Search for City of San Francisco plane missing near Winslow
In a major air search with a 5000 reward offered, pilots from Winslow Arizona and more than 20 airplanes scoured northern Arizona and along the New Mexico line for the Transcontinental Air Transport airliner City of San Francisco missing since Tuesday noon. Ground crews and volunteers including cowboys and Indians combed the area around Fort Defiance New Mexico as Army Navy and Marine planes circled the region hoping for a clue to the five passengers and three crew members believed aboard.
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Winslow
Ariz
City
San Francisco
Army
Navy
Marine
Arizona
New Mexico Boundary Line
Fort Defiance
N. M
Arizona’ Desert
Tomlinson
Mindbergh
S Reagavelt Field
New Mexico
St Louis
Lindbergh
Texas Company
Tory
George
FP. Canfield
Mewark
Now
Ludbergh
Roosevelt Field
Frank Hawks
Hawks
Aris
Transcontinental Air Transport Field
City of San Francisco
Paul Collins
Airway
John Collings
Western
Marine Corps
San Diego
Gallup
Sept
iNs
Southwest
Los Angeles
New Mexico-Arizona
Zunt Pueblo
Trench to Rescue Captive in Well Goes On
Ottumwa Ia Sept 6 Workers sought to free 65 year old William Priest trapped in a 25 foot well. Jeff Price and a rescue team advanced a 40 foot trench and dislodged a boulder touching Priest’s hat. Fresh oxygen was rushed to relieve pressure as hopes rose for a midday extraction. Priest, trapped more than 24 hours, kept up his spirits while reporters described the tense rescue effort on the Tory Genochin farm near Ottumwa.
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Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Wilkins Priest
Ottumwa
Scorcmer
William Priest
Priest
Jeff Price
Price
Avena
Ottumsa
INS
Willian
John
Mike Genochio
Dickson
Wabello County
Altho
Reseus
Bill
Genochio
Ctlumna Fire Department
Lil Rabbit Defeats Rattlesnakes And Bites Python
Lincoln Nebraska on September 6 a small rabbit drawn by a fair to chase rattlesnakes and a one foot python startled onlookers by advancing into a pen. The rabbit reportedly attacked the reptiles, dissuading them with boldness before omitting the python.
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Lil Rabbit
Lincoln
Neb
J.P
Commission Wins In Fight Over 218 Thaw In Janesville
In Janesville Ta Sept 6 the highway commission gains the routed 218 corridor after a two year dispute with the town council. The town rescinds a route closure for a sewage plant site and the commission plans to relocate water mains build culverts and driveways and gravel the route before returning it to the town. A bridge will be built on the county line and the commission will skirt the town edge per original plans. The town had claimed street supremacy but this settlement ends further court battles.
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U. S
Janesque
Highway Commission
Commission
Govier
Janesville
Town
Frost to Lowlands Near Cedar Rapids
United States weather observer Charles D. Reed forecast continued cool autumn weather for Iowa with showers in the west and south. Frost was reported in the lowlands around Cedar Rapids Inwood and Decorah with readings near 45 degrees as the state saw a high of 77 degrees yesterday.
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Des Moines
Sept
UPI
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
United States
Weather Observer
Altho
Mercury
Reed
Cedar Rapids
Inwood
Decorah
Weather Bureau
Des Moines Man Held After Attack on Witness in Desertion Case
Loren Hamilton of Des Moines was jailed after an assault on James Stonbaugh, also of Des Moines, who had testified against Hamilton in a wife desertion hearing. Stonbaugh suffered a broken nose in the incident occurring yesterday following the hearing.
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Des Moines
Seph G
U.e—Wwhite
James Stonbaugh
Des
Child Drowns in Rainwater Filled Crock
Four year old Joseph Christensen fell into a 10 gallon crock filled with rainwater at the family farm home in Sioux City. His mother, Mrs Vigo Christensen, witnessed the accident from an upstairs window and could not revive him despite rushing to his rescue.
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Crock
Sioux City
Joseph Christensen
Vigo Christensen
Snow Fails in Black Hills and Parts of Wyoming
Snow fell today in Wyoming and the Black Hills region of South Dakota, with temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below normal across the area between Colorado and Nevada and the Canadian border. Heavy frosts were reported in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, Havre, Montana, at 24 degrees eight below freezing.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
Black Hills
South Dakota
Weather Bureau
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Canadian Fronter
North Dakota
Minnesota
Havre
Mont
Snow Falls Early in Western Nebraska Towns
Omaha reporting snow and ice ranging from one to four inches in western Nebraska towns. Temperatures fell below freezing as precipitation began yesterday night and continued this morning. Low readings included Hot Springs at 26 degrees with more snow reported elsewhere.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Alto
Hot Springs
Gordon
Emercury
Grawford
Valentine
Heavy fighting at Gaza yields heavy losses in clashes
Jerusalem reports fierce battles between British troops and nomadic Arab forces near Gaza, 60 miles from Jerusalem, with heavy losses on both sides. Reinforcements rushed as tribesmen from Sinai bolster the attackers. fighting continues. Also new bus line opens Shenandoah to Omaha with three daily trips via Sidney, Tabor, Glenwood, and Council Bluffs.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Gaza
Mediterranean
Sinai Peninsula
Shenandoah
Here
Omaha
de Luxe Transit
Jes
Sidney
Tabor
Glenwood
Council Bluffs
Britain Seeks Stronger League Covenant For Peace Pact
Britain pushes to tighten the League covenant to ban war as Kellogg Briand pact does. Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson, backed by France Italy Belgium and others, calls for articles 12 and 18 review and a general treaty offering security against aggression. He urges broader league powers under article 11 and notes U S and Soviet Russia potential participation. He also cautions against delaying disarmament until practical results emerge.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
League
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Ctile
Denmark
Henderson
Kellogg
Briand
iPact
Jagain
United States
Soviet Russia
League Council
Ramsay MacDonall
Dawes
England
Explosion in Rio Refines Kills One in San Paulo Branch
A powerful explosion at the Atlantis Refining company San Paulo branch in Rio de Janeiro killed one person and left 16 others in serious condition in hospitals. Firefighters isolated nearby gasoline stores as the blast shook streets and hurled passengers from streetcars over a wide radius.
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Rio de Janeiro
San Paulo
Atlantis Refining Company
Liner Jammed in Breakwater Wall at Montevideo Harbor
In Montevideo Uruguay on September 6 the liner American Legion struck the breakwater and became wedged in an angle of it. Tugs attempted to free the vessel but the bow became stuck due to ebb tides. The cause is unknown though pilot error is suspected.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
American Legion
Munsonner
Harvor
Colorado Banker Sought to Solve 500000 Puzzle
New York report details a fraud where a Colorado banker named C. D. Waggoner allegedly posed as a bank president to route a 500000 fake telegraphic transfer. Six New York banks were targeted. deposits were directed to Bank of Telluride in Chase National Bank, with orders from Chemical National, First National Denver, First National New York, Guaranty Trust, United States National Denver, National City Denver, Hariman National Denver, and Equitable Trust via a Denver arm. Waggoner has been missing for 10 days as authorities pursue leads. Continu ed on page Lye.
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C. D.waggoner
Calorado
New York
Manhattan
Denver
Bank of Telluride
Cole
C. D
Waggoner
Colorado
Colo
Wall Street
Chase National Bank
Chemical National Bank
Natonal Bank of Denver
First National of
Denver National Bank
Showdown in tariff battle delays Senate action
Washington Sept 6. A private agreement among farm bloc Democrats and Admin leaders may delay the big 60 000 900 tariff bill decision. The Senate reconvenes Monday to tackle administrative rate making and flexible tariff provisions, but the push to eliminate industrial rates looms large. The report notes the high stakes as parties juggle priorities.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Senate
Lindbergh Joins Hunt For City of San Francisco
Rooseveltd Field New York and Winslow Arizona reports say Col Charles A Lindbergh and Anne will depart to join the search for the missing T A T City of San Francisco. Lieut D W Tomlinson reports seeing four survivors signaling from near Waspi Az. Navy and Army planes join the greatest air search in the southwest.
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Winston
Ariz
Lindbergh
Search
Roosevelt Field
L.T
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne
Albuquerque
N. M
San Francisco
Woman Divorces Husband Over Bath Habit Des Moines
Des Moines court records show Clara K Harvey and 27 others granted divorces yesterday as 58 decrees were issued in two days with more than 2060 divorce cases pending, including Blanche Young and Mildred Bertrand who testified of pillow throwing and burdensome support.
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Des Moines
Clara K. Harvey
Dilvorce
Blanche, Young
Mildred “Bertrand
Plea for parole leads to fraud probe in St Louis
Federal investigators in St Louis contend the man in Leavenworth serving a year and a day for liquor law violation may not be Arthur Davis. U S District Attorney Breuer suspects a substitute prisoner was used after spotting a forged panic for Davis and recognizing the real Davis could write. If the probe confirms the impersonation, the prisoner could be rearrested.
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Louis
Arthur Davis
T Leavenworth
Kan
U.S
Breuer
Davis
Brewer
Committee Calls Farm Board Quiz
Washington September 6 The senate agriculture committee decided to call members of the federal farm board to examine their qualifications for office at open hearings. Chairman McNary asked the board to appear likely late next week amid signs of opposition among several members. Northwest senators opposed a policy requiring farmers and cooperatives to exhaust other credit before loans, a provision struck from the bill, causing questions about Legge and the board serving congressional will.
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Washington, D. c
Senate Agriculture Committee
Federal Farm Board
McNary
Northwest
Legge
Senate
Leese
Congress
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J. J. Mantell
Ching
Moscow
Nanking
Federal Reserve Board
Roger Babson
Florida
Portland
Ore
Comelius
Osgood
University of Chicago
Arctic Circle
Frederic S. Osgood
Edwin Ss. Osgood
Britain
Peage
Covenant
Tenth Assembly
Carso
Alvin T. Hert
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
Hoover
C. D. Waggoner
Havana
San Felice. Martin
Dolith
T.A.T
D. W. Tomlinson
Maddux Air Lines
Waspi
Aziz
Walps
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