How Rogers and Post Killed Near Point Barrow
An Alaska incident recounts the crash that killed Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Eskimos aided after watching the plane sink in shallow water, with a rescue party reaching the site in fog and current, while separate state police blotter notes multiple arrests for intoxication and related offenses.
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Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
Alaska
War Department
Stanley Morgan
Army
Water’s Edge
Post
Rogers
Eskimos
Morgan
George E. Kumpe
Alaska Telegraph System
Signal Corps
Seattle
Funeral plans for Rogers and Wiley Post in Alaska and California
Mrs. Wil Rogers and daughter Mary travel from Maine to New York then to California to bury Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Will Rogers Jr. heads east, Jimmy Rogers remains in New York. Wiley Post’s parents plan services in Maysville Oklahoma with burial in Oklahoma City, while Alaska aircrew prepare the final flight with Joe Crosson transporting the bodies to Fairbanks.
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Wil Rogers
Mary
Maine
California
Dorothy Stone
Fred Stone
Rogers
Stamford
Oakland
Will, Jr
West Coast
Santa Monica
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United Air Lines
Newark
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Jimmy Rogers
Theda Blake
Post Maysville
Okla
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Alaska
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Washita Valley
Ponca City
Oklahoma City
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Maysville
Pan American Airways
Oklahoma
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Refuge Bay
Here
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Fairbanks
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Coast Guard
Endicott Mountains
Arctic
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Tun-Dra Wastes
Civilization
Presbyterian Mission Hospital
Henry W. Greist
Charles Brower
Brower
Seem
Alasa
Nome
Northland
Siberia
Bering Sea
Juneau
Last Will Rogers note on Fairbanks emigrants housing
The Record publishes Will Rogers final writing from Fairbanks Alaska about housing for new emigrants. He notes 7 or 8 hundred arrivals, 200 went back, 150 Alaskan workers paid wages, looming snow forces tents to be vacated, and Colonel Hunt leads housing efforts amid growing pains.
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Will Rogers
Fairbanks
Alaska
CCC
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Conach
Schedule Drawn Up For Softball Tourney Here
Roswell officials announced the first Eastern New Mexico Softball Tournament for August 26 to 31 with eleven teams including Amonett Fairbank Artesia Pecos Valley Truck Lines Carlsbad All-Stars Cooper's D A V Hagerman C W A Hagerman All Stars Lake Arthur Moseley's and Riverside Camp. The event features a championship and consolation flight, three games nightly, with byes and brackets to maximize play and consolation chances. Prizes total 55 with 22.50 for the winner and 11.25 for runner-up and consolation winner plus silver cups. admission not yet set likely under 15 cents. Umpires and scorers listed. Schedule lists nightly games from 7 00 to 9 30 with pairings and byes for first rounds and second round matchups.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Amonett-Fairbank
Artesia
Pecos Valley Truck Lines
Carlsbad
Carlsbad All- Stars
Cooper’s
Hagerman C. W. A
Hagerman All Stars
Lake Arthur
Moseley’s
Riverside Camp
Roswell City Market
Hagerman
Huff’s
Pete McCarter
R. L. Villard
Gib Roberson
Hank McKnight
C. M. Eiffert
Amonett Fairbank
P V. Truck Lines
Carlsbad All-Stars
Queen of the Southwest to Be Selected Tonight
Miss Queen of the Southwest will be chosen at the Yucca theatre in Clovis with 26 contestants in both beach and evening wear at 8 pm and the final announcement at 10 pm. Ruth Lee Jones of Clovis last year’s winner presents the silver loving cup. A Beauty Queen Dance follows at the former Montgomery Ward location on West Third Street. Ten finalists were chosen by out of town judges last night and another ten by a different panel tonight. The winner will receive a Hollywood trip and a Paramount screen test, with the trip starting August 28.
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New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Ruth Lee Jones
Clovis
Montgomery Ward
West Third Street
Howard Buchly
Paul Koonz
Institute
Nickson
Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood
Paramount
Dissolve Partnership Over Fox and Rabbit Ranch
Nathan B. Stern seeks dissolution of an oral partnership with Enoch Beasley in U S district court Santa Fe. An accounting of the Maxwell grant fox and rabbit ranch in Colfax county since July 1934 is requested. Assets total about 12000 with liabilities near 9000.
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Santa Fe
U. S. District Court
Nathan B. Stern
Enoch Beasley
Maxwell Grant
Colfax County
Portales man named to New Mexico State Police
C M Westlace of Portales was named to the New Mexico State Police, becoming the top among four extras who passed all tests at the state police school in Santa Fe. He succeeds Donald Hughes of Taos.
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Namedn Mfmumbrer
Santa Fe
C. M. Westlace
Portales
Donald Hughes
Taos
Clipper Ship Flies to Wake Island In Record Run
Wake Island reports Pan American Clipper lands after 1191 miles flight from Midway Island. Captain Sullivan piloted 8 hours 4 minutes long leg over unbroken ocean to bring mail newspapers and cargo to North Haven construction crew building a hotel on the remote atoll.
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Pan- American
Panamerican Airways
Cipper
Wake Legoon
United States
R.O.D. Sullivan
Midway Island
Midway
Honolulu
California
North Haven
Baseball Scores and Results From Today
Baseball scores show multiple games with Cincinnati beating Boston 9 to 6 in a nine inning tilt. Chicago defeated Brooklyn 9 to 5 in a nine inning matchup. St Louis topped New York 7 to 3 behind solid bats and steady pitching. Pittsburgh edged Philadelphia 2 to 0 in a 9 inning game, with a second Pittsburgh win 2 to 0 over Philadelphia in a shortened game. Batteries listed include Nelson Frey Campbell Meuller Lee Hartnett Babich Leonard Baker Mungo Lopez Huesser J Dean Davis Stout Gabler Mancuso Danning Lucas Padden Jorgens Bowman Todd Brkofer Grace Walters Pezzullo Prim Wilson.
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Brooklyn
Lee and Hartnett
Babich
Leonard
Baker
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Rhe St. Louis
New York
Huesser
J. Dean
Davis
Smith
Stout
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Brkofer
Grace
Walters
Pezzullo
Prim and
Wilson
Brown and Corn Return From Coaching School
Brown, athletic director at N M M I, and Roswell coach Poe Corn returned from the Texas Tech coaching school in Lubbock after two weeks of instruction by prominent U S coaches. Corn planned to travel to Carrizozo to bring home his wife and two children tonight.
Federal agent killed in car bandit shooting at Cash Corner
In College Corner Ohio on August 17 a federal agent Nelson B Kieln was killed by gunfire from George W Barrett a car thief sought for questioning on auto thefts. Barrett fled behind a garage wall and fired as Klein and McGovern fired back. Barrett surrendered after Barrett was wounded. Barrett's home listed as Oakland Ohio.
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College Corner
Creorge W. Parveit
Nelson B. Kieln
H. WD. Harris
Cincinnati
Bureau of Investigation
Barrett
McGovern
Klein
Walke
Louisville
Harris
Southgate
Ohio River
Federal Grand Jury Session Set for Santa Fe
Santa Fe opens a federal grand jury Monday with 200 to 259 cases on the docket. U S District Attorney W J Barker will present the cases and Judge Colin Neblett will charge the jury at 9 o clock Monday morning.
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Santa Fe
Federal Grand Jury
U. S
W. J. Barker
Colin Neblett
New Mexico Press Association to Meet in Albuquerque
Santa Fe Aug 17 AP The executive committee of the New Mexico Press Association will convene in Albuquerque at Health City Sun office tonight by order of the President. No details of the agenda were available locally.
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Santa Fe
New Mexico Press Association
Albuquerque
Health City Sun
Reinburg Named President of New Mexico Taxpayers Association
At the Santa Fe meeting the executive committee of the Taxpayers Association of New Mexico named Capt John F E Reinburg of Dona Ana County as president, succeeding the late former Gov H J Hagerman.
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Reinburg
Santa Fe
The
Taxpayers Association of New Mexico
John FE. Reinburg
Dona Ana
Association
H. J. Hagerman
State Board of Education to Meet in Santa Fe
The State Board of Education will meet Monday in Santa Fe to consider pupil transportation contracts. The board may approve all agreements for districts sending pupils to other districts under a new law. The former Transportation Board has been abolished.
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Board Education
Santa Fe
State Board of Education
Transportation Board
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