Aviators Die In Crash Near Croydon Airstream
Four aviators perished when an Imperial Airways twin engined liner named Vellox crashed into a house near Croydon airdrome during an experimental night freight flight. Victims were Capt. J. Orr, Capt. Miles Fergusson on his first trip as second pilot, and radio operators Arbuckle and Dear.
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Imperial Airways
Vellox
Croydon
J. Orr
Miles Fergusson
Arbuckle and
Dear
Confesses to Slaying Trio in Wabash Indiana
Harry Singer, an ex convict farm hand, pleaded guilty to the murder of employer John Fielding Wesley, his wife, and their twelve year old daughter in Wabash Indiana. He is held for the county grand jury which convenes Sept. 7 with the death penalty sought by prosecutor Eugene Weesner. Police investigate Singer's motive, initially saying anger and harsh treatment, then alleging the daughter found him in improper relations with Mrs. Wesley.
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Justice of the Peace
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John Fielding Wesley
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Melvin
Wabash County
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Wesleys
New York Health Spa Draws Buses From Saratoga
New York state operates three buses shuttling patients from Saratoga Springs to the popular health spa as demand rises.
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New York State
Saratoga Springs
Mechanical Heart Displayed by Lindbergh in Copenhagen
Col Charles A Lindbergh completed the artificial heart device for a demonstration to open the international congress of experimental cytology on Monday. About 200 scientists from around the world are attending the weeklong session, with Lindbergh staying at Dr Alexis Carrel’s hotel to aid collaboration.
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Charles A Lindbergh
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Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute of New York
Lincoln Steffens Dies in Carmel at 70
Carmel California August 10 Lincoln Steffens writer and lecturer died here Sunday from a heart attack doctors said. He was 70 years old.
Parole System Debate by Notorious Killer Leopold
Nathan Leopold, famed for the 1924 Franks murder, argues with the U S Department of Justice over a parole prediction system he helped develop while in Illinois State Prison. The debate, published in Northwestern Universitys Criminology journal, centers on forecasting which inmates will reform based on convicts inputs rather than records alone.
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Leopold
Ray L. Huff
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Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Northwestern University
Evenston, Ill
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Loeb
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Ferris F. Lanne
Laune
Joseph Ragen
Northwestern
Porch Damage Strikes Funkstown Twice in Two Weeks
John Johnson residence in Funkstown suffered porch damage from a motor vehicle on Sunday morning. Deputy Leister Isanogle investigates as a truck struck and fled. Last week a similar crash damaged the porch and wrecked two antique chairs.
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Funkstown
Leister Isanogle
PLAN SPEED ON HIGHWAY
Representatives of the rights of way department of the State Roads Commission will arrive here tomorrow to negotiate for land within the corporate limits for the new dual highway. Dr H E Tabier, chairman, said the contract for the section from Antietam creek to Cleveland avenue would be awarded immediately upon obtaining all rights of way. Most owners have set reasonable prices, but a few quote exorbitant sums, prompting condemnation proceedings to avoid delays.
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Antietam Creek
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Hagerstown Landowners Offer Quick Highway Land
Chairman Tabler said work must start before cold weather. City Council assured property owners selling land for the dual highway they will not pay for sidewalks and curbs. Many owners have offered land at reasonable figures.
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Hagerstown
Tabler
Plans Laid For Annual Tilghmanton Tournament
Plans are laid for the annual Tilghmanton tournament to be held in the tournament woods on Saturday August 22. Over $60 in prizes will be awarded as top Bay State tides compete. State's Attorney Martin L. Ingram will deliver the charge to the Knights and Prof E Russell Hicks will give the coronation speech. Myersville Band will provide music with refreshments and games on the grounds. A public address system will be installed. Prizes: professional first $20 second $10 third $7.50 fourth $5 amateur first $19 second $7.50 third $3 fourth $2.50.
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Knights
E. Russell Hicks
South Potomac
Myers Ile
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