Night Air Mail Links Chicago With New York
Des Moines becomes a regular coast to coast air mail stop as night flights begin between Chicago and New York. The 774 mile route uses beacon lights and 150 large searchlights to guide pilots over a lit course. Vice-President Dawes announced the eastbound launch from Maywood Field amid ceremonies with Mayor Dever and other officials.
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Des Moines
Transcontinental Air Mail
Chicago
New York
Charles G. Dawes
Maywood Field
John Coolidge
Plymouth
WHT
Grace George
William B. Dever
Paul Henderson
Arthur ©. Lueder
Air Mall
Dawes
Defense Day Broadcast Reaches Nation in World War Era
Acting Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis General John L. Hines and General John J. Pershing joined W. B. Gifford of AT and T in a nationwide Defense Day radio event. Reports from nine corps areas confirmed success with about 7,000 localities involved and an estimated 30 million listeners.
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Dwight F. Davis
John L. Hines
United States Army
John J. Pershing
W. 8. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
War Department
Davis
Army
U S Favors Prompt Action On Rights In China
Washington officials signal early convening of the International Commission at the Washington Arms Conference to study replacing extraterritorial rights with a Chinese judicial system. Inquiries reach Dr Sze and John Van A. MacMurray as July approaches in Peking. No formal step yet. Chinese government likely to call the meeting. Concurrently, Danville printer Frank D Sullivan is discharged after arrest over alleged arson of the Danville Banner. Dispatches report floods in Galicia and Teschen causing 300000 homeless and $2 million needed in relief.
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Washington
International Commission
China
Sze
Kellogg
John van A. MacMurray
Peking
Danville, Ill
Frank D. Sullivan
Middle West
Marion
Ind
Danville
Speeding Locomotive Jumps Rails Twice Near Cumberland
The American, a Pennsylvania Railroad New York to St Louis train, derailed two miles west of Cumberland while near 60 mph. The locomotive and tender left and rejoined the tracks after plowing ties. Officials cite two broken drive shafts as cause. No injuries. service resumed after about an hour delay.
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Indianapolis
Ind
New York
St. Louis
Chicago Bandits Seize $150,000 in Downtown Jewelry Heist
Two robbers bound jeweler Fred J. Gottlieb and two others in the Republic Building salesroom on the four teenth floor. They escaped with unset diamonds valued at about $150,000 and bonds, taking keys to safety deposit boxes at a downtown bank. Detectives rushed to secure the vaults. Gottlieb is a diamond importer.
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Chicago
Ill
Fred J. Gottlieb
Republic Building
Central Business District
Gottlieb
Santa Barbara Seeks 22 Million Fund for Reconstruction
Santa Barbara leaders outline a reconstruction program after a major earthquake. Facing 20 to 25 million dollars in losses, they plan a 20 million dollar reconstruction loan and a 2 million dollar earthquake aid fund, with banking chiefs seeking finance from national clearing houses.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Pacific Coast
Santa Barbara Clearing House Association
Washington Class 1 Railroads Pay Record Taxes in 1924
The Bureau of Railway Economics reports Washington Class 1 railroads paid 340,342,000 in federal and state taxes in 1924, the highest total yet. Taxes rose 2.5 percent from 1928 and 187 percent versus 1913, with an average daily tax of 929,896. Per 100 of operating revenue, 5.80 went to taxes, 80 percent to state governments and 73,367,510 to the federal government.
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Washinton
Bureau of Railway Economics
Shipment Loss Claims Decline in Early Year Freight
Claims from loss or damage to railroad freight shipments in the first quarter were smaller relative to traffic than any similar period on record, per reports published by the American Railway Association.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Jewels for War Debt Urged in Italy
Rome newspaper Impero urges Italians to donate all jewelry to the government to raise gold for a large share of the war debt to the United States. The article calls on Fascists nationwide to popularize the idea.
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Rome
Impero
United States
Italy
Panama Canal Toll Receipts for Fiscal Year
The Panama Canal toll receipts for the year ending June 30 totaled 21,400,023 dollars, 2,890,440 dollars less than the previous year’s receipts.
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Panama Canal
Panama
France Plans to Pay War Debt and Lead Delegation
France moves to fund its 4 billion dollar war debt to the United States and may send a delegation led by Finance Minister Caillaux to Washington. A first meeting with the American War Debt Commission is expected in September, contingent on France balancing its budget by late July.
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Caillaux
Washington
United States
France
Mellon
Treasury Department
Daescher
Foreign Office
American War Debt Commission
Austen Chamberlain
London
England
Paris
Chamberlain
Kellogg
American Debt Commission
Herriott
Miners Demand 10 Percent Raise and Two Year Pact
In Scranton 158 000 anthracite workers backed a two year contract from September 1 with a 10 percent raise for contract miners and an extra dollar daily for day men. They seek uniform day rates, operator provision of pneumatic drills, and payment for dead work. Negotiations will begin at Atlantic City with possible mine suspensions on September 1.
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Scranton
Ambassador
Atlantic City
Andrew Mattey
District 7
International
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Feudists’ disappearance ends as men found on mountain
Dr Mason and Lawrence Bowman, said to be feudists, were missing 11 days after their car showed bloodstains. They were found chained to a tree on Signal Mountain by James Thomas and a German police dog. Sheriff doubts the feud story and vows a full inquiry.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
W. D. Maston
Lawrence Bowman
Signal Mountain
James Thomas
Sam Godsey
Tom Selman
Bowman
Godsey
Mason
Dr. Mason
Jim Thomas
Thomas
Lawrence
Joe Willis
Men Die Jumping From East River Bridges
Two men leaped from East River bridges during an apparent suicide attempt. One unidentified man aged 85, about 220 pounds, died on a nearby pier shortly after the leap while resisting rescuers.
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New York
Record Cuban sugar crop sets output at six million tons
Cuba reports a record sugar harvest for the year with total output of 6,100,000 tons. The Department of Agriculture estimates planters received about 128,879,000 dollars in revenue.
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Havana
Cuba
Department of Agriculture
French Gold Basis Loan Approved Amid War Finance Plans
Paris councils ministers approve a new gold basis loan exchange for National Defense bonds due this year. An organizing committee led by Under Secretary George Bonnet plans a Liberty Loan style drive. Bonds are perpetual with 4 percent interest and redeemed at par on sterling 95. Dr Percy Norton Evans, Purdue chemistry head for 25 years, dies at West Lafayette after months of illness Nephritis named cause.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
George Bonnet
United States
Caillaux
Percy Norton Evans
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
West Lafayette
Evans
Auto Racer Killed on Atlanta Track
Atlanta racer H. Taylor of Macon died in the Fourth of July meet at Lakewood track when his car crashed through the barrier on the stretch. Officials reported the fatal accident occurred instantly.
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Atlanta
Taylor
Macon
Lakewood Track
Crossword Style Word Puzzle Clues With Mixed Definitions
A list of horizontal and vertical clues covering varied wordplay. Entries include Brilliancy of success or effort, a seat of education, a cry of surprise, and clues for fabrics, metals, animals, and places. The puzzle ends with note that the solution will appear in the next issue.
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Rhode Island
How to Solve a Crossword Puzzle Guide
Instructional guide explains filling white spaces with words placed horizontally and vertically. Numbers mark first letters for each word, with definitions below. Words fill until a black square, no letters in black spaces, and only dictionary words used except proper names. Abbreviations slang initials and obsolete forms noted in definitions.
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Board ON Rights
Warsaw
Galicia
Teschen
Tennessee
Nova Scotia
Fiz
Iolat
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