Monoplane Flight To Ocean Memorial Flight
Windsor Ontario pilots launch a stop flight from Iberville field aiming to drop a wreath in the Atlantic. Ada Greer and Schiller’s fiancée accompany as navigator and mascot while a crowd watches the takeoff. Meanwhile the St Raphael and other trans Atlantic attempts race across crowded routes. No word on the missing planes by late morning and wireless stations search the Atlantic coast.
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Windsor
Ont
Royal Windsor
Ring Phil Wood
C. A. Ke Schiller
Iberville Field
Engas
Flers
Atlantic
Helen
Ada Greer
Sault Marie
Schiller
Associated Press
Raphael
Canadian Atlantic
St. Lawrence
England
Canada
Owas
Madame Lowenstein Wertheim
St. Raphael
Upavon
Southampton
Leslie Hamilton
F. F. Minehin
Trish Coast
ST. Johns
N. F
Ottawa
Unney to Tour World After Fight in Chicago
Billy Gibson, manager of Gene Tunney, announced the heavyweight champion will tour the world after his September 22 bout with Jack Dempsey in Chicago. The tour will proceed win or lose, with Tunney joined by Eddie Egan and other royals who will help organize a grand itinerary including hunting trips and a possible continental visit.
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Chicago
Billy Bson
Gene Tunney
Heavyight
Jacksey
Gene
Eddie Egan
Oxford
Gib
Fish
Lon
Pion
Ica
Summary of Atlantic Flight Attempts and Successes
A chronology of cross Atlantic airborne missions from 1910 to 1927. It notes thirteen crossings, ten by airplanes and three by dirigibles, with seven failures that cost six lives. Highlights include NC-4 in 1919, Alcock and Brown in 1919, and Lindbergh in 1927, among others.
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New York
Atlantic
Ocean
University of Utah Names 1926 Grid Candidates
Utah University calls candidates for the 1926 varsity squad under coach Ike Armstrong. Veteran players and earlier stars return as regulars, with several newcomers from last year’s freshman team challenging for spots. The Utes open with Colorado Mines on October 6 at home.
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Salt Lake City
University of Utah
Ike” Armstrong
Thornton Morris
Heber Whiting
Adrian Pembroke
Earl Pomeroy
Boulder
Hunt For Camels In Deserts Of Arizona
San Francisco financiers discuss organizing an expedition to camels in the Arizona desert. Past efforts included prints of caravans and a 1848 1849 trip by four officers under federal auspices. Planed aims include interest from historians and scientists despite past failures and cowboys’ hostility.
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Arizona
San Francisco
E Chronicle
Sancisco
A. C. Maitel
Robert F. M
William B. Leib
Lloyd
Caravaras Mammothe
California
Calavaras
Herca
Haugen Calls for Farming Pools at Grange Picnic
Rockford Illinois September 1 AP Gilbert M Haugen Iowa congressman and co author of the McNary Haugen farm relief bill told a grange picnic that passage of a real farm relief measure in the next Congress seems certain. He blamed deflation policy and inability of farmers to pool production for low farm prices and argued pooling is the key to leveraging tariff laws and meeting foreign competition.
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Rockford, Ills
Gilbert M. Haugen
Conn
Iowa
Haugen
Heugen
Congressman Haugen
Kidnappers Hide in Utah Hills Near Evans ton
Evanston Wyoming reports a sheriff and armed posse search the Echo canyon area near the Utah line for two men a girl and a baby who abandoned a sedan after a robbery attempt near Evanston. The group, linked to Indianapolis, left Denver August 24. a note found in the car mentions three men and a possible letter to a New York father.
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Evanston
Wyo
Bob Hamilton
Here
Echo Canyon
Utah State Line
Indianapolis
J. C. Clark
Summit County
Uteh
C. F. Moore
Castle Rock
Moore
Denver
New York
Hamilton
Flashes of Life and Lighthearted Odds Ends
A mix of whimsical notes from AP with London psychology views on happiness. Romano Mussolini rumor and Helen comparisons appear alongside birth name bets and high society quips. A New Jersey policeman chases a speeder, aided by Rockefeller’s five dimes payoff.
World Flight Log Pride of Detroit Highlights Transcontinental Route
World Flight Log Pride of Detroit reports a six day leg from Constantinople to Cherbourg covering 3,950 miles, delaying at Turkish authorities. Wells and Evans, record holders at 28 days 14 hours, arrive from a trans Atlantic liner. Earlier legs include Harbor Grace to Croydon 2,350 miles, Croydon to Munich 600 miles, Munich to Belgrade 500 miles, Belgrade to Constantinople 500 miles.
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Los Palos
Spain
Pernambuco
Brazil
Francesco de Pinedo
Italy
Sermento Beires
Bolama
Portuguese Guiana
Caolonel Charles A Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charlies A. Levine
Eisleben
Germany
Richard E. Byrd
Ver-Sur- Mer
France
William FP. Sochice
William Brock
Harbor Grace
N. F
Croydon
London
Walter Wellman
America
Ireland
Cape Hatteras
Harry C. Hawker
McKenzie Grieve
Associated Press
Constantinople
Globe, Wells and Evans
Cherbourg
England
Munich
Belgrade
Juge Slavia
Plans Settle Labor Disputes in Interstate Commerce
Buffalo, Sept. 1. Charles S. Whitman, president of the American Bar Association, in his annual address at the group’s convention, expressed hope that conferences with the American Federation of Labor may yield federal legislation to settle interstate commerce labor disputes by modern methods. He said nothing on the horizon offers greater promise than these talks.
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Buffalo
N. Y
American Bar Association
American Federation of Labor
Charles S. Whitman
Association
New York
Baseball Scores and Minor League Headlines
Summary of recent minor and major league games including Cleveland’s 8 5 win over Chicago with Hudlin Sewell Thom as Bush Jacobs Barnabee Crouse listed, Washington Philadelphia postponed, Chicago Pittsburgh U20 3 9 0 with Carlson Hartnett Meadows Gooch, Idaho Falls and Pocatello scoring on timely hits and Castello three base hit followed by Dwyer sacrifice, players Hansey Silva Dumovitch O Connor mentioned.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Hudlin
Sewell
Thomas
Bush
Jacobs
Barnabee
Crouse
Idaho Falls
Hansey
Collins
Burke
Pocatello
O'Connell
Dumovitch
Benjamin
Castello
Dwyer
Pride of Detroit Round-the-World Flight Delayed
The Pride of Detroit monoplane building team Brock and Lehlee postponed the departure from Constantinople to tomorrow morning. Officials failed to grant permission to fly over Turkish territory to reach Allepo Syria and Bagdad Iraq, delaying the leg due to lack of authorization from Angora.
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Constantinople
Clara Hill Intervenes in Northwest Railroad Merger Case
Clara Hill Lindley and her husband Erasmus C. Lindley were granted permission to intervene in the Northwestern railroad merger dispute. They advocate unification around the Great Northern base to create a sounder financial status, arguing the plan would consolidate Northern lines and Burlington under a Minnesota company. The petition seeks to modify the proposed 26 000 mile consolidation.
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Washington
Northwest Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clara Hill Lindley
James J. Hill
Erasmus C. Lindley
New York
Burlington
Lindleys
Great Northern
Minnesota
Great Northern Pacific
Golden Eagle Follows Lindbergh in Colorado
In Greeley Col or Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis was trailed by a golden eagle over the city as the aviator passed en route to Pierre S D The eagle circled the city and then disappeared observers noted the bird near the craft during the flight in Colorado and Salt Lake City prepared a welcome for Lindbergh with flags and open air receptions slated for Liberty Park on Saturday.
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Greeley
Colo
Colnel Charles A. Lindbergh
Pierre
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Salt Lake City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
trans-Atlantic Flight Fame
Linny
Woodward Field
Liberty Park
Germany Fails In Birth Rate Decline At World Conference
At the world population conference Dr Alfred Grotjahn of the University of Berlin warned Germany faces a stationary population as births fall below deaths in major cities despite provincial fertility. He urged measures to ensure couples fulfill reproductive duties and highlighted France as a cautionary example.
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Geneva
France
Germany
Alfred Grotjahn
University of Berlin
German Provinces Temporarily Maintained the Balance, Dr. Grotjahn
Protect Spider Web in a Vault in Culver City
In Culver City California a sheet iron vault protects a spider’s web built across a doorway for a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film. The vault is closed during non shooting to guard the web until the picture finishes.
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Culver City
Calif
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rogers permits double for ride in capital scene
Will Rogers allows a substitute to portray a galloping horseback ride through Washington streets. An A and A Washington chauffeur won his place in the scene. The actor’s stunt has been used before as a safety measure and dramatic device in film productions.
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Washington
Will Rogers
Motion Picture
A&a
Accident Victim’s Horseshoe Safe
Leordardo Lova 13 lay unconscious on an operating table after a hit and run in El Paso Texas. He awoke, found a horseshoe in his hip pocket, and declared I’m all right before leaving the hospital.
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EL Paso
Tex
Leordardo Lova
Veterans Elect a Commanding Chief
John J Garrity of Chicago was elected commander in chief of the United Spanish War Veterans on the first ballot at the encampment. He received 729 of 1100 votes. Resolutions urged flood prevention in the Mississippi Valley, higher hospitalization for veterans, and endorsed Winfield Scott as pension commissioner and General Frank T. Himes of the veterans bureau.
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Detroit
John J Garrity
Chicago
United Spanish War Veterans
Garrity
Winfield Scott
Pensionus
Frank T. Himes
Veterans Bureau
British Scientist Confirms Darwinian View At UK Meeting
Sir Arthur Keith, a leading British scientist, defends Darwin's descent theory before a mixed audience at the British Association for the Advancement of Science 96th annual session in Leeds. He cites fossil and comparative evidence and notes women play a prominent role in the gathering as lectures on new discoveries proceed.
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Leeds
England
Darwin
Arthur Keith
British Association For the Advancement of Science
GS Lamarack
Association
Gendler
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