Derby Day Heat Rises With 18 Derby Contenders In Kentucky
Louisville reports Derby day crowds as 18 three year olds from across the nation compete for the turf classic. race action amid 90 000 voices with pre race bets and post time at 4 40 p m central. a brief track shower earlier left the surface slick while a first race shift saw spectators surge near the infield and rails.
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Jock
Royal Julian
Saxon
Rolled Stocking
Buddy Bauer
My Son
Hydromel
Black Panther
Whiskery
Kiev
Benithus
Ormand
Rip Rap
Bostonian
Mr. Kirkwood
Fred Jr
War Eagle
Scapa Flow
Lucky Drift
Stand collapses at Philadelphia ball game
A section of the lower tier in the right field grandstand collapsed during the St Louis at Philadelphia National League game. The seven inning stoppage left Philadelphia leading 12 to 3 with reports of one death and several injuries. Police cleared the field while fans fled but the game was terminated.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Record crowd at the Derby at Churchill Downs
A record attendance filled Churchill Downs as 17 three year olds ran in the 53rd Kentucky Derby. Matt J. Winn, vice president of the Kentucky Jockey Club, stated the day set attendance records for the event.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Matt J. Winn
Kentucky Jockey Club
Police Open Soviet Vaults With Torches In London
London May 14 AP police blasted open safes in Soviet house after night work with pneumatic drills and oxy acetylene torches The raid targeted Arcos Ltd the Soviet commercial agency and the Russian trade delegation The raid provoked Soviet protests but officials said the issue could strain Anglo Russian relations without ending them
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Arcos Ltd
Chamberlain
Soviet House
Weather Outlook Slightly Cooler Weekend Nears
Mostly fair conditions persist tonight with only a small temperature drop. A minor change in temperatures is expected through Sunday as a light breeze and mild overnight lows shape the weekend forecast.
Has Little Time for the Flappers
New York May 14 Lucky Lindbergh shows no interest in women beyond his mother in Detroit as he readies his Spirit of St Louis for a solo trans Atlantic flight to Paris. Admirers surround the famed pilot but he remains girl shy and focused on the aircraft at Curtiss field.
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Lindbergh
Deroit
Paris
Curtiss Field
St. Louis
Clark to Take Office Monday in Idaho Falls
Mayor elect Barzilla Clark will assume office at noon Monday as the two year term of Mayor Ralph Louis ends. Judge George Edgington ruled in district court this morning on Clark’s petition to oust the present administration which had sought to stay in office until May 20 under a city ordinance.
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Barzilla Clark
Ralph Louis
George Edgington
Clark
Sham Battle in Upper Air Over San Antonio
In San Antonio on May 14 Blue and Red army airplanes clashed in the sky in a swift aerial dog fight following an early bombing raid into Red territory. The two armies are said to be advancing toward each other for a planned large scale infantry artillery air engagement next week as both mobilize ground forces north of the city.
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San Antonio
Here
Red Army
Blue Army
Miss Mackaye Questioned Over Gretna Green Marriage Claim
Florence Bain Raymond asserts she and Ray Raymond were never divorced and that she married him in Newark in 1909. Dorothy Mackaye, key trial witness in Paul Kelly case, testified she wed Raymond in Gretna Green Maryland in 1921, a place the report disputes as real.
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New York
New York American Today
Florence Bain Raymond
Ray Raymond
Dorothy Mackaye
Newark
N. J
Miss Mackaye
Raymond
Paul Kelly
Los Angeles
Kelly
Gretna Green
Maryland
Florence Raymond
New York City
Florence Bain
Roger Marchetti
Marchetti
Miss Mackayt
Gretma Green
Idaho Falls Woman Killed in Auto Accident
Mrs. Charles Robinson wife of the municipal electric plant superintendent was killed and her husband critically injured in an auto wreck south of Idaho Falls last night. The car left the highway when the steering rod detached flipping into a ditch and tumbling onto a railroad right of way. Mrs. Robinson suffered a broken neck and her husband endured severe chest and shoulder injuries with multiple broken bones.
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Idaho Falls
Charles Robinson
Municipal Electric
Robinson
Giants take opener in Cincinnati series 2 to 1
New York Giants win the first game of a series against Cincinnati 2 to 1 as Virgil Barnes defeats Luque in a pitchers contest. In Brooklyn, Kramer blanks the Robins for five hits while his teammates collect seven hits off Jin Elliott, and the Dodgers win 6 to 1.
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New York
New York Giants
Cincinnati
Virgil Barnes
Luque
Brooklyn
Kramer
Robins
Jin Elliott
Pool hall safe blown up in Salt Lake City
Police report a powerful blast at a Horseshoe Pool Hall in Salt Lake City. Authorities say nitroglycerine was used to blow multiple safes, with about 1500 dollars taken and few clues left behind. Debris showered pool tables and the surrounding room, with the noise heard blocks away.
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Salt Lake City
Horseshoe Pool
Young flier gambles on weather shifts in Paris air race
New York May 14 Weather delays and shifting plans cloud a Paris bound air race with Clarence Chamberlin Lloyd Bertaud delaying takeoff while Richard Byrd moves to hop off. Lindbergh eager to fly and crowd expect Byrd to join soon as America transfers to American Trans-Oceanic and Acosta may pilot.
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Paris
Weather Bureau
Mid Ocean
Clarence Chamberlin
Lloyd Bertaud
Richard E. Byrd
Charles Lindbergh
Byrd
America
American Trans-Oceanic Company
Missouri National Guard
San Diego
Calif
Spirit of
National League Game Scores and Batting Highlights
Chicago, New York, Brooklyn and St. Louis posted varied results. Key performances included strong mound work by Luque and Hargrave for New York, Kremer and Spencer powering Brooklyn, and Raem and McGraw anchoring St. Louis pitchers as Philadelphia endured a collapse.
Rain Postpones Major League Games Across Cities
New York at Detroit and Boston at Chicago postponed due to rain and wet grounds. Baseball box shows Washington 000 000 200 2 6 0 Cleveland 101 011 10x F1141. batteries Thurston Braxton Ruel Uhle L Sewell. Philadelphia 0 001 St Louis 3 0 Batteries Grove Rommell Coch rane Ballou Schang.
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Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
Thurston, Braxton and Ruel
Uhle
L. Sewell
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Grove
Rommell
Cochrane
Ballou
Schang
Moffatt Plans to Allege Bias in Idaho Embezzlement Case
In Chico California on May 14 AP reports David Moffatt held for Nampa Idaho on $10,000 embezzlement charges calls the case bunk. He says he will take the witness stand and accuse many Nampa city officials, claims city records are missing, and that Sheriff Boyd will support his claims.
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Chico
Calif
David Moffatt
Nampa
Idaho
C. E. Tovee
Moffatt
Boyd
Report of Flight Foundling Rumors Declared False
Government officials in St Johns deny reports that the missing French fliers Captain Nungesser and Captain Coli were found in Trinity Bay. A French tug searched Placentia Bay for the White Bird after anchoring at Burin, while Conception Harbor reports of an airplane sighting were doubted. Officials say no plane is known to be operating in the area.
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N. F
Nungesser
Coli
Trinity Bay
Angeuse
Breckett
Burin
St. Pierre
Placentia Bay
Conception Harbor
Idaho growers push branded sacks for top potato quality
Idaho Falls grower A H Beasly told the state department of agriculture that Idaho potato shippers should use branded bags meeting established quality standards. He urged strict branding and grading, noting Idaho's reputation for high quality and that branded sacks guarantee top potatoes, though unbranded sacks may be used under new regulations starting November 1.
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Boise
Idaho
A. H. Beasly
Idaho Falls
Westerder
State Department of Agriculture
Beasly
Bingham County
Legion Remholds Dr Frank Cross in Americanism Change
Indianapolis May 14 Sowers, director of the community betterment department of the American Legion, was named to succeed Dr Frank Cross as head of the Americanism department at a closed executive commission meeting. No reason given. factions in the Legion favor extreme Americanism while others favor liberal views. Dr Cross has led Americanism since July 1925 and came from Golden Colorado where he taught at the Colorado School of Mines.
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Sowers
The
American Legion
Frank Cross
Legion
Executive Commission
Cross
First crime in New Gold Camp at Weepah
Peace officers in Weepah were called to solve the camp's first crime. R. H. McBurney of Chico California was found dead in his tent from head blows with a pistol nearby. Officials suspect robbery from his displays of cash and ore samples.
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R. H. McBurney
Chico
Calif
McBurney
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