Graf Zeppelin Takes Off For Transatlantic Flight
Graf Zeppelin launched from Friedrichshafen for a trans Atlantic flight toward southern France and the Azores. The dirigible carried 40 crew, 18 passengers, and a stowaway scare involved a 17 year old German lad found on the ship. Dr Hugo Eckener, commanding, said weather would guide the route via the Bay of Biscay and Azores with forecasts favorable.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
United States
France
Lake Constance
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
United Press
North Sea
Icans
Graf
Zeppelin
British Channel
Bay of Biscay
Azores Islands
Mary A. Pierce
New York
Martin Channing
Berlin
Nelson Morris
Stowaway Found Aboard Graf Zeppelin En Route U S
A German boy was found aboard the Graf Zeppelin during its voyage from Friedrichshafen to the United States. The incident was reported via a radio dispatch received in Berlin.
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Berlin
Aus
Friedrichshafen
United States
Dr C E Roth World War veteran and dentist at Elyria
At age twenty one Dr. C E Roth was a dental student at Western Reserve University. He lived in Lorain and served six months in World War I. After graduation he moved to Elyria to begin his dental practice and has worked there continuously since. He is married with one daughter and resides at 143 Denison Avenue. His hobbies include motoring and his boyhood dream was to become a railroad engineer.
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C. E. Roth
Dental School of
Western Reserve University
Lorain
Elyria
Dr. Roth
Iana
Denison
Adams liquor law arrests net county twenty thousand in seven months
A Lorain county report from Sheriff Adams shows 129 liquor law arrests in the first seven months of the year, with 56 bootleggers and 53 intoxication cases. Bootleggers paid about 17,150 in fines, intoxicated individuals 604, and driving while intoxicated 2,450. Since taking office, Adams records 362 total arrests and 23,218 in fines, noting most fines are paid and the jail population has dropped to about 35. The piece notes ongoing four bootlegging arrests and plans to continue policy focusing on bootleggers over minor possessor cases.
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Lorain County
Adams
China and Russia agree on peaceful talks for Manchurian rail dispute
Chinese and Russian delegates met in a railroad car near Manchuria and agreed to appoint delegates for peaceful negotiations over the seizure of the Chinese eastern railway. Tsai Yun-Sheng said the Russian ultimatum would be withdrawn and both sides would name delegates within a week, likely in Harbin. Moscow ordered a cease of the Soviet demonstration on the Siberian Manchurian frontier.
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Manchusi
Manchuria
Tsai Yun-Sheng
United Press
Harbin
Moscow
Seventeen Chicago gang leaders arrested in bomb trust raid
Chicago authorities say seventeen alleged leaders of a bomb making trust were arrested in a raid on their headquarters after an undercover operation by James Altmeier. He posed inside the ring for three months, assisted by Chief Investigator Pat Roche, and bombs were delivered to him during the stakeout.
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Chicago
James Altmeier
Pat Roche
Altmeier
Veto Fricks
Poincare Undergoes Operation in Paris
Former French premier M Raymond Poincare underwent a successful operation for prostate trouble that forced his resignation last week. Doctors said he emerged from anesthesia in good shape and was resting comfortably after the procedure.
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Bulletin
Paris
Raymond Poincare
France
Racial Riot Erupts in Savannah Police Slayings Reported
In Savannah Georgia on August 1 police were called to Yamacraw where a race riot broke out in the Negro district. Officer Fitzgerald was killed and Dave Singleton, believed to be his slayer, was later killed by police. The riot followed the discovery of Fitzgerald and the wounded woman found after the clash.
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Savannah
Yamacraw
Fitzgerald
Dave Singleton
Singleton
Prohibition Jones Law penalties show moderation nationwide
A United Press survey from federal prosecutors shows the Jones Five and Ten law being enforced with restraint across districts. Most cases avoid maximum penalties, with petty offenders receiving light sentences while large commercial violators face harsher action. Officials cite deterrence without overreach as the law’s aim, and opinions vary on its early impact.
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United Press
Washington
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Wesley Jones
Treasury
Seymour Lowman
Congress
James S. Doran
United Press Today
Denver
U. S. Ditrict
Ivor O. Wingren
Chicago
Des Moines
Pittsburgh
Dallas
Texas
E. Crippen
Scrond
New York City
Mayor fines intoxicated driver in police court
Arthur Powell pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 190 dollars plus costs this morning. Mayor James A. Hewitt suspended Powell's automobile license for 20 days.
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James A. Hewitt
Arthur Powell
Powell
Columbia Lad's Leg Broken
Columbia, August 1. Donald Van Arsdale, ten years old, had an accident on Wednesday when his foot caught in a hay rope and he fell under a tractor wheel breaking his leg. He was taken to the hospital in Be Tea.
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Columbia
Donald van Arsdale
Be- Tea
Informer Shot To Death In Cleveland
Leo Kline a well known federal informer was found shot to death in his car in Cleveland Ohio early today The car was in a driveway on Huett Avenue He had been shot through the eye Police began an investigation and believed bootleggers who he might have betrayed orchestrated the killing
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Cleveland, O
Leo Kline
Huettave
Kline
Tate County City Join In Liquor Raid
State prohibition forces raided Elyria last night arresting three alleged violators. Officers seized several gallons of alleged booze at Albert White’s place on Lodi and Tremont. A second raid on Frank Daub’s Tremont street site yielded more liquor and Ruby Spencer allegedly obstructed the officers. White Daub and Spencer were jailed for arraignment the following morning.
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Elyria
George Baynham
A. C. McDougal
Albert White
Lodi
Tremont
Frank Daub
Tremont Street
Ruby Spencer
Awards Made to Swimmers at Cascade Park Graduation
Elyrians totaling forty two received Red Cross Beginners and Advanced Swimmer buttons and Life Saving Cards at Cascade Park pool during a four week city run program. The event featured dives, drills, exhibitions and life saving demos, with 1136 total lessons given to 186 students.
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Elyrians
Red Cross
Cascade Park
James A. Hewitt
Dorothy Snyder
Jack Green
Betty Murray
Donna Dickason
Heatherine Brown
Wilma Reid
Marie Perry
Ruth Gill
Katherine Noonan
Ralph Kirby
Churchill Goodspeed
Virginia Bagnell
Paul Siegel
Agnes Muffy
Virginia Noonan
Olive Noonan
Clara Wendt
Claire Noonan
Elizabeth Almas
Barbara Cooper
Peggy Rawson
Joan Gray
John Henri
Eileen Ryan
Wilma Strack
Dora Andress
Bertha Smith
Frances Bennett
Dorothy Myers
Carrie Boron
Walter Machach
Florence Smith
Wanda Maze
Earl Chesher
Jim Lamberton
Dick Boylan
Jack Cullin
Helene Kipf
Virginia Tibbals
Dolores Hastings
Illness forces woman from ONUUK jury in Snook case
In Columbus Ohio on August 1 the Snook murder trial jury was rebuilt after juror Mrs E Lunsford fell ill with a hemorrhage, forcing her discharge. Alternate Newton Tracy was named and escorted for tour to case points as court set new rules for jurors including censorship and limited contact.
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Columbus
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Newton ‘Tracy
Harry Cassady
Cassady
Helen Lunsford
Tracy
Scarlett
Snook
Columbus, CO
E. Lunsford
Lunsford
Questioned jurors in Snook murder trial in Columbus
In Columbus on August 1, counsel for Dr. James H. Snook and the prosecution questioned 113 prospective jurors before twelve were chosen. Twenty nine reached the jury box, seventeen were excused by peremptory challenges. The state used three of four challenges, the defense fourteen of sixteen. Opposition to capital punishment and fixed opinions hindered juror admission, with thirty four unable to set aside views and twenty nine opposing the death penalty. The “jinx seat” was number two, six persons were passed for it, five excused by the defense. A total of thirty seven panel members were examined for the seat, seat six had twenty two applicants, seat eleven had eleven.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Seat Six
Seat Eleven
Husband Freed In Death Of Wife Evangelist
George C. Jester, 22, was freed after a coroner's jury ruled Gwendolin Jester, 19, died by her own hand. The couple were living in Philadelphia when the suspicion arose that the wife had died under mysterious circumstances.
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Philadelphia
George C. Jester
Gwendolin Jester
Army flier Major Bock killed in dive at France Field
Major Paul T. Bock aged 40 United States Army was killed at France Field when his plane failed to emerge from a dive during machine gun practice. He hailed from Illinois and the incident occurred on August 1.
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V. & Army
Balboa
Paul T. Bock
United States Army
France Field
Bock
Illinois
President Hoover's Youngest Son Stricken Ill
Allan Hoover, son of President Hoover, is confined to his White House bed with acute intestinal trouble. The Stanford graduate is visiting his parents before joining Harvard Business School for the summer session. He is under care of Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, the president's personal physician.
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Washington
Hoover
Allan
White House
Joel T. Boone
Allan Hoover
Stanford University
Harvard University
Business School
Allen School Projects Advance in Elyria
Elyria school construction progresses ahead for the 1929-30 year with two new buildings and an addition under way. The Allen School on Abbey Road nears completion with plastering and equipment deliveries set for August. An addition to Elyria High School’s Technical Building and a portable Opportunity School at West Avenue and Sixth Street are also slated for timely finish. A new concrete curb and chain link fencing are underway at Ely Field, and summer repairs include Washington building interior painting and McKinley boiler repairs.
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Elyria
John R. Wilmot
Allen
Abbey Road
Wilmot
Hilyria High School
Allen School
Opportunity School
West Avenue
Sixth Street
Franklin School
Ely Field
Washington
McKinley
St Louis Welcomes Endurance Aerial Heroes Home
Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine return after 420 hours aloft amid busy celebrations in St Louis. The funeral of George Lambert, donor of Lambert Field, colors the day as the crew honors a friend before departing to Chicago for refueling exhibitions.
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ST. Louis
Dale “Rea” Jackson
Forest
Obie” O'Brine
Endurance Fiers
Earth
George Lambert
Lambert St. Louis Flying Field
Lambert
St. Louis Robin
Maj
Wiliam R. Robertson
Curtiss Robertson Airplane Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Jackson
O'Brine
Payroll Robbers Miss Mosler Payroll in Hamilton
A gang led by Robert Zwick slipped away with a 43000 payroll from Mosler Safe Co after a trap near the factory failed. Zwick and accomplice Crane Nugent fled toward Cincinnati in an automobile convoy, one car featuring a mounted machine gun. Police, alerted by resident Joseph Engle, pursued but were outdistanced as the bandits eluded capture. Police noted a prior failed payroll theft three weeks earlier and linked Zwick to multiple murders and payroll robberies.
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Hamilton, O
Robert Zwick
Mosler Safe Company
Zwick
Fox
Hamilton
Butler County
Crane Nugent
Cincinnati
Mosler
Company
Joseph Engle
Engle
James O’connor
Edison Seeks Human Genius In a Magnet Lab Test
Thomas Edison conducts a five hour examination in West Orange to identify a single protégé from 49 candidates across states and D C. The winner earns a four year Edison scholarship for technical study, with Henry Ford Col Charles Lindbergh and others assisting in the judging.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
District of Columbia
Edigon
Edison
Henry Ford
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Georke Eastman
Samuel W. Stratton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lewis Perry
Phillip Exeter Academy
Eteses
Elison
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Columbia Lad
Cleveland
TATE
Cascade Park Swimming Pool
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