Steeple Tragedy At Catholic Church Leaves One Dead
A scaffold collapse on the northwest steeple of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fremont results in the death of Philip Wigland, 22, of Fremont. Wigland, employed by contractor S A Tillotson, fell twenty feet after a rope broke while painting the cupola. Spectators witnessed the fatal plunge on Middle Avenue, near the church, and Wigland died at the hospital. The firm blamed a jagged brick that frayed the rope. the body was sent to Fremont for burial.
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Hecy
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Philip Wigland
Fremont
S A Tillotson
Tillotson
Walsh Undertaking
Fremont Ife
Zeppelin expert Zeppelin Ames Wind Lin disaster expert view
An IS report quotes Zeppelins designer and pilot E. Ames Wind Lin evaluating the Shen disaster. He cites a vertical gust as the likely cause, dismisses a tornado, laments loss of trained crew, and criticizes mismanagement claims while praising early flight pioneers.
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Go Echener
Zeppelin
Legal executions and family alimony rulings in Wells
Sept. 4. Cosmo Ferranto and Luigi Del Bianco faced the electric chair in Wells after a murder conviction from 1923. A separate custody and alimony case granted the wife support payments of $26 per month in installments.
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Cosmo Ferranto
Lugi del Bianco
Urghero
Far B
Ald Ernest Ferrito
Future Policy of Aviation in Balance
The navy faces a critical choice after the Shenandoah disaster and failed naval airship flights. Secretary Wilbur holds to current aviation policy but hints at reducing Aeronautics Bureau activity and economy moves. Proposals include closing Lakehurst air station and decommissioning the Dirigible Los Angeles.
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Shenandoah
Ano
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Alott
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Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
Los Angeles
United States
Germany
Land deal dispute filed by Bennett against Price and Marsh
W C Bennett of 526 Park Place sues Catherine Price for 3000 and Victor Marsh of Marsh Realty for 3100. He says Marsh advised on a property purchase for 15000 and the real value was 11000 to 12000. Bennett seeks recovery of Marsh’s fee and 3009 paid to Price.
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W C. Bennett
Park Place
Catherine Price
Victor Marsh
The
Marsh Realty Co
Bennett
Marsh
French Aviators Tarascon Coli Plan Trans Atlantic Flight
Paris reports that aviators Tarascon and Coli, both war veterans, near a final test before attempting a non stop eighteen hour trans Atlantic flight. They may depart from Bourget or Villa Coubey and will not reveal their starting point until the last moment.
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Paris
Coli
Tarascon
Bourget
Villa Coubley
Lucille Jones Case Delayed by State Indictment
Prosecuting Attorney D A Baird announced several long pending cases, including the indictment of Lucille Jones, former Lorain girl, daughter of Rev T Howard Jones, charged with soliciting girls for immoral purposes. The jury failed to reach a verdict. she and her parents left Lorain for Massachusetts, leaving a $5000 bond.
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D. A Baird
Lucille Jones
Loralm
T. Howard Jones
Miss Jones
Lorain
Massachusetts
Nothceme
Plane missing in Pacific search continues for crew
San Francisco news desk reports Commander John Rodgers and five crew members aboard PN-3 No 1 are missing after a flight from California to Hawaii. The Navy concentrates nearly its Pacific forces, while the destroyer Farragut and others search 26 miles northwest of Oahu after three flares were spotted in the night search.
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Pacific
Hawaiian
John Rodgers
Pn-3 No 1
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Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
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Farragut
Qahu Island
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VANDALS TOLD TO RETURN LOOT FROM SHENANDOAH CRASH
Government agents from Washington Cleveland and Columbus arrived in Zanesville to curb souvenir hunting from the Shenandoah disaster. Officials warned owners of recovered relics not to remove trophies. A missing flight instrumentation piece is key to the crash inquiry and may bring federal penalties for those who took it. Authorities across Ohio and West Virginia search for the instrument to preserve the investigation.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Washington
Cleveland
Columbus
West Virginia
Elyria Men File Bankruptcy Petitions in Federal Court
Carl S. Baron, Elyria jeweler, reports assets of 14396.65 and liabilities 17466.68 in the bankruptcy filing. Clyde Shaver of Elyria lists assets 250 and liabilities 603.75. In other items Fred Gasser and Ray Tisdale leave for Canada for a month of recreation to hunt moose and fish.
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Cleveland, O
Elyria
Carl S. Baron
Elyria Jeweler
Clyde Shaver
South Anherst
Fred Gasser
Ray Tisdale
Canada
Missing Girl Sought After Overnight Search
Police scoured the county in an all night effort to find 15 year old Helen Nagy daughter of Steva Nagy of West River street. She left home on a bicycle at 6 30 pm toward the county infirmary. Her bicycle and coat were found near the infirmary but no trace of her remained by midnight.
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Helen Nagy
Steva Nagy
West River Street
Nagy
M. L. Gibson
Les Johnson
Pat"’ Creban
Demonstrating New Fire Apparatus Tour At Local Fire Dept
Julius Stone Jr son of the Seagrave Fire Apparatus president toured and demonstrated modern fire equipment for local firemen on a state wide tour He will present a demonstration at Wellington tonight In police court George Snyder was found not guilty of driving while intoxicated Gust Pappas and Howard Goulter were fined ten dollars each with nine suspended for traffic law violations
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Julius Stone, Jr
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Snyder
Gust Pappas
Howard Goulter
Lansdowne to be buried at Arlington Naval Station
Silent Commander Zachary Lansdowne, commander of the Shenandoah, will be laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery after his airship crashed in Ohio. His widow notified Navy officials of the wish, saying he opposed the flight and hoped for a safer season. Ralph Lansdowne travels to Ohio to arrange the body.
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Naval Air Station
Lake Burst
Zachary Lansdowne
Ohio
Arlington Cemetery
Navy Department
Washington
Lansdowne
Arlington
Lansdown
Wilbur Denies Charge of Politics
Washington Sept 2 The Navy Department rejected charges that Lisat Commander Zachay Lansdowne opposed the Shenandoah flight to the west. Officials said a planned trip to weather observatories was postponed from July to September due to weather concerns and Lansdowne’s secretaries. The department maintained the ship would not sail against the commanding officer’s judgment.
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Washingsua
Nedow
Lisat
Zachay Lansdowne
Shenandoah
Navy Department
Tutddia Werterm
Cites
Tavare
Nadowne
Rostaring
Lansdowne
Gary Wilbur
Murder Suspect Captured in Cleveland With Stiletto
A bloodstained stiletto was found on an escaped convict from the Moundsville West Virginia prison when captured by detectives in Cleveland. The man, believed to be a murderer who fled eight months earlier, was taken at a house where another stiletto was found. He fired a revolver at officers during the entry.
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Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia Institution
Military Board to Investigate Shenandoah Disaster
Caldwell Ohio Sept 4 The military board of inquest met at ten this morning to define the cause of death of fourteen victims of the Shenandoah disaster. Commander Klein Kraus and Nelson will form a naval court of inquiry at Lakehurst to examine survivors and witnesses. Bodies will be shipped to Columbus for burial. The Caldwell American Legion aided at the scene and the Red Cross notified families with care updates.
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Shenandoah
Klein
Kraus
Nelson
Lakehurst
Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Lowell
American Legion
Jacob Klein
Cincinnati
Hallie Valley
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Dye
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Doe
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Greenville
Caldwell
Legionaires
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Fortages
United States Arm
Red Cross
Emma F. Lyon
Trenton
Guernsey County
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American Red Cross
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Lansdowne
Bella Valley
Miss Lyon
Jacobo Klein
Naval Board of Inquiry
Guard
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