Plane St Raphael still flying toward Ottawa after sighting reports
Reports from Pigou River and St Malo relay sightings of a gray monoplane possibly the St Raphael on a transatlantic route. Capt Sanders’ aircraft, 7000 feet, was initially mistaken for the English plane. no firm identity confirmed. News later notes no radio contact and continued vigil as the voyage nears Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
Pigou River
St. Raphael
Upn
England
Enty
Atlantic
Gulf of St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence River
Sanders
St. Mal
Sane
Leake
St. Joseph
Quebec
St. Rmdlo
Raphael
St. Malo
Sts.Malo
Kerr
Ansperial
New York
Independent Wireless Company
Cunard
Mauretania
Ambrose
Herve Tate
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Tush
Upryon
Imperial ‘Airways ’ Company
London
Ireland
Hamilton
Seven Missing Flyers Named for Honor Scroll
Washington Navy Department to inscribe seven missing San Francisco Hawaii flyers on a scroll of the dead. The list includes Miss M'dred Doran, a Michigan school teacher, as the Pacific search by Rear Admiral John D. McDonald concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
San Francisco-Hawaii
M'dred Doran
Michigan
John. D- McDonald
Monolvia
Bigamy Arrest Tells of Three Wives and Fraud
Richard C. Landis a Kenosha salesman was arrested on charges of bigamy and obtaining money under false pretenses. Police say he married wife No 1 in Los Angeles three years ago, then wed wife No 3 in St Joseph on Aug 4 1927. Wife No 2 lent him 1500 to go to California to prosecute a cafe venture but says he only visited wife No 1.
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Kenosha, Wise
Richard C. Landis
Los Angeles
St. Joseph
Mich
California
Drowning plot tied to $140000 life insurance scheme
Brooklyn police disclosed confessions from Harry Greenberg age 17 and Irving Rubinzahl 22 about a plan to murder 22 year old Benjamin Goldstein to enable his older associate Joseph Lefkowitz 42 East Side hosiery dealer to collect a $140000 life policy. Rubinzahl named Lefkowitz as beneficiary and organizer. Greenberg and Lefkowitz were arrested on homicide charges after the body was found in Gravesend Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Harry Greenberg
Irving”Rushinzahl
Benjamin Goldstein
Joseph Lefkowitz
East Side
Cantry Island
Rubinzahl
Confes~sion
Lefkowitz
Susficious
Gravesend Bay
Gol
Rubinzghlig
Dodd
Greenberg
Leficowitz
Wheat and hay named best crops for the year
Washington report from the agriculture department predicts wheat will be the top crop this season with a substantial exportable surplus. Hay is forecast to set a record, while corn and cotton face difficulties from floods and boll weevils, pushing prices higher and boosting farm purchasing power.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
America
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Will grants life use of auto to widow in Racine
In Racine Wisconsin Mrs Anna Johnson widow of Charles C Johnson a sportsman and builder is bequeathed lifetime use of an automobile. Johnsons will filed today sets estate value at 127000 dollars and directs the trustee to provide the car. Nathalia Holm Johnsons sister and Je Inesha receive 500 dollars Gust Hendrick a foreman gets 500 dollars and the First Baptist Church is left 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Anna Johnson
Charles C. Johnson
Johnson
Nathalia Holm
Je! Inesha
Gust Hendrick
First Baptist Clurch
Radio features Friday's best in 1927 schedule
United Press notes Friday radio features across networks in Central Standard Time. WEAF and WNYC list orchestras and string quartets, Philco hour at 7, with additional programs from WGY Schenectady WHAM and WCY stations.
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United Press
WEAF
WNYC
New York
Kaltaphornys Orchestra
CSRT
Toronto
Hart ‘Hone
Wiz
Philco
WGY
Turkish permit delay holds back Brock and Schlee flight
Detroit aviators Edward J. Brock and William S. Schlee, attempting a around the world flight, were delayed in Constantinople awaiting Turkish authority to fly over territory. They left Belgrade yesterday and hoped to reach Aleppo today en route to Baghdad if permission arrives. Brock denied reports of a second wife.
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Constantinople
Detroit
Fyers
William S. Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Aleppo
Syria
Bagdad
Trak
Gubassy
Berman
Brock
Schlee
Belgrade
Hey
W. G. T. U. NAMES BOSTON AS PLACE OF MEETING
Boston Mass was chosen as the 1928 convention city of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union by the executive committee in Minneapolis Minnesota. The session criticized Gov Al Smith and Senator James E Reed as wets and endorsed bone dry platforms. A telegram from the National Women's Democratic Law Enforcement league was seen as a defeat for Al Smith from within the Democratic party with Mrs Lilian M Mitchener delivering the rebuke at the closing banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Stunted Youth Confesses to Dozens of Thefts in Milwaukee
Sixteen year old Joseph Szopinski, described as stunted in growth, confessed to robbing thirty five places since December. Police note none of the burglaries have been cleared up. Szopinski said he took only cash. In La Crosse two boys at the state school at Sparta escaped in nightwear after being deprived of clothing. They tied sheets to make a rope, rode a box car to Milwaukee, then returned to the school after hunger forced them out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Joseph Szopinski
la Crosse
Wis
Sparta
Terrific hurricane devastates towns across Poland region
Reports from Warsaw describe a powerful hurricane and flood sweeping the Markowoce district and Galicia. Tenes of thousands displaced, dozens dead in mining towns like Boryslay and Buty. Rivers burst banks flooding Stry, Drohobycz oil fields, bridges collapsed, and crops destroyed as towns submerged.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Markowoce
Poland
Galicia
Lemberg
Uio
Galacia
San
Demester
Przemsyl
Boryslay
Buty
Clemb
Stry
Drohobiyez
Drohobycz
Walworth County Girl Wins First Place at State Contest
Lucille Sehinke, 13, from near Elkhorn in Walworth County, tops Wisconsin in district grade schools with 96 in a three-subject contest at the state fair. She receives the American Legion trophy as the smartest girl, with Alice Waiters of Winnebago second and Glen Brecklin of Lafayette third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Lucille
Sehinke
Elkhorn
Walworth County
Wisconsin
American Legion
Alice Waiters
Winnebago County
Glen Brecklin
Lafayette County
Brecklin
Legion
John Callahan
Frank Schneller
Neenah
Milwauker
Boost for Watson in Hamilton County Booster Club
Noblesville Indiana reports a 600 member Hamilton County Republicans booster group forming to back Indiana Senator James E. Watson for the Republican Presidential nomination. The effort aims to mobilize support across the county and amplify Watson’s candidacy within the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Watson
Hamilton County
James FE. Watson
Indiana
Redfern the Aviator Might Have Landed in Brazil
Reports from Para and Santarem say an aviator landed in the Brazilian interior, possibly Paul Redfern, as authorities in Washington seek confirmation. A Santarem dispatch calls the Alemquer report inexact while Alemquer officials monitor the river cable for developments.
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Rio de Janeiro
Aget
Alemquer
Amazon River
Paul Redfern
Redfern
Brunswick
Santarem
The
National Telegraph
Danish Lutherans of State Open Annual Conference at Racine
Bishop Edwin Hughes presided at the forty seventh annual conference of the Norwegian Danish M E church in Racine Wit. Welcoming address by Rev S Fosdal Trinity church. Delegates welcomed by Edward Erickson and response by H A Ofstle. Rev S A Norelmann delivered the sermon. Educational Interests to be addressed by Dr Blaine E Kirkpatrick this afternoon. Gospel meeting tonight by Rev H Falkestad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wit
Edwin
H. Hughes
M. E. Church
S. Fosdal
Trinity Church
Edward Erickson
H. A. Ofstle
S. A. Norelmann
Trinity Church Choir
Blaine E. Kirkpatrick
H.falkestad
Carling and the Windsor hop off for London flight
In Phillipsburg and Kingston Ontario, the Sir John Carling monoplane began its eastward attempt from London Ontario toward London England with Capt. Terry Tully and Lt. James Medcalf piloting. The craft took off at 6:34 p.m. daylight time and planned a stopped route for fuel at Harbor Grace Florida. The Royal Windsor monoplane with Phil Wood and C A Duke Schiller left Walkerville field at 1:15 p.m. on a non stop night flight aiming for Windsor England and planned a wreath drop to memorialize French airmen. The craft portended an early climb to 1500 feet and proceeded eastward with weather favorable.
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Duke” Schiller
Puil- Wood
Stinson
Royal Windsor
Windsor
Ontario
England
Phillipsburg
Que
John Carling
Kingston
London
Ont
Terry
Tully
James
Medcalff
Sir John Carling
Medcair
Herbor
Grace
Medenit
Atlantic
Ed Mulligan
Wright Motor Expert
Charles A. Lindbergh
Richard E. Byrd
Federal Reserve Board notes slowing in July business
The Federal Reserve Board reports a recession in several industries as July and August show declines in employment payrolls and industrial production. Auto and metal industries slowed, iron and steel output dropped to the lowest since 1925, and coal mining was weaker than in the prior two summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
ILPFI
Federal Reserve Board
Smaaller
Inquest to be Held Over Death Near Bay Settlement
A coroner’s inquest was planned in Green Bay Wisconsin today for Mrs. Anton Van Drese Scott of Wisconsin who died after a car driven by her son George left the road and overturned near Bay settlement Wednesday. Officials believe she died from shock.
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Green Bay
Wis
lPi
Anton van Drese
Scott
George
Bay Settlement
Uncertain OCR Weather Note Prompts Mixed Forecast
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions forecast for eastern regions with a chance of showers. The fragment mentions Friday timing, temperatures around 7 am, and possible showery periods, but the text is garbled and lacks clear locations or dates. Entities are few due to OCR errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Tylsas
Associated Presss
Wiscenehn
Milwaukee Man Misplaces Satchel In Restaurant
A Milwaukee resident forgot his traveling bag in a restaurant and, confirming the loss to a police officer, claimed the bag is in the same eatery but he cannot locate the restaurant to retrieve it. The exchange highlights the humorous mix up as the man searches for the misplaced satchel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Tose
Chicago Lockout Extends Across Nation Threatens Theaters
Chicago theater owners and unions clash over pay and staffing as a city lockout spreads to Danville Moline Davenport and Los Angeles. Musicians unions in Washington and other areas threaten strikes as film exchanges refuse to rent to noncooperating houses. Arm exchanges feared as courts may be asked for injunctions while a few theaters still run amid limited capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Jockout
Danvill
Ieland So
Los Angeles
Musicians’ Union
Washington
D. C
Hottses
Mim
Evanston
Youth Escapes Train Near Moravia Wisconsin
A youth handcuffed from Douglas County Wisconsin escaped from Deputy Sheriff Wilson as the 2 Wabash train neared Moravia Iowa. A Wisconsin license plate led authorities to St. Charles Missouri where he was held on auto theft charges after trying to cross a toll bridge without paying. A posse searched Moravia and nearby areas but only found the fugitive’s cap.
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Centerville
Southern Town
Wilson
Douglas County
Wisconsin
Moravia
St. Charles
Chicago Rail Yard Blaze Engulfs Boxcars In Night Fire
A massive fire at a Chicago railroad yard sent smoke miles across the river, hampering firefighters as walls collapsed and embers sparked dozen of minor roof fires along the riverfront. Firefighters fought for hours, with one truck deployed to guard risk areas and additional engines rushing to the scene.
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Chicago Railroad ‘Company
Fatlwa
Ayts
Bay Street
Fred Lambert
Chicago
Northwestern
Tanway
Bensons
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Boston
Transatlantic
Walworth
Winnebago
Lutherans OF State
Carling
Nation
Northwern Rodd
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