Zeppelin World Tour Heads Toward New Jersey Hanger
A Graf Zeppelin flight from Lakehurst NJ to Tokyo Friedrichshafen and Los Angeles will continue its around the world itinerary, carrying 22 passengers and one chimpanzee among cargo. Pilot Hugo Eckener may relinquish command, with Admiral Moffett noting U S plans for larger helium dirigibles to follow.
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New Jersey
Glade Eleeting
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Joaquin Rickard
Hubert Wilkins
Jack Richardson
Burgess
United States Wavy Department
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin Company
William A. Moffett
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Admiral Moffett
Pacific
Kansas City
Aged Love Poisoner Believed To Have Killed Dozens
Vienna reports Anna Pistova a ninety two or ninety three year old on trial for supplying "love potions" to wives seeking to kill their husbands. Six wives face trial after her case, with claims she may have poisoned up to sixty husbands and many wives. Known as the Witch of Vladimirovac she defended her tonics as harmless and insists deaths resulted from misused remedies.
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Florence Maybrick
Belgian Criminals More Tall, Shorter Averages Found
A Belgian study by psychologist Doctor Vervaeke analyzed 25 000 individuals to compare recruits and criminals. Findings show criminals skew taller in the tall and very tall categories while short and middle height groups show lower criminal representation.
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Belgium
Antwerp
Doctor Verraeck
Doctor Vervaeck
Village of Huntleigh Incorporation in St Louis County
One Street Housing 100 Incorporated as Village St. Louis Mo One Street fifteen families numbering with servants less than 100 persons five trustees and a bridle clubhouse as town hall comprise the newest village in St. Louis county The Village of Huntleigh located on Denny road was recently incorporated by the County court to avoid the possibility of annexation by some other community Trustees were appointed by thet will call an election seen for the purpose 2 choosing a mayor.
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Huntleigh
Denny Road
Lights of New York Dixon Funny Musings on Talkies
A Bell Syndicate column surveys early talking pictures and the careers of celebrities in New York. It notes actors with poor singing voices needing standins, Johnson’s faded glory, and common beggars on the city’s transit, plus brief sketches of John Farrow’s revenge tale and Flo Ziegfeld’s Show Girl finding Louise Peek.
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Louise Peek
Wall Street
Flo
Cat Hunts Out and Kills Copperheads in Mount Savage
Mrs Katie McNamee of Mount Savage owns a cat named Puff that hunts copperhead snakes. This season Puff has killed eight snakes ranging from 14 inches to 2 feet, often bringing them to the house. The cat remains tame in the home and acts as an alarm clock, mewing at the bedroom window each morning at 5 o'clock to wake Miss McNamee.
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Puff
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McNamee
Six Men Seek Trip to Moon by Rocket
Paris reports six men seek to ride a moon rocket within a year. Applicants include Professor Oberth and astronomer Robert Esnault-Peletier, with safety chances deemed exceedingly small. main risks: launch failure, striking the moon, or destructive reentry. If successful the traveler could become a major scientific hero and advance astronomical study.
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Paris
Sisen Hav
Midon
Professor Oberth
Robert Esnault- Petetier
Oberth Hag
Earth
Sandusky Man Builds Five Story Parking Tower
J E Morton of Sandusky heads Parking Tower Corp and has completed a five story steel tower with a ferris wheel style mechanism to store cars. The system uses dual elevator shafts with suspended chains and numbered platforms that shuttle cars to street level. Towers can hold up to 60 cars with minimal ground space about 11 feet 8 inches by 25 feet.
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Sandusky
Ohio
America
J. E. Morton
Morton
Parking Tower Corporation
Ninety Year Old Renews Challenge to Licenses
Uncle Jimmy Clark a Civil War veteran aged ninety protests the New Jersey motor vehicle department bid to refuse his driving license renewal citing his age. He vows to prove sharpness by entering any contest and even offers to show President Hoover how to catch bass. He defends his sight and hearing and taunts the motor release official to test him in quail season.
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Cape May
N. 3
Jimmy” Clark
State Motor Vehicle Department
Jimmy
Hoover
Cripple Performs Housework at Home in Knoxville
G. C. Cloud, slightly crippled, stays home to do the housework while his able bodied wife works in a factory and supports the family. Mrs. Cloud says her husband is an excellent housewife, and Cloud agrees his wife is an able provider.
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Tenn
G. C. Cloud
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