Graf Zeppelin Communicates With U S Across Atlantic
Graf Zeppelin reports mid Atlantic radio contact with Washington and Arlington stations. The airship nears Azores and Lakehurst, averaging around forty to fifty miles per hour amid light winds. It carries forty crew members, eighteen passengers including a female, a stowaway, two gorillas, six hundred canaries, a piano, and a ton of mail. The stowaway boy faces deportation and Eckener calls for strict punishment upon landing.
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New York
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Graf Zeppelin
United States
mid-Atlantic
Friedrichshafen
United States Navy
Washington
Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company
United Press
Graf
Arlington
Navy
Pico
Azores
Ponta del Gada
Santa Maria Islands
Azores Islands
Hugo Eckener
Bermudas
Louie
Suzy
Eckener
Farm Board Takes Recognition of Wheat Storage Situation
Washington Aug 3 The Federal Farm Board took official recognition of the present wheat storage situation warning wheat dealers that it seems unfortunate to crowd wheat on to the market faster than existing facilities can handle it.
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Farm Board
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Goldstein Opens Women’s Wear Shop in Elyria Chain Grows
Max Goldstein opened a women's apparel store in Lorain at age 21 and moved to Elyria 19 years ago to run the Style Center. He now heads a 22 store chain spanning Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia, with a wife three children and residence at 701 Park Avenue. His early dream was to become a merchant.
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Max Goldstein
Lorain
Elyria
Style Center
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Goldstein
Park Avenue
Youths in Edison contest to meet again in ten years
Norman W. Metcalf of Oberlin College, 32, working at the Bureau of Standards in Washington, is found dead from suspected gas fumes in a government lab. Police investigate whether death was accidental or self-inflicted. he left a wife Elsie Smith and two young sons. His parents reside in Oberlin.
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Edison
Norman W. Metcalf
Wilmot Metcalf
Oberlin
Washington, D. C
Metcalf
Government Laboratory
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Oak Street
Maine
Norman Metcalf
Elsie Smith
Oberlin College
Seattle youth wins Edison scholarship exam at West Orange
Wilbur B. Huston of Seattle won the Thomas A. Edison scholarship exam, earning tuition for an MIT course. From 49 finalists, Huston, 92 on the test, edged four rivals by oral questions. Edison also provides scholarships to the runners up, and Huston will be his protege. The contest explored knowledge, ethics, and general science.
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West Orange
N. J
United States
Thomas A. Edison
Wilbur B. Huston
Seattle
Huston
Edison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles H. Brunissen
West Redding
Conn
Ivan A. Getting
Pittsburgh
James Seth
Santa Fe
N. M
Bernard Sturgis
Butler
Ind
Jenny Lind
P. T. Barnum
Smoot Heads To Hoover Camp On Tariff Bill Fight
Washington August 3 Senator Reed Smoot carried his rewritten tariff bill to President Hoover at his Rapidan camp for a weekend review. They planned to refine the Smoot sliding sugar scale central to the bill, a controversial provision tied to Cuban sugar at a base rate of 1.76 cents per pound with adjustments as New York sugar prices move. The scale’s complexity spurred opposition and delayed immediate conclusions as experts weigh its effects and the broader tariff plan.
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Washington
Reed Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Hoover
Rapidan
Smoot
White House
Mr. Hoover
Commerce Secretary
United States Tariff Commission
New York
Hearse Takes Injured To Hospital
In Carbondale Illinois an automobile crash left two men injured roadside as a hearse carrying a young mother and her baby passed by. The driver removed the casket and then took the two injured to a hospital after leaving the mother and child under guard at a motor stand.
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Carbondale
Ill
Canton Judge Agler Stricken. Rest Needed After Stroke
Common Pleas Judge A. W. Agler of Canton was in Mercy Hospital with brain congestion described as a minor stroke and general breakdown from overwork. Staff physicians said a long rest is needed to repair the injury, though they voiced cautious optimism about his condition.
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Common Pleas
Canton
A. W. Agler
Mercy Hospital
Mount Etna volcanic tragedy claims student life
In Catania Sicily an 18 year old student dies after rocks and lava fragments strike a sunrise viewing party at Mount Etna. One man is missing and four are injured as the crater resumes activity alarming 12 climbers. Angelo Samperi is reported crushed by a large rock during panic. Giovanni Bonaccorsi, 40, is missing.
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Catania
Sicily
Mount
Etna
Angelo Samperi
Samperi
Giovanni Bonaccorsi
Place Raided By Sheriff Caspar Lamb Arranged for arraignment today
Casper Lamb of near Leavitt road Amherst township faces county court arraignment on a charge of possession of liquor after a sheriff raid led by Sheriff Clarence E. Adams and deputies. The raid recovered a bottle of alleged whiskey and about 300 bottles of alleged beer. The same site had been raided days earlier with those in charge fined for liquor possession.
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Casper Lamb
Leavitt Road
Amherst Township
Clarence E. Adams
Thieves Steal 150 Chickens from Oberlin Farm
Sheriff investigators probe the theft of 156 chickens from Ervin Seaton’s farm west of Oberlin reported yesterday after Seaton found his coops ransacked. Authorities suspect the same culprits as in Richland and Crawford counties, using rear-entry, chloroform, and bagged fowls loaded into a nearby car.
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Ervin Seaton
Oberlin
Seaton
Richland
Crawford
Snook Trial Details Theora Hix Murder Case
Testimony outlines two stimulant substances found in Theora Hix stomach and non blood stains on car upholstery. Detained defendant Dr James Howard Snook remains calm in court as detective Larry Van Skaik describes arrest and scenes. Landlady Mrs Margaret Smalley recalls renting room to a man calling himself Howard Snook, a salt salesman from Newark.
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Columbus
Theora Hix
C. S. Long
James Howard Snook
Snook
Larry van Skaik
van Skaik
Dr Snook
Miss Hix
Police
Margaret Smalley
Newark
Lake Road to Open Monday in Lorain County
Lake road known as State Route 2 will open Monday for through traffic from Cleveland to Lorain County Surveyor C T Biggs announced today A 20 foot strip of the 30 foot roadway has been completed and this portion will be opened A detour remains around the unfinished concrete section The remaining 10 foot strip will be laid and finished in about three weeks with traffic opened gradually as concrete hardens State Divisional Highway Engineer W W Anderson inspected the work and urged completion of the three and one half miles of Sheffield Lake road for bidding on September 3 He said the whole route could be finished this year if the contract is let this September Officials in Sheffield Lake are finalizing legislation to raise 42800 their share of paving costs County and state funds await village funds so the contract can be let Letting is under the state highway department control
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W. W. Anderson
Sheffield Lake
Anderson
Cuyahoga County
Lorain
State Department
State Highway Department
Russia demands return of Chinese Railway before talks
Moscow presses for the Nanking government to restore the railway to the prewar status and admit China violated the Mukden treaty before any direct conference on the Manchurian dispute. Izvestia and other papers back hard line, urging China to refuse negotiations until the railway is returned.
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Moscow
Russia
China
Nanking
Izvestia
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Manchuria
Paymaster Shot In Robbery At Bradley Beach
Four bandits robbed a Bradley Beach clothing plant payroll. George Donaldson, paymaster for Steiner and Son, was shot dead as the robbers escaped in a car with the week’s payroll estimated at about $19,900.
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Bradley Beach
N. J
George Donaldson
Steiner & Son
$10 000 Slander Suit Filed
Rose Justin of 2411 E 29th street filed a $10,000 slander suit in common pleas court against Rose Matish of 24135 E 29th Street Lorain alleging July 31 1929 accusations harmed her reputation and character.
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Common Pleas Court
Rose Justin
E. 29Th Street
Rose Matish
Lorain
Miss Marsh Begins Fourth Term as County Clerk
Mabel Marsh, after 26 years in the clerk’s office and four prior terms, will start her fourth term as county clerk Monday. The term length changes for Ohio clerks shift to January 1933, making the current term three years five months, then two years thereafter. she remains the county’s only elective woman official.
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Mabel Marsh
Miss Marsh
Ohio
Hoover Receives Illinois Riot Report At Rapidan Camp
President Hoover has a report on Leavenworth prison riots awaiting study at his Rapidan Virginia summer camp. The document details crowding, one inmate killed and three wounded during a riot Thursday. Federal authorities warn outbreaks may recur, linking unrest to other prisons and prior Kentucky incidents via the grapevine. Congressionally urged reforms for inmate care and capacity have been proposed for federal prisons.
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Washington
Hoover
Rapidan
Leavenworth Prison
Leavenworth
Kas
Aurora
Dannemora
N. Y
Archbishops Mother Dies in Youngstown
Mrs Sara Mooney widow of Thomas Mooney and mother of Archbishop Edward A Mooney Apostolic delegate to India died at the family home after a year long illness Funeral service will be at St Columbias church Tuesday morning with Bishop Joseph Shrembs of Cleveland attending and other clergy friends of Archbishop Mooney present
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Youngstown
Sara Mooney
Thomas Mooney
Edward A. Mooney
India
St. Columbia’s Church
Joseph Shrembs
Cleveland Diocese
Mooner
Heir and Two Pals Die in Plane Crash Near Greenwich
Ambrose Monell Jr., heir to a $20 million fortune, dies in a plane crash with Francis Gundry and J L Gagnani near Armonk New York on the John W Sterling estate. The craft left a loop and entered a tailspin. rescuers found all three dead. An investigation was begun.
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Greenwich Conn
Ambrose Monell
Armonk
N. Y
John W. Sterling
Connecticut
Monell
Francis B. Gundry
John M Gundry
Cleveland Trust Company
J L. Gagnani
New York
Accidental Shot Denial in Prohibition Raid Death
In San Antonio the younger Chandler son, W C Chandler, rejected federal officer Charles Stevens's claim that an accidental rifle discharge caused the fatal shooting of Tom Chandler during a prohibition raid in Poteet Attascosa County. The son said his father was shot as he walked out to meet Stevens and the officers.
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San Antonio
Tex
Charles Stevens
Tom Chandler
Farmer
Stevens
Poteet
Attascosa County
W. C. Chandler
Amherstaities roiled in GOP mayoralty race
Amherst Aug 3 amid county primaries a lively contest for mayor unfolds between C E Cooper an insurance man and Allison Nicholl a persistent campaigner Nicholl has distributed cards and letters urging August 13 voting while Cooper upholds a restrained campaign and law enforcement focus Mitchell plans to push industry and daytime policing if elected Sipple Democrat runs unopposed with low primary turnout expected from a past 1300 vote totals
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Amherst
C. E. Cooper
Allison Nicholl
Nicholl
Hoover
Cooper
Mitchell
H. Z. Sipple
Ins
Fog causes emergency landing of air-rail craft near Elyria
A Continental air-rail Fokker tri motored craft carrying sixteen passengers from New York to Chicago diverted due to dense fog. It landed safely at Elyria La Porte airport after circling thrice and was refueled by Cleveland weather reports before continuing to Cleveland. three passengers stayed for train onward to Chicago.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Elyria
la Porte
New York
Aim
Plane Forced Dan Near in Sandusky Region
A mail plane piloted by E L Preston from Cleveland to Bay City Mich forced down by magneto trouble in a field between Sandusky and Huron nine miles east of Sandusky The ship hit a stump and was badly damaged The pilot was unhurt Farmer Albert Dauch aided by dropping flares Five sacks of mail were transferred to the Sandusky post office and sent to Bay City by train The flight departed Cleveland at 358 a m and was due at Bay City at 635 a m
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Sandusky
E. L. Preston
Cleveland
Bay City
Mich
Huron
Here
Preston
Albert Dauch
Lorain Enforces Slot Machine Regulations Across County
State Prohibition Agent George Baynham reports rampant slot machine violations in Lorain and county areas, noting he personally tested machines to verify claims. Sheriff Clarence Adams launched a countywide drive against the devices after taking office, offering a dollar for proof of a functioning machine. Baynham says outside Lorain, violations are scarce and testifies if action is needed.
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Lorain
Prohibition
George Baynham
Baynham
Prohibition Department
Clarence Adams
Goodyear Plans Two Giant Zeppelins in Akron
Goodyear Zeppelin Corp announces two airships each twice Graf Zeppelin size to be built in Akron Ohio. The giant commercial crafts would be the largest of their kind, with design details kept secret as Dr Karl Arnstein, vice president, is expected in New York today to discuss the project.
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New York
Aus
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Akron
Ohio
Karl Arnstein Rce
Goodyear
Erelin Corporation
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Wilbur Huston
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Mrs. Snook
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