Mears at 23 days Sets Transatlantic Flight Record
John Henry Mears and Capt. C. B. D. Collyer return to Battery Park New York after a record 23 days 15 hours 31 minutes 3 seconds flight from Europe. The 1932 feat breaks Ton ton Wells and Edward Evans earlier time by a dramatic margin and highlights ongoing aviation risks and safety concerns in the era.
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John Henry Mears
Ther Linton Wells
Edward Evans
Mears
Battery Park
New York
C. B. D. Collyer
Southern Dry Democrats Split Boosts Hoover Appeal
Washington dispatch notes dry Democrats in the South defect while Republicans keep aloof. The piece analyzes regional dynamics, noting limited GOP organization, selective campaigns in Virginia Texas and North Carolina, and caution against broad Republican ticketing. It predicts future local gains if independent voting persists.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D. C
South
Republican Party
Democratic Movement
Republican National Organization
Reputlicant
William G. McAdoo
George
Georgia
Virginia
Texas
North Carolina
Hoover
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Missouri
Maryland
Carranza's Funeral Draws Nationwide Mourning
Mexico City on July 23 saw Capt. Emilio Carranza returned in his coffin. About fifty thousand school children lined Tacuba highway to the war ministry as nearly half a million spectators watched the solemn procession. Cadets from the military academy led the gun carriage, followed by the presidential guard. the crowd voiced silent sobs in a scene described as the city’s most solemn in fifty years.
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Mexico City
Rinsi
Mexico
Republic
Emilio Carranza
Oli
Tacuba
War Ministry
Military Academy
American women cited in French divorce irregularities case
Paris July 23. Names of five more American women who obtained divorce decrees in French courts were cited as the special court reopened its probe into irregularities in foreign divorce actions. Judge Walter Hine said irregularities existed in papers for Mrs Richard Barthelmess Mary Hay wife of the actor and Mrs Richard Washburn Child wife of writer Mrs Gilbert Miller Mrs Warren Perry and Mrs David Sow.
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Paris
INS
Special Court
Water Hine
Richard Barthelmess
Mary’ Hay
Richard Washburn Child
Gilbert Miller
Warren Perry
David Sow
Ten Years Ago in the Service Ben Howrey at War
Ben G Howrey of 515 Park Avenue served in the One Hundred Eighth Field Signal Battalion Thirty third Division on the western front. During a gas alarm he awoke unable to move his arms or fingers and chose to breathe the gas rather than suffocate, then fell back asleep after the scare.
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Ben G. Howr
Park Avenue
Howrey
One Hundred
Jover
French Seaplane La Fregate Reaches Azores on Transatlantic Leg
The French seaplane La Fregate landed at Horta Azores completing the first leg of a North Atlantic crossing to New York. Under Lieut Paulin Paris the crew relief pilot Marrot and wireless operator Gadou refueled and planned to depart for Bermuda then New York. The mission, scientific in aim, features two 486 hp engines and long range fuel for multiple days. If successful the crew may return via Newfoundland.
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Azores
Atlantic
Des Moines
Ane
London
Reuter
Morta
la Fregate
Paulin Paris
Newfoundland
Horta
Island of Fayal
la Fregete
Brest
France
New York
le Azores
Bermuda
Lieu. Paris
Marrot
Gadou
Frank T. Courtney
America
Paris
Naval and Commerce Departments
la Fregrate
North Atlantic
P. G. Weiler
de Gresse
Brent
Earhart Heads to New York After Aviation Milestone
Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic as a passenger, leaves for New York after a four day honor celebration in Chicago. She spoke by radio on aviation possibilities before boarding a New York Central train shortly after midnight.
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Chicago
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
New York
Miss Earhart
Chicago man held for shooting wife after ride home
Chicago July 23 William Litz, 45, was held by police after his wife Augusta was shot when she returned home with their two sons Eugene and Samuel. Eugene wrestled the gun from his father and restrained him until officers arrived. Augusta remains in the hospital fighting for life.
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Chicago
William
Augusta
Eugene
Samuad
Delivery deadline notice for paper service
The Coutier should be delivered at your home before 3 30. If you fail to receive your paper by that time call 51nd and a copy will be sent. All letters must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Four Iowa geologists feared dead in Arctic region
Royal Canadian Mounted Police search northern Saskatchewan for four University of Iowa students led by John D Fuller reported missing after leaving Brochet on June 6. They faced near starvation, weak clothing, and damaged gear as they aimed for Crystal Lake north of Reindeer Lake.
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University of Iowa
Artic Circle
Canadian Mounted Police
Des Moines
State Department
Washington
James ©. Davis
Railroad Administration
John D. Fuller
Weokuk
Iowa
Reindeer Lake
Saskatchewan
Beokuky
Iowa Geologists Party
Frank M. Fuller
Joan Filler
Brochet
Canada
Puller
Regina
J. M. Cumines
Hudson’s Bay Company
Sask
Reindeer Lake Country
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Towa
Reifideer Lake
Hudson Bay Company
Brachet
Pas
Cumines
Hudson Bay
Fuller
John Fuller
Keokuk
Armstrong
Britt
Max Visane
Towa City
Pecer
Crystal Lake
Towa Gila
Towa Y Press-Citizen
Gordon C
Britt. Ja
Max Kane
Keokuk, Ya
Iowaity
Rip
Californians View Schenectady TV Broadcast
Californians received a television program broadcast from General Electric in Schenectady New York via a long distance line at Eden Gate 3 000 miles away. Lee and Kenneth C Ormiston termed the effort a partial success and expect better results soon. Ormiston formerly worked at Angelus Temple and was linked to the McPherson case.
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Calgary
Los Angean
Edengate
Lee
Kenneth C. Ormiston
General Electric
Schenectady
N.Y
Bee
Ormiston
Qgrmiston
Angelus Temple
Aimes Semple McPherson
Wilbur Carries Nicaragua News To Coolidge
Naval Secretary Wilbur arrived in Superior for an overnight stay at the summer White House. He said he would discuss Nicaragua with President Coolidge, without revealing unpublished details. Advices from Nicaragua were encouraging and the outlook for November elections was comforting.
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Superior
Nicaragua
Coolidge
Wilbur
Navy Department
White House
Goolidge
Naval
Five Dead and Three Missing in Wreck
Farmington July 23 reports five dead and three missing after carnival company cars detach from a train and plunge down a 15 foot embankment. Fifteen men were aboard. five killed, seven injured, three missing.
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Farmington
Bernardi Carnival Company
Four Boys Get Life for Slaying Usheret
Four youths pled guilty to the murder of Miss Pearl Eggleston, a moving picture usherette, during a robbery. Judge Frank Comerford sentenced Stanley Durmaj Stanley Thomas Albert Mas and John Tulacz to life in the penitentiary.
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Chicago
Frank Comerford
Oskaloosa Woman Adopts Bobbed Hair at 92
Mary Adey, nearing her ninety second birthday, sports a bobbed hairstyle in Oskaloosa Iowa. She lives with her son J. W. Adey and four generations share the family home.
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Mary Adey
Oskaloosa
Cearly
J. W. Adey
Short Interviews On Residents Of Cedar Heights
W F Parrout, an original Cedar Heights settler, says many Zambow drivers hold life cheaply. He criticizes reckless speed and use of cutouts, especially among youths, warning of terrible accidents on Rainbow Drive if not curbed. Payroll promoted Rainbow Drive and supported good roads.
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Zambow
W. F. Parrout
Cedar Heights
Rainbow Drive
Rainbow Dive
Galluses Spark Marshalltown Police Dress Code
In Marshalltown on a sweltering July day, Mayor A C Conaway orders police to enforce uniform standards. Chief J F Glasscoe relays the directive down to captains and lieutenants, with gendarmes urged to dress in coat or suspenders as the city clamps down on appearance.
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Marshalltown
INS
A. C. Conaway
J. F. Glasscose
Leutenant
Confession Claimed From Oregon Assassin Jose de Leon Toral
Mexico City reports General Antonio Rios Zertuche says a full confession has been obtained from Jose de Leon Toral, accused assassin of President-elect Oregon, but its contents remain unrevealed. Clergy cooperation noted, Luis Morones said to be in hiding, and Manuel Trejo said to have supplied the pistol reportedly fled to the United States.
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Mexico City
Antonio Rios Zertuche
Chhef
Jose de Leon Toral
Obregon
Luis Morones
Mexing City
Manuel Trejo
Ooregon
United States
Chefoo Taken by Mutingus Troops
In Chefoo China on July 23 the Sun banner of the Nationalists was replaced by the North China flag. The Nationalist commander fled on a British ship to Shanghai after disarming his forces. Fierce midnight fighting involved 5000 Chang Tsung Cheng loyalists who had been folded into the Nationalist army. One American sailor was wounded by a stray bullet as foreign warships landed patrols.
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Chefoo
Shantung
China
North China
Shanghai
Chang Tsung-Cheng
Chang Tsun
Two Score Injured in J. C. Collision in Chicago
More than twenty injured when Illinois Central suburban Bessenger trains, both carrying passengers downtown, collided at Van Buren street station. Several seriously hurt as crews worked to clear wreckage and assist victims. News from Chicago today recalls a U S travel cancellation related to the incident.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Bessenger
van Buren Street
Smith plans radio notification speech date unsettled
Albany policy maker Gov. Al Smith shows frustration over misinterpretation of his inability to fix the date for his presidential notification speech. He aims for August and considers a radio nationwide broadcast but has yet to secure NBC hours. He seeks rest in August and hopes to draft the address this week. The ceremony would be on the state capitol steps with about 106,000 Democrats expected.
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Albany
AL Smith
National Broadcasting Company
Ing Company
Tam
Smith
Gav
Radk
Cou
Het
Assembly
Stanford University
California
Johnson Long
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Rudolph
Conaway
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Roy O. West
Washington, D. C
TNI
Roy QO
West
Secetary of Interior
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Carranza
OAS
Mary Hay
Washburn
Azores Islands
Bermudas
U.S
Beld
Smoke Martin
Gan Felice
Harcester
Henry Genrce Clpera
Arctic
Navy
Usheret
Inso
Am Ocan Company
Bob
Cas Toral
U. S
Mutingus
J. C
Geneva
Jins
Grand Duke
Andre
Russia
Mme
Anatasis , Tehaichovsky
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Czar
Daly
Alee
Forrest C. Ensign
Cllege of Education
University of Towa
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Boston
TUMT
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Cedar Company
Cen Products Company
Clinton, Ja
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Johnson County
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Albert Qttinger
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