Aviation will defend nation, urges stronger air power
President Roosevelt era column argues aviation as a national defense pillar. It compares air power to railroads, notes U.S. lags behind England, Italy, Japan and Soviet Russia in aircraft and training, calls for expanded air corps and naval aviation cooperation, and urges public support for defense investments.
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England
France
Italy
Japan
Tarag
United States
Air Corps
Nonc
Niagara Fells
Receivership Push for Major West Insurer
In St Louis August 2210B) Fortie to push receivership for One Masia in State Life Insurates sam Vu, largest stock company in the West with policy holders nationwide. Marehan 4 billion dollars cited as claim. Warmington Indiana August 28 Officers of Farmers Bank of Montgomery announce plan to close. only about half of 520,000 on deposit withdrawn as depositors fail to respond.
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Fiforte
Masia
Sam- Vu
Marehan
Warmington
Ind
Farmers Bank of Montgomery
Panama Editorial Sparks Bitter US Canal Debate
The Star and Herald cites a New York Herald Tribune piece by William F. Castle Jr. arguing the United States must protect the Panama Canal from revolutions in surrounding nations while Panamanian sentiment grows resentful. The editors insist Panamanians value the canal as highly as Americans and warn against actions that could threaten it.
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Panama
Republic of Panama
The
Star and Herald
Il! Panama
Lee United States
Canal Zone
William F. Castle Jr
New York Herald-Tribune
Castle
United States
Canal
United State
Missing Denverite Held by Kidnapers Sought in City
Denver authorities search for Bernard Bitterman missing since Thursday night. A Cheyenne note claiming he is held by kidnappers may be a hoax or a mistaken identity involving David May relatives. Bitterman, a department store buyer, is not related to May and had modest means.
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Denver
Sig
Runncu
Bernard Bitterman
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bitterman
David May
May
Coast Guard searches for missing sloop near New Jersey
Three Roosevelt neighbors are the focus of a major coast guard search involving ten seaplanes and coastal patrol vessels. The 23 foot sloop Pushript, last heard from Mannasquan New Jersey on August 20, carried Pierre P o Irving son of L Du Pont Irving and Charles and Walter Niles sons of Dr Walter L Nies. The craft was bound for Nantucket Massachusetts when it left New Jersey.
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New York
Roosevelt
Coast Guard
Portland
Delaware Capes
Mannasquan
N J
Pierre P.o Irving
L. du Pont Irving
Washington Irving
Charles
Walter Niles
Walter L. Nies
Manhattan
Nantucket
Mass
New Jersey
Federal agents to question McGurn in Fac tor kidnapping case
Chicago August 28 federal agents will question "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn about the Jake the Barber Factor kidnapings and others seized for ransom by kidnaping crews. McGurn is being held by police on a warrant issued under the new criminal reputation law.
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Chicago
Jack McGurn
Jake the Barber
McGurn
Noted Hotel Man of Southwest Is Taken by Death
Joseph Huckins Jr died at 45, a leading hotel figure who expanded Huckins Hotel company across seven Southern and Western cities. Born in the Planters House Saint Louis, he advanced family business started with a Texarkana hotel, following in a lineage tied to Parker Folse in Boston and Palmer in Chicago. His brothers continue the family interests.
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Southwest
Oklabona cL
Joseph Huckins Jr
Huckins
Boston
Texarkana
Ark
Jinterests. S
Prohibition Blamed in Fatal Shooting in Levelland
In Levelland Texas W L Bradley 48 manager of a produce station allegedly killed Tom Latrimer 45 a water well driller after a torpedo exploded behind Bradley as he left his shop Witnesses said Latrimer was laughing at the time the shooting occurred on a late Saturday night Prohibition views were cited as a possible motive by witnesses and lawmen
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Levelland
Texas
W. L. Bradley
Tom Latrimer
Bradley
Lattimer
Murder trial surprises due as case moves into second week
In Ban Jobe California on August 24 the murder trial of David Lameon a 28 year old Stanford University press executive faced expected surprise testimony from both sides. The state accuses him of bludgeoning his wife to death with a 10 inch iron pipe in their Stanford cottage Memorial Day. The defense says she slipped and struck her head on the washbasin during an alleged domestic dispute.
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Ban Jobe
Cali
David Lameon
Stanford University
Lamaon
University Press
Humagalow
Heavy Rains Close Oklahoma Roads
A seven inch rain drenched northern Oklahoma and the Panhandle flooding creeks near Newkirk and Ponca City. Streams overflowed, halting Sunday traffic on U.S. 77 and state 11 as roads buckled under the deluge amid a summer drought.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Panhandle
Newkirs
Ponca City
Teeth for Laws Against Gangdom Urged by Leader
Washington August 28. A plan to fight racket eering and kidnaping calls for an American island yard under the justice department universal fingerprinting and outlawing submarine machine gun manufacture. Senator Benatar Copeland of New York, chairman of the special senate committee on racketeering, urged steps by the next congress and appealed for public cooperation.
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Washington, D. C
URI
Icoland Yard
Department of Justice
Benatar Copeland
New York
Speial Senate
Muolle
Trial of Japanese in Final Stages at Yokosuka
The court martial at Yokosuka naval base neared its end as 11 officers face charges tied to the May assassination of Premier Inukai and related terrorism. Direct testimony finished and defense argued that American backing of the London naval treaty justified Japanese cadets in feeling betrayed by their leaders accepting the treaty.
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TOTO
Yokosuka Naval Base
Inukai
Three Men Out In Fight In Amarillo
In Amarillo police investigated a fight in which two Wichita Falls men and one other were wounded. Victims include M. L. May with throat injuries and jugular severed, James Mel Cawley cut across the throat with abdomen and wrist wounds, and Dr. E. H. Bong battered on the head.
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Amarillo
M.L. May
James Mel Cawley
E. H. Bong
Memphis
Texas
Hay Fever and Asthma Treatment Free Trial
D. J. Lane, a St. Marys Kansas druggist at 1740 Lane Building, offers a free trial of his asthma and hay fever remedy. He mails a 125 bottle sample to any requester, promising satisfaction if the user judges the result and urges readers to send name and address and specify their ailment.
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ST. Mary's
Kan
J. Lane
Lane Building
Floods in Shantung Destitute 3,000,000 Reported
Shanghai dispatch says the Yellow River floods in western Shantung have left 3,000,600 people destitute and submerged 800 villages. Foreign missionaries at ports are endangered in Henan as river levels rise, threatening the city of Tsinanfu.
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Shanghai
Shantung
Henan
Tsinaniu
Wool Mill Scion Soon to Be Wed in New York
New York Aug 8: wedding bells soon for Mrs Mariana Hughes Whitehead ex wife of Conkeny Whitehead and Andrew Pierce 25 son of the head of the American Woolen mill. No date set. likely in September.
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New York
Mariana Hughes Whitehead
Conkeny Whitehead
Andrew Pierce
Whitehead
Chicago
Angler Injured by Large Shark at Hermosa Beach
In Hermosa Beach California on August 2 Nathaniel C Myrick a young telephone company executive was seriously injured when a 13 foot shark aboard his fishing boat ripped open his arm severing main arteries and tearing flesh along the length of the arm after it was landed and struck by the shark.
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Hermosa Beach
Calif
Bilten
Nathaniel C. Myrick
Young Telephone Company
Myrick
Stand Jury Opens Probe of Attack in Alabama Case
The second grand jury investigation in Alabama opens today to hear the case of Tom Brown, a Black man charged with attacking Mrs. George Duger. The mob at Huntsville has attempted to remove him, and prosecutors seek to address race matter amid the probe.
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Decatur
Ala
Albania
Hert
Tom Brown
George Dugeer
Huntaville
Yirom
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