Seaplane PN-9 Smashes Endurance Record Flight
The PN-9 completed a nonstop test from Philadelphia toward San Francisco while flying 28 hours 36 minutes, exceeding prior seaplane endurance marks. Lieutenant Kyle Schildauer and crew maintained an average speed near 80 mph as observers note the craft traveled toward Honolulu.
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PN-9
Delaware River
Moffett
Mavn Air Service
Washington
J. BR. Kyle
C. H H. Sehildaur
L. M. Woolson
Charles Sutter
Honolulu
Navy Yard
San Diego
Philadelphia Navy Yard
San Francisco
J. R. Kyle
H. Schildauer
Ae Sutter
Mech
Civil War Heroine Amanda Inge Dies in Texas
Mrs. Amanda Inge, 81, famed for firing a bridge to aid her Confederate sweetheart, died at the Confederate Women's Home in Austin. She served 18 months at Fortress Monroe for destroying a Tennessee bridge to halt pursuing Union forces. She moved to Texas after the war.
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Austin
Tex
Amanda Inge
Fortress Monroe
Tennessee
Texas
Heroic Deeds Recognized by Carnegie Fund
Fifteen heroic deeds were recognized by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission at its spring meeting in Pittsburgh. Bronze medals were awarded to five heroines, three of whom died rescuing others. pensions totaling 2,880 dollars annually were granted, plus 140,000 dollars for education and 4,500 dollars for other purposes.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Louis Joseph Pickens
Rochester
N. Y
Lake Ontario
R. Carlyle Stephens
Washington D. C
Occcoquan
Andrew C. Rowe
Parkersburg
Vienna
W. Va
Helena E. Mason
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Venango
Ruth Lysle Justice
Bradford Pa
Salamanca
Robert J. Royal
Uniontown
Laberton
W. J. Bogart
Kirwin
Kan
Homer B. Martz
Cumberland
William V. Cagle
James E. Ruble
Lewis Spence Green
Morgan, Pa
Morgan
Elisha F. Scott
Columbus, CO
Cheshire
Detroit Balloon Lands Across Ozarks After Elimination Race
The St Joseph pilot H E Honeywell and Detroit flyer H Thaden faced possible disqualification for bag inflation. The Detroit balloon landed near Selma Kansas at 2 20 am covering about 130 miles. Two other balloons were sighted in central Arkansas and two remained unaccounted for near Searcy Arkansas. Officials say the four balloons likely traversed sparsely settled Ozark highlands today.
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St. Joseph
Kansas
Arkansas
H. E. Honeywell
H. Thaden
Detroit
Selma
Kan
Thaden
Searcy
Ark
Ozark Mountains
Weather Bureau
National University Extension names 1926 meeting site
Leon G. Richardson of California was elected president. Salt Lake City Utah was chosen as the 1926 meeting place. The University of Wisconsin and Louisiana State University were admitted, bringing membership to 40 universities.
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Charlottesville
Leon G. Richardson
California
Salt Lake City
Utah
National University Extension Association
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin
Louisiana State University
Radio device detects thieves at German metal plants
The Commerce Department says a thief detecting radio device is installed at select German factories handling precious and semi precious metals. Workers previously subjected to daily exits searches are now free as the machine at the factory door rings a bell when someone with unusual quantities passes nearby.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Berlin
Witnesses Dead and Husband Released in Murder Case
San Francisco May 2 AP report says a murder charge against James H Singleton for poisoning his wife three years ago was dismissed as all witnesses have died or disappeared. Singleton faced accusation of poisoning his wife.
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San Francisco
James H. Singleton
Giout
Singleton
Eight Robbers Target Mexico City Safe in Violent Home Invasion
General Francisco Romero, a retired federal army veteran from a wealthy Mexican family, faced torture by eight robbers who entered his home near city hall. When he refused to reveal the safe combination they burned his feet, and his sister later disclosed the code to save him. The gang escaped with family jewels valued at about $13,000 after rifling the safe.
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Mexico City
Francisco Romero
Mexico
Romero
Five Held in Gary Woman Body Mystery
Five men were detained in Gary and Chicago over the burned body found near Gary. Investigators pressed no solid identification as relatives offered conflicting leads about Mrs. Josephine Desidero and Mrs. Mabel Wahls Miller, with the body held at the Chesterton morgue awaiting identification.
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Gary
Ind
Chicago
Josephine Desidero
James A. Brown
Fort Wayne
Mabel Wahls Miler
Brown
Samuel Jackson
Allen
Miller
Miler
Columbus
Ohio
Frost Damage Widespread Across Midwestern States
Reports to the weather bureau indicate heavy frosts across several states with eastern Iowa worst hit. Strawberries truck crops and tree fruits suffered in lowlands while northern Ohio Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Missouri Nebraska Kansas areas also saw frost damage varying from light to heavy.
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Chicago
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Foul Play Blamed for Polish railroad Disaster
Investigation into the Eydtkuhnen Berlin express derailment near Starogard in the Polish corridor reports foul play. Bolts were removed from rails and a crow bar found 50 yards away. The crash killed 28 and injured 18, most victims were German.
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Warsaw
Poland
Starogard
Actual Condition of Clearing Banks Week Report
The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies shows an excess reserve of 269550. This marks a decrease from last week when the excess reserve stood at 20042060.
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New York
Baseball scores from today across major leagues
National league games featured Philadelphia and Boston split doubleheader with runs by Genewich Kemp and others. Cincinnati routed Pittsburgh 15 to 3 as Meadows starred. Brooklyn beat New York 5 to 3 in grid of early returns. Boston and New York also posted high totals in another tilt. Cleveland and Detroit had a close 1-0 final with early errors guiding the result. Washington defeated Philadelphia 1 0 in a shutout.
Colonel Coolidge Has Heart Block
Col John C Coolidge father of the president returned to his Plymouth home after a heart examination at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston specialists diagnosed heart block a condition common in older individuals He did not attend the village dance last night and reportedly rested after the Boston trip by day coach rather than waiting for a train
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Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Delicatessen Wife Cause for Divorce in Baltimore
Mrs. John H. Sherman, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, cites a delicatessen wife as a reason for divorce. Speaking before the Maryland Federation of Woman’s Clubs, she condemns wives who dine out and return late, arguing divorces have risen from one in thirty marriages twenty-five years ago to one in five now. She blames parental upbringing for youth misconduct.
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Baltimore
John 8
Sherman
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Maryland Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Eagle Pencil King Retires From Family Firm
Philip Berolzheimer city chamberlain retires from Eagle Pencil company where he served as president after selling his holdings to three nephews. The 57 year old Bavarian immigrant plans to spend his fortune of about 6 million dollars on public service and philanthropy.
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New York
Philip Berolzheimer
City Chamberlain
Eagle Pencil Company
Public Service
Berolzheimer
Pencil Eo
Kawin Serelaktiesen
Alfred Berolzh
Plane crash kills aviator during maneuvers near Boston airport
Lieutenant Alexander V. Macaulay of the Massachusetts National Guard died after an airplane crash during takeoff for Army and Navy day maneuvers near the Boston airport. The crash occurred on mud flats in the harbor. the other occupant, Private McPhes, survived with non life threatening injuries and was rushed to East Boston relief station.
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Boston
Alexander V. Macaulay
Massachusetts National Guard
East Boston
No Guard
Alexander Macaulay
Opeaase
McPhes
aPhee
Vernes
Criminal band under arrest in Los Angeles case
Federal agents press ongoing manhunt for two alleged confederates of Rush Meadows and three associates held on charges of illegally possessing bonbs looted from a Nebraska bank and narcotics smuggled from France and Germany. Meadows, an attorney with past Kentucky ties, is held on 25000 bonds. co-defendants Lerner Sweeney and Keller on 10000 bonds each.
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Los Angeles
Rush Meadows
Nebraska
France
Germany
Alteged
Meadows
Kentucky
D.L. Lerner
Charles R. Sweeney
Fred Keller
Husband Entitled to Use of Dog
In Los Angeles a superior court ruled that Art Acord, amid his divorce from wife, may use their family dog and need not pay temporary alimony. The decision hinges on the dog as community property linked to Acord’s screening work and its earnings.
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Los Angeles
Art Acord
Acord
Peet
Pnutzoe
Walter named chief engineer of bureau of reclamation
Raymond F. Walter of Chicago was chosen by Secretary Work as chief engineer of the bureau of reclamation. Walter, connected with the reclamation service 22 years, will headquarter at Denver.
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Washington
Raymond F. Walter
Chicago
Bureau of Reclamation
Walter
Reclamation Service
Dever
Italians Comment on Fleet Maneuvers
Rome May 2 AP The Mesaggero prints a two column front page editorial on US Pacific naval maneuvers and its impact on Japanese American relations. It foresees a Monroe doctrine of the Pacific and notes alliance signals among Australia Canada and America for Asiatic interests. It cautions against near term conflict but considers potential with Japan China and Russia.
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Rome
United States Navy
Mesaggero Today
Australia
Canada
America
Japan
United States
Europe
Birth of a Robust Prince Yonlonda’s Grandchild in Turin
In Turin on May 2, an official celebration marked the birth of a robust son to Princess Yolanda, eldest daughter of the king, and wife of Count Calviadi Bergole. The event is hailed as a significant royal milestone in the Italian city.
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Turin
Italy
Yolanda
Tor
Calviadi
Bergole
Balloons Over Arkansas in National Race
Balloons from a national race passed over Searcy at 11 and 12 as they moved eastward, high in the sky and indistinguishable. Another balloon was seen above Cotton Plant at 1 30 p m, a large white bag lifting high with the name unreadable.
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Searcy, Ark
St. Joseph, Mo
Searcy
Cotton Plant
Ark
S T. Joseph
Balloon landings mark end of Kansas and Missouri race leg
The Detroit balloon landed two miles north of Selma Kansas at 2 20 a m after leaving St Joseph. Pilot H V Thaden blamed holes in the gas bag for withdrawal from the national balloon race and reported the craft three years old and not properly examined. Thaden and aide were unharmed. Earlier the TC 4 army dirigible arrived at Fort Creek Omaha from Rosecrans field St Joseph and the TC 6 left Rosecrans field for Omaha starting from St Joseph as part of the elimination race.
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Detroit
Selma
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
H. V. Thaden
Thaden
St. Joseph
Omaha
Fort Creek
Rosecrana Field
Rosecrans Field
Scott Field
Lleville
Wife of former premier implicated in Sofia cathedral blast
Dispatches from Sofia say the wife of a former Bulgarian premier is believed implicated in the Sofia cathedral explosion that killed 160. Bulgarian authorities report communist influence in official education circles with many teachers and staff dismissed.
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Berlin
Sofia
Fourth Payment on Land Entries
Secretary Work announced that Pyramid Lake Nevada settlers may enter lands they have occupied by paying one fourth of appraised price. The rest is due in three annual installments with 5 percent interest, under a recent Congress act. Entries must be completed by May 8.
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Washington
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
Nevada
Congress
Canal Builders to Hold Reunions Across Cities
Chicago May 2 AP reports reunions of Panama canal builders planned in Chicago New York Philadelphia Detroit Tampa and Los Angeles. The gatherings aim to honor workers who helped complete the canal with memorial tributes in the canal zone and elsewhere.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Detroit
Tampa
Los Angeles
Believ Forrer Canal
Nummer
Rgas Memorial
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