Navy pilot John Rodgers dies after plane crash near Philadelphia
Commander John Rodgers, famed San Francisco Hawaii flight veteran, perished after his land plane nose-dived about 100 feet from shore near the navy yard field. His mechanic Samuel Schultz, unconscious with a broken back, was hospitalized. Rodgers died on the operating table, surviving his nine day Pacific drift in a prior seaplane mission.
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Navy
John Rodgers
San Francisco- Hawaii
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Delaware River
Navy Yard Field
Washington
Samuel Schultz
Naval Hospital
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Rodgers
F. E. Loucy
Naval Medical Corps
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Havre de Gras
John A. Rodgers
John Roers
San Francisco
Hawaii
Las
Pacific Ocean
Bureau of Naval Aeronautics
Cooler Weather Promised as Iowa Heat Eases
The Weather Bureau promised relief from high temperatures across Iowa after a day with 90s statewide. Inwood led, reporting 101 degrees, while Sioux City hit 100 as a small northeast corner remained cooler.
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Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Inwood
Sioux City
Death of Commander in Seaplane Crash at Philadelphia Navy Yard
Commander John Rodgers died after his seaplane struck an air pocket at 100 feet over the Delaware river and plunged into the river. He succumbed on the operating table two hours after injury at the Philadelphia navy yards.
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John Rodgers
Pacific
Philadelphia Navy Yards
Delaware River
Texas Voters Enter Runoff Amid Klux Klan Charges
Texas voters cast ballots in a high stakes runoff amid accusations of Ku Klux Klan influence and oil interests shaping the gubernatorial race. Dan Moody argues Fergusonism and her husband dictate policy while denying Klan issues.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Ferguson
Dan Moody
Miriam A. Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Moody
Fergusons
Northwestern Student Deludes Himself By Searching For Corpse
Baldi Wicht, a Northwestern student, swam five hours in Lake Michigan seeking his own body after leaving clothes with a park officer. He returned fatigued but alive, then mistakenly tried to rescue a man he was told had drowned until the patrolman showed him his own clothes.
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Til
Baldi Wicht
Northwestern
Wicht
English
Lake Michigan
Short
One Dead From Heat At Des Moines State Fair
One person died and four others were overcome by heat at the Des Moines state fair. Claude Belcher 42 of Des Moines collapsed at work. Helen McCuen of Newton Grace Jarvis of Adair and an unidentified Colfax woman were overcome. Officer F M Harrison of Oskaloosa screened traffic and suffered heat effects.
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Des Moines
Claude Belcher
Helen McCuen
Newton
Grace Jarvis
Adair
Colfax
F. M. Harrison
Oskaloosa
Police Probe Death Of Girl In Iowa Town
Police pursue leads in the death of Pansy Turnbull, 17, of Diagonal Iowa after she was found dazed near Clearfield and died at home. Investigators focus on possible drugging as inquest is held and stomach contents analyzed. Several men are being questioned. no charges filed.
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Creston
Pansy Turnbull
Ira Turnbull
Diagonal
Miss Turnbull
Clearfield
O— Diagonal
Iowa City
Farrington denies three year Peabody coal contract
Illinois Mine Workers president Frank Farrington denies signing a three year contract with Peabody Coal Co of Chicago for 25000 a year. United Mine Workers leader John L Lewis aims to oust him amid a long running dispute with Farrington asserting the executive board cannot dictate his employment location.
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Frank Farrington
Illinois District of Mine Workers
Peabody Coal Company of
Chicago
Stuyvesant Peabody
Illinois
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Farrington
Indianapolis
International
United Mines Workers
Paris
Peabody Coal Company
Bold convicts seize Michigan reformatory in dramatic escape
Twenty four inmates escaped from the Michigan state reformatory at Ionia after a well planned assault. Guards were overpowered and locked in cells as the escapees moved through the dormitory and administration area. Recovered prisoners included Napoleon Smith and Charles Smith with more on the loose.
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Jonia
Mich
Michigan State Reformatory
Here
Napoleon Smith
Charles Smith
Charles Shean
Sam Glick
Detroit
Shean
Franklin Todd
Benton Ford
Toledo
Hadley State Bank
Lapere County
Lower Michigan
Ionia
Heifetz Rallies After Operation
New York AP reports violinist Jascha Heifetz is recovering from appendicitis. Although not entirely out of danger, his condition is described as satisfactory.
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New York
Jascha Heifetz
Nicaragua protests Mexico over alleged filibustering expedition
Managua reports irrefutable evidence that a Mexican auxiliary ship participated in a filibustering expedition against Nicaragua. The note, signed by Foreign Minister Navas, accuses Mexico of backing exiles with financing and arms. Mexico rejects league involvement, calling it Nicaragua’s issue.
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Nic
Mexico
Concen
Salina Cruz
Nicaragua
Navas
League Nations Out
Mexico City
Mex
League of Nations
Saenz
League
Central American
Senor Saenz
Chamorro
CANDIDATE USED UNFAIR METHODS
Frederick Steiner of Pendleton won the Republican senatorial nomination in the May primary through unfair methods. Senator Robert Stanfield withdrew support and would decide whether to run as an independent in November. Stanfield cited a yellow ticket linked to the Ku Klux Klan as harming his campaign.
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Ore
Frederick Steiner
Pendleton
Robert Stanfield
Steiner
Stanfield
Ku Klux Klan
Mine gives up last of bodies in Pa explosion
Clymer Pennsylvania August 28 The mine surrendered the last of its dead as three of the 44 victims from Thursday's explosion were recovered from the wrecked workings. They were moved to a temporary morgue a mile from the mine, identified and prepared for burial.
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Clymer
Wounded Brothers Held After Bank Robberies and Deputy Slaying
Matthew Kimes and George Kimes are jailed in Crawford county after a 14 hour pursuit. They are charged with robbing the American State bank and Covington National bank in Covington Oklahoma and with fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff Perry Chu culate of Sequoyah county. The brothers were wounded, one in the thigh and the other by buckshot, during the manhunt in Fort Smith Arkansas.
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Ark
Matthew Kimes
George Kimes
Crawford County
American State Bank
Covington National Bank
Covington
Okla
Perry Chuculate
Sequoyah County
Chuchulate
Woman and six crewmen lost in coast storm
In New Orleans on August 28 AP reports Mrs. George Theis wife of the Patton towboat captain drowned. Her husband and six crew members are missing after the coast storm. W A Bisso of Bisso Coal and Towboat company announced the loss.
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New Orleans
George Theis
Patton
W. A. Bisso
Bisso Coal and Towboat Company
US Sailors and Marines Land in Bluefields Nicaragua
Two hundred American sailors and Marines landed aboard the Cruiser Galveston at Bluefields Nicaragua to protect foreign life and property after the Nicaraguan governor warned the revolutionary forces advancing on Bluefields. U.S. officials report the revolutionists are pressing the town.
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Washington, D.C
Galveston
Bluefields
Nicaragua
New Yorker Mrs Corson Follows Ederle in English Channel Swim
Mrs Clemington Corson of New York the mother of two swam the English Channel in about 15 hours and 28 minutes becoming the second woman to complete the feat. Gertrude Ederle had set the previous record of 14 hours 31 minutes. Corson finished at Dover after starting near midnight with English swimmer Frank Perks dropping out about a mile from shore. Ederle sent congratulations from New York noting it as a great achievement. Corson, formerly Amelia Gade, is a Denmark native who later settled in New York and became famed for long distance swims including Manhattan Island and Albany to New York.
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Dover
Eng
Clemington Corson
New York
English Channel
Gertrude Ederle
Miss Ederle
Carson
Sebastian Tirabeschi
Gertrude
N. Y
Amsterdam Avenue
Trudie
Amelia Gade
Denmark
Christian
Corson
Manhattan Island
Albany
N. A. Gade
Royal Opera
Copenhagen
Prominent Farmer Amos Sleichter Dies at 72
Amos Sleichter, 72, a prominent Sharon Township farmer, died in a local hospital after a leg amputation. He passed away last night and funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow in Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Amos Sleichter
Sleichter
Sharon Township
Weather outlook for Iowa and Mississippi Valley regions
Iowa shows generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with unsettled weather in the far west and cooler temperatures. Occasional showers expected in the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys with above normal temperatures, especially in the south. Illinois forecasts fair weather tonight and Sunday, cooler in the northeast on Sunday. River stages show St Paul 0.9 feet rising 0.1, LaCrosse 4.6 feet falling 0.1, Dubuque 4.3 feet rising 1.0, Davenport 2.2 steady, Keokuk 2.4 feet falling 0.2, St. Louis 9.0 feet falling 0.9.
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Missouri
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LaCrosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
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