Reported Rockford flyers face safety doubts a new hoax claim
Us amateur radio operators questioned a string of messages said to come from Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cramer of the Greater Rockford flight.Officials doubted authenticity noting power needs and inconsistent island locations as searchers scoured Greenland coastlines for the missing plane and its pilots.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Hassel
Cramer
Greater Rockford
Don Mix
Donald B. McMillan
Mix
Rockford
Stockhelm
United Press
Chicago
Joseph E. Williams
Toledo
Stockholm
Bert Haskell
Parker D. Cramer
R. J. Harris
Harris
Newfoundland
Williams
Fairmen
Brooklyn
William Redfern
Copentiagen
Svg
Greenlcnd
Bert Nlassell
Greater Mockford
Fiskenaesett
Sciiehtenfels
Ice Cap
Greenland
Hassell
Mt. Evans
Hagsell
Cochraze
Ont
Priday
London nursemaid swims Channel today
Miss Hilda Sharn aged 18 a London nursemaid swam the English Channel. She landed at Dover at 4 07 a m after leaving Cape Gris Nez France at midnight.
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Dover
Eng
Hilda Sharn
London
English Channel
Cape Gris Nez
France
Kidnaped Detroit Girl Recovered In Los Angeles
Eligabeth Duthie 13 was abducted from Detroit on August 10 after her father was robbed. She said a man named Mike, about 30, drove across the country and threatened her with death. She was taken to Los Angeles and released, later held at Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles. Detroit police notified.
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Los Angeles
Detroit
Eligabeth Duthie
James Duthie
Springweld Street
Duthi
Mike
Hoover Work conference today on campaign plan
Hoover will meet Hubert Work in Washington to map a speaking campaign through the East. The Republican nominee will deliver his first eastern speech on Labor Day and then tour major eastern cities and central West locations before election day, with possible stops in New York New Jersey Kentucky Tennessee Illinois and perhaps Wisconsin. He plans to vote at Palo Alto with Mrs Hoover and may return via the solid south.
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Alliance
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Chairman Work
New York
New Jersey
Kentucky
Tennessee
Illinois
Wisconsin
Palo Alto
Cal
Jane Addams Defends Patriotism Before D A R
Chicago social worker Jane Addams, at a Women's International League convention, defended her patriotism to the Daughters of the American Revolution amid questions from a D A R delegation. She urged tolerance and free speech, noting she swore allegiance to the constitution as Hull House post mistress and that the D A R made her an honorary member for life.
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Jionolulg
T. IL
Jane Addams
Chicago
Daughters of the American Revolution
Miss Addams
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
Wineh Sha Ig
Miss. Addams
Constitution
Hull House
Nate
Innocent Man Shot by Coast Guard Sparks Outcry in New York
Jacob D. Hanson 44, secretary of the Niagara Falls Elk Lodge, died from wounds after being shot by coast guards who said they mistook him for a rum runner. The incident sparked mass meetings and protests in Niagara Falls and drew Senate and House attention.
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Niagara Falls
W. Y
Jacob D. Hanson
Elk Lodge
St. Mary's Hospital
Coast Guard
Jennings
Chris Dew
Hanson
Dew
James
Franklin
Falls Lodge
Biks
Coast Guards
Buffalo
Justice of the Peace
Senate
House
Howell Woman Charged With Son's Murder
Mrs. Ruby Snell 47 of Fowlerville, a society matron, was arraigned in Justice Court on a charge of first degree murder in the drowning death of her six year old son Paul in their home bathtub. She was ordered held for the September Livingston County circuit court term. Snell, deemed sane by a Commission, had been returned to jail after Fowler-Willie residents demanded prosecution.
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Tiowelis
U.P
Ruby Sneil
Fowlerville Society
Paul
Justice Court
Livingston County
Jai
Bold
George A. Wimball
Fowler- Wille
Fred W. Green
Snell
Wdo
A. M. Barrett
Detroit day cleaning shop bombed in renewed war
A powder bomb at the New York Tailoring Shop in Detroit caused about 8000 dollars in damage. Police tie the attack to a renewed cleaners and dyers labor dispute over five months of unpaid union dues by owner Avfag Tudarian. Only the shop suffered, though nearby stores in the same building were affected by shattered glass and a broken floor.
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Detroit
New York
Avfag Tudarian
Identity Named For Burned Barn Victim In Angola
In Angola Indiana on August 24 a charred body found in a burned barn was identified as E. J. Bliss alias Baker, linked to criminal records in Detroit Indianapolis and Saskatchewan. A traveling bag with Bliss clothing was found in a jail garage, while Sheriff Charles Zimmerman, missing for days, appeared in Colon Michigan and hinted at possible links to the case.
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Angola
Ind
E. J. Bliss
Baker
Detroit
Indianapolis
Saskatchewan
Canada
Steuben County
Biss
Charles Zimmerman
Steuber
Colon
Michigan
Zimmerman
Smith Starts His Vacation
Governor Alfred E. Smith departed New York at 1 16 p m for Spring Lake New Jersey and will visit Sea Girt tomorrow on vacation travel notes from Aug 24.
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New York
U.p
Alfred E. Smith
Spring
Lake
N. J
Sea Girt
Psychopathic hospital at Ann Arbor case cited
A woman at an Ann Arbor hospital reportedly killed her son claiming she did not want him to grow up to be a man. The note reflects a tragic act tied to mental health concerns.
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Paychopathic Hospital
Ann Arbor
Minister Predicts Break In Solid South Vote
Rev Eugene L Crawford told the Laymen's convention of the Methodist Episcopal church of the South in Lake Junaluska that a November break in the solid South is possible to vote out Tam many. He warned there is no power that can bludgeon Southern voters into blindly supporting a candidate whose career opposes Southern principles and tradition.
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Lake Junalaska
N. CG
U.R
Tammany
Eugene L. Crawford
Methodist Episcopal Church of the South
South
Homicide charge filed against Chinese fruit picker
Fairfield Cal August 24. Homicide charges to be filed against Leung Ying a Chinese fruit picker who in a drug crazed state killed 10 of his fellow countrymen. Ying confessed love for a 16 year old girl whose parents objected. The girl's parents were among those killed.
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Fairfield
Cal
Leung Ying
Ying
Charlotte Woman Found Sane After Sanity Commission
Mrs Adeline Letherman who confessed to killing her 4 year old daughter is declared sane by a three member sanity commission report to Judge McPeck. The panel found she is sane now and at the time of the crime and a trial is set for the October term. Eaton County Prosecutor Bangs said she will be charged with first degree murder.
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Charlotte
Mich
Adeline Letherman
Ranort
Sanity Commission
McPeck
Three Drown in Ohio Lake Near Summerland Beach
A rowboat overturned near Summerland Beach in Buckeye Lake Ohio last night killing three people and leaving four rescued. The bodies were recovered.
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Buckeye
Lake
Ohio
Summerland Beach
Tonsil and adenoid clinic announced for August 24
Dr Northway assisted by Dr Sluyter will conduct a tonsil and adenoid clinic at his city office starting Friday, August 24, for two weeks. Appointments encouraged. Phone 81 2384 AA.
Heavyweight horses win pulling contest at Isabella fair
The Thursday program ended early due to rain as three teams competed in the heavyweight class. George Abbott of Mt. Pleasant and K O Gonner of Carson City tied with 2750 pounds, but Abbott won the pull off at 18 feet 8 inches, while O Conner reached 4 feet 10 inches. Cleon Ferry of Ionia finished with 2800 pounds at 18 feet 9 inches, though all teams were below their usual form. Ferry and O Connet placed second and third, with Ionia last week taking top positions.
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George Abbott
Mt. Pleasant
K. O’gonner
Carson City
Abbott
O’conner
Cleon Ferry
Tonia
Ferry
O'Connet
Ionia
Perfect device to kill evidence discovered in Wisconsin saloon
U S agents found a trapdoor hidden behind a saloon bar in Carter Wisconsin. A string along the bar connected to the door allowed instant access to a scrap iron pile beneath the trap. Bottles were arranged to topple onto the iron when triggered.
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Carter
Wis
U.P
U. S
Heanor
Havre Welcomes Kellogg U S Peace envoy in transit Paris
Secretary of State Frank B Kellogg arrives in Havre aboard Isle de France and proceeds to Paris for the anti war pact signing. The city fetes the envoy with flags and ceremonies as officials greet him before he heads to Paris for the key negotiations.
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Paris
United States
Kelloge
Ave
Havre
Rith
Myron ‘I. Herrick
U.2
Frank B. Kellogg
Isle de France
Normandy
Survey shows that girls save more than men in Spokane
A Spokane Bankers Bureau report finds average young women save more than men despite men earning 25 percent more. An analyst notes women save while men carry family support, leaving men paying larger shares into the future.
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Spokane
Wash
U.P
M. M. MacLeod
Crédit Men’s Voting Bureau
MacLeod
Seven Men Die as Ship Is Fumigated at Quarantine
A Baltimore dispatch reports seven men killed and six overcome when the freighter Steel Inventor fumigated off Nankins Point for yellow fever. The dead and dying were stowaways hidden under manganese ore in the cargo holds. rescuers feared more bodies might be found.
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Baltimore
U. Y
United States
Nankins Point
Horse Saving Humans Through Blood Gifts
Tess the Parkedale Farm mare marked her sixty third birthday while honored as a life saver for producing tetanus antitoxin since 1917. At Parke-Davis she has contributed 1 023 quarts of antitoxin and 265 062 950 units, aiding soldiers and civilians against lockjaw.
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Rochester
Mich
U.P
Tess
Parkedale Farm
Parke-Davis Research Laboratories
Owether
Kellogg Comments on Paris Peace Pact
Kellogg told by Mayor Leon Meyer that future generations would bless the peace pact. He said the pact sprang from a global desire to prevent another war, but added that for the United States and Canada the pact is unnecessary.
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Paris
Kellogg
Leon Meyer
United States
Canada
Fireworks Shift to Saturday at Isabella County Fair
Rain pushed back Thursday events at the Isabella County fair delaying fireworks by Vitale company to Saturday night. The harness races 2:17 and 2:30 paces were canceled Thursday while 2:18 trot and 2:25 pace return Friday. Saturday features auto polo, auto push ball, auto running jump and a balloon ascent with parachute drops.
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Isabella County
Vitale Company
Dash ends in death as streetcar strikes man
Aug 24 a block long dash for a street car by John Stool 60 ended in his death. He and others waiting for the same car saw it coming and Stool dashed toward the safety zone but slipped under the vehicle and was run over instantly killed.
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Chicago
U.R
Arthur
Franklyn
Edward Gill
Merle Adams
Paddon
William Rasdale
Rasdale
Adams
Morton Construction
Gill
John Stege
Steve Sid
Detromy
John Stool
Cig
Armed mob storms Mississippi jail in Natchez
A mob of 40 to 60 armed men stormed Adams county jail seeking John Burke a Negro accused of assaulting a white woman near Pine Ridge. The alleged leader Cecil Collins was arrested and Burke had been moved to another jail. Warrants were expected for other participants as guards remained after the attack.
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Natchez
Miss
Adams County
John Burke
Pine Ridge
Cecil Collins
Collins
Clarence Roberts
Burke
Jtil
New Zeppelin To Fly To America
BERLIN Aug 24 The first trans Atlantic flight of the Zeppelin company's new luxury airliner may occur early next month. The first trial flight is planned within two or three weeks and, if satisfactory, a flight to the United States may be made immediately. The works asked the foreign office to seek permission to fly over Czechoslovakia Austria Switzerland Norway Sweden and Denmark for two long distance trial flights before the final service.
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Berlin
U.P
Zeppelin Company
United States
Zeppelin Works
Foreign Office
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Zeppelin
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