Enduring Angeleno aloft enters eleventh day above Culver City
In Culver City California the Angeleno airship continues its eleventh day aloft with pilots R B Reinhart and Loren Mendel aiming for 300 hours. Ground crews note improved efficiency as fuel use drops from 14 1 2 to 11 1 2 gallons per hour and the crew jokes about needing window curtains for baths amid nearby fliers.
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Angeleno
Culver City
Cal
R. B. Reinhart
Loren Mendel
Harbin in Grip of Panic After Ilrond Seizure
Northeastern China faces a tense Sino Russian standoff as Harbin's border unrest spikes over the seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Russian officials and workers are expelled, with Moscow-linked figures moved to eastern Siberia. China signals readiness to curb Soviet retaliation amid escalating tensions.
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Harbin
Manchuria
China
Siberia
Chang Ching-Hui
O. N. Melnikov
M. Emshanov
Actus
MM. Melnikov
Peping
Chang Hsueh
Liang
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
C. T. Wang
Siberian
Ghangchun
Asia
Russia
Japan
Iowa Fourth in Road Spending in 1928
Des Moines reports Iowa ranks fourth among states for road expenditures in 1928 per American Highways. Primary road construction cost $29,946,607 while county and township roads totaled $8,616,506 and $8,888,944 respectively.
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Des Moines
New York
Minois
Indiana
Iowa
Stuart All Even On Woth Rallyes In Iowa Amateur
In Cedar Rapids at County Club on July 12 Tom Hayes, 47, from Gharston, and Carroll Stuart of Waterloo opened the semifinal round tied after the first 16 holes with Hayes 3 up at one point. Hayes shot 72 morning while Stuart 73 as Bartlett and McKee battled for the championship with Bartlett leading McKee 5 up after 18 holes.
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County Club
Cedar Rapids
Lins—B
Tom) Hayes
Gharston
Iowa
Carroll Stuart
Waterloo
Hayes
Stuart
Art Bartlett
Ottumwa
Graig McKee
Des Moines
Bartlett
McKee
Sea pilots plan four stage return from Italy to New York
New York, July 12. Roger Q. Williams and Captain Lewis A. Yancey will fly home from Italy in a Savoia-Marchetti S-55 seaplane. They will proceed Milan to Spain to the Azores Bermuda and New York in four stages aboard a 14 passenger twin pontoon craft linked to the Afrina company of which Williams is president.
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New York
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Italy
American Aeronautical Corporation
trans-Atlantic
Milan
Spain
Azores
Bermuda
Trouston
Miami
Afrina Company
Williams
Pushes Woman Into Electric Fan, Jailed
Sioux City July 12 Zach Bishop aged 29 was charged with pushing Blanche Nicholson into an electric fan leaving her head badly cut. She filed charges of assault with intent to commit murder. The court set a $10,000 bond which Bishop could not furnish. Also reported Open New Paving: Leon Iowa July 12 six additional miles of pavement on highway 65 from Leon north were opened to traffic yesterday.
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Sioux City
Zach Bishop
Blanche Nicholson
Bishop
Leon
U.R
Paper Delivery Timings and Contact Instructions
The notice requests home delivery before 5 30 and offers a reprint if late due to carrier error. Call 5180 to report missed delivery and get a copy. calls should reach the office before 6 28 p m.
Which Woman 16 Key to Anthony Revolver Death
Coroner's jury probes murder of Theodore P. Anthony a 28 year old fruit salesman found shot in his automobile on Fourth street east. Bullet size .32 caliber not from an automatic. investigation hinges on the identity of a woman amid many leads. Sheriff Wagner and detectives plan witness roundup as they weigh jealousy or revenge as motives and seek the tall man seen on the running board.
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Theodore P. Anthony
Fourth Street
Anthony
H.T. Wagner
E. C. McMillan
O'Keefe O Fowne Mortuary
Ralph W. Travis
Herman W. Wente
Commercial National Bank
Harry T. Shepherd
Shepherd Lumber Company
Emil Steffen
Wagner
Chicago
Lnes
Sheriff Wegner
Sumner Street
Sumner
Bowler Saves Sea Flight Amid Ice Jam Over Ungava Bay
The Amphibian Antin Bowler, en route from Park Burwell to Mount Evans Greenland, was forced to halt after an ice jam pushed the Berlin plane against jagged rocks, puncturing a hull hole three feet above the water line. Dispatches from crew members Robert Wood, Robert Gast, and Parker Cramer note favorable weather for the next leg.
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Chicago
Ungava Bay
Chicago Tribune
Antin
Bowler
Berlin
Tribune
Robert Wood
Robert Gast
Parker
Cramer
Park Burwell
Mount Evans
Greenland
Opium Smuggling Arrest In San Francisco Woman
In San Francisco Mrs Ying Kao wife of the Chinese vice consul was arrested on opium smuggling charges. The case drew a plea from China for her handover to Chinese authorities. Secretary Stimson was considering but officials believed extradition unlikely.
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Washington, D. C
Stimson
Ying Kao
San Francisco
Cal
Ying Aa
Farm Board Names New Seventh Member Wil son
Washington July 12 Charles S Wilson former New York state agricultural commissioner was named as the seventh member of the federal farm board He farms near Hall New York is Cornell graduated and led by more than 20 farmers groups including the Dairyman's League Fruit Growers Cooperative and the New York State Grange The remaining member will be chosen before the board's first meeting Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Charles S. Wilson
New York State
New
Federal Farm Board
White House
Wilson
Hall, N. Y
Cornell University
New York Horticultural Society
Dairyman's League of New York
New York “Fruit Growers” Cooperative
Presidential Pilot on Potomac Dead
Capt. Bill Lickett known as The Grand Old Man of the Potomac died at 74 from a heart attack. He piloted the presidential yacht Mayflower up the river for many presidents starting with Roosevelt, and served as its civilian pilot since that era. He knew all presidents except Hoover.
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Washington, D. G
INS
Bill Lickett
Luckett
The
Potomac
Roosevelt
Hoover
Explosion Reported on Britain's Largest Submarine X-1
An unconfirmed report from London on July 12 states an explosion occurred near the Malta base in the Mediterranean aboard Britain's largest submarine X-1. It reportedly caused slight damage with no casualties, but Admiralty officials had no official confirmation.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
Malta
Admiralty
Night Watchman Dies While Asleep in Office
Davenport Iowa July 12 U P D Jenkins age 65 formerly from Washington Iowa was found dead this morning in an office building where he worked as night watchman He apparently suffered a stroke shortly after finishing his lunch and collapsing his body found on a table by Henry A Poell awaiting official findings
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Davenport
U.P
D. Jenkins
Washington
Jenkins
Henry A. Poell
Forecasts Rain for Today and Tomorrow in Iowa
Des Moines July 12. Charles D. Reed UPI weather observer predicts local thunderstorms today and tomorrow with temperature remaining about the same. Atlantic was hottest in the state yesterday at 87 and Carroll reported the lowest at 42.
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Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
United States
Atlantic
Carroll
Highprice Showgirl Weds Wisecracker in NYC
Gladys Glad of Whoopee fame, described as the most beautiful and highly paid showgirl, wed newspaper columnist Mark Hel Minger in a city ceremony. The couple planned to sail soon aboard the Virginia for Panama Canal travel toward California.
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New York
Gladys Glad
Whoopee
Honey
Mark Hel Minger
Michael J. Cruse
Virginia
Panama Canal
California
No Speed Limit but You Better Go Slow Des Moines
Des Moines reports that no speed law exists in the city though an old ordinance against reckless driving can be used if needed. City solicitor notes absence of a speed limit while police and legal departments prepare a formal speed law.
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Des Moines
U.R
California Flight Endurance Battle Between Man and Machine
Roosevelt Field announces a drastic price cut on New York to nationwide air travel. The Roosevelt Flying corporation says demand drives the change, setting about 25 cents per mile per passenger and ending charges for return trips if unused.
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Roosevelt Flying Corporation of
New York
United States
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Roosevelt Flying Corporation
Roosevelt Field, Inc
Seth Low
Mail Train Holdups Get 20 Year
Chicago July 12 The Linpy Cleaver gang of mail robbers led by Virgil Litzinger and John Flannery were found guilty in the Evergreen mail train robbery case. A federal jury sentenced them to 25 years at Leavenworth. The Feb 25 1928 assault halted a Grand Trunk mail train outside Chicago. $133,000 was stolen. Several gang members are jailed or dead. Cleaver remains in Atlanta.
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Grand Trunk
Chicago
Hnd
Virgil Litzinger
John Flannery
Timpy
Cleaver
Atlanta
Leavenworth
United States
Uncle Sam
U.P
Charles “Limpy” Cleaver
Frank Meccia
William Denovan
Lawrence O'Brien
Charles Wharton
Louis Padersonik
Willie Jackson
Canada to halt liquor exports to United States
Ottawa announces government will bar liquor exports from Canada to the United States. Cabinet discussions indicate pending legislation in the House of Commons, with no steps until January, as protests mount from Canadians objecting to the policy.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Detroit River
U. S
McKenzie King
House of Commons
Street Cars Begin Repair Under Federal Guard
New Orleans officials report workmen started repairing street car tracks today under guard of United States marshals and deputies. The efforts aim to restore service tomorrow or Sunday as negotiations for a settlement between the company and union continue, with strike sympathizers keeping clear.
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New Orleans
Uder Guard
United States
Teday
Endurance Flight Angelena Hits 245 Hours Over Culver City
Culver City July 12. The Angelena endurance plane neared 245 hours aloft at 12 20 p m as it passed the mark in its continuous flight. A note dropped to ground read We must have 100 gallons of gasoline immediately. The craft struggled to regain altitude amid persistent circling over the airport.
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Culver City
Toasy
Cal
Loren Mendell
R. B
Pete” Reinhart
Angelena
Sweetier
Mendel
O. K
Reinhart
Mendell
Curtiss
Endurance
Loren
Pate
Slade Hulbert
Altho
Angeleno
California
Marysville
Mich
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Sarbin
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Shansi
Chang Hsueh-Liang
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Parker Kramer
Bob Wood
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