Tragic Mount Rainier Crevasse Incident Claims Coach Beattie
Six climbers led by Forrest Greathouse Beattie reached Rainier 14,400 feet and slid into a crevasse during a descent. Edwin Wetzel was killed and Beattie believed dead. Brigham Weatherly and Bradshaw survived. Strobel and two others aided in rescue efforts as weather worsened. Beattie’s body was recovered by guides after the accident.
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Paradise Inn
Rainier National Park
Wash
Mt Rainier
Forrest Greathouse Beattie
Edwin Wetzel
Milwaukee
Greathouse
L. H Brigham
Seattle
Robert Strobel
Tacoma
Yancy Bradshaw
Cambridge
Mase
E HH
Weatherly
Kansas City
Strobel
Muir
Charlies Brown Velgran Mountaineer
Rainiers Heights
Brigham, Weatherly
Bradshas
Brigham
Rainier
Wetzel
Tribune plane on second leg
The Chicago Tribune reports an amphibian plane named Untin Bowler departed from Lake Remi for Great Whale River on the second leg of Projected Machi. Aviation editor Robert Wood was a passenger aboard Night. A second message said weather was ideal and a Greenland arrival would be attempted tonight.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune Today
Fran Remi
Great Whale River
Berlin
Wood
Robert Wood
The
Tribune
Cramer
Parker CO
Cramer & Co
Bay Country
Greenland
Whiskey theft probe targets 421 tampered barrels
Washington July 4 Prohibition Commissioner Doran said action to forfeit 421 barrels of whiskey tampered within the bonded Sibley Warehouse in Chicago would start immediately. The investigation seeks who removed the liquor from barrels stored for four to five years across 20 to 40 distilleries.
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Washington
Prohibition
Doran
Sitley Warehouse Company
Chicago
Prohibition Bureau
Duran
Sibley
Bureau
United States
Declines Farm Board Appointment From Lake Elmo Leader
W. S. Moserip of Lake Elmo Minnesota declines to serve on the federal farm board. President Hoover urges reconsideration after a conference with Hoover and Secretary Hyde. Moserip cites business obligations as preventing acceptance of the post.
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Washington
W. 8
Moserip
Lake Elmo
Minn
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
Hyde
Sports Scores and A Dying Actor Report
Boston beat Philadelphia 16 to 38 with M Gaston Berry Grove and Cochrane contributing. Washington defeated New York 410 to 813 with Marberry Heimach Liska Braxton Piperas and Dickey notable. St Louis edged Pittsburgh 4 to 11 as Johnson Smith Meine Harcreaves led. Chicago beat Kansas City 6 to 15 in a by agreement eight innings. Dustin Farnum prominent actor dies at age today with brief weather notes indicating little temperature change tonight and Friday.
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Washington
New York
Marberry
Heimach
Liska
Braxton
Piperas
Dickey
St .Louis
Pittsburgh
Johnson
Smith
Meine
Harcreaves
Cincinnati
Ieago
May
Gooch
Malone
Gonzales
Fires Rampage Across California and Arizona Wreaking Damage
A string of wildfires devoured 80 000 acres in California and Arizona. Firefighters contained a large Mount Tamalpais blaze and halted a Santa Cruz range fire after three days. In Madera County a blaze swept ranches cattle and dry feed, while a Mount Mormon volunteer force aided in protecting the town. Bend Lemond Beckoned another fire near the Gants Crus range.
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MU Valley
California
Arizona
Mill Valley
Mount Tamalya
Phoenix
Oneals Madera
Santa Crug Mountains
Here
Igaids
Mount Mormon
Ben Lomond
Alea
Gants Crus
Sediees
Tees Ont Timoer Toma
Cudahy Heir to Wed Muriel Evans in Riverside
Michael J. P. Cudahy son of the late Joh P. Cudahy and heir to the Cudahy Packing fortune announced plans to marry Muriel Adel Evanson known as Muriel Evans. They filed intent to wed before a Riverside California justice of the peace and will live in Los Angeles afterward. Evanson, 18, has appeared in films since high school graduation and may continue acting. The romance follows a five month courtship and recalls an earlier elopement with actress Marc Astaire that ended with Cudahy jailed at his mother’s request.
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Los Angeles
Uly
Michael J. P. Cudahy
Joh P. Cudahy
The
Cudahy Packing Company
Muriel Adel Evanson
Muriel Evans
Riverside
Calif
Miss Fvansen
Cudahy
Minneapolis
Hollywood
Marc Astaire
Santa Barbara
Lindberghs Arrive Clovie From Amarillo En Route Albuquerque
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh arrived in Clovie New Mexico at 101 am after a stop in Amarillo while traveling from Waynoka Oklahoma. They went to a hotel and the colonel left service instructions for an upcoming night flight to Albuquerque.
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Clovie
N. M
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
MG T
Amarillo
Waynoka
Oklo
Albuquerque
President Remains at White House during Fourth of July celebrations
Across the United States millions marked the 183rd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with parades, trains, and trips to resorts. In Philadelphia Independence Hall hosted civic events while New York saw large exoduses to holiday sites and a Tammany Hall rally linked to a new hall dedication. Foreign capitals noted American celebrations with wreaths and memorial services for Revolutionary heroes.
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White House
Philadelphia
New York
America
Hoover
Independence Hall
Harry Mackey
Tammany Hall
Third Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Qgovernor
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Walker
Peru
Lima
Leguin
Paris
LaFayette
Third Cruiser in Commission
The 20 000 ton light cruiser Chester, third of the Washington conference war ships, slid into the Delaware river at New York Shipbuilding. Miss Jane Turner Blain christened her, and she measures 585 feet by 63 feet with 19 feet draft, armed with nine 8 inch guns, four 5 inch anti aircraft, six torpedo tubes and two airplanes.
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Camden
N. J
Chester
New York Shipbuilding Company
Jane Turner Blain
Delaware River
Sel Lake City
Pensacola
New York Navy Yard
Bho
Earthquake Forces Evacuation in Wakaegame Prefecture
A Toklo dispatch to the Evening News reports a strong earthquake in the Wakaegame prefecture causing residents to flee their homes early today with no serious injuries reported.
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London
Evening News
Madrid Greeting for Rescue Flight Crew in Royal Welcome
In Madrid, July 4, a joyous, chaotic scene greeted Major Ramon Franco and four other Spanish aviators plus five Royal Navy officers rescued after seven days adrift near the Azores. They were honored by Queen Victoria and Premier Primo de Rivera, with a palace audience and a war ministry banquet following a royal reception.
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Madrid
Spain
H. M.S. Eagle
mid-Atlantic
Azores
Algeciras
Ramon Franco
Gibraltar
Laurence
R. A. Kilroy
The
Eagle
Palace Hotel
Royal Palace
Army Ministry
Primo de Rivera
Eduardo Gonzales Gallarga
Luis Ruiz de Alda
Seregant
Pedro Madariaga
Cartagena
New York
Franco
Queen Victoria
Major Franc
N. F. Laurence
H. M. Robson
R. M. Field
W R. Paffett
Firing Across Frontier Sparks Red Suppression Rumors
Reports from Bucharest describe heavy firing last night along the Romanian Russian frontier at Sorocka with artillery and about 200 rifle shots. Authorities believed Red troops were suppressing a revolt among Ukrainian peasants.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Sorocka
Red
Toledo gunman wounded after deadly Springfield pursuit
In Springfield Ohio a gunman killed Detective Oliver Roush and wounded another officer before being shot and captured. The suspect identified as G W Watt of Toledo was wounded and held for murder charges after a hotel shootout that left Roush dead and partner Howard Roush badly wounded. A woman named Leona Vail was with Watt and gave varying details about their identities and past gang ties.
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Springfield
Oliver
Howard Roush
G W. Watt
Toledo
Roush
Vail
Holderby Holderby
Charlestown
Leona Vail
Theodore Ocaracat
Louisville
Detroit
Four killed two fatally injured in Osmond area crash
Pierce Neb July 4 two men died and two others were probably fatally injured in an automobile accident near Osmond late last night. A fifth person was seriously wounded. Authorities investigated the scene for causes and injuries.
Officer Shot During Raid Near Rockford Alabama
Wilson Faulkner a 30 year old lumber mill employee surrendered at Weoguska after a dawn raid on a still. He faces charges of assault to murder resisting an officer obstructing a government officer and distilling. Federal officer W H Gillespie was wounded and is expected to recover.
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Rockford
Ala
Wilson Faulkner
Weoguska
W. H. Gillespie
Duncan Blocker
Faulkner
Gillespie
Suspect Held in Murder of Evangelista Family
Dei Depoli, 34, held for investigation after police linked a razor edged knife and damp shoes found in his barn to the slayings of Benny Evangelista his wife and four children. Neighbors had said Depoli frequented the Evangelista home and investigators noted the cult's wealth and untouched valuables.
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Angelo Depotl
Tia
Benny Evangelista
Regious
Evangelista
Hfe
Mia Evangelista
Depoli
the Union Federation of America
Philadelphia
God
Evangrlista
Hesling
Brangelista
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MT. Rainier
Ountain
Prohibition Department
Boston
Gaston and
Berry
Grove and Cochrane
Dustin Farnum
VTA
Fire Demon
the Packer
Lindberghs Traveling
Brush
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