Flight overdue trans Atlantic monoplane Sir John Carling
Report from Croydon England notes five hours overdue status of the Sir John Carling monoplane carrying Capt. Terry Tully and Lieut. James Medcalf after departing Harbor Grace Newfoundland at 7 25 am EST yesterday. Plane lacked radio, SOS received earlier from Old Glory. Hearst opposed takeoff. Payne cites government sanction via letters from President Coolidge and Kellogg. Ware-Wilson politics and fate of Old Glory murders, sleuths, and Tunney Dempsey betting also appear in this chaotic news roundup.
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Sir John’ Carling
Croydon
England
Terry Tully
James Medcalf
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Old Glory
Tully
Medcalf
Sir John Carling
William Randolph Hearst
Philip Payne
Hearst
Payne
Coolidge
Italy
Kellogg
Mussolini
Courier delivery by 5 30 oclock at your home
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Phore
Hughes May Yet Be Drafted For Presidency Race
Washington dispatch reports Republican leaders split over Charles Hughes as a possible nominee with Hoover, Dawes, and Lowden as leading contenders. Many elder party figures favor Hughes for a high standing and public service record while younger leaders hesitate due to past loss and doubts about a comeback. President Coolidge is not expected to actively decide but could influence a choice indirectly as the field narrows.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Hughes
Altho
Hoover
Gillett
Massachusetts
Coolidge
White House
Bryan
Dawes
Lowden
Mr. Coolidge
Taro
Republican Party
Alabama Probing Klan's Gad Graft
A grand jury inquiry opened in Birmingham toward prosecuting masked floggings in the county under Attorney General Charles C. McCall. The probe centers on the alleged flogging of Arthur Hitt, a Black farmer, whose home was bought the day after the attack by W. J. Worthington, a reputed Klan leader, at a price officials say was well below market value.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles C. McCall
McCall
John J. Haynes
Birmingham ‘Post
Scripps- Howard
Arthur Hitt
W. J. Worthington
Heat Wave Kills Three In Chicago Area
Chicago reports three deaths from heat and a scorching day as a Midwest Great Lakes warm spell continues. Temperatures hit 86 in Chicago, with 94 in Oklahoma City and 92 in Evansville and Wichita. City dwellers struggled while farmers welcomed the persistent warm weather across the corn belt.
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Chicago
Middlewestern
Great Lake States
Mercury
Oklahoma City
Evansville
Ind
Wichita
Kan
Corn Belt
Bonds Stolen in Cedar Rapids Traced to Chicago Men
In Cedar Rapids in 1926, bonds valued at 2500 were among 41000 stolen items found in possession of Albert Blair alias The Alamada Kid and Ambrose Krier. Blair also used names George S. Briggs and James Smith. They tried to sell the bonds in Chicago via a 20 percent commission to a banker who alerted police. The haul included Cedar Rapids Water Co paper Penicke Ford Ltd and Hutchinson Ice Co bonds from the Ingraham Dixler Mortgage Co burglary.
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Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Albert Blair
Alamada Kid
Ambrose Krier
Blair
George S. Briggs
James Smith
Cedar Rapids Water Company
Penicke& Ford, Ltd
Hutchinson Ice Company
Ingraham Dixler Mortgage Company
Bank Robber Tries Again in Madison Heist
A young robber failed to rob the south side State Bank late yesterday but returned today and forced teller Ray Thorp to surrender 1500 dollars. He fled the city edge in a Nash sedan, prompting a police hunt.
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Madison
Wis
South Side State Bank
Ray Thorpang
Rum Runner Lands in Jailhouse
Des Moines reports Al Tankenoff claiming St Paul origin was jailed on a rum running charge after police stopped him driving 64 mph near the city. A search found 100 gallons of alcohol in his car.
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Des Moines
TNS
al Tankenoff
St. Paul
Gibson Bets 7-10 On Tunney Dempsey Bout
Chicago on September 8 Ins Billy Gibson Gene Tunney manager displayed a $3000 receipt showing he wagered at 7 to 10 that Tunney would knock out Dempsey before the end of the fifth round of the 10 round title bout. Gibson said part of the money was his own with the rest from Westchester Biltmore Club members in New York.
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Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Broadway
Babe Ruth
Pittsburgh
Gothem
Pittsbureh
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
INS
Billy Gibson
Dempsey
Gibson
Airplane express service comes to Waterloo residents
Local agent A. G. Morrison announces air express service with fast delivery both directions. A parcel from New York leaving at 11 a.m. arrives in Waterloo at 8 55 a.m. next day, while a Waterloo parcel at 5 35 p.m. reaches San Francisco by 4 30 p.m. next day, via Des Moines. Sir express follows mail and passenger routes established Sept. 1.
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American’ Express
Waterloo
A. G. Morrison
Air Express
New York City
San Francisco
Cal
Jail Farmer Refuses Bond To Pen Wild Hog Herd
Nels O. Steim, a wealthy Worth county Iowa farmer, remains in the county jail after refusing to post 42 1000 bond or obey a court injunction to fence his 700 acre farm and pen up hogs. Neighbors complain crops are ruined as hogs roam. attempts to corral the stock report wild aggressive hogs, including nine long tusked boars.
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Northwood
Nels O. Steim
Worth County
Steim
Stelm
Three Dead and Fifty Hurt in Interurban Wreck
Evansville Ind Sept 8 Three persons were dead here today several others perhaps fatally injured and more than 50 less seriously injured as the result of an interurban car running through an open switch while running to Evansville from Dade Park race track yesterday. The car ran onto a sidetrack and hurled itself into three box cars heavily loaded with brick. The car carrying 75 passengers was demolished.
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Evansville
Ind
Dade Park
Cedar Rapids Cops Jail Human Arsenal
Robert S. Wood of Waukegan Illinois was arrested in Cedar Rapids after police found a revolver and 100 rounds of ammunition in his handbag. He claimed the gun belonged to his brother but could not explain the large ammunition load and refused to name his destination. He will be held until Waukegan police give word.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert S. Wood
Waukegan
Ill
Union Station
Wood
Hold No One for Excursion Disaster
Chicago Sept 8 The coroner's jury investigating the sinking of the excursion boat Favorite among 26 dead recommended stricter government inspections of small vessels. The body found no single person directly responsible for the accident.
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Chicago
Favorite
Protest Calls for Guards on Spectacular Flight Feats
A worldwide demand for checks on spectacular airplane stunts grows after recent trans oceanic disappearances and fatal prep mishaps. Guggenheim Foundation leaders press for tighter licensing, while Italy and England warn against long overwater hops and newspapers join anti stunt protests.
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New York
Italy
England
Germany
Bathing Beauties Parade For Miss America Title
Atlantic City battery 74 contestants parade in bathing costumes before 15 judges on the boardwalk and at the revue. Judges will decide by tomorrow night who wears the Miss America crown. Photographers note the event as illustrators and artists observe the proceedings.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Western Open first round at Olympia Fields report
Weather friendly at Olympia Fields as early finishers endure tough greens. Eddie Murphy led with 71 while Al Watrous posted 72 after a 37 on the back nine. Johnny Farrell and Don Carrick also posted solid scores as Chicago and New York players feature prominently.
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Olympia Fields
Chicago
Altho
Eddie Murphy
al Watrous
Johnny Farrell
New York
Beau Brummel
The
Links
Watrous
Don Carrick
Emmett Irench
Southern Pines
N.C
Bob MacDonald
Mike Brady
Rudy Knepper
Dry Spies Spy on Dry Squad Agents to Weed Out Wets
Washington D C Sept 8 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lowman seeks to weed out dishonest dry agents by placing spies on their trail He insists on 100 percent personnel and has begun signing trained investigators to check agent activities Some times the investigators are sent to aid local offices to handle difficult situations Lowman believes the system will keep men from temptation and reveal those actually dishonest Grafting rumors have spurred this internal clean up effort
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Treasury Lowman
Lowman
Washington, D. C
Illinois coal strike talks aim to reopen all mines
Chicago Sept 8 A sub committee of the Illinois Coal Operators Association and state union miners resumed talks to end the coal strike that halted production since April 1. Arbiters named two for each side. A final report on a peace basis was not expected until tomorrow. Operators demand all Illinois mines be ready to operate Sept 14 and vow none will reopen if all cannot.
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Chicago
Mllinois Coal Operators' Association
Jacksonville
Tomove
Tllinois
National Capital Hears Corn Song Parade in Washington
Town legionnaires en route to Paris paraded up Pennsylvania Avenue in the rain to sing the Iowa Corn Song on the steps of the war building. Secretary Davis greeted the marchers as Col Hanford MacNider joined the Iowa contingent. Sioux City Legion band and Fort Dodge drum corps led the procession before the delegation moved to New York to sail for Paris.
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Washington, D. C
Paris
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Iowa
State, War and Navy
Davis
War Department
Col
Hanford MacNider
Sioux City Legion Band
Fort Dodge
New York
Lindy Battles Snow and Fog on Perilous Flight
In Montana Col Charles A Lindbergh piloted the Spirit of St Louis from Helena via Billings through rain snow and fog with the danger of peak strikes from the nearby Rockies. He flew low due to poor visibility and landed in a Butte hangar to rest and fish at a Montana trout stream with Harold Lynch the trip ends with plans to return to Butte and then depart to Spokane.
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Butte Mont
INS
St. Louis
Helena
Billings
Charles A. Lindbergh
Rockies
Lindbergh
Montana
Harold Lynch
Butte
Spokane
Kluxers Sued For $100,000 Damages
Pueblo, Colo. Sept 7. The national Ku Klux Klan the realm of Colorado and the Pueblo order No 5 were named defendants in two separate $50,000 suits filed in district court by Mary Brown widow and Juanita Alice Brown 16 daughter of John Brown deceased. They allege Brown died from injuries received July 30, 1926 at an initiation meeting where he wished to withdraw his application for membership. They charge attack.
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Pueblo. Colo
INS
Colorado
Pueblo
Mary Brown
Juanita Alice Brown
John Brown
Brown
Iowan Drops Dead in Chicago Union Depot
William Sundell a 70 year old Mason City salesman dropped dead in the foyer of Chicago Union Depot. Police attributed death to heart failure after he arrived in Chicago on a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul train. Body taken to Western Casket Company undertaking rooms pending relative notice.
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Chicago
William Sundell
Mason City
Union Depot
Sundell
London to London Carl Its Lost Over Ireland
Belfast reports at 6 pm British summer time no word on the Sir John Darling’s fate. Weather concerns in Ireland raise grave fears for the airplane’s safety and crew as searches continue with no contact received.
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Belfast
Ireland
Sir John Darling
Old Glory-Hope SOS Flight Vanishes Over Atlantic
Five hours from Newfoundland Old Glory, part of a long range flight, failed to relay word after an SOS call. Dornier Whale prepares in Corunna for a London to New York leg, while Pride of Detroit heads from Rangoon toward Bangkok on a 375 mile segment of its global route.
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Associated Press
SOS
Corunna
Spain
England
New York
Detroit
Rangoon
Burma
Bangkok
Siam
Old Glory Monoplane Lost At Sea In Transatlantic Flight
New York reporters relay that the monoplane Old Glory vanished while en route from Old Orchard, Maine to Rome. Search by Carmania and other ships found no sign of pilots Lloyd Bertaud James Hill and passenger Philip Payne. Sir John Carling and another plane joined the rescue, but rough seas and lack of radio hindered efforts.
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Coli
Bertaud
Hill
Payne
Maine
Coll
New York
Orschard
Rome
Lloyd’ Bertaud
James D
Thei
Philip AL “Payne
New-York Daily
St. John’s
Bordeaux
Transylvania
Fg, Brown
Bone
Sea
Phil Wood
C. A. “Duke” Schiller
Harbor Grace
N. F
Windsor
England
Atlantic
St. ‘Raphael
Princess Lowenstein- Wertheim
Sir John
Carling
Terry” Tally
James Medcalf
Cape St. Francis
Tully
Medcalf
Sir John Carling
London
Croydon Field
Fride
Detroit
William §. Brock
Edward F. Schree
Brock
Chiee
Ana
PIGE Alot FLIER: TWO OTHERS WAIT
Dublin reports Commander Fitzmaurice chosen to accompany Captain MacIntosh on a planned flight to Philadelphia in the monoplane Princess Xenia awaiting weather for takeoff. London notes Levine’s Columbia flight to New York again postponed due to Atlantic weather. Levine will stay through Sept. 15. Corunna reports Capt Courtney delays due to bad eastern Atlantic conditions on way to Horta en route to New York.
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Dublin
INS
Commandant Fitzmaurice
Irish Free State Air Force
R. H. MacIntosh
Philadelphia
Princess Xenia
MacIntosh
London
Charles D. Levine
New York
Columbia
Atlantic
Levine
Courtney
Corunna
Spain
Frank ¥. Courtney
Horta
Azores Island
Relatives Seek Hartong Clue in Reinbeck
In Reinbeck Iowa on Sept 8 inquiries from Baltimore arrived with and attorney and a German newspaper seeking Hans Nicoli Hartong a German said to have died in Reinbeck. No such man is known. five years ago a laborer died passing as Jacob Herth leaving little estate.
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Reinbeck
Baltimore
Hans Nicoli Hartong
DeWolf
Davis
Jacob Herth
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