Coste and Coste Flight Mystery Over the Atlantic Attempt
Captain Diadonne Coste and mechanic Maurice Bellonte vanished after taking off from Le Bourget on a 15 hour test flight of the Question Mark. The aircraft carried 36 hours of food and 700 gallons of fuel, with hopes to reach American soil on Independence Day if the plane continued past the European coast.
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LE Bourget
Francs
Diadonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
America
United States
Coste
Atlantic
Villa-Doubles
Bordeaux
Marsailles
Grenoble
Villa-Coublay
Famous Loch Lomond Lands Fail to Attract Buyers
Glasgow July 3 A Duke of Montrose seeks cash for 25 000 acres of Lomond lands including Ben Lomond Inveruglas and nearby isles but no buyer offered at public auction. The government may seize the land to cover death duties amid political debate on socialist land reform.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Loch ‘Lomond
Duke of Montrose
Lomond
Ben Omond
Ramsay MacDonald
Kintry
Stirlingshire
Americans Over World Will Celebrate Independence Day
United States readies for a three day Fourth of July as crowds head to coast and mountains. Transportation networks expect up to two million travelers from New York City with rail steamship bus and air links. Events include a Tammany Society flagpole dedication in Union Square and independent celebration in Philadelphia. War memorials abroad highlight Gold Star Mothers in France. Sweden and Peru mark the holiday with programs and decrees. An attempted derailment near Peshawar in India caused an explosion with no damage.
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Tammany Society
New York
Union Square
Charles F. Murphy
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Harry A. Mackey
France
Stockholm
Sweden
American Club
Peru
Couple wed after chance meeting on Armistice Day
Mrs. Walker recalled meeting Jack at State and Madison streets at 11 am on November 11 1924 and marrying that day. The couple later faced estrangement with the husband known to celebrate many holidays with alcohol before a judge granted a divorce.
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Chicago
Jack Caroline Walker
Jngk
Caroline
Utah Weather: Generally Fair Tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Utah tonight and Friday with little change in temperature. Skies stay mostly clear and winds remain light across the region.
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Utah
Army Officer II Embezzler Charged in Illinois Guard
Col. Charles J. Kraft once commandant of the 202nd coast artillery Illinois National Guard faces federal indictment for embezzling about 100000 from the government. Assistant US district attorney James C. Leaton said the state shortage likely matches the federal loss with padded payroll vouchers and a double renting system at the armory cited as the method.
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Chicago
Charles J. Kraft
202Nd Coast Artillery
Illinois National Guard
James C. Leaton
United States District Attorney
Leaton
Casualty Toll Mounts in Chinese Civil War Near Nanking
A report from Nanking details heavy losses after ten days of fighting along the Haichow to Tung Kuan railway with nationalist forces suffering about 30 000 casualties including 10 000 dead. Costs are estimated at about 1 000 000 Mexican dollars daily, with hundreds of wounded filling hospitals.
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Haichow-Tungkwan
Nanking
Pukow
China
Kweiteh
Suchow
Ocean
Tientsin- Pukow
Governors Tour Zion Park Hosts Conference Session
A group of state governors and representatives arrive in Cedar City Utah after leaving Salt Lake City for a four day tour of southern Utah and northern Arizona. The Zion National Park stop includes a session led by Governor John Hammill of Iowa and a program with E T Scoven Carl Gra and Anthony W Ivins among speakers. The trip continues to Grand Canyon for a July Fourth program and the Zion Mt Carmel highway dedication expected to cost 2 million dollars.
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Cedar City
Utah
Arizona
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Cit
Union Pacific
Zion National Park
John Hammil
Iowa
Grand Canyon Lodge
Norman
Case
Rhode Island
John
Car Tipped Over and Three Hurt
A sleeping car on the Bar Harbor Express from New York to Portland tipped over as the train left Worcester Massachusetts injuring three. Passenger Ida B M Thomson 70 of Lutherville Maryland a camp counsellor received bruises. Lowell Massachusetts flagman John Reynolds wrenched back and Philadelphia porter Albert Marabin suffered lacerations. The sleeper was part of a special three car section on a grade crossing of the Boston and Maine railroad.
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Worchester
Mass
Bar Harbor
New York
Portland
Ida B. M. Thomson
Lutherville
John Reynolds
Lowell
Albert Marabin
Philadelphia
Boston & Maine Railroad
End of Hoover Era Congress Marks Major Policy Battles
Washington July 3 Congress nears session end with the new tariff law and a long record. Key fights centered on enforcement funds for the law enforcement commission pension amounts for veterans and disputes with the Senate. Bills on Muscle Shoals nitrate and power plant and rivers and harbors await December action. Hughes Parker battles and Roberts approval marked judiciary clashes. A Senate lobby probe focused on tariff interests.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
House
Law Enforcement Commission
Federal Power Commission
Treasury
Justice Department
Alabama
White House
Supreme Court
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Charles Evans Hughes
John J. Parker
North Carolina
High Tribunal
Owen J. Roberts
Philadelphia
Parker
Democrats
Hunters Enter Bourbons Open Vigorous Kick Fire on Act
John and Kenneth Hunter piloting the City of Chicago request a court session held in an airplane to allow radio testimony in a dispute as flight hours surge and reports prompt tension over plans to land. Conflicts over public notices and disclosures at the Chicago circuit court surface amid a flurry of aviation and legal maneuvers.
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Associated Press
Hunter Brothers
Kenneth
John
Chicago
Walter and
Albert Hunter
Henry Durwaldt
Irene Hunter
Wilson Herrin
Bourbons
John and
Kenneth Hunter
Michael Feinberg
Circuit Court
Feinberg
John Hunter
Walter
Walt
Beans
Law and Gangsters Target Zuta in Chicago Shootout
Readers learn that Jack Zuta eluded police and mobsters after a brazen attack in the Loop. Investigators seek Zuta for answers on Tribune reporter Jake Lingle’s murder, while gangster Ted Newberry is named in the probe. Witnesses recall a pistol held to Lingle in the Illinois Central subway amid a wave of gang activity.
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Chicago
Jack Zuta
Jake Lingles
Zuta
Moran-Aiello
Lingle
Tribune
Frank Foster
Los Angeles
Ted Newberry
Newberry
Illinois Central
Michigan Avenue
Rubber Boats Put To Salmon River Power Survey
The Salmon river power survey gains two rubber boats for the middle fork country described as wild and inaccessible. C G Paulson Idaho director notes the craft are easier to pack overland and endure rocky rapids as the survey proceeds toward completion this summer.
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Boise
Salmon River
C. G. Paulson
Idaho
Surface Water Division
The
Geological Survey
Middle Fork
Paulson
Fifteen Die in Italian Train Collision Near Bologna
Fifteen people were killed and 30 injured when a Milan bound passenger train crashed into a freight train 11 miles from Bologna at Sasso station. The wreck, blamed on a fault in the electrical signaling apparatus, derailed the locomotive and several coaches.
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Sasso
Italy
Milan
Bologna
Baseball doubleheader results and scores
In a pair of games at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia the National and American leagues scheduled only two games. The Boston team beat Pittsburgh 13 to 4 with Smith Cronin Spencer Chagnon and Hemsley contributing. The New York club defeated Philadelphia 5 to 1 behind Johnson Hargrave Walberg and Cochrane.
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Boston
Pittsburgh
Smith and Cronin
Spencer, Chagnon
Hemsley
New York
Philadelphia
Johnson and
Hargrave
Walberg Quinn
Cochrane
Utah Marital Record Growth Shown for 1929
Washington July 3 The department of commerce reports 6 286 marriages in Utah during 1929 up from 5 844 in 1928 an increase of 442 or 7 6 percent. divorces total 1 016 in 1929 down from 1 022 in 1928, a drop of 6 percent. per 1 000 population marriages 116 in 1929 versus 11 in 1928. divorces 18 per 1 000 in 1929 versus 19 in 1928.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Utah
Compar
Sword Swallower Ends Diet With Dime Incident
Wynan King, famed sword swallower, rushed to County hospital after swallowing a dime during a performance. Doctors removed the coin and King vowed to stick to sabers and similar hazards in the future.
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Chicago
Wynan King
Western association of state highway officials elects Utah leader
Salt Lake City hosts the Western Association of State Highway Officials as Henry H. Blood of Utah is elected president. Z E Bevison of Wyoming O Warden of Montana and W C Davidson of New Mexico named to the executive committee. Nine highway resolutions approved before officers chosen.
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Salt Lake City
Western Association of State Highway Officials
Governors
Utah
Arizona
Henry H. Blood
Utah State Road Commission
Z. E. Bevison
Wyoming
Bureau of Public Today O. 5
Montana
W. C. Davidson
New Mexico
Es Se & Com
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America Today
New York City
Peshawar
India
Calcutta
Northern Alliance
Zion Park
Ground Brothers
George Georgia
Walsh
Massachusetts
George
American Legion
Watson
Indiana
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