Wreck of World Flight Sinks to Aleutians Rescue
Maj A Stuart MacLaren recounts the near disaster off Kamchatka as his world flight attempt ends in a forced sea landing near Bering Island. Lt Broome and Pying Officer Plenderleith guided the crippled plane to a sandy beach, two boats rescued them, and the Thiepval to Dutch Harbor ferried the crew. The mission is abandoned due to conditions.
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Associated Press
Custer Algon Xni
A. Stuart MacLaren
Olski
Komandorski Island
Siberia
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska Island
Aleutian
Betropaknovsk
Bering Island
Wade
MacLaren
Broome
Lieutenant Broome
Myself
Dplenderleith
Plenderiecith
Muse
Sealime Rock
Nikalski
Kamehatka
Buckeye Rock
Vancouver Lund
Kurile Islands
Japan
Petropavlaysk
Tanaga Tjs
Vago
Vancouver
B. C
Ferguson Campaign Plans Caldwell County Rally
The Miriam Ferguson campaign committee in Texas has scheduled a county mass meeting for their governor candidate at the City Walk Friday night. Speakers are secured and a lively gathering is promised. Caldwell County vote totals show Robertson 900 and Ferguson THM.
Engine Salvaged At Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Texas August 6 The engine of the pile driver that toppled from its trestle into Nueces bay last Saturday is not believed to be badly damaged The soft mud broke the engines fall The pile driver was used in constructing a long trestle for the protective embankment around the turning basin of the local deep water harbor
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Nueces Bay
Napoleon's Letters to Duke Bassano Found
Prague Aug 6. Two hundred sixty seven letters from Napoleon to Duke Bassano are discovered among Bassano descendants papers in Moravia. Included are 182 rough drafts and numerous autographs from sovereigns, plus Bassano's correspondence memoirs and a 4000 page manuscript and death mask in an ebony case bearing Napoleon's initials.
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Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Napoleon the Great
Duke Bassano
Bassano
Bruon
Moravia
Napoleon
Moscow
Three Killed in Gary Illinois Steel Plant Blast
August 1 reports confirm three workers killed and six injured in an explosion at the Illinois Steel Company plant in Gary Indiana. A premature gas ignition tore through a newly repaired blast furnace, scattering steel and brick and wiping out the furnace valued at a million dollars. Walter P. Nystrom, 35, foreman, is the first body recovered as rescuers seek more victims buried under debris.
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Illinois Steel Company
Gary
Indiana
Walter P. Nystrom
Contractor Dies Electrocuted Searching for Wiring Defect
Roy Thompson 46 cement contractor of 602 West King’s Highway was electrocuted Tuesday afternoon while checking a wiring defect at his friend Hiram Partoc’s 605 Belknap Avenue. Thompson entered the basement with an extension cord. after a pause his friend Vartee turned off the current. Thompson did not respond and was found dead. a doctor was unable to revive him. He came to San Antonio from Beeville. Survived by his widow, son Calvin, daughter Alimary, and sister Mrs Minnie Franklin. Funeral from residence Thursday morning. burial at Mission Burial under Porter Loring.
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Roy Thompson
West
King’s Highway
Hiram Partoc
Belknap Avenue
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
San Antonio
Beeville
Calvin Thompson
Alimary Thompson
Minnie Franklin
Flack
Mission Wark
Porter Loring Undertaking Company
Kempe Becomes Fair Head at Alice
B A Kempe is selected as head of the Gulf Coast Fair at Alice replacing Bloat who resigned. Plans are in motion for October events with committees organizing exhibits and activities.
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B. A. Kempe
Alice
Teng
Bloat
Sind
Eight bicyclists eye state titles in Texas meet
Eight riders from San Antonio head to Waco for the state bicycle championships after two weeks of practice. Seniors Her min Rock Jimmy Butcher Marcus Gordon and Tony Valdez join juniors John Garcia Leslie Colp Eddie Trub and Paul Trevino. They depart Wednesday for the state meet with prize incentives including a free trip to Buffalo for national titles.
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San Pedro Park
Waco
Willie Demaree
Bicy America
Hermin Rock
Jimmy Butcher
Marcus Gordon
Tony Valdez
Rock
John Garcia
Lesie Colp
Eddie Trub
Paul Trevino
Potchernick’s
Mir
J. J. Butcheranr
C. C. Clarkson
Rex L. Miller Company
Jimmy Buteler
Eddie Grab
Drowning Tragedy In San Marcos River Near Gonzales
Walter W. Buckholtz a 23 year old worker at Citizensd Garage drowned while swimming four miles above Gonzales Texas near the San Marcos river. His brother Oscar and friends witnessed distress and a rescue party recovered the body hours later.
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Gonzales
Texas
Walter W. Buckholtz
San Marcos
Here
Herman Buckholtz
Citizensd
Oscar
Walter
E. Ray Bright
San Marcos Baptist Training Class Opens
Sunday school training classes underway at Baptist Tabernacle San Marcos Tex August 6 with Rev R J Powell C S Gardiner Dean Abney Mrs J E Abney Mrs A M Pledger W I Woodson E O Wiley and C B Ivey as teachers More than 40 students enrolled The course closes Saturday night.
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San Marcos
Tex
The
Baptist Tabernacle
R. J. Powell
C. S. Gardiner
San Marcos High School
Dean Abney
San Marcos Baptist Academy
J. E. Abney
A. M. Pledger
W. I. Woodson
E. O. Wiley
State Teachers’ College
C. 8. Ivey
Gonzales Accident Victim Recovering
Mrs J H Robinson is recovering from injuries after an automobile overturn on the Gonzales Luwing highway. She suffered two broken ribs while her husband and five children escaped injury in the Aug 6 incident near Gonzales Texas.
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Gonales
Texas
J. H. Robinson
Gonzales-Luwing
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Wimner-Richardson and Company
City National Bank’ Building
Nat'l Bank
Ational
Gunter Building
Travis
W. C. Manlove & CO
City National Building
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Richey & Casey
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Rialto
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Adpress
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Prrucmes Criule Tace
Fred Hummert
aSveron
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Hyatt
Alamo Iron Works
Commonwealth Bank & Trust CO
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San Antonios
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