SOS FROM OLD GLORY STARTS VESSELS TO RESCUE
A 1927 column by Arthur Brisbane discusses rescue efforts as ships respond to distress signals from Old Glory. It covers public attitudes toward crime and corruption, the role of lawbreakers and complicit citizens, and reflections on money, fraud, and economic power in a rapidly changing nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sos
Pezat
Michael Anglo
Geates
Rome
Rosody
Michel Angelo
Michael
Publisher buys Newark Bears baseball club for 360000
Paul Block, publisher, today purchased the Newark Bears of the International League for 360000 dollars. The deal transfers ownership of the Newark team to Block with the sale announced in Newark N J. Sept 7.
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Newark Bears
Newark, N. 1
Paul Block
Today
Newark “Bears
Rescue Race As Old Glory Crashes North Atlantic SOS
Two British liners raced to aid the New York to Rome monoplane Old Glory after an SOS from near Newfoundland. Pilot Lloyd Bertand co pilot James Hill and Phillip Payne were aboard as authorities tracked the stricken craft and navigated rescue efforts amid gale and heavy sea.
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New York
Jarkness
Lloyd W. Bertand
James DeWitt Huli
Philip A. Payne
Old Glory
Carmania
Transylvania
New Foundland
Old Orchard
Maine
Vadiy
BE. S. T
Qld
Glory
Sid Glevy
Aptain
Gory
Anthony Fokker
Rome
Cunard
United Press
Radio Corporation of America
Chatham
Masa
Cunardine
Sid Glory
Lapland
Key Star Line
Bons
Greenwich
Meridan
Bone
Lloyd W. Bertaud
James DeWitt Hill
Phillip A. Payne
The
New York Mirror
William Randolph Hearst
Transatlantic monoplane departs from Harbor Grace amid SOS call
The Sir John Carling, piloted with Terry Tully and James Medcalf, left Harbor Grace Newfoundland for London at 9:55 a.m. Newfoundland time on a Trans Atlantic flight. A radio SOS from the distressed William Randolph Hearst monoplane Old Glory prompted the steamship Transylvania to alter course.
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United Press
New York
Detroit
Royal Windsor
Old Orchard
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Eng
Charles A. Levine
Walter B.C. Hinchliffe
Cranwell
England
Philadelphia
Columbia
Fom
John Carling
London
Cape Race
William Randolph Hearst
Transylvania
Sir John Carling
Terry Tully
James Medcalf
Ont
Carthou
Pride of Deere
Woman Faints at Tea for President's Wife
Mrs. M W Pangburn wife of Rapid City physician fainted during a tea in honor of Mrs Calvin Coolidge. The Fortnightly Club hosted the event the first of its kind since Mrs Coolidge arrived in Rapid City earlier this summer.
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Rapid City
S. D
Calvin Coolidge
M. W. Pangburn
Goolidge
Wheeler's Body In State At Columbus
Lead figures in the prohibition movement and fellow church members will pay tribute at the burial of Waynes B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League. Wheeler died of a heart attack Sunday in Battle Creek, Michigan, and his body lay in state at relatives' home in Columbus after arriving yesterday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Waynes B. Wheeler
Anti- Saloon League
Wheler
Atate
Battle Creek
Mich
For Sale Items Include Gas Range and Baby Stroller
Classified note lists for sale items including a gas range, heater, and a baby stroller. Partial readable lines mention pendings and fittings with potential prices and notes toward adds. No clear dates or full names appear in the fragment.
Method for impounding Pennsylvan ia ballots sought by committees
Reed investigation members Caraway and LaFollette met in Chicago with Ware and Wilson to resolve the impasse in the 1926 Pennsylvania senatorial contest. Ballots already held in Washington faced court challenges. officials in several counties refused access. No witnesses will be called as the session seeks a method to impound ballots for recount.
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Chicago
Reed Senate Elections Investigation Committee
Senate
Pennsylvania
William Vara
Mae
Wiliam B. Wilson
Reed
Missouri
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Caraway
Arkansas
George
Georgia
Neeley
Virginia
Privileges and Elections Committee
Watson
Indiana
Philadelphia
Ware
Wilson
Congress Hotel
Contestanta
Probing New Clue In Forest Mystery
One man is dead and another injured after a riot near the Moon Run mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Investigators seek an automobile seen in the area and linked to the shooting. Authorities, including Sheriff P C Mong, pursue the new lead as investigations continue.
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Vicin
Tionessta
Sept. T
Lemuel A. Wolfe
Buck Mills
Wolfe
Joseph Wolff
P. C. Mong
Budel
Gus Evans
Amrelcan Legion of
Endesvor
Pittsburgh
Mani
Iqas
Moon Raw
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Hone
James Toote
117Th St
Cleveland
Jose Bargo
Allegheny General Hospital
Stacey
Fourth Victim Dies in Bernstein Real Estate Shooting
New York today confirms the death of Robert McGarity 29 stage manager for Jane Cowl’s Road to Rome following Charles M Bernstein’s midtown office shooting. The earlier victims included Henry Cohen 29 and Charles Herskovitz 58 brokers who arranged a contested deal. An autopsy is scheduled as police unravel whether Steinberg was shot or fell.
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New York
Charles M. Bernstein
Bellevue Hospital
Robert McGrority
McGority
Bijur
Herts and
Steinburg
Victor J. Steinberg
Bernstein
Steinberg
Baltimore
Henry C. Cohen
Charles Herskovitz
McGarity
Jane Cowl
Rome
Harry Bijur
Supreme Court
Nathan Bijur
Seventy per cent paid to bank depositors in Pittsburgh
Checks totaling 76 percent of deposits from Brotherhood Savings & Trust Company were forwarded to depositors after a failed plan to buy Liberty bonds at half price collapsed and the salesman vanished with the funds. Charles A. Knapp, now in prison, led the scheme. Most money was recovered and officials expect full restitution. The bank had been the city’s sole labor financial institution.
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Pittsburgh
Brotherhood Savings & Trust Company
Liberty
Charles A. Knapp
Frank W. Jackson
State Bank
Inmate Dies After Jail Cell Injury at Baie
Baie reports an inmate died in hospital after injuries sustained when battered against the steel bars of his jail cell. The man, Moulton, 9, was arrested Monday on an intoxication charge and succumbed to his wounds today.
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Baie
Moulton
Hirm
Veiled charges await council action on police graft claims
The Warren Borough Council held an executive session amid a police department graft inquiry led by Dr. C. J. Frantz. The session reportedly dismissed Patrolman Griffith for insubordination while shelving proceedings against Captain Hahn and Patrolmen Moore and Ackerson.
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Borough Council
C. J. Frants
Police Committee
Dr. Frantz
Warren
Frantz
George W. Hahn
Ackerson, Griffith
Moore
Griffith
Haehn
Ackerson
Whaleden
James H. Perks
Leroy
Chapman
Police Commission
Police Department
Horace A. Crary
Harry A. Logan
Third Ward
W. W. Wright
Willis H. Houghtling
E. Bordwell
Burgess Chapman
Whaleben
Whaleében
Bordwell
Road Hogs to be Driven Off Pennsylvania Roads
Governor Fisher orders an immediate survey of traffic to curb road hogs and reckless operators. Captain Wilson C. Price heads the effort but is recalled by a family tragedy. Captain Philip J. Derr directs work in his absence as data gathering proceeds in cooperation with the highway patrol and department.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Fisher
Wilson C. Price
Highway Motor Patrol
Harry Ely
Hummelstown
Suquehanna Trail
Liverpool
Ely
Highway Patrol
Highway Department
Price
Philip J. Derr
Fire destroys barn at Polk Institute in Franklin
A blaze at Polk State Training School for the Feeble Minded in Franklin destroyed a large barn with estimated damage of 35000 dollars. No cattle were lost and no injuries occurred while 150 tons of hay burned. Origin of the fire remains unknown after it broke out late in the forenoon.
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Franklin
Polk State Training School
Weather Forecast for Western Pennsylvania and Northeast
A fragmented forecast notes mainly cloudy tonight with possible showers in the western portion and warmer conditions in the southern area. Southeasterly high pressure brings light southerly winds inland from eastern Tennessee toward the plains, with temperatures around 70 degrees reaching Chicago area, while the west faces low pressure and storms spreading from the central plains into Kentucky Indiana and Michigan.
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Raleigh
Norfolk
Interior
Tennessee
Plains
Chicago
Saskatchewan
Rocky Mountain States
Arizona
Central Plains
Kentucky
Indiana
Michigan
Miami
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Washington
Yellowstons Park
A. m
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Arthur Brisbane
N.Y. Amerwan. Tac
V. Miller
Toronto
Ontario Jockey Club
Eotts
Khodiat
Stoék
Pete de Praat
Ireland
Napoleon III
France
Chase National
Methanint and
Metals National
New York-To-Rome
Brock
Schlee
Rangoon
Levine
Hoppy
Wheeler
Sen. Reed
T. H. Caraway
Arkkansas
the Bank
Pittshbugh’s
Reese Griffith
Haehn, Moore and Ackerson
Capt. Price
Polk Institute
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