Forest Fires Fall as 1000 Men Battle Northern Idaho Flames
An army of 1000 men from Pend Oreille Timber Protective Association fights to save Sand Point water supply, attacking from two sides as Pack Creek blaze spreads over 7000 acres. Additional groups battle Baldy Mountain Glover Creek Meadow Creek fires. many smaller blazes in Selway Clearwater forests are reported under control. In Ontario, fires near Kenora Redditt MacIntosh Kahani Lake show rising danger, while Manitoba sees relief from weekend rains. A Wisconsin fire near Lakewood is restrained after winds subside.
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Spokane
Wash
Idaho
Sand Creek
Sand Point
Ida
Pend Oreille Timber Protective Association
Pack Creek
Pend Oreille National Forest
Pend Oreiflie National Forest
Forest Service Mid
Timber Protective Association
Selway
Clearwater
Toronto
Ontario
Lands and Forests Department
Kenora
Redditt
MacIntosh
Canadian National Railway
Lower Manitou Lake
Kahani Lake
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Soperton
Wis
Lakewood
Dread Feud Between Chinese Tongs Begins Again
Zeppelins and airship plans headline a mixed report from a newspaper page detailing Graf Zeppelin’s world flight progress and Milwaukee greetings. The slice notes the craft passing Milwaukee on the final lap, Eckener’s honorary entry, and optimistic views on regular transoceanic airship service. It also highlights passenger impressions of the voyage, the formation of a Graf Zeppelin passenger group, and plans for stronger engines by Hamburg American Line.
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Milwaukee
Graf Zeppelin
Arnold Zeissel
Milwaukee Deutscher Klub
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
Friedrichshafen
William W. Chaben
United Press
New York
Lakehurst
Hage Erkener
Leister Kien
Hamburg-American Dae
Joachim Rickard
Richard
Richard Burke
Los Angeles
Burke
France
Europe
George Crouse
Syracuse
N.Y
Poth
Nelson Morris
Chicago National Guard
Ocean
Publicity urged for all U S interventions in Latin America
Professor Herbert I Priestley of the University of California told delegates that publicity should accompany all United States interventions in Latin American affairs. He warned taxpayers and service members that the hidden interests and indirect effects must be disclosed, and noted mixed U S actions in the Caribbean and concerns over sovereignty.
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State Department
Herbert I. Priestley
University of California Today
Institute of Politics
United States
Profesor Priestly
Caribbean
Priestley
Marichaen
Williamstown
Mass
Log of Zeppelin Flight to Lakehurst NY
The report details a Zeppelin journey from Friedrichshafen Germany to Lakehurst New Jersey with stops over Basel St Louis Barcelonă and Gibraltar. It notes mail drops near Santa Maria Island Azores and positions as the craft circled New York City before landing at Lakehurst naval air station after about nine days and hours of elapsed time.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Basle
Switzerland
St. Louis-Sur-Rhone
France
Mediterranean
Cape de Gata
Spain
Gibraltar
Santa Maria Island
Azores
Barnegat
New York City
Lakehurst Navel Air Station
Ninehy
Governor Kohler plane crashes into tractor in Green Bay
A Green Bay plane carrying Governor Walter Kohler and his party collided with a tractor on Blesch field injuring no one. The governor's plane sustained heavy damage, the propeller broken, and the ship driven into the ground. Pilot Anton Brota aided in the incident and Kohler had been in town to address the Wisconsin Moose convention.
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Green Bay
Wis
U.P
Walter Dj Kohler
Blesch Field
Noone
Oac
Becaue
Kohler
Wisconsin
Moose Haven
Fla
Hearder
J. M. McCoy
Fod du Lac
Ruby Abrams
Oshkosh
Two Day Dedication of Airport Marred by Double Tragedy
Burlington, Ta. A monoplane crash during the two day airport dedication killed pilot Paul A. Strawn 35 Jacksonville and passenger William Shepperd 32 San Francisco or San Diego. The plane side slipped from about 100 feet and burst into flames as spectators watched. Strawn was a WWI aviator with a limited commercial license and Shepperd was a student flyer.
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Burlington
Paul A. Strawn
Jacksonville
William Shepperd
San Francisco
San Diego
Calif
Strawn
Sheppard
Shepperd
Paris Writers Declares War on English Grammar
In Paris a manifesto by modernist American and British writers in Transition declares an intellectual revolt against standard English grammar and syntax. They eschew clear storytelling for playful language, coin new words, and publish them for sound and form, with no effort to unfold plots or convey definite ideas.
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Paris
Seek Disbarment Of Glen Barto Neenah Attorney
The Wisconsin Board of Bar Commissioners seeks disbarment of Glen W Barto a Neenah attorney. The complaint served by the sheriff asks revocation of his license to practice law and requires him to answer within twenty days. The state Supreme Court proceeding names E J Dempsey Oshtosh and others as complainants. Barto admitted to the bar on August 13 1925 has long practiced in Neenah Oshkosh and other Wisconsin courts.
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Glen W. Baro
Nesnah
Board of State Bar Commissioners
Wisconsin
Barto
Sherif
Neenah
State Supreme Court
Alepf
E. J. Dempsey
Oshtosh
Board of
Bar c Comvisioners
F. M. White
Robert
M. Riser
T. W. Brazeau
J. C. Carbus
Stowaway Dangles Above Graf Zeppelin During Atlantic Crossing
A 18 year old baker from Dortmund clung to a rope and dangled in the Graf Zeppelin hangar, then hid in a small room until the voyage ended. Passengers largely ignored him as crew detained him on arrival and immigration authorities moved to deport him from Gloucester, New Jersey.
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Nevin
Brhskow
Ned
Dorthmund
Germany
Atlantic
Dr. Eckmner
Arthur Schneider
Portland
James I. Hughes
Gloucester
N. J
Poison Candy Suspect Faces Arraignment in Kansas
Ottawa Kan ring Pennebaker baker 23 of Diagonal Indiana faced arraignment after confessing to poisoning candy intended for his wife. The candy killed his niece Elva Irene Barnes and sickened two other Barnes children. The suspect admitted making a mistake and offered no motive beyond the confession. The wife saved the candy and only learned of the plan en route to Kansas City.
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Ottawa
Kan
Petiniebaker
Cart
Elva Irene Barnes
GC. Barnes
Pennebaker
Diagonal
Stim
Elva Trene
Work Calls 6 0 P Body to Meet on Sept 9 at Capital
Dr Hubert Work retiring chairman of the Republican national committee calls a meeting in Washington at the Willard hotel on Monday Sept 9 at 10 am The agenda includes election of a chairman a second vice chairman and filling state vacancies plus other business to come before the committee
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Capital
Denver
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Washington
Work
New Willard Hotel
Washington, D.C
State Bank of Orlando Closed by State Banking Dept
The State Bank of Orlando and Trust Company in Orlando Florida failed to open today with a door notice stating it was closed for the protection of depositors and placed in the hands of the state banking department. C Maaser was listed as president.
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Orlando, Fla—t
State Bank of Orlando and Trust Company
Orange County
State Banking Department
Ly, C. Maaser
Cuba restricts aging foreign aircraft and pilots
The Cuban government under President Machado signs an order to end air risks by restricting aging foreign airplanes over Cuba and issuing special licenses for foreign pilots. The decree aims to reduce aviation dangers and improve safety in Cuban airspace.
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Banana—Pi
Vienna inventor Freiherr von Welsbach dies today
Karl Auer Freiherr von Welsbach noted as the Vienna born inventor of the incandescent gas mantle and osmiridium lamps. He resided at Welsbach Castle in Carinthia and held fame for Auer gas lamps.
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Vienna
Karl Auer
Freiherr von
Welsbach
Welsbach Castle
Carinthia
Auer
Sugar Hots Age Ogle For Politicians
Washington figures debate sugar policy as Smoot’s sliding scale bill gains attention. President Hoover’s stance remains unclear but signals show possible support. Borah proposes a 2 cent bounty plan. public hearings set for Wednesday.
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Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Hoaver
United States
Barth
Treasury
Senate Finance
Denswoerdlie Publicity Bureau
Connolly
Texas
Hoover
Raymond Crapper
UPA
Nl Press
Methodist Bishop Answers War Time Food Charge
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist church released a 20000 word statement defending his wartime actions. He details a 4000 loan to buy 625 barrels of flour for Blackstone College, describes rapid disposal within eighteen days, and cites assurances against profiteers. He notes three sons in the U.S. military and his daughter with the YMCA.
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Washington
U.R
James Cannon
Asheville
Blackstone College
United States
Cannon
Plane crash on Saskatchewan River kills two men
Two men died when a plane crashed into the Saskatchewan River on Saturday near Saskatoon. The victims were FE Smith-Marriott, instructor pilot of the Saskatoon Aero Club, and Alfred Johnson, a Norwegian member who had joined that day. Witnesses said the aircraft hit a line of power wires, tearing a wing before diving into the river.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Saskatchewan River
Smith-Marriott
Saskatoon Aero Club
Alfred Johnson
Johnson
Aero Club
Reward sought for widow of slain Fort Worth officer
Detective Sergt. Fred Sack and John Hanrahan requested today that the $1,500 reward due to them for capturing Tenola EB Moore, the suspected slayer of Fort Worth policeman George Turner, be given to the officer's widow. The two detectives arrested Moore last Thursday.
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Chicago
Sergt
Fred Sack
John Hanrahan
Tenola
EB. Moore
George Turner
Fort Worth
Tex
Moore
Six Nations Meet Tomorrow At the Hague
Representatives of six governments gathered to inaugurate a conference at The Hague to apply the Young reparations plan. Key figures include Briand and Snowden as the dispute over distribution and Rheinland evacuation looms, with an observer from the United States. Briand leads French stance while Britain seeks revised percentages.
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The
Hague
Paris
Germany
U. 3
Phillip Snowden
Aristide Briand
Gustav Stresemann
Young Committee
France
Inter[national Bank
Tready
Britain
England
United States
Italy
Ciermany
Briand Deports
Henri iCheron
Finance
Louis Locheur
Pardoned Man Under Arrest Faces Heist Charges
Harry Slupecki, pardoned from Waupun last January by Governor Zimmer Mann, is now charged in a warrant with committing twenty burglaries and obtaining about $2,000. Weather notes mention showers, thunderstorms, and temperature changes across regions with variable winds and partial clearing tonight into Tuesday.
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Milwaukee
Harry Slupecki
Waupun
Zimmer Mann
Lengen
Ran Ug tHy
Erie
Ontario
Michigan
Northwestern
Chicago Tong War Fears After Slayings Spark Chinatown Turmoil
U S authorities moved to avert a tong war following the Chicago killing of a Hip Sing member and a Chinese restaurant owner shooting. On Leong and Hip Sing leaders were summoned as detectives sought to stem a feud feared to echo the 1925 nationwide tong war that killed over seventy.
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New York
United States
Chicago
Charles # Tuttle
Ieader v
China
Tong
Federal
San Francisco
M—Tonggins
Ftr
Yee Sun
Snc
Kar Leong Wong
Chinatown
Boston
Sun
Joe Tuck
Ding Wing
Wong
On Leone Tong
Wong Toy
Toy
Frank May
On Leong
Lee Loy
Hip Sings
Rath Tong
Tongs
On Leongs
Senate committee to probe lobbying in small loans law
Madison hears初 initial hearing as a senate special committee investigates lobbying tied to the small loans law. The probe centers on J M Wilcox of the state industrial commission, a welfare group member who favored retaining the law, with aims to uncover funding used to block repeal.
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Madison. M
Senate
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State Bank
Orlando
von Welsbach
Moses Big
Paul R. Mallon
United Press Staif
Washington, D. Cam
Polihead
New Democratic Publicity Agency
Shenandogh Valley
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