Goodyear Balloon Reaches Farthest in Endurance Test
San Antonio Texas April 25 The last of seven balloons in the national balloon elimination race landed farthest in southeastern Minnesota. Van Orman piloting the Goodyear entry with Wollam and others set a distance and time record for the lift. Norman Meek and Gray assisted. Vinent Cant Toneywell and May completed the top three. The Gordon Bennett race winner will be announced later with prizes awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Kelley Qeld
Minnesot
Crssis
Kansas City
Honeywell
Savourn
Minn
Norman W. Meek
Gray
Aide
Detroit Aviation
Bosd
Yaseen
Iowa
Coeur
Moe
Thaden
Svend
Rasmussen
Palet
Aid
Dubuque
Boeger On Wedassey Apri 2% 124 funeral notice
Obituary notice reads Mary Penager Boeject and Braumann funeral events. Dates mention April 25 and April 20 with private interment at Mount Olivet. Family and friends invited with a prayerful tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeger
Wedassey
Tia Colten
Mary
Georgetown
Mount Ollyet
Braumann
Toner
Carr
Steve Earthwest
Carr Finera
Rell
Sober After Drinking 36 Cups of Coffee in Marathon
Harold Whitford and Ephraim Fitch of Hornell New York undertook a three hour coffee drinking marathon to test if coffee is intoxicating. Fitch stopped at 24 cups while Whitford reached 36 cups and was carried home due to stomach cramps yet remained sober with no other ill effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornell
N. Y
Harold Whitford
Ephraim Fitch
Fitch
Whitford
Remarkable Balloon Race Ends Without Casualties
Lieut. Col. C. C. Culver announced the distances of the race as part of the eighth corps area event. The exact measurements will be done by the U S geological survey in a few days. A $500 award covered travel expenses to Europe for the winner. The race featured strong begins and leaders but produced no casualties despite storms. balloons sustained only minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
C. C. Culver
Eighth Corps
United States Geological Survey
Culver
$30,000 Paid for Whisky Permit Scheme Details Revealed
Philadelphia April 25 Alleged details showed $20,000 divided among four men at a local hotel for fraudulent whisky withdrawals. Testimony in habeas corpus proceedings linked Langley to the scheme as authorities seek removal of Hiram W. Benner Albert Slater and Milton Lipschutz. Witnesses described seven men, a Louisville hotel conference, and plans to involve Kentucky officials to obtain withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States District Court
Covington
John W. Langley
Hiram W. Benner
Permit Department of the Prohibition Office
Albert F. Slater
William C. McConnell
Pennsylvania
Milton Lipschutz
Schwartzkopf
Atlantic City
L. Lipschutz
Milton Lippschutz
Jacob Eisenberger
Mourit Vernon
Thomas J. Finn
Columbus
Ohio
Langley
Louisville
Lexington
Finn
Mortimer
Elias H. Mortimer
Sam Collins
Kentucky
Obituary notices list multiple deaths and funerals across Washington area
A compilation of death notices and funeral plans dated April 25 to 28 1924 and 1934 for numerous individuals including Samuel W Cook Amos Hadley Ferdinand Haudrup Annie M Jones Ella Knowles Elizabeth Catherine Logan Ethel H Lyons Mary E Mul Elizabeth Seaton Benjamin F Seaton Charles II Vivian Albert F Watson Alice Windsor and others detailing residences service times and burial locations across Arlington Alexandria Prince William County Mount Olivet Glenwood Arlington National Cemetery and Addison Chapel among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkity
Lewiston
Pease
Haudrup
Ferdinand
Huevand
Nettie F. Haudrup
Geter
Jones
Annie M
Louis EB
Jane
Belle Haven
Prince William County
Helle Haven
David Dixon Porter
DREF
Arlington National Cemetery
Mary E. Mul
John G Warren
Eighth Street
Church of the Nativity
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Seatow
Benjamin F
Angeline Seaton
Bia Inte
Virginia
Smith
Charles II
Netlie S. Steith
Enterrint Congressional Cemetery
Alezan- Grin
Vivian
Josephc Vivian
8. H. Hines Co
Fourteenth Street
Elatives
Woehl
Amelia
Kansas Avenue Northwest
York
Arturdsy
Relndiyes
Ineerest Prospect
Walker
Thirteenth Street
New York Avenue
Albert F. Watson, Jr
Windsor
Presidence Hospital
Alice ML
Elmer Windeor
William H. Bardo Company
H Street
Addison Chapel
Seat Pleasant
Unlimited Credit Opens in New York for German Bank
New York April 25 The International Acceptance Bank of New York announced unlimited credit facilities by American bankers for the German Schacht Rediscount Bank. An initial $5,000,000 loan aids Germany's currency stabilization and facilitates rediscounting two name bills issued in dollars. Major New York banks join a syndicate to back the German bank, supporting Dawes plan aims and sought stabilizing exchange while protecting the dollar's position in world markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hjalmar Schacht
International Acceptance Bank of
United States
Germany
Schacht
Hoatan
Chicago
Bank of England
London
Dawes Committee
International Acceptance Bank
Morgan May Name Reparations Rules
Political leaders urge that opposition to using experts report as the basis for talks will fail amid industrialists action that ends hopes for a viable opposition coalition from a new party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Settlement on Hungary debt approved by American commission
The American debt commission completed a settlement funding Hungary's debt to the United States and sent it to Congress for ratification. The deal covers the first relief loan, with a $1,939,763 principal and interest to be repaid over 60 years. A $753 cash payment is made, the rest in annual installments with 3 percent interest for ten years, then 3 percent thereafter. The agreement also allows Hungary to float a national reconstruction loan and lets the Treasury release Hungarian assets from a first US lien if other nations with Hungarian obligations cooperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Debt Commission
United States
Congress
Commission
Hungary
Secretary of the Treasury
Free State Trials Protective Tariff Experiment
Dublin reports Ernest Blythe announcing a budget measure to test a protective tariff on imported bottles boots confectionery and motor bodies. Tea duty drops from 8 to 5 pence per pound while four import categories face new duties and ad valorem rates. The aim is tax relief via redistribution with no general tariff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Ernest Blythe
Judge Seeks Non Political Indictments in Oil Case Jury
A special grand jury to probe alleged criminal aspects of oil leases involving Edward Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair, plus former Secretaries Fall and Denby, is seated before Justice William Hitz. Foreman Gratz E. Dunham and 20 jurors are urged to base deliberations on facts, not rumor, as the panel begins work Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Fall
Denby
William Hitz. Gratz E. Dunhum
B_ street southwest
Masonic Temple Committee
Hits
Scanasi
Justice Hitz
Alfred R. Hales
Swaon Street
J. Harris Franklin
District National Bank
A. Woolford Wright
Fourteenth Street
New Suit Filed to End California Oil Leases
Edward C. Finney named in amended complaint in federal case to cancel Elk Hills naval reserve leases granted to Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company. Complaint alleges a letter giving “an especially valuable right to lease” lands known for oil was written to enable secret acquisition without competitive bidding. Lease K covers the northeast quarter of section 1, township 1 south, range 24 east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Edward C. Finney
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
Elk Hills Naval Reserve
Pan-American Petroleum Company
Pan-American Petroleum and Transportmpany
Finney
Pan- American Petroleum and Transport Company
United States
Not Guilty Plea by Forbes in Baltimore Case
Charles ZR Forbes former director of the veterans bureau appeared in U S district court and pled not guilty to an indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the United States Rail was set at 10000 furnished by Oscar Ricketts of Washington No date fixed for trial Forbes and bondsman left for Washington Nathan Thompson of Thomson Kelly Company and Commander Charles R B O Leary indicted jointly to be arraigned later O Leary was assistant director and chief of the supply service of the veterans bureau The charge alleges officials sold Thomson company about 3009060 worth of army supplies from the Perryville Md hospital for one fifth their invoice value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Charles ZR. Forbes
Veterans Bureau
United States District Court
Federal Grand
United States
Oscar Ricketts
Washington
Forbes
Nathan Thompson
Thomson-Kelly Company
New York
Charles RB O'Leary
O'Leary
Thomson's
Perryville
Wheeler Investigation To Resume Today
The special Senate committee will resume its probe into Senator Wheeler of Montana with H. K. Glosser of Great Falls as a principal witness. Glosser, once employed by oil operator Gordon Campbell, testified Wheeler charged him with accepting a fee to influence land permit cases before the Interior Department after Wheeler's election to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K E. Glosser
Great Falls
Mont
Special
Senate
Wheeler
Emocrat
Montana
Glosser
Gordon Campbell
Wheeler 5
Interior Department
Fishing Tug Burned. Crew Believed Lost
Cleveland dispatches report a fishing tug burned 42 miles east of Southeast Shoals at the head of Lake Erie with the crew lost. Wireless sightings came from steamers Theodore Wickwire and Carl D. Bradley, six miles north of the Buffalo course, describing a large square stern gasoline tug in flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Southeast Shoals
Lake el
Intercity Radio Company
Buffalo Course
Theodore Wickwire
Carl D. Bradley
Three Klansmen Indicted In Extortion Case
Belleville Alabama April 25 grand jury indicted Dr. H P Killene exalted cyclops of East St. Louis Ku Klux Klan H A McCormack klan executive committee member and A T Cummings a klansman on charges of extortion by threat against alleged liquor violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Grand Jury
H. P. Killene
Cyclops
East
Victoria appoints Sir Alexander Peucock premier
In Victoria Australia the new cabinet is formed with Sir Alexander Peucock as premier treasurer and minister of labor succeeding H W Lawson. The announcement comes as part of a broader reshuffle in the state government. Richmond Virginia announces the resignation of Dr W Russell Bowie as editor of the Southern Churchman with Dr Joseph B Dunn named to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Alexander Peucock
W. Lawson
Alexander
Labor
Richmond
W. Russell Bowie
New York
Southern Churchman
Episcopal Church
Joseph B. Dunn
Telegram and Texas land fraud inquiry cited in Senate probe
Postoffice officials testified before the Senate committee on alleged Texas land frauds. A telegram dated November 9, signed Shook Acting, claimed Williamson wrote it to shield grand jury evidence in fraud cases involving Brownsville Texas. Witness Rush Simmons denied any promises to stow cases. about 3,000 cases were awaiting action as the committee adjourned to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Tress
Postoffice
C. RK. Williamson
Kansas City
Grand Jury
Brownsville
Williamson
Senate
Texas
Jara R. Page
Page
Daniel $. Shook
Simmons
Department For Action
Gold Claims Canceled in Quebec North West Fields
The Quebec mine bureau canceled the Apelix and Duke of Manchester claims in the northwestern gold fields after findings of nondevelopment. The action, taken today, follows prior ownership changes and exploration gaps linked to the Duke of Manchester and associated parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Duke of Manchester
England
Diary L055 Means Worry as Daugherty Contempt Probe Frays
The Senate Daugherty committee weighed papers needed to cite M S Daugherty for contempt and the loss of secret records by two men claiming Senate authority. Witnesses described Chicago antitrust prosecutions, with Chairman Brooksart and Senator Wheeter guiding a tense session amid perplexity and unresolved recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Senate
Montana
Bopeless
Beng
Department of Justice
Frank
Gore
M Daugherty
H. M. Daugherty
Aim
Trade Commission
Heald
Sidney Morris & Co
Chicago
Benjamin Bacharach
Thompson
Department of Justices
Tiacharach
William Panear
Red W. Upham
Tliean National Comittee
De +tty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goodyear
Minnesota
ARMY
van Orman
Hecurd
Lesa Wor Feawtey
Norval K. Tabler
Mt NW
Herbert B. Nevius
Sardo & CO. Meilern
Ute Bergice
St NW
Timothy Hanlon
EL Phone
Era
Sergeon Beene Malo
Geier’s Sons Co. Grim
V. L. Speare CO
Nor Con Se
ST. N.W
Clements
Wisco Wisconsin A Ave
Speare
N.W
R.speare
Willis B.speare
Clyde J. Michols
Joseph Gaviens Sun
Geo. C. Shaffer
Asia
Sts
Berlin
Hitz
Gratz E. Dunhum
T. Calvin Johnson
Crittenden Street
John H. Rittle
T Street
John E. Jenks
Sixteenth Street
William H. Fowler
National Theater
Young L Fraster
Michael A. McCormick
Carl H. Dutton
Georgia Avenue
Thomas M. Galloway
Ninth Street
James J. Cook
Eighteenth Street
Douglas Brewer
Harry K. Statham
P Street
J. Dutton Wainwright
Sixth Street
John A. Andr
O Street
Frederick J. Uiddard
Dumbarton Avenue
Charles M. Franklin
California Street
Samuel Arkin
Tasker M. Eamonds
Meridian Stree
Beverley H. Harris
Twenty-second Street
I. Farle Troigbach
Hume
Seventh Street
Massachusetts Avenue
California
Dr. Bowie
Mal S. Daugherty
Financial District
Southers
Waeker
15Th St. N.W
Rosemont Park
Tomsends Places
Hardwood
12Th
Penna. Ave
Vernon Boulevard
Rosemont
Rosemont Par
Carver
Wit Mt. Rd
Louis P. Shoemaker
New York Ave
Congressional Country Club
Washington Golf & Counts Cis
Dorn
Colombia
Argyle Golf Club
Lane
Black & White
Lax
Cue
Kirnside Fclub
Indian Springs Golf Club
Rock Creek
Gladensburg
AVE Gam Golf Club
Bouse
Jiomac Park
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!