French fliers ready to claim Texas prize in lone flight
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte began the Texas sprint from Valley Stream at 6 55 am toward Dallas to claim a 25000 prize offered by William Easterwood for the Paris to Dallas transcontinental flight. Rene Racover followed in a faster Americano ship planning a rendezvous near Greenville Texas after fueling in Louisville. The start required a risky ground start device and drew about 200 onlookers.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Dallas
Texas
William Easterwood
North Atlantic
Paris
New York
Rene Racover
Coste
Easterwood
Texas City
Bellonte
Easton
Allentown
Pittsburg
Steubenville
Ohio
Cincinnati
Louisville
Little Rock
Greenville
Baseball results from national league and american games
The report lists scores from American and National leagues with multiple games in New York Boston Chicago Pittsburg St Louis and Cincinnati plus a local Utah obituary note. It includes player lines and game outcomes and notes a switch-rail accident victim Daniel M Tracy of West Weber with funeral plans announced.
Coamo Barely Survived Caribbean Hurricane Odysseys
The Porto Rico liner Coamo limped into San Juan after enduring the storm’s center for seven hours with winds and seas tearing at the ship. Captain Thomas Evans said no lives were lost and only a few passengers were slightly injured as engineers fought to keep the vessel afloat and refuel. Dr. W F Gray examined the passengers aboard after the ordeal.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Caribbean
Coamo
Santo Domingo
Thomas Evans
McGough
Evans
W. F. Gray
Weiser City Objects to Liquid Gas Franchise Plan
The Weiser city council and chamber of commerce protested a franchise to distribute natural gas transported in liquid form into Idaho. The bid by Thebo Starr and Anderton of San Francisco would serve about a dozen northern and southern Idaho cities. Their objections cited potential harm to local natural gas development and questioned the companys financial ability to build the system.
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Boise
Weiser City Council
Chamber of Commerce Today
Idaho
Thebo, Starr and Anderton
San Francisco
Weiser
Floods Displace 100000 in Brahmat Putra Valley
In Shillong near Bokoni and Laokhon floods of the Brahmat Putra have driven over 100000 from homes. Water covers houses, granaries are washed away, cattle drowned, and communications and trains are disrupted in the undated region.
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Shillong
India
Brahmat-Putra
Bokoni
Laokhon
Prohibition Probe Focuses on Lyle Whitney Bribery Case
Seattle reports the defense in the Lyle Whitney prohibition conspiracy trial contends four former liquor law enforcement officers took bribes from rum runners. R L Fryant, first witness, says he worked with bootleggers to trap dealers while his actions were monitored by Roy C Lyle and William M Whitney. Earl Corwin is the remaining defendant.
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Seattle
R. L. Fryant
Fryant
Roy C. Lyle
William M. Whitney
Lyle
Earl Corwin
Coste And Bellonte Press On To Texas For Dallas Flight
France’s Coste and Bellonte continued their nonstop 1600 mile flight from New York to Dallas. By 1:20 p.m. they had passed Owensboro Kentucky with about 950 miles remaining and were traveling faster than earlier at roughly 130 mph. They aimed to finish in about 11 hours.
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Associated Press
United States
France
Paris
New York
Dallas
Coste
Bellonte
Owensboro
Alleghanies
West Indies Hit By Sudden Hurricane Veer
Havana reports a hurricane shifting course from north to west-northwest threatening the Cuba and Florida Straits region. The Santo Domingo path change prompted warnings at 3 10 a m observed by the national observatory.
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Havana
West Indies
Santo Domingo
Cuba
Florida Straits
National Observatory
Locked Diary Hinders Arctic Expedition Mystery
Swedish experts resume examination of Andree and Strindberg remains and belongings. Items include Andree shells, matches, a knife, and Strindberg’s trinkets. burial on White Island supported by evidence. Diaries remain locked under seal, with no new light on fate of the expedition.
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Salomon August Andree
Nils Strindberg
Hedren and
Lithberg
Andree
Strindberg
White Island
Stockholm
Bieps
Adolph Hoel
Spitebergen
Corres
William Wallin Retires From Pocatello Tribune After 38 Years
Editorial salutes William Wallin for guiding The Pocatello Tribune for 38 years. George Nicholas Ifft recalls their early partnership from December 1892, shared labor starting January 6, 1893, and Wallin’s role in elevating the paper to its enduring square, reliable character.
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George Nicholas Ifft
William Wallin
Pocatello Tribune
Tribune
Pocatello
The
Wallin
Veteran Publisher Exits Pocatello Tribune Ownership
William Wallin retires from active newspaper work after selling The Pocatello Tribune interests to O. D. Stauffer and William S. Cady. Ifft family maintains half stake with Nicholas Ifft as managing editor. Cady becomes general manager, Wallin to reside in Pocatello and engage in community activities. Tribune to expand while remaining an independent Republican paper with open columns and editorial freedom.
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William Wallin
Salt Lake City
George N Ifft
C. H. Fenstermaker
Pocatello
The
Tribune
Ifft
Wallin
Fenstermaker
Wallin and
George N. Ifft
Mr. Wallin
Nicholas Ifft
Iffts
Cady
Mr. Stauffer
Mr. Cady
Kansas
University of Kansas
Northwest
Idaho
the Tribune
Supreme Court Judge Crater Missing to Flee and Destroy Papers
New York reports evidence that Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater planned to drop out of sight and burned personal documents as his disappearance neared public notice. Police reveal confidant Joseph Mara quoted Crater stating he planned to go to Westchester and forbade any disclosure.
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New York
Supreme Court
Joseph Force Crater
Mulrooney
Joseph Mara
Tammany
Justice Crater
Westchester Way
Westchester County
New York City
Closing hearing nears end in Marie West murder case
In Mountain Home Idaho on September four preliminary hearing for H B Meisenzahl and wife on charges of murdering their adopted daughter Marie West continued with potential rebuttal witnesses. The state traced the girl’s movements from King Hill on September 19 last year to her body found 26 hours later near Snake River and willows. Dr M J Funderling said the girl likely died from a temple blow about 14 hours before discovery and had been in the water no more than six hours before examination.
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Mountain Home
Idaho
H. B. Meisenzahl
Marie West
King Hill
Snake River
M. J. Funderling
Glenns Ferry
Parole plea filed for former Wallace official Herrick
Letters from Wallace friends urge the federal parole board to favor William H. Herrick who was imprisoned at McNeil Island for the Shoshone county rum conspiracy. Herrick served as county assessor and Wallace city council member with Mayor Herman Rossi among those sentenced.
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Boise
William H
Doc) Herrick
Wallace
McNeil's Island
Federal Prison Parole Board
Herrick
Baseball Player Dick Gray Killed in Train Car Crash
Francis D. Gray, 22, identified as Dick Gray, star pitcher for Springfield Western Association team, died when his car collided with a Cotton Belt train near New Madrid Missouri. Driver W S Wells, Springfield outfielder, seriously injured as both were en route to Chattanooga after season end.
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New Madrid
Francis D. Gray
Dick” Gray
Springfield
W. S. Wells
Clay
Wells
Chattanooga
Tenn
Breakup of India Peace Talks With Gandhi and Nehru
Indian peace negotiations between the government and civil disobedience leaders including Mahatma Gandhi and the Nehru family broke down. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and M. Jawaharlal Nehru worked to resolve the rift, visiting Gandhi and the Nehru family in prison to seek a settlement.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Nehrus
Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru
M. Jayakar
Gandhi
Nye and McCormick clash over senate probe tactics
Senator Gerald P. Nye vows the senate investigating committee will press its inquiry into Ruth Hanna McCormick and her use of detectives. He brands her detectives' methods as shoddy and contemptible while noting sessions adjourned to September 15 for further testimony.
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Chicago
Gerald P. Nye
Ruth Hanna Mc Cormick
United States Senate
Nye
Porter H. Dale
Vermont
da Ota
Sta
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