Record Flights Reach Berlin Moscow and Istanbul
Croydon airfield reports Clyde Pang and Hugh Herndon Jr depart for Berlin and Moscow after an Atlantic crossing with limited sleep. Separately Russell Boardman and John Polando land in Istanbul claiming a 4,984 mile distance and world record in straight line flight with an ovation from crowds.
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Croydon Airdrome
England
Clyde E Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Berlin
Moscow
Istanbul
Turkey
Trans Atlantic Telephone
London
New England
Atlantic
Filers
Russel N. Boardman
John Polando
New York
Newfoundland
Cape Cod
Yeehillies
Joseph C. Grew
Band Concert at Ely Park Friday
The Oberlin Band directed by Paul Anthony and assistant Robert Melcher will play at Ely Park Friday July 31 at 7 45 p m. The group, which won the Elyria Fair Grounds band contest on July 4, was postponed by rain and is now scheduled for the announced time and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely Park
Oberlin Band
Elyria Fair Grounds
Oberlin
Paul Anthony
Robert Melcher
Mt Vernon Man Killed Hopping Freight Train
Andrew Straight, 80, of Mt. Vernon, was killed when he was thrown from a northbound B and O freight train in Newark Ohio. Police said he attempted to hop the train and was thrown against a fence. His mother in Mt. Vernon was notified.
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MT. Vernon
Newark
Andrew Straight
Straight
Weather Forecast for Ohio and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the southern portion this afternoon or tonight. Friday expect partly cloudy conditions with likely showers Friday night. Yesterday's highs Kansas City 102 Phoenix 100 Des Moines 98. Today's lows Battleford 42 QuAppelle 46 Minnedosa 48. General outlook: stagnant conditions give way to continued fair, warm weather locally.
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Ohio
Kansas City
Phoenix
Des Moines
County Grange Declamation Contest Friday at Oberlin
Lorain County 14 subordinate Granges will send one contestant each to Friday night’s county Pomona Grange declamation contest at Oberlin Grange Hall. Participants must memorize 60 words from the Grange ritual and the winner advances to district and state contests, culminating in a Northern Ohio title.
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Lorain Cowty
Oberlin
Pomona
Ohio
Dredging Funds Allocated for Toledo Harbor
Secretary Hurley allotted 15000 dollars for dredging Toledo harbor in Ohio. This action accompanies a wartime funding push and follows ongoing harbor maintenance needs cited by officials.
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Toledo
Washington
Hurley
Lindberghs Plan Ottawa Stop After Maine Visit
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh announce departure for Ottawa at 2 PM EWT after radio tests and final plane inspection. They will begin a 7000 mile air jaunt to the Orient with an overnight stop in Canada. The Lockheed Sirius monoplane touched down on Penobscot Bay after a flight from New York.
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North Haven
Maine
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ottawa
Charles A . Lindbergh
Daight W Morrows
United States
Orient
Lindberghs
Penobscot Bay
New York
Capone Sentencing Delayed as Judge Rejects Plea Deal
Federal Judge James H Wilkerson delayed Capone’s sentencing to 2 P M and warned he would reject any agreement on judgment. Capone listened as the judge stated the defendant cannot have a negotiated judgment in this case.
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Chicago
James H Wilkerson
al Capone
Capone
Wilkerson
Demonstration Friday 3:30 P.M. Ends WIM Classes
Cascade Park hosts a end of month life saving and swimming demonstration with nearly 400 students, totaling over 3,900 attendees in 19 days. Miss Dorothy Snyder reports attendance varied by weather and week, with 26 teachers guiding 15 teaching and 4 testing classes. The life saving class set a city record with 18 of 18 enrolled passing. The advanced and intermediate classes also posted strong results.
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Cascade Park
the Park Swimming Pool
Dorothy Snyder
Assistart
Tife
Martial Law Proclaimed in Shanghai as floods worsen
Martial law declared in Shanghai for three days amid floods across the Yangtze Valley. Following Chiang Kai-Shek’s war order against Canton rebels and northern authorities, unrest rises in Shanghai. The decree likely applies to the Chinese parts of the city near foreign sections under local councils.
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Shanghai
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Canton
Peiping
Tientsin
Ufe
Yangtze Valley
Arms Conference May Be Delayed
Geneva reports doubts about holding the world arms limitation conference next February. Officials cite German financial crisis and Europe’s economic trouble as obstacles. League of Nations members fear other issues will delay the six month schedule and strain the European balance.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Criste
Europe
League
Bank Robbery At Brewster Leaves $40 000 Stolen
Three gunmen robbed the Brewster Banking Company at Brewster Ohio ten miles west of Canton taking about 40000 in cash and bonds. They held cashier George Bixler bookkeeper Miss Oddessa Moser and a customer at gunpoint and escaped in a sedan toward Beach City. Fortified by no masks they fled as radio cruisers and sheriff deputies pursued. Campbell Canton bank president and treasurer and director B McClintock identified among local officials.
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Canton
Brewster Banking Company
Brewster
Here
George Bixler
Bixler
Beach City
Massillon
Oddessa Moser
Willam Youngman
Miss Moser
Presleys
Campbell
B McClintock
Improvement Of Ditch Blocked In Lorain By Residents
About 40 people blocked a Dallas ditch improvement in Lorain and kept 1500 residents from the project during a county commissioners hearing. The commission voted against the plan, noting many had already paid about 1900 dollars in assessments which will be returned. The proposed work would have built a 42 inch storm water sewer at an estimated 15000 dollars.
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Dallas
Lorain
Contracts Awarded for Two Road Projects
The state highway department awarded contracts for two road improvements. Roehl Brothers Paving and Construction Company of Cleveland will pave 223 miles on the Elyria-Twinsburg road for 24890 dollars. Modern Construction Company of Fremont will pave 132 miles on Route 20 near Fremont for 39845 dollars.
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Elyria
State Highway Department
Cuyahoga County
Elyria-Twinsburg
Roehl Brothers Paving and. Construction Company
Cleveland
Route 20
Fremont
Modern Construction Company
Pension Award Granted to Widow of Captain Meyers
The police pension board awarded a monthly pension of 42.50 to Mrs. Fred Meyers widow of Captain Meyers. The pension begins July 13 and is payable from the day after Captain Meyers death.
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Pension Board
Fred Mayers
Fred Meyers
Police Pension Board
Ohioans Struggle With Heat Despite Hopes For Relief
Ohioans endure extreme temperatures with no rainfall or cooler air overnight. No deaths reported, but two to three prostrations occurred across the state. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 90 to 100 degrees with scattered light rain late in the afternoon.
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United Press
Graf Zeppelin Returns From Arctic Cruise to Berlin
The Graf Zeppelin completed a polar voyage and landed at Tempelhof at 6 37 p m. The airship passed Lenin grad on the return trip after cruising toward the North Pole. It reported flying over Lake Onega and Archangel before heading to Berlin with 16 passengers and a crew of 30 under Dr Hugo Eckener.
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Bermin
Arctic
Tempelhof
Leningrad
Soviet
Russia
North Pole
Germany
Berlin
Lake Onega
Archangel
Hugo Eehener
Malvgin
Pole
Child Narrowly Survives Shark Attack at Gull Pond
In Greenport New York a 3 year old girl Irene Matthews was nearly attacked by a blue nose shark while playing in Gull Pond. Her father Carl Y. Matthews defended her with a club, wounding and stunning the 6 feet 7 inch shark which was pulled ashore. Local fishermen identified the creature as a blue nose shark.
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Greenport
L. L
North Atlantic Seaboard
Irene Matthews
Gull Pond
Carl Y. Matthews
Cleveland
Matthews
Irene
Sea Gate
N. J
New Jersey National Guard
Staten Island Sound
Elizabeth
Windstorm wreaks damage in Penfield and Pittsfield
A freak wind rain and electrical storm struck the Penfield and Pittsfield districts around 8:30 p m causing several thousand dollars in damage. A concrete block silo and a barn were destroyed in Pittsfield. Homes roofs were blown off and trees uprooted with telephones and lights out. A tree blocked Route 18 and state workers cleared debris through the night.
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Penfield
Pittsfield
Tomas A. McConnell
McConnell
Roy Brasee
Walter Green
Frank Pease
A. G. Mills
Son of Tiger of France Weds Son of Tiger of France in Paris
Annette Smith Aiken of Los Angeles married Georges Clemenceau in a civil ceremony at the Town Hall of the 8th Arrondissement Paris. She is 44 and previously divorced from Friand Martin Aiken. Clemenceau, an engineer, had two children with a former wife from Belgium. The couple will reside at Avenue Raphael in Paris.
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Paris
Annette Smith Aiken
Los Angeles
Georges Clemenceau
8Th Arrondissement
Clemenceau
Aiken
Jasper Henry Smith
Nancy Katherine Leonheart
Detroit
Mich
Friand Martin Aiken
Hicksville
Ohio
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Morlegrove
Wales
Croydon
Airdrome
Fiers
County Grange
Canada
Central Press
Michael Bevilacula
Sam Devine
Little Michael
Joe Rae
Legs” Diamond
Graf
Polar
Uhaigi
Bulletin
Wellington
France
Chronicle-Telegram
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