Akron's tire giant and the airborne dream in 1910s America
The piece profiles Akron Ohio as a center of tire production by Goodyear, Firestone, and Goodrich, detailing vast factories, rubber supply from Liberia, and the drive for cheaper tires. It notes Harvey Firestone’s expansion, a new giant airship for the Navy by Litchfield, and a plan to use private capital to build a mail and passenger airship larger than the Akron, capable of Atlantic crossings in four days, with potential military uses and rapid transoceanic commerce.
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Goodrich
Goodyear
Firestone
Harvey Firestone
Liberia
Africa
FP. W. Litchfield
Gondyear, Company
United States Navy
Akron
Hoover urges tariff review to protect coal and resources
President Hoover on the special train to Detroit speaks at Charleston West Virginia urging the tariff commission to study full tariff schedules to ensure protection amid depreciated foreign currency. He calls for limited cooperation in marketing coal to guard against destructive competition and safeguard industry and communities. He notes the need to pay fair wages and allow reasonable profits.
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Detroit
Laidley Stadium
Charleston
W. Va
Hoover
Fariff Commission
West Virginia
Andrew Jackson
Igbor
Norris to Reply to Hoover Speech in Des Moines
Nebraska Senator George W. Norris sailed to Des Moines where he planned a campaign address supporting Governor Roosevelt. The trip followed his claim that his speech would be a reply to President Hoover. Mussolini to confer in Rome with Sir Eric Drummond on League of Nations reorganization en route.
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Minneapolis
Minn
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Des Moies
Roosevelt
Hoover
Mussolini
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Eric Drummond
League of Snions
League
Eric
Weather Forecast San Antonio and vicinity
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with partly cloudy to cloudy skies. Saturday night low around 6 degrees and Sunday high near 86 degrees, with light to moderate southerly winds. Friday high 80, Saturday morning low 87, Saturday high about 86. East Texas expected fair to partly cloudy with light southerly winds. West Texas partly cloudy then colder in Panhandle Saturday night and Sunday with generally fair skies and colder in the far north.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Clenerally Fair
Warrer
West Texas
Panhandle
Church pays taxes on building in TDALLAB
For the first time a church in TDALLAB has paid taxes on its building under state law. The Tyler Street Methodist Church building, once foreclosed and held by bondholders, was assessed for taxation. The congregation later repurchased the property and paid taxes for the period it was private property.
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Tyler Street
San Antonio Pair Held on Charges of Turkey Theft
Two San Antonians Juan Garve and his wife of 1513 Morales were jailed in Blanco county on turkey theft charges. Sheriff Casparis said a car carrying stolen birds traveled from Blanco to San Antonio markets, after rancher John Grissom surprised a thief and a chase led to a tire shot out at a bridge.
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San
Casparis
Aig County
San Antonio
Crusaders Warned to Expect Canard in Robins Disappearance
In Chicago on October 22 Col Iva J Reeves western manager of the Crusaders anti prohibition group says he has sent letters to battalion commanders warning of a political canard tied to the disappearance of a well known reformer and dry leader. The reference is to Col Raymond Robins a friend of President Hoover who vanished on the way to the White House from New York last September.
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Chicago
Iva J. Reeves
The
Crusaders
Raymond Robins
Hoover
White House
New York
Democrats Liable to Seize Roosevelts Victory Appeal
Maryland Governor Albert Ritchie told a Democratic mass meeting that a Roosevelt win would help the unemployed and struggling workers. He urged voters to back Roosevelt as a victory for the man tramping streets in hardship.
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Detrom
Overnor Albert
Ritchle
Maryland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Czechoslovakian Cabinet to Resign and Reorganize
President Masaryk awaited the resignation of Premier Udreal and his cabinet as illness plagued Premier Warzal. A new coalition led by Jan Malypstr was expected to be named officially on Sunday or Monday.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Thomas G. Masaryk
Frantisek Udreal
Wdrzal
Jan Malypstr
Rogers at Rio on Flight Back Home
UWA Rogers, the American humorist, arrived in Rio de Janeiro on October 22 after a flight from Buenos Aires via Santos which was forced back northward due to bad weather en route to the United States. The trip was a weather disrupted return from South America.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Uwa Rogers
Lst
United States
Rogers
Buenos Aires
Santos
Brazil
Roosevelt Hits Tear Bomb Charge In Missouri Tour
Governor Roosevelt denounces Hoover and Coolidge in St Louis speech, accusing them of using fear to mislead voters. He defends American voters right to free choice, attacks political manipulation, and pledges farm mortgage refinancing if elected as he continues toward Louisville and beyond.
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Roosevelt
Louisville
Mississippi
South
St. Louis
Hoover
Coolidge
Mark Hanna
Matt Quey
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Atlanta
Knoxville
Tenn
Springfield
Til
Poison Medicine in Berrie Case Spurs Trial Testimony
In a murder trial at Berrie, Dr. W W Osgood testified that a quantity of poison was in medicine he prescribed to Mrs 8 A Bertie first wife of the pastor. The defense pressed questions about dosage while Ruth Berrie testified she gave medicine every two hours. An expert Dr Robert M Isham was summoned by telephone to assist.
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Museogee
Ciclo
Opt
A. Bertie
Berrie
W. W. Osgood
Phil Erio Oldham
Osgood
Peror
Oldham
Oagdad
Greer Watkins
W. J. Crump
Ruth Berrie
Experl
Crump
M. D. Hartsel
Robert M. Isham
Okmulgee
Berkeley Judge Grants Short Bed For Inmate Plan
In Washington October 12 1967 Berkeley Price received a 120 day bed arrangement amid a fire alert controversy. He criticized local firemen and claimed he had nowhere to sleep prompting a police court ticket of 1008 19 Php JalL mood for about pontha.
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Washington, D. C
Berkeley
McMahon
Pilot makes first Mexico City to Los Angeles hop
Col Roscoe Turner, speed pilot, completed the first one day flight between Mexico City and Los Angeles in 12 hours. Departed 4 15 p m from Mexico City and landed 6 35 p m in Los Angeles. Averaged 150 mph on the 1700 mile trip with stops at Torreon El Paso and Teson. Passengers included Joseph Schenck and Lily Damita. Flight cost listed as 7856 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Roscoe Turner
Mexico City
Joseph Schenck
Lily Damita
Screen
Tear Gas Delays Salome Opera Premiere in Wuppertal
In Wuppertal Germany authorities report a nationwide protest by foreign artists halted the premier of Richard Strauss Salome. The performance star Jovita Fuentes was affected as tear gas capsules were released at curtain rise, delaying the show.
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Woppertal
Elberfeld-Barmen
Germany
Salome
Jovita Fuentes
Phillipping
1300 Homes Razed by Japanese Fire
Tokyo dispatch reports a blaze near Komatsu on the Sea of Japan coast 160 miles west of Tokyo destroying 1300 homes and leaving about 8000 people homeless. Property damage is estimated at 1.0? billion with no casualties reported.
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Tokio
Komatsu
Japan Sea
Street Singer Arthur Tracy Marries Actress Beatrice Marget
New York October 32 report says radio star Arthur Tracy known as The Street Singer wed Beatrice Marget, an actress, at a municipal chapel yesterday. Tracy is 28 and a Philadelphia native. his bride is 38 and a New York native.
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New York
Arthur Tracy
Radis Elm Knowth
Fergusons In 5A Meet Host After campaign stop at Gunter Hotel
Marian and James E. Ferguson, Democratic governor hopefuls, hosted supporters in San Antonio this weekend. They arrived Friday night and planned to return to Austin Saturday night. Open house drew crowds at the campaign headquarters. Mrs Ferguson spoke to Mexican voters at 2 PM and 7:30 PM with events at Sidney Lanier Junior School and the municipal auditorium. Mrs J K King chaired a dinner for the Fergusons at 5:30 PM at the Saddle Club Playhouse.
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Mirian
James E. Ferguson
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Austin
Jim
Municrpsl
J. K. King
Democrate
Saddle Club
Hunters Missing in Wyoming Storm
In Sheridan Wyoming three hunters were reported missing in the Big Horn mountains today as rescue efforts continued after a blizzard. One group member, Fred B Dammel of Sheridan, 95, and Dillon McKinnon, 37 of Greybull, were identified along with a third unnamed hunter from the Midwest.
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Wyoming
Sheridan
Wyo
Big Horn Mountains
Sheridans
Lowell
Fred B. Dammel
Dillon McKinnon
Greybult
Yoakum
Midwest
New York Prison Inmates Riot Reported on Welfare Island
An incident at Welfare Island in the East River near New York involved inmates rioting. Details indicate the event occurred shortly before moon, with police notified and the riot taking place at the city’s penitentiary facility.
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New York
Moon
Welfare Island
East River
Elly penllenUery
Ambush at Otis Fields home wounds mattress target
An early Saturday ambush near Otis Fields home at 022 West Obein hall avenue failed to injure her as a bullet hit the mattress where she slept. Fields, recently recovering from a nervous breakdown, fired at a yard shadow after seizing a pistol. A man by a nearby van fled as police responded. A threatening note found under the door days earlier is believed linked, with no motive identified.
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Otis Fields
West Obeinhall Avenue
Pields
Old Ironsides Enters 136th Year at Potomac Berth
In Washington on October 22, Old Ironsides marks the start of its 136th year. The vessel rests at its berth on the Potomac as memories of past sea ploys and battles resurface in a ceremonial moment.
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Old Ironsides
Wassington
D. C
Plobes
Potomat
Kipling Recovers From Slight Chill
Kipling, England s veteran literary figure, recovers from a slight chill today in Burwash Sussex as doctors report improvement after a recent illness.
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Kipling
Burwasa
Sussex
England
Rudyard Kipling
Ready for Occupancy Apartments and Rates
Fragmented real estate notice lists multiple properties with monthly rents and terms. Mentions Cadwalader K and various street names and months, suggesting a classified ad for ready for occupancy apartments and related prices without clear, complete details.
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Arthur Brisbane
Ty Eine Peaturm Byn— Inc
Axron
Ohio
Alogka
Florida
Texas
Gulf
Aloac
Pirtetone
Ganayear
Goodrich Tires
Alber
Bhittgh
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Coast
Ths
Ita
Ite
Mineda
Turkey
Frank Lovecchio
Ruth Smith
Lafayette
Ind
L.A
Cleepd
Cadwalader K
Sony
Sidon Mommy
Turavetand
Anwldnony
Fullag
Bourke Worth
Peenestran
Nash
Balmarta
Duyaris
Kirk
Tooma
Mme
Myriley Waek
AU North
Palmer
Wheater
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