Navy blimp J-3 wrecked in surf after Akron search
The non r igid navy blimp J 3 crash landed off Beach Haven New Jersey while returning from a search for Akron survivors. Six crew were rescued including Lieut Commander David E Cummings who died of drowning later in Atlantic City. Missing is Chief Machinists Mate Pasquale Bettio.
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Atlantic City
N. J
David E. Cummings
Atlantic City Hospital
Beach Haven
Navy
Coast Guard
New York
Joseph W. Forsyth
Akron
J. M. Thornton
W. A. Cockell
Harley Manley
Sprague and
Meyers
Pasquale Bettio
Seek Aid Against Noxious Menace
Local chamber of commerce receives a message from New Sweden Grange No. 258 Idaho Falls urging backing for a government takeover of the weed control campaign. A resolution seeks federal Department of Agriculture management to eradicate noxious weeds and aid unemployment, with Claude Bistline to act.
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Chamber of Commerce
New Sweden Grange No. 258
Idaho Falls
New Sweden Group
Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
Dirigible Disasters Through History
A brief Associated Press list reviews major airship accidents from 1912 to 1930. It notes the R-101 wreck over France with 46 deaths, the Italia in the Arctic with eight, Shenandoah in Ohio with 14, Dixmude in the Mediterranean with 52, Roma near Hampton Roads with 34, ZR-2 over the Humber with 42, R-24 wreck in England with no deaths, and earlier fires and crashes including Chicago, North Sea, and Vienna incidents totaling numerous fatalities. It cites Zeppelins L-1 and L-2 and four other great peace-time dirigibles lost in accidents.
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Associated Press
France
England
India
Italia
Arctic
North Pole
U. S
Ohio
Mediterranean
United States
Italy
Hampton Roads Army Base
Humber River
Howden
Chicago
North Sea
Vienna
Heligoland
Senate expands probe power against Morgan and private banks
The Senate granted the banking committee the broadest authority to investigate private bankers including J. P. Morgan and Company. The Fletcher resolution passed without debate to enable inquiries into interstate commerce banking and tax matters, with Pecora listing 23 questions for Morgan and Company. Morgan and Co offered to cooperate on pertinent questions.
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Washington
Senate
J. P. Morgan and Company
Banking Committee
Fletcher
Roosevelt
Ferdinand Pecora
Pecora
Morgan Firm
John W. Davis
Banking House
Davis
Morgan and Company
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune About Ruth Bryan Owen Ambassadorship
Beverly Hills April 4 Ruth Bryan Owen is set to become ambassadress to Denmark Sweden or Norway amid jokes about American diplomacy. The writer mocks the mix up among Swedes Danes and Norwegians and jokes Roosevelt trades Owen for Greta Garbo, calling it the only bad trade.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Roosevelt
Ruth
Greta Garbo
Northwest
Roosevelt Mourns Akron Disaster Causes National Grief
President Roosevelt mourned the Akron disaster as a national calamity praising Rear Admiral William A. Moffett and the crew. Navy and Congress coordinated surveys and inquiries while Mrs. Moffett faced the loss. Lawmakers criticized airship programs as costly and risky to sailors. Continued on Page 8.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William A. Moffett
United States Navy
Jersey
Navy
Congress
Vinson
House Naval Committee
Trammell
Senate Naval Committee
Akron
Bishop Kelly Confirms Large Idaho Class at St Anthony
His Excellency Bishop Kelly of Boise confirmed a large class at St. Anthony church Sunday afternoon before about 400 in the congregation. Eighty children received the sacrament. He then met priests from the southern Idaho deanery at Father C H King’s residence and planned further confirmations in St Anthony and Rexburg.
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Kelly
Boise
St. Anthony Church
Southern Idaho
C. H. King
St. Anthony and
Rexburg
Bryant Rites Held Today for Dr Charl es F E Bryant
Funeral services for Dr. Charles F. E. Bryant 84 formerly a Denver physician who practiced in Idaho including Blackfoot were held at McHan Mortuary chapel with Reverend I G Roddy officiating. He wandered from the county home where confined, found unconscious north of the Bannock county armory, died Sunday evening after a hospital stay. Survived by son Clarence Bryant of Pingree Idaho, other son not traced. Weather outlook generally fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures in the south.
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Charles FE. Bryant
Denver
Colorado
Idaho
Blackfoot
McHan
I. G. Roddy
Baptist Church
Bannock County
Michigan First To Favor Day Daw Repeal
Detroit leads to repeal support as Michigan voters elect 80 to 90 of 100 delegates for a convention to repeal the eighteenth amendment. Detroit shows 17 repeal pledges by a wide margin. statewide tallies after 700 precincts: 189 008 for repeal to 22 202 against.
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Detroit
Michigan
Lansing
Grand Rapids
First
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Marquette
Muskegon
Saginaw
Port Huron
Battle Creek
Wisconsin voters pick 15 delegates in repeal convention race
In Milwaukee on April 4 anti prohibitionists hoped for a decisive vote on the 18th amendment. Dr J J Beelman notes national attention and warns a close result could affect wet dry sentiment. From 30 candidates, voters choose 15 delegates to the Madison ratification repeal convention on April 25.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
J. J. Beelman
Madison
Oklahoma City Oil Field Shut Down Ordered
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission ordered a complete shutdown of the city’s large oil field at 7 a m tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Corporation Commission
Akron crew list and officers aboard the airship
The Akron crew list released by Lakehurst naval air station names sailors from many states and cities including Lakehurst Lakewood Moscow Pensacola and New York with officers listed as Rear Admiral Moffett Commander Berry and others. A separate note quotes Irene about someone with a pipe habit.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Akron
Naval Air Station
Dean
Carl C
Lakewood
Carlson
Arthur E
South Hayes Street
Moscow
Idaho
Bernhard
Benny
Stine
Ralph C
Delmar
Deal
Richard E
Engler
Ralph F
Manheim
Lamkin
Harold B
Egg Harbor City
Austin
Wilson G
Trenton
Erwin
Moody
Memphis
Joseph J
Stamford
McClellan
Benjamin C
Asbury Park
Fahey
Lawrence E
Laurel Hill
Long Island
Duncan
Lester G
Blackwell
Okla
Cooper
Fred
Tomeson
Gerald L
Milroy
Ind
Rutan
Lucius W
Thigpen
Benjamin J
Greensboro
N. C
Arthur
Wellington K
Waltham, Mass
Lipke
Donald H
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Baughman
Harold R
Erie
Jandick
Paul A
Newark
Irvington
Rytell
John J
Glens Falls
N. Y
Cridlin
Stanley L
Parkersburg
W. Va
Walck
Lewis T
Zanetti
Joseph
Ballston Lake
Shevlowitz
Brooklyn
Boelsen
Teter
South Toms River
Graves
Hilbert M
Thenton
Anderson
Victor C. L
Norwood
Mass
Querinhein
August C
Kane
Magnuson
Fridolf R
Wind
Nobart
Union Hill
Joseph Severyns
Harry B. Cecil
Washington
Robert Sayre
Charles H. Calloway
A. F. Masury
U. S. A. Reserve
New York City
Frank C. McCord
Herbert V. Wiley
Harold E. McClelland
Westerly
R. I
George Calman
Toms’ River
Richard Cross, Jr
Herbert M. Westcoat
Herman J. Dugan
Charles F. Miller
Toms River
Morgan Redfield
Wilfred Bushnell
Malone
Akron airship wreck reported near New Jersey
The Akron, the largest airship ever flown, was demolished at sea off the New Jersey coast with an estimated 73 lives presumed lost. A naval J-3 scout plane from Lakehurst collided with the wreckage during search efforts, causing further danger. In France the E-9 dirigible was damaged in a forced landing with two injuries. In India a mount Everest flight ended in a fuel shortage forced landing after a Mt Kanchenjunga overflight.
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Associated Press
New York
New Jersey
Beach Haven
N. J
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Saint Nazaire
France
St. Andre Des Eaux
Calcutta
India
Mt. Everest
Kanchanjunga
Tucker
Coast Guard
Asbury Park
Akron
Third Naval District
Akron airship wreck sinks off Jersey coast. 73 believed dead
The airship Akron, largest ever flown, crashed at sea near the New Jersey coast with 73 presumed dead among its crew. Navy blimp J-3 also wrecks with 11 aboard while searching. four rescued, one dies, as storm and lightning doomed the craft.
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New York
U. S
Akron
Jersey
Navy
Ross weighs beer question for Idaho special session
Governor C Ben Ross said he was studying whether Idaho should hold a special session to address beer legality under the federal act. He noted surrounding states would begin selling beer and considered if revenue would justify a session, as he planned a forthcoming statement. He sought to weigh legality against Idaho’s constitutional prohibition and possible nullification.
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Boise
C. Ben Ross
Idaho
Congress
Iam
Norris Rites Held At 2 P M Today
Final rites for Albert Norris 85 who died Sunday night after heart and kidney illness were held this afternoon at the McHan mortuary chapel with Rev. C H King officiating. Interment in Mountainview. Survived by daughter Mrs Arthur Martin and son Chester Norris plus two sons and two daughters. Norris born Albany N Y in 1848 moved to Pocatello from Dayton Idaho worked in O S L car department eight years. Married Manda Christensen in Malad 1900.
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Albert Norris
McHan
C. H. King
Mountainview
John Waring
Garrett Kimball
W. E. Broadhead
Frank Brown
Dewey Forrest
Archie Forrest
Arthur Martin
North Ninth
Chester Norris
West Lewis
Mr. Norris
Albany
New York
Pocatello
Dayton
Idaho
Idaho Forecast Sees Frost Freezing Temperatures
The Idaho outlook predicts frost and freezing conditions tonight with a light warming trend expected by Wednesday. Locals urged to protect sensitive plants and prepare heating measures as temperatures dip and then inch upward later in the week.
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Barnegat Inlet
Claude Bistline
The
Chamber Agricultural Committee
Johannisthal Aerodrome
Count Zeppelin
Will Rogers
Tribune
U. S. Navy
Dr. Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
University of Minnesota
Ann Arbor Medical College
Custer
Seventh United States Cavalry
Bryant
Old West
Clarence Bryant
Pingree
Uta
South Portion
Irene
Aeronautical Bureau
Philadelphia
H. V. Wiley
Jersey Shore
Barnegat
Wiley
Navy Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Richard Deal
M. E. Brewin
Robert W. Copeland
Phoebus
Copeland
Ross
Norris
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