Desert tragedy claims seven in Blythe region
In Blythe California a family of seven perished of thirst south of town after draining water from their disabled car radiator. Mexican youths found the bodies near a deserted road, the radiator empty and a car tap left open. Deputies and an Imperial county sheriff investigated the scene and an inquest was planned.
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Blythe
Calif
Here
Enrique Armenta
Desert
Wiley
Imperial Valley
Yeserda
Te Valley
C. L Gillett
Imperial County
Instructor and student killed in open model biplane crash
In Los Angeles a 26 year old technician and his instructor died after a 3500 foot dive in an open model biplane. Authorities believe the student froze at the controls causing the craft to plunge. Lt Ralph A Benson, 34, army officer, was in the instructor's seat but could not avert the crash near Roy Wilson airport in North Hollywood.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Grady Paschali
Filer
Ralph A. Benson
Army
Roy Wilson
North Hollywood
Endurance Flights Shown At A Glance
At 10 a m central standard time observers track endurance flights. St Louis Monoplane St Louis Robin piloted by Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine set a record of 290 hours 43 minutes. Houston Monoplane Billion Dollar City piloted by Glenn Loomis and Joseph Glass logged 188 hours 11 minutes. Minnespoke Monoplane The Minnessla piloted by Owen Haugland and Captain P L Crichton reached 63 hours 20 minutes.
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St Louis
Dale
Red) Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
Houston
Minnespoke
Minnessla
Pilos Owen Haugland
P L. Crichton
Jury selection in Brook murder trial advances in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio the jury box for Dr James H Brook in the Theora K Hix case filled tentatively with Hardit E Brown, 28, as the twelfth juror at 2:15 p.m. The thirteenth juror was to be chosen, with counsel issuing peremptory challenges to tentative members of the panel.
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Columbus
James H Bnook
Theora K Hix
Hardit E Brown
Alexander Dies from Stab Following Quarrel Over Cards
In St Louis a 29 year old former Little Rock broker Jack Gans shot and killed himself during police attempt to arrest him on a charge filed by a 17 year old former beauty contest winner Murial Doherty. She told police he lured her to his hotel room struck her with a rolling pin bound her to a bed and attacked her. She said he offered to take her shopping but took her to his room to obtain a book. Gans had prior reckoning on the stock market and earlier faced arrest for allegedly passing fraudulent checks.
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ST. Louis
Jack Gans
Little Rock
Ark
Garden Theater
Murial Doherty
Gans
Self defense claim in fatal knife attack at Louvre cafe
George Alexander, 45, Greek shoe repairer of Idaho Falls, died at a Pocatello hospital from a knife wound to the left side sustained at 6:20 pm in the Louvre cafe kitchen. Gus Akilipes, 48, Greek pool hall employee, is jailed pending charges after allegedly wielding the knife. Akilipes says he acted in self defense after a prior assault by Alexander and another Greek.
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George Alexander
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Louvre Cafe
East Center Street
Gus Akilipes
Jall
East Side
Idaholis
Tribune
Jal Aktipes
Alexander
Touraine
Louvre
Aktipes
R. L. Dixon
Pantages Theatre Chain to Be Sold to Radio-Keith-Orpheum
Frank W. Vincent, LA representative for Radio-Keith-Orpheum, said he received New York instructions to close a deal to buy six Pantages circuit theatres. The venues span San Diego, San Francisco, Tacoma, Portland, Seattle, and Salt Lake City.
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Pantages Theatres
Los Angeles
Frank W. Vincent
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Theatre
New York
Alexander Pantages
San Diego
San Francisco
Tacoma
Portland
Seattle
Salt Lake City
Ogden Hits 100 Degrees Sets Summer High
Ogden recorded the hottest day of the season as the thermometer rose to 100 degrees, two degrees above the prior high. Officials expect the record to possibly be matched again today.
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Ogden
Qoden
Middle West Roasts Under Torrid Heat Across States
A scorching day across the Midwest and beyond with temperatures and humidity rising. Phoenix Arizona topped the nation at 106 degrees as other regions faced heat advisories and scattered storms.
Mrs Pantages Faces Seven Damage Suits in Los Angeles
Mrs Lois Pantages wife of theater magnate Alexander Pantages is named defendant in seven damage suits totaling 347000 linked to a June auto collision with Joe Rokumoto who died from injuries. Plaintiffs include Mrs Peruke Rokumoto widow seeking 100000 for herself and children.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Lois Pantages
Alexander Pantages
Pantages
Joe Rokumoto
Rokumoto
Peruke Rokumoto
Taxicab Explosion After Collision In San Antonio
Five people were hospitalized with burns after a taxicab exploded following a collision at a street intersection in San Antonio Texas. The taxi overturned as a car struck it and gasoline ignited injuring officer Fred Fest driver N E Todd and bystanders Eddie Garzal Harold Owens and David Rodriguez. Police believe a match sparked the blast.
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San Antonio
Texas
Fred Fest
Harold Owens
David Rodriguez
N. E. Todd
Eddie Garzal
Chamber Deputies Change Outcome On Reparations Bill
Paris July 25 AP The chamber of deputies voted down the entire ways and means bill by 390 to 200 after inserting a clause that debt payments to America and England be paid exclusively from German reparations to France. The measure, brought by the finance committee, may be revived later in another form.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
America
England
France
Finance Committee
Foxx ties for AL home run lead with two in early game
Philadelphia July 2 Jimmy Foxx hit two homers in the first three innings against Cleveland to lift his season total to 22 and tie Babe Ruth and Stawes for second in the American League home run race.
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Philadelphia
Jimmy Foxx
Athletics
Cleveland
Babe Ruth
Stawes
Endurance flight hits new record as St Louis Robin stays aloft
The St Louis Robin pilots Dale Red Jackson and Forest O Brine push past 287 hours in the air at Lambert Field edging the prior endurance mark by over 40 hours. Houston Texas’ Billion Dollar City and Minnesota’s Minneosta also race to beat the record as storms threaten.
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ST. Louis
Dale
O'Brine
Houston
Texas
Jackson
P. V
Shorty
Chalice
C. Ray Vassal
O’brine
Tex
Gulf Coast
Glen L. Moomill
Joe Glass
Red) Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Bank of Ormond Fails to Open Doors
The Bank of Ormond in Ormond Beach failed to open its doors and was placed under the state banking department by order of its board of directors. The move comes as the winter home of John D. Rockefeller is noted in the report.
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Ormond Beach
Fia
Bank of Ormond
John D. Rockeer
Th State Banking Department
Board of
National Pour Games Scores and Weather Delays
Baseball scores from National Pour Games show New York beating Chicago 6 to 5 with late runs, while Cleveland edges Philadelphia 3 to 0 and Detroit vs New York postponed by rain. Other matchups list players Leverage, Haines, Wil and Tur, with teams Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburgh and St. Leonis noted as scheduled or postponed due to wet grounds.
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New York
Chicago
Benton, Hubbell
Farrell Blair Cyvengros
Taylor
Varied Views On Junking Navies Reported In Washington
Washington observers welcome curtailed naval building by Great Britain and the United States as a sign of progress toward disarmament. President Hoover's push for cooperation and the Kellogg treaty are cited as paving the way for broader agreement, with lawmakers split over strategy and pacing.
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Washington
Great Britain
America
Hoover
London
Capitol Hill
Britten
House Naval Committee
Long Island
Watson
Indiana
King
Utah
Edge
New Jersey
Congress
Smoot
United States
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations
Bomb Explodes in Chicago Loop Causes Glass Rain
A nighttime bomb blast in the Davis Company Department store alley injured no one. Glass shattered windows across State and Wabash and Jackson, with $10,000 in damage. A second blast on 22nd street startled Illinois Bell workers. no motive found.
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Chicago
Bilion Dollar Heart of
Wabash Avennne
State Street
Philip Swanss
State
Wabash
Jackson
van Buren
22Nd Street
Calumet Exchange
Ilinois Bell Telephone Company
Inhalator Squad Saves 22 Day Old Infant
In Santa Monica a 22 day old baby named Marie Valle survived after a 114 hour inhalator squad effort by the fire department kept her lungs oxygenated while pneumonia threatened life. Dr D G Golding credited the baby’s improvement to continuous treatment and expressed optimism for normal progress.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Fire Department
Marie Valle
D. G. Golding
G. P. Valle
Golding
Branch Road Authorized to Boulder Dam Site
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a 23 mile branch line in Clark County Nevada from Los Angeles and Salt Lake to a point south of Las Vegas. The line will be extended by the federal government to the Boulder dam site to transfer supplies during construction.
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Washington
Los Angeles and
Largest Wool Crop in Thirty Five Years Hits 1929 Record
Washington July 25 AP The United States wool crop for 1929 was one of the largest in 35 years. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimated total production at 301,866,000 pounds, up 2,753,000 from the 1928 record.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Wilbur’s Forest Proposition Decried as Mistake
Rep Burton L French, Republican, warned in Spokane Idaho that Secretary Wilbur’s plan to turn the nations forests over to the states would be a colossal mistake. He said states are less stable than the federal government and urged preserving federal control of forestry policy. A subcommittee of the appropriations committee toured the Idaho panhand district forests during a banquet with Lt. J. Dickinson, John Gummers, John N Sandlin, and J P Buchanes in attendance.
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Spokane
Wash
Burton L. French
Idaho
Wilbur
French
Forestry Service
Tiva
Howe Appropriations Committee
Lt. J. Dickinson
Jaws
John W. Gummers
Washington
John N. Sandlin Fof Louisians
J. P. Buchanes
Panhandis
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New London
John Weeks
Vermont
Frank G. Allen
Massachusetts
T. Christienson
Minnesota
Henry 8. Caulfield
Missouri
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
G. H. Dern
Max Gardner
North Carolina
H G. Conley
West Virginia
Norman S. Case
Rhode Island
George F. Schafer
North Dakota
H G. Lecke
Middle West
Ronda
Phoenix
Ariz
Excanabe
Sault
UTAM
Mrs. Pantages
Chamber Deputies
Foxx
Homer
Power
Minneapolis
Owen Haughland
P. L. Crichton
Boston Ooc
OOI
BF Cinennati
I Leverett
Jones
Spohrer
Lucas
Gooch
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Tre
Eee Benge
Mee
Lerian
Haines and Wil
Miijus
Zinn
L. Sewell
Hartley
Grove
Cochrane
Perkins
St. Leonis
Boston
New Harvester Head
Assoricsted
Herbert F. Perkins
International Harvester Company
Alexander Legge
Farm Board
Miracle
Baby
Boulder Dam
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