Former Gratiot Man Freed of Murder Graf Zeppelin Flight
Azores August 3 reports say Graf Zeppelin strong over open sea near Fayal and San Miguel as it moves toward the United States. A Detroit area man once linked to a murder case is freed as the airship speeds past Pico mountain avoiding coastal danger.
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Gratiot
Graf
Zeppelin
Horta
Azores
Detroit
Graf Zeppelin Y
San Miguel
Fayal
Pico Mountain
Graf. Zeppelin
United States
Navy cuts spark hope for armament reductions
A Japanese cabinet move to postpone indefinitely large army and navy budgets follows U S Britain talks on cutbacks. The plan suggests possible global restraint on arms and a path to reducing anticipated war waste if nations cooperate, with emphasis on peaceful planning and parks for cities.
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United States
Great Britain
Japan
Log of Graf Zeppelin Flight to Lakehurst
The Graf Zeppelin trans Atlantic flight log records Eastern time milestones from departure at Friedrichshafen Germany to positions near Cadiz Spain and over the Atlantic heading toward Lakehurst New Jersey with noted coordinates near the Azores. The entries detail time stamps from 9:30 p m departure to 7:05 p m position near Pico Island Azores.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Basel
Switzerland
Lyons
France
Surphone
Mediterranean
Cape de Gata
Spain
Cadiz
Atlantic
San Miguel Island
Azores
Pico Island
Exhibitions And Races At Owosso Airport Opening
Owosso Michigan hosts a two day dedication of its new airport on M-21 with over twenty five air pilots and more than twenty five planes. Detroit entrants include Stout Air Lines and Skyways Inc with pilots from Lansing Battle Creek Niles Flint and Selfridge Field squadron. Eight events feature air races and a Selfridge squadron exhibition while officials led by Luton S Knowles and Harold Huebner prepare timing refereeing and judging duties.
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Owosso
Mich
U.P
Detroit
Stout Air Lines
W. 5
Shannon
Owen Robertson
Mathewson Aircraft Co
Eddy Stinson
Art Davis
Lansing
Randy Russell
Battle Creek
Willis Kysor
Niles and Skyways Inc
Flint
Selfridge Field Pruit
Luton S. Knowles
National Aeronautic Association
Harold Huebner
L. P. Ball
C.moyes
W. J. Dowling
P. T. Smith
J. L. McCracken
George Gamble
Cop Jails Eel That Blocked Stockholm Street
In Stockholm near the royal palace a traffic officer captured an eel that wriggled across the road causing a crowd to form and traffic to stop. After failed grabs the officer used newspapers to secure the slippery fish and took it to the police station. The eel had slipped from a truck from the fish market.
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Stockholm
Sweden
U.P
Royal Palace
Deepest Illinois coal mine sold at receiver's sale
Junk dealers bought the deepest coal mine in the state at Assumption for $1.50, a mine valued at $75,000 to $100,000 a few years ago. The sale was held in Taylorville, Illinois, on an unspecified date.
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Ohio
John N. Willys
Willys-Overland Company
Heavil
Taylorville
U.R
Junk
Assumption
Cosb
Michigan appoints four for permanent crime commission
Gov. Green adds non official members Willard Ban yon Lee Garvin Paul Voorhies and Harry Gault to the Michigan permanent crime commission joining Senators Claude Stevens Ann Woodruff and Representatives Charles Culbert Harry Bernard. The panel serves without pay but receives 12000 annual expenses with reports due to each legislature. First meeting set for August 15 in Lansing.
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Lansing
Michigan
Permanent
Fred W. Green
Willard J. Banyon
Benton Harbor
Lee E. Garvin
Marquette
Paul W. Voorhies
Detroit
Harry G. Gault
Flint
Sare
Claude H. Stevens
Ann E H. Woodruff
Wyandotte
Charles H. Culbert
Harry E. Bernard
Jackson
Armies Stand Ready Across Border in Far East Standoff
Relentless maneuvers mark the Sino Soviet border as the Red Army and Chinese forces sit entrenched in Manchuria and Siberia awaiting orders for attack or retreat. A United Press correspondent observed quiet activities aside from routine flights and patrols as negotiations for a peaceful settlement continue.
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Manchusi
Manchuria
Far East
Russia
China
United Press
No Man’s Land
Red Army
Severe Rains Delay Western Rail Traffic
Severe rainfall in the West and Midwest halted rail movement with 3 to 20 hour delays from washouts in Iowa. Coastal crack trains arrived late, while Illinois corn suffered and Iowa farms faced flood damage. Chicago measured 3.50 inches, basements flooded across many areas.
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Chicago
U.P
Middlewest
Iowa
Illinois
Edison Contest Boys Form Club to Meet in ’39
The 49 contestants from across the United States gathered in Orange, New Jersey, to compete for the Thomas A. Edison scholarship. Wilbur B. Huston of Seattle topped the exam with a score of 92 and will receive Edison support for a Massachusetts Institute of Technology course. The group formed a club and plans to reconvene in 1939 to compare career progress.
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Onty
District of Columbia
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Lewis Perry
Lewis-Exeter Academy
George Eastman
Charles A. Lindbergh
Edison
Henry Ford
W. Strat
United States
Wilbur B
Huston
Seattle
Massachusetts Institute of ‘Technology
Two Room House Carried on Log Says Columbus Sails
A two room apartment hollowed from a 9 by 16 foot Douglas fir log, 16 feet long, will tour Mt. Pleasant on August 6. The mobile home, built by E. Wade and his wife, is named Columbus and uses 6,680 board feet of heartwood from the log.
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Mt. Pleasant
E. Wale
Oklahoma
Washington State
United States
Wade
Grays Harbor
Washington
Wades
Columbus
Aimericha
Mt Pleasant Golf Club Defeats Alma 32 to 6 in Rematch
The Mt Pleasant Country club overwhelmed Alma in the second meeting of the year, winning 82 to 6 at the Mt Pleasant course. Elmer Theisen and Dr H H Theunissen shot 78 for low scores, with J Mitchell of Alma runner up at 79. Other top scores included C F Wambling 82 Ward 83 Fuller 83 Chet Gorham 84 Dr Northway 84 and Dr Higghuis 84.
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Mt. Pleasant
Alma
Elmer
Theisen
H. H. Theunissen
J. Mitchell
C. F. Wambling
Ward
Fuller
Chet Gorham
Dr. Northway
Dr. Higghuis
Pontiac teacher killed by interurban streetcar crash
Harry Quayle 45 a longtime music supervisor in Pontiac schools was killed and James N Sanford music teacher injured when an interurban streetcar rammed their rented automobile stalled on tracks at Square Lake road Sanford the driver was injured by shock and is hospitalized.
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Pontiac
U.R
Harry Quayle
James N.sanford
Square Lake Road
Sanford
Quayle
You Cant Win Says Albert From Jail Cell
Al bert Beans mutters You cant win inside a San Jose jail cot after a crash. To dodge liquor transport charges he drank the evidence, and the law sentenced him to sixty days in jail and a $200 fine for driving while intoxicated.
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San Jose
Calif
U.P
Albert Beans
Beans
Rebellion Ends as Leavenworth Prison Resumes Quiet
Leavenworth Kansas inmates ended a 36 hour riot as guards restored order. Prisoners, confined to cells, were fed as water was piped into the waterless cell house. Officials cited overcrowding with 3770 inmates in a facility designed for 2500 as the root cause and warned no further information would be released.
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Leavenworth
Kan
U.P
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Washington
Heteen
Thomas B. White
Witness recants false testimony in Epler case sparks reexamination
Anna Minnaugh of Kenosha Wisconsin admits for 11 years she lied in the trial that sent Albert Eichorn to life in Marquette prison for Beatrice Epler’s 1918 slaying. Louis Martin, Gratiot deputy, secured her affidavit prompting renewed scrutiny and possible release.
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Lansing
Anna Mintnaugh
Kenosha
Wis
Albert Eichorn
Gratiot County
Michigan
Marquette
Beatrice Epler
Alma
Upper Peninsula
Bichorn
Louis Martin
Gratiot
Minnaugh
Efchorn
Prosecutor Rules Wichorn Case From State Action
Ithaca Aug 3 Prosecuting Attorney Kenneth B Montigel said further action in the Wichorn case must be taken by the state commissioner of pardons and paroles after Mrs Minnaugh confessed she falsified her Kenosha Wisconsin testimony in the Epler trial Kidoyn was convicted on circumstantial evidence and has drawn renewed calls for release from Marquette prison
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Ithaca
Kenneth B. Montigel
Wichorn
State Commissioner of Pardons and Paroles
Minnaugh
Kenosha
Wis
Epler
Kidoyn
Marquette
Suspected plot to frame killer reward in 1918 case
Mrs Minnaugh testifies she was ordered by David Beaudry to aid in framing the murder conviction for a $1,000 reward. Beaudry allegedly threatened her with death if she refused. The case centers on Hichorn and Miss Epler, with Hammond funding a renewed probe to expose possible miscarriage of justice. Albert Richorn was sentenced to life in Marquette prison in May 1918 after a multi day trial.
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Hichorn
Miss Epler
Bedy
Minnaugh
Hammond
Kenosha
Elmer Hammond
Rikerd Lumber Company
Lansing
Martin
Harmond
Anna Gilson
Maratin
Marquette
Albert Richorn
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Morocco
Gibraltar
Eckener
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Chatham
America
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Crime Board
West
Cratk Limiteds
Wilber Huston
Unique Lodge
Oregon
British Columbia
California
MR. and
Mrs. E. A. Wade
Loa
Elmer Theisen
Dr. H. H. Theunissen
Albert
Eichorn
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