Trans Pacific fliers warned to avoid dispatching false distress signals
Secretary Wilbur cautioned future trans oceanic crews against giving erroneous distress information after Ernest Smith and Emory Bronte reported a dash for the Hawaiian islands. Navy rescue craft and liner ships joined the search. The flight covered about 93 miles to Wheeler Field with 25 hours 36 minutes of air time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbur
Secury
Ernest Smith
Emory Bronte
Hawaiian Islands
Oakland
Navy
IME
San Francisco
L. Smith
Emory B. Bronte
Vilian Fliers
Jokai
Wheeler Field
Lester J. Maitland
al- Hegenberger
Army Fliers
Oaklandler Field
GIN FALLS PREPARES FOR AGRICULTURAL MEETING
Twin Falls, July 46 AP Twin Falls prepares with flags along business streets and the municipal band playing in the city park for a banquet meeting under the Falls chamber of commerce. Secretary William M Jardine will address the public meeting as arrangements for his visit are finalized with local agriculture workers. DIED SURGENLY Boston July go James Alfred
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Twin Is
William M. Jardine
In Falls Chamber of Commerce
Gers
Twin Falls City Park
View Ly
Preacher Matthews Applies for Compensation After Injury
Presbyterian preacher John Matthews of Glendale California strained a muscle while gesticulating during a sermon and required an operation. He has applied to the state industrial accident commission for medical expenses and lost time, the first church employee to seek compensation since eligibility was announced a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John Matthews
Glendale
Calif
State Industrial Accident Commission
Matthews
Pioneers Reach Honolulu After Forced Hawaii Landing
Ernest L. Smith and Emery B. Brente, after a perilous solo flight from California to Hawaii, crash landed in a Kawe tree on Molokai to avert a total fuel failure. Navy planes recovered the dry fuel tanks and instruments, and crowds greeted them on arrival in Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Molongi
Ernest L. Smith
Emery B. Brente
Terra Firma
Lane
Navy
Smith
Bronte
California
Golden Gate
Goliuen
Malaki
Wheeler Field
Widowed aviator’s widow seeks foreign service role
Mrs Joy Bright Hancock of Cape May New Jersey, widowed twice by air disasters, plans a career in the foreign service. A former navy yeoman, she aims for probationary work in the state department after serving in the navy during the war and surviving two dirigible crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape May
N. J
United States
Joy Bright Hancock
Hancock
Foreign Service
State Department
Joy Bright
William H. Bright
Cape May County
Navy
C. G. Little
England
Bureau of Aeronautics
Lakehurst
Shenandoah
Idaho Falls to Build Snake River Bridge in Fall Bid Start
Idaho Falls officials plan to begin construction on a $60,000 bridge over the Snake River after securing a special act of Congress or war department permission. The project, designed by C A Kyle, spans 255 feet with a 120 foot arch and concrete approach, funded by federal aid and ready for bids by September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Bureau of Highway
Snake River
Idaho Falls
War Department
Congress
J. A. Taylor
Bonneville County
Joe OD. Wood
Public Works
C. A. Kyle
Bureau of Public Roads
Governor Bulow presses farm relief at Ardmore picnic
South Dakota Governor Bulow urged farm relief before farmers in Ardmore. He called for either an end to artificial price fixing on farm inputs or equal artificial pricing for agricultural products, linking relief to repeal of discriminatory tariff laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Coolidge
Bulow
South Dakota
Spills Close Highway After Ogden Pair Hurt in Head-On Flip
Logan Utah July 16 AP Two Ogden citizens H E Brown and A R Pinkney were hospitalized with minor bruises after their car rolled twice on a curve north of Wellsville. They were driving south from Logan on the state highway when the vehicle went over the grade and overturned into a swamp area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Utah
Ogden
Wellsville
H. E. Brown
A. R. Pinkney
Fragmentary notice of a white collie incident
Incomplete OCR fragment describes a white collie event or theft. Readable elements mention a dog named and actions unclear. No clear date or location available from the fragment.
One Sagaland crewman dies after collision near Nantucket
Twenty five crew members escaped the Sagaland after it collided with the Veendam five miles east of Nantucket lightship. One Sagaland sailor died. twenty survivors boarded the Veendam, which reported no damage. Sagaland carried 9 million pounds of sugar, en route to Boston from Manzanilla, Cuba.
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New York
Sagaland
Nantucket
Sagalend
Veendam
Krol
Preas
Rotterdam
Southampton
Boston
Manzanilla
Cuba
Armistice Arranged Between Chiang Kai-Shek and Chang Teung-Chang
A halt in fighting is arranged between Chiang Kai-Shek head of the Nanking nationalist forces and Chang Teung-Chang northern commander in Shantung, according to Reuters reports from Peking based on Chinese dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Chang Teung-Chang
Shantung
Reuter
Peking
Tragedy in Finance Firm Ends in Slaying in Los Angeles
Frederick A. Stein, 42, wealthy broker and manager of Rothschild & Sein Mortgage and Finance, is slain in a dispute over finances. Jacob Goldstein, 56, former Columbus grocer, claims self defense after striking Stein with a hammer and firing shots. Goldstein, bearing blood, is jailed as police seek an inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Frederick A. Stein
Rothschild & Sein Mortgage and Finance Company
Jacob Goldstein
Columbus, Ohio
Goldstein
Stein
Finance Company
Poice
Columbus
Ohio
German stunt flier Paul Baeumer killed in Denmark
Copenhagen reports German ace Paul Baeumer died during an exhibition at 2000 meters when his aircraft failed to lift off and plunged into 12 feet of water in Arsenid harbor. He trained Fraulein Theo Rasche, the aviatrix preparing a transatlantic flight to Germany.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Paul Baeumer
Baeumer
Fraulein Theo Rasche
United States
Ameica
Germany
National League scores and results from today’s games
St Louis defeated Brooklyn 38 to 0 in the opener as Alexander Bell and Snyder led the scoring. In the second game St Louis won 9 to 3 with Haines Schulte Platt McWeeny Clark and Hargraves contributing offensively. New York beat Chicago 4 to 2 behind Blake Gonzales Henry and Taylor. Cleveland edged Boston 6 to 3 with Lundgren Hofmann Shaute Grant Sewell and Autrey factoring in the pitching and hitting.
Austria-Germany union urged after Seipel resignation
A Belgrade dispatch reports Chancellor Seipel has resigned and a socialist government formed in Austria. The new administration is said to favor uniting Austria with Germany.
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Paris
Havas
Belgrade
Seipel
Austria
Germany
Balchen Reluctant to Wear Hat for Broadway Parade
Bernt Balchen, the young Norse aviator with Commander Byrd, refuses to wear a hat for a Broadway to City Hall reception. He says he cannot remember owning a hat, and Byrd bought one for him in Paris. He will only carry the hat in his hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Leviathan
Bernt Balchen
Byrd
Balchen
Broadway
New York City Hall
Paris
Aqueduct Damaged by Two Dynamite Blasts Near Independence
Two dynamite explosions near Independence and Lone Pine wreck a section of the Los Angeles aqueduct and shut off the city water. A cave-in occurred after the blasts, with guards firing at darkness but taking no evident effect. Ten blasts in two years raise Owens Valley water tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Aqueduct
City Water and Power Department
Independence
Lone Pine
Water Bureau
Owens Valley
Owens Valley seeks arbitration over LA aqueduct violence
Bishop California July 16 valley residents reject Governor Young’s court settlement proposal for the Owens Valley conflict with Los Angeles. Three local associations support arbitration and fear court delays. An Inyo grand jury meets July 20 to probe aqueduct dynamitings. DA Jess Hassen will summon LAPD water and power officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Calif
C. C. Young
Owens Valley
Los Angeles
Young
Board of Arbitration
Jess Hassen
Los Angeles Bureau of Water and Power
Not Paying Fancy Price For Paris New York Flight
Paris July 16 AP Charles Levine says he still expects a Paris to New York flight with Maurice Drouhin as pilot denying reports he is negotiating with British fliers for the job. He notes a tentative contract exists and a second drawn by Drouhin’s lawyer will be signed if acceptable, but not for 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York
Maurice Drouhin
Charles Levine
Drouhin
Mr. Levine
Rioters Attack Officers in Vienna Uprising
Dispatches from Bratislava and nearby frontier areas report a deadly riot in Vienna with at least 12 dead and 119 injured. Rioters seized the palace of justice, set files ablaze, and attacked police posts as detachments battled the mob amid halted rail service and isolation of the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bratislavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Vienna
Palace of Justice
Hell
Riots in Vienna End With 60 Dead and 700 Wounded
Berlin reports 60 killed and 700 wounded in yesterday's riots. Republican guards, largely Social-Democrats, claimed to have established perfect order after midnight following several bloody encounters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Vienna
Bratislava
Vossische Zietung
Social Democrats Seize Control in Vienna unrest
AP reporting from Vienna indicates Social-Democratic leaders have political control of the situation in Vienna with police able to restore order to some extent as of July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Vienna
Farmer Freed on Murder Charge in Self Defense Case
Silver City Idaho July 16 AP blow Jim Smith a 60 year old Owyhee county rancher and sheepman was freed Friday of a murder charge filed after the killing of Basque sheep herder Daniel Urlevagh at Smiths ranch fifty miles south of Bruneau following a sheep running dispute. Probate Judge R H Leonard sitting as magistrate at the preliminary hearing dismissed the charge ruling Smith acted in self defense.
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Silver City
Idaho
Jim Smith
Owyhee County
Daniel Urlevagh
R. H. Leonard
Uwyhee County
Smith
Urlevagh
Urievagh
Brun@au
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Chamber of Commerce
go—James Alfred
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Frisco
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China
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Brooklyn
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H. Bell
Snyder
Petty
Haines and Schulte
Platt, McWeeney, Clark and Hargraves
R. H. B. Chuorgo
Blake
Gonzales
Henry and
Taylor
R. H. F. Bost
Cleveland
Lundgren
Hofmann
Shaute
Grant
L. Sewell
Autrey
Chicago
Benton Bush
Jones and Hartnett
Cummings
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Hill
Yde
Spencer
Pruett
Ulrich
Willoughby
Decatur
Joniard
Cincinnati
Kolp
Lucas
Picinich
Greenfield
Genewich
Gibson
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