Hassell Aboard Greater Rockford Lands in Canada on Atlantic Hop
Pilot Bert Hassell and navigator Parker Cramer crossed into Canada on the Stinson-Detroit monoplane Greater Rockford during the first leg toward Stockholm. They reported clear weather as they approached Cochrane Ontario after leaving Rockford Illinois and flying via Whitefish Michigan and eastern Ontario.
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Rockford
Ill
U.P
Bert R. J. Hassell
Greater Rockford
Midwest
United States
Canada
Hassell
Whitefish
Michigan
Ontario
Parker D. Cramer
Cochrane
Stockholm
Sweden
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Manistique
Rockford pilots launch three stop flight to Sweden in monoplane
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer departed Rockford in their monoplane Greater Rockford at 6 45 am for a three stop flight to Stockholm. The route includes Cochrane Ontario Mt Evans Greenland and Reykjavik Iceland covering 8725 nautical miles with ballast fuel reduced after a prior crash scare.
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Rockford, Jil
U.P
Bert TR. Hassell
Rockford
Parker D. Cramer
Greater Rockford
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Europe
Canada
Cochrane
Ontario
Mt. Evans
Greenland
Reykjavik
Iceland
Hassell
Cramer
Stinson
Italian flier Delprete dies after leg amputation
Major Carlos Delprete, Italian aviator who flew Rome to Brazil, died at 6:00 am in Rio de Janeiro from injuries after a Savoia monoplane crash near the city. His right leg had been amputated following infection and medical danger. His companion Major Arturo Terrarin was injured in the same incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DI Janeiro
Brazil
U. P
Carlos’ Delprete
Rome
Rio de Janeiro
Delprete
Arturo Terrarin
Ganerene
Dawn
Plane Crash Kills Man off Tampa Bay
Charles Eggston of Atlantic City New Jersey died when Pan American Airways President Macrado crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa last night. The tanker Legionnaire rescued survivors and pilot Robert H. Fatt was seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Florida
Charles Eggston
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Pan-American Airways
Macrado
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa
Airway
Eggston
Legionnaire
Robert H. Fatt
Local Boy Breaks Arm In Fall At City Park
Five year old Thomas Cotter son of Mr and Mrs J B Cotter of Pine street broke his arm yesterday sliding at the city park. The break between wrist and elbow was set by a physician after he reached home and the boy is comfortable in a sling today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cotter
J. B. Cotter
Pine Street
Boys win tour for top grain and potato judging scores
East Lansing junior farmers tour northeastern Michigan after earning trip for highest total score in grain and potato judging. Participants Harold Roethlisberger Al Stebbins and Karl Lehm and instructor E J Grambau toured farms, a Consumers Power dam, Calcite quarry, Sunken Lake and state parks, meeting fine cattle and seed potato fields along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Jo. Grambau
East Lansing
Michigan
Harold Roethlisberger
Al‘sad Stebbins
Karl Lehm
Mount Pleasant
Consumers Power Company
Mio
Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company
Calcite
Sunken Lake
Orchard Home
Otto Grambau
Geagling
Doomed Prisoner Jokes About Deibler Method
In a French jail cell after an execution, police found a note scrawled on the wall urging prompt treatment of cancer tuberculosis gout and all disease by the Deibler method with a hint to inquire at Paris of M Deibler the official executioner of France.
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Angers
France
U.P
Deibler
Paris
M. Deibler
Heat deaths report as Boston endures three day heat wave
Boston records two heat related deaths during a three day heat wave August 16 and already sweltering conditions. City officials noted high temperatures and lingering humidity as residents sought relief From the heat.
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Boston
Mass
War leaders killed and injured in rail collision near Oxford
Major Joh Russ was killed and Lieut. Colonel Edwin Butcher seriously injured when their automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train at Bansley near Oxford. The War Department was notified.
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Washington
U.P
Joh Russ
Edwin Butcher
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bansley
Oxford
Penn
War Department
Floods Swamp Three Southern States As Rivers Rise
United Press reports describe widespread flooding across the southwestern Carolinas and Georgia. Dams collapsed, bridges washed out, towns isolated, rail service halted, and crops ruined as tropical storm rains push rivers beyond flood stage.
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United Press
Carolinas
Georgia
North Carolina
Quitman
Sparatanburg
South Carolina
Macon
Okmulgee
Millerville
Piedmont
North Carolina Flood Threat Presses Three Rivers
Asheville reports three feet of rushing water through Biltmore as rain drives Swannanoa Broad and French rivers toward flood levels. The Swannanoa rises about one foot per hour and eyed the 1916 flood peak, with all three rivers at fourteen feet, nine feet shy of that historic crest.
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Asheville
North Carolina
U.P
Biltmore
Elder inmate recovers after 12 hour hanging incident
In Owosso today 80 year old George Miller, an inmate at the county farm, dangled head downward for twelve hours when his foot ensnared a high wire fence while climbing. He was found semi conscious by a farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owosso
Aur
George Miller
Experts say U S could grow its own rubber
Washington August 16 United Press O F Cook rubber expert of the agriculture department believes rubber can be successfully grown in the United States The American rubber deficiency need not be permanent since rubber is a plant product and many rubber producing plants can be grown here He notes mechanical and chemical methods of extracting rubber may be used if production becomes practical A small rubber tree has survived 20 years in southern Florida but large plantations would be uneconomical due to costly tapping operations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasilington
United Press
Straton Renews Attack on Smith in New York
Greenwood Lake August 16 Dr John Roach Straton renewed his attack on Governor Alfred E Smith appealing to two Democratic leaders Josephus Daniels and Senator Walter George to desert Smith for moral progress. He repeated his charge that Smith is the enemy of every measure of righteous reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straton
Smith
Greenwood Lake
New York
John Roach Straton
Alfred E. Smith
Calvary Baptist Church
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Walter George
Two Fatal Vehicle and Factory Deaths Reported in Michigan
In St Joseph Charles Hartman aged 29 died when his truck collided with an automobile near the city this morning. In Detroit James Wheeler aged 55 collapsed at work in the Packard Motor factory today, bringing this summer’s deaths to eighteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph, Mich
U.P
Charles Hartman
Here
Detroit
Mich
James Wheeler
Packard Motor Factory
Daniels Sees Smith Speech Deciding South Loyalty
Governor Smith's forthcoming acceptance address on prohibition could determine if the Solid South stays with the Democrats or shifts toward Hoover. Josephus Daniels, a Raleigh Democratic leader, told reporters the speech may sway Southern majorities while he expects the South to remain Democratic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York
U.P
A. F E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
North Carolina
Daniels
Smith
Altho
South
Blind Melrose operator marks 16th year on switchboard
Mrs Glara Raney aged 64 and blind since birth has completed 16 years as a Melrose switchboard operator. From her cottage she calmly plugs and unplugs lines, noting she can distinguish bell sounds to perform her duties.
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Delphos
U.P
Glara Raney
Melrose
Here
Raney
Message Found In Bottle From Amundsen In The North Sea
A bottle found near Rottumeroog in the North Sea is believed authentic by the Norwegian council. It bears a July 1 1928 note listing Roald Amundsen and a position, as Amundsen sails with Guilbaud Dietrichsen and three others from Tromsoe on June 18 in a Latham plane seeking the Italia crew.
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London
England
Ag—Urj
Bottumeroog
Bottumsland
Roald Amundsen
Italia
Daily Mail
Hague
Amundsen
Latham
Smith's Reply To Charges Of White Is Ready
Governor Alfred E. Smith completes a vigorous defense of his legislative record in reply to charges by William Allen White editor of Emporia Kansas. White revived charges in a cablegram from abroad prompting Smith to finalize changes after a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Albany
New York
U.P
Alfred BE
William Alen White
Emporia
Kansas
White
Night Movie Attendance in Peru Falls Short
In Lima on weekday evenings theaters draw only about a dozen patrons, while victore houses thrive. The evening show titled Vermouth airs around cocktail hour at 6 p.m, and morning matinzes remain common.
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Lima
Peru
U.R
Michigan Briefs: Howell Truck Hit by Passenger Train
John Mac Lachlin of Ann Arbor narrowly escaped death when his truck was struck by a Pere Marquette passenger train at the crossing near the Howell depot. He worked for Ann Arbor Construction on new concrete pavement and was transporting mortar when the accident happened.
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Howell
John MacLachlin
Ann Arbor
Pere Marquette
MacLachlin
Ann Arbor Construction Company
Airmail Pilot Believed Down Over Route Between Hartwell and Spartanburg
Officials of Pitcairn Aviation report John Kytle an airmail pilot on the Atlanta to Richmond line missing since leaving Atlanta at 8 00 pm for Richmond. He is believed down in a storm between Hartwell Georgia and Spartanburg South Carolina with reports of a separate New York to Atlanta run also missing after departure from Atlanta.
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Atlanta
John Kytle
Richmond
Hartwell
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Pitcairn Aviation Company
Washington
U.R
New York-Atlanta
Virginia
Andersen
Guarantee Tires For Life Time Against Defects
New York August 16 General Lincoln G Andrews director general of the Rubber Institute announces a nationwide warranty plan. Forty four tire manufacturers representing 95 percent of tires will guarantee against defects in material and workmanship during the tire life. Adjustments will be fair to consumers with replacements based on reasonable expectancy and no time or mileage limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lincoln G. Andrews
Thewly Organized Rubber Institute
General Andrews
Explosion Claims 13 in Avonia Mine Disaster
In Coalport Pennsylvania officials probe a mine disaster at Irvon ia Coal and Coke No 8 mine near Irvonia that killed 13 miners and left 185 uninjured. The blast trapped 150 workers as 18 corpses were recovered with clothing burned from intense heat.
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Coalport
Penn
U.P
Clearfield County
Irvonia Coal & Coke Company
Irvonia
Heeney Sails Home With American Bride
New York August 16. Tom Heeney to sail next week for New Zealand with his American wife Miss Marion Dunn of Spring Valley New York. Heeney, who married after an unsuccessful bid to win the world heavyweight title from Gene Tunney, has booked staterooms aboard the Canada Australia steamer Aotangi sailing Wednesday from Vancouver.
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New York
U.P
Tom Heeney
New Zealand
Heeney
Marion Dunn
Spring Valley
Gene Tunney
Vancouver
Organize Local Tennis Tourney In City
A city tennis tournament is being organized by Herbert Beddow and others. It will start Monday August 20. Sign ups include Lewis Meyer Harper Archer Hubert Archer Wesley Gilpin and H G Hartzig. A trophy cup will be awarded to the champion. a 50 cent member fee funds the cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Beddow
Lewis Meyer
Harper Archer
Hubert Archer
Wesley Gilpin
H. G. Hartzig
Fire at Flint Hat Shop Causes $25,000 Damage
The Flint fire department fought a blaze that damaged a building housing a hat shop Western Union Telegraph office and a photograph studio. The fire started in the photograph shop and caused an estimated $25,000 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mid
U.P
Western Union Telegraph Company
Naval pact stirs American concerns at White House
President Coolidge summoned Admiral Charles S. Hughes at Brule Wisconsin to explain the Franco British naval agreement. Officials fear anti American sentiment in the pact may curb U S sea operations and await views from Hughes Long and Train on the British note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Coolidge
Charles. S. Hughes
White House
Brule
Wis
Kellogg
Hughes
Andrew T. Long
H. P. Train
Hoover Starts Western Campaign Tour From Palo Alto
Herbert Hoover departs from Palo Alto on a 24 hour tour of seven Western cities San Jose Santa Barbara Glendale Los Angeles Long Beach Pasadena and San Bernardino He plans a Los Angeles stump speech on the Boulder Dam issue and will end with events in West Branch Iowa and Cedar Rapids meeting farmers to discuss his farm plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
U.R
Herbert Hoover
West
Washington
Pacific Coast
California
San Jose
Santa Barbara
Glendale
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Pasadena
San Bernardino
Two County Schools Set for Fall Term Start
Two schools in Sherman township and Broomfield township will open the fall term on Monday August 20. Many other schools start the following Monday, but most begin Tuesday September 4, according to Commissioner H. C. Cassatt.
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Sherman Teawnship
Broomfield Township
H. C. Cassatt
Officials of County Hold Annual Picnic
About 75 people gathered yesterday at Island Park for the annual picnic for past and present county officials and their families. Following a chicken dinner a business meeting was held, and the following officers were elected for the coming year: Fred Walton president, Clyde Showalter treasurer and Miss Anna Brinda secretary. Mrs. Max Lown gave two readings and the afternoon ended with games and good fun.
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Island Park
Fred Walton
Clyde Showalter
Anna Brinda
Max Lown
Strike Called Off At Hawthorne Tracks Amid Dispute
Chicago August 16 The horseman strike at Hawthorne tracks ended today as first entries filed for races this afternoon and an order to cancel the card was rescinded. The 10 hour strike, first in American track racing history, continues as the Thoroughbred Horse Association vows to take its grievance to the Illinois Turf Association. Until settled, horse owners who are members will race with Johnsons Garden of Lexington Kentucky entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. R
Hawthorne Tracks
Thoroughbred Horse Association
Ilinois Turf Association
Bntil
The
Thoroughbred l Association
Johnson Ms.Garden
Lexington
Postponed Operation for Hospital Twins
New York reports that the planned operation for twins Margaret Gibb Lia Sia mese was indefinitely postponed. The twins were expected to leave the hospital tonight or tomorrow after the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ragate Francis Ppiween
Margaret Gibb
Ini
Flint Honors Mildred Doran At Half-Mast Ceremony
Flint city officials lowered the flag at city hall to half mast to honor Mildred Doran a flight instructor who disappeared a year ago over the Pacific aboard the Doran while en route to Hawaii. The tribute referenced her role with Auggie Pedlar and Vilas Knope the pilot and navigator of the ill fated mission.
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Flint
Mich
U.P
Mildred Doran
Auggie Pedlar
Vilas Knope
Pacific
Ohio primary winners named for governor race
Gooper Davy and Martin L Davey were nominated for governor in Ohio's primary. Cooper won the Republican nomination by a margin of 5 665 votes over James Begg while Davey led the Democratic field by about 25 000 votes over Peter Witt.
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Columbus
Ohio
A.r—Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
Martin L. Davey
Kent
Cooper
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Davey
Peter Witt
Cleveland
Smith
Hunt
Edward ©.Turner
Begs
Gates
Sno
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Toronto
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Itavan Flier
Boy Winhers
Mr. Grambau
U.S
F. Cook
Ile de France
Avonia
Hoover
Wat
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