Army Flier and Children Vanish On a Calm Night
Brooklyn report details the disappearance of Captain Lindsay M. Bawsel 35 and his three children aged five three and two off Cape Maysi Cuba. Major Gilmer M. Bell reports a calm night contrary to storms, with search efforts and a mysterious splash heard. Mrs. Helen Bawsel widow traveled from Panama with the troop-laden Chateau Thierry to Walter Reed Hospital.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
War Department
Washington
Gilmer M. Bell
Lindsay M. Bawsel
Chateau Thierry
Helen Bawsel
Flushing
Panama
Walter Reed Hospital
Bell
Bawsel
Cheldren
Cape Maysi
Cuba
Major Bell
Virginia Clears Public Building Projects Totaling Over a Million
Washington reports Virginia will fund several public buildings this year. Major items include a quarantine station at Fortress Monroe for 520000, a West End post office in Richmond for 185000, and an Arlington post office for 207000.
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Washington
Fortress Monroe
Appropriations Committee
Traney Island
Richmond
West End
Arlington
Covington
Luray
Appalachia
Swift and Company Stockyard Holdings Sale Discussed
John DeWitt, New York banker, negotiates purchase of all stockyard holdings of Swift and Company for transfer to United Stockyards Corp. Pending settlement and court approval. Chicago American notes sale of all stock to DeWitt for about 10 million, though he declines to confirm a figure.
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Ghicago
Dune
John DeWitt
New York
Swift and Company
United Stockyards Corporaon
Chicago American
de Witt
Prisoners to Benefit From State Pay Restoration
Richmond Virginia June 27 State prisoners will share in the state pay restoration effective July 1 totaling about 3100 per year, based on estimates by Sidney Day assistant state comptroller. Prisoners on penitentiary and state farm now receiving 9 cents per day worked will return to 10 cents per day with the restoration and the end of a five percent cut in appropriations will raise annual state expenditures by 1.1 to 1.2 million dollars per year, per J H Bradford director of the budget.
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Richmond
Sidney Day
J. H. Bradford
Court Forces Dog to Lose Teeth Instead of Death
In Richmond Virginia on June 27 Justice John W Snead commuted the death sentence of O W Stratton s German police dog to a toothless existence after Stratton pleaded for the pet s life following a viciousness ruling. The court allowed tooth extraction as an alternative to execution. The dog was taken to a veterinarian for the procedure.
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Richmond
O. W. Stratton
John W. Snead
Stratton
Week's News Review reflects Roosevelt era unity and tension
The piece surveys the Democratic convention in Philadelphia voting against a late bid to repudiate Roosevelt policies, the party platform backing New Deal aims, and Southern resistance to two thirds rule. It notes Landon’s Estes Park vacation, Lemke-Coughlin talks, and global moves toward regional security amid strikes and political shifts.
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Missouri
Bainbridge Colby
Daniel F. Cohalan
New York Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Smith
Roosevelt
Garner
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Robinson
Arkansas
Young Fascist Masquerades As Haile Selassie
In Geneva a young fascist spoofed Emperor Haile Selassie at a public ceremony by masking as the negus and placing a wreath at a monument. Police later identified the impostor, who fled before action could be taken, then drove to the League of Nations palace to receive salutes from guards and officials.
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France
Western
Europe
Danube Basin
Mediterranean
Leon Blum
Germany
Central
Anthony Eden
Blum
Geneva
Eden
House of Commons
Haile Selassie
League
Switzerland
Dardanelles
Marseilles
St. Nazaire
Emperor Haile Selassie
League of Nations
Robbers Hit Chicago Man in Armed Hold Up
Two men accosted Joseph Kuhar in Chicago and robbed him of $18. One thief seized Kuhar’s $80 watch attached to a heavy gold chain on his vest. the chain and vest resisted, and the robbers fled after relinquishing the chase.
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Chicago
Joseph Kuhar
Kuhar
Landon Takes Vacation At McGraw Ranch In Rockies
Governor Alf M. Landon, Kansas Republican presidential nominee, arrives with family at the McGraw ranch in Rocky Mountain National Park. They lease 1,200 acres for the summer to relax, ride, fish, and host visitors before a July 5 return for a special legislative session. First visitor: Philip H. Rose of Country Gentleman.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Estes Park
Colo
Capitol Steps
Topekagee
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Union Party
William Lemke
Lemke
Charles E. Coughlin
Frances E. Townsend
Cleveland
Topeka
Kas
McGraw Ranch
Rocky Mountain National Park
Landon
Philip H. Rose
Ardmore
Penn
Country Gentleman
WOUNDED MAN FINED FOR SHOOTING IN WATSEKA
Gilbert Hilton suffered a leg wound when a pistol he brandished fired during a dispute in Judge John McCann's court. The slug also struck his wife on the ankle as the judge ruled the incident disturbed the peace and imposed a $25 fine.
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Watseka
Gilbert Hilton
John McCann
Hilton
Nature's Beauty Spots Unfolded Along New Road
Panoramas of forests along the new road rival Skyline Drive and provide access to large tracts of national forest lands between the Massanutten and its eastern range. The area develops thousands of acres into a model timber tract using scientific methods near New Market Gap and Fort Valley, with routes along the Massanutten ridge and past waterfalls.
Protests Limited Against Auto Insurance Increases
Richmond Va June 27 Oscar L Shewmake counsel for the Highway Users Association said few objections to proposed private auto insurance rate hikes have been voiced with Chambers of Commerce the only group raising concerns He noted the American Automobile Association and Tidewater Automobile Association had not spoken The commission will reconvene July 27 to continue testimony and aims to finish the hearing without further delay The association opposes the increases mainly on truck rates.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Oscar L. Shewmake
Highway Users’ Association
Chambers of Commerce
American Automobile Association
Tidewater Automobile Association
Corporation Commission
German promoter offers 150000 for Braddock Schmeling title bout
Walter Rothenburg, a German promoter, offered Mike Jacobs 150000 for the contract to stage the heavyweight title bout between James J. Braddock and Max Schmeling. The plan is to hold the fight in Berlin's Olympic Stadium after the August 1-16 sports carnival, with government officials believed to back the event.
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RT - ON - Main
Germany
Walter Rothenburg
Mike Jacobs
New York
Pion James J. Braddock
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Rothenburg
Schmeling
Steve Hamas
Berlin
Olympic Stadium
Test Old Law Of Misery And Co
MEMPHIS Tenn June 27 J R and J H Campbell brothers tested the old saying about Misery and Company. J R went to his brother's home seeking consolation for the theft of bonus bands and a pair of shoes J H met him at the door to recount the loss of two bonus bonds and the shoes.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. R
J. H. Campbell
Misery and Company
J. H
Zepp Cancellation Draws Stamp Collectors Attention
Philatelists seek Zepp cancellations noting the Zepp post office in Cedar Creek Valley is valued for its historic ties to the name Zeppelin. Collectors mail requests to Miss Nell Lock at Zepp for preserved cancellations and return to sender via Zeppelin routes.
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Zepp
Cedar Creek Valley
Zepelin
Shenandoah County
Nell Lock
Lilypens
Maryland
Santa Claus
Middle West
Rooster Knocked Out Man After Flying Through Windshield
In Thomasville North Carolina on June 27 an estimated ten pound rooster flew into a passing car shattering the windshield and knocking the driver unconscious. The vehicle then skidded and struck a bank, causing minor damage.
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Thomasville
N. C
R. C. Alexander
Shenandoah Area Council Scouts Camp White Rock Summer Plan
The Shenandoah Area Council BSA outlines summer camping at Camp White Rock Capon Bridge W Va with improved facilities including board floors tents and a new director building A Pioneer Camp will operate in the woods with Boy Scouts Girl Scouts 4 H F F A and Winchester Frederick County youths attending across several sessions June 30 to August 22 Also notes community service memorial day cemetery work and praise from local officials plus Scout activities at Camp White Rock and Lions Club events
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Camp White Rock
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Winchester
Frederick County
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
4-H
Girl Scouts of
Strasburg
Woodstock
Boy Scouts of
Stephens City
Dallas M. Sprinkle
Stonewall Cemetery
The
Ladies Association
George Washington
Lions Vention
Arthur M. Field
Larry Baker
Whitney Caulkins
Aulick Gibbons
Courtney Jones
Levi Anderson
Camp
White Rock
Fred Stine
Lions Club
Neil Hoke
Earl Manuel
Alston Gay
Gregory Kidwell
Allen Orndorff
Rouss Park
Danny Stickley
Eugene Shiner
Den
Wassiel Tripplett
Maurice Blosser
Frank Kalafat, Jr
Joseph R. Vogel
E. Rhodes Huntsberry, Jr
Presbyterian
Charles E. Stuart
Jack Barn
Forest Fires Rage in Avery County North Carolina
Forest fires raged across three timber areas in Avery county with no rain in three months. Lees McRae College students and a CCC group helped fire wardens battle the flames as fires swept Sugar and Grandfather mountains since yesterday.
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Banner Elk
N. C
Avery County
Lees-McRae College
CCC
Sugar
Grandfather Mountains
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T. Semmes Walmsley
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Test Old Law of Misery & Co
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Winchester, Virginia
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Valley Ave
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Republic Oil CO
East Piccadilly
Elphia
James A. Farley
Pine Motor CO
Brad & Cecil Sts
Lupton
Massanutten Academy
Shenandoah River
Woodstock, Va
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