American airmen push world flight from Kirkwall
At Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands American officers prepare for the next leg of a round the world flight. Locatelli and the Italian crew plan to join the Americans Lowell Smith and Erik Nelson four days ahead, facing heavy winds and ice awaiting weather relief from destroyers’ stations. Locatelli’s plane is overhauled in Brough while Smith and Nelson linger in Iceland awaiting Greenland conditions and a landing base amid ice and supply uncertainties.
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Associated Press
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Scot
Pisa
Hrough
Atlantic
United States
Aroni
Siajor H
Davidson
Locatdli
Lowell H. Smith
Eric Nelson
Bin
Locatelli
England
Amg
Tecland
Reyriavik
Teeland
Ans
Lowell B. Smith
Erik Nelson
United States Army
Hloefy Hornafjord
Greenland
Augmaghalik
Iverts
Angmaghalik 2Rg
Gertrud Rask
Asterday
Clarence B. Crumline
United States Army Air Service
Hoodoo Gone and Train Stops No More
Vienna reports the Innsbruck Bludenz express no longer halts after passing the Arderg tunnel. Experts traced repeated stops to a delicate automatic brake on the Hungarian coach bound from Budapest to Paris. The uncoupling of that car restored normal passage, ending the superstitious belief in a hoodoo.
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Vienna
Innsbruck - Bludenz
Arderg
Budapest
Paris
Innsbruck
Planes Landed in Reykjavik Harbor After Gale
Flier crews repaired ashore for minor work and returned to flight. The flagship Richmond and escort ships faced high winds that carried away part of a radio antenna. Planes came in from Hornafjord yesterday and struggled through gusts, then landed safely in the crowded harbor of Reykjavik despite rough water.
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Hornafjord
Richmond
Chicago
New Orleans
Reykjavik
Murder charge in death of youth drives inquiry
The report details a youth named Lowder allegedly killed after being struck by an eastbound freight train near a crossing. Witnesses say the train did not slow, and investigators consider foul play. Lowder and his father seek a full investigation as charges are filed against the youth’s companions.
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Stephenson
Seebring
Kingsbury
Lowder
S Seguin Sanitarium
San Antonio
Mr. Lower
Big Son
Luling
Young Lowder
Austin
Morosco Fortune Fades With Wife and Show Dreams
Morosco loses fortune as Morosco Holding Company funds, delayed payments, and misrepresentations leave him broke. He severed ties after protests over stock sales and royalties, ending with receivership and no contracts or costumes. He clings to hopes of a new hit like Peg O' My Heart.
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Morosco
Se Morasca
Ambition Guides Hertzberg From New York To Munich
Miss Hertzberg, an ambitious young singer, aims to study in Munich for two years after local recognition. She plans to move past Berlin to Munich, study with chosen teachers, then return to New York to pursue major public appearances, despite doubts about matrimony and exhausting work. Her father’s visit to Germany colored her views on conditions there.
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Antonio
Adiling
Hertzberg
Dew York
Minich
New York
Enthus
Germany
Ann Luther Tral Ike Stage Fare
The courtroom drama follows Ann Luther in a sensational trial with former suitors and a New York lawyer now tied to Edward Gallagher. The exchange includes claims about money, morals, and travel antics as Ann narrates the events with vivid detail.
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White
Ann
New York
Edward Gallagher
Gallagher and Shean
Jack
Los Angeles
Noot
Mr. White
Visiting Merchants Praise Trade Week Activities
Mrs. M. Miles of Taft Mercantile Company travels by auto from Taft to San Antonio to study trade week features. She praises collections and recent dry goods activity. Robert F. Saunders of Sammders Smith Dry Goods reports better fall business and favorable crop conditions. buyers travel from Coleman and other cities to source here.
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M. Miles
Taft Mercantile Company
Taft
San Antonio
Coleman
Dallas
Shenandoah Test Postponed by Storms in New Jersey
The Shenandoah dirigible test set for today at Lakehurst N J was postponed due to thunderstorm forecasts in New Jersey. The airfield said the ship would stay in its hangar and the mooring test with the Patoka mother ship would be tried Thursday if conditions improve.
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Lakemarst
N. J
Shenandoah
Narragansett Bay
R. 1
New Jersey
Air Field
Inquest Planned for Thames River Victim John Campbell
London reports an inquest to be held into the death of John I Campbell of Pittsburg Kansas whose body was found in the Thames Sunday evening. He traveled with his brother former congressman F P Campbell of Kansas to attend an American Bat Association meeting and had planned a motor tour of Scotland. The congressman said Campbell suffered from Bright's disease but was not in immediate danger.
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London
John I. Campbell
Pittsburg
Kay
Thames
FP. P. Campbell
Kansas
American Bat Association
Scotland
Bright
Sam Baker Leading in Missouri Primary Race
Early returns from Missouri's primary show Sam A. Baker leading the Republican gubernatorial contest by 16 votes over Victor J. Miller with widespread rural support and weak performance in St. Louis. In the Democratic field Arthur W. Nelson leads, carried by rural areas though St. Louis margins were small.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Missouri
Sam A. Baker
Arthur YW. Nelson
Bunedon
Kansas City
Baker
Victor J. Miller
Hirdin Lloyd
Flies Cloud Skies Along Car Tracks
Clouds of flies hover near Port Clinton Ohio forcing Northwestern Ohio Railway and Power Company cars to stop and brush off pilot windows between here and Toledo so operators can see the track ahead. Swarms form cloud-like shapes resembling smoke smudges from a distance.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Aug
Northwestern Ohio Railway and Power Company
Here
Toledo
Boy Orinthologist Beats Early Birds in Garfield Park
Philadelphia report says James Monroe Sullivan aged 2 woke before dawn, slipped from home, and was found by Sergeant John Saregaard chasing a roeb under the slogan the early bird catches the worm.
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Philadelphia
James Monroe Sullivan
John Saregaard
Robin
Garfield Park
Weather roundup across cities with varied conditions
The East North America forecast shows parts of Texas and the Midwest with partly cloudy skies and chances of local thunder showers. Readings in Chicago reach 74 with a 90 on the high, while Kansas City notes 70 with gusty winds. New York records 73 with a 88 high and light southwest winds. Washington reports 92 with light southwest winds.
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Texas
West
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
St. Nenis
Washington
Dea
Moratorium Granted in Sao Paulo Debtors Case
Brazil’s Bernardes signs a Congress approved moratorium extending 45 days for commercial bills due in Sao Paulo. Minas Geraes and other ships at Santos head to Rio de Janeiro amid Sao Paulo unrest. A 40.72 carat white diamond, found in Pike county near Murfreesboro, Arkansas, is reported.
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Buenos Aires
Ang
Bernardes
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Rio Janeiro
Little Rock
Pike County
Murfreesboro
Ford name urged for U.S. Senate bid in Michigan
In Lansing on August 6, supporters seek to put Henry Ford on the September Republican primary ballot for the U.S. Senate seat against Senator James Couzens. Petitions were printed by the Public Utilities Commission secretary and circulated in Detroit. Potter allies push a Ford linked gubernatorial bid, but Potter disclaims involvement.
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Lansing
Mich
Henry Ford
United States
James Couzens
W. W. Potter
Public Utilities Commission
Ford
Detroit
Potter
Commission
Ford Unaware of Movement for Ford Senate Nomination
DETROIT August 6 The push to make Henry Ford a Republican U S senator candidate started without his knowledge or consent. Ford company officials called the plan absurd and said Ford had not indicated any intention to run and would ignore the movement.
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Ford
Detroit
Henry Word
United States
Mr. Ford
Ford Company
Rot
Cougar attack injures forest guard in Olympic National Forest
Glen Merchant, a forest guard in Western Washington, reported a rare cougar attack in the Olympic National Forest. The animal leaped from brush, tore a trouser leg, and left deep scratches before Merchant struck it with a fishing rod and escaped.
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Ulyalela
Wash
Ang. T
Olympic National Forest
Washington
Glen Merchant
Forest Guard
Merchant
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Rewton &Wellerg
the Dinnerware House of Texas
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