Endurance Fliers Push Nonstop Flight Toward 300 Hours
St Louis pilots Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine continued the St Louis Robin endurance flight aiming for 300 hours. The monoplane logged its 267th hour at 10 17 a m CST with reports of two cylinders sounding roughly. Messages of congratulations poured in from aviation leaders and even General Calles sent a note while en route to Europe.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
St. Louis-Robin
Intrepid aviators push beyond 260 hours aloft
Jackson and O Brine extend the record with the Challenger six cylinder air cooled motor, lifting off at 7 17 a m last Saturday and drawing a crowd of about 20000 at Lambert St Louis field. Messages of congratulation flood in as special money awards push total rewards past 2648 daily plus hotel and opera offers. A note from the fliers pledges to continue as long as the motor runs, with humor about mail and red cartridges amid the ongoing endurance flight.
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Jackson
O'Brine
Lambert St. Louis Field
The
Feld
Loren Mendell
Roland Reinhart
Spirit of
Municipal Opera
Houston
O. K
Calvin Coolidge Returns to Washington for 12 Hour Stay
Former president Calvin Coolidge arrived in Washington for a twelve hour visit to participate in White House ceremonies related to the Kellogg anti war pact. He walked from the Pullman car at Union Station greeted by White House secretary Everett Sanders and others, posed for cameras, and rode to the Willard hotel in a waiting limousine. No cheering crowds met his return, a contrast to his departure five months earlier.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Coolidge
Everett Sanders
George Akerson
Hoover
Campbell Hodges
E. W. Starling
Union Station
Northampton
Timousine
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Willard Hotel
Six Injured in Autograph At Brownhelm Car Crash
Six people were hurt last night when a car driven by Mrs. Cora Wurm of Lorain collided with a Wittig car at Brownhelm. Injured include Mrs. Wurm and Mrs. Bereford, both in uncertain condition, Betty Jean Wurm with a mangled finger amputated, Mrs. William Wittig with head cuts, Harry Wittig with bruises, and Martha Bell Wittig with two broken ribs and deep facial gash. The crash flipped both cars into a ditch near Vermilion on the Lake beach party pursuit. Both cars wrecked. all injured sent to Amherst Hospital.
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Cora Wurm
West 29Th Street
Lorain
Harry Wittig
Brownhelm
Wurm
Bereford
Betty Jean Wurm
William Wittig
Marthabell Wittig
Iles
Wittigs
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
Brownhelm Methodist Sunday School
Amherst Hospital
Wittig
Lorain Officer Sued For $5 190 Over Arrest
Lorain police officer Walter Knitter faces a common pleas action by Mike Nasteos seeking 5190 in damages alleging malicious arrest. Nasteos says Knitter jailed him 12 hours on July 16 for alleged unlawful noises, costing 100 in legal fees and harming his reputation by 5000.
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Walter Knitter
Lorain
Common Pleas Court
Mike Nasteos
Knitter
Nasteos
Elyria marks 100th anniversary of its first newspaper
Lorain County's first newspaper began in Elyria on July 24, 1829, when Archibald S. Park printed the initial edition with a wooden press. A century later the Chronicle Telegram produced over ten thousand copies of Vol. 100, sent to Elyria, Lorain County, and readers across the nation and beyond. The first edition carried the masthead The Lorain Gazette.
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Archibald S. Park
Ramage
Elyria
Archibald Park
Chronicle - Telegram
Lorain County
Lorain
Governor Myers Cooper Sends Centenary Congratulation
Ohio Governor Myers Y. Cooper sends a telegram to A. C. Hudnutt, publisher of the Chronicle-Telegram in Elyria, Ohio, congratulating the paper on July 24 as it marks the centenary of Lorain county's first newspaper and praising its long history and influence.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Myers ¥. Cooper
Lorain County
A. C. Hudnutt
Elyria
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper
Elyria Mayor’s Congratulatory Note on Centenary
Mayor James A. Hewitt extends congratulations to Chronicle-Telegram on the newspaper’s one hundredth anniversary. He praises the paper for informing the public and shaping opinion and notes its role in building the city.
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James A. Hewitt
Chronicle-Telegram
A. C. Hudmutt
Elyria
Ohio
Y Au
One Hundred Years of Elyria Newspapers Remembered
An editorial commemorates a century of Lorain County publishing from the first Lorain Gazette in 1829 to today. It recalls Archibald Park, Heman Ely, and early printing days, the shift to the Chronicle Telegram merger, and the evolving role of newspapers in shaping the community.
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Lorain County
Elyria
The
Chronicle
Telegram
Chronicle-Telegram
Chinese and Russian forces mobilize on Manchurian border
Across the Manchurian frontier both Russia and China mobilize troops and armaments as border tensions rise. China moves to place the Chinese Eastern Railway under its government control while Moscow and Nanking trade threats and seek a peaceful settlement. Reports from Shanghai Canton and Peiping detail arrests, mobilizations, and boat seizures amid warnings from Kuomintang factions.
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Pogrebichnaya
Russia-Manchurian
Manchuria
London
Russia
China
Moscow
Nanking
Far East
Soviet Union
United States
France
Shanghai
Canton
Kuomintang
National Party of China
South China
Peiping
Gas Station Burglary on Cleveland and Abbey Road
Thieves forced a rear window at a Cleveland street and Abbey Road gas station, stealing four tires five tubes fifteen cigarette cartons and twenty candy boxes. A door was torn from its hinges as entry and escape. Police pursued a possible midnight automotive suspect linked to the burglars.
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Cleveland Street
Abbey Road
Polce
W. C. Tong
Deputy Sheriff Beavers Car Hits by Pumper in Yard
Deputy Webb Beaver avoided calling for assistance after his car was bumped in the rail yard by another vehicle this morning. The impact caused minor damage and the other car sped away, but the deputy secured the license number.
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Webb Beaver
Beaver
Likely G. O. P. Choice Claudius Huston Named Ties to Locomotive Engineers
Claudius Huston of Tennessee, former assistant secretary of commerce under Hoover, is seen as a likely successor to Dr. Hubert Work as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Huston works with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at its Cleveland headquarters to rehabilitate the union's financial enterprises.
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Claudius Huston
Tennessee
Commerce
Hoover
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Huston
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Cleveland
Snook Jury Hurdles Capital Punishment Fervor
In Columbus Ohio on June 24 the trial of Dr James H Snook for Theora Hixs murder opened amid strong opposition to capital punishment and high public interest The jury selection faced delays with only three jurors temporarily seated after three hours of questioning Ten jurors were questioned and only four opposed capital punishment The calm defendant remained steadfast as the crowded courtroom swelled with spectators many of them young women.
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Columbus
Ohio
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Snook
Trial opens for Prof Snook in murder of Theora Hix
In Columbus Ohio on July 24 Prof James Howard Snook formerly of Ohio State University faced common pleas court for the murder of 24 year old Theora Hix a medical student. The courtroom held about 159 spectators and about 50 stood. Snook entered calmly as Judge Henry Scarlett began the trial with a roll call of 69 men and 18 women on the venire.
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Columbus
James Howard Snook
Ohio State Litz
Common Pleas Court
Theora Hix
Henry Scarlett
Melvin T. Hix
Theota
Flushing, N. Y
Hix
Snook
Ceremonies at White House mark Kellogg Briand pact
In Washington forty one nations gathered in the East Room to join President Hoover in ceremonies proclaiming the Kellogg Briand treaty renouncing war as national policy. The event honored Coolidge and Kellogg, with Foreign Minister Briand praise and ratification steps announced by multiple governments. The gathering, among the era’s most significant diplomatic meetings, followed by luncheon and nationwide radio broadcasts.
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Washington
East Room
White House
Hoover
American State Department
Briand
France
Salle Des Horloges
Paris
Coolidge
Embalmed Chicken Evidence Heads to Grand Jury
In St Clairsville on July 24 an embalmed chicken becomes part of evidence as the September grand jury prepares. William Baker of Shadkk ville was arrested for alleged chicken theft after a dressed chicken was found in a cistern. Prosecutor McKelvey had the fowl embalmed at a funeral parlor to be used against Baker next fall. The chicken rests at a Bellaire funeral home.
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ST. Clairvlle
William Baker
Shadkville
McKelvey
Baker
Bellaire
Four Prisoners Escape From Schuylkill County Jail
POTTSVILLE Pa July 24 Four prisoners escaped over the wall of the Schuylkill County prison today two were wounded and recaptured shortly after. The others were at large and being hunted by posses of officers. Posses sought John Home and Russell Helfenstine Red Clark and Fred Hammill were injured and recaptured when they jumped the wall Hammill's leg broken by guards who found him.
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Pottsville
Schurlkill County
John Home
Russell Helfenstine
Red” Clark
Fred Hammill
Hammill
MacDonald Plans Month Visit to United States
Premier Ramsay MacDonald announced in the House of Commons that he expects a month long trip to the United States in October. The London report notes the timing and purpose of the travel as part of his diplomatic schedule.
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MacDonald
United States
London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons Today
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Buffalo
New York
John Hart
Cty
Hinkson
Middle Avene
P. S. O'Brine
Galvin Coolidge
Pital
Jas. A. Hewitt
Park
Ashtabula
Heman Ely
Hudson River
East Avenue
Broadspecs
Calvin Hall
Frederick Whittlesey
Winchurln
Sia Wei-Sung
HS Tall Aegis
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