Graf Zeppelin Sets Course For Global Voyage From Lakehurst
A crew begins a world circumnavigation from Lakehurst New Jersey aboard the Graf Zeppelin with Dr Hugo Eckener commanding. Passengers head to Friedrichshafen Germany at 4 PM for the first leg before continuing to Tokyo and Los Angeles with layovers, aiming to return around September 3.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf
Rosendahl
Williamson Avenue closing ordered by city and Santa Fe Railroad
The city council in regular session ordered the closing of Williamson Avenue under the agreement with the Santa Fe Railroad to open and improve East Second Street. Debated contracts for East Second and East Third paving were deferred.
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Williamson Avenue
Santa Fe Railroad
East Second Street
East Second
East Third
Council
Net
Anderson
Sughrue
C. A. Lewis
Mahoney Addition
Phil Sawyer
Lewis M. Hahn
C. A. Lewis, Jr
Prohibition Agent's Body Found in Detroit River
The body of federal prohibition agent Richard J. Sandlands was found in the Detroit River at 8 AM after he disappeared Saturday aboard a cruiser. An autopsy will determine if head injuries caused his death. authorities pursue Jack Heath and Mrs Maxine Heath amid differing accounts of the boarding and seizure.
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Detroit
Richard J. Sandlands
Detroit River
Treasury Department
Sandlands
Fred Frahm
Sandilands
Wayne County
Jack Heath
Heath
Gregory H. Frederick
Maxine Heath
Larson
Snook Tells Story Of Affair In Murder Trial
Dr. James H. Snook testified about a three year romance with Theora Hix before admitting the intimate relationship that preceded her murder. His wife and mother testified to changes in his behavior while his account described meetings and loneliness before the June case near Columbus Ohio.
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Olumbus, CO
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Ohio State
Dr. Snook
Helen M. Snook
Abner Snook
Miss Hix
Snook
Award of Douglas-Rodeo Highway Contract
Phoenix August 7 The Douglas Rodeo highway project awarding 12 miles of construction to Skousen Brothers of Silver City New Mexico. The contract funds and final bid details are not disclosed in the scarce clipping.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Skousen Brothers
Silver City
N. Mf
Honest Tailor Receives Reward Handshake
Philip Sandofer a College Point tailor found a $1,000 bill in a salt pouch and made a special trip to return it. The grateful owner praised his honesty and shook his hand expressing appreciation. The incident highlights the old proverb that honesty is its own reward.
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College Point
WN. Y
Philip Sandofer
Legion Hall Dedicated in Paris as Pershing Hall
The American Legion memorial building in Paris was dedicated as Pershing Hall today by National Commander Paul V. McNutt of the American Legion.
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Paris
American Legion Memorial
Paul V. McNutt
The
American Legion
Victor L Berger Dies of Streetcar Injuries in Milwaukee
Victor L Berger world socialist leader former congressman and Milwaukee Leader editor died at Milwaukee Hospital from injuries after a July 16 streetcar strike. He was 69. Berger helped found Milwaukee’s socialist movement and served in the Sixty-second and Sixty-sixth Congresses. He immigrated from Austria-Hungary in 1878 and built a career promoting the single tax and social democracy.
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Milwaukee
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee Leader
Berger
Volkeszeitung
Wisconsin Vorwaerts
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
Social Democratic Herald
Nieder
Austria- Hungary
Budapest
Vienna
United States
Plane Crash Falls In Campbellsville Kills Three
A rebuilt plane piloted by a young unlicensed student crashed into an alley in Campbellsville Kentucky. The pilot Francis Mitchell 25 of Louisville and passengers Carl Carter 23 and Flave Courts 25 died as flames engulfed the wreck. Owner Irwin Voight of Jeffersonville Indiana had flown it here the day before for sightseeing trips.
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Campbellsvilule
Francis Mitchell
Louisville
Carl E. Carter
Flave Courts
Mitchell
Irwin Voight
Jeffersonville
Ind
Voight
Glasgow
Referee Fatally Wounded in Duel Between Friends
In Mexico City on August 7, Miguel Martinez agreed to referee a duel between two friends. At twenty paces both duelists fired, and Martinez was hit by shots from both sides in the chest. He is dying. the duelists fled unharmed.
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Mexico City
Miguel Martinez
Martinez
Beach privacy debate prompts Westerly police request
The Westerly improvement society asks the town to provide police at nearby beaches to curb weekly embarrassments caused by cars used as bath houses. They argue privacy depends on viewpoint and vehicle occupancy.
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Watcis Hill
Root
Local Improvement Society
Westerly
Phillips Will Spend Week In Coast Cities
Governor John C. Phillips of Arizona began a Southern California visit after arriving from Phoenix. He planned a week with his daughter at Wilmington and was greeted by Mrs. Robbins and Ruth Elizabeth Phillips. He had little to say on the Boulder Dam project.
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Los Angeles
John C. Phillips
Arizona
California
Phoenix
J. S. Robbins
Wilmington
Robbins
Ruth Elizabeth Phillips
Boulder Dam
Phillips
Colorado River
Lindbergh Meets Hoover in Brief White House Call
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh called at the White House and conferred briefly with President Hoover. He said the visit was to pay respects to the president and the nation.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
White House
Hoover
New Treaty of Peace Ends Tong War in Major Cities
A peace treaty signed in New York by rival On Leong and Hip Sing tongs ends three days of warfare that left five Chinese dead and several wounded. U S Attorney Charles H Tuttle and Chinese consul Samuel S Young supervised negotiations lasting three hours and agreed to arbitration for future disputes.
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New York
United States
On Leong
Hip Sing Tongs
U. S
Charles H. Tuttler
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Joe Wai
George J. Mintzer
Newark
N. J
Samuel S. Young
Mr. Tuttle
Repairs To Plane Allow Crosson To Leave Winslow
Joe Crosson brother of aviatrix Marvel Crosson left Winslow for Los Angeles in a Travelair two seater. His sister will use the plane in the women’s trans continental air derby starting from Los Angeles on August 18. The craft was damaged ten days earlier in a ground loop at the TAT airport. a new wing was installed.
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Joe Crosson
Marvel Crosson
Aviatrix
San Diego
Winslow
Los Angeles
Travelair
Crosson
Lightning Wrecks Four Phoenix Planes and Hangar
Lightning struck at the Arizona Flying Service airport in Phoenix destroying four planes and a hangar owned by G. W. Brophy. The loss is estimated at 150000 dollars. Two planes burned, two damaged beyond repair, as the wind blew the hangar 30 feet into wreckage.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona Flying Service
G. W. Brophy
Last Minute Bulletins From West Conference Talks
Frank P. Trott, state water commissioner, travels to Denver to join Arizona, New Mexico and the Reclamation service in a conference on si ng waters of the vila river. Quartzburg battle to curb wildfires as mining camps fight spreading flames across Boise basin.
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Phoenix
Frank P. Trott
Denver
Arizona
Reclamation Service
New Mexico
Vila
Boise
Idaho
Quartzburg
Boise Basin
Gold Hill
Boulse-Payette
Idaho City
Southern Idaho Tinder Protective Association
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West
Charles E. Rosendahl
VU. S.N
J. C. Richardson
William B. Leeds
Tin Plate
Geo. Hubert Wilkins
Grace Drummond Hay
Karl von Weigand
Joachim D. Richard
Richardson
Navy
Cc. P. Burgess
Friedrichshaffen
Nathan Wexler
William Weber
John EK
Larney
Brooklyn
Morris Shumofsky
New Rochelle
N. Y
Zeno W. Wicks
Wicks
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Akron
Ohio
S. F. Recheldorfer
Hans von Schiller
Tokyo
Word
Bremen
Legion Hall
Victor Louis Berger
Henry George
Austria
Hungary
Burns
Lindy
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