Aviators Prepare 600 Mile Hop From Siberia To Nome
Don Moyle and C A Allen plan a roughly 600 mile flight across the Bering Sea from Miano Pilgino near the Siberian coast to Nome Alaska after refueling. The large monoplane Clasina Madge was moved from the uninhabited island where they were stranded to Miano Pilgino with fuel from the Russian ship Buriat. They expect to continue from Nome to Seattle in two hops and await further details.
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Seattle
Don Moyle
C. A. Allen
Bering Sea
Miano Pilgino
Siberian
Cape Navarin
Nome
Alaska
St. Paul Island
Buriat
Mexican Rail Men Threaten Strike
The National Transports Union in Mexico City demands dismissal of all American employees of the Southern Pacific railway of Mexico and vows to strike if not met. Arbitration failed and a 10 day reply window is allowed before action. The union rejects a 10 percent wage cut proposed by the company.
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Mexico City
National Transports Union Today
Southern Pacific Railway of
Mexico
Naval pay cut grievances to be aired Monday
London September 18 naval port commanders at main English fleet bases will open hearings Monday into enlisted personnel pay cut grievances that led to the postponement of North Sea maneuvers. The fleet has left Invergordon and will dock at Portsmouth Davenport and Chatham. Commanding officers will testify and some sailors may be asked to present their views.
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London
England
Invergordon
Portsmouth
Davenport
Chatham
Tariff Investigation On Fresh Vegetables Scheduled
The tariff commission will examine Smoot Hawley duties on eight fresh vegetables and pineapples. Hearings set for October 19 tomatoes October 20 peppers and peas October 21 snap beans lima beans and okra October 22 eggplant and cucumbers and October 23 fresh pineapples.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
Sears Declares 62 1/2 Cent Quarterly Dividend
Chicago September 18 Sears Roebuck and Company today declared the regular quarterly dividend of 62 1/2 cents a share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Bar Association backs World Court participation and auto regulation
The American Bar Association reaffirmed support for U S participation in the World Court and urged federal action to regulate passenger motor vehicles in interstate commerce. Rush C Butler of Chicago said opinions have crystallized since the 1929 Memphis convention against anti trust laws, with only a few nays observed in the vote.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Bar Association
United States
Rush C. Butler
Chicago
Commerce Committee
Association
Memphis
World Court
the Commerce,committee
Advo
Bishop Cannon to Oppose Roosevelt for President
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South plans to oppose Governor Roosevelt for president. He labels Roosevelt a wet and says he would work to defeat any wet candidate. Cannon notes Senate scrutiny over campaign funds from the 1928 Smith fight.
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Bishop Cannon
Roosevelt
New York
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Europe
Senate
Alfred E. Smith
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Propose 50 Percent Acreage Cut
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association directors announce a state wide campaign to cut cotton acreage by 50 percent next year with optional pools to market through the association and a rotation of crops after 1932 urged to 40 000 planters.
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Oklahoma
City
Okla
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
Inaugural Flight Opens Century Pacific Route
Two planes named Miss Phoenix and Miss El Centro began an inaugural trip from San Diego to Phoenix to attend dedicatory services for a Century Pacific airline extension. Onboard were Betty Gerke the governor’s flying secretary and company officials. Governor Hunt of Arizona and other dignitaries planned further ceremonies in Phoenix.
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Glendale
Cal
el Centro
San Diego
Century Pacific
Phoenix
Betty Cc. Gerke
James Rolph, Jr
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Brokers suspended at Montreal Exchange after bankruptcy petition
Montreal on September 18 suspended G. B. Grier and Company investment brokers from the Montreal Stock Exchange as a bankruptcy petition proceeds.
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Montreal
G. B. Grier and Company
Montreal Stock Exchange
Treasury Receipts and Outlays for September 16
Treasury receipts on September 16 totaled 165,792,099.24 dollars with expenditures at 160,670,316.52 dollars leaving a balance of 672,861,914.83 dollars. Customs receipts for the first sixteen days of September amounted to 18,013,536.30 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Dempsey Divorce Trial Set in Nevada
The Dempsey divorce case is set for Monday at 11 30 a m with the former heavyweight champion seeking a default decree Estelle Taylor did not answer the complaint within 30 days and will not appear in court Dempsey arrives in Reno to attend the trial. Miss Taylor previously filed for divorce in California with marriage recorded February 7 1925 in San Diego Calif
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Reno
Nev
Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Nevada
Robert E. Burns
Miss Taylor
California
Miss. Dempsey
Cincinnati
German credits agreement signed
The American committee of bankers announced that the standstill agreement on German credits has been signed by all parties and is now effective. It covers about 1.2 billion dollars in short term credits to Germany, with roughly 600 million held by American banks.
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New York
American Committee of Bankers
Germany
No More Trials In Nogales Delayed Until July
In Nogales Arizona September 18 up there will be no more jury trials in Santa Cruz county except the ongoing Mrs Louise Marshall murder case until after July next. A trial has exhausted the fund set aside for jury trials. The Marshall case involves a 72 year old Tucson woman charged with murdering her husband Thomas Marshall 60.
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Nogales
Ariz
Santa Cruz County
Louise ¥. Marshall
Marshall
Tucson
Thomas K. Marshall
Pima County
Eight Seek Legion Commander Post
Detroit reports eight candidates for national commander of the American Legion after Ralph T. O'Neil, with nominees Edgar B. Dunlap John Elden Louis A. Johnson Henry S. Stevens George W. Malone Rice W. Means J Ray Murphy and Emmet O'Neal named as contenders for the post at the upcoming national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
American Legion
Ralph T. O'Neil
Edgar B. Dunlap
Gainesville
John Elden
Cleveland
Louis
A. Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Henry S. Stevens
North Carolina
George W. Malone
Reno
Nev
Rice W. Means
Colorado
United States
J. Ray Murphy
Iowa
Emmet O'Neal
Kentucky
French Flier Says 625 MPH Possible In Plane
Paris reports Louis Blériot, first to fly the English Channel, offers a cup to the aviator who travels 625 miles per hour, a speed he believes feasible in the near future.
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Paris
Louis Bleriot
Catholic leaders stay inside Vatican during Italo Vatican dispute
Five leaders of the Catholic action group are volunteers in Vatican City and refuse to leave due to the Italo Vatican controversy. Count Della Torre, editor of Osservatore Romano, has not left since the dispute began about four months ago. An Italian detective guards his editorial offices around the clock at the Vatican gate.
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Vatican City
Catholic Action Organization
Vatican
Count Della Torre
Osservatore Romano
Papal
American To Wed Calles' Daughter
Announcement of the engagement of Senorita Artemisa Elias Calles to Dr. Joseph Jordan Eller of New York surprised the American colony in Mexico City. The couple plan to marry in October at the Calles home. Artemisa, 17, recently returned from a convent in San Diego.
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Mexico City
Senorita Artemisa Elias Calles
Plutarco Elias Calles
Joseph Jordan Eller
New York
Columbia University
Mexico
Calles
Artemisa
San Diego
Calif
Farm Board Fails To Accept Cotton Plan
The Farm Board has not yet endorsed any cotton surplus relief plan. After reviewing hundreds of proposals since the August forecast of a bumper crop, officials say none meet the board’s standards. If no new feasible plan emerges, the board will focus on financing part of the 1931 crop through cooperatives.
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Washington
Farm Board
Bar Silver News Roundup In New York
Bar silver at New York settled the case and declined 1 8 to 27 1 2 as a market update on Sept 18.
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New York
Children Protected as Sentries Guard Bergin Children
In Los Angeles on September 18 ten district attorney guards monitored Mrs Gladys Bergin's mansion to shield her three children after the death of Yleo Bergin. Bergin had owed 50000 to 75000 dollars to New York gamblers in 1926 and feared extortionist schemes after his return to Los Angeles. Eight days earlier the pressure escalated with letters threatening kidnapping unless she paid continued debts.
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Los Angeles
Yleo, P. Bergin
Gladys Balfour Bergin
Bergin
New York
Santa Barbara
Japan Grants Two Americans Flight Permit for Pacific Attempt
Tokyo dispatch reports Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. will receive permission to move their plane from Tokyo to Samushiro Beach for a preparatory non stop flight to America. The pair had abandoned a round the world speed flight to pursue a direct transpacific attempt.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Samushiro Beach
Japan
America
Tokyo Suffers Second Quake Near Mount Fujiyama
A sharp shallow quake struck the Fuji yama region near Tokyo at 3 10 p m local time, echoing a tremor last Wednesday and signaling an active fault area with likely further shocks anticipated by experts at the meteorological observatory.
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Tokyo
Mount Fujiyama
Here
Tokyo-Yokohama
Cerral Meterological Observatory
Fujiyama
Provost Funeral Tomorrow in Phoenix
J C Provost 64 longtime Arizona labor figure and former house member will have funeral services at 11 a m tomorrow in Phoenix with Rev Robert E Elmore officiating. Provost was sergeant at arms in the Tenth Arizona Legislature and first president of the Arizona State Federation of Labor.
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Phoenix
Ariz
J. C. Provost
Arizona
Robert E. Elmore
Central Christian Church
Provost
Arizona State Federation of Labor
Arizona House of Representatives
Former Senator Nugent of Idaho Dies at 63
Washington, Sept. 18. John F. Nugent former senator from Idaho died at his home here of heart disease He was 63 and a Democrat Nugent was appointed to the Senate in 1918 to fill a vacancy caused by James H Brady's death He resigned in 1921 to join the Federal Trade Commission serving until 1927 and was chairman for one year.
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Washington
John F. Nugent
Idaho
Nugent
Senate
James H. Brady
Federal Trade Commission
Lindbergh Reception In Nanking Amid Flooded Yangtse
In Nanking China the city readies to greet Charles Lindbergh and his wife as the flying pair near takeoff from Fukuoka. Affected by the Yangtse flood, officials request caution on landing while Chinese navy launches assist preparations.
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Nanking
China
Yangtse
Lone Eagle
Fukuoka
Japan
Yellow Sea
Nanking Aviation Bureau
Lindbergh
Young's Committee Starts Its Work
Owen D. Young, head of Hoover relief aims to marshal hundreds of millions to avert winter distress for the unemployed. The New Yorker leads a committee with Walter S. Gifford to plan fundraising through local communities, joined by Pierre Dupont, Fred Fisher, and Henry M. Rob.
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Washington
Owen D. Young
New Yorker
Hoover
Walter S. Gifford
Pierre Dupont
Wilmington
Del
Fred Fisher
Detroit
Henry M. Rob
Fourteen Escape In Jail Break In Newcastle County Workhouse
A guard and a prisoner were shot during a jail break at the Newcastle county workhouse in Wilmington Delaware. Fourteen inmates escaped after an explosive blew off a workshop door lock. The guard Anthony Hayden and prisoner Clarence Cole were wounded. both expected to recover. The authorities call the incident a planned plot.
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Wilmington
Del
Newcastle County
Anthony Hayden
Clarence Cole
Lewis Douglas Visits Winslow During Arizona Tour
Congressman Lewis W. Douglas of Arizona arrived in Winslow early today from Washington and left for Holbrook and St. Johns to address Apache county issues. He planned to return Monday to confer with local chamber officials on problems including Winslow's proposed federal building. He has spent over a month studying the copper situation in New York and Washington for Congress.
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Lewis W. Douglas
Arizona
Winslow
Washington
Holbrook
St. Johns
Apache County
Congress
Champer of Commerce
Douglas
New York
Local Boy Accidentally Shot By Pal Near Bridge
Jerry Bosley Jr. 12, is recovering after Horace Duffey's .22 rifle discharged while aiming at glass fragments three miles east of the city. The bullet pierced his left forearm and chest, lodging in his right shoulder. he was rushed home and treated by a local surgeon. Duffey's aim was accidental. both boys had been hunting. Bosley's father runs a service station. Duffey's father works as a pipefitter at the Santa Fe shops.
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Jerry Bosley, Jr
Horace Duffey
Bosley
Duffey
East Second Street
Santa Fe
Episcopalian Women Contribute Large Sum at Convention
In Denver on September 18 the Protestant Episcopal Church reports women gave 1 030 150 09 dollars through the triennial united bank offering. Louis B Franklin, VP and treasurer of the national council, announced the total at last night’s general convention meeting.
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Denver
Colo
Protestant Episcopal Church
United Bank
Louis B. Franklin
National Council of the Church
Service Station Fight Kills Three in Georgia Home
J H Boyd a 50 year old Louisiana gasoline station operator shot and killed three men Hardy Luce 45 Bill Fish 38 and Early Sullivan 28 near Atlanta Texas and wounded a fourth. Officers said the men lured him from his station and kidnapped him and physicians feared Bill Sullivan would not survive. Boyd sustained wounds to his right arm and chest from a pistol bullet.
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Atlanta
Tex
J. H. Boyd
Louisiana
Hardy Luce
Bill Fish
Boyd
Early Sullivan
Bill Sullivan
Fish
Week's Wool Market Was Generally Quiet
Boston reports a generally quiet week in wool markets with occasional firm bid for specialties and buyer-favorable terms on fine wools. Manufacturing outlook is fair with new business in abeyance. some steadier activity in woolen wools. Rail and water shipments to Sept 17 total 102,734,000 pounds versus 99,974,500 a year ago.
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Boston
Trial in Marshall murder case features poison claim and autopsy demand
In Nogales Arizona on September 18 the defense in Mrs Louise Foucar Marshall’s murder trial called witnesses who described her as unstable and cited dangerous poison findings and a requested autopsy if she died. Helen Blair and Grady Gammage testified to changes in her appearance and behavior including a copper skin tone and brain storm.
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Pima
Helen Blair
Marshall
Grady Gammage
Northern Arizona State
Teachers College
Margaret Herrera
Blair
Graf Enroute to Brazil Again on Transatlantic Cruise
The Graf Zeppelin sails from Friedrichshafen toward Pernambuco for a second nonstop South American cruise in three weeks. It carries ten passengers including Harold Knight of New York and James McVittie of Chicago, 265 pounds of mail and 2000 pounds of provisions, under Captain Ernest Lehman in place of Dr. Hugo Eckener. The airship will halt five days in Pernambuco for return mail.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Leviathan
Transatlantic Airways
Pernambuco
South America
Lyons
France
Sainte Marie de Lamer
Harold Knight
New York
James McVittie
Chicago
Ernest Lehman
Hugo Eckener
Innsbruck
Graf
Baja editor shot in Tiajuana cafe brawl
Ramon G. Tarvon editor of Labor in Baja California was shot in the abdomen during a cafe brawl in Tiajuana. Colonel Teodoro Villegas, ex mayor, was placed under technical arrest but denied blame. Tarvon underwent emergency care with possible surgery to save him.
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Tijuana
Hex
Ramon G. Tarvon
Labor
Baja
California
Tiajuana
Teodoro Villegas
Unsettled Weather Tonight and Saturday in Arizona
Unsettled conditions linger tonight and Saturday across Arizona with occasional showers in the east and cooler temperatures in the south central area tonight. The report notes a Thursday high and low for Winslow but the specific values are not provided.
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Arizona
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Allen
Seat
BAR Sanction World Court
J. R. Brackett
Estelle
Legion
King OF Aviators
G. H. Stainforth
Calshot
Rothstein
By Glenn Babb
Young’s Committee
Lewis Douglas
Pal
Jerry Bosley
Fickett
Nogales, Ariz
Louise Foucar Marshall
Graf Enroute
Brazil
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