Kansans Fight Floods as Water Rises Across State
Flooding devastates Salina with Dry Creek bursts flooding hundreds of homes up to second story levels. Wichita and Hutchinson face rising rivers Arkansas and Smoky Hill threatening residential districts. Sun breaks amid renewed concern as streams near record levels.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Alina
Wochita
Hutchinson
Salina
Dry Creek
Smoky Hill
Big
Arkansas
Wichita
Arkansas River
Col Creek
Washington County public schools to open September 6
Schools of Washington County will probably open on September 6. Superintendent B. J. Grimes said plans remain subject to board action. The next meeting will likely be Tuesday with more teacher appointments. Last year about 14,000 children were enrolled, a few hundred more expected this year.
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Washington County
Board of Education
B. J. Grimes
Four Arrested in Slaying of Federal Agents
Logan West Virginia August 17 four men were rounded up during a two day search of wooded hills near Island Creek in the slaying of State Prohibition Officer Ed Hensley and two others. Sheriff Tennis Hatfield and state police led the hunt. Two suspects were seized near Chauncey Hollow where the ambush occurred and two more were brought to the county seat. No charges were filed yet. Ed Hensley son Don and Ernest Marcum were killed in the ambush while Howard Tomblin was wounded and hospitalised with a serious abdomen wound.
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Chauncey Hollow
Hensley
Don
Ernest Marcum
Howard Tomblin
Air Flight to Rome Delayed by Broken Bearing
The mono plane Old Glory bound for Rome was delayed when a faulty landing gear bearing was found during preflight checks at Curtiss Field. Lloyd Bertaud announced the bearing can be repaired in a few hours and the 4300 mile flight may start tomorrow if weather holds.
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Curtiss Field
Rome
Lloyd Bertaud
Sacco and Vanzetti Case May Seek Supreme Court Review
Boston August 17 defense counsel may petition the U S Supreme Court for certiorari to review the Sacco Vanzetti case if the Massachusetts Supreme Court denies certiorari and refuse exceptions. Arthur D Hill prepared forms and would seek Justice Holmes if a writ is granted. The state court justices deliberated on defense exceptions with no decision announced.
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Boston
Sacco-Vanzetti
United States Supreme Court
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Arthur D. Hill
Hill
State Supreme Court
Justice Sanderson
Thayer
Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Court
Justice Holmes
Beverley
Crash Reports Trigger Searchers Against Koko Head
The Navy sends the mother ship Holland and two seaplanes to investigate a rumored crash near Koko Head while two missing planes from the Dole race are sought. Army officers estimate Miss Doran could fly to 8 50 p m and Golden Eagle to 3 p.m coast time as searches continue. Admiral McDonald later says searches found no evidence of a crash in Roxo Head waters.
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Wheeler
Honolulu
Navy
Holland
Koko Head
Army
Golden Eagle
McDonald
Roxo Head
Glass panes knocked from Martz Electric display window
A Hagerstown Lumber Co. truck backed from the Maryland Theatre alley and knocked out two large glass panes in the left front wing of Martz Electric Co at 17 South Potomac Street. The lumber firm nailed temporary boards over the opening and no injuries were reported.
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Martz Electric Company
South Potomac Street
Hagerstown Lumber Co
Maryland Theatre
Hagerstown Lumber Company
Mt Tabor Lutheran Sunday School Picnic Set for Aug 20
The Mt Tabor Lutheran Sunday school Fair view will hold its annual picnic in the woods of Joseph Flory on Saturday August 20. An elaborate program has been arranged and the Williamsport Band will furnish music.
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Mt. Tabor Lutheran Sunday School
Fairview
Joseph Flory
Williamsport
Nick Zolack Sentenced in Drunk Charge After Jail Request
Nick Zolack asked a deputy to lock him up fearing he might be hit by a car. He was arraigned before Justice Duffey and sentenced to five days in jail for driving while drunk. He told deputies he had been drinking and hoped the jail term would help.
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Nick Zolack
Nick
Justice Duffey
Probe accident claims loyal man in Waynesboro area
Bruce B Brumbaugh died when the new Chevrolet roadster he borrowed from Milton A Pryor of Hagerstown overturned in a mill race near Waynesboro. Pryor had lent the car for a half hour to take Brumbaughs wife to a doctor. Brumbaugh did not return and was found drowned at dawn. He leaving a widow Ely Whitmore and children Vera Aldus Doris Miriam and a seven month old. He had worked for Western Maryland Railroad and Pangborn Corp and is survived by his parents and two brothers.
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Bruce B. Brumbaugh
Waynesboro
Milton A. Pryor
Maryland Battery Co
Hagerstown
Brumbaugh
Pryor
Merle Sprankle
Fairground Avenue
D. Webster Groh, Jr
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Pangborn Corporation
Elyy Whitmore
Pen Mar
Vera
Aldus
Doris
Miriam
Hoke Brumbaugh
Eadie Brumbaugh
Mont Alto
Crawford
Germantown
Welty
Prosecutors to file manslaughter charges in girl’s death
Seattle August 17 The King County prosecutor says manslaughter charges will be filed tomorrow against Fr Creighton Nelson, Seattle clubman, and F Amory Bell, skipper of Nelsons yacht. The charges pertain to the death of Violet Maude Payne after a liquor party aboard the yacht in the early hours of July 20.
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Seattle
Wash
King County Prosecutor's Office
Fr. Creight Nelson
F. Amory Bell
Nelson
Violet Maude Payne
Grace Jacobs and Betty Carbaugh Return from Atlantic City
Mrs. Grace Jacobs of Virginia Avenue and her sister Mrs. Betty Carbaugh of Wranklin Street have returned from Atlantic City after a trip.
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Grace Jacobs
Virginia Avenue
Betty Carbaugh
Wranklin Street
Final arguments in Colony case set for late September
In the suit by the State to dissolve the House of David colony Judge Louis H Fead finished three months of testimony with final arguments slated for Sept 26 and 27. Five rebuttal witnesses for the State concluded their testimony as Benjamin Purnell’s accusers and supporters faced the court after the raid last fall. Judge Fead said he would take a month to six weeks to reach a decision.
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T. Joseph Mich
House of David Colony
Louis H. Fead
Benjamin Purnell
Fead
Aviators Rescued After Midair Engine Stall Over Chesapeake
Annapolis Md Aug 17 The Curtis observation plane stalled in midair causing pilots J Fechet and Major W G Kilner to maneuver to a water landing in Chesapeake Bay near Greenbury Point The Reina Mercedes Station tug Reina Mercedes rescued the aviators who were then taken aboard and offered coffee at the Naval Academy A wrecking crew was dispatched from Bolling Field Washington to salvage the aircraft
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Annapolis
Curtis Observation
J. Bk. Fechet
Army Air Corps
W. G. Kilner
Chesapeake Bay
Naval Academy
Greenbury Point
A. A. Webb
Reina Mercedes
Academy
Bolling Field
Washington
Frost Fear Lifts Wheat on Canadian Northwest Frost
Fear of frost in the Canadian Northwest spurred by Alaska cold snap led buyers to push Chicago Board of Trade wheat higher. Leading houses bought freely as the market closed strong with wheat up to 40 cents and corn up to 14 cents while oats eased and provisions slipped.
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Chicago
Canadian Northwest
Alaska
Board of Trade
Aged Man Boward Again Strays From Home
John F Boward 73 disappeared from his home at 654 Pennsylvania avenue for the second time in weeks. He wandered to Chambersburg two weeks ago, stayed two days, and was held for ten dollars before release. He sleeps in barns during wanderings and may have been hurt near railroad tracks.
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John F. Boward
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mr. Boward
Chambersburg
Fruit Growers Urged to Attend Hancock Machinery Exhibit
The American Fruit Growers packing shed at Hancock roars with activity as workmen install grading machinery and washers from the Pacific Coast. The one day exposition promises demonstrations for Washington County fruit growers and northeast horticulturists led by County Agent M. D. Moore. Hotels and homes fill as attendees gather for the industry event.
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Hancock
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
Washington County
Northeast
M. D. Moore
Movie Actress Engaged to MGM Executive
Culver City California August 17 Irving Thalberg announced and Norma Shearer admitted they are engaged to be married likely in the fall The 22 year old actress wore a large diamond ring as a silent witness to the betrothal Thalberg vice president of Metro Goldwyn Mayer pictures is 28 and has not been married before.
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Culver City
Calif
Irving Thalberg
Norma Shearer
Thalberg
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Woolaroc Wins Dole Air Race as Alpha Follows Close
Woolaroc piloted by Arthur C Goebel wins $25000 and reaches Wheeler Field ahead of the Aloha with Martin Jensen, who takes second for $10000. Miss Doran and Golden Eagle remain missing after Oakland to Honolulu race as two other planes are traced by steamship radio reports.
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Art Goebel
Golden Gate
Goebel
Honolulu
Martin Jensen
Arthur C. Goebel
Hollywood
Oakland
Hawaii
W. C. Davis
San Diego
Wheeler Field
Here
Jensen
Paul Schluter
San Francisco
Miss Doran
Mildred Doran
Michigan
J. A. Pedlar
Flint
Mich
Lieut
W. R. Knope
Goden Eagle
Jack Frost
New York
Gordon Scott
Santa Monica
Schluter
Manulani
City of
Los Angeles
Maitland
Hegenberger
Aftenoon
Signal Office Probes Report Flyers Landed
Honolulu reports the Army Signal Office learned that Maui beacon officers sought to know if the airplane piloted by Jack Frost or J A Pedlar had landed on Maui. The Navy Department received orders from Admiral Jackson directing all squadron commanders to search by air for the missing planes along the great circle course.
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Honolulu
Army Sienal
Maui
Jack Frost
J. A. Pedlar
Navy Department
Admiral Jackson
Daughter’s Stunts Reunite Parents in 20 Year Gap
Miss Martyle Jarboe leaped from a plane as a stunt at a Toledo flying field. Her parachute jump brought together her divorced parents Richard Stump and Alice Merrill who reunited and remarried after 20 years apart. Both had remarried since their 20 year estrangement, and their spouses had since died.
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Toledo
Ohio
Martyle Jarboe
Richard Stump
Alice Merrill
Eastern View of McNary Haugen Bill Offered by Mish
Frank W. Mish former state senator spoke at the Washington County Farm Bureau meeting at Joshua Long’s home Downsville. He urged President Coolidge to pass the McNary Haugen bill and recalled a 1927 wire to the president supporting farm relief amid a reported twenty billion dollar loss to farmers in five years. The address highlighted ongoing agricultural distress and drew a large local crowd.
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Frank W. Mish
Washington County Farm Bureau
Joshua Long
Department of Jure
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Associated Press
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Sunshine
Ryde
Flying Wolf
Oakland, Cal
Prohibition
Logan Co
Philip Payne
William Randolph Hearst
Atlantic
New Foundland
Treland
Berteud J
Supreme Court
Koko Island
Atlantic City
Woolaroc
Alpha
Wheeler Landing Field
The
Signal Office
Maui Island
Mish
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