Four Navy Fliers Die In Canal Zone Plane Crash
Four United States navy fliers were killed when their plane fell from 400 feet near the fleet air base in Colón Canal Zone. The crew included H. Schnitzlein of Brooklyn New York pilot, W Manthorn of Brockton Massachusetts chief radio operator, N R Glaze aviation ordnance man from Hopkins County Texas, and C Bugonian of Binghamton. The motor failed and Schnitzlein attempted a forced landing, but the plane nosedived into ten feet of water. Army and navy air stations began recovery efforts for the bodies.
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Colon
Canal Zone
United States Navy
Fleet Air Base
H. Schnitzlein
Brooklyn
N.Y
W. Manthorn
Radio Opera
Brockton
Mass
N. R. Glaze
Aviation Ordinance
Hopkins County
Texas
C. Bugonian
Binghampton
Schnitzlein
Army
Navy
Challenge on air record by three U S racers
In Cleveland Seni 1 a flying trio led by Major James H. Doolittle James G. Haizlip and James R. Wedell attempted to surpass France at speed. They lined up three of the fastest racing ships to beat the eight year record of 278.48 miles per hour set in 1924 by Bonnet of France, signaling a revival in American air racing.
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Cleveland
Seni. 1
France
James H. Doolittle
James G. Haizlip
James R. Wedell
Bonnet
Farmers Gather To Get Their Assailants
In Gherokee Iowa on September 1, about 200 Farmers Holiday adherents gathered at Walnut Grove with the intent to confront five men they blame for shootings that wounded 14 pickets. Sheriff Tilton stationed 75 armed deputies at the courthouse to prevent trouble as leaders say they have eight witnesses and plan to march on Cherokee to “get” the assailants.
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Gherokee
Iowa
Spon
Walnut Grove
Tilton
Court House
Nhne
Farmore
Des Moines
One Killed Four Hurt in Maryland Crash
In Lonaconing Maryland Walter James 22 died after an automobile struck a pole and fence at Pekin Bridge while rounding a curve. Allan Hamilton 22 and Don Barrett 18 were in critical condition at Miners Hospital Frostburg. Charles Hamilton Huntington WV , driver, was less seriously injured. James was a well known local entertainer.
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Lonaconing
Walter James
Samuel James
Pekin Bridge
James
Miners Hospital
Frostburg
Allan Hamilton
John R. Hamilton
Don Barrett
Huntington
W. Va
Charles Hamilton
Lefs
Eclipse sighting ends in purse snatch outside Louisville
In Louisville on September 1 a woman and her husband watched the solar eclipse through smoked glasses. An unidentified man at the show knocked Mrs. Roberts down, grabbed her purse with the spectacles, and fled, leaving the glasses behind.
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Louisville
Frank J. Roberts
Eclipse Triggers Animal Reactions In Conway Area
Phillip Davis reports dramatic animal behavior during yesterday's solar eclipse in Conway N H His observations include roosters crowing seven minutes before totality chickens returning to their coops swallows nesting and crickets chirping as darkness falls Local observers at Franklin Institute fields and Fryeburg Me corroborate swallows' movements and other wildlife responses Artists in Washington and Dusbury Mass observed attempts to sketch the eclipse during its brief total phase.
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Conway
N. OH
Boston Museum of Natural History
Phillip Davis
Davis
University of New Hampshire
New England
Franklin Institute
Fryeburg
Charles Bittinger
Washington
Dusbury
Mass
Sleigh Bells Tale Nets Chicago Fisherman Fame
Chicago report tells of Will Morrison heroic battle with Squaw lake famed fighting fish Old Sleigh Bells. He claims the sixty pounder dragged him from a canoe, capsized them, and required a second dive to retrieve gear before they shot the fish. Morrison plans to write to President Hoover and Governor Roosevelt.
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Chicago
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Will Morrison
Squaw Lake
Minocqua
Wis
Bill Stevens
Mills to Decide on Relief Act Public Works Funding
Washington seeks Mills decision on whether funds are available for the 232 million dollar public works program under the relief act. Hearings wrap up this month and then the interdepartmental board reviews building river and harbor road projects including a 500000 dollar Hagerstown post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Milla On
Treasury
Department
J. C. Lawson Roop
Budget Bureau
Mills
Brown
Inter-Departmental Board
Hoover
Child Is Killed Four Are Injured in Crash Near Castle
A New York couple, Mr. and Mrs. William Berger, their child, two year old Jnne Berger, was killed and four others injured when their car hit a culvert after a tire blew out near Castle Pennsylvania while returning from a trip to Chicago. Passengers Walter J. Ehrback and Miss Senta Grass along with the Berger couple were taken to a hospital with cuts bruises and burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle
Jnne Berger
William Berger
New York
Currency Head Pole Will Quit As Comptroller
Washington dispatch reports John J Pole has asked President Hoover to relieve him as Comptroller of the Currency and return to banking. Pole declined to discuss the resignation after confirmation in an administration quarter, with no explanation forthcoming.
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Washington
Sep
John 1. Pole
Hoover
Pole
Old Dobbin Is Staging In Elk City Comeback
ELK CITY Kas Sept 1 Old Dobbin is staging a comeback in Elk City. A local store manager has installed eight hitching posts and a watering trough in a vacant lot behind the building after persistent requests.
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Elk City
Kas
Dobbin
Veterans of Foreign Warsdenounces discount of bonus seekers
The thirty third VFW encampment in Sacramento adopted a solemn protest against the July rout of unarmed bonus seekers in Washington. It denounced cavalry charges bayonets tanks and gunfire as brutal and criminal and urged officials to stop using war weapons against veterans. The resolution condemned officials who cast veterans as dangerous and urged veterans to remember their strong defense is the ballot.
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Sacramento
Calif
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Washington, D. C
United States
Joseph Carl Thomson
New York City
New York
Harold D. Decoe
City to keep fire department under city control
Jacksonville officials state the fire department is not for lease. City commissioners rejected a proposal to privatize or contract out the department, insisting it remain a municipal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fila
John FE. Trate
Perron
Mercury Posts 100 Degree Heat At Noon In Central Town
Heat wave tightens its grip as thermometers prove a scorching noon with 100 degrees in the sun and projections reaching 104 to 105 by afternoon. Keedysville observer J A Miller logged 99 noon yesterday and 102 earlier today, while several illness cases linked to heat appeared. relief reportedly on the way tonight though maps show no cooling yet. Eclipse caused a seven degree dip in Keedysville, temp 98 at 5 pm, August remains record hot with 2.11 inches rainfall for the month.
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J. A. Miller
Keedynville
Weather Bureau
Miller
Keedysville
Welfare Federation yields large winter potato crop
Estimates of a 1500 bushel crop from the Welfare Federation field at City Park are likely to exceed that amount. John R Tenney of the committee says the last of the harvest is underway with a machine harvest, sacks, and storage at Hagerstown Storage and Transfer Company for winter. The plan planted ten screx of potatoes to aid families, supervised by the Federation, with unemployed men involved in planting and gathering. Potatoes will be issued on grocer requisitions ordered by Captain Cassidy of the Welfare Federation.
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Welfare Federation
John R. Tenney
Hagerstown Storage and Transfer Company
Federation
Cassidy
Welfare Federation Committee
Four Escape From Keyser Jail In West Virginia
Four inmates at Keyser jail escaped in the early hours by removing bars and fashioning a rope from blankets. Harold Hershberger Ross Morrison Raymond Forbeck of Keyser and Charles Dean of Ridgeley, awaiting transfer to Moundsville were involved. Dean was later sentenced for a separate robbery involving a safe haul into Maryland.
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Keyser
W. Va
Harold Hershberger
Ross Morrison
Raymond Forbeck
Charles Dean
Ridgeley
Cumberland
West Virginis
Moundsville
Ware
Maryiand
Dean
Eclipse anniversary marks Mills birth during solar event
In Tulsa Oklahoma yesterday a solar eclipse reminded Mrs. Eclipse Mills of her birth during a previous eclipse. The day carried a personal echo as the unusual name met a rare celestial event.
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Tulsa
Okta
Eclipse Mills
Roosevelt to push presidential bid into high gear
Albany N Y Sept 1 Governor Roosevelt says his presidential campaign starts today with a western tour twelve days away. Since July 2 when he accepted the nomination in Chicago he has kept in the public eye in various roles including yachtsman student of affairs and as judge in the James J Walker case. Among his guests has been Governor Albert C Ritchie of Maryland.
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Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Pennsylvania Railroad seeks two million loan for 1400 box cars
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for a 2 million reconstruction loan to build 1400 box cars aimed at employing men unemployed this fall and winter. As security it offered a note and collateral pledged with the Reconstruction Corporation for a 27.5 million loan, requested for three years.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Corporation
Was It Hot See The Record Melting In Baltimore
A man left a phonograph record on his car seat in a downtown public garage and found it melted when he returned. Nearby John R Weeka of the local Weather Bureau noted a thermometer in the sun on the roof of the Custom House registering 126 degrees, though the official maximum was 99.
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Baltimore
John RR. Weeka
Custom House
Bank job boom with homes loan banks to open
Washington report notes that once home loan banks begin operations next month they will provide hundreds of jobs at the twelve district bank headquarters. In the local headquarters area fewer than 100 positions will be created, with current staffing at 35.
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Washington
Tremors Felt In Oak Hill Area Center Of Disturbance Studied
Residents of the Oak Hill section reported two earth tremors at about 6 30 last evening. Georgetown University Observatory seismograph records confirmed the tremors, likely originating near Hagerstown. Investigators work to fix the tremor center as homes rocked and doors rattled across North End, sparking reports of various disturbances.
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Oak Hill
Georgetown University Observatory
Washington
PA. C
Hagerstown
North End
Scott M. Wolfinger
Dewey Avenue
Roy Danzer
J. M. A. Healey
Oak Hill Avenue
G. M. Snider
Frank Wolf
Hamilton Boulevard
Robert B. Boyle
Irvin Avenue
Important Radio Discovery Direct Result of Eclipse
The report summarizes total eclipse expeditions in 1930s America and abroad. Clouds spoiled many observations while a few crews achieved success. A Kennelly Heaviside layer effect altered radio reception during totality and returned after sunrise. Japanese and Cornell teams highlighted notable moments despite weather.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Roston
Mass
Radio Discovery
Earth
L. Boothroyd
Cornell University
New
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Goregressmanh Lewis
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Farley
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Penna. Road
Georgetown U
Port
Tokyo Imperial Observatory
Okuron Oikawa
Bartlett, N. H
Bartlett
Alfred
Comipany
Celestial Express
Frederick Siocum
University
Speervieg
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