Plane found. no sign of Steve Mills party
Wreckage located near Skilak Lake but rescuers saw no survivors. Three planes and observers launched from Anchorage to search Kenai Peninsula toward Russian River and Skilak Lake, while Mills party of six had vanished since Sunday on a fishing trip. Police reported no trace of pilot Steve Mills or five passengers as weather cleared and terrain remained flat.
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Steve Mills
Anchorage
Skilak Lake
Associated Press
Kenai Peninsula
Air Transport Crash Blamed on Pilot Judgment
The Bureau of Air Commerce said the April crash near Uniontown Pennsylvania that killed 12 people was caused by Pilot Otto Ferguson's poor judgment. He flew by visual ground observation through clouds in mountainous terrain, instead of climbing above the overcast to determine location by instruments and radio.
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Washington
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Uniontown
Otto Ferguson
Kansas City
Missouri
Spanish Civil War Death Toll and Bombardments Report
Madrid estimates place dead at 75 000 to 100 000 with 300 000 wounded in five weeks of fighting. Rebels and government forces clash with air bombardment in Madrid and Burgos as Germany and Italy supply field guns. Government declares offensives and airdrome strikes as rebels attempt pushes toward Iran and Mount Turiarte.
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Iran
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Burgos
Investigating Death in Chengtu Involves Japanese Officials
Shanghai dispatch reports officials from the foreign office and the Japanese consulate traveled to Chengtu to probe the killing of two Japanese nationals by a Chinese mob. General Chiang Kai-shek expressed grave concern over the incident.
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Nanking
Foreign Office
Chengtu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Two Fliers Hopped Off For London P. M. Today
Brooklyn, September 2 Dick Merrill and Harry Richman left for London this afternoon planning to halt there several days for favorable winds before returning. The route covers 466 miles to the next stop, with a ten hour leg over the water from Harbor Grace to Cobh at 200 mph. The Wright engine in the planes is a 4000 horsepower model, the first of its type permitted to depart the United States.
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Harry Richman
London
Great Circle
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New Foundland
Cobh
Irish Free State
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U.S
Waver
United States
Ecret
Contender in Baby Race Threatened Over Prize
Mrs Grace Bagnato a 23 year old conteder in the Charles Millar 50 100 Baby Race in Toronto turned over threatening letters to police. The letters from unknown cranks demanded she share the prize or be harmed. Millar left the prize to the mother bearing the most children in ten years after his death. Bagnato, an Italian court interpreter, is expecting her tenth child.
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Associated Press
Toronto
Ont
Grace Bagnato
Charles Millar
Millar
Bagnato
ILA Orders Referendum on Strike Votes
In San Francisco a referendum will test longshoremen support for submitting the employers proposals to arbitration. ILA President Harry Bridges called the proposals ridiculous and predicted union members would favor a united strike if terms are not renewed.
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ILA Executive Board
DLA
Harry Beidges
ILA
Team Ployers
Jongsharemen
United Strike
Trade Will Know No Bounds Through Out China Soon
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek told the Associated Press in Canton that China will see no limit to trade expansion as Kwantung Province comes under central government. he said foreign interests will share in a widening political transition and that China aims to be a good neighbor to all nations.
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China
Chang Kai Shek
Associated Press
Kwantung Province
New York Agent Takes Over Affairs for Indefinite Period
Bill Robinson, renowned Negro stage and screen star, will have his affairs managed by an experienced New York theatrical agent for an indefinite period, marking a transition after 31 years with longtime handler Forkins.
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New York
Bill Robinson
Forkins
Black Legion Details Hit as Terrorist Group in Detroit Report
Judge reports the Black Legion described as a terrorist organization with aims to recruit members and plot to seize government power. The document names eighty six state, county and city employees as members and cites Virgil Effinger as national head. Governor Fitzgerald says action will follow for officials named.
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