Graf Zeppelin completes globe circling flight and world tour
The Graf Zeppelin finished a global voyage totaling over 0 0 0 miles in under three weeks. Notable legs include Lakehurst to Germany in 53 hours 23 minutes, Europe to Tokio in 101 hours 50 minutes, and Los Angeles to Lakehurst in 3 1 4 days, with passengers carried around the world and oceans crossed in a single journey.
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Lakehurst
Atlantic
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Europe
Asia
Tokio
Pacific
Los Angeles
Dr. Eckener
Oil Field Witnesses Early Dundee Oil Flow In Michigan
A State Isabella B 1 well in Chippewa township Isabella county struck initial oil and gas at 3 510 feet three feet into the Dundee sands. Production estimated but strong gas flow suggests a promising outcome. Nearby Brown No 1 reported 250 barrels in 24 hours with a stable 200 barrel daily rate. Other wells face legal and depth uncertainties amid ongoing drilling operations and tests.
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Chippewa Township
Isabella County
Dundee Sands
Keeler-McClintic
Sias Qil Development Co
Section 11
Frank Huber
State Department of Geology
Dundee
Buck Farm
Arthurs Contracting Company
Graf Zeppelin Battles Storms Over Atlantic
Graf Zeppelin completes a swift Atlantic crossing with strong headwinds. At Corunna Spain the airship passed at 5 40 p m local time, heading toward France after skim over Cape Finisterre Camarinas and Corunna. Officials expect a new crossing record as the craft maintains around 80 mph.
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Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic
Corunna
Spain
Bay of Biscay
France
Cape Tinisterre
Camarinas
Here
United Press
North Atlantic
Europe
Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
Hamberg American Line
Thes Naval Department
Washington
Naval
Lisbon
Portugal
Downey Pilot Thomas Reid Killed in Cleveland Flight Crash
Thomas Reid of Downey California died after his solo endurance flight at the national air races in Cleveland. He had just set a new record of 87 hours 56 minutes 36 seconds and planned to extend it further. Reid had married the day before he departed for the event.
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Cleveland
Thomas
Jack) Reid
Downey
Cal
Reid
Eee
Artes
Ed Keating
New York
Toronto
Lake Ontario
Keating
Deputy Sheriff William Kirby Slain Near Eureka
Deputy Sheriff William Kirby, 45, was found slain beside an abandoned car seven miles north of St Johns after being dragged from his auto. Investigators believe he confronted three men in Eureka about a menu he was seeking. Kirby lived in Eureka and was last seen leaving a friend’s home the night before.
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ST. Johns
William Kirby
Here
Eureka
Kirby
Clinton County
Lee Stevens
Charles and
Galusha Gardner
Milo Leffingwell Struck by Auto Injures Boy at Broadway Ave Intersection
Milo Leffingwell age 13, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Leffingwell, was seriously injured Saturday when struck by a car while crossing Broadway avenue at College avenue intersection. His ankle was crushed and injuries described as very painful.
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Milo Leffingwell
Harry Leffingwell
Broadway
College Avenue
Chicago Flyers Start Eleventh Day In The Air
Chicago endurance flyers C. B. Steele and Russell Moanum push their 257th hour aloft on the 11th day of a month long flight titled Chicago We Will. Steele jokes that 250 hours in the air isn’t long, while ground crew hears the witty remark.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Holiday Week Accidents Claim 91 Lives Across Nation
A United Press survey shows 91 deaths during Labor Day weekend across the United States. Heat drove many to water causing drownings. automobiles caused the largest toll with 42 fatalities. Illinois and Chicago reported the highest death count with 28 fatalities.
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United States
United Press
New York
Chicago
Ilinois
Conference At Geneva Opens Peace Talk
UK Premier Ramsay MacDonald told the League of Nations assembly that the Anglo American naval arms reduction pact aims to advance peace and strengthen the league. He stated the agreement is not a conspiracy and will be announced before the assembly ends after five years of progress toward international peace.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Geneva
Ramsay MacDonald
England
League of Nations Assembly
League
MacDonald
Hugo Eckener Guest of Honor at 1929 Air Races Ends
Dr. Hugo Eckener commander of the Graf Zeppelin was guest of honor at the 1929 national air races and aeronautical exposition in Cleveland. The event closed at dusk with 160 000 spectators, and a further day of events extended the program. Next year’s show may move to Chicago with 500 planes stored at the airport. Eckener received the grandstand ovation once bestowed to Charles Lindbergh.
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Gleveland
U.P
Hugo Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
Althe
Chicago
Althe Cleveland
Eckener
Cleveland
Col
Charles Lindbergh
Graf
Theodore Roosevelt
British Take Precautions Against Arabs Near Palestine Frontiers
Jerusalem Sept 3 U P British authorities in Palestine strengthen frontier policing and instruct aviators to monitor Arab movements along Trans Jordan and Syria. Rioting persists between Arabs and Jews in the north as authorities claim control and distribute the high commissioner Chanellor’s proclamation suspending constitutional talks.
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Jerusalem
U. P
Trans-Jordania
Syria
Palestine
John Robert Chancellor
England
Flint Resident Killed In Crash Near Greenville
Grand Rapids Sept 3 Two drownings and two automobile fatalities marked western Michigan Labor Day deaths. Leotta Fraser 22 was fatally injured when her vehicle veered off the road after a hit and run by two women. Garrette Vandenberg 16 from Kalamazoo drowned at Gull Lake Hastings and Dennis Pryor 26 from Detroit drowned at Paradise Lake Balewin. James A Gray 72 of Flint was killed in a collision near Greenville, with Mr and Mrs George Bloomfield of Saginaw seriously injured. Bloomfields remained in a Grand Rapids hospital.
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Grand Rapids
U.P
Western Michigan
Leotta Fraser
Garrette Vandenberg
Kalamazoo
Gull Lake
Hastings
Dennis Pryor
Detroit
Paradise Lake
Bal
Green Confers With Hoover In Secret Session
Governor Fred W. Green of Michigan met with President Hoover at the White House with Mrs Green, fueling talk of a cabinet post. Reports from Battle Creek and Lansing say the visit may have been social, not political, though rumors persist about a labor secretary appointment.
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Washington
U.R
Fred W. Green
Michigan
Green
Hoover
White House
James J. Davis
Davis
Roy C. Conlon
Grand Rapids
American Legion
Conlon
Gov. Green
Keith Wilt Funeral Held After Diphtheria Death
The funeral for five year old Keith Wilt son of Mr and Mrs Merle Wilt was held at the South Fancher home on Saturday afternoon after a week long diphtheria illness. A nine year old sibling was ill but improving and a younger child had not contracted the disease.
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Keith Wilt
Merle Wilt
South Fancher
Forest Fires Rage Across Three Wisconsin Counties
A thick smoke wall hung over Forest Oconto and Bayfield counties as wildfires spread through expansive timberlands. Residents and patrols worked to contain the Hames fire threatening thousands of acres and enveloping Choat Lakewood Laona and Cramdon in danger. Dry weather intensified the blaze with seven fires in Forest County alone and fire warden R B Perry of Superior warning of worsening conditions.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin
Forest
Oconto
Bayfield
Choat
Lakewood
Laona
Cramdon
Forest County
R. B. Perry
Sunerior
Warden Wilson warns musters as fires rage in Michigan
Warden St Clare Wilson in Hancock says the situation in Houghton county demands all men, leaving him unable to oversee the Isle Royale blaze. War den Crank reports twelve minor fires in northern Michigan and six in Dickinson county. Gurp Lake aided by Pellston fire department avoided danger as brush fires advanced. Two special orders were issued to field men to be ready for emergency forest fire work.
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St. Clare Wilson Wheil
Hancock
Houghton County
Isle Royal
Michigan
W. L. Crank
Department of Conservation
Lansing
U.R
Muskegon-Saginaw Line
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Massive 3000 Acre Inferno Threatens Mt Pleasant Oil Field
A large brush fire driven by a southwest wind swept across more than 3000 acres south and west of the Mt Pleasant oil field endangering the Pure Oil pumping station four miles east. Over 190 workers battled the blaze as backfires were set to hold it from the field amid drought conditions and smoldering stumps. </s>
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Mt. Pleasant
Travis Farm
John Bain
Foster Farm
Travis
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