Transoceanic Flight Tragedy Looms as Old Glory Vanishes
News review details the disappearance of the Mohoplane Old Glory from Old Orchard Maine during a nonstop attempt to Rome. Pilots Lloyd Bertad James D Hill and passenger Philip A Payne are missing after radio contact ceased near Newfoundland. Other flights continue despite peril as Schlee and Brock pursue a globe circling record, and Charles Evans Hughes returns from France amid presidential speculation.
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New York Mirror
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Ont
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Brock
Detroit
Constantinople
Calcutta
Rangoon
Hongkong
Tokyo
Hawaii
Midway Island
San Francisco
Pacific
Funna
Spain
Eureo River
Venezuela
Redfern
Rum running indictments for New England coast guardsmen
Federal grand jury in Boston indicted five guardsmen and six other men in a rum running conspiracy. Accusations include fixed payments per case landing and coast guard boats aiding landings. One defendant was executive officer of the East Boston coast guard base. Separately New Brunswick ended eleven years of prohibition with liquor stores opened under government control and no purchase permits required. Prohibition leader Wayne Wheeler died in Battle Creek after kidney treatment. The Anti-Saloon League awaits new leadership with possible replacements for Wheeler.
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Coast Guard
New Brunswick
Canada
Prohibition
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Battle Creek
Mich
Columbus
Ohio
Wheeler
League
Dunford
President Coolidge departs after brief Black Hills visit
President Calvin Coolidge leaves Rapid City after a quiet week in the Black Hills. He thanks residents for hospitality at the station before his eastward trip, where he will tackle taxes, ambassadors, naval plans and other issues. He dedicated the Lincoln Sylvan theater in Brookings en route to Washington.
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Black Hills
Washington
White House
Rapid City
Brookings, M. C
Lincoln Sylvan Theater
Agriculture
Persian Shiites observe old rite in secrecy in Constantinople
In Stamboul, about 1,000 Persian residents defied a government ban to stage an annual mourning ritual for Hassan and Hussein. Turkish police arrested hundreds as Shiite Persians, evading authorities, carried on the sect’s dramatic rites in a hidden courtyard.
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Turkey
Staimboul
Moulharrem
Hussein
Hassan
Damascus
National Farm Leaders and Business Men Unite
The Agricultural Club of America plans a nationwide federation of farmers and business leaders. Led by Coburn Whitmore and Dean Charles F Curtis, the group aims for 510 500 members and a central home in a 35 million dollar Agricultural Capitol. The club seeks to centralize farm interests, fund large projects, and position Chicago as the agricultural capital.
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Agricultural Club of America
Coburn Whitmore
Charles F. Curtis
Iowa State College At
Alues
Board of Governors
Club
William H.er Jr
Sydney Businessman Inherits Millions From Uncle In Diamonds
Sydney financier Sydney David White awakens to a fortune over 1.25 million dollars in cash and 10 million dollars in real estate, earned by his uncle Solomon Wheinsky in South Africa. The tale traces back to 19th century Russia and Baltic migrations, detailing hardship, exile, and a diamond empire linked to Cecil Rhodes era.
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David White
South Africa
Solomon Wheinsky
Nishni-Novgorod
Russia
Solomon
Siberia
Riga
Amsterdam
London
United States
Whitechapel
Aaron White
Submarine Detector to Be Used on Yeggs
Bell laboratories engineers have developed a Type H inertia microphone system to detect tiny vibrations in a safe wall. Installed in several banks in New York and Philadelphia, the device triggers electric signals at the main office with even the slightest jar. It operates mechanically, not by acoustic waves, and aims to deter bank robbers by continuous barrier and rapid alert.
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New York
Bell Laboratories
Philadelphia
Smoke Blight in Paris Forces City Action
The article notes industrial smoke and exhaust pollutants stain Paris landmarks including Notre Dame and the Madeleine. Damaged stonework has fallen from Notre Dame and the Palace of Justice, prompting Paris authorities to form a commission to study remedies.
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Paris
Notre Dame
Palace of Justice
Madeleine
Rue Royale
Mother Quail Foster Brood Under Two Hens
In Middletown East Hampton Connecticut a mother quail nesting on seventeen eggs was displaced by mower John Saltus who turned the eggs over to Arthur B. Meeks. He hatched eight with one hen while a skunk attacked the other nest. The mother quail later lured the fledglings to roam.
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Meeks
Indian Grave Mound Sliced Open Near Bainbridge Ohio
Archaeologists under Dr H Shetrone of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society uncover about 80 Indian burials in the Seip mound near Bainbridge. The excavation reveals a multi layer earth structure with an elongate earthen pyramid under a river gravel cap and prized river mussel pearls and copper ornaments among the finds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bainbridge
H. ©. Shetrone
Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society
ASF Skortant
Fish Oil Used to Extend Poison on Fruit Trees
Department of Agriculture scientists report a new method using fish oil to hold arsenic sprays on leaves to protect trees from gypsy and brown tail moth caterpillars. Oil keeps dried poison on foliage after rains, making arsenic effective longer and more economical than linseed oil.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Clifford B. Hood
Bureau of Entomology
Need
Cottage Life Keeps Quiet After Heiress Windfall
Mrs Edward Music of Monticello Indiana, 49, inherits one million from her brother Harry Frederick of Humbolt Saskatchewan Canada. She remains in her cottage finishing dishes before news, says she and her husband will keep their butcher shop job and avoid travel or a car. The heir claims no disruption to their simple life.
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Monticello
Ind
Harry Frederick
Humbolt
Saskatchewan
Canada
Edward Music
Music
London taxi trade stays steady as seasoned drivers lead
Report claims London cabbies aged fifty to sixty are commonplace while New York drivers are described as infants. A collision near central streets involved the Earl and Countess of Wharncliffe with a cab driver aged seventy two who has driven in London for fifty years. Evidence noted the driver was quick to adopt new traffic rules.
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London
New York
Earl
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