Lindbergh Reveals Secret Destination To Rogers
East Special To The News Beverley Hills July 31 Lindbergh flew into Los Angeles Airport to await fog clearance and learned of a secret destination. He told reporters confidentially he was headed east while recalling questions about William Randolph White and noting a desire to burn old records.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Armself
Lindbergh
Hive
East
Wiliam Randolph White
New Castle News Briefs on Industry and Roads
Traffic of loaded coal cars floods main line as Carnegie Steel announces daily operation. Tin plants run above normal. summer industry looks strong. Paving work continues on Norwood and Albert streets linking Highland avenue. North Mercer street improvements near finish. bank corner sidewalk open. Faulty traffic signals noted. repairs possibly done. Amateur gardeners enjoy spring evenings. local couples share quiet moments. Pa News reports patrol wagon ride after a drunken disturbance.
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Robert J.tully
Carnegie Steel
Norwood Avenue
Albert Street
Highland Avenue
North Mercer Street
Washington Street
Bank Corner
Mercer Street
Bank
New Castle Banker Flies Own Plane to Home From Metropolis
Robert Cr Love, a New Castle banker and the citys first non commercial airplane owner, arrived at McMillen field in his Avro Avian from Curtissfield New York with Captain Ronald Smith. They flew five hours through mountains and cold sunburn, praising the Handley Paige slotted wings for safety.
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Robert Cr Love
McMillen Field
Harlansburg Road
Ronald Smith
Love
Mr. Love
Captain Smith
Curtissfield
New York
Avro Avian
England
A.V. Roe & Company
Air Associates, Inc
Labor Council Majority Will Support Hoover Labor Council Majority Will Support Hoover
The AFL executive council in Atlantic City debated its presidential guidance with a 12 member majority favoring Herbert Hoover. Four members supported a pro Smith plank emphasizing liquor policy and labor record, while the nonpartisan committee report urged guidance from federation leadership.
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Lawrence Sullivan
International News Service
Atlantic City
Vic Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Herbert Hoover
Sea- Share Resort
Federation
Alfred BE. Smith
New York
Kansas City
Houston
William Green
Matthew Woll
Martin F. Ryan
Frank Morrison
James Af Iantanedny
Thieves Enter Several Homes Along Mt Jackson Road
Neighborhood reports a week of petty thefts with three homes entered on Mt Jackson Road area. Items stolen include a purse, jewelry, fruit, chickens, harness, and tires. Incidents involve two armed individuals driving away, with pattern of prowlers from distant cars across Sunnyside and nearby districts.
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MT. Jackson Road
Three Die As Steam Ship Chancellor Blows Up
Three men died and one was injured when the steam fighter Chancellor tied at pier 22 Stapleton Staten Island exploded. The dead are engineer William Woods and Joseph Martin and John Dorado. Two nearby buildings caught fire as flames spread from the blast.
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Internnational News Service
New York
Chancellor
Pier 22
Stapleton
Staten Island
William Woods
Joseph
Martin
John Dorado
Lamoree Boys Break Overland Trip Record to Santa Monica
Harry G. Bug ner reports that Jack and Bob Lamoree completed an overland drive from this city to Santa Monica in six days of actual driving time. They arrived Monday morning after driving only in daytime, with 750 miles covered on the final day.
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News Today
Harry G. Bugner
Jack
Bob Lamoree
Santa Monica
California
Giant Dirigible Los Angeles Completes Night Flight
The U S navy dirigible Los Angeles under Lieutenant Commander H V Wiley with 45 men returned to the Lakehurst naval air station after a night training flight. The airship cruised as far south as Wilmington Delaware and Baltimore before landing in the hangar.
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Iinternational News Service
Lakehurst
N. J
U. S. Navy
Los Angeles
Naval Air Station
H. V. Wiley
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
George Brennan Near Death After Septic Poisoning
George F Brennan Democratic committeeman for Illinois and ally of presidential nominee Al Smith is near death from septic poisoning after tooth extractions. Doctors performed emergency surgery to remove poison from a cervical gland as his condition worsened with diabetes and pneumonia. Last rites were given before the operation and his wife and daughter Mary, along with friends including former Mayor William Dever, are at his bedside.
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Berviert
Chicago
George F. .Brennan
Ilinois
al Smith
Catholic’ Church
Brennan
Mary
William 5. “Dever
Tax Collectors Are Defendants Echoes of 1920s Surcharge Case
Article recalls 1920 21 surcharges on delinquent tax duplicates by township collectors and bondsmen. Horner former county treasurer sued eighteen collectors to recover paid back to the county. Case follows earlier suits against Farnbright and others with $4 000 to $5 000 at stake. Supreme court upheld auditors, reversing lower court.
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C. Lee Horner
Horner
Los Angeles
Cal
Farnbright
Tornado Kills 27 in Vilna District Poland
A tornado swept the Vilna district today in Poland, killing twenty seven people and injuring forty eight as it destroyed about two hundred houses. The report comes from Warsaw and notes international sews servicer coverage.
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Poland
International Sews Servicer
Warsaw
Vilna
Tunney Declares He Is Through in Boxing
Gene Tunney announced his retirement at a Biltmore luncheon with boxing writers. He cited lack of a viable contender and a long wait for a big purse, promising to step aside. He offers a championship belt for an elimination tournament and hints at future ventures, possibly matrimony, stage, films, or other lines of business.
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Bullatin
International News Service
New York
Gene Tunney
the Biltmore
Tunney
Gene
Dempsey
Tex Rickard
Hoover Seeks First Catch on Campaign Fishing Trip
Herbert Hoover, isolated in a Biskiyou range fishing camp near Hornbrook Cal, travels 615 miles by car and fishes two streams for steelhead and mountain trout. He aims to land a big fish before possibly moving on to Pitt River or returning to Palo Alto, with a train to San Francisco planned.
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International
Klamath River
Hornbook
Cal
Biskiyou Range
Rerbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Pitt River
Mount Shasta
Klamath
Hoover
Hornbrook
San Francisco
Detroit Racing Yacht Azara Missing Off Santander
Search crews in Santander Spain seek the American sailing yacht Azara overdue from the New York Santander race. Merchant ships warcraft and seaplanes broadcast notices urging vessels to sight the Azara. The Detroit owned craft left New York on June 39 with an amateur crew amid growing anxiety over its fate.
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Vow Anno
Santander
Spain
Detroit
New York
Death notices for James Russell George Gaston McDonald and Kuliger Caster
Death notices list James Russell age 63 of Union township George W. Gaston age 62 of 614 Raymond street Mrs Katherine McDonald age 58 of Wilmington avenue and Kuliger Caster age 6 of rear Moravia islet.
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James Russell
Union Township
George W. Gaston
Raymond Street
Katherine McDonald
Wilmington Avenue
Kuliger Caster
Moravia Islet
Smith Will Seek Adviser Guidance On Response To White
Governor Al Smith plans to consult National Chairman John J. Raskob and Senator Peter G Gerry about whether to answer the Kansas editor William Allen White. If advisers favor a response, Smith will reply in his usual direct style. His friends blame O R Miller of Albany for the attack and say White’s charge targets his past record on liquor.
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Raymond I. Borst
International News Weevice
Southampton
N. Y
al. Smith
Long Island
New York
John J. Raskob
Peter G. Gerry
Democratic Advisory Committee
William Allen White
Kansas
White
Smith
Raskob
O. R. Miller
Albany
New York State Civic League
Reform Bulletin
Electors Named in Western Pennsylvania GOP
July 31 Pittsburgh Republican leaders frame campaign plans for the state ticket with General Edward Martin outlining the approach. Electors designated in western districts include Curran, Greer, Graff, Bety, Milne, Glass, Coleman, Trees, Kerr and Trees in districts spanning Washington Butler Butler counties Erie Venango Mercer Westmoreland Allegheny Mt. Lebanon Pittsburgh and McKeesport.
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Awd
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
Republican Party
John F. Curran
Washington
Greene
Robert B. Greer
Butler
Beaver
Lawrence
Frank M. Graff
Indiana
Armstrong
Jefferson
Clarion
Walter W. Bety
Warren
Forest
Venango
Mercer
Arthur W. Milne
Erie
Crawford
Robert T. Glass
Salina
Westmoreland County
W. H. Coleman
McKeesport
Allegheny County
Joseph O. ‘Trees
James P. Kerr
Mt. Lebanon
Council Takes First Steps For City Golf Course
City leaders moved toward a municipal eighteen hole golf course by directing solicitor White to draft legislation to convert the municipal farm and 40 additional acres. The plan, urged by Councilman Burns, follows a request from local citizens led by James K. Love, highlighting the benefits of wholesome athletic grounds. The 73 acre farm would be used for the new course as part of the effort.
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Solictor
White
Burns
James K. Love
Picketing Of Textile Mills Is Continued In New Bedford
In New Bedford Massachusetts workers at 34 textile mills defy city orders as 256 pickets and sympathizers gather outside mills Whitman mill sees about 300 pickets while Acushnet mill gates draw 100. Police predict arrests as authorities limit patrols to one picket per mill amid 16th week of wage-cut protest and looming arbitration talks. Children of arrestees wander streets as National Guardsmen patrol with bayonets in a tense aftermath.
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Wesel News Services
Bedford
Mass
Textie Mill
ces #t
Whitman Mill
Topir
Acushnet Mil
Thhem
Remembering a timeless town swimming pool
A lyrical reminiscence recalls a favorite swimming pool from youth, describing diving from a board, the bath house hidden in brush, and the carefree days with elders, grasses, and friends. The speaker, aged eighty five, longs to relive a brief hour of playful aquatic joy.
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Ira
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Best Court
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