Ocean Flyers Lose In Pacific Derby
The Oakland to Honolulu non stop flight carrying major prize money ends with Woolaroc and Aloko winning first and second. Goebel and Jensen finish with times over twenty six hours. Three aviators die en route. missing flyers prompt a $40,000 reward and a wide search by destroyers, merchant ships, and planes.
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Woolaree
Aloha
Biplape
Orun
J. A. Pedlar
K. Keeppe
Mildred
Tran
Jack Frost
Gordon Scott
Deuth
Municipal Airport
Oakland
Dallas Spirit
William Erwin
Dallas
Texas
San Francisco
Guildem Eagle
Alolm
Woolaroc
Art Coebel
Alpha
Goebel
Jensen
Mildred Doran
Michigan
V. K. Knope
New York
Santa Monica
Miss Doran
Seruin
Ben Wyatt
Pedler
Keepe
Hawaii
Callifornia
Pacific
Annapolia Academy Names 1028 Crew Captain
Annapolia Md Academy officials announce Michael P. Bogdanovitch has been elected captain of the 1028 crew. The appointment marks a milestone for the school and its athletics program as Bogdanovitch begins leadership duties.
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Annapolia, Md
Alrdshipman
Michael P. Bogdanovitch
Mellon Returns Soon From Mediterranean Vacation
Secretary Mellon will arrive August 30 in New York aboard the Leviathan after a two months vacation cruise in the Mediterranean, as announced by the treasury.
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Washington
Melion
New York
Leviathen
Mediterranean
The
Treasury
Americans warned keep out of China amid evacuation policy
The State department received a Peking legation dispatch warning American missionaries and businesspeople not to return to China this fall. Officials say no change in the policy of withdrawing citizens from the interior and concentrating them where evacuations are possible. No American airplanes are flying over China and two planes at Tientsin guard life and property.
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Washington
China
State Department
Peking
Legation
Far East
Peking Legation
United States
Shanghai
Tientsin
5 000 Rush for Diamond Field
Cape Town reports a diamond rush at Welverdiend near Lichtenburg drawing participants of all ages. A sixteen year old girl pegged a claim for her sick father after running three miles, with many students and civilians forming a long line at the start. Police arrested fifteen men hidden along the veldt and one man was concealed in a water tank.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Welverdiend
Lichtenburg
Ume
MacNider Travels 11 905 Miles on Inspection Trip
Assistant Secretary of War Hanford MacNider led a July air inspection tour covering 11 905 miles in 48 hops. He started from Washington on July 4 with Capt. R G Ervin as pilot and christened the observation plane the Spirit of Unrest.
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Washington
Hanford MacNider
Mac Nider
R. G. Ervin
Army ‘Air Corps
Well-known Iowa Lawyer Benjamin Dies in Council Bluffs
Fremon t Benjamin, seventy three, an influential attorney and local politician, died at his home in Council Bluffs after a nine day illness.
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Iowa
Council Bluffs
Fremont Benjamin
Nebraska gasoline tax tops all records in July
Nebraska tax receipts shattered previous records in July with 600000 dollars collected, far surpassing any month since gasoline tax began. Other notes include Meridian highway 81 graveling south of Geneva, possible renaming to Pan Americana.
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Nebraska
T W. Bass
Gscline Bureau
Mexico
Canada
United States
Omaha Clearing House Association
Omahpa
S. T. Farmer Company
Grand Island
R. W Updike
Bridgeport
Fred Lemaster
Sugar Company
Chadron
Gordon Brubaker
Harvey A. Brubaker
Nelson
Gordon
Hastings Hospital
Ashland
S. L. Sears
D. S. D. Highway
Kiwanis urged corn themed license plates for Nebraska
The Kiwanis club proposes stamping and coloring Nebraska plates to feature an ear of corn to advertise the state. Louis Leppke of Nebraska Clothing Co originator notes the idea would cost the same and turn every car into a mobile ad. Nebraska crops ranking and agricultural yield forecasts are also reported.
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Kiwanis Club
Nebraska
Idaho
Louis Leppke
Nebraska Clothing Company
Utah
Mr. Leppke
Bridgeport Reports Surprise Auto License Revenue Gain
The semi annual report by County Treasurer Hazel T. Scoggin shows Morrill county automobile tag receipts for the first six months of 1927 exceeding the same period in 1926 by 6000 dollars despite tag price increases.
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Bridgeport
Hazel T. Scoggin
Morrill County
Life Crushed In Farm Accident Near Kearney
Kearney man George Christofferson aged 48 died after two wheels of a farm separator rolled over him while oiling machinery at Arthur Cann's farm north of Kearney. The one arm man was dragged under the wheel after his left arm was caught. Widow and four children survive.
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Kearney
George Christofferson
Arthur Ke Cann
Randolph Child Loses Leg to Round’s Disease Study Topic
Randoph resident Anna Farnam’s son Cari Farnam, afflicted with Round’s disease a rare nerve paralysis, had his leg amputated between the knee and ankle after years of illness. The condition attacks toes and fingers and has drawn medical study.
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Randolph
Meady
Wwe
Cari Barnam
Anna Farnam
Golf Club Blows Injure Child At Wymore Course
Eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J T Case of Wymore is recovering from a severe laceration after being struck on the cheek by a golf club wielded by Jack Nichols a Wymore golfer. The incident occurred as she followed her brother Tommie who was acting as a caddy. The gash measured about three inches and required stitches.
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Wymore
Ruth Case
J. T. Case
Tommie
Jack Nichols
Nichols
Last Appeal Fails in Sacco and Vanzetti Case
Sacco and Vanzetti seek final relief in federal courts as Massachusetts Supreme Court overrules defense exceptions and denies writ of error and new trial. The decision upholds Judge Thayer's rulings and notes writ of error is obsolete. Sacco and Vanzetti, after a long hunger strike, vow continued protest of secrecy in Governor Fuller’s investigation and the seven years of treatment.
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Boston
Sacco
Vanzzetti
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Sacce-Vanzetti
George A. Sanderson
Webster Thayer
Permsa
Sandeman
Jods Thayer
Pew
Nicola Secco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Thayer
Asociates
Mietica
Arthur D. Hill
Arthur K. Reading
Henry K. Braley
Edward P. Pierce
James B. Carroll
William C. Wait
Sanderson
Vanzetti
Covernor Fuller
Massachusetts
Winter Wheat Acreage Totals Estimated At Record Level
Washington reports indicate winter wheat plantings will rise about 13.7 percent from last fall to 48 637 000 acres the highest since 1915. Winter rye acreage may reach 4 629 000 acres if intentions hold, though actual sowing could be smaller.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Fashion Queen crowned at St Louis style show
Miss Alfhild Larson of Pittsburgh was crowned the 207 queen of fashion at the annual St Louis style show marking the event with local spectators and media coverage.
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St. Lowis
Alfhild Larson
Pittgourgh
St Louis
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Diamond Field
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