderson
Mayer
Rosendahl
Lieut
Masters
Akron
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Lakehurat
Boards of
W. EF. Sheppard
Charles Nisewanger
Bureau of Naval Aeronautics
Naval Airship Station
America
Packard
Texas
Kansas
Arctic
Nome
Alaska
Spitzbergen
Norwegian
Pole
Coolidge
Drought Worsens Across Southern States Including Mountain Regions
The weather bureau reports a severe drought across the south from Arkansas to Louisiana. No rain since August 12 hit areas in Oklahoma and North Carolina, with streams drying up and crops withering. Officials note earlier dry seasons and a light mountain snowfall contributing to the dry spell.
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Oklahoma
Louisiana
Piedmont
Washington
United States Weather Bureau
South
Arkansas
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Mississippi
Dial
Simmons
North Dakota
Ilona
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Moth Lays 150 Eggs Endangers 100 Pounds Wool Yearly
A clothes moth lays 150 eggs and her descendants can destroy about 100 pounds of wool in a year, illustrating rapid potential damage to fabric goods.
No relief in sight for long drought in southeast
Atlanta meteorologist C F Von Herrman of the U S Department of Agriculture says relief is unlikely this year as no storm is seen in Texas and December offers the best chance for rain. He notes September to November are typically dry and droughts have occurred before 1879.
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Atlanta
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
C. F. von Herrman
United States Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Lone Star
von Herrman
von Herrmann
Slump In Tobacco Prices On Eastern Carolina Markets
Eastern Carolina tobacco prices show a fresh downturn with opening prices around 14 cents per pound, down from about 21 cents last September. Officials report heavy sales but low quality early offerings, while yields remain higher this year and forecasts hint at potential recovery with a new week.
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Carolina
Fastern Carolina
Kinston Free Press
North Carolina
George Ross
Division of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
Fairmont
Clarkton
South Carolina Belt
Eastern Carolina
Mr. Ross
Rows
Farmers In Hertford Will Plant Many Pecan Trees
Ahoskie, Sept. 5. County Agent C. A. Rose expects Hertford county farmers to plant not less than 500 pecan trees this fall. He is taking orders now, and since the pecan campaign was announced about a week ago, more than 1000 have been ordered. Many orders are for small lots of five or six trees per person. Previous plantings last year yielded good results, bolstering interest in pecan farming across eastern North Carolina.
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Ahoskie
C. A. Rose
Hertford County
Carolina
Rocky Mount Tobacco Market Opens Week With Strong Sales
Total sales on the local tobacco market for the first week of the season reached 1,476,367 pounds at an average price of 15.25 per hundred pounds. Secretary E. G. Johnson of the tobacco board of trade provided the figures, noting the market suspended Saturday and that 225,222.21 was placed in circulation during the four days of operation this week.
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Rocky Mount
E. G. Johnson
Tobacco Board of Trade
Tobacco Growers Cooperative to Redry Own Tobacco
The Tobacco Growers Cooperative association will handle much of its redrying this season using its own plants. It has leased facilities at Darlington South Carolina Rocky Mount North Carolina Fremont Danville Virginia South Boston Virginia and Chatham Virginia to cut costs and run the majority of its re dried tobacco in house.
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Raleigh
Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association
Tri-State Tobacco Growers
Darlington
8. C
Rocky Mount
Fremont
Danville
Boston
Chatham
Lumberton Tobacco Market Average At $14.75
Lumberton reporting on the tobacco market notes the average price per hundred pounds reaching 14.75 dollars. Local growers and merchants observed steady demand as the season continues.
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Lumberton
Tobacco Prices On Kinston Market Average 15.23 Cents Lb
Kinston reports this week shows an average of 15.23 cents per pound for tobacco, with sales surpassing 2,180,000 pounds. Market statistician Ernest Webb notes offerings were similar in limit to last season but quality varied as growers mixed inferior tobacco with the good.
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Kinston
Ernest Webb
Webb
Reynolds Biggest Payer in North Carolina Income Tax
Raleigh reports internal revenue records showing about 80 000 filers for 1924 in North Carolina. The largest tax assessed was $243 385 on W N Reynolds of Winston Salem, brother of the late R J Reynolds, with Bowman Gray and Charles A Cannon among others also high on the list.
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Raleigh
Internal Revenue Officer
William Grinsom
W. N. Reynolds
Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds
Bowman Gray
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Weather bureau forecasts aid frost protection for California orchards
Protection of California fruit and orchards against frost has become nearly an exact science due to precise temperature predictions by the weather bureau.
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California
Weather Bureau
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Marietta
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Lansdowne
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Rauch
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Skehurst
Pacific Coast
West Coast
Fort Worth
San Diego
Calif
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
Milwaukee
Wretion
Hertford
Tobacco Association
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