Shenandoah disaster told by survivors
Lakehurst New Jersey September 28 survivors and officers gave accounts to a naval court of inquiry of the Shenandoah disaster near Ava Ohio on September 3. Commander Lansdowne and the control crew perished as the airship broke apart. Survivors praised all hands for duty under heavy storm and chaos. The court heard from Lieut. Commander Rosendahl and Col. Hall among others.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Zachary Lanadowne
Shenandoah
Ava
Ohio
Naval Court of Inquiry
C. G. Hall
Army Air Service
Col. Hall
Lansdowne
C. E. Rosendahl
Hves
Rosendahl
Col
Hall
Lieut
Anderson
Col. Halil
Rigger Allen
Earth
Amander Rosenthal
Lieut. Anderson
Rosenthal
Iis
Paul Foley
Kindest Woman in Kansas Exits Waco Life for Poorhouse
Aunt Meg Hager, famed as Kansas’s kindest woman and longtime Waco resident, has entered the county almshouse. A pipe smoker for nearly fifty years, she helped born and nurse locals, tended silk workers, and aided the needy. Her departure marks Waco’s loss of a local landmark.
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Meg
Waco
Aunt Meg
Aunt Meig
Terre Haute Ind
Soviet Radio Fees Item for Listeners in Moscow
Moscow reports broadcasting in Soviet Russia is rising from infancy with four stations in Moscow and others in Leningrad Kharkov and Kiev. Komintern station uses 1450 meters and offers a radio gazette. A $1.50 fee applies to receiving sets though registration is abolished and sets are freely sold.
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Moscow
Mall
Soviet Russia
Council of Commissioners
Leningrad
Kharkov
Kieff
Komintern
Easy to Remember Dates of Birthdays
Port Townsend Washington reports Mr and Mrs Charles Douglass Johnson easily recall their three children birthdays Bernie Marian born May 6 1920 Elizabeth Julia born May 6 three years later Olive Nona born May 6 this year sharing the family date.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Charles Douglass Johnson
Bernie Marian
Elizabeth Julia
Olive Nona
State monopolizes radio set manufacturing and bans imports
The authorities have monopolized the manufacture of radio sets and forbid the import of such appliances from abroad, indicating centralized control of communications equipment.
Berlin killer Leest protests death sentence commutation
Otto Leest, sentenced for murder and robbery, protests when officials commute his death to life in prison and condemns his lawyer. He initially waived appeal but seeks to force a death sentence, claiming sole right to decide his fate. A petition to the justice minister asserts his intent to reject the pardon. Tokyo hosts plan for Buddhist women university at Sojiji temple costing 1.5 million yen with work to begin next year and finish in two.
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Berlin
Otto Leest
Lfe
Tokyo
Sojiji
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Kansas
Wichita
Kan
Meg” Hager
Devoe
Thomasville, Ga
Oviet Russia
Leest
Dodge Brothers, Inc
America
Dodge Brothers
Dopse Brothers, Inc
Detroit
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