Brilliant flight starts new era in aviation history
Count Eckener directed the Graf Zeppelin on a 6,600 mile Tokyo flight completed in 102 hours 50 minutes. The voyage, seen as a bold step in world air travel, drew cheers in Japan and underscored the craft’s speed and sturdiness despite uncharted weather concerns across Siberia and the Himalayas.
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Friedrichshafen
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Japan
Siberia
Himalayan
Hugo Eeckener
Dr. Eckener
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Fleld
Tokio
China Armies Move Into Trouble Zone
Washington, Aug 18. Senate opens summer session but delays work to await the tariff bill. Finance committee members and party leaders plan three day recesses as debate on the tariff proposal continues. Hoovers cruisers and other naval issues loom as the bill shifts through committee scrutiny and political maneuvering. Amelia Earhart leads the national women’s air derby field from Yuma toward Phoenix with 18 entrants, a safety crisis over Calexico resolved, and pilots enduring extreme heat and mechanical setbacks.
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Five Fatally Burned in Rooming House in Little Rock
Five people perished in a rooming house fire in Little Rock Arkansas caused by a gas stove explosion that trapped upstairs occupants. Victims include Samuel Archer Hiram Evans Martin Kapp Krank Harty and an unidentified man. Most roomers were railroad shop workers. The landlady Mrs Dartach suffered facial and hand burns.
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Ark
Samuel J. Archer
Hiram
Evans
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Krank Harty
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Guards Called to Quell Mill Riot in Marion
In Marion North Carolina on August 19 4 One man was badly beaten and several others bruised as 1600 strikers at the Clinchfield cotton mill blocked 400 non union workers from entering the idle mill. Pickets attacked the advance guard at 615 AM prompting Gov Gardner aide Nat Townsend to summon Major Eugene Coston to mobilize Asheville national guard units. Superintendent Henderson was battered with blackjacks and cuts at the picket line while Albert Hoffman organizer for the Union Textile Workers of America urged peace but was shouted down.
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Clinchfield
Nat A. Townsend
O. Max Gardner
Eugene PB. Coston
Asheville
Warner and Paramount Reach Merger Plan This Week
The Los Angeles Examiner reports a merger between Warner Brothers and Paramount-Famous-Lasky to be finalized within days. Jack L. Warner travels to New York to seal details. The deal would unite about 2,400 theatres, including 2,000 from Publix and Paramount and 400 from Warner Brothers, with over 400 million dollars in holdings under a new Paramount Warner Brothers corporation.
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Jack L. Warner
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Warner
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Paramount
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Housel Patient in Des Moines Hospital
Des Moines hospital officials report L W Housel of Humboldt was brought to Iowa Methodist hospital after a week at home. He rests comfortably and may undergo gall bladder surgery. The former gubernatorial candidate who lost to Hammill last November was in Des Moines yesterday for treatment.
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L. W. Housel
Humboldt, Jr
John Hammill
Iowa Methodist Hospital
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British to Leave Rhineland on September First
An authoritative announcement states that British soldiers will begin withdrawing from the Rhineland on September 1. The plan outlines phased reductions and orderly handovers with Allied forces coordinating the departure.
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Rhineland
Tho. Hague
Two Women Hurt In Auto Crashes Near Waterloo
Two Waterloo area women suffered severe injuries in separate automobile collisions on Grant highway east of Waterloo. Mrs Nick Schilling, of route No 5, was reported near death at St Francis hospital with six skull fractures brain concussion and facial lacerations after a collision Sunday afternoon with A Richards of Clarion agent for Collins Bond Mortgage Co of Cedar Rapids. The accident occurred about five miles east of Waterloo on US 20 as Schilling's husband watched the scene.
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Zeppelin Log of Graf Zeppelin Round the World Flight
United Press log details the Graf Zeppelin's eastward journey from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen to Tokyo with times and distances, noting Berlin overflight, Ural and Siberian crossings, wreath drop at Yakutsk for a fallen German soldier, and arrival in Tokyo after 6 600 miles of previously untraversed air. The record ends with safe berthing in Tokyo.
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Des Moines U Dean to Michigan State
Lorin G. Miller dean of Des Moines University College of Engineering for six years has accepted the post as head of the department of industrial engineering at Michigan State College Lansing effective September 20.
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Lorin G. Miller
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Town Youngsters Reach Milwaukee on Little Joyride
Milwaukee police held three Burlington juveniles Mildred Noberg Bensta Julius and David Payne after a joyride that took them far from town They claimed they did not realize how far they had traveled and were taken into custody in Milwaukee Wisconsin on August 19.
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Bensta Julius
David Payne
Manchurian War Strength Raised Amid Border Clash
Reports from Manchuria indicate mobilization to a full war footing with estimates up to 150,000 troops. Intermittent firing near Dalinor signals clashes as Russian forces advance toward the Manchurian border while China mobilizes and seeks diplomatic handling with the Kellogg pact powers.
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Sun God Nearing St Paul On Westward Flight
The Spokane Sun God endurance plane returning from New York toward the Pacific coast refueled at St Paul Minnesota after weather delays from Roosevelt Field. Pilots N B Mamer Art Walker reported the crew well and breakfast taken. refueling by Dan Robertson James Buchanan. Next stops include St Paul and Missoula.
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Wash
Art. Walker
Spokane Sun God
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St.Paul, Minn
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Roosevelt Field
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Three Still Held in Investigation of Aune Girl's Death
Minneapolis police continued the search for Dorothy Aune's killer a week after the 12 year old's mutilated body was found in burlap bags. Three men were held for questioning. only a shoemaker faced a formal charge for indecent assault, while police planned interviews with Dorothy's friends and acquaintances.
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Minneapolis
Rlbart Mollen+hauer
Hickman- Parker
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Germany Winner in Sloop Races in Marblehead
Marblehead Mass August 19 The President Hoover cup goes to Germany. In the first postwar maritime race between America and Germany Teuton sloops win the series by a point score of 57 to 48 despite Elizabeth Hovey winning the final race for America.
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Mass
Germany
America
Teuton
Elizabeth Hovey
Cubs Giants Game Postponed By Weather Split Tomorrow
New York Aug 19 The Cubs Giants game scheduled for today was postponed due to inclement weather and will form part of a doubleheader tomorrow in Brooklyn. St Louis at Brooklyn also postponed because of wet grounds.
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Graf Zeppelin lands in Tokio after 6600 mile Asia leg
The Graf Zeppelin completed a 6600 mile nonstop Asia leg, landing at Kasumigaura near Tokyo after 101 hours 50 minutes from Friedrichshafen. Commander Eckener plans to depart for Los Angeles at daybreak Thursday to continue the world circumnavigation.
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