Graf Zeppelin prepares Pacific flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles
Graf Zeppelin refueled and stocked for a 5,400 mile Pacific crossing from Kasumigaura to Los Angeles. Dr Eckener and officers expected at 2 a m Thursday with passengers to follow by train. Navy mooring arranged in Tacoma in case the voyage continues. Stores include champagne and wines aboard.
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Kasumigaura
Japan
Los Angeles
Pacific
Tokyo
Eckener
Graf
Hugo Eckener
Naval Air Station
Here
Atrsmp
Pacifi
Germany
Pacific Ocean
Tacoma
Navy
R . Shaw
Water boy king envies rival as Kabul braces for siege
Habibullah Khan, the water boy king of Afghanistan, grows despondent as Nadir Khan challenges him for the throne. Reports say anyone naming Nadir Khan will be nailed to a wall and blown from a cannon. Rebel tribesmen captured a general and staff, then boiled them in oil. Nadir Khan is said to command 16,000 men besieging Gardez while Habibullah’s forces desert. He reportedly prepares three defensive trench lines for Kabul.
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Peshawar
British India
Habibullah Khan
Bacho Sakan
Afghanistan
Nadir Khan
Habibullah
Gardez
Kabul
Milwaukee Communist Is Sent Back to Milwaukee
Joel Schneider of Milwaukee, one of thirteen communists arrested after a Saturday night demonstration in Racine, Wis, was ordered sent back to Milwaukee after his case was dismissed today.
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Racine
Wis
Joel Schneider
Milwaukee
Norma Terris Wed Dr. Jerome Wagner in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills reports Norma Terris a stage and screen actress, married yesterday to Dr. Jerome Wagner of New York. The couple honeymooned locally and plan to return to New York after the bride finishes a film project.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Norma Terris
Jerome Wagner
New York
Federal agents raid four Menominee saloons in liquor violation sweep
Menominee Michigan reports four soft drink parlors padlocked after federal agents posing as tie peelers served notices. Saloonkeeper Mike Stauber was arrested on liquor law violation charges yesterday.
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Menominee, Mich
U.P
Menominee
Mike Stauber
American in Paris Pilot Lands Wrecked Plane in English Woods
Guyler, an American resident in Paris, crash landed a four seat French monoplane in Titsey woods near Elkhart Lake. He said fog forced the landing. both he and passenger Jean Block, a French air force reserve pilot, escaped unharmed after the wreck.
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Oxted
Surrey
England
Parton Guyler
Paris
Titsey Woods
Guyler
Cuyler
Jean Block
Prescott accuses Progressives of abusing state funds in Madison
Milwaukee Assemblyman Frank L. Prescott charged that three Progressive groups used the state trust and investment fund for political ends for years. He urged reconsideration of a bill for a state annuity and investment board and warned losses could exceed 875000. He displayed a map tracing loans from the teachers retirement, soldiers rehabilitation, and insurance funds to show bias toward Progressive counties. He faulted former Senator Harry Santhoff and Assemblyman J D Miller for seeking to shield the investment board in their interim report.
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Madison
Frank L. Prescott
Milwaukee
State Trust and Investment Fund
Assembly
Herman Boldt
Frank T. Prescott
Assembly Today
State Trust and Investment
Milwaukee Journal
Prescott
Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Soldiers’ Rehabilitation Fund
Insurance Fund
Harry Santhoff
J. D. Miller
Investment Board
Death Follows Raid On New Jersey Cornfield
In Somerville New Jersey a 12 year old boy was shot to death another boy fatally wounded and a girl shot in both legs at the Blue Ribbon farm near town owners Grover and Craig Hoffman were held by state police with no charges yet. The dead boy John Kolesar died from a shotgun blast. Helen Klementovich 14 and her brother Joseph were hospitalized with critical injuries. Troopers said the shots came from a shotgun fired from a wooded area near the corn field.
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Somerville
N. J
Blue Ribbon
Grover
Craig Hoffman
John Kolesar
Helen Klementovich
Joseph
American entry readied for test speed flight at Annapolis
Mercury Racer Lieut. Alford J Williams was lowered to the water from the Santee dock at the naval academy today and prepared for a test flight as the American entry for the Schneider cup races.
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Annapolis
Alford J. Williams Watts
Santee Dock
Naval Academy
Must Wash Hands Before Answers On Ventura Driver Tests
Applicants for automobile drivers licenses in Ventura must wash their hands before answering questions on new California examination forms. Captain Kenneth Murphy of the state traffic patrol ordered soap and water after finding several applicants who could not read English had coded answers on their fingernails. Local weather notes follow with scattered showers and cooler conditions expected.
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Ventura
Calif
California
Kenneth Murphy
State Traffic Patrol
Sun God Flight Returns After 7500 Mile Nonstop Trek
Spokane Sun God lands at Felts Field after five days and 7500 miles of nonstop refueled flight across the continent. Pilots Lieut. Nick Mamer and Art Walker, greeted by a large crowd and a Hoover message, said they could continue but were ordered down. The journey, aided by eight refuelings, surpassed previous long nonstop ranges and highlighted practical aviation refueling under varied conditions.
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Spokane
Wash
Sun God
Nick Mamer
Art Walker
National Air Derby Association
Mamer
Walker
Hoover
Lakehurst
Tokyo
Neaimer
San Francisco
Rock Springs
Wyo
North Platte
Cleveland
New York
Mamet
St. Paul
Miles City
Mont
Namer
Missouri
Kenosha Store Robbed by Three Armed Men
In Kenosha Wisconsin three robbers entering Wallace Brothers general store with revolvers forced two proprietors and three customers to lie down. They took between 500 and 600 dollars and fled north in a car. A witness group of local children alerted police after which officers found the robbers had emptied the safe cash register and wallets.
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Kenosha
Wis
Wallace Brothers
Mobilization of Soviet Far East Armies Reported
London dispatch says Soviet and Chinese factions clash verbally over Manchuria but Soviet forces are quietly mobilizing. General Blucher leads reorganized units with corps at Novosibirsk Irkutsk and Kharbarvelk, shifting to frontier stance. Martial law declared in eastern China amid rail and border tensions.
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London
London Daily Mail
Dairen
Liatung Peninsula
Blucher
Gallen
Secorbernth
Novosibyrsk
Eighteenth
Irkutsk
Lapis
Nineteenth
Kharbarnvelk
Korohot
Nitikin
Red Army
the Mail
Russia
Shanghai
Lachung News Agency
Harbin
China
Raiway
Kirin
Karin
Responsibility for small loans report taken by Commons
Madison U P Full responsibility for the citizens committee report recommending retention of the small loan law is assumed today by Prof John R Commons University of Wisconsin economist. He testified before the senate committee investigating lobbying and defeating repeal of the Swans law and told Lieut Gov Henry A Huber the report reflects his opinions and findings. He said he checked and revised Blackburn's work and that the final draft represented his own views as revised by other influential citizens.
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Madison
U.P
Citizens’ Committee
John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
Commons
Senate
Henry A. Huber
Huber
Burr Blackburn
Georgia Social
Industrial Leaders’ Association
Blackburn
Britain Presses New Offer to Save Reparations Talks
The nations and experts clash over the value of a Young plan compromise as Britain demands 20 to 30 percent of claims while France Belgium Italy and Japan push for 40 to 60 percent. Brussels reports flag potential evacuation tied to The Hague talks and Belgium’s stance on occupying the third zone faces objections amid nationalist sentiment.
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France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Great Britain
Britain
Oiffer
Philip Snowdsen
Belgum
Philip Snowdenn
Patis
Hague
Paris
Foninion
Geneva
Joague J Assembly
Philip Snowden
Briand
Brussels
Rhineland
Germany
National tribute planned for aviatrix Miss Crosson
Cleveland air race honors Miss Marvel Crosson, dead in the women’s air derby. The National Exchange Club sponsors will hold memorial services at about 400 clubs and a 30 second pause will mark the opening ceremonies at Cleveland airport. A vacant seat will be reserved for her at the banquet where the women are honored at race’s end.
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Cloveland
Marvel Crosson
Cleveland
Two Swiss youths lose transatlantic flight from Lisbon
Oscar Kacsar and Kurt Luescher, youngest and least experienced to attempt Lisbon to New York, vanish after their Farman plane circling Terceira Island Azores. No word from Halifax or Cape Race. weather overcast with heavy fog hampers search. The craft carried no radio and had minimal survival gear.
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Yvork
Oscar Kacsar
Kurt Luescher
New York
Lisbon
Werra
Azores
Praia Victoria
Terceira Island
Cape Race
Nowoundland
Halifax
Vaust
Atlantic
Bremen
Barna von Waenefeld
James Fitzmaurice
Herman Koehl
James Kimball
New York Weather Bureau
Luescher
Kacour
Tuscher
Mariner
Forges Small Check to Plan Quick Marriage
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin youth John Prochaska aged 21 forged a $24 check by copying a local coal dealer's name to fund a marriage, cashed it at a clothing store, and was arrested in Knapp after heading toward Hudson. County Judge Dayton FE. Cook sentenced him to one year in the Green Bay reformatory, with restitution promised.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
John Prochaska
Dayton FE
Cook
Green Bay Reformatory
Prochaska
Hudson
Knapp
Warship dispatched to quell Maya uprising in Quintana Roo
Mexico City dispatch via El Universal reports the warship Anahuac sailing from Vera Cruz with troops to quell Maya uprisings in Quintana Roo on the Yucatan peninsula. Indicated cause centers on dissatisfaction with wages of chicle gatherers amid periodic unrest in the region.
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Mexico City
Rpi
el Universal
Vera Cruz
Anahuac
Quintana Roo
Yucatan Peninsula
Corpse Found Near Kenosha In Ditch Near Interurban Right Of Way
The badly decomposed body of a woman aged 25 to 30 was found in an eight foot ditch near Birch road along the Milwaukee Racine and Kenosha interurban line about two miles north of Kenosha. Coroner A B Schmitz said death could be from murder or accident hidden by the placement of the body. A brown skirt and spotted blouse were worn, with pearls and a green bracelet found. Police investigated missing persons and noted possible match with Mary Klesczeyski, missing a month. Jewelry and a bottle of whiskey were found nearby. authorities suspected a struggle.
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Kenosha
Wis
Birch Road
Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha
Were
A. B. Schmitz
Worlamen
Mary Klesczeyski
A. Schmus
Nick Ollo
George O'Mara
Milwaukee
Reine
QUTAGAMIE SHERIFF TO FACE HEARING ON PERJURY CHARGE
Sheriff Fred Gelse, under investigation for his official conduct and who pleaded not guilty to an information accusing him of attempting to commit perjury, will have a hearing September 19, ruled Judge Theodore Berg. The hearing was initially set for today. Gelse allegedly tried to influence three witnesses who testified during a prior inquiry into his conduct.
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Appleton
Fred Gelse
Theodore Berg
Geise
Hurler Goes Home to Finish Season at Full Pay
Louis-Grover Cleveland, veteran St. Louis Cardinal, buried to the press, was sent to St. Paul Nebraska today for the remainder of the season at full pay. He was not suspended.
Hutchinson Leads Western Open With 69 At Milwau kee
Williard Hutchinson fired a 69 at Ozaukee Country Club to lead the Western Open, with Harry Wampton opening subpar through the front nine. The report notes early birdies and an eagle, highlighting Hutchinson’s showcase round amid ongoing tournament action.
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Hutchinson
Williard Hutchinson
Ozaukee Country Club
Milwaukee
Harry Wampton
Wild ride ends with woman held at farm near Elkhart Lake
Lloyd Miller, 28, accused of kidnapping Mrs. Clara Brandon, 31, and forcing her from Buffalo, North Dakota to his farm home near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Mrs Brandon, with her two week old baby, escaped and alerted authorities after a forced automobile ride that lasted days. Federal probes yielded state charges. Miller waived extradition and awaits transfer to Cass County authorities.
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Lloyd Miller
Jau
Sheboygan
North Dakota
Wis
Clara Brandon
Elkhart Lake
Buffalo
Cass County
N. D
Miller
Brandon
California
Montana
Wisconsin
Elkhart
Fargo
Ride
Tasche
Sheboygan County
Richards
Casspoint
Morehead
Minn
Muirry
Pajamas Banned From Local Ballroom Dance
Little Rock officials move to bar a pajama themed dance with Sheriff Cook declaring pajamas inappropriate party attire. Protesting women's clubs urged action while promoters threaten legal challenge to block interference and allow the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Eb, G. Sheffner
R. A. Cook
Sherif Cook
Bremen Still Queen of Seas Sets New Eastbound Record
Plymouth England The British steamship Mauretania arrived after four days seventeen hours forty nine minutes to surpass the eastward crossing record set by the German Bremen. The Bremen had previously completed four days fourteen hours and thirty minutes.
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Plymouth
England
Cunard
Descendant of William Penn Seeks License to Wed
Charles Penn, 82, who said he is a descendant of William Penn, filed for a license to wed 73 year old Annie M. Farrell in Los Angeles. Penn, a retired Nebraska rancher from Custer County, said he first met Farrell fifty two years ago and recently renewed the acquaintance.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Charles Penn
William Penn
Annie M. Farrell
Penn
Custer County
Nebraska
Parerells
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