Lemons Near Wreck Plane Delays Brazilian Voyage
A seaplane bound for Brazil suffered a lemons caused accident on the Hudson when a lemon crate jammed the wing tip, cracking a pontoon. The crew replaced the pontoon by rail, baptism canceled, voyage redirected to Charleston, and crowd watchers stood by as the ship waited.
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New York
Simalé Correia
Brazil
Éhantes
Rockaway
South America
Water Hinton
Rdrail
Paliadelphia
Ézpres
Progran
Sampaio Correigé
Hudson
Charleston
Riverside Drive
Notable voyage plans amid Gulf waters and hurricane risk
Readable fragments describe pilots preparing to take a ship for an Atlantic crossing labeled NO4. The plan involves radio equipment for weather reports and navigation as crews near the Gulf dodging late summer storms. Attendees, photographers, and dignitaries move toward Rio de Janeiro for a Dynelink Centennial Expo.
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Gulf
Catibeach
Rio de Janeiro
Dynelink
Caftié
German Mars and Austrian Crowd Upsets Geneva Market
Report notes German market demand and Austrian crowd influence at Geneva exchanges. Officials restricted purchases to street bidders and offered banknotes to small buyers. Premiums and exchange rates cited include 68 centimes for a hundred crowns and 9-10 centimes per franc, illustrating a volatile, wrapper-driven barter scene.
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Geneva
Gehéra
Aled
Niiv
70,000 to Sellar in Vienna Aug 18
Vienna reports a 124 percent rise in living costs in thirty days as monthly index figures appear. Rumors grow that Selpl government days are numbered. The official Kronen value is 0.825 to the dollar with 70,000 to the dollar reported in some markets.
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Vienna
Austria
Becainé
Io Selpl
German mark value quotes drop amid exchange panic
New York August 16 local banks quoted the German mark at ten for a cent, the lowest level on record, with a few talers noted. The price briefly fell to 9% cents per hundred marks, after being 11% cents the day prior. The prewar rate was 23.8 cents per mark.
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Mark
New York
Foreigf
Smith Indicates Willingness to Run if Nominated
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith states in a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt that he would accept if the New York state Democratic convention nominates him for governor. The note underscores Smiths readiness amid ongoing party deliberations.
Firewater Whisky Ignites in Heat at Calexico Gutter
In Calexico California on August 10 customs officers confiscated about 100 gallons of liquor. When poured into a gutter the sun heated liquid to a blaze causing flames to flare and explode a tank. Officers then shifted to a sewer discharge to avoid further ignition. The incident is noted with a quip from the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Calexico
Cal
Reed Commission Schedules Senate Succession Plans
Pittsburgh man Major David A Reed is expected to succeed the late Senator William Crow. James F McCoy took the commission to Washington for a conference with Governor Sproul and plan a Philadelphia stop after the capital visit. Separate report from New York notes George A Cublen, ex DL&W VP, found dead at the Hotel Vanderbilt with nine letters and a will leaving estate to his mother.
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Pittsburgh
Crow
Hartisburg
David A. Reed
United States
William E Crow
Washington
James F McCoy
William K Sproul
National
Sproul
Philadelphia
R. R
New York
George A. Cublen
East Orange
N. J
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
North American Fruit Exchange
Vanderbilt
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Lemons
Pontooh
Rio de Janeire
Ening
Everett True
Louisville Courier-Journal
Beg Glawee’ Te Guor Belorg Invesgtind
Reed
U.S
Fabric Sene
Ue Uno
United United States
Tres Company Rubber
U. S
Knoxville
Rouxville
Libertyte Model
Middletown
Studebaker
W. B
Seden
Peerie
Cord Tires
Frederick City Garage
J. H. Grove
Patrick St. Frederick
Ford
Ford and
Lincoln
Ford and Kerdson Frederick Motor Company
R. L. Warfield
Pres
Mgr
West Patrick
Potts & Griffin
Vna Life Insurance
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