Tragic Sinking of San Juan Claims Many Lives
The San Juan sank off Pigeon Point near San Francisco after a collision with the oil tanker S C T Dodd in dense fog. Fifty plus passengers and crew were aboard. rescues by Dodd and Munami saved twenty-seven and ten respectively, with many others feared lost. Captain Adolph F. Asplund went down with his ship, while the Munami reported Asplund down.
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George D. Crissey
United Press
San Francisco
Forhorns
San Juan
Pacific
Los Angeles
S. C. T. Dodd
Manami
California
Golden Gate
Adolph F.asplund
Pigeon Point
Captain Asplund
Captain Winkle
Captain Asnlund
Carolyn
Renewed 25000 Mile Endurance Flight Starts Again
Capt Ira K Baker and copilot Lieut Bernard Thompson resume the Shuttle flight from Oakland to New York City to set a new linear distance endurance record. The plane was rebuilt after a refueling accident and a damaged top wing spar, with backing by Boeing United States Post Office and the Army to test long distance air mail refueling feasibility.
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Cleveland
Ira K. Baker
Baker
Bernard Thompson
Oakland
Calif
New York City
Newton Longfellow
Boeing Aircraft Company
United States Post Office Department
Madison Legislature Seeks Early Adjournment After Tariff Vote
Deputy sheriffs search the state fair grounds as the legislature aims to finish business by midnight and vote on final adjournment planned for September 14. If senatory return, two minor appropriation bills could seal the session tonight, with a possible formal return on Sept. 14.
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Madison
Milwaukee
Sinc
Arabs Call for Unified Revolt Amid Palestine Riots
Leaders across Arab nations urged tribes to unite against Jews in Palestine and Western dominance as casualties rise. Reports say about 1,000 dead in Palestine with clashes involving Muslims Christians and Jews, while British authorities list 152 killed and 263 wounded through Aug. 28.
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Beirut
Syria
U.A
Palestine
Holy Land
Omar
Jerusalem
United Press
Colonial Office
London
Beisan
Arsalan
Cairo
Egypt
Tulkeram Jenin
Nablus
John Chancellor
Isaac Ben Zvi
Jewish Defense Corps
England
Cobbie
Jewish National Council
British Colonial Office
Milwaukee to Grand Rapids Air Commute Plan Unveiled
Milwaukee and Grand Rapids become termini for a new trans lake airline. The service starts Sunday with ten ride commute tickets offered at a reduced rate from single ride passes.
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Milwaukee
Trans-Lake
Grand Rapids
Mich
Newborm Senate Tackles Compromise Gasoline Tax
Madison debates a compromise gasoline tax bill aimed at appeasing all sides of the fuel tax dispute. The plan calls for a 4-cent tax with allocations to personal property tax relief, road construction, and local roads. It estimates local road funds rising to 3,836,000 and statewide roads at 5,559,250, with snow removal and county returns, all designed to balance through and local needs.
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Madison
Senate
Finance Committee
Tragic double slaying on Cliff Drive shocks Kansas City
Police investigate the murders of Ruth Laughlin a 24 year old woman found beaten and strangled near Cliff Drive and Paul L O Dell a 19 year old railroad clerk shot to death nearby. A torn letter postmarked Oklahoma links the pair in a fatal late night drive.
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Kansas City
Ruth Laughlin
Cliff Drive
Paul L. O'Dell
O'Dell
O'Delleft
Chicago plane soars for WEFK in the air
Endurance flight at Sky Harbor continues as the Chicago We Will covers 161 hours in the air led by pilots Russell Mossman and E Steele. The craft aims to beat a 421 hour refueling endurance record set by the St. Louis Robin while ground crews report a smooth motor.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Sky Harbor
Russell Mossman
E. Steele
Firing Contests Postponed at National Rifle Matches
Camp Ferry O Pi The Sobel trophy pistol team and individual pistol matches were moved to tomorrow due to delays finishing the small arms firing school. Juvenile matches concluded with four targets per entrant in their hardest round yet. 82 youths aged 12 to 18 competed in prone, sitting, kneeling positions. Arthur Ferguson 17 of Macon GA won class A with 288, Bradford Wiles 14 of Chicago won class B with 281. Fire from the standing position was added in today’s events.
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Camp Ferry
O—Pi
Arthur W. Ferguson
Macon
Bradford Wiles
Chicago
Income Tax Bill Clears Assembly Goes To Governor
The Wisconsin legislature sent the Hitt substitute tax bill to Governor Kohler after a 12 to 11 senate vote. The measure raises state income tax revenue by about 250 thousand dollars, eliminates the three year average plan, and increases rates for higher incomes while maintaining caps. Additional measures include refusals to reconsider gasoline tax bills and aid for mothers pensions, with various debates on funding and appropriations.
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Madison
Kohler
Senate
Assemblyman Hitt
Ben Gettelman
Robert Caldwell
Charles W. Hutchison
Daggett-Kohler
Assembly
Eastman
Duncan-Blanchard
Finance Committee
Prescott
Capitol
Primary School Fund To Be Distributed Across Michigan
A $20,000,000 primary school fund will be distributed to Michigan school districts on a per capita basis of about $15.70. State Superintendent of Public Instruction reports district allocations by multiplying district census by the per capita amount. Michigan school population is 1,274,443.
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Lansing
Mich
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Department of Public Instruction
Michigan
Lifeboat inventor Captain Lindin dies at 60 in Flushing
New York Captain Andreas Petrus Lundin inventor of the Lun din lifeboat died of heart disease at his Flushing home. He was 60 and born in Sweden. He settled in the United States as a marine engineer and designed lifesaving equipment for ships. His widow Martha Gottic and two sons survive.
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New York
Andreas Petrus Lundin
Lundin
Flushing
Sweden
Lindin
Martha Gottic
Lawrence Gottic
German Savings and Loan Society
San Francisco
Plane Reaches 350 MPH In Calshot Practice
At Calshot England Flying Officer Atcherly piloted the Supermarine S 6 during a morning practice dive. After twenty minutes he nosed down to flatten out and roared along the three kilometer Schneider cup course at speeds near 350 miles per hour watched by the Italian Schneider team atop Calshot Castle.
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Calshot
England
Atcherly
Calshot Castle
High Court Reverses Convictions Against Lane and Kime
The United States Court of Appeals in St. Louis reversed the four year prison terms and convictions for Thomas J. Lane and Ernest L. Kime, promoters of the International Motor Transit Company, who were charged with using the mails to defraud. A new trial was ordered on technical errors amid allegations no trucks or equipment were delivered after collecting thousands from customers.
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St. Louis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Thomas J.lane
Ernest L. Kime
High Court
Lane
Kime
International Motor Transit Company
Laws
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Post Office
Eckener feted in New York after Graf Zeppelin voyage
Dr. Hugo Eckener commander of the Graf Zeppelin arrives in New York amid a tumultuous welcome. Police line the Battery to Broadway while crowds and office workers fill windows. Mayor James J. Walker presents a scroll praising his air voyage and future transport impact. Lansing luncheon at the Hotel Astor follows city hall.
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New York
Hugo Eckener
Jersey Shore
Los Angeles
Eckener
Washington
Lakehurst
National Broadcasting Company
City Hall
Broadway
Times Square
Hotel Astor
Gun Found in Dead Man's Gulch Ties to Alfred Packer Slayings
In Lake City Colorado a gun and matches were found in Dead Man's Gulch near Slum Gullion. The revolver is linked to Alfred Packer, convicted of killing five miners in 1873 during a cannibalism case that gripped the region. Packer died last year after spending decades in prison.
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Lake City
Colo
Packer
Los Pinas
Ami
Assembly Sustains Three Kohler Vetoes
The assembly sustained Gov. Walter J. Kohler's vetoes of three major bills. County clerk auto license bills were vetoed 53 to 16. The Kettle Moraine park bill was upheld 55 to 13 and the Northern Lakes park veto was sustained 53 to 14.
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Madison
Assembly
Walter J. Kohler
Secretary of State’s Department
Navy dirigible Los Angeles sighted at Lakehurst station
The navy airship Los Angeles retrimming from Cleveland races was seen at Lakehurst shortly after 11 AM. Lieut. Com. H. V. Wiley, its skipper, said he would fly to Flemington about 15 miles east for a fair and cruise the state until late afternoon.
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Lakehurst
Navy
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Navel
H. V. Wiley
Flemington
Sith Ata
Wright and Hill Top Western Women’s Tennis Tourney
Kathleen Wright of Los Angeles led Mrs. Gregg Lifar of Cleveland by two holes at the halfway mark in the women’s Western tournament semi-finals. Peggy Wattles held a 3 2 edge over Mrs. 0 5 in their match. Wright was one under par for nine holes.
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Cleveland
Kathleen Wright
Los Angeles
Gregg Lifar
Kansas City
Peggy Wattles
Miss Wright
Grain Marketing Plan Aims to Aid Growers
Washington D C Chairman Alexander Legge of the Federal Farm Board says a $20,000,000 national grain marketing organization is taking shape with cooperative associations ready to admit new members. The board will loan ten cents on open grain and storage grain, and progress is described as gradual across many states. Legge hopes the steps slow grain movement to market and notes foreign buyers have not been in a rush this summer.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Chicago
Farm Board
Legge
Search at La Crosse for Slayer of Girl
La Crosse Wisconsin becomes center of a manhunt for the slayer of 43 year old Dorothy Aune. Minneapolis detectives joined the search, suspecting a blue sedan sighted near the crime scene may hide in the area.
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Search AT LA
la Crosse
Wis
Dorothy Aune
Prohibition Agent Dropped From Service in Midwest
Chicago four William D. Striker formerly a prohibition agent in Illinois and Iowa was dropped from the rolls for administrative reasons. Striker had been stationed at Springfield Illinois and Des Moines Iowa and was discharged June 30 last.
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Chicago
Wiliam D. Striker
Illinois
Iowa
Striker
Springfield
Des Moines
League Council Opens Its Session Today With Persian Prince
The fifty sixth session of the League of Nations Council convenes privately with Prince Ali Pahlavi of Persia presiding. It will meet in conjunction with the assembly and discuss current questions during the period.
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League Council
Geneva
Council of the League
Assembly of the League
Ali Peroughi
Persia
Mexico Seeks Less Drastic Immigration Procedure
Mexico City reports the government is negotiating with the United States to ease immigration enforcement affecting Mexican citizens. Thousands have been deported recently for not meeting requirements.
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Mexico City
Department of Forerm
State Department
Washington
United States
Hoover aims to push tariff bill delaying other business
Washington plans show administration leaders plan to push the tariff bill through the senate before December, delaying non urgent nominations. Farm board members likely to be sent next week with confirmation expected amid pushback from Senator Brookhart. Diplomatic and judicial appointments may be withheld. over 500 diplomatic applications exist. Watson of Scranton rumored for Pennsylvania middle district seat, Sparks considered for eighth circuit. White Senate aide named to France post, Edge sought on finance committee. A joint committee to study unifying prohibition enforcement is stalled by tariff work.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington, DC. C
Senate
Hoover
Farm Board
Itt
Brookhart
Towa
Albert L. Watson
Scranton
Middle District
Pennsylvania
Watson
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Anderson
Indiana
Will Sparks
Rushville
Department of Justice
Jersey
France
Edge
Kohler Signs Reis Bill Expands Utility Taxation
Governor Kohler signs the Reis bill broadening state income tax to public utilities beyond railroads and requiring multi district gas, water, electric, and steam utilities to be taxed at the state rate instead of local rates.
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Madison
Kohler
General Charles King Injured in Auto Accident
Milwaukee as Gen. Charles King 84 renowned Wisconsin military figure sustained non life threatening injuries after being struck by an automobile. Doctors expect him to remain in bed for three or four days while he recovers in his room. He turns 85 on October 12.
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Milwaukee
Charles King
Wisconsin
General King
Wisconsin Firemen's Association to Meet in Two Rivers
The Wisconsin Paid Firemen's association will meet in Two Rivers Wisconsin in 1930. At the closing session of the 1929 convention, officers were chosen with Richard Widman of Madison as president James Kublic of Manitowoc as vice president William Schultz as secretary treasurer Otto F Smithers of Sheboygan to serve on the executive committee and fond du lac member.
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Kenosha
Wis
Wisconsin Paid Firemen's Association
Two Rivers
Yester
Richard Widman
Madison
James Kublic
Manitowoc
William Schultz
Sheboygan
Otto F. Smithers
Fond Au Lao
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Henry Ford
Herbert Hoover, Jr
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G. R. Howson
High Court OF Appeals
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Toronto
Clarence A. Ross
Brooklyn
Lyle S. Hubbard
Teledo
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