Mitchell denounces war and navy roles after Shenandoah disaster
San Antonio Sept 5 Colonel William Mitchell air officer of the eighth area denounces the war and navy departments over the Shenandoah disaster and the PN-9 Number One seaplane loss. He says flying service members will present the issue to Congress and the public and predicts military arrest Monday. He accuses an Army Navy agreement on who should win the annual race.
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Army
Navy
Navy expands hunt for missing PN-9 seaplane near Hawaii
Honolulu on September 5 reports new and larger efforts by naval forces in the district in the search for the missing seaplane PN-9 No. 1. The craft vanished about eighty hours earlier in the broad Pacific not far from the Hawaiian Islands.
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Monolulu
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Bryan Jr Chosen President by Anti Evolution League
William Jennings Bryan Jr is unanimously chosen as next president of the Anti Evolution League of America to lead the national campaign against teaching evolution theories in schools in Louisville Kentucky on September 5.
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William Jennings Bryan JR
Anti- Evolution League
Liam Jennings Bryan, Jr
Anti- Evolution League of America
Teach
Monk's Thirteenth Century Discovery Sets Round Earth Record
Oxford Sept. 5 A musty tomb reveals a thirteenth century monk held the belief that the world is round, signaling early awareness of global geometry.
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The
Associated Press
Oxford Eng
Art Treasures of Corfu Palace To Be Auctioned
The Daily Press says the art treasures of the Corfu palace owned by William Hohenzollern when he was German emperor will be sold at auction by the Greek government which acquired the property during the war.
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London
The
Daily Xpress
Corfu
William Hohenzollern
Germany
Striking Anthracite Miners Take Fishing Jaunt
Hazelton Pa Sept 5 Hundreds of anthracite miners head to fishing spots as angling shops report strong business since mine suspensions.
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Assorated Press
Hazelton
Penn
Miss Julia Tichener Sues for Hundred Thousand Damages
Miss Julia F. Tichener filed suit in the New York Supreme Court against John C. McCambridge of New York alleging breach of promise and seeking damages of one hundred thousand dollars.
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Ita
The
Associated Press
White Plains
N. Y
Julia F. Tichener
Supreme Court
John C. McCambridge
New York
Ruth Not to Play Today in Yankees Athletics Series
Babe Ruth will not report for duty today as manager Miller Huggins declines contact. The Athletics aim to halt a loss streak with two games in New York before a home stand against the Senators. A four game Philadelphia series begins Monday with two meetings scheduled.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Miller Huggins
Yankees
Athletics
Huggins
Senators
Philadelphia
Bobby Jones Retains National Amateur Championship at Oakmont
Bobby Jones defeated Watts Gunn to retain the National Amateur Championship at Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh. Jones led four up at lunch and extended the advantage in the afternoon, finishing four up on Gunn after the morning round with a winning par on the 29th green.
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Bobby Jones
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Cooling Zephyrs From Northwest Forecast Easing Midwest Heat
Zephyrs sweeping from the Canadian northwest were forecast to ease the heat across the Middle West, lower lake region, and the South within a day, as Jupiter Pluvius storms move in.
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Lake and South Regions
Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Canadian Northwest
Jupiter Pluvius
Lower Lake Region
Kidnapping Of Banker’s Daughter Sparks Police Hunt
In Montclair New Jersey a six year old girl Mary Daly was abducted by a black man who shot two bystanders, killed one man and critically injured a chauffeur John Sandin who pursued him. The kidnapper mistaken for the Daily girl later freed no one. Police and citizens search the Watchung mountains aided by state troopers and sheriff deputies. Rewards totaling three thousand dollars were offered for information and the kidnapper remains at large.
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N. J
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Mary Daly
Liberty
John Sandin
Sandin
Kid Naper
Raymond Pierce
Pierce
Joseph Bower
New York Trust Company
Daily Family
Dorothy Coates
Dorothy
Parked auto rolls down hill into theatre stage
A parked car in Boston rolled down a hill and crashed through a theatre door onto the stage during a performance. The incident startled chorus girls and caused a brief disruption before officials secured the scene.
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Boston Hill
The
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Valentino Sails for Paris on marital vacation plan
Hollywood Calif Sept 5 Rudolph Valentino the Latin lover of the screen plans to sail for Paris. Mrs Valentino is enroute to Paris.
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Paris
Hollywood
Rudolph Valentino
Mrs. Valentino
Georgia Weather: fair tonight and Sunday
Forecast calls for fair conditions in Georgia with light to variable winds tonight and Sunday. No significant precipitation expected.
Fathers of Jones and Gunn Follow Amateur Match
The fathers of Bobby Jones and Watts Gunn, both Atlanta golfers, watched the national amateur championship at Oakmont, Penn. Robert P. Jones, chief counsel of Georgia Casualty Company, said he was not receiving returns and waited for early newspaper editions. Judge Will Gunn, also with Georgia Casualty, was reportedly out on business.
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Bobby Jones
Watts Gunn
Atlanta
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Jones
Robert P. Jones
Georgia Casualty Company
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Will Gunn
Southland Heat Wave Smashes Records Across the Region
Atlanta reports 100.5 degrees as thermometers climb to new highs with 105 in Birmingham and Columbia reaching 105.7. Forecaster Von Herrmann warns no relief for 2 to 3 days amid an unprecedented drought. farmers suffer heavy losses.
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C. F. von. Herrmann
South
Weather Bureau
Birmingham
Ala
Columbia
S. C
Atlsata
Last Shenandoah Victims Removed From Ohio
Belle Valley, Caldwell, Ohio, completed burial for the Shenandoah disaster victims as 14 caskets, including Lt. Commander Louis Hancock Jr. of Austin, Texas, were sent to Arlington National Cemetery. Wreck details and inquiries continued in Caldwell amid looting by curios seekers, with national figures weighing aviation policy and safety.
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Shenandoah
Louis Hancock, Jr
Austin
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Arlington, Va
National Cemetery
New York
Caldwell
Ohio
Arlington National Cemetery
Vandals at wreck scene prompt federal review
Washington D C September 5 Secretary Wilbur will take up with the Attorney General the question of vandalism at the scene of the wreck of the Shenandoah dirigible.
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Washington, D. C
Wilbur
Record Heat Sweeps U S As City Mentions Record June July August
Mr. Von Herrmann reports official summer mean at 80.2 for June July August the hottest since 1899. At 7 am high nationwide temperatures include St Louis 82 Miami 82 Cape Hatteras 84 Key West 84 with minimal rainfall only five traces. Boston 96 and other cities noted heat and sporadic showers later.
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Ohio Woman Charged After Infant Passes Away
Edith Lane a 29 year old mother placed her six weeks old son in a wash boiler filled with water and lit a fire beneath it at her Columbus home this morning. The child died hours later and Lane is held at the county jail pending a mental examination.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bound in Oil Saturated Sedan Man Burns to Death
An unidentified man, bound with hands behind his back, was burned to death in an oil saturated sedan on East Eighty-First Street New York. Police could not identify him due to burned features.
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N. Y
East Eighty-First Street
Memorial to Wilson discussed as League assembly opens
A million dollar fund to build a Woodrow Wilson memorial in Geneva is debated as Americans arrive for the League of Nations opening. Mrs. Wilson arrives to attend and will sit in the diplomatic gallery. Senators Capper and Walsh to receive seats near her. The idea may finance part of a new assembly hall.
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League of Nations Assembly
League
Arthur Capper
Kansas
T. J. Walsh
Montana
Wilson
Assembly
Three Charged With Mob Violence In N C
In Lenoir North Carolina fourteen men from Blowing Rock were bound over to the Supreme Court after a hooded band attacked Coot Robbins and Dewey Storie. Eleven face mob violence and assault charges while three officers are accused of failing to intervene. Officers named include N C Green deputy sheriff Bud Bauguses and Dave Wooten Blowing Rock police.
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N.C
Blowing Rock
Law
Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace
J. R. Todd
Coot Robbins
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Robbins and
Missing Duluth Girl Found After Eleven Days in Woods
A twelve year old girl from Duluth Minnesota was found alive after spending eleven days in the woods. She survived on berries and was awakened nightly by wolves. The search involved local authorities and volunteers.
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Duluth
Minn
Convicts dig for bodies after man links two disappearances
In Atlanta, a search by convict laborers begins along the Chattahoochee near Bol ton to locate the bodies of two unidentified women. W. C. Parris of New Holland says he saw the women murdered in summer 1920 and buried, with bodies reportedly dismembered and treated with acid. He claims he was an unwilling witness and was threatened to stay silent. Solicitor General John A. Boykin ordered the investigation after Parris's story surfaced.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Chattahoochee
Bolton
W. C. Parris
New Holland
John A. Boykin
Parris
Files suit against Ford Motor Company
Edward G. Moore filed a suit in New York alleging Ford Motor Company unlawfully converted his weekly automobile payment plan to its own use. The case centers on misuse of payments for cars.
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Ford Motor Company
New York
Edward G. Moore
World's Greatest Bull Fighter Gored in Spain
Bel Monte, reputed world’s greatest bullfighter, lies in a hospital in Zumaya after being gored in the bullring on Sept. 5. The injury is described as serious but not life threatening.
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Zumaya
Spain
Belmonte
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