Air service across seas now assured
Hugo Eckener announced that the International Zeppelin Transport company has been organized with capital fully subscribed by major banks and industrial firms. Plans call for larger airships built in the US and Germany, European and American terminals, and weather studies along the coast. Eckener returns to Germany in April to supervise a new hangar and plant at Friedrichshafen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
API
Hugo Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
International Zeppelin Transport Company
National City Bank
United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
Union Carbide Company
The
Aluminum Company of America
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Akron
O. P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Company
Zeppelin Transport Company
Delaware
Dr. Eckerer
United States Navy
Los Angeles
United States
Germany
Seville
Spain
Baltimore
Eckener
Iamies E. Mitchell
Theational City Bank
Friedrichshafen
Canada
Mexico
San Francisco
Cleveland
Drunken Driver Blamed For Death In Auto Crash
Sidney Iowa March 25 AP Harry W Finnern 26 Avoca farmer may face a charge of manslaughter after a coroner jury found his car caused the death of John Erickson 72 of Omaha Neb in a crash near the city Sunday. The jury ruled the accident came from criminal negligence by Finnern who was driving and that he was under the influence of liquor at the time. Leo Vandeventer who rode with Finnern is also being held in connection with the death.
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Sidney
Harry W. Finnern
Avoca Farmer
John Erickson
Omaha
Neb
Here
Finnern
Erickson’s
Leo Vandeventer
Bandit Hold Up Ends In Shooting Death In Newark
William Curry aged 48 was killed when he resisted two attackers during a holdup in Newark New Jersey. The bandits escaped with 25 and five dollars taken from Curry’s son Joseph 24 who witnessed the crime.
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Newark
N. J
William Curry
Curry
Joseph
Toe in the Footnotes of Courtship
A rustic speaker recalls past courtship with her father. She admits telling no lies, save for a missing toe on her right foot which she chose not to disclose as it seemed unfitting to mention during their courtship. The remark frames family dynamics and a sly conscience.
Hoover Extends Hospitality to Rep Tilson for Recuperation
President Hoover invites Representative Tilson of Connecticut the House Republican floor leader to the White House for recuperation from a grippe attack. Tilson will go to the executive mansion after discharge from the naval hospital and remain until fit to resume duties at the Capitol. He fell ill suddenly last week.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Tilson
Naval Hospital
Executive Mansion
Capitol
Women voters press new Iowa marriage law at convention
Cedar Rapids March 25 AP The Iowa League of Women Voters opens its tenth annual state convention with a push for a five day notice between applying for and granting marriage licenses in Iowa. The group also considers a state appropriation for maternity and infancy work and support for direct primary.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa League of Women Voters
League
National League
Congress
State Board
State Committee
Europa Haile As New Speed Queen Of Sea
A new speed queen of the seas was crowned as the North German Lloyd liner Europa on her maiden voyage beat the Bremen by 18 minutes across the Atlantic. She reached Ambrose Lightship at 5 54 a m and completed the 3100 mile crossing from Cherbourg in 4 days 17 hours 6 minutes amid fog and rough seas. The Europa’s arrival included diplomats and North German Lloyd officials meeting at quarantine and a cautious harbor entry to Brooklyn.
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Europa
New York
Bremen
Nicolaus Johnsen
Lloyd Line
Leviathan
Ambrose
Baron F. W. von Prittwitz
Karl von Lewinski
Lloyd
Odore Johnsen
Commodore Johnsen
Brooklyn
Court's Ruling Against Huckins in Civil Papers
District Judge John T. Moffit overruled Huckins' lawyers to resist service of civil papers filed by investors in his enterprise promising huge returns. Huckins claimed residency in Excelsior Springs Missouri when served last December while ill in a hospital there. He was convicted last week of obtaining money under false pretenses and given five days to plead further. Civil actions expected to proceed to trial.
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Cedar Rapids
John T. Moffit
George E. Huckins
Huckins
Excelsior Springs
Moffit
Jamaica ginger linked to Kentucky paralysis outbreak
Physicians and the Kentucky state health board say adulterated Jamaica ginger caused a paralysis outbreak with over 300 cases. Six Kentucky patients admitted using two to six ounces daily for three to six weeks before leg weakness emerged. Blood tests and spinal fluid exams awaited. A chemist noted one brand labeled made with non beverage alcohol.
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State Board of Health
Kentucky
Louisville City Hospital
Co. H. Harris
Jake
Will Rogers Comments on Tariff Bill Passage
Beverly Hills columnist Will Rogers writes that Grundy's tariff bill will pass despite broad dissatisfaction because lawmakers expect others to bear the burden. He notes most benefit from raises while few rely on manufacturing, questions who pays for benefits, and jokes that the system has persisted for 150 years.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Grundy
House of Congress
U. S
Will
Fire destroys 18 apartment building in Gary blizzard tragedy
A blaze in Gary Michigan City? no Gary Ind. 18 unit building fires early today. One man killed, Carl Smith 65 missing, Carl E. Smith 25 fatally injured while trying to save family. 100 residents fled as stairs collapsed trapping others. Fire started in basement. wind fueled flames.
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Gary
Ind
Carl Smith
Carl E. Smith
Weather Overview for Iowa and Illinois
Partly cloudy to cloudy with local snows tonight and likely in extreme east portion by Wednesday morning. Continued cold with snow possible in Illinois tonight and Wednesday morning. River stages show varied readings from St Paul 0.9 to St Louis 11.6 with several rises or falls reported.
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Iowa
Illinois
St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
St. Louis
Strange life of Dr Ernest Watzl ends in Vienna
Vienna police pieced together the strange career of Dr Ernest Watzl a monocled Cleveland chemist and inventor found dead with a bullet through the heart in a Vienna hotel room. A woman identified as Josefa Kroper but thought to be Mrs Mary McGranahan of Cleveland lay beside him. both had traveled Europe with two passports in use by Watzl and the woman. Police suspect financial difficulties drove a self inflicted death. No money appeared among the bodies or effects though they had stylish luggage and had wandered the city since Thursday.
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Vienna
Ernest Watzl
Cleveland
Wattl
Josefa Kroper
Mary McGranahan
Watzi
Europe
Watts
Johann Flassak
Josefa Kréher
Wealthy Gambler Missing Believed Kidnapped in Illinois
Disappearance of Charles Conley, a wealthy gambler and pool room proprietor in Alton, is under investigation with theories of ransom kidnapping by extortionists active around St. Louis. Police note five similar kidnappings in St. Louis and nearby Illinois counties in recent months.
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Alton
Ill
Charles Conley
St. Louis
Tlinois
Church swindler wanted in South
Des Moines reports J. E. Bailey arrested for running a game among churchgoers. He will be returned to Birmingham Alabama for violating federal parole after a circular from the Spey Tenn post office tied his identity to the case. Sheriff Findley stated officers notified Birmingham police.
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Des Moines
J. E. Bailey
Birmingham
Ala
Sheriff Park A. Findley
Post Office Department
Spey Tenn
Wife seeks divorce over fake death by husband
Mrs Adel G Carlson seeks a divorce from her husband who staged a death scene last November claiming he had taken poison. She details her forced antidotes and a prolonged ruse, plus alleged cruelties including silences for a week and a recent gun search.
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Chicago
Adel G. Carlson
Carlson
Richardson Denied as West Point Cadet Commandant
Washington March 25 AP Major General Summerall denied reports that Lieut Col Robert C Richardson Jr would be removed as commandant of cadets at West Point The statement from Major E W Savage chief of the War Department press relations section said Summerall asserted Richardson would not be relieved and no commandant change was contemplated
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Washington
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
West Point
Summerall
Army General Staff
E. W. Savage
War Department
Richardson
William R. Smith
Military Academy
Savage
Found dead couple with throats cut in Baltimore home
Baltimore authorities report Mr. and Mrs. Harry Applewhate, ages 70 and 68 respectively, found dead in their bed at their Baltimore home with throats cut. Police are unclear if the deaths are murder or suicide and an investigation is underway.
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Baltimore
Harry Applewhaite
Winter Storm Slams Midwest With Snow and Disruptions
The Midwest faces heavy snow from a northeast gale. Chicago endures traffic paralysis and flight holds as Detroit St Louis Indianapolis report accumulating snowfall. A truck crash near California Boulevard involves cattle from stockyards. police and stockyard cowpunchers herd the cows after the incident.
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Chicago
Midwest
Lake Michigan
Detroit
St. Louis
Indianapolis
California Boulevard
Giant merger reshapes German shipping rivalry
Berlin March 25 AP Hamburg American Line and North German Lloyd announce a de facto merger to form a joint fleet of 330 steamers totaling over 2 million gross tons. Directors approve cooperation with lasting 50 year terms and plan ratification at an April 15 shareholder meeting in Bremen.
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Berlin
Hamburg
Bremen
Germany
Herr Cuno
Hamburg-American Line
Lloyd Line
Lloyd
North German
Lloyd Lines
Hamburg-American Lines
Plane crash near Antietam. pilot survives jump
In dense fog a mail plane from Washington to Richmond crashed near Antietam battlefield in Maryland. Pilot Verne Treat parachuted to safety and landed unhurt after running out of gas.
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Hagerstown
Washington
Richmond
Antietam Battlefield
Verne Treat
Treat
Chicago gangland raises vast defense fund against crime drive
Chicago press reports a large defense fund being built to oppose the anti crime drive by the "secret six." Col Robert Isham Randolph pledges to raise two to three million dollars. The fund targets the trial of five accused extortionists tied to the kidnapping of Theodore Kopelman. A court delay extends to Friday as Judge Harry B Miller schedules the case.
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Chicago
Herald and Examiner
Robert Isham Randolph
Chamber of Commerce
Secret Six
Theodore Kopelman
Harry B. Miller
Colonel Randolph
Miller
Naval conference adjournment eyed as warship plan pressed
Washington reports Britten of the house naval committee urged withdrawal of the American delegation and adjournment of the London naval conference to allow the United States to push ahead with warship construction. London sources say six month adjournment is being considered to ease the impasse and give France and Italy more time to reach a settlement.
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Washington
Britten
House Naval Committee
United States
London
Grandi
Italy
MacDonald
France
France Italy aim to forge equitable naval accord
London reports optimistic hope that France and Italy can hammer out a marine agreement with Anglo French talks due at lunch. French naval delegation members express a desire for an equitable basis of agreement with their Latin sister, anticipating progress through frank discussion.
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London
France
Italy
Marine
Conference Adjournment Sparks Christmas Settlement Hope
The text notes a proposal to adjourn the conference and reconvene on Oct 1, aiming for a possible agreement by Christmas. Details on parties or scope are not provided, but the note signals a temporary pause to pursue a settlement.
Canada and U S Plan Treaty to Stop Smuggling
Premier Mackenzie King announced Canada is negotiating with the United States for a treaty to suppress smuggling of all merchandise across the border. The move follows an export bill amendment denying liquor clearances to craft sailing to the U S and comes amid Conservative calls for a reciprocal pact.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Canada
United States
King
R J. Manion
Port William
Ont
Ponticles
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Jamaica
Louisville, Ky
F. C. Dugan
Oklahoma City
Robert Isham
Okmulzgee
Will Rogers
Bullet
DR. Watzl
Poor PA
Claude Callan
San An
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