Women’s Derby Honors Awarded Across Classes at Land Meet
Mrs McPherridge Thaden of Pitts received prizes totaling 4100 in the women’s derby with Santa Monica Grand and others sharing honors. Mrs Jobs Fairgrave and Omie of Nashville earned top money in the light plane class, while Sania Lea to Fort Worth, Texas, won a division place and $500 for time. Fort Worth prizes went to Mrs Spenie for first in lap prizes and $500 for relay time. Other heavy plane winners included Mrs Gladys O’Donnell of Long Beach, Amelia Earhart of Boston, Ruth Eller of Long Angeles, and Neva Paris. In light plane class Edith Folz led with $700, Keith Miller and Thea Rasche followed with smaller awards.
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McPherridge Thaden
Pittsh
Santa Monica
Calif
Jobs Fairgrave
Omlie
Nashville
Thaden
Sanialea
Fort Worth
Teaas
Spenlie
Gladya O'Don
Long Beach
S . Amelia Earhardt
Boston
Huth Eller
von Angelerth
Neva Paris
Local notices and visits span cities and states
Mrs Dan Nissen leaves for Mexico City to visit friends while Maj A K and BF Ludolph head to Detroit and Canada for insurance conventions. Otto Majewski conducts the Twenty third Infantry band at the post Tuesday evening. Various locals attend events, visits, and vacations from Rockport to Glendale to San Antonio, with Pilgrims visiting, returns from Colorado and Lake Dallas, and area church meetings noted.
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Dan Nissen
Thlaglaw
Maj
A. K
Mexico City
Otto Majewski
Twenty-third “Infantry
Infantry Post
Beekeepers Form South Texas Cooperative At Plaza Hotel
Between 75 and 100 beekeepers from over twenty South Texas counties met at the Plaza hotel Monday to form a permanent South Texas beekeepers association. HE Coffey of Whitsett was elected temporary president and W Br Jordan of Galind temporary secretary. Fred W Molly, county agricultural agent, delivered the welcome address. The group outlined a cooperative marketing plan during the morning session.
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South Texas
Plaza Hotel
HE. Coffey
Whitsett
W. BR. Jordan
Galind
Fred W. Molly
Leavenworth Erodus Transfers Begin to Empty Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kan Sept 2 The first in a series of transfers to empty the United States disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth preliminary to turning the prison over to the department of the tier was made. A consignment of 130 prisoners in charge of Maj Frederick Trafferty and Capt Black left today for Alcatraz in San Francisco.
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Leavenworth
Kan
United States
Fort Teavenworth
Department of the Tier
Frederick Trafferty
Black
Alcatraz
Gali
Ux San Francisco
Survivors to testify on San Juan disaster in San Francisco
Survivors of the San Juan sea disaster will testify before U S government investigators in San Francisco. They will recount the fatal crash that claimed 72 lives when the passenger steamer sank after being rammed by the Standard Oil tanker S C T David off Santa Cruz. Captain Armand F Asplund went down with the ship.
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San Francisco
San Juan Sea
United States
Santa Cruz
San Juan
Arotnd F. Asplund
E Monster
Standard
S. C. T. David
Sleuths Join In Search For Liquid Throwing Marauder
Sheriff’s deputies pursue a night marauder thought to spray chloroform or dangerous liquids at homes and businesses. The case notes a two year pattern of attacks near San Juan and hints at possible suspects including Tyron Los Angeles men believed aboard the San Juan when it sank.
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Tyron Los Angeles
San Juan
Charien Welstand
Manley Theater
Hollswood
Od W. Hawthorne
Alan Believer
Hollywood
de Tores
Jon Dominguez
Delpy Die Boyen
Je Hoyos
Big House
Oklahoma Plane Crash Kills Passenger and Wounds Pilot
Oklahoma City report details a plane crash near the coast where passenger Joe Pritchard died and pilot Lawrence Onts was seriously injured. Five coast guard cutters searched the scene, with no bodies or wreckage sighted as dawn broke and headquarters relayed updates from Sun Eels. Both men resided in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Joe Pritchard
Coast Guard
Lawrence Onts
Sun Eels
Oklahoma
Francisca
Santa Clara bandit Helms faces execution in Texas
Henry Helms, dubbed the Santa Clana bandit, was brought to Huntsville yesterday as the execution date in September nears. He was convicted for participation in the December 23, 1927 Cisco First National Bank robbery in which two police officers and another robber were killed, and his insanity plea was rejected by the jury.
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Fiintsville
Lexus
Henry
Helms
Eastland County
Huntsville
Cisco First National Bank
Paice
Condemned Man Prefers Death to Life Behind Bars
Havana dispatch reports Zoila Rodriguez, a Cuban houseworker convicted of the murder of Mrs. Emilia Muniz and sentenced to die by garrote, today refused to allow an appeal. He told reporters he preferred death to life in servitude, saying he would prove his innocence in death.
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Havana
Zoila Rodriguez
Caban
Emilia Muniz
Rodriguedold
Girl Kills Self Over Parental Reprisal in Edison
Edison Ga Sept 2 A 17 year old girl Miss Dearlin Hammack killed herself last night after anger at a reprimand from her parents for going to a movie on Sunday She shot herself in the head in the family home authorities reported
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Edison
Damaged Bomber to be Repaired at Kelly Field
Damaged bomber from Dancon Falls and Onin will be repaired and flown to Kelly Field for a message on Monday, with crew and officials expecting operational return soon.
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Dancon Falls
Onin
Sai. Antonio
Kelly Field
Spelling Queen Liliuokalani Wins High School Contest
William McDougall of Sacramento won the gold medal and two dollars in a high school spelling contest at the state fair. The event honored the Hawaiian queen Liliuokalani by naming the winning word.
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Sacramento
Calif
Brelling “Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Carreels
William McDougall
Hacramento
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