Graf Zeppelin headlong to Tokyo and back route
Graf Zeppelin, with 20 passengers and 40 crew, sails west from Moscow toward Siberia on a polar route for a world flight leg. Weather and storms threaten a Moscow crossing, while planners chart a path across the Ural range to Yenisei and Yakut before Japan. The ship’s progress over Russia excites rural observers as it follows a great circle toward Asia.
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Moscow
Graf Zeppelin
Russia
Ural Mountains
Siberia
Hugo Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Tokio
Far East
Latvia
Eckener
Vologda
Vyatka
Graf
Ust Sisolsk
Urals
Yenissesk
Yenessei River
Yakut
Lena River
Germany
Europe
Lithuania
Soviet Union
Atlantic
Mrs Agnes Fay Remembers Her Early Years and Career
Mrs Agnes Fay, a former Western College for Women student in Oxford Ohio, taught at Elyria High School since 1911 with a two year break. Her home then was Indiana and she now lives at 156 Hamilton Street with her daughter. Her childhood ambition was to become a foreign missionary.
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Agnes Fay
Western College For Women
Oxford
Ohio
Indiana
Edyria
Elyria
Hamion Street
Feasibility discussion of ocean air line in Akron
Eastern financiers, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, and the German Zeppelin Corp discuss a proposed commercial dirigible route over the Atlantic and Arctic. Goodyear and Zeppelin would act as manufacturers, not operators, as Graf Zeppelin’s round the world flight informs plans. Dr. Eckener may join once Graf flight ends.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Zeppelin Corporation
United Press
Goodyear
Zeppelin
Huzo Eckener
Elyna City Band Concert Plans in Ely Park Tonight
A lengthy program blends classical, popular, and martial music with special features. Highlights include a dance by Miss Betty Bishop, Eagles Quintette, Joe Miller accordion solo, and Dorothy Sandrock cornet solo among many pieces by Sousa Herbert and others. The performance starts at 7:45 p.m. The lineup lists marches, operatic selections, and a finale with the Star Spangled Banner.
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Elyna City Band
Ely Park
Betty Bishop
Eagles’ Quartette
Joe Miller
Dorothy Sandrock
J. P. Sousa
Carl Carlton High School
Victor Herbert
Pettee
Freed & Brown Matchy
J. F. Wagner
Official Vote Shows 659 Ballots Cast in Elyria
The 659 ballots cast at the polls Tuesday show a drop from 4,184 votes in the 1927 primaries. Of this year’s total 511 were Republican and 148 Democrats. Two years ago the mayoral race was a three cornered contest among Joe Miller Henry Beck and James A Hewitt. The city solicitor race also drew a stage cornered contest. Few contests for offices suppressed turnout. no mayor or solicitor races, and council contests received little attention.
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Elyria
Board of Elections
Joe Miller
Henry Beck
James A. Hewitt
Doody's Reputation Slipping As Hunger Strike Begins
Willie Doody, a pocket-sized gunman nicknamed wee and babyface, sits in Cook County Jail facing multiple murder and robbery charges. He started a half hearted hunger strike after refusing meals, with guards and postal inspectors worried he might starve himself. He was nudged to drink coffee to gain some calories.
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Doody
Hoostow
Chicago
Aus
Wilie Doody
Willie
Wee
Cook County
Plan Education Campaign For New Tax Law
Lorain County League met at the M C A to discuss campaigning for the Hadden Tax Limit Amendment slated for the November election. Joseph Jameson Lorain postmaster and county league chairman outlined steps suggested by the All-Ohio Tax League including speaker recruitment by September 1 and field work starting October 1 with precinct captains in every township. State legislator C R Summers urged education to explain the amendment noting that uniform tax rules burden real estate while untaxed tangible wealth exists, calling the rule beautiful but ineffective and saying farmers homeowners and small industries need the change.
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Loraine County
Lorain County League
M. C
All-Ohio Tax League
Joseph Jameson
Lorain
County League
Jameson
Columbus
State League
C. R. Summers
Oberlin
Lorain County
Summers
Ohio
Elyria Show Features Model Zeppelin In Store Window
Public interest rose as Donald Meyers displays his model zeppelin in Day's Music Store on Broad Street in Elyria. Crowds gather around the display after Meyers cited a Los Angeles photograph as inspiration for the craft.
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Elyria
Donald Meyers
Music Sttore
Broad Street
Meyers
Los Angeles
Avon man fined for slot machine possession
Sybill Gates of Avon was fined 350 and costs by Justice J. George after a sheriff raid in which two slot machines were seized at his home. The sentence of 10 days in county jail was suspended, and Gates posted 500 bond to bar further gambling on the premises. The Allen grocery store proprietor was to face a similar charge in the same court.
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Sybill Gates
Avon
J. George
Gates
Allen Grocery
Justice George
Hope for Rain Totop Forest Fires in West
Fires raged across eastern Washington and northern Idaho with massive timber losses. A 12,000 acre Chelan National Forest blaze drew every able-bodied man in northern Chelan County to the fire lines. The Methow Valley area burned as the fire, considered under control days earlier, broke loose again. About 40,990 acres burned in the Barnaby Creek fire across the Columbia from Kettle Falls.
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Chelan National Forest
Chelan County
Methow Valley
Barnaby Creek
Columbia River
Kettle Falls
Fire Sweeps Dress Goods Shop Here
Fire swept the interior of the Elvira Dress Goods Shop at 315 Broad Street shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday causing damage that could exceed one thousand dollars. Chief Wallace N Bates said soot from a chimney of a rear stove ignited cloth and stored items. Hose Company No 1 and Engine Co No 1 extinguished the blaze with water from a hydrant. Mrs Eugene Bergman occupant and F Berson owner were identified. The alarm was the sixty second of the year.
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Elvira Dress Goods
Broad Street
Wallace N. Bates
Hose Company No 1 and Engine Co. No. 1
Eugene Bergman
Central Fire Station
F. Berson
Park Avenue
Coast Guard disarms Great Lakes rum runner fleet
Sleveland Aug 16 coast guard vessels on the Great Lakes will remove all heavy weapons. Washington ordered disarmament after Canadian complaints. About 145 patrol boats between Youngstown N Y and Detroit plus 85 ram chasers and 60 picket boats will carry only .45 caliber pistols.
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Sleveland
Great Lakes
John J. Daly
Cleveland
Youngstown
N. Y
Detroit
Continue Audit Of Church Books
In Cincinnati Ohio on August 16 the audit of Trinity M E church books continued as congregants voiced pessimism about the church’s finances. Pastor Rev R H Bready, visiting his mother in Grand Rapids Michigan, said he has a serious nervous disorder and has been too ill to engage with the audit. He affirmed no irregularities and offered to cooperate as his health permits.
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Cincinnati
Trinity M. E
R. H. Bready
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bready
Arrest Cobbler in Gilver Case Near Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on August 16, Albert Mollenauer a cobbler near Dorothy Aune’s home faced police inquiry over her death. Strands of hair two skeins of cord a damp underwear and a tire matching a track were found in his shop linking him to the 12 year old girl who was attacked strangled and discarded in a gutter. Mollenauer and two brothers aged 40 and 49 were detained as investigators pursued the troubling clues and his ties to the neighborhood children.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Albert Mollenauer
Dorothy Aune
Mollenauer
Aune
Dorothy
John
Herry
Rumors of War From Chinese Border Reach London Papers
Reports from Hong Kong cited by the London Daily Mail describe a six hour clash near Manchuria with Chinese forces retaking Nordun. The dispatches allege a Soviet gunboat on the Sungari river fired on Chinese warships, damaging three vessels.
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China
Manchurian
Manchuil
Hong Kong
London Daily Mail
Manchuri
Nordun
Sungari
Girl Journalist Seeks Coolidge Life Six Months After White House
Northamton Mass August 16 Miss Mary Alice Parent a journalism student interviewed local shopkeepers and neighbors to learn how Mr and Mrs Calvin Coolidge are adjusting to private life after the White House. The findings capture community views on their reentry and public interest.
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Coolidges
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Mary Alice
Parent
University of Southern California
Mary Alice Parent
United Press
Washington
Stevens Leads Fight For Measure In Elyria Council
The Elyria city council plans to pass a street allotment ordinance over mayor James A. Hewitt's veto at the next regular meeting. Councilman George Stevens argued the measure reflects future needs, contending 30-foot pavements could raise property values despite veto objections. He detailed cost implications and urged flexibility, noting street widths should adapt to future traffic conditions.
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Elyria
James A. Hewitt
City Planning Commission
Hewitt
George Stevens
Fourth Street
Columbus
Ohio
Counrd
Iman Roy
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